God’s Rest part 2 — June 30, 2024: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:09 All right well welcome one and all it’s good to be in God’s house uh it’s good to have our folks here with us this morning we’re going to get back into what we were talking about last week God’s rest last week we’re reminded that uh God had called the children of Israel out of Egypt and he and he called them out the mountain of si where they had first met and said okay it’s time to go to the promised land and God is calling us from where we are to go to the promised land to go and have eternal life we learn that Jesus is the door and the way to eternal life we were reminded that he is the word in John 1 verse 1 he was the word he is the word.

▶ 0:58 Today we learned to follow his commands and we were reviewing the ten commandments we learned about his presence in the church how we can have it in the church and at home and then what happens if we turn from God we learn that he can give us rest from all our enemies and we have enemies uh whether it’s wicked people sometimes it can be your family members people in your own household that are causing hurt and harm it can be uh Satan himself uh coming into your mind and and trying to tear you down discourage you it can be some form of darkness right there’s a lot of enemies you can have in your life. Uh and that’s and God is promising that he can give you rest from those enemies we learn that he he God has given us victory over Satan we know that the wicked will not have a good ending.

▶ 2:00 And I say that because you you wicked people keep uh uh keep up the wickedness and uh let’s see it says in Proverbs 29:2 when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice you know it’s nice when good people are in charge because uh you’re blessed by it but when the wicked are in charge the people mourn especially today we have babies that are mourning they get out of the womb and they’re killed and they’re crying and they’re not happy and then their lives are ended it’s it hurts it’s. Harmful you can have rest in your house but uh by and also by uniting with the family of God remember Jesus said that those who do the will of the father are my brother and my sister and also getting rest from our enemies we must humble ourselves before God so that we can have rest uh from our own foolishness one of the enemies that we have in our life is ourselves we get in the way we get in the way of God God wants to help us and and we we get in God’s way we were very prideful we have a lot of pride we don’t want to give God what he deserves it’s very important that we also so.

▶ 3:31 uh not be an enemy in Joshua chapter 14:5 the Lord had commanded Moses and they divided the land and in verse 15 they had rest from war so for a time they had rest from war. In Judges chapter 2:7 after they had gotten all this land and they had divided it up in Israel today there were 12 there were 12 uh different lands or they they divided it up maybe 11 I can’t remember in Judges 2 chapter 7 the the people serve the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who had seen all the great works of the Lord and I want to point out here that there was a group of people that served God all.

▶ 4:29 Their days they followed Joshua and the elders example and many of these people served God all of their lives it’s very important and it’s powerful for us to be examples Joshua and the elders were examples to the people that followed them and they were affected by it but the next generation had to make a choice just like the next generation today the teenagers and the 20-year-olds and the 20 to 30 year olds and the 30 to 40 year olds we have to make a choice are we going to find out if God is real are we going to know God for ourself or are we going to give God the hand and go do what we. Want but there was a generation in Joshua’s time that followed Joshua to the promised land overcame the enemies and served God all their lives and that is powerful and as individual.

▶ 5:35 Christians we can pr we can possess the promised land we can overcome our enemies and serve God all of our lives we can choose to be part of that generation it doesn’t matter what time of the church you’re living in it doesn’t matter if you’re living in the falling away church it doesn’t matter if you’re living in the frozen chosen church doesn’t matter what time you’re in you can decide to be part of the generation that goes to gain their inheritance and commit to God to serving him all of their lives just like Joshua and Caleb if you remember few messages ago we talked about how Joshua and cb were different they had a different spirit and no matter all what the whole uh land of Israel was doing they all were negative about the promised land they got upset about going there but Joshua and Caleb said you guys are crazy God has set has created this promised land for us he has created this thing for us and we can go and inherit it.

▶ 6:49 If if God was with us how can we fail they had a different spirit and we can have that in us today and we see that here and Joshua and then the elders another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which he had done for Israel and again this just begs the question the next generation or even if the older generation maybe maybe you never kn knew God maybe you never came to know God it’s important that you come to God yourself that you come to know God. Yourself it’s important that you experience the work that he has done for. You and then it says the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the bales the bail is is another God you know you can say the bail the hail the jail you know whatever it is it’s not our God it’s not the God of Abraham Isaac and if it’s not that God if it’s not Jesus Christ if it’s not the Holy Spirit you’re missing the mark because God says the first commandment you shall have no other what.

▶ 8:08 Gods and in America today the love of money can be our God we a lot of things can replace God we can replace. God people ask you what do you think about this well I think who cares what you. Think are we asking what God thinks are we asking what God says. Judges chapter 2:14 the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel so he delivered them into the h hands of plunderers who despoiled them and they could no longer stand before their enemies whenever they went out the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity as the Lord had said and the Lord had sworn to them and they were greatly distressed you want stress do you want to be. Distressed do you want to lose joy do you want to lose peace do you want to lose all of these things that God has has given you when you accepted him the way you can lose all that is.

