Good evening, God bless you. God bless you, wherever you are tonight. Thank you so much for joining us. Here, even church, we're just waiting for a couple of minutes, things to come online. God bless you, God bless. Thank you so much for joining us here in our little studio here, tucked away in Kent, may God bless you. May God strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus, we're just going to dive straight in this evening. If you want to follow the Scripture, please, please, please do so wherever you are, where we go and where we go. And we got to Hebrews chapter 12, which is settling down and just rested in the Lord's presence this evening. I hope you had a good day hope is all is well in your life. God will strengthen you and bless you, we're going to be turning to Hebrews chapter 12. There is just a couple of places that I really want to turn to tonight. 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We welcome you into this place tonight, as we connect through the power, and the great resource that we have here is technology. We thank God the internet's with us tonight. Hallelujah, we put 50 P in a machine, we got 30 minutes before the 50 P will run out. But let's crack in. Let's get in when you know, get yourself some bread and some communion communion ready. Wherever you are this evening, you know, I really feel God is leading us to these texts. And I really believe this. And we're in Hebrews chapter 12, verse two. And you can probably say this with me over the last few weeks. last few months, we've been looking at this text quite a lot in many different ways. But I just want to keep it just on point tonight. And then we are going to drop into the book of Romans. And we're going to look at Romans, verse 35. And that is from chapter eight. You know, I just want to encourage you this evening, wherever you are. But the most important thing that I can do that you can do, as a believer in Christ Jesus is as the text clearly tells us. And as you dive into that text, as you look at that text, as you open the envelope of that text, as you see how that text speaks, and, and it may be the different interpretation that we have, well, actually, it's not the interpretation that we have, we can interpret the scripture to a certain degree. But there comes a ceiling level, there comes a point in our life, where the power of the Holy Spirit starts to reveal. Have you ever been and read the Word of God, and you've read it in in many different ways, shapes and forms, through different translations of the NIV, the New King James, the old King James, the ESV version, and you've you've read it, but then suddenly, you've gone back over it. And then suddenly you feel the Scripture coming alive and your innermost being that you thought how was that hidden before the word there is power in the Word of God. But this is such a simple text. And I really feel, you know, before we came on hours prior to just thinking over this over the last few hours, just sitting here and answering messages and just dealing with a few things that got to be dealt with and just trusted in God and God spoke very, very clearly. And the Scripture came to me through the message through text, through the conversation through different things that have gone on through the day, different conversations that have gone on through the day, how God leads us who God puts in our pathway, you know, different areas of life, whether you're at work, whether you're at home, or whatever it may be God speaks very powerfully through whatever may be in front of you and whatever may be in front of you at this moment. God speaks very loud and clear. And the message I heard this hour just a while back this evening was very clear. Was he Bruce chapter 12 Verse two, let's see what it says many of you may have gone there, I pray that you will invest the greatest investment any, anyone will have in their life is to get themselves the Word of God. You know, it's great to have the electronic form, it's great to have the digital form and all in formats that we can get the word of God on. But there's nothing more powerful than the written word, you know, obviously is written, whether it's digital, whether it's electronic, whatever, but there's something so powerful about this written word, this is my Bible, it is old, it is battered a bit like myself bits torn off it bit like myself, you know, it's written on bit like myself, inked up, stained up marked up a bit like myself, but it is a it is sorry, I'm tired tonight. So my speech might be a bit slow, might be a bit wobbly, wobbly. But there's nothing finer than getting yourself you know, the word, the written word, I've got no cover on it. The cover is missing the spines falling apart, you know, a bit like myself, call this books relate so much to me. But let's just go let's just turn very seriously and very quickly and very reverently. And let's turn straight into Hebrews chapter 12. We've done podcasts on as we started this, we looked at this, but I believe God is bringing us back to this, I believe that we are coming back very clearly coming back to foundational text, I believe in the times in which we are living with the atrocities and everything that's happening across the globe, I believe God is bringing the remnant God