Good evening, God bless you. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us this evening, wherever you are. May God bless you and strip for you. We're just after 730 here within the UK. I hope you can hear me. I hope you are there people are there, I can see people jumping online. Good evening and welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for jumping online this evening. Grab yourself a Bible, grab yourself some bread and grab yourself some communion, you want to join me tonight, please do. So. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for sharing all this stuff out. Wherever you are across the world. Let's just gather around the word of God we are living in times, when the Word of God can only be the way forward, religion is dead. Religion is gone. The kingdom of God is here forevermore. It has always been here, it will always be here the kingdom of God. You know, Amen. Hallelujah, religion is dead. It looks like it's alive, but it is finished. And the question I have for myself, am I going to follow the word am I going to follow Christ? Am I going to follow His ways or I'm going to listen to the world and the rhetoric and the trash that spewing out from certain areas of culture and life, from we're going to serve Him and follow Him, you know, the greatest and the hardest challenge I believe anyone will ever have in the hour in which we live is to follow Jesus Christ is to follow Him, to walk with Him to be with him. And just to spend time with him. I think we are living or I don't think I don't like to think because my thinking is quite strange at some points, I believe. So I've got to change my language, as in when I think I'm thinking from my flesh, my mind and my cognitive processing. But when when I say I believe it's coming from my heart, it's coming from the enemy, the enemy more than the external, me and the external me is everything through my eyes and my vision, and my flesh and the way of the world. So I believe that we are living in very strong and very powerful biblical times I believe in the word of God, I believe in miracles, I believe from Genesis to Revelation. I believe in creation, I believe God said, Let there be and there was I believe in the birth to death, the resurrection of Christ. I believe in eschatology. I believe in the rapture of the church, I believe in the coming in the king. I believe in the word of God, I believe in the word of God. I see very clearly, as we said yesterday, when we were summarizing, looking through the Scripture very clearly, that there is two kings being prepared for those that was online yesterday. And when I capture that, that sermon back yesterday to kings, and the decision is now what King am I going to follow? Am I going to follow the the earthly monarchy King system, the government or system that political agendas? Or am I just gonna put everything that I have in my innermost being and, and trust in the Word of God, I believe that the church has been and is at a critical place where I've just got to believe but isn't it easy to say I believe it's okay to say I believe and I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Father and son of the King of kings and the Lord of lords, I believe in His word, I believe, but then I've got to convert what I say and what I believe into a press on this earth by living according to the word so that that is the complicated thing that I will do is that I gotta I gotta live, I've got to live it, I believe it. Now I've got to live it. I've got to walk it. I've got to tread through it. I got to press across this earth with it. So it's easy for me to say I believe Genesis to Revelation, I believe in the word of God. I believe I believe I believe but then I've got to bring myself to live in the Word of God. But what I love about God's word, it's very, it's very powerful in the way it tells me very clearly that all have sinned and fallen short of His glory. There is only one righteous one. And his name is Jesus. So all of us live in a fallen world. We live in a fallen world we understand that very clearly through through Genesis chapter one, about the fall of humanity. You know, we see that very, very clearly the fall, but also we see it in creation and we see in Genesis We see redemption, redemption. And I just want to remind you tonight, wherever you are across the world, whether you're local to the church here, whether your first time jumping online this evening, I really believe I really believe God is working in your life. And I just want to encourage you at this moment in time, it's not about the amount of times we clock into the church structure the box. Yes, I understand what the Scripture clearly says that do not forget the offer sake, the coming together as the saints, I get that to edify one another to encourage one another to pray for one another. But I am saved because of the redemption plan of Almighty God. I'm saved because of the blood of Jesus, because of the old rugged cross, cross what happened at the old, old rugged, Rugged Cross and get a bit tongue tied there. There is something so powerful about the cross of Calvary, and not worshiping the cross of Calvary, like certain faiths do, like certain religious orders, worship the cross, and they, they put everything and they use it as symbolic. Yes, I understand what it represents symbole symbolic and I understand what it means when I look at the cross, but I don't watch it the cross, I worship the one that went to the cross, I watched it the one that created the wood, the tree that that grew the carpenter that was brought to this off to make the cross to construct the cross, you know, I worship the one that