WEBVTT 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:04.080 First of all, we'd like to uh apologize for the heat. 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.599 I think someone forgot to turn the unit on early. 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.599 We're here today. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:12.880 I'm not going to tell on Sister Tower. 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:14.400 You can call her name. 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:16.640 We all make mistakes. 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.359 The Bible teaches us when uh one morning we all we all mourn. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.239 Are you mourning? 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:24.640 It's hot enough to mourn, isn't it? 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:37.039 But nevertheless, it's a bit temporary inconvenience, but we're glad to be here and to actually know that we're able to actually sing forth his praise. 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:41.439 And of course, that's not something we just do with our mouth, though it includes that. 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:49.520 I think he said one place in the uh book of Revelation that it's about the overcomers, how they're able to actually sing uh a song. 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:54.320 And that's not with a melody, and that's not uh that's not making with lyrics. 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:58.240 Uh that's the overcomers, they're able to actually sing the song of Moses. 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:04.560 And of course, the song of Moses is actually being able to live forth the truth of the Old Testament. 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.719 And they're able to sing also the song of the Lamb, and that's the New Testament. 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:11.840 And so there's three songs in the book of Revelation. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:13.120 You ever know that you know that? 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:23.120 There's the Song of Moses, which is the truth of the Old Testament, there is the Song of the Lamb, which is the teaching of Jesus Christ, and then there is a new song. 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:30.239 And of course, the new song is the song of the overcomers, uh, that is those that's actually been redeemed. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.120 As we read about that in the 14th chapter of the book of Revelation. 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:39.200 And so we come together in the good uh good spirit of God that we may learn those songs. 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:41.680 Uh, we may be part of an angelic host. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:51.200 And that's not talking about uh that is those angels that were spoken into uh existence, but talking about the sons of God that actually was made manifested. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:02:00.159 I think the Bible said, What love, behold, what love hath what manner of love, I'm sorry, have the Father bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:09.360 It said it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear, we shall see him, for we shall be like he is, or like him. 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.639 And so this is a reformation, this is a transformation. 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:18.240 Or this is a conformity, not to the world, but a transformation. 00:02:18.479 --> 00:02:20.400 That is by the renewing of our mind. 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:21.840 How we renew our minds. 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.479 You know, whatever you feed your mind is what you become. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.639 If you feed, if I feed my mind negativity, then I become a negative person. 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:33.680 If I feed my mind possibilities, then I become a very optimistic person. 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.360 If I feed my mind criticism, then I become a scorner. 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:44.639 Uh and thank God if I feed myself the good word of God, then it helps me to become a new creature in Christ Jesus. 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:46.159 So it's good to be here tonight. 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:51.280 It's good to actually have an opportunity that's been set aside to learn the good word of God. 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.960 I think he says in Proverbs, with all of you getting, get understanding. 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:56.960 But wisdom is the what? 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:58.400 It's the principal thing. 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:04.319 And wisdom, unfortunately, unfortunately, is the last thing we gather. 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:06.800 The first thing we gather is just facts. 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.479 The Bible calls that knowledge. 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:14.240 And then, of course, once we get a comprehension, not just a letter of knowledge, then it's what the Bible calls understanding. 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:27.680 We're able to squeeze or extract uh the truth out of the knowledge to actually be able to separate and separate uh the wheat from the shadow and understand what makes that knowledge a fact, what makes a truth, then that's understanding. 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:36.879 And then, of course, uh, to get knowledge, you get understanding, and then of course, what the Bible says, he that uses knowledge and understanding are right, or that is correctly, is wise. 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.360 And so wisdom is just proper application. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.560 That's what wisdom is. 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:46.400 It's proper application or implementation of both knowledge and understanding. 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:48.960 When we walk in it, that is wisdom. 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.319 And of course, wisdom is personified in Jesus Christ. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.360 That's what he was called. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.919 He was wisdom, he was the wisdom of God walking in shoe leather. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:58.960 That's what he was. 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.680 He was the knowledge of God, walking in shoe leather. 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:06.639 He was the one that actually manifested, and no man, let me say that again. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:15.120 No man prior to the birth, uh prior to the life, uh, that is of Jesus Christ ever had the seven spirits of God. 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:16.079 No man. 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:23.439 Uh there was great men in the Bible who had attributes that was likened unto Christ, a liken unto God, but they only had them in a measure. 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:24.560 No man had the seven. 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.720 The word seven in the Bible is a number of what? 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:29.519 Completion or perfection. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:36.480 And there was no man had all seven spirits, for had he had the seven spirits of God, uh then of course he would have been made in the image of God. 