God talks back - August 27, 2023: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:01 Good morning those online want to welcome you thank you for joining us we begin this morning with some worship to our God praise to our God we are the people and the sheep of his pasture I encourage you this morning let’s worship him let’s honor him and thank him and uh we want to welcome our guests this morning thank you for joining us. Oh forgot. My. The God of Israel is mighty the God of Israel knows no defeat he leads his people into battle before him his enemies must flee the God of Israel is mighty the God of is tri knows no defeat he leads his people into battle.

▶ 1:01 Before him his enemies must. Flee cry out with a shout of victory Jesus lift your voice all the earth sing and dance at the triumph of our king for is one war and spoil the enemy the God of Israel is mighty the God of Israel knows no defeat he leads his people into battle before for him his enemies must. S cry out with a shout of victory lift your voice all the earth sing and dance at the triumph of our king for he won the war and spoil the enemy the God of Israel is our champion the God of Israel’s our praises rises intense before him he fights for us and routes the enemy.

▶ 2:00 Yes cry out with a shout of victory let your voice all the earth sing and dance at the triumph of our king for he the war and sp the enemy cry out with a shout of victory let your voice all the earth sing and dance at the triumph of our king won the war and spo the enemy for’s won the war and spoil the enemy for is won the war and spoil the enemy thank you Jesus thank you. Lord Jesus we honor you Lord we worship you God great is your name great is your name we love you we worship you.

▶ 2:58 God thank. You scriptures say out of the mouths of babes and sucklings I have ordained praise to still to stop to beat back and destroy the enemy and we all know that Satan is real we don’t want to be deceived by his words we want them beaten back how many want Satan beaten back in your life. Amen in heavenly armor will enter the land the battle belongs to the no weapon that’s fashioned against us will stand the battle belongs to the Lord and heavenly armor will enter the land the battle belongs to the Lord no weapon that’s fashioned against us will stand the battle belongs to the Lord we sing.

▶ 3:56 Glory. H power and strength to the Lord we sing. Glory. Hor power and strength to the Lord when the power of darkness comes in like a blood the battle belongs to the Lord he’s raised up a standard the power of his blood the battle belongs to the Lord when your enemy praises in heart do not fear the battle bels to the Lord take courage my friend your redemption is near the battle belongs to the Lord we sing. Glory. Horor power and strength to the Lord we sing. Glory.

▶ 4:49 H power and strength to the Lord we sing. Glory. Horor power and strength to the Lord oh we sing. Glory. Horor power and strength to the Lord thank you Jesus we honor you Lord this morning we thank you Lord God you’re wonderful we worship you Jesus worthy is the Lord worthy is his name worthy is his name for the Lord. Is marching on and his army is ever strong and his glory shall be seen upon our land.

▶ 5:47 Raise the anthem sing the victor song praise the Lord for the battles one no weapon formed against against us shall. Stand for the captain of the host is Jesus we are following in his footsteps no fus stand against us in the pr for the Lord is marching on and his army is ever strong and his glory shall be se le upon our land prise the anthem sing the victor sise the Lord for the batt no weapon formed against us shall.

▶ 6:46 Stand for the captain of the host is Jesus we are following in his footsteps no f can stand against us in the for the captain of the host is Jesus we are following in his footsteps no f can stand against us in the pr we are marching in messiah’s b the keys of victory in his mighty hand let us march on and take our promised land yes we are marching in messiah has been the keys of victory are in his mighty hand let us march on and take our promised.

▶ 7:39 Land for the captain of the host is Jesus we are following in his footsteps no f can stand against us in the pra no foe no foe can stand against us in the pra. No f can stand against us in. The hallelujah Lord thank you Jesus we worship you Lord we worship you God we exalt we lift you up oh worthy is our gody than you we love you we love.

▶ 8:37 You. Thank you Jesus oh thank you. Thank the mountain shake before him the demons run. And at the mention of his name k king of majesty there is no power in hell nor any who can stand before the power and the presence of the great I am the great I am the great I. Am great I am great I am great I.

▶ 9:37 Am. Hallelujah holy. Holy God all mighty great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty pr I. Am I want to be close close to your side so heaven is real and death is a lie I want hear voices of angels.

▶ 10:33 Above singing as one. Hallelujah holy. Holy God. Almight great I am who is worthy not beside thee God. Almighty great I am. Yeah I want to be near near to your heart loving the world hating the dark I want to see dry bones living. Again singing as one.