was on the cross, but he was on the cross. And he's alive. And as the book of Revelation makes it very, very clear. And as he said to John, I was dead, but behold, I am alive forevermore. So I worship the King of kings and the Lord of lords. But the cross is a very interesting, spiritual aspect of our walk. It's not that we lift up the symbolism of the cross, it's that I, when I look at the cross, I focus at the cross, I see the cross I, I hear what the cross represents. But then I, I say to myself, thank you that I serve a God that calls are things that are not as though they are and also not only do I serve a God, that calls or things are not ours, or they are according to the scripture, I served the King of kings and the Lord of lords, the king that went to the cross, the Messiah that went to the cross, the King of the Jews, the king, above all kings, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. So when I look at the cross, the cross represents so much it represents the crucifixion, obviously, it represents the birth, the death, the resurrection, it represents eschatology, the cross represents creation, because everything is about the cross, you know, Genesis is leading up to the cross. And the New Testament is, after the cross, everything is focused at the cross, around the cross, before the cross after the cross, everything happened at the cross. And Christ made a spectacle to all the authorities and principalities across the world. And in that three dimension that we can't see, with our natural eyes that what Christ done at the cross, he made a spectacle according to the Word of God, of older principalities, or demonic forces to the authorities that at the Cross Christ is in full charge of every breath in his own being. And every breath in your brain, the cross is so powerful, the cross is so glorious, and I'm not lifting up the cross. As a symbol, I am looking at the cross, almost looking through the cross looking around the cross, but understanding what the cross symbolizes. And that is Christ that Christ gave His life for each and every one of us and we was bought with a ransom. And the price was paid at the cross, but the 1000s of years, coming up to the cross, and in the 1000s of years after the cross. So the cross is extremely important. For me, as a believer I don't worship across you know, you've got that beautiful song and the old rugged cross. There's so many beautiful hymns out there. There's a lot of music out there and this hour that we have around us that's labeled up. That's Christianity, when actually it's not really Christianity. It's, it's very trancy. It's very, it's very spiritual, but what side of the cross is it on? So we've got to be very careful with music. We've got to be very careful about the biblical language that we use, but the cross is the center point, because Christ made a spectacle at the cross, the shedding of blood. So what I'm getting to at this hour is something that I need as a believer, I don't need religion. Religion has put me in a cul de sac for too many years. Religion as as as own almost tied me to certain areas of life. Religion has lied to me religion has led me down. Religion has spewed all this rhetoric out over me, and as put me in a false position, but that is really Imagine but the kingdom of God is freedom. The kingdom of God is hope. The kingdom of God is eternity. I am a child of the living God, before any label on my on my being any before any titles before anything that goes before me, I am a son, you are a son or you are a daughter, brother or sister in Christ, and at the cross. What I love is at the cross, if you were to look in Isaiah 53, it talks about His Majesty, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, there is nothing in his appearance that was attractive. But he took on our transgressions, he, he took on our third infirmities, he took our pain, he, he took everything upon him, the punishment that should have been on me, was upon him. And that punishment has brought me peace, and we are slaves to righteousness. So get to get to the point where your reps get to the point where, what I'm trying to say this evening, I have to follow the word of God. And what I'm going to read from the Gospel of John, we're coming out of the Gospel of John chapter one, verse one and two, and then we're going to go into the book of Joshua. So what is really important for me as a believer is that I believe in the word of God. I believe in the word of God. Religion has been pushed aside, religion has been torn. Religion has found, it hasn't got anywhere. It is just loud, it is noisy. It is empty. It is cold, it is like stone. But Jesus Christ is the head of the church. Now, I've got to understand that there is a difference between religion, six over here, the kingdom of God is here. And within the kingdom of God, Christ is the head of the Church, His Church, His church, he is the king and he has, he owns the Kings domain, he is the King of glory, He is the great I AM, he is your Jehovah Jireh he is your your peace, your shalom, he is your bright morning star. He is the King of kings and the Lord of Lords. He is Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, he is everything he is Jehovah, he will provide. He's God, He is the God of all creation. And he sent his one and only Son to die on a cross for me, and to give me hope and a future through the power of redemption, there is power in redemption, and we haven't been bought with money. Yes, we may look at the scripture, and we understand that 30 pieces of silver, were bought brought into the arena of the crucifixion. And we understand that 30 pieces of silver was switched