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Speaker 2Imagine what it would be like if the church in the UK gave a Bible out every day , a Bible every day . Imagine what that would be like on the commute , you know , at your workspace , in your office , where you work , areas of your life . Imagine , just take a Bible from this house . God will replenish and God will put Bibles back in this house . The greatest gift that you will ever give is a Bible . Give a Bible out . Take it wherever you go . If you're too shy , you're worried , you're fearful of giving it out , just leave it on the train , just leave it on the bus . Leave it in the shopping trolley , wherever you are . Just leave it on the train . Just leave it on the bus . Leave it in the shopping trolley wherever you are . Just leave it in the loo where you go shopping . Just take a Bible and just leave it , because God has a name for them Bibles . They're not meant to be on these seats . They're not meant to be here gathering dust . They're meant to be out . They're meant to be out . So take a Bible with you . Please take a Bible with you . And for those that need a Bible , wherever you are across the world , we will get you a Bible as well . So , please , if anybody needs a Bible , please just send in your information and we'll get you a Bible . We'll get your Bible delivered wherever you are across the world .
Speaker 2Firstly , we want to say thank you to everybody in the house of Lord and also , at the same time , everybody on camera , everybody scattered across the world . Thank you for those , those that might be in Israel watching and those scattered across the world today and wherever you are across the world . May God bless you as we live stream this service . May the hand of God be with you when you're watching at home , wherever you're commuting , wherever you are across the world , may the Holy Spirit lead you in paths of righteousness . And for those that join us on RB Christian Radio as well , you know , under the sound of my voice , wherever you're listening to , may the Holy Spirit also carry you .
Speaker 2You know , obviously we are broadcasting
and we are here alive , in the UK and England , london , England , not too far , and there is so much unrest across the world . But we understand what is happening because the Bible talks about the end days , the second coming of Jesus . But the good old British church and the good old church in the UK is , you know , it's just plain ring-a-ring-a-roses when all this unrest is going on . And I'm not referring now , I never refer to congregations , I never refer to those that are in the pews , I never refer to that . When I talk about the church , I'm talking about the leaders of the bishops , the preachers myself , people in Ealing , people in AOG , people in every movement , because it's not the congregation , it's the leaders . Where are the leaders ? Where are the leaders ? There's a little flutter here and there , but what we need is God to raise up leaders that will preach the gospel hour after hour , sunday after Sunday .
Speaker 2You know , we need to come back to the basic understanding . The prosperity gospel is going to get you nowhere . We have given uncountable money across the pond and forgive you , you know what I'm saying . We've given so much money away to man-made ministries . We've given so much money away to fake ministries . We've given so much money away to the devil , so and into the devil's work . And you know what we need to pray like . Never before there is so much ministry out there the fake name it and claim it the prosperity gospel , the healing , all that , all that sort of stuff .
Speaker 2We we need to ask God that God will bring the UK church back to the cross . It has to come to the cross . It has to come to the cross . The UK church , the leaders of the UK church , need to come to the cross . We all need to get to the cross . We are living in political unrest like we've never seen before . The police force is stretched beyond stretched . The system is stretched beyond stretched . The prisons are full . We know what's going on . We are absolutely . We have gone beyond breaking point . We can't stick a plaster on it and hope that it will heal . We actually need a miracle . We actually need a miracle .
Speaker 2This is why I'm so driven by talking about the UK leaders and the church , because this is where it can only happen . It can't happen in number 10 , downing Street , because it can't . It can't . Political agendas can't control spiritual temperatures . What we've got to understand is that this world was in existence before any political party was ever brought into existence and god done really well , without any political party .
Speaker 2You know you understand what I'm saying . So when you go back through the bible you will find you don't find political agendas . Yeah , we've got , we've got control . We got pharaohs . We got , we got um . We got all the stuff we got . We understand all that , but the agenda we've got to be careful you don't get hoodwinked , you don't get blinded by what's going on . Who's going to do this , who's going to do that
? I want to know what's my Jesus going to do , what's your Jesus going to do , what's the king ? And then we say who is your Jesus ? And then we got them other people out there and I have to be extremely careful because of the algorithms , you know what we're talking about that are saying that Jesus isn't who he is . How can Jesus be connected to God in the way that he's connected ? Because and then you've got that faith out there . You know that says that we serve the same God . No chance .