is sifting, God is moving through the church for religion, through humanity, God is drawing people into errors and into different streams of thinking, I will say thinking, because thinking is very, very important that we have to think, but thinking has no relevance on the power of salvation, because salvation has been given. It is the gift of salvation from the eternal God. But this is such a simple text. And I pray that God will open this text to you in a very fresh way, in a very new way. But also, I know that he will present it to you in a very powerful way. We've read this, we've studied this, we've looked at this, we've opened this, we've done everything to this. We've done some expository sermonizing we spent a lot of time studying this, looking at it walking in it being in it, but it keeps coming is kept keeps arising. This keeps lifting in my spirit, this keeps coming to my heart, this keeps elevating this keeps, like almost banging the underside of my heart can feel it banging on the underside of my heart in my innermost being. So what I feel I need to deliver and it is very clear it is fix your eyes on Jesus. It is that simple. Did God I sorry that I said It is that simple. But in in the language that we are familiar with in our articulation in our understanding, in our logic, in our thinking in the process in, in the cognitive thinking and processing of the mind, in the mindset, you know, the mind is a very powerful instrument, the mind is very strong, he can lead us into many, many positions. And we got to make sure that we don't live our lives by our mind and our anticipation and articulation and everything that goes along with the mind because the mind is very powerful. What are we going to be living by we got to be living by faith. How do I live by faith? I live by faith by hearing the Word of God the Scripture is very clear, the Scripture is on point. The Scripture is very timely, perfected to the way the world is moving. The world is moving according to God's word, there is so much to get from this text, fix your eyes, the Scripture is very clear. Fix your eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and the perfecter of your faith. I won't go any further in that text, because we will go into a different place but I just feel I need to hold distance to say this again. Hebrews chapter 12, verse two really clear, very simple, not going to pull this out and stretch this and try and pull and go any further in my own thinking in my own understanding. I just need to read this, fix our eyes on Jesus, whatever you are facing, whatever you are walking with, however, and whoever you are walking with whatever your process, whatever your life, whatever your lifestyle choices, if you've made good bad, you know, same with me whatever's going on in life at this moment. It really is critical for a believer to take your eyes off for me. I'm going to say me because I'm going to use myself as an example. As a pastor and a leader. Don't look to me, Look to Jesus don't look to Him as the denomination. Don't look to all the other denominations don't look to religion. You're probably sitting there thinking we've heard this before. We've We've read we've visited this before. And if you are saying that if you are thinking that if you are being read minded of that I really believe God is using that, to keep us focused and bring us back. I believe that we are at a very important position, very important posture, very important journey at the moment as the church as the body of Christ, to keep on the narrow path, the narrow path, keep on the word, keep in the word, fix your eyes on Jesus, you know, vision is powerful. Focus is very, very important. What am I focusing on? What is taking my time? What is taking my vision? What is drawing my eyes? What am I looking at? Who am I looking at? Who am I gauging on what situation my day drifting into, I've got to keep my eyes on Jesus, whatever is happening in your life, the prime focus that the pinnacle, the focal point has to be Jesus. The Scripture says, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. You know, I love these times when I can be a bit more relaxed sitting here speaking to you, and I've gotten jump up and down and, and behind the pulpit, this is a bit more relaxing. And as I said earlier, I can find this quite difficult because to sit still is like trying to hold me down. But I'm starting to learn to walk very differently. I'm starting to, to be very different. I'm trusting more on walking more by faith, you know, I'm on I'm on a enormous journey as a human being, as a believer in Christ as a son of the living God, I am learning to journey very, very different with the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, I'm learning to walk by faith, while I'm learning to trust the more I'm learning not to put my way in, in the scripture says into humanity, I thank God for humanity. I thank God for the kind Holly people and everything that goes along with all that I thank God for what, for what is happening in my life, around my life, upon my life, within my life, in my heart, out my heart, ABCD and all that sort of stuff that goes on with the rhythm of life. But I pray tonight, that as for yourself, and for myself, the most important thing that anyone will