▶ 11:27 Hallelu hol. Holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty the great I. Am the mountain shake before him the demons run and flee at the mention of his name king of majesty there is no power in hell nor any who can stand the power and the presence of the great I am great I am great I. Am great I am great I am great I am.

▶ 12:34 Hallelujah holy. Holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty great I. Am. Hallelujah holy be holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy none beside the God. Almighty great I am. Jesus how wonderful is our God he is great Lord is wonderful we worship you Jesus great and mighty is I am be.

▶ 13:40 You wory I. Am worthy great I. Am. Hallelujah holy holy. God. Almighty great I am who is worthy none beside thee God. Almighty great I. Am great I am are great I am you are great I am. Jesus you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I.

▶ 14:41 Am. Jesus Lord in the days of Israel God they were captives of Egypt and God this name the great I am came out the great I am has spoken to me Moses said the great I am Christ the Lord God the savior. And God Lord Pharaoh hardened his heart he wouldn’t listen to your words and you delivered your people Lord you brought your judgment upon Egypt Lord and you delivered your people Jesus you are the great I am you are the great and strong one Jesus Lord today you can deliver us from Satan’s gras Lord you can deliver us from our own desires that we have to do what is wrong Jesus you can deliver us you have the power and the strength Lord you’re the great I am today just like you were the great I am years ago God we thank you Jesus I worship and I thank my great I am today Jesus thank you God I am you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I.

▶ 16:03 Am you are the great I am you are the great I am you are the great I. Am the great I am died on the cross for the sins of the whole world. And as a result of dying there he made a way he made a way and cleared the separation between God and man and even as Moses humbled himself and acknowledged that you are the great I am he was one man and if the great I am is the great I am to you today as an individual.

▶ 16:59 There are so many great things one if one man could deliver Israel with his obedience how much more if we humble ourselves before the great I am will God use us to turn our nation around one man one man made a difference because of his relationship with the great I am and the greatness of the great I am is that he comes here today to individuals today let us respond to the great I am let us embrace him and love him let him touch us he cares for each and every one of us as individuals we can come before the great I am.

▶ 17:55 Today. Hallelu holy. Holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy not beside the God. Almighty great I. Am. He he sweet I.

▶ 19:02 Know oh he is sweet I. Know. Storm clouds may. Rise. Strong winds may. Blow I’ll tell the world. Wherever I. Go that I found a savior and he sweet I. Know Lord Jesus tonight this morning we acknowledge you God you are our rock God Lord it says the wise man built his house house on the rock Lord God the winds came the storm came and blew on that house and it did not fall as it was founded on the rock Lord this morning Jesus we submit ourselves commit ourselves to founding our lives on you to connecting our lives to you to following you Lord not ourselves not a man God but you the king of kings the Lord of lords.

▶ 20:30 Lord it also says that that rock followed them in the wilderness and gave them water to drink from water came from a rock. Impossible God Lord you’re not only our foundation but you have life within you and Lord when we connect ourselves to you you give us that life that living water that this morning God we submit ourselves to the rock Jesus Christ the cornerstone we thank you. Jesus then sings my soul.

▶ 21:25 My s saor God. To how great thou. Are how. Great then sings my soul my savior God to the how great thou. Are how great th. Are how great. Th how.

▶ 22:26 Great. Oh Lord my God when I in awesome. Wonder. Consider. All the world thy hands have. Made I see the star. Oh I hear the rolling. Thunder. Jesus the univers. Displ then sings my soul.

▶ 23:22 My saor God to the how great thou. Are how great thou. Are then sing my soul my savior God to. Thee how great. How. Great. Th how great thou.

▶ 24:19 Are how. Great. Th. We thank you. Lord we worship you. Lord. Jesus. Jesus your ex. God thank. You you find your seats this morning want to thank you for joining us again we’re going to sing a special song this morning before we get into the word and um this song is special. Because it talks about the red letters in the Bible in the New Testament if you open a New Testament you’ll see that there’s red letters all throughout the ne New Testament and those red letters are some of those most powerful words you’ll ever hear in your lifetime.

▶ 25:30 And the scriptures it says in in John 3:16 we know that famous scripture for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever would believe on him would not perish but have everlasting life in John 14:6 it says that I Jesus Christ talking I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father but but by. Me and lastly in John 10:10 red letters he says. The thief has come to kill steal and destroy but I have come that you might have life and life more abundantly those red letters are powerful and that’s what this song is.

