WEBVTT 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:03.680 Welcome to the Summit Church Podcast. 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:10.080 Thank you for joining us as we share weekly sermons and teachings from Summit Church in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:16.640 Our prayer is that today's message encourages your faith and helps you grow in your relationship with Jesus. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.480 Check out our website at summitchurchtn.com. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.039 Thanks for listening, and we pray this message encourages you today. 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.760 Oh my goodness, today is a good day. 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:39.200 Because I am bringing a word from the Lord from our Wednesday morning intercessors. 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:48.159 I've been carrying in this word in my heart for a couple of weeks, and it's time for it to be released. 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:58.799 This prayer meeting of Wednesday morning intercessors has uh been constant for almost 22 years. 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:04.879 We pray and see God move in this house. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:06.239 Hallelujah. 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:19.040 Not saying all the other prayer meetings that we have here doesn't, but I'm telling you, God does something beautiful and shows us the direction and where he is moving right now. 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:29.200 God's heart is for Summit Church to be a place of his presence, a habitation and a place for encounter. 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:36.079 And I'm going to read Isaiah 61, verses 1 and 2. 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.000 This is what the Lord says. 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:44.079 Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool. 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.560 Where is the house you will build for me? 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:51.359 Where will be my resting place? 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.519 Has not my hand made all these things? 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.239 And so they came into being, declares the Lord. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.599 These are the ones I look on favor. 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:11.599 Those who are humble and contrite in spirit and who tremble at my word. 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:41.199 So he made it clear a few Wednesdays ago, I think it was two, maybe three Wednesdays ago, that he wanted us to make space, to make a place for himself, to be a habitation, a resting place, and continually experience his presence in this house. 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.120 You may be thinking, well, all churches are that way, Pastor. 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.120 They're all that way, but they're not. 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:59.039 There are many places, I grew up in a lot of them, where it's not a habitation for God, it's a habitation for religion. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.159 And so I'm not about that. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:13.680 Ephesians 2 and verse 22 says, in whom ye also were builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:30.400 Something glorious happens when people come together for no other reason than to be in his presence and to hear a word from him. 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:32.639 We come together. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:38.400 We're not here coming together as a social club as so many do. 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:48.960 No, we're here, although I love you all, I think you're wonderful, even you visitors, I owe you a debt, and that's to love you. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.240 Because, see, we're brothers and sisters in the Lord. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.360 Hallelujah. 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:54.879 Glory to God. 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:59.360 So we're not here to please man. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.919 We are here to make a place for his presence. 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:08.479 Glory to God. 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:14.400 David said it this way in Psalms 27, 4 through 6. 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:29.680 The one thing I ask of the Lord, the thing I seek most, is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord's perfection and meditating in his temple. 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.160 For he will conceal me there when trouble comes. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.879 Come on, somebody needs to be shouting about that. 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.319 I will hold my head high above all my enemies. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.160 That is so good. 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:57.680 Hallelujah. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:04:59.759 Who surround me. 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.480 How many of you know that there are forces of darkness surrounding us right now? 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:09.439 And the world is not getting brighter and brighter except in the church. 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:14.800 And we've got to understand we carry the light of God in us. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:18.639 We carry his glory and his presence in us. 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:26.160 But we have to cultivate a place where we can shine with the light of his glory. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:27.279 Come on. 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.319 I'm just talking about the church today. 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.720 I'm not talking about some television show, some movie. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.160 I'm talking about the church of the living God today. 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:47.279 I'm talking about the church that deserves the manifested presence of God in the earth in these last days. 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:48.160 Amen. 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:50.560 Hallelujah. 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:59.759 I'm gonna have to read that part again, for he will conceal me there when trouble comes. 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:06.720 He will hide me in his sanctuary, he will place me out of reach on a high rock. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:12.639 Then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me. 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:21.120 At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices and shouts of joy, singing and praising the Lord with music. 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:31.759 As sons and daughters of God, it's our great honor to make space and a place for his presence. 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:34.399 You see, that's what the church was. 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:44.959 Back in the early days of the church with great persecution going on, they never neglected coming together with other believers. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.839 They would go into the catacombs. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.279 Somebody in here needs to read the book of martyrs. