The Prophetic View of The Church, Part 2
Rev. Rick Lovall Preached on 11/4/2026
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Summary
Rev. Rick Lovall teaches that the modern church must align with the vision of the Old Testament prophets to experience true spiritual power. By connecting Isaiah's prophecies to the Book of Acts, he emphasizes that baptism in Jesus' name and the gift of the Holy Ghost are God's ancient, promised tools for restoring truth and redemption to His people.
Key points
- •The New Testament church and its core doctrines (repentance, baptism in Jesus' name, and the Holy Ghost) are not new inventions but are deeply rooted in Old Testament prophecy, specifically in the book of Isaiah.
- •Prophetic alignment produces prophetic results; for a church to experience the power of the Spirit, it must align its beliefs and actions with the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets.
- •Biblical redemption requires a specific name to be valid; just as a check requires a signature to remit a debt, baptism must be performed in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.
- •The infilling of the Holy Ghost is described by Isaiah as God's 'gift' to His people and their families forever, serving as a restoration plan to bring truth back into His creation.
- •A church aligned with prophecy should expect the active operation of the gifts of the Spirit, including healing, prophecy, and words of wisdom, as a normal part of its function.
Scripture
Prophecy
Holy Spirit
Salvation
Evangelism
Doctrine
Life application
This week, invite the Holy Spirit to flow through you by being sensitive to 'nudges' to pray for others or share your faith, trusting that God wants to use you to demonstrate the gifts of the Spirit in your daily life.
Reflection questions
- How does knowing that our faith is rooted in ancient prophecy change your perspective on the authority of the New Testament?
- Rev. Lovall used the analogy of a signed check to explain the necessity of the name of Jesus; how does this help you understand the power of His name in your own life?
- In what ways can you actively 'thirst' for more of God's Spirit this week as promised in Isaiah 44:3?
- Are there areas in your life where 'truth has fallen' that need the restoration of the Spirit of Truth?
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Full transcript
0:00tonight.
0:00Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you,
0:00Jesus. Somebody shout, "Hallelujah."
0:02>> Hallelujah.
0:03>> Woo. That sounds good.
0:05>> That sounds good. Welcome to Wednesday
0:08night Bible study at New Life. We're so
0:10glad you're here tonight. Great to be up
0:13here with this youthledd service. Man,
0:15y'all did awesome tonight.
0:22Great to have pastor back in the house.
0:29>> Amen. Well,
0:34>> brother, listen.
0:37You did phenomenal,
0:43>> but we need to teach you something
0:44tonight.
0:46So find the G on there.
0:52>> Well, I've got that Holy Ghost down in
0:56my soul,
0:59just like the Bible says.
1:02I've got that Holy Ghost down in my
1:07soul,
1:09just like the Bible says.
1:13Well, I've been to the water and I've
1:16been baptized. My soul got happy and I'm
1:22satisfied.
1:23I wouldn't take nothing for my journey
1:27now.
1:29Just like the Bible. Just like the
1:32Bible.
1:34Just like the Bible says.
1:37Well, I've got that Holy Ghost down in
1:42my soul.
1:44Just like the Bible says,
1:47I've got that Holy Ghost down in my
1:52soul.
1:54Just like the Bible says.
1:58Well, I've been to the water and I've
2:01been baptized. My soul got happy and I'm
2:06sisfied.
2:08And I wouldn't take nothing for my
2:11journey now.
2:13Just like the Bible.
2:16Just like the Bible.
2:18Just like the Bible. Here and now. Just
2:21like the Bible. Just like the Bible
2:25says.
2:27Are you thankful for the Holy Ghost?
2:35Woo.
2:38Well, I've got it.
2:41I've got it.
2:43I've got it. We practiced. I got it.
2:48There's something about the power of the
2:50Holy Ghost. I can't explain it, but I've
2:53got it.
2:55I've got it.
2:58You can have it.
3:00If you want it, know it.
3:05if you want it.
3:07There's something about the power of the
3:09Holy Ghost. I can't explain it, but I've
3:13got it. Oh yes, I've got it. See, this
3:17is how we used to roll.
3:20You get that good hand clap going and we
3:22got all these choruses and we just keep
3:24rolling through them and rolling through
3:26them. About 17 songs later.
3:32Now listen, it is 7:16 and we got to get
3:36somewhere tonight. So, we're going to
3:37stop the music for now.
3:41But I hope y'all ready cuz we going to
3:42have a Holy Ghost time around here
3:44tonight.
3:47I I I
3:48You say, "H, how do you know that?"
3:50Well, I know what the Lord has showed
3:51me. I know what the Lord's laid on my
3:53heart.
3:54And this is good oldfashioned preaching
3:56night.
3:58>> I'm I'm g I'm gonna teach, but then I'm
4:00just gonna probably just preach for a
4:02little too.
4:03>> So, young people, I'm glad you're here.
4:06Old people, I'm glad you're here.
4:09Everybody in the middle, I'm glad you're
4:10here. Let's go to the second Peter
4:13chapter 1 21.
4:17>> Just trying to get a feel for everything
4:18tonight. Some of y'all looking at me
4:19like, "What is song is he singing?"
4:22>> Man, this is all we had back in the day.
4:24That's right.
4:28>> Second Peter 1 21.
4:31For the prophecy came not in old time by
4:34the will of man, but holy men of God
4:37spake as they were moved by the Holy
4:40Ghost.
4:41>> Woo. We love a good move of the Holy
4:43Ghost, don't we?
4:45>> I want you to join me in prayer right
4:46now. Ask the Lord to help you understand
4:49his word tonight so you can apply it to
4:52your life. Lord Jesus, thank you so much
4:54for your word. I thank you for every
4:56one, Lord, that's under the sound of my
4:58voice. I pray God, you open the eyes of
5:00our understanding. I pray God, you help
5:02us to get this tonight, apply it to our
5:04lives, and Lord, show yourself strong
5:06with signs following. We pray that Lord
5:08in Jesus name. Amen.
