The Blessing of Abraham — January 3, 2021: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:01 We’d like to welcome you this morning to Mountainside Ministries it’s great to have everyone during this pandemic. Scriptures still say where two or three are gathered there he is in our midst God is here and to be and to confirm that this morning we’re gonna go over the scripture reading this morning Joshua 1 chapter 5 says as I was with Moses I will be with you Joshua was in a time where Moses had just died in the 40 years they were in the wilderness but Joshua came out of that strong. And goddess. Thank you be strong and of good courage it is the year beginning of the year 2021 be strong have good courage God is still with his people he’s still with the house of God don’t be discouraged.

▶ 0:55 For to this divide an inheritance. The scriptures say in Romans chapter 8 verse 17 we are his children we are heirs of God we are joint heirs with Christ it says in Psalms 2:8 ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance the name are still an inheritance for Jesus Christ there’s still an inheritance for the church be strong in the Lord be of good courage this morning and this year. Amen. Be strong be courageous. Do not turn from the right hand to the right hand to the left stay focused on Jesus no matter what’s going on Joshua and Caleb they came through the wilderness and they lost Moses uh Moses did not join them in the promised land but that didn’t matter they were they had got and that’s what matters is God with us are we with God are we moving with God be of good courage.

▶ 2:02 Be strong be of good courage don’t be afraid don’t be dismayed for the Lord is with you this morning God is with us this year at the beginning of this year God is with us he is with the church of God don’t be discouraged don’t be dismayed let us stand together this morning and it it knowing that we are strong in the Lord having courage and let’s lift up our God this morning people. Be strong be strong say the Lord thy. God be bold. Be strong say the Lord thy God is with thee and do not be afraid no no no do not be dismayed. We’re walking in faith and victory we’re walking in faith and victory we’re walking in faith and victory for the Lord.

▶ 3:12 Say the Lord thy God is with thee. People be strong say the Lord thy God is with thee and do not be afraid no no no do not be displayed. We’re walking in faith and victory we’re walking in faith and victory we’re walking in faith and victory for the Lord thy God is. Oh praise the Lord hallelujah God.

▶ 4:09 We are strong with you Lord. Let us lift up his wonderful name. Jesus Jesus how great and wonderful is our God we. Pray. And possess the land from Jordan to the sea. And possess the land from Jordan to the sea.

▶ 5:13 Our God has given us the victory. There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses so I will be with you I will not fail you nor of your foreign. As I was with Moses so I will be with you I will not bear you nor forsake you we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea though the giants may be there our way to hinder our God has given us the victory. And we are able to go up and take the country and possess the land from Jordan to the sea of the giants made their way to hinder our God has given us the victory.

▶ 6:14 Next shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses so I will be with you I will not fail you forsake you there shall not any man be able to step. The land from Jordan to the sea though the giants may be there a way to hinder our God has given us the victory. And we are able to go up and take the country and our God has given us the victory.

▶ 7:11 And we are able to go up and take the country. Our God has given us the victory. Though the giants baby they’re our way to hinder our God has given us the victory. To shout to him. Let’s declare what God has spoken to his people be strong and have a good you be not. Dismayed. Thank. You. Great is our God almighty.

▶ 8:09 Oh God you are mighty. The God of Israel is mighty. The God of Israel knows no defeat. He leads his people into battle. Before him his Israel enemies no defeat. He leads his people into battle. Before him his enemies must flee. Cry out with the shadow of victory let your voice saw the earth. Sing and dance at the triumph of our king glories won the war and support the enemies.

▶ 9:06 The God of Israel is our champion. His right arm has got the victory. Our praises rest his incense before him he fights for us and routes the enemy. Cry out. Amen the God of Israel is mighty mighty the God of Israel.

▶ 10:11 He leads his people into battle. Before him is. Sing and dance. Let your voice on the earth. Sing and dance at the triumph of our king foreign. The God of Israel is our champion.