▶ 9:06 Rejecting God rejecting his word like Israel did they they rejected the first commandment of the ten commandments it’s important for us you know you you can’t say oh well I’m not I don’t lie but I do uh steal you know God’s not happy with. That we’ve got to serve. Him and so if you have lost something if you’ve been spoiled you’ve got we have to wake up you know in my life if if I’ve been spoiled of my joy if I’ve been spoiled of of my peace I’ve got to wake up if I don’t have peace if I don’t have joy Jesus said whoever drinks of this water shall never thirst Christ has a living water that we can partake of that will give us life.

▶ 10:04 Continually we don’t have to be dry we don’t have to be thirsty we don’t have to lose our joy we don’t have to lose our hope you don’t have to lose it don’t let the enemy spoil. You so what do we do do we give up no we shape up amen. Judges 3:9 the childrenn of Israel cried out to the Lord and the Lord raised up to deliver for the children of Israel who delivered them so they served the bales they rejected God right then they cried out they admitted they were wrong they asked for forgiveness they turned from it they repented and they served God again it’s very important in your life that’s number one you have to first admit your wrong you know if you’re breaking his commandments very clear you need to admit your wrong.

▶ 10:59 And you also need to repent repent simply just means okay I committed that I was committing that on a daily basis I was committing that on a weekly basis I’m going to stop now and I’m going to turn from that now you may stop and say I’m going to turn from it and I was wrong and then you may do it again but you got to repent again you got to keep repenting till that thing’s behind you amen you know you got and some of these big things you can’t go around stealing somewhere you got to say okay I’m not going to do that anymore you can’t go around killing I got not going to do that anymore you can’t do. That. Uh just because states are allowing you to abort kids doesn’t mean you keep doing it and maybe you’ve aborted kids and Christ can forgive you and he can heal you but you don’t keep doing it that’s.

▶ 11:57 Repentance you know David he uh committed sexual immorality with Bathsheba right and God restored him but he had to pay a price and he never did it again there’s a repentance that’s what I’m talking that’s what repentance is in Judges chapter 3:12 the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord and the lord’s strengthen he brought in an enemy and so we have this cycle where the people uh cry out to God and they repent and then they go back into uh rejecting God again and we have this cycle it just keeps happening and happening and God keeps bringing uh you know trouble because he’s got to wake them up and so you got to recognize you got to look at your life and say is this trouble in my life because I have rejected God’s word rejected his truth it’s very important for us to make that.

▶ 12:56 Distinction Exodus 15:17 God will bring his people in and plant them in the mountain of his inheritance in the place which he has made for his own dwelling the sanctuary which his hands have. Established. Uh so this scripture is saying that God has a dwelling place the God who created all things that’s what we believe okay you come to this church and right here I believe in the Bible when I open up Genesis it said let there be light I believe God made that light when God says he formed the world when he formed the sea I believe he did all that I believe that he breathed life into us I believe that he coded my dna from the beginning I believe he set it all up from the beginning and uh you need to know that there’s more information coming out.

▶ 13:51 That it’s not just the dna uh that’s complex it’s everything around there’s more complexity even past dna and the dna is six billion lines of code and I just bring that up because I work for an insurance company I work for an it department and there is no project that long that we have coded without human intelligence and this dna code can’t have come by accident folks God had to write the code it’s important for you to understand that I believe that he created everything when you come to this church we believe that God breathed life into you we we believe that he put a spirit in you when you were conceived in the womb like the scriptures. Say and I don’t remember where I was going with that.

▶ 14:48 But God is bringing his people planting him in the mountain lord’s house uh we need to know that he has he he has a dwelling place and what I’m trying to to say is the God who made the universe this big God who excellent he powerful unlimited power he want he has a dwelling place and this dwelling place. Is his house which his hands have established in 1 Corinthians 6:19 it tells us what this house is do you not know that your bodies are the sanctuary the dwelling the temple of theol Holy Spirit so God created this whole world that you see that’s going to take you a long time to travel from this end and back it’s a huge world there’s a big universe you look at the skies at the sky at night the stars you can see stars you can see planets it’s amazing what God has created and he set it all up so that he could dwell in us.

▶ 15:59 That’s very important to understand you are not your own you were bought at a price therefore honor God with your bodies and I have this uh pointing here his hands have made it established it okay Jesus Christ is the only one who could have died on the cross for our sin who bought us for a price by his blood and he is the one who has made us a dwelling place place so when you accept Christ when you say Lord Jesus forgive me of my sin I admit I’m a sinner he comes with his blood he covers you he covers your sin and he also now has enabled you to be a dwelling place for God and God is asking us today are we willing to let God dwell in us.

▶ 17:00 It says it’s a mountain right the mountain of his inheritance a mountain is normally a peak of altitude it’s a there’s a a mountaintop and God is saying it it’s that this this dwelling place is a high it’s the most important thing to him and that’s how much value that we have to him we are the highest of importance to him we are that dwelling place and not not only just us but also the assembly when we come.

