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00:00:00We'll begin our reading in verse 41.
00:00:15Pray for me, I've got more message than I have minutes.
00:00:30Maybe what I don't get to, no, I'm going to finish it.
00:00:33I'm going to finish it.
00:00:36Let me give you the backdrop really quickly.
00:00:42Jesus, Luke chapter 2 is a wonderful passage of Scripture.
00:00:46It speaks to all the things that preceded Jesus' birth and then all the things that
00:00:51happened right after his birth and it really, this message even in and of itself, it's a
00:00:55coming of age story.
00:00:58And the shepherds, you know this, the angel appear to the shepherds, I love it, it says
00:01:10who were tending to their flock by night, that blessed me.
00:01:17And the angels came to them and gave them revelation about Jesus.
00:01:21And for the shepherds, for the pastors that are listening to me, for those who are shepherds,
00:01:26maybe you're not pastor in the sense of public ministry, maybe you are the pastor of your
00:01:30home.
00:01:31But God told me to tell you as faithful shepherds, as faithful shepherds, watch this, who do
00:01:38not simply watch over their flock when times are good.
00:01:45But you are committed, you have a sense of responsibility to the people that are under
00:01:50your assignment, that you're always watching and always praying and always interceding.
00:01:57Isn't it interesting that revelation comes to them first?
00:02:06Bless every shepherd.
00:02:07I just feel this.
00:02:08If you're a shepherd, if you're a pastor, if you're a leader, if you're a minister,
00:02:10if you're over anything, lift your hand.
00:02:12I bless you in the name of Jesus, that you will not lack wisdom, revelation, insight,
00:02:20knowledge, that heaven will always be accessible to you, that you will be fruitful and that
00:02:27you will multiply, even if you're watching via live stream, that you'll be fruitful,
00:02:31that you will multiply and that God will reward you for your faithfulness, for being
00:02:38a good shepherd.
00:02:40I bless you in Jesus' name.
00:02:45So the shepherds get the revelation, they go to Bethlehem, they declare, they see Mary
00:02:52and Joseph and the baby, they speak and declare what they've seen about Jesus and who He will
00:02:58be later, after, at the time where Jesus was going to the temple to be dedicated and
00:03:07circumcised and all that kind of stuff.
00:03:10He goes in there, Simeon, another faithful person, Simeon who was promised that he would
00:03:14never, he wouldn't die before he saw the Lord's Christ, comes in and he sees Him, Simeon begins
00:03:21to prophesy about Jesus, says some things about Jesus, He will be for the rise and fall
00:03:26of many, says wonderful things about Jesus, true things about Jesus.
00:03:31Then Anna, the prophetess, another one who was advanced in years, sees Jesus and there's
00:03:38all this commentary about Jesus, who He is and what He will do and all of this is happening
00:03:44and Mary is pondering these deep things in her heart.
00:03:51And then it brings us to this, study the whole thing when you get a chance, there's some
00:03:54beautiful things in there I think that will bless you, and just read your whole Bible
00:03:57while you're at it, you know, to get the full, you know, intent.
00:04:02His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover and when he was
00:04:0712 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.
00:04:13When they had finished the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem
00:04:20and Joseph and his mother did not know it, but supposing him to have been in the company,
00:04:25they went a day's journey and sought him among their relatives and acquaintances.
00:04:30So when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.
00:04:34Now so it was, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of
00:04:40the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
00:04:46And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
00:04:51So when they saw him, when his parents saw him, they were amazed and his mother said
00:04:53to him, said to him, son, why have you done this to us?
00:04:59Look, look, your father and I have sought you anxiously.
00:05:05And he, Jesus said to them, why did you seek me?
00:05:07Did you not know that I must be about my father's business?
00:05:13Your father and I have sought you anxiously.
00:05:16Did you not know that I must be about my father's business?
00:05:19There seems to be a little bit of confusion about who's the father.
00:05:28But they did not understand the statement which he spoke to them.
00:05:32Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.
00:05:37But his mother kept all these things in her heart and Jesus increased in wisdom and stature
00:05:44and in favor with God and with man.
00:05:50I want to talk from this thought.
00:05:52I must be me.
00:05:55I must be me.
00:05:59Father, thank you for this word.
00:06:03It is a lamp unto our feet, it is a light unto our path.
00:06:06In the beginning was the word and the word was with you and the word was you.
00:06:10And everything that you're going to do in this life, you're going to do by your word.
00:06:14So I thank you, God, that this is bread, that this bread will edify, will build up, will
00:06:18enlighten and will activate.
00:06:22And as for me, God, may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable
00:06:27in your sight.
00:06:29I thank you, God, and I do receive the spirit of wisdom and revelation and insight and knowledge
00:06:34and prophecy and all of heaven's resources to accomplish this mission in this moment
00:06:43to the end that we will all be elevated, enlightened, blessed, in Jesus' name, amen,
00:06:49amen.
00:06:50God bless you.
00:06:51You may be seated.
00:06:52I think we ought to go ahead and get into this.
00:06:57I'm so grateful for our church and I think that all of us can agree that God has been
00:07:04speaking to us.
00:07:06He's been speaking to us every single week.
00:07:10If we go back, we can go back weeks and weeks and weeks, but if we go back just a couple
00:07:14of weeks, our great bishop had a message called the collective expression of his essence.
00:07:24And it was a profound message and it was talking about, it wasn't disparaging of our uniqueness
00:07:30because our uniqueness is important for the collective expression of God's essence.
00:07:36But he was talking about how we are so oftentimes so individualized that we can't come together
00:07:43and really get this thing done.
00:07:44He talked about how when we come together in our uniqueness, great and awesome things
00:07:49happen because we reflect the glory of God and the glory of God is how you move the needle
00:07:55in life.
00:07:57And then Pastor Sarah last week, come on somebody.
00:08:04She came and she built upon that and she started talking about her message was called
00:08:09made for this.
00:08:11And she talked about some profound things, talking about following God.
00:08:16You follow God and if you follow God, God will make you and after he makes you, he will
00:08:21send you.
00:08:22And so, and so if I were to look at the messages, Bishop gave us the why, the why, why we are
00:08:29to do and to be who we're called to be because we are to collectively express the essence
00:08:35of God.
00:08:36And then Pastor Sarah came along and gave the what.
00:08:39This is what it should look like.
00:08:40When you follow God, he will make you and he will send you and he gave the what.
00:08:46And there is a through line between those two messages.
00:08:48One of the things that I did not want to do is come with a new message.
00:08:51I believe that there's a continuity.