▶ 11:06 His right hand has got the victory. Our praises rises before him. Sing and dance. Jesus. Let’s shout to our God. Oh cry out to him his ear is sent to hear our and spoiled the enemy.

▶ 12:12 Cry out with a count of victory Jesus lift your voice on the earth. Sing and dance at the triumph of barking glorious won the war and spoiled the enemy. Hallelujah. You we oh you. Thank you thank you thank you. Jesus you Lord we praise you today Lord thank you Lord our voice is Lord our weapon Lord Jesus and as we lift our voices and we praise you today Jesus just as you were with jehoshaphat when he went to battle you said you will not need to fight.

▶ 13:26 But I will fight for you and the weapons that they used was the voice of a mighty choir singing praises unto God Lord we thank you that you have given unto babes you’ve given unto children young men and old men women Lord you’ve given everyone a weapon of praise that we can praise our God and we can see victory from the simplicity of lifting up our voices and praising you you will come Lord Jesus you come in the midst of us hallelujah. Let’s shout to God. He’s given us a privilege to praise you praise God we worship oh we shout to God with the voice of triumph we shout to God for our love and devotion to him for he is mighty in our midst he is mighty in our midst today oh let the earth of the earth hear the voice of the Lord our God for though he’s silent he will make known his word though at times he seems silent oh he.

▶ 14:37 Is just like he was written for pleasure and honor Jesus. Jesus. Lift your voice and dance at the triumph of the marquee glorious won the war and spoiled the enemy. For the captain of the house it’s Jesus. We are following. Him his footsteps. No foe can stand against us in the praise. For the captain of the host is Jesus.

▶ 15:38 We are following. In his footsteps. No full content against us in the praise. For the Lord is marching on and his army. Is never strong and his glory shall be seen upon our land hey. Against. Us. Let.

▶ 16:46 And take our promised land. For the captain of the host is Jesus we are following in his footsteps no bull can stand against us in the praise. We are following in his footsteps. Following. His footsteps. For the Lord. Is marching on and his army is ever strong and his glory shall be seen. Let us march on and take our promised land.

▶ 18:04 We are marching in Messiah’s band the keys of victory are in his mighty hand let us march on. For the captain of the horse is Jesus we are following in his footsteps nobody can stand against us in the brain. We are following in his footsteps. No folks stand against us in. We worship you.

▶ 19:05 For the captain of the host is Jesus. We are following. In his footsteps. No foe can stand against us in the frame. Do you believe it amen let’s shout to God with the voice of Christ let’s praise our God for his goodness for his loving kindness and his faithfulness from generation to. Generation. Jesus. Lift your voice.

▶ 20:04 The earth. Sing and dance at the triumph of our king or he has won the war and spoiled the yes. Our God is greater. Our God is stronger. God you are higher than any other. Our God is healer. Awesome in power our God.

▶ 21:00 Our 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. Water you turned into wine. Open the eyes of the blind there’s no one like. You none like you. Into the darkness you shine.

▶ 21:54 Out of the ashes we rise there’s no one like you. None like you. Our God is greater our God is stronger. God you are higher than any other. Our God is healer. Awesome and power our 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. 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 against.

▶ 23:09 What can stand. Against. What can stand. Against. Our God is greater our God is stronger. Guards you are higher than any. Other our God is healer. Awesome power our God. Our God. Our God is greater our God is stronger God you are higher than any. Other. Our God. Is.

▶ 24:10 Thank you yes Lord you are. Our awesome. We praise you we pray thank you and praise the Lord we worship you we worship you God thank you God thank you thank you Jesus. He is awesome and he is greater than any situation any circumstance. And he is mighty in our midst today amen. Amen I’d like to invite pastor cancer up to share God’s word this morning. As we find our seats. Let’s open our ears to hear God’s word so we can follow it be fed by the word of God and grow.

