WEBVTT 00:00:00.561 --> 00:00:03.347 I greet you all in Jesus' name, probably just wave in the air. 00:00:03.347 --> 00:00:03.988 Let me see. 00:00:03.988 --> 00:00:05.472 Yes, we are all here. 00:00:05.472 --> 00:00:06.982 God bless you. 00:00:06.982 --> 00:00:08.545 Those in the pavilion God bless you. 00:00:08.545 --> 00:00:11.151 And those following the service online God bless you. 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:23.310 We have a member in Australia and she has committed to sponsor 10 parents for parenting seminar, which is ongoing. 00:00:23.310 --> 00:00:30.987 It happens every Friday 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm and it's a 10-week program. 00:00:30.987 --> 00:00:33.448 This parenting seminar is a 10-week program. 00:00:33.448 --> 00:00:38.371 Somebody, sheila, actually from Australia, has sponsored. 00:00:38.371 --> 00:00:40.845 Let's appreciate Sheila in Australia. 00:00:40.845 --> 00:00:44.841 Sheila, god bless you, thank you for this sponsorship and you can see JJ, maybe JJ. 00:00:44.841 --> 00:00:45.404 You Thank you for this sponsorship and you can see JJ. 00:00:45.404 --> 00:00:48.128 Maybe JJ, you can stand up after the service. 00:00:48.128 --> 00:00:53.810 The parents who wish to be sponsored, those who are not able to make payment for this program. 00:00:53.810 --> 00:00:56.628 You are welcome to see JJ after the service. 00:00:58.100 --> 00:01:10.100 The title of the message today is the Kingdom Blueprint for Our Salvation, and I have chosen to outline it under three topics or subtopics or categories. 00:01:10.100 --> 00:01:14.007 The whole outline is Jesus Christ. 00:01:14.007 --> 00:01:31.143 Jesus Christ who conquered death, jesus Christ the cornerstone, and Jesus Christ the Savior, the kingdom blueprint for our salvation, and we shall read from Acts, chapter 4. 00:01:31.143 --> 00:01:55.266 This is coming shortly after Peter has been involved in releasing a miracle to somebody who was a cripple, and then, subsequent to that, the Sanhedrin this is the Jewish governing council and also the Supreme Court decide to gather over that matter, and let's hear what transpires. 00:01:55.266 --> 00:01:58.647 Acts, chapter 4, from verse 8. 00:01:58.647 --> 00:02:06.513 And I will ask us to stand so that we refresh a little the blood again to flow to our feet. 00:02:06.513 --> 00:02:09.649 Acts, chapter 4, from verse 8 to 20. 00:02:09.649 --> 00:02:49.312 I'm reading from the NIV version Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you, healed. 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:57.354 He goes on to say Jesus is a stone you build as rejected, which has now become the cornerstone. 00:02:57.354 --> 00:03:07.126 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to man by which we must be saved Verse 13. 00:03:07.126 --> 00:03:32.872 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say so they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. 00:03:32.872 --> 00:03:36.169 What are we going to do with this man, they asked? 00:03:36.169 --> 00:03:42.826 Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign and we cannot deny it. 00:03:42.826 --> 00:03:53.330 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name. 00:03:53.330 --> 00:04:02.210 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 00:04:02.310 --> 00:04:05.034 Now this is go back to verse 18. 00:04:05.034 --> 00:04:15.367 This is a counter to the Great Commission, because Jesus had given his disciples a commandment earlier Saying go, make disciples of all nations. 00:04:15.367 --> 00:04:21.454 But here you have a committee that is trying to stop or to counter the command of heaven. 00:04:21.454 --> 00:04:23.891 And so they are saying command them not to speak or teach at all in the name of heaven. 00:04:23.891 --> 00:04:27.882 And so they are saying command them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 00:04:27.882 --> 00:04:34.795 But Peter and John replied which is right in God's eyes to listen to you or to him. 00:04:34.795 --> 00:04:36.601 You be judges. 00:04:36.601 --> 00:04:43.463 The last verse as for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard. 00:04:43.824 --> 00:04:46.141 I would like us to go to verse 12 and read it together. 00:04:46.141 --> 00:04:48.966 Verse 12 is so critical, verse 12,. 00:04:48.966 --> 00:04:50.750 We read verse 12 together. 00:04:50.750 --> 00:04:51.872 Let's read it loud enough. 00:04:51.872 --> 00:05:01.245 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. 00:05:01.245 --> 00:05:03.040 We may have our seats, by which we must be saved. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:12.262 We may have our seats, the kingdom blueprint for our salvation. 00:05:12.283 --> 00:05:15.810 First of all, jesus Christ, who conquered death. 00:05:15.810 --> 00:05:25.713 And let me announce that the dynamic of death has been cancelled through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:25.713 --> 00:05:35.293 How many believe with me that that dynamic is gone and therefore the dynamic of victory has been released to us and granted to us? 00:05:35.293 --> 00:05:43.050 And for that reason we are able to confidently say we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus who loved us. 00:05:43.050 --> 00:05:46.571 In Romans, chapter 8, verse 37 to verse 39,. 00:05:46.571 --> 00:05:52.680 Even as we celebrate the Easter season, I would like us to remember that we are more than conquer us. 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:53.622 This is what the Bible says. 00:05:53.622 --> 00:05:58.661 No, in all these things, we are more than conquer us through him who loved us. 00:05:58.661 --> 00:06:30.288 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in our creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, and therefore I declare straight on that we are more than conquerors, because death is defeated by Jesus Christ and the grave is actually empty. 