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SPEAKER_01Good evening and welcome to Night Bible study here on RB Christon Radio. Before we begin, I'd like to take a personal moment to share something from my heart. Today has marked six years that someone has close to me has gone home to the Lord, let food pass away. Arts missing freedom. Thank you for your precious memories, for the love they gave so frequently, and for the way their lives continue to desert who I am today. Father, I offer comfort on today when the grief filled heavily surrounded by me and my family and my friends close by, when sorrow rise unexpectedly teach us to carry their memories not with disappear, but with gratitude for the time we sell and hope for the days. Please keep the memories going strong and helping with him when past the times. Help me, Lord, to honor their legacy for the chances I make with the kindness I saw and the love I give and to others. Let their life remain with me, and every day is a grieve, and every act of love leave a last mark, even in a quiet moment of sadness, and to hold on to your promises. I know you are close to me, and I know you are seeing my heart, and I know that you're healing me every single often. So please, God, please help me. Lord, to close the broke to the broken heart and save those who are Christ in spirit. That is in Psalm 34, verse 18. In Jesus' name. Amen.
SPEAKER_02Amen. Amen. God bless you, Alex. Wherever you are this evening, we thank you so much for joining us. May the Spirit of the Lord be with you right now, wherever you are in the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and whatever your life looks like, wherever you are at this moment in time, we just pray that the fire of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit will be with
you wherever you are right now. We're going to jump straight in. We're going to go to Psalm 23. Psalm 23 this evening. We want to welcome everybody that's on uh every platform that we're streaming to at this moment in time, wherever you are. May the glory of God thank you for joining us on radio tonight. Thank you for joining us on the Word of Podcast, the social media and uh the cameras that you may be uh watching through right now. The glory of God is with you wherever you are. May the Holy Spirit lead you and guide you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We're gonna jump straight into the book of Psalms. We're gonna go jump straight into the book of Psalms. We're seeing some crazy things happening across the world. We're watching some unusual things happening right here in the UK right now, and there is some stuff happening. You know, we are under a government, we've got to be very, very careful who we uh uh put our alliance with. Now, I would be very, very careful when you look at this government that and what what they're doing across this nation at this moment in time. We have a leader that confesses uh at number 10 to be a Christian that goes to church. That is absolutely irrelevant. He is completely biblically illiterate because of the decisions that he is making. So now is a time that we really, really need to knuckle down into the word of God. So we have a leader in number 10 that doesn't understand the biblical interpretation of the end times. He has clearly made his point and where he stands and the place that he stands, he completely stands with Palestine, the decisions that he has made over the last few weeks, and also to do with all that digitalized stuff that's coming in and everything that's going on. This man is not a Christian, and we need to tell you right out of the barrel of truth, it is time to follow Jesus Christ. So wherever you are right now across the world, it's time to grab a Bible. So if you grab Psalm 23, we're going back to basics. You know, I really believe God is taking us back to the very beginning of certain scriptures, and as we go in Psalm 23, and it says, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. Wherever you are at this moment in time, please, brother and sister, we urge you to be Jesus followers. You've got to follow Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of your life. You've got to completely get in the word of God, and we can't follow the political agenda, we can't follow what is happening at number 10 Downing Street. We cannot trust them with any decision that they are making. If you are a Bible-believing believer, it is really important that we get this across the airways and across your friends, your church brothers and sisters. Really important that we become and we know who we are, you know, because the church and certain societies and certain areas of life are very, very clear that they are trying to remove the word of God. And we gotta stand right now. Now is the time to stand. It doesn't matter what flag you lift, it doesn't matter what flag you put on the street, it doesn't matter what flag is wrapped around a lamppost across the UK,
it has to be the cross of Calvary. It really has to be the cross, and it is time for the body of Christ, it is time for the church, it is time for the leaders within the church to make a stand. It doesn't matter what flag is swinging anywhere, it depends right now on the church. How does the church and how is the church leaders going to react in the signs and the times? We are watching the world getting ready for this antichrist. We're waiting for the man of lawlessness to take his place. You've just got to look at certain leaders across the world. You can see certain things happening in America, Ukraine, Russia, China, you know, certainly within the UK. I believe that we are a forerunner. I actually believe that we are a forerunner of the book of Daniel. And I just pray that the Lord God that we serve will not pass this nation by. And I pray that the Holy Spirit will take hold of the church here in the UK, that the the church will get uh get a grip, that the Holy Spirit will get a grip of this nation and God will really move powerfully across this nation. But wherever you are, I honestly believe that we've got to get right into the word of God and we've got to get right into scripture because we cannot rely on number 10 Downing Street, you know. We can't rely on the monarchy, we can't rely on religion, certainly can't rely on church. We we've got to trust in Jesus Christ because we are living at critical days. We are watching the uh the the king rise, you know, in certain areas of life. We are watching the power of God. So we want to encourage you right now, without further ado, let's jump straight in. Jump straight into Psalm 23. I cannot be relying on this world system. I cannot rely. We are watching a one world government be informed. We are watching a one monetary system, we're watching a globalization of all the systems, the healthcare, we're watching the army. You know, just because they're saying that they're at war and this is happening and that's happening, let me tell you this: the things that are happening behind closed doors, under the table, under the political table, it's all about land, it's all about finances, and we have a government that has literally put the stake in the sand and really clearly stood with Palestine in what he said in certain areas of life. So wherever you are, we want to encourage you now to get in the word of God. And we're going very clearly to the book of Psalm 23, and this is what the psalmist writes. He says, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul, he guides me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and 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. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Brother and sister, I just want to peddle into the middle of this scripture. You know, I want to pick it up in verse four, and it says, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. If you are a Bible-believing uh believer right now, at this very moment, it is really critical for each and every one of us to understand that whoever dwells in the house of the Lord, it's not about dwelling in church, it's not about ministry, it's not about following a denomination, it's not about following me or pastors or reeling or any of that. It's about following the Lord Jesus Christ. It is about having that great, deep, meaningful relationship with the word of God. The word of God is Christ, the the God that we serve, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. But if you look at verse 4, it doesn't matter what flags are hanging around the lamppost, it doesn't matter who's in number 10 down in the street, it doesn't matter what is happening. What is critical is how am I walking my life. I've got to walk with Jesus Christ. You know, politics is not going to change a spiritual situation. We have the highest alert that we've ever been on in the whole world. Jesus Christ is coming back, the rapture of the church, eschatology, the king is coming back, and I can't worry what is wrapped around a lamppost. I can't worry about what's happening with Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan. I've got to make sure that I'm in the word of God. Imagine what it will be like if the body of Christ, imagine what it'll be like if the church, if the church leaders got right into the scripture, we got right into the holy word of God. You know, I pray that God will move across this nation. We cannot, we cannot fight the enemy with a flag. We cannot fight the enemy with a political agenda because this is spiritual. It is in the heavenly realms. Yes, the battle belongs to the Lord, but as I walk this earth, I've got to make sure that I'm dressed in the full armor of God, that I I am dressed in the power of God. I've got to make sure that God's word is living in my life. It's not about getting to church, it's not about being in church, it's about walking in the kingdom of God, it's about being in the territory, it's about being in the presence, it's about being in the Holy Spirit. It doesn't matter. Church is irrelevant, church has finished
here in the UK. There's a little bit of a rumble going on Sunday morning for a couple of hours, but the church has no impact in our society anymore. Not because of Jesus has no power, it is because the church and the leaders are bringing a different agenda to what the Bible says. The church is irrelevant to what is happening in the heavenly realms. You know, we have got to make sure that we are kingdom men and women. And what has the church done over the years? What the church has done, it is literally desensitized so much, and suddenly we find that we got a lot of socializing, we got a lot of worldly activities happening within the four walls of the church, and we have lost the understanding of the holiness of God, and we need to get back to the holiness of God. If we get back, we get into the word of God. Prayer is critical, prayer is needed. You know, I don't know where you sit regarding prayer, I don't know your names, I don't know your life, but I want to tell you now, now is a time to get into prayer and fasting. Now is a time to pray like we've never prayed before. Now is a time to take hold of Psalm 23 and use that as your go-to prayer psalm. You know, there is power in the name of Jesus. It's about walking in the power of the Holy Spirit, it's about walking with God, it's about surrendering to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Do not surrender to the political agenda. When you look at the political agenda, when you look at the mayor of London and you look at the mayors that are dotted around this nation, have a look of what gods they serve. They are in strategic, strategic places, and we have to understand who do the leaders that lead this nation? What gods are they serving? If they are serving foreign gods, if they are worshipping Lucifer, I cannot be kin to what they are doing. I cannot follow the leadership of this nation if they are serving foreign gods, if they're in Freemasonry, if they're following witchcraft, if they're following divination, if they're serving foreign gods, I cannot allow myself to vote for a government that is following Lucifer's book. I've got to make sure that the ones that I follow, the Bible is extremely clear what it talks about governance. The Bible doesn't talk about politics, it talks about government. God has given the whole globe government. But if the government is of God, and what I mean by of God, because God gives us government, God gives us governors, God gives us judges, prefects, say traps, just like the Bible tells us, God gives us them, and he gives us them to who we actually ask for. You've only got to look at crazy King Saul. He said this. You know, we've looked at this, we've studied this. We've got to be extremely careful what we ask for and who we ask for. God said, I don't want you to have King Saul over your land. He said, I've got someone different for you. But the Israelites demanded and wanted King Saul. When we demand and we ask, God will give us what we ask for. And then all of a sudden, when it all hits the fan, we say, God, where are you in the situation? We've actually asked for crazy leaders. We back crazy leaders that do not follow Jesus. Someone tell me where there is a leader in this nation that is fully, fully charged with the Holy Spirit. Where are the politicians that are literally following Christ? We have leaders in number 10 Downing Street that are biblically illiterate. We have a leader at number 10 that says he's a Christian and he goes to church, and he has just signed us down the tubes again. From what he said about Palestine, what he is saying at this moment in time, the man doesn't know Jesus Christ. So am I gonna follow a man that is leading this nation that it doesn't know Jesus? I cannot follow a man. God gives us government, it tells us very clearly in the book of Romans. Romans tells us, and Paul writes clearly, follow godly government. But if the government are not following God, don't follow the government. It doesn't take rocket science, and I don't need that much of a brain to work that out. If this government or a government is serving foreign gods, why would I come under that leadership? I have to ask God, God, cut the umbilical call. Father, I don't want to be kin to what is happening in the government of the land in which I live. This is where we have this psalm right now. This is why we've come to Psalm 23, and it says, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. The UK is like the valley of the shadow of death. There is no hope if you don't have hope in God. If you don't have hope in God, this nation is literally down the sewer, and the rats are pushing the sewer lid off the top. You know, we cannot allow ourselves to be coming under the criteria of rats. We cannot be found to be living with swine. The Bible makes that extremely clear. You know, the prodigal son, he left the father's house. And what has this UK nation done? It has left the father's house, and we're lifting every flag on the streets. We're doing this and we're doing that. We're shouting this and we're shouting that. But we are not calling the church to get things right because the church should be above the government. The church should be above the government, but the government is above the church, but is a it is above that church, but it's not above the church that we follow. What do you mean? We understand there are two types of church. There's a the religious order that has got a charity number. There is a religious order that is governed by this government, but there is a kingdom that you belong to. If you are a Bible-believing believer, we might be walking through Psalm 23, we might be going through the valley of the shadow of the UK. But let me tell you this with prayer and fasting and the word of God, things can change straight away. We don't need to lift flags, we don't need to chant, we don't need to put all the Razumatazz everywhere. What the church, now, when I say the church, I'm talking about the church leaders. What the church leaders need to do, every church leader needs to fast and pray and lift up the cross. If we lifted up the cross, if you imagine how big the church is