▶ 25:03 So that we can know God and bear fruit amen amen. Well that was powerful. Ever who put those songs together. Did a great job we learned almost every aspect about God and the rewards of following him praise God. We are dealing with the subject. Of it is Ecclesiastes 1 9. A true verse. Did God fulfill this verse. What has been done will be done again what has been will be again there is nothing new under the sun today we’re going to take a look at.

▶ 25:59 Four keys. To understand the scriptures. I have been on the facebook page for almost two years now. And half. Of the Christians in America. Reject the Old Testament. It’s not for today just the New Testament. But here we find in first Corinthians 10:11 and Romans 5:14 that it says that everything that was written before time in the Old Testament was written for our example. Our warning and our learning. So that we might find comfort. And hope it was written for us. On whom the ends of the world have come the people that reject the Old Testament are just really wrong they’re missing out on the riches of God’s truth.

▶ 27:03 Again it says in ii Timothy 3:16 all scripture. Not only the Old Testament but the New Testament the words of Christ and the apostles doctrine were given by the inspiration of God and are profitable for doctrine that is teaching for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness so the man of God may be complete or perfect the word perfect is used throughout the New Testament and this is another thing a lot of people don’t understand the word perfect here is not used in the Bible as flawless. It’s used as complete. See. The fruits of the spirit love joy peace long suffering gentleness kindness meekness face and temperance when you attain these things you are getting more complete in God when you obtain patience you’re getting more complete more mature.

▶ 28:05 Amen it’s not that we don’t make mistakes say something we shouldn’t have said and did something we shouldn’t have did but we made it right and we. Repent. But it’s being complete adding. To our faith goodness knowledge self-control. Patience godliness brotherly love and God’s love see as we do that we become mature and complete and that’s what it says here in second Timothy 3:16 thoroughly equipped for every good work every good work and it’s God that is doing the work in us by his own inspiration. Also it says in Colossians 2:16 Hebrews 8:1 and 10 1 and Isaiah the first chapter that the sacrifices the sabbaths the Saturday keeping the Saturday the feast and the tabernacle that God built are for examples.

▶ 29:12 They are for shadows. Figures of good things to come of good things to come and that’s what Jesus brought in he fulfilled all these shadow laws bringing us the good things that the old shadow laws pointed to. And the tabernacle was an example of the heavenly temple and the heavenly things. Again. The fourth reason the fourth key is Christ. Is a mystery in Romans 16:25. That’s been kept secret from the beginning but now re revealed through his prophets. So before Christ came Christ was in the Old Testament hidden it was you had to have the key to the mystery to understand it all but now it’s revealed and Jesus himself said I speak things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world see he brought in the kingdom of God and the teachings of the kingdom of God and he brought in the fulfillment of the shadow laws and so forth and this is what’s beginning to change people on facebook they’re starting to understand.

▶ 30:34 That the Old Testament is for us today and we can understand the things of God and have truth revealed to us by reading the Old Testament and letting it be confirmed by the new amen church and so there’s a big breakthrough. I’ve been sharing like I said for almost two years here are some replies on some of the posts so very true David thanks for the many outstanding posts you have made. Another one wow this is amazing do you have any material on the individual topics yes we have a whole library of videos. My co-workers rita and mike and stephanie and donna and these people have been working on these messages and getting them recorded and getting them on the internet for years you can go to mountainside.

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▶ 32:32 Growing Christians and non-Christians need to hear the word amen. So join with us let’s fight the the song said the captain of the host is Jesus no foe can stand against us in the fray what that means is Jesus is telling us to fight the battle no folk can stand against us we’re not on the defense. We’re on the offense and if you want to conquer the foals. In your life and in your neighbor’s life and in the nation’s life you’ve got to get on the attack mode could that be an amen yes if we’re not attacking. We’re not defeating and so help us fight on facebook and on the internet youtube we got videos on youtube and uh they’re excellent.