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:10.160 They would go into the catacombs and it would be darkness, and the one who was bringing the word would walk in with a lamp, and it would fill, that was the very presence of God, would fill the place. 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:14.639 They didn't worry about what would happen if they were caught. 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:23.680 They were concerned that if they weren't there, what might happen to the light that was in them? 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.120 Come on, church. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:31.680 You see, he comes and dwells among us and in us. 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:42.240 Oh, hallelujah! So we're saying yes to the desire that has always been in the heart of the Father. 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:50.399 It's not in any other place than his church, his sons and daughters. 00:07:50.639 --> 00:08:00.399 It's not in another church service, it's not in great praise and worship, although that's where we lift him up and glorify and magnify his name. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:11.040 But beloved, it is in us when we make a place, when we say this is going to be no other than a habitation for God. 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:16.000 And when we come together, our light is so strong. 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:18.879 Come on. 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:21.920 Our light is so strong. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:28.480 The glory of God in us is so powerful, it can be seen out there. 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:30.319 Oh, hallelujah. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:35.840 I'm not talking about just any kind of light, I'm talking about the supernatural light of God. 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:43.360 He said, You are no, you are no longer darkness, but you are now light in the Lord. 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.559 Walk as children of light. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.919 Hallelujah. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:49.360 Thank you, Jesus. 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.120 You see, this is holy. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:09:03.440 So what we're saying yes to is to tear down every man-made structure we have established in this house. 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:05.759 Are you hearing me? 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:13.279 To tear down every man-made structure in this house that was a good idea. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:24.080 That was absent the Holy Spirit, that might woo, woo people in and keep them the way they are. 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:37.519 No, we're allowing God to tear down every man-made structure we have established and create his holy habitation. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:39.840 Oh, thank you, Lord. 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:49.200 In doing this, beloved, he will come and bring transformation, which will lead us to transfiguration. 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:57.039 Now, see, that word can sometimes confuse or strike a little bit of fear in the church. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:05.519 I know about transformation, but this transfiguration was only for Jesus Himself. 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.039 But you see, that's not what the word says. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.759 So let's be worried people, shall we? 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:19.440 You see, I'm not, I don't have a desire burning within me to look like church as usual. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:23.279 I don't have that desire in me. 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:29.759 I love you all, and I come to be a part of the light you carry. 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:39.360 I come for us to come together, and when we come together and pray, this region will light up with the very fire and presence of God. 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:41.679 Isn't that the call? 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:49.759 You know, can we revisit the call of God on the church's life to be a light, to establish the kingdom? 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:56.639 The Bible tells us that don't say, where is the kingdom? 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:58.720 The kingdom of God is where? 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:00.480 It's in us. 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.159 Hallelujah. 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:07.039 Is the world seeing the kingdom of God in you? 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:09.120 Hallelujah. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.600 Really great question, Pastor. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.879 So when I say this, it sounds like a lot. 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:18.480 And it is. 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.480 And you may leave here and say, that was a lot. 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:25.519 Out of somebody who is a lot. 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.000 I'm not sure, can I stand a double lot here? 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:36.080 Can I really get into that much? 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:45.279 But I want to tell you, the way the church is living and functioning is far below who we really are. 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.960 As sons and daughters of the living God, we're so much more. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:58.399 I hope to break it down as simply as He spoke it to us. 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:00.320 Now, isn't that wonderful? 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:07.759 I want to break down what God has said as simply as He spoke to us. 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.919 Let me just say this. 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:16.080 I hear a lot of sermons, and after I finish listening to them, I'm going, Lord, what did they just say? 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:22.159 I'm not real sure about what they said. 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.159 It sounded good and they were fiery. 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:25.120 Woo-hoo. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:32.320 But if all you're looking for is fire, it'll burn out quick. 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.279 About the time you get in your car. 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:51.919 But if you're looking for the very presence and passion and fire of God, it will never go out and it will totally transform your life and lead you into living a life of transfiguration. 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:53.120 Hallelujah. 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.639 Glory to God. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:00.320 His presence in our lives brings transformation. 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:07.039 Only the Holy Spirit's presence in our life can bring transformation. 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:12.080 A program will be a good idea. 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.399 Come on, somebody. 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.840 It's been in church a while. 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.679 Come on. 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:26.159 A program is a great idea of your own. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.120 But presence. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:32.559 And listen, I'm not saying that every program is wrong. 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:33.519 I'm not. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:43.200 I'm just saying that 90% of the programs churches come up with are man-driven instead of God ordained. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.480 Beloved, I don't know if you know this, so I'm going to go ahead and break it to you. 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.039 We are living in the last of the last days. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.679 They're not burning and shining with the light of God. 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.960 They're going out. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:21.519 I remember when I was young, Steve and I were young, and we were, uh, our church had a good idea. 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:25.200 Take these tracks, knock on doors. 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:27.279 Steve and I were on a team. 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.240 We were going to knock on doors, had it down. 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.279 You had five points. 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.639 Ding, ding, ding, ding. 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.480 You have five points, and when the door opens, you couldn't remember the first three. 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.000 And so you're going up. 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.200 And I'm looking over at the smart one. 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.720 Got nothing. 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:51.840 So we're we're just, hey, we're here to see if you want to come to our church. 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.080 See, guys, that's no good. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:55.279 That's no good. 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.799 We would actually walk to the door and pray no one would be home. 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:06.320 Now you all are probably thinking, none of you have ever done that before. 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:14.720 I can tell you all are too young to have ever been in a situation where you prayed they wouldn't answer the door. 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:22.799 But I'm telling you, if you're empty and you're shooting blanks, you're praying, they're not coming to the door. 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.639 Come on. 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.919 Anyway. 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:32.799 Then when the spirit came upon us, come on. 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:37.840 I didn't have to have anyone tell me what to do. 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.440 Just point me. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.679 Come on. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.279 Just point me. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:46.000 Just tell me what Ari, what you want. 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:47.679 And it happens all the time. 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.799 It happened all the time. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:50.559 It's still happening all the time. 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.200 Come on. 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.000 But it's in a church that believes the word. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:59.200 It's in a church that is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:06.960 It's in a church that is hungry to see God's kingdom come, his will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.000 Oh, some come on. 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:12.000 Jesus gave us a model prayer. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.159 He did. 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:22.000 And for years we've prayed, Lord, that your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.200 Give us his day. 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.080 Come on. 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:29.279 We run through it, but do you realize that was the heart of Father? 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:36.720 That through his church, heaven would come through us. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:39.919 Oh, somebody's got to get happy in here. 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.960 Come on. 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:54.720 So we're going to talk first about transformation because transfiguration will never happen in your life without first being touched by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:58.159 Look with me at 2 Peter chapter 1. 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:00.799 And I'm going to start reading in verse 3. 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:11.359 Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.160 What? 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.279 Yes. 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.839 Did I read that right? 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.160 Have you read that before? 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.359 Everything. 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:25.599 How many how many people say, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I'm a Christian? 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.759 Let's just bring it down to that. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.559 I'm a Christian. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.519 Hallelujah. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:33.680 If you're not today, oh, we got a plan at the end of the service. 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:38.799 And if you're desperate, you can come on down now. 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:44.960 We'll have one of our one of our prayer servants will tackle you before you get here and start praying for you. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.680 Come on. 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.440 We believe in salvation. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:52.640 We believe in pulling people out of the very mouth of hell. 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.240 So they will be sons and daughters of the living God. 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.200 Oh, come on. 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.319 Hallelujah. 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:14.960 For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing Him who has called us by name and invited us to come to Him through the glorious manifestation of His goodness. 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.720 I want to tell you something. 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:21.440 If anybody ever tells you that God is not good, they're a liar. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.960 The word says He is. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:33.680 Actually, the Bible says goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.920 And I, beloved. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:42.880 And you will dwell in his house, in his presence forever. 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:47.200 See, I don't have to, I'm not waiting on that to happen in heaven. 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.880 That's my reality. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.720 My reality is that I live in the house of the Lord. 