Speaker 2Let me tell you that Jesus Christ was before the foundation of the world . God did not create Jesus . God did not create the Holy Spirit , the deity , the trinity . However you look at that , the triune Godhead that we serve has always been in existence . God did not create Jesus . Jesus isn't secondary . Jesus is . He says I am the bread of life . What's he referring to ? He's referring to the old testament . He's referring when God said to Moses , when Moses said who's sending us ? Who ? Who are you ? I am that I am , and then Jesus brings it .
Speaker 2And this is why there's so much stuff about Jesus . Let me tell you there's no other king like the King Jesus Christ . He's the only king that ruled the world , that didn't have a earthly throne . He's the only king that rules and still rules . Do you know what ? He rules the world ? Do you know that Jesus Christ is the ruler of the world , even though his autonomy , his physicality , isn't with us , because his presence is always with us through the power of the Holy Spirit ? God is always with you because God is inside of you . You carry Father , son , holy Spirit . So this is why the church again , leaders , we really need to come back to the fundamental points , come right back to the very , very beginning of the word . Who is Jesus ? Who is God , who is the Holy Spirit ?
Speaker 2Because right across the social platforms , you've got certain people with certain beards , with certain attire , telling us that Jesus isn't who he is , and when they stand in front of certain people and they , it's very clever . What social media does they pick on people that don't know who they are themselves ? But do you know Jesus ? I know Jesus because Jesus has to be revealed . The son has to be revealed . The holy spirit has to be revealed . The Son has to be revealed . The Holy Spirit has to be revealed . God has to be revealed because that is the supernatural God that we serve . So in the crisis that we are in , there's no political party across this earth will ever get us out of what we're in . Because of what we're in is because the Bible is foretold . So the political agenda has no power . But what's really interesting , the world has to go by political agenda because it is blinded . So all it sees is what it sees .
Speaker 2But when you are born again , suddenly do you feel that you don't fit in , do you feel that you just don't fit in to what is going on at this moment , that you feel a bit of let me use this word . I know you're not , but it's the quickest way . I'm an oddball , I don't fit in , and I'm saying that with the greatest respect , because God has told you you're not here to fit in , yeah , but God , what's going on ? This is why we got so much confusion and so much fear and so much anxiety and all this stuff because we have lost our identity . Why have we lost our identity ? Because we're trying to find a physical identity in a world that is trying to tell you you can be who you want , when you want , how you want , you can change anything when you want , how you want , but you can't Because when you realise who you are in Christ , you realise who you are , then you start saying , god , what is your plan for me on this life ?
Speaker 2There are many people in many areas of life that are in the wrong position because we've gone through what family has said , what brothers have said , sisters have said , parents have said what the world has said , what pastors have said , what church has said , and we have lost our identity and we're not living in the place we shouldn't be living in and we're not preaching in . You know , there is so many people across the world . We don't know who we are . We have lost our identity because we have been tried to be shaped by someone , not the master at the potter's wheel . We've got to make sure that we're
on the potter's wheel , the scripture that we're coming into , verse uh , verse one through to three . Have a read , you know . Uh , we're in psalm 46 .
Speaker 2Psalm 46 we are in a crisis politically . We're in in a crisis , but we are not . So we got to raise ourselves out of that because God is in full charge . God is in full charge , so we need to pray . We need to pray for Israel , we need to pray for the UK , the dear God that we serve . The power of the Holy Spirit will take us out of the circle of fear and doubt and God will lead us . So let's go to Psalm 46 , and we're in verse 1 through to 3 . God is our refuge and strength , an ever-present help in trouble . Therefore , we will not fear . Say that to yourself again . Therefore , we will not fear . Though the earth gives way . The mountains fall into the heart of the sea , though its waters roar and foam , and the mountains quake with their surging . That is three powerful verses of where we sit today . The earth is shaking . The earth .
Speaker 2The political agenda we are watching a one world government . We're watching the World Health Authority move things under the earth . The political agenda we are watching a one world government . We're watching the World Health Authority move things under the table , not above , because they have to move under the table , because that's the way they work . It's all done under the table , behind closed doors . You're watching one world army coming together . You're watching one political agenda coming together . You're watching the book of Daniel before our very eyes . You're watching these nations rise . We're getting ready .
