Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
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“And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49 AMPC)
Nordic Revival Podcast w/ Tomi Lehto
Yliluonnollinen Pyhän Hengen toiminta
Tutkimme Jumalan Pyhän Hengen yliluonnollista voimaa ja sitä, kuinka uskovat voivat luoda ilmapiirin, jossa ihmeet tulevat jälleen normaaliksi osaksi elämää. Kristillinen elämä on suunniteltu olemaan yliluonnollista, mutta monet uskovat – erityisesti Pohjois-Euroopassa – ovat tyytyneet luonnolliseen, voimaa ja odotusta vailla olevaan uskonnolliseen elämään.
• Jumalan yliluonnollinen voima oli selvästi näkyvissä Jeesuksen palvelutyössä
• Positiivinen hengellinen ilmapiiri alkaa sanoistamme ja odotuksistamme
• Hengen lahjat (1. Korinttolaiskirje 12) ovat yliluonnollisia, eivät vain luonnollisia lahjakkuuksia
• Kristuksen ruumiin ykseys luo ympäristön, jossa yliluonnolliset lahjat voivat virrata vapaasti
• Jumala murtaa uskonnollisia kuplia ja näyttää voimansa liike-elämässä, politiikassa ja arjessa
• Neljä avainta yliluonnolliseen elämään: Jumalan sanan mietiskely, rukoileminen Hengessä, ylistys ja pyhitys.
On aika astua sisään yliluonnolliseen elämään Pyhässä Hengessä. Jumala haluaa valmistaa pyhän seurakunnan, joka kulkee valkeissa vaatteissa – erottautuneena maailmasta ja omistautuneena yksin Hänelle.
Let's go to Mark's Gospel, the first chapter. This morning, if you were with me, I started this topic by talking about the supernatural power of God and the supernatural power of God's Holy Spirit. Uudesti ylhäältä Se itse asiassa uudesti syntymä se ylösnousemusvoima tekee meidät uudeksi. Kun me otetaan vastaan se Jumalan muuttumaton sana, meidän sydämmeen uskossa, kun me vastaan otetaan se käännetään meidän selkä maailmalle ja synnille antaudutaan Herralle täysin, niin tiedätkö hänen elämäns to the Lord fully, then you know his life. His life will make us new. And then this new life it's a supernatural life, and sometimes how the Lord works in my case is that some things start to I don't want to say annoy when it goes to the flesh, but some things just start to get a little bit difficult. And then I understand what this is. Why don't we have?
Speaker 1:There are many countries, countries, areas in the world where supernatural is really normal. Many Catholics are really open to the supernatural. They believe in miracles. Sometimes Mary appears in a pie, but naturally we think that God is a miracle-making God. But somehow here in the North, in Finland, in Finland, in the North in Europe, there is such a thing that we have prepared all kinds of things that are supernatural and we just believe in what we can see. But God's word opens us to something that does not go in line with a naturalistic, materialistic, natural way of life, because our God is a miracle-making God and he works through faith. The Bible says in Matthew 21, 22, that everything we pray with faith we get. Amen. But in God's kingdom the truth is God's word. Say hallelujah. And the reason why the Lord has called us to live in this new supernatural life as new born believers is that, in fact, we are setting the atmosphere in our lives.
Speaker 1:Have you ever been in a church that has been so negative that you needed a package of ice cream after that, that you got yourself on the positive side, or you had to come up with something? Now I don't know what to come up with. Some are so negative and sometimes it just happens that when you grow up in a family where everything is negative, if you are in an environment where everything is negative, then it's a miracle that in that environment, someone who is negative grows up. But now, when you are reborn from the top, then you know what Our responsibility is that we create an environment around us that is happy, that is expected of miracles, that believes in a great God, that sees God's great power ympärille, ilmapiiri, joka on iloinen, joka on ihmeitä odottava, joka uskoo suureen Jumalaa, joka näkee Jumalan suuren voiman, tässähän voisi vaikka innostua. Mutta meillä on kyllä ollut sellainen tapa näissä sunnuntai-illan kokouksissa että me ollaan innostuttu Eli, ja ensisijainen tapa millä lailla sä luot ilmapiiriä on sun oman äänen kaut.