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:37.920 He would have been in a replica. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.360 And the Bible says that Jesus was the express image of his father. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:45.040 He is the one that actually had those seven great spirits. 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:54.160 I know we're not uh uh that's not the subject tonight, and we're gonna actually get into the book of Revelation, but I was just thinking how important it is that we do have knowledge and understanding. 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:58.879 We're trying to, as we're in this dressing chamber, we're trying to be clothed with righteousness. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.439 And I think he says, uh, let's go to that a little bit. 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.399 That's just in my mind. 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.360 In the book of Revelation, if you'll bear with me just a second here. 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:12.560 And uh here's Jesus Christ as a first fruit, as an individual, he manifested. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.480 He that is, he manifested uh those seven great spirits. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.959 Um and then, of course, there was a New Testament church that came out on the day of Pentecost. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.839 It manifested those seven great spirits. 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:30.800 And then again, we can see uh all of those bride members, they actually manifested the seven great spirits of God. 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.079 Let's go, if we will. 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:34.879 Uh Revelation chapter 4. 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:38.160 I think we could actually talk about it, but I don't want to get too too far out in it. 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:39.920 Take too much time. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:47.040 But here in this book, and I won't read it all for the sake of time, uh, here's John on the great Isle of Patamus. 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:51.600 He was the last of the living apostles that actually walked with Jesus. 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:56.560 He said, Whom we've seen with our eyes, whom our hands have handled, whom we have heard. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.639 Uh that is, he was the word of life. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:02.160 And so all the apostles had actually been put to death, they had been martyred. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.720 Uh then he was the last of those great men. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.959 He was the last light on that sevenfold candlestick that was actually lit. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:14.079 And as he put him on the Isle of Padomas in his great years, I think he was in his upper years of 90s. 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.839 Uh that is looking for this man to be uh devoured by wild beasts. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:26.800 The Lord actually touched him there, touched his mind, and began to reveal to him the things that were, the things that had been, and the things that was yet to come. 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:30.000 Uh that is, gave him a divine revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:37.439 And uh then as he began, uh that is in this uh fourth chapter, he began to actually begin to record the things that he seen. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.279 I think he says in the first chapter how he was actually in the spirit on the Lord's day. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:48.639 The Lord had actually put him, uh, that is at the millennium, at the end of the seventh, I'm sorry, the end of the uh thousand years, and he was actually looking back. 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:52.959 And then he began to see that was a great, the door was actually open in heaven. 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:54.480 And he actually began to see. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:56.399 When that door was open, that was a throne. 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.759 And it didn't tell you his name here, but it tells you in the name chapter who he was. 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:06.480 He said that was one that actually sat upon the throne, whose look upon was as per Jasper, uh as a side on stone. 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.439 And brother, in his hand, brother Michael, that was a little book. 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.319 And that book was written within and on the backside. 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.480 It was sealed with seven great seals. 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.480 And of course, John, he wanted to know what that book meant and what was in it. 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.199 But the Bible said there was no man that was worthy. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.399 Uh, that is to loose the seals of that book and look upon it. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:31.600 There was no man in heaven, that is, any religious setting was had had the ability to actually loose those seven seals and look on that book. 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:38.160 There was no man in the earth, and there was no man out of the earth, that is on the end of the earthly institution of man, your higher school of learning. 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.399 Today, I guess we will call them Yale University. 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:44.160 We'll call them Ivory League Schools, but brother, they weren't worthy to loose the book. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.759 As John began to weep, he heard a voice say, Weep not, John. 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.120 He said, For the line of the tribe of Judah, he has prevailed. 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.240 Thank God to loose the seal and look on the book. 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.079 And as he began to loose those seals, uh, brother, something began to happen. 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.319 Uh first of all, let's go to this. 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:01.439 I don't go too far out. 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:02.639 And look at verse 5. 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:03.600 I shouldn't hop over this. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.519 This is where I'm really trying to get to. 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:20.959 Uh matter of fact, verse 2 He said, In the meeting, I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one, it doesn't tell you his name here, but in chapter 9 and chapter 7, verse 10, it tells you who he was. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:22.240 One set upon the throne. 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:23.360 Well, that's God the Father. 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:27.439 And he that set was to look upon as a jasper and a sidon stone. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.519 That's talking about God the Father. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:30.879 And look at verse 5. 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.279 And out of the throne proceeded what? 