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:51.029 And therefore the early church, the believers, walked with certain convictions, and a primary conviction for the believer, the preacher in the early church, was that the grave was empty and Jesus was alive, and this conviction gave them great boldness and great courage, even when faced by great odds against them. 00:06:51.029 --> 00:07:17.793 Peter, you know, at some point was a coward, but you read the scriptures here, in verse 8, it says Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, he is addressing the ruling council and he's also addressing what is called the Supreme Court, a very contemptuous group, a very intimidating group, a group that was looking down on them, the same group that tried Jesus. 00:07:17.793 --> 00:07:19.581 But look at Peter now. 00:07:19.581 --> 00:07:25.728 Because of this conviction that Jesus, the grave is empty, because of this conviction that Jesus, the grave is empty, jesus is risen. 00:07:25.728 --> 00:07:33.355 He is very, very bold and let me tell you that there are convictions that nobody can shake, nobody can move. 00:07:33.355 --> 00:07:38.790 It doesn't matter where you appear, and therefore the gospel is being preached. 00:07:39.661 --> 00:07:41.247 Peter started after Pentecost. 00:07:41.247 --> 00:07:44.850 Then a miracle happens, acts, chapter 3, verse 6. 00:07:44.850 --> 00:07:50.569 Started after Pentecost, then a miracle happens, acts, chapter 3, verse 6, and now he's continuing with this evangelism and he encounters a group called the Sanhedrin. 00:07:50.569 --> 00:07:54.584 It was a council of 71, there were 70 plus one. 00:07:54.584 --> 00:07:59.954 The one was a high priest, and the quorum for their meetings was 23. 00:07:59.954 --> 00:08:07.045 But this time the meeting was well populated, because this group is threatened, their offices are threatened. 00:08:07.045 --> 00:08:27.101 They are really threatened that somebody else is emerging and a new altar is rising, the altar of all altars that is greater than any other altar, and so they are kind of really disturbed and they all gather and they bring John and they bring Peter, and this is a trial situation. 00:08:27.942 --> 00:08:34.394 Then Peter addresses this group and in verse 11, let me just go back to verse 8. 00:08:34.394 --> 00:08:52.381 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if you are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame, remember there was that man in Acts, chapter 3, verse 6, who was lame, and Peter spoke to him and he said, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, walk. 00:08:52.381 --> 00:08:58.282 And the guy stood up, walked into the temple, jumping, praising God, and the whole thing went around. 00:08:58.282 --> 00:09:05.534 And so that's the issue Today an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and being asked how he was healed. 00:09:05.534 --> 00:09:09.407 Then know this, you and all this is a conviction. 00:09:09.407 --> 00:09:12.494 Know this, you and all the people of Israel. 00:09:12.494 --> 00:09:22.831 It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucify but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you here. 00:09:22.831 --> 00:09:26.042 Let's give a hand clap to the Lord for Peter that this man stands before you here. 00:09:26.042 --> 00:09:27.203 Let's give a hand clap to the Lord for Peter. 00:09:27.224 --> 00:09:40.240 And it is important for us to be able to state our convictions and also our values and you know, and our assurances. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:52.792 Sometimes we are in family meetings, or we are in board meetings, or we are in school meetings, or we are in places, and we have an opportunity to state a conviction, especially when things are organized contrary to the program of God and the plan of God. 00:09:52.792 --> 00:10:06.015 And I thank God for Peter who states a conviction, and this conviction is based on the fact that Jesus is risen from the dead and no one can take that truth away from him. 00:10:06.015 --> 00:10:09.986 And so I pray that in our discipleship. 00:10:09.986 --> 00:10:13.014 This would be a critical conviction. 00:10:13.014 --> 00:10:15.828 It is a conviction of assured victory. 00:10:15.828 --> 00:10:28.224 Assurance of victory, that means, no matter what you face, even when you face a group that's angry and a group that's opposing you, that victory is going to happen. 00:10:28.224 --> 00:10:38.740 And so I believe Peter, at this point, as he's releasing these words, he's courageous and he's strong because he knows at the end of the day, there is victory. 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:47.075 Let me declare this week a week of victory in Jesus' name, and let me say that the graves are getting sealed. 00:10:47.075 --> 00:11:09.991 The graves where dreams are buried, the graves where careers are actually buried, the graves where marriages are buried, the graves where your finances have been buried, the graves where your destiny somehow is getting buried have been buried, the graves where your destiny somehow is getting buried and the enemy is scooping the soil and throwing in with the spades, one after the other. 00:11:09.991 --> 00:11:13.485 And I want to decree today that opening of those graves. 00:11:13.485 --> 00:11:19.764 This is the week in Jesus' name and there is a resurrection dynamic that I'm releasing this week. 00:11:19.764 --> 00:11:25.408 Pastor Ambrose, together with Pastor Ambrose, releasing this week a resurrection dynamic. 