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Speaker 2We're going to turn straight into the New Testament this evening . We hope your day is well . We hope all is good in the mighty name of the Father , the Son , the Holy Spirit , and wherever you are situated at this moment , the Father is with you . The King is with you , god is with you . All things are possible to those who believe . But let's get straight into the Word of God . Tonight we're going to break bread . We're living in a very , very interesting time and wherever you are situated across the world , god is with each and every one of you . May God strengthen you and lead you and carry you to your next destination . You know there is power in the Word of God . Good evening and welcome everyone . Wherever you are watching this live stream broadcast , however , you are capturing all this stuff , stuff . We just want to say we are so blessed that you are with us and , uh , and you've stayed with us for so long . And for those that are on radio at this moment , wherever you are across the world , you know , you can link into the studio , you can listen , and we just want to say thank you to everybody that has downloaded the tens of thousands of podcasts that we've done , from lockdown all the way through to now , and everyone that stays with us on the live stream , you know , and everyone that stays with us on the live stream , you know . We thank you for staying with us on the live stream services , but we're going to drop straight in . We're going to go to one Peter . So , if you're with us tonight , grab yourself a Bible . Let's just jump straight into one Peter as we get comfortable . Get yourself a cup of tea , grab yourself a cup of coffee , whatever it may be , let's just get straight into the word of god and we thank god for your lives and wherever you are situated at this moment in time . Let's get ourselves comfortable . We're going to dive straight into the word of god . One peter , one peter , chapter one . And , as we have a quick look at these scriptures one peter , chapter one , verse 18 . You know what a great book this is tonight , what a great , you know , word that we're going to bring to each and every one of us .
Speaker 2So , wherever you are , I just pray that you will find the love of god and the power of the holy spirit and the . The presence of jesus christ will carry you wherever you are . You know , and it starts in uh , verse 18 . It says uh , for you know that it was not with uh , perishable things like silver and gold , that you was redeemed , from the empty way of life that you was handed down from your forefathers , but it was from the precious blood , the precious blood of christ , a lamb without blemish or defect . He was chosen before the creation of the world , but was revealed in the last times for your sake . Through him . I love this verse 21 . Through him , you believe in god , who raised him from the dead and glorified him , so that your faith and hope are in god . And it says there , now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth , so that you have sincere love for your brothers , love one another deeply from your heart . And then verse 23, .
Speaker 2Read what it says in verse 23 . For you have been born again . I love this . Come on , let's have a look at this . For you have been born again . You have been born again that great word again . You have been born again not of a perishable seed , but of imperishable through the living and the enduring word of God . For all men are like grass , for they are like their glory , like the flowers of the field . The grass withers and the flower falls , but the word of the Lord stands forever . You know , the word of God stands forever . There is power in the word of God . And wherever you are tonight , whatever and however you're capturing this broadcast , we just pray that the love of god will carry you and the holy spirit will just lift you up in the mighty name of jesus christ .
Speaker 2But let's dive straight into these scriptures if you're with us . You're looking in one peter , chapter one , and I want to pick it up in verse 20 , if we can just spend a moment . What it says . And it says there , in verse 20 of one p Peter , chapter 1 . He says he was chosen . Who is this he ? You know , when you look at Lent , at this moment in time , when you see everything that's happening around the world and everything that's breaking out in certain areas of this world and this life , and everything that is going on , I want to let you know and I know that you know that that he , we know that it is Jesus Christ . It is Jesus Christ , the Savior of the world , the King of kings and the Lord of lords . So when we look at these scriptures , we are looking at Christ the
Redeemer , the redeeming king , the coming king , the great I am , he is worthy of all praise . So when you look at these scriptures right before our very eyes tonight , he was chosen before the creation of the world . He was .