Speaker 1:But I promised to read a few verses from Mark's Gospel. The first verse. Let's read verse 9. Mark 1.
Speaker 1:How many of you found Mark's Gospel the first verse? Hallelujah, hallelujah. It was in the wilderness for 40 days and Satan teased him and he was in the midst of beasts and the angels did service to him. Say with me, supernatural, this was supernatural. But then, when John was put into prison, jesus went to Galilee and preached the gospel of God and said time has come that the kingdom of God has come near. Do good and believe the gospel.
Speaker 1:What does it mean to do a healing? It means full change and change in how we think. There are some people here tonight who are watching at home. Your mind needs change so that you start thinking differently, paikalla tänä iltana, jotkut jotka katselee kotoa. Sun mieli tarvitsee muutosta et sä rupeat ajattelemaan eri lailla. Sulla on ollut vähän sellainen ummehtunut tapa ajatella, mut nyt on aika sille et me voidaan nähdä Jumalan sanasta tuore tapa ajatella. Sano amen, ennen kuin sun pää väittää vastaan. Ja menet vain Jumalan sanan kanssa samaan linnaan.
Speaker 1:And he said, and as he went a little further he saw Jacob, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, their brothers, putting their nets in order. And soon he called them and they left their father Zebedee to his wealthy brothers and went to follow him. And they went to follow him and he cried out saying and they all were amazed because they asked one another what is this? A new, powerful teaching. He commands the souls of the wicked and they obeyed him and his name spread throughout the whole world.
Speaker 1:To all of Galilee, say hallelujah, say with me, supernatural, every moment of Jesus' life was filled with the power of God, with the supernatural touch of God, amen, amen. He lifted him up, holding his hand and the heat left him and he served them. But in the evening, when the sun had set, he brought all the sick and the sick, and the whole city was gathered in front of the door. Say with me the whole city. You can think about these sometimes, amen. If you're still a Finn who likes your own privacy, there are certain things that you should bring to the Lord in prayer that we're then ready. The whole city was at the doorstep and he healed many who were sick with many diseases and he drove out a lot of robbers and he didn't let the robbers speak because they knew him Verse 2. And he said to them he said Amen, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
Speaker 1:A lot of People who were in trouble, people who had suffered long torments, cities that came to Jesus' creation. Jesus, freed from evil spirits. He over-naturally, in the commandment of God's Father, as the victory of the Holy Spirit, he called the disciples. He heard God's voice. We have time now where people in Finland are being bullied if they think and believe in God's supernatural power. And do you know why you are suffering and these kinds of attitudes come and why the enemy mixes up the snot and tries to cause some attitudes and others? Because God's own people are running away from these things.
Speaker 1:Saada aiheuttaa jotain asenteita sun muita siitä syystä, että Jumala omat perääntyis näistä asioista. Jumala edelleen puhuu, hän edelleen johdattaa omiaan. Sä voit kuulla Jumalan äänen. Hän edelleen tekee ihmeitä. Hän on yliluonnollinen ihmeitten ja merkkien voimatekojen. Jumala Valtavalla voimalla. Amen.
Speaker 1:It's that we maintain such an atmosphere in our lives. We can affect other people's lives Like in the sense that we can make decisions for them. People themselves make decisions what they want to say. Do you know that our free will is a very holy thing? You can choose what you want. You have chosen to come here this evening. You could come from somewhere else. Who hasn't been brought here by gun? If you were brought here, give a signal to the whole assembly Amen. These are holy things. These are important things. We can make decisions on the other side. But I say to you, as a man, you have a responsibility to what kind of atmosphere you have at home as a man of God and also as a woman of God. What kind of atmosphere is in your life? I want to challenge you to move forward, and the first thing, how you maintain that atmosphere is through your words In the fourth book of Moses.
Speaker 1:You don't have to turn it, but in Luke 13-14, when Moses sent the captives from God's command to see how good the land was and it was a good land. But ten came with such a saying and they started saying that it is not possible for us, it is not possible to rule this land. Joshua and Caleb said that this is just a mouthful for us, let's go at the same time. But the ten others said that we cannot do that. And to God, it was a bad saying that, ten saying Amen. So we are responsible for it and through our words we create that atmosphere.