00:08:53We are a movement.
00:08:54We're not just a church.
00:08:55We're not just a monument.
00:08:57We are a movement.
00:08:58The Spirit is a movement.
00:09:00And so, and so as I prayed, as I thought about those messages, I said, what, what can I,
00:09:05how can I keep the movement going?
00:09:10Bishop with the why.
00:09:13Pastor Sarah with the what.
00:09:14And the through line of those two messages is the through line of identity.
00:09:21And one of the things that I'm very passionate about as you, as you continue to get to know
00:09:25me, one of the things that you'll, you'll, you discover about me is I like to get into
00:09:30the how.
00:09:33Because oftentimes it is the how where people get stuck.
00:09:38They know what to do, but they don't know how to do it.
00:09:42Are you tracking with me?
00:09:43And so that's kind of my, my, my superpower that, that, that, that's who, who I am in
00:09:48the Spirit.
00:09:49I, I get into the how, I break it down and make it practical for you so that you are
00:09:53without excuse.
00:09:56So that you have everything that you need to walk out the what in the Spirit of the
00:10:02why.
00:10:03Are we tracking?
00:10:04And so, so one of the, the, the hows that I, I'm really passionate about teaching on
00:10:11and preaching on is the how as it relates to identity.
00:10:17Because if the through line of accomplishing all these things is identity, then I have
00:10:25to learn how to be me.
00:10:27Oh, I can't wait to teach and preach this thing today.
00:10:31I have to learn how to be me because if I am not me, then I cannot fulfill my assignment.
00:10:43Because your assignment only works if you are you.
00:10:49And not the you that you think you are.
00:10:54Because you don't know you yet.
00:10:56You are discovering you.
00:10:59So, so as I discover me, I become more effective in my mission because there is a correlation
00:11:08between my identity and my mission.
00:11:13Can I take my time and teach this thing?
00:11:16Here is the truth.
00:11:18None of us can initially see ourselves fully the way that God sees us.
00:11:27But we gradually are introduced to successive versions of us that God knew the whole time.
00:11:39You know, I make it biblical.
00:11:40Paul taught it.
00:11:41Paul said in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, in verse 12, he says, for now we see in a mirror
00:11:50dimly.
00:11:51Okay, stop.
00:11:53What do you see when you look in the mirror?
00:11:55You.
00:11:56You see you.
00:11:57You hold up a mirror to your face right now, you're not going to see me.
00:12:03You're going to see you.
00:12:05So it says, for now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.
00:12:13He says, now, watch this, I know in part, but then, watch this, I shall know just as
00:12:22I also am known.
00:12:27So the journey with God, yes, is certainly discovering more about God.
00:12:34But if your discovery in the things of God does not lead you to a more proficient discovery
00:12:46of you, what does it profit you?
00:12:50Are you tracking with me?
00:12:52So we have to understand that we can only produce on the level of our perception.
00:13:00You can only do what you can see yourself doing.
00:13:06Come on, somebody.
00:13:08That's why the conference, as a man thinks, is so important, right?
00:13:11Because as a man thinks, so is he.
00:13:14So I have to see differently in order to move differently.
00:13:20And that's why if you study scripture, God spends a great deal of time affirming people
00:13:26in who they are.
00:13:27Gideon, you mighty man of valor, Gideon's like, what, that ain't me.
00:13:33He goes to Jeremiah, Jeremiah, before I formed you in your mother's womb, I knew you, I called
00:13:38you, I ordained you, I set you apart.
00:13:41Jeremiah says, behold, I cannot speak.
00:13:43So there's always going to be this wrestling for identity, always.
00:13:52Paul said in another place, not as though I have already attained, stay with me, we're
00:13:57going somewhere today.
00:13:58Paul says, not as though I've already attained or am already perfected.
00:14:05But this one thing I do, he says, I'm trying to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid
00:14:12hold upon me.
00:14:14So even in that verse, watch this, you see the correlation between identity and mission.
00:14:19He says, not as though I have apprehended or that I am already perfect.
00:14:27That's identity.
00:14:28He says, but I'm trying to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold upon me.
00:14:34That's mission.
00:14:36So you cannot do mission without the right perspective about one's identity.
00:14:45Can I take my time and teach this thing here today?
00:14:52So, so, so, so.
00:14:56So Paul figured out that the secret to the kingdom, secret to kingdom greatness was identity.
00:15:06The most important thing that you will ever discover in life and consequently continue
00:15:13to discover is who you are.
00:15:16Now, this brings us to Jesus in the temple.
00:15:22First of all, can you imagine what it is like to be Jesus at 12 years old?
00:15:31Think about it.
00:15:32He had heard all of these things about himself from others.
00:15:39He's got to be overwhelmed by all of this commentary about him.
00:15:47Some things that were probably well over his head.
00:15:49So a lot of us think that Jesus was born knowing everything and being everything.
00:15:57No, he had to grow.
00:15:58Later on it says, and the child grew.
00:16:01So Jesus had to grow up, and one of the things when you're looking at Jesus, one of the things
00:16:04it's important to do in addition to seeing Jesus as the Savior, in addition to seeing
00:16:08Jesus as the Lamb of God and the Son of God, one of the things you have to do if you really
00:16:12want to figure this life out is you have to see him as a human.
00:16:18I am the way.
00:16:19Yes, he is the way, as in the door, but he is also the way.
00:16:24Study my ways if you want to get this thing right.
00:16:28Are you tracking with me?
00:16:31There's all this commentary going on about Jesus and who he is.
00:16:37Stuff that is beyond him.
00:16:40Everybody knew who he was and all these things.
00:16:43The shepherds knew.
00:16:45The priests knew.
00:16:47The wise men knew.
00:16:49His parents knew, kind of.
00:16:52The angels knew.
00:16:54Simeon and Anna knew.
00:16:57Everybody knew except him.
00:17:01Oh, stay with me.
00:17:05Everyone had him figured out but him.
00:17:10See I used to think, first of all, first of all, he's at the age of 12.
00:17:16Can we just talk about 12 for me?
00:17:17Anybody got any 12-year-olds or 13-year-olds?
00:17:22Somebody just say Shabbat.
00:17:26Let me give you some characteristics of what takes place when a child turns 12.
00:17:32Can I just give you some?
00:17:35A lot of things happen.
00:17:37They begin to experience a range of physical and emotional and cognitive changes as they
00:17:44transition into adolescence.
00:17:46Let's talk about it.
00:17:47Physical changes.
00:17:48You ever heard this thing called puberty?