00:11:25.408 --> 00:11:28.524 Let's give another hand to Jesus, A Resurrection Dynamic. 00:11:30.269 --> 00:11:45.712 The reason I'm a preacher is because the grave is empty and therefore, I can go and confront issues and go to spaces and declare Jesus' risen from the dead and speak in the valley of dry bones, ezekiel, chapter 37. 00:11:45.712 --> 00:11:54.951 And I say this valley of dry bones, verse 1 to 10, I decree and declare it turns from the valley of death to the valley of life. 00:11:54.951 --> 00:12:03.669 And this week that dynamic has been released in Jesus' name, and so Peter is doing exactly that. 00:12:03.669 --> 00:12:22.014 This is a group who are really not believers in the resurrection some of them and he's releasing that dynamic, and he must release that word, and he's saying that Jesus, you crucified, you buried, is now risen and he is alive. 00:12:22.014 --> 00:12:31.086 And so let us celebrate this victory that God has given us through Jesus Christ, the kingdom blueprint for our salvation. 00:12:31.086 --> 00:12:38.750 At the root of it is victory, because the grave is empty and that blueprint, or that plan, is actually Jesus Christ. 00:12:38.750 --> 00:12:41.347 Jesus Christ who conquered death. 00:12:41.347 --> 00:12:45.769 He is alive and he is risen and he is here right now. 00:12:45.769 --> 00:12:52.850 John 10 10 says the thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, but Jesus came that he might do what? 00:12:52.850 --> 00:12:56.803 Yeah, we might have life and have it abundantly. 00:12:56.803 --> 00:13:04.226 May God grant you abundant life, abundant life upstairs, in the name of Jesus, and also online abundant life. 00:13:04.226 --> 00:13:09.426 That is why the grave is empty, because life has conquered and victored over death. 00:13:09.426 --> 00:13:25.770 And so I thank God for Peter and I thank God for the centrality of Christology in the first century, that in their messaging, that in their engagement and in their evangelism Jesus was brought center stage. 00:13:25.770 --> 00:13:31.052 And Jesus is a kingdom blueprint for our salvation. 00:13:31.052 --> 00:13:40.168 There is no other God has no plan B except his son, jesus Christ, and I thank God for Jesus. 00:13:40.168 --> 00:13:50.240 And so nothing else will open those graves except Jesus Christ, but number two, except Jesus Christ, but number two, jesus Christ, the cornerstone. 00:13:50.280 --> 00:13:51.922 Foundations are very important. 00:13:51.922 --> 00:13:54.663 Let me read verse 11 of Acts, chapter 4. 00:13:54.663 --> 00:14:01.067 Jesus is the stone you build as rejected, which has become the cornerstone. 00:14:01.067 --> 00:14:08.230 Let me repeat it Jesus is the stone you build as rejected, which has become the cornerstone. 00:14:08.230 --> 00:14:10.172 Foundations are very important. 00:14:10.172 --> 00:14:12.793 A building like this is stable. 00:14:12.793 --> 00:14:16.875 There are no cracks because the foundation was done well. 00:14:16.875 --> 00:14:20.878 Foundation cost and foundations take time. 00:14:20.878 --> 00:14:31.183 Jesus has paid the price for a new beginning, for a new foundation, for somebody to build a new life upon. 00:14:31.183 --> 00:14:37.682 Jesus has paid the price, and the price was very high, because he went to the cross and he died. 00:14:37.682 --> 00:14:41.988 He shed his blood, he was buried and finally he rose from the dead. 00:14:41.988 --> 00:15:03.110 And this foundation is a conviction that Peter also has, and my prayer is this that those lives that have been set on the wrong foundations today, even as I'm preaching, determine to lay your life on the right foundation, and that foundation is our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:15:03.110 --> 00:15:25.434 I'll just read some verses from 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 4 to 7, just amplifying this thought again the foundation conviction that Jesus Christ is that cornerstone that the builders rejected, but God has chosen it to become the main stone holding the whole entire structure together. 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:47.048 In the book of 1 Peter, chapter 2, from verse 4, the Bible says "as you come to him, the living stone, rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices" acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 00:15:47.048 --> 00:15:59.288 For in scripture it says See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. 00:15:59.288 --> 00:16:07.865 And I want us to say these words Since I trust in Jesus as the cornerstone of my life, I'll never be put to shame. 00:16:07.865 --> 00:16:20.466 I don't know that it's a long statement, but let's try it together, since I gave a long statement, long for me also. 00:16:20.466 --> 00:16:32.395 But hallelujah, since we've put our faith in Jesus Christ and he is the cornerstone, we shall never, never be put to shame. 00:16:32.395 --> 00:16:35.442 You know, he came to his own. 00:16:35.442 --> 00:16:48.335 John 1 verse 12 says the following he came to his own and his own received him not, but to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the children of God. 00:16:48.335 --> 00:17:02.509 There are those who rejected this cornerstone, but thank God, we have an opportunity and we have had an opportunity to lay our lives upon this cornerstone, jesus Christ. 00:17:03.630 --> 00:17:06.154 Money is not a good foundation. 00:17:06.154 --> 00:17:10.267 Education is not strong enough to carry your life. 00:17:10.267 --> 00:17:17.757 A good name and status, all these are possible foundations and there are people holding on to those things. 