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:35.440 Lightnings and what? 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:36.159 Thunders. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:40.320 And we know lightness is revelations, that's flashes, and then we know with thunder, that's the voice of God. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:41.440 He said, and voices. 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.320 And then there's what I was trying to emphasize a little bit. 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:45.519 And there was what? 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:49.919 Seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the what? 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.080 Say it again, which are the what? 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:53.679 Seven spirits of God. 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:59.759 Well, that's making reference to his great attributes, those seven great attributes of God the Father. 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:01.279 The seven spirits of God. 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:04.559 And no man, as I said earlier, had those seven spirits. 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.120 No man had those seven spirits but Jesus Christ. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.399 There was a man who had great uh likings of different ones. 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:11.600 That was who was that? 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:12.480 Let's take Solomon. 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:14.480 He was the wisest man to ever live. 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:15.919 So he had the spirit of wisdom. 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:27.759 And then the Bible talks about uh uh Daniel, how he was a man of excellent spirit, he had great understanding, he had an attribute, but no man had the seven spirits of God except for Jesus Christ. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:38.080 I think in uh what is that, Isaiah chapter 11, just to get a touch of this, because this is the manifestation of that great church that came out some 2,000 years ago. 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.200 Thank God that church had the spirit of Jesus Christ. 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.399 It wasn't a single spirit, but it was seven distinct attributes that made up his character. 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.720 Let's look at chapter 11, verse 1. 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:56.639 Are you there with me? 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:14.960 Are you there with me? 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:17.759 Isaiah 11 and 1, are we there? 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:20.399 Okay, let's read together. 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:23.279 And there shall come forth a what? 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:24.960 Oh, come on, I can't hear everyone. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:25.919 Let's read it again. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.080 And there shall come forth a what? 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.279 Out of the a stem of jest. 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:32.480 What's a rod? 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:34.000 What was that making reference to? 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.559 Of course, that's actually talking about Jesus Christ. 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:40.399 A rod in the Bible denotes the word of God in and of itself. 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.679 You remember how that Moses put down his rod and it became a serpent? 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:44.559 Do you remember that? 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:50.480 And how the Spirit of God told him to take that rod by the tail and became, I mean, take that serpent by his tail and became a rod again. 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:55.759 That's just showing you when you put down the word of God, that's exactly what you created, a serpent environment. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:57.600 Uh brother, somebody's gonna get hurt. 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:02.559 Uh, but then again, you can begin to see how uh David made that statement in Psalms 23. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:03.759 He said, Thy what? 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:06.000 Rod and thy staff shall what? 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:07.120 It shall come from me. 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.039 In uh Revelation chapter 11. 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.799 Uh there was a voice that actually told John to rise, measure the temple. 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.519 He said that was uh in the altar, them that worship therein. 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.639 He said, it was given him a reed like unto a what? 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:19.360 A rod. 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:20.639 That's the word of God. 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.639 And so here we say, there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.159 Jesse was a natural man. 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:27.919 That was David's father. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.000 He said, and a branch, get this verse. 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.200 It's a wonderful verse. 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:35.919 There shall come forth a rod that's really talking about Jesus Christ out of the stem of Jesse. 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:39.200 That's his legacy, that's his natural posterity. 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:42.159 Remember how the Bible said that Jesus was called the what? 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.200 Son of David. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.799 He came down through that lintage. 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:49.600 Then he says, and uh a branch, a branch shall grow out of his roots. 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:50.000 What his? 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:50.879 That's the rod. 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:51.840 What's the branch? 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:53.840 That branch is the New Testament church. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.720 It came out of the rod that came out of the stem of Jesse. 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:59.600 That the church itself came out of Jesus Christ. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:05.200 He was the one, thank God, brother, that was actually put to sleep on the cross, and out of his side came a wife. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.960 Remember how Adam, that is, God said it wasn't good for man to be alone. 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:14.480 God put Adam into a deep sleep, took out of his side a rib, and made for him a wife, that is a woman. 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:16.559 Well, the same thing happened to the last Adam. 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.159 The last Adam is Jesus Christ. 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:19.679 He was put to sleep on the cross. 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.080 And uh that is a soldier pierced him in the side. 