00:17:54The onset of puberty begins which leads to growth spurts and changes in the body, right?
00:18:01They have new cognitive development, improved abstract thinking and problem-solving abilities,
00:18:10an increased ability to understand complex concepts and they engage in more sophisticated
00:18:17reasoning.
00:18:19Where are my parents with 12-year-olds?
00:18:22Well this means you got to pray more.
00:18:24But that ain't all.
00:18:26They go through emotional changes, a heightened sense of self-awareness and self-esteem issues
00:18:34may arise, right?
00:18:36And they have a greater dependence for autonomy from their parents.
00:18:43They start knowing a little bit more than you.
00:18:46Come on somebody.
00:18:49Their changes in their social development, peer relationships become increasingly more
00:18:55important, often influencing interest and behavior.
00:19:01And they shift from, somebody said have mercy, and they shift from family-centered activities
00:19:07to peer-centered activities.
00:19:08All this is happening around the age of 12, right?
00:19:13And this one is interesting.
00:19:16Interests in identity begin to shift.
00:19:19So they go through a season of exploring personal interests and hobbies and potential future
00:19:26aspirations and so there's a development of a sense of identity and individuality.
00:19:32All these things happen at 12 years old.
00:19:37And Jesus as a boy, not as the Savior fully manifests, not as the Christ fully manifests,
00:19:46but Jesus the boy is experiencing all of that.
00:19:50And I kind of like misread that whole, I must be about my father's business.
00:20:01Because I always thought that when he lingers in the temple and he is there sitting with
00:20:15the lawyers and the scribes and the Pharisees, I thought that he was there to do his father's
00:20:22business.
00:20:23So that when he says, I must be about my father's business, and he almost seemingly whips back
00:20:30at his parents, I thought that he was trying to put them in check like he knew something
00:20:34that they didn't know and that he was starting his mission and he was starting to be about
00:20:40his father's business.
00:20:41And as I read this, the Holy Spirit said, no, you got to look deeper, son.
00:20:45He said he wasn't there to perform his father's business.
00:20:49He was there to prepare for his father's business.
00:20:57If you think about it, look at this, look at this, look at this.
00:21:01Jesus is having a conversation, but if you will notice in the text, he's asking questions.
00:21:08Let's look at it, let's look at it, stay with me, it's going to be good today, okay?
00:21:14He's asking questions.
00:21:16Verse 46, now so it was after three days they found him in the temple, watch this, sitting
00:21:20in the midst of the teachers.
00:21:22He's not being a teacher, he's seeking teachers.
00:21:29They find him sitting in the midst of the teachers, watch this, both listening to them
00:21:35and he is asking questions.
00:21:40He is inquiring to them as to who he is.
00:21:49He later says when he is being challenged by the Pharisees, search the scriptures in
00:21:57John 5 and 29, I believe, read your old Bible, you'll find it.
00:22:00Later he says, search the scriptures for they testify of me.
00:22:06So he's not there, Judge Faith, to do his father's business, he is there to recognize
00:22:14who he is so that he can do his father's business.
00:22:19In other words, let me make it plain, he is in a quest for his identity.
00:22:26Turn to your neighbor and say, I must be me, I must, I must, I must be me, I must figure
00:22:39out who I am so that I can be about my father's business.
00:22:49Oftentimes we ask God what he wants us to do and the better question is to ask God,
00:22:56who am I?
00:22:58Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth?
00:23:03Who am I is a better question because who I am will stay with me forever.
00:23:10What I do depends on the seasons and the time and the situation, but who I am is everything.
00:23:23And so this happens, he's there, he's asking questions, he's listening and he's learning
00:23:31and yes, they are amazed probably because of the questions that he's asking and it's
00:23:37all wonderful.
00:23:38And then his parents come and they interrupt, watch this, his parents come and they interrupt
00:23:45his quest for identity and interestingly enough, the scripture says that he goes ahead and
00:23:51he subjects himself to them and he goes back to Nazareth, watch this, and we hear nothing
00:24:00for 18 years.
00:24:03We hear absolutely nothing.
00:24:08There is silence.
00:24:10All we know is that he goes back into his father's house, into his parents' house and
00:24:18we hear nothing.
00:24:19All we know is that he grew in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and with man.
00:24:32So what is happening behind the curtains of his life?
00:24:41I feel something about to kick in here.
00:24:44What is happening behind the curtains?
00:24:48You hear of no miracles, Mother Nix.
00:24:51You hear of no great works, you hear of no great feats.
00:24:55But simply put, it says that he is growing in wisdom, in stature, in favor with God and
00:25:07with man behind the scenes and then after 18 years, he emerges and he's about his father's
00:25:19business.
00:25:20I want to talk about what happens in the gap.
00:25:25I want to talk about what happens in the in-between.
00:25:35I will bring out one interesting point.
00:25:40They believe that he comes out of this and starts his ministry at about 30 and they believe
00:25:47that his ministry ended at 33.
00:25:53So the majority of his life was spent in the in-between.
00:25:59Oh God, I feel the Holy Spirit.
00:26:05The majority of his life was spent in preparation for the greatest impact of his life.
00:26:17I want to pray for some people that have been waiting for God for a long time.
00:26:22I want to pray for some people who have seemed like, you feel like God has forgotten about
00:26:28you and you thought that you would be further than you are by now.
00:26:33You thought that you missed out on God, but God sent me to tell you here today that it
00:26:40takes all of your life to be you and your latter is going to be greater than your former
00:26:47because of what God is developing in the in-between.
00:26:52Who am I talking to right now?
00:26:54You think you're behind your timeline.
00:26:56You are right on time and when God gets ready to bring you out the oven, you're not going
00:27:02to be tossed to and fro, you're going to be developed and your greatest impact.
00:27:10I don't care how old you are.
00:27:12I don't care how long you've been waiting.
00:27:15Don't you remember Simeon?
00:27:17Don't you remember Anna?
00:27:18They waited their whole life to see what God was going to do.
00:27:23Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
00:27:27You're getting prepared.
00:27:29You're being built.
00:27:30You're growing, growing, growing.
00:27:37Here is the confusing part about growing in God.
00:27:44Growing in God hardly shows up on the outside.
00:27:56Growing in God, it's almost like a pregnancy.
00:28:03It's happening, but it's happening inside and every once in a while, there's a bump.
00:28:08There's a kick to let you know something is happening, but what makes growing in God confusing
00:28:15is you're growing inside.
00:28:17Phil, the Holy Ghost, I wish I could preach this the way I see it.