▶ 26:23 About there are words on death row. Guilty in the first. Degree son of God hanging on a hill hell was my destiny the crowd was shouting. Crucified could have come from these lips of mine the dirty shame was killed king. Me it would take a miracle to wash me. Clean then I read the red. Letters and the crown began to.

▶ 27:18 Shake prison. Wall started. Falling I became a free man. That. Day felt like liing him my vein my dead heart began to. Be the breath of God filled my lungs and the Holy Ghost awakened. Me yes the Holy Ghost awaken. Me. There the red. Letters and the ground began to shake those prison.

▶ 28:17 Walls started. Falling I became a free man that. Day for God so l the whole wide world sent his only son to die for me his arms spread wide for the whole wide world his arms spread wide where mine should. Be Jesus. Changed my des. Thank you. God for red. Letters when the ground began to.

▶ 29:11 Shake gra of God started. Falling I became a free. Man that. Day prison w oh started. Calling I am free. Man. Today I am a free. Man. To Lord Jesus we thank you for your word God with it you created all things. From the beginning God you said let there be light Lord you spoke things into existence your word is so powerful and God your red letters are so powerful God we thank you our excellent wonderful God the great I am thank you Jesus.

▶ 30:16 Amen we’re going to talk about uh we’re going to go on in our story of Job here God talks back is what this one is titled and uh you. Know God talks. Back and just to review real quick we learned that Job was blameless and uh we know this because God said it himself in talking to the Devil my goodness what a conversation. Job was blameless and upright one who feared God and shunned evil he feared God he departed from evil he kept it out of his life he was blameless and upright man.

▶ 31:09 Wow uh he lost his employees his wealth all his children died and yet he worshiped God he thanked um he did not sin with his lips against God or charge God for any wrong he thought it was God from the start but we learned it was Satan’s hand and the first session we learned that he was afraid of losing his relationship with God very important last week we learned that we can have a friend in God just like Moses just like the scriptures promis we can have a friend in Christ Jesus so we see here someone who has an example of how to handle tragedy very well now what I didn’t balance out out last the last two sessions or I didn’t bring up is that there that God has promised in the scriptures blessings both spiritual and natural in Numbers 6: 24 it says the Lord bless you and keep you Lord make his face shine upon you Philippians 4:19 my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus now you know God is rich he owns the cattle on a thousand hills everything is his and so my God it says my God will supply every need of yours so we see there’s some promises.

▶ 32:39 Here Jesus in red letters in Matthew chapter 6:30 he said if God so clothes the grass of the field with will he not much more clothe you do not be anxious do not worry about these things your heavenly father knows that you need them all now this is of course you know you’re following God’s word right you know you’re not you know not working and and just saying oh God rain down hamburgers from heaven you know I remember growing up and being with mr barnes and he would talk to young people he’s like you got a Job you you’re doing something he’s like I pray for I pray I remember a young person I pray for money and uh that’s not it that’s not a balanced scripture there you got to work Bible says six days shall you work that’s one of the 10. Commandments if do not be anxious your heavenly father knows that you need them all but seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you and part of seeking and doing what is right is working so you got to remember and include that uh righteousness is doing what is right according to God’s.

▶ 33:53 Word seek ye first the kingdom of God the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit Malachi 3:10 bring the full tithe into the storehouse put me to the test says the Lord if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need so here we have another promise and God is saying that we can put him to the test in tithing and a tithing is a tenth of what you bring in and uh I remember as a young person my father would teach me. Michael you need to. Tithe and uh it’s uh for those that tithe you know that God it does bless us and it’s a very good uh thing that you can operate in your life and God does do what he said now what should we want we want to understand here is that Job is experiencing all of these blessings.

▶ 34:57 Right he has a bunch of people he’s got camels he’s got sheep he’s got a lot of stuff going on he’s got children they’re all doing great and life is good he is being blessed for following and doing what’s right he’s tithing he’s giving unto God. Right Ephesians chapter 1:3 who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places so it’s not just natural things you also have a spirit your mind it needs healing it needs help right your spirit needs to be alive and God provides spiritual blessing those that don’t have God don’t know God don’t receive these spiritual blessings the rich man who has no idea who God is he doesn’t know anything about spiritual.