▶ 33:24 Over 10 years worth of messages that you can listen to and you can have home Bible study just by turning on those messages and having the people listen to them and then talk about them anyway today we are going to look at Abraham’s blessing. In Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 through 3 a God comes to Abram over. In Babylon area chaldean area of of the globe in that day. And in those days God would actually come and he would speak with an audible voice to people okay now he also did that in the New Testament it’s just rare okay but God can speak audibly and he comes to Abram and he says. Abe I want you to leave this area that you’re living in I want you to leave your relatives.

▶ 34:24 I want you to leave your father’s house I want to leave your country your nation and I want to bring you into a brand new land so o abe got up and followed the word of God and lo and behold his dad his relatives. All followed him. But when they got to a city called haran. In syria. About halfway to canaanland. His dad. And his mom and his relatives except for lot decided to stay in iran. But oh abe no way he heard the voice of God and he kept moving on whether his dad and mom came with him or his brothers and sisters or whoever and all the relatives the aunts the uncles if they wanted to stay there that’s their choice I’m going all the way how many want to go all the way in Jesus yes hallelujah.

▶ 35:42 Now God also said at this time. I will make you a great nation. I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing. Speak blessing means to speak and do good all right. I will speak good and do good to them that speak good and do good to you. And I will curse him. I will make his life. Harder. To those that make your life more difficult I will make their life difficult to those who make your life difficult now that is a powerful promise.

▶ 36:37 Okay. Then. In Genesis 22:17 he adds to the covenant. He says. Your seed is going to possess the gates of their enemy. Wow. And then in Genesis 35:11 he says he adds keeps adding to the covenant keeps repeating and adding to it he says kings government rulers are going to come out of you Abraham. Rulers of nations of people. Powerful. And then the big one. He said in you Abraham. Shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

▶ 37:34 In another scripture he says in your seed shall all the family families of the earth be blessed someone asked me every once in a while am I pietrist and I say no I’m not a patriotist. Because I understand. That prophecies. Can be dual they can be happen at one time and they can happen again. At the same time or another time so I’m not one of those kind of guys that says everything happened already hallelujah. And here’s an example of that you see there’s two seeds God’s talking about here he’s talking about Jesus and he’s talking about Jesus’s seed the church his people all right that’s not Peter’s belief see one prophecy can be fulfilled twice you got that all right and this is an example of it now let’s take a look and see if Ecclesiastes 1 9 is right which was written 300 3 000 years after creation.

▶ 38:44 And 3 000 years ago from today. First we find Jesus came in the New Testament. And he invited us into a kingdom. Unless your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees you cannot enter the kingdom. Okay you’ve got to be born again to enter the kingdom you’ve got to commit your admit your sins confess your sins and repent from your sins to enter the kingdom he’s called us in to the kingdom of God amen that’s just basic Sunday school stuff all right but he also put this in there. Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth but a sword. I have come to set a man against his father a daughter against her mother a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man’s enemies shall be those of his own household.

▶ 39:41 He who loves me I mean sorry he who loves father or or mother or son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me in another verse it says he that hateth not his mother and father and so on facebook they say see christianity isn’t real because you’re not supposed to hate your parents and I’ll say you know he’s not talking about that I said. I know you know better than that. He’s talking about if your parents don’t follow God totally you follow God totally okay like Abraham he left his father and mother and relatives back in iran and went all the way with God but he still had a relationship with him his descendants would go back to haran to get wives and and different things they still communicated.

▶ 40:44 They didn’t hate each other are you with me come. On. It’s like one guy told me this week that God raped mary. I go how in the world can God rape. Gods don’t have sexual organs number one. And gods don’t need sex to create anything they speak it into being and just like cyrus of old was spoken to being hundreds of years before he was born and named Jesus was spoken to being God didn’t come and rape anybody. If he had of she wouldn’t have been a virgin. That’s just nothing makes sense they don’t have any common sense.

