WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.720 Please welcome uh Pastor Isaac, Dr. 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:03.359 Ramon. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.519 Well, I'm here with my family, my wife, my children, and my mother-in-law. 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:09.679 So I'd like my wife to say something. 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:12.880 Hello, good morning. 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.279 It's good to be here. 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:18.320 And this is my first time being on the pulpit. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:21.039 Yeah, and I'm happy to be here. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:22.719 So let's have a wonderful service. 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:23.679 Thank you. 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.120 Amen. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:26.399 Thank you. 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:29.519 Hallelujah. 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:31.199 Let us pray. 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:33.759 Father, thank you for the blessing we have in you. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.679 Thank you for this gracious opportunity to receive your word. 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.159 Lord, speak to us. 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.679 We pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation and knowledge of Jesus Christ. 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:51.280 Let the eyes of our understanding be enlightened practically as we hear your word, even in Jesus' name. 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:52.159 Amen. 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.880 Pastor Stephen, thank you so much for this blessed opportunity. 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.719 I think we have one of the best pastors in the whole world here with us. 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:02.880 Can we celebrate our pastor? 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:05.519 Thank you for loving us. 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:07.920 Thank you for being a blessing to us. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.519 We're in his house and he keeps giving us so much. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:18.400 Yesterday he prepared something very special for us to eat in the evening, and he he took us all the way to New York. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.480 That was a long drive. 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:26.000 And we we we walked around for about what five or six hours more. 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:26.799 Yeah. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.760 So thank you. 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:29.519 Thank you with your beautiful wife. 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:31.760 Um Claudia, thank you so much. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:32.879 God bless you. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:39.599 I'd like to share with you from John chapter 8, verse 31. 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.879 I've titled my message, You Shall Know the Truth. 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:45.120 You shall know the truth. 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:47.599 John chapter 8, verse 31. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:56.799 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed in him, believed him, if you conjoin my word, then are you truly my disciples? 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:01.519 And then he says, And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:03.120 Hallelujah. 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:08.080 Now you and I know that Jesus is the way, he is the truth and the life. 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:14.879 So when Jesus says, You shall know the truth and it shall make you free, what he's saying is that you shall know more of me and I will make you free. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:28.319 So in verse 38 of the same book, same chapter, this is 36, sorry, John chapter 8, verse 36, Jesus says, So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:29.840 Hallelujah. 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:34.159 Jesus Christ is the truth that sets us free. 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:51.919 And the more we know him, the more he sets us free, the more we encounter freedom from fear, freedom from anxieties, freedom from depression, freedom from financial difficulties, freedom from sicknesses, diseases, freedom from all types of fear. 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.520 Fear of height, fear of everything. 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:56.879 Hallelujah. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:01.280 The more we embrace Jesus, the more freedom we enjoy. 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:05.520 So this morning I just came to tell you to embrace Jesus some more. 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.199 That's why I came to tell you to embrace Jesus some more. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:10.479 Hallelujah. 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:11.439 Amen. 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:21.759 And in John chapter 16, verse 13 to verse 14, we get to know how the Holy Spirit, one of the major ministries of the Holy Spirit, this one says, this is Jesus talking. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.840 It says, But when he, the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth, all the truth. 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:29.280 Who is truth? 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:30.400 Jesus Christ. 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:39.439 So what Jesus is saying is that when the Holy Spirit of truth comes, he's called the Holy Spirit of truth because he is Jesus without borders. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.400 Jesus said, I'll I'll send you another comforter. 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.280 And the word another there is one who looks just like me. 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.159 The Greek is Alus, not heteros. 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:53.439 One who looks just like me, does everything like me, thinks like me, acts like me, does everything like me. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.199 So the Holy Spirit is the spirit of Jesus and hence the spirit of truth. 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.520 So he says, But when He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:02.400 Who is the truth? 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:03.280 Jesus Christ. 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:15.199 So the more you fellowship with the Spirit, and I'm glad we are we are we are learning about us being the temple of the Holy Spirit, meaning that the Holy Spirit dwells within us and hence carries this ministry in our lives. 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:20.959 He says he will guide you, he will lead you into all the truth, all aspects of Jesus Christ. 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:27.360 For he will not speak on his own, but whatever he hears, he will speak and he will disclose to you what is to come. 