ever do in their lives as a believer, and I believe many people dip into these live streams as well that are just looking into faith that don't realize they're looking into faith that just that just happened to cruise into social media and everything that goes along with just you know, all the scrolling that we do as human beings, we're just almost creatures of habit, we spent hours, it's just sometimes, you know, maybe I'll just say it's about me, we might spend a fair while just scrolling on the on the socials. But I really believe that God God is calling God is calling very loud and very clear. God is speaking very loud and very clear. And the simple message is a very simple message actually, is just believe and in in the context, in the framework of that structure of just believe what we find ourselves is something very clear that there is faith in just belief, there is hope, in just believing there is future there is destiny, there is hope. There is love, there is everything in just believe. And within the just believe context, there is hope, with hope it comes so much. And I must mention this scripture is really, really important. Where we said keep your eyes keep your eyes on Jesus. That is the prime focus of this moment, as we just share these 30 minutes together, as we are in Quick Fire concession. As I quickly push this and bring this and I leave this in your in your hands, I leave this upon your lap, I leave this within your mind, I leave this within your heart. I leave this upon you tonight, that God is calling you just to this. Keep your eyes on Jesus. And before I speak any word to yourselves the beautiful people out there, I'm speaking directly to me. So before I say a word, it comes to me first it deals with me first, it stretches me first. But also amongst this keep your eyes on Jesus. I do believe that there are a few that feel that they have been separated from Christ. That is a lie. You cannot be separated from Christ. You might be saying, well, at this moment, I find it very difficult to keep my eyes on Jesus. keep myself in that posture of the word because of the challenges of life because of the the extra ordinary things that are breaking out in my life. I've been stripped back, I've had this taken. I've had to do this. I've had a, b, c and d breaking out in my life. And I found it very difficult to focus on Christianity on Christ. I feel separated, you are not separated from God. You are not separated from Christ. God has you God loves you. So let's just turn now let's just turn into the book of Romans, if you can indulge me for a few moments and just allow me just to continue this this this scripture. I haven't planned this. I haven't spoken about this. I haven't sat at my desk just twiddling my thumbs saying Lord watch. Let me write some notes for tonight. This is coming straight out straight out of me. And it is speaking to me and I thank God that it is speaking to anyone on the other side of the lens. And I just got to say this who can separate us Romans, chapter eight, verse 35, who can separate us from the love of Christ shall trouble hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger of sore, or sword? Sorry, for it is written for we face death all day long and we are considered the sheep to be slaughtered. Knowing all things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us For I am convinced, neither death nor life, nor angels, nor demons, nor the present, or the future, nor any powers, neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus. Let me just remind you tonight, that nothing on the earth within the earth, nothing around the Earth, no satanic press, we won't give that any AirPlay whatsoever. No attitude from anybody else, no tearing down, nothing can separate you. But do not allow your feelings to try and engage in to try and control your faith do not allow natural, Earthly physical feelings control your faith. The scripture says very clearly the just shall live by faith. The just shall live by faith. So I go by faith, how does my faith get strengthened? How does my faith get built up what strengthens my faith? What what enables me to go by faith, that it is very simple, it is coming to the Word of God, I just want to remind you again, wherever you are, across this earth, nothing can separate you nothing can separate you or will be able to that's what the Scripture says, let's look directly at his word and not leave anything to my memory. And it says neither death, verse 39 of Romans chapter eight, neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God. God's love is beyond human understanding. God's love is beyond human power. God's love is beyond the science of life. God's love is beyond the thinking of any great thinker, or any great educator, you know, we are hearing and we've heard for so long, I'm getting tired of this word. Get yourself an influencer, find someone online? How often do we hear this, find someone that will influence your life, find a great speaker, find someone that will influence you find a motivational teacher that will influence you, let me tell you this, there is only one I can't even I'm going to have to use it in this terminology. So I asked for your forgiveness, God in the name of Jesus, when you look at an influence or what has an