▶ 17:36 Together Psalms 132:13 the Lord has chosen Zion he’s desired it for his dwelling place this is my resting place forever here I will dwell and for I have desired it. Zion Hebrews chapter 12:22 I had Miss Stephanie read that during worship uh during one of the the songs it says you have come to what Mount Zion you’ve come to the peak you’ve come to the top Mount Zion you come to the highest of the highest importance of God Mount Zion the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and inumerable comp inumerable company of angels to the general assembly here it go the general assembly say that the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven to God the judge of all the spirit of judment to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant so back there.

▶ 18:38 In what what book was that Exodus Exodus chapter 15 years ago before Jesus even. Came God set up a promise that we would be his dwelling place the church church the gathering together of his people Mount Zion we are his resting place forever so it’s very important when you walk through that door when you assemble with God’s people you’re assembling with Mount Zion the most important thing to him this is the reason why he died on the cross this is the reason why he created all things this is the reason why he created the universe it’s the most important thing to him Zion the church it’s not a tourist site that you can go fly to it’s not a place.

▶ 19:37 That you have to go visit oh I’ve got to if I want to be in God’s resting place I got to go and live on the mountain and take my tent and put up my campsite there. No Mount Zion is the church the assembly you know why doesn’t work because you could take all your sin you could take all of your uh trouble and you could live on that mountain over in Israel and that’s not going to change you but when you come to the church you hear his word his living word and his powerful word and you let it transform you that is the powerful thing Psalms chapter 95 verse 10 for 40 years I was angry with that generation there are a people whose hearts go astray they have not known my ways you know I don’t like it I don’t like hearing God’s angry with me I don’t know about you guys but you know when I hear you know hey mike here’s a letter from God God’s Michael I’m angry with you are you’re angry with me oh man how can I fix.

▶ 20:52 That how many want God angry with you you want God I don’t want him angry with me. There are people whose hearts go astray their their hearts go with the wind oh a new new um a new belief came out a new religion came out a new thing came out okay we’re going green this year now we got we went from global warming now we’re to climate change and then we’re going to go to the next thing you know there’s stuff just coming here we go oh the science has come out a new study a news this a new that we’re just going to go with it what about Jesus what about his word what about his truth.

▶ 21:32 They have not known my ways you know God’s ways have not changed for a long time from the beginning we you know when we just go along with all these changes these new things all this new thing has come out you know and we don’t can’t stick with his truth his ways we got a problem Psalms 9511 I swore my wrath they shall not enter my rest and that’s what we’re talking about entering God’s rest letting uh we want to have rest as Christians you want to have rest that you know where you’re going to go when you die amen you want to have rest that you have eternal life amen but you also want to have rest in this life that you have power to live for him to follow him you want to have rest in God you want to experience where he is at he has a resting place his church he comes the scripture and that’s confirmed in through throughout the Bible where two or three are gathered in my name where is he he’s in our midst he’s there and he’s trying to explain and say how it’s so important his church is so important it’s a mountain.

▶ 22:46 And so we we have to ask. Ourselves are we happy keeping our distance from God like these people and Psalms 95:1 the Israelites they uh kept their distance from God their hearts went astray a new thing came out they would go along with it they. Uh and they did not know or take on the ways of God God’s character not doing any harm to your neighbor not doing any harm to God loving. God they had no interest in that and God is is asking if we are doing the same thing. Today I wanted to share real quick some statistics out there uh in 2023.

▶ 23:41 29% of people have been have been diagnosed with depression uh 17.8% and this is in America 17.8% are current in current. Depression um there there are I think I was reading one two 3 four five there’s five different types of pills they can prescribe you and that’s not different brands in the types there’s like three brands they can give you so there’s like 15 pills they have for depression there’s. Psychotherapy. Uh man some of this stuff this is crazy.

▶ 24:29 There they say you can change your lifestyle changes you can go sit and talk with somebody about your depression but I want to say that you know in in many cases depression is a darkness it’s an enemy and I show this because it’s one thing that Americans are dealing with some people all their life and as a Christian you can have a a depression that follows you all of your life and when you want to keep your distance from God it’s very important God is promising that we can have rest from our enemies and one of them is something like this we got to come to God if you have it bring it to God you know get all of these solution and bring God in don’t don’t forget to leave God out of it you got to bring God into it the opioid epidemic by the Numbers 7 people 70,000 people are dying uh dying every year from opioid.