within the UK itself, and I'm talking about the Bible-believing church, it is absolutely enormous. But what we have, we have leaders that are like King Saul. They are frightened when Goliath comes out of his cave. We are frightened when Goliath comes out every morning and suddenly we back up. But let me tell you this: now is a time to separate yourself from church. Separate yourself from religion and get yourself into the word of God. Even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me. If you are born again, if you are John 3:3, Jesus says to Nicodemus, you must be born again. We are living in times when we are watching forerunners of the Antichrist. We are watching forerunners of the Antichrist rising and starting to take glory from themselves. When you look in the world global arena of the political agenda at this moment in time, you can actually see that we have clear forerunners of the Antichrist. And this is not an overtime, uh, overnight exercise, sorry. This has been happening for quite a while at this moment in time. So the church within the UK, the church within the UK, and the leaders within the UK, we all need to take hold of the word of God. We've all got to get to the cross of Calvary, and we've all got to get to a position of prayer and fasting. The Bible is extremely clear. Daniel, Meshach, Shamrach, and Abendigo, they made it clear to King Nebuchadnezzar, we are not going to bow down and serve your foreign gods. The church, the church within the UK is bowing down to Islam, it is bowing down to the government, the church in the UK is bowing down to Buddha, it is bowing down to foreign gods, it is bowing down to materialism, it is bowing down to fear. The Bible is extremely clear. God told the Israelites, when you go in the land of Canaan, do not follow and do not serve their foreign gods. But as soon as the Israelites stepped into that territory, into the promised land, they started to copy what those were doing when they were serving foreign gods. Now we are in Psalm 23 and we are in verse 4. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, it is very clear that this nation is in the valley of the shadow of death. Death is pending over this nation. If this nation doesn't get to grips with the word of God, it doesn't matter what flag you support, it doesn't matter what politician you're up there backside, it doesn't matter what you are doing regarding in the world of government, it doesn't matter about the flag. That is irrelevant when there is a spiritual crisis at the front door of everybody's life. How do I get through a spiritual crisis? Do I vote for Nigel Farage? No. Do I vote for him? Do I vote for her? No. You cannot vote for anyone at this moment in time. The best thing that we can ever do is get in the word of God and pray that God will have mercy on this nation and God will put into the leadership. It's no good putting an X in the ballot box because who are we voting for? Who are the real Bible-believing politicians in this nation today? Where are these Bible-believing front runners that are looking for office? We are literally and we have no real strong biblical leaders. This is in the church itself. The church has never been so weak within the UK with strong biblical stand-up frontline preachers and teachers. Where are the generals? Where are the generals? Where are the preachers? What we got, we got uh the weak and the woke and the TED talkers, and we got the educators bringing us a nice little happy clappy message on a Sunday morning. But what we want in a spiritual crisis, what we need is God's God to raise up generals because as we go through Psalm 23, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. So we want to encourage you now not to fear and do not allow what is happening on the streets and the towns and within the context of uh number 10 down in street to determine to what is happening to your life. Now is a time to fix your eyes on Jesus. If you have a Bible, turn to uh Hebrews chapter 12 and it is clear what it says there. Hebrews chapter 12, it says, fix your eyes on Jesus. If there's ever a time to fix our eyes on Jesus, it is right now. In your workspace, your personal life, in your whatever you are doing, now is a time to fix your eyes on Jesus. Don't look at us, don't look at Elium, don't look at any other uh denomination, but fix your eyes on Jesus. How do I fix my eyes on this Jesus? How do I fix my eyes on the King? How do I fix my eyes on the eternal God? When the Bible says that God, the God of Israel, sits in an approachable light. He is not approachable. No man can see God and live. How do I fix my eyes on this invisible King? The King is in the heavenly realms. How do I fix my eyes on the Holy Spirit? How do I fix my eyes on this Jesus Christ? I'm told that I've got to follow him, but I can't see him. Hang on a minute. I've got a book in front of me that has that is 66 chapters. I've got 66 books there of 66 books, and there are 40 different authors. It is Holy Spirit in fired, it is powered up, is anointed, it carries power, it carries authority. If I want to see Jesus,
I lift up the word of God. If I want to see miracles, I lift up the word of God. If I want to see change in my nation, I don't lift
a flag. I don't lift up a politician or a journalist. I lift up the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I lift up the great I am. If we want to see significant change on the streets and in this nation and in education
and within the religious wheels, what do I do? I lift up, there's only one king, and I'm not talking about Charles with a couple of dogs hanging around his feet, excuse the pun there, but it's absolutely critical. It is critical that I, that me here, sitting here before you, pick up the word of God because it is the word of God that is power. It is the word of God that is life, it is the word of God that will change this nation. It is the word of God that will bring me into line. It is the word of God that will bring you into line. It is the power of the living word of God. I need the scripture in my life. See, we go to church and we worship and we sing and we we do all what we do, but we are lacking the fundamental truths. We are lacking the doctrines of grace in church. We are lacking holiness, we are lacking the presence of the Holy Spirit, we are lacking the word of God. And what we need are Bible uh believers to stand up from the pulpit and to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Uh I would say you could go right away back to Jonathan Edwards, you could go right back past Smith Wigglesworth, you could go right back past the generals before you would actually find a message that the UK has moved on. We are not getting messages out of the scripture, not because of God is not real, but because the church has lost the understanding of the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have weak preachers, we have educators, we are lacking real powerful, spirit-filled, holy spirit-fired preachers. This nation. We need God to raise up generals. We need God to raise up, we need God to move within the body, within the church, however you look at it, because we cannot, we cannot follow the