5:11>> You may be seated tonight.
5:14For those of you who weren't here last
5:16week, I'm going to take about 5 10
5:17minutes and just kind of catch you up
5:19with where we're at.
5:23Amos 3 verse number 7 in the New Living
5:27Translation
5:29says, "Indeed, the sovereign Lord never
5:32does anything until he reveals his plans
5:36to his servants, the prophets." The Old
5:40Testament is filled with stories from
5:43prophets. There's visions and
5:45declarations and things that we have
5:47that, you know, when you start reading
5:49through it, you know, it's probably not
5:51the best thing to start your Bible
5:52reading in the book of Ezekiel
5:55because there's some strange stuff in
5:57there, brother Canrell. There's just
5:59stuff in there that, you know, but
6:00there's also some amazing things in
6:02Ezekiel
6:04because Ezekiel got to see the church,
6:07>> right?
6:09We we understand that
6:12essential New Testament doctrines
6:16can be found in the Old Testament. I
6:18I've told some young ministers here
6:20lately, I told them, I said, "You need
6:21to be able to preach every New Testament
6:24core doctrine from the books of Genesis,
6:27Deuteronomy, and Isaiah."
6:31Where do you think Peter preached out
6:33of? Come on.
6:35>> Where do you think Paul didn't say turn
6:37to the book of Galatians?
6:40>> He quoted the Old Testament.
6:44>> And and we're very familiar with the day
6:45of Pentecost because Peter stood up and
6:47he said, "This is that which was spoken
6:49by the prophet Joel."
6:51>> We learned last week he could have said,
6:54"This is that which was spoken by the
6:56prophet Isaiah." I'm going to dig deeper
6:59in that tonight. Now, it was kind of
7:01cool. Last Wednesday night when I got to
7:03this verse and and I expressed, you
7:05know, how that the Sunday before that,
7:07Brother Gage Hill was preaching and
7:09there was powerful altar call and then
7:11during the altar call, he came back up
7:12here with an inspired word from God and
7:15and something just broke in the service
7:18and I explained that this fits this
7:21principle that we read right here where
7:23it says God doesn't do anything until he
7:25reveals it to his prophets. There is an
7:27inspired word from God that establishes
7:30what God wants to do.
7:33We saw it this Sunday, man. We were
7:36worshiping
7:38Sister Bachelor just being Sister
7:40Bachelor
7:42>> and all of a sudden you see where she
7:44does this number and then she just
7:47starts allowing the gifts of God to work
7:50through her
7:52>> and the powerful moment we all
7:54experienced after that. Sister B, don't
7:57ever hold back on that ever. You feel
7:59it? Get in there.
8:04Th
8:04>> This is a This is something that we have
8:07at this church that we cannot take for
8:10granted.
8:13>> God likes to do things here. Yes.
8:17>> And that's a whole lot deeper than we
8:19just acknowledged
8:21>> because there's a lot of buildings out
8:23here with signs on them indicating they
8:26are churches.
8:27>> And I'm not here to church bash.
8:30>> I've just been to some of them
8:33>> and and it's and it's a little difficult
8:34for God to do things that he wants to
8:36do.
8:37>> Even Jesus, it said, walked into a house
8:40intending to heal people, but he
8:41couldn't heal many people there because
8:43of unbelief.
8:44I'm thankful that we're a church that
8:47acts on our belief and we respond to the
8:49move of the spirit based on our faith.
8:55Let's look at what the apostle Paul
8:57declared. Ephesians chapter 2 verse
8:59number 19. I'm reading from the English
9:01Standard Version. It says, "So then you
9:04are no longer strangers and aliens, but
9:08you are fellow citizens with the saints
9:10and the members of the household of God.
9:13built upon the foundation of the
9:15apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus
9:19himself being the chief cornerstone in
9:22whom the whole structure being joined
9:25together grows into a holy temple in the
9:29Lord. Everybody say a holy temple.
9:31>> A holy temple. We learned last week that
9:34the the prophetic view of the church
9:37that the the the prophet Isaiah has. He
9:40saw a holy church and and we felt last
9:44week. It was amazing. I I I didn't even
9:46really have an altar call. It just the
9:47power of God moved in here and it drew
9:49us to that deep prayer of true holiness
9:52prayer. Right.
9:55>> Verse 22. In whom you also are being
9:59built together into a dwelling place for
10:02God by the spirit.
10:05Let me remind you that every single one
10:07of us, young people, every one of you
10:10are building blocks in God's kingdom.
10:13Yes.
10:14>> And when God molds you and he shapes you
10:17and he forms you, he puts you into this
10:20building that he is building
10:24so he can live in us.
10:27And we know that God only lives in holy
10:29temples.
10:32There there is a a question I want to
10:34make sure we we get tonight and it's
10:36this. Do our core beliefs and our
10:39actions align with the apostles and
10:43prophets?
10:44>> All right.
10:45>> You know, you you can take scriptures in
10:47the New Testament, the book of Romans,
10:49and you can build doctrines out of those
10:51things, and you can say, "Well, I'm
10:53preaching the apostles doctrine." But
10:55the question is, do do they also align
10:58with the prophets?
11:01Are we the church that they saw?
11:05I want to be the church they saw.
11:08>> If if Isaiah or Joel or Ezekiel or
11:11Zechariah, if they were to walk in here
11:13tonight, I want them to go, "Hey, this
11:15looks familiar."
11:17>> I sure don't want them to walk in and
11:19go, "What is this?"
11:24>> Because we know that prophetic alignment
11:27produces prophetic results. Remember,
11:31God said, "Hey, I want to do something
11:33and here's my plan." And he tells the
11:35prophets and and and someone speaks
11:37under divine inspiration and reveals
11:38that plan. I want that.