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.319 I live in the very presence. 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:56.000 The house is in me. 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:03.359 I come to the house expecting God to move. 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.000 Now you won't ever hear me say this. 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:11.839 I'm not expecting God to come here and show up and show out. 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.440 Now, those of you that know me know I hate that phrase. 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:23.119 Because God never intended to be looked at as a spoilt child. 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:27.279 When children show out, you think, yeah, they're being kids. 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:33.440 When you tell me that God is showing out, I'm telling you, you're blaspheming the name of the Lord. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:39.680 Okay, if that hurts your feelings and that's one of your pet phrases, change it. 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.400 No. 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.240 It's up to you. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.880 Okay. 00:19:43.759 --> 00:20:07.200 As a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises, we can experience partnership with the divine nature by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are in the world. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:09.839 You've escaped those corrupt desires. 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:14.960 You carry within you a divine nature. 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:19.440 Let me talk to these people. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.680 You carry within you a divine nature. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.039 See, I'm gonna talk to him. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:30.079 I'll be back. 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.599 Do you know whose divine nature you carry in you? 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:35.599 Jesus. 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.519 Oh, hallelujah. 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:46.160 We don't have to wonder what Jesus was like, we just have to read the New Testament to find out what he's like. 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.519 Hallelujah. 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:56.960 Funerals became resurrection celebrations when Jesus was around. 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.519 Come on. 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.079 Okay, I'll tell it again. 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.599 Do you know that a testimony is never to be just told one time? 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.279 You just tell it over and over again, especially if the Holy Spirit is telling you to. 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:20.240 I was preaching at a um, I was preaching, was I preaching? 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:22.640 Is that what they call a funeral? 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.799 Who's gonna preach that funeral? 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:26.480 It sounds like Southern, doesn't it? 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:31.200 Okay, well, anyway, my spiritual mother passed away. 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:36.000 And they asked me to come and preach her service, and I did. 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:38.880 Went to the church, it was great, blah, blah, blah. 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:51.759 We got to the graveside service, and one of the sons came up and said, Can we turn this into a healing service? 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.079 I said, Excuse me. 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:58.640 Now, no one had ever asked me right there where the casket was. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:09.680 And friends, he said, we got a family member that has cancer, and we're believing for them to be healed. 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.480 Can we pray that they get healed? 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.359 Sure. 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:22.480 So I got up and I wanted to start out with something awesome and very powerful. 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:27.759 And I said something like this: we're gonna have a healing service today. 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:33.039 I didn't mean to lead with that, but it happened, okay? 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:40.319 You know when the Holy Spirit's leading things, you'll say things you think that was undignified. 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.039 Okay. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:46.480 God doesn't care about your dignity, he cares about his honor. 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.880 So we started praying. 00:22:50.960 --> 00:23:04.640 This woman, I've got cancer, and so we started praying, believing for God, and then another one had something, and another one had something, and it turns into a shouting, praising, healing service right there over a coffin. 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:10.960 And I could hear Miss Louise going, Glory to God, glory to God. 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:28.960 She said to me when I was a youth pastor, she and her husband would say, they would talk to me all the time, and they would lean over and they would say, Honey, all you need is the Holy Ghost. 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:35.759 You know in the Bible where they said I didn't know there was a Holy Ghost. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.880 That was my experience. 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:45.279 I had read about the Holy Spirit, but you see, I hadn't experienced the Holy Spirit. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:50.240 So when I did, it changed everything. 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.799 Okay? 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:56.160 I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation. 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.839 I want you all to know something. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:00.000 I'm not afraid of the Holy Spirit. 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:03.359 I lived without the Holy Spirit for a long time in my life. 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:06.799 And if you think I'm gonna shut up about him now, you're wrong. 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:17.839 Because I saw someone who didn't have any power then be able to talk, to pray, to speak to people, to minister to people in power. 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:21.359 Not my power, the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.079 Come on. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.240 That's what we're talking about today. 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:26.160 You're not just empty. 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:28.400 Don't say, I just feel so empty. 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.759 Don't ever say that. 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.680 I just feel so empty. 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.200 You are never empty. 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.400 The world is empty, but you are never empty. 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:38.640 Your emotions may be fooling you. 