Speaker 2When you think about that , that is just a show-stopping scripture . When you look at that at this moment in time , he was chosen before the creation of the world . That goes against science , that goes against religion , that goes against all the authoritarians . That goes against all the authoritarians . That goes against absolutely everything . When you look at that scripture there that is so powerful , that is so rich , that is so glorious to think that jesus christ was chosen before the creation of the world , before god , before god actually said let there be light , you know ? And there and there was . He was chosen . He was chosen for what ? What was he chosen for ? He was chosen for salvation . He was chosen that we would have life , and have life in abundance . He was chosen so that we would see salvation . He was chosen to die on the cross of Calvary . He was chosen that we would have life , and have life in full abundance . When you look at the scripture tonight , at this moment in time , it is beyond my human reasoning , it is beyond what I can think , it is beyond what I can ask , it is beyond what I can grasp , it is beyond all that sort of stuff that he was chosen . He was chosen before creation . He was chosen before time . He was chosen before anything of this world . He was chosen before creation . He was chosen before time . He was chosen before anything of this world . He was chosen for you .
Speaker 2I've got to keep repeating myself because I find this absolutely fascinating to know that the King was chosen before time . The King was chosen before the creation of the world . The King was chosen before anything that came into existence . You know , he is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords . He is worthy of all praise . He was chosen before anything that came into existence . You know , he is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords . He is worthy of all praise . He was chosen for you . He was chosen for you so that you would have life . He was chosen so that you would be redeemed . He was chosen so that the glory of God would rest on you . He was chosen so that you would find freedom . He was chosen that the hand of God would be on you . He was chosen that his blood would be shed at the cross of Calvary .
Speaker 2But let's remind ourselves what's happening in the world of church . We got Lent happening at this moment in time . You know , and where does the Bible talk about Lent ? Where does it gives us that direct , that clear direction about Lent ? You won't really find that . You won't find that . You'll find scriptures that you could just bend and weave him in and out . You know he was chosen to die . It's not about mary . The scriptures are not about mary . They're not about joseph . They're not about the disciples . It is about jesus christ .
Speaker 2When you look at the text , the severity of the text that we are in . When you read verse 18 , it says for you know that it was not of perishable things such as silver and gold . You were redeemed from the empty way of life , the handed down to you by your forefathers , but it was from the precious blood , the precious blood of who ? Of Christ . It doesn't talk about the blood of another human being . It doesn't talk about the blood of a , of another person . It doesn't talk about the blood of of anything or anyone else . It mentions the lamb . The reason we know that it mentions the lamb is because christ is the lamb without blemish , because the scripture actually tells us that and it meets that criteria through the word of god .
Speaker 2So when you look at all these scriptures that we are in at this moment in time , I find this absolutely fascinating to come to this understanding in my mind and my heart that Jesus Christ is the Redeemer . Everything is about Jesus . Jesus has redeemed us . Jesus has given us a hope and a future . Jesus has set us free . He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords , and he was set aside for you . Jesus Christ was set aside for me . He was set aside that we would have life , and have life in full abundance when you read these scriptures .
Speaker 2It is by the blood of Jesus . It is not by the blood of anybody else . It is not by the blood of heifers or bulls . It is not by the blood of jesus . It is not by the blood of anybody else . It is not by the blood of heifers or balls , is it not ? Not by the blood of mary or joseph ? It is not by the blood of any disciple . It is by the blood of jesus . It says a lamb without blemish or defect . Now you will find the reference to this . You will find a reference to this . You know what I'm going to say .
Speaker 2If you turn to the book of exodus , chapter 12 , and if you have a bible , the greatest investment that you'll ever have in your life is a bible . If you turn to the book of exodus , chapter 12 , and you read that all the way through , you will find that god has given us clear instruction about the passover . And we are at the passover season , and when you look at the church , and the church is ramping up for Lent , palm , sunday , you know Monday , thursday , all that stuff that goes along with the wills of religion , and I want to tell you tonight that it was the blood of Jesus . It wasn't through religion , it wasn't through Mary , it wasn't through the Pope , it wasn't through the leaders of Elim , it wasn't through me , it wasn't through the AOG movement , it wasn't through me , it wasn't through the aog movement , it wasn't through the methodist movement , it wasn't through the church of england , it wasn't through catholicism , it wasn't through any church movement that you got salvation . Salvation is on you and through you and around you . Salvation is over you because of jesus christ .