11:45>> This is even more. I I want to I want to
11:46dig a little deeper tonight. Acts
11:48chapter 2 verse one. And when the day of
11:51Pentecost was fully come, they were all
11:53with one accord in one place. And
11:54suddenly there came a sound from heaven
11:56as of a rushing mighty wind.
12:00Wonder what that sounded like. Really?
12:02Any of y'all been in a tornado before? I
12:05have. It's loud.
12:08It It doesn't just say it sounded like a
12:10little bit of wind. It was a rushing
12:14mighty wind. God doesn't do anything
12:18weakly.
12:21>> He He He doesn't show up and go, "Oh, I
12:23don't know if I can handle their
12:24problem."
12:27He shows up in his might, in his power,
12:30with intentions to go to work in our
12:33lives.
12:35>> It says, "And it filled all the house
12:37where they were sitting, and there
12:38appeared unto them cloven tongues like
12:40as a fire, and it set upon each of them,
12:42and they were all filled with the Holy
12:44Ghost, and began to speak with other
12:46tongues as the Spirit gave them
12:48utterance."
12:50I love that we have this example
12:53of a move of the spirit
12:56and then divinely inspired words
12:59>> and then changes in people's lives. Kind
13:02of sounds like creation.
13:05And the spirit of God moved upon the
13:06face of the deep.
13:09The spirit is there. It's moving. And
13:11then God starts talking. Woo! Things
13:14happen.
13:15I'm going to repeat what I said last
13:17week. Let him talk.
13:20>> This shouldn't be rocket science.
13:23>> Just let him talk. Now, what's
13:25interesting is when the people on the
13:28outside started asking questions and
13:29what meanth this, they were trying to
13:32figure out how these
13:35unlearned
13:38rednecks
13:40>> could possibly know all their languages
13:43and then also be declaring the good
13:46things of God.
13:48Well, that's what happens when God
13:50speaks through you.
13:52>> He declares things that are good.
13:55>> Please don't resist speaking in tongues.
13:58>> Let him declare whatever he wants.
13:59Doesn't matter if you don't understand
14:01it. I don't have to understand it to
14:02experience it.
14:05>> And when Peter starts explaining things,
14:08what he explained to the crowd was the
14:11tongues.
14:12And he said, "This is that which was
14:14spoken by the prophet Joel." Joel said
14:16in the last days, God's going to pour
14:17out his spirit and people are going to
14:20prophesy. They're going to speak under
14:21divine inspiration.
14:24And and we get that.
14:26And let me remind you quickly here
14:30that in August of this year, as God was
14:32dealing with me in these scriptures,
14:35he spoke to me very clearly one morning
14:37and said, "No one will make a liar out
14:40of my prophets."
14:43You you could you can call whatever you
14:45want a church. You you can create any
14:47doctrine you want, but if it doesn't
14:49align with the apostles and prophets,
14:53then it's wrong.
14:55And and we have to realize he's real
14:58serious about eternity.
14:59>> Yes.
15:00>> And he designed an incredible plan and
15:03he paid for that plan with his own
15:05blood.
15:06>> I want to make sure we're living in that
15:08plan. Yes.
15:10>> So tonight, part two, we're going back
15:13to the book of Isaiah, but this time
15:15we're going to chapter 59,
15:26y'all ready?
15:29All right.
15:31Isaiah 59 verse14. I'm reading from the
15:34English Standard Version. It says,
15:36"Justice is turned back and
15:39righteousness stands far away, for truth
15:43has stumbled in the public squares and
15:46uprightness cannot enter." I believe the
15:49King James says truth has fallen in the
15:52streets.
15:54That kind of sounds like today,
15:56just internationally around the whole
15:59world, tr where's truth anymore?
16:05Truth is lacking. Verse 15 says, "And he
16:09who departs from evil makes himself a
16:12prey."
16:14Did you catch that? If if you try to
16:16live right now, we're the ones under
16:19attack.
16:22>> The Lord saw it and it displeased him
16:24that there was no justice.
16:27And he saw that there was no man and
16:30wondered that there was no one to
16:32intercede.
16:34There was no one to take up for those
16:36who had been wronged and no one to take
16:38up for those who were oppressed.
16:42And and and and so he decided to send
16:45one of the junior angels.
16:47>> No, that's not what that says. Y'all
16:51better pay attention.
16:53It it says, "Then his own arm brought
16:57him salvation,
16:59and his righteousness upheld him." Let
17:02me put it this way. God showed up and
17:04did the job himself.
17:07>> I'll come back to that in a minute.
17:09Verse 17, he put on righteousness as a
17:12breastplate and the helmet of salvation
17:15on his head. He put on garments of
17:17vengeance for clothing and wrapped
17:19himself in zeal as a cloak.
17:22Where do you think Paul got the idea
17:24that God had armor that we're to put on?
17:26>> Right there it is.
17:30>> I want you to notice why God put on
17:32armor. He put on armor to confront the
17:37lack of truth and the false doctrine. We
17:40got to put our armor on every day.
17:44>> Verse 18. According to their deeds, so
17:46he will repay. wrath to his adversaries,
17:49repayment to his enemies, to the
17:51coastlands. He will render repayment.
17:52Hey, he's come
17:55to bring victory.
17:58>> I'm telling you, in the Holy Ghost, God
18:00has been watching what's been attacking
18:02you.
18:03>> He
18:05y'all weren't ready for that one yet.
18:07>> I said God's been watching.
18:09>> Hallelujah.
18:10>> And he's got a plan for your victory.
18:13>> But you got to stick with him.
18:18And so shall they fear the name of the
18:20Lord from the west and his glory from
18:23the rising of the sun. For he will come
18:26like a rushing stream
18:30which the wind of the Lord drives.