Speaker 2We have many forerunners of the Antichrist , but the church isn't preaching about eschatology , the rapture of the church . It's telling you this time , next week , you're going to be a millionaire . You're not going to be a millionaire . There is persecution to the Christian . If you are a Christian in the UK and I'm not referring to a churchgoer , because it won't affect you but if you are , if you are a born again Christian spirit filled and you believe from Genesis to Revelation , the UK system is against you . It is against you . It is not for you , it's for everything else but the born again , spirit-filled believer . But it's always been that way . The whole world , when you look at the whole world , the whole world is against Christ . Jesus said just as they persecuted me , that's what they're going to do to you .
Speaker 2Revival isn't coming . Revival isn't coming . You know we got to drop that drumbeat revival , revival , revival . What we need is Father , strengthen my faith , and then you have a movement . When God moves in the individual , suddenly you get a revive . See , the greatest revival we'll ever see is in me , following God like never before . That is a revival when someone just won .
Speaker 2We don't need any more tent meetings on Black Eve . We don't need any more transatlantic preachers coming in and costing us fortunes to buy tickets . We don't need any more evangelistic events . What we need are the leaders in the UK church to take hold of the book , stand on the book , run with the book and preach the book . Then you'll see . We don't need outside influence . We don't need the outside world coming in preaching a woke message . What we need ? To go back to basics . We need to go back to doctrine . We got to get back to the cross . If we can get back to the cross and it starts with me and it starts with you If we can get into this scripture , but then we understand very , very clearly that the scripture is revealed .
Speaker 2So when you look at this scripture , it says God is our refuge . Remind yourself , god is your refuge . Yes , there is political unrest , but the political unrest is driven not by the political parties . It is driven by Lucifer . That's fact . It is driven by Lucifer . That's fact . No-transcript .
Speaker 2Either you're born again , either you're born again and the God of Israel has saved you and has chosen you . If you're not , you're part of the devil's work . The fact is that you can't skirt around the scripture . You're either born again or you're not . If I'm not , who do I serve Lucifer ? If I'm born again , who do I serve God ? And let me tell you this as well If you are a true born-again , spirit-filled believer , you can't leave being born again and go and join another faith , because that will lesser , that will take away all the work at the cross of Calvary .
Speaker 2If someone says I was a Christian and then I've come over to this side , you wasn't even a Christian , because you are telling me that the blood of Jesus has been diluted . Get a life , son , daughter . You do not understand the power of salvation . My God will not let one go . What did Jesus say ? All that you have given me , so the altar call now . I'm not taking anything away from anybody's timeline of their Bible , where they got saved and how they got all that . I'm not talking about taking away the dates , because that is critical for you to remember Because when let's use it in this terminology , because we understand it this way when you got saved and you put that stamp in the book the 2nd of March 1971 , I was at this crusade and I received Jesus .
Speaker 2That was the day correct . That was the day that your body , your skin , your flesh realised that God is holy . You did not decide to follow Jesus at that day , because no one decides to follow Jesus . Do you understand ? Can you get what I'm coming to ? We do not have the power in this skin to tell God if we're going to be saved or not , because the Bible says that God gives salvation .
Speaker 2God gives salvation . It doesn't belong to the church , it doesn't belong to the preacher , the teacher , it doesn't belong to Elim . It's not in a little jar in the back office and we undo the lid and salvation floats out . Salvation belongs to the king of glory . Salvation comes from above . It comes from nowhere else . It comes from nowhere else . Salvation comes from above . So no preacher has the power . No one has the power . It is God . But what God does ? He uses the preacher and God uses the human being that comes to the altar call . They come to the altar call .
Speaker 2Yes , that was the day that I received Jesus . That was the day that your body , your mind , your understanding come to a point of yes , he is real . Not that I decided , but he decided to make me alive in him at that moment . So when you look at the scripture , salvation sits in the hand of the beholder . So no one can cross from being born again to another world religion . You can't do that . You was never born again in the first place , because Jesus says I will not lose one that you have given me . See , we have to be given , and once you're given , jesus goes . You're never getting out . Now the church don't preach this .