influence or do we won't go into that, but we understand. So what I'm going to bring is our very worldly terminology, to a very biblical text. God is, gosh, I don't even want to say it. But I'm going to say it for the sake of the language that we are in God is the influence of God, God is the guide God is our hope. You know, the, the world is looking for influencers, to influence them in the right path and a right way, you know, or correct, cross the socials right across the platform for such a long time. Now, word, find an influencer, someone that's going to influence you and guide you and show you this and show you that let me tell you there is only one, that He is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE No one comes to the Father, except through Him. So when you look at Christ, He says, I am the way he says, I am the door, I am the good shepherd, I am the king of kings, and the Lord of lords, as God said to Moses, at that place, that place of meeting at that place of the burning bush at that place where Moses his countenance was changed. Moses said they had this conversation, it was in the dialogue is in the text, it is in the historical format of the Word of God. It says, God said, I am. I am, he is your God, He is your strength, and nothing can separate you from the great I AM. Nothing can separate you. But I can hear myself I can hear those that are very truthful and very honest, saying, You know what, I've taken my eyes off of Jesus, I've been tempted by the world I've been looking at this looking at that, oh, drop back into that I I went back and I slipped on the, on the on the slit on the on the ice of life. I I made a mistake. I said something, I acted out of character. I was fearful. I was doubtful. i i You know, God knows the i God came and he set the I have free. That is me. He set you free. He set me free. He knows our character. He knows the things that we do. He knows every area of our life. And I just want to try and encourage you if we can ever bring the scriptures together. This is really, really important for me, and I pray that it's really important for you. Nothing can separate you. I'll even look at that word moment now. Think is able nothing is able to nothing in this world can and is able to separate you. What What am I? What could it separate me from from the love of God? What is the love of God? John 316 We could spend a lifetime talking about the love of God, it is too big, it is too fast. I do not have the capability I do not have the articulation. I do not there is no thesaurus around me to describe and to put into words how big this love of God is. It is so big, it is beyond my noggin, beyond my thinking beyond my understanding beyond me, this Bible is beyond me. It is bigger than me. It is greater than me. It is before me. It has been written for us about him. It is everything we need to know. So coming back to Hebrews, coming back to basic Christian foundational doctrine. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Ben, keep your eyes on Jesus. Ben, keep your eyes on Jesus. That's what I got to keep saying keep my eyes on Jesus. Who is Jesus? Who is this Jesus? Wow, what a question to ask rhetorical question. Who is this Jesus? Oh my Lord. Who is this Jesus? Well, what a question to ask who is this word? Who is this great I am can any great mind can any great thinker, can any great philosopher can any great theologian can any great articulator can any Anyone, anyone say I completely, completely beyond, and in and above and around, I have some that this Jesus and I have come to a human conclusion. It is impossible, because it says, My ways are higher than your ways. My thoughts are far above your thoughts, as far as the heaven is away from the Earth. That is infinity and beyond even getting Buzz Lightyear into this amazing stuff. Jesus, you know, to infinity and beyond. You know, when you look at the Scripture, when you look at the Scripture, no great theologian, no great writer, no great articulator no great preacher, no great theologian. Theologians, sorry. Anyone that has an can say, I've worked it out. It is a different Jesus to what the Bible tells me, because His ways are far beyond his thoughts are far beyond. And there is a responsibility to me as a individual in Christ, to say, God, I believe we pray tonight. I pray tonight that the church within the UK takes the opportunity at this moment, the preachers, the teachers, congregations, the brothers, the sisters, me, you, whoever we may be tonight, to take hold of the Word of God, and to strip everything off at a desk, everything out of our lives, everything off the bookshelf, and just say God, I'm going to spend X amount of time God I'm going to spend whatever that may be in your in your heart, say, Lord, I'm just going to keep reading. I'm gonna listen to the Word of God. I thank You, Lord, for extra biblical knowledge. I thank you for the great writers, Joe Josephus, and, and all the others out there. I thank You, Lord, for for all the extended confirmation, running along with the world. But I don't need that extra confirmation. Because I believe I believe I, I believe and I honestly believe that we are in a position right now. To just just to tell yourself, that God loves you, just as you are. Just as I am right now, wherever you are across this earth, whatever is going on what however, whatever has gone on, whatever may go on, there is nothing in your life or my life that has taken God by any surprise whatsoever. But I cannot get away from this press this on my heart tonight is to let me know and to let you know. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Jesus. When I keep my eyes on Jesus, seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and everything else shall be added unto thee as I seek Him as I speak to him, you know in the in the position of prayer so often that we've had prayer meetings at this hour. And that our, this moment at that moment, you know, we open up the church and we think that we can usher Christ in because it's a prayer meeting, because it's a Bible study, because it's a certain time when we want God to show up, God is always moving, we cannot predict his move, you know, like the wind, where you cannot see the wind blowing, you cannot, you cannot gauge it, you cannot work it how the science and the and the weather system is trying to gauge you're trying to work it trying to understand it, you know, you we will never understand God will never know which way he's gonna, he's gonna move next. He's invisible. The scripture says that Christ came to this earth, as the invisible God, we understand for the book of Colossians really clearly what it says. But I really believe that we are at this moment in time that wherever you are at this moment, we cannot anticipate we cannot work it out. We cannot understand it. So what do I do? I just go by faith. I really believe I don't know if I've said this already tonight. But this just keeps coming. This keeps coming to my heart to my mind, to my focus. Just believe. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, sound doctrine, we are living in a nation that needs clean and clear. Sound teaching, biblical teaching, if we had sound and clean, biblical teaching, wow, wow, wow. Oh, my Lord. This is so so so important to me, that I get sound doctrine, because doctrine is everything. Doctrine shapes, me, doctoring, guides me, but when it's wishy washy, when it is just scratching and just scratching my back, it doesn't even come into doctrine, doctrine, the doctrines of grace, salvation, justification, you know, everything that goes along with that, you know, God, redemption, his sovereignty, the birth, the death, the resurrection, eschatology, the rapture of church, entire times the the end times, battles that we are facing as individuals, and the body of Christ, what we're going for at this moment, and I really believe God is like turning over the ground, God is turn our hearts over, God is turning us over, we are thinking different, we are looking different. We are feeling different, we are experiencing things very different. That is, because God is moving very, very powerfully. And I really, really would encourage you to study Genesis to study Genesis chapter one, and start building building on creation, building on the foundation, and God said, And God said, And God said, When I get that into my being, when I get that into my heart, as the scripture says, press it onto the tablet of your heart when I when I get foundational teachings, when I get clear and clean and the doctrines of grace, the doctrines of the Word of God onto my heart, when I understand the very basic principles, when I understand the basic word in when I understand the the Bible's language, when I when I start to flow, I say God, I want to understand more. I want to walk more, Lord, I want to lean more into you. But Lord, I want to know about creation. Because creation is the fundamental point is the is the launching pad is the springboard into the rest of the Holy Word of God. If I was to start as a new believer up in Revelations, if I was to start in lamentation, if I was to start all in no other places, yes, I will get an idea. And yes, of course, as I say, and as God says in His word says he will reveal that, but as a believer, I have a responsibility for looking and where do I start? I start in Genesis, because what Genesis does, it gives me the foundation of God said, because when God said, it happens, when God speaks, it happens. We serve a God that causes things that are not as though they are, that is clear, that is clean, and that is perfect. In the Word of God. I pray that wherever you are tonight, Genesis will be a new beginning for you. Genesis will be a starting point for you. Genesis will be a foundational point for you Genesis will be a place where you rest in and spend time in Genesis and maybe God's leading you to to another book, maybe God's leading you to a different part of his word, and he will do that. But I'm just speaking to anyone tonight. That goes you know what? I'm going to start at the beginning. Literally, I'm going to start at the beginning, I'm going to understand creation. Because when I understand creation, I see through creation, I see the fall of humanity. But also what do I see? Through the fall? I see redemption. What do I see for redemption? I see Christ. What do I see at the very beginning of time, I see the Spirit of God hovering over the surface of the deep. So straightaway I got the deity in its full bodily form. So I understand the