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.040 He will glorify me. 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:31.360 Jesus says the Holy Spirit will glorify me. 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:38.160 So one of the major ministries of the Holy Spirit is to make Jesus very big in your eyes. 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:42.639 You can be you can be a born-again child of God and not think much about Jesus Christ. 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:59.519 I've seen people who you know ignore Christ, they they they don't they think it's only good for salvation, but they don't think it's good to help them carry their burdens in life, they don't think it's good to help them with their financial troubles, they don't think it's good enough to help them with their emotional issues. 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:04.879 But I can tell you that Jesus is good for all things, he is the way, the truth, and the life. 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.360 He will solve all your problems, he will help you in every aspect of your life. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:10.319 That's who he is. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:11.360 Hallelujah. 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.839 And the Holy Spirit has a ministry of magnifying Jesus, of glorifying Jesus. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:24.240 The word glorified there is dogs, and it means to give a good opinion, a very great opinion of someone. 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:34.000 So the Holy Spirit has a ministry of giving a good opinion concerning Jesus Christ, great opinion concerning Jesus Christ to you, testifying of Jesus, of how great he is. 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:47.360 That will lead you into glorifying him, into magnifying him, into serving him more and more, into worshiping him more and more, into thanking him more and more, into thinking how thinking of how great he is and how close he is to you. 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:48.480 Hallelujah. 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.560 Now, the more we see Jesus, the more the more our lives are transformed. 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:03.279 Our transformation, you know, the only constant thing in the new in the new testament is transformation. 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:10.639 If you read in Romans chapter 12, he talks about and be not conformed to the law, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:16.160 Now, our transformation is the only thing that stands every single day. 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:23.199 Every single day, God expects us to be transformed, to have a renewal of our minds, to change our thinking, to suit what has happened to us. 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:29.519 You can be born again and know that Christ is in you, but you don't know that Christ, you don't know what Christ in you means. 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:36.959 Some of us even don't even know that Christ is in us, and that Christ is with us, and that Christ is there to help us. 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.079 The more we know who he is, the more transformed we become. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:46.319 Now, this is 2 Corinthians, show us 2 Corinthians chapter chapter chapter 3, verse 18. 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:52.800 He says, But we are with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror, are the glory of the Lord. 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.000 The mirror is the word of God. 00:06:54.079 --> 00:07:00.399 If you read in James chapter 1, he talks about how that the word of God, he says, the word of God is the mirror of God. 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:06.800 You see, so the more we look into the mirror of God, which is the word of God, the more we see the glory of the Lord. 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:07.839 Who is he talking about? 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.879 He's talking about Jesus. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:10.639 Jesus is the glory of the Lord. 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.000 He's talking about the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:18.240 But we all with unveiled face looking us in the mirror at the glory of the Lord. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.160 So when we read the word, there's only one person we are looking for. 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:25.759 Jesus said, Search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life. 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:30.000 For they are they that testify of me or speak concerning me. 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.720 So all the scriptures talk about one person. 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:45.839 When Jesus rose from the dead in Luke chapter 24, verse 27, Jesus revealed himself to the two disciples, Cleopatra and his wife, who were on their way to Emmaus. 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.639 And he preached, the Bible says that he preached Christ to them. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:59.199 He said, The Bible says he went through all the scriptures from Moses through all the prophets, preaching Christ unto them. 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:04.240 Christ preached Christ on the resurrection morning, and that's exactly what we must do. 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:06.480 Every Sunday we must preach about Jesus Christ. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:12.879 And thank God for a pastor who always preaches us, preaches to us concerning Jesus Christ and keeps pointing us to Jesus Christ. 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:14.079 Hallelujah. 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:17.759 The more we see him, the more we are transformed. 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:30.560 So he says, but we are with unveiled faces, looking as in the mirror, the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.519 So all we need to do is to look at Jesus. 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:41.039 The more we look at Jesus, the more the Holy Spirit gets the material that is required for the transformation of our lives. 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:50.000 You see that as time goes on, as you read your Bible looking for Jesus, you notice that with time, what used to depress you doesn't depress you any longer. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:52.720 What used to worry you doesn't worry you any longer. 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:58.879 What all the problems become very small as Jesus becomes very big in your eyes. 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.240 If Jesus is in your boat, what can't happen for you? 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:04.240 Hallelujah. 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:10.879 I recommend knowing Jesus every day because that is the only thing to do in life. 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.360 Hebrews chapter 13, verse 8. 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:15.360 Hebrews 13, verse 8. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:20.720 The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:34.879 What that means is that whatever you read concerning Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, or in any of the epistles, or in any part of the Bible, what you see Jesus do, or what you see Jesus as is what he is today. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:46.720 So if you see Jesus multiplying bread and multiplying fishes for 5,000 people to eat without paying for anything, then Jesus is still the same today. 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:51.440 He can pay for every single thing that needs to be paid for in your life. 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.120 Hallelujah. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:10:03.919 So the more you see who he is, the more you must know that he what he is is what he is today, or what he was is what he is today, and what he's going to be tomorrow. 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:07.360 He's he doesn't change, he's the same. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:12.559 Peter gave him his boat and he spoke and fish, he gave him so much. 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:22.240 History tells us, some people have calculated how much fish in in dollars that Peter got when Jesus spoke. 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:25.919 And it was good for more than 35 years. 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:29.919 Jesus retired Peter just like that. 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:36.159 I believe Jesus can bring you to something that will so much money that will cause you to retire at once. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:38.320 He's still doing the same today. 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:42.559 What he did yesterday, he's doing today, and he will do tomorrow. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:43.679 Hallelujah. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:51.759 I speak into your life that Jesus is going to help you overcome every single challenge of your life in the name of the Lord Jesus. 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:52.879 Hallelujah. 00:10:53.679 --> 00:11:02.720 Now in Acts chapter 1, verse 1, the Bible shows us what exactly how to what to look for when we are looking for Jesus. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:11.039 Acts chapter 1, verse 1 talks about how Jesus, the things that Jesus began both to do and to teach. 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:14.559 The things that Jesus began both to do and to teach. 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.279 Okay, this is um Acts 1.1. 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:22.639 This is the first account I I compose still for us about all that Jesus began to do and to teach. 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:27.120 So these are the two basic things that you should look for when you're reading your Bible. 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:30.480 Look at what Jesus thought and look at what he did. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:34.639 There's so much to glean from what he thought, and so much to glean from what he did. 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:39.840 You get to know a man by what he says, and you get to know a man by his actions. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:46.399 The more you read about what he said, his words, Jesus said, The one who loves me shall keep my words. 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.919 The one who has my words and keeps them is the one who loves me. 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:56.080 Then he said that because the one because my words are not my words, but my words are my father's words. 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:02.000 The more you keep his words, he says, the more the father loves you, and the more the father manifests himself to you. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.919 So that if you want to know Jesus more and more, you need to learn to keep his words. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:07.679 Just learn to keep his statements. 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.120 His statements, just his statements, the things he said. 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.879 He that has to him shall be given. 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.399 You know, simple, simple. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.480 I'm the way, the truth, and the life. 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:26.240 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:27.759 These are words Jesus spoke. 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:37.120 He says, if you keep them, if you keep them in your heart, keep them in your mind, keep thinking about them, you're actually showing that you love me. 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.200 Jesus showed us his love language. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.000 His love language is to just keep his words. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:47.840 And the more you keep his words, the more he shows himself to you, the greater he becomes in your sight. 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:54.320 You know, one day Jesus went into um went to see Martha and Mary because Lazarus had died. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:13:00.879 You know, and they had sent to get him to come and heal him, but he didn't he didn't come. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.600 And we're not happy with him. 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.759 They said, Martha, if you had been here earlier, our brother would not have died. 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.840 In fact, Jesus told Martha, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.159 In other words, I am I am the one. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:18.159 The resurrection is not just a day, the resurrection is a person, I'm the resurrection. 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:19.360 And I'm right here. 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:21.279 If I'm the resurrection, then what's your problem? 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:23.120 Lazarus is going to come out. 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.120 It's not it's not a problem at all. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:28.320 But Martha kept push pushing Jesus into the future. 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.600 I know that my brother is going to live in the future, but not now. 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.519 You see, they didn't have a good estimation of Jesus Christ. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:45.279 When Martha, when when Mary was talking to Jesus, Mary said that I know that even now, if you should ask God, he's gonna, if you ask if you should ask the father, he's gonna hear you. 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:52.320 But the word asked that Martha, Mary used was was a word that you know reduces Jesus. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:58.559 He used she used a word that makes Jesus a servant, like someone who is lower than God. 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:04.159 You know, like a servant would ask a master for something. 