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:44.160 The devil may be lying to you, but I want you to know you are filled with him. 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:47.599 You are filled with his presence. 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.119 Oh, glory to God. 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:52.559 So let me see if I can find my place. 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:58.559 So devote yourself to lavishly supplementing your faith with goodness. 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:01.359 And to goodness add understanding. 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:05.200 And to understanding, add the strength of self-control. 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:08.559 And to self-control, add patient endurance. 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.440 And to patient endurance, add godliness. 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:22.480 And to godliness, add mercy toward your brothers and sisters, and to mercy toward others, add unending love. 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.599 Are you wait a minute? 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.079 Let me see if you heard that one, okay? 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:38.960 You know, you can brag about having all those others, but it's a telltale sign of who you're carrying if you're absent of unending love. 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:41.119 Oh, come on. 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:59.920 Since these virtues are already planted deep within and you possess them in abundant supply, they will keep you from being inactive or fruitless in your pursuit of knowing Jesus Christ more intimately. 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:13.200 But if anyone lacks these things, he is blind, constantly closing his eyes to the mysteries of our faith and forgetting his innocence. 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:17.359 For his past sins have been washed away. 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.799 Oh, somebody shout about that. 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.640 You're not who you used to be. 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.480 Now, let me tell you something. 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:31.839 I love people that God pulled out of the pit. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.359 Because they're not like church people. 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.640 You know how church people are? 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.160 Oh, hallelujah. 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.839 Oh, yes. 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:45.359 I remember the day I was saved walking down the aisle. 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:47.359 What'd you do yesterday for the Lord? 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.880 Hallelujah. 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.680 Let me tell you something. 00:26:52.240 --> 00:27:00.480 When you've been pulled out of the pit, when you were so far down, you didn't know if anyone could hear your cry. 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:07.839 But when you cried to the Lord, he reached down and pulled you out and he washed you. 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.039 Do y'all hear me? 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.799 He washed you. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.720 He washed you clean. 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.799 He washed you forever clean. 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:17.759 You, you, he washed you forever. 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.599 Oh, come on. 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.880 Hallelujah. 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:33.519 You see, if we're just trying to maintain something, we're never going to shine with the light of his glory. 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:42.480 If you're constantly working on your salvation instead of living it, instead of walking it out. 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.119 Come on, instead of walking it out. 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:52.559 I heard all my life I had to worry about losing what God had given me and that it would be taken. 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:55.119 Let me tell you something, the devil can't have none of my stuff. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.279 And what in the world is he going to do with my salvation? 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:02.000 Because he's not saved. 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:03.519 And he's not getting there. 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:06.880 Listen, I don't have to give you mine, he's given it all. 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.480 Hallelujah. 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.039 Okay. 00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:20.000 When you were saved, you came into union with Jesus. 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:25.359 One with Jesus. 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.720 That's good news. 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:28.480 Y'all ought to be happy about that. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:33.680 When you were saved, you came into union with Jesus. 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:37.839 You became a son or a daughter of God. 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.839 Hallelujah. 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.599 Thank you, Lord. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:51.359 All that He has became available to you as sons and daughters of God. 00:28:52.640 --> 00:29:03.680 Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.160 Somebody's going to get that about six o'clock tonight. 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.240 Whoa. 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:14.240 Whoa! Did I hear right? 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.200 Whoa. 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:18.960 I'll call a religious friend and see if it's right. 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.119 Listen to this. 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:27.680 Romans 12 and verse 2 says, don't copy the behavior and customs of this world. 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:35.839 But let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:44.960 Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.400 Oh, hallelujah. 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:48.960 God wants to change your mind about you. 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:59.279 When I got filled with the Holy Spirit, I'm saying that to be polite. 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:01.279 Now I'm gonna say it to Pentecostals. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:17.119 When I got filled with the Holy Ghost, I always like saying that because my Pentecostal friends, I'd be around them and changed everything. 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.839 Changed everything in my life. 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:23.599 The word came alive. 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:28.960 His presence became tangible. 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:31.039 Come on, church. 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.400 His presence became tangible to me. 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.160 Was he always there? 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.119 Yes, he was. 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.720 Yes, he was. 