18:36>> How's he going to show up? In a rushing
18:40mighty wind.
18:43And he's going to come like a stream,
18:47for out of your belly shall flow rivers
18:49of living water.
18:52>> Come on, Ezekiel. What did you see? I I
18:54saw a river flowing out of the temple.
18:56>> And the further we got down, the deeper
18:58it gets. And how many references to to
19:01to the pouring out? How many references
19:03to to water or river are are we seeing
19:06in scripture? Joel said, "I'm going to
19:07pour out my spirit." Yes.
19:11>> One example after another that these
19:14prophets are getting this picture of
19:16what God wants to do.
19:19God's going to show up on his own.
19:24>> And he's going to take care of those who
19:27have been oppressed and wronged.
19:29>> And he's going to fight for those. And
19:32he's going to show up in a mighty wind
19:35as a river. That sounds like the Holy
19:39Ghost to me.
19:41>> Verse 20. And a redeemer,
19:45capital R, will come to Zion. Do you
19:49know where Zion was? So if you go to
19:52Jerusalem, the city there is basically
19:54built on three mountain ridges. East
19:57side the Mount of Olivet, Mount of
19:59Olives. The middle, Mount Mariah. The
20:01other side is Mount Zion. So anytime you
20:03hear Zion, just know that's Jerusalem.
20:06So the redeemer is going to show up at
20:08Jerusalem to those in Jacob or Israel
20:12who turn from transgression.
20:15Hold that verse right there.
20:20The redeemer.
20:23Do you understand what the redeemer's
20:24job was?
20:27The redeemer's job
20:30was to
20:32pay the debts
20:34of a kinsman
20:37and they redeemed.
20:40They would remit a payment
20:44that you owed
20:47on your behalf
20:49>> and you didn't owe them back.
20:53>> I'm just curious. Don't raise your hand.
20:55How many Anybody young people, do
20:57anybody here you owe somebody some
20:59money? Anybody here?
21:02Who does that person in the building
21:05right now? No. We got somebody that owes
21:09somebody in the building money. Who Who
21:12do you owe?
21:14>> Your dad. How much do you owe him?
21:17>> Give me a number.
21:23You You don't know. What? 50 bucks.
21:26>> 50 bucks. Okay, here we go.
21:29Let Let me Let me figure this out. So,
21:33stand up here, bud. You're gonna be a
21:35mic stand. Keep that by my mouth.
21:38So, we go Anthony Hancock, right? That's
21:42who you owe. Okay. Anthony
21:47Hancock.
21:49Do y'all know what this is?
21:52>> Check. Okay. Make a shirt.
21:58>> Oh, I just put 27. Oh my word. 26. 50
22:02bucks. That Okay. So, I'm going to pay
22:04all your debt right here.
22:06>> All right. $50
22:11and Okay. Now, now I have I have a
22:15question. Okay. Um,
22:18what who do you know me as? What what
22:21would you say? Like if you were
22:22describing, you would say, "Oh, that's
22:25Parker's dad." Okay. So, can I wrap
22:27Parker's dad right here?
22:31I I I can't write Parker's dad right
22:33here. Why not?
22:35>> So, I can't write dad.
22:38>> What if I wrote father? Would that work?
22:47>> What if I wrote Richard's son? My dad's
22:50name's Richard.
22:52>> I I can't write that either.
22:54>> What do I got to put here?
22:56>> Why do I have to put my name?
22:59>> Because I'm the one that has the ability
23:02to pay your debt.
23:04>> And if it's not signed by name,
23:10if it doesn't have that name signed to
23:12it,
23:14>> it's worthless. Right.
23:18>> And I just paid your $50 debt right
23:20there.
23:22>> And you don't owe me anything.
23:31>> I was just your redeemer.
23:35>> But you can call me redeemer. But until
23:38I act on that redemption
23:41>> and until I put my name to it,
23:44>> there's no redemption.
23:50>> Then Peter
23:52said unto them,
23:55>> repent.
23:56>> Time out.
23:58>> And a redeemer will come to Zion to
24:00those in Jacob who
24:03>> turn from their transgressions.
24:06>> Do you know what? Repent really means
24:10>> that's right
24:11>> to turn.
24:13>> So the redeemer stands ready
24:18>> to remit payment.
24:20>> Yes. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.
24:24>> Then Peter said unto them, repent and be
24:28baptized every one of you.
24:31>> How? in the
24:33>> in the name of Jesus Christ for the
24:38>> remission of sins, the payment of the
24:41debt,
24:42>> and you shall receive the
24:45>> gift of the Holy Ghost.
24:47>> Hallelujah.
24:49>> There's never full remission without a
24:53name.
24:57>> Do please get this. When Peter stood up
25:00and started preaching, he said, "Repent
25:03and be baptized." And he told everybody,
25:06"I'm in these songs. Do it in the name
25:08of Jesus Christ."
25:10>> Do you realize
25:12he wasn't just reaching back to Jesus's
25:15teachings?
25:18>> My God.
25:20>> I just felt somebody get that. He went
25:23all the way back
25:25>> to Isaiah 59
25:27>> and he said there's going to be
25:29remission in Zion for those who repent.
25:33There's going to be full payment of debt
25:36for those who turn from their ways.
25:38Listen, when we preach repentance, we're
25:41not preaching some United Pentecostal
25:43Church kind of doctrine. This is not
25:45something that comes out of our manual,
25:47but we are aligning with the apostles
25:50and prophets. Uh, I want to be the
25:53church they saw. If I'm going to have my
25:55sins remitted, I know it's going to come
25:58in none other than the saving name of
26:01Jesus Christ.
26:05>> Don't tell me it doesn't matter.
26:14>> You don't have to put this scripture up
26:16unless you just want to. It's Acts
26:17chapter 10. I believe it's verse number
26:1944.
