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IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LIVING The objective of this message is to help believers understand the significance of the Book of the Living (Book of Life) as revealed throughout Scripture. It emphasizes Jesus Christ as the Living Word and Light of the world, showing how God has always communicated through the spoken and written word, recording covenants, genealogies, laws, and individual lives. The teaching calls listeners to examine their salvation, repent, and ensure their names are written in the Book of Life through faith in Jesus Christ. < Back IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LIVING Minister Lisa Kane October 2, 2022 Objective: The objective of this message is to help believers understand the significance of the Book of the Living (Book of Life) as revealed throughout Scripture. It emphasizes Jesus Christ as the Living Word and Light of the world, showing how God has always communicated through the spoken and written word, recording covenants, genealogies, laws, and individual lives. The teaching calls listeners to examine their salvation, repent, and ensure their names are written in the Book of Life through faith in Jesus Christ. Synopsis: Lisa Kane begins with John 1:1–5, showing Jesus as the Word and the Light that overcomes darkness, and ties this to Genesis 1:1–5, where God spoke light into existence. She highlights Jesus as the physical embodiment of the Word—spoken, written, and living—through whom creation, redemption, and revelation flow. The message then journeys through biblical references to many “books” mentioned in Scripture: the Book of Generations, Book of the Covenant, Book of the Law, Book of Jasher, Book of the Acts of Solomon, Chronicles of the Kings, and others. These writings reveal how God ensured His covenants and commands would be preserved for future generations, combining the power of both the spoken and written word. Building on this, Lisa explains that God also keeps personal records: a book written about each person (Psalm 56:8; Psalm 139:16). Every life, every choice, and every moment is documented by God. Most importantly, she stresses the eternal significance of the Book of the Living (Book of Life) (Psalm 69:28; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 20:15). Those whose names are written remain in fellowship with Christ, while those not found are condemned. The message challenges listeners to repentance and faith in Jesus, reminding them that God records not only their sins but also their salvation when they confess Christ as Lord (Romans 10:9). Through Christ’s blood, believers’ names are permanently secured in the Book of Life, and they are called to walk as His representatives—lights in a dark world. The teaching concludes with an urgent call: Is your name found in the Book of the Living? Through repentance, obedience, and faith in Jesus Christ, every believer can be confident of their salvation and live as a testimony of God’s light and truth. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane. I'm recording this on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022. And this message is called Is Your Name Found in the Book of the Living? Amen. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this message and we thank you for your blessing and anointing on it. We thank you for teaching us who your son is, our foundation, our strength, the living word of God. And we thank you, Father God, for all that you're doing and all the things that you're teaching us. We receive, we believe, we apply, and we're walking in your word. Thank you, Father God, in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scripture here. John 1, we're going to read verses 1-5. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God. And the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him nothing was made that was made. In him was life and the life was the light of men and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. King James version says did not overtake it. So um in other words the light is stronger than the dark. The light penetrates and the darkness cannot defeat it in any way, shape or form. Amen. So notice it talked about going back to the beginning. Let's go look at those scriptures in the beginning because I think there's a correlation here. Let's see what we're talking about here. Genesis 1 1-5. Oh, look at that. We just read John 1 1-5. Now we're going to read Genesis 1 1-5. Look at the similarities here. This is incredible. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light day and the darkness he called night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. Okay. So now you see kind of a a similarity and a reversal because in the beginning there was darkness and God created light. And then you can see in John he's saying the word was with God. The moment that God said let there be light that was a spoken word. Now who claims to be the light? Because now once we see and understand this we're going to enter uh find something very interesting here. We're going to see the son of God become real. Watch this. Jesus in John 8:12 says, "And Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." Okay. So, we know that the light was spoken. So Jesus is out of God and he is the son of God. God calls him his only begotten son and he is the word, the word, the spoken word, the numa, the power, the authority. Hallelujah. He is the light. Now, what's so interesting about this is that throughout history, because the physical embodiment of the word of God did not take place till Jesus was born, books were written. Lots of books were written. Some were lost. Some were found again. And those books pointed to Jesus. and not only pointed to him as the light but as the son of God, our redeemer. Because you see in Genesis in the beginning, God already knew that the fall of man was going to happen and that was going to be well could have been it. But he sent his son and in fact he sent his son before he created us. Hallelujah. Because he said, "Let there be light." Let the sun come. Not the sun, su n, but the s o n. Let there be light. Let there be Jesus. Let's go back to that. I want you to see something here. Going back to John 1-5. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. So God put himself into a word. Now there's something very interesting here. I want you to catch this. He put himself into the word. So when Jesus was born and Jesus started walking on the face of this earth, Jesus was the embodiment of his spoken word. It's the flesh incarnate but as God. He walked the word. He was the word walking which which is why he healed so many people because he's the numa the power the word that said let there be light. He is that portion. So, what I want to do is I want to take you onto a journey here and and show you how the written word works. How the spoken word works. Okay? Because Jesus became the embodiment of it. He was the physical living word walking the earth. So, but before he became that physical word, he was a spoken word and God used speak and he used written which is all part of the language to communicate to us. So the reason I'm addressing the idea of being in a book format or let's say a video 3D video or let's say a written format or and again the spoken word these are things that God measures us by and Jesus is the first example to set that in motion as the numa because because he is the light everything he touched and did it was power and we're to be like him. God made us in his image and as his image, we're his representative. Are you seeing something that we're going to be going through? Okay. But anyways, I want to show you how powerful the written word is when it is touched by God, covered by God, and known by God. So, we're going to talk about some books. Yes. some written books. I'm going to take you through the journey of the Bible that talks about all the different books. It's well worth this going through this list. So, this is definitely a different kind of teaching, but I want you to see how true the embodiment of Jesus as the living word of God, the the Bible, the written word. He is the living. He became the the persona of that. So let's start with our first um word that was brought to our attention. So in uh in Genesis 5:1 there is a thing that's called the book of the generations of Adam. This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man he made him in the likeness of God. Now remember Moses wrote Genesis. He started writing a book about the gen genealogies under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit or of God the light. Amen. Look at this. Now there is called the book of the covenant. Then he took the book of the covenant read it in the hearing of the people and they said all that the Lord has said we will do and be obedient. E Exodus 247. So, as you can see what God did here with Moses, who wrote the first five books of the Bible, he wrote a genealogy and and I'm sure they were all separate scrolls. They were put together later on. Okay? So, I want you to see how this is dealt with and they're written at different times. Now, in this case, Moses wrote those first five books. He wrote the covenant down. There is a covenant between the nation of Israel and God. And you can see the people agreed to do it all. So it was written down by Moses, but it was spoken to the people and they acknowledged. So now you see how the written portion worked and the spoken portion worked and how the two came together. Now why did it have to be written? Because there going to be generations of people coming and they were not there at the assembly when it was spoken. So they got to read it to be a part of that covenant and grasp onto it and then acknowledge it. Okay? So it's a continuation on because we don't live forever. Everybody has to die at least once. So let's continue on with more books. Look at how this goes on even further. There is a thing called the book of the wars of the Lord. Interesting. This is in Numbers 21:14, the first part of the verse, verse uh A. Therefore, it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord. Now, if you're curious about what that book entails, go read the story associated with those scriptures. I have a lot of content here. I can't go off into the rabbit trails and and go into all the stories there, but I want you to realize there's a whole lot of books here. So, wars of the Lord. Interesting, isn't it? Look at this. Now, we have what's called the book of the law. If you obey the voice of the Lord your God to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul. Deuteronomy 30:10. Now the book of the law is encompassed with the book of the covenant. And again, Moses wrote all of that. This is Deuteronomy and they're talking about the blessings and the cursings there. And remember what I talked about in our last message that I taught that we are the image of God. We represent him and as such you have the authority to make peace or calamity because you are a representation of God and that is what God does as he said in Isaiah 45:7 to King Cyrus 400 years in advance. Isn't that awesome? So let's continue on and look at all these other books that the Bible is referring to. But keep in mind what these are doing. God made a covenant with the nation of Israel. He made a law. Okay, so I'm going to pause here for a moment and tell you why he did what he did. Remember, we're in his image and we represent God. And as that representation, the nation of Israel represented to the world the law. And the law said, "You're a sinner." And so all the people of the world who looked at the nation of Israel in those days saw that they were sinners and as a result they knew they were in the wrong and they had to go to God to find how to get saved. The nation of Israel was the ones pointing this out. Okay. So now as you know nation of Israel had many kings, many generations that followed and as a result the book of the law, the book of the covenant that all encompassed together with the nation of Israel was a written statement of something spoken to the first generation in relation to all of that. What Moses had to do was take the people out of Egypt. that first generation and on were the ones who received this covenant and they said they agreed that let's do this. So now the following generations had to do it. So you had to have this written word. So this is what's taking place here as we look at these books. Now let's continue on. There's another book here called the book of Jasher. So the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the people had revenge upon their enemies. Is this not written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. Joshua 10:13. Again, I encourage you to get in there and read what that event was about because that is a powerful event that took place. Joshua is now the leader of the nation of Israel and he is uh taking the nation of Israel into the promised land. Okay. So, this is what he had to do. And he's having to attack all the people, the inhabitants of the lands at that time and kick them out because that land was promised to the nation of Israel by God to Abraham as a covenant. Remember, we've got covenants that took place. So, here's where things get very interesting. The book of Jasher, that book exists today. and it is not part of the canon that the the whole encompass of what the Bible is today. So, you know, I don't know what went into that committee that put the canon together. You can look that up and research that. What I'm going to say is that the Bible of itself is for your spiritual growth. any extra books that the Bible points to because the Bible is pointing to the book of Jasher has additional information that you can use for historical purposes. One of the things that I find interesting about the book of the of Jasher is Abraham, his youth, how he finds God and how he acknowledges that's not written in in uh gener Genesis. So, you might want to go back and look at the book of Jasher and check it out because he does talk about that those kind of things. And of course, there's a whole lot more in the book of Jasher. So, by all means, get in there and check it out. And so, let's continue on uh with some more books because what you know, I want you to see the power of the written word from a spoken word. I want you to see the history of how this is happening. So, and there are more books. By the way, I'm not going to go through all of them. There are so many I can't cover them all. Please do your homework. Get in there and check it out. It's awesome. Okay, we have the book of the acts of Solomon. Now, the rest of the Acts of Solomon, all that he did and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? And this is in first kings 11:41. Now, what we have in the Bible is the Song of Solomon. That is not the acts of Solomon. So, this book is different. It is separated. So it and it could be referring to the proverbs. So they call it proverbs but it could be the acts of I don't know but the bible is referring to it. This book exists. And look at this one. The book of the chronicles. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam. How he made war and how he reigned. Indeed they're written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. First kings 14:19. Kings and Chronicles tell the same thing, but from two different perspectives. You've got the Kings, which tells you from the human physical world what physically happened. It's a documentary of what the Kings did. Chronicles takes it one step further and God shows you the behind the scenes and says, "This is what was going on spiritually." So, you might want to get in there and read the two and compare them side by side because I think you're going to find there was so much more going on. And again, with that spiritual stuff going on, that written word, the com covenant and the law and all how all the kings were dealing with it plays a huge role in their witness and testimony to the world that God held them responsible for. Let's continue on because there's so much more here. Watch this. There is the book of the kings of Israel and Judah which I just referred to a bit ago. So all Israel was recorded by genealogies and indeed they were inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel but Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 1 Chronicles 9:1. Okay. So you saw kings referring to Chronicles. Now Chronicles is referring to Kings. So the two go hand in hand but one is written of the the uh perspective of man and the other is written by the perspective of God. Amen. Now we have what's called the book of Samuel the seer. Now the acts of King David first and last indeed they are written in the book of Samuel the seer and the book of Nathan the prophet and in the book of Gad the seer 1st Chronicles 29:29. You see how many books were written? Those books are not in the Bible. Samuel is, but Gad, let's see, it was Nathan and Gad. They're not in there. Where are those books? But it talks about King David and all his acts. And Samuel already covered it. So, I suppose I just did not need to be there. So, but you see how it was documented, written, and everything. Now, look, we're going to see here in the book of Nathan the prophet. Uh now the re this is now going into Solomon's reign. It says now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet. Look at this. In the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Edo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nibbat. 2 Chronicles 9:29. Look at these other books. They're not in the Bible, but they exist or they have existed and they were written and they could be with all of wherever uh the temple uh stuff is if it survived the length of time. And then we have the book of Shemiah the prophet, the acts of Rayoboam, first and last. Are they not written in the book of Shmiah the prophet and of Edo the Seir concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rayoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 2 Chronicles 12:15. So now you're starting to see a little bit more of what's going on. They they've been documenting history. You see that they're fighting internally now. Uh you had King David, you had Solomon, and now the split of Raoboam and Jeroboam. And the nation of Israel splits. And you've got the nation of Israel and you have Judah. So this is and it's going to be like this. Remember though, they are supposed to be in the image of God and they're supposed to be following the covenant of their predecessors. Watch what happens. This is fascinating, you guys. This is really fascinating. There's the book of Joo, son of Hanani. Now, the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, f first and last. Indeed, they are written in the book of Jahu, the son of Hanani, which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 2 Chronicles 20:34. Look at this. There's what's called the book of Moses. And they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the divisions of the father's house of the lay people to offer to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses. And so they did with the cattle. 2 Chronicles 35:12. The book of Moses might be a different book altogether than any part of the first five books of the Bible. It could be reporting uh uh pointing to a section that was consolidated in the first five books of the Bible. It is very difficult to tell as to what that is cuz so many generations have passed now and people call books differently different names and refer to them differently in their generation than what was pre previously there. So hard to tell but you see that there's another book. It has to be written so the next generation can get it. But they got to read it. Watch. Let's go on. Let's continue on. Here we have the book of the records of your fathers. Remember what I just said. Talk about a new name. But this is a new name. But this is referring to the five first five books of the Bible and the Kings and Chronicles. Look at this. says that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers and you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city harmful to kings and provinces and that they have incited edition within the city and former times for which cause this city was destroyed. Ezra 4:15 you I want you to see something here. Look at what it says. Catch this. And you will find in the book of records and know that the city is a rebellious city. They had to go look to see what happened in history. Do you see how they did not know? Anyways, let's continue on because I got two powerful things here next that is just it is going to change you on the inside, especially if you love God with all your heart. Look at this. There's a thing called your book and we're going to look at Psalm 56:8. You number my wanderings, put tears into your bottle. Are they not in your book? And then there's this other verse in Psalm 139:16. Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. God has a book about you. He is writing down everything about you and what you do. Now, he when you were born, he writes down the moment actually before you were born and you were fertilized or conceived, God knew your name, knew what you were going to look like, and he wrote it down. He has this book and he wrote it down. And in that book that he wrote it down, he has been writing down things about you and what you did. And I bet you he even wrote down what he foraw or foresees of your future. And but he wrote down what you ended up having done instead of what he had planned for you. Everything is written in there. So, I'm hoping that if you are listening to this or catch on that you repent and then God says, "Okay, he repented. Here we go. We're going to continue on. Watch the change in his life." Amen. Hallelujah. So, God has this book and it has your name on it. He has a book of Lisa. Oh my word. I It's not a book I want to read. But anyways, God is so mindful of us. He loves us that much. Hey, I bet he because he tells you how he says he knows how much hair you have on your body at any given moment. He might write that down. I don't have a copy of the book in front of me, but God does. And he's sitting there writing it. I can see him even writing that. Oh, hey, Lisa's teaching me teaching the people about the books. Let that touch you. Let that minister to you. Amen. Continuing on, we've got what's called the book of the living or the book of life. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, not be written with the righteous. That's in Psalm 69:28. And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life. Philippians 4:3. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my father and before his angels. Revelation 3:5. Let's continue on because there's more references to the book of the living. All who dwell on the earth will worship him whose names have not been written in the book of the of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was open, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works by the things which were written in the books. Revelation 10:12. And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire? Revelation 20:15. The title of this message is, "Is your name found in the written in the living, the book of the living?" Well, I hope it is. Anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Joel 21:13, Romans 10:13, make sure that you call on the name of the Lord and get saved. Amen. So, and you notice that referred to a whole lot of other different books. Now, let's continue on here. We've got the book of the generations of Jesus Christ. And here in Matthew 1:1, the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham, and it lists all the genealogies. Again, how did Matthew know? He also went back and looked at the previous books. So now I want you to see something because you should have a particular reaction to this, especially to the book of the living part and to the fact that God has a book written about you that's going to be opened up on the day of judgment. I want you to see what happened when some of these books were lost and how a particular king reacted to it. This is so powerful. Look at this. Second Kings 22, we're going to read verse 8 and 11. Then Hilkaya the high priest said to Chaffon the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord." And Hilkaya gave the book to Chiffon and he read it. And then in verse 11, and again, you know, you go and read the stuff in between. Find out what it says. Go find out how it got to the king now because we're talking the priest's duty. The the handler found this book and he's reading it and he's like, "Hey, you got to go read this thing. This is interesting stuff." Now, he's going to read it to the king. Watch what happens when he he gives it to the king. He says, "Now, this is verse 11. Now it happened when the king heard the words of the book of the law that he tore his clothes. He rent his heart. He repented. Hallelujah. So the book of the covenant, the book of the law that told us what we were sinners fallen. This is why we had to know about the book of Genesis. This is why we had to know about the fall of man. It told us what happened, why we're born into a spiritual war. why we're here today having to deal with why do bad things happen. You know, this is why all these books had to be written because we're a new generation. And when we come into the picture, we have to pick it up and read what happened in the past and either accept it or deny it, reject it. I encourage you to accept it because the the power of the word of God, Jesus being the embodiment of the the spoken word of let there be light and he is the light and as that power Numa and that he walked around. I mean even when he came out of the grave uh it was written uh from the um historian of the time and I can't think of his name for the life of me at the moment but they wrote about how many other people came out of the graves. It's also the end I think at the end of book of Matthew and all these other graves open and imagine that's how powerful this word is. light came into existence as soon as God said it. He's got to be careful with what he says, right? He has to make sure that he says proper things. Otherwise, he could end things and just like that. But he spoke that he said that he came out of the grave. That power just brought all these people up out of the grave at the same time Jesus came out. So when Jesus was revealing himself, Aunt Martha came over and and walked up to the household there and said, "Hey guys, I'm back. I gotta tell you about Jesus and where I was." And there goes that spoken word again. And then it got documented. And because it got documented, we can read it today and go and receive like the king did and repented. remember and and because of these old books. We're made in his image. We would never understand that or know that because you God is spirit. We can't see him. I must resemble him. I must look something like him. You resemble him. You look like him. But we're representations of him. We represent him. And as we would never known had we not heard that word now. So, we know that the nation of Israel had a responsibility to the world and that covenant took place. It was written and then it was spoken. Look at what it says because you need to know it because now we're you got to see the conclusion of what happened with the nation of Israel. You see, what happened is Israel rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah and the Messiah was cut off. That's scripture. He went on, but he's coming back as king. So he he completed his priestly duties. He needed to do his priestly part. He did that. He completed. He got cut off. So God says, "You rejected me. I'm going to go to the Gentiles and I'm going to create a bride of Christ." And that is us today still relying on the covenant and the promises made to the nation of Israel who represented God during that time and wrote it down so that we can speak it again because it was already spoken and apply it to our lives today because we are in his image. We represent him. If he can create peace and he can create calamity, we have the responsibility to create peace and to create calamities. Amen. So watch this. Look at what Deuteronomy says here. Uh Deuteronomy 28 1-3. Now it shall come to pass if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God to observe carefully all his commandments which I command you today that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you because you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country. And there are many more blessings there. Get into the word. Find out what it means. find out because it is your responsibility to look at the old word and see how it was spoken, how it was agreed to, and then it was written so that you can read it, speak it, and apply it and live it today. Hallelujah. But there's another part to that. Look at the other part. Says Deuteronomy 28:15-16. But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today, that all these curses will be upon you and overtake you. Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. Why do bad things happen right there? You're cursed. And it's because you're just not following the commandments of God. You're not repenting. Jesus is the light, the embodiment of the word of God. And that covenant went into place and we get to live that covenant if we choose to do so. It's your responsibility to choose. So is your name written in the book of the living or is it blotted out? You know, once again, Jesus write or God writes about you. He's got your name written there. But as long as you don't repent and you do not follow his commandments, it gets blotted out. But once you repent, you're saved. And it's written in blood. Because Jesus gave his blood as the light. He gave his blood to say, I know you are going to be there for me. I know you're going to call on my name. I'm going to save you and you're going to be saved. In fact, Jesus is there fighting for you, praying for you, lifting you up before God. And God is writing in his book going, "I know Lisa's got it. I know so and so's got it. He knows, talk to him. Put the covenant into practice. Speak it. Say, "Yeah, Lord, I'm going to do this. I'm going to follow your commandments. I'm going to love you. I'm going to lift you up. Why? Not just because I can get the blessing, but because you're God. You're my maker. I'm the make. I was made. I'm the created, but I'm in your image. And I thank you for adopting me and bringing me into who you are. Because let's remember what's going to happen here. He still has to finish dealing with the nation of Israel. That's what the whole sevenyear tribulation is about. If you read the book of Revelation, Daniel. So, he still has to deal with him, which means we have to as Gentiles be our representative to the world right now because that is our calling. And that means we also have to stand up as Christ represent to the world and get ready because Harpato is going to happen here once he seals 144,000 because the 144,000 will become the new representation to the world for God, their image. They're made in his image and we will be taken out in the nick of time. Amen. So let's continue and look at here what it says here. John, I want to say it again. This I can't stress this. Then Jesus spoke to them again saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life." John 8:12. In other words, because you accept Jesus, you make that covenant with him. You repent. It gets spoken. It gets written in God's book. You become a light. The light comes on and now you represent the world. And every emotion, everything that you deal with, everything that goes on in your life becomes a a written testimony to the world in God's book. And in fact, you're probably going to be judging people. The millennial reign when that happens, you know, the martyrs and those harpazzo, they're going to be judging. That is, you know, you're in preparation today for that coming up. So you need to be ready because and God is writing it down. So if he's writing it down, he knows maybe you might want to be a little clean. Might want to fix yourself up a bit. Oh, God's looking at me. Oh, God's thinking. Oh, he's writing down. It just it's a great motivator. It helps you stand, but at the same time, you can say, "Thank you, God. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for being there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for making me the light and being a part of Jesus and being a part of the bride because remember he chose the nation of Israel. I'm not Israeli but I am now because I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and I'm adopted into the family. So can you. And let's continue on here. John 3:21. But he who does the truth comes to the light that his deeds may be clearly seen and that they have but been done in God. So as you do your good deeds in the light, God sees, he records and documents in his book of you. And as you go on further walking with the Lord, those things get documented. He's And you know what it why do you write a book? Does he go back and read? Does he see the changes in you? Does he acknowledge that? Yeah, that's God. Oh my word. He's absolutely incredible and amazing. And you know what, guys? You need to repent. This is remember now we've been talking about the whole word spoken, written. Now look, look, look, look what it says. Romans 10:9, that if you confess with your mouth, how could Paul say it any other way? It was perfectly said that with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Hallelujah. And your name will not be blotted out of the book of the living. You were already known by God at the moment of conception or the moment of fertilization. He knew you and he started writing his book about you. You are made in his image. You are a representative of him. You can choose to walk in righteousness and be blessed or to choose to walk in darkness and be cursed. If your life is full of drama and calamities, you might want to reconsider because I'm gonn Previous Next Home

COMPASSION The objective of this message is to teach believers the biblical mandate and spiritual power of compassion. It emphasizes that compassion is more than simply being “nice”—it is an act of obedience to God, rooted in forgiveness, mercy, and love, and modeled by Jesus Christ. The teaching seeks to equip believers to extend compassion not only to those who are easy to love, but also to those who do evil, demonstrating God’s heart and opening doors for salvation and transformation. < Back COMPASSION Minister Lisa Kane February 1, 2024 Objective: The objective of this message is to teach believers the biblical mandate and spiritual power of compassion. It emphasizes that compassion is more than simply being “nice”—it is an act of obedience to God, rooted in forgiveness, mercy, and love, and modeled by Jesus Christ. The teaching seeks to equip believers to extend compassion not only to those who are easy to love, but also to those who do evil, demonstrating God’s heart and opening doors for salvation and transformation. Synopsis: In this message, Lisa Kane opens with Zechariah 7:9 to show that compassion is both a command and an actionable response of mercy toward others. She contrasts being “nice” with true compassion, which requires intentional forgiveness and obedience to God’s Word. Drawing from scriptures such as Micah 7:18–20, Psalm 78, and Jude 20–23, she explains how God repeatedly shows compassion despite humanity’s rebellion, and how believers are called to reflect that same mercy in their relationships and prayers. Lisa stresses that compassion is central to intercession, particularly for leaders, nations, and even those engaged in evil, because Jesus loves them just as much as He loves His followers. She provides examples from the life of Jesus (Matthew 9:36, 14:14, 15:32), highlighting how compassion moved Him to heal, provide, and guide. The message also explores the consequences of unforgiveness, the blessings of obedience, and the urgency of praying compassionately for others so they may come to salvation before the end of the Gentile age. Ultimately, this teaching calls believers to embrace compassion as the foundation of forgiveness, to intercede with love for others—including enemies—and to allow the Holy Spirit to cultivate compassion within them. It closes with a prayer for believers to live out compassion through word, deed, and heartfelt intercession, demonstrating Christ’s mercy in a hurting world. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kaine. I'm recording this message on Thursday, February 1st, 20124. Welcome. This message is called Compassion. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your blessings and your favor upon your word. And we pray that we hear your word, apply your word, live by your word. And we pray that your compassions, your mercy, and your love overflows the cup within us, Father God, and that it just pours out on those around us and that we minister to those with love and compassion. In the glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. And amen. Amen. Let's open uh let's go to our opening scripture here. Compassion is what this message is called. Zechariah 79. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts saying execute true judgment and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother. Now I do have another message prepared that I was going to do today and the Lord speaking through my father basically. So we need to to talk on this message. One of the things that I've noticed and observe and this is what my father and I were talking about was as Christians get together and we talk about society in general or government or things of this nature. I heard a pastor just say the other day, you know, we need to be nice. Well, being nice is one thing, but being compassionate is another. And this really made an impression on my heart because we should be praying in forgiveness, which is what I've been teaching. You can go look at the empowering prayers. We added 13 new prayers to that prayer list and how you can put your name or put something in there and just pray that prayer and watch the spirit realm uh move on your behalf because you're forgiving and you're letting go. Well, we need to pray and have compassion for those even doing evil. We don't want to have compassion on them, believe you and me. But the key here is that Jesus loves them just as much as he loves me, just as much as he loves you. So, this is why we need to have compassion. So, let's go back to that opening scripture now and take a look at it in depth. Says, "Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts." So, this is from the father. This is the Lord telling us what how to have compassion, execute true judgment or pronounce sentence and then show or to do make mercy or kindness and compassion which is to love, mercy, pity every man to his brother. Now I want you to see that this is an actionable verb for you. says to do or to make mercy and compassions means you have to take the initiative whether you want to or not. It's called obedience and that's what we have to do. That is what the Lord is asking us to do. Now of course he's talking to Israel there but he's talking to everyone and in any time frame and we we live in what's called the fullness of the Gentiles. We are in the grace period and it is the Gentiles that are teaching and preaching uh to the world the redemption of our Lord Jesus that he pardoned everybody's sins and because he has done that we're to share the good news so that everybody knows everyone's sin is forgiven them. This is what's so powerful and if you really want to get technical I taught a couple of messages ago about the Holy Spirit and blaspheming the Holy Spirit. So go back and look at that teaching. I I don't want to drift off in that direction and repeat myself here. I want to show you what it is to have compassion for these that we see doing evil. You know, we're not any better than them. The fact is is that we just humbled ourselves before the Lord and we're just going to the Lord, but we're still in the flesh, but he has forgiven us. And that differentiates us from them and their actions are still sinning. And some people who haven't pressed into the Lord, but have called on the Lord, aren't forgiving and aren't living in forgiveness either. So, you're bringing yourself into curses from God and his heavenly realm simply because you're not choosing to forgive and let go. Well, we need to be doing this and we need to be doing this for the leadership around the world. Nobody's perfect. And even if you were a leader, I'm sure we can find something wrong with you. It's just the reality of it. Go look at the um revelation at chapters 2, three, or three and four anyway, right in that area. And look at the seven letters to the seven churches. Every single one of them except for one. They all say, "I still have something against you." So you did this, this was good, this was good, but I still have this against you. So with that in mind, let that generate the compassion because you should be recognizing that Jesus loves you and he's forgiving you. Okay? If he's going to do that for you, then we need to to do it for others. Otherwise, he's not going to do it for you. And he's clear on scripture with that. Let's go to our next scripture. Micah 7:18-20. Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneeth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retainth not his anger forever, because he delightth in mercy. He will turn again. He will have compassion upon us. He will subdue our iniquities, and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Now obviously this is talking about Jesus prophesied by the prophet Micah but show look at what he shows us. This is this is powerful. He is saying pardon it. He lifts us. He bears our iniquity. He took it on the cross. He was a man who knew no sin who took sin on the cross and God turned his face against him. I you know we don't understand and we can't comprehend what that moment must have felt like. But one thing we know for certain is that Jesus did it because he loved us. And that is something we have to keep forefront in our mind. And he passes. Look at this. It's a crossover, the transgression. So here here's another I just finished teaching on another Passover shown uh for the end times in the wedding part two. Now watch this. When you are saved, the blood of Jesus covers you. It it covers the lentil and the doorpost of you. So all the spirit of destruction, this the curses that come against a non-believer, they are crossed over, passed over us. They cannot affect us. They cannot get to us. Isn't that incredible? And he's showing it here in Micah. He says, "Who is this God?" And he passes over the transgression. And look at that transgression. Revolt, rebellion. Oh man, if you're not forgiving, let's say Biden or Trump, whichever side you're on. If you're not forgiving them, you're in rebellion because God told us to forgive them. He forgave you. You need to forgive them. And this is where the compassion comes upon. I'm going to show you what Jesus did with compassion in a little bit, but I want to show you. I want to go into the rest of this. So of the remnant uh which is the remainder residual portion of his heritage, he retainth not his anger forever because he delightth in mercy. He wants to give you mercy. He wants that for you and he wants you to accept it. It's up to you whether you want to accept it or not. And I'm praying that you do because we need to have compassion for those around us because if he loved us, he loves them just as much as he loves us. Hallelujah. And look at that second verse. He will turn again. This is God turning back, retreating from the destruction. He's going to have compassion, which is that love, mercy, pity upon us. Look at this. He's going to trod down and disregard our iniquities. And then he's going to cast them out and the sins, the offenses into the depths of the sea. Boop. He just throws it all out. That's incredible. That is absolutely so powerful. It's incredible. But look at verse 20. Thou wil perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham which thou has sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. God keeps his promises and he promised Abraham that he would do this. So he's saying, I'm going to give you truth which is stability and certainty with kindness and favor because he promised it. That is for us. That is the compassion that he's showing us. Now, can you be like Jesus? Can you be like God? Let's look in Psalm 78. The wrath or the anger or the rapid breathing of God came upon them and slew. He smite with him dead. He smite them with deadly intent. That's what that word slew means. And the fattest of them and smokeote down he bent them at the knee the chosen men of Israel. Go look at Israel's history through the Bible and you will find the leadership that was evil and they were dispersed, broken apart. God slew, smite many of them and then kept a remnant because he was trying to show them this is what happens when you do evil. This is what happens when you do good. and he was showing. So it kept going back and forth until finally he dispersed Israel throughout the entire world. Continuing on verse 32, for all this they sinned. They missed the and they still continue to miss and believed not which that believe there means to build up support. They didn't believe in their support for his wondrous works which that separated and distinguished them. I mean he made a very clear distinguished type of lifestyle from generation to generation based on good kings and evil kings. He showed the history. He showed the consequences. It's all there. Do you want to go and look at it and find out what the truth is? Do you want to continue to accept evil? Do you want to be deceived? I bet you if there was a remnant of prophets uh bes or besides the prophets of the priest and just even ordinary people that were going to God praying for their leader. There might have been a different outcome for each one. And you can take a look at individuals. Look at Nehemiah. Look at Ezra. These are men of God, prophets that went before the Lord and humbled themselves before the Lord and asked for forgiveness. And Jesus hadn't even showed up yet. Yet God forgave them and gave them Jerusalem back. They rebuilt the city, the temple the second time. And as it rebuilt the second time, it was sadness for those that had seen the first temple, but praise and glory for those that didn't see the first temple, but that God was there to redeem them. And they knew. And this it was all there. It was all there. And yet they still went scattered abroad. Verse 33. Therefore their days which is the hot warm hours sunrise to sunset did he consume or to end to finish in emptiness vanity and their years revolution in time in trouble pan and basically they're saying you know what here you've been going day by day by day by day doing the same thing over and over again which is emptiness is vanity you keep doing it you're consuming yourself with that when if you just humbled yourself before the Lord had a little compassion showed compassion to others because Jesus showed compassion to you. Your life would be different. Now the question I have for you is do you want your life different or are you content with your life? Are you afraid that ch that God is going to change your life into something that's misery? I promise you it is not misery. Let's continue on in Psalm 7 78. We're in verse 34. When he slew them with deadly intent, then they sought to follow him and they returned and inquired early after God. Now, here's what happened. He killed off some of them. And then all of a sudden, everyone realized this is Israel. There is a God. I'm sorry, Lord. And they they came back to God and called on God. But when they had good times, they didn't even think of God at all. But they inquired of God every time they had a a panic, destructive issue they were facing. But God, that's how that's how he got his his attention. Are you facing panic, destructive forces at you every day? Uh life is hell on earth. You are going through torment. Well, guess what? You are free if you humble yourself before the Lord. Amen. Amen. Let's continue on. Because see, they inquired early after God. Verse 35. And they remembered or Mark made mark and mentioned that God was their rock, a cliff, and the high. He was elevated God. their redeemer, which by the way, that word redeemer means next to kim buy back a relative's property. The the Jubilee is an example of this, and they had given it up. But every 50 years, if during that 50 years, someone who had their land had to sell it because they had to live. Well, at the end of 50 years, the person they sold it to was supposed to give it back to them. Everything was supposed to restart. It's not a concept that we today are familiar with, but that was what God was teaching the Israelites to do. And by the way, they failed at that. And they didn't like it because, well, they didn't want to give it back. But God is saying, have compassion. Do what you're supposed to do. Be obedient. And then watch God move in your life. And he's going to bless you and bless you richly and abundantly. Not just financially, but man. Amen. You can have no money but have still joy in your heart. Be at peace and comfort in your days because you are with God. That is for you if you choose to want it. By the way, that also includes financial blessings too. God will never let his anointed, his beloved, anyone who is serving him, that remnant, he will never let you in uh in anywhere of a financial destitute situation. He will never he will never let you get into that situation. Amen. Let's continue on here. Verse 36. Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. They weren't serious. They remembered him. They marked him. They went to him. But their heart was not filled with compassion. Verse 37, for their heart, their feelings, their intellect was not right, wasn't erect. It didn't stand with him. Neither were they steadfast. They didn't build up or support in his covenant. That covenant, by the way, means cutting, passing between two pieces of flesh. Remember when God put Abraham into a deep sleep, Abraham had cut up two pieces of flesh, plus the birds and whatever he had around there and a smoke stack, God walked through him. That's how you did a covenant. But he put Abraham to sleep. He says, "Nothing you need to do, Abraham. Nothing you need to do. I'm going to make a co covenant with you. Now, if you want, I want you to come serve me. I want you to believe in me. I want you to have compassion like me. but I will save you if I have to go to hell myself to get you. And that's exactly the promise that God has for us. And by the way, he does do that. There are many people who testify that they had died, went to hell, and then God got him out of hell. You see, and then brought him back to life because God is talking to them. The Holy Spirit is trying to get their attention. And sometimes you have to do that with the fear of the Lord. Jude's going to show that us to us here in a few minutes. But look at verse 38. But he being full of compassion. This is God full of compassion. He's merciful for gay. Look at that. He put his covering over the iniquity, our perversity, our faults and are d and destroy, decay, ruin, cast off them not. He didn't destroy them. Yeah. Many a time turned his anger away. And he did not stir up or wake his wrath or all of his wrath, his feet or anger. He chose to have self-control filled with compassion. Now imagine if you did that. Imagine if I did that. Imagine what the world would be like if there's a hundred of us doing that. A thousand of us. A million of us. Imagine what the world would be like. And yet we still feed on milk instead of the meat of the word as Paul says because we do not submit and put that wrath, put that anger down and humble ourselves and have compassion and forgive. Oh ho ho, this is awesome. Verse 39, for he remembered. You see God marked and mentioned that they were but flesh. He remembered there a wind a breath that passeth away that walks and departs and cometh not again. He remembered what condition we're in. We're in the flesh. He remembered it. And out of that, he said, "I'm going to have compassion on that." This is why he sent his only begotten son, Jesus. Because he loves us so much. And he's asking us to have that compassion. So, if you're a teacher or a preacher, you're up on a stage and you've got a following or you're on the internet, you have a following, you need to be teaching compassion and forgiveness over those are enemies, over terrorism, over Hamas, Hezbollah, any anti-semitic person. You need to be showing mercy and compassion for them because what if you forgave them and Jesus forgives them and then the Holy Spirit comes in and works in their heart softening it and they repent. There was that testimony of over 200 men who had a dream, 200 Hamas men who had a dream of the same man. And they went to the missionaries next door and asked, "Who is this man?" And they said, "Well, that's Jesus." And they said, "Tell us more." And they believed. They repented. Now, imagine if our government leadership would repent. Now, if they don't, what if we're praying over the upcoming elections and we're asking because we're humbling ourselves before the Lord and the Lord gives us anything we ask for. What if we ask for a godly, righteous person to replace that person? What then would our government be like? Listen, I know that God's end is coming and I know that he is doing the things that he's doing, but that doesn't stop me from being obedient and praying for change, a better government, a a government that serves us as if they serve the Lord. Amen. We can do that. And that is what our calling is. God's going to do his thing no matter what. Okay? But I promise you, if you're obedient and doing your part, it's working right. And we can see a lot more people saved, which is the the goal of the time we're in. As I said earlier, the fullness of the Gentiles, that's coming to an end. That completes when that complete. We need to get as many saved, as many into the bridal party, as many into the supper feast with the Lord. We need to into the wedding party, into the wedding feast. Get as many as we can. That means we have to pray hard and fast hard for those that are stubborn. They're stiff necked. But if we're praying, we pray and ask the Holy Spirit and the strong angels to go and soften their hearts. He reaches them at the level that they're at because it's not by might nor by power, but by his spirit, says the Lord. Amen. Look at how Jude says this. This is very powerful. This is the the message of the gospel here that I'm showing you. And this is what we're to do. Now look at Jude. Uh there's only one chapter verses 20- 23. But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, your persuasion credence, praying in the Holy Ghost. You see, we're to pray in the spirit. And notice what we're praying in faith. What is that persuading credence? You know what? I pray for people that are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. And I know that the Lord said he's not going to forgive. And I said, 'Lord, and I'm being kind of like Moses. Wait, Lord, forgive him one more time. Let's hope that they can be saved. That's what I'm doing. One more time, Lord. And I do it every day. One more time, Lord. Please, let's let's try to get them. Holy Spirit going. Don't give up on them. That's the compassion that the Lord has placed in my heart for those people. And that's what I've been called to pray for. One of the things I pray for. Are you praying for these people? Just maybe your brother-in-law, sister-in-law, your daughter-in-law, your daughter, your children, your your spouse. Maybe, just maybe, God will change them if you just simply say, "Lord, forgive me and I forgive them and I ask you to forgive them." And boy, the spirit of God will break through. That is a promise. And he's telling us here, Judah is saying, you're building yourselves up on that faith. You're persuading. You see, you're persuading him in your prayers. What? That we need to save them, Lord. That's your goal. I'm here to pray with you. I'm joining with you. You're persuading him. Amen. Verse 21. Keep. You got to watch. You got to guard yourself in the love, which is the affection and the benevolence of God, looking for the mercy, compassion of our Lord Jesus unto eternal or perpetual life. This is what we need to be walking in. that compassion from God. He's telling us straight up keep watch guard over yourself. Let yourself have that compassion because that is what God is calling us to be. And it's a strong fight because there is prophecy by Jesus that says love will grow cold. So we are self-driven in this time and age that we're in. But God, you see, if you're humbling yourself, the spirit of God is going to move. And if we had a day of Pentecost back then, we can have another day of Pentecost now. Amen. Amen. Verse 22. And some have compassion, mercy by word or deed, making a difference, separate thoroughly, and others save, deliver, or protect with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted for the flesh. Now you see, he's showing a distinguish between the two. You're going to save some with your actions. Taking advantage of forgiving, saying, "I forgive you. Don't worry about it. You're you're good. You're okay. And that way you bring peace and comfort to them. But then there are others. You got to save with fire. And Judah's telling us this. You've got to kind of frighten them and the Holy Spirit does that. I know a person who came to me one time years ago who said he had a dream the devil was chasing him. And I said, "Well, then God has your back and let's pray that you're walking in salvation and mercy." But that Holy Spirit had to get him from that kind of a dream. There's a distinct difference. And see, this is you walking in the spirit of discernment. This is you walking now with the right words of mercy and forgiveness for the Lord. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. This is you praying and you can have the victory of your loved ones. I know you have loved ones that you struggle with. Every one of us have loved ones like that. Every one of us have friends like that. Sometimes we fall apart, drift apart. But God and prayer, are you praying? Are you praying? It's time to take the time to pray and to distinguish the difference and to watch the Holy Spirit move in their lives. And you will see it cuz they're going to come to you out of the blue. They come to you. And I've seen it just from personal experience. Amen. Let's go look at 1 Corinthians chapter 3. We're going to read verses 11 through 15. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ. You see all of this is based on Jesus. Jesus says I'm the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father except through me. And Jesus says that everything he did he did because he saw his father do it. So he does what his father does. Now if I do everything that Jesus did, I'm doing everything the father did. And I'm walking in alignment under the three and with the Holy Spirit, the four of us. And we're moving through the spirit by praying. And the Holy Spirit is going to tell me what to pray for. And he's going to show me. And as I pray and I take it and I proved to God in faith, listen Lord, I fasted for this person. I atone for them. And I forgave them. And I know you have forgiven them. So Lord, I'm expecting victory. I'm expecting a breakthrough. And I'm telling you, Lord, that accuser, he lied and he has no forgiveness. And you see, this is what you do when you go to the courtroom of God. This is my next teaching I'm going to have here, hopefully that I get to get out. But you get to go back up to God and say, "He lied. I'm taking back my loved ones that he lied to, deceived, and stole from the kingdom of God." Well, I'm in the kingdom of God, and I'm marching out. I'm taking them back because he belongs to the Lord. Do you love your loved ones and have that much compassion to go fight for them? Oh, now that's a serious question. Let's continue on. Now, if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, and every man's work, his toil as effort, shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed, or to take the cover off by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide, it stays. it it dwells there which he hath built upon it survived the fire in other words which he hath built thereupon he shall receive or take his reward if any man's work shall be burned consumed holy he shall suffer loss to injure experience detriment but he himself shall be saved delivered protected healed preserved yet so as by fire you see our goal here as believers in Christ is to get as many people saved as possible have them confess the name of Jesus. Romans 10:9 says that if you confess Jesus with your mouth that he is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. We need to get as many doing that. Now, some are going to walk away. They're going to choose to go live their own life. They're going to build their kingdom up with hay and stubble and wood. But when the fire comes to them, they enter into judgment before the Lord. All that's going to burn away and it's going to mean nothing. But did you see what Paul says here, but he himself shall be saved. Yes. So by his fire. And then there are others like me. I hope that spending time with the Lord and taking the initiative to go and pray for these people and let the spirit of God move. Well then whatever gold and silver I put there, it will handle it. It'll handle the fire. And I when that judgment goes through, those things will be sitting there around me. And I thank God for that. But the most important thing I thank God for is his compassion on me and for what he has done for me and what he can do for you. Because this is the compassion that we need to have for our loved ones to show them that God is real and that he saves. I want to show you uh three different scriptures, many many more of Jesus having compassion in that moment. Look at this. Look at his example. Matthew 9:36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion, which means to have the bowels yearn on them because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Here's one example. Look at this example. Matthew 14:14. And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them and he healed their sick. This is a different event in history here. He had compassion. Here's a third one. Then Jesus called his disciples. This is Matthew 15:32. Then Jesus called his disciples unto him and said, "I have compassion on the multitude because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting unless they faint in the way." He, this is when he went and broke bread and the fish and fed the 5,000 and the 7,000. You can see these are different. He had compassion on the people. He has compassion on each and every one of us. The question is, do you have compassion? Do you really want your loved ones saved? You might hate them right now and it's simply because you hate them because of the circumstance and the situation whatever you find is there but because of the compassion that you should have because the Lord has given it to you that is what should go forth for you from you forgiving because you have the compassion on them. We need to have compassion on the leadership around the world. We need to have our compassion on pastors who mess up. We need to have compassion on our neighbors who mess up. We need to have compassion on ourselves because we mess up. So compassion is the driving force toward that forgiveness. It's a yearning within our soul that we need to release. And if you can't have that, all you have to do is say, "Lord, help me have compassion because I want to forgive. I want to let go." And you know what? It gets easier and easier with time. And the Holy Spirit will manifest compassion within your heart and your soul. If you truly want to pursue that, he will do it. And I pray that you do. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your blessings upon this word. And Father God, we thank you for your anointing, your gloriousness, your faithfulness. And Lord, we pray and ask for the spirit of compassion to be within our souls and that we speak compassion. we show compassion and that we do it with our acts, with our deeds, and we do it with our heart and we do it with prayer and we do it with love, Father God. And that the mercy that you have goes forth trailing that compassion through the Holy Spirit and through the strong angels breaking forces down, breaking walls down, breaking hatred down, breaking anger, bitterness, and breaking unforgiveness. Father God, thank you Lord for the victories that we're going to have here in our loved ones. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. 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CLEANSING INIQUITY The objective of this message is to teach believers how to confront, repent of, and be cleansed from iniquity through humility, lamentation, and acknowledgment before God. Using Psalm 51 as the foundation, the message emphasizes that true deliverance comes not from outward sacrifices, but from a broken and contrite heart that seeks God’s forgiveness and restoration. < Back CLEANSING INIQUITY Minister Lisa Kane November 3, 2023 Objective: The objective of this message is to teach believers how to confront, repent of, and be cleansed from iniquity through humility, lamentation, and acknowledgment before God. Using Psalm 51 as the foundation, the message emphasizes that true deliverance comes not from outward sacrifices, but from a broken and contrite heart that seeks God’s forgiveness and restoration. Synopsis: In Cleansing Iniquity, Minister Lisa Kane explores the deep spiritual process of repentance and purification through David’s prayer in Psalm 51, written after his sin with Bathsheba and the death of Uriah. The message highlights how sin not only impacts the individual but also carries generational consequences. David’s brokenness before God serves as a model for believers: he cries out, acknowledges his sin, and surrenders his heart fully to the Lord. Lisa teaches that cleansing iniquity requires crying out to God, allowing Him to “wash” and “agitate” the hidden parts of the soul, and acknowledging both personal and generational sins. She explains the spiritual “courtroom” where Satan accuses, but Jesus stands as our advocate, granting forgiveness when we repent. Through David’s transformation from guilt to restored joy, we see how God desires a contrite heart rather than ritual sacrifice. The message closes by affirming that no sin is too great for God’s cleansing—whether murder, adultery, bitterness, or addiction. When we humble ourselves, lament, and seek God’s presence, He restores joy, liberty, and deliverance. Believers are then called to testify and teach others how to return to God, turning brokenness into praise. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane. I'm recording this on Friday, November 3rd, 2023. Welcome. This message is called Cleansing Iniquity. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your presence and your glory upon us. Father God, we thank you for teaching us your word. We teach we thank you for teaching us how to be cleansed and purified before you, how to humble ourselves, how to lament and cry out to you. Father God, we thank you for your living word and we thank you for everything you're doing and preparing us for these marvelous end times that are taking place. In the wonderful, glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. This message is called Cleansing Iniquity. We have been talking about deliverance now for a handful of weeks and I'm going to continue in that direction as long as the Lord continues to um send me in that direction. So, what I'm going to be teaching on is Psalm 51. So, if you want to get your Bibles open and get ready for that, we're going to be looking at verses 1-1 17 in detail. I want to do what I've been doing where I bold the word and in parentheses next to it in italicize I put in other words that the bolded word could have been translated into giving you more of a deeper meaning as to what that the original script was meant for us in the name of Jesus. Amen. So, I hope you are blessed by this. Um I got my tissue next to me. You're going to want to have some tissue next to you on this one. So, let's go to uh the beginning here. Um Psalm 51 1-17. So, let me lay down a background. At the top of the New King James Version, it does say to the chief musician of Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he had gone into Ba Sheba, which is Uriah's wife. So, let me explain why David wrote this psalm because this is very, very powerful. So David was supposed to be in military with his men and he was home in luxury relaxing while his men fought for him. While he was looking out out on his balcony or wherever he was, he looked down and he sees Bath Sheba bathing on the rooftop. And uh basically he falls for her. He um she's married, but they have an affair. She gets pregnant. So, David decides to have Uriah come back from the battleground so that he can sleep with his wife. But Uriah is a man of God, a righteous man. He is um he has good morals about him. In other words, is what I'm trying to say here. He wanted to sleep in the barracks, not with his wife because his men, his um partners in the battlefield. They weren't in luxury and he didn't want to give himself a night of luxury and rest that they had. He wanted he was in battle and he was wanting to stay in battle. So David's plan that he thought he'd pawn off his own son under Uriah and Beth Sheba's um relationship didn't go well. So Uriah is given a letter by David and Uriah takes that letter and gives it to his commander. Doesn't read it. And the ba basically the letter tells the commander to put Uriah in the most difficult thicket battle you can ever be in. And Uriah goes in there and he's killed. Okay. So in essence, David killed Uriah. So he takes Basheba as his wife and she carries the baby. The baby is born, but the baby is born sick. So David, two things happens to him. Nathan the prophet comes to him and tells him about this guy who took this one sheep from this one person. And David's like, "Who is that? We got to stop him." And Nathan says, "That's you. That's what you did to Bath Sheba and Uriah." And David broke. You see, he had a sin in front of him now and it was exposed. No more in secret. So, he broke. On top of it, the baby is sick. And David, he's he's lamenting before the Lord. He's crying to the Lord. He's wearing um you know, he's torn his clothes. He's wearing sackcloth. He's got ash over him. He is sobbing for the Lord to heal and restore the little one, the baby, his son, and God allowed the baby to die and took the baby home. Want you to understand several things here. One is that your sin has consequences not just to you but to those around you. So if you are here, your grandparents, your your your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents, all their sins came on you. Your sins go to your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren. They're all connected for generations, back and forward. And this is what you see here with David. His son was affected. And if you wonder sometimes why babies die earlier early or as a baby, this is one reason. There are several reasons. God God is in control. We may not understand it, but we need to be in obedience about it. One of the things that David did here that did he showed after he realized, you know, the baby's dead. There's nothing he can do about it. He cleans himself up, asked for some food, and he transforms himself completely. He's just back to normal. And I mean the servants were worried about him. They thought, "Man, this guy's breaking. He's lost. He's he's done for." And they were scared because they see this radical transformation. And David realizes what's going on and he says to them, "I was hoping God would leave the child with me, but he didn't. He took him. The child's not coming back to me, but I will be going to the child. You see, David understood that God has the children in the palm of his hands. All the children are taken care of, they are under the age of accountability. And as long as they're under that age, God takes care of them for whatever reason. Okay? So here, God chose to show David your sin did this. And and here's the thing. David's a king. This did not have to be written in the books. It might have been in the Chronicles. If you understand the way the scriptures are written, you got 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Kings. Chronicles is written from God's point of view. Would have probably been written in Chronicles. But it might not have been in Kings if David didn't want to have this exposed. It was up to David. But David had this written down and documented for a reason, so that you and I could see the consequence of sin, iniquity, which is what we're going to be dealing with in this message. So, David allowed this to go forth. He humbled himself before the Lord. Um, and even though he lost his child, he realized God still healed him. God delivered him, cleansed him, and purified him of being a murderer and an adulterer. That is absolutely incredible. So whatever sin or iniquity that you have in your life, whether is bound by drugs, whether you killed someone, whether you cursed someone thinking they should be dead and you told the world they should be dead, anything like that, that's a sin. That's an iniquity that you have in you and that causes consequences to occur in your life and those around you. Those need to be taken care of if you want to break forth and go forward. You got to break them forth in the generational line to your grand great-grandparents and to your great grandchildren. Even if they're not born yet, you want to deal with that now because God is the God of today. Which that means he was a God of today yesterday. He's a God of today tomorrow. it. Timing here is in the spirit, not the physical. So I want you to understand that as we delve into this. So you can see now David writes this psalm in this situation that he dealt with and he humbled himself before the Lord. And that is what I'm going to teach on is cleansing the iniquity. All right, let's go to verse one. He says, "Have mercy upon me, oh God, according to thy loving kindness, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions." Okay, now let's look at it with all the extra translations. It could have been translated as, "Bend or stoop in kindness to me, oh God, according to your piety and favor, according to the multitude of thy compassions, erase my revolt and rebellion." David cried out to God. That's the first thing you want to do when you're dealing with iniquity and you want to cleanse it. You cry out to God. Second, look at verse two. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Now, when you cry out to God, what are you saying? Okay, let's look at it in other the other words. Trample stamping with feet. The reason that word wash is translated with that other translation because in the past they didn't have washing machines. They had to trample on the clothes, hit them against the rocks. Current washing machines today. Agitate things. That is what David's asking God to do to agitate him. By the way, when you're cleansing iniquity, you're going to see agitation. Irritable. People get irritated because they're being trampled and stomped on by the Holy Spirit. Oh, so look at this in more detail. Trample, stamp, stomp me with your feet thoroughly from my perversity, my fault, my evilness. Make me bright and pure from my offense or habitual sin. You see, this is what David is crying out. He's saying, "Lord Jesus, I need you to agitate me. I need you to make me bright and pure again. and I need you to re-establish me. I need you. And he's saying out of offense, he's saying evil fault. That word there, iniquity, is a fault. Let me explain this part to you. This is very, very important that you understand this. There is God and he is in his courtroom. There is Jesus right next to him. The devil is over here, the accuser. He's on the other platform and he's accusing you of everything and he has the right to do that. But Jesus is saying, "Well, I'm going to forgive you of your iniquity if you repent." David is repenting. So, you can picture David standing there and Jesus who hadn't died on the cross yet. That's okay because this is his great greatgrandfather. And remember, God is a God of today, which meant he was a God of today, yesterday. He's a God of today, tomorrow. So, there's Jesus with David before God. And Jesus says, "I forgive him." God says, "Okay, he's forgiven." And he washes it off. And the devil's he's trying to accuse you. Guess what, though? God made it possible for us to be redeemed of our iniquity. We do not have to live with that iniquity. Let it break us, but let us get rid of that grief. Let us lament it out, whail it out as David did. He cried out to God and he is going to acknowledge this. He's saying what I need is your cleansing, your purification. So this is the beginning. He cried out to God and then he's saying saying, "God, I need you." That's with his cry and I need you to purify me. That's part of his crying out. And you see he's at that throne room. He boldly went to the throne room. Angels are there. Devils are there. The God is there. Jesus is there. and he's saying, "Help me to the throne room of God." And Jesus says, "I got you." But now, let's look and see what David also does because it's very important because we're dealing with iniquity. I want you to see the whole transaction that takes place in this courtroom of God. So, here he says, "For I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me." This is so powerful. David is saying, "Look, I see what I did. I'm messed up." Look at how he says it. He says, "I recognize my rebellion, my revolt, and my sin is ever before me." He's not going to forget what he did. He's not going to forget the son that he had out of that because he's looking forward now to seeing his son in the future. But he sees this sin. Look what else he does. Because he's acknowledging. So there's a cry out. There's an acknowledgment. Now he's saying, "But I acknowledge against thee. Thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight, that thou might just be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judges." As you can see, we are in a courtroom. The devil has accused and rightfully so. And God is saying, "Yep, you've done that." But Jesus comes in and he says, "I forgive him." And God says, "Yep, okay, blot it out. That sin is forgiven. It's no longer here. I can't, you know, I see the blood of Jesus now. I don't see the sin. That's what God does." And the devil's like, "You can't do that." This is the This is the way that God has designed for you and I to be saved today. This is what is called grace. This is why we need to repent to Jesus. This is why we need to get to his throne room. We need to get to the courtroom and we need to say sorry. And look what uh is going on here. He says, "I'm recognizing my rebellion." Because see he that's you know he rebelled against God when he was standing on that rooftop looking down at Basheba instead of being where he was supposed to be. He was supposed to be with his military and he wasn't. He rebelled. You see how simple of rebellion could be? I'm going to take tonight off and I'm not going to do anything. I'm going to have just a night to myself. I'm not going to pray. I'm not going to do anything. Okay, I'm going to turn on the the TV and rebellion, revolt. Yes, you're guilty of that. And that sin is right there. But he took it that further. He actually acted on the sin and then he because he had adulter and then he murdered the guy. Poor Uriah. You know, I really feel sorry for this man who's served his king. This is a sin. This is an iniquity that David did against another person, but God. This is why you and I can take all of our iniquities and lay him at the throne room, acknowledge them, and cry out to God, lament, let it go, and ask Jesus to forgive. Let's continue on. And notice he did this against God. He sinned against God because see he knew where he was supposed to be and all of the other stuff, the murder and the adultery was a consequence of him rebelling against God. He did it against God. And look at he says, "I did this against you and you only." And look at that. He only means part of the body, the branch of a tree. You see, we are part of God. He is our father. We are an inheritor, an adopted inheritor of his kingdom. We are brothers and sisters with Jesus. David is a family member of that. We are part of this family. And he says to God, "You're my father and I sinned against you and you only and I did this calamity in your sight." And so you're right. You're justified. You're right when you say you arrange this courtroom the way it is and you judge me and you pronounce sentence. You have the right to judge me and convict me and find me guilty because I am guilty as charge. Look what else he says though. This is David going even further because now we're going to be dealing with the generational things. Watch this. He says, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me." He went all the way to his conception. At the moment of conception, every human being is born in sin because of what Adam and Eve did. Who were born into a curse automatically at conception. It is the grace of God that saves each and every one of us. So he's saying, listen, I was shaping as I grew up after being born. I was twisted and whirled in iniquity, in perversity, fault and sin. And I committed crimes and I have penalties against me because of my mother and what she did. But it goes back to her mother, her mother, father, father, all the way to Adam and Eve. So he's saying, "Okay, Father God, I'm acknowledging my sin. I sinned against you. I'm crying out to you and I'm going all the way back to Adam and Eve with my lament." Because he is broken. He is crying. He's seeing his iniquity. Watch. Watch how he sees his behold thou desire. I'm going to get to the part where he God, you're going to see him broken here in a moment, but look at what he says here. Behold, thou desireest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part, thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Now, he's going to the deep utter part of his inward parts of his body. This is where things are going to break. He's saying, "I need these inward parts fixed." Look what he says. You desirous, you inclined, you delight in the truth, which is the stability, the certainty in the inward parts. He wants truth, certainty in our inward parts. He wants that inside. You desire that, Lord Jesus. You desire that. You're in the hidden area. You're repairing and you're keeping the hidden areas secret, but you're there because you desire to be there. You're inclining to look. Oh, look in. Let