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:52.559 See, you can get in your car and drive down the street, and you can visit with some pastors that are and some churches that are of Baptist persuasion and that don't quite believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.400 Some do, but not all. 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:57.759 And they might disagree, but I want to tell you something. 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.680 I remember before and after. 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:03.200 Anybody in here remember before and after? 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.720 Glory to God. 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.000 Hallelujah. 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.720 Talk about transformation. 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:20.160 You see, he wants to use us to impact the world. 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:45.519 You see, when we allow God to start the process of transformation in our lives, what he does is begin to dismantle every worldly stronghold in your life. 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:57.599 And your response to the demonic deceptions and temptations that are surrounding you and in the world will begin to diminish. 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.720 Wait a minute. 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:08.240 That power doesn't have a hold on me. 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:13.279 Now let me tell you when the power does have a hold on you, when you don't know who you are. 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:17.599 When you don't know that transformation is available for you. 00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:21.200 Transformation is for the church. 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.799 Which one's in the church? 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.319 All of the church. 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:34.640 You see, when we make this a habitation, you will also become a habitation. 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:37.200 Hallelujah. 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:44.160 And what that is, is a temple for his glory. 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:49.920 For his glory. 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.359 Hallelujah. 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.839 Glory to God. 00:32:55.279 --> 00:33:01.759 You see, that's always been the heart of the Father, that we become a dwelling place for his presence. 00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:07.920 Romans 8 and 14 says, for all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.559 Isn't that good? 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:20.799 If you're led by the Spirit in heaven and on earth, you are known as a son or a daughter of God. 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.599 Hallelujah. 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:28.319 Completely transformed by his presence and power. 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:37.759 We were created to live in the awareness of his presence with us and in us. 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:54.000 In Genesis, see, God started at the beginning by telling us that we were created in his image. 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.279 That's a reality. 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:05.279 But the Bible says that through Adam all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:15.920 We lived in a state of fallen, falling short of the glory. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:28.079 But Jesus, the captain of our salvation, came to bring many sons and daughters to glory. 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.119 That's good news, people. 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:33.440 Y'all ought to be shouting about that. 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:39.280 He came and he brought us, he captured, he got us away, he paid the price. 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:43.280 Devil had no hold on us any longer. 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:50.000 Jesus said, I break that hold, and now I'll get my sons and daughters back. 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.440 Oh, hallelujah. 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.039 Thank you, Jesus. 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.639 Glory to God. 00:34:55.119 --> 00:35:01.920 Which leads us to the good news of the reality of transfiguration. 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:08.880 Matthew 17 and verse 2 says, Then Jesus appeared. 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:13.440 Then Jesus' appearance was dramatically altered. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:18.800 A radiant light as bright as the sun poured from his face. 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:21.679 And his clothing became luminous. 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.280 How do you say that? 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.480 Luminescent? 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:28.000 Luminescent, praise the Lord. 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:35.679 Dazzling like lightning, he was transfigured their very eyes. 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:40.559 Transfiguration is not just changed. 00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.119 Change. 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.320 It's not like transformation. 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:53.679 When transformation happens, then his glory will be revealed in you. 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:56.480 Oh, it's such good news. 00:35:56.800 --> 00:36:02.159 Jesus modeled this by living in obedience to the Father. 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.840 A transformed lifestyle. 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:08.800 A transformed lifestyle. 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:14.079 You see, there can never be glory revealed without surrender. 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:20.400 You must surrender your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:23.119 God, if it's not you, I don't want it. 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:31.280 Problem is, we are mesmerized by what we know we shouldn't have. 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:41.039 But our appetites are still being fed by the devil. 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:44.159 Yeah, I used his name. 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:49.280 I'm not afraid to tell you you have a number one enemy. 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:54.320 And if you don't know who you are, you walk around with a target on your back. 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:58.400 Listen, I've told this to you all many times. 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:04.960 If the devil comes to my house and wakes me up at the middle of the night and starts accusing me, I get up out of bed. 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:07.280 I don't lay there, I get out of bed. 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.679 There's some work that's to be done. 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.920 I have an interloper in my house. 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:14.639 I don't know how he got in there, but he'd stay. 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:29.519 How many times do you have to do that, Pastor, before he leaves? 00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:33.519 All I've ever counted is to one. 00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:41.599 When you know who you are, come on, somebody. 