00:28:22There's some of you right now and you see no progress because you're looking outside
00:28:26of you, but I hear God saying, it is what I am doing in you.
00:28:30He who have begun a good work in you will perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ.
00:28:38So you think that nothing is happening.
00:28:40No, baby.
00:28:41Nothing's happening in the most important place because God is purposing to prosper
00:28:52you 18 years.
00:28:58He is wrestling with these prophecies.
00:29:02Watch this, that he has to grow up into to even understand.
00:29:09He is hearing things in his hearing, Dr. James, that are too lofty for him.
00:29:18God will often give you a word that is beyond you because the word also has the ability
00:29:28in it to produce itself in the place that it's sent.
00:29:33I wish I could say that better.
00:29:36That's why it says in Isaiah 55, his word will not return unto him void, but it shall
00:29:41accomplish that for which it is sent.
00:29:43The word is alive.
00:29:44The word produces and develop things.
00:29:47And I've got news for you.
00:29:50You are a word.
00:29:51I feel the Holy Ghost.
00:29:56Can I teach?
00:30:01You are a word.
00:30:03The Bible says in John 1 that nothing can be manifest without it being a word.
00:30:09Everything that was created was created by the word, which means that you are a word.
00:30:15But the process of the in-between is about, watch this, the word of you being tested.
00:30:29The word has to be tested.
00:30:30You're like, make it biblical.
00:30:31Come on.
00:30:32You want to play with me?
00:30:33Let me show you what I'm talking about.
00:30:37Psalm 105.
00:30:38So just for context, so the word of you must be tried.
00:30:43So there's a word over you, but that word has to be tried.
00:30:48So Psalm 105, put it up there, 17 to 19, let me show you really quickly.
00:30:52He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
00:30:58They hurt his feet with fetters.
00:31:00He was rough.
00:31:03He was laid in irons, but watch this, until the time that his word came to pass, watch
00:31:12this, the word of the Lord tested him.
00:31:19So what I'm getting at is you and I can have a word over us, but that word has to be tested.
00:31:29Watch this, not tested in the sense of whether or not it's going to come to pass, because
00:31:34heaven and earth will pass away, but not a word, not one jot or tittle out of his word.
00:31:40Are you tracking with me?
00:31:42So what's going to come to pass, but that word has to be tested, not tested as in pass
00:31:48or fail or will it be or will it not be.
00:31:51It has to be tested in you so that you come to a place of being absolutely convinced or
00:31:59like Paul said, being fully persuaded, because when you are fully persuaded about who God
00:32:07says you are, you show up in the world differently.
00:32:17Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth?
00:32:20Do you know how much I have to believe in me to stand on this great stage built by that
00:32:25great man?
00:32:26Are you kidding me?
00:32:28You better know who you are.
00:32:32It changes everything.
00:32:35So the word of you has to test you, try you, produce you so that you can come into agreement
00:32:43with that word, and when you come into agreement with that word, that's when you speak to mountains
00:32:50and mountains have to move because you realize that you didn't just get here, you're here
00:32:56because of a word.
00:32:57Shout, I'm a word.
00:33:06I'm a word and therefore I cannot fail.
00:33:10I'm a word.
00:33:13Therefore everything God spoke over my life is going to come to pass.
00:33:18Why?
00:33:19Because I'm a word.
00:33:22Shit.
00:33:23You know what you're looking at?
00:33:24You ain't looking at a man, you ain't looking at a preacher, you're looking at a word.
00:33:31And when you look in that mirror, that's what you're looking at, and it is your job to find
00:33:35out what that word is.
00:33:37Oh, I got to take my time and preach this thing today.
00:33:46I'm a word, Michael.
00:33:49I ain't a man, I'm a word.
00:33:52And everything that God spoke concerning my life will come to pass, it is just a matter
00:33:57of time.
00:33:58Shit, but I told you about it.
00:34:02You're a word.
00:34:03And everything that God said to you, and everything that God showed you, and everything that God
00:34:08promised you, even things that are behind you or beyond you, everything that God said
00:34:14will come to pass, because you, my friend, are a word.
00:34:22I don't just have a word, I am a word.
00:34:28I'm a word.
00:34:33Can I teach you a little bit?
00:34:35I'm a word.
00:34:37That means that you could not be you if you tried.
00:34:43Oh, hallelujah.
00:34:45You could not, I know it's a double negative, that's all right, English people, I promise
00:34:48you I'm educated.
00:34:50You could not be you if you tried, because you're a word.
00:34:54Jodah tried to not be him, you saw what happened to him, things got a little funny, but guess
00:34:59what?
00:35:00God pushed him right back into where he was supposed to be, because the word of the Lord
00:35:05will not return to him void.
00:35:08I feel like preaching in this house right now.
00:35:14What has God said about you, and you are denying it, or you are allowing a temporary setback
00:35:19to make you doubt who you are.
00:35:21The devil is a liar, be not weary in your well-doing, for in due season you are going
00:35:28to reap if you don't give up.
00:35:34Don't give up.
00:35:35You're a word.
00:35:37Your word just hasn't come yet.
00:35:39Your word just hasn't come yet.
00:35:40Is that the time for your word?
00:35:42But there are times and seasons to everything under heaven.
00:35:46If you are a word, give God a shout of worship.
00:35:51I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a weapon too.
00:35:57I'm a weapon too.
00:35:59I'm a word and a weapon.
00:36:01That's why the enemy attacks me the way he attacks me, because I'm a doggone weapon and
00:36:06I'm a doggone word.
00:36:08Let's go, baby!
00:36:15I'm a word.
00:36:17I'm a word.
00:36:18It's going to come to pass over my life.
00:36:20It's going to come to pass.
00:36:22I'm in the in-between.
00:36:23God is making me.
00:36:25God is shaping me.
00:36:26God is molding me.
00:36:28God is allowing me to walk out of who I'm not.
00:36:34I got to take my time with this, sister.
00:36:42I'm looking at a room full of words.
00:36:44Put it in the chat.
00:36:46Put it in the chat right there.
00:36:47I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word,
00:36:53I'm a swift word.
00:36:54I'm a word, I'm a word, I'm a word.
00:36:56I'm a word.
00:37:03And I heard when I was saying that, I'm a word that's going to run swiftly.
00:37:11I'm a word that's going to run swiftly.
00:37:13Maybe that's why God is trying to increase your faith.
00:37:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:37:17Because there's an acceleration coming.
00:37:19Hallelujah.
00:37:20The time of your word is here.
00:37:22Because we ain't got time to play.
00:37:24Because we're in the last days.