backwards and forwards between the betrayer and religion. We understand what what religion wanted. And isn't it interesting that religion still wants that religion wants Christ out of the way because religion is controlling the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the priests, the high priests, the keepers of the law, that the Old Testament writers, they was all coming for Jesus. And it is the same today. And you know, religion wants to take the glory, but God says, I will not share my glory with no man there is no one on this earth that God will share His glory with no preacher, no teacher, no denomination, no denomination, no church, no Pastor, no leader, no one, no religious order, can say that they are higher than God because God is the God of Israel. He is a God of all creation. And Christ is the head of the church. There is no human being. There is no super spiritual pastor, leader, Bishop, Pope, brother, sister, whoever, whatever label, there is no one higher, and there is no one higher than Christ, because He is the head of his church, the church, the Body of Christ, that is the real church and you belong to the body of Christ. You may have been involved in church, as we see it, business church, parochial church, you may have been involved in religion, but God is removing people out of religious boxes. God is drawing people deeper into a walk with him. And I really believe God is telling me tonight clearly through His Word, to encourage you to keep what to keep in the Word of God. Maybe you've never read the word. But did you realize that you were saved before you even recognize who Jesus Christ was? Did we really realize that we were saved in our darkest hour? And there are people pondering backwards or forwards in faith out of faith? And what I should have said there was in church out of church, trying to work out Does God exist? Well, actually, God has called you God has chosen you and He is calling you to one place and that place is to him tonight. And he is requiring each and every one of us to be brothers and sisters, followers of the Word of God. That is what a disciple is not someone that clocks into a rigid religious box. Not someone that wears a cloak and a clergy caller, Christ is looking and Christ has I, I find this very profound, very prophetic, the scriptures that talk about and speak about, and really give us clear understanding that salvation was upon me and knew, before we even understood what salvation was about, that we were saved before our bodies even realized that we were saved. But at this hour as we come up to the table together, at this moment, I really believe God is calling you to the Word of God, not to church, not to ministry, that strip yourself back, stripped me back of all that God is calling us to His Word, His word from Genesis to Revelation, God is drawing people to his word because religion has failed. Certain areas of ministry and church has failed, you know, but it's not about looking back. It's about looking forward. Hebrews chapter 12, verse to keep your eyes on the author, who is the author of Jesus, the Bible says Hebrews chapter 12, verse two, keep your eyes on the author, and the perfecter of your faith. Christ is the head of the church, no Bishop, no pastors, no reverence, no deacons, no eldership team, they are the head of the structure that they make. They are the head of whatever they make, but no one will be the head of the Church of Jesus Christ, the real body of Christ. Yes, there is all authority. Yes, we have to understand the Firefall ministers, the apostles, the preachers, the teachers, the evangelists, the administrators, but that is biblical structure. There is such a difference between the biblical structure, the Church of Jesus Christ, and the church that the King of England created, when he wanted to get divorced, always touched a really sticky subject. Isn't it interesting, that man makes his own systems to suit his own fleshly desires, but the kingdom of God brings us what the kingdom of God brings us past that, and through that, and the kingdom of God actually brings us every one of us, under conviction through the power of the Holy Spirit. That is why we have redemption, through the power of God's Word through the Messiah, through the King of kings and the Lord of lords. There is power in the name of Jesus. So we have had for generations after generations, a king making his own church to fit what he wants, because the other church system that was in place would not allow him to get divorced. So he went off and said, I'm gonna make my own church, so it fits what I want to do. And that is very clear of what we have today. We have denominations claiming to be the church, we are the church, we are this we are A, B, C, and D, and they are doing whatever they want to do. But if we really want to know what the church what the church really looks like, follow the word of God, follow the word of God, it is really, really important, the word of God, so I don't follow religion, and I don't follow the stuff that's out there. I follow the word. Before I look at church and before I understand what church is about, I follow Jesus, and I follow the kingdom of God, I follow his teachings, I follow His Word. I follow Genesis to Revelation, I follow all that that is very, very clear. I follow the word of God. The Bible says test every spirit test, every teaching, test everything that I say, make sure it lines up with the word of God, it has to line up with the word of God, we have been listening to the word of man too long. Now I'm going to read from John as we come to the table, just checking the time. John, chapter one, verse