Speaker 2So when we study these texts , you know one , peter , chapter one from verse 18 is steeped in such powerful scriptures , theological depths . Verse 18 , it
says for you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver and gold . It tells us that christ is telling us that silver and gold and materialism cannot get you born again . It cannot get you born again . It doesn't matter what money you got , it doesn't matter how rich you are , it doesn't matter what notoriety you got , it doesn't matter how many followers you got on tiktok , it doesn't matter how many um times you've been in and out of church . There's only one way that you're going to get born again and that is from the creator of heaven and earth and the one that was before time itself , and it says there very clearly that you were redeemed . You were redeemed . You wasn't redeemed by the empty way of life that was handed down to you by your forefathers , but with the precious blood of Christ .
Speaker 2The Bible doesn't talk about the blood of anybody else . The Bible clearly gives us clear instruction about the blood of jesus . It is the blood of jesus that has give us hope . It is the blood of jesus that has give us freedom . It is the blood of jesus that has made us and brought us into one area , and one area only , and that presents itself to us in verse 23 . For you have been born again . You have been born again not of perishable seed , but of imperishable , through the living and the enduring work of God , for all men are like grass and their glory is like the flowers of the field . The grass withers and the flower falls , but the word of the Lord stands forever . You have been born again by the King of kings and the Lord of lords . He was chosen . He was chosen unto salvation , before time even came into existence .
Speaker 2When you look at these scriptures 1 Peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 . So it is not by silver and gold , it is not by man's way , it is not by religion , it is not by Lent , it is not by the Pope , it is not by Elim , it is not by man's way , it is not by religion , it is not by Lent , it is not by the Pope , it is not by Elim , it is not by any denomination church . There is no power in any movement to get anybody saved . It might shout , it might dance around , it might sound like at certain times , but you are only born again because of jesus . Christ went to the cross of calvary .
Speaker 2And when you look at verse 20 it says he was chosen before the creation of the world but was revealed in these last times for your sake . We find that the end days . Now it talks about the last times for your sake , the last days , but he was revealed in these last times . So as soon as Christ was birthed in the gospels and we know through the timeline and we know through history , as soon as Jesus Christ came into the world , what actually start to happen , we started to watch the end times unfold , because jesus christ was the trigger point of the end times . Start to move forward .
Speaker 2Because when you look in verse 20 , I would urge you and I would encourage you to grab a bible and for yourself to read it to , for your eyes to look on lock onto it and see what the scripture says for itself verse 20 of 1 peter , chapter 1 . It says that he was chosen before the creation of the world . Before God said , let there be light , there was a plan . When you think about that , there was a redemption plan . Before the creative God that we serve spoke this world into existence Before creation , before the plan of human beings , before the fish , before the seas , before the moon , before the stars , before anything in all creation creation before anything was spoken into existence . God chose himself , through christ jesus , to be revealed in the last days , through the body of christ jesus . When you think about this line of itself just sitting there nestling in the scripture in one peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 , he was chosen before the creation of the world , but was revealed in the last times for your sake . He was revealed not because christ had to be revealed for him to understand . Christ was revealed .
Speaker 2Christ came into the world for what we call visualization , because we believe by what we see . That's why it can be so difficult to step into the area of faith . The bible says that we do not live by sight , that we live by faith , and faith alone . But we live our lives , our parochial life . We live this life by what we see , what we perceive , what we touch , what smell and what our senses pick up . So living by faith can be the most difficult thing that you can ever do in your life , because we are programmed through this world by what I see in front of me is in existence , what I see with my eyes , what my body can touch , what my senses can absorb , everything through sensual perception . I believe that it's in front of me because I can see it , I can taste it , I can eat it , I can smell it . It's in front of me , so it is real . This is why Christ came to the earth . This is why we have the scripture , not because God needs to write it down , but it is written down for
our sakes . It is written down for the human race to understand .
Speaker 2So when you grasp verse 20 of 1 Peter , chapter 1 , he was chosen before the creation of the world . Now that line alone will absolutely throw every atheist upside down inside out to come to the understanding . So I can imagine the conversation . So , pastor ben , you are telling me , as a christian , that you believe jesus christ was chosen before the foundation of the world , before the world was formed , according to the world , before anything came into existence , before the first molecule , before the first ray of light , before sunlight , before the , the stars , before the universe , before any blade of grass . You , pastor ben , believe that jesus christ was chosen before the world was spoken ? And the answer is yes .