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:14.320 But Jesus, whenever the Bible talks about Jesus asking a father something, he uses a uses a word that has to do with Jesus asking an equal, because Jesus is equal to the father. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.360 But Martha was Mary was bringing him low. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.559 Do you see? 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:22.240 They couldn't have they didn't have a good estimation of who Jesus is. 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:29.759 The more you read your Bible through the power of the Holy Spirit, the more the Holy Spirit gives gives you a good opinion of who Jesus is. 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:31.039 Hallelujah. 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:40.080 You you begin to have that confidence that Jesus will come to your aid, and Jesus is with you and in you, and he will help you. 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:42.159 And that confidence is so important. 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:47.120 You need that for your life as a child of God because of the problems that this word comes with. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:48.320 Hallelujah. 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:54.240 Now let me show you some few things in the Bible that talks about you know what Jesus is to us. 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:57.840 The first point I have here is that he's our peace, Jesus is our peace. 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:59.600 Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4. 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:00.399 Jesus is your peace. 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:02.639 Tell your neighbor Jesus is your peace. 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:09.039 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love, wherewith he loved us. 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:14.399 Um, not verse 4. 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.440 Let me show it to you. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.120 I think I missed it. 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.840 Go to verse 14, I believe. 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:23.200 I hope you enjoy my message. 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:26.159 I hope I'm doing a good job. 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:31.919 Hallelujah. 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.159 Ephesians chapter two. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.519 Yeah, verse 14. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.159 Look at this. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.320 For he himself is our peace. 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.120 He's talking about Jesus. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:51.759 If you read the verse before this, can you go to the 13? 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.720 If you can go to verse 13, we'll be very grateful. 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:06.879 But now, in Christ Jesus, who but now in Christ Jesus, you who previously were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.000 So he's talking about Jesus. 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.840 And then he says in the next verse that Jesus is our peace. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.039 Can you show it to us? 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.120 Verse 14. 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.879 He is our peace. 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.360 Tell neighbor, he is our peace. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.519 For he himself is our peace. 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.799 So our peace is not a state only. 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:30.240 Our peace is first of all a person, and his name is Jesus Christ. 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:34.240 The more we embrace him, the more peace we enjoy. 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:39.200 The more we find about out about him, the more peace we enjoy. 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.039 He is our peace. 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.320 Hallelujah. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.559 John chapter 16, verse 33. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.159 Jesus is our peace. 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.720 Jesus said, These things have I spoken to you, so that in me you may have peace. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.519 In the world you have tribulation, but take courage. 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:55.440 I have overcome the world. 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:57.759 Our peace says he has overcome the world. 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.799 What's your problem? 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:01.519 There's no need to be in problem. 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.160 He has overcome all things for us. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.599 Now, the more you accept what Jesus is saying, how do we know Jesus? 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.160 By accepting what he's saying. 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:20.160 He has really overcome the world, including all the problems you may be going through, all the challenges you may be going through, all the limitations you may be seeing. 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.920 He says he has overcome them for us. 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.759 He is our peace. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.200 Hallelujah. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.640 Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, if you remember. 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:33.200 He's the one, he's the one who takes, he's the officiator of peace. 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.839 He's the distributor of peace because our peace. 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.519 Peace is not sold in any supermarket. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.480 I'm not sure you've seen. 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:41.519 Have you ever been to Target and asked for peace? 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:44.240 Target doesn't sell peace. 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.000 Which other shop do you know? 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.279 Walmart, Trader Joe doesn't sell peace. 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:55.920 Jesus is a Prince of Peace. 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.039 He's the one who gives peace because he's our peace. 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.079 Hallelujah. 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:03.119 And the more you embrace him, the more peace you enjoy. 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.720 John chapter 14, verse 27. 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.920 I want to give you as many verses as possible. 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.200 Oh, it's a good day. 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.319 It's raining. 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.160 Jesus said, Peace I live with you. 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:18.400 My peace I give you. 