00:17:17.757 --> 00:17:29.153 Yet they are like shifting sand, and sometimes they're here, sometimes they are not here, and when they are gone somebody gets depressed Because that's all they were holding on to. 00:17:29.153 --> 00:17:39.300 But I suggest to us, like Peter is telling the Sanhedrin, that you, sanhedrin, are not the foundation of the Jewish growth and development. 00:17:39.300 --> 00:17:44.451 There is one who is the foundation, and today I share with you this conviction. 00:17:44.451 --> 00:17:46.624 His name is Jesus Christ. 00:17:46.624 --> 00:17:48.208 You have rejected him. 00:17:48.208 --> 00:18:08.373 But that doesn't change the fact Jesus Christ is a foundation that the young people of Africa actually need, that the children of Africa need, and so even in our homes, parents, let us teach boldly about this foundation and let's lay our children on this great foundation that is Jesus Christ. 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:14.542 Let me say that when you put your trust in Jesus, then you cannot be shaken. 00:18:14.542 --> 00:18:15.506 Psalm 125. 00:18:15.506 --> 00:18:17.210 Psalm 125. 00:18:17.210 --> 00:18:19.765 I'll have it on the screen, verse 1 and 2. 00:18:19.765 --> 00:18:21.846 It is a good, good foundation. 00:18:21.846 --> 00:18:29.825 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but does what Enjoys forever. 00:18:29.825 --> 00:18:37.034 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever. 00:18:37.034 --> 00:18:45.814 Psalms 20, verse 7, says Some trust in chariots, others trust in horses, but I trust in the name of the Lord. 00:18:45.814 --> 00:18:49.269 Jesus is able to carry the weight of the whole world. 00:18:49.269 --> 00:18:51.521 You don't have to struggle with that. 00:18:51.521 --> 00:18:59.163 We just simply come on to Jesus, get loaded onto Jesus Christ, who is this foundation, and he is able to carry you. 00:18:59.163 --> 00:19:04.433 He's able to carry all the needs and the issues that we may have. 00:19:04.881 --> 00:19:12.674 Matthew 11, verse 28, says come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 00:19:12.674 --> 00:19:22.192 And therefore I'm presenting a foundation and a cornerstone and somebody here, you sense your life has been built on a wrong foundation. 00:19:22.192 --> 00:19:31.215 Today, as I pray, I am inviting you to place your life on that foundation that can never, never be shaken. 00:19:31.215 --> 00:19:35.044 Put your faith in Jesus Christ and your life will be stable. 00:19:35.044 --> 00:19:42.089 When the foundation is soft and weak because Jesus is a rock the rest of the foundations are like sand. 00:19:42.089 --> 00:19:46.201 By the way, let me just read Matthew 7, verse 24 and verse 25. 00:19:46.201 --> 00:19:50.089 Matthew 7, verse 24 and verse 25. 00:19:50.190 --> 00:19:57.929 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a man who built his house on the rock. 00:19:57.929 --> 00:20:04.267 The rain came down, the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house. 00:20:04.267 --> 00:20:12.011 Yet it did not fall, because let's read that together because it had its foundation on the rock. 00:20:12.011 --> 00:20:20.491 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice, like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 00:20:20.491 --> 00:20:25.071 The rains came down, the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house. 00:20:25.071 --> 00:20:32.800 And look at the last part and it fell with what A great crash. 00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:42.167 So you know, when the ground is soft, it's not the rock and you put your house there that you're lying, you're deceiving yourself because cracks are going to show on the wall. 00:20:42.167 --> 00:20:58.534 It doesn't matter how well you do the walls, because you know when the ground is not, even the building yields on the softer side and because of that, the stresses, the tensions, all of that in the structure suddenly generate some cracks. 00:20:58.534 --> 00:21:06.580 And let me tell you, you can have a crack so big you can be seen from outside, and we don't want the devil to see the inside. 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:09.546 Hallelujah, because a crack is right there. 00:21:09.546 --> 00:21:19.182 If your marriage is built on the wrong foundation, there will be cracks in that bedroom and the devil can see you from outside and you don't want that to happen. 00:21:19.182 --> 00:21:23.929 And so I'm encouraging us to put our houses and you're investing so heavily. 00:21:23.929 --> 00:21:27.295 You know it's so expensive to do the walls and put this roof up here. 00:21:27.295 --> 00:21:36.195 It's also a very expensive endeavor, but can you imagine you're spending so much spending on things that will finally collapse. 00:21:36.737 --> 00:21:39.784 And so Peter tells the Sanhedrin you've missed it. 00:21:39.784 --> 00:21:46.763 There is a foundation I know that you don't know about, and his name is Jesus Christ. 00:21:46.763 --> 00:21:51.473 And in evangelism you introduce Jesus as one who is risen. 00:21:51.473 --> 00:21:59.107 You introduce Jesus as one who somebody can build a new life on and give them a new beginning. 00:21:59.107 --> 00:22:05.313 May I say right now the cross is a statement of God's second chance. 00:22:05.313 --> 00:22:15.050 The cross, the cross, is a statement of God's second chance, and God is able to give anyone a second chance. 00:22:15.050 --> 00:22:17.828 It doesn't matter your background or your history. 00:22:17.828 --> 00:22:19.987 The cross is God's second chance. 00:22:19.987 --> 00:22:36.250 And today, as you listen to me preach, you can respond to God's second chance and you come to the cross and you ask for forgiveness and I tell you you will receive a new foundation and you receive what God is able to offer. 