00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:47.920 When you know who you are, he has no power over your life. 00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.159 Oh, hallelujah. 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.559 Praise the name of the Lord. 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:57.039 Glory to God. 00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:03.920 Transformation prepares us to see and carry the glory of God. 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.519 Listen to this scripture. 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:09.840 That day in prayer, God gave us this scripture. 00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.639 2 Corinthians 3, 18. 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:23.280 We can all draw close, draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:33.599 And with no veil, we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:38.159 We are being transfigured into his very image. 00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:50.079 As we move from one brighter level of glory to another, and this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord who is spirit. 00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:03.039 And then transfiguration, the glory revealed through his church. 00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.559 Oh, come on. 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:08.480 Second Corinthians 4 and 1 says this. 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:19.519 Now it's because of God's mercy that we have been entrusted with the privilege of this new covenant ministry. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:24.000 And we will not quit or faint with weariness. 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:31.840 God's glory comes and is seen through his church. 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.519 Hallelujah. 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:38.719 Problem is, people stop before transformation. 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:41.360 They get saved. 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:44.239 Woo woo! I got saved. 00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.360 Praise the Lord. 00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.480 Oh, praise the Lord. 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:48.159 People's family starts crying. 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.599 I didn't think they'd ever get saved. 00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.559 This is wonderful. 00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:53.039 People are just crying, and it's just, oh, it's wonderful. 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.920 They got saved. 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:57.039 And they camp on the day you got saved. 00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:08.400 Instead of last week when you walked into a store and the glory of God was so revealed on you, people began to say, I don't know what you have, but I want it. 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:12.480 Have you ever had anybody say that to you? 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:16.159 I don't know what it is you have, but I want it. 00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:20.480 I've gone to church all my life and they didn't give me that. 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:24.320 What you have is not in church. 00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:29.599 It's from God Himself. 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:33.599 And you see, He always wanted us to have it. 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:38.800 He said, I'll change you from glory to glory to glory. 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:45.280 And you see, it's like this from glory to glory to glory to glory to glory. 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:48.880 And one day, one day, I'll just walk on in. 00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:57.760 It always amazes me when people talk about being afraid of death. 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:00.800 Let me introduce you to Jesus. 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:05.360 Let me introduce you to the Christian life. 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:07.119 Let me tell you. 00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:11.599 He said we're going to rule and reign with him. 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:23.360 I'm not going to get a set of angel wings because I was made in his image. 00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:27.519 To carry the glory of God. 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:37.599 I wasn't meant to come down here at Christmas time and get my wings. 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:44.400 You know what always amazed me about that story? 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:51.039 What angel would want to leave a place like that to come to a place like this? 00:41:52.639 --> 00:42:01.280 And yet, and yet, God says that He has sent us ministering angels. 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:05.039 Every one of us, do you realize it where you're sitting right now? 00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:07.599 Right next to you is your ministering angel? 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.480 Okay, now you're getting a little sci-fi here. 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:12.480 You're getting a little crazy here. 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.599 No, no. 00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:27.119 Do you know that in Psalms 103 it says that angels, my angel, hearkens to the voice of the word. 00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:29.199 Who's going to be speaking the word? 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.639 We are. 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:37.119 Angels hearken to the voice of the word and go and do. 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.199 Go and do what God says, what his word says. 00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:42.239 Hallelujah. 00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.760 Thank you, Lord. 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:50.960 God's glory becomes visible on you. 00:42:53.039 --> 00:43:04.320 Colossians 1 and verse 27 says, for God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you, Gentiles too. 00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:06.719 And this is the secret. 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:09.039 Christ lives in you. 00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:15.280 This gives you assurance of sharing his glory. 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:22.639 It gives you the assurance, Christ in me, the hope of glory. 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:27.840 You see, it's not when it says Christ in you, the hope of glory. 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.960 It's not like this. 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:30.559 Well, I hope so. 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:33.280 Well, I hope God's gonna bless me. 00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.840 I just hope. 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.639 Let me tell you something. 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:36.639 You've got a wrong understanding of hope. 00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:38.960 Hope means white hot expectancy. 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:41.599 Hope means what God says will be mine. 00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.880 I'm expecting it. 00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:44.480 Hey, there it comes. 