Radical Like Jesus | P. Julian Gamba

In Zechariah 4:6–7, God reminds us that His work is not built by human strength, but by the power of His Spirit.

Today we celebrate 5 years of Mission Orlando, remembering that the number five represents God’s grace.

A grace that has sustained us, guided us, and allowed us to move forward in every season.

In this message we learned:

✨ The church is built by the power of the Spirit, not human strength.
 ✨ Salvation is a gift of grace, not something we earn.
 ✨ Grace justifies us and gives us access to God through Jesus.
 ✨ Grace teaches us how to live a transformed life.
 ✨ In difficult moments, God releases supernatural grace to sustain us.

It is not about what we do, but about the grace of God.

👉 When God begins something, nothing can stop it.
Speak to the mountain about the greatness of God, not to God about the size of your mountain.

Grace upon your life, your family, and your future.

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Amen. So I'll be speaking out of the book of Zechariah, chapter 4, verse 6 and 7. And if my kids were listening, they will say 8, 6, 7. Okay. If you're laughing, it's because you're young. If you don't know what I'm talking about, ask your kids. Okay. It says, then he said to me, verse 6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you shall become a plain, and he shall bring forward the topstone amid shouts of grace, grace to it. Amen and amen. Well, today is uh the fifth anniversary of uh Mission Orlando, this church, and number five in the Bible, the the meaning of the number five in the Bible is grace. And today, that's the one thing I'm grateful for, and it's the grace of God upon our lives, upon this church. And in this moment, we see uh a picture of Zerubbabel, a religious leader, trying to rebuild the city and the temple, and then God the prophet, through God, um, I mean the God through the prophet says, not by power, not by might, but by my spirit. And we could say the same thing. It has been the spirit of God, it has been the Holy Spirit building the church, doing miracles, uh, seeing what we've been seeing for the past five years. It's only possible by the grace of God. Then five, also in the Bible is mentioned when David went to get the stones to face Goliath, he took how many stones? He took five stones. Jesus multiplied bread, and they gave him five pieces of bread, and by his grace, he multiplied the bread, and they were able to feed a great multitude. So we we see that in the Bible, five is the number of grace. And when I I was praying for this message, the Lord brought this passage to my mind, and and and I could really feel in my heart that God said, This is a message for the anniversary of the church. Because God gave me this word five years ago before coming here. We were still in Miami, and God gave me this verse. And I know many of you know this, that part that I we just read, not by might, not by power, but by my spirit. So today we're talking about grace, and we need grace for different seasons of our lives. God promises something, and it it is through his grace that we're able to receive that promise. So maybe maybe you're in a season of difficulty in some area of your life, maybe your finances, maybe in your business, maybe it's a project, maybe even in your own ministry, in your service to the Lord. Maybe it's a spiritual, uh, maybe an attack from the enemy that is hindering your spiritual growth. Today, I want to speak to that situation. I want to speak grace, the grace of God for you to be able to overcome the enemy. How many can say amen? Amen. Come on, praise the Lord. So in the Bible, we see different dimensions, different sides of grace, and I'm gonna mention four today. The first one is saving grace, saving grace. We see it in Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8. It says, For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. So salvation is not earned. Like you cannot earn, you cannot earn salvation, you just receive it by grace, and it is a gift from the Lord. We we all have heard of the parable of the prodigal son. When he comes back, his father is ready to receive him, to give him that embrace, to change his clothes, to make him a son again, and his brother gets a little mad. How come I've been here my whole life, and then he he now that he left, now he's coming back and he's receiving this great party is not fair because he couldn't understand the concept of grace. It is not by works, it is only by faith and by grace that we're saved. And I I'm so grateful for the grace of God. So that's the first one, saving grace. The second type of grace is justifying grace. Justifying grace. So let's go to Romans chapter 5, verse 1 and 2. Romans chapter 5, verse 1 and 2. It says, Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into his grace in which now we stand. So we receive that grace to be justified, and being justified, it is it means that God sees us through Jesus. So there is no sin, there is no condemnation, there is nothing that could hinder you from that relationship with God. Many people, when they pray, and in if if they haven't understood this principle, they pray for a miracle, and the first thing they cut that it comes to their mind is like, Oh, how come are you praying if you did this in the past? Maybe that's because you're facing this situation, is because you sinned in the past, maybe it's because you didn't listen to God's voice, and that prevents them from praying because they haven't received that justifying grace. But when you see and when you understand that grace is not only for salvation, grace declares you righteous before the Lord. That's the blessing of grace. Then let's go to the third type of grace, and that that third type of grace is teaching grace, teaching grace. So let's go to Titus 2, verse 11 and 12. It says, For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people, it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passion. So grace is not a permit for you to go sin, you receive a grace also that teaches you to live a life of holiness that teaches you a different