00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:39.521 But finally, of course, jesus Christ the Savior. 00:22:39.521 --> 00:22:42.748 Jesus Christ the Savior. 00:22:42.748 --> 00:22:44.671 You know. 00:22:45.011 --> 00:22:57.815 Acts 4, verse 12, we read it together says salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. 00:22:57.815 --> 00:23:06.171 In the first service I read that and I said Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name. 00:23:06.171 --> 00:23:16.124 In other words, the search is over, the Savior has been given and therefore, don't stop the seeking. 00:23:16.124 --> 00:23:25.288 The answer is already here and Jesus is the answer, and Jesus carries salvation and there is no. 00:23:25.288 --> 00:23:28.048 You will go everywhere, you will not find salvation. 00:23:28.048 --> 00:23:38.213 The only place you can find salvation is in Jesus Christ and we celebrate this salvation by receiving him as Lord and Savior. 00:23:38.213 --> 00:23:53.823 And Peter therefore tells the Sanhedrin he's getting bolder by the moment the statements he's making, these are statements of conviction and they are bolder as it's going on and he says, finally, salvation is found in no one else. 00:23:53.823 --> 00:24:00.462 He's simply saying this is exclusive salvation, exclusively found in our lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:00.462 --> 00:24:07.146 And you know, jesus himself said the following John 14, verse 6 I am the way, we know the verse, I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. 00:24:07.146 --> 00:24:08.471 No one comes to the father, but we know the verse. 00:24:08.471 --> 00:24:10.238 I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life. 00:24:10.238 --> 00:24:22.881 No one comes to the Father, but by me the whole world, those in Asia, those in Europe, those in North America, south America, australia, new Zealand, everywhere around the world. 00:24:22.881 --> 00:24:26.428 Go anywhere, you will find no other Savior. 00:24:26.428 --> 00:24:35.628 And therefore the Savior for people in Asia and the Savior for people in Africa is the same, the savior for people in Europe and South America. 00:24:35.628 --> 00:24:43.132 And that is the unifying factor of the gospel that our salvation is found in one place and only one place. 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:48.311 The Samaritan woman found her salvation in one place, in John, chapter 4. 00:24:48.311 --> 00:24:53.801 And she came to Jacob's well, it was midday, jesus was there. 00:24:53.801 --> 00:24:57.268 There is J Jacob, there is J Jesus. 00:24:57.268 --> 00:25:02.546 And this lady had kept coming to this well called Jacob, jacob, jacob. 00:25:02.546 --> 00:25:06.740 And you know the well called Jacob, my friend, doesn't satisfy. 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:09.413 You can drink its water and drink and even shower in it, but that water doesn't satisfy. 00:25:09.413 --> 00:25:13.209 You can drink its water and drink and even shower in it, but that water doesn't satisfy. 00:25:13.209 --> 00:25:25.773 But this one day she comes, and it was midday, the sun is up there, it's pretty hot and because of her character, you know, a wretch turned into a treasure. 00:25:25.773 --> 00:25:29.490 Because of her character, you know, she had five husbands. 00:25:29.490 --> 00:25:31.527 She had lived with five husbands. 00:25:31.527 --> 00:25:33.287 Now she was having the sixth one. 00:25:33.287 --> 00:25:35.527 You know her life was like that. 00:25:35.527 --> 00:25:40.269 But she come into Jacob's well With that kind of life, a life of sin. 00:25:40.269 --> 00:25:52.607 But she gets Jacob's water, she goes back home, they drink that water and that water never sorts Quenches, the thirst, doesn't wash away the sins, does not give her a new start in life. 00:25:53.102 --> 00:26:05.042 Until this particular day, the woman, the Samaritan woman, divine appointment, the kingdom blueprint for salvation is right there and his name is Jesus Christ by the will. 00:26:05.042 --> 00:26:06.469 And they connect. 00:26:06.469 --> 00:26:20.503 And you know that, the short encounter between the Samaritan woman and Jesus Christ shortened their whole life journey of seeking and trying to find happiness and trying to find joy. 00:26:20.503 --> 00:26:22.327 Because the journey was shortened. 00:26:22.327 --> 00:26:25.000 Jesus was right there and he is the answer. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:32.060 And out of that connection her life was changed and she went back to Sychar, a changed woman. 00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:35.887 This woman was now valuable, she had value. 00:26:35.887 --> 00:26:41.386 She came to a city before she didn't have value, but now she has value and people are looking at her. 00:26:41.386 --> 00:26:42.589 There is glory on her life. 00:26:42.589 --> 00:26:50.473 She gives her testimony and then the whole city is brought to Jesus Christ because of one woman who meets Jesus. 00:26:50.473 --> 00:26:55.093 This is Jesus Christ, the Savior, and her life is turned around. 00:26:55.093 --> 00:26:59.145 And you know, from that day, this woman was never the same again. 00:26:59.527 --> 00:27:05.605 And so Peter is telling the Sanhedrin you guys, you need to be knowing Jesus, who is actually the Savior. 00:27:05.605 --> 00:27:11.141 And I want to suggest, I want to suggest to say to us today the Savior. 00:27:11.141 --> 00:27:14.967 And I want to suggest, I want to suggest to say to us today that this Savior is able to forgive any kind of sin. 00:27:14.967 --> 00:27:24.086 Acts 103, verse 12, says as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions. 00:27:24.086 --> 00:27:34.904 He forgives our sins and remembers them no more, forgives our sins and remembers them no more. 00:27:34.904 --> 00:27:35.967 He's a savior who is different. 