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.879 When he pierced him in the side, out came blood and water. 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.080 John said, not blood only, but blood and water. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:35.679 And see, that's the New Testament birth that's required for you and I that we can actually begin to uh qualify to obtain to the bride of Jesus Christ. 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:37.600 You have to come out of his ribbon side. 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:38.399 And so here he is. 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:43.039 Here's the branch that's the New Testament church shall grow out of his, that's that raw's roots. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.440 And here's those spirits I was making reference to. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:51.200 Here's those seven spirits that he makes reference to back in Revelation chapter 4 and verse 5 and 6. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.279 He said, I read it with me, and the what? 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.399 Spirit of the Lord. 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:55.360 I mean, is that? 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:56.960 That's one, that's the Holy Ghost. 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:59.039 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:12.000 Do you remember how that when John actually began to prophesy about how one was going to come after him, whose shoes he was not worthy to unloose, he shall baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:24.480 He said, I wouldn't have known him, say that he that told me to go and baptize, saying, Whom you see the Spirit of God descending and resting upon, that's the one that's gonna baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:36.720 And when Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist, when he came up out the river of Jordan, the Bible said the heavens was open, and the Holy Spirit descended in him in the form of a dove and rested on him. 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.320 And so the spirit of the Lord, that's the Holy Ghost, shall rest upon him. 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.039 What's the him? 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.919 That's the rod. 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:42.960 That's one spirit. 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:47.039 Then he said in the word spirit, he is making reference to attributes. 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:48.000 Attributes. 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.159 Then he said, and the spirit of what? 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:50.720 Wisdom. 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.679 How many is that? 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.240 Two. 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:54.080 And the spirit of the and the spirit of wisdom. 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.799 Jesus Christ didn't just uh have some wisdom, but brother, he had the spirit of wisdom. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.440 And everything he did, it was wise. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.039 Everything he did was use a knowledge and understanding correctly. 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:12.320 That's why the Bible says, how that God the Father said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:21.440 He was a man full of wisdom, and he was a personification of wisdom, not just a measure, but thank God the Bible said God gave him the spirit without measure. 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.879 He had no limit to it. 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.840 There was no end. 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.679 Okay, he had the spirit of the Lord upon him. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:27.519 That's one, the spirit of wisdom is two. 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:29.360 He said, and understanding. 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.919 Thank God Jesus Christ had understanding. 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.120 You didn't find a man who just spoke the word of God. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:39.519 The Bible said the Pharisees and the Sadducees was astonished at his doctrine. 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:44.639 For he spoke as one having authority, not as just the Pharisees and the Sadducees. 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.039 Why? 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.559 Because he had understanding. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.840 It wasn't memorization, it wasn't a photographic memory. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.879 He understood the things that is that he was talking about. 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:54.080 He had enlightenment. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.600 Brother, he made this statement. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:59.679 He told those Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Esseans, he said, search the scriptures. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.960 Go ahead, search the scriptures. 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:04.639 In them you think you have eternal life because they didn't have any understanding. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.200 He said, but it's they that testified of me. 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.679 He was the personification of understanding. 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:12.799 And then the next one he said, the spirit of counsel and what? 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:13.440 Might. 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.159 How many is that? 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.559 Five? 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:16.960 He said, in the spirit of knowledge and what? 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.799 Fear or reverence of the Lord. 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:21.840 And showing you those attributes, showing you those seven attributes. 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.039 Watch these next three verses. 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:24.879 And I'll pull back after that. 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:30.639 He said, and shall make him, and shall make him, that's God the Father, is going to make Jesus of a what? 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:33.279 Quick understanding and the fear of the Lord. 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:41.840 He, that's that wonderful rod that came out of the stem of Jesse, that's that wonderful rod that the branch was going to grow out of his roots, who was the New Testament church. 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.879 Look what he was going to do. 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.879 Thank God, I'm glad he shall not judge, that is, Jesus, after the what? 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.919 Sight of his eyes. 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.559 That is, he didn't go by his natural perception. 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:55.039 The sight of your eyes, not whatever I see, is what I perceive naturally with my eyes. 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.759 But Jesus Christ didn't judge out of the sight of his eyes. 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:00.639 He didn't just look at materials like you and I will look at it. 