▶ 25:36 Overdose 10 million people are misusing prescription opioids every year 2 million people used methamphetamine in the past year. And uh people are using heroin these are just numbers or st statistics that you guys need to know of what’s happening in America today today we’re talking millions we’re talking thousands we’re talking young people it’s affecting our nation it’s hurting uh this is uh narcotics these things are are are intoxication they’re they they hurt you and God says to get it out of your life it’s very important that we understand and see these things and keep ourselves from them don’t let them d destroy your life they can be things in your life that destroy you and God is asking us to get them out and he wants to give us the strength to do that he wants to give us rest from things like this okay because this has a consequence and it hurts families it hurts people and not just opioids but other drugs as well Psalms 8:2 out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants I’ve have ordained gain strength because of your enemies that you may silence the enemy and the avenger this is a very common scripture this scripture was referenced by Jesus Christ

▶ 27:07 and when he me said you have ordained strength he replaced the word with what. Praise when you came in this morning you had a decision are you going to praise God or not if you decided to praise God let me tell you what happened when you came through that door and you started lifting up Jesus Christ you put on your your your your fist together like this and Satan came up to you and you gave him a left hook boom that’s what happened now you can go and you can get a spear you can get a sword and right now I could swing it in the air that’s not going to do anything to Satan where I got to get something here here we go oh it’s hooked up okay where’s Satan I’m going to beat him doesn’t work doesn’t work if this is a sword doesn’t work if I had a gun in my pocket and I’m going to shoot the wall and say Satan where are you depression where no it doesn’t work like that but when you come in and you praise God and you lift up the name of God what happens in the the world that you cannot see the spirit world as you are hitting the kingdom of darkness you are silencing the enemy and the avenger other parts say you are freezing and stealing stopping destroying the enemy in your life and so God is not up in heaven saying oh I’m so I

▶ 28:37 need my praise. Today where are my people praising me you know that’s not God he’s saying look I got this tool for you guys h he’s excited he’s got joy he’s happy he’s looking down like who’s praising who’s using the tools I gave him. Amen you we have them they’re at our disposal Jesus said to Satan when he was being tempted in the desert after he was filled with the Holy Spirit and he was fasting in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights Satan came up to him in his weakest point and he says hey I have some bread here hey uh if you God says he’s going to protect you if you fall down why don’t you fall down from here hey if you worship me I’m going to give you all these people and Jesus would reply and he would say hey Satan get out of here away with you it is written and he would use what the scriptures.

▶ 29:58 And the scriptures are that powerful Jesus Christ used the scriptures Jesus is our example he fasted he prayed and he used what the scriptures it’s very important that we know what the scriptures say that we follow what it says you see Jesus had a choice was he going to follow uh his feelings you know 40 days of fasting how do you feel I don’t want to try it. But you know you fast one or two days or one day and I got I got a headache I got oh my gosh don’t talk to me please you know I don’t know if you have ever just not eaten for a day but you’ll find out some stuff about. You.

▶ 30:54 But Jesus had to make a choice am I going to give into my feelings am I going to just say yeah I just I would do whatever you know Satan cuz uh I I got to stop this feeling I don’t like this feeling no Jesus went to the truth the word and he said this is what I’m going to follow you shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve I’m not going to serve you Satan I’m going to serve my God and that’s what we got to do. We must stick with his word it is. Written and uh I also like this phrase right here it is written because people will say oh the Old Testament is so uh messed up and it’s been uh you know you don’t know if it’s true or not and Jesus here is quoting it in the desert amen it is written did you know it was written it was written really.

▶ 31:58 We have writing somewhere Hebrews chapter 4:8 verse 10 if Joshua had given them a rest he would not afterward have spoken of another day there remains therefore a rest for the people of God so it’s not just having rest from your enemies God wants to give you rest from your enemies yourself your uh wicked people in your life the the the people in your house that are hurting you um Satan he wants to give you rest from that but there’s also another rest he has entered his rest and he who has entered his rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from his oh my father if it is possible let this cup pass from me nevertheless not as I will but as you will g I’m bringing that scripture up because this is what he said in the garden before he was crucified and if you remember remember what he was doing when he was c before crucifying he was praying and he was really upset he was like he was like oh my gosh I know what’s coming see Jesus can you believe it he knew that he would be crucified he knew that they were going to k uh take that cat-o’-nine-tails and and whip him whip his his body all over they were going to turn him into hamburger meat the scriptures say that his visage was marred beyond recognition more than any man they beat him they took a stick they

▶ 33:29 beat him they punched him they they put the crown of thorns on him they whipped him with the cat-o’-nine-tails they ripped his flesh off of his body they nailed him to a cross Jesus endured a horrific. Torturous. Beating from the Praetorium and before that all happened. He says if it’s possible let this cut pass from me but not as I will but as you. Will and so we see a scripture here Jesus Christ as our example again he’s saying it’s not what I want in my life but what you want and see Jesus he’s ceasing from his own works it’s not about what I want it’s about what what God wants and that’s what this is talking about he who has entered his rest has himself ceased from his works.