▶ 41:39 And the Bible is a book of common sense can I hear an amen. Now. I have seen in my lifetime tragic things happen in homes I’ve seen divorces. Because. One of the family members bought a guitar musical instrument and had a lot more they were gifted with music they could play in here just pick up an instrument and play it okay that was who they were. But the other spouse said we shouldn’t be spending this money and you’re spending too much time playing instruments and all this stuff and she got her family on her side and her friends on her side and bang we had a divorce a divorce over a musical instrument. Those of your own household can be your enemy another one was a truck driver.

▶ 42:36 The one spouse met the man as a truck driver. Married the guy as a truck driver then the family decides that truck driving. Is not the way to have a healthy home. And so the mom and dad and the relatives got behind it and pang another divorce. Just because a guy chose to be a truck driver as an occupation. And I can give you story after story. A lot of them more than I can count had suspicious. You know they had this spirit of discernment that their spouse was having sexual relations and affairs outside the home no evidence no proof.

▶ 43:30 And even a couple of them took a lie detector test which I would never do because they’re very inefficient. The law says that you got to bring the evidence you know the lie detector test you get the evidence to convict me you find it am I right but anyway these guys passed. The lie detector test. But the one who accused said nope you still did it and they divorced and I can give you story after story after story in the home when families start siding with bickering. In their children’s family. They enable. Divorcement. And so Jesus’s word is right and today we got big problems in the household.

▶ 44:31 Because some people don’t want to go all the way with God and live a righteous. Godly life they want to like one guy. His spouse knew that he was a solid Christian involved in the church and going to be a minister before she married him and then after she marries him she wants him to go disco dancing with her and and drinking and and so forth. Which the other guy couldn’t do. He’s committed to following God he committed to go all the way with God. And so she leaves him for someone that would disco with her and still go to church and go to heaven you know. I just story after story.

▶ 45:25 And so we not only see it being repeated by Jesus we’re seeing it be repeated in American families could that be an amen. Mother-in-law against a daughter-in-law I could give you stories unbelievable. Son-in-law against father-in-law it’s all there. So Ecclesiastes 1 9 is right it was done again and it’s still being done that’s why I’m not a peters. Everything has not been fulfilled. All right. Peace is the word. All. Right it’s already happened then he says a great I will make of you a great nation in Revelation 7:9 a great multitude was up in heaven that could not be counted from all people.

▶ 46:30 And they came out of great tribulation. By the blood of the lamb. Now here you have a big problem with the second coming theories. When you choose pre-approached tribulation. Seven years before seven years after you got to twist scriptures to fit into that theory. And so they twist this scripture to say these are the people that came out of the seven year tribulation. And I say look let’s just be practical. These people come out of great tribulation the Jews have been suffering great tribulation for. Centuries decades. Years. Any Christian that lives a godly life suffers tribulation that’s what the Bible says.

▶ 47:26 I said now you’re going to take one seven year period and fulfill it in this verse when it says they all come out by the blood of the lamb all of us come out of the tribulation in this world by the blood of the lamb could that be an amen but see when you want to come up with a theory then you’ve got to bend and twist scriptures to fit in. So what this verse way they read it all of the others have been saved since Christ came and before Christ came or nothing. We’re not even counted in this verse I don’t believe that I believe it’s very clear in this world you will have what tribulation. You tell the people in china when the communists took over that they didn’t go through great tribulation for decades.

▶ 48:26 You tell the people in Uganda when Idi Amin took over that they didn’t go through great tribulation they did and I can go on and on and on. Hallelujah the blood of Christ brings us through all tribulations because had an amen. Yes. And so we see. That God and the verse there in Genesis. Make of you a great nation. Is great means many and the nation means people many people and in Genesis 32:12 God comes to Abraham and says I’m going to make your seed. Innumerable. As the sand and the sea. Now who would like to count the sand in the sea yeah it’s uncountable and that’s what he did God fulfilled it through Christ’s death on the cross.