deity I understand the meanings I understand the callings, I understand the processing, I understand the very diverse and the very unified move of the Godhead and the deity I see that God is sovereign, I see that God is majesty, I see that Jesus is King, I see revelational knowledge I understand that salvation is at an is in Genesis, the Scripture says, clearly in Genesis, there is life in the blood. Now that will affect my understanding later on, on up in the New Testament. So Genesis is a very deep and a very beautiful theological place to start. If I just feel a little bit unsure at a moment, I pray that wherever you are, as we come to the table, and also it will strengthen you as well. And it was strength for me in the understanding of what the purpose of Christ come into the earth, the power of redemption, the power of is the sovereignty of God, the, the forgiving love of God, the unconditional, the unconditional side of God, but also I see God's anger, and I see God's wrath, but also I see something that arches over and goes beyond all that. The love of God, the love of God, God said, if you touch that, you will surely die. But God's love was arching over the fall of humanity, because God is love. And we got to remember what that means about God is love. But we're going to come to the table right now. And I pray that wherever you are at this moment in time, that when you look at Genesis and God will reveal through His Word through the book of Genesis, that there is salvation, there is redemption, there is justification. There is the, the unconditional spoken word about there is life. In the blood. There is a covenant being made, there is there is a plan being put into process, there is structure, there is order, there is creation, there is fundamental, Christian, powerful values in the book of Genesis, you know, I could stay for hours just talking like this. It is his plan, his plan, his redemption, his plan, his salvation. His plan is beyond the Garden of Eden, he, his plan is the redemption. I love the word redemption. It has been rattling around this, this body of mine for so long now, the power of redemption, the power of salvation, the power of justification, his sovereignty, his love, his mercy, his grace, the doctrines in the Word of God, we need clear, and I mean, clear, clear teaching we need. We need sound teaching from from the church from, from, from the preachers and the teachers of God word and, and I pray that you will, that you will hear very clearly tonight the Word of God, we're coming to the table, we're going to spend time at the table. So let, let's just gather around a table wherever you are tonight. Just remember, God called you before you thought about choosing him. God spoke into your innermost being before your innermost being could ever come to an understanding or a realization that this eternal God was even in existence, because he calls the things that are not as though they are as they are. And the Bible makes it very clear that God created us before the formation of our humanity ever came into being before the physical me was ever presented to this earth through my parents. God knew everything about me, he put that redemption plan in place. He put salvation in place, even before my physical being stepped on this earth before I was pushed out into this world by my mom, before I was brought into existence by my physical parents. My father in heaven, already for me, already knitted me together, created me before my physical existence, even lived out my physical purpose on the earth. He saved me before my physical footsteps from birth to my death. He Every journey of my life he, he knew my character, he know my, he knows my flaws, he knows my weaknesses, he knows my strengths, he knows my failings. He knows who I am, because He created me, before the physical me was pushed into existence, through the channel of my parents, but God knew me. So if he knew me before I was formed in that formation of a human being, before the existence of life, even came into the existence of humanity. Redemption was at the very beginning and before creation, because the Scripture says, He knew us, He created us, He formed us, before the foundations of the world before the creation of the earth. So before he said, Let there be Believe it or believe it, not you was and I was not in physical format. But we was in the form of how do you put this how do you bring genetics? How do you bring the process? How do you bring science how, how do you bring all this into being how how can you articulate this God that we serve, when you think, you know if you relate some of this stuff back and if, if science and certain people would listen to this, they would actually say, that vicar is absolutely off his rocker to actually believe that he was in existence before his physical being came into existence. It is beyond the human mind. So that is where belief that's where faith comes in. That's where hope comes in. That's why Hebrews chapter 12, verse two is so critical. Keep your eyes on Jesus because when I understand Jesus, what does it mean Jesus Christ ology I, I'm putting a lot out there tonight, I believe it's important that we study Christ, Christ ology the study of Christ. And then understanding his sovereignty, understanding