▶ 34:35 Meaning we think that we have things figured. Out. Um if you talk to to to people today they may take part of the message of Christ they like his death on the cross they like the forgiveness they like the blood covering them and but they make up their own rules for the rest. Of the their morality and you can’t just do that and for example August 30th 2020 pew research has a uh article out there half of the united states Christians say that casual sex between consenting adults is sometimes or always. Acceptable you see we take we want God’s forgiveness we want him his blood to cleanse us but when we say oh but I want to still do my works I want to do what I want to.

▶ 35:35 Do see that is a rejection of his will that is a rejection of his work in your life let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience and disbelief it’s important important again for us to be what diligent diligent means what hardworking when I went to school in my Christian school growing up you had a reward for what. Diligence for doing your work at the end of the year they’d say Michael got an award for. Diligence you know if you did your work you were diligent.

▶ 36:28 And it’s the same way in your life we have to decide are we going to be diligent are we going to work hard at making time in our lives daily for God for putting his word into us you know you’re not going to read the Bible in one day it’s just not going to happen you’re not going to be able to pray and and have every experience that the Bible talks about in one day tomorrow you know you’re not going to get every gift you’re not going to pray you’re not going to get the Holy Spirit coming down tomorrow and and know all the script happening what no it takes what. Diligence and taking the Bible a few pages at a time because we all have to work we got to take care of the natural amen there’s no hamburgers from heaven all right tomorrow you got to feed your families and feed your face have a roof over your head it takes work and the Bible is all about.

▶ 37:27 That kind of work if you don’t work you shouldn’t eat the Bible says um but there is also a diligence in seeking God and it’s important for us to make time for that have you made room in your life for God daily and and this is this is true for all of us. Um when you do that when you make time for God in your life you it will have a good effect on all the areas and in your relationship with Jesus Christ leaving the discussion of elementary principles of Christ let us go on to perfection not laying again the foundations of repentance from dead works of faith toward God of doctrine of baptisms laying on of hands resurrection of dead uh and of eternal judgment um if you’re wondering whether or not you should be water baptized it’s uh it’s important some of us are still at these stages we’re repenting from these dead works or we may not have faith toward God these are the beginning stages of having a relationship with him it’s important to know that yes I may be baptized yes I may have faith toward God yes I may have repented but there is a whole another set and a whole different experience to grow into in God and you want to uh

▶ 38:58 go on as it says Paul let us go on let us keep growing our our motto out there is believe grow and know God you got to know your God do you know God is real have you experienced him have you encountered him and also are you willing to keep going on and growing in God very important I encourage you this morning it’s very important for us there is a rest that God has for his people there is a rest that God has for you and for me the church is very important he wants to dwell in us and rest in us he wants us to have rest from our enemies he wants us to cease from our own works the religious people in the time of Jesus Christ they were doing their own works and they did not do God’s works and we can do the same thing today where we fixate on one thing of God and not uh know his ways we’ve got to know his ways what are his ways very important for us to take that on I’d like to invite you at this time we want to invite our God this morning we want to take some time to respond to his word to his truth.

▶ 40:26 For. I’ve said a lot of things today quoted a lot of scriptures but we need God to make it real to us today we need his spirit and his power to make it real to us today when I was 12 years old I experienced. Jesus I encountered Jesus for the first time in my life.

▶ 41:21 So I know anybody past 12 years old can encounter Christ and I submit to you this morning if you’re willing to humble. Yourself if you’re willing to admit if you’re willing to step out and try to reach out to God right now you can have an encounter with Christ but it’s going to take some. Humility I remember I was standing at that article call and I they were playing the song and uh I had been taught to raise my hands and you know as a teenager you’re looking around you’re like oh everybody’s looking at. Me but that action of just raising my hands the power of God came when I did that and see God this morning he he’s he’s wanting us to come his way he’s wanting us to come with humility he wants us to reach out to him so we like to invite you right now.

▶ 42:29 You know if you don’t know God is real if you haven’t encountered Christ is real we want to make sure you can do that. Today so I’m going to sing. This just to invite God right now and then I’m going to invite you to stand well let’s stand together right now. But I’m going to sing a measure or a few and then we’ll have a time where we can respond amen. As the spirit was moving over the wat spirit come move over. Us come rest on us come rest on us as the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over. Us come rest on us come rest on us come down spirit when you move you make my heart p when you feel the room you’re here and I know you are moving I’m here and I know you will fill.

▶ 43:50 Me let’s bow our heads and close our eyes Lord Jesus we invite you right now God we invite your presence your power. Jesus we need you this morning we need you to make your word real to us this morning Lord. Jesus Lord we pray that you come right now your spirit of God would come that it would convict us Lord God we want to grow in you we want to follow hard after you Lord Jesus we want to live for you Lord Jesus. So as we sing this again just lift up your hands right where you’re at as an action of saying yes God I surrender and I want you let’s show God that we love him this morning as the spirit was moving over the waters spirit come move over.