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.720 Not as the world gives, do I give to you. 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:24.640 You know, the world gives peace, it's in short supply. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.039 When there's money, then you enjoy some peace. 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:28.720 When there's health, then you enjoy some peace. 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:31.920 When there's uh when things are going well, you are you are happy. 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:35.759 But Jesus gives peace that the world does not give. 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.880 The peace he gives is forever. 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:47.599 It's a constant state of tranquility, a constant state of joy, of stability that the world can never understand. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.240 You may be going through a very difficult time, but then you are okay, you're just cool. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.119 And people wonder how come you are you are you are okay? 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:57.279 How come you are not losing your mind over these things? 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.640 It's because your peace is a person, his name is Jesus. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:03.200 The more you embrace him, the more peace you enjoy. 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:10.240 I see you walking in peace more and more as you embrace our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ every single day through the scriptures. 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.440 Hallelujah. 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.759 Then the next point I have is that Jesus is our joy. 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:18.160 Can you imagine our joy is also a person? 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:20.319 These are things that are not sold. 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:22.000 You can't buy them. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:25.359 No matter how much money you have, you can't buy joy. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.680 No matter how much money you have, you can't buy peace. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:30.880 No matter how poor you are you are, you can't buy joy or peace. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:34.960 Jesus is our peace, and Jesus is our joy. 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:37.279 Hebrews chapter 1, verse 9. 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.680 Hebrews 1 9. 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:44.720 The Bible says that you have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:48.079 This is a testimony, a prophecy concerning Jesus. 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.880 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:57.039 Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions. 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:05.279 Jesus was the happiest, most excited person in the whole universe because of his consciousness of who his father was. 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.480 He didn't allow anything in life to be a problem. 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:16.640 You know, sometimes when you when we watch some of these movies, Jesus movies, you see a very quiet, very composed Christ. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.880 You know, my peace I live with you. 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.759 Peace be upon you. 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.079 That's that's that's the picture we get. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:30.799 But Jesus was a very excited guy, he was a very bubbly guy. 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:34.319 He was all over the place, he was full of joy. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:40.160 Jesus kept eating and drinking everywhere, to the point that they said, How come you are not fasting? 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.079 Jesus was a very excited guy. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:44.480 No matter what happened, he was excited. 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:56.559 He was so excited and so much in peace to the point that even at the cross, you know, there's there's this movie um of a Chinese movie of a of a guy who was crucified. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:59.200 Okay, this guy was crucified. 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:04.319 And when they crucified him, the people around started mocking him, just like Jesus. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.559 So I call him the Chinese Jesus. 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:10.400 They were mocking him, you know, saying all kinds of things to him. 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:15.839 Then he got angry on the cross and came down the cross and beat everyone. 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:21.200 He beat every single one of them, killed every one of them, and then went back to the cross and died. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.400 That is certainly not the Jesus we know. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:35.599 Our Lord and Savior Jesus was in so much peace and so much joy that at the cross he was able to forgive. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.759 Yeah, he was able to forgive. 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.599 He said, Father, forgive them. 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:46.720 It takes being in a certain state of tranquility and joy for you to forgive. 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:53.839 The more you embrace Jesus, the more you enjoy that particular state of joy and peace. 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.680 You can forgive easily. 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.839 You don't hold on to things for 70 years or 25 years or 50 years. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.440 Years or five years or five days and keep reminding people. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.200 Do you remember what you did five years ago? 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.359 You did the same thing five years ago. 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.359 That is why I stopped talking to you. 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.640 Now you're doing it again. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.440 That's the end. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.599 This is your this was your last, this was the last straw. 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.680 This is what was going to break the candles back. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.720 You are done. 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:20.400 The more you know Jesus, the more forgiving you become. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.920 Hallelujah. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.200 Amen. 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.839 He's our peace and he's our joy. 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.759 Look at John chapter 15, verse 11. 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:34.079 So our joy is a person. 