Speaker 1:I want to challenge you to stop today. I'm not saying that I would challenge you about some of the things you have spoken about, but you can make a change in your heart this evening. I want to change the way I speak. Hallelujah, because I believe that there are people in this room, good candidates, who want to step up again to the supernatural power, to the supernatural plans of God. Because if Jesus' days were the ones we read in Mark's Gospel in the first chapter and he is the will of God that came to flesh, hallelujah, he still reveals mysteries and secrets to us. He reveals things that otherwise would be impossible for human senses to know, but he reveals future things to us, supernatural. Somehow, I have a feeling that we have done in Finland especially in Finland, of course, because we are in Finland luonnollisesti.
Speaker 1:Jotenkin mulla on semmonen olo, että me ollaan Suomessa tehty, erityisesti Suomessa, tietysti. Kun Suomessa ollaan niin erityisesti Suomessa, me ollaan tehty sitä oikein taiteen muoto, että miten me voidaan olla kristittyjä, mutta kuitenkin täysin ilman Jumalan voimaa. Ihmeitten ei tulisi olla semmonen asia, että jos kaikki muut konstit on käytetty ja that if all other concepts have been used and we have been tormented for two or three years, then I guess we need that kind of faith, but that we can step into the world where God can freely act, that in our life there can be an atmosphere where God's power can act, appear. God's wisdom can appear, god's presence can appear. God is all-powerful. It means that he is God, all-powerful. He can do anything. He is also all-knowing. He knows everything. Isn't that great. You don't need to know everything, and it's also good to know, if you've learned well, that God doesn't need you to consult himself. He doesn't need. Let's talk a little bit here, because I have a few things that are a little darkened. So come and tell me a little bit. How do the world things really work? He knows everything. He knows everything, he has all the power. He knows everything and he is present in everything. Say hallelujah, he is all-knowing, he is all-powerful, all-knowing and he is all-present. Say hallelujah. He just needs people who trust Him, believe in Him and are given, because all these things work through the Holy Spirit of God. Now put your smile on your face so we know that you are one of those good candidates who want to be part of what God does.
Speaker 1:Smith Wigglesworth wrote in his book that I have organized many conferences and I have noticed that it is better that there is a man on the stage who has not received the gift of God's Holy Spirit, but who is hungry for everything, is still hungry for God. A man who is not hungry to respond to God more is in a state of disorder at any Christian conference. I liked his words because there's something there, you know, when we get to experience something of God's presence, we get to be in His presence. There's something in our natural nature that wants, like Peter who said let's build three houses here, let's put a church here Pietari joka sanoi että rakennetaan kolme majaa tähän, pistetään tähän kirkkukunta pystyyn Pysytään tässä, tässä meidän on hyvä olla Vaan, että meillä voi olla semmoinen jatkuva nälkä ja jano.
Speaker 1:Jumalan asioiden puoleen Jatkuva avoimuus sille. Kiitos, herralle, siitä mitä hän on tehnyt. Mutta tiedätkö lisää on luvassa Jumala on hallelujah, 1 Thessalonians 12, a few more verses, and then I'll mention a few more key things and then we'll pray. Today, someone is going to a new level this year. In heavenly matters, in God's amazing work, you know there's so much that God has for us. If we just have eyes to see, ears to hear, you know God's word is food for us. It's like where we get power. Do you know that we can't go forward in faith in such an area unless we know what God's word says about it? That's why I read to you almost the whole first chapter of Mark's Gospel. And now let's look at 1 Corinthians 12, verse 12.
Speaker 1:I'm so excited about this topic because I see that the situation is changing. I see that God's power is greatly influencing and you know it's also breaking through the bubble of the church. We have a very active church in the sense that we target people, we actually talk to other people. We're like locked in the church cellar. We talk, we're open, we're open through the media in all ways. But I see that God's power is breaking.