▶ 44:49 Us come rest on. Us come rest on us say the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over us come rest on us come rest on us calm down spirit when you move you make my heart pound when you feel the room you’re here and I know you are moving I’m here and I know you will feel me come down spirit when you move you make my heart p when you feel the room you’re here and I know you are moving I’m here and I know you will fill. Me let’s take a few moments right now and we’re going to pray and lift up our voices individually we’re going to invite Jesus right now we’re going to invite his spirit to come we’re going to invite him right now we’re also going to pray surrender.

▶ 46:06 Ourselves admit whatever we need to admit sin whatever it is let’s lay it down before the cross this morning let’s exalt him Lord Jesus we come before you this morning we pray for your forgiveness for our sin over our lives Jesus we pray for your blood Lord that it would cover us that it would cleanse us Lord Jesus that would come into our innermost being God Lord that it would flow in our veins God that it would be in our inner man God that it would bring life to our bodies Lord Jesus and to bring life to our spirit God Lord we pray for your word we pray for your powerful truth God we ask Lord Jesus that you would speak Lord like you spoke to Lazarus you said come come Lord Jesus we pray Lord God we pray that we would surrender God we pray Lord God that you would come with your powerful word and speak and Lord put the flesh back on Lord put all the all the things back together Lord Jesus that may have come apart Jesus Jesus by your word by your power Lord God we pray.

▶ 47:24 Jesus as the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over. Us come rest on. Us come rest on us as the spirit was moved over the war spirit come move over us come rest on. Us come rest on us fire and wind do it again open up the gates let heaven on in come rest on us come rest on us fire and wind do it again open up the gates let heaven on in come rest on. Us come rest on us we’re going to pray for one another right now and lay hands on one another right now that God would actually before that before we pray for one.

▶ 48:30 Another as we have heard the word as we have heard the songs this. Morning if we would like to invite Jesus to accept Jesus into our heart we want to be reminded of what it says it says in Romans 3:23 that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God every one of us every one of people on the earth have sin but it says that the wages of sin is death and we don’t want that death we know that the the the result the payment for that sin is death we don’t want that and it says the solution the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord says in 1 John 1:9 if we confess our sins he’s faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness this morning no no matter what the past may have in your life no matter what you’ve done you can find cleansing by confessing your sin admitting your wrong if you’ve never accepted Jesus Christ in your heart just lift up your hand right where you’re at and let say Lord Jesus I admit let’s pray this prayer together Lord Jesus I admit I confess my sin before you Lord God I pray that you would cleanse me of my

▶ 50:00 sin by your blood Lord Jesus I commit to following. You to following my resurrected. King Lord Jesus thank you for cleansing. Me. Amen and right now we’re going to pray for one another we’re going to lift up our voices for one another we’re going to lay hands on one another reach out to the person next to you and pray and ask God that God would make them himself real that God would stir up in their heart to follow him wholeheartedly let’s pray right now for one another God we pray for one another right now Jesus we pray Lord we ask Lord for our young people this morning Lord we pray for everyone in this church in this place God that you would come and make your home come and have make your dwelling in us this morning we ask Lord that you would rest at your spirit of truth Lord Jesus it’s your power would come Lord God we invite you this morning Lord Jesus Lord Jesus do a powerful work in us Lord God stir us up oh Lord Jesus we pray God Lord we need that encouragement we need that life we need that living water we pray Lord God that we pray for one another that we would we would would receive those things from you Lord God Lord we pray for one another God

▶ 51:31 that we’d experience a powerful work in our heart a powerful work in our spirit God we pray for another right now Lord Jesus God that you come with your mighty spirit Lord that you come with your mighty power Jesus Jesus Jesus please Lord we call on you this morning God for one another right now we pray Lord by the laying on of hands God Lord we pray Jesus Jesus that your power Lord would transfer from the heavens to us this morning Jesus. Jesus Lord God we pray Lord Jesus we pray we ask this in your name Lord. Jesus as the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over.

▶ 52:24 Us come rest rest on us come rest on us as the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over. Us come rest on us come rest on us cal down spirit when you move you make my heart p when you feel the room you’re here and I know you are moving I’m here and I I know you will feel me c down spirit when you move you make my heart pound when you feel the room you’re here and I know you are moving I’m here and I know you will kill me. Oh.

▶ 53:24 Jesus ho. Spirit come bless on us you’re all we. Want you’re only one Lord. Holy. Spirit come rest on us you’re all we want Lord you’re all we want oh God. And closing someone lift up your voice. And pray what God has put on your heart spirit has put on your heart grab this microphone up here.

▶ 54:41 Father thank you for this church I pray that you would grow it and many souls and families would be saved and healed and blessed God thank you for pastor Michael and him being a bold righteous teacher of your word and we really need it in today’s day and age God there’s so much evil coming after kids especially and we just pray your blessings and protection on all the families here and that you would work in our lives and save our family members as well Lord thank you for your mercy in Jesus. Name amen everyone said amen. Hallelujah those online want to thank you for joining us God bless you we hope you heard the word and respond to it thank you again for joining us amen you may find your seat.