00:37:26Come on, somebody.
00:37:27Just look around.
00:37:28We're in the last days.
00:37:29And you can't afford to not be you.
00:37:31I must be me.
00:37:33I must be me.
00:37:45The word of you has to be tried.
00:37:48It's tried.
00:37:51It's tried in those seasons where your spirit gets jerked in one direction or the other.
00:38:02The word of you in the making process is all of your experiences.
00:38:12Your experiences shape you.
00:38:18Good.
00:38:20See, if you haven't gone through great disappointments, you ain't ready.
00:38:25Man, I wish I could take my time to preach this thing.
00:38:28If you haven't been, if everything has gone as planned, you're not ready.
00:38:35Your word is still cooking.
00:38:37It's still cooking.
00:38:39There's something that happens to a person when, yes, they experience the good things,
00:38:44but they also experience the difficult things.
00:38:50Watch this.
00:38:51I'm going to tell you what grows you more than anything else.
00:38:55Confusing things.
00:39:01God says, my thoughts are not your thoughts.
00:39:03My ways are not your ways.
00:39:04As far as the heavens are from the earth is the distance between my thoughts and your thoughts.
00:39:08Man, let me tell you something.
00:39:09I know that that's not pretty, but let me tell you something.
00:39:12There's nothing that grows your spirit.
00:39:14There's nothing that grows your insights more than you still being developed when you don't understand,
00:39:20when you're saying, God, how long, when you're confused, when you jerk one way this way and jerk the next way,
00:39:25but somehow you keep on standing.
00:39:27You are not realizing that you are on the potter's wheel.
00:39:31That's why you're dizzy.
00:39:32You're dizzy because you're on the wheel.
00:39:34That's why you're confused.
00:39:35You're confused because you're on the wheel.
00:39:37But guess what?
00:39:38Even though you're on the wheel, don't you ever forget that you are in God's hands.
00:39:42The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
00:39:47For the Lord upholds him by his righteous right hand.
00:39:53You're being spun into who you truly are.
00:39:56That word has to be spun.
00:39:59It has to be spun around.
00:40:06That's how you develop.
00:40:13Life experience gives you wisdom.
00:40:19He grew in wisdom.
00:40:23Watch this.
00:40:24And stature.
00:40:26Now, of course, the obvious is the physical stature.
00:40:30But again, it is the internal stature.
00:40:35Feel the Holy Ghost right there.
00:40:40That's why God has stretched us in the worship this morning.
00:40:44He's trying to increase our stature so that we can handle what he's getting ready to drop on us.
00:40:50So that we have capacity and room and space for what he's doing.
00:41:02Can I just flow with him?
00:41:07I want to listen.
00:41:08I got a lot of ground to cover still, but I want to flow.
00:41:18He grows in wisdom.
00:41:21Watch this.
00:41:23And stature.
00:41:26And in favor with God.
00:41:32And with man.
00:41:35Well, wait a minute.
00:41:37He is the Christ.
00:41:40How can he grow in favor with God?
00:41:47He's the Christ, right?
00:41:52Here's how he grows in favor with God.
00:41:59Jesus began...
00:42:04Hear me clearly, theologians.
00:42:06We can debate it later.
00:42:08But for the sake of this, just hear me.
00:42:11Jesus went on a journey from son of man to son of God.
00:42:19I'm not saying that he was never not both.
00:42:23But hear me.
00:42:26Son of man is him being his father's child.
00:42:32Son of God is him being God's child.
00:42:38And every believer, although they are inescapable,
00:42:44Every believer must go from being a son of their father to a son of God.
00:42:53That's why Abraham, who is the father of faith, before he could do anything,
00:43:01the very first thing that God said when he was putting him on his in-between journey was what?
00:43:06Get out of your father's house.
00:43:11And out of your country into a land that I will show you.
00:43:21The father's house, the father's house.
00:43:23Can I talk about the father's house for a second?
00:43:25We'll be done.
00:43:27About two hours, we'll be finished here.
00:43:31Let me talk about, really quickly, the father's house.
00:43:39The role of the father's house is very dynamic.
00:43:45Because we are all born in our fathers.
00:43:47I don't mean father, mother, however you want.
00:43:49But I'm talking about your earthly parent, your earthly environment.
00:43:53We're all born there.
00:43:55And the reality of it is we need it for a time because there are some basic things in our father's house
00:44:03that we require while we are becoming.
00:44:06So even if we look, as we look at Jesus, Jesus at 12, he goes into his father's house
00:44:12to begin to attempt to understand who he is.
00:44:16But once his father came and got him, the Bible says that he subjected himself
00:44:22and went back with Joseph and Mary to their house,
00:44:27having experienced his father's house.
00:44:31And now the two houses are working in tandem.
00:44:34Feel the Holy Ghost. There's something in there.
00:44:36There's something in there for somebody.
00:44:38Because sometimes we feel like once we have been touched by God,
00:44:41we're ready to go out and take on the world.
00:44:44And we want to leave everything behind and go and do it.
00:44:47And sometimes there's a place for that.
00:44:48I'm not knocking that if that's your experience that God leads you.
00:44:51But oftentimes, there is a duality.
00:44:55There is a tandem working that is supposed to take place.
00:45:00Because although you are getting the deep spiritual things from God,
00:45:05there are some practical things that you need while you're developing in stature.
00:45:11Are you tracking with me?
00:45:13And so sometimes it could be argued that Jesus was attempting to detach a little bit too early
00:45:19in his pursuit. It could be argued. We're just talking here.
00:45:23So there is a time where you need to be in your father's house.
00:45:28And then also, you have to leave your father's house
00:45:32to discover the fullness of your divine identity.
00:45:36Are we tracking? And that's where Abraham is.
00:45:39Sometimes you have to leave your father's house in order to see it.
00:45:45Sometimes you have to get away from anything, anything, any environment.
00:45:49You have to get away from it in order to look back at it
00:45:52and see it for what it really is.
00:45:57I'm going to tell you something.
00:45:58Because when you're in it, you're just in it and you don't know anything about it.
00:46:01Watch this.
00:46:02And you're subject to the culture of it, to the ideals of it,
00:46:07because you're in it and you've never been out of it.
00:46:09Can I testify a little bit? Can I tell you a little bit about me?
00:46:12Tell you a little bit about me.
00:46:15I'm from L.A. I'm from Cali.
00:46:18Praise the Lord. I bless God for Cali.
00:46:21I love Texas. I'm here now, but I bless God for Cali.
00:46:23I wouldn't have been raised any other place.