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:40.799 John 15, 11 says, These things have I spoken to you so that my joy, remember, Jesus was the most joyful. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:45.599 He says, He's giving, he's anointed him with the oil of joy above all his fellows. 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:49.519 And Jesus says, The joy I have, I'm also giving to you. 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:55.279 These things have I spoken to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be made full. 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:58.720 Jesus is conscious of the fact that your joy can be low. 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:09.119 So he says, The more, the more you receive from me, the more you get, the more of my joy you receive, and the more your joy is made full. 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.559 Hallelujah. 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:12.319 Praise the Lord. 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.200 Jesus is everything. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.319 Jesus is our life. 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.200 That's the next thing. 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.920 Jesus is our life. 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:22.000 Colossians chapter 3, verse 3. 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.599 Jesus is our life. 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:28.319 The Bible says that for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:35.759 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with glory, with him in glory. 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:42.240 When Christ, when Christ, who is our life, so your life, Jesus is your life. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.519 Can you imagine? 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.640 Your every day. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:51.200 Jesus is your your day, he's your month, he's your week, he's your year, he's everything. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:59.839 When you read in Colossians chapter 1, verse 15, the Bible talks about how that Jesus Christ was before is before all things, and by him all things were created. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:04.559 And in him all things were created, and through him all things were created, and to him all things were created. 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.160 And all that was done so that he might have the preeminence over all things. 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.599 He might have the first place. 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.519 Jesus has a first place. 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.720 Do you see? 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.160 And Jesus is everything. 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:23.119 When you read in Ephesians, he talks about how that Jesus uh he says we should live, we should stop celebrating new moons and uh Sabbath days and all of those things. 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:28.319 It's for all those things are a shadow, but the reality is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:35.920 That means that our Lord, the the the milk, he talks about milk and bread, which is our daily meal. 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.759 That's what we we use every day. 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:41.039 Then he talks about Sabbaths, that's what we do every week. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.680 Then he talks about the new moon, which is monthly. 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:48.160 Then he talks about what we do once every year, which is every things that we do every year. 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:53.039 And he says that all those things are a shadow, but the reality is Jesus Christ. 00:24:53.119 --> 00:25:06.559 So it means that Jesus Christ is your everyday, Jesus Christ is your every week, Jesus Christ is your every month, Jesus Christ is your every year, he is your life, he is your life. 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:11.599 The more you know him, the more you know about who you are, the more you know yourself. 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.440 Hallelujah. 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:23.039 1 John chapter 4, verse 17 says that as he is, but by this love is perfection with us, so that we may have be we may have confidence in the day of judgment. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:30.400 Because as he is, as Jesus is, so are we, we also are in this world. 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.240 The more you know him, the more you know yourself. 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:53.359 It's been said that man know thyself, but in Christianity, is man know Jesus Christ, because the more you know Jesus Christ, the more you know yourself, the more you know who you are, the more you know what you can do, the more you know what is possible, the more you get to know how how how how much you can do in life. 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:55.920 It's all in him because he's your life. 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.680 When Christ, who is our life, shall be revealed, then shall we also be revealed with him. 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.559 Hallelujah. 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.680 The more you embrace him, the more you find your identity. 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:06.319 Sometimes some people are struggling with the identity. 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.839 Don't know, can I do this? 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.640 I don't know. 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:11.359 I I don't know if I can get to this point in life. 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.880 Jesus is your life. 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:16.319 If Jesus is able to get there, you can also get there. 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.599 Hallelujah. 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.880 Amen. 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:22.720 Jesus is our strength. 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:26.079 Michael was talking about how that the Lord is the strength of our lives. 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.759 Jesus is the is our is our strength. 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:30.559 Our strength is not us, our strength is a person. 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.480 His name is Jesus Christ. 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.519 Psalm. 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.079 Psalm 68, verse 19. 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.119 Psalm 68, verse 19. 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:50.079 Blessed be the Lord who bears our burdens and carries us day by day. 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.799 Even the God who is our salvation. 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:55.359 The God who is our salvation is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.920 Sella. 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.279 Pause and calmly think of that. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:03.440