one, and two, let's read together. Let's turn into the New Testament. And it says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning, all things, all things were created through Him. Nothing that has been made that it has been made, speaking about the Messiah, speaking about Christ, talking about the deity, talking about the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. If you just look at that, just for one moment, if you have a Bible, and I really would encourage you to get yourself a paperback version, it's great having the devices they have their place, I would say they're an emergency backup, but what we need is a paperback version. You know, get yourself a real real nice paperback version that you can maybe keep in your pocket you can keep on your desk. It's great having the gadgets but technology, emails, texts, Everything comes through, you know, it's like distractions, social media, all that because there is nothing like a paperback version of the Word of God. So we have John chapter one, verse one, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, with God, sorry, and the Word was God. So very clearly, the word is at the beginning, the Word is God is about God, and the word is the word of God. So what do I do as a believer? I don't go to the church, I don't go to religion. I don't go to anyone else in that eldership. I go to God, and by going to God, how do I get to God, I go to God going through Christ Jesus. He says, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life No one comes to the Father except through me. There is no other symbolism. There is no other Saint on this earth. You know, the church is very good at lifting up stained glass window versions of saints, it's very good at putting saints up in the stained glass window, symbolism everywhere, when actually it is Christ. And when I look at the cross The cross, if I look at the symbol of the cross, it should always be an empty cross. It is always an empty cross. Because the Scripture says, the angels from God's command said this, he is not here, he has risen. So the cross is empty. The cross is just for me to glimmer at a moment. And for it to take me to a place of saying thank you, Father, that you send your one and only Son that went, he went to the cross for me. So we have the Gospel of John, chapter one, verse one, in the beginning was the Word. If the word was at the beginning, the word should be at my beginning, beginning of every decision, every thought, every process of life. What does the word say about my life? What does the Scripture say about me? As an individual? What does the Scripture say about life, about business, about family, about following Him what so many ways we can look at this, but it says In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, He was with God. It's very interesting. It says he in verse two, he was with God. In the beginning, Genesis, you can flick all the way to Genesis, and you can find out very clearly what it says in Genesis, but I want to go to Joshua, just give me a moment. Give me a moment. Let me have a look. We got it. We got it. We got it. We got it. Joshua, chapter three, Joshua, chapter three, verse nine, and it says, Joshua said to the Israelites, come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. I think that we are, again, I've used the word thing when I should actually say believe. So I'm learning to speak very differently. I'm learning to use the biblical language more. I'm learning not to speak as an evangelical pastor, I'm learning not to speak as a quick FIDE preacher. So I have to ask God that He will unpack certain terminologies that have been pressed in me for years. So I believe, I believe, I don't think because that is of the flesh. I believe I believe in the word. And I believe that we are at this stage what the Word of God is saying right now, Joshua said to the Israelites come here, and listen to the words of the Lord your God, the church, the body, religion, me, as a believer, however, we look at what we are talking about. And however we look at that tonight, I have to listen to the words of the God of Israel. That is fundamental. It is spiritual, it is foundational. It is scripture, it is biblical. It is all these big words that I need to understand, I have to listen to the Word of God, how do I listen to the Word of God, I listen to the Word of God by reading the Word of God. Now, we've all been here, we've all probably mentioned this a few times, while I might read certain areas of the Bible, and I don't quite understand it. That's good that we've reached that point that we don't understand it, because Paul writes very, very clearly says, the Scripture that I'm writing and what I have written to you, is a mystery. So it has to stay at a mystery layer for a certain amount of time. Because if I went to the Bible, and I could work everything out, it would not be called the Bible because the Bible is the Word of God. It is the spoken word of God. It is the written word of God. So if I think that my human mind or my processing and my thinking and the philosophy and the way they study think, see if I think I can work this out, the Scripture says his ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are far above our thoughts. As far as the heavens and the earth are away from each other, so are his ways, from my ways, my thoughts from his thoughts, my understanding to his understanding. So the word of God will, in certain areas of our lives will sit will stay a mystery to a certain level until he gives us revelation or knowledge. We've mentioned that a lot through podcast and we've mentioned that a lot from sermonizing, through