You have been saved . You are born again
because of his love . You are born again because of the power of the Holy Spirit .
Speaker 2Not because the preacher was preaching that day , not because there was euphoria running through the church and everyone else was running down the front . So I didn't want to be embarrassed , so I'd run down the front . I thought I was going to get a cup of tea . We'd get down the front . What am I going to get ? One down the front ? A croissant . What am I going to get down the front ? Because the altar call .
Speaker 2And now , please forgive me , the altar call is irrelevant to the spiritual realm that is above , because the Bible says that God knew you before the very beginning of the world , before the foundation of the world . I knew you , I brought you in Every heartbeat , every inhale , every exhale , every hair on your head . He created you . You do not belong to your parents , you do not belong to your family . Firstly , you belong to God . God is our father , god is our father , god is the judge , god is the great . I am . So when we understand who Jesus is , when we understand who Christ is , when we understand who Christ is , when we understand who the Trinity is , the deity is , then suddenly this scripture that we're in God is our refuge and our strength , our ever present help in trouble . Therefore , sorry , we will not fear .
Speaker 2I've got to get more into Jesus . I've got to get more into Jesus . I've got to get more into Jesus . I've got to get more into Jesus . I've got to get more into Jesus . And when I think I've got enough and I'm okay , no , I've only only started . Really , I've got to get in . I've got to in , in , in . I've got to keep going .
Speaker 2It's a continuum . It can never cease . I've got to be completely in the word . You know I've got Father in the name of Jesus . Do you know what ? We don't need the building , do you know ? We don't need the church . We don't need the fabric of what we call the tent . We don't need that because God is outside of that . God is on the streets , he's omnipresent , he's omnipotent , he's in all , he's about all , he's the great I am , he's the creation of heaven and earth . So no one can cross over from being born again .
Speaker 2So when you read and listen to these weak , woke , silly stories on social media , I was a Christian . Then suddenly I wear a scarf around me . Ed , you're a liar . You are a liar because God wasn't even with you . I'll tell you who was with you Satan . And he's still with you , because no way across this earth can you dilute the blood of Calvary , no way can you dilute the word of God . No way is God that created this heaven and earth is going to let someone go to a devil's work . You're grafted in . That's why the UK church has got to get back to the doctrine of grace . When I understand the fundamental truth of scripture , then I won't be fearful as the mountains quake and the seas roar when the world is erupting . Because I know who my God is and it's not the God of the pound . Note he's not a microwave God like a lot of these social media platforms . Put him , press the button . In two minutes you'll have two grand . Press the button and Jesus will be out in a minute . It'll be this and that . He's not a microwave God . He's the King of Kings and he is the Lord of lords . He is a just God . He is the great I am . Jesus Christ is the living word when you know who Jesus is .
Speaker 2It's interesting when you watch the socials , when you listen to all the stuff that goes on and these people come against people in certain areas of life and they're trying to say you , you're , you're god , jesus , who's jesus ? What do you don't jesus ? They never get in front . They never get in front of someone who knows the word . They never get in front of someone because they know the word is real and they really know who jesus christ is . It's very interesting in Iran .
Speaker 2There's a great breakout of the power of God in Iran at this moment in time . There's a great move of the Holy Spirit in Iran and God is taking them out of their religion and in the morning they're waking up as born again , spirit-filled believers with no church , just the power of God . But the metrics and the world religions won't tell you that . They're coming out of that and suddenly being born again and waking up in the morning , and their house , their family , are saying the same thing . Last night I had a visitation of Jesus Christ and he saved my life , and this morning I am a born again Christian . With no Bible in the house , with no Pentecostal preacher , with no TikTok account , with nothing . They are born again within a twinkling of an eye . That is the power of God .