political agenda. And the Bible says in Psalm 23, verse 4, it says, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, the UK is like a shadow of death. And let me just remind you, it's a shadow because the Holy Spirit is with you. If you are born again, if you are spirit-filled, if your name is stamped in the Lamb's Book of Life, all is well in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. But now is a time to get into prayer. Now is a time to get into fasting. Now is a time to lift up the holy God of Israel. No, now is a time. This nation, the nation in which we live, completely keeps itself away from the biblical Israel. It keeps itself well away. We have a government that doesn't know the full interpretation of the word of God. We got leaders that say they go to church. We got leaders that say that they're Christians and they are making critical life decisions for this nation that are taking us back down the sewer of life. What they are saying about Palestine, what they are saying about the global economy, what they are doing, and the way that they are taking this nation. What we need are leaders in the church and within parliament that will stand on the gospel of hope and literally stand up with the biblical Israel. Now, I said the biblical Israel, not the political Israel, because we don't do politics. What we need to do is to understand what God is saying about Israel and right now, regarding the Jews and the returning of Jesus Christ, we are living in the last days. Jesus Christ is coming back. The king is coming back, he's coming back like a thief in the night. He's gonna come back. You know, there is power in the name of Jesus Christ. And wherever you are, let me tell you this: we are in Psalm 23, verse 4. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. We cannot afford to get in ourselves into a position of fear. We cannot afford to get ourselves in the position of anxiety. You know, we are living in a nation where their anxiety, the suicide rate, and depression has never been so high. The system cannot deal with it. Why have we got all this going on? Simply because the church hasn't deal and hasn't dealt with this spiritual crisis. If the church across the board had taught us how to live in the return and the waiting for Jesus Christ, if we understood how one what the Bible says about preparing, the church hasn't prepared us for the second coming of Jesus. The church is looking at Christmas. The church is more interested in the crib rather than the cross. The church is more interested in selling you a ticket for um uh carol service that's coming down the track. It's more interested in getting a few quid in the can rather than telling you about the cross of Calvary and the blood of Jesus and the power of Jesus Christ. We are waiting for the return of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And many Christian leaders are more interested in getting the crib out of the loft now because Christmas is coming. We'll have green trees up, we'll have pagan worship going on, we'll have all that sort of stuff, and we are living in a crisis. This nation is in a spiritual crisis. Why? Because of the church hasn't got us ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ. So we've got suicide just accelerating, we got depression accelerating, we got children not knowing their identity, we got men and women losing the plot in our lives, we are losing the fundamental truths of this nation. We have lost who we are. We don't know who we are, we don't know where we come from, we have lost our identity. And why is that? Because the church hasn't preached and prepared us and told us to get in the full armor of God. It's not about lifting and worshiping, it's about walking in the spirit of the living God. It's about operating and living in the gifts of the spirit, the fruit of the spirit. It's about putting on the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, and every area of that armory in the book of Ephesians, chapter six, and not taking it off. You know, the church leaders take it off. They they put it on for a little while for two hours on the Sunday morning and they disappear down uh the golf course and all that Razma Taz that goes with that. What we need are leaders that will lead us with the gospel of hope. What we are needing are leaders that will lead with the power of the Holy Spirit, not with a golf club, not with a Netflix uh thing on the telly, not with another social gathering at church. You know, we got more yoga
and bingo happening in church than we've ever had before across the table. What we need is the power of the spirit of the living God. We need the Holy Spirit to take hold of this nation. What we need is real persecution. What we need, this nation needs to be persecuted like it's never been persecuted before, because persecution will take you to one place. It won't take you to number 10. Let me tell you where true persecution takes you to, it will take you to Jesus Christ. My prayer is, God, bring persecution onto this nation. Lord, I pray that you will crack that whip over this nation, and Lord, you will bring us back to holiness because in the power of Jesus Christ, all things are possible to those who believe. The church has even taken out of ours. You know, there are many gifted men and women in congregations that have almost had their dreams crushed, had their visions crushed because of the religious leaders. They don't want the congregations to have a greater walk or a greater vision than those that are in the church. Brother and sister, if you've got a vision and you've got a dream. I tell you now, now is a time. The Bible says in Acts chapter 2, and in the book of Joel, chapter 2, in the last days, it says, God will pour out his spirit. You know, read that, Acts 2 and Joel 2. Read what the Bible says. We've got to get back to the word of God. We've got to get back in the scripture. We've got to get back into holiness. We got to walk the walk. We've got to stand on the word of God. We've got to trust like never before. The Bible says the just shall live by faith. Even though we're in Psalm 23, and the Bible is extremely clear in verse 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Let's read this psalm in its entirety. We're reading Psalm 23, and we're going to take it from the top. The Lord is my shepherd. You know, the Lord is our shepherd. You know, Kirstama isn't our shepherd. You know, Sadiq Khan isn't our shepherd. Your boss isn't your shepherd. Your mum, your dad, your brother, your sister, your husband, your wife, they're not your shepherd. The pastor's not the shepherd. No one's the shepherd. The true shepherd is Jesus Christ. He is the only one that will lay his, and he did lay his life down for you and for me. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want. No wonder we're in want. We're looking for shepherds in earthly people. We are looking for spiritual leaders in men and women that can't, they're as much use as a chocolate teapot. What we need is the power of the word of God. We need the spirit of the living God. And when you look at this scripture, Psalm 23, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. We haven't got any quiet waters. You know, what we have, we have storms happening and breaking out everywhere. If you are in a storm in your life, I would encourage you to go to Psalm 23 or Psalm 91. I would encourage you to get in the Word of God. Forget worship, it's got to be Scripture because Scripture is true worship. Scripture is worshiping the eternal God. Scripture will take you to a place. Scripture will take you to a place, but it takes everything you've got. It takes everything you've got to get into prayer. You know, prayer, oh Lord, I can't pray. I'm struggling to pray. Lord, I'm struggling. That is because our minds are so busy. Our thought pattern is so busy with worldly entertainment. We have lost the understand of focusing on the word of God. We have lost our understanding. You know, the thinking and the mindset is so quick. We're moving from one thing to another, one thing to another. We're looking, we're looking for the button of peace. We're trying everything in the world. We're trying everything what the government's offering. We're trying everything. Go and live the dream. Go and do this. Now we've got the silly season on our shoulder. We got Christmas arising right before our very eyes. And we'll we'll indulge ourselves in all the Rasmatads and that pagan festival rather than telling the world about Jesus Christ. He is the savior of the world. The reason that we are talking about Christmas is not because of the pagan gods. We are talking about Christmas because the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. The Bible tells us in John chapter 1, verse 14, and the word became flesh. That is what the season is about. That the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. That is what the season is about. Not about green trees, lights, and presence under that. Are we following pagan gods? Are we following foreign gods? Who are we actually following in this nation? Who are we actually following? Are we following journalism? Are we following the social networks? Are we following religion? Are we following the politicians? Are we following business? Are we following finance? Who are we actually following? We have got to follow Jesus Christ. We cannot rely on the system anymore. The system is broken. The system is absolutely busted. You've only got to look at the NHS, the police force, you've only got to look at government, the financial markets, you've only got to look at every system. It is absolutely busted. What we've got to do is follow the God, the God above all gods. You've got to follow the God of Israel, the father of Isaac, Jacob, and Abraham. You've got to follow Jehovah Jirah, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Shalom. You've got to follow the great I am. You've got to follow the word of God. It's no good following me. It's no good following Alex. It's no good following this church. It's no good following Enim. It's no good following all the denominations. You've got to follow Jesus. You've got to follow the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. The whole world, the whole world knows Jesus. The whole world, multi-religions are trying to destroy Jesus. You know, when you watch on the social networks, we've got this massive press at this moment in time that we've had for a while in the area of apologetics. You've got a Christian there fighting the corner for God. We don't need to fight the corner for God. You don't need to put your faith on the table for a man with a beard and a mat under his arm. You ain't got to tell no one. What you've got to just say is my God is the creditor of heaven and earth. My God said, let there be light, and that is enough. My God is the savior of the world. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I don't need to tell you the power of my God. I tell you what you can do. You can try and tell me that he don't exist. And you won't get nowhere because my God's gonna save you tonight in the blood of Jesus. My God is the King of kings
and the Lord of Lords. My God said, Let there be light, and there was. My God created man from the dust of the earth. My God destroyed your God because your God is Lucifer, and my God kicked Lucifer out of heaven. And according to the gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ said, I saw Satan fall like lightning to the floor. The God that I serve created the heavens and the earth. I don't need to tell the world and prove that Jesus Christ is alive. The whole world is trying to disprove him. I just gotta walk strong, I gotta walk bold, I've got to walk in the Word of God. Because I want to tell you tonight through the book of Psalms 91, there are angels put to flight over your life. You know, isn't it interesting? Jesus didn't need a bodyguard, Jesus didn't need an entourage, Jesus didn't need a Facebook account, he didn't need a TikTok account, and the whole world is talking about the only king. Who is the king of England? I don't know who he is. I think he's down pets arras with his two dogs, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. The whole world is talking about Jesus Christ. It's not talking about anybody else. If you want to get healed, you will only find healing in the King of Kings. You will only find healing through the power of the Holy Spirit. You will only find salvation from God because the Bible says you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. You can only find salvation in the eternal God, the God of Israel. Salvation doesn't come through nobody else. It doesn't come through Elium, it doesn't come through Catholicism, it doesn't come through the Church of England, it doesn't come from a preacher. Salvation comes from above. Jesus told Nicodemus, he said, Nicodemus, you must be born again. And Nicodemus said, I can't go back up that route anymore. How am I gonna become born again? And he says, You've got to be born from above. Let me tell you, it is God who He chooses that is gonna walk in eternity. If you've been chosen to be born again, you need to give Jesus a shout tonight. You ain't gotta jump on the socials and have a rant and a rave with someone with a beard and an IKEA mat under his arm. You just gotta tell the world that Jesus loved you. I ain't gotta jump into the arena of apologetics. I ain't gotta prove that my Jesus, you've only got to look at the birds in the air. You've only got to look at the tree over there, you've only got to watch the sunrise in the morning, you've only got to watch the sky at night, you've only got to watch every star that my God knows every star in the heavens above. And who is your God, by the way? I don't know your God. Your God is a lesser, your God is actually under my feet. So I don't need to prove your God uh is anything because the Bible says the devil is under my feet. And if you serve anybody but Jesus Christ, you're serving Lucifer. Whatever way you look at it, there is only one God, and the Bible says there is only one way to the Father, and his name is Jesus. There is only one God, and he is the eternal God. We're coming to the table in any moment in the name of Jesus Christ, wherever you are. May the Spirit of the living God be over you right now. You don't need to prove that God is in existence. All you gotta do is stand strong on the word of God and say, My Jesus loves you. You can say what you like, you can come at me with anything you want to come at me, but I don't need to jump in the arena and try to tell you that my God is real. All I've got to tell you is you gotta be born again. Because if you're not born again, hell is extremely hot. If you are not born again, you've got to ask God for mercy in your life. And has God determined salvation over your life? Oh my good God, you know, salvation comes from above. We are in Psalm 23, and this is really, really clear. We're in Psalm 23, verse 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff uh comforts me. And then in verse 5, as we come to the table, you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Why on this earth am I trying to prove to governments, why am I trying to prove to people on social media, why am I trying to prove that God is real? When God prepares a table for me, for you, why are we trying to prove as Bible-believing believers across the social networks that God is who he says? Because even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, this is where faith comes