Speaker 2Before God said let there be light , christ was in existence and Christ was chosen for redemption . So when you look at creation and you look at the fall of humanity , you know nothing has taken God by surprise , adam and Eve . Nothing has taken God by surprise , adam and Eve , when they fell in the garden , when the serpent came along , when the serpent got extracted out of heaven , when Lucifer was kicked down to earth , when everything happened . There is nothing on this earth , under this earth , through this earth . There is nothing around this earth . There is nothing about this earth that has taken God by surprise in any way , shape or form .
Speaker 2Let me tell you before the creator created , the king was in existence . Before the creator said , let there be light , jesus christ was already known as the redeeming king because he was chosen . He was chosen to die upon the cross . Now try and work this out . Before light started to shine , before darkness hovered over the surface of the deep , before the fish started to swim in the seas and the rivers and the waters , before daylight came from the sun , before the sun was even in existence , before time itself was created , before the universes , before anything in all creation , before the , the furthest star and the furthest moon , the solar systems , before anything that is in existence , before anything
. Imagine there was just shut down , there was nothing , but there was three the deity , father ,
son , holy Spirit . So there was a plan , there was a plan before God said let there be . Before God said let there be light . There was a plan , a plan of what ? Not a plan of creation , but a plan of redemption , because redemption is always before creation , redemption was before creation , redemption was always , salvation was always always so .
Speaker 2This is why we have to laugh to ourselves about the certain preaching , the certain areas of church . When you actually think about what is happening in the church in the uk , it does not represent christ in many facets , in many shapes , in many formulas . It does not represent god , because when you think about god . Before the world was spoken into existence , the father , the son , the holy spirit were preparing for redemption . But before they prepared for redemption , they always so redemption has always been . Redemption has been before creation .
Speaker 2Creation is secondary to what we understand , because the spiritual world has always been in existence . And what I've got to try and understand , what I've got to try and grapple with , is that no preacher , no pastor , no leader . It doesn't matter how big the congregation is , it doesn't matter if the preacher has the greatest beautiful sounding voice in heaven and earth , it doesn't matter if they are a mega denomination . No one has the power to give anyone salvation . That is fact . No preacher , no teacher , no theologian , no school of ministry , no super school of of ministry , super school of supernatural . Nothing can give you salvation , only the god of israel , and before he was , and he always was , the god of israel . Before israel came into existence , redemption was before creation .
Speaker 2How can you say that he was chosen before he was chosen before ? What was he chosen for ? What was this choice ? What was what was happening in the heavens above before any molecules , before any light , before anything came into existence ? What was happening in the heavenly realms ? What was happening in the area of darkness , because that's what the bible says . If , if you read Genesis , chapter 1 , read Genesis , chapter 1 , verse 1 , and it says something really profound that nothing was in existence , nothing . We can't grasp the word nothing because we have never experienced nothing , because there is always something .
Speaker 2But the God that we serve tells us through this book that we are reading tonight , through 1 peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 he was chosen before the creation of the world , but was revealed in the last times , for your sake . He was chosen before the world was created and he was revealed at at not at the cross at the birth , when Christ was birthed , when Christ , when Mary I should say when Mary gave that last push and when Jesus was presented as a child to the world . That's when the last days started to tick away , because that's what the Bible says . Are we prepared for the second coming of Jesus when you look at these scriptures , when you see everything that's happening here ? So , no preacher , no denomination . It doesn't matter how great the preacher thinks he is , it doesn't matter how many rollss Royces he goes to church in on Sunday , it doesn't matter how many horses are protecting him on a Sunday , it doesn't matter how long the red carpet is , it doesn't matter .
Speaker 2There are some crazy things happening on the social networks at this moment in time . What pastors are doing ? They are breathing over people . They are almost kicking people . They are pushing people . Do you know what ? If I've had a bad air day and I need to have a laugh , what do I do ? I go onto the social platforms and I watch these charlatans , I watch these Luciferians , I watch these satanic preachers Absolutely . They're not even talking about Jesus . They're waving their coat at the crowds and people are falling around . They're shouting these crazy things and they're falling around .