me look inside of you. This is God looking inside of you. Get that? He sees what's going on inside. And he says, "But you shall make me to know wisdom." You see, David is finally acknowledging you need to be inside here and let your wisdom come out of me. Let me know your wisdom because I need you. I need you. I'm messed up. And look at now he's saying, "Purge me with his thought and I shall be clean." You know, when he says, "I shall be clean," he is acknowledging God cleansing him already. Even though he is asking, he's acknowledging the cleansing already. And he says, "I shall be clean. Wash me. I shall be whiter than snow." Look at that word purge to miss, forfeit, repent me with hissop. Turn me around. Use your hissop to turn me around. That's the blood on the branch. Use the blood. Turn me around and I'll be bright and pure. There's that wash again. Agitate me. I'll be whiter than snow. Get me cleansed. He's saying, I need this. And he's saying to the deeper inward parts, do this. Look what else. Make me to hear intelligently, attentively, obedient, to joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. See, he's acknowledging on the inside, my bones broke. They collapsed and I'm unable to hold myself up. He is weeping. He is lamenting so hard he cannot get back up. And he's calling it as bones broken in the spirit because he can't get up. But he's saying, "I want to hear cheerfulness, glee, gladness, because if I hear that, and if I'm obedient to that, and I'm attentive to that, my bones will have rejoice, they'll be able to stand on their own and spin around." That's what the word rejoice means. So, he is saying in the future, he is prophesying over himself, you're cleaning me. You're restoring the collapsed bones. I'm gonna have joy and I'm gonna have cheerfulness in me. Gladness, gladness and joy in me. It's all going to turn around and I'm going to be able to rejoice in the name of Jesus, the son of God. Oh, here's where you know he broke. Look at what he says here. Hide thy face from my sins. Cover your face. Don't look at this. I messed up. That's horrible. That's my crime. Hide your face. Don't look at that. Blotted out all my iniquities. Wipe it all out. This is him. This is the deep part of him saying, "Lord, don't look at that. I messed up. That's horrible." Then he says, "Create in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within me." Look at this. Create in me a pure, fair heart, oh God, and rebuild a right spirit in me. Rebuild me from the inward parts. And then he goes on to say, don't throw me away. Cast me not away from your presence, from your face, and take your not thy holy spirit from me. So stay with me. Don't look at this sin, but stay with me. I need you to stay with me. I need you to help me. I need you to help me. Don't look at my sin, but you look you just stay with me. Just don't look. Cover your eyes. Cover your face, but don't let me go. And he says, "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit." He says, "Turn back. Turn back the joy to me of your salvation." That word salvation is deliverance, prosperity, liberty, safety. Why does that word deliverance mean all these things? Because we can do iniquity and sin to finances, not just sexual immorality, witchcraft. We could do some sort of iniquity to murder, lie, cheat, hating someone, bitterness. All of these things we can be delivered from with what you see David doing here. He says, "Turn back unto me that joy. Turn back unto me the joy of your deliverance, the joy of your prosperity, the joy of your liberty, liberty, the joy of safety." If you're in an immediate situation where you're not saved, Jesus save me. The moment you do that, you're saying, "Jesus, turn your safety back into me." And so, David is saying, "I understand I messed up here, and I'm asking your joy to come back into my heart of your salvation, of your deliverance, with, and look at this, with thy noble and reputable spirit, the free Holy Spirit." He says, "You are pure. You are noble. you are. I'm asking for your free spirit to be within me for the deliverance and the healing that I need from this iniquity that I committed. Then I then will I teach transgressors, sinners, that means thy ways, course of life. That's what that word ways mean. And sinners, criminals, and those that are guilty shall be converted unto thee. Here he is prophesying again. So he's saying now, Lord, cleanse me, heal me, bring back your salvation, deliver me, liberate me from what I did because I was guilty of it. And he's saying, I'm going to teach others how to do this so they can convert and turn back from their ways and get before the Lord. This is why David wrote it in the Kings. This is why David wrote it in the Psalms. This is why he shared what he did in his life. Even though it was a humiliating event, he lost a child as a result of this. But God taught David how to humble himself and be obedient to him. David chose God in spite of his iniquity. Oh my word, that is so powerful. He's going to teach them and they shall be converted back unto him. Oh, that is so holy. That is so awesome. That is incredible. Look at this. Snatch away me from blood guiltiness. Listen to this. That word blood guiltiness means when shed causes death. Meaning the shedding of blood causes someone to die. Well, Uriah bled to death. I don't know how he died on the field. I I just know that he died and I don't know if it was blunging, stabbed, I don't know, but he bled to death on that field. Um, and the reason I don't know is I haven't gone back and read it. There's some homework here. Go do go read this. Look up Uriah and look him up. Read him in this the Psalms. Excuse me. Yeah, read him in the Psalms. I think he's written in Psalms. Read him in the Chronicles, the Kings and 1 and 2 Samuel. I'm sure he's all in there. Read about him. Um, if he's not in the Samuels, he'll be in the uh Kings and the Chronicles for sure. But read about what David did here. Because I want you to understand when he says, "Deliver me from blood guiltiness. Snatch me away from that." Because there is a consequence to when you cause cause someone to bleed. And I want you to understand something. He caused someone to bleed to death in the physical. But your words could be causing somebody to die in the spiritual. If it is your responsibility to be praying for someone and they don't get healed because you're not praying for them, they they bled into death. this blood guiltiness is on your soul. This is why sometimes we don't see the power of God moving in certain people's lives. It's because they need to turn back from the iniquity of what they did. You know, I I recently have changed up my prayer life. First thing I said, Lord, I'm sorry. I wasn't praying like this initially. Yes, I prayed. Yes, I served God, but I wasn't praying like this. He's teaching me and I've been learning. So, I was doing it in ignorance, but I still apologize. It's called obedience because I want to make certain that when I go before the Lord and I'm praying these prayers that the devil ain't over here accusing me over and over again because God and Jesus has forgiven me, purified me, made me bright, and cleansed me because I went to the Lord and asked him to forgive the iniquity he found in me. And I forgave the iniquity, too. And whatever I forgive, he forgives. Oh, and and you can see that in the last few messages I just taught. Then he says, "Oh God, thou God and my salvation, my rescue. My tongue shall sing aloud. Shout of thy righteousness. Shout of thy justice." Now he can say, "Hey, devil, look what God did to me. Neer, neer." He could do this. He has a right to do it. He could do it to everybody else in the world. See what God did to me? He could do that to you, too. Let me show you. You see, now you have the right to do that in the name of Jesus, the son of God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And then he says, "Oh Lord, open wide. Open my lips and my mouth shall show forth thy praise." He's going to bring it to the front the ludation of God. Look what he did. He forgave me of my iniquities. Oh, hallelujah. And then he goes back to saying, we're not done. We're in verse 16. For thou desireest not sacrifice, else would I give it. Thou delightest not in burnt offering. You see, David was living under burnt offerings and sacrifices at this time under the law. But he's recognizing that the law wasn't going to cleanse him here. The law doesn't cleanse you of iniquity. The law finds you guilty. But David said, "No, that's not what you want, Lord. I know you don't want that." He says, "What you want are the sacrifices of God are a broken or burst spirit, a broken and contrite or a collapsed heart. Oh God, thou will not despise or disdain that." You see, he wants your soul to lament, to break. When David said, "Don't look at my sin right in front of me, Father God. Cover your face." He broke. And when he broke, that's the sacrifice God desires. Yes, God desires your sacrifices of a broken, contrite, or collapsed heart. But notice, he asked the Holy Spirit to prop him up because that propped up heart is before the Lord because he he couldn't hold it up. Remember, he was broken. Good. Let's go back. uh restore, turn back into me the joy of thy salvation, deliverance, prosperity, liberty, safety, and uphold, prop, take hold of me with thy free, noble spirit. Prop me up, Lord, because my bones were broke. My heart collapsed. And God is saying, I will because that's what I desire. You have that broken spirit. Come with me. I'm going to lift you up. I'm going to prop you up. And then David was asking for the restoration of joy and gladness back into his heart because with that he can stand up on those broken bones, not feel the pain and rejoice because the Lord restored him. And the devil can't accuse him anymore of that iniquity and that sin that was found within him. Oh, hallelujah. This is a point in your life where you can choose to have your iniquity forgiven. And all it takes is cry out to God. Say, "I'm sorry, Lord. I did this and I did this against you and you only. I'm sorry. Acknowledge what you did. I did this, Father God. I cannot believe I not only rebelled and revolted against you by taking a slippery slope step, I slipped and fell and I made it worse by bringing a child into the life or whatever the situation is that you're dealing with. I made it worse. Let's think of it like drugs. I make it worse every time I take more than I did the day before because you're not feeling it as much. You are revolting and rebelling against God because God has asked us to have our bodies align our minds sober. So to have a sober mind before the Lord means you cannot have drugs. But you can go and ask God to forgive you of that rebellion, of that revolt. He can forgive that. not only forgive them, but reestablish you. You don't even have to have any withdrawal effects because God will uphold your spirit and he will restore the joy and the the gladness back in your heart and soul in your spirit because you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is forgiving your iniquity and the devil can't do anything about it. And you get to share your testimony. Amen. Let's pray a prayer together here. I didn't put one up on the screen, but we're going to do it like this and and do it for ourselves. Let's start just with ourselves. I just taught prayer on this, so I just want to I'll say it slow. You can say it with me. Oh, dear heavenly father, I ask you to forgive me of my sins. I ask you to forgive the sins of the land I walk on. I ask you to forgive the curses against me and I ask you to forgive the curses I've spoken and I ask you to forgive the iniquity found within me in the name of Jesus the son of God. Father God, I'm sorry. I repent of it and I forgive myself as well. Thank you Jesus for healing me and restoring me. The devil can no longer accuse me here. He is gone. Father God, I ask that the mourning and the sorrow and the grief that I suffer with, the bondage and the calamities that I suffer with because of my iniquity that I have that you've forgiven me. I ask that you change it into joy, that you change it into liberty, that you change it into freedom, that you change it into gladness, that you change it into your presence and holiness, so that I can rejoice in the praise before you because you are my deliverer. You are my healer. You are my rock. You are my salvation. You are my safety. You are my foundation. In the name of Jesus, the son of God. Thank you. Amen. God bless you. I hope you are changed by this message. Share it with others and I will see you in the next message. Byebye. Previous Next Home

LOST and FOUND To reveal the priceless value of salvation through Jesus Christ by examining the parables of what is found for the first time and what is lost and diligently sought again, leading believers to a deeper understanding of repentance, transformation, and the fruit that confirms a genuine relationship with God. < Back LOST and FOUND Minister Lisa Kane January 9, 2026 Objective: To reveal the priceless value of salvation through Jesus Christ by examining the parables of what is found for the first time and what is lost and diligently sought again, leading believers to a deeper understanding of repentance, transformation, and the fruit that confirms a genuine relationship with God. Synopsis: In Lost and Found, we explore two powerful teachings of Jesus that unveil fresh revelation about salvation and its value. The parable of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price reveals the joy and life-altering response of one who finds salvation—a gift so priceless that nothing compares. In contrast, the parable of the lost coin illustrates a believer who once possessed something of great value, recognized it was missing, and took intentional action to seek until it was restored. Together, these parables address the often-debated question of salvation—whether it can be lost or is eternally secure—by shifting the focus from theological arguments to the heart posture of the believer. Salvation is not proven by outward actions or religious performance, but by a transformed heart rooted in love, repentance, and the fruit of the Spirit. Through Scripture, we are reminded that true salvation results in change, produces fruit, and is safeguarded by Christ Himself, who promised He would not lose even one. This teaching encourages believers to understand the immeasurable worth of God’s free gift, to guard it with intentionality, and to seek Him wholeheartedly whenever distance is felt. Lost and Found calls us to pray, to walk in sanctification, and to live with gratitude for the treasure of salvation—once discovered, never taken lightly, and always worth pursuing with all our heart. Inspired Teaching: There are three parables in the Bible that I see a new fresh revelation in them. The first parable is regarding the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 13:44-46 NKJV 44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. The second parable is losing something and finding it later. This concept also applies to a shepherd losing one sheep and goes after that one sheep leaving the 99 behind. And it also applies to the prodigal son. All found in Luke 15. For this teaching, we will use the lost coin and finding it later after seeking it parable. Luke 15:8-10 NKJV 8 “Or what woman, having ten silver [c]coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’ 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” In the first parable, where the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field that is found, is ‘salvation. Someone found something they didn’t have before and it’s priceless. Salvation is priceless and it is a gift from God. When a person finds salvation, they find a true treasure and they never want to give up that treasure. In fact, they usually make changes, such as selling all he has and buying that field, as the parable put it so eloquently. In the second parable, the woman had ten silver coins, and they have value to them. Note, she already has them. It’s not something she found. She can represent a Christian who lost something of value that he or she had. Notice what she does, she lost it and noticed she lost it. She took the initiative to find and it took some effort. She needed light, and she moved everything in her house, swept the house, found this value. She sought the Lord. She, a Christian representation ‘sought’ the Lord, and she found Him again. There are big theological debates in today’s Christian world that say you can lose your salvation versus once saved, always saved. The above parables talk about this topic and present it very simply. You have someone who found salvation, and their life changed. You have someone who lost something of value, and changed their life to find it again. Both deal with salvation. One who didn’t know, and one who knew the worth but lost it somehow. Notice, we don’t know how the coin was lost. Isn’t that the way with anything? We don’t know how the other sock went missing but it happens. But here’s the thing, when we know it’s valuable, we take care of it and place in a position in our life so that we know where it is and that it is safe. This comes down to having knowledge of the value of salvation. Not all know the value of salvation. Romans 6:23 NKJV 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the [a]gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 5:6-9 NKJV 6 For when we were still without strength, [d]in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Once we understand the knowledge of His free gift, we walk in sanctification, saved, and then in justification because it is His blood that saves us from His wrath that is still coming. So, then I ponder this, was a person, who ‘lost’ their salvation really saved in the first place? Let’s remember a very important point here, we’re not God. So, if we ‘look’ or ‘judge’ a person on their actions, going to church, preaching behind the pulpit, praying for people, laying hands on those who need it, are they saved by those actions? Remember 1 Corinthians 13:1 NKJV Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. They are not. They are only saved when they confess as Romans 10:9 tells us: 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. And after making that confession of prophecy over their lives, they realize the value of what they have, and the love of God transforms their heart. And the first thing a person saved wants to do is ‘change’ their life around to put God first in their lives. How can we see if someone is saved or not? You will know them by their fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. If we see a preacher, theologian, or anyone who seem to be in the Word but are not demonstrating love and forgiveness, this should be a red flag to you. But don’t condemn them. Pray for them as Jesus prayed for us in John 17. Be of good cheer, He will not lose one. John 17:9-19 NKJV 9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep[d] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. 12 While I was with them [e]in the world, I kept them in [f]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is [g]lost except the son of [h]perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify[i] them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. We have the Word of Jesus Himself, prophecy over us that He will not lose any of us. Join Him in prayer. Pray this prayer over everyone, whether you think they are living for Christ or not. This is the prophecy prayer that will keep us. It will be the treasure we find, and take care not to misplace or lose. And it will be the motivation for us to realize that we have something of value, His salvation that we will always seek when we felt or believed it was lost. Previous Next Home

MY REDEEMER IS ALIVE Equip believers to anchor their hope in the living Redeemer, Jesus Christ—drawing from Job 19:25–27—to persevere through suffering, reject guilt/shame/condemnation, and embrace Christ’s kinsman-redeemer work that restores, protects, and reconnects us to God. < Back MY REDEEMER IS ALIVE Pastor Marcos Marrero October 21, 2001 Objective: Equip believers to anchor their hope in the living Redeemer, Jesus Christ—drawing from Job 19:25–27—to persevere through suffering, reject guilt/shame/condemnation, and embrace Christ’s kinsman-redeemer work that restores, protects, and reconnects us to God. Synopsis: Opening with Job 19:25–27, the message proclaims, “I know that my Redeemer lives,” highlighting Job’s startling, pre-Mosaic confession of a bodily Redeemer and a future bodily resurrection. Job’s losses, bodily affliction, and friends’ accusations become a backdrop for unshakable faith: hope endures because the Redeemer is alive. The sermon unfolds the biblical theme of the kinsman redeemer: the right to buy back what was lost, seen in Israel’s jubilee laws and embodied in Christ. Jesus, truly our kin through the Incarnation, pays the ransom with His blood (Rev 5:9), restores our inheritance, and connects heaven’s life to us. Like Abraham rescuing Lot (Gen 14), redeemed people become conduits through whom God seeks the rescue of their families. From Ruth and Boaz, the message models covenantal trust and covering. Ruth’s “Your God will be my God” demonstrates the severing of worldly dependencies to take refuge under God’s wings, where favor is found and protection assured. Practical application confronts the enemy’s trio—guilt, shame, condemnation—all borne by Christ at the cross. Believers are urged to keep a clear connection to the Redeemer, endure refining sufferings (Rom 8:16–17), and let God heal deep soul-wounds that hinder faith. Psalm 91 reassures that those who dwell in God’s shelter rest under His wings, even amid storms. The message closes with a call to repentance and a deliverance prayer, inviting hearers to lay down guilt, shame, bitterness, and unbelief, and to walk in the liberty and confidence of heirs whose Redeemer lives. Inspired Teaching: Redeemer is alive. Hallelujah. Praise God. If you want to turn to our opening scripture in the book of Job, chapter 19, verse 25 through 27. And um Job was a man who had it all. And then one day the bottom fell off. One day uh Satan went after him and everything that he possessed, his wife, his children, all of his uh wealth, he had tremendous amount of wealth and it was all gone in less than a day. Then uh Job resigned himself to the fact that he was now a man in great pain and great sorrow. He resigned himself to the fact that he had lost all 10 of his children that he had lost his house that he had lost everything that he possessed. And he says uh the Lord gave the Lord took away blessed be the Lord. And the Bible says that he did not sin even in the midst of his grief. So Satan went a second time and he said the human nature is selfish. Skin for skin. That's what he said. Satan touch his skin and you'll see him fall apart. And then all of a sudden, Job came down with a bunch of boils from the top of his head all the way down to the source of his feet. This infirmity came upon him and he was on torment and itching continuously. And still Job held to his integrity even after his wife said, "Why don't you just refuse God or renounce God and just drop dead? And he said to his wife, "Sh shall we accept only good from God and not bad?" And still he did not sin. Then on the third wave of testing, three of his best friends came to him and Satan began to use these friends to attack everything that Job stood for. And in the midst of that attack in Job 19 verse 25 through 27 Job makes this statement. He says I know that my redeemer lives. Hallelujah. And then he makes now you have to understand that the book of Job is the oldest book of the Bible. The book of Job was written before Moses wrote Genesis and because you know all of this information was passed down to Moses. But Job lived before Moses and probably before Abraham or around that time and and and this is an old book but I want you to see that Job who did not have one single shred of scripture to go by. You know, we have the Old Testament, we have the New Testament, we have computer, we have concordances. You know, whenever we face a little problem, just go search and see what the word of God says. You know, Job did not have none of that. And look at this statement that this man makes. He says, "I know that my redeemer is alive." That's that's what he's saying. And then he goes on to say about his redeemer. He says, "And at the end he will stand upon the earth." Now, the reason why this is so far out is because he's equating God to having a human body who's able to come and to stand upon the earth. This is before the promises about Jesus were written down. This man already had that hope in his heart. Amen. Which is so awesome. He says, "And after my skin has been destroyed," he knew he would have to die someday. He says, "Yet in my flesh, I will see God." See, this man didn't believe on a god of a lullabi on the the way way way then under some sweet by and by my spirit somehow is going to be a cloud that is going to float and it's going to go by this other big cloud where God is. No, this man had a firm reality as to who his redeemer was. He says he is going to stand on the earth and even after my skin has been destroyed yet in my flesh I will see God. Hallelujah. This man believe in the resurrection. Hallelujah. No wonder when all 10 of his kids were killed in an instant, he had no problem with it. I mean it hurt. It definitely hurt. But his faith could not be shaken due to the fact that he said my redeemer is alive. See, as long as our redeemer is alive, there is hope. Hallelujah. As long as our redeemer has a body like ours and he understand how is it feels to be hurting. He says, "I got hope." Hallelujah. And then he says, "After this body of mine will be destroyed, yet I'm going to have a new body that will be able to see God." And then he says, "This is not going to be some uh some uh what do what do they call it? Reincarnated body." You know, he says, "I myself will see him with my very own eyes." And then he said, "I am not another." Amen. You see, we have that hope if our redeemer is alive. We know that we are going to see God. You see, I have a hope in the promises of God that everything that is dear to me, I will one day, hallelujah, see it restored because of his promises. I just got my new plates in the card and I love them. It's my favorite scripture in the Bible. Hebrews 10:23. I write that on every check that I write for my tithe. And I told my wife many, many years ago when the Lord gave me that, I said, "That's what I want on my on my headstone if if I die before before the Lord comes." And that says at the end of Hebrews 10:23, he says, uh, he that promise is faithful. You see, if God tells me something that he's going to do for me, hallelujah, I can take that into my pocket. I can put it in the bank. is guaranteed. Amen. And this is the basics of the reality that Job lived with. He says, I know that my redeemer is alive. Hallelujah. And I know that I'm going to see him and not another. And then he ends in verse 27. He says, and how my heart yearns within me. He had a desire. Notice his heart wasn't yearning for that big ranch that he had. Oh man, you got to see this. His heart was not yearning for that big ranch that he had, for the thousand camels and for the 10,000 donkeys or all of these other things that he had. His heart wasn't yearning for the 10 children, the seven sons and the three daughters that were killed. This man had a yearning, hallelujah, for his redeemer. He says he's alive. He's going to come to the earth. I'm going to stand before him. I'm going to see him with my own body. Oh, and I can hardly wait. Hallelujah. That's what he was saying. I can hardly wait. Hurry up, Lord. This is a man in the very very first book that was written before anything else was written and he had that hope within him. You see, we need to have a redeemer that is alive. We need to have that hope deep within us because when our redeemer is alive, everything else does pales in comparison to him. Hallelujah. See, he's able to to to supply everything. And when you read at the end of the book, God does it. God doubles everything. If he had a thousand camel, then he went up with 2,000. If he had everything that he had, God double it. And his children given 10 more. He didn't double that because his first 10 children were never lost. Hallelujah. You see, death is something that affects us, but it doesn't affect God. God says to me, "All live." You can be on this side of the door or the other, on this side. God can see either side. Hallelujah. And when your redeemer is alive, it doesn't matter what side of the gate you are. Doesn't matter where you're below. Jonah was in the belly of the whale. But he had a redeemer that was alive. Hallelujah. And he prayed to him. And the whale wound up being a a shuttle bus that took him to his destination. Hallelujah. Uh talk about rapid transportation. That's neat, huh? God is awesome. I look up the word redeemer and it means next of kin and it's one who has the right to buy back that which has been lost or stolen. It means to purchase to pay the price or the ransom. It means to deliver which is to give back to the rightful owner. It also means avenger and it also means revenger. See what God did when he brought Israel into the promised land. He said that the land was an an inheritance for them forever. So if you were one of those Israelites that crossed the Jordan and went into the promised land when you were given this chunk of land that belonged to you and to your family forever. it could never ever ever be taken away from you. So God introduced what it was called the uh the kinsman redeemer law and he introduced what it was called the jubilee. In other words, if you lost your you know your farm or whatever it was every 50 years it had to be restored to you. Let's say that in 1900 and in 1950 and in the year 2000. Let's say that your parents lived in 1912 or 1913 and that they had a nice ranch but they went into debt and they lost everything. And so you were destitute and poor but when 1950 came up according to the law it had to be given back to you everything. You see and if you bought something from somebody if you bought a field you would buy it based on the price. If you bought it in 1999, you would only pay very little because it would only be yours for a year. As soon as the year 2000 came or the year of Jubilee, it would revert back to you. If you bought it in 1951, then you would have 49 years of use. So, you paid a much higher price. But you need to to see that that belonged to them forever. But there had to be somebody to buy it back. This is why when Jesus stood up on the Sabbath morning when he opened the scroll of Isaiah, he says h the the the spirit of the Lord is upon is upon me because he has anointed me. And then he said the things that he was anointed to do. And then at the end he said to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord or the year of Jubilee or the year of God's favor saying I came in to close the books and to give back that which is rightfully yours. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. See we need to understand that when God created Adam and Eve, he gave them dominion. That means they were the highest. They were at the top of the ladder. Everything was under their feet. Yes. Including Satan and including everything else and then the enemy has come in and has displaced us. So we needed a kinsman redeemer. Now when he says my redeemer is alive or my redeemer lives, the word that I looked it up there, he talks about raw flesh. He says, "My redeemer is is is real flesh. It's is like raw flesh. My redeemer." See, in order for the redeemer to be able to redeem us, he had to be a kinsman. He had to be one of us. You remember when uh uh what's his name was here? Uh the guy uh what's his name? Jesse Duplantis. When Jesse Duplants was here, he says there is but one race, the human race. That is a very powerful statement because in reality all of us come from Adam and Eve. Every single one of us come from Adam and Eve. That's who we're kin to. That's the one that lost the the the the the dominion. So Jesus had to be one like Adam, one like us. This is why in in Corinthians it says that the first Adam was after the flesh. He was human like us. But the last Adam was a lifegiving spirit. What was he doing? A redemptive spirit. He was redeeming. He was putting the life back into the human race. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So when our redeemer is alive, hallelujah, we're made complete. Now, there's an obligation in in Genesis 14. And if you look at verse 12, you can see how far back this law of the redeemer goes. As you know, uh Abraham had taken Lot who was his nephew with him. And one day there they were so blessed their herds were just not big enough for the field. And Abraham took Lot to a hill and it says here's to the right and here's to the left you choose. You go one way and I'll go the other one. And of course, Sodom and Gomorrah at that time were the most beautiful plains that they weren't and the most fruitful. So Lot, not being too dumb, he chose, I mean, he was if you really think of it, but he chose to go that way. So Abraham went the other way. And then it tells us that there were five kings that attacked the place where where Lot was. And in uh Genesis 14:12, he says that they also carried off Abraham's nephew Lot and his possessions since he was living in Sodom. And if you go down to verse 16, it says that he recover Abraham recovered all the goods and brought back his relative L and his possessions together with the woman and the other people. When the news came to Abraham, the kings invaded the area where your nephew Lot lives, and they have taken him captive captive and took all of his possession. Abraham, who wasn't a man of war, but who knew his he his he his uh you know he his responsibility as a deliverer as a kingsman deliverer and he took some men of war 368 and he went and he defeated these five kings and he redeemed or he rescued his nephew. Now a a lot of us Christians need to get done in here. You know for me I was the very first person saved in my family and my wife was the ve very first person saved on her family. You know why God saves you? So that you could become that's right a redeemer for your family. Did you know that? Yes, God didn't save you because you were prettier or smarter or or anything else. And matter of fact, we're probably those of us that get saved first in the family line. Probably the dumbest one. We're willing to to believe what God said rather than what the devil says, you know. But when when you accept the Lord Jesus Christ, it is your responsibility as a born again believer to enter into a covenant with God. And that's going to be our last lesson in in in in the membership class. uh uh that's going to be that's going to be taught. Enter into a covenant with God. When you enter into a covenant relationship with God, God is obligated and Jim Miley was speaking about that God is obligated to go and to rescue and to redeem everything that belongs to you. Not a single one of us should ever give up in either mother or father or brother or sisters or sons or daughter or even distant relatives. It is our responsibility to become a type of a kisman redeemer and enter into a relationship with God where our redeemer is so alive that our redeemer knows every single need that we have and we need to be committed to that. And you know God is not a respector of person. If he gave Abraham everything, he'll give it to you. It says so in Romans 8. It pleases God to give you the kingdom. Do you know what the kingdom is? The kingdom is not the horses and not the camels and not the houses. Who Abraham I mean who Job had a burden for was his children. Yes. And when God restored everything, God did not have to restore his children or do it out. Why? Because he had taken care of the man. He may not know it, but God had them covered. And we need to become that covering for our family. In Revelation chapter 5 verse 9 is a beautiful uh uh uh picture. This happened I believe uh almost 2,000 years ago. It it relates to Psalm 22:23 and 24. And what happens is John 1:1 tells us that in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. The word of God has always been eternal, but the word of God always has been a spirit. Okay? One of the psalms and in Hebrews quoting that psalm says that the word of God says to the Lord, you have prepared a body for me. That body that God prepared for the word of God was Jesus in the womb of Mary when the Holy Spirit overshadowed her. So when the word of God left heaven to fulfill the promise of God enter into that boy that was born to Mary Jesus and then that very word became flesh as uh John 1:14 says and he was crucified for our sins. See he had to become like one of us in order to redeem us. He couldn't redeem us. The Holy Spirit could not redeem us. God could not redeem us. You have to be a kinsman redeemer. You have to have somebody that is related to you. So he had to be born of a woman so he would be like us in the way that Adam was created. But he never lost or changed his nature. He was still God. Hallelujah. The word of God. So when the word of God returns back to heaven, he has a different form now. It is not a spirit. He is in a body. So you see, and as he comes up to the to the throne of heaven, where all of this time since the fall of Adam, the deed to the earth, the dominion to the earth has been sitting at the right hand of God, waiting for a man who was worthy enough to reclaim the deed to the earth. And in Revelation 5 verse 9, he tell us that as Jesus gets back up there, the word of God comes into his physical body that Jesus is, he says that he walked up to the hallelujah to the altar of of God Almighty. He got a hold of the scroll that was these earth. And as he did, they sang a new song. That's what he says. And what they were singing was, you are worthy to take the scroll and you are worthy to open his seals because you were slain and with your blood you purchased men for go for God from every tribe, language, people and nation. You see, we have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb. God, the word of God became flesh. God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son. And when Jesus Christ cried out in that cross, it is finished. As he rose up from the dead and is seated now at the right hand of the father forever making intercession, he is our living our alive redeemer. He is our alive redeemer. He is our connection. Yes. You know, you have like like you have an extension cord and you can have a bunch of plugs on that side, but there's just one plug on this side. Okay? You are if you're saved, you're that plug. And God wants life to flow through you to give life to everybody else that's connected to you in your life. Hallelujah. But you see, you had to be connected to that redeemer. You have to have that flowing of the blood of Jesus Christ through you. That's the true life. And that comes by faith. That comes by a belief. See what happens when we listen to the lies of the devil, our plugged in gets rusted. And even though you may be plugged in, there's nothing flowing through. Just like a battery cable that's kind of loose. Every time you try to turn the the lights come on and the car and you say, "Oh, the battery is good." But every time you try to turn try to turn the starter, it goes dead because there's not a good hole. There's not a good connection. And this is what Job had in the midst of the worst of the worst of the worst. He could say, "I know my redeemer is I got power that is flowing to me." Hallelujah. I don't care what it looks like over here. I'm plugged in. Hallelujah. See, you you can stick your hand in a socket that is all broken. There's no light going. But if there is power going from there, you get shocked. Some of your family members may not have no light shining. May not have none other stuff. But when you're plugged to God, every time Satan tries to mess with him, he gets burned. Hallelujah. Why? Because we have a redeemer that's sitting at the right hand of God who is pregnant to us. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In Romans chapter 8 verse 16 and 17 speaks about that connection. Hallelujah. He says, "For the spirit," that's the Holy Spirit of God, "the spirit himself testifies with our spirits that we are God's children." Amen. We need to settle that, my friend. That's the greatest enemy of Christianity today. Whose children are we? Some of us walk like if we were um you know, bastards uh for the lack of a better word that I can think like we didn't really have a father or a mother. We Satan somehow makes us feel like you know like we don't have no rights because of our past because of the things we done or maybe because of the circumstance we're now you know well I'm all dried up you know even grapes that come prun sometimes are raisins You know, they're still good. Even if you're dried up, you're good to God. Hallelujah. I like raisins. They're good. They may be dried up great, but they're still good. Hallelujah. He says, "No." And this is the reasoning. He says that we that not us. I'm not say, "Oh, I'm the child of God." No, the spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, the spirit of the Holy One says that I am a children of the living God. Amen. And then he says, "If I am a children of the living God, now if we are childrens, then we are hes. We're hes of God and coairs with Christ." And here's the key that we miss. Indeed, if we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Now, this is the part that most Christians have a hard time dealing with, the suffering part, especially here in America. You know, America, America is the land of the non-suffering. You know, we don't like to suffer here in America. You know, I love McDonald's. I tell you, I must be American truly true in in my blood. I like things fast. You know, I don't like to wait for things. You know, that's what I love about McDonald's. you go about there and by the time you you pay them and you come to the window, they already got your stuff there. You know, that's you know, I hate it when I'm, you know, I'm old enough to where I remember when the banks used to have different lines. You know, all of the banks now have just like one single line, but back then they had like four or five tellers and I always get in the shortest line and then that'll be the longest. all of the other ones go. Then I moved and as soon as I moved the other one go down and I just suffer, you know, but that's not the suffering that God is talking about. Thank God for ATMs. I never ever had to go into a bank anymore. I love ATMs. Just go there. And you know, even then, my wife was with me last time I went to deposit a check and I'm, you know, having to write because I carry a bunch of envelopes with me so I don't even have to mess. I want to get to the machine and get it done. There's three machines and they're all empty over there in the bank in in in Sepov over there, Bank of America. And so I start writing the check and I tell my wife, you watch it because it happens all the time. By the time I'm ready to get out of the car, they're all taken. And sure enough, you know, I rush I got out of five people came in. There's three and there's two in line waiting. You know, I tell you is you suffer, you know, but that is kind of like the mentality that we as Christians have that if we pray for our unsaved husband or if we pray for our unsaved wife or if we pray for our unsaved children or if we pray uh for a new job, you know, we just don't seem to want to have the stamina to stick it out. says he said we're hes if we endure and suffer. Now why is it that we have to suffer? I you know for years wanted to have an audience with God and please enlighten me on this. Tell me and the reason why suffering is what make us moldable. Yes. You see Job had everything. He was blessed of God. He had integrity. He had everything. But he had a mindset that had to be broken. Yes. See, he lived in fear of his children. He lived in fear every single time his children got together and had a big feast. Oh, probably my children sin. God knows what they did back there when the door was closed and he would rush and offer sacrifices to God. God had to break him from that fear. God had to break him through the fear. And so those things that were most precious. What was Abraham's fear? I don't have a descendant to leave all these blessings that you have given me. God says, I'll give you a son. Once he had the son, what was the fear? The fear was still there. So he had to take him up to a mountain. And he had to raise up a knife. And he had to be willing to kill that which he fear most. You see, most of us have been damaged by Satan. We have been damaged by people that Satan has used. Our souls bear the scars of the past. And before God can create in us a new heart, God has to break that heart and remove the scars that it is there. And usually God has to get up in there and remove the things that we hold on to. Yes. That is why he says if we share in his suffering, we will become hes. We have to come to the position with God to where we're not afraid of doing what Proverbs 20:27 says. It says that the the spirit of a man is a candle of the Lord. We have to come in a position where we're not afraid to saying, "Lord, let your Holy Spirit plug into my spirit right now and search deep within me if there's anything in there that will hinder the work that you want to do in my life. Lord, I want you to rip it out." Yes. Because you see, in our souls is where we build those walls to protect us because we have been hurt before. That's the wall that Peter had to break. He had a wall of protection. And when Jesus rejected the will that he was willing to die for him after that, he did not want to get close to Jesus anymore. You see, and that's why the suffering part. We may have to endure a while, my friend. You know, we may have to endure some losses. We may have to endure some pain. We may have to endure some sacrifice. But I tell you, the only thing that's going to get you through everything is if you have that burning hope deep within you that cries out, I know that my redeemer is alive. Amen. I know that I'm plugged to him. And I know that whatever tunnel I am going through, I will stand. Hallelujah. And I will not fall in the day of temptation and trouble. Hallelujah. I'm not afraid to allow God to get into the deep scars of my soul and rip him out if he has to, if he hinders the work that he wants to do in my life so that I can receive the rewards of an heir. In the book of Ruth, chapter 1 verse 16 and 17, we hear about this kinsman redeemer law in the book of Ruth and it's so beautiful. If if you read the entire book, it's only a few chapters. But Ruth was a Moabitete woman. That means that uh as a matter of fact you can read in some of the law where God forbids Moabai people forever even coming into his temple. So this woman had strike just right off the bat against her. She didn't even have a right to be to be there. She marries uh Naomi had two sons and there was a famine in the land and so she went to uh the Moabiti country and both of her sons married uh women from that land and then both of her son died without giving her any children and see she needed children because in order for her to to claim the land that she had back in Israel she had to have a son and she didn't. So Ruth uh who was a Moabitete never knew anything about God. Just what she had heard. You know Naomi was so bitter. She her name Naomi means pleasant. And she changed her name to Mara which means bitter. This is how bitter this woman was. So this woman was the only testimony of God that Ruth had. And yet when it was time for Naomi to go back to the land, Ruth uh Naomi was saying, "Stay back over here. Uh my people don't like women. They don't like women from Moabitete. You will always be a foreigner. You will always be a loser. You don't want to come with me. Stay here. Stay here. Stay here." But there was something inside of Ruth that she understood that the Jews had a real God. Amen. You see, she understood that. And she said in in in Ruth 1 16 and 17, but Ruth replied, he said, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Wherever you go, I will go. And where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people even if they reject me. And your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die. And there I will be buried." And then she says, "May the Lord deal with me. Be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates me from you. I want you to see that confession of faith that this woman made. She's going to a foreign land where she's always going to be a foreigner where she will always be rejected. As a matter of fact, if you read on as you read on, you see that boys as he comes in and it so happened that she because you know the poor people in those days uh what they had to do is when the harvest time came in and and these guys were going through the fields collecting everything there was a law that they couldn't go back to collect anything that they might have missed. So this is like was their welfare system. So the people who were poor would get behind and as these people were harvesting the field whatever was left they will take. And these guys were professional pickers so they wasn't living very much back. What she just happened when they get to the land and they have to eat they don't have no inheritance. They don't have no money. So Ruth goes up in there and she just happens to land in the lot that belongs to Joah to Jo uh Boaz to Boaz who happens to be one of our kinsman redeemer. And as she's there, boys takes notice of her and he says, "Make sure you stay on my field over here because you might be harmed." This is what a foreigner didn't have no right. Anybody could have just jumped and raped her. And boy, as Ghost talks to the guys that are working for him, he says, "Don't you dare lay a hand on this woman." Said, "Don't you dare mess with her." And then he tells the guys that were picking behind her, he says, "I want you to take some of the stuff you got on the bushes and drop it." So when she goes back after picking out day, boy, she's full. And Naomi immediately realizes this is somebody had to do this because this is impossible to do. Okay? She had found favor. She had found favor. Look at uh Ruth chapter 2. Ruth and verse 11 and 12. This is why Boas was being nice to her. He says, "Bois replied, I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband. How you left your father, how you left your mother, and how you left your homeland, and you came to live with a people that you did not know before." I want you to see, my friend, Bo is a type of Christ, and Ruth is a type of us. Remember what Jesus said. He says if anybody does not deny his mother and his father before me he can have no part of me. That's that's where the statement comes from. This is what Jesus was quoting. You have to be willing. See this this is how we connect oursel to our kinsman redeemer. This is how we become one with him. Everything else has to die. Everything else has to die. Now, because uh Boaz saw that she was willing to live it all up, he prays a blessing over her. He says, "May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel." And listen to this. Under whose wing wings you have come to take refuge. My friend, we need to ask ourselves a question. Under whose wings are we taking refuge as Christians? You know there are many Christians that take refuge in the wrong things. They trust their wealth. Maybe they trust their CDs. Maybe they're tr you know their bank accounts. Maybe they trust their jobs. Maybe they trust all of these other thing. But you know a good job, a big bank account cannot save you, cannot save your children, cannot save your wife, cannot save those things that you love. Only the redeemer who is God himself is able to do that. This is what we need to understand as Christians that there is a a severing there is a cutting off that has to take place between us and the world. We cannot remain connected to the world by any little bridge or any little thing just in case. You know that doesn't work with the redeemer. That's what being connected to the redeemer is living giving it all up. giving it all up for the Lord. Now, this is how Satan tries to get the connection and take it out from us with God. There are three things I believe he brings. Guilt, shame, and condemnation. Yes. If Satan can get you feeling guilty, you sever the connection, then your redeemer is not alive. Your redeemer is not living. Because you see, once you you accepted Jesus Christ, I think it was Joel that read tonight, he says we're not our own. See, once we accepted Jesus Christ as our savior, God went in, took the old thing out, disconnected it, and only the new is in. There's no guilt in the new. That's right. There is no shame. See, the guilt was placed on the cross where Jesus was nailed. The shame was placed on the cross. He hung there naked. And the condemnation was placed there on the cross when the sun refused to shine. And when darkness covered the earth and God turned his back on him and he said, "Father, father, why have you forsaken me, that's where the guilt and the shame and the condemnation went?" That's right. Amen. But you see, if Satan can get any of us to feel any of those thing, guilt, shame, or condemnation, immediately our redeemer is not alive in us anymore. That's right. And this is why we fail so many times. We fail to see that. See, when Job, the reason why God uses Job as an example, when Job was going through this, my friend, he had sores from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. The man was sick. He said he was that his temperature was so high that he was burning. He said, "I'm like an oven burning." He couldn't even sleep. it would be nightmares terrorizing him and everything. And then here he's having to to to bear the guilt that all of his children were dead, that all of his possessions were gone. He has three friends now that Satan is using to torment him. And in the midst of all of this, he is able to say, "My redeemer is alive." You see, he's able to say, "I know where my connection is at. I don't understanding. I don't know what' Previous Next Home

DOMINION THROUGH ENLIGHTENMENT Equip “Vision for Women” to understand and reclaim God-given dominion by walking in true spiritual light—illumination that comes through God’s Word and the blood of Jesus—so the church can operate in unity, freedom from sin’s power, and confident authority in Christ. < Back DOMINION THROUGH ENLIGHTENMENT Pastor Marcos Marrero March 2, 2007 Objective: Equip “Vision for Women” to understand and reclaim God-given dominion by walking in true spiritual light—illumination that comes through God’s Word and the blood of Jesus—so the church can operate in unity, freedom from sin’s power, and confident authority in Christ. Synopsis: This fourth message in the dominion series teaches that dominion means exercising the authority God originally gave humanity, restored through Jesus. True dominion is recovered “through enlightenment”—the light of God’s Word versus the counterfeit “light” of the world. Using vivid contrasts (pitch-black tunnels vs. illumination), the teaching shows that Scripture reveals reality as it truly is and exposes Satan’s false, glittering narratives that enslave. Anchored in 1 John 1:5–9, the message explains: God is light; walking in that light produces fellowship/unity and continual cleansing by Jesus’ blood. Confession restores communion and clears the conscience so faith can operate without doubt. The tabernacle pattern illustrates how blood (life) fuels light (glory), pointing to Christ’s once-for-all offering that releases revelation and power. The church often loses dominion through idolatry, ignorance, and walking in darkness (practicing religion without revelation). Dominion returns as believers: Know and practice the Word (“It is written”), refusing divided hearts and human reasoning that replace truth with “instead-of-Christ” substitutes. Stay cleansed and confident—apply 1 John 1:9 immediately, believing God’s mercy (Lam. 3:22–23) and refusing shame that neutralizes faith. Walk in unity so the Body can wield corporate authority (John 17; Matthew 18). Exercise authority in Jesus’ name over personal “mountains” and even creation when led by the Spirit (Mark 11:23; examples from Jesus calming storms and Elijah praying for rain). Humble themselves to receive grace (James 4:6), trusting God’s goodness amid trials (Romans 8:28). Practical illustrations (traffic school, military rifle training, Adam’s test in Eden) underscore that dominion operates by believing God’s verdict over Satan’s accusations. The call is to live as light-bearers—daily in Scripture, quick to confess, steadfast in unity, and bold to say “It is written”—so the ministry and its leaders carry God’s will with power in a darkened world. Inspired Teaching: Let's open our word prayer. Father in heaven in Jesus name, we thank you and we praise you for this opportunity that we have, Father God, to to partake of your word, dear Lord Jesus. We ask for direction, Father. Uh all things that pertain to life and godliness come from you, Father God. And we want to make sure that everything that we do is in accordance to your good and perfect will, Father God. We don't want to settle for less. So I pray, dear Lord Jesus, that um this ministry here, Vision for Women, Father God, that that you will bring the anointing uh that reveals, Father God, your good will and perfect will for this house, Father God. And we pray that uh you will enable and empower those whom you have entrusted here, Father God, to carry out your will and purpose for this house, Father God. In Jesus name, we thank you for your anointing tonight. open our ears that we may hear. Give us a heart to understand and to receive. Father God, in Jesus name we thank you Lord. Amen. Amen. Praise God. This is our fourth week and I share on the u dominion on the last um three weeks and dominion meaning to exercise authority. Last Sunday I spent eight hours on uh comfor or whatever traffic school and the very first thing the guy said it says you violated the law. There was 14 of us there said you violated the law therefore you did the crime now you got to do the time so you got to spend eight hours over here. I don't want to hear anybody complain. Hi Marshall. So um uh dominion means not to rule. You know once I violated the law I committed myself and I have to go there otherwise I can just pay the ticket like I did and pay high insurance for the next three years. So you know that was a thing I had to pay them $40 and give them eight eight hours of my life you know. Uh but dominion means somebody has rule over you because of you know something that you violated or you having dominion over somebody because of the dominion that has been given to you. And in the first two weeks we deal with the u the dominion that has been given uh to us individually. And then last uh Friday night I dealt with how the church itself has lost his dominion. The dominion that was given due to the abominations and the idolatry and those different things that get uh talked about. So tonight we're going to speak about the dominion that we can regain through enlightenment. Uh as you know I'm some of you may know I'm pretty much into numbers. Numbers is the only perfect thing that we have. You know, I speak two languages. I speak full Spanish. I spoke only Spanish for 18 and a half years. And English is my second language that I learned. And one thing that I learned even with two languages that you cannot always express your sentiments and your feelings with words. They're just not adequate adequate words to express oneself. Sometimes we're we're inadequate. You cannot translate things perfectly. They're always uh messed up like that. So, uh, but there's one thing that's perfect. Whether you're saying 2 + 2 or do quatro, you're always going to come up with the same in numbers. I don't care whether you do in Russian or Chinese, you multiply 2 * 2, the answer is going to be the same no matter what language. That's the the beauty about mathematics. So, mathematics is perfect. The word of God is composed of 22 Hebrew letters. There's 22 word letters in the Hebrew alphabet. And um and the word uh uh the word of God if you look at it when it ends the revelation has 22 chapters. The number 22 means light. It is a number of light. As a matter of fact you take um this guy had a a tremendous book I was reading. You take uh uh the word light the distance from the the light travels all those things you can break it down and breaks down perfectly uh to what the word of God light means revelation. We need to think whenever you think of light you have to think of light in the difference between light and darkness. one time when I was a teenager and uh didn't speak hardly any English and I was hanging around with some guys. They invited me to go someplace and I didn't know what it was but I said I'll go with you guys and it was to the LA River over there by Florence and Firestone and it was to go through the uh drainage system to go walk up in there. Those are huge. Some of them you can walk straight anyway. So we started walking. We walked probably six miles inland, believe me. And we got so deep in some of those places. It was so dark. They have some flashlights and things like that. But anyway, would turn the lights out and you cannot see absolutely nothing. I mean, it's just pitch pitch pitch dark. Total and complete darkness. And of course, we had the police waiting for us when we came out because we were speaking through the manholes and we're doing all kinds of bad things that we're doing back then. But the contrast of light and darkness means that light allows you to see your environment. You see, if you turn the lights out completely dark and you can walk in the dark, if you're used like I like to get up at night and walk around because I know where everything is at. But let anything just be moved out of place and you're gonna hear w you know hitting something. So we need to understand that light is in the word of God is illumination, enlightenment, revelation, the ability to see clearly. This is what the word of God does. The word of God allows us to see reality, to see things how they really are. many of us and and I know I'm I'm taking a little bit too long setting this up, but I want you to do understand that the reality that this world portrays is not the real thing. We need to understand that this world is is is manipulated by Satan. Satan is called the god of this world. Satan manipulates the money system. Sa Satan manipulates the social system. Satan manipulates the learning system. Satan manipulates and he has built himself a false reality in which most of us dwell in that false reality and the things that seem real to us are not you know it takes that Anna Nicole she was talking she was watching that that on TV today all of that money and fame and whatever what a miserable life I mean her son which was 20 dead she's dead buried next You know that's not life. Yet in the world people clamor and long for those things. Why? Because the world is is is turn upside down. There's a false reality. A lot of people I uh I work in in houses. I see people that that that that have mansions and huge houses and all of these things and they get to the end of their life, none of their children are around. Their grandchildren don't come around. You know, it is sad to get to a point in your life to where you get old and realize, man, I worked last 50, 60 years of my life and what did I really achieve? I mean, I miss what life is really about. So, what I'm trying to say here is that the word of God is able to enlighten or bring revelation that allows us to see things for what they are, the reality of what things really are. And when we're able to see that, then we will see that we have dominion, that God made us rulers. Imagine this. If you own Manhattan, that island over there in New York where all of those huge buildings and property so expensive, and having somebody coming in and trying to give you some beads for the island, that's how they bought it from the Indians, by the way. They they just brought him some shiny stuff. They gave it to them and they got Well, that's what Satan has done with all of us. Yeah. Yeah. Get him some uh fire water, how they used to call it or something like that. That that is that is what Satan has done. He has offer us something that shines, something that glitters, something that looks like is, "Oh man, I never seen this." But yet we in reality are the ones who own the real thing. See, because the dominion was given to man, not to Satan. The dominion was given to us. So the word of God, when we get the proper perspective, when we get the proper enlightenment, when we get the proper illumination or revelation, the word of God is able to set us straight to where we can see who really dominates. See, the reality is that most Christians today live in fear of Satan or are dominated by Satan or are controlled by Satan or are living under the influence of of demonic influence of Satan when in reality should be the other way around. We rule. We rule. We The dominion was given to Adam. We're Adam. We're the humans. And and Adam lost it. And Jesus came out and regain it. He said Jesus came that he might destroy the works of the devil. And he did. He destroyed the works of the devil and then he left and he left us in charge. We are in charge. That's why I said what Jesus said you never prayed on my name but from now on from a certain day when the day he told us that but from now on you will pray on my name and whatever you ask the father in my name he will give it to you. Why? Because I'm taking charge. I'm taking authority. I came. You see, God made a law and the law was he created the physical universe and the law was in order for you to operate on the physical universe, you need a physical body. That's the law. Spirits cannot operate on this uni. This is why Satan cannot kill. Don't you think if Satan could grab that that kitchen knife that you got in your kitchen and and slit your throat while you're sleeping that he wouldn't do it? He wouldn't even hesitate. He wouldn't even hesitate. But guess what? He ain't got no hands. He can't get a hold of that stuff. So what does he have to do? He had to get somebody else out there crazy enough to come after you or he has to get you crazy enough to where you got the knife and you cut yourself. You see this is how he operate. So in order for us to operate in this physical realm, you got to have a physical body. And God excluded himself from that. When he gave dominion to Adam, Adam was to rule. And God could not rule because God would not come. God is spirit. They that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. So God did not have a body. So when Satan came in and swindled this dominion from Adam, God had to become a man. And that is in one of the Psalms and in Hebrews says, "A body you prepared for me." The word of God, which is the light, the word of God is light, came in and dwelt in a physical body. In the physical body, he bore the transgression of all humans. Every single human. That includes Hitler. That includes Fidel Castro. That includes all of these bad people out there. He bore the transgression of everybody. He died on the cross. And then since he was sinless, death could not hold him anymore. He came back to life and all the dominion was given to him. And then he says, "I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it." And then he gave his church the authority. Why? Because his church has a physical body. He's ahead. He's in heaven. But we are the church. We're the physical body. So in order for us to exercise dominion, we need to understand, we need to be enlightened. We need to understand the difference between this false reality that Satan has built around us and the real reality that we have been given dominion. Amen. Now, with that in mind, let us go to first John. And if you got your notes, you have all of the scripture there in your note. And first John 1:9 says, "But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin." Now, notice the statement that John made. Now, it's amazing that John is writing first and second and third John after he was taken up to heaven and he wrote the book of Revelation. He went from all of those years. He was about 90 years old living in the in with a physical mentality even though he was trained by Jesus, even though he was an apostle, even though he preached. Then one day he gets taken up to heaven and he gets to see this physical realm from the other side. He got to see it. This is why the uh you read Matthew, Mark, and Luke, they're all make sense. They're called the synoptic gospels because they're all concordant. You read John is weird. John is a spiritual is the spiritual revelation of the word of God. It's totally different. You read the book of revelation. Do they say people are scratching their heads? They don't know what it mean. Why? Because the spiritual revelation has to be understood through spirit through the spirit which is the word of God. And the same way with first and second and third John in in in first and second John is the only place where you find the word antichrist or instead of Christ. Paul speaks about him in in Thessalonian but he calls him the man of sin, the man of pition. But anti doesn't mean against means instead of. In other words, there's a false Christ. So there's a false light that rules and prevails like oh this is the real Christ and it's not. And then he says that if we walk in the light as he is in the light, that means if we walk with spiritual enlightenment, if we walk in a way that we can see the spiritual reality that is around us and look at the purposes and we have fellowship with one another. Now, why is that so important? Because the power comes through unity. See, if we're a body, then we have to walk as a body. Imagine if my hand wanted to go that way and my leg wanted to go this way and my head wanted to turn around and my ear wanted to go this way. I would be immobilized. I would be paralyzed. I couldn't move. So everything has to walk. So the spirit of God is here on the earth and he's moving through his body. That means different individuals to walk by the revelation of the light to walk in unison or to walk together. And then he goes and he says that the blood of Jesus you there's three parts here. If we walk in the light as he's in the light, we have fellowship with one another. And the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Now last week I finished with the part that in the holy place uh there was a curtain and and and uh in the first part what is called the uh the holy place you have the manora for light because this was a tent that had four thick covers over it. They had big huge double curtain. So when you enter in there there was total and complete darkness. So because of that there was this uh luminora in this side of the room and it was supposed to be kept lit all the time. So when the priest came through the curtain and came into the holy place to put the table of uh the bread on the table that uh that had to be replaced every week or to offer the incense on the altar of incense or to light up or put more oil. That's the light that he worked by. But there was a thick thick curtain, a big thick curtain here. And the ark of the covenant was behind that curtain. And there was no light in there. There was absolutely no light. So when the priest went in there, it was total darkness. The only light that was there was the presence of God which rested in the ark. Here's a picture of the ark right here. The presence of God would sit. And that presence was so strong in the days of Moses. The light shone from there. The light went all through the tabernacle and the light form a cloud that covered them by day and gave him light by night so that they wouldn't have to walk in darkness. This is the it's called shakina. It's the manifested light or visible glory of God. This is what was in there. Well, this light when when the tabernacle was there will be on the mercy seat. And as the priest came once a year into that darkened place, the only light that it would be would be resting right on the mercy seat. And as he brought the blood of the sacrifice and the blood was accepted and he dipped the blood on the mercy seat, the blood which symbolizes the life because the Bible says the life is in the blood. As the life was poured, the light would come alive. It's like the light was fed, the glory, the anointing was fed. Why? Because without the shedding of blood, there's no remission of sin. And the the nation was a sinful nation. So the nation had to do what Moses told them. They had to bring an animal. The animal had to be killed. the sins of the nation. The high priest will lay his hands on the head of the goat and the sins of the nation for that one year would be transferred upon the goat. Then the goat would be killed and when the blood was brought up in there that satisfied the requirements of a righteous God and the blood would cause the light to come. The Bible tells us that Jesus, our high priest, went and when he offered himself on the cross, his blood, the life that was in his blood was collected by the eternal spirit, which is the Holy Spirit and was brought to the temple of God in heaven. There's a real thing. Those were just pictures. And up in there was when the blood, the life of Jesus was poured. And when that life was poured, revelation immediately came. Enlightenment came. They came vision, the revelation, the ability to see. So here John is giving us a description of what he saw in heaven. If we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we're one. We have quania. We're one. Quania means like grapes. We're all individuals, but they're all connected. We're we're one. And then he says, and then the blood of Jesus, he says, the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Why? Because the blood of Jesus is the light. See, the word of God is the light. In John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God." In John 1:14 says, "And the word became flesh and that flesh died." The life that was in the flesh was in the blood was offered. Why? For an enlightenment or for revelation. So we see that the blood of Jesus and the word of God are very much interconnected when you apply. See all of us have an inner san like that by the way you're have a physical body which is the outer temple then you have an inner core which is your soul and then you have the holy place where your spirit reside. If you're born again, Jesus, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, they're all in your inter sanctum in your spirit. Your spirit is made alive. Every time you go into that place and you apply the blood, there's a tremendous revelation. There's a tremendous anointing. There's a tremendous release of energy and power. Like we talked last week uh in Hebrews 4:12, the word of God is living alive and active. That means energy. There's energy in the word of God. So every time Satan say, "You're nothing but a loser." And I said, "By the blood of Jesus, by the stripes of Jesus, I being healed. I'm taking the word of God. I'm taking the life of blood of the blood. I'm putting it into my soul." And the anointing immediately comes up. The light comes up, the revelation comes up, and Satan has to flee. Every time he accuses you and you proclaim the word of God, he has to flee. And that's what he very plainly says there. So the abominations which have come against us and against the body of Christ which all have to do with uh with uh idolatry and harlotry. It is only the blood of Jesus when he's released that anointing, the revelation, that enlightenment that is able to restore us to fellowship with God. You see, sin separates us from God. Okay? Every single one of us walk today and we sin. You either said a lie or you thought about something you shouldn't think of or you hated somebody without a cause. Whatever sins we committed during the day, as soon as you confess your sin, which is two verses down, 1 John 1:9, if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just not only to forgive us our sins, but to cleanse us. Okay? So, every single time we confess our sins, we apply the the word of God to us. John 3:16, God so loved the world, God loves me. Um, Lamentations 3:22-23. His mercy are new every morning. I don't care how bad I messed up yesterday. I can get up this morning and pray. There's a whole brand new batch of mercy and grace for me. There's a brand new and I can apply that and as I apply that, there's revelation. The revelation means I am forgiven. I am accepted. But then also there's a responsibility because with the word of God comes revelation. Why is it that I always have to lie? Why is it that I always have to do this? Or why is it that I always have to do that? Then as I begin to meditate, the revelation of God begins to enlighten me to the strongholds and the things that I need to deal with. Because you see, we sin. We're not sinners because we sin. We sin because we're sinners. We were born sinners. When you were born a child and you were uncomfortable, the very first thing you went in, if you don't get your way, you cry. Why? Because that's a selfish nature. That's how we're born. So God doesn't say you lousy sinner. God says, "No, you have no choice but to sin because that's in your blood. But I have a remedy for sin. And it is up to you to apply that remedy, to put it to work so that you can be set free. I put a switch in your darkened room. Turn it on. Turn that switch on. Let the light come on. Let the revelation appear. Let the blood release that anointing so that I can set you free. and not only you personally but so that I can bring you corporate corporately into a place of power and exercise in dominion. Now look at I'm going to be going one verse up. The next verses 1 John 1:6. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and we do not practice the truth. What is he talking about? He said, "You can be a Christian. You can go to church every Sunday and you can say, "Hey, man. I go to church every Sunday and I Hallelujah. Praise the Lord." And I said, "Oh, that listen, you can proclaim and and and and be part of a denomination and worship the Lord every day. If you're walking in darkness, you don't have the light." That is simply what he's saying. How do you work in darkness? Well, if you don't know what uh uh you know what's causing you to sin, or if you don't know what's causing you to mess up, if you don't know what's causing you to be the way you are, that's because you don't have revelation. And if you don't have revelation, you're walking in darkness. Unfortunately, many churches today, you you you go in and you come out the exact same way that you went in because there's no revelation. Revelation is the anointing. There's no conviction of sin. And when there's conviction of sin, there's no remedy for us to stop going sinning. You can have a great anointed service, go forward and repent, but then after 150 more times committing the same sin, your heart gets hardened. You go to church, you hear the same message again, and man, I've been there, done that 150 times. That's not what I need. What I need is revelation. What I need is an anointing. What I need is power, dominion over this thing that's got a hold of me. Because if I can break that hold of that thing, man, I need change in my life. You see, that revelation comes in, that's where the power comes in. So he says, if we say we're Christian and then we're having a good old time and everything else, but it it if if we're not practicing the truth, then we're walking in darkness. Notice that it uses the word practice. That's the same word that uh by the way that uh they use for doctors. Don't you hate that? Going to a doctor and he's practicing on you. They practice medicine. That's because they really don't know. They're just going along with it. They're practicing. They have a lot of knowledge. But but that's what he's saying there. We're practicing quote unquote Christianity. But if it's in darkness, it's not revelation, then we're not really practicing the truth, are we? Why? Because Jesus said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." So Jesus said this, they said, "Hey, we're not slave to nobody." The Pharisees said to him, "We're heirs of Abraham." He says, "Anybody who slave uh uh anybody who commits sin is a slave to sin." Only truth. Truth is light, enlightenment, revelation. See, once you realize that your head is itching because you got a bunch of little lies in there that driving you nuts, then you don't have to scratch that itch anymore. You go out and get that medicine and you put it on and you get that real fine come and you get those little critters on their legs out and you solve the problem. When we realize that the reason why we sin is because we got this things on us that is driving us to do it and to do it and to do it and to do it and as long as you don't know, you don't know. You can live in a jungle some place because you can't see them. Most of them are too small to see them anyway. So it requires enlightenment. It requires revelation. It requires truth. Once we realize that then we can address the problem. The problem with us is sin, deepseated sin that has taken away our dominion. We don't have dominion because we walk in sin. Jesus said, "Speak to the mountain. Tell it to go out, get out of your way, and jump into the sea. The only condition is if you do not doubt in your heart that what you're saying is going to come to pass, it will be done for you. The only condition is if you do not allow. So I have a mountain in my life. It can be a mountain of bills, can be a mountain of debt, can be a mountain of uh torment, fear, uh persecution, whatever it is is coming against you. You have authority to speak to the mountain. The only condition is what you really believe in your heart. So you see this is where the heart is the holy place where the blood of Jesus every time we doubt that God will bless us because we have sinned even though we have confessed that sin we are actually putting to shame the blood of Jesus. We're saying in a sense the blood of Jesus was not good enough for that sin. I got to do some penitence first. You see I that sin was bigger. Uh, it was okay to repent of that little light, but sniffing that whole thing of cocaine, that was a lot stronger. I'm I'm I'm gonna have to at least be banished for about six months before because the blood of Jesus, you see, this is the mentality of it. Doubt in the heart, the heart is where the blood of Jesus is applied. If I can understand that the blood of Jesus is able to take away my sin and that the only beef that God has with me because he calls sin in the New Testament missing the mark and the only beef that he has with me is that if I'm walking in darkness and not seeing what the root of the problem is so that he can give me that remedy and I can take that root out like Jesus said every plant that my heavenly father has not planted will be uprooted. Everything that is in our heart that is not from God, he wants to uproot it. But he needs our permission. He needs our working with him. And the only way that that happens is through revelation. Now look at verse 5. We start at 1 John 17, 1 John 1:6, and 1 John 15 because I want to tie it all together. He says, "This is the message which we have heard from him and declared to you that God is light and in him there is no darkness." Now you see the message. God is light. Light can be used as good provider. He's faithful. Everything that ever has anything to do with good, that's what God is. God is good. He is light. And in him, there is absolutely no darkness at all. So if I am dealing with any part at all that has any darkness to it, then I'm not walking in the light. Right? There's a couple of notes over there if you can pass into. Oh, there you go. You got anyway. So he says that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. Now let me put this into context. There was uh we were listening to the radio coming down and the news. I was trying to get the traffic made sure that everything was fine and there was uh was it a a tornado I think that hit a high school and eight kids on the high school were killed and they were speaking to one of the teachers. They said they did everything. They had a a system in case of an emergency were to get all the kids together. They were saying that everything that could have been done that were done and that they say kids were killed because it was an act of God. That what they call it. The insurance forms they call it like that. An act of God. God came in and he killed those eight helpless little kids that were just going to school there. It's an act of God. Yeah, it was an act of God. But not the God we're talking about, not the God we're serving. Jesus, John 10:10 says, "Satan comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy." So if people were killed, that was the God of this world. That wasn't the God we serve. Okay? If there were people that were injured, were in the hospital, their health was taken away from them. That is not Jesus said, "I came to that you may have life and have it more abundantly." Did you know that we as believers have been given authority, dominion even over the weather? If we, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, was operating in the power and the dominion that Jesus gave us, we could speak to that tornado and tell them to shut up because Jesus did it. Jesus saw the storm coming up and and the disciples were all freaking out. Why is that on the Bible? Was Jesus showing off? No, he was just showing them what what what man was has been given by God. Man has been given authority. So they woke Jesus up. They're uh a fisherman. They know how to handle. They know they're in a mess. They tell Jesus, "Wake him up. Don't you care that we perish?" He gets up. I can I can maybe He was a little tired and he wanted some rest and he was just kind of getting a little fed up with the little faith that his disciples had. So he tells the thing to shut up and then he tells you a little faith. You know I shown you the power and the authority that God has given us. When Jesus says from this time you never pray in my name but from now on whatever you pray in my name whatever you ask the father in my name it will be given to you. What was Jesus saying? He's saying, "I am depositing upon you, my people, my church, the authority, the dominion to rule over this realm." We have authority to rule over this realm. You can speak to the mountain. You can speak to the drought. Elijah was a man just like us. He could tell, "Do not rain until I tell you." So, for three and a half years, it did not rain. He could tell the rain. Okay, it's time to start. There may not be a cloud in the whole sky. He got down on his knees and he began to pray. He said, "Lord, you gave me authority. You spoke to me. You gave me your word. You said, "Whatever you speak, I'm going to bring it to pass." His servant went over the hill and look up. They're not a cloud in the sky, master. He got back down on his knees. He say, "Hey, uh, over there the weather channel, whoever is in charge of the weather up there is calling." Hey guy, I'm calling over here. Could you hear me? I want some rain and I don't want it tomorrow. I want it right now. You understand? He's praying. So he tell his servant, "Go back up there again." So his servant goes back up here. Well, there's a little cloud there, but it's no bigger than my fist. So he gets back down again and say, "Listen, I don't want a fist full of rain, okay? I want the whole shebang. I want you to send me superers size it. You know, send the whole storm. And in less than an hour, boom, there it came. Now, what was God? Was God showing off? No. God is just simply showing us the reality that we as the the body of Christ, the the authority that has been given us in the name of Jesus, we have been given dominion. That dominion is to rule over this earth over the realm of the earth. We have been given that power. Now it hasn't been given to an individual has been given to a body. That's why he says if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another means we're in unity. We're together in this. We understand one another. Then the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. The blood of Jesus gets applied to our sins. We get cleansed from our sins and now we can walk in the authority and the dominion, the revelation because the anointing is enlightenment. See, when I was in the Marines for the first 90 days, I think that I was there, they give you a rifle that doesn't have a firing pen and doesn't have no bullets. Some people would could find the bullet someplace. 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SPIRITUAL WARFARE The objective of this teaching is to equip believers with biblical understanding and practical guidance for engaging in spiritual warfare. By exploring the unseen spiritual realm, identifying entities and influences described in Scripture, and applying the authority of Christ through prayer, confession, and faith, the message encourages Christians to take back what the enemy has stolen, walk in victory, and labor for the harvest. < Back SPIRITUAL WARFARE Minister Lisa Kane February 12, 2023 Objective: The objective of this teaching is to equip believers with biblical understanding and practical guidance for engaging in spiritual warfare. By exploring the unseen spiritual realm, identifying entities and influences described in Scripture, and applying the authority of Christ through prayer, confession, and faith, the message encourages Christians to take back what the enemy has stolen, walk in victory, and labor for the harvest. Synopsis: In this message, Lisa Kane of House of Faith Ministries teaches on the reality of spiritual warfare as described in Ephesians 6:12. Believers are reminded that the battle is not against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual hosts of wickedness. The lesson stresses the importance of dwelling in the “secret place of the Most High” (Psalm 91:1), where personal communion with God empowers Christians to fight and overcome. Lisa outlines the different entities found in Scripture—including angels, demons, cherubim, seraphim, watchers, princes over nations, and spirits such as wisdom, knowledge, and fear—showing how they influence the natural and spiritual world. She emphasizes the authority believers carry in Christ, teaching that words of confession and prayer can bind the strong man, silence curses, and release blessings. The message highlights principles of binding and loosing, the power of spoken words, and the responsibility of the church to cover regions in prayer and intercession. Practical examples and personal testimonies illustrate how spiritual warfare affects daily life, from battling depression to praying for rain in drought-stricken California. Ultimately, the teaching calls believers to wage the good fight of faith, to reclaim what has been stolen—joy, health, peace, finances, and freedom—and to labor together as the body of Christ to bring in the harvest. Through persistent prayer, faith-filled confession, and reliance on the Holy Spirit, Christians are equipped to walk in victory and advance God’s kingdom despite the battles waged in unseen realms. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane. I'm recording this on Saturday, February 11th, 2023. And this message is called Spiritual Warfare. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this word and we ask for our ears to be open, our eyes to be open so we can hear and see the spiritual dynamics of your word, the living word of God that we may walk it, apply it to our lives. Let it be a part of our spirit and our soul and our body. Thank you, Father God, for your living word. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scripture. Here we are looking at of course Ephesians 6:12. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Now, as you can see, I am recording this a week early. We're traveling next week, so I want to get this message up. So, we'll be open uh posting it with Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow. Um we're going tonight to the uh mission church uh Rosa deseron in downtown LA and so we're going to have a youth message up and running for you as well tomorrow. So that is all the announcements here at House of Faith Ministries. But we are glad you can join us today. I hope that you truly apply this word and if I could just simply remind you of this because this is very important. You need this in order to deal with spiritual warfare. Okay. Psalm 91:1, "He who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty." This is very important if you want to be in spiritual warfare and take back what is rightfully yours because a thief has stolen it from you. You know, he's stolen your joy, your happiness, your freedom, your finances, your health. You want all that back, you got to go get it and you got to fight for it. So, I'm going to show you how to do all that today in this message. And I want to remind you though that you need to be in the secret place with the Lord. And the secret place is not church. Everyone in church can see you. So that's not secret. So you want to get into the secret place with the Lord in your home or in your car, wherever it is where it's just you and God. And a reminder, you're going to be dealing with entities. I'm going to talk about that. I'm going to identify them all or most of them. And you're going to be dealing with that as you try to go in there. You know, uh, Pastor David just spoke, uh, Thursday night at Bundy Canyon Church here in, um, Wdemar and we were watching online. First thing he says is, "Wow, look at I don't get text messages all day. And the moment I'm going to preach here, I get text message." The moment you press into the Lord, you're going to have all those interruptions. So, just remember that. You've got to shut everything down. You've got to make it a priority. You have to fight for it. So, get into the presence of the Lord, the secret place of the Lord. Okay? that is between you and God. So he can talk to you and you can talk to him. And a little tip if I may give you a bit of advice that I learned many years ago because this is very very helpful. When I would read a scripture and there was something I didn't understand, I wrote the question down that I had in a book, a journal, and I dated it. And then as a few days would go by, because it always took about three days, I always got my answer. That is a relationship with the Lord and you need that. You're going to need that to deal with spiritual warfare. Okay? If you're not a believer in Christ and you're watching this message, you may not understand it. You may even mock it and call it hypocritical. Well, you know, that's your opinion. I suggest you don't watch and I suggest you do repent and then watch and watch how your mind opens up about this. Amen. All right. So, let's go back to that beginning scripture because that's very important here. Therefore, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, uh against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. So, we're going to describe some of the heavenly realm here. I want to show you this because I really truly believe you are going to be in for a world of surprise here. And there's a lot of revelation here as well. You know, as we get closer to the end times, knowledge is growing. And that is because of the Holy Spirit. And that is and he's teaching those that are dwelling in that secret place this revelatory knowledge. Okay. Now, you know, I've heard little comments just to also lay more foundation here about, well, why doesn't God just deal with the devil? and and there and I want to also deal with the concept that a lot of people believe that the devil has a lot of power and a lot of authority. So, I want to address that real quick here. There's a scripture in Isaiah 45 and I'm going to show it to you here in just a moment if you want to open your Bibles to it. Isaiah 45 is talking God is talking to a guy named King Cyrus through the prophet Isaiah. King Cyrus didn't exist for 400 years. So this prophecy is written 400 years in advance. But God is saying something very very important here. And I want you to see this in Isaiah 45:7. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I the Lord do all these things. Now you know this should change your concept of God. Let's say God versus Satan. There is no God versus Satan. Satan's a tool of God. So Satan's going to have to do what God told him to do. So, think of it like this. When you're dealing with spiritual matters or you're dealing with, let's say, depression or you're feeling convicted about something, you haven't done anything. Let's let's go there and do an example. Let's talk about homosexuality. You have no you can't understand why God says it's a sin. And you're a believer in Christ, but you're struggling with this. So, you know, when God says it's a sin, you you need to be acknowledging that, but you're like, "No, no, these people, they need love. Love is love." And you're feeling convicted, but at the same time, you're rejecting it. So, God will send chastisement to you. Your blessing goes away. You're cur you're under now a curse because it is against the word of God and you're just struggling with this. But you are standing firm and you're holding strong to your conviction because you're saying, "No, no, no. I'm right. You're wrong." You might not be saying it verbally or really kind of thinking it, but that's what your spirit is doing because you're fighting God. Well, eventually God's going to send the devil after you. Why? Because he's trying to get your attention. He's trying to get you to understand. Now, if you're a believer in Christ and all hell breaks loose, that's the devil coming after you. You one have the authority to tell the devil to get below your feet. So, make sure that you do that because the devil runs. The moment you say that he has to run, he's actually lower than the animals. You can go read scripture in gener Genesis about that. So, when you do that, then you go to God and you say, you know what, Lord, I am sorry. Help me understand this. And he says in Isaiah chapter 1, come let us reason together. So he will show you why it's a sin. And if you want to know right now, he says to the whole earth, be fruitful and multiply. And homosexuality cannot do that. Imagine if everyone turned gay, this world would die in a generation or two. That's just the reality of it. So he says it's a sin. And whether you knew a reason or not, you should be honoring the fact that he said it's a sin. You see? So this is how the Lord works. Now, I want to show you some spiritual aspects, entities that exist that we know of from scripture. We don't know all of them, believe you and me. In fact, um, we probably don't even know an eighth of the creatures that God has made in the heavenly realm. Okay? So, I want you to understand this. So, what we know of right now, we know there are angels and demons. I'm not going to show you scriptures on demons. Enough scripture on that you can go read about that. But here uh here's an example of a scripture talking about angels. Luke 1:13. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zachcharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bury you a son, and you shall call his name John." Angels have been communicating with people for centuries. The term angel simply means messenger. And so it really doesn't describe anything other than the fact that he's from another dimension, the heavenly realm. Uh, I bring that on because I, you know, I just want you to understand there are angels, there are demons, okay? That that that's the basic entities. There's people that don't believe it. And that's fine if you don't believe it. You're going to see how much you actually do believe when you get to the end of this message. Watch this. So, let's look at other entities that exist. I I need to lay this foundation for you because I need you to understand. So, once you see all the players here, and I may not even grab all the players. I'm just grabbing some of them. You're going to see how they all work together or against you. You're going to see this waring. And this is why we're talking about spiritual warfare. You have to know this. Okay. Look at here. There are cherubim. So in Ezekiel 10:5, "And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court like the voice of Almighty God when he speaks." Now, I'm not describing what these creatures are and I'm not telling you exactly what they do or anything like that. I'm just telling you they exist. Okay? So that's cherubim that exists. We know that from scripture. Ezekiel. Now look at this. We know seraraphim exists. Isaiah 6:2. Above it stood saraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. And with two he flew. Uh see no evil here. I'm just kidding. But you can see saraphim exists. Again I don't know what that is but they exist. Then there's also an entity called watcher. And this is scriptural. There's uh Daniel 4:3-1 17 says, "I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven." Then jump down to verse 17. This decision is by the decree of the watchers and the sentence of the word of the holy ones in order that the living may know that the most high rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever he will, and sets it over the lowest of men. Now, again, I don't know the role of watcher, but you can kind of get an idea that they kind of set up some of the rules and stuff here. You can also go look at um Genesis on watchers. There were 200 fallen watchers. They um mated with women and created giants in the earth. Uh the Nephilim, if you will. So, you can go check that if you're check that out if you're interested just to know more. Then there are entities called princes. This one's interesting. Look at this. Daniel 9:25. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the prince there shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks the street shall be built again and the wall even in troublesome times. Messiah the prince. We need to remember that because we're going to be talking about that. Let's continue in Daniel to see more about princes because you're going to see how this applies here. Daniel 10:13, "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withtood me 21 days, and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia." So chief, one of the chief princes, there's a lot of princes. So, uh, let's continue on. Let's look at more scripture about this. Daniel 10, this is verse 20 to 21. Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come. But I will tell you what is noted in the scripture of truth. No one upholds me against these except Michael, your prince." That's an interesting scripture. You can really get a lot out of that. Uh so you can understand their princes. Uh prince of America, if you will. You saw prince of Greece, uh, prince of Persia, prince of Rome, prince of Babylon, prince of Ukraine, prince of Russia, prince of Japan. So there's always a prince exist over a country and over that entity, a large one anyways, and now they move as a group. Prince of Israel. Um, so you can see how that works. But there's more. There are also what I like to call influencers, but there are other spirits here. Watch how these guys work. Isaiah 11:2, "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." So now there are spirits like wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel. So these I like to call them influencers because they're going to influence you. which means there's spirit of anger, spirit of hate, spirit of depression. You're starting to get an idea now of what this heavenly realm is about. And I wanted you to see that so that you understand what you're dealing with. So, let's let's break it down a little bit here. So, you're take a look at the room you're in. Now, you're you're human. You're you're flesh and blood like I am. And you can look and you see your walls or your window. Um, you see your ceiling, your floor, uh, but you know, maybe you're in a room with other people, you see other people, but you don't know what else is in there with you and see the Holy Spirit, you can't see him, but you know that he exists because you can feel the anointing when he exists. Hallelujah. Because it makes a change in you, believe you me. And when you spend time in the secret place of the Lord that I talked about, you'll hear his voice and he will talk to you. you will know what he's saying, where to go, how he draws you in. It's absolutely incredible. You're going to love that. Then you have um you know the prince of a country that's over that area. Think of a church. That church has a prince over it. Okay, so let me explain how this works. Messiah, the prince. So Jesus Christ is the flesh and blood, the the man who came to the earth. He he was born a male child. He grew up. He took the prince of Messiah and he he so Jesus the flesh and the man in the heaven in the earthly realm became the Messiah prince in the heavenly realm. And the two are symbiotic and they work together. You're going to see scripture on this in just a minute. So now the question comes into play because when you start seeing these entities that are around you, who's the strong man influencing that? So we have what's called the prince of America who is our president right now. Whatever his beliefs are is what our prince of America represents in the heavenly. Did you catch that? Now he We saw when Trump became president, a lot of people stating that he's not my president. And um it that punches holes in the spirit realm, by the way. And it takes your covering and breaks it off as soon as you don't as soon as you say that. So, you know, they said that about Trump. You've got other people now saying this about Biden. You have to be very careful with that because we need to keep our covering over America intact. Just because we disagree with what he represents, which we know that some of it is abortion and this is all against biblical. We the Bible, we understand that. But what our duty is is to one, let's not tear the covering down of America. Meaning, let's not speak words like he's not my president because it's going to tear the covering apart from the inside. By the way, what you have to do is now go into the spirit in your secret place and you need to be praying for America's covering and America's leadership and you need to be going to war. This is what you do now. Now, you you're going to find that other people are doing the same thing. Uh see uh Satan worshippers do it. witchcraft people, uh, uh, warlocks and stuff, they're doing this stuff and they do it actively because they're seeing results, which they shouldn't be seeing results if Christians are doing what they're supposed to be doing. You need to hear that, okay? You need to hear that. Now, I want to show you how all this works, how you deal with this, because it comes down to the words of your mouth. You're going to find that your words have been impacting America, impacting your church, impacting your work, your home life. Let's go to my absolute favorite scripture, the Bible that I think I put in at least 98% of my messages here. Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth pause the moment you speak with your mouth things happen and this is not only for salvation the scripture but look at this says confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved saved means deliverance so taken out of a situation or that also deals with let's say you're you're angry about something and it's been getting you more and more angry you're just building up. You can actually come against that and say, "You know what, Lord? I don't want to be angry anymore. I need to let this go and I need your help." And you see, the moment you speak that, deliverance takes place. And and things in the heavenly start to move that shake that and that entity has to let you go. Then you need to fulfill that place that void in your heart with fruits of the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit. You can ask for joy, love, peace because now you want your spirit to your cup to fill up and that just pours out of you, that love instead of that anger and that hate. So you can see I'm talking about deliverance here as well. So this so I'm going to teach you how to go back and take what was stolen from you. You know your your joy was stolen from you. Your finances, your health, your peace of mind, your sleep, just even your sleep at night was stolen from you. These are things that you can take back and and you know you could pray for things over like over your neighborhood. You know it's as soon as you start I just taught on this about the the confession of the mouth. I did two messages on this. This is how important it is. But you can go and start praying blessings over your neighbors because I'm gonna tell you right now, when they're prosperous, they don't want to steal from you. You see how it blesses you in the long run. What revelation, just simple revelation for that. You know, it's absolutely incredible. But in order for you to take back, you have to deal with the strong man. And Jesus did that. Now, let's go look at scripture on this because I want you to understand what we're dealing with. Now, what the scripture I'm going to show you is dealing with the the church in context. So, what's more important right now is pulling in the harvest. So, if you want to take back your city, let's say uh you live in Las Vegas, what's the spirit that the prince of Las Vegas, what is he influenced by? Money and gambling. So, now you know what that prince is. Well, now you can go in the spirit realm and deal with that because you have to bind the strong man because you can't go into his house if he's awake and alert. He's going to stop you from doing whatever it is you're trying to take back. Let's say you lost $100,000 in gambling and you want to get it back. It was a poor decision. You need to spend more time with wisdom and but you can see you can take it back. It is rightfully yours. But you have to disable the strong man first. Let's go to scriptures. Look at that. We're going to look at Matthew 12:29 first. Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man and then he will plunder his house? Mark 3:27 says the same thing. No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds a strong man and then he will plunder his house. And then look at what Luke 11:21-22 says. When a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoils. Now, who's the strongest man of them all? Wow, that's a very interesting question, Lisa. Would that be Jesus? You know, when Jesus was baptized, the very first thing he did is he went into the wilderness for 40 days and he fasted and he dealt with the strong man of the land, which was Satan. He dealt with them. He bound him up so tight that it when he would walk into a town, he would walk into a city, their eyes and ears were uncovered because he dealt with their sight and their hearing. that because now they can see and they can hear. People were getting saved, people were getting delivered, casting out demons, people were being healed. Uh people could see their their blindness would go away. The woman with the issue of of blood for 12 years. I mean, here now she had already spent all of her money on doctors. She had been looking for her healing. And here she finally hears of a man who's healing people. And so she thinks of it in her heart like if I could just touch his garment, you know, but because Jesus had dealt with the strong man first, she can now hear and her own understanding because she's a thinker. She's been looking. She had been seeking. But there were blinders where she couldn't find the truth until Jesus came. But because he bound the strong man, she can see the truth now. And that gave her the chance to go get her healing. And she got it. All she did was go and touch his garment and she was healed. And he acknowledged that it was her faith that did it. This is the power of dealing with your strong man. Now, there are scriptures that also deal with this and how you can say these words. Look at this in in Isaiah 40 54:17. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Look at this. And every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. And their righteousness is from me, says the Lord. Look at that. So no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Cannot It won't be fruitful. Let's say you you're a rape victim. You have the right to take back your sanity, your peace, your comfort, your joy, your trust because that entity, that evil thing that attacked you cannot be fruitful. And then look at this. Any words that come against you, every tongue which rises against you, you shall condemn. Do you see this theme here? Do you notice in the beginning of this message I said you need to get into the secret place with the Lord. You are going to be entering in and dealing with these spiritual entities because this is what Jesus has been training you to do. So this is how you're going to get back what the enemy has stolen from you. And then you can see what you can stop. So like if the enemy is coming against you, you're at your workplace and all of a sudden I mean accusations are coming all over and you're innocent, you know it. And you're just sitting there going, "All right, Lord." And you say you say to all the entities that are around you, you simply say, "You will not be fruitful. You will not prosper. I bind you in the name of Jesus." Because now you're stopping the strong man because you're the stronger man because you're spending time in the secret place with the Lord. So what did Jesus say? When you see Jesus, you know his father. Well, when you see Lisa, you know Jesus. Do you see how this is? So when you get into the secret place and you are imitating Christ, you are learning of Christ. You are learning how Christ ministered, now you can go get the harvest. And now you can keep the enemy from prospering against you. You get to do this. This is your responsibility. You should be doing it. You got to understand that this is you dealing with the spiritual entities that are waring around you. So yes, you have this prince over America that he's influenced because now by the laws and the rules and the principalities that exist, the door is open for evil to rule there in America because of what our leadership believes. He has the right to believe that by the way. Now that doesn't mean you have to take that on and support it. No. In fact, it is your responsibility to say no. And that when you don't support it and you come into the secret place, you're not sending out accusations. You're not speaking words against America. You're not defiling America. You're not cursing America. You bless your land and your area because you say, "Lord, here's your scripture. You say that that that's a sin. I agree with you. I and I'm not supporting abortion. I am not supporting homosexuality. I'm standing in your word. And when you do that, your area is covered. So now, like in my area, I live in California, Southern California. What was one of the things that we dealt with was drought. Drought, by the way, is spiritually represented in the scripture as you're not spending time with God. And California has gone there. And you can see some of the woke thoughts that are coming out of this region. However, I said, Lord, I don't have to live in this drought. I could have got up and move and I'm still contemplating it. Still looking. We're traveling next week to go look at things. But I'm going to tell you here and right now that I said, "No, I don't have to live in drought. I'm gonna pray for rain." And so now during this process, so I start praying for it. It's like a year and a half now, two years ago. I start praying for rain. I'm like, "Okay, Lord, let's bring the rain. I thank you for the rain." And I'm just asking for more rain, asking and asking, asking. We we had a pretty good fall this past fall in autumn. We had a lot more rain than normal. But I'm watching these news articles of these naysayers coming in saying, "Oh, we're still in a drought." And I went to God and I and God appreciates this. I went to him and I said, "Shut their mouths, Lord, because what I'm trying to bless, they're trying to curse and I don't want to be waring with them anymore." So, I went to God and I said, "Shut their mouth." And then what happened? We end up with what, eight atmospheric rivers that hit California, Northern California. We have rain for days and the drought level is nearly gone. We, you know, there's still a little bit. I'm still praying for rain. We We got to fill up all of our lakes that were gone. But see, I have the right to do that because I know where I stand in the scripture because I spend time in the secret place with the Lord. This is your right, too. You have the right to do all this. Look and and see, you got to deal with that strong man. You got to bind him. Look at the scripture on this. Watch again. This has to deal with you're seeing in context with the church and the the representation of the church, the entity of the church. Whatever church that you're at has that entity. So Jesus beca, he was the man, but he took on Messiah Prince and he was a prince. That's he's a prince. So he operated both in the physical and the spiritual and he teaches that us. I'm going to show you that scripture here. So now you may not be as strong as Jesus, but you have Jesus on your side. You and Jesus now under his covering, his friendship. You get to come up under it with him. And the two of you get to operate in that. And you can. So when I went to the Lord and I said, "Shut their mouths." Look at the scripture. Watch this. This is exactly what I did. This is Matthew 16:17-19. Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjon John, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." You see, this is the responsibility of the church to be doing this. Are you listening, church pastors? Listen very carefully. Watch this. And the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Verse 19. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. You ever feel a tickle in your throat and you say, "Oh, I think I'm coming down with something." Guess what? You open the door. Come on in, sickness. That's what you did. Watch your tongue. Watch what you say. Let's look at it from um by the way these scriptures are only found in Matthew about binding things and look at this in Matthew 18 because now we're dealing with it from I now the perspective of a person coming uh that's hurting the church that's hurting like I went to the father about these naysayers I I don't know these people who are writing these articles about droughts but that's what they believe in. There's nothing I can do. I can't go fly up there. I probably could have and and try to convince them that you're wrong. We can do this together, but because they're not believers in Christ, there's nothing I can do about it until the Lord brings them in. So watch how now you can deal cuz see when the church is trying to get together to go take a city and start evangelizing and to take back the harvest they are going to be dealing with the individuals in the church that are going to curse it or no that's not my thing that's not my calling but see that's the covering you're under if you're attending that church listen to this very carefully now in Matthew 18 we're going to read verses 15 through 20 moreover if your brother sins against you that's somebody coming against what the pastor, the leadership is calling for that prince in the heavenly realm to be the strong man of that region. You see, the church is here. He's got a a prince. Now, that prince can be strong if that headship of the church, which is the pastor and the elders, they need to be in the secret place with the Lord. They need to get together as well and they need to say, "I'm taking back my city." which means I'm coming against drugs, alcohol, vandalism, robberies, uh theft. Yeah, you name it. You got crimeridden areas in your city. Well, the church can take that back and bring in the people. What you have to do is you have to get in there and say the words, open their eyes to see, open their ears to see, hear, watch. I'm going to show you this in scripture, but let's I was kind of jumping ahead here. says, "So if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you've gained a brother. But if you not hear you, now you take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established." Notice how he says that. Every word may be established. Again, we're dealing with spoken words, blessings, cursings. Got to be careful with what you say. Verse 17. And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. Assurely I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. You see how the principle works. Remember the very first scripture, Ephesians 6:12. We don't fight against flesh and blood, but we fight against principalities, principles, rules, regulations, laws. You see, somebody is coming against you and saying no, we can't do this. Look at the the story of the 12 spies. 10 spies said no. Two said yes. And those two had to wait 40 years. So, it impacted them big time. But they got back, didn't they? They got to go in the promised land. They got back what they were what was stolen from them. You got to hear this. You got to understand. And you got to fight for this. You have to to take the effort to go fight for it. Look at this. 1 Timothy 6:12. Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of an eternal life to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. So now this is why the elders and the pastor have to get together behind the strong man. You need to tell them sin, you are not welcome here. We're shutting you off. And we're also speaking to the spirit of each person because each person now has a spirit that represents themselves in the spirit realm. Say, I open your eyes to see. I open your heart to receive. I open your ears to hear you. This is the responsibility of the church to take back. Now, imagine if every region did this. I think uh the Lord would be really definitely having a Holy Spirit revival being poured Previous Next Home