▶ 35:55 Blessings the Lord is my my shepherd he makes me to lie down in green pastures he leads me beside still waters he restores refreshes my soul though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil can you imagine a billionaire who doesn’t know God who’s rich ready to die he is. Scared he is afraid why because he doesn’t know what’s going to happen to him he has no security he has no eternal security or destin ation it’s not looking good for. Him but this is a spiritual blessing that you can walk through the foul through through death and come out alive in heaven living with him. Amen he makes me lie down in green pastures there’s food in a green pasture it’s not a desert it’s all what I mean you can lie down oh you wake up oh eat a little food I’m ready to go.

▶ 36:58 He leads me beside still. Waters it’s peaceful you can have. Peace he refreshes and restores my soul how many know people that don’t have any restoration in their soul how many know you’ve gone through times where you needed refreshing and God brought it it’s a spiritual blessing blessed is the one who does not. What is it does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly does not sit in the seat of the scornful does not stand in the path of sinners but his delight is in the law of the Lord you can take this Psalms 1 and you can print it out every day read it and that will be a goal for your lifetime.

▶ 37:50 It says this person that rejects the path of the sinners that doesn’t listen to the counsel of the ungodly that doesn’t stand in the path of sinners or sit in the seat of scornful their delight they if they put their delight in the law of the Lord they will yield fruit in its season and their leaf will not wither talking about the fruit of the spirit love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control if you want to increase in these things God will bless you with them if you delight in his law and so Job is experiencing all of this he has been blessed financially he’s been blessed naturally and he has been blessed spiritually we know this because he had a relationship with.

▶ 38:45 God. Right he said I know my redeemer lives he had spiritual. Blessing. Amen but he lost. Lo a lot of his possessions he lost his children and he was searching for God and could not find him so this spiritual blessing that he had this all these things he he something had changed what is. Happening in Psalms 11:5 it says the Lord tests the righteous but the wicked and the one who loves violence his soul. Hates Genesis ch 22 verse1 it came to pass that God tested Abraham.

▶ 39:39 So even though God has all these promises to bless you naturally and spiritually there’s also this thing called what. Testing and he doesn’t even bother testing the wicked because the wicked will not. Respond the point of testing is that the people that are seeking God and want to do what is right can learn from the testing grow from the testing and be better on the other end through the testing you have searched me and known me try me know my anxieties to see if there’s any wicked way in me and leave me in the way everlasting it says that in Psalms 13923 now when I come across this Psalm I’m like hey that’s for David not for me okay I’m not saying that you need to do any more work on testing me okay hold on wait a second.

▶ 40:47 You know I’m not I don’t like to invite God if he’s you know he he’s got a calendar he can test me on his calendar I don’t want to add any more places on the calendar. Right but there is testing is important Zechariah chapter 13:9 he was going to refine us as silver is refined and test us as gold is tested he will sit as a refiner he will purge them as gold is purge that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness so he’s talking about the children of Israel the children of Israel they were following God and then they wouldn’t follow God they would come back to God and then they would go away from God again and God keeps testing them wide so he can bring them back to offer an offering in righteousness one of the things that he told Saul or that Samuel told Saul was that I desire what remind me what ises what does it say I can’t can’t remember Samuel told Saul.

▶ 42:01 That obedience thank you obedience is better than sacrifice and so when we offer our offerings God wants us to offer it in obedience while we are obeying him you don’t want to come into God’s house and you’re living the wicked life and you’re rejecting him and you offer uh something unto him it’s like come on man. Get with the program that’s not going to get you in you can’t just throw money at God and expect him to oh you threw you threw you gave money oh you’re in the billionaire gave a million dollars to the church oh now he’s going to get sick no that’s not how it. Works God does not take a ransom it says in the scriptures he accepts no ransom.

▶ 42:57 And James chapter 1:12 says that there is a blessing in testing wow so you can get blessing naturally you can get blessing spiritually and you get that blessing from serving God but then there’s also a blessing in. Testing but you know I don’t like. Testing I don’t necessarily think it’s very fun but there is a blessing in it in James 1:12 says blessed is the man who endures temptation for when he has been approved he will receive the crown of life and that coincides with what he said in. Revelation giving uh those who overcome the crown of life that’s exactly what it’s talking about here it’s confirmed which the Lord has promised to those who love him do we love Jesus when you’re standing there and uh while you’re up in heaven do you want to have a crown on your head that you can cast before him the Bible says that they cast their crowns before Jesus right yeah I want to have something to cast even if it’s a little tiara a little bitty crown I’ll take that here God this is yours I only got this because of you I cast my crown down don’t you want to have.