the human Christ, understanding the written word, the rhema word, the spoken word, understanding, or trying to get an understanding or just trying to get a form of some form of a handle on this, this Messiah, because when the Scripture says, Keep your eyes on Jesus, that is so easy to say. So who is this Jesus? Who is Jesus, he's the author. He's the perfecter of life. He is the way he is the king. He is the Word of God, He is God. He is the great I AM. Who is this Jesus, this Jesus is the one that died on the cross. This Jesus is the one that presented himself to all of humanity that he created. Even this just knocked me off my chair tonight, to just try and get to some form of understanding that, that the Messiah that put himself on the cross because it wasn't the soldiers that put him on the cross. It was the scriptures that were prophesied, put him on the cross, and he put himself on the crust. It wasn't the soldier's physical strength that put him on the crust. It wasn't the priests in the courtyard that nailed Him to the cross. It wasn't humanity that put him on a cross. What it was, was the redemption plan, put him on the cross, there had to be a redeemer, and God does not need the strength of the Roman centurions. God does not need Pilate. God does not need a haircut God does not they need the chief priests and the priests to put him on the cross they are only doing what the Scriptures for told and for prophesied, he is the Redeemer he came to redeem, and humanity all humanity is doing is is walking the journey that God already spoke before the very beginning of time. So it wasn't humanity. It wasn't the atheist at nauseam to the cross. It wasn't the soldiers the bang the annoucing they was just the actors acting out what God for told and God for spoke in Serbian. They wasn't doing that in their own strength they was calling out Barabbas Give us Barabbas but God knew they was going to call Barabbas God knew that they would beat their one and only his one and only Son God for new if God for new it was already for told before the foot formation of the physical existence came into being. So the world did not now Him to the cross of Calvary. The soldiers did not now Him to the cross of Calvary. God made it very clear in Genesis, there has to be a redemption plan. did he wait for Pilate? did he wait for Herod? did he wait for the soldiers to fulfill the scriptures? No. Jesus says It is finished, they must have scratched their head and thought, What's this Messiah going on about? What's he talking about? It is finished. He was talking about everything that had been written about him to that point, and been foretold and for prophesied, It is finished. Now salvation begins, then we enter into a new covenant. It was a man that put him on the cross. It wasn't the blacksmith strength of the now that kept him on that tree of Calvary, God grew that tree. In that particular point, when God spoke this world into being, he knew that that seed would drop into that place, and that cross that he died on, or let me let me bring it back into Scripture. Because when Jesus died, Christ is a Messiah. But when you look at the Godhead, without going into that, because I'm pressing too much, onto the time bomb, Christ knew, God knew the Holy Spirit knew that that tree would take that amount of hours, minutes, days, years to grow. And that tree, that seed would become the cross of sow, salvation, the cross of Calvary, the cross of salvation, that that seed that fell into that ground in that particular way, whether the bird of the air took that seedling and dropped it as it flew over Jerusalem or wherever, when it was implanted into the earth, God knew that that seed would become the cross of Calvary. So it wasn't man that crucified Him. The scriptures were fulfilled, it came into existence into being, because he already planned and for told through the living Word of God. So wherever you are tonight, as we take this bread and wine, we are not doing it because the bishops and the priests have put this into position, we are doing it because of the Scripture tells us as often as you come together, Do this in remembrance of me. So wherever you are tonight, let's break bread together and take these few moments as we bring this live stream to a close tonight. So wherever you are, I know I've rambled on I know rambled on a bit longer than normal. But I would ask you, to back watch this and to ask God, to draw you into creation. Because when you understand creation, you understand it wasn't the soldiers that now into the cross. They was just performing and doing what the scripture already for told and already was spoken about. For God, for God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only beloved son, God gave it. God is the giver of salvation. And he doesn't need man in man's timing, to sentence Christ, at this time, and at that time, and at that moment, God wasn't waiting to get the redemption plan in place before them soldiers, put him on the cross a Calvary, Redemption was in position before existence was even spoken into been. You know, you have to create three main elements that science needs, and science relies on for creating anything. space, time of matter, is in the book of Genesis. So I pray tonight, that wherever you are, you