Speaker 2That isn't of God . That is of the occult world . You know , when you look at what's happening in certain areas of church and certain areas of the occult world , it is dressed up and it looks like and it labels itself on the social networks as church , the mega church . It is the omega occult . Let me tell you this If a pastor is waving his jacket at you and you are falling over , there's no way in God's earth that you're born again . If the pastor is shouting out all this crazy stuff , send me this , send me that there's no way he is born again . Let me tell you no pastor can heal you . No one can set you free other than Jesus Christ . And Christ is not going to work in a circus called as the megachurch . Christ is not working in a circus called tradition . Jesus Christ works outside of all that razzmatazz . God doesn't need Hollywood to get his work done . God doesn't need pastors that are waving their jackets . God doesn't need a pastor that is kicking people and pushing people and doing silly dances on the social networks . God is a jealous God and he will not be mocked .
Speaker 2Redemption comes and it comes from above . No pastor can give you redemption . No preacher can give you redemption . No human being can give you redemption , because redemption comes through Jesus Christ , comes from God , through the power of the Holy Spirit . So there is only one Savior . There is only one King , the greatest preacher that ever walked this earth . He didn't have a congregation . He owned the world . He was the greatest preacher the world has ever seen . He didn't have a TikTok account . He didn't have a TikTok account . He didn't have an Instagram account . He didn't have a Facebook account , but the world knows Jesus Christ . Let me tell you there is only one King and his name is Jesus . There is only one savior and his name is Jesus .
Speaker 2We're coming to the table in just a few moments , but I got to read this out again . I want to let us know . We need to tell the world about 1 Peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 . He was chosen before the creation of the world , but was revealed in the last times for your sake , and it says in verse 23, . I've got to make this loud and clear All the days I'm on the earth no pastor can get you saved .
Speaker 2When you look on Instagram , you look on TikTok , you look on all the social platforms , if you are following churches where the pastors are blowing over the congregations and they are falling down , look at it . If you want some entertainment , you'll find the greatest entertainment not in the world , but in these wolves dressed in sheep's clothing . If you want some entertainment , go in the world , but in these , in these um wolves dressed in sheep's clothing . If you want some entertainment , go onto Instagram . Go onto the mega churches across the world . They're waving the pastors . You know the pastor's jackets are so powerful . Uh , uh , apparently the as pastor waves his jacket , the whole congregation falls over . Come on , come on . This is like Billy Smart Circus . I'm watching . This is a load of clowns dancing around .
Speaker 2Let me tell you , when you look at social , it has nothing to do with the pastors that you're listening to . It's got nothing to do with me . You are born again because God loves you . You are born again because of the power of the blood of Jesus . You are born again because of the spirit of the living God . You are born again not because of the pastors you are listening to , because of the preachers you are watching . You are born again because of the blood of Jesus . You are born again because Jesus Christ chose you before the foundation of the world , and the Bible says in 1 Peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 , he was chosen before the creation of the world . No pastor will ever get you saved , it doesn't matter what and how big their ministry is . It has got nothing to do with the power of salvation , because salvation sits in the hands of God . It sits and it was given into the hands of Jesus Christ . You can watch Instagram . I'm even laughing because of what I've seen .
Speaker 2It makes me absolutely roll on the floor , laughing , kicking my feet in the air , to think that pastors in certain areas of the world can wave their jackets from primani and as they wave their jacket , the congregation is falling over . Is that the spirit of god ? What have we come to ? To watch and believe trash like that ? I want to tell you tonight stop watching the trash and start following the king of kings and the lord of lords . Stop looking at the mega rubbish . Stop looking at lucifer waving his jacket and the fake healings , and follow jesus christ . Do you know what ? Jesus was chosen before the creation of the world and we are watching these idiots across the world doing these ridiculous things .
Speaker 2If I can give you any advice , wherever you are across the world , stop going to church . Stop going to church , whatever church you're in . Stop going to church and follow jesus christ . Make that the first thing that you do in your life is follow Jesus . Then find a church . Don't go to church to find Jesus , because there are many churches around the world that Jesus isn't even in . There are many ministries where Jesus isn't even involved in . There is many literature out there that Jesus Christ isn't even in . We're going to come to the table in just a few moments .