▶ 55:35 Good morning those online we want to thank you for joining us it’s 10:00 a.m. Here in the room welcome everybody I want to thank you for joining us this morning we’re going to begin with worship and praise to God like to invite you to stand with me I want to encourage you this morning you have come to Mount Zion the city of the living God uh here at the vine cluster church we encourage you to be to worship God with your hands worship God with your mouth worship God with your posture and you can do that by singing you can do that by speaking and you can do that by using your hands lifting your hands clapping your hands I encourage you this. Morning Jesus said I would that all men would lift up holy hands without wrath or doubting I encourage you this morning join us in worship as we sing praise to our God.

▶ 56:47 This is the day you have. Made so I will rejoice and be glad rejoice and be glad in. It this is where I. Believe that you are more than enough more than enough for. Me you are faithful to your promise you are strong when I am weak when I’m standing in your presence I have everything I need. The joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength oh my soul bless his name all that is within me say the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength.

▶ 57:52 Jesus come one. Made you are worthy of all worthy of all my praise you are faithful to your promise you are strong when I am weak when I’m standing in your presence I have everything I need the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength the joy of Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength oh my soul bless his name all that is within me say the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength so let it rise.

▶ 58:46 Up like a river. Overflowing Holy Spirit. Let it pour. Out with no. Li over. Gl Holy. Spirit the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength oh my soul blessing name all that is within me oh my soul bless his name all that is within me st the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength.

▶ 59:42 The joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength. Oh my soul bless his name all that is within me oh my soul bless his name all that is within me say the joy of the Lord the joy of the Lord is my strength hallelujah Lord hallelujah great is the Lord great is his name we we love you we love you oh. God are good to your people thank you thank you.

▶ 1:00:37 Jesus great is your name great is your name I’m in a fight not physical I’m in a war but not with this world you are the light that’s beautiful. I want more I want all that’s. Yours joy unspeakable that won’t go away more than enough strength to live for today so I never have to worry what tomorrow bring cuz my faith is on solid rock I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I’m ping on. God I’m in a fight not physical I’m in a war but not with this world you are the light that’s beautiful and I want more I want all that’s.

▶ 1:01:48 Yours joy un speak of all that won’t go away more than enough strength to live for today so I never never have to worry what tomorrow will break cuz my faith is on a solid rock I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God it’s a miracle of Christ in me it’s the mystery that sets me free I’m nothing like I used to be. Open up your eyes the miracle of Christ in me it’s the mystery that sets me free I’m nothing like I used to be open up your eyes you’ll see joy unspeakable that won’t go away more than enough strength to live for today so I never have to worry what tomorrow will bring cuz my faith is on a solid r I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on God I am counting on I am counting on.

▶ 1:03:12 God Lord we look to you this morning God we lift you up this morning God we praise you this morning we love you we love you Lord. Thank you Jesus thank you Lord oh God you’re good you are good to. Us more we can count on you. Jesus we thank you we thank you. Lord bless. Bless Jesus. Jusus Lord Jesus this morning your church your house your gathering together of your people God is the fulfillment of your scriptures God us coming together is so powerful.

▶ 1:04:26 God Lord we look to you this morning Lord we look to you you are our joy it says the joy of the Lord is our strength in the Psalms God it says in the scriptures that you have our you are peace the kingdom of God is righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Spirit God this morning we ask Lord for you to come we ask for your spirit to be here we ask for your presence to be here Lord. God we love you we thank you we are gathered here in your name in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we are gathered in the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob we are gathered in the name of the Holy Spirit the promise sent by the father Lord Jesus we thank you this.

▶ 1:05:22 Morning there is joy in the house of of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is. Joy there is joy yes there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is. Joy there is. Joy there is a river blowing a river of joy and and laughter we want to swim in the waters we want to. Dance there is a r river of joy and hallelu swim the water we want to dance we want to dance there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy.

▶ 1:06:25 There is joy oh there is peace in the house of the Lord there is peace in the house of the Lord there is. Peace in his house there is power in the word of the Lord there is power in the word of the Lord there is. Power in your word. But you have come to Mount Zion to the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem you have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly to the church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven you have come to God the judge of all to the spirit of the righteous made perfect to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of abel.

▶ 1:07:33 Hallelujah oh there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is. Joy there is joy there is hope there is hope in the house of the Lord there is hope in the house of the Lord there is. Hope in your house there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is. Joy there is. Joy there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy in the house of the Lord there is joy.

▶ 1:08:27 There is. Joy there is. Joy you Lord we bless you Lord we bless you Lord. We we exalt we. Exalt thank thank you Jesus you are good thank you. Thank you God how wonderful how. Wonderful our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any mother our God is healer awesome and power our God our God oh our God is greater our God God is stronger God you are higher than any other our God is healer awesome in power our God.