the breaking down of preaching and teaching. And through expository studying, we have looked at what that what that means. And so revelation, it is revealed, it has to be revealed, God's word will always be revealed. But but within the thinking capacity of a human being, I will always through my educational stretch, wherever that may be, academic stretch where wherever I might be on the earth and whoever I am. And whatever my understanding of wording is, I will always be at a point where I will never actually fully and completely grasp it within the world of my being of a human being because God's word is supernatural. And I am of the natural world, there are many Christians. Well, I should say there are many, many strange religious people out there think that they are super human, and they are sitting at the right hand of the father when the Bible doesn't actually say that. The Scripture says we are all sinners, we are all sinners saved by grace. So yes, I might go through times in my life where, where the citizen is great, and thoughts Zeno's and as bad as they used to be, but we are all sinners until he calls us home, until we leave this earth. So until the dust of the earth it shall return Ashes to ashes, dust the dust, as we, as we say, in the in the area of funerals. But that comes out of Genesis, from the earth, which came from the earth, I shall return in this earth suit, because it is our flesh. But I will get a new heavenly body that is a different subject all together. But I pray that wherever you are, and as we break bread together tonight, I just thank God for His word, because I really, really urge you tonight, to be a brother or sister of following the Word of God. The first and the most important thing in my life is I follow the word of God, I will foul following the Word of God, I will get it wrong following the Word of God. But through me, pressing into the Word of God, through me seeking the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, I will find that my life will change without me changing it because I cannot change the issues and the situations around our lives. Do you know what prayer, even prayer we got? When we look at the word prayer? Prayer is key prayer is vital to a believer. But prayer doesn't always change the environment. what prayer does it changes me in the way that I look at the environment and the way that I am? So prayer changes me first, prayer will never change the will of the Father. So there are certain things in life that we will never change through the power of prayer. Because Christ said, The Word of God said to that great, that great, biblical writer. He said Three times I pleaded with the Lord. But he said, My grace is sufficient for you. So it's very, very important that I understand as a believer, what am I praying in? Am I praying in the will of the flesh, or on my planet, praying in the will of the Father? Am I praying in my understanding on what I want for my life, or my praying in what Christ wants and what the Father wants for my life? So prayer is very powerful. And then I hear loads of people shouting down the drum of life. The Scripture says, You have not because you ask not. Now what that means is I've got to ask in the will of the Father, not in the will of religion and the prosperity gospel which is, give me give me give me attitude. I pray, Father, what is your will for my life? What is your purpose? So prayers don't need to be elongated. prayers don't need to be like the pagans. prayers don't need to be like the religious people. Long, long, long, long prayers. Now I spent hours and uncountable years in prayer, but what was the purpose? That is another conversation? Prayer is so simple, it is a conversation between me and God, I can be anywhere on the earth and have this conversation and I can have a prayer with God prayer is communication with the Father, through the Scripture through the Word and through the power of the Holy Spirit, leading me into the garden of Gethsemane because in the Garden of Gethsemane, I mean, the Father's Will what is the Father's will, the Father's Will is the word of God. What is the word of God? It is Christ. It is the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, everything is in the Word of God. We're coming to the table in just a few moments. And I pray that wherever you are tonight, that it is and it will and it will always be the word of God, first in your life, in my life, in every breath, it is the word of God. Room, let's, if you were to remind yourself, what it says in the Gospel of John, if you want to turn back to the Gospel of John a moment, if you've got a minute, just got a minute. Let's just turn Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, someone has taken John out of my Bible. Come on, Lord, what is going on with me tonight, Lord, John, chapter one, verse one, it says, In the beginning was the Word, the Word is critical. The word is foundational, the word is my strength, the word is my structure. And if he was to go into Psalms and asked to look at Psalms and to study Psalms, it is very clear to understand that God is my refuge. God is my fortress. So when I say God is my fortress, God is my rest. God is my king. I should say Christ is my king. But when I look at theologically, when I can bring it into the same, but right now, as we look at this, just as we come to the table, I'm so sorry, I'm rushing, it's tonight. He says, In the beginning was the word the word has to be at the beginning. Do you find that interesting, they doesn't mention church, doesn't mention religion, doesn't mention pastors or leaders, brothers, Deacon sisters, doesn't mention