▶ 44:25 Something. The crown of life 1 Peter 1:7 that the genuineness of your faith being much more precious than gold though it is tested by fire may be found to praise honor and glory at the Revelation of Jesus Christ so God has a goal here. Right he wants to make you stronger he wants to improve you he wants to improve us he wants to make us stronger and that’s what the testing does it makes us more. Pure Deuteronomy 8:2 the Lord your God led you all the way through the wilderness for 40 years to humble you to test you to know what was in your heart whether you would keep his commandments or not now you have to remember when Jesus was on the earth he knew everyone’s thoughts he knows what’s in your mind he knows what you’re.

▶ 45:28 Thinking and it’s not sin until it comes out right until it comes out you know thinking a bad thought is not a sin it’s when it comes out of your mouth or when you do something that’s when it becomes a sin and that’s why you want to handle stuff in your mind before it comes. Out but here. He’s saying to know what is in your heart he already knows what’s in our heart it’s so that we know and we recognize what is in our heart so that we can change so that we can adjust so that we can address the things that God is showing us whether you’re going to keep his commandments or not he wants you to see whether or not you’re going to keep his commandments and if you see that and that concerns you you oh man I got to change this in my life I got to get rid of that in my life this situation is not good I need to I need to change.

▶ 46:36 That because I want to keep serving. God so he humbled you he allowed you to hunger he fed you with mana which you did not know nor did your fathers. Know to know that man shall not live by bread alone but by lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. God you should know in your heart that as man chastens his son so the Lord chastens you and God uh corrects us because he loves us that’s how you know you’re his son if you’re getting corrected by God you know that you are a child of God if you’re not getting corrected by God and you’re living the wicked life you know it said earlier that he ha his soul hates that and you don’t want to be that I don’t want to be that no no thank you I’d rather take some testing I’d rather take uh some humbling and come before God and submit myself to him yes God show.

▶ 47:41 Me what I can do better to keep your commandments show me the parts in my heart that’s what he is doing. Here and so we’ve been talking about Job and Job is have been having a lot of conversations with his friends and Job is a a big book it’s like 40 chapters so he’s got chapters and chapters of this these conversations and finally at the end in chapter 38. Job comes in contact with God and God comes down in a tornado a whirlwind it says and he speaks from the whirlwind and the first thing he says is who is. This who darkens counsel by words without.

▶ 48:37 Knowledge Galatians chapter 6:3 says if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing he deceives himself one of the things that you got to we we have to recognize is that when you compare you know you can compare a body builder versus another body you got them all on the stage right and you’re like oh man that guy’s muscles are way bigger than that guy’s muscles oh man they’re pretty close oh wow wow look at that but you’re talking about God and Job in comparison to God what we are. What very small I would say nothing if you think you’re something if you think you’re big and bad you’re deceiving yourself God God is saying to Job who are. You Exodus.

▶ 49:36 5:2 Pharaoh said who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go I don’t know the Lord nor will I let Israel go see the world we try to say who is God and God is saying who are you who do you think you are. And Pharaoh is like well I’m the Pharaoh I’m the king of the land and he is admitting right here that he does not know the Lord in Genesis 41:25 it says that Joseph said to Pharaoh the dreams of Pharaoh are one God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do so you have two pharaohs one in Moses’s day rejected and would not listen to God’s word. The one in Joseph’s day had dreams and wanted an answer.

▶ 50:32 For what God was telling. Him and see this is the question what kind of person are you do we just reject the Lord or are we willing to hear what he has to say and the Pharaoh in Joseph’s day which was hundreds of years before he made Joseph the second in command of the whole nation of Egypt he told Joseph the spirit of God is in you this Pharaoh was willing to listen to what God had to. Say.

▶ 51:28 Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge Job never heard the conversation between Satan and God you may not understand what’s happening in your life or another person’s life but that doesn’t mean we quit serving him that doesn’t mean we quit following his word and keeping his commandments our Job is to follow him. Wholeheartedly Job 38:3 now prepare yourself like a man I will question. You and you will answer me oh my goodness the scriptures say that we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ you know one day we are all going to be questioned by him he’s saying I will question you.

▶ 52:26 If you uh get online right now you look up some videos you talk to the latest atheist you go to the uh uh the government or or or school and everybody’s questioning oh God or how why is it made like if there was a God why are all this destruction why are all these things out you know one day it’s all going to be turned on. Us and God is going to ask us. Questions and he’s going to say I gave you the responsibility to punish criminals and you neglected it why did you do that who do you think you are that you don’t have to listen to me I showed you the dna code and I showed you that all of these great things throughout the world I you look in the heavens and the stars and the more you look the more great it.