Speaker 2Come on , where are the UK preachers ? Where are the UK preachers preaching hellfire and damnation ? We got to get back to the word of God , get to the cross of Calvary , but you got to realize who you are , because the Bible says therefore , we will not fear , though the earth give way . Do you know ? We are watching the , the . We have never seen the earth give way right now as much as it is doing right now . The earth is crumbling , crumbling . Society is crumbling . Cultures are crumbling , systems are crumbling , you know . Financial markets are crumbling . This is crumbling , that everything is crumbling . You've only got to look in certain stores . You know the shelves are not stocked like they used to . Stores are disappearing . You know things are disappearing . We are watching a great falling away . We are in that time . We are really privileged to be born again , christians right now , because we are at the end days and Jesus Christ is coming . He's not coming back for the building . Do you know what ? These chairs are going to stay here ? These microphones , this building will stay when jesus christ comes . Do you realize canterbury cathedral will stay ? Do you realize westminster cathedral will stay ? Do you realize every building , every chair , every pastor's car , every house that pastors and bishops own , do you realize they'll stay and they'll many of them probably stay in their house when it comes and all . It's very , very interesting what's going to happen .
Speaker 2Two in the field , gone Walking down the street , gone In church . Wouldn't it be great on a Sunday morning ? That'd be scary , wouldn't it ? Please , lord , don't leave me Be preaching to an empty church . They don't know I'm in trouble .
Speaker 2This is the fact of the matter , because god chooses the brutality of when you analyze this god , he chooses who he's gonna save and you are in the lamb's book of life when you understand your name is stamped in the lamb's book of life . When you understand your name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life . You can't have your name erased out of the Lamb's book of life because that would have raised the cross of Calvary , that would have raised the entire Bible , that would erase everything to do with Jesus Christ . But he's the greatest king that ever walked this earth . As I said earlier , he's the only king that never owned a palace but owns the world . He's the only healer that touched people and prayed for people , never gave them a pharmaceutical , never charged five quid for a healing and they was healed in the name of Jesus . He's the only preacher that preached the gospel like never before and he never got paid for it . He didn't have an aircraft , he wasn't picked up at Heathrow by a beautiful limousine , but he was the greatest preacher the world has ever seen . Everyone was attracted to him . But his autonomy , his physicality . There was nothing in his persona , his character , that was attractive . But what was they attracted to ? They was attracted to the power of the word of God . They was attracted to the word . They was drawn to it . The attracted to the power of the Word of God . They was attracted to the Word . They was drawn to it .
Speaker 2The lady with the issue of blood said I've got to get to Jesus . That is true revival . I've spent everything . I've spent everything , I've given everything and I put everything on the table . I've spent every pound , every penny I've got and no one can heal me . No one can heal me of this . I've got to get to Jesus . We've got to be around people that are radical like that . I've got to get to Jesus and I'm going to get through the crowd , no matter whatever happens to me . I'm going to get through , even if I've got to crawl on the floor . I'm going to touch the hem because if I can get to the king , oh , it's going to be all right . See , what a way to be . What a way to be If I can get to the king . If I can get to the king , you know he's the king above all kings Herod and Pilate .
Speaker 2When you look at Herod , herod was afraid of Jesus . He said where is this boy ? I want to go and worship him . You liar , he wanted to erase . See , we've always watched the battle of the kings , but our Jesus will never lose . He doesn't need to jump in the arena . He doesn't own any corgis , he doesn't live in Westminster , he doesn't own palaces , but he does because he owns the rock that they built him out of .
Speaker 2See , what the kings and what the princes of this world don't realize is that the
palaces that they're living in , he created the rock that created their palace , the wood that they're using in their land to look out . They don't realize that God knows that tree . What they don't realize , that God knows every leaf on every tree across the world , what they don't realize is , when they look out across their acres of meadows , that God knows every insect , every animal that's running through the meadow . What they don't realize is that they think they've got this and they've got that , but God knew that they was going to get this and get that . See , he is the king , the king of the Jews , the king of the Jews , and he went to the cross . No other king has gone to the cross . No other king has been taken to the cross and put himself on the cross . No other king has been taken to the cross and put himself on the cross . No other king has said Father , forgive them , for they know not what they do , no other king .
Speaker 2He's the greatest preacher the world has ever had . He has had more understanding around the world . He's never owned a social media account in his life , he never done a podcast . He never stood in a church as we understand it and preached on a Sunday morning . He is the living words .