the system of church or religion. It mentions the word of God, the word is foundational, the word is the beginning, the word is the middle, and the word is the end. It is everywhere. In the beginning was the Word. So creation was brought into being by the word. We look at Christ, the book of Colossians, I've mentioned this so many times recently. Colossians makes this very clear, Christ is the image of the invisible God. So when I bring these scriptures together, when I when I draw this together, and when I, when I bring maybe a parallel, or, or when Christ reveals this, and it all brings, and it comes to a point of foundational point, one thing that I can never get away from as a believer, it has to be the word of God. But when it's the word of God, it is God. It is the deity, it is the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. And not only is it that it is absolutely everything, it is creation, Revelation, eschatology, the rapture, the church, it is everything. It is everything, the wood is everything. It's the king's domain. So suddenly, the scripture comes alive in my spirit, very easily, and very powerfully, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness. When I seek him, I find holiness, I find purity, I find the power, I find the glory, I find revelation, I find peace, I find structure, I find the word in there everything is in the Word of God, everything is about the word for the word, with the word, without the word, there is nothing when he was to if he was to look at replacement theology, and what all that means, by the replacement, and by the removing, it loses, it loses everything, but that's man, you know, in like hyper grace, when when they talk about hyper growth, and they, they switch and they change things around and, and they pull this out, and they pull that out. And they add this to that. The Bible says, Don't add, and don't take away whatever it says from Genesis to Revelations. It is, and it has been given. It is fact it is it is that word of God. So if I don't understand it, what I don't do is sit around a table with a load of brothers and sisters and praying, trying to change it to fit my life. What I should be doing, is sitting around the table and saying to the brothers and sisters, let's explore the Word of God and see where I am not quite getting this and asking God to reveal what I don't get not trying to get my life to fit a message that I have made up to make my flesh feel better for the way that I'm living. Because let's remind me again, let's remind myself again, All have sinned and fallen short of His glory. So that is an equalizer across the table of life that is an equalizer across the platform of culture, live system all have sinned, and fallen short for His glory, but by grace we have been saved, not by work so that no one can boast. We are saved because of the Word of God. God is with you, and God is for you. The word is everything. Religion has been exposed. For many generations, religion is finished, that it will never be resurrected. But there is a certain percentage of the culture and religion and tradition that is living in the days of Moses living in the days of Pharaoh living at Jacobs. Well, when Jesus said, Why are you why are you drawing from this old? Well, why are you drawing from that? Yes, but we're drawing from that because Jacob built this, Jacob's sons, the horses, the cattle, is what we've always done. But Jesus says, I am the living water, do you want live in water because if you want live in water, you won't get it from a traditional point. You won't get it from an old place. Because the Bible says and the angel said, Once seated at the head, Once seated at the feet of where Christ lead, he is not here he has risen. Christ is ALIVE. Christ is alive, but religion is dead. So I follow Jesus, I follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, I follow His word, I listened to what the Bible talks about, speaks about about prophecies about end times. If I'm wobbling or I'm wavering in my faith, what might be missing in my understanding, is creation. If I want to get more stronger in my faith, I study creation, because in creation, is everything in Genesis is absolutely everything. If I get Genesis, and I look at Genesis, and I work through Genesis, and I ask God to reveal the structure and and then the formation of the world. But what I find in Genesis, I find a redemption plan, I find salvation I find redemption, I find what it says about blood, there is life in the blood. So everything is in Genesis. So if Genesis is strong within me, I don't have any areas of my faith, that could be right. But what we are finding is that we have had for a long time, preachers and teachers of the faith, so to speak, that will bypass the teachings of creation, because they don't actually believe in creation. They are evolutionists, and they are using evolution. And they are leaning in evolution and leaning on their own understanding science, theoretic physics, quantum physics and the theory of life, rather than standing on the Word of God. So if I believe that God said, Let there be light, and there was, and I get an understanding in that, and then from that, what springs away from that, in the beginning was like, what does Jesus say, I am the light of the world. So all of a sudden, I've got the New Testament, I've got Christ, let there be light, and there was light. Jesus says, I am the light of the world. The psalmist writes, your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path. So when I understand what the power of the word is speaking about when it talks about light, and I get an understanding on that word, light