in. Faith and actions. You know, there's Goliaths all in your life. There are Jerichos all in your life, there are rivers to cross in your life and in my life, and what it means right now is to live completely by faith. My God's gonna supply all my needs according to thy riches in glory. Because when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, when I walk through the valley of what is happening right now, my God is about to prepare a table for you and for me. God is gonna prepare a table right in the middle of the battlefield. So why do I have to prove to a bear, a bear, uh, a where someone that is wearing a beard, why have I got I've got to be careful what I say, I get myself in so much trouble, please, Lord help me, Jesus. Why I've got to prove to myself, to a government, and to men that wear beards and have an IKEA prayer mat under their arm, why do I have to prove that my God is real? All I've got to do is walk by faith. Because do you know that there are angels deployed over you? Do you realize that through Psalm 91, do you realize that angels are deployed because when you call on the greatest name, there are angels that have been retired for many years. What do you mean? Angels have been retired, retired, and they've been furloughed because church leaders don't know how to speak the word of God. You know, there must be uncountable angels in the heaven looking down at us and going, What's up with that lot? We've been assigned to their life. What are up? What are these these leaders up to? You know, I'm getting dust on my feathers, Gabriel. You know, I need a bit of WD faulty under me wings because I've stood here for too many years. Because God has to move, God has to deploy angelic heavenly hosts only when this happens.
When someone speaks the word of God, when someone is bold enough to live by the word. Father, in the name of Jesus, I'm walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Lord, I'm gonna fear no evil right now. Lord, I'm gonna go, Lord, through the valley of the shadow of death. I'm gonna live by faith. Lord, I'm going into the enemy's territory. Lord, I'm gonna go back and I'm gonna take back every area that the devil has stolen. I'm going back, Lord, into the devil's territory. And God says, when when he hears that word, Lord, I preach the word today. Lord, I speak the word over my life. Lord, I'm blessed and highly favored, I'm wonderfully, I'm fearfully made. Lord, I thank you that your word cannot return void. And right now, Lord, I thank you that cancer goes. I thank you that fear goes. I thank you, Lord, money cometh. Lord, you are paying my bills in the name of Jesus. Father, I'm going into the enemy territory, Lord, and I'm going to tell the world about Jesus. When we start speaking the word of God, suddenly the WD 40 starts to work on the heavenly host wings. Suddenly they are put to flight. Do we realize the amount of heavenly hosts that are put to flight because of the word of God? Not because of religion, not because of a fake name it and claim it preacher, not because of the prosperity gospel, but because of the brother or sister that is in trouble and saying, God, I need your help today. God, I need your help. Lord, I'm scared today. Lord, I'm worried today, but Lord, I'm gonna speak faith over my life. God, you're gonna meet my bills today. Lord, I've got to get the kids to school. And Lord, there's not enough diesel in the tank. Lord, I've got to get through London today. And Lord, I can't even afford an oyster card. Lord, how am I gonna get to work in the name of Jesus? Lord, I've got to go to food bank. Lord, I haven't even got a tenor in the bin to get myself to food bank to get enough food to feed the kids. But you know what, God, my God's gonna supply all my needs according to thy riches in glory. God is looking for someone that is radical, that is a Bible-believing believer, that is believing everything for his or her life. God isn't interested in religion. He's not worried about the name it and claim it, fake it, and all that sort of stuff. He's looking for someone. He's looking for someone like the lady with the issue of blood and said, if I can touch the hem of his garment, if I can get into his presence, if I can get and just touch the hem of his garments, I will be healed. I've spent everything. Have you done what the lady has done with the issue of blood? Have you spent everything you got? Are you spent out? If you're spent out, get yourself ready for a miracle. If you're sitting on a few bags of wedge, get ready because God is about to rob it underneath your feet. If you have nothing, if you have nothing and all you have is everything, what do you mean? If you've got nothing and God is in your life, you've got everything. It's an upside-down kingdom. You know, brother and sister, if you are sitting on bags of cash, let me tell you this: we are living in a cashless society. And as soon as these petrol stations start pressing the button that you can't buy petrol or diesel with cash, how are we gonna get rid of it? My God, we are living in a time over the next 12 months to 18 months, we will watch this cashless society suddenly hit the tracks of life, and there's only one way for us to live, and how is that? I've got to live by faith. I've got to trust my God, I've got to trust the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords because we are being prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ. And the greatest prayer that we could ever pray right now is Lord, bring persecution to the UK. Lord, bring persecution. You know, we haven't even touched the drumbeat, really. We are not being persecuted in any way, shape, or form. We are just dancing around as a few Muppets making a noise here, there, and everywhere. But what we need is like the persecuted church. Do you realize there's a church out there across the world and it's called the Persecuted Church? And it has 365 million displaced Christians, and they are running for their lives. They are hungry for the word of God. But do you know God protects them? Do you know God makes a way for them? You know you've only got to look at open doors ministry, Barnabas Aid, you've only got to look at Release International, and you study the persecuted church. You look at the nations that are bringing persecution to the Christian. But let me tell you this: there's revival in them nations. No man, no, no uh authority, no government can stop the kingdom of God. You know, the devil is just sitting back looking at the church within the UK and going, Look, the leaders are doing it to themselves. I ain't got to do anything. You know, God is with you wherever you are. We're coming to the table right now. We're running out of time. We're gonna get to the table wherever you are across the world. We are in Psalm 23 and we've just looked at a couple of scriptures tonight. I've got to tell you that the power of God is alive and well. I've got to tell you there is power in the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus, and wherever you are, you've got to come to the table with us tonight. Grab yourself some bread, grab yourself a bit of grape juice, a bit of wine juice, wherever you are across this world. You know, let me tell you this right now. Let me tell you this right now. Religion will tell you that you can't take of this. The Catholicism, the Church of England, you've got to jump through hopes, you gotta do this, you gotta do that. But let me tell you this, Jesus says, Come, come to me, all of you that are weary and heaven laden, I'll give you rest. Are you loaded tonight with worry and fear? Are you scared about the future? Come to Jesus. Yeah, but Ben, Ben, I don't know how to get to this Jesus. Get yourself a Bible. Get yourself a Bible and open to Psalm 23, Psalm 91.