way. I I don't know if it has happened to you, but it has happened to me. Sometimes when let's say I get frustrated or I get like mad, well, it doesn't happen to you, only me. And then you want to like yell, maybe that's a temptation at your kids or at any situation, and then sometimes you fall into that temptation, and you say something you shouldn't have said, immediately the Holy Spirit makes you feel that that wasn't correct. You you feel something in your heart, and you're like, Oh Lord, I'm sorry. Because the God's grace teaches you to live in a different way. So many people say that nowadays, like, oh well, I gave my life to Jesus and I had repented, I received Jesus in my life. That means I can now do whatever I want. Jesus will always forgive me. But to those people, or it maybe you you grew up with that mentality, let me tell you, God gives you a grace to live in a different way. God gives you a great it is not by your power, it's not by your might, it is by his spirit. So many people say, Wow, it is impossible. I remember a couple of well, probably like six, seven years ago, I was talking to a guy, and he said, Well, it is so difficult to be faithful to my wife. That's my temptation. And and and I know God forgives me, but I don't I don't know if I can. It is just too hard. But for those people, we see now a grace. It's a grace, uh it says in Titus, that has appeared that offers salvation to all people, and it teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions. So you have the spirit of the Lord, you have an anointing, you have a grace to say no to sin. Amen. Do you believe it? Amen. So that grace teaches you to live like Christ, and that's our goal, that's our motto, to live like Jesus. And now let's talk about the fourth type of grace, and this is the one that I'm gonna focus on today in this short message, and uh, I called it enabling grace, enabling grace. When Paul talks about his struggles, he says that he has a thorn in his flesh. I don't know if you remember that. He said that in in his book he wrote that he prayed to God to take it away, to remove it three times, and then the response, the answer from the Lord, we find it on 2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 9. It says, But he said to me, My grace is sufficient to you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. How many of you have faced a problem? How many of you are facing a challenge right now? I know many people are experiencing, facing different challenges, problems. As I was saying, maybe it's your family, maybe it's in yourself, maybe it's a health situation, maybe it is a decision that you you have to make. You've been praying for you know a few weeks, a few months. Let me tell you, today, God wants to give you enabling grace, a grace for a supernatural move from the Lord, for facing difficult situations that maybe in your own strength, in your own might are impossible, but God gives you a grace for you to overcome that situation. How many of you can say amen? Come on. So every work of God will face opposition, every miracle that God wants to do will face opposition. Maybe you you set up to serve the Lord. You said, Well, maybe this is the year, this I'm gonna commit myself, and as soon as you said that, the enemy came with temptation, with troubles, with problems, maybe family situations that you weren't expecting, maybe in your finances. Let me tell you today, God is giving you a supernatural strength to overcome the enemy, to overcome that situation that is enabling grace. So we were reading out of Zechariah chapter 4, and that verse 6 is very well known because it says, Not by power, not by might, but by my spirit, says the Lord. So Zerubbabel was set up to rebuild the temple, to rebuild the city, and maybe he was facing opposition, it was difficult. Many people said, You're you're not gonna make it. It's it's hard, you're not gonna do it. Maybe in your mind you're listening and you're hearing the same thing, the same thoughts. It's it's not possible. You've been single for this amount of time, you will be single. There is no one in church, and then when you come, the enemy tells you, Look, that that guy is so ugly. That other guy, oh, that one's handsome, he's married. Okay, there is no hope. Let me tell you, God is here, and he's gonna give you enabling grace to see the miracle, and you will get married, you're you will have kids. God will bless you in this season. Amen. So you will face external opposition. When you say, I'm gonna serve the Lord, maybe you started with the 21 days of fasting and praying, and right away you saw a challenge. But let me tell you: just because you have a problem or an opposition or a situation, does that not mean that God is not there? It's his purpose, but maybe you need to receive enabling grace to go through it. So you will face opposition, but the good thing is that it is not by power, it is not by might, it is by his spirit. The spirit of the Lord is in your life, and now what's our part? Because God will do his part. Now, what's our part? And that's what where the enabling grace takes place. Verse 7, he says, What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you will become level ground. What did he do? He started to speak to the mountain, he started to speak to the problem. Now that's what we need to do. We need to speak to the problem. Don't spend your life talking to God about the size of your mountain. Speak to your mountain about the greatness of your God. Amen. Many people take too too much time talking about their problems. I I have done that, and and you go back to your problem, you go back to the situation you're facing, and you tell your family, yeah, but it's so unfair. How am I gonna overcome this situation? I've been waiting for so long, I don't see any hope. I don't know if I can make it, it's too hard. But then God told Zerubbabel through the prophet, not by my not by your strength, but by my spirit. And immediately he started talking to the mountain and saying, Who are you? I have a God who is more powerful than you, I have a God who can do anything if I ask him to. So