26:20Peter had been preaching to the
26:22Gentiles, the non-Jews,
26:25preaching to the Gentiles. And it said,
26:27"And when Peter yet preached these
26:29words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them
26:31who believed."
26:32>> Right?
26:33>> And and and the Jews standing around, it
26:35said they couldn't believe that on these
26:37Gentile folk, we're Gentiles, by the
26:39way, on the Gentile folks that the Holy
26:41Ghost would be poured out. And but they
26:43knew it happened because they heard them
26:45speak with other tongues. What happened?
26:47the spirit begin to move. And God begin
26:49to talk. It's that simple. Don't quench
26:52the spirit. Don't stop what God's trying
26:55to do.
27:00>> But Peter didn't stop there.
27:04>> Can any man forbid water
27:06>> that these should not be baptized like
27:08us?
27:09>> Do you realize, I don't have time to go
27:11into all this. I believe I taught this
27:13here one time that baptism goes back to
27:16the old Jewish Tilla process. Uh-huh.
27:20The Jews were very controlling about who
27:22could go down in water. This was the
27:24first time that all of a sudden it was
27:26open to all the gentile folks.
27:30>> And the next verse it says, "And Peter
27:33commanded them
27:34>> to be baptized
27:36>> in the name of the Lord."
27:40Commanded.
27:41That that sounds pretty serious,
27:45folks.
27:47Th this this this
27:50faith that we have.
27:51>> Yes.
27:53>> We didn't write this.
27:56>> Parker, your dad didn't write this
27:58stuff.
28:00>> Your grandpa didn't write this stuff.
28:03>> Isaiah wrote this stuff.
28:05>> Jesus proved this stuff.
28:07>> And Peter preached this stuff. We're not
28:09just reaching out here and getting some
28:11kind of doctrine for just what kind of
28:12Christianity do we want to believe. No,
28:14I want to believe what the prophet said
28:17was going to happen.
28:22>> Just like the Bible.
28:24>> Just like the Bible.
28:32>> Oh, we're not done yet.
28:35I think I got a couple more scriptures
28:37left.
28:38Listen,
28:40the baptism of the Holy Ghost,
28:44this infilling of the spirit of God
28:47was God's restoration plan for truth in
28:52his creation.
28:56We have to understand that this this
28:58plan of salvation, repentance and
29:00baptism and the infilling of the Holy
29:02Ghost, we we look at it as a salvation
29:04plan for us as if it's just for us. But
29:07we have to understand that he enroed
29:10himself in flesh and and he put on armor
29:13and he came down. That's what started
29:15this whole thing.
29:20truth in his creation.
29:24>> It's why it's called the spirit of
29:25truth.
29:27It's his way of reclaiming that which he
29:30made.
29:32He's redeeming that which he loves.
29:36>> I'm going to say it again. This what we
29:38call the plan of salvation
29:41is his restoration plan for his
29:43creation.
29:45And Peter backed that up and he said,
29:47"Because when we are built together, we
29:50become the holy habitation of God. We
29:53become the place where God dwells."
29:56Why would you not want that?
29:59I want God in everything.
30:02>> I want him in every part of my being. I
30:04want him in every room in my house. I
30:06want him in my car. I want him on my
30:08job. I want him on the ball field. I
30:10want him wherever.
30:17Truth may have fallen in the streets,
30:18but we're not in the streets.
30:21>> We're in the house of God.
30:25>> Listen,
30:26there's a couple more verses here I got
30:28to show y'all
30:30here. Here a while back, it's been a
30:32while while back. Long while back. I
30:34shouldn't even act like it was just a
30:36little bit ago.
30:37A long time ago, I I was I was trying to
30:40find
30:43this gift of the Holy Ghost
30:46in scripture.
30:48Peter said it's the gift of the Holy
30:51Ghost.
30:52Okay. Well, I know Jesus said, you know,
30:55that
30:57the promise of the father comes on you,
30:59but I got to be honest with you. I I
31:02couldn't find
31:04a verse that was really
31:09explicit
31:11about the Holy Ghost being a gift.
31:16Anyone else wondered that? Is it okay if
31:18I confess that right now?
31:21How many of y'all have wondered some
31:22stuff in scripture? Come on.
31:25>> Well, you're going to get to stop
31:26wondering here in just a minute.
31:29And and and so I started reading all of
31:32these passages in different translations
31:36that that maybe it's the use of a
31:38certain word.
31:42I found it.
31:45Isaiah 59
31:48verse 21.
31:51Now we're going to read it first in the
31:53ESV. Oh, can you go to the ESV? Do you
31:55have it in the ESV? If not, we'll go
31:57right there and I'll just preach. The
31:59Lord says, "My people, I promise to give
32:03you my spirit and my message. These will
32:07be my gifts to you and to your families
32:11forever.
32:13>> I, the Lord, have spoken it."
32:14>> God,
32:16>> it doesn't get any more clear than that.
32:24I can feel y'all soaking that one in
32:26right now. You're going, "It really does
32:29say that."
32:31I promise
32:34God Almighty
32:36making a promise
32:40to give you my
32:44not
32:47my spirit.
32:52And these
32:56will be my gifts
33:00>> to you and to your children and to their
33:05children
33:06>> and to all that are a far off.
33:09>> Hallelujah.
33:14Do you realize that when Peter was
33:17preaching on the day of Pentecost, his
33:20entire message came out of Isaiah?
33:25Said, "Well, why does this matter so
33:27much, brother? Why are you so fired up
33:29about this?"
33:31Because there's too many people that
33:33look at Peter on the day of Pentecost,
33:36and I've had them tell me before, "Well,
33:38he didn't exactly do what Jesus said to
33:41do.
33:44really
33:45>> Jesus said to to go make disciples and
33:49baptize them in the name of the father
33:51and of the son and of the holy ghost.