Grab yourself a word of God. It is the word of God that will set you free. It isn't worship with the latest trends that are happening in in the socialized church. It isn't it isn't Sunday morning that's gonna do it. It's the power of the Holy Spirit. God is alive. God is alive. The Spirit of God is moving across the world. But we gotta pray for this nation. We gotta pray that this nation will be persecuted, that this nation will know what it's like to be persecuted. Because when you're persecuted, it will take you to one place, it will take you to the cross. See, we got too much materialism. We got a government that is more interested in serving the devil than serving Jesus. I pray tonight, Lord, bring persecution to the UK. Lord, I pray, Father God, that you'll strip us back to the bone. I pray, dear God, that you will draw us to the cross of Calvary. So wherever you are, we want to invite you now. We want to invite you wherever you are, on radio, in the world of podcasts, you know, on the camera with us at this moment in time. We want to invite you just to say this simple prayer. Father, in the name of Jesus. Lord, I'm a sinner saved by grace. And Lord, I break this bread together with Ben and Alex. I just break bread. Lord, I don't even know what I'm doing at the moment because my brain is all over the place, Lord. But Lord, the Bible tells me, Lord, that you love me. And I don't even understand what that word means, Lord. You might be lonely tonight, but God is with you. You might be fearful tonight, but God is with you. You might be crying at this moment in time, lost in this world. You might be so scared. Let me tell you this: the love of Jesus is so powerful. Don't come to church, don't go to church, but get to the word of God. Get to the scripture. Read the Gospel of John, the love of God, read the Gospel of John, read the Psalms, read the prayers of David, get into the Word of God. We gotta leave the social networks, we gotta leave the TV, we gotta leave the Razmatas of everything. And now is a time. Now is a time to break bread. You know, if you're in a church and they're not breaking bread and taking another cup every service, get out. Get out. If you're in a car right now, if you're in a van, wherever you are across the world, take time. Just just get yourself a bit of bread. We're gonna break bread together right now, and we're gonna take this cup. And I want to invite you across the world, across the world right now, to be a Jesus follower, to follow the King, to follow the Savior of the world, the whole world, every government is trying to disprove that Jesus Christ is not real. But what they forget is that history is in the palm of his hand, that Israel is the most powerful nation in the entire world. It is the size of WoW's within the UK. It is just smaller than WOWS itself. It has just less than 10 million people, and it is the most powerful nation in the world. No one will be able to wipe Israel out. It doesn't matter about these superpowers coming against it. What does the Bible say? The safest place to live in the world right now is in Israel. That is fact, that is biblical fact. And as we sit now and live miles away from Israel, we're living in a land known as the UK, England, that I ain't got a clue what even we're called anymore. You know, we are in a very precarious place. We are in Psalm 23, verse 4. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death known as the UK, this nation needs to come to Jesus. Not to church, but to the cross. Father, bless this bread. Lord, as we break this bread together now in the name of Jesus, we pray for those that need healing online. We pray for those that need a miracle online. We pray for those that are lost in culture and society online. We pray for every one of us that may have had suicidal thoughts, that have had doubts and fears in their lives. We pray that the fire of God will move in our lives. But as we break bread together tonight, as we break bread together tonight, Lord, we believe in the power of prayer, we believe in the power of prayer, Spirit of the living God, as we break bread, Father, we thank you that this bread symbolizes the body of Christ. And right now, Lord, we break bread together. And Lord, we may have had a bad day, it might have gone completely peatong, completely wobbly. But Lord, it's okay. Because Lord, we thank you that there is power in the name of Jesus. So bless this bread as it symbolizes the body of Christ in Jesus' name. Amen. Father, we thank you for anointing. And Lord, we pray for every listener tonight, wherever they are, whatever they are doing right now, as we take of this cup, the cup of redemption. Lord, I thank you, Father, that this is just simply grape juice, whatever it may be. Lord, I thank you that it symbolizes the blood of Jesus, the crimson tide of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and wherever we are across the world, Lord, we're outside of church now. Lord, we're we're at home, we're on the commute wherever we are, Lord, we're on the train, Lord. We're at home wherever we are, Lord. We thank you that we're able to take a cup outside of the religious building. And you ask us to do that. So Lord, as we come together as the body of Christ across the world, Lord, cleanse us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Wash us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet, Lord. Right now, in Jesus' name. Amen. Brother and sister, wherever you are, I just want to finish this off. We've just got a few minutes before we hit quarter past. I just want to take us