▶ 49:28 Matthew 5:44. Bless them that bless you curse them to curse you you’ll be a blessing so Jesus turns and he says love your enemies. Don’t do harm to your enemies because they are picking on you and you know quarreling with you and all that don’t fight back that way if they hurt you you have a right to protect yourself isn’t that right if they want to hurt your family you have a right to protect your family but if they are just verbally putting you down and and doing things like that he said you love them but you don’t hurt them you bless them that curse you you speak good of them or you can speak good you do good to them where you can do good. To those that want to hinder you.

▶ 50:21 And make your life difficult. You speak good and do good to them. Do good to them that hate you an emotional. Anguish that they they disdain you they look down on you. And pray for them which spitefully use you and persecute you he don’t even say do good to them he just says pray for them you got it and there’s a difference here you know you don’t have to get in to the the crowd that you’re in conflict with you can’t pray with them pray for them so we see Ecclesiastes 1 9 is fulfilled here. In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said I will build my church and the gates of head hell or hades the abiding places of the dead will not prevail against it again the church is on the attack.

▶ 51:25 The enemy cannot prevail against our attack if you’re a Christian that is silent if you’re a Christian in your four walls you’re not doing anything to win the war. You got to be in attack mode prayer and worship if if nothing else just pray for those that are on the front line all right worship brings his presence and brings that that deliverance. Spend time praying and worshiping and praising God so that God will take it and equip those that are on the front lines in fighting with the sword and the word of God is that an amen yes we all can have a part in this. Hades cannot do it if we get in the mentality of fighting.

▶ 52:22 For the mistreatment of the innocent and the law-abiding citizens. God will fight with us and we can change a nation in one generation if we unite and start fighting could that be true yes so possess the gates of his enemies Ecclesiastes 1 9 is repeated and it’s repeated in every generation if we fight could that be an amen it keeps being fulfilled. Again kings will come from you Revelations 1:6 and Revelations 5:10 Jesus made us kings and priests to his father and we shall reign where. On earth. Again in Romans 5:17.

▶ 53:19 They that serve God in the abundance of righteousness and grace shall reign in life by one Christ Jesus we rule now. We rule over sin now we rule rule over our enemies now but we have to fight to do that. Hallelujah so Ecclesiastes 1 9 is true again now what about in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed. We’re going to go to Acts 3:2. And closing this message there’s some very important scriptures here folks very important scriptures. He starts out by saying the heaven must retain. Receive Jesus till the times of restitution or restoration.

▶ 54:18 Of all things that God has spoken. These people that say Jesus can come any minute do not understand this verse. Jesus said there would be a falling away didn’t he. We had a falling away didn’t we in 300 a.d and we’re still in that falling away generation the catholics and the orthodox church still use idols and icons and all these things that the Bible says not to you that was part of the falling away. Hasn’t changed. But some Christians left that okay Jesus said there would be a restoration. We went through the dark ages around the globe and we went through the dark ages of the church the church was bad.

▶ 55:15 The catholic church was horrible. And they know that now. The evilness that was going on was just horrible. And uh if you want to know about it just read hayley’s handbag. He has a great historical. References to all that. But Jesus said not only there will be a falling away but I will what restore all things yeah we fell away from all things that Christ brought but he said there’s going to be a restoration so the restoration started in about 1400 really before martin luther came on the scene people started saying hey we got to follow the Bible the Bible is the final authority how many agree the Bible is the final authority not a pope not a priest or anybody the Bible is a final authority and luther caught on okay.

▶ 56:14 And so God started restoring and he’s still restoring folks. And he’s restoring sinners if you were a sinner. You would want to be in the restoration. Time period wouldn’t you you know to be restored back to God okay everything God has spoken Jesus is going to stay there until all the restoration is fulfilled isn’t that what it says so he can’t come any minute. He can’t come till he has fulfilled the scriptures of restoring all things spoken. By all his prophets since the world began from Adam to Noah. Since the world began God’s got to restore those prophecies. And then he moves on down to Moses and says.