▶ 53:24 Is. And you. Think that I don’t exist who are. You you know Job was in a place where he hadn’t talked to God in a long time he was in a place where he was distant from God and when that whirlwind came he said oh boy I’m in. Trouble but then on on the other side he said you know what I’m finally going to hear him speaking to. Me and that’s the other thing in our lives do we want to hear God’s voice speaking to us if you remember the story of Peter Peter denied Christ he was one of the apostles a disciple he denied Christ three times before Christ was crucified and he went and he wept bit bitterly he didn’t seek Christ again until he was in the tomb and he ran to that tomb to see if Jesus was risen he wasn’t there next time you saw him he was Jesus was in the room if you guys remember that story with the 12 disciples and he’s talking to.

▶ 54:42 Them and then the next time he saw him he was. Fishing and Peter was told hey that’s Jesus on the shore and Peter threw off his garment and he jumped in the water no he put his garments on and he jumped in the water he swam to shore and you know what he’s thinking you know I’m going to I’m going to get it from God but you know what I want to hear him I want to hear his voice I want him to question me I encourage you this morning it don’t. Wait till you’re dead to answer his questions. We can hear his questions now and we can respond to them now when he got to that shore what did Jesus asked him.

▶ 55:36 Peter do you love. Me. Peter do you love. Me and Christ is asking us that same. Question God is asking us questions he’s asking asking the whole world. Questions and see the thing is people have their ears blocked and they will not hear are we like that today well we will not hear God’s. Voice and God begins to ask him questions Job where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth explain it do you understand it you understand how that works were you.

▶ 56:29 There when I shut the sea with doors when I made clouds of garment over the sea when I fix my limit for the sea you know do you understand do you know how how that works can you command that to. Happen when the morning stars singing can you make the stars sing what’s the star it’s up there it’s singing what I didn’t know they. Saying what where when how is light darkness snow hail lightning thunder rain animals birds all of this stuff can you command these things or can you stop them from happening and if you ask a country guy that question they’d be like yeah I can stop some. Birds I’m going to make my life’s goal to kill all of the birds and the animals no no no no can you command. Them God commanded the fish to swallow Jonah and the fish swallowed j.

▶ 57:26 God commanded the birds to bring Elijah food in the desert and the birds brought food to Elijah in the desert God commands these things he commands everything to keep going in the world where were. You can you stop the fish the birds the animals from migrating can you stop the whales from going up from Alaska down to Hawaii can you stop the fish I’m sorry the birds from flying from Alaska to Hawaii migrating the arctic turn who’s flying all the time making a huge distance uh trek to get one from one play can you stop that from happening can you stop them other than killing.

▶ 58:21 Them Job 40:2 shall the one who contend with the almighty correct him he who rebukes God let him answer it would you indeed an know my judgment would you condemn me that you may be. Justified I got these two guys up here you know one is always mocking God putting God down basically aning God’s judgment contending with God trying to correct God remember one day these guys who ask all the questions will be questioned. And God is going to ask them. Questions I encourage you don’t wait don’t wait for your the first question you hear from God to be when you’re standing before him ask him now say God question me now.

▶ 59:15 Please and respond right to his questioning. Amen. The Devil said to Jesus when he was being tempted in the desert in Luke 4:3 if you’re the son of God command this stone to be bread prove that you’re the son of God if you are the son of God we always come with our questions our loaded questions if if you are if you do this this for me God then I’ll serve you. If if you are the son of God throw yourself down from here for it is written for it is written so Devil the Devil Satan the liar the deceiver the one going to hell he’s got the he’s got the scriptures out did you read this Jesus it’s.

▶ 1:00:21 Written that God will give his angels charge over you come on throw yourself down if you are the son of God and we can try to get some scripture in the Bible and be like come on God if you don’t do this then why am I serving you now you can prove God is real by learning his word not just part of the word not just one scripture you got to learn the whole. Thing you got to learn a a good I mean you’re not going to learn everything you know your first uh day becoming a Christian but you you got to wait you got to let all that word come in before you start making demands to God you got to respond to his word and he will come you can prove that God is real by doing this following his process humbling yourself coming to Christ that is the way that many people in the Bible proved that God was real zakus proved that God was real the woman with the issue of blood who received healing she proved that God was real she heard that about Jesus and she went to investigate him she came to him she humbled him herself before him she reached out to him she overcame all the obstacles in her life that kept her from Christ and she touched him and she was.

