WEBVTT 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:06.719 Two months ago, I asked God some bottom line questions. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:08.800 I don't know if you're a bottom line person. 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:09.679 I am. 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:12.960 God doesn't mind bottom line questions. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:17.839 For those of you that are here and you think you're asking God some bottom line questions, he likes it. 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:22.559 Matter of fact, he wants to tell somebody, quit beating around the bush and ask what you want to ask. 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.640 You see, I love being a bottom line kind of guy. 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:31.920 Because I don't want to deal with the fluff. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:33.520 I want to deal with reality. 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:35.119 What's real? 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:46.000 Two months ago, uh, there was a week in my life that I was having this uh, I was having several encounters with several couples in the church that needed prayer over serious issues. 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:52.799 And I prayed for them. 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:56.000 And nothing changed. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.000 And I went to the Lord and I said, you know, Dad, I love your presence. 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.000 I love the way Thomas ushers your presence in. 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:05.680 I mean, this is incredible. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:06.879 I love that. 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:15.280 But you know, if I don't, if I can't live with your power, I mean your presence is great, but I want your power too. 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:17.359 Can we have both? 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.280 And that's the bottom line question. 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.400 I said, you know, can we have both? 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.439 Do we have to just live with your presence and not with your power, or some of your power and not your presence? 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:28.400 I want both. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.239 That's my heart's desire. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.400 And I said to him, I don't think the problem's with you. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.159 I really don't. 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.079 I kind of think it's with me. 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:42.560 So what's the problem? 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:46.959 I asked him when I asked him that specific question when I asked about my wife five years ago. 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:51.280 He said, Good, I've been glad to wait for you to ask this question because I'm going to tell you, it's you. 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.920 I said, Well, I kind of knew that one. 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.040 Open your Bibles to Matthew chapter 28. 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:01.599 This word has been rattling in me for two months. 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.719 If we go to 130, you'll just have to forgive me. 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:06.000 I haven't preached in six months. 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.159 It just may go long. 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:10.000 Oh, I promise you. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.639 I told Robert I'd hold it for 35 minutes, and I'm going to be a man of my word today. 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:16.000 Ha ha ha. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:21.120 You know, the big dogs out of town, you can do whatever you want for at least one weekend. 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.360 For those of you that don't know me, I am the executive senior pastor here. 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:30.080 Uh basically it's a big title just to say I do anything that Robert doesn't want to do. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.319 Lord called me about eight years ago to walk with him. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:41.280 And I didn't know how he was going to pull it off, but I'm glad he did. 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:44.400 I love, I love Brother Morris. 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.159 I love the vision God's given him. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.520 And I'm about, I'm telling you, you're about to see Gateway Church explode. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.960 This is a place that the presence and the power of God is going to be. 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.800 What I want to share with you is what the Lord shared with me two months ago. 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:11.039 About, Jeff, if you want my power, you've got to recognize four things. 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.840 And folks, I shared this in my life group six weeks ago. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.400 And I'm going to tell you some stories that have come out of that. 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:22.319 It's phenomenal what God has done. 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.199 So I'm telling you, buckle your seatbelt. 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:30.000 You're about to see some of the most exciting things I've ever seen in my life. 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.960 Matthew chapter 28, Jesus is leaving. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.120 He's walking away from the earth. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:36.879 He's about to ascend into heaven. 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:38.400 He's completed, he's done everything. 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.719 And he has his eleven with him, the guys that he's raised up in his business. 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:45.280 He said, guys, I'm about to leave. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:51.759 What would you say in your last speech if you were going to turn the keys of the business or the organization over to the boys? 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.439 What would you say? 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.919 Well, Jesus said it quickly. 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:59.199 He didn't take a long time in making an elaborate speech. 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.080 This wasn't like the Super Bowl, and we can be back here next year. 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:05.919 He just said, I'm going to tell you a couple of things and I'm going to go. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:14.800 And the first statement that he made in Matthew chapter 28, verse 18, he said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and in earth. 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.079 What in the world did he mean by that? 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.319 He looked over at Peter and said, Peter, you remember when I turned the water to wine? 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:29.519 I was demonstrating my authority in the earth. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.240 So Peter, you remember when I told you to go fishing and pay our temple tax and the coin was in the fish's mouth? 