will get a clear, clean revelational knowledge from God, that it doesn't matter what happens in your life. It doesn't matter who is in your life and what is happening about your life. God has called you and that is it. God has saved you. And that is that is it. No human being has the physical strength to resist the supernatural God. It is impossible. You can run from God. You can hide from God. You can do as much as you want to think that anyone can oppose God and do whatever you think that will push him away. But he saved us before we even done the most vile things in life. He said, You know, I have to use strong words like this, to get it over. So I clearly understand before I lived that sin before I'd done that sin before I acted in that sin. God saved. You are saved, I am saved. We can't run from it. We can't hide from it. We can't be stripped from it. You can't lose your salvation. Let's come to the table because I've really pushed the time tonight. Father in the name of Jesus. I pray for everyone on the other side of the lens die, that the power of the Holy Spirit will truly Roll them into such a beautiful walk with You, Lord. I pray tonight, Lord, as we break bread together, Lord, that the power of the Holy Ghost will descend like never before, into their families into their homes, into their workspace, into their their lives. I thank you that their lives belong to you. And no one can snatch them out of your grip. No one can erase them, no one can take them. No one can infiltrate what God has for you. If God is for me, who can be against me. You might have everything breaking out around your life. You might have many things busting out in every corner. But God saved you. God saved me before they started breaking out. God set us free before they started working and moving in our lives. So tonight, Lord, I thank you Father that this bread symbolizes the body of Christ. And as I take this tonight, Lord, I thank you for the power of salvation. Come Holy Spirit. I pray that peace will run like a river tonight. I pray that God that redemption will run like a river. Lord, I thank you for the gifts of God. The promises of God bless us But Father, thank You for this bread, that symbolizes the body of Christ in Jesus name, amen. It is very easy. It is very simple. It is not complicated. It is not difficult. You don't need the bishop, you don't need the priest. You don't need the preacher nor the teacher. You don't need the evangelist. You don't need the theologian you don't need to church. And you know what I'm saying you don't need religion. Hebrews chapter 12 verse to keep your eyes on Jesus. God will put the preachers and the teachers in your pathway. God will put the evangelists in your pathway, God will put people in your pathway. I've just got to seek Him. First. I keep my eyes on Jesus. I keep my eyes on Christ. I keep my eyes on the word. I keep my eyes in him. Through Him. All things were created for him and by him. Let's take this cut together. Father in the name of Jesus cleanses by the blood of the Lamb. We rest in you tonight Lord washes in the precious name. The Greatest Name cover us in the blood of Jesus. Amen. May God bless you and strengthen you? We've been in here for 4048 minutes almost. So the vicars outstayed his welcome on the vicar, get me out of here. So wherever you are across this earth tonight, may God just open up that word to you tonight. Remember what I'm saying? You don't need me in your life. You don't need any pastors and leaders, brothers and sisters, although they have their rightful place. What we need is Jesus, Jesus is first. Jesus is to the left me and the right to me, Jesus is before me. Jesus is behind me. It is Jesus. And when I understand who Jesus is, suddenly creation comes alive more. Suddenly the Old Testament comes alive more. Suddenly, the miracles become more alive and more fluid in my thinking and understanding, the more I understand, and the more I talk about the more I study Christ, we will never ever, ever, ever, ever get to the end and understanding who Christ is. Because Paul writes very clearly, the Scripture is a mystery. And God reveals that, but I really believe that you are hungry tonight. I believe that you are hungry for Jesus. I believe God is stirring you. And God is giving you the hunger. And God will give you what you need in your life. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and everything else will be added unto the God bless you. That's it. We're out of here. I will see you very, very soon. I will see you on Wednesday evening. Round about 730 ish for Bible study. You've been joining me tonight, Reverend Ben Cooper, around the mics around the table of remembrance and you can catch us on Buzzsprout Spotify I Heart Radio, and so many multiple platforms just type in the search engines Reverend Ben Cooper his podcast it will come up. Please, please, please this is not about me. This is about Jesus. It's just the way that we titled it and the you know what I'm saying? But God is with you. God will strengthen you. God is everything that you need. He is your redemption. He is your Savior. That is it. I am gone. I will see you. Later on take care. Have a great evening in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. God bless you. Take care