▶ 1:01:52 Healed the question is is that she continue to serve. God you can prove that God is real but will you continue to serve him but now they mock at me men younger than I whose fathers I disdain to put the dogs of my flock Job is being ridiculed by people that didn’t like him people are laughing and mocking at him just like they’re laughing at the church today but one. Day the church will be a glorious. Church it will overcome the gates of hell and we don’t have to wait for the rapture we need to wait on Jesus Christ to build us to mature us to strengthen us into that glorious.

▶ 1:02:53 Church. Luke 12:31 down here seek ye first the kingdom of God all these things will be added unto you for the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy. Spirit so it tells us what the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy if you think that your possessions are going to get you into heaven if you think that your possessions are worth anything when it comes to eternity you’re wrong you know we have to have a roof overhead we got to have food to eat we have to have clothing to wear and God will help us with those things but it’s not. Everything the kingdom of God is what we need to seek after those that is the the real riches are found in the kingdom of God is God fair.

▶ 1:03:54 James was put in prison and beheaded Peter was put in prison and an angel freed him Stephen was stoned to death Paul was stoned and God raised him up do you see the difference here all of these men were excellent men serving God but God saved one but not the other was there something wrong with James was there something wrong with Stephen. No the scriptures say I will heal all your diseases do you know any Christians that are. Sick yes yes is there something wrong with. Them no is God evil for allowing that.

▶ 1:04:52 No are we going to say that the scriptures are lie because of tragedy or problems in our lives Ecclesiastes 12:13 let us hear the conclusion of the whole. Matter fear God keep his commandments for this is man’s. All this is. Everything for God will bring every work into judgment whether good or evil when it all comes down to when it all boils down God is asking us are we willing to respect him his word do we care about offending God this fear of God where you know you want to live your life to where hey I don’t want to offend God I don’t want to do that that that does that doesn’t please God that displeases.

▶ 1:06:01 God are we willing to keep his commandments you can go and look up the ten commandments that’ll that’ll that’s a great. Start are we following. Those this is man’s all I thought I thought the purpose of life was something else I thought I was the purpose of life was for me to be happy. You know that joy is part of the program. Right and God can bring love peace joy in your life but you can’t just be happy all the time you got to be able to handle things in life and your positive thinking and all that it’s not going to Christ is the one who brings he.

▶ 1:06:55 Healing his spirit. Amen so let’s take a few moments this morning and respond to our God let’s let God’s spirit come and speak to. Us how many agree I’d rather be questioned now than wait for that. Day just like Peter Christ is asking us do we love him. Amen do you love Jesus this morning are you willing to follow him are you willing to keep his commandments and serve. Him God is asking us that question this.

▶ 1:07:52 Morning. Let your living. One over my soul let your Holy Spirit come and take. Control of every situation that has tred my mind all my cares and burns unto you I. Roll. Jesus.

▶ 1:08:47 Jesus. Jus. Father. Father. Father in this song here where it’s saying Jesus and father and spirit we’re asking him to come we want to hear his voice we want to hear what he has to say to us so I invite you this morning let this be a song of of coming before God invite invting him to come and speak to you to question you let Jesus come to you this morning let the spirit come to you this morning let’s stand and sing this. Together that your living water flow over my soul let your Holy Spirit come and take.

▶ 1:09:50 Control of every situation. That has tred my mind all my cares and burdens unto you I. Roll. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Spir sp. Be come now Holy Spirit and take. Control hold me in your loving arms and make me.

▶ 1:10:45 Whole wipe away all doubt and fear and take my pride draw me to your love and keep me by your side. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Father. Father. Father. Father give your life to Jesus let him fill your soul let him take you in his arms and make you.

▶ 1:11:41 Hold as you give your life to him he’ll set you free you will live and reain within. Eternal. Me. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus spirit. Spir. Spir.