33:54And I said, "Oh, I'm sorry that the
33:57semantics got you."
34:01Because Jesus clearly said, "I have come
34:03in my father's name.
34:12Jesus said,
34:14"I will not leave you comfortless.
34:18>> I will come to you."
34:23>> Because I assure you, the prophets
34:25didn't get it wrong.
34:27>> That's right. That's right.
34:28>> And they said the redeemer was coming.
34:32>> The one who had the ability to pay the
34:35debt. And he got that ability by
34:38shedding his own blood
34:40>> because we've been bought with a price.
34:47>> Anytime someone tries to tell you that
34:50this doctrine we believe
34:53>> is just something that's been made up by
34:55the Pentecostal movement since Isuza
34:57Street. I got to say all contrary,
35:01>> this is the restoration of the gospel.
35:04This is the restoration going all the
35:07way back to the prophets. And the
35:09prophets were looking into the future.
35:11And they were seeing a church that was a
35:14holy church. And they were seeing a
35:16church that was a multi-generational
35:18church. And they were seeing a church
35:20that was a spiritfilled church.
35:24I want to be what they saw.
35:30>> I got to give you one more verse and I'm
35:32done. Isaiah 44 and3 musicians whatever
35:35y'all are doing
35:39for I
35:43please get that man I feel that somebody
35:45here I know I know those of us who've
35:48been around this a long time you're
35:49probably thinking we got this there's
35:50somebody here that that's just now
35:52getting it
35:54>> for I Jehovah God Almighty will pour
35:58water upon him that is thirsty
36:01>> and floods upon on him that is thirsty.
36:04And Jesus steps up and says, "If any man
36:07thirst,
36:09>> let him come to me.
36:13>> I will pour my spirit,
36:18>> upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy
36:22>> offspring." Hallelujah.
36:23>> And your sons and your daughters shall
36:26prophesy.
36:33Hallelujah.
36:34>> I got news for you.
36:36We haven't made up something new.
36:38>> That's right.
36:40>> In fact, this is the oldest doctrine
36:42that's ever been. Yes, sir.
36:46>> This is the oldest doctrine that's ever
36:49been.
36:51Brother, we we can't go back to the
36:54council of Na 325,
36:56>> 329, 389. We can't go back to those
36:59councils. We we we can't go back to
37:01Nyian creeds or Aanesian creeds. And I
37:04know there's some of y'all don't even
37:05have a clue what I'm talking about right
37:06now, but somebody here does because
37:08that's why I'm saying this. This is not
37:09in my notes.
37:11You can try to go back and draw your
37:13doctrines to those early church fathers
37:16and and and and it's based on a man
37:18named Azian that that came up with this
37:21idea that there were three persons. And
37:23and we understand that Arizon got that
37:25from this ideology from Plato.
37:28Plato never studied at the feet of
37:30Jesus.
37:38>> Oh my God.
37:40And I feel there is a breakthrough in
37:43somebody's heart right now understanding
37:46that what we are preaching here and
37:49every time pastor gets up on a Sunday
37:52morning he says if you've never been
37:54baptized look over here and there's
37:56somebody holding up a sign that says I
37:58have decided and you can be baptized in
38:00Jesus name. Th this is not some new
38:03church just been done in the last
38:05hundred or so years. We're going so far
38:07back beyond anything Plato or Rising
38:10Tertillion or all those other ones ever
38:12imagined. We're going all the way back
38:14to the prophets and we're saying we want
38:16to align with the prophets. If I'm going
38:19down in the water, I'm going down in the
38:22only saving name of Jesus. Uh and when I
38:26do, I know I have positioned myself. I
38:29have aligned myself with the prophets.
38:32And the next thing I know is there is an
38:34outpouring of the spirit of God.
38:39If you've never been baptized in Jesus'
38:42name, tonight's the night. I'm going to
38:44follow Peter and command you to be
38:46baptized in Jesus' name.
38:50That's not Rick Levelvel. I'm just
38:52quoting scripture tonight. I want to be
38:54aligned with scripture tonight. If
38:56you've never been filled with the Holy
38:58Ghost, you can receive the Holy Ghost
39:00right there where you are tonight. You
39:02can turn from your sins in one prayer
39:05and the power of God can hit you right
39:07where you stand or sit.
39:15You see, here's what happens inside a
39:18church that is aligned with the
39:20prophets.
39:22All of those gifts that were promised
39:26start operating.
39:28>> The gifts of the spirit.
39:31>> All of a sudden, somebody's got a word
39:32of wisdom for somebody.
39:34>> Somebody's got a prophecy for somebody.
39:37>> Somebody's got a miracle coming.
39:39>> Yes.
39:40>> Hallelujah.
39:41>> You see, this is how God operates.
39:44>> This is how the spirit operates.
39:47>> He's here right now.
39:48>> Yes, he is.
39:49>> The spirit of God is in this place. I
39:51know it's Wednesday night, but I know
39:53what I felt for weeks in the spirit.
39:59There are gifts in the spirit that are
40:01want to function right now.
40:03>> And all it's going to take is people who
40:04are yielded to the spirit that will
40:06allow God to work through you. I believe
40:08tonight, one of you young people can go
40:10lay hands on an elder and see them be
40:12healed tonight in Jesus name.
40:15>> That's the spirit operating. Somebody
40:18tonight can begin to speak in other
40:20tongues as the spirit gives the
40:21utterance. Somebody here can declare a
40:24fresh word of faith over your family.
40:26Someone here can give a word of
40:27knowledge to somebody. That's how the
40:29gifts of the spirit operate.
40:35I'm going to close it out with this.
40:38If I could sum up all of this,
40:43I'm going to answer the question. Yes.
40:46>> Do we align with the apostles and
40:48prophets?