▶ 1:09:38 Our God as Jesus said in read letters I would that all men lift up holy hands without wrath or doubt I encourage you right now just in surrendering if you love Jesus and acknowledge him this morning let’s lift up our hands together and sing this unto him our God is greater our God is great our God is stronger God you are higher than any other our God is healer awesome and power our God our God. Oh our God is greater our God is is stronger God you are higher than any other our God is heal awesome in power our God oh our God.

▶ 1:10:41 Water you turn into wine you open the eyes of the blind there’s no one like you. Oh there’s none like. You into the darkness you. Shine out of the ashes we rise there’s no one like. You none like. You our God is creater. Our God is stronger God you are higher than any other our God is healer awesome and power our God.

▶ 1:11:39 Our God yes our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is here. Awesome and power our God our God and if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand again and if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand again and if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand against and if our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then what could stand.

▶ 1:12:47 Again what could stand again. Our God is greater our God is stronger our God you are higher than any other our God is healer awesome and power oh. God our God Lord God I see the nations right now and Lord many of these nations some of them God Lord have abolished you they’ve abolished the Bible they’ve abolished Christ Jesus in some nations if you accept Christ you can be killed in some nations the Bible is banned but God you have come into these nations you have come right through the governments you have come through the people in charge God you have gone to the people themselves you revealed yourself and God you rais up a church even in that situation Lord in the nation like china for the Bible is banned God people have gotten your word and churches got together and Lord you raised up a people in china God in iran where it’s it you can be killed for being a Christian Lord you’re raising a church God you’re raising a church why because our God is greater our God

▶ 1:14:18 is stronger our God is more powerful than a government our God is more powerful than some kind of gun he’s more powerful than some kind of ammunition our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than anything Jesus Lord we honor you this morning we thank you this morning God we thank you that you have stirred up people so much they’re willing to put their lives on the line to serve you to live for you to respond and call you their Lord and savior we thank you Jesus. We thank you. Lord our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any other our God is healer awesome and power our God.

▶ 1:15:19 Our God your word is great. Your word is. Stronger you are higher than any. Other your word is healer it’s awesome and power your word your word your word. Yes your word is greater your word is stronger your word is higher than any other. Your word is healer your awesome and power our word your word your word.

▶ 1:16:06 God we declare today we recognize today in America where we do have freedoms to live for you to follow you and God if we take your word to heart we put that Bible into our soul and our spirit God your word is greater than all of the influence that comes from the world that comes from the kingdom of darkness your word is stronger your word can heal our minds it can heal our sin your word is so powerful God Lord your word if we were to follow it we would find transformation we would find deliverance in the word of the Lord God we pray in nations like America nations like europe Lord nations where your word is not bann God Lord that we would take it to heart that we would recognize that your word is greater your word is stronger Lord your word can heal it’s higher than any other word Jesus we ask this in your name we ask this in this church this morning.

▶ 1:17:33 God our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other our God is healer awesome in power our God our God. Oh our God let’s thank him this morning for be exal we love you Lord Jesus we thank you God there is no one like you Lord you alone are worthy oh. God you are great you are great we love we love you Lord Jesus.

▶ 1:18:25 We lift you up oh. Lord we bless your name. Jesus we thank you we thank. You thank you Jesus. Hallelujah you may find your seats this morning thank you again for joining us thank you for coming to Mount Zion the city of the living God it’s good to be in God’s house today. We have a special song this morning and before we get into the word we have a special song it’s called red letter it’s called reders because uh it’s talking about the New Testament and the New Testament in certain bibles uh if you open them up the words that Jesus spoke are in red letters and that’s what this song is about how powerful his red letters his words.

▶ 1:19:49 Are there I. Were I me let me try that. Again there I was 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 killing. Me it would take a miracle to wash me.

▶ 1:20:47 Clean but then I. Read the red. Letters and the ground began to shake the prison. Wall started. Falling and I became a free man that. Day felt like lightning hit my veins my dead heart began to. Be breath of God filled my lungs and the Holy Ghost awakened. Me yeah the Holy Ghost awakened. Me then I.

▶ 1:21:42 Read the red. Letters and the ground began to. Shame prison wall. Started. Falling and I became a free man that. Day for God so love the whole wide world s 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 destiny.

▶ 1:22:35 Thank you God thank God for red. Letters when the ground began to shake oh your grace of God started. Falling and I became a free man that. Day prison. Walls started. Falling and I am a free. Man. To. Hallelu Lord Jesus we thank you for your word we thank you for your truth God it says in the scriptures that you worked with the word God the dis the disciples the apostles Lord they went out preaching your word and God you were with it and Lord we pray this morning that you would be with the word Lord God as we hear the message today God that you would go out in the word spoken Lord that they would not fall to the ground but Lord that they would come and become life inside each one of us. Lord we call on you this morning Jesus we invite you this morning Lord we pray make your word alive today thank you Lord Jesus. Amen you may find your seats.