Speaker 1:The huge things that God wants to bring to the public in the church come through also in business life, in political circles. You know, if some time in Finland we needed in political circles heavenly power, manifestation, intercession, and that's now. The same is in business life, in different areas and, of course, in service work that God's power comes through so powerfully To reveal things, to open things, to bring courage and to bring God's power To improve, power, to make miracles in that situation. But the first Korintalaiskirja 12. And bring the power of God, the power of healing, the power of miracle-making, to the situation, but the first Korintalaiskirja 12,. But what comes to spiritual gifts? So I desire, brothers, that you be unaware of them. Isn't that a good thing that the Lord doesn't want us to be unaware? You know that when you were poor you were taken to the abyss of the ungodly, however you wanted. For that reason I make you aware that no one who speaks of Verse 2. And the power effects are diverse, say it with me. Power effects, power effects are diverse, but God, who affects everything, is the same. But we give the declaration of the Spirit to everyone for the common good. Say it with me, for the common good. So we want to see God's manifestation, power, wisdom, manifested in our lives, inunnassa, meidän maassa, uudella lailla, että se voi olla kaikkein yhteiseksi hyödyksi.
Speaker 1:Niinpä saa hengen kautta, toinen viisauden sanat, toinen tiedon sanat, saman hengen vaikutuksesta. Toinen saa uskon samassa hengessä sanon halleluja. Toinen saa terveeksi tekemisen, lah, hallelujah, arvokasta työtä. Niin itekin tuntuu siltä että on vielä enemmän vaivosia. Mekin juttelin meidän vanhojen ystävien kanssa, tavattiin Norjassa ja monen vuoteen tavattu. Niin saatiin kuulla että hän oli kuollut ja noussut takaisin henkiin. Siis, oikeasti ihan ihmeellisiä asioita ja ihmeellisiä, oikeasti valtavia haasteita.
Speaker 1:There are really huge challenges, health challenges that are in the middle of today's most modern medical science and health care. God has prepared a solution for us a long time ago Gifts for doing good in one breath, the gifts of doing good in one breath. I want to mention this. In the last year and a half and a little before that, there was a huge movement through the world. There were many. God brought many evangelists through whom these gifts worked in a very amazing way. And what was amazing there? When you study these different preachers, everyone preached about Jesus, salvation, the work of healing, the return of God. But the gifts that work in their lives, you know, it seemed that everyone had a little different kinds of gifts in the area of healing, and I meant that this guy looked like that there in the churches the eating improved. Another happened, these miracles in this area. Another with heart problems came healing Incredible gifts, different. And then if you put all the evangelists together, then all kinds of illnesses will be healed. And here you can see God's amazing plan where we come and are one body Because, you know, the same victory that was on the Lord's side. It's not all on your side, but it's a church celebration and together we can. Oh, I'm so excited about this. I feel like I should be excited only later. But the gifts of doing good together in the spirit, hallelujah.
Speaker 1:Another gift is to do powerful deeds. Say powerful deeds, believe that Finland needs a little powerful deeds, go for it, even though we young people talked with friends that you have a lot of mountains here and we haven't moved. Old but good. Another gift of prophesying. Another gift of appreciating spirits. Another gift of speaking in different languages. Another gift of explaining languages, but all of this affects one and the same spirit, sharing it with each other as you wish.
Speaker 1:There are so many things, and I'm sure we'll be talking about these more in the next week as the Lord leads, but they are so valuable and important things. We need to be able to distinguish things. We need to be able to distinguish things with the help of God's Holy Spirit that we know where anything is. From the Spirit. We need that heavenly wisdom. God is omnipresent and all-knowing and in these gifts he gives a small part of his wisdom and charges it into you and then you see what the future is. God knows what the future is going to be and he gives you the message through the word of wisdom and you know in advance what is going to happen. Amen.
Speaker 1:The gifts have been made natural gifts in such a way that people would be able to experience the expectation of supernatural, especially in Western countries. But I'm telling you that in Finland there is a supernatural, god-fresh, full-of-the-spirit congregation that works in power, in manifestation, in wisdom, in inspiration of God, in the word, in the life of the prophet. And you know, we can see that our Finland. It starts to change. People's hearts open up when the sound of life starts to sound. Say the sound of life with me Sounds good, doesn't it? And it rises from your heart, from your inside. Remember that the key thing in creating the atmosphere in your life is your own voice. And if you've been a good student in the past years, now the clock is turning, even though it's spring.