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:05.120 Those people that he gathered to build the New Testament church is not what you and I would have selected. 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:09.039 I wouldn't have selected a cursed fisherman like Peter, a tax collector like Matthews. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.360 But thank God, I think who made that statement? 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.600 God told Samuel that, didn't he? 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.320 He said, look, God doesn't look at things the way man does. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.759 He doesn't judge the way man judges. 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:21.759 Man judges by the outward appearance, but God judges, he looks at the what? 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.879 He looks at the heart. 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:25.759 And so Jesus Christ had that wonderful attribute. 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:29.600 Thank God he didn't judge after the seeing of his eyes, neither reprove. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.720 That word means rebuke or correct after the hearing of his ears. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:38.639 He didn't go by gossip and what someone said about a person that had no consideration in the things that he spoke. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.399 But verse 4, I love this verse. 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:47.279 He said, But with what righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meat of the earth? 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.840 He shall smite the earth, for that has not happened yet. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.240 That's going to happen at the end of this Gentile age. 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:56.639 That's going to happen at the close of this age of this world of this period of time that we live in. 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:02.559 He's going to smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips, he's going to slay the wicked. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:05.279 That's talking about the destruction of the Gentile age. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:13.519 And so we're so glad that he had those seven wonderful attributes, but aren't you glad that that branch that is that actually came up out of his roots? 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:15.680 Aren't you glad it had the same attribute? 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.920 That New Testament church was full of wisdom. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.400 That New Testament church was full of understanding. 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:22.559 It was full of the spirit of counsel and might. 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.279 I'm so glad, brother, that New Testament church, Brother Michael, it had to fear the Lord. 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:30.079 It had the Spirit of God that actually rested upon them. 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.359 It was birthed that way. 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:39.519 In Acts chapter 2, when it said they were all together in one place in one accord, brother, when he said, suddenly it came from heaven the sound of a rushing mighty wind. 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.319 And look what happened. 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:43.200 Brother, he said, and clothing tongue like as a fire did what? 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.400 It set upon them. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:55.519 Just like the dove set upon Jesus Christ that the Holy Ghost set upon and an imagery of a tongue, clothing tongue like a fire, it set upon each of them. 00:17:55.680 --> 00:18:02.319 Showing that New Testament church, brother, it was not only baptized with the Spirit of God, but the Spirit of God rested on them. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:07.440 Everything that New Testament church did, it was by the inspiration of the Almighty. 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.519 It was by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.839 It was about an understanding of the Word of God. 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.839 It was about a fear of missing God. 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.720 They weren't afraid of somebody roasting them in a rotisserie. 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.759 That New Testament church was afraid of missing out with God. 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.880 Aren't you a people? 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.119 Don't you want to make sure you don't miss out with God? 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.960 It's not that I don't make a mistake, Lord. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.440 I just want to make sure I get a chance to get it right. 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.279 I don't want to miss out with God. 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.440 What would it profit me if we gain the whole world? 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:33.680 What would it profit you if you gained the whole world? 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:37.519 What would it profit us if we gain the whole world and lose our soul? 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:43.119 The worst thing that God can do, I say this a thousand times over, and I'll say it to the day I'm no longer here. 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:48.319 The worst thing God can do is not to punish me, it's not to judge me, it's not to chastise me. 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.960 The worst thing God can do is leave me to myself. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:55.200 If he actually withdraw from us, if he left us to ourselves, where would we be? 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:56.079 I'm so glad. 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:58.319 I'm so glad he hasn't left us alone. 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.480 He still can spite our hard when we error. 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.720 He still can begin to show us the error of our ways. 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:07.440 I'm glad we're people that can actually look into the perfect law of liberty and seek ourselves. 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.440 We don't want to forget what manner man we are. 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:14.799 That New Testament church that they have an error, sometimes they made errors, but here's the Spirit of God, Brother Michael. 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.079 It showed them the error. 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.799 And brother, I'm glad they immediately responded to it. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.240 I'm glad they responded to it. 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:31.119 Peter, uh, that is what was stood to the face by Paul because that he actually separated himself from the Gentiles when those Jews came, and Paul said, I will stood them to the face because he was to be blamed. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.279 Well, uh, Peter didn't get in a bad spirit. 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:35.279 He received that correction and got it right. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:40.240 Brother, I'm so glad that's recorded for you and I that I don't have to be discouraged if I make an error. 