Speaker 2You are born again for this simple reason , and this reason only . Verse 23 of 1 Peter , chapter 1 . For you have been born again not of perishable seed , but of imperishable seed through the living and the enduring word of God . If , if , if the church isn't preaching the word of God , it isn't the church isn't preaching the word of God , it isn't the church . If the church is engaging in waving jackets across social media and you've got pastors doing all these silly dances and all that old trash going on , if you are engaging in that stuff , you need to check out where you sit in salvation .
Speaker 2If you are in a mega church , I would be extremely careful . If you are in a church that is pushing you for money the tribal churches , the cultural churches , this church , that church , every church why are you going to church ? What are you doing in church ? Are you growing in jesus ? Are you growing in the occult ? Are you growing in christ ? Are you doing in church ? Are you growing in jesus ? Are you growing in the occult ? Are you growing in christ ? Are you washed in the blood or are they doing crazy , ridiculous things ? Are the pastors blowing over the congregation and they're falling out ?
Speaker 2Come on , world . We have got we have got the end time preachers that the Bible tells us about . They are not preachers of Jesus Christ . They work for Lucifer . They are Lucifer's agents . They are angels of light . And it is so rough , the preaching is so bad . It's ridiculous . How can any pastor wave his jacket at the congregation and the congregation falls over ? Come on , let's get to the table . We're going to go straight into the table now . We're going to go straight into the table and we are going to start this this , this time with the lord , and we are going to have the lord's prayer . Let's listen to the lord's prayer in jesus name , amen I invite you to say the lord's prayer with me .
Speaker 3Our father , who art in heaven , hallowed be thy name . Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven . Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us of our trespasses , as we forgive those who trespass against us , and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil , for thine is the kingdom , the power and the glory forever . And ever .
Speaker 2Amen , Hallelujah . Father , we come to the table . We break bread because Jesus's body was broken for each and every one of us . We break bread because of the power of the word . We break bread because our Redeemer lives and because Jesus was chosen before the creation of the world . This is not what I'm saying . This is what the Bible says . The Bible says in 1 Peter 1 , verse 20 , he was chosen before the creation of the world , but was revealed in the last times for your sake , For the sake of humanity . Jesus Christ came into the world , but redemption let me tell you this before we break this bread Redemption was before creation . Father , we thank you .
Speaker 1And as we break bread .
Speaker 2We thank you for the power of the word of God . I thank you , lord , that I don't belong to Lent , I don't belong to religion , I don't belong to this mega rubbish that's out there . I belong to the kingdom and my God , my God that I belong to , the king that I am with , the king that I serve , the king that I walk with is the king above all kings , the king that I stand with , the king that spoke this world into existence because he was God and God was him . According to the word , the Jesus that I serve was chosen before church , before the sun , before the moon , before the stars . The God that I serve was before all things .
Speaker 2Sisters and brothers , let's break bread right now , lord , we break bread and this bread symbolizes the body of christ and right now , in the name of the father , the son , the holy spirit , bless this bread , as it's symbolic , I should say , to the body of christ . And jesus , at the , the passover table , took bread , he dipped it in the cup , it became soap and he passed it straight over . He passed it straight over so powerful . He passed it straight over to that one that sold him for 30 pieces of silver . He passed it straight over to Judas Iscariot . Thank you , jesus . Even Judas took her to bread . So , lord , I thank you for this bread in Jesus' name . Amen . Father , we come before you and we thank you for everything that you've done for us . But right now , lord , I take this cup , and this cup is the cup of redemption . And when I think this cup and this cup is the cup of redemption , and when I think about redemption , redemption goes right back past . It goes right back past creation , because redemption has always been Creation hasn't , but redemption has , because Jesus is the redeeming king . So , dear God and heavenly father , cleanse me from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet , in Jesus name , Amen . It's really important that I understand that this is for me tonight , that I understand the Jesus , that I serve , the Jesus , that I follow , the Jesus , that I walk with the Jesus that saved me . If that Jesus can save me and set me free , how much more can he do for Alex and everybody on radio and online ? If he can save me , a fruitcake like me , how much more can he do for you ? You know Jesus was at creation . Jesus is about creation , but Jesus is the redeeming king .