00:46:26And I grew up in the Los Angeles area.
00:46:30And there is a part of Los Angeles that is a total of 2.1 square miles called Watts.
00:46:38And I grew up in that 2.1 square miles in Cali in a place called Watts.
00:46:45And I grew up there in the 80s.
00:46:49In the 80s, gang culture and crack cocaine culture was at an all-time high.
00:46:59It was everywhere. Gangs and dope and everything else was everywhere.
00:47:05And now, obviously, not being there and growing out of there,
00:47:10my mom worked extremely hard. Thank God for her.
00:47:13Single-parent mom raised me.
00:47:15She sent me to private school. I don't even know how she did it.
00:47:17I'm doing the math now as a parent who sends their kids to private school.
00:47:19And I'm like, Mom, how did you even do that?
00:47:21But she did it.
00:47:23But in the subculture of Watts, there are some very interesting mentalities at that time.
00:47:30I don't know what it is now. It could be better.
00:47:33But when I was there, let me just give you an idea of some of the things that were in the subculture
00:47:39that were shaping everyone in the subculture.
00:47:41Here's one. This will probably shock you.
00:47:43If someone called you nice where I grew up, that was an insult.
00:47:49If they wanted to insult you, they would call you, oh, nice, na, na, na, na.
00:47:55It sounds crazy, right?
00:47:57But this literally was a subculture.
00:47:59You would fight somebody for calling you nice.
00:48:05Some of y'all know what I'm talking about.
00:48:07Because I've been in the south.
00:48:09Don't play with me. I've been.
00:48:11I've been in some hoods here in Texas.
00:48:13Don't play with me.
00:48:19Nice was an insult. How about this?
00:48:21Watch this, watch this, watch this.
00:48:23Where I grew up, being educated was corny.
00:48:31Lonnie, you know what I'm talking about.
00:48:33You were close enough. You were south central. You were close enough.
00:48:35You would not tell the boys of the block that you were going to college.
00:48:41They would beat you up.
00:48:43Schoolboy.
00:48:47Look at how perverted.
00:48:49But again, it's in the subculture.
00:48:51If you're in it, you don't know that it's perverted.
00:48:55Oh, it gets worse.
00:48:59The way that when I grew up,
00:49:01by the time I finally got out
00:49:03and we moved to the west side,
00:49:05I was shocked at how excited people were about going to college.
00:49:11You could come out of the closet and say,
00:49:13I'm smart!
00:49:15On the west side.
00:49:21And no one would beat you up because you were smart.
00:49:23Or you had aspirations.
00:49:25In the hood, watch this, you were celebrated for going to prison.
00:49:29Think about it.
00:49:31In one culture,
00:49:33in one community,
00:49:35you were celebrated for, watch this,
00:49:37going away from home
00:49:39to college,
00:49:41learning some things,
00:49:43and coming back with skills.
00:49:45In another culture,
00:49:47you were celebrated for going away to prison,
00:49:51lifting weights,
00:49:53getting buff,
00:49:55learning how to fight,
00:49:57or do whatever you do when you're there.
00:49:59You come back,
00:50:01and now you have street credibility.
00:50:03Your credentials are street cred.
00:50:07And the only difference
00:50:09between the one
00:50:11and the other
00:50:13was subculture.
00:50:17And your father's house
00:50:19was a subculture.
00:50:21And your father's house
00:50:23has a subculture.
00:50:25It doesn't mean
00:50:27that the subculture is bad,
00:50:29but your father's house
00:50:31will always be limiting.
00:50:35And God does this on purpose
00:50:39so that you can get out
00:50:41and experience God
00:50:43for yourself.
00:50:55I'm almost done.
00:50:57I wanted to show,
00:50:59can I just be a little bit more transparent?
00:51:01I think I can wrap this in like 10 minutes.
00:51:03So in my office,
00:51:05my office is a very
00:51:07inspirational place for me.
00:51:09It's where I pray,
00:51:11I prepare my sermons, I study,
00:51:13I take all my meetings and everything in my office.
00:51:15And I have some artwork
00:51:17that reminds me
00:51:19of where I have come from
00:51:21and how I got to where I am.
00:51:23And here is the thing.
00:51:25You don't just discover
00:51:27who you are one time.
00:51:29You have to keep remembering who you are.
00:51:33Because every assault
00:51:35against you or the enemy
00:51:37is an assault
00:51:39to keep you
00:51:41from being who you are.
00:51:43Because if he can keep you from being who you are,
00:51:45if he can keep you from knowing who you are,
00:51:47if he can keep you from being who you are,
00:51:49you will not produce what God has called you
00:51:51to produce.
00:51:53So everyone in their
00:51:55becoming process,
00:51:57everyone in their becoming process
00:51:59has to climb over
00:52:01what they are not
00:52:03in order to step into who they are.
00:52:05All of us, watch this,
00:52:07have to un-become in order
00:52:09to become.
00:52:11And we have to climb over things.
00:52:13My son bought me
00:52:15a piece of artwork.
00:52:17I have this in my office
00:52:19to remind me.
00:52:21And it's a piece of artwork.
00:52:23And this piece of artwork
00:52:25is called the Watts Festival.
00:52:27And they'll put it up there.
00:52:29But you'll see,
00:52:31this is after the Watts Riot.
00:52:33And you'll see
00:52:35boys and girls
00:52:37climbing over the fence.
00:52:39I had to climb over the fence
00:52:41of who I was not.
00:52:43If you walk into my office,
00:52:45that's the first thing you see.
00:52:47It reminds me, first of all,
00:52:49it reminds me of where I came from.
00:52:51And I'll say this, never forget where you came from.
00:52:53Because even though it was crazy,
00:52:55all of that was a part of the developing
00:52:57and the shaping.
00:52:59I needed that confusion
00:53:01and then to get clarity
00:53:03to be me.
00:53:05So when you walk into my office,
00:53:07you see, I don't care who you are, you rich, poor,
00:53:09walk in my office, you're going to see
00:53:11this boy climbing over the fence.
00:53:13Climbing over the fence
00:53:15of who he was not
00:53:17to get to where God
00:53:19would take him based on who he was.
00:53:21Then you walk in and you turn
00:53:23right, and then
00:53:25up the steps to my loft,
00:53:27you'll see photos
00:53:29of the three books that I've written
00:53:31in that space for a fourth one, because I'm working on it now.
00:53:33And you'll see
00:53:35the books, first one is
00:53:37Purpose Awakening, you'll see that.
00:53:39And the second one was Wholeness, and you'll see that.