00:27:35.967 --> 00:27:36.949 He is loving and he's kind. 00:27:36.949 --> 00:27:38.291 He restores, he forgives, he redeems. 00:27:38.291 --> 00:27:41.943 He became the ransom for us, since he paid the price, and he's a substitute. 00:27:42.223 --> 00:27:44.308 He took my place in the dock. 00:27:44.308 --> 00:27:46.272 I was supposed to be condemned to death. 00:27:46.272 --> 00:27:47.926 In the courtroom of divine justice, I was supposed to be condemned to death. 00:27:47.926 --> 00:27:48.790 I was supposed to be condemned to death. 00:27:48.790 --> 00:27:51.280 In the courtroom of divine justice, I was supposed to be condemned to death. 00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:57.374 I was supposed to go to the gallows, but he became my savior by coming and taking my place. 00:27:57.374 --> 00:28:02.388 He took my position and he becomes the substitute, the Lamb of God. 00:28:02.469 --> 00:28:13.369 John 1, 29, where John said behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and because of that then I walked free. 00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:19.571 John 8, 36 says whoever the Son of God sets free is free. 00:28:19.571 --> 00:28:21.505 Indeed, it's double freedom. 00:28:21.505 --> 00:28:26.892 Whoever the Son of God sets free is free, indeed Free. 00:28:26.892 --> 00:28:30.548 Free, then delivered, and he completely set free. 00:28:30.548 --> 00:28:32.326 That person is free. 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:35.108 Only Jesus can save to the uttermost. 00:28:35.108 --> 00:28:38.789 Only Jesus can save to this kind of death. 00:28:38.789 --> 00:28:47.068 He's only one who can uproot where somebody is rooted and put them in the right place, even when the roots were very deep and running deep. 00:28:47.068 --> 00:28:48.982 Only Jesus can do this. 00:28:48.982 --> 00:29:02.589 And so Peter knows, no matter where people are found in the world, only one savior, and there is no other name given to man by which you must be saved, and that name is the name of Jesus. 00:29:02.589 --> 00:29:09.414 And so today, the kingdom blueprint for our salvation was crafted by the father. 00:29:09.414 --> 00:29:23.732 The kingdom blueprint for our salvation was crafted by the Father, and John 3.16 says For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 00:29:23.732 --> 00:29:26.910 God, the Father, designed this blueprint. 00:29:26.910 --> 00:29:33.826 God the Son effected the blueprint and the Holy Spirit is implementing the design. 00:29:33.826 --> 00:29:36.106 And you know, god set it up. 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.346 And then the son said I will go. 00:29:38.346 --> 00:29:41.323 You know, I like the song. 00:29:41.323 --> 00:29:45.122 I see a man walking in the streets. 00:29:45.122 --> 00:29:48.727 He doesn't know, yes, Hallelujah. 00:29:48.727 --> 00:29:51.003 But somebody's a good singer and he composed some songs and somebody's roaming. 00:29:51.003 --> 00:29:54.034 And doesn't know, yes, hallelujah, but somebody's a good singer and he composed some songs and somebody's roaming and doesn't know. 00:29:54.034 --> 00:29:56.018 You know, he just doesn't know. 00:29:56.018 --> 00:29:57.441 But God already has done it. 00:29:57.441 --> 00:30:01.892 And this is what good news is it's proclaiming what God has already done. 00:30:01.892 --> 00:30:03.181 So he did it. 00:30:03.181 --> 00:30:10.855 The sun said here I am, and the sun came, became a human being, so that we could identify with God. 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:23.563 If you want to save the giriris, you know the giriri, become a giriri, because that's the only way you can actually bring a difference those who are not from this country. 00:30:23.563 --> 00:30:27.071 The giriri is like a small what do you call it? 00:30:27.071 --> 00:30:28.424 The little ant. 00:30:28.424 --> 00:30:34.303 So if you really want to save the world of ants, then become an ant. 00:30:34.303 --> 00:30:43.843 But God is a masterpiece, this design is a masterpiece and Jesus becomes a human being and he comes here. 00:30:43.843 --> 00:31:00.672 He becomes a lamb of God and therefore he's able to satisfy the justice of God, because we sinned and fell short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus, our Lord. 00:31:00.672 --> 00:31:15.326 And therefore Jesus consummating this great design blueprint from above, he becomes now that blueprint and he goes to the cross and delivers the instruments for our salvation the blood of Jesus. 00:31:15.326 --> 00:31:23.592 You know the name of Jesus and when you have these instruments, no wonder Peter was using them as they were going through the book of Acts. 00:31:23.592 --> 00:31:26.423 Yeah, you get this breakthroughs. 00:31:26.784 --> 00:31:50.406 Jesus granted salvation the material it needed to be effective, to be effectual, to be able to work in the lives of men and women, and Jesus granted them through his own life, his own body, and he went to the cross and he gave his all and therefore we can drink from his cup and the cup of salvation is now full. 00:31:50.406 --> 00:31:54.006 And if you come by faith, you just simply come by faith. 00:31:54.006 --> 00:31:55.670 The whole work is done. 00:31:55.670 --> 00:31:58.903 And Pastor Ambrose shared last Sunday we don't struggle. 00:31:58.903 --> 00:32:08.028 We don't struggle, I mean don't work too hard, Don't push too hard, because God has already done the whole work. 00:32:08.028 --> 00:32:10.232 Ours is just faith. 