to the back end of that psalm that we're in. I want to go to five and then I want to read six. It says, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup runneth over. It isn't the church, it isn't the pastors that anoint you. It is God. It is God. God has anointed you. God has called you. God is drawing you wherever you are. Do we know? Do we realize that God anoints people outside of church? The pastors and religion will tell you that you can only get it inside the religious building. But let me tell you this: when when God wrote this, when he used the psalm, when God wrote this, there was no church building. There was no TikTok pastor. There was no social media pastor. There was no building. God doesn't need social media to get you anointed. God doesn't need the airways to get you blessed. God doesn't need the church to give you anointing. He's not waiting for pastor to get out of the sack on a Sunday morning and to give the oil a quick shake and anoint you. God doesn't need that. He's not interested in that. God will anoint you where? God will anoint you right where you are. God has anointed you right where you are. Because this is what the Bible says. You know, this is what the Bible says long before the church was even established. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runneth over. God has anointed you. God anoints people outside of the church. Don't get caught in the showmanship of Sunday morning. Don't get caught in the showmanship of what is happening on socials. Just remember this that God anoints outside of the building. God calls outside of the building. God heals outside the building. God delivers wherever he's gonna deliver. And Ananias said to God, when God said, Go and pray for Saul, Ananias said, God, I don't think you know what he's been up to. And God said, Ananias, keep your lips shut, just go and do what I told you to do. God works outside of the four walls of church. God doesn't need pastors, He doesn't need TikTok, He doesn't need Instagram, He doesn't need any platform to get you saved and you anointed. Stop scrolling, get in the Word of God, be a braggadocious, radical, Bible-believing believer, live your life by faith, because this is what the Bible says. Verse 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. You know it's outside of church where it's happening, it's in the workspace, it's in those areas where the church is frightened to go to. God is calling you to live a life of faith. God anointed you outside of the building, God brought you in outside of the building. God doesn't need any denomination, He's not waiting for the super pastor to wake up on Sunday morning to put his white suit on, put his white gloves on, to be escorted into church. God is not working through that rubbish. God will not share his glory with no one. We have so much, so much showmanship within religion and within church, it is absolutely ridiculous that God will not share his glory with no one. Wherever you are tonight, as we close in prayer, we got about two minutes as we close in prayer. Let's just pray together, let's pray for one another. Let's pray that God will draw us deeper into the kingdom of God and God will lead us in paths of righteousness. God doesn't need the church because Jesus Christ is the cornerstone, Jesus Christ is the great high priest, Jesus Christ is the head of the church. I've got to tell you something, but I don't know if you all know, but it's actually not the Pope. The Pope isn't the one. The leader of the Church of England actually isn't the one. The leaders of all the Pentecostal movements, they're not actually the ones. I us, we pastors, we're not actually the ones. Jesus Christ is the high priest, he is the cornerstone, he is the one that is calling you. Jesus is not worried about the church, he's not interested in what's happening on a Sunday morning. He wants your heart, he has your heart, but God is calling you wherever you are right now. God is calling you not to church, not to ministry. God is calling you just to stay where you are. Stay where you are and just pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you that I ain't gotta go to church. I thank you, Lord, that I haven't got to run down the front and fall on the at the front of the altar with everyone watching. I thank you, Lord, that I haven't got to do none of that. But Lord, I'm at home now, I'm in the Van now, I'm in the car now, I'm walking the dog now. Lord, I'm in Azda shopping, Lord. I thank you right now, Lord, that
I can just call on your name. Wherever I am, Jesus. It actually doesn't need to be on a Sunday morning. It can be anywhere. It can be in the middle of the night. And Lord, I call on your name. Whatever your time zone is, wherever you are across the world, just call on Jesus Christ. He is your Lord. He is your Savior. He is your redeemer. He is the great I am. We are out of here, but let's just close in prayer. Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray that you will draw us to the kingdom of God. Lord, we pray that you will draw us out of religion, out of the church, and you will draw us to the cross of Calvary. That you will bring us, Lord, to a place of freedom. That you will bring us to a place of hope. That you will bring us to a place, Lord, of holiness. That you will bring us to a place, Lord, where we're not looking to the world, but we're looking to the author, the perfecter of our faith. Lord, you are the way, the truth, the life. No one comes to the Father except through thee. So right now, God, wherever we are, Holy Spirit, I pray for peace tonight. I pray for peace across the world. I pray for everybody online. I pray, Lord, that they will find the love of Jesus, that they will experience the power of the Holy Spirit, and they will realize they haven't got to go to church on the Sunday morning because God is omnipresent. God is omnipotent. God is alive and well. God is working in all things. So Lord, I ask you that we will find ourselves anointed and blessed outside of the church. And Lord, I pray that you will call us to a greater walk with Jesus Christ. So bless the listeners wherever they are, whether they're on RB radio, whether they're watching this through the camera system, whether they're they're downloading these podcasts, however they are listening and watching, I pray that everyone will walk in healing, will walk in anointing, that the years that the devil has tried to steal, Lord, I pray right now that there will be restoration in lives tonight. Restoration in lives tonight. Restore all the years that the locust has taken. May God bless you wherever you are across the world. May the Spirit of the Living God lead you to the cross of Calvary. May the Holy Ghost that you serve, may the Word of God take you to your destiny. Remind yourself there's a destiny and it's in the Word of God. Find out who you are in God. Find out who you are and follow the greatest king the world has ever seen. Follow the Savior of the world. Follow Jehovah Jairah, Jehovah Nissi, follow the God of Israel. And I'm telling you now, you will have a life that is beyond human understanding. You will live that dream and that vision that is pressed on your heart. Never give up. May the Spirit of the Lord be over you tonight. In Jesus' precious name. Amen.
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