Jesus taught us the same principle. Mark 11, 23. It says, Truly, I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, go throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in their heart, but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Today, God is giving you an enabling grace to speak to your mountain in the name of Jesus. I received this message before we opened the church, and uh, as my wife was sharing, we started the church, we were so excited, we had that first meeting, but first problem arrived sooner than expected. It was only two days after we were still celebrating that first night. That I'm I'm being serious, we couldn't even sleep. I'm like, oh my gosh, we did it. We we started a church, and actually, some people showed up. They were like, I don't know, it was God at the same time. We we had people saying, I don't know, you're what are you not gonna make it because Zerubbabel experienced the same thing within the people? He had Samaritans, and Samaritans were half Jews, half Gentiles. So that though those people mean people that are half-hearted, that they they don't know what to do, so the only thing they know what to do is criticize. Have you seen those people that have the solution for all the other people's problems, but not to themselves, not to their own problems? I've seen those people, I've been one of those people like oh what they should do, so easy. Do this, this, and now you look in the mirror. I don't know what to do with my life. So Zerubbabel was experiencing outside problems and internal inside problems as well. Doubt. People maybe in the will tell him, like, are you crazy? You're not you're not gonna do it. He had one decree from the king that gave him the power to rebuild the city, the the resources as well, and that king died. He's like, Oh my goodness, now, now what? Now he had to just go again to the king, explain to him the situation, and ask him to give him permission to rebuild the city. And the prophet comes and says, Not by my not by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord. And immediately he spoke to the mountain. And that day, you know, as my wife was saying, sharing in the video, two days later, the guy says, You cannot meet here anymore. And we went there, we asked, Please, at least one more Sunday, and that's the day I learned that it is not by power, it is not by might, it is by the Spirit of the Lord. Even if man, even if one person, even if a thousand people say no, if God said yes, if God said yes, it will happen in the name of Jesus. We just got in our car and we started driving around, praying and worshiping, and that's what grace means. We started applying this principle and just declaring the grace of God, it's by your grace, Lord. There is nothing I can do, but there is something you can do. It is not in our strength, we will do what we can, but you will do the impossible. So today, God is releasing that anointing upon your life, that anointing for grace, enabling grace to see miracles. Even though many people have said no, even though maybe in your own heart, in your own mind, you're saying, I don't know if it will happen. God today is telling you it will happen because He said it. And then He spoke to the mountain. And he said, Who are you? Who are you? Before the Lord, you will become a plane. Maybe in front of you there is a big mountain. Speak to the mountain. And say, say, Who are you? Before the Lord, you will become a plane. The Lord is with me. And then the response of the people, the response of the people, they started shouting and saying, Grace, grace to it. Grace, grace. Sometimes that's the only thing you can say. Grace, grace. When the enemy comes to tell you you cannot do it, you will say. When you go to the doctor and they give you that report, you say, It is not by your power. Maybe you cannot do it in your own strength, but you have a God who's powerful, you have a God that has given you a grace, a special grace. That grace doesn't come every day, but sometimes it shows up. That grace is not your everyday grace to live paycheck by paycheck, to live day by day. It's a special grace that sometimes comes into your life and enables you to do something that is impossible for man, but it is possible for God. Amen. Amen. God told him, Dream again. Because they had abandoned the work, and God had to tell him, Come on, do it one more time, try it one more time. Maybe this time I will be there, and the miracle will happen. Let me tell you, this enabling grace is not an everyday type of grace. We receive salvation, we receive forgiveness of sin every day, but there is moments where when heavens open and you see the grace of God upon a situation. That day we sow that enabling grace. That day we sow grace upon grace, it's a double portion of grace. And as soon as we entered that hotel, we looked at that place and it looked perfect, it looked so nice. We were like, Oh my goodness, but I don't know if we can afford it. I don't know if they will rent the place to us for the next next Sunday coming up. The guy, Ashley is his name. It's weird for a Latino to hear that name for a guy. That that's a girl name in in South America, but it's a guy. Ashley said, No worries, we'll do it. How much were you paying there? I'm like, look, I'm not gonna lie to you. We're paying this amount. He's like, deal. You have it, it's yours. How many rooms do you need? What do you need? It it was impossible. It was impossible, but it was possible because God's grace was upon that moment, upon the church, and now that grace is coming upon your life. Maybe the enemy has said no. You've been waiting for that breakthrough, you've been praying for that change. You haven't seen it yet. Today, you're gonna declare as the the people declare it, they said, Grace, grace to it, grace, grace over that situation, grace, grace over your life, grace, grace over your future, grace, grace over your house, your family, over your city. God is upon your life, his grace is real, and he is here in the name of Jesus. Come on, praise Jesus. Let's all stand up.

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