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.600 I was demonstrating my authority in the earth. 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.560 John, you remember when I was walking on the water to the boat and you thought I was a ghost? 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:44.720 You were scared spitless. 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.839 I remember, Lord, I remember. 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:53.120 I was demonstrating my authority on the earth. 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:55.199 I stepped into the boat. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.360 I calmed the sea and we beat the wind. 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:58.319 Do you remember that, boys? 00:04:59.040 --> 00:04:59.759 Yeah, we do. 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:01.680 It was an awesome day. 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:09.519 I lived before you in authority over the earth. 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.600 Do you remember how when I cursed the fig tree boys and it withered up and died right there in front of your face? 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:16.959 Yes. 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:18.639 That's the authority. 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.439 The earth always responds to my authority. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:28.480 Remember when I stood before the man who had a legion of demons and everybody was scared of him? 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:31.279 Did you see fear on my face? 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:32.399 No, sir. 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:35.759 I lived in a heavenly authority. 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.360 That every demon in hell responded to what I said. 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:44.480 And I want to remind you today where I got that authority. 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.759 Did you notice in verse 28, chapter 28, verse 18? 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.319 He says, and I want you to underline it. 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.759 All authority has been given. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.879 I want you to underline that word, given. 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:04.240 Where do you get it? 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.079 Same place you're going to get it. 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:15.439 You see, Jesus built an organization around 12 men, now 11. 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:21.600 And he basically was saying to them, guys, the way I did it's the way I want you to do it. 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.000 And I'm going to prove that to you in scripture in just a second. 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:25.839 But that's exactly what he was saying. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:33.680 I lived under authority and operated in that authority, and that's the way I want you to do it. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:34.399 Now watch. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:36.160 Go over to John chapter 17. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.519 I'm going to show you a couple of scriptures. 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:39.120 Where did this authority come from? 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.160 John chapter 17, we're going to read verse 1 and 2. 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.199 He says in verse 1, Father, the hour has come. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:56.959 Glorify your son, that your son may also glorify you, as you have given him authority over all flesh. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:00.240 Where did it come from? 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:02.319 The Father. 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.560 Look over John chapter 14, verse 10. 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:13.120 This is one of the key verses that I got so excited when I saw this verse, I almost just almost evaporated, almost went to heaven. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:14.399 I thought. 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.399 John chapter 14, verse 10. 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:22.560 What's this? 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:26.000 He's talking to the 12, and they asked him to show them the Father. 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.240 And he said, Man, if you've seen me, you've seen the Father in verse 10. 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.839 He said, Do you not believe that I'm in the Father and the Father's in me? 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.480 He said, The words that I speak to you, now, watch this. 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:41.600 The words that I speak to you, I do not speak on my own authority. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:42.959 I want you to see this. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:47.680 This word authority is in the New Testament 102 times. 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.040 It shows up in the form of five or six different words. 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:58.480 Here they are: authority, power, liberty, jurisdiction, right, strength. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:07:59.920 They're all the same word. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.360 When you look it up in the Greek, it's the exact same word. 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.759 When you boil it down in the Greek, you say, I don't like to get messed up in the Greek because it blows my mind. 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.040 My mind's not really that good. 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.920 So I have to say the simple terms, kind of bottom line type stuff. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.279 And I said, Lord, what's a bottom line word with this authority, power, strength? 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:16.720 What does it mean? 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.319 He said, Jeff, this means delegated influence. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:28.720 I'm giving you delegated influence over the earth and in heaven. 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:34.240 He gave it to his son first, and his son said, This, watch, watch. 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.440 Verse 10 again. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.679 I do not speak on my own authority. 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:44.399 The words that I said to the tree when it withered in, I spoke it. 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:45.600 Now watch. 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:51.679 But the Father who dwells in me does what? 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:54.960 Did this strike you a little? 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:56.320 Did it struck me? 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:57.759 Now look at this. 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:04.879 Jesus, I thought this verse should have said, I do not speak on my own authority, but I speak in the authority of the Father. 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:07.600 Doesn't it sound like that? 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:08.480 That's the way it ought to say. 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:10.080 It ought to read like that. 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.480 This kind of means yes, this means no. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.039 Yes? 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:13.360 Okay. 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.679 I just want to make there's at least three people that agree with me. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.879 I appreciate that. 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.279 I thought that's what it said. 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.639 But it didn't say that. 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:27.200 He said, I speak what I've heard the Father say, and who does the works? 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:29.360 The Father. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.519 You better catch that. 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:41.679 Because if you're going to operate in authority, if you're going to operate in power, as he says you can, and I'm about to prove to you, he said you can. 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.039 You're going to have to understand who does the works. 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:47.840 It's not you. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:52.799 He's asked you to do one thing. 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:54.159 Two things, really. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.519 Speak and stand. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.399 Speak and stand. 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:01.039 And he'll do the works. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:04.639 Who's this authority for? 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:06.639 Who's this authority for? 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:07.519 Look over to Matthew. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.200 Let's go back to uh first off, I want to show you back in Matthew chapter 28. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:18.159 He's finishing up his uh his little small speech to the boys and said, you know, I'm about to leave. 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.759 He said, this is authority operating, this is how I built the kingdom. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.159 This is how I want you to continue to build the kingdom. 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:24.960 And then watch. 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:26.159 I can tell you why he said that. 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:27.759 He said, go therefore. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.279 He said, if you're going to continue to build a kingdom, I want you to go therefore. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.200 Anytime you see the word therefore in scripture, you always know what it means. 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.200 It's linked to what he just said. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.360 According to what I just said, I want you to go and do. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:42.960 Go and do what? 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:43.919 Make disciples. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.480 He didn't say make converts, he said make disciples. 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:47.600 I want you to walk with them. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.480 I want you to teach them. 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:49.440 I want you to educate them. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:54.799 I want you to demonstrate right before them everything that I demonstrated before you. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:56.559 Go and do it. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.000 Was this new to these guys? 00:10:58.320 --> 00:10:58.639 No. 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:00.320 This wasn't new. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:06.159 He said, I lived this life before you, and now I want you to go out and live it too. 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:08.480 You can. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:12.480 You know, you can have compassion for people. 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:17.840 You know, I saw when Jesus was on the cross, he said to the people, He said, uh, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:19.039 That's real compassion. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:23.120 These are the guys that pulled his beard, hit his face, mocked him, stabbed him, nailed him up. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.120 Father, forgive me, know not what they do. 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:27.919 You know, we can have that same kind of compassion for people. 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.159 Because Stephen had it. 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:32.480 Stephen had it. 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:33.840 He said the same thing. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:37.519 They're hurling rocks 80 and 90 miles an hour, fastballs. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:40.159 And he said, Father, forgive them. 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:41.600 They know not what they do. 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:46.799 Do you know we can live the way Jesus lived? 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:50.720 Because he comes to live inside us. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.200 And he manifests himself through us. 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.919 And he said to the disciples, Boys, I built the business this way. 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.840 This is the way I built the kingdom. 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:01.519 You go and do likewise. 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.799 The same way. 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.600 Not just with the presence of God, but with the power of God. 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.399 You know, Jesus never had a problem drawing a crowd. 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.039 He never had a problem. 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.960 But you know, the church today, I'm just going to ask you right out. 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.399 The church today. 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:17.360 I mean, you're going to go home. 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.320 Somebody's going to have lunch with grandma and grandpa and mom and dad. 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.240 How was church today? 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.480 You ever heard that question? 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:25.919 Around lunch? 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:27.360 Listening, Jess. 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.399 Okay. 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:30.720 I just want to make sure because I've heard it. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.919 You go out to lunch or the next day or whatever, and they say, How is church? 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:38.080 And it's always, hmm, preacher's pretty good. 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:41.120 Well, this week he was a little weak, but you know, last week he was good. 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.840 Oh, the worship was great. 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.639 You know, Jesus said church, how to be. 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.639 He always had church. 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.039 They came from everywhere. 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.960 Because they saw the power. 