Speaker 1:Let's read a few more verses, because the next ones are just key phrases. Verse 12. 1 Kor 12 12.
Speaker 1:If you just came along, because like a room is one and there are many members. But all the members of a room, even though there are many, are one room. So is Christ, because we are all in one breath, united as one room. We are Jewish or Greek, orgish or free, and we have all been able to drink the same spirit Say thank you, lord. Somehow you have to stop and think. What kind of event were you in before the Lord filled you?
Speaker 1:There wasn't much praise for work that he has done, for he is not one member of the room, but there are many of them. If a foot would say, because I am not a hand, I have not heard the room, then it would still not be heard by the room. And if a ear would say, because I am not an eye, I have not heard the room, then it would still not be heard by the room. If the whole room was an eye, where would it be? 1930s I found a new favorite place in the book.
Speaker 1:Use it as you please, but now God has placed the members of each of them in the room as he has wanted. As he has wanted Amen. Do you know if we just understand as he has wanted? Amen, verse 2. But those who we don't hate don't need it. But God has united the room together so that he gave the lower-ranked a greater honor, that there would be no difference in the room but that the members would take care of each other. And if one member suffers, then all members suffer with him. And if one member is honored, then all members suffer with him. And if one member is honored, then all members rejoice with him. But you are the flesh of Christ and we are all part of his members. So God first set a few apostles, two prophets, three teachers Verse 2. Amen.
Speaker 1:How to become a part of these gifts is that we walk more and more in love. Hallelujah, amen. So here we are talking about that. We are not different. One key to that is that we see more and more of God's power working, that we really appreciate the room where we are set. Hallelujah, because these gifts of the Spirit work in that unity.
Speaker 1:Many believers are so critical. Do you know that God is not critical? If God was critical, I wouldn't have these balls anymore. If God was a judge, I don't think anyone would be here. He is indeed a righteous judge. Amen that we are always more nice and more wicky and more tight and tonight can be a night when the Lord can fill you with heavenly oil. If last week has been a bit of a situation like this, the Lord can fill you. Amen, say hallelujah, amen, hallelujah, amen, hallelujah, hallelujah. Do you know that in our relationship, in our midst, the Lord can work freely, that we see ourselves as better than someone else, but more so that we want to help, serve someone else, help each other forward, help the one who is next to us forward, help each other forward, to help those who are next to us forward, to help each other forward and to be a blessing, and we want to see these gifts working. We are usable. That's why the Bible says here that he wants us to be part of the best gifts, and this gift word itself is the word charisma.
Speaker 1:Parhaimmista lahjoista, ja tää lahjasana itseasiassa on sana karisma, joka tarkoittaa semmoista taivaallista latausta, taivaallista latausta. Mä luen sulle vielä yhden jakeen Ensimmäinen Tim. 1 Timothy 4.14. Because this is the place where the word charisma is used. So a gift. 1 Timothy 4.14.
Speaker 1:In Finnish it is translated as a gift of grace, and it is not necessarily a bad name. Nimellä armolahja, mikä sinällään ei välttämättä ole huonoin mahdollinen nimi, mutta ensimmäinen timen toista, neljä, neljätoista. Älä laiminlyö armolahjaa joka sinussa on Ja, joka sinulle annettiin profetian kautta, vanhinten, pannessa kätensä sinun päällensä. Halleluja, jumalallinen lahja, hallelujah, thank you, lord.
Speaker 1:We all have some natural gifts, skills, skills but then in His body there are also spiritual, heavenly gifts, charges, amen, heavenly powers that are not natural and how a certain theological direction has wanted to be done over the years, especially over the last hundred years. I would have liked to do this during the last decade, especially during the last century, after the movement of Helluntai started in the last century. It's like bringing such a picture to the front of the valuable, honorable Christians. These gifts are natural gifts. You can play an instrument and I can speak, or I can do this. I am good with numbers. I have natural gifts tuomaan semmonen ilmapiiri että nää ei olisi nää asiat, nää lahjat, se karisma ei olisi jotain sellaista mikä olisi meille saatavilla tänä aikana. Mutta mä oon tullut kertomaan sulle tänä iltana ja tää on mun sydämellä, minkä mä halusin jakaa sulle tänä iltana että nyt on aika nähdä and this is what I wanted to share with you tonight that now it's time to see God's supernatural power, more than ever before. Heavenly revelation which kind of takes the covers off of all things, opens up everything to the open, brings that heavenly wisdom, revelation, understanding God's power, miracles, faith, spirit recovery. Amen.