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:43.440 If I beat off a straight off the beaten path, I'm glad I got a record. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.279 There was a man much greater than I'll ever be. 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.440 He didn't error, but he got a chance to get it right. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:50.079 And that's what I love about that New Testament church. 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:52.319 They didn't condemn, they did indict. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.759 Uh, they didn't beat people down. 00:19:53.839 --> 00:20:01.519 But thank God, brother, you can actually see of the hand of God that actually reached down to a fallen man and lift him up out of sin where he was gone. 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:11.680 And the attributes that first century church had, that New Testament church that came out on the day of Pentecost, that's the attributes, those are the attributes that we have to keep in front of us. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:13.920 We have to keep striving for, keep pressing. 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.440 Brother, how do they do things? 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.559 What was their spirit? 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.599 What was their order? 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.640 What was their vision? 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:20.480 Lord, help us not to ever lose that. 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:22.160 I don't want to ever lose sight of that. 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:26.799 And if I look up the highway and down the highway, there's a lot of patterns we can pattern after. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:34.000 But thank God when God actually called Moses up on Mount Sinai, Brother Micah began to show him a pattern of heavenly things. 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:39.279 He began to show him a tabernacle, brother, that had an outer court, it had a holy place, a holy of holies. 00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:50.880 Thank God it only had one gate around that, uh, uh one gate around that curtain that was outside of it, and it only had a certain type of covering, and it had a ram skin dyed red, it had gold hair and badger skin. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:58.880 And when Moses was came down off of that mountain, God spoke to me and said, See that you build that tabernacle after the pattern that's been shown to you in the mountain. 00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.680 Don't deviate. 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:04.319 And so we look into this wonderful uh law of liberty, look into this wonderful holy writ. 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.519 There's a pattern that's been given to us as the New Testament church. 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:09.279 Let's build according that pattern. 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:11.119 Let's not stray off of that pattern. 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.480 If it's Bible, let's do it. 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:15.839 And if it's not, we don't want to throw rocks at you, but we just can't do it. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:18.240 And so, how does that church govern themselves? 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.599 Did they get a board together? 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.039 Did they elect officials? 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.400 That is not what I see. 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:24.160 Let's read the holy writ and see. 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:36.240 And so the books of Acts, the book of Acts is the actions, the activities of those apostles, those 12 mighty stones, or those 12 mighty oxen that the Bible said was mighty to labor. 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.680 They was mighty to labor. 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.119 The Bible said where there is no oxen, what's an oxen? 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:45.039 Uh, that's a minister that's been castrated by God Himself. 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:48.799 He can't sow his own seeds, he can't produce that of his own kind. 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.200 He's not the one that has his names in light. 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:59.599 He can only work for when you castrate a bull and make him a calf, I mean, make him an oxen, that bull, regardless of how great, how strong he'll be. 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.680 He'll never produce a calf. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.559 He'll never have a natural prosperity. 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.480 He can only work for someone else. 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:18.640 When a man has been castrated by God, separated from his earthly ambitions to be somebody great and have his name in light, brother, you'll never see someone called little Leo's or little Michaels or little anything. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:20.160 We're trying to produce little Jesus'. 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.000 And we cannot work for ourselves. 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.519 We cannot produce for ourselves. 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.799 We've been castrated. 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:26.079 I'm glad about that. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.279 I'm glad about that. 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:35.680 But the Bible says, where there is no oxen, no bulls, because you got plenty of bulls, he said, but where there is no oxen, the crib, that's the corn crib, is clean. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.799 That is, is empty. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.240 There's no corn there. 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:43.920 But much increase, much corn, much corn, much increase is by the strength of the oxen. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.799 Aren't you glad that was 12 oxen that was mighty to labor? 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:48.079 Aren't you glad about that? 00:22:48.240 --> 00:23:00.559 And so as we began to read that New Testament pattern, which is the book of Acts, do you know Jesus Christ Himself, and I don't want to lose too much time here, Jesus Christ Himself spent three and a half years. 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:04.880 Here's how important the foundation of that New Testament church was. 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:09.920 He spent three and one half years chiseling out stones. 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:19.920 Three and one half years working on those men himself, teaching those men, pounding their ears with the word of God, giving those men precepts and examples. 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:23.200 Three and a half years, he shaped those men himself. 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.920 And then at the conclusion of his years of working on them, he said, Now, listen to what he said. 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.519 He said, Now are you cleansed. 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.799 Now are you cleansed. 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:34.400 It's not about water baptism, or that's not what really cleansed those men. 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:37.119