00:53:41The third one was Balance, and you'll see that.
00:53:43And so you're walking up the steps.
00:53:45So my office
00:53:47literally is my journey.
00:53:49I had to climb over
00:53:51the fence in Watts.
00:53:53Over the fence of who I was not.
00:53:57And then I walk up and as I begin
00:53:59to first book Purpose Awakening,
00:54:01as I begin to be awakened to my purpose,
00:54:03my life started progressing.
00:54:05And then as I awaken to my purpose,
00:54:07there's one thing to be awakened to your purpose,
00:54:09there's another thing to be whole enough to achieve it.
00:54:11So wholeness was like that.
00:54:13And I'm going up this thing, I'm going up this thing.
00:54:15And then my next book was Balance, because once you
00:54:17discover your purpose, and once you become whole,
00:54:19so you start moving things, you start having
00:54:21an abundance of things in your life
00:54:23that you have to
00:54:25balance.
00:54:27And then when you get to the top
00:54:29of
00:54:31the stairs that leads to
00:54:33the loft in my office,
00:54:35I have a piece of art.
00:54:37It's an expensive piece of art, but when
00:54:39I saw it, it arrested
00:54:41me. And I had
00:54:43to have it. And this art,
00:54:45I didn't even know until last
00:54:47night, I was going to show you this artwork,
00:54:49I didn't even know until last night
00:54:51that the name of this artwork,
00:54:53I just saw it and it spoke to me.
00:54:55And they'll put it up there.
00:54:57The name of this artwork is called Hope
00:54:59on the other side of the wall.
00:55:03See, I didn't
00:55:05really have a childhood.
00:55:07A lot of stuff happened to me too fast.
00:55:09It wasn't that my mom wasn't amazing, because she
00:55:11was absolutely amazing, but she can only do what she
00:55:13can do. And so I was exposed to a lot
00:55:15of things very early. I got shot when I was
00:55:1716 years old. I didn't really get to
00:55:19have a childhood
00:55:21when I was a child.
00:55:23And there was something about that picture
00:55:25that spoke to me. There's a few things. First
00:55:27of all, we see
00:55:29a little boy,
00:55:31but we also see a grown man.
00:55:33This is
00:55:35for somebody. I took my time. Almost
00:55:37this is a digression, but there's somebody
00:55:39that needs to see this.
00:55:41This, for me, represents
00:55:43a lot of things. First of all, he's got
00:55:45a bag on his shoulders. He's there with
00:55:47his sons, and perhaps he's there with
00:55:49a son and him.
00:55:51The healed version of him. The
00:55:53little boy being healed, right? And he's
00:55:55got a bag full of something,
00:55:57and I believe that that bag full of things
00:55:59represents the lessons and new
00:56:01perspectives that he
00:56:03is going to share with his
00:56:05children to break generational curses.
00:56:07Come on, somebody. I want you
00:56:09to let that minister to you for a second. Maybe
00:56:11I'll put it up there for you.
00:56:15This picture is very colorful as well.
00:56:17There's a freedom
00:56:19in this picture. Look at how free,
00:56:21carefree and
00:56:23free and colorful and
00:56:25vibrant this picture is.
00:56:27And it looks like it's a
00:56:29party. Because there's
00:56:31some of you, and what you have been
00:56:33through in life, if you look back,
00:56:35it looks more like a nightmare
00:56:37than a party. But I declare to you
00:56:39right now that God is getting ready to bring another
00:56:41level of healing to you and breakthrough
00:56:43to you, and he's going to begin to heal your
00:56:45trauma and various things,
00:56:47and he's going to recolor your life
00:56:49so much so
00:56:51that it stops looking, I feel that
00:56:53right there, that it stops looking like a
00:56:55nightmare, that it stops feeling like a
00:56:57nightmare. Oh, God, stand up real quick.
00:56:59I'm sorry. Just give me a minute. This is for you.
00:57:01Not only if this is for you, if
00:57:03your life has been like
00:57:05in some areas, a
00:57:07nightmare, just
00:57:09anxious about certain things,
00:57:11and I think it might be
00:57:13tied into trauma
00:57:15that you haven't even
00:57:17discovered or dealt
00:57:19with. I just want to pray this over you.
00:57:21Seven minutes and we're done. I promise.
00:57:23Father, I pray for every person right
00:57:25now, and I pray literally as they're looking
00:57:27at this piece of art. Keep the artwork up there, please.
00:57:29As they're looking at this piece of art
00:57:31that it
00:57:33will arrest them even the way it
00:57:35arrested me. There's
00:57:37some in this room that they literally
00:57:39did not have a
00:57:41childhood. They couldn't. They were too busy
00:57:43surviving.
00:57:45God says,
00:57:47I will restore the years
00:57:49that the locusts have eaten. I'm going to
00:57:51restore those
00:57:53years, and you're going to have boy
00:57:55joy.
00:57:57You're going to have boy joy.
00:57:59You're going to have girl joy, little girl.
00:58:01I'm going to restore this. The Bible says,
00:58:03for this purpose, the Son of God was manifest
00:58:05that he might destroy the works of
00:58:07the devil. You don't remember your childhood
00:58:09colorful like that. You don't remember
00:58:11it bright and vibrant.
00:58:13Man.
00:58:17You remember it dark and scary and gray
00:58:19and fuzzy.
00:58:21You don't remember it
00:58:23with a father who loves you, who has a bag
00:58:25of goodies for you
00:58:27and all sorts of balloons and various things
00:58:29to make your life
00:58:31good.
00:58:33I decree right now in the name of Jesus
00:58:35that restoration
00:58:37is going to happen to you, and a joy is going to
00:58:39hit you, and God is going to go deep, deep, deep
00:58:41into your past,
00:58:43even into your subconscious, because
00:58:45God knows that he can reach there,
00:58:47and he's going to begin to heal
00:58:49you from that moment forward in Jesus'
00:58:51name. Okay.
00:58:53Sit down. I'm almost done.
00:59:03Yeah.
00:59:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:59:07Yeah.
00:59:09Yeah.
00:59:11Yeah, yeah.
00:59:13Kingdom things.
00:59:15Kingdom things.
00:59:17Kingdom things.
00:59:21Kingdom things.
00:59:23Kingdom things.
00:59:27Kingdom things.
00:59:29Keep looking at it. Kingdom things.
00:59:31Kingdom things.
00:59:34I don't want to be sensitive here.
00:59:39We're almost there.
00:59:43Don't harden your heart right now either.
00:59:45Don't be afraid.