Speaker 2So , father , as we come to the close of this service , we want to thank you for everybody on radio across the world . We want to thank you to my brothers and sisters that are on visual tonight , that have been with us , steadfast , every service , lord . We thank you , lord , for the warriors online tonight . We thank you , father , for those that are listening to the podcast in the name of jesus . We thank you for the power of the holy spirit .
Speaker 2It is 54 , it is 854 here in the UK . The camera will go off in a few moments , in just a few moments . You know we've got about four minutes or so and we are going to go out with a prayer tonight and then the cameras will go off exactly at nine o'clock and it will switch straight over to country music tonight . You know it's a powerful night tonight , so we want you to stay locked into radio . We want you to stay locked music tonight . You know it's a powerful night tonight , so we want you to to stay locked into radio . We want you to stay locked in tonight . So crisscross over from the social networks .
Speaker 2But , brothers and sisters , I just got to encourage you tonight . I've got to encourage myself again . I just want to read this scripture . We've got time on our side and this scripture says in verse 20 of 1 peter , chapter 1 , verse 20 he was chosen before the creation of the world but was revealed in the last days . For your sake , he was revealed now . He was revealed back . You know , the last days started when Jesus gave his first breath as a child , when Mary wrapped him in swaddling clothes . That was the start of the coming king . It wasn't the start of the , the birth of jesus , because that had happened . We was . We was in the days the second coming , because the first cut . He was there , he was here . His mom just pushed him out . He was there , sisters and brothers , I want . His mom just pushed him out , he was there , sisters and brothers , I want to tell you tonight the Jesus that you serve spoke this world into being yes , jesus , god , yes , god , jesus .
Speaker 2When you look at that one , john chapter one in the beginning was the word and the word was with God . He was with God in the beginning and the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us . The word became flesh . What is the word ? The word is the living word of God . God is with you wherever you are across the world . It is 8.56 . We have less than two minutes .
Speaker 2We pray tonight . Thank you so much for listening to us in the world of podcasts . Thank you to everybody in the world of radio , wherever you are across the world , for those that are watching on visualization at this moment in time . Let's pray , let's just pray , and there will be a prayer that will take us out in just a few minutes . Father , we thank you for the power of the blood of Jesus and tonight , lord , we thank you that the love of God is over each and every one of us . And , lord , in the close of this service , we pray that the hand of God will carry us . We pray that the living word of God will strengthen us . We pray that your love , your mercy , your favor , lord , will be over us forevermore . In Jesus' name . But , lord , we thank you that the power of God came down from heaven . Above that .
Speaker 2Jesus Christ was before the creation of the world . That redemption was before creation . I thank you , lord , that you've revealed yourself . I thank you , lord , that you've given yourself . I thank you that Jesus Christ is the savior of the world . And I am redeemed not because of pastors and ministries . I am not redeemed because I've paid good money into the church bag . I am redeemed because jesus christ decided to save you . He decided to save me . We're out of here in any moment . May god bless you and strengthen you . May the love of jesus be over you tonight . We will see you soon . You know coffee and prayer live streaming again . Uh , in in tomorrow . No , not tomorrow , that's tuesday tomorrow . We are live streaming on wednesday morning . You know , this is live . This is not edited in any way . We are about to cross over to the other side . That sounds a little bit hairy fairy . We're going to cross over in any minute , but God is with you . In the name of Jesus , god bless .
Speaker 3We're out of here . I invite you to say the Lord's Prayer with me . Our Father , who art in heaven . Hallowed be thy name . Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven . Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us of
our trespasses , as we forgive those who trespass against us , and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil , for thine is the kingdom , the power and the glory for ever and ever .
Speaker 1Amen . Thank you for listening to us today on Reverend Ben Cooper's podcast . We hope you found inspiration and guidance in today's audio . Remember the journey of faith is a continuous one and your questions and thoughts are important . You can send us a text or an email and we will get back to you . So , wherever you are around the world , thank you for listening to our podcasts and radio ministry . For more information about our ministry , please find us on pastorbencoopercouk . Please support us with prayer . Also , you can sow a financial seed into this ministry . You can also leave us a legacy to support and continue the work of this radio ministry . If you enjoyed this episode , please subscribe and share it with others who might benefit . Until next time , stay blessed .