00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.400 Come on. 00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.840 Hallelujah. 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:50.000 Every come on every day. 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:51.360 Every day. 00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:56.159 Well, I use three of my days up in a row. 00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.599 I hope somebody around me has got some more days. 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.480 Come on. 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.519 That's the way we think. 00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:03.519 We we act as if we're running out. 00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.719 We run out of the glory. 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.480 Beloved, you'll never run out of the glory. 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:09.760 You'll go from glory to glory to glory until you're up there with Him. 00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:14.000 And then there'll be a time we'll come back here and we won't have to open doors. 00:44:14.239 --> 00:44:14.960 Yeah, that's right. 00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.800 We'll walk through them. 00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.400 Hallelujah. 00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:20.400 We'll be like Jesus was. 00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:28.159 Jesus never said, knocked on the door, I wish they'd hurry up and come, because when he came back, he just walked through the door. 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.039 Whoa. 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.239 Can you imagine? 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:32.800 First time you've seen somebody walk through the door? 00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.599 Whoa. 00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:35.199 That's pretty awesome. 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:35.760 Okay. 00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.920 I'm stretching you all. 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:41.519 Some of you all have been in regular church too long. 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:50.800 You see, I'm not just talking about visible to the church. 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:53.760 I'm talking about visible to the world. 00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:00.880 You see, beloved, you become what you behold. 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.840 That's right. 00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:08.079 If you're beholding trash, I'll leave it at alone. 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:13.199 But if you're beholding the face of Christ, oh come on. 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:23.599 For too long, their church has only pursued behavioral change in believers. 00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:28.159 Church acts like it's a 12-step program. 00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:38.960 After we get saved, here, let me give now you you go over those, you check them, and you'll have meetings where you can get up and talk about how you've fallen. 00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:42.079 I don't want to hear about how you've fallen. 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:43.679 I want to hear that you repented. 00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:47.679 It's as simple as that. 00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.719 Come on. 00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:50.320 Hallelujah. 00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:53.599 You see, this isn't scriptural. 00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:58.960 Behavior modification works on very few, if any. 00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:08.480 When we're transformed by the living Christ, we become like him. 00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:18.239 Then and only then can his glory be revealed in us through us. 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.599 Oh come on. 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:26.800 It's not a good sermon or good worship or gathering with fixed people. 00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:29.199 Did y'all hear that? 00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:35.119 Nothing sadder than a gathering of fixed people. 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:39.920 All we all look alike. 00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:41.199 Everything's good. 00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:46.480 There's no danger of anybody that smells bad coming, defauling my space. 00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.519 Come on. 00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:53.119 Fixed people. 00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:56.400 What church do you go to? 00:46:56.559 --> 00:47:09.679 Well, I go down to the first Baptist Church of Fixed People, or the First Methodist Church of Fixed People, or how about this one, the first Pentecostal church of fixed people. 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:13.840 The first charismatic church of fixed people. 00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:18.960 How about I spent time in his presence this morning? 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:23.679 And I'm looking for somebody who's going to have an encounter with Jesus. 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:30.800 Because the glory that I carry is going to be revealed, and they're going to be hungry for him and only him. 00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:35.119 Listen, I'm not talking about you looking great. 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:36.960 You know what I'm talking about? 00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:39.519 Christ in you being revealed. 00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:42.159 His glory in you being revealed. 00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:53.280 His goodness, his mercy, his grace, his, get this one, his love being revealed through you, the Church of the Living God. 00:47:53.760 --> 00:48:01.679 Oh see, this is what Jesus came to establish a holy habitation. 00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:05.280 That can only come through sons and daughters of God. 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:07.280 Listen to this. 00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:20.320 But as many as received him to them, he gave power to become sons of God. 00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:33.519 Even to them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:38.639 That's qualification. 00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:41.920 The qualification to be a carrier. 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:48.239 I'm a carrier of the Holy Ghost. 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:54.079 I'm a representative of the kingdom. 00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:59.840 I have been transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:02.000 I'm just talking about who you are now. 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:03.920 I'm not up here bragging about me. 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:05.920 I'm up here bragging about the church. 00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:16.400 I'm a walking transfiguration of God Himself. 00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:18.480 That's who we are. 00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:22.000 Hallelujah.