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.000 You ever heard someone say, How is church? 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.000 We saw two people raised from the dead. 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.039 We had a man with demons all over the church. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.720 He was running, wow. 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:17.679 He got sat clothes and put in his right mind. 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.279 What kind of church are you going to? 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.279 The kind you need to come to. 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:28.000 You have one manifestation in the power of this church. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.279 One manifestation. 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:31.519 This building will be filled up. 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:33.600 We won't be able to contain it. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.639 Three services, four. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:38.320 I'm telling you, when you get the power of God, the presence of God is wonderful. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.200 His saints will come out and they begin to draw and it warms people's hearts. 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:46.399 But I tell you, when the power shows up, there won't be enough seeds. 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.399 You'll have to get here an hour early. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.600 Maybe two. 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:53.600 So I asked him, I said, How do we get the power? 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.480 He said, You first off have to recognize where my authority comes from. 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.559 Second off, you have to recognize who I'm giving it to. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.399 Watch, go over to Matthew chapter 10. 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:05.600 Quickly going to fly through some of these just so that I can show you some things at the end that I think are most exciting. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:13.600 Matthew chapter 10, he said to the 12, verse 1, and when he had called the 12 to him, he gave them power. 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.519 Did I say that word power or authority? 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:19.200 It's the same word as the authority that is in chapter 28, verse 18. 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.120 It's the exact same word, same Greek word. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:27.039 He gave them power over the unclean spirits to cast them out, to heal the sick, and to heal all kinds of diseases. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:28.639 Look down verse 8. 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:32.320 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.519 Freely, you have received, freely give. 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.039 Who do you say it was for? 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:41.360 Did you tell the 12 they could do it? 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:41.919 Okay. 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:43.840 Turn over Mark. 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:45.919 Let's go to Mark chapter. 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:51.200 Luke 10. 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.679 Sorry. 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.000 I'm telling you, folks, I've gotten so much revelation. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.799 I had to cut so many scriptures out because I wouldn't have been here two days. 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.919 Luke chapter 10. 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.799 Won't you see this? 00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.600 This is awesome. 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.200 Luke chapter 10. 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.720 Now watch. 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.240 Verse 1. 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:10.720 After these things, the Lord appointed 70 others. 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.720 Did your Bible say anything about the relatives of the twelve? 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.480 Brother-in-laws, mom and dads? 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.639 Didn't say anything about that, did it? 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.240 It said seventy others. 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.000 And he sent them out two by two, just like he kind of sent out the disciples. 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.840 You know, I had a funny thought when I was thinking about the disciples going out two by two. 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.240 I wonder who got Judas every time. 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:38.480 Oh, Lord, don't give me him again. 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:43.679 You know, he's just taking your money, and you know, you're gonna dish on you at the end. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.639 Man, that ain't right. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.600 Why don't you send it? 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.120 Give me somebody else. 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:49.039 I had him last week. 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.360 I probably got Judas every time. 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.559 But anyway, here we go. 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.399 He said 70 others. 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.559 He sent them out just like he sent the disciples. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.679 These aren't the twelve, right? 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.960 These aren't the special twelve. 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.960 We always think they're the special twelve. 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.240 They were just men. 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:06.960 They weren't special, they were just men. 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.200 Watch. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.480 Go to verse 9. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:15.679 He said to these 70, I want you to heal the sick in the town that you go into. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:18.159 And tell them the king of God is near. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.159 Now watch verse 17 when they return. 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:22.159 Woo! They're pretty excited. 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.120 And the Lord said, When they returned, the 70 returned with joy. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:29.279 And the Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name. 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.559 Did he tell them they had power over the demons? 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.639 No, he did not. 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:36.720 He said, You can heal the sick. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:47.120 He didn't say anything like he said to the 12, you could cast out demons, but they came back saying, I can't believe it! The demons are even subject to us in your name. 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.720 I mean, they were kind of happy. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.600 They were, Lord, this was pretty good, I'm telling you. 