00:32:10.232 --> 00:32:14.748 Believe faith, walk by faith, and the just shall live by faith. 00:32:14.748 --> 00:32:22.113 And you come and you believe that what Jesus did on the cross was for my salvation, and then you accept it for yourself. 00:32:22.576 --> 00:32:26.827 The Bible says, romans, chapter 10, as I come to a close, from verse 9. 00:32:26.827 --> 00:32:29.130 Romans, chapter 10, from verse 9. 00:32:29.130 --> 00:32:29.880 When, chapter 10 from verse 9. 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:33.049 When you appropriate this salvation, it becomes yours. 00:32:33.049 --> 00:32:41.035 If you declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 00:32:41.035 --> 00:32:50.080 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:57.983 Then it goes on to say, as the scripture says, anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame. 00:32:57.983 --> 00:33:01.617 And it goes on to say there is no difference between Jew and Greek. 00:33:01.617 --> 00:33:03.321 And then the need for a preacher. 00:33:03.589 --> 00:33:16.502 But what I'm saying is this salvation is just a prayer away, and I thank God for this masterpiece, because salvation would have been impossible, we'd never, ever, ever experience salvation. 00:33:16.502 --> 00:33:24.538 And so in the Old Testament, people tried working with goats, and I'm seeing people today going back to goats Pastor Keniti, I don't know. 00:33:24.538 --> 00:33:33.059 People are going back to goats and cows for deliverance, or even for answers to prayer or breakthroughs. 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:36.480 Let me say walk away from that in Jesus' name. 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:41.538 Jesus did it all and we cannot reenact that it's done. 00:33:41.538 --> 00:33:53.596 Our role is to accept, to believe and appropriate the gift of God through his son, jesus Christ, and when we do that, then we are saved and we become new creation. 00:33:54.069 --> 00:33:58.996 Second Corinthians, 5, 17, says if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 00:33:58.996 --> 00:34:00.554 The old is gone. 00:34:00.554 --> 00:34:02.211 Behold, the new has come. 00:34:02.211 --> 00:34:10.737 All this is from God who, through Christ, reconciled us to himself and he gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 00:34:10.737 --> 00:34:17.996 And therefore, today I'm here again to remind us that God, the Father, in his love, put together the blueprint. 00:34:17.996 --> 00:34:20.782 Jesus accepted to effect it. 00:34:20.782 --> 00:34:26.713 You know to effect it and the Holy Spirit Is implementing it. 00:34:27.336 --> 00:34:34.039 And today, even as I lead us to a place of prayer, I want to say that through Jesus Christ you have victory. 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:39.657 Through Jesus Christ you have a foundation and through Jesus Christ you have salvation. 00:34:39.657 --> 00:34:44.856 I don't know, because as we preach from here, pastor Ambrose, I know the word comes differently. 00:34:44.856 --> 00:34:47.315 God is speaking to your heart. 00:34:47.315 --> 00:34:48.856 The Holy Spirit is speaking to you. 00:34:48.856 --> 00:34:52.298 There is a way in which God has connected you with this message. 00:34:52.398 --> 00:34:58.382 I'm preaching here and maybe you need victory in one area of your life or another. 00:34:58.382 --> 00:35:03.920 You've been struggling in your own strength, but the preacher has said the victory was won. 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:08.411 If the grave could be beaten, what is it Jesus cannot handle? 00:35:08.411 --> 00:35:15.514 The victory he grants is amazing victory, but thanks be to God who grants us the victory through Jesus Christ. 00:35:15.514 --> 00:35:18.521 Maybe that's the area the Lord is speaking to you. 00:35:18.521 --> 00:35:28.244 And there's a matter in your life you've been struggling in your own strength and because now you have had this message again, you're saying I want to experience peace, I want to know joy. 00:35:28.244 --> 00:35:29.447 I need victory. 00:35:29.447 --> 00:35:32.295 It doesn't matter what area of life, is it a sickness? 00:35:32.295 --> 00:35:33.456 Is it finances? 00:35:33.456 --> 00:35:34.760 Is it a relationship? 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:36.710 God is able to deal with all of this. 00:35:37.110 --> 00:35:37.893 A foundation. 00:35:37.893 --> 00:35:42.943 You've been building on the wrong foundation and God has spoken to your life. 00:35:42.943 --> 00:35:49.920 You know, and today you are saying I would like to uproot, to be uprooted from the wrong foundation. 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.786 Jeremiah, chapter 1, verse 10. 00:35:51.786 --> 00:35:57.143 Jeremiah, chapter 1, verse 10, you can give me on the screen and be placed on the right foundation. 00:35:57.143 --> 00:36:02.056 Jeremiah was given some commission and he was appointed. 00:36:02.056 --> 00:36:04.965 Jeremiah, chapter 1 and verse 10. 00:36:04.965 --> 00:36:08.715 See, today, I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot. 00:36:08.715 --> 00:36:10.039 So uprooting is possible. 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:21.916 To tear down, that means tearing down is possible to destroy, destroying is possible, overthrow is possible about things that are not right in our lives, and then to build and to plant. 00:36:22.737 --> 00:36:44.295 God is speaking to somebody and saying I want to put you on the right foundation and God, the Father, is saying Jesus Christ, my son, is that foundation, but finally, the Savior, if you've never given your life to Jesus, there is no better time than Easter season, as we focus this week, the cross, the death, the resurrection this coming weekend. 