Speaker 2The greatest message that I've always said and I always stand by was in the Gospel of John , chapter 3 , verse 3 . You must be born again . Within 10 words , he preached the greatest sermon . Within 10 , 10 words . You must be born again , and the whole world is trying to erase it . The whole world is trying to get away from it . Last week , I bet you forgot what I spoke about when you walked out of church . You forgot what I spoke about , and so rightly true . But the whole world is talking about them born again christians .
Speaker 2And where did the preacher come from ? Nazareth , who was the preacher that preached the first message on being born again ? His name is Jesus . They called him the magic man , they called him the man of potions , the strange man , but he preached the message , and the message is alive today like never before . The prosperity gospel is gone . The fake name it and claim it has gone , but the greatest message , gospel message that has ever been preached is alive and well and it's picking up traction today .
Speaker 2And the book that we gather before us has sold 8 billion books . The Quran only 800 million . Harry Potter 600 million books . The Quran 800 million books . But the word of God 8 billion books , 3 billion have been given away . He is the living word .
Speaker 2So religion is fading away , like they're all saying , but the Bible says that already there will be a great falling away , not the kingdom , because the kingdom is rising . The kingdom is rising . You belong to the kingdom . So I can't be afraid , I can't be scared , I can't allow my brain and my mind to control my thoughts . The Bible says do not conform to the pattern of the world , but have your mind transformed by the renewing of Christ , by the power of the word . When you realize who you are , when you realize there is power in the blood , when you realize that the blood will save anyone , the blood is washed , the blood is cleansed . The power of the cross of Calvary , the power of Jesus . The power of the cross of Calvary , the power of Jesus , the power of the word . He is the great I am , he is God . What do you mean ? He's God , he's God , the Bible tells us . He says I and the Father are one .
Speaker 2You can't separate . Yes , I hear the theologians out there on the cross of Calvary , but that is not what I'm talking about . That is a different understanding . God is christ , christ is god . The holy spirit is the spirit of god . They are interwoven . You can't separate the trinity the father , the son . The holy ghost was before time in existence .
Speaker 2You see , the spirit , you read , the spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the deep . Jesus Christ was walking in the call of the garden . The Bible says God was walking . You can't walk if you don't have legs . You can't see if you don't have eyes . So there we have a typology of Christ . We have Christ at the very beginning .
Speaker 2God , the Bible says God sits in an unapproachable light . No man can see God and live , but you can see Christ . And by seeing Christ you see God . See , there is a protector . You can see God , but you're seeing it through the way of Jesus , because Jesus says I am the way , the truth , the life . No one comes to the Father except through me . I am the way . There is no other way to God because there are no other gods . There's lesser gods , and those lesser gods are where they're under your feet , because all the other gods are of Lucifer . All the other gods are demonic . There's only one God , and he is the God of Israel . He is the father of Isaac , jacob and Abraham . He is Jehovah Jireh , jehovah Nissi , jehovah Shalom . He is the great I am . He is your healer . He is the father of Isaac , jacob and Abraham . He is Jehovah Jireh , jehovah Nissi , jehovah Shalom . He is the great I am . He is your healer , he is your redemption , he is your shield , he is your rampart . He is the king above all kings .
Speaker 2So when I read about fear , why do I allow fear to run my life ? Because the church hasn't preached what it should have preached . If the church would have gone back 50 years and stood on the word of God . But as soon as the government cut the tie between us and Israel right back , we understand what happened the spiritual cut point . My God , we're in trouble , but we're not in trouble . The world is in trouble . The nation is in trouble , but you're not in trouble . The world is in trouble . The nation is in trouble , but you're not in trouble because you belong to the king . And when you realize who you belong to . We're going to come to the table in just a few moments . We're going to come to the table in just a few moments and it says God is our refuge and strength , our ever-present help in trouble . Therefore , we will not fear , though the earth gives way , the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though , its waters roar and foam , and the mountains quake with their surging .
Speaker 2Let's pray , father , in the name of Jesus . We come before you , lord , as the grape juice is brought round , as the bread is given , you know , taken round , as it's being served this morning , just stand on the gospel of hope . Realize who you are this morning , that there is power in the name of Jesus . There is no God higher than the God of Israel . There is no king higher than the king . There is no one higher than the great I am . When you realize who you are and who he is , there is power in the name . So , father , as we are preparing , as we come before you , as we just come to the cross this morning , you are our refuge and our strength .