▶ 1:12:22 Spir. Right now where we’re. At let’s just lift up our voices we’re going to pray God directly we’re going to invite him right now if you need to surrender your life unto him say Lord Jesus I pray that you come into my life if this morning you need to be you want to grow and you want help through the testing that you’re in now is the time to get connected with Christ let his word let his voice come and speak to you this morning let’s lift up our voices in prayer right now Jesus we come before you Jesus Lord God Lord Jesus I I pray Lord God I want to serve you all of my days Jesus Lord I want to build my life on the rock follow you Jesus wholeheartedly Jesus God Lord I want to give myself Lord to you all of my days Jesus I pray Lord for a new heart I pray that you res restore my heart God I pray that you give me a a new and fresh responsive heart God Lord Jesus I pray for your grace God that comes with that divine enablement Lord that divine influence upon my heart to do and to follow your word Jesus God oh God.

▶ 1:13:44 Please Lord we wait on you this morning we want you to grow us up God Lord we want you Lord to grow us into people like like like Job God who was blameless Jesus Lord God transform us God make us new creations Jesus please God we come before you God we come before you this morning Jesus we invite you this morning God you’re excellent you’re worthy Jesus thank you Lord. God God you’re good you’re great. Jesus. Oh.

▶ 1:14:36 Oh let your voice be to we invite you God come spirit of the Lord son of the living God oh almighty God father on high God we call Jesus come Lord pe to us God we need you oh God Lord we want to hear your voice come with your whirlwind God we may have done the wrong Lord we want to hear you Lord come and question us God for we need you God. Oh Jesus Jesus oh Lord Jesus.

▶ 1:15:34 Oh. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Father father. Father. Father Jesus we thank youus God we call you this morning Jesus come with your spirit come with your power Lord world want to hear you Jesus thank you Lord this morning we want to take a few moments. Uh we’re going to have a time where we pray for one another and before we do that I’d like to invite invite us to come forward in the scriptures people came out of their houses they traveled far just to see Jesus blind men who couldn’t see where they were going the deaf who couldn’t hear the lame people th those paralyzed they found a way to get to.

▶ 1:16:47 Jesus and this morning all we’re just all we’re doing is taking that step step forward coming together as a group out of our seats and just saying to Jesus God we come to you we humble ourselves before you I invite you right now come out of your seats and just come forward as we pray for one another take some time to seek God this morning let’s come before. Him. Jesus Jesus.

▶ 1:17:32 Let’s lay hands on one another right now just reach your hand over the person next to you and we’re going to pray for the person next to us asking God to do that mighty work in their life to bless them to speak to them come with his voice and and speak to us like he spoke to Peter God Lord we lift up our voices right now we pray for our our our brothers and our sisters this morning God we pray that you would come with your voice we pray that you would come with your truth your power God Jesus Jesus we pray Lord God that you come with your solutions to our life Jesus we pray that you come with Lord your hope God your outlook on life God we pray Jesus we we want to take on your nature your character God Lord we pray for one another right now God Lord that you would come Jesus Lord that you would imprint on us that you would impress upon us God Lord that you would Jesus come and fill us this morning God Jesus Jesus come move in us work in us oh Lord we invite you Jesus to come Jesus worthy is your name excellent king of kings Lord almighty God we invite you right now God Jesus Jesus.

▶ 1:18:55 Jesus. Hallelujah holy. Holy God almighty oh the great I am we call on he the great eye who is worthy none beside the God. Almighty the great I am Jesus we lift up our voices God come God we want to hear your voice Jesus the voice of truth Jesus that wonderful powerful word God we pray Jesus come come oh Lord come Jesus Lord speak to us God Lord we want to hear from you Jesus Jesus we invite you right now oh Lord oh Lord oh Lord worthy is your name worthy are you Lord worthy of your name we love you Jesus.

▶ 1:19:51 Oh. For most high. Hallelujah ho. Holy God. Almighty great I am who is worthy not. Deciding God. Almighty oh. Hallelujah. Holy. Holy. Jesus. Holy. One we worship you we call on you God we thank you oh mighty.

▶ 1:20:44 God oh. Hallelujah. Heart I live for. You every breath I. Take. You. Oh Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul I live for you.

▶ 1:21:37 Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m. Aake oh have your way in me oh Lord I give you my heart. I give you my soul I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I’m away oh Lord have your way in me. Jesus. Lord thank you. Lord have your way. In have your way in me Lord I give you my heart I give you my soul.

▶ 1:22:44 I live for you. Alone every breath that I take every moment I. Way have your way you are excellent we worship you we worship you you are good God you are good. Lord I want to thank you those online for joining us this morning trust that God is you heard the word this morning you responded to the word allowed God to move in your heart I pray that you would not wait to hear the questions from God but every day let him question you let him ask you do you love me and we got we want to respond right amen amen thank you for joining us God bless you. Today.