and creation, it opens up, the Holy Spirit opens up so much to me, because I'm in creation. But if churches and preachers and teachers leave out creation, it can, it could well, I'm going to come to the table. I'm pressing time, sorry. So I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize I'll just jumping up and down again, or a little bit. Come on. Let's have it tonight sort of thing. But let's just pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, Father, we thank you that this bread symbolizes the body of Christ and Lord, as we break bread together right now, in the name of Jesus, we understand Father, that your word is power, your word is Life, Your word is truth. Your Word is yes and amen. And right now, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Father, we thank you that this bread symbolizes the body of Christ. And we are doing exactly what the Word of God says, as often as you come together, Do this in remembrance of me. This is in remembrance of Jesus. This is remembrance of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. It has nothing to do with religion. It has nothing to do the system of church. This is the body of Christ. And this is critical for me to understand tonight that I do not need another human being to tell me that I cannot take of this as long as I come to Christ, and I say, Father, I have sinned and fallen short of your glory. If that is it, because he went to the cross for me, he saved me. He set me free. His blood was shed for me. He is the one that bore my transgression. So I don't need religion, and tradition and formalities. And I don't need to showmanship of all the grandeur of religion to tell me, I cannot do this. I do this because my Bible, we come back to that word again, the word I do this because of the Word of God. So Father, I thank you that this symbolizes the body of Christ, in Jesus name, and your body was broken at the cross of Calvary. But Lord, I thank you in Jesus name, amen. There is power in the Word of God. And before we come to the cup, I just want to remind every one of you tonight you carry the Word of God, you carry the Word of God. How can you say that? I'll tell you how I can say that. Greater is He that is in me, and he that is in the world. So the hay that the Gospel of John speaks about is the hay that we are reading about in the Bible. Hey, he is your Redeemer. He is your Savior. He is the Creator of heaven on earth. He is the God of Israel. He is Jehovah Jireh he is Jehovah shalom, he is everything. He is the one that said, I am the Way the Truth and the Life No one comes to the Father except through me. He is the me. He is the Christ. He is the King of glory. He is the great I AM. And you know what? This earth suit, your earth suit your body, my body. Our physicality that we see within us, is the power of God. And don't let anyone tell you that you are not a Christ carrier. Because Christianity, Christian, is a simple understanding that is Christ in me, because the Bible says, Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Devil buzz tonight you're gone. Because I carry the Word of God. So how can we approach the throne of grace, where maybe today I found him. I humble myself. I say, Lord, remove arrogance from me remove fear, remove jealousy, you know, whatever it may be that personal time we've got and just say wherever you are across the earth tonight, Father, forgive me, for I've sinned and fallen short of your glory today. And Lord in the boldness of tonight, I found you today, Jesus, I've let you down today, father. But I thank you, because of the cross of Calvary is empty. But it reminds me of my king that saved me. And through redemption, and through the word of God. And for the Scripture. I come to you tonight. And I recognize what your word says. As often as you come together do this in remembrance of me in the same way after supper. He took the cup. And when He had given thanks, He broke bread, took a cup. Lord Jesus washed me in your blood tonight cleanse me. This is symbolic. This symbolizes the blood of Jesus. It symbolizes the blood of Christ wash me in Jesus name. Amen. There we go. I'm out of here. You're out of here. The 50 P is about to run out. Time has gone. I've pressed it too far again. But you should know me by now. I pray that wherever you are across this globe tonight, whoever you are, whatever your life looks like, whatever my life looks like. Jesus loves us. Unconditional Love and conditional love. I was saved you were saved. Before we even understood who and what the word Jesus even meant to our physical approach to study to Christianity to To whatever to whatever you were saved, he went to the cross. For each and every one of us have a great evening. May God bless you we are stretched 45 minutes just over 45 minutes. Not too bad tonight. I pray that wherever you are across this world, that you will continue just to follow Jesus Christ, the author and the perfecter of your faith. He is the King of glory and wherever you are, wherever you are, never give up. Never give up. Goodbye. Good night. Yes, yes. God bless you. May God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I pray that you have a wonderful evening, wherever left, wherever left it may be whether you're in New Zealand, wherever you are across the world. Well, you might be joining me just around the corner. Wherever you are tonight, let's just remind ourselves that we serve the King of kings. The Word of God is with you. The Word of God, he's not against you. It is for you. God bless. We'll catch you soon. In a much era Jesus Christ. God bless take care
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