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:03.279 This was this was nice. 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.240 Thank you very much. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:05.759 I really, this was a good experience. 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.200 I'll put it on my resume. 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:09.920 And uh I mean this is gonna be fun. 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.319 I'm telling others how the power works. 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:14.079 They weren't, they were excited. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.079 And Jesus said, Man, I saw Satan fall like lightning in verse 17. 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.960 18. 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:26.160 And instead in verse 19, he said, Behold, watch, I give you this the 70 or the 12? 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.440 70. 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:34.559 I give you the authority to trample on serpents, scorpions, and over all, not some, all the power of the enemy. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.680 And nothing shall hurt you. 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:40.319 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this. 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:42.079 Don't get too excited over this. 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.640 Get excited about your name being written in the book of heaven. 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:46.160 That's what you ought to be excited about. 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.759 And then Jesus turned to verse 21. 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.599 This, oh, you gotta see this. 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:56.640 Verse 21, he said, In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the spirit and eternally said to the Father, I praise you, Father. 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.680 What? 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.279 Lord of what? 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:02.079 You know what that word Lord right there means? 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.759 Jesus is saying this today. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.920 Supreme authority. 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.559 You know where you get your authority? 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.759 I'm about to show you. 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.000 From the supreme authority. 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:16.880 Supreme authority rules all of heaven and all of earth. 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:20.880 You don't have a little tiny bit of second-class authority. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.880 You have full authority. 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:28.480 The reason I chose the word carte blanche for this message is because it means full authority. 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.759 It's a blank check already signed by Dad. 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.680 You fill in the conditions. 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:35.680 He's already done his part. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:38.160 He's waiting on you to get into the game. 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:40.720 You know, the church today has been a spectator church. 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.079 We watch the platform. 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.599 We watch what happens up here. 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.359 We come and some of us want to just sit and be a spectator. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.279 An armchair quarterback. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.319 I didn't like him. 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.920 How is church? 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.079 Oh, the platform did good. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.880 Gateway Church in 2002 is not going to be a spectator church. 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:05.200 We're going to be a participator church. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:11.440 You come January 13th, I guarantee you on Sunday night, and you're going to hear Jack Deere saying, You get in the game. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:14.000 God's equipped you with gifts. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.240 He's given you things to do. 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.079 Get in the game. 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:23.440 How many of you have ever rode the pine in a game? 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:26.000 You were the guy that warmed the bench. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.559 That's called riding the pine. 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.880 Real good for your backside. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.720 You settle in. 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:36.559 It really doesn't matter what's happening because you know you're not going in. 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.920 Folks, I play golf. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.240 It's a lot more fun to play than watch. 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.480 Get in the game. 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:47.359 Jesus is saying to you today, get in the game. 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.000 Now, you have to be seasoned, right? 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.359 I need to be mature. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.000 Uh-uh. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.039 Watch. 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:55.119 Go back to verse 21. 00:19:55.359 --> 00:20:05.279 He just said to the Father, you're Lord of heaven and earth, you've hidden these things from the wise and the prudent and revealed them to white wah wise. 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.160 Babies. 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.480 Do you see? 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:14.960 You sit back there, you say, Well, the disciples, those twelve days were seasoned. 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.400 They were ready. 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.000 They were mature. 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.759 The 70, he called them ways. 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:28.160 Fifteen years ago, my wife. 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:31.519 We'd been married for four years. 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:35.680 I didn't know prior to marrying her that she had migraine headaches. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:39.920 But as soon as we got married, she started manifesting migraine headaches. 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:42.400 Over and over and over. 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:46.880 I'm in a denominational church. 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.200 The only thing I know is salvation. 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:52.319 Honey, once you get saved again, maybe that'll help. 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.480 Maybe you weren't baptized right. 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.880 I don't know. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.359 Try it again. 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.480 Do something. 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:01.599