SPEAK The purpose of this message is to teach believers the power of speaking the Word of God. By examining Ezekiel, John, and Revelation, the message highlights how eating (absorbing) the Word and then declaring it brings life, blessings, and protection. It calls Christians to actively confess the promises of God, speak blessings over themselves and others, and remain rooted in Christ as the ultimate living Word, especially in light of prophetic times. < Back SPEAK Minister Lisa Kane January 8, 2023 Objective: The purpose of this message is to teach believers the power of speaking the Word of God. By examining Ezekiel, John, and Revelation, the message highlights how eating (absorbing) the Word and then declaring it brings life, blessings, and protection. It calls Christians to actively confess the promises of God, speak blessings over themselves and others, and remain rooted in Christ as the ultimate living Word, especially in light of prophetic times. Synopsis: The message opens in prayer, dedicating the teaching to the Lord and inviting His blessing. Lisa Kane introduces the theme “Speak” with Ezekiel 3:3, showing how Ezekiel had to eat the scroll before he could speak it. This principle is paralleled in John 1:1–5 and Genesis 1, where the spoken Word of God brings creation and life. The sermon emphasizes that God’s Word must not only be read but ingested—internalized—so that it can be spoken with authority. Lisa testifies from her own life how a remembered psalm she sang as a young believer eventually became a lived reality, demonstrating the prophetic power of one’s own words over time. Revelation 10 illustrates both the sweetness and bitterness of prophecy: while God’s Word brings life, it also contains warnings of judgment and tribulation. Lisa explains that our spoken words—whether blessings or curses—shape our lives, households, and communities. Speaking blessings brings God’s protection, provision, and peace, while careless or negative speech invites struggle. The message stresses that Israel’s restoration fulfills Ezekiel’s prophecy, showing the importance of spoken promises unfolding across history. As priests in Christ, believers are called to speak blessings over their homes, neighbors, and even enemies, interceding so that God’s goodness transforms situations. Lisa ties this to the gospel message in Romans 10:8–11, urging listeners to confess Jesus as Lord with their mouths and believe in their hearts for salvation. She warns that in the coming tribulation, the current salvation message will cease, replaced by a different revelation, making repentance urgent now. The sermon concludes with a strong call to action: speak blessings daily, declare God’s goodness over your life and surroundings, and watch His Word set boundaries of protection and provision. Believers are reminded that the bride of Christ is not appointed to God’s wrath, and those who confess Christ today will walk in His blessing and safety. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane. I'm recording this on January 8th, 2023 and this message is called Speak. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this message. It will be good and people will receive and understand and apply it to their lives. And I ask for your blessing on it as well so that they receive and apply it as well. And this message then is doubly blessed because I blessed it. You blessed it. Thank you, Father God, for your blessings. Thank you for your goodness, your holiness, your wonderfulness, Lord. And we lift you up and give you this message. This is yours. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So, before I get started here, just so you know, this is 2023, so we are starting off a new year here. What I did is I uploaded four messages from the past that were not on our website, and two of them are from 2004. And two of them are from 2007. Now, two of them are only audio. But oh my word, I'm listening to these this week and I was blessed. You're going to be blessed. Check it out. They're under the live video messages at this time. We want to feature them. I will put them in their permanent home on the website in probably a few weeks. But anyways, I'd like for you to check those out. You are going to be blessed. And they're by Pastor Marcos Morero. All right. So, this message is called Speak. Let's go to our opening uh scripture here. Ezekiel 3:3. And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly and fill your stomach with the scroll that I give you." So I ate and it was in my mouth like honey and sweetness. Okay. So in in order for Ezekiel to become a prophet, he had to eat the scroll, the living word of God. So so he had to eat it so he can speak it. So I got very excited about this message because I want you to realize that you and I've taught how to be a priest but even so to be that walking testimony you have to eat the word of God and you have to speak it to apply it to put it in action. So let us see how this goes. So Ezekiel was this way. He had to eat it and then he had to speak it. So he says and you know he said you got to eat the scroll. The scroll is the living word of God. How do we know this? Let's go to John. I want to make sure and give you the foundation of the scriptures here. John 1:es 1-5. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God. And the word was God. You know, pause there. In the beginning was the scroll and the scroll was with God and the scroll was God. So you see how Ezekiel applies to this. Let's continue on. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him nothing was made that was made. In him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. Okay. So, now you have Ezekiel and you have John. John wrote his gospel uh about 2,000 years ago. Ezekiel wrote his about 3,000 years ago, give or take. I might be off by a 500y year mark there. I didn't look up the dates, but what I'm showing you here is that we're applying the living word of God and how we speak it. So, Ezekiel spoke it, John speaks it for Revelation. He becomes a prophet for Revelation. So, John is a prophet as well. and he ends up speaking the scroll. So watch how he says though he says it's in the beginning. And so we have to go back now to the very beginning because we have to see how the word became because once we understand that we can see the example set for us because we're inheritors with Christ. We are adopted and because we're a part of Christ, we get to speak the word and we get to apply it to our lives. Blessings or cursings? Let's go back to the beginning. So, we're in Genesis chapter 1. We're going to look at verses 1-4. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness. Jesus is the embodiment, and I've said this multiple times now, of let there be light. He's the numa, the spoken word. He became flesh. So Ezekiel absorbed him. John absorbed him. And what we've absorbed, seeing what they've absorbed is they absorbed the spoken living word of God. They ate it and they spoke it and it became actionable. Oh, you guys are going to love this. Let's go to Psalms. Psalm 53. My voice you shall hear in the morning, oh Lord, in the morning. I will direct it to you and I will look up. The reason I bring up this scripture, I want you to hear this testimony. This is my testimony. I'm so excited about this message. Okay. When I was a young adult, married, had a child already and um in my mid20s. And in at that time, you know, I was on fire for God for some time, sometimes I wasn't. Sometimes I was in church, sometimes I wasn't. I was going up and down like a yo-yo. One day I had prayed and asked the Lord, why am I doing this? this is you know disrespectful because you know how can you love something sometimes and not other times. You see what I'm saying? So it was very disrespectful for me. So I prayed that prayer but at the same time during that time I was remembering songs and I was remembering scripture and this was one of those scriptures I remembered and I kept singing it over and over again and I had to delve into because I didn't go look it up. You know back then it was a little different for resources. So no I didn't go to my Bible and just look it up and no there was no website to really go search for it. So I just try to remember and I remember it and I remember it and I will sing it. Sing it. Sing it. Look at that scripture again. Look at this. Says in the morning I will direct it to you and I will look up. My voice you shall hear in the morning when now in the last 101 15 years of my life I've been commuting to and from work uh an hour plus each day. And when I start my drive now I uh used to commute with my husband and carpulled. So it was kind of more of a quiet drive. We just talked and talked about daily things. Well, since co he's been working from home, so I do this drive by myself now. So, what I started doing is I do my praise and worship time at that time. And because I'm driving to work 6:00 in the morning, there's the sun peeking over the mountains. When I reach the top of Ortega Highway at, you know, 6:30 in the morning, I see the sunrise coming up, give or take about that time. And he I had this epiphany. That song, that psalm that I sang, spoke with my mouth became true. It is a prophecy that I placed on my life. Didn't even know it. And look, today I get to say, you hear my voice in the morning. And you know what? I wasn't a morning person back then. I am now because you know I got to get to work in early in the morning. But isn't that amazing how you can see the power of God work in your words and you don't even know it. It may not even take it could take hours. It could take days. It take in my case it took years to see this but is absolutely incredible. Let's continue on with this. Now in Revelation 10:es 8-11, then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, "Go take the little book which is open on in the land in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth." So I went to the angel and said to him, "Give me the little book." And he said to me, "Take and eat it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth." Then I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter and he said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings." Okay, so you that's John. He is now he had to eat the book, the scroll. Ezekiel had to eat the scroll. Ezekiel prophesied many different things over the nation of Israel. John now is prophesied over people's time, everybody else. And the reason it's bitter is because he's also prophesying the seven-year tribulation that is coming. And that time that's coming is horrible. I do not wish it on anybody. I don't wish hell on anybody. I really hope that everybody repents and gets back into, you know, pray and and seek God because I'm telling you right now, you do not want to go because these are prophecies that John made and it was bitter. It made his stomach sour. But he had to say these are the prophets that had to speak these words that God told them to speak. So they spoke and these words are over us today and they are applicable. Now what I'm also trying to teach in this message not only to show you these prophets prophecies that are over us that are going to come to pass but to show you how your spoken word becomes a prophecy over you because you are a servant of the most high. You are a believer in Christ, you've acknowledged that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And by the way, those that don't acknowledge, your spoken words are over you as well. So if you're a cursor, somebody who curses all the time, those spoken words are over you. Imagine the frustration that you're living with when you don't have to when you can speak your blessings over your life. You know, and I want you to understand something. I'm not saying that you're going to be rich if you speak richness over you. I mean, you could be. God does anything and everything. You You got to understand that. But, you know, I've prayed for the lottery. I've not won it. But, I have a roof over my head. My house payment is paid every month. I've got food on the table. I've got extra blankets when it's cold. And I've got clothing that's applicable to who I am. I am not for need. You see, that's how the Lord works. That's how he blesses. He provides. I mean, he if he takes care of the birds, as he says in the gospels, he's definitely going to take care of you. So, I may not be speaking prosperity, if you will. But I am speaking blessings, but I understand and know that the seven-year tribulation is coming, which is hell on earth. And I know these things are coming. And as long as I acknowledge both, I'm not living in a fantasy world of richness here. I'm living in the reality of it. So I want you to understand though that even in this you know I got blessed with a huge raise uh last year and the year before which compensated for the financial economic situation we're in right now. It didn't impact me and my household at all. Ain't that amazing? You can see when the Lord is blessing you because you're speaking the blessings on your life that you are in good standing and he will cover you. And it is a miraculous thing. In fact, your borders, your boundaries are protected and the devil can't get to you. Go read Job and find out, you know, Job had a protection. The Lord allowed Satan to come through, but he couldn't get through until the Lord allowed him. You could always go to God and said, "Don't allow this Lord." All right, let's go back to Ezekiel 3:12. Then the spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice. Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his place. Now I want you to see God's glory is blessed. This is an angel that spoke this because God's voice is different than a thunderous loud uh loud sound. This thunderous voice was an angel. Whereas God's voice is living waters. You can go look that up. But you can see now his blessing is on the glory which is his boundary. Sin cannot penetrate. You see the enemy cannot penetrate. So God has his protection. So this angel spoke that. It was already spoken before. He's just reiterating it. Okay. Now let's go to Psalm 38. Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon your people. Sa God has already blessed us with his son Jesus. You just need to acknowledge, speak it, and you have that salvation upon you. And it's your boundary. It keeps the enemy from penetrating. Watch your words and speak the blessings. The moment you wake up, you need to speak your blessing on the day. It's going to be a good day. It's going to be a good day. No matter where I go to work, no matter what I do, I speak. It's going to be good. And then I bless it. And then I say, "Lord, I ask for your blessing." He already blessed in the word of God. And I can say, "Thank you for your blessing." Oh, hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Ezekiel 28:25-26. Thus says the Lord God, when I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered and am hollowed in them in the sight of Gentiles, I want you to see something. Ezekiel prophesied this 3,000 years ago, but it's for today. Look at this. He says, "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among them whom they were scattered, God scattered the nation of Israel and they came back. And when they came back, they became a nation again in 1948. and the the Jerusalem became a capital in 1967. They're back. What? Look what he says here and am hollowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles. All of us who are believers in Christ know that God's chosen people are the nation of Israel. We respect them. We bless them. We pray for them because that's God's chosen people. They are hollowed in our sight. I'm a Gentile, but I believe in God and am I I'm adopted into his kingdom. So, I'm a part of this nation. And so, I bless them and I'm I just I follow them. I respect them. I give them up to the Lord. That's prophecy being fulfilled today. Let's continue reading that on. Then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there. Safely there. Build houses and plant vineyards. Yes, they will dwell securely when I execute judgments, when I execute judgments, and all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God. Listen, so even though we're speaking blessings, because then that puts that boundary around us, we know that destruction is on its way. Did you see they will be there securely? When Ezekiel prophesies in Isa in uh Ezekiel 38 about Gog and Magog, Russia and their allies attempting to invade Israel, God stops them. They don't get past the borders because nation of Israel is blessed because there's a spoken prophecy over them. Oh, this is so good. I want you to see that even though the seven-year tribulation is coming, destruction is coming, God's wrath is going to report on the earth, the boundary is around us because we're blessed because we're the bride of Christ. We're part of the nation of Israel now. We're part of this. We're part of God and we're blessed. We get to have what the world can't have, but they're dying and craving for it, but they can't have it. Oh, look at this. You guys have to understand that even though destruction is coming, God's wrath is going to be poured out. We have his blessings and we are protected and blessed. Look at this. Let's continue on. Ezekiel 44:30. The best of all first fruits of any kind and every sacrifice of any kind. From all your sacrifices shall be the priest. Also, you shall give to the priest the first of your ground meal to cause a blessing to rest on your house. Okay? I have taught you how to be a priest and how to atone for your household, for your neighbors. Oh, so you give your first fruits, you give your children, you give your husband, your spouse, your wife, you give your household to the Lord, give your neighborhood to the Lord. Let me tell you something. When you go to bless your neighbors, listen, listen to this very carefully. Let's say you live in a neighborhood and there's uh thievery going on. Bless them. Say, Lord, bless them with prosperity. Bless them so that they have the things that they need. And say, I forgive them of their sins, Lord, and I ask you to forgive them as well. And when you intercede on their behalf like that, what happens? Suddenly they're blessed. They've got goods. They don't want to steal from you anymore because they've got what they need. Do you see how much it impacts you when you bless your enemies? Oh, you got to grasp this. You've got to grasp this, my friend. You have got to understand that when you give the Lord your first, you give him your home, you give him your children, you give him your finances, you give him, you say, "I cast my cares on you, Lord, and I give you my first. I give you my food. I give you this is yours, Lord. And you're constantly putting God first. You make him the center of your life. And you have that relationship built. And you do this daily. This is all the time. And then you bless bless bless the land for rain. Look at what we're getting. We're getting so much rain. You guys could go back and watch my teachings. I've been praying for rain now for a little over a year. And I'm going to tell you, we finally got it. Yes, it is uh rough. We're having some destruction. I'm praying that people don't get hurt. But I am telling you, we needed this rain here in Southern California and Northern California. And it's finally coming back in because we can be restored because the enemy has tried to take that away from us, make us dry, make us hurt and suffer. We don't have to be that. We get to speak blessings. I speak blessings to the land that it will be rich and moist and will be fruitful and multiply. That is how it works, my friend. Speak. Speak up. You need to be speaking the best the blessings over your life and those around you. If you do your part and your neighbors do their part, everybody's doing their part. And imagine what the world will be like. You know, God then has to change, which he can do anything he needs or wants. But I'm going to tell you right now, whether things get changed or not, we have that boundary around us. And the prophecy still stands, he is still bringing his wrath, and it is going to be poured out on this earth. That is how this is going to be. Now look at Revelation here 1:3. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near. I want you to understand as you're reading the word of God, you're absorbing, you're eating it, you're speaking it. The blessings are on the word that you speak and it becomes a part of your life. And this here is Revelation. This is the very beginning of Revelation where wrath is coming. So he's telling you, you've got to keep the written word. You've got to understand that even though hell on earth is about to break your boundary, your barrier, your blessing, because you are already dead to this world because you live for Christ. This world means nothing to you, but you have everything in it because of God. And the devil gets mad about that. He don't like that. But you know what? Too bad. so sad because my God Jesus is the son of God and I made him Lord of my life and I spoke him as Lord of my life and because he's the Lord of my life. He is the Lord around my household. He is the Lord around everything around me. That is Christ and he is good. Oh hallelujah. Speak the word of God. Romans 10 8-11. I want you to understand something here. I need you to understand so what we're preaching now. So even though we're preaching blessings, we are preaching salvation. This is what the bride of Christ is doing. This is our job. This is the current time. Understand this very carefully. We are preaching that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that you have to confess him as your Lord and Savior. And as you do that, you get salvation and the seed begins to germinate in you and you your life starts to change as you activate that seed. You have an action. You confess, you speak. Let's go look at the scriptures. This is the gospel now. Romans 10:8-11. What does it say? The word is near you in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith which we speak which we preach. That if you confess with your mouth, you speak with your mouth. Do you see this? We're speaking the word of God the Lord g that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes under righteousness and with the mouth confession is made into salvation. For the scripture says, "Whoever believes on him will not be put to shame." This is what we teach. This is what we preach right now. This is what the body of Christ who are declaring Jesus as the son of God is teaching. But guess what? This preaching comes to an end. You will not be able to do this once you enter that seven-year tribulation. So I need you to understand why the bride of Christ does not go through the wrath of God. As you can see, when you speak and you confess Jesus as the son of God and ask him to be your Lord and Savior, that boundary is placed on you. You are no longer appointed to God's wrath. So, when day one begins of the 7-year tribulation period where Gog and Magog invades or attempts to evade Israel, they're killed, earthquake happens, sun goes dark, the moon turns to red. When all that happens on that day, the message, the gospel of Jesus ends. It stops. It is no longer applicable. Why? And how do I know this one? This is when the bride of Christ is going to be removed. We know the 144,000 are going to be sealed. They're going to get a uh something written on their forehead and then the two witnesses are going to show up. Then something happens. Let's go to Revelation. I want you to see there's a different salvation message in this time. Look at this. Revelation 10:3-4. And cried with a loud voice as when a lion roars when he cried out, "Seven thunders utter their voices." is now when the seven thunder thunders uttered their voices. I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them." For the first time in scripture, now Daniel's was also, so it's really the second time in scripture that the word of God is sealed. And in fact, this these words that the thunders uttered have not been shared. Daniel's book is now open and knowledge is expanding and this is why we can understand a little more about what the is going on in the seven-year tribulation. But you can see these words have not been revealed. These thunders are telling the people who are living on the earth at that time and remember the bride of Christ is already gone. The message of salvation is now gone. You cannot repent now. It it's not there. These seven thunders are going to tell you how to get saved. So, if you're still here during that time, you better listen and listen carefully. Now, some theologians believe that you're going to have to be beheaded. I don't know. I know that there are going to be sacrifices because they will be beheading people who will not take the mark of the beast. Don't take the mark of the beast. Whatever you do, in fact, I want you to see something here. Even if you don't believe, just don't take the mark of the beast because I believe that because you defend Christ, you reject the Antichrist, you're you're not accepting the Antichrist, I think you're going to still get saved. I want you to see something here in John chapter 9. Watch this. This is very powerful. Okay? And in to give you some context here in John chapter nine, uh, a blind man was born. And now he's a young adult or adult I don't know how old he is but uh uh God heals him and and he's got in fact the way the words are uh understood is that he has u no eye sockets he's born weird it's different and so the Pharisees Sadducees are saying well what sin did his parents commit that caused this guy to be born this way and you know and that is what it is there sin brings consequences uh that's why Some people have cancers. Uh depending on what sin you're doing, there are rare blood disease orders. Your city rejecting Christ. All that comes to haunt you later. And this is why you need to repent. Okay. So anyways, the Pharisees, Sadducees are asking, they're hounding this guy. This guy doesn't believe in Christ, but God created healed him. And in fact, Jesus says, "No, there's no sin here. I I just did this because I wanted you to see something." Okay, let's go see what Jesus wanted us to see. Watch what this guy does. This is the guy that got healed and he's saying he whether he talking about Jesus is a sinner or not. I do not know. One thing I know though that I was blind and now I see. Then they said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He told him, "I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?" He's really taking them off. I'm telling you right now. But what happened is Jesus comes back to him later because he defended Jesus but he wasn't saved. But Jesus comes back, meets up with him second time and then converses with him and he gets saved. But you see how he defended Christ. If you're part of that seven-year tribulation and you reject the the mark of the beast, Jesus will save you. I want you to know that. I want you to understand that. You need to defend that Jesus is the son of God. It's easier if you do it now. Believe you me, you want to repent now. Don't wait for that time. And I already told you in many messages that that time is going to happen in our lifetime. When you start to see uh Mark, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13, those prophecy the spoken word when Jesus said there'll be rumors of wars and wars, Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China and any of the other places that are going on. You hear these things, you see these things. Look at what happened since 1900s. We've had World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Afghanistan War. We've had all these wars. And did you see that was like a 100 plus years ago that this all started? Then you have large earthquakes in various places. When's the very first large earthquake that began? Just a shy of 120 years ago. Hear these words, guys. Hear these words. So, and that was in 1906. And it was in April and it happened up in San Francisco. big huge earthquake. Wait a minute. Isn't that when the Isuza strike revival was going on? You guys got to go look that up. So all of that started happening and then pestilence and famines. Wait a second here. COVID HN1, SARS, AIDS. We've been having it. The black uh plague, the bubonic plague, uh we've been having these diseases hit us. And by the way, that was a resurgence of the bubanic plague in 1906, right around that same time. You go look all this up. All of this started. And when you see those prophecies get fulfilled, just know this generation shall not pass away. This is it. This is our lifetime. So now is the time to repent and get close to God. And you want to because then you can be like Noah. You can be like Job. You can be like Moses. You can be like these men of God who God called righteous. And you will know the mysteries of the word of God. You will know because he wants to share it with you. He told Noah, seven days in advance, I'm going to flood the earth, get into the ark. And he did. But the rest of the world didn't know. They were all unrighteous people. My friend, now is the time to repent. Now, now is the time to spend time with God and give him the glory and to speak the blessings on your life. Confess Jesus is the son of God. Confess that he's your Lord and Savior. And every morning you get up, say, "It's going to be a good day." Every night before you go to bed, is going to be a good night of sleep. You start speaking these blessings on you. Speak it over your neighbor. Speak it over your household. Speak it over your work. Speak and have blessings on your life. And watch the words that you say. So if you feel like you're coming down with something, don't say it. Say, "Nope, I don't have time for you. Get out of here. I am blessed. I'm healed. I'm good. And God has already blessed me." Hallelujah. All right. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this message. We thank you for your blessing on it. Oh, let us live it and apply it and speak your word and your blessings over our lives, Father God. In the glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. God bless you and we will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home

VALUABLE AND INVALUABLE WORKS To teach believers the biblical distinction between works that have eternal value and those that do not, emphasizing that salvation is secure in Christ but that each person’s works will be tested by fire at the judgment seat of Christ. The goal is to encourage Christians to live in obedience, walk in the Spirit, and build on the foundation of Jesus with works that endure, producing spiritual fruit and eternal reward. < Back VALUABLE AND INVALUABLE WORKS Minister Lisa Kane February 15, 2024 Objective: To teach believers the biblical distinction between works that have eternal value and those that do not, emphasizing that salvation is secure in Christ but that each person’s works will be tested by fire at the judgment seat of Christ. The goal is to encourage Christians to live in obedience, walk in the Spirit, and build on the foundation of Jesus with works that endure, producing spiritual fruit and eternal reward. Synopsis: This message opens with prayer and then moves into a study of 1 Corinthians 3:8–15, where Paul explains that all believers share the same foundation in Jesus Christ, but their works—whether valuable (gold, silver, precious stones) or invaluable (wood, hay, stubble)—will be revealed by fire on judgment day. Pastor Lisa stresses that salvation is secure by grace, not lost by failures, but the quality of each believer’s life and obedience determines eternal reward. The teaching explores how different types of believers respond to the Word of God, drawing from the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:18–23): some never grasp it, others receive with joy but fall away under pressure, some are choked by worldliness and riches, while others bear fruit abundantly. These responses illustrate the difference between fruitless and fruitful Christian living. Practical application is given through Colossians 3:23–25 and John 14:12, highlighting that true valuable works are those done “from the Spirit unto the Lord,” not for men’s approval. Examples include praying for leaders rather than condemning them, walking in forgiveness, and seeking God diligently—each act counted as valuable before Him, regardless of outward results. The message warns against judging others harshly, reminding believers that Romans 14 teaches all will stand before Christ’s judgment seat. Instead, Christians are urged to live in humility, obedience, and faith, allowing the Spirit to guide their works so that they produce lasting fruit. Valuable works flow from relationship with God, trust in His sovereignty, and obedience to His Word, while invaluable works—though done in the flesh—will be consumed by fire. The teaching closes with encouragement: whether one stumbles or walks faithfully, salvation remains secure in Christ (Romans 10:9). Yet the call is to build wisely on the foundation of Jesus, storing up eternal treasures that will endure, so that each believer may enter eternity not empty-handed but richly rewarded. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane and I'm recording this message on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Welcome. This message is called Valuable and Invaluable Works. Let's open up in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for the anointing of your presence in our hearts and minds. And we thank you for your prepare preparation of our hearts and minds to receive this word. That we are prepared to learn knowledge today of who you are and what you are and what you're doing in our lives. And that we actually have a goal to look forward to, Father God. And that we operate and practice on that goal, Father God, as we run our race. We thank you, Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. And amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scriptures. This is called valuable and invaluable works. 1 Corinthians 3:8. Now he that planteth and he that waterth are one, and every man shall receive or to take his own reward. That word reward there means to pay for service wages according to his own labor. Reminder that when you see the scriptures up on the screen, the bolded word means that it's the original word in the King James version. And the words in the parenthesis are other translations that that word could have been been interpreted as going back to the original language. Uh whether Greek for the New Testament or um yeah different languages there but the Hebrew for the Old Testament and I use the Strongs uh concordance or the dictionary for that. So welcome. I want to uh share something about this message. The goal here is to get your eyes on judgment day. Now, part of this is so that you can understand salvation better because I'm hoping that this is going to break through as a very powerful, knowledgeable tool of what we as the church should be teaching and preaching. We do not teach on the spirit of fear and we should not be teaching that anyone can lose their salvation. You know, you can rebel against God, rebel all you want, but God is [Music] patient, long-suffering, and he will go to hell to get you back out of there if he must. You see, don't limit God for who he is and what he can do. God is who he is, and this is what he's going to do. So as you can see here in in this uh 1 Corinthians 3:8 in the first three chapters here 1 Corinthians Paul is dealing with the Corinthians on the debate of I am of Apollos I am of Paul and you see Paul is saying listen we are all of one spirit which is Christ our Lord Jesus the Messiah. So he's saying in that walk, you may plant and water. You you each have different things that you're going to do and you're going to receive your own reward according to your own labor, whatever that may be. So like in my case, whether anyone ever listens to these messages or not doesn't matter. What matters is that I took the liberty to go and do it, pray to God, give it to the Lord. And and in reality, it's kind of a vlog for me teaching me the scriptures. This is how I teach my spirit. And then I'm letting you watch and observe. It's up to you how you want to uh be in ministry with the Lord. He blesses whether you're in the wilderness or in the city. He blesses as long as you put him first. Matthew 6:33. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and then all these things will be added unto you. So, and remember, salvation is of the Lord. It's not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord. So that means what we're doing is we're letting the spirit go ahead of us and do his part. And we're just wherever we go, we be in the right place to say the right thing, to pray the right thing, um or to know what to pray for, how to pray, that sort of thing, and hope that someone gets saved. Now, keep in mind that there are different levels of people Our people are at different levels of salvation. Some of them will confess once and that's the only time they'll ever do it. Remember the thief on the cross? He was saved and all he did was confess there on the cross and acknowledge Jesus of who he is. So there are going to be people that are going to be like that and they're going to end up in a dire situation. But remember that they will call out when it comes towards the end there. and the Holy Spirit is not going to forget them and he's going to be with them. And then there are others that are going to get saved and they're going to go live their own life, come back to God when they feel like it, go back and live their own life again. You're going to have these different levels of people's salvation. Um or they're going to people are going to be at different levels with their salvation. And there's nothing wrong with that. God knows each every individual that exists. Let's continue with scripture because I want you to see and understand this. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15. So, we're going to be talking about judgment day. It says, "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." So, I want to lay something down here first. Okay. When you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, you actually laid well, Christ laid the foundation for you. He's the one who died on the cross. He's the one who rose from the grave. It is his it is his blood that has redeemed you. So that means when you accept that that foundation is put under your feet and you stand on him. That is your rock. That is your foundation. So from that moment forward you will be judged. Whether you live for Christ or not you will be judged. Now see salvation is of the Lord. He chooses you. So, it's up to you of what valuable works will be there on the day of judgment that will survive the fire. Let's go to scripture and look at how this fire works. This is very interesting and very important. Verse 12. Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, every man's work shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. We'll continue here in a minute. So meaning that once that foundation is under your feet, because remember he says the foundation of Jesus, everything is laid on that foundation. And remember many be remember your first love and remember the beginning of your life. You could have been one of those who were like a yo-yo. I know this is how I was. I believed in Christ. I grew up in the church. I accepted Christ at six. I was baptized at nine, water baptized at nine. And um as a young woman in the Lord, sometimes I was on fire for God. And then there were other times he was the farthest thing from my mind. Did that mean that I did not have salvation when he was the furthest thing from my mind? No. It meant that his foundation was there, but everything I was doing was invaluable. Nothing of value toward God was being added into my pile. So, had I died at that time, I would have had the times that I was on fire for God, those values would be there and they would be right next to me. But, and they would have survived the fire. What survives fire? Look at what's in the the the values that he's looking at. Gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble. You see, gold, silver, precious stones will melt, but they don't disintegrate. Wood, hay, stubble disintegrates. And it does not, there's nothing left of it. Once it burns, it's done. It's gone. So, this is what I'm trying to explain is that you have a future ahead of you where you're going to face God on judgment day. Let's continue on to verse 14. If any man's work abide, which he hath built there upon, meaning built upon the the foundation of Christ, he shall receive a reward, or you're going to be paid for your services. I love that. The translation of that word reward means to be paid for services, wages. And then if any man's work shall be burned, consumed holy, meaning the wood, the hay, the stubble, and there was nothing left. It was consumed completely. Look at this. It says he shall suffer loss, which means be injured, but he himself shall be saved. Look at this. Delivered, protect, preserved, healed. Yes. So as by fire. You see, you don't lose your salvation. It just means you came into heaven with nothing of value of what you did as works here on the earth when you walked on the foundation of Jesus. I hope you're grasping this because this changes the dynamics of things. You see, I'm not talking about um living for Christ and doing it fakeely. I'm going to give you some examples of what it's like to do something appropriately in the living word of God that becomes valuable and becomes valuable for you. Because see, when you're working out your salvation with the Lord, it is about you and your presence with the Lord, it's not about what the outcome of whether somebody gets saved or not by what you do. It's not by the outcome of whether they believe or not because the Holy Spirit is going to work on them. It is about you and your walk with Christ and whether you're putting valuable works into your life onto the foundation of Christ that will pass the test of fire. Because if you're not putting anything valuable there, let's go look at what Jesus has to say in John 14:12. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth or have faith on me. The works that I do, he shall do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my father. So, he's your foundation. You're supposed to be doing valuable works. Now, God understands your free will. He knows who you are. He knows what kind of person you are. And he has built those personalities into salvation. And he explains it in the parable of the swer. Let's go look at that because I think once you see this and grasp it, we can elaborate further on these values. Amen. These workable value, values of work. Uh we're in Matthew 13:18-23. Hear ye therefore the parable of the swer. When anyone heareth or gives in an audience the word of the kingdom. So this is something said or thought of whether and this is on the kingdom of God. And then you put it together. You understand it. Not look at look at what this is saying. When one hearth the word of the kingdom and understandeth it not. You couldn't put it together. You see somebody's talking to you about salvation but you're not getting it. And if you watch a lot of the videos on social media, you will see some kids questioning things like, "But why? Why is he allowing this evil? Why does it have to be done this way? Why? I think all ways can get to God." You see, watch this. Watch. This is very powerful. Then cometh. So when one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it, not could not put it together, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside. If you're a gardener, you will know that there are some plants and seeds that are very easy to germinate from seed from uh uh starting a seed. You plant a seed, you water it, you know, you do whatever you got to do to make that seed. But there are some that are very very temperamental. Well, this is one of them. These are people um that has that personality. They hear the word of God and they're questioning it and the questions aren't meshing to the level of faith because they're not understanding it. So, they're not receiving. And so, the Satan comes in and quickly snatches them away and gets them out of there. And they feel much better to rebel and to fight um things that they think are right. You know, love is love. You know what I'm talking about there. They think that is right when God is saying out of obedience whether you understand it or not. Yeah, I love you but I don't love your sin and I call that a sin because I tell you to be fruitful and multiply and that sin will not be fruitful and multiply. It's just because you don't understand that yet. That's okay. That's okay. But that means you have to come into obedience. These people don't. So you can see that personality here. They're not going to have any valuable works because they failed to establish the foundation of God in their lives. Let's continue on and look at the next level in the parable of the sewer. Verse 20. But he that received the seed into stony places, stony places is hardhearted. Watch this one. The same is he that heareth the word and anon or straight level with joy receive it. He receives. He's hard-hearted, but he received yet hath he not root in himself, but durth for a while. For when tribulation or pressure, persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by, he is offended, which means scandalized or entrapped. Now, did he not become a believer? No. He received it with joy. The issue is is his personality. His personality did not allow him to drill in the root of looking at the word, finding out who Jesus. Now, there's two parts to that. This person could have done it on his own through the Holy Spirit or the one who led him to the Lord didn't show him that these are things you have to do to uh to make your foundation your foundation in Christ. Sure. But either way, the spirit's involved and the spirit goes forth and this person didn't grab it or didn't sustain it and got caught up in the scandalized and got offended and they accuse the church of everything and anything. So, you've got that personality out there, right? You think that person is making valuable works or they're just accusing the church. You see, I'm going to teach you how to turn that into a valuable work appropriately and hopefully open your eyes to help change the hearts and the minds of these people simply by praying and letting the Holy Spirit do his part. But you get the valuable work out of it because you prayed. We're going to we'll show you that. It's awesome. This is a great teaching. Uh verse 22. He also that receiveth seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the let me read that again. I'm g start again. He also that receiveth seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care of this world or the distraction of this world and the deceitfulness delusion of riches wealth choked or strangled completely the word and he becometh unfruitful or barren. Okay. So now I'm going to stop here. This is what the Christian most people see every day. They go to church, their church is teaching them to claim the values of wealth. They have their wealth. They're claiming their wealth. And it is all about wealth for them. And it is nothing to do with the world or the the word of God actually. It is all about themselves about how wealthy they are and how the cares of the world they get involved with. They get involved with royalty. Uh who's who. Uh the type of clothing keeping up with the Joneses. These are a type of Christian. Again, they're a Christian, but they're not putting anything valuable into the works that's going to be tried by fire, and those works are not going to be sustained. Now, let's look at the next one. I'm trying to show you all the little different ones here. Verse 23. But he that receives seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth. He put it all together. He comprehended it, which also beareth fruit and bringeth forth. Some 100fold, some 60, some 30. Now there are believers in Christ who decide to go to the next level. So we got our foundation of Christ. We open the Bible, we read the Bible, we get into the word of God. We spend time in the secret place with the Lord. We praise God at home in everything we do at our jobs and at church. And we live the exemplary type of life that hopefully others will see and be hunger and hungry and thirsty for it and want it too. Now, what is a valuable work and what is an invaluable work? Because now that you see the different types of Christians out there, let's kind of get down to the root of what this is and and let's go to Colossians 3. We're start here in verse 23. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily or from the spirit as to the Lord and not unto men. Very key there. We're talking from the spirit. We are not talking about works that are earthly works. We are talking spiritual works because we operate in the spirit. We do not fight against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities. Okay? And there's more to that scripture. You can read that scripture on your own if you like. Verse 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance heir possession for ye serve the Lord Christ. You see how doing it from heartily from the spirit to the Lord and not unto men. This is what I was referring to earlier. You do your part. It doesn't matter the outcome of them because you're doing it. But you need to do it in the spirit. And I'm going to show that a little further. Verse 25. But he that doeth wrong or to be unjust shall receive the wrong which he hath done. And there is no respect of persons. You can do wrong. You can be a man, a woman, you can be black, white, you could be green, an alien, UFO, whatever you do wrong. You will have wrong come back onto you. There's what's called the Abrahamic curse and you can go look at that. The Abrahamic blessing and cursing and basically if you curse Israel, the curses are on you. You bless Israel, you will be blessed. And that blessing and cursing still applies to this day. So the valuable work has to do with the spirit now. Okay? Now remember this has nothing to do with whether you're going to enter heaven or not. You're going to enter heaven. It's a question of how you're going to enter heaven. You see, if you're putting in the valuable works, you're going to slide into heaven and you're going to be the cool man and you're going to be placed in a position because you've got your value of all the things. Of course, it comes with humility and things of that nature. So, but you're going to walk in like that because God has already blessed you because you had already started your spiritual life here in the earth on in your flesh. And that means your eternity already began. So, he's already teaching you positions in heaven that you're going to operate here and now. When you're not doing anything of value and it gets tested by fire and all that burns, you walk in, but you're going to have to go through training and other areas before you can be moved into into any position. Your inheritance is that you got into heaven. You just didn't get anything more out of it. As to what is more, heaven is a mystery. But I know this, it's better than this place. Amen. Now, what is a valuable uh thing here on earth that you can do? So, let's say you you see a pastor mess up, and I use this all the time uh in part of my analogies, especially when I remind you guys, listen, if you if I mess up, don't come attacking the messenger. Listen, the L the Lord will talk to me. And he doesn't. And I've I've done that through my history. If you watch my videos in history, you will see I have I was misquing um Joel 2:32. Is Joel 21:13 for I think I did it three messages in a row. But the Holy Spirit caught me and he taught me and I caught it. And the next message I said, "Oh, you know, I I didn't go re-record those messages. I shouldn't have to." This is how it works. Never go after the anointed one in a position. So if you have a leader in the church who is not following the principles of the Bible, meaning he's got a wobbly foundation going on. He's misleading people and there he's under a delusion and a deception because he's forgetting the foundation of the word of God. Your job if you want the valuable work out of this is you need to pray for him. That is a value of gold, silver and precious stones that will go into your pile and God is going to count it as valuable whether that pastor changes or not. You see it has nothing to do with that pastor and the outcome. It has to do with whether you were obedient and gave it to the Lord. Now, there is a calling that the Bible teaches us of how to go minister to a pastor if need be. Now, it could it may need to come from another pastor. It may need to come from his friend, but somebody will do it. But your prayer will go farther than anything you can say or condemn him in the public. You will not get anywhere. If you choose to condemn him and bring him down in public, all you're doing is putting an invaluable item in your pile. So, it's going to be burned. It's going to be that wood, the hay, the stubble. It's going to burn away. It ain't valuable. That's just one example. Now, how when you go to pray in the spirit, what are you praying? Look, I want you to understand um because the Lord's going to teach you how to pray. And I've been dealing with prayer since um well, the end of last year, November, December, maybe even as early as October. And then we started doing uh the new prayers. I had a new empowering prayers on the website. You can go check those out. And there is a big call for prayer right now in the churches. If you haven't caught on to that, you're not paying attention. I want you to pay attention. So look, look at how we should do this. How we get this valuable work in our pile. Hebrews 11:6. But without faith or persuasion, credence, it is impossible to please him. Who? Please God. For he that cometh to God must believe, have faith that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek out, investigate. No, notice, you are rewarded for seeking him out, no matter what the outcome is. I hope that you are grasping that because we're talking valuable works versus invaluable works. how to be a beloved believer in Christ and yet still have your reward and inheritance, not losing a salvation, but being able to walk in and still have something to walk in with that is valuable. And you'll be surprised because I I'll know this much. Many people and and you see this is why we're not God and we're not the Holy Spirit and we shouldn't try to do their jobs for them. Many people who face a crisis situation in their lives automatically call out to God. That is salvation. That's confession. This is why bad things happen. Sometimes it it needs to happen bad in order to wake you up because if everything's going good, why would you need God? You see, and I think a lot of people misunderstand that concept of it. You know, God is in control. God is in control of everything, good and evil. So once you grasp it and by the way that changed my my whole walk with Christ when that happened handful of years ago and I taught on it here it is acknowledging and realizing that when God is in control it's a it's a humbling factor in your life because suddenly okay God I don't know why I'm being attacked but I'm going to come to you I'm g praise you I'm going worship you and I'm going to act in obedience by coming to you and giving you this thing and I'm going to cast it out. But I am also asking help me fix my walk if I'm doing something wrong. Am I saying something wrong? Am I misunderstanding something wrong? That is a valuable prayer that goes in the pile. And then what happens is as you open your word of God, he begins to work in you through the spirit and your walk changes. Now sometimes go to Paul's life. Look at his life as a believer in Christ. He stood up against the sin of what was going on in the cities and he vocalized. He went to prison for it. He was buffeted by either the Holy Spirit, this the Satan, the spirits that were preventing him from going towards us. Cuz see, he knew in his mind that he had the keys to the kingdom of heaven. He knew that what he loosed was loosed and what he bound was bound. He knew that he can go forward and make a change in all of these areas and he tried and something stopped him. You see, he was moving into this region of spirituality while he was still a man and God being the one in control says, "Let's calm down. I know you got it. I need you to go here and do this." And this is where the Christian's life and walk changes. Paul was buffeted. It knocked him down. Whether he got sick, whether he he had a thorn in his side, whatever it was, we don't know really what that was. We can surmise. But either way, he was having some serious issues. Could have been with the mind. It could have been anything. This is where you come in and say, "Well, Lord, then I'm going to choose to have a relationship with you because I believe that you're in control. you're God and I'm just going to give it to you. And you see now God says, "Okay, now I want you here and he's going to show you and move you around." He's going to help you put your valuable works on the table. So it passes the test of fire. Amen. Romans 14:7-10. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. I want you to catch this because Paul caught it. You see, it's not about doing this for even the valuable things that we want to put in our pile, but it is for us having that better relationship with Christ. And that whatever the outcome is as between the spirit, God, and that person, not you. And this is the scripture for that. For whether we live, we live into the Lord. And whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Whether we live therefore we or die, we are the Lord's. I hope you're getting this. Understand that whether you actually do the prayer and you pray for that person or you don't, you're still a believer in Christ because you are of the Lord. Now, you may live longer because you did it and you got the value in there or you may die a quicker death, but you're still of the Lord. I hope you're getting this. This is very powerful, very blatant, very straightforward scripture. You cannot deny. Look at verse 9 and 10. For to this end Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living. Meaning both whether you choose to do a valuable thing for your life or you choose to do an invaluable work in your life. Oh, I hope you're catching this. But why dust thou judge thy brother? Or why dust thou set not thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. You see now he's talking about exactly what I'm talking about. So if you're going to go judge your brother, he's saying go in the spirit and do it valuably. Do the work appropriately under the spirit of God. Give your brother to the Lord in the spirit. Don't go and condemn him. Don't go because see whether you're going to die or live. Christ died for both and you have to stand before the judgment seat. It doesn't matter. I hope you're getting this. I pray and I hope that others will follow my example and choose the the path where you put the valuable things down in the spirit on your foundation of Jesus Christ. But if you choose to walk away, I bless you and I I I give you to the Lord. I pray I forgive you. Remember who you forgive, Jesus forgives. So walk in forgiveness for your brother and sister in the Lord. You need to be doing that because when you're forgiving, there's another valuable item you are adding to the foundation that's going to pass the test of fire. But again, Jesus died for both. So, if you miss one time that you didn't do something valuable, it's not the end of the world. You catch it on the next one. You see, I don't want you to feel condemned or guilty because you missed something. What you simply do is you forgive and you move on. Forgive yourself. Again, that's a valuable work that you add to the pile. You turn your life around and you walk with Christ. I hope you're grasping this. This is awesome. Verse 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad, worthless, worth, worthy or worthless on your body. By the way, notice that this is about your body. You know, um remember we are under a curse. When man fell, we become part of death. Every man is appointed to die once. Hebrews 9:27. And that means to die, we're aging. But every moment you spend with Christ, the aging slows down. So even though the curse is there, we can be an overcomer. We're still in this flesh. This flesh is still going to fall. But God sent his son. And that means our soul and our spirit, he's going to choose us. He's going to pull us out of this. We're going to be with him in eternity. Amen. Whether we did a valuable thing or a worthless or invaluable thing. I hope you're getting that. See, Romans 10:9 simply tells you that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. That's all it takes. So, the moment you're in a situation where you say, "Lord Jesus," and maybe nobody ever hears you say this, just the Holy Spirit, and you choose to do invaluable, you're saved. You see, this is why we can't condemn our brothers and sisters in the Lord. This is why we have to have compassion and love and forgiveness for them. We don't know what's going on in their hearts, but the Holy Spirit does. And it is possible and very highly probable that they called on Christ somewhere along their life because all of us face some sort of hardship in our lives. And I'm going to tell you right now, I've done my fair share of calling on Christ, saying, "Forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me." especially when I get sick or anything of that nature and it's like h Lord what did I do and then I realize has nothing to do with that you know what I'm still you know what I be I I treat it like I'm kind of like Job where you know what devil you want to attack me with a sickness or whatever so be it I'm still going to worship God I'm still going to pray and of course I I go into my bed and I'm praying to the Lord and there I am I said Lord I know I'm being a whiny baby about this one but I need your divine intervention here to clear out this cold or sickness. And that's what I do. I'm not going to let it uh bring me down spiritually, spirit, morally spiritually because I still serve God and I'm going to still be obedient to him whether whatever happens because God comes first. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33. 2 Corinthians 5:21. For he hath made him to be sin, an offense for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness, equity, justification of God in him. You see, Christ did this for us to give us this moment. He died for us. He died for whether we choose to walk valuable with him or we choose to walk in invaluable works with him. It doesn't matter. He chose to die for us. Doesn't matter. We need to just repent. And this is where it comes very important, my friends, to be careful of your biblical principles that you stand on. I'm not saying you're going to lose your salvation, but you could bring a curse upon yourself. If you are teaching and leading people that you're of unsuress in whatever you're trying to teach, that's a sin. You need to forgive that. You need to forgive yourself and you need to ask the Lord to give you the wisdom and knowledge and understanding of that scripture so that you can teach it appropriately. Because if you got the call of teaching upon your life, you should be teaching the word of God in knowledge, his knowledge, not your own. You shouldn't be teaching on what you think you know. You shouldn't be limiting God and the spirit to what you think should be the outcome and how the outcome should occur. Don't do that. However, you can't go in and pray and say, "Well, Lord, if you want to do it this way, fine. If you want to do another way, fine. I'm just here to support you in prayer because you're not God. But that's a valuable work that you put in your life." Amen. I hope you get this message and you're blessed by this word as I am. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we thank you for your word and we bless your word and we thank you for applying it to our lives and that we can live by it and that we go and build valuable works on you in the spirit, Father God, in your foundation, Jesus. Thank you for teaching us that and giving us the strength and the encouragement to stand strong in you, Lord, for you are great and this is about you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless you. See you in the next video. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home

EARS TO HEAR Equip believers to “have ears to hear” the Holy Spirit, recognize God’s glory and guidance in both the spiritual and natural realms, and respond in obedience so they can walk in their God-given destiny, avoid snares, and be ready for Christ’s soon return. < Back EARS TO HEAR Pastor Marcos Marrero November 24, 2006 Objective: Equip believers to “have ears to hear” the Holy Spirit, recognize God’s glory and guidance in both the spiritual and natural realms, and respond in obedience so they can walk in their God-given destiny, avoid snares, and be ready for Christ’s soon return. Synopsis: Opening in worship and prayer, the message calls the church to spiritual alertness: Jesus is coming soon, and the Spirit is speaking now. Using Psalm 19, the teacher shows how God’s glory and voice are constantly revealed—both in the heavens (spiritual) and the firmament (natural). Like the sun that none can escape, God’s revelation is always present; our task is to tune our “receiver” to His frequency. The teaching contrasts spiritual wisdom with simplicity/foolishness (Psalm 19:7–14; Proverbs 1:1–7). God’s Word converts the soul, enlightens the eyes, and warns us; if we heed it, we gain reward and freedom from dominating sins. Ignoring the Spirit’s rebuke invites avoidable calamity (Proverbs 1:20–33). Believers are urged to cultivate an intimate relationship with God (the “law of your mother”) and also learn to recognize His broader, Spirit-language guidance for the church and the times (the instruction of the Father). Romans 2:12–16 underscores that God’s moral law is written on human hearts; how much more accountable are believers who have Scripture and the Spirit. Destiny is described as God’s prewritten “blueprint”; only the Holy Spirit holds the full file and can lead each person into it. Therefore, hearing and obeying His voice—not mere activity—is essential. The message emphasizes deliverance and inner healing as prerequisites to destiny: the Spirit exposes secret faults, generational patterns, and strongholds so the Lord can heal the brokenhearted and set captives free. Finally, Numbers 28:2 introduces God’s “appointed times.” Seasons of open doors require focused obedience and readiness; missing them can mean costly delays. The word closes with a pastoral charge to reject distractions, pursue wisdom (especially in Proverbs), heed rebuke quickly, and engage in prayer and consecration so that God may entrust greater glory and assignment in these last days—followed by a prayer for healing, freedom, and steadfast response to the Holy Spirit. Inspired Teaching: How's everybody tonight? Blessed. Amen. Praise God. God is good. Hallelujah. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus, what a privilege and honor it is to come in and uh and to celebrate you, Lord Jesus, for you are life. The word says that in you we live and move and have our existence. Without you, we're dead. Without you, there's no life. Without you, there's no joy. Without you, there's no peace. Without you, there's no uh uh life, light, nothing. Lord, everything will be so dark and so dreary without you. So, we do thank you that you are the light of the world. And we pray Lord that you will your life will arise tonight within our souls, within our hearts, Father God, that we may be able to hear for the Holy Spirit is speaking and he's speaking loudly and he's speaking forcefully and he's telling us that you are soon to come, Lord Jesus, and that we are to get ready. So, as we prepare tonight, Father in heaven, I pray that that you would bless each and every one of us here tonight, including myself, that you would grant us ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to us tonight, that we may be able to understand and to receive with our hearts. Father God, not just with our minds, but with our hearts what the Holy Spirit is impressing on each and every one of us here tonight. Father, I take authority over every uh demonic stronghold, Father God, that may be over any of us over here tonight that will keep us from hearing what the Holy Spirit is saying. I bind it, Father God, according to the word of Isaiah. I condemn every spirit that will keep us from hearing the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Father God. And I thank you and I praise you, Father God, for releasing us now to receive, Father God, the truth of your word, Father God, as spoken through the gospel of Jesus Christ by the Apostle Paul, Father God, when he proclaimed your gospel that you gave to him personally. And we thank you for we receive no other gospel, Father God. We receive no other Jesus and no other spirit, but that the true and living son of God, the word that came flesh, Father God, and we receive him now right here in our midst, Father God, to teach us and to lead us and to guide us into all truth. For your word, Father, is true. So bless your word now as he goes out and thank you for blessing those of us who will receive it. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Praise God. Hallelujah. We're going to start uh with Psalm uh 19 vers uh well actually we're going to read the whole psalm but we're going to read the first four verses in Psalm 19. And what I'm uh the Lord has given me to share with tonight is about having ears to hear what the Holy Spirit will say to the churches. If you read in the um uh the letters uh the seven letters to the churches in revelation in I think it's revelation chapter 2 and chapter 3 each letter closes with let him who has ears hear what the spirit is saying to the churches. We need to understand that the Holy Spirit is speaking and that we need to be able to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying and able to uh and to be able to understand because how many know that if if we miss a sign in the freeway or on the street, we can get into trouble. You know, they pass this new year coming up, there's going to be all kinds of new laws that are going to be in the book. And none of us are probably going to know what the new laws are. But guess what? We break it, we pay for it. Whether we know it or not, it doesn't make any difference. We're liable to that. And so it is with the word of God. We need to know what the word of God says. In Psalm 19:es 1-4, it says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handy work. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. What David is saying there that the heavens speaking about the spiritual realm declare the glory of God. The glory of God is a revelation of God. When when God reveals himself, there's light. There's a glorious radiance that God brings forth when you are full of God's glory. God's character is in you. You see the uh the blessings of God, the anointing of God, the the infilling of God, the promises of God, that's what walking in the anointing is or walking in the glory. When Jesus walked on the earth, he walked in the glory of God. We saw the the eternal glory when he went to the mouth mount of transfiguration and he shone brighter than the noonday sun. But actually he was the manifestation of the glory of God everywhere as he went. He was a manifestation of the glory of God when he was pe healing people. He was the manifestation of the glory of God when he was on the back of the boat sleeping. He was a manifestation of the glory of God when he hung naked on the cross. All were different aspects of God speaking to us. And then of course the day that he rose from the grave, that was the fulfillment of the glory. And every single one of us that believe that Jesus Christ is our savior and lord one day will rise up. We will be filled with that glory. But God speaks uh uh speaks to us to walk in that glory right now. See the glory is the anointing. the anointing. When Jesus went, every went, everywhere that Jesus went, demons manifested. He went to the synagogue, the synagogue ruler began to manifest. Why? Because the glory of God was in it. And that glory was known by the spirits that were in the room. And you see, you could just to the natural eye just be yourself. But when you walk in with the anointing of God into a room full of darkness, believe me, that darkness will know that somebody that has the glory of God living in his presence. Hallelujah. You're going to ruffle some feather. You're going to get some dirty looks or you're going to get some reaction, you know, when the glory of God is in you. But the glory of God has to be received. And if you notice over here, it says that the the heaven, the spiritual realm declares the glory of God. And then it shows also the firmament. The firmament is a physical. When you look at the at the heaven, you'll see the stars, you see the clouds, you see the sky. That also speaks of the glory of God. So here we have two kinds of of glory. one that is spiritual in the heavens and one that is um um uh that is visible. And then he said day onto day verse two utter speech that's speaking about uh there's revelation coming out during the day and night unto night it reveals knowledge. And then look what it says in verse three. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. There's no place on the earth where you can go that you can hide from this glory that has been revealed. And it doesn't matter whether you don't understand English or you don't speak Spanish or you don't speak Chinese. Anywhere you're in the world, that voice speaking. You know why? Because it's speaking to your spirit man. And your spirit man only knows one language. See, all spirits speak one language. flesh is is that that's where the languages were divided in in in habel and a tower of babel babel where where the there was a confused but our spirits speak the same language you see all of us humans I don't care where you're at can can can tell when we're loved and when we're not we can tell when we're rejected and when we're accepted those things don't need language to tell you don't need no language to know that somebody really cares for you may not understand a thing they're saying But you can see it on their eyes. You can see it on their compassion. The same way if they hate you because spirits speak a different language. So here we have the manifestation of two revelations of speech. One is spiritual and one is physical. God speaks through both. God speaks through us through the spirit realm. This glory is being shown forth and then he also speaks through the little things. Have you ever just turned having happened to turn the radio on at the right time and and I remember before I got saved when the Holy Spirit was dealing with me, I was driving this uh motor home. We were going out to Yuseite or some place and I was desperately to to to hear something good. No music was playing. All I could find was a gospel station. I don't care where I would turn it, the preacher will always say, "Would you like to be saved and know it?" You know, I was a Catholic. I I believe I didn't need to be saved. I was already saved. You know, I didn't understand salvation. I didn't understand conversion. And so anywhere as I turn, the Holy Spirit will speak and will say, "Would you like to be saved and know it?" "Would you like to be saved and know it?" And yeah, would somebody tell me what it means to be saved? You know, it was like God. But but God speaks to you through a thing. You know, you could be going by a billboard and there's a big message over there and it's just for you. So God uses the physical realm as well as the spiritual realm to speak through us. Now uh at the end of verse uh four he says in them and if you have the notes there you see that I have a list of the heavens that I have in them in them in the physical realm God has set a tabernacle for the son. Verse five, which is like a bridegroom going out of his chamber and rejoices like a strong man to run his race. His rising is from one end of heaven and his circuit to the other end and there is nothing hidden from his seat. Now God is going to say my glory, the spiritual glory of God so that you can relate is pretty much like the sun. You can't hide from it. There's no place on earth where you can hide from the sun or even from the stars when when the sun is on the other side. Uh uh just like God set up a light a physical light which is the sun our star and it radiates and it gives life to with things and says that's what my glory is. You can be in the darkest cave you can be in the deepest ocean. You can be in the deepest forest. You know, sometimes one time I was we were going on an airplane to u San Louis Rio, Colorado. We were building a church there and it was so dark and gloomy and we took off of Compton airport. The church had a plane and when we broke through the clouds and got on top, it was like, oh my god, the sun was out and it was so bright, you know, because the clouds were white on the top and you could see and when you're below the clouds, it looks so dark and so gloomy, but yet the sun was up. And that's what God is saying. My glory is always there. Even when you're going through your darkest time, even when you're going to to where you cannot see anything, my glory is always there. Just like the sun. And the storms are not forever, my friend. The clouds are not there forever. There are seasons. That's what the sun was given for season. So we go through seasons when we cannot hear like we would like to hear or when we do not experience the glory of God like we should. But what God is teaching us that we need to learn to hear God speak to us even when there's clouds, even when there's darkness, even when there's gloom. You see, because God is speaking continuously. He says, "Tday and night, they utter speech." Now, all of a sudden, this psalm takes a complete turn. And in verse seven, it departs from everything that it was talking about the creation. And he says the law of the Lord is perfect. So you see he was given us something physical so that we could relate to something spiritual. The Lord the law of the Lord is perfect. Converting the what? The soul. See that's what God God is in the business of conversion. Did you know that we got messed up? You know, Adam and Eve, they they took the wrong turn. And ever since that day, humankind has been going downhill, okay? We we we're going the wrong way. You know, when I got saved, it's like God somehow had this super laser kind of thing. He just cut my my skull here just like a neat thing and like he lifted it up and he took my brain and he turned around and he put it back in and he closed it. That's how I felt when I got saved. It was like all of a sudden, oh man, wow, I can see now. You know, it's just like everything was messed up, but all of a sudden everything is right. That that's what salvation, that's what God is in the business of. And what does he do? He speaks. God speaks. How can they know unless you send somebody to preach there or to speak it? And so he gives us a uh you know a revelation of the spiritual with the physical heavens. And then now he comes in and he speaks about his word. He says the law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. Every time you would hear, and we're going to go to Proverbs in a little bit, but every time you hear the Bible using the word simple or fool is speaking about somebody who lacks spiritual understanding, you need to understand this because you can be Bill Gates and have billions and billions of dollars and if you don't understand the spiritual principles or the spiritual laws of God, you're a fool. Okay? We have to understand this is not talking about how smart you are, how street smart or college smart or how wise you are or how sharp or how you slow. When the Bible calls you simple, meaning you don't understand spiritual principle, you're not listening to what the Holy Spirit is saying. This is what the Bible calls the fool. The fool has said on his heart, there is no God. Why? Because he is blind to everything that's going. How can you not know that there is a God? You just need to look around. Look in the mirror. He's even joke. He likes to joke around. Just look in the mirror. Sometimes you'll see that God has a great sense of humor. He makes some people gray hair. He makes some people no hair. You know, he just has a great sense of humor. But but God is is is speaking and he says if you are not listening to the words that I speak to you, you're a simple that means you you have no spiritual understanding. you're a fool because you lack the knowledge and God doesn't want us to be in that condition. Let me read again Psalm 19:7 and we're going to go through uh through verse 10. It says, "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise and simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, and the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous allto together. More to be desired are they than gold. Yeah, that much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. You see, the word of the Lord is what man was created to indwell. You have to see this. It it talks about I think it's Psalm 95 and it talks about in Proverbs the Holy Spirit is speaking through I don't know if it was David or Moses. I think it was Moses who wrote Psalm 95 and David who published it and and then the writer of Hebrews which was probably Paul when they speak through the Holy Spirit the word of God says a body you prepare for me. See, the word of God, the glory of God, needed a physical house to dwell in. You see, if you go to space and you wear your regular clothes, you're going to fray. There's a vacuum in space. Your eyes are going to pop out and you're going to just explode. So, if you want to go into outer space, you better wear a suit. And this suit better have a cooling system in it and have oxygen and everything. If you're going to go down to the deepest ocean, you better have something there. You see, you need to the environment that you're going to, you need to have something to to be in that environment. Well, you see, a spirit, which the word of God is spirit, and God is spirit. In order to operate on the physical realm that God has created, you need a body. That's why demons are going after humans. They cannot experience. I mean, imagine being invisible and seeing a being having all of your senses and everything and being hungry and seeing this big old juicy steak, you know, and man, you can even smell it and you want to eat that thing. You can't get it. You can't get it. You're hungry. You're dying of thirst. This is what spirits are. This is why uh demons are Jesus said when they're cast out of a person, they're going through dry places. They need a body. Because a body is what gives you the ability to enjoy the things the blessings that are here on the earth. So we need to understand the the word the body the physical body was created to be inhabited by the glory of God. So when Jesus said a body you prepared for me and Jesus the word became flesh that body now was full of the perfect law of God. That is our purpose. That is our destiny. God intended for us to walk in the fullness of his counsel, in the fullness of his light. When God created Adam, he said, "You can have it all. Just stay away from this one thing because that one thing will allow something foreign, something that you were not created to endure to come into your body and to pollute your body, which is where we are, the condition that we are today, where we struggle with a a a nature that is not from God. God never created us to steal. God never created us to lie, to lie. God never created us to hate. God na never created us to to to to uh to defraud one another. God never created us to hurt. God is not that way. God is love. God is the complete fulfillment of perfection and goodness. That's what we're called to indwell. So you see now that we're born again, born again means that rejoice that your name is written in heaven. Rejoice that you have a connection now with the spirit of God. Because the spirit of God, see, it's like me having this paper over here and say, "Well, I want to watch the 10:00 news. How come the 10:00 news is not coming there?" Do you know the 10:00 news is right here? All you need is the right receiver. If I get an FM radio, I can pick up all kinds of stations. They're right here. If I get an AM receiver, I can get all kinds of station. If I get one of those um uh uh DVR channels or whatever, I can get all kinds of things. They're right here. But I need the right receiver to be able to receive what they're broadcasting. You see that? So, what I'm saying here is God is broadcasting. The spirit of God is broadcasting what he wants to do in you and me. what he wants to fulfill it. His word is looking for a body that can indwell, a a a body that will allow him to come in, a body that will allow him to bring his perfection into us. But in order to do that, we need to be able to tune in. We got to be able to hear because the spirit is speaking and without us being able to receive it, we're not going to play that good thing that God is playing. You see, because there's another guy that's broadcasting also, and his name is Satan. And guess what? You are already tuned to what he's broadcasting. You don't need to buy anything. You don't have to sign up for anything. Oh, man. You just look around. He's all over. He's sending thoughts into your mind continuously. As a matter of fact, a lot of some of you, he told you, "Don't go there tonight. Whatever you do, stay away from that place." He don't want you to tune in to the other channel. He didn't want you to tune in to where God is broadcasting. Because you see, when we are able to allow the perfect law of God to come in, a transformation begins to take place. Because you see, our body, our soul was designed to be inhabited by the word of God. Oh, hallelujah. We were designed to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. Satan is being hard at work of messing all of your buttons, you know, like a guitar all out of tune. He's just and and and we need to hear what the spirit is saying to the churches. And that is confirmed of our next verses. Psalm 119 verse 11 through4. Look what it said. Moreover, by them your servant is warned. By what? By what the Lord is broadcasting. By the words that the Lord is broadcasting. Your servant is warned. Have you ever wished you would have been warned? I mean, we could have saved a lot of pain and headaches, you know, if we could just have a little uh uh uh whatchamacallit fast forward button. And we're going to make a decision, you know, before we make it. Let me fast forward this movie. See where it plays out. And woo, I don't want to go there. You know, some of those uh uh things might take you up to a couple of years behind bars. Some of the thing could take you out to 10 years bound by drug addiction. Some of the things can get you in in in the worst relation that you ever had that that that you know you like job, you wish you never been born. But you see, God is broadcasting your future to you. God is broadcasting the path that he has for you. God is telling you which way to walk in the path that he has for you. So it warns us. He tells us, he guidance. That's what he says here. By them your servant. Now notice that he uses the term servant. What is a servant? Somebody who is submitted. Somebody who is willing to listen to correction. Somebody who is willing to say, "Lord, I know I mess this up if I do it by myself. I need help. I need help." He said, "By them your servant is worn, and in keeping them there is a great reward." Oh, I like that. I like that. God is in the business of rewarding. Hallelujah. Did you know that uh um uh you know, I I think of things like this. You might think I'm weird, but uh you know, what do the angels do in heaven for fun? you know, I mean, there's a whole bunch of them up in there sitting and and the devil wants you to think that if you go to heaven, uh uh you know, you're going to wind up on a cloud with a harp, maybe playing the same tune all the time, and that's going to get boring after a couple of million years. You know, uh you know, you you know, but but think of this. God is in the throne, and out of the throne of God come forth lightnings and thundering. And in the book of Revelation, he tells us that every time there's a flash of lightning, the uh uh uh the uh the creatures uh uh the four living creatures just cried out, "Holy, holy, holy." and everybody throws himself to the floor and they just cried and and and you know what it is is those creatures are created in such a way that God can give them such a thrill such a high such a unit that every time there's a little flashing of life from the throne they just like become a feeding frenzy they just go why they lose all complete control the highest height and a minute later God can give another flash and it's just totally different. Oh man, you get so excited. That's what God created us for. Did you know that in eternity? That's why God is eternal because all eternity and you cannot see how big and how great he is. And he'll reward us like that. And we can get glimpses of that sometimes. We can, you know, one time I was in the in the freeway and I was just bemoning my faith and I'm working so hard and all two hours I was on the four or five freeway coming from there and I just and finally something slapped me in the face. God said, "Why don't you concentrate something positive, you know? I mean, you got my spirit in, you got my word." And I repented right there on the sp forgive me, Lord. And I just began to worship him. And man, he just gave me one of those flashes. And I, Holy Spirit is a better driver than I am. He drove home. But I'm telling you, like for an hour over there, I was just weeping. I got home, I was soaked with tears. He just gave me a little flash. And all I needed to do was just tune that old lousy station that I was listening to as to how bad I was because I was stuck in two-hour traffic. And just began to tune into him. And he just gave me a little tiny little reward. He just drew boom and man I just fell apart and like I said he can drive a stick ship truck. I can vow for that. He drove perfectly to the whole thing. I got home and I didn't know how I got home but I got home and everything was fine. No dents on it. Praise God. And so verse 11 Psalm 1911 more moreover by them your servant is worn and in keeping them there is great reward. Verse 12. who can understand his errors. Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back your servant also for from presumptuous sins and let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless and I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Now listen to this. This is very important because this is how this is what happened when we tune in to what the Holy Spirit is speaking to us. Look what he he asked a question. David asked this question. Who can understand his errors? You don't know how you were made. You don't know how you've been messed up. You don't know what your generational line is and how many devil worshippers you had and how many Buddha worshippers you have and how many idolattors you have. You don't know how messed up your DNA is, how corrupted that has been. There's just so much garbage, you know, uh um numbers um is it numbers? Uh uh when the ten commandments are given and he says, I am a jealous god and I visit the iniquities of the fathers up until the children to the third and fourth generation. Uh 25, right? Exodus 20 verse five. Yeah. Anyway, uh we have a lot of things in us that cause us to do bad things. David said in Psalm 51 when after he was caught in adultery and and all the things he he says in sin my mother conceived me said I didn't have a chance. This was already on my gene. David was a descendant of Rahab the prostitute who married Solomon and and came down. So, who knows their faults? We don't. But God does. That's the good news. God does. And he's broadcasting. He's telling you, he say, "Hey, I know your weaknesses. I know your strength. I know where you need to stay away from. And I need what you can get close to. If you listen, but listen to me. I'm going to get you fixed up because I know where your faults are at." And then he said, "Who can cleanse me from secret fault?" That means hidden hidden flaws that we have. Did you know that in one of the Proverbs, I I think it was um 68 or I don't I don't remember one of the provers we use for deliverance. It talks about how Satan works. It talks about how they cause like an insurrection from within you and they probe and they search hard. They're looking to find where your faults are at. Satan is always Satan has like a net. He's throwing all kinds of garbage at you. Sometimes you laugh at him. You say Satan think he could set me with that. Well, see, Satan doesn't know. He's not God. He doesn't know what your strengths are, what your weaknesses are. So, he's going to throw everything he can at you. See what sticks. And once he finds something that sticks, boy, he's going to work it. And he's going to work it against you. and he's going to manipulate things and he's going to get things going. So basically what he's saying here if I can tune to what God is speaking to what God is saying God knows not only my errors but he knows my weaknesses. You see God can help me in my weaknesses. God can help me in my infirmities. God can help me in the thing that I need help on to overcome. That's what he's saying there. if I am tuned to him. And then he says verse 13, keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. That applies to many Christians. A lot of time we presume and we think it's faith. We presume that we can do certain things and we think it's faith and it is not. And you see God knows that too. God knows how much faith you have. God really knows whether you have faith for that big car you're going to buy. Whether you're going to be able to make the five years of payments that it takes, whether you're going to have faith for that or not or entering into a relationship. So all of these things are so important because it helps us. He says, and look what it says at the end of verse 13, let them not have dominion over me. That means if I can listen to what God is saying, if I can tune in to the revelation that God is giving me, if I can connect with the Holy Spirit, nothing is going to get a hold of me. Nothing is going to bound me, bind me, nothing is going to have a stronghold over me. Why? Because God is guiding my path. You see, God knows where the snares are that Satan has laid for you. You know how they have those night vision goggles right now? Imagine you walking in darkness through the hills under booby traps. There's all kinds of things. Imagine if all of a sudden now you have one of those pair of bright goggles and then you can walk just like if it was day. Huh? He's got a hole there. He's got a net there and he's got this here. That's what the Holy Spirit does. And then he says, "Then I'm going to be blameless." Oh, this is nice. Then I shall be blameless and I shall be innocent of great transgression. Wouldn't you want to be on that innocent? The Holy Spirit said in that doesn't mean we ever become perfect. We'll never become perfect. What that means is God is going to keep you from hurting yourself beyond what can be fixed. You know that that's one of the things where my kids were growing up teenage years. We have two girls and a boy. And I knew that in order for them to grow and mature, they're going to have to go through the thing we all go through. So rather than, oh Lord, keep him from ever smoking or keep him from ever doing pot or Lord, it was just like, Lord, whatever comes their way, I just pray that you draw a line that they will not cross the line that would hurt them beyond being able to be recuperated. That was my prayer for them. And you know, we saw that that when they would uh be going in a certain direction and when they came to that line, God would somehow speak and say, "Hey, you can't cross that line." And boom, it was like they wake up or something and something would happen. And and that I believe is what God wants from us. He's saying, "Listen to me. You're you're that's why I call it great transgression. We we we're going to make mistakes. That's how we learn. You don't know that that the that the socket uh has electricity on it. You don't know what electricity is until you stick your finger in the socket. And once you do it once, you won't do it no more. I guarantee you kids will learn quick that way. So God is going to allow you to do certain things like that. But you see, he's not going to allow you to lose your finger or to lose your life. That's that's what he's saying over here. Okay. So now that we found out how these things work, um let's go to Proverbs chapter 1 where all of the things about wisdom begins. And we're going to read Proverbs chapter 1:es 1-7. And the reason why I believe the Lord got me to to show you this is so that you can read the book of Proverbs. Proverbs is is a book of wisdom. Okay? And a lot of times to read something to have it make an an impact we have to be motivated or we have to understand you know like uh uh if somebody gives you a book to read if you don't have no motivation for it you can just probably throw it there and not read it. But if you find out that that book will tell you how to win a a free vacation to Hawaii you know and then if you start it really good there's like 99% chance you're going to get the free vacation to Hawaii. Guess what? you're going to read that book, right? That's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to get you motivated to read because there is speech that is going forth from God. Now, Proverbs 1 through7, the proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, to know wisdom and instruction. To perceive the words of understanding, to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity to give prudence to the simple. There is that word simple, to the young men, knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise cons counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. And then he says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Here he's setting up in those first seven verses, seven being the number of completion, we're given the whole heart of the book of Proverbs. He says God says, I'm going to show you. And the thing is he uses the word simple and he uses the word fool. Both of those words are dealing with people who lack spiritual knowledge, i.e. us. Okay? All of us are carnal or natural. We're born after the flesh. We have no natural spiritual understanding. Whatever spirit we were messing with befo Previous Next Home

WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE The objective of this message is to help believers understand their true identity and divine purpose as created in the image of God. It emphasizes that every individual is made as a representative of God, called to live in alignment with His Word, exercise dominion, and choose life and blessing over sin and deception. < Back WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE Minister Lisa Kane September 18, 2022 Objective: The objective of this message is to help believers understand their true identity and divine purpose as created in the image of God. It emphasizes that every individual is made as a representative of God, called to live in alignment with His Word, exercise dominion, and choose life and blessing over sin and deception. Synopsis: In Who Am I and Why Am I Here?, Lisa Kane teaches from Genesis 1:26–27, highlighting that mankind was created in the image of God not merely in outward appearance, but as His representatives on earth. The message explores how this truth answers two of life’s most fundamental questions: identity and purpose. Lisa stresses that Genesis and Revelation are the two most attacked books of the Bible because they establish our beginnings and our future. She warns against modern distortions, such as attempts to merge evolution with Scripture or redefine human identity apart from God’s design. Drawing on Psalm 139, she affirms that God knew each person from conception, recording their days, identity, and purpose in His book. The teaching moves into Genesis 2, showing how God gave Adam authority to name the animals, illustrating humanity’s dominion and representative role. Lisa explains how Satan’s jealousy of this God-given authority fueled his rebellion and deception of mankind. Yet even before the fall, God’s plan included redemption through Christ. Through passages in Isaiah and Deuteronomy, the message calls believers to recognize their role as representatives of God, with the power to bless or curse, bring peace or calamity, and to choose life over death. Lisa emphasizes that rejecting God’s design—whether in creation, gender, or moral living—leads to destruction, but embracing His truth brings fruitfulness, multiplication, and blessing. The message concludes by pointing to God’s ultimate purpose, revealed in Daniel and Revelation: to bring an end to sin, establish everlasting righteousness, and fulfill His plan of redemption. Believers are urged to live as God’s representatives now—choosing blessing, rejecting deception, and walking in peace as they await the fulfillment of God’s promises. Inspired Teaching: Hello and welcome to the House of Faith Ministries. I'm Lisa Kane and I'm recording this on Sunday, September 18th, 2022. And this message is called Who Am I and Why Am I Here? Thank you. Let's open up in a word of prayer and bless this message. Father God, we thank you for your blessing on this word. We bless it as well. Let it strengthen our mind and our hearts and let it be right above that foundation of of our rock, Jesus Christ, so that we can stand firm and know who we are, why we're here, and what we're doing because we line ourselves up with your word. Thank you, Father God. In the glorious name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Let's go to our opening scripture here. We're going to be in Genesis 1:es 26- 27. And then God said, "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God. He created him. Male and female he created them. All right, let me lay a couple of things down here just so we understand what we're looking at here because this is going to be one, it is an awesome message. When I was um rehearsing this yesterday, I was blessed just for myself and two I the last two weeks this confirmation of this message I've had confirmation after confirmation to teach this message. So I am very excited about it. Okay. So, first I'd like to tell you that the two most attacked books in the Bible is the book of Genesis and the book of Revelation. If you attend a church and you haven't had your pastor teach in either one of those books, I highly recommend that you supplement your uh church attendance with finding pastors and teachers who do teach these two books because they really lay the foundation for you again as to who you are and why you're here and then what's coming. You know, you you need to know these things and this will help you stand strong and full of joy in spite of all hell breaking loose in this world. Amen. The other part that you need to know is you've got the attack that is so prevalent in these books that they've been going on for a couple hundred years now, at least in the scientific community in relation to Genesis. because now you've got pastors teaching or trying to teach and force evolution into the book of Genesis about creation and it don't work that way. God clearly told us how he created heaven and earth. He taught us that he did six days and he rested on the seventh day. So there is no other thing that can go in here. Evolution does not fit it. And I've already taught on evolution. You can go back and look at my teachings on there. It's been debunked. Big bang theory has also been debunked. The only thing that cannot be debunked is the word of God. So you start science with the word of God. You will conclude that science lands with the word of God. And uh you know a good resource just just to lay this out here um Kenham's ministry, the creation museum, the uh arc encounter, they really really teach apologetics and they show you what the scientific community is doing. Just to give you a small example of it, uh I think it was last Monday or Tuesday, they uh one of their news segments that they brought online, it's on YouTube, it's on answers.tv, too. Anyways, they brought up an article where the scientists are coming out saying, "Well, we don't want to offend the LGBTQ community, so we're going to hold back truth so that there is no offense." Well, how can you know what truth is on science if you're going to hold it back? So, you have to get yourself wellounded in the word of God. And that is where this message is coming into. So, this is going to be very, very interesting. So, we're going to start here. As you said, as you can see, he says he he created us in his image. Okay, what does that mean? You know, I for years I've always thought of it as well, I must look like him. But look at the uniqueness of people in this world. We all look different. Even twins have a difference about them. There there's a resemblance, strong resemblance because you sometimes you can't tell them apart, especially when they're in separate rooms. But there are subtle differences. That means this doesn't mean we look like him. I mean, we probably have same as him, two arms, two legs, a head, a mouth, eyes, nose, that sort of thing. But what does it mean? So, let's go to the Hebrew, the Strong's Hebrew dictionary. So, the meaning of the word image, and it's number H6754, and the word is sele. I'm sure I did not say that right. But it means from an unused root meaning to shade a phantom that is figuratively an illusion resemblance which is what I was just talking about. Hence a representative figure especially an idol image vein shoe. Oh representative wait let's go back to that representative figure. Wait a minute. We represent God to who? Do you see a line, a dividing line in this world? Especially here in the United States, we've got a 50-50 split in the beliefs here. So there is a dividing line and one line is a representative of God and one is not. So the image portion is who we are because he made us in his image to represent him. Oh, that is so powerful. Let's go and understand this a little bit more because I want you to understand where the Lord is coming from here because you know I get it. You know, we have a generation right now that can't even identify what sex they are. They're t attacking science so much that they can't even they they don't want to say scientifically what a male and what a female is. But you know what it's funny they they keep it with animals. They're they're not telling you an animal's genderless. But man, they're attacking man. They're attacking the book of Genesis. And by the way, this is spiritual. This is the demonic entity that is pushing this ideology forward. And with our helmet of salvation, we should be able to see it and we should be able to avoid it. Amen. Okay. So, let's go further in the scripture though because I want you to see not only as a representative, but how God made you into and and identified you and wrote you down in a book. Look at this. Look at this. This is awesome. Psalm 139 13- 16. For you formed my inward parts. You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your works and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret and skillfully rot in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written the days fashioned for me when as yet there were none of them. Oh, you know, there's a couple things I need you to see here that I really want you to understand. First of all, I look at this and that my soul knows very well. Okay? You already know who you are. And what's happening is you've got a world out there that's bombarding you on the outside. And when you don't have your helmet of salvation on, you are open to being deceived. So in other words, when you don't represent God because you're not choosing God, you are s susceptible to the world's teaching and you're being deceived. You are being on the other side. So, but God had says he knew you from the very beginning. So much so that he wrote you down. Look at this in your book. They were all written. The days. So, he wrote down your number of days. He wrote down your name, what your name is going to be. And by the way, this is done at conception, not 15 weeks, 18 weeks, 21 weeks, or at birth. This is done at conception. He he even wrote down what color eyes you're going to have, what color hair you have. I'm going to tell you right now, even he is so mindful of you. He knows how much hair you have on your body at any given time because he is aware of you so much. This is how much he loves you. And this is what he did at the point of conception for you because he looked at you and said, "You're my representative." And because of that, and he gave us free will, so we get to go choose to accept or reject who we are. Now, I'm going to tell you right now in judgment day, if you think you're genderless or you think you're not a male and you're a female or you identify as a male and not a female, I'm gonna tell you right now, God is going to identify you as who he made you. Simple as that. Amen. That's just the reality of it. So, let's look at a little bit more of who we are and why we're here because Genesis answers it and we're going to see how this pulls together. Watch this. So, Genesis uh chapter 2. Okay, so you know what? Before I get into the scripture, I want you to understand something. Genesis chapter 1 and 2, I think in my personal opinion, are the most attacked chapters in the entire book of the Bible or the cannon of the Bible. And the reason being is if you go and Google Adam and Eve, you will find that there's like two Adams, two Evees, because they did not understand what the scriptures were saying is because nobody sat down and read the two chapters and understood it. You got to sit down with the Holy Spirit when you read the Bible. You have got when you spend time with the Lord in the secret place, you pray first and you say, "God, I I want my mind to be in the right place." So you're asking the Holy Spirit to come in and as you read the scripture, he is giving you understanding. Okay. So what is it about Genesis 1 and 2 that is so attacked? Well, they think there's two Adams and two Evees because in chapter one he said what the scripture we read earlier that he made man in his own image, male and female. And then in chapter two, we're going to see some scripture here where Eve is not around. And then you find that she is formed from Adam's rib. So what happened? What is the difference between the two chapters? Well, let's read chapter 2 verses 1-5 and the first part of five. Thus the heavens and the earth and all the host of them were finished. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had done and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because it is in it he rested from all his work which God created and made. This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Look at the key word here. Before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. Okay. You can I in all reality chapter one should have ended right there. It didn't. You know, they break the chapters and the verses up based on what they saw at the time, what you know, the the historians and the those that wrote the Bible. This is how because it wasn't written in chapters and verses. It was written all as one. And later on it was uh workers for God who was separating this to make it um so you can find scriptures easily and stuff like that. That's what this was. So this could have ended chapter one. So chapter one is an entire planning phase or he made the construct of the earth before plants before herbs before anything grew. He made the construct. So, and you can always picture it like this. He's in his workshop. He's got a table there, a desk, whatever, and a bench, whatever. And he's got his blueprints out. Or you can even go to a 3D level and say, "Well, here's my bowl of water. That's going to be earth or water, uh, the oceans. Then he's got the bowl of earth. That's going to be the earth. Here's some trees, plants. This is what I'm going to do. These are the seeds for it. These are the animals. This is I'm going to make a man and a woman." That's the entire planning stage. And then chapter two goes into the actionable stage. And that is what's so awesome here. Okay. So now what I want you to see because I want you to understand how God he he made us this representative in his image. What he decided to do to work his image and how good and perfect his image is. because now you're going to see it in action. Now, Adam is placed into the garden. Now, again, I'm not reading all these scriptures for you. I encourage you to sit down, read them for yourself. Don't take a preacher's word for it. I I'm serious. You and the Holy Spirit are going to get more out of it than any. I just happen to love sharing the word of God, and this is why I do this. But I also don't want to spoon feed you. But I want to point you in the right direction, okay? which is to God, to the Holy Spirit. That's my job. That's what I'm doing. So, let's take a look at Adam here and what God did, his first task for Adam. Watch this. So, in Genesis chapter 2, so we're still in chapter 2, but now we're in verses 19 and 20. Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So, Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam, there was not found a helper comparable to him. Okay? So, Eve is not in the picture yet. So, God makes Adam. He makes all the beast and he he brings all these beasts and he says to Adam, "Go ahead and name them." Why would God do this? There is so much mystery in this scripture alone. This is another reason why this is so attacked. Do you even know why the devil went after Eve? No, you don't. Do you ever hear a teaching on that? No, you don't. I've taught on it a couple times now. And it has to do with this point in time. Think of it like this. Look at the relationship building up here. So God made Adam in his image. There's no sin yet. S this is perfect. This ear, this world here is watered by a mist. There's no rain. That means the weather never changes. There's no seasons. It is the sun goes up, the sun goes down. You don't age. Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death. There's no death here. Meaning nothing is eating another animal. So all these animals walk up to Adam. There is no evil intent, fear or anything there. You get this? And Adam is made in God's image, not by look, but by representative. He gave Adam the authority over these creatures because he's now the representative of God over this world. This is our dominion. This was our purpose. So, as God and Adam build a relationship up, Ezekiel tells you that the devil is in the serpent watching things taking place. Now, the way Ezekiel's worded, theologians think it's, oh, well, this confirms that the serpent or the devil was in the serpent when he talked to Eve. Well, remember Eve is not in the picture yet. So, the serpent's there and Adam named him. So that means Lucifer is right there watching and he's getting appalled. He's upset. He's seeing God with this what looks like God because he's you see man is a phantom representative. He he saw the dominion given to man and he is mad because he's thinking, "Oh, I'm perfect. I'm beautiful. I should have that. I should have it all. In fact, God, I know you created me. But you know what? I deny that. I don't recognize that. You see this ideology here? In fact, you're supposed to worship me. Come worship me. That's how the devil is thinking. And that's the moment is right here in this scripture in this moment in time. The seedthing anger is boiling up. And in fact, here's another thing. If you read the book of Enoch, it talks about the angels smelling the humans and not liking the smell at all. So, you've got the devil here who who's looking at this infallible stinky creature made of flesh and blood that looks like could look like God. You know, he's in denial. He's angry. He's hating it. And yet, God gave us Dominion. Do you see what God has done for us? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's not talking about the redemption because the devil kind of said to God in his mind and maybe he had a conversation with God. It's not recorded in scripture, but he simply said, "You know what, God? I'm going to fool these people. I'm going to deceive them. I'm going to show you how stupid they are." And by the way, he was successful. But God had already built that into his plan. Look at the plan back in chapter one. Remember this is the blueprint, the planning stage. Chapter 1 verse 27 28. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him male and female he created them. That's what I read earlier. Now look at this. Then God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." So before even Lucifer came into the picture, God already planned to give his image, his representative dominion over this earth. Oh hallelujah. Hallelujah. That is incredible. Okay. So now let's take a look at this a little further because I want you to understand now if you are a representative of God, the next question you need to be asking yourself, well then who is God? Who is this guy that gave us this kind of dominion? Look at this. Isaiah 45:6 and 7 that they may know from the right. Okay, just to lay a foundation here. This God is talking to Cyrus. Isaiah is writing this and this is something like 400 years earlier and I'm not 100% certain of the years. So Cyrus is going to come in and evade Israel. And this is a true story. The priest came out, pulled the section of Isaiah and started reading it to Cyrus, King Cyrus. And God is talking to King Cyrus that was written hundreds of years before. Look what he says to Cyrus, which is applicable to you and I. So we know who God is. Says that they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none besides me. And notice the rising of the sun or the setting. God is pointing back to Genesis to the planning stage when he put things and he made his construct and he put it in place where the sun went up the sun went or you know the earth rotated around. Look at he how he's pointing back to says there is none besides me. I am the Lord and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I the Lord do all these things. If we're in his image and we're the representative of him, should we be doing that? Wait, but you are. Wait, you don't even realize you're doing it. You want to know? You let sin in. You could have shut the door to sin and you could have a blessed life if you would choose to bless it and put God first. You do that. And I promise you, and I've got scripture to prove it here that we will show you, that you put God first and you get rid of that sin, you take care of yourself, you're blessed. Now, look at further what he says here in Isaiah, further down in the chapter, because this is what people do about God. Watch this. Woe to him who strives with his maker. Okay, we know that man fights God. They don't want a God because then they have to acknowledge their sin. That's one of the major attacks of the book of Genesis is that you have to acknowledge the fall of man that we got sucker punched by the devil and we fell. Well, here we are. We are representative. And if God has the ability to make light, darkness, peace, and calamity, we're in his image. We're the representative of it. We can choose him and live it. Now, look what he does here. Says, "Let the posturard strive with the posturds of the earth. And shall the clay say to him who forms it, what are you making? Or shall your handiwork say, he has no hands?" How dare you say I'm genderless? Seriously, how dare you say I recognize myself as a man or a woman and not what you were born as? How dare you strive with God? That's Satan. And you're letting him get in. But you are a representative of God. And as a representative, you should be making peace, not calamity. And because you're saying that you identify a certain way, you are causing calamity. You're a representative of God. He gave you that authority to do that. And when you're not doing this, you got a problem. Let's go to Deuteronomy. Look what happens here. Again, he's talking to Israel, but this is so applicable to you and I today. Look at this. Deuteronomy 30. We're going to read verses 15 through 20. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, and that I command you today to love the Lord your God. Now, there's the issue right there. You ain't loving the God because you don't love yourself. You're you're saying, "I'm not a man or a woman or I'm ugly as this." God made you perfect. He called you good and he blessed you to be fruitful and to multiply. By the way, you notice gay can't be fruitful and multiply. That breaks the commandment against what God asked us to do. So why are we here to be fruitful and to multiply? But if you go all if everybody goes gay, we die. The whole generation of the whole world dies. That means we cannot do that. That's why God calls it an abomination. Let's continue on here. Look at what he says. Love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his judgments that you may live and multiply. You see, this is what he asked you to do from the this is what he said. This, you're my representative. You are in my image. I bless you to live, to be fruitful, and to multiply. And here he's reaffirming it. And the Lord your God will bless you in the land you go to possess. So, wherever you go, he's going to do that. But if your heart turns away, oh, you see now if you're identifying as the opposite of whoever you're supposed to be or you say, you know what, God, you're not for me cuz we have different I I believe differently. Look what happens to you when you reject God so that you do not hear. But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear and are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, Hollywood, the other kings and queens, things you like more than God, I announce to you today, this is God talking, that you shall surely perish. You shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. And I'm trying to get the scripture to move. I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you that I have set before you life and death. See, this is set before you. This is your responsibility. You get to choose because you are a representative of God. And this is why you're here. Look at that. He says, "I set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life that you both you and your descendants may live." Oh my goodness. You get to bless. You get to curse. So which one are you going to do? See, God made you perfect because you represent him. He had to make you good. He had to. The problem is is the devil came in. But God made an answer to that. This is why he redeemed us. And not only did he redeem us, he has a purpose now. So we have now we know why we're here. We know who we are. We're a representative co of God that we can bless. We can curse. We can cause calamity. We can cause peace. We also know we have a purpose to bless so we can have long life to be fruitful and multiply. Now look at God's purpose. Oh my word. This is awesome. Daniel 9:24, 70 weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. He's bringing it all to an end, my friend. everything about sin, iniquity, he's going to reconcile the whole thing. So when we go to our heavenly life, whether we're in the presence of God or in uh hell, that is what God's purpose is. And it is to complete everything, to bring it to an end. Which means as a representative of God, you are on that same path. So your purpose is to bless, reduce sin, make it less in your life and cause peace, not calamity. So that the purpose of God comes to the end which we see happening now. Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13 being revealed right now. That is prophecy being fulfilled at this very moment in our lives. And if you read the book of Revelation, you're going to find that the devil's going to be thrown in the lake of fire. Now, people who reject God, you know what? You know, you say he's not for me or you know that that it's your choice. You get to choose that. There's only another place you can go that is not in the presence of God. That's hell. So, it's up to you where you want to go. But I'm going to tell you, hell is not pleasant. It will not be pleasant. It is going to burn. It is going to hurt. And it will be perpetual for an eternity. And I don't wish that on anybody. So, even though there are people I dislike, I don't get along with, or I they attack me, and I know it's the devil behind the scenes, and I'm in my last message, I'm making atonement for them because I'm trying to bring peace to the land, doing my part as I am, a representative of the most high because he made me in his image. He is going to bring an end to sin. So you can stop sinning now and you can just start repenting and repenting and repenting. Job did it all the time. Did it for his kids. Do it for yourself. Do it for your family. Do it for your co-workers. Do it for your area that you are responsible for, which is what I was teaching the last time I taught two weeks ago. So I encourage you to bless because you are a representative of Christ and you have the right to cause blessings or calamities. And you know what? Don't live the life of drama. Enjoy the peace while we can still do it because who knows how long this is going to be. Amen. Let's close in a word of prayer. Father God, we bless this message again and we thank you for your blessing on it. Let us have the strength to bless and not curse. Let us have the strength to represent who you are and to show the world that you are, God, and that you are in control and that we represent you properly because you called us good. And thank you, Father God, for redeeming us and bringing us back to your presence and saving us and for your purpose of bringing an end to sins. Thank you, Lord. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Well, God bless each and every one of you and I will see you in the next message. Bye-bye. Previous Next Home