Speaker 2So , lord , I thank you that you are our place of safety . You are our place , not the church , not the building , but you , but god . If god wanted the church to be that place of safety , he would have told us . But he , god , is our . Jesus is the head of the church , he is the cornerstone . So , yeah , you can look at it like that , but don't look at it in the eyes of religion . You've got to look at the . Christ is the head of the church , he's the high priest . So , yes , I find that peace in him , understanding that he is the head of the church . I won't find peace in the fabric of the building . I won't find that peace that I'm longing for through the services . I will find a place of rest and a place of hope , but my peace actually comes from the God of Israel . So I've got to get into the word . So I've got to get into the word , I've got to get into the scripture , I've got to get into the depth of the word of God .
Speaker 2Father , as we come before you , as we break bread and take it a cup , we believe that this bread is symbolic to the body of Christ . And wherever we are across the world , we invite those online to break bread with us today . And wherever we are across the world , we invite those online to break bread with us today . We invite those that are online to take in a cup with us today , scattered across this beautiful earth . Lord , we thank you that the UK belongs to Jesus . We thank you , lord . Every human being belongs to Jesus . So , lord , I ask you , lord , that you will speak loud and clear today , as we just take a moment out , as we pause , as we breathe , lord , as we break this bread , as we break this bread together as born again believers , not as religious churchy people , but actually being born again . So , lord , I thank you that we're born again . We're born from above . It's outside of our power . Thank you , jesus , for that . Bless this bread in Jesus name , my man .
Speaker 2The scripture says that he had the cup , the cup that he was pondering over in the garden of Gethsemane , the cup that he was sweating droplets of blood over . The cup in the garden of Gethsemane , the cup of redemption . You are redeemed . You are blood washed . You are saved . It's outside of your power , no matter how we feel about ourselves . If I go beating myself up all day , it's pointless . You can't run from Jesus . So your name has been written in the book before you could even spell or write . Your name was written in before the fabric of the world , because he chose you . He chose you to be born again . He chose you . He loves you . He sent his son for you . The scripture is for you and he's telling me and you today just remind yourself that you're born from above .
Speaker 2It wasn't the altar call . You paid 20 quid for that ticket . You don't pay for salvation , it's free . There was a price . It was a price and Jesus was the living sacrifice , the atoning sacrifice . The price has been paid .
Speaker 2Father , I thank you for this cup and I ask you , lord , and I thank you that you have and you will cleanse me from the crown of my head , where I've fouled you , where I've let you down , lord , where my thoughts , my life , everything . Cleanse me , from the crown of my head to the've fouled you , where I've let you down , lord , where me thoughts , me life , everything . Cleanse me , from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet . In Jesus' name , amen . We've got about seven and a half minutes before we click off offline .
Speaker 2You know salvation comes from above . It's not by works so the preachers can boast . It's not by works so that no one . It's not by the work . Salvation is given by the grace . It is by grace you have been saved . Unconditional favor . Unconditional favour . Unconditional favour . No conditions . Unconditional favour .
Speaker 2The Lord has saved you . The Lord has saved you . The Lord has washed you in the blood of Jesus . You are born again . You are spirit filled . You are chosen . You are rich in Christ . He is with you . The word is living inside of you . He decided to choose you . There was no choice .
Speaker 2Yes , you went to church . Yes , you was invited . Yes , you might have been in a prison . Yes , you might have been in a hospital when you received was invited . Yes , you might have been in a prison . Yes , you might have been in a hospital when you received the word . Yes , you might have been in a different area of life . Wherever you was , you didn't have the power , because the power was already in . And when you received Jesus , that was just an awakening to your spirit and you've only got to look at that .
Speaker 2Saul . Saul , why did you persecute me ? Saul was on that road . Saul was on that road . He didn't do an alpha course , he didn't have a prayer team around him , he wasn't going to church . He had letters to imprison and to kill Christians . He had letters to kill Christians . He was a murderer .