00:36:44.295 --> 00:36:44.936 Even now, not. 00:36:44.936 --> 00:36:47.036 We can, even now, not even we can't wait. 00:36:47.036 --> 00:36:52.702 Even now, this is the best time for you to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. 00:36:52.702 --> 00:37:03.353 And let me tell you, you will leave this church sanctuary with a second chance, even the ones online. 00:37:03.353 --> 00:37:10.219 I know, pastor Kenity, there were some people online in the other service who responded and we will follow, even those who are online. 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.001 We shall follow you. 00:37:11.001 --> 00:37:13.309 You have a chance to receive victory today. 00:37:13.309 --> 00:37:20.621 You have a chance to place your life on a new foundation and you have a chance to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. 00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:31.384 And so, like Peter talking to the Sanhedrin, savior, and so, like Peter talking to the Sanhedrin, I present Jesus as God's blueprint for our salvation. 00:37:31.384 --> 00:37:33.153 There is no other. 00:37:33.153 --> 00:37:36.235 There is and you shall find no other anywhere. 00:37:36.235 --> 00:37:39.222 The wait is over, the search is over. 00:37:39.222 --> 00:37:53.800 Jesus is Lord and Jesus is King, and so I'll ask us to stand up so that we can pray together and trust God together, thanking God for all of us who have been able to come. 00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:59.402 I will just encourage us in this very brief moment. 00:37:59.402 --> 00:38:10.000 The Lord has spoken to you in one of the areas, as I was sharing the word of God and you sense you must respond. 00:38:10.570 --> 00:38:12.438 The responding can happen where you are. 00:38:12.438 --> 00:38:14.396 It can happen in your heart. 00:38:14.396 --> 00:38:17.255 The responding can be. 00:38:17.255 --> 00:38:19.221 You can raise a hand. 00:38:19.221 --> 00:38:26.036 You can come forward if you wish, but I'm making an invitation, I'm opening up this altar. 00:38:26.036 --> 00:38:36.835 It is the altar of those things I've shared, god's blueprint for our salvation, victory altar, foundation, new foundation altar and salvation altar. 00:38:36.835 --> 00:38:39.715 You can even walk here and this will be very brief. 00:38:39.715 --> 00:38:42.954 We shall just pray with you, those who are upstairs. 00:38:42.954 --> 00:38:45.735 You can come up on belly, just along the railing. 00:38:45.735 --> 00:38:47.295 You don't have to come down here. 00:38:47.295 --> 00:38:54.576 And we invest another three minutes or so because this is very important and the message has come across. 00:38:54.576 --> 00:39:06.672 As we do a song, kasina, as we do this song, this particular moment, these three, four minutes, let's just take time to respond, either where you are or you can come forward. 00:39:06.672 --> 00:39:09.655 I encourage you to take a step of faith. 00:39:09.655 --> 00:39:11.159 That's an encouragement. 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:15.034 Come over here and also come down. 00:39:15.034 --> 00:39:20.217 Those who are upstairs Victory, a new foundation and salvation. 00:39:20.217 --> 00:39:21.333 This is your time. 00:39:21.333 --> 00:39:23.391 As we sing Come. 00:39:27.012 --> 00:39:29.094 This is your time. 00:39:29.094 --> 00:39:31.956 As we sing, come come. 00:39:31.956 --> 00:39:34.858 You make things happen. 00:39:34.858 --> 00:39:51.945 You make things happen. 00:39:51.945 --> 00:39:58.541 You make things happen. 00:39:58.541 --> 00:40:07.525 You make things happen. 00:40:07.525 --> 00:40:09.489 You do good things for others. 00:40:09.489 --> 00:40:44.601 You remove the burden of others. 00:40:44.601 --> 00:41:17.717 Thank you, mambu, ambaye Mwanadamu Mwanadamu awezi Una tofa rajamba, una tofa rajamba, mwanadamu Mwanadamu awezi Mwanadamu awezi Nafanya mambu. 00:41:17.717 --> 00:41:29.507 Mambu ambaye Mwanadamu Mwanadamu awezi Una tofa rajamba, una tofa rajamba, one at a time. 00:41:29.507 --> 00:41:29.929 One at a time. 00:41:29.929 --> 00:41:31.606 One at a time. 00:41:31.606 --> 00:41:32.858 One at a time. 00:41:32.858 --> 00:41:35.762 One at a time. 00:41:35.762 --> 00:41:36.757 One at a time. 00:41:36.757 --> 00:41:39.889 One at a time. 00:41:39.889 --> 00:41:41.606 One at a time. 00:41:41.606 --> 00:41:43.849 One at a time. 00:41:43.849 --> 00:41:52.722 One at a time One at a time. 00:41:52.882 --> 00:41:53.664 We want to pray. 00:41:53.664 --> 00:42:12.552 Now, father, we celebrate the many decisions that have been made today, online, in the pavilion, in the overflow spaces and even here in our hearts and in the lives of those who have come forward. 00:42:12.552 --> 00:42:15.739 God, we celebrate all these decisions. 00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:25.724 We know that they are life-changing decisions and we know that they're important to you as much as they are important to us. 00:42:25.724 --> 00:42:41.038 And therefore, my Father, as your servant, I receive those who are making decisions at the altar the altar of victory, the altar of a new cornerstone and the altar of salvation. 00:42:41.038 --> 00:42:47.539 My God, with this congregation, I have the joy of receiving all the ones who have made decision. 00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.684 You can give a hand to the Lord. 00:42:48.684 --> 00:42:50.451 My God, we thank you. 00:42:50.451 --> 00:42:52.617 We thank you for these decisions. 00:42:52.617 --> 00:43:09.755 Holy Spirit, I pray that you now hover over every one of the lives that has made a decision today, because I know it's only by the power of the Holy Spirit.