00:59:47I got you. We got you.
00:59:49We got pastors,
00:59:51ministers, people who love you all over this room.
00:59:53Not just, I mean, people literally right next to you.
00:59:55You can literally
00:59:57collapse if you want to right now, and we got you.
00:59:59We got you.
01:00:01And we will have an altar call
01:00:03in just a few minutes.
01:00:05We got you.
01:00:07Because this is why Jesus came.
01:00:09For this purpose,
01:00:11the Son of God was manifest,
01:00:13that he might destroy the works
01:00:15of the devil.
01:00:17He's a God of restoration.
01:00:19He's a God of alignment.
01:00:23God will restore you
01:00:25to justification
01:00:27just as if
01:00:29it never happened.
01:00:31I sleep good at night.
01:00:33And I am the nicest person
01:00:35you ever want to meet in your life.
01:00:37I still got little watts in me,
01:00:39so don't take it for granted.
01:00:41I still...
01:00:43You can take the boy out the hood.
01:00:45I'll check you real quick if I have to.
01:00:47Anyway, last thing I want to say.
01:00:49So it says that
01:00:55he grew in wisdom
01:00:57and stature
01:00:59in favor with God
01:01:03and with man.
01:01:05How do you grow
01:01:07in favor with God?
01:01:09Simply put, you grow in favor with God
01:01:11when you look like what he made.
01:01:15All of us have to go
01:01:17through this journey
01:01:21of going from
01:01:23simply being son of man,
01:01:25son of a man.
01:01:27He was son of man.
01:01:29I get that, but hear me
01:01:31for the point of this.
01:01:33We have to go from being
01:01:35a man's son
01:01:39to God's son.
01:01:43And
01:01:45it's a process of becoming.
01:01:49And the scripture says
01:01:51that he grew...
01:01:53The sequence is important.
01:01:55Wisdom, stature, favor with God
01:01:57and with man.
01:01:59And with man.
01:02:01So favor with God
01:02:03and favor with man.
01:02:05Or you can look at that
01:02:07not only as favor with man.
01:02:09God gives you favor with man.
01:02:11He does that, but it's bigger than that.
01:02:13It's favor with the created thing.
01:02:17As you become...
01:02:19It's a teaching in and of itself.
01:02:21As you go from simply being
01:02:23a son of your father
01:02:27to truly a son of God
01:02:29according to Romans chapter 8 and 19.
01:02:33It says that the earnest
01:02:35expectation of creation is eagerly
01:02:37waiting for the revealing
01:02:39of the sons of God.
01:02:41The revealing
01:02:43of the sons of God.
01:02:45And do not think gender.
01:02:47Don't be thrown off by gender because
01:02:49listen, in the kingdom there is no gender.
01:02:51Hello somebody.
01:02:53There's not going to be no male and female in heaven.
01:02:55Just spirit, just us.
01:02:57Are you tracking with me?
01:02:59That's for the sake of reproduction here,
01:03:01but not there.
01:03:03Are you hearing me?
01:03:05In Romans 8 and 29
01:03:07after he talks about all things working together
01:03:09for good for those who love God,
01:03:11those who called according to his purposes.
01:03:13He says for...
01:03:15He says for whom he
01:03:17God foreknew.
01:03:19He also
01:03:21predestined to be
01:03:23conformed to the image
01:03:25of his son.
01:03:27That he, the son, Jesus
01:03:29might be the firstborn
01:03:31among many
01:03:33brethren.
01:03:35So your truest
01:03:37and highest identity
01:03:39is that of a son
01:03:41of God.
01:03:43That's why when Jesus
01:03:45inquires to his disciples,
01:03:47he says, who do men say that
01:03:49I, the son of
01:03:51man am?
01:03:53He calls himself the son of man.
01:03:55Peter
01:03:57steps up and says, you are the Christ,
01:03:59the what? The son
01:04:01of the living God.
01:04:03Now
01:04:05we could say that Jesus was
01:04:07testing them. Maybe he was.
01:04:09But because identity is something that
01:04:11you grapple with until,
01:04:13maybe he was
01:04:15looking for some reassurance.
01:04:17I'm just saying,
01:04:19it's possible.
01:04:21And maybe that's
01:04:23why he got so excited when Peter said,
01:04:25thou art the Christ,
01:04:27because he calls himself the son of man.
01:04:29Thou art
01:04:31the Christ, the son of the living God.
01:04:33He says, oh Peter, you just
01:04:35blessed me, man.
01:04:37And you know what?
01:04:39Flesh and blood
01:04:41did not reveal that to you.
01:04:43But my father
01:04:45who is in heaven,
01:04:47on you I'm going to build
01:04:49my church, because you get it.
01:04:51You have an understanding. And the gates
01:04:53of hell themselves will not prevail.
01:04:55What's the revelation? The revelation is
01:04:57when you see yourself as a son,
01:04:59when you
01:05:01know who you are, the very
01:05:03gates of hell themselves
01:05:05cannot
01:05:07prevail against
01:05:09you.
01:05:11The gates of hell can prevail against you
01:05:13as long as you stay a son of
01:05:15your father.
01:05:17But not
01:05:19when you become
01:05:21a son of God, and you
01:05:23recognize what that means.
01:05:25When it says
01:05:27that all of creation, I'm landing.
01:05:29When it says that all of creation eagerly
01:05:31awaits the revealing of the son
01:05:33of God, if you keep reading, it speaks
01:05:35to the fact that creation has a personality
01:05:37and creation is
01:05:39desperate for you to be you.
01:05:41I must
01:05:43be me.
01:05:45Because the deliverance
01:05:47of the creation
01:05:49is in your identity.
01:05:53I must
01:05:55be me.
01:05:57Hmm.
01:05:59Favor
01:06:01with God
01:06:03and favor with man.
01:06:05I have favor with God as
01:06:07I look like God.
01:06:09As I look like what He made.
01:06:11And I have favor with man,
01:06:13the created things,
01:06:15when I walk in that identity.
01:06:17That's why in
01:06:19Revelation chapter 12, remember
01:06:21when the enemy was
01:06:23coming for the woman? The Bible
01:06:25says, and the earth helped her.
01:06:29But the earth
01:06:31helped the woman. The earth opened
01:06:33up his mouth and swallowed up the
01:06:35flood which the dragon had spewed
01:06:37out of his mouth. In other words,
01:06:39you got to be you.
01:06:41I must be me
01:06:43because there are things that God
01:06:45has placed in creation
01:06:47that will help me
01:06:49if I'm willing to be me.
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