Speaker 2Not long before the Damascus Road experience , he was at the stoning of Stephen and the Bible says a young man called Saul stood there and watched and they laid their coats at his feet and he gave approval . He didn't do a Y Jesus course , he didn't have a Bible app on his phone . He didn't go to a prayer meeting . He wasn't baptized . He was a murderer . And God said in the heavenly realms when he gets on that horse and he reaches that point , I'm going to take him off the horse . That point . When Saul hit the floor , he said my Lord , my God , suddenly we find this man . His life is transformed by the time . He left the saddle to the sand . He left the saddle , he hit the deck and suddenly his life was changed . He didn't go to
any , he didn't have a TikTok account , he wasn't following it . There was nothing like that . There was no church around him . But God saved him and God used him .
Speaker 2I would say , just my own thought , probably the greatest writer the world has ever seen . Saul , saul , why do you persecute me ? Ananias went up to God . Do you want me to go and pray for him ? You're having a laugh , ain't you good ? God said Ananias just go . Just go and pray , don't you worry about what he is or what he was or what you thought he was . But then God dropped the line that makes me shudder . I'll show him how much he's going to have to suffer for my word .
Speaker 2Think about that a moment . It's not all roses , cups of tea following Jesus . It's Psalm 23 . When I go through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil because you are with me . You're running your staff . They comfort me . You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies . You anoint my head with oil , my cup runneth over .
Speaker 2See , when you realize who you are , you can be in the valley and still have a banquet . When you realize who you are in God , and that's got nothing to do with arrogance , that's got nothing to do with being big-headed , that's nothing to do with having money in your pocket . It's to be stripped back and to realize who you are , that without God I'm nothing , without God I'm nothing . So when he left the saddle , when he left that saddle and he hit the sand , his life was transformed that fast . He didn't do an Alpha course , he wasn't baptized , he didn't listen to the preacher , he wasn't on social media . He wasn't invited to church , he was a cutthroat , he was a murderer and he was looking to imprison believers of the way .
Speaker 2See , god don't need preachers , god doesn't need the church , because you was already in before the church was established . You was already in before your ears picked up on the message that you wrote that was the day I received salvation , but the day was written before the world was brought in . Big for the mind , too big for the cognitive processing , too big for the human being to understand , because all this stuff is revealed through revelational knowledge . Let's pray , father , as we come to a close . Father , we thank you , we're in the house . We thank you , we're in the house . We thank you that we are in the house .
Speaker 2And , lord , as we come to click offline , we pray for our brothers and sisters online , we pray for those , father , they're on visuals . We pray for those , dear god , that are listening on radio . Now we pray for all of us in the house , every one of us . We ask you , lord , that we will never fear , that we will never fear again , that we will never allow Lord our minds to take us to a place of fear , but , lord , that we will realise that you are our refuge and our strength , our ever-present help in trouble . Strengthen us . We pray , lord . Fill us to the full measure so our cup runneth over .
Speaker 2So , lord , I thank you that I personally don't belong to any political party , lord , I'm not following any cultural rhythm . I'm not worried about what denomination and what they're doing . I just want to know what Jesus is saying . So , lord , I just want to know what Jesus is saying . So , lord , will you open my ears so I can hear Jesus . Close my ears to the political agenda and to the wokeness of the world , but open my heart to hear Jesus' voice . I just want to hear the voice of Jesus .
Speaker 2So , father , we thank you for time in the house and wherever we are across the world . Whatever our life looks like at this moment , father , I thank you that all is well because our name is stamped in the lamb's book . So , lord , if I leave church still unsure , it doesn't matter , because you love me . Lord , if I leave church still a little bit wobbly , it doesn't matter , because you love me . In jesus name , amen , god bless you wherever you are joining us today . We're out of here , we're just before . Uh , 12 , 40 may . God bless you in the mighty name of jesus christ . Take care , we'll see you soon , god bless sometimes I fall .
Speaker 1Sometimes I fall To my knees and pray Come , jesus . I'm Thank you for joining us on Reverend Ben Cooper's podcast . We hope you feel inspired and uplifted . Don't forget to support us by buying us a coffee . Your generosity keeps this ministry thriving . We'd also love to hear from you , so please leave us a review and let us know what you think . And , of course , for more inspiration , visit us anytime at rbchristianradionet . Until next time , stay encouraged , stay faithful and know this you are not alone .