▶ 57:10 Moses said a prophet shall the Lord raise up like me. Okay we he’s got to restore everything that he said to Moses. Then. He says you’ve got to hear that prophet and all souls which will not hear that prophet and that prophet is Jesus shall be destroyed you’re going to be ruined you’re going to have a difficult life here on earth and you’re going to have a difficult life after earth. But then he moves on down the line and says all prophets from Samuel Samuel started the prophets of the kings. All right that led up to Jeremiah and all them and the captivity and so the the king period he says I’m going to restore everything that the prophet said during the reign of the kings of Judah.

▶ 58:10 Isn’t that powerful. And they have foretold of these days. Then. As the musicians come and we close. You are the children of the prophets. You. Out there on facebook land you here in the sanctuary are children of the prophets. And your children of the covenant God made with Abraham. Saying. In your seed Jesus. One seed in your seed Jesus. Shall all families of the earth be blessed. Unto you first.

▶ 59:04 God having raised up his son Jesus. Sent Jesus to bless you speak good to you do good to you. And how is he going to bless you how is this going to happen by Jesus turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Did you hear that. Who’s going to do the turning here. Jesus. You. Confess your sins you commit to turning from those sins but Jesus is going to come with his supernatural power. And enable you to turn from those sins that is. The fulfillment.

▶ 59:57 Of Abraham’s covenant and if you really know your Bible every covenant God made has been incorporated in the new covenant Abraham’s covenant Noah’s covenant and here we have I mean Adam’s covenant and here we have Abraham’s covenant and David’s covenant they’re all in the new covenant. Every one of them amen. Now folks. God has prophesied that we would be a blessing to the nation we are the seed of Christ. Remember the good seed of the children of the kingdom. Jesus is the seed that died for the world. That rose from the grave and lives in us but we are his seed and if we attack the enemy and if we follow his instructions we are going to live a blessed life a wholesome life a strong life.

▶ 1:01:00 Isn’t that right he’s going to bless us and if you’ve got enemies he’ll take care of your enemies he just wants you to pray for them. Don’t mistreat them. And speak good when you can again you know there are certain enemies that they’re not totally bad are they yeah they got some areas that you can say good stuff about that’s that’s what it’s about folks and that’s what’s. Called being mature perfect and complete being able to love your enemy. And being able to let God change your life. You may repent. But it’s God that gives you the power to turn from your sins and I found that as a young Christian.

▶ 1:01:55 In my first week with God it was tough living for God. But when I went to God. And I understood that he was in me and he would speak with me and convict me christianity became a good smooth ascending road. Into heavenly places and the whole key is the cross and we’re going to sing again kneel at the cross. Christ will meet you there. Come while he waits for you listen to his voice. Leave with him your cares your worries your concerns your doubts your unbeliefs and begin life anew if you want to say God I’m going to take you up on being the seed of Abraham through the seat of Jesus I will be empowered to turn for my sins and be a blessing to everyone around me will you stand and let’s sing this let’s come to Christ this morning and if you want to kneel you can kneel if you want to stand you can just stand but let’s sing this as a prayer and seek God as we sing it.

▶ 1:03:13 The cross. Christ will meet you there. Come while he waits for you. Listen to his voice. Leave with your care. And begin life. Leave. Jesus will meet you there.

▶ 1:04:15 Kneel at the cross. There is room. For. Those who are. Angered. Leave. Every. Day. Jesus will meet you.

▶ 1:05:06 Then. Jesus will meet you. Then. Jesus. Will meet you. Then. Father we. Kneel at the cross. The death of Jesus Christ the shedding of his blood for us. It’s the shedding of his blood. That introduced the new covenant. When he died on that cross Lord he died for the sins of the world and he died for the church.