40:50>> Yes, we do.
40:52>> And where there is prophetic alignment,
40:55there is prophetic results.
40:57>> And I felt an uncction in the Holy Ghost
40:59to come here and through education and
41:02through teaching unleash the spirit to
41:05work in your life like it may never have
41:07before.
41:12>> Come on, let's just begin praying right
41:14now. where you're at. I want you I want
41:16you to be moved by the spirit right now.
41:18He's in here right now. The power of God
41:20is in this house right now. He said,
41:22"Well, I I don't feel him." You don't
41:24have to feel him. I'm telling you, he's
41:25here right now.
41:28Come on. Don't trust your feelings.
41:29Trust your faith tonight.
41:34Come on.
41:36Come on. Come on. That's it. That's it.
41:37Begin to pray in the spirit. Those who
41:40are here feeling moved in the spirit,
41:41maybe move out from where you're at
41:42right now. Begin to walk around. Come
41:45on. If you want the contents to move,
41:47you got to move the container. Begin to
41:49move around. Go find somebody to pray
41:51for right now. Find somebody to lay
41:53hands on right now. Find somebody that
41:55needs a miracle touch and declare that
41:57miracle in their life right now.
42:08Come on. If you need the Holy Ghost,
42:09it's right here. Lord, in the name of
42:11Jesus, uh, we loose you to work and do
42:14your mighty deeds tonight. Uh, in the
42:16name of Jesus, Lord, we repent of our
42:17sins. We turn from our iniquities, oh
42:20God, and we submit ourselves to you. Let
42:23your word be confirmed with signs
42:25following.
42:33Come on, that's it. Lift your voices.
42:35Make it loud tonight. Lift your voices
42:37tonight. Lift your voice tonight. Don't
42:40be afraid to pray boldly. Come on, young
42:42people. Pray with one another boldly
42:44tonight. Let the spirit begin to move.
42:47Let the spirit begin to operate. Let him
42:50begin to speak tonight.
43:18Come on. The power of God is want to
43:20move right now. There's a transformation
43:22want to come in lives and hearts
43:23tonight. It's all in this place. It
43:25don't have to be right here around the
43:27altar. It's all in the backer. Three
43:29rows from the back. God is wanting you
43:30to move out of your comfort zone right
43:32now.
43:36Come on. He'll do a new thing if you'll
43:37do a new thing.
43:42In the name of Jesus. In the name of
43:45Jesus.
43:55Hallelujah.
43:57Come on. You've been living with it long
43:58enough. There's an oppression that wants
44:00to be lifted tonight. I said you've been
44:02living with it long enough. It's time to
44:04join your faith with somebody and say,
44:06"Pray me out of this this mess I'm in.
44:09Help pray me through tonight."
44:20Just whenever you're ready.
44:24>> I know you're tired, but there's an
44:26anointing on you.
44:26>> Hallelujah.
44:28Hallelujah.
44:30Praise God. Let's hold on one second.
44:33This doesn't work unless there's a
44:35hunger and a thirst. Because the Bible
44:36says, "He that's hungry and thirsty
44:38shall be filled." If you're not hungry,
44:40if you're not thirsty, if you came
44:42filled up, then God can't do anything
44:44for you tonight. If you've received
44:46everything that you need in Revelation,
44:48everything that you need from God, then
44:51there's no more and you're dismissed in
44:52Jesus' name. But if you're like pastor
44:54tonight, and I think there's more than
44:56one of us that are here that are hungry
44:58for God, then I want you to step out
45:00from the aisle right now. I want you to
45:01move forward to the front of this place.
45:03Just hungry people. That's all. Just
45:05hungry people. It says, "God, I can use
45:07more. I want more. I desire gifts. I
45:11desire your spirit. I desire to help
45:13people. I desire to lay hands on the
45:15sick and watch them recover. I desire to
45:18cast out devils. I desire to speak with
45:20new tongues." Come on. If you're hungry
45:23and thirsty, press your way forward.
45:24Just move forward right now. Say, "God,
45:26I'm hungry and I'm thirsty." And those
45:28that are, you're going to be filled
45:30tonight. You're going to be filled
45:32tonight. So, just move forward right
45:33now. And I want you to lift your hands
45:34and close your eyes. Let that hunger
45:37that is within you begin to formulate
45:40into words and begin to pray in the
45:43spirit and pray with understanding. Lift
45:46your voice and pray and say, "God, fill
45:48my very being with your spirit. Fill my
45:52very being with the Holy Ghost and fire
45:55in the name of Jesus."
45:57Come on. It doesn't even take a whole
45:59lot of emotion. It just takes hunger and
46:01it takes thirsting. It takes hunger and
46:04it takes thirsting. It takes hunger. It
46:07takes thirsting after him right now.
46:09God, fill me with your spirit. Fill me
46:11with your power. Fill me with your
46:13faith. Fill me with your anointing. Fill
46:16me till I overflow like you said from my
46:19belly rivers of living water. I'm
46:22hungry. Give me the word of knowledge.
46:24Uh give me the gifts of healing. Uh give
46:27unto me the gift of prophecy that I may
46:30prophesy to my generation that I can
46:33prophesy to this world that I can
46:35prophesy to the darkness in the name of
46:39Jesus.
46:42Oh, that's it church. That's it.
46:48Lift up your voice and sing for joy.
46:51Clap your hands. Make a joyful noise.
46:54Blow the trumpet and shout. We will
46:57praise him for the victory.
47:00>> The weapons we use are not bombs and
47:03guns. Worship is the way that the battle
47:06is won.
47:06>> You need healing in your body? Lift your
47:09hands and ask him for it.
47:11God will heal your body tonight. By his
47:14stripes, we were healed in Jesus name.
47:17>> If you need healing in your body
47:18tonight, reach up and receive it. Say,
47:20"Tonight, Lord, I claim my healing. I
47:23claim the wonderworking power of the
47:25blood in the name of Jesus."