Speaker 1:What does prophethood mean? What is the purpose of the prophet's gift? 1 Corinthians 14.3. But prophethood speaks to people as a building, in other words, as a building. What a great blessing in the congregation.
Speaker 1:That prophethood means it kind of doubles. It rises from inside you, rises in the spirit of God and you can build something. Build it, build it and build it, build it, build it, build it. And when we see at this moment where many people are going, how much we need that building and we need encouragement, and how much we need encouragement which comes as the inspiration of God's spirit and builds the room of Christ, say amen, hallelujah. So you can make that choice. We can't change yesterday.
Speaker 1:Eli sinun, sinä voit tehdä sen valinnan. Me ei voida eilistä muuttaa. Jos lauantai ei mene oikein putkeen, niin sitä ei voi enää muuttaa Me voidaan tehdä vaan parannus tänään, sanoa että, herra anna anteeksi että ei mene ihan putkeen, mutta tiedätkö me voidaan tehdä tästä illasta lähtien sellainen päätös että, herra, mä haluan that my life has a heavenly atmosphere where you can work powerfully. Say amen. How many of you want that God's power can come to the fore. I believe with all my heart that it is not a wish, that is against God's heart, because he says target these best gifts, don't be ignorant, target them. And we want to give God's power in strong action, in different ways. Parhaita lahjoja, älkä olka tietämättömiä, tavoitelkaa niitä. Ja me halutaan nähdä Jumalan voiman vahvasti toiminnassa eri tavoilla Ja nää vaikutukset tää. Jumalan pyhän hengen toiminta tulee ravistelemaan Suomen maata näinä viimeisenä päivinä. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Ja mä sanoin jos sä olit Hallelujah, and I said, if you were with me this morning it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1:But I'll give you these four points that can help you go and step into this world as a new born believer. First, that you think strongly of God's word. You think strongly of, about the word of God, mark 1, which we read, can become more living, more real for you than the own experiences you have experienced, and you know that the same Jesus lives in you today. The greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. Say amen, and more is with us than against us. Amen. So think about the word of God.
Speaker 1:Second pray the new language, the heavenly language. Pray in the Holy Spirit, take time, don't just pray for two minutes. Let it go for 60 minutes On Friday. Six hours, hallelujah. Everyone thinks it sounds like a long time. It goes fast, especially when you're in a good church With people who love. You're in a good church With people who love you and you love them. Wonderful, hallelujah. It's going to be a wonderful week. But pray, really, take time to pray the new language, pray the heavenly language. There's a world-wide movement in certain areas that tries to stop, to stop praying the heavenly language, but they don't know what they're talking about. Why consult people who don't know anything about speaking in tongues, related to speaking in tongues and the work of God's Holy Spirit? So pray a lot in the Holy Spirit and then, thirdly, learn to be grateful to the Lord and serve Him.
Speaker 1:One of the best ways to enter the presence of the Lord is to praise Him. Learn to thank the Lord. Stop for a moment, if you want, you can even write on paper where you are grateful and then, one step at a time, thank you Lord for this oh that too, thank you Lord. And then start to praise Him. Praise this oh that too, thank you Lord. And then start to praise Him. Exalt Him, praise Him, lord. Powerful, mighty, mighty, mysterious, faithful, patient. He has been good, compassionate to you. Start to praise Him, king of kings, lord of lords, and approach Him in the service where your heart is in His presence. Amen. He knows what the Lord does in the last days of the church, that there will be a holy church Separated from the Lord. In the same way as Morsia's day is separated from the Lord, in the same way the church is separated from Christ and we are in white clothes. We are separated from this world and we are separated from the Lord alone. Say hallelujah.