▶ 1:06:00 So unbelievers can come. To Jesus for that cleansing of any sin even the unpardonable sin they can be forgiven and cleansed from. And your church Lord when we stumble and we make mistakes. We can confess. And that blood cleanses us and forgives us of our sins. Father we have no excuse. You have given us a great salvation. And we thank you Lord that it’s through Jesus Christ and we reign in life by Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus gives us wisdom that makes us wiser than our enemies. Lord we want to be mature we want to be complete we want to be perfected in God.

▶ 1:06:57 Jesus gives us the knowledge. Of right and wrong. And the power to follow what’s right. Jesus gives us. The patience to put up with those that are aggravating us and troubling us. And patience with ourself not to give up on ourselves all of these things are in you Lord Jesus. It’s not in grace it’s not in faith the truth sets us free and it’s the truth of your death. Burial and resurrection. That liberates us Lord these other things Lord is just peripheral things that cause us to acknowledge you but you are the savior. You are the king of kings the Lord of lords the great I am the mighty one of Israel you are the healer of our bodies.

▶ 1:07:56 You are the life-quickening. Spirit of our own spirit to make us alive. And Lord when we drink of you we never thirst. And so Lord we commit to coming to your cross daily. Learning from you letting your blood. Cleanse us letting your blood renew that covenant within us that we will know our God from the least to the greatest that he will write his words and our minds in our heart. Ah Lord Jesus. That our sins and iniquities will be remembered no more. But the greatest part father is we can all know you. We can have a real relationship with you.

▶ 1:08:50 Lord we commit today. To kneeling before you on daily basis. With your Bible open so you can open up your word to us. And with our spiritual ears open so you can speak to us. And Lord we can grow. Into a mighty army. And become a part of that army that the gates of hell cannot prevail against and we can be a blessing to others that are in the bondage of the kingdom of darkness we can bring the good news the good word be a blessing to them and they can choose to serve Jesus the only God themself. Lord we thank you that you give us the strength to love our enemies. Lord to do good to them that hate us.

▶ 1:09:45 And to pray for those that despitefully use us and bring real difficulty in our life. And Lord. You said for us to be perfect as the father which is in heaven is perfect. Which means to be complete like God is complete. And Lord that’s the way you love the world you’re patient with us both unbeliever and believer. You’re forgiving. And you’re strengthening your life quickener we thank you Lord. For your power. And we ask all of these things father in Jesus name. Amen and amen. Kneel at the cross. Christ will meet you there worship him he inhabits the praises of his people.

▶ 1:10:42 Pray where two or three are gathered together I am in the midst. Assemble. And God will keep growing you strengthening you and you will be a victorious Christian that’s a light to the world. And others can follow to the gates of the kingdom of God and enter God bless you thank you for tuning in this morning and those of you are here thank you for coming. What can wash away my sin nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh. Precious.

▶ 1:11:44 Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Hallelujah let’s bow our heads this morning and pray for the offering. Lord Jesus. And we. Lord Jesus we want to be transformed into your likeness we want to become perfect and complete lacking nothing Jesus Lord we reminded that it takes patience the testing that you bring gives it’s God like it says Lord makes our faith grow God but Lord we gotta get your word into us we’ve got to grow and stay planted in the house of the Lord God I pray that we would hear the word this morning respond and Lord live it out in our daily life Jesus God we pray Lord Jesus that you would convict our hearts by the spirit of God teach us and motivate us God to be more like you become perfect and complete lacking nothing we thank you and everyone said amen what can wash away my sins nothing but the blood of Jesus.

▶ 1:12:55 What can make me whole again nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow no other fountain. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Hallelujah praise God amen amen. God is good we want to remind you our website go to mountainside.com you can contact us there there’s a contact page you can ask us any question you want if you want to find something uh well we’re going to be posting this sermon later on go to mountainside.com it will be on our youtube page as well every avenue every way you can reach it it will be there it’s on facebook as well so there’s three places.

▶ 1:14:02 All right and uh more is coming we love you thank you for joining us you’re dismissed this morning God bless you make sure to say hello to somebody on your way out let’s love one another you’re. Dismissed.