47:29>> My justice come
47:36Jesus.
47:39I can't stop praising his name. I just
47:42can't stop praising his name. I just
47:46can't stop praising his name. Jesus,
47:50lift up your voice. Lift up your voice
47:53and sing for joy. Clap your hands. Make
47:56a joyful noise. Blow the trumpet shout.
48:01We praise him for the victory.
48:04The weapons we use on our bombs and
48:07guns. Worship is the way that the battle
48:10is won. This is the way that we fight.
48:14We praise him for the victory. Oh, I
48:17can't stop. Can't stop praising his
48:20name. I just can't stop praising his
48:23name. I just can't stop praising his
48:26name. Jesus.
48:28Oh, I can't stop.
48:33I just can't stop praising his name. I
48:36just can't stop praising his name.
48:40Jesus.
48:41Oh, I can't stop. Can't stop praising
48:45his name. I just can't stop praising his
48:48name. I just can't stop praising his
48:52name. Jesus said to lift up your voice.
48:56Lift up your voice and sing for joy.
48:59Clap your hand. Make the choice.
49:05Praise him for the victory.
49:08The weapons we use are not bombs and
49:11guns. Worship is the way that the battle
49:14is won. This is the way that we fight.
49:18We praise him for the victory.
49:21I can't stop can't stop praising his
49:24name. I just can't stop praising his
49:27name. I just can't stop praising his
49:30name. Jesus,
49:33I can't stop. Can't stop praising his
49:36name. I just can't stop praising his
49:40name. I just can't stop praising his
49:43name. Jesus.
49:45Oh, I can't stop. Can't stop praising
49:49his name. I just can't stop praising his
49:52name. I just can't stop praising his
49:56name. Jesus.
49:58Oh, I can't stop
50:01praising his name.
50:04Praise his name.
50:08Praise his name. Jesus.
50:11Every knee shall bow. Every knee shall
50:15bow.
50:17Every tongue confesses.
50:26Every knee shall bow.
50:29Every tongue confess
50:33Jesus Christ is Lord forever.
50:37Oh, can't stop. Can't stop praising his
50:40name. I just can't stop praising his
50:44name. I just can't stop praising his
50:47name. Jesus.
50:50I can't stop. Can't stop his name. I
50:54can't stop.
50:57I just can't stop
51:00Jesus.
51:02Oh, I can't stop. Can't stop.
51:06I just can't stop. Praise his name. I
51:10just can't stop praising his name.
51:13Jesus.
51:15Oh, I can't stop. Can't stop. Praise his
51:19name. I just can't stop. Praise his
51:22name. I just can't stop his name. Come
51:27on and lift up your voice and sing. Lift
51:30up your voice and sing. Your hands.
51:35Come on.
51:38We're going to praise the Lord.
51:40The weapons we use. The weapons we use
51:43on our guns. Worship is the way that we
51:47battle this one.
51:52Come on, let's say that again.
51:54Lift up your voice. Lift up your voice
51:56and sing for joy. Clap your hands. Make
51:59a joyful noise. Holy We're going
52:04to praise the Lord.
52:06The witness.
52:10This is the way.
52:12Heat.
52:14Heat.
52:24Jesus
52:35praise his name.
52:38Praise his name.
52:41Praise his name. Jesus.
52:50Jesus
53:20Praise God.
53:23It's Wednesday night, Brother Cantrell.
53:27But doctrine's still right. Truth is
53:28still right. Faith is in this house
53:30right now.
53:35If you have never been immersed in water
53:39in the precious name of Jesus Christ for
53:42the remission of your sins. You may have
53:44been sprinkled when you were a child.
53:46You may have been immersed another way
53:48in words. other words were said over
53:50you. But if it wasn't done according to
53:52the way that the disciples taught it,
53:54that Jesus gave it to his disciples to
53:57do it, that everyone in the New
53:59Testament was immersed, baptized in the
54:01wonderful name of Jesus. And tonight,
54:04you know that you need to make yourself
54:05ready and get those sins remitted, and
54:07you've repented, but you're ready to
54:09take your next step and say, "Jesus, I'm
54:11ready to make you Lord over my life. I'm
54:13ready to be part of your family. And I'm
54:15ready for your name to be on my life and
54:17for old things to be passed away, all
54:19things to become new. Even if there was
54:22just one of you tonight, the Bible says
54:24when one sinner repents, there's joy in
54:28the presence of the angels.
54:31If it's you, if that's you, I want you
54:35to muster up as much courage as you can
54:37right now. I want you to take steps of
54:39faith over here to I have decided where
54:41you're going to meet the most friendly
54:43people that you've ever met in your life
54:45with private rooms to get robes on.
54:47You're not even going to get your
54:48clothes wet tonight. You come over here
54:50into those rooms and then come and get
54:52baptized in the precious. Our water is
54:54always ready. The baptistry is always
54:56ready.
54:59And if you want the baptism of the Holy
55:01Ghost tonight, we'll pray with you for
55:03God to fill you with this spirit. But
55:05I'm specifically calling for you right
55:07now. Now, if you've never been baptized
55:08in Jesus' name, you feel this little
55:11nudge. You feel this tug at your heart.
55:13Now, listen. I know there's a lot of
55:15times you're like, "I want to be
55:16baptized, but I'm going to do it
55:18whenever I can invite all my family and
55:20friends." That's an exciting thing to
55:22do. This isn't to instill fear, but it
55:25is to encourage your faith. The Bible
55:27tells us that we are not promised
55:29tomorrow. You're not promised the next
55:31day. You're not promised next week.
55:34We're not promised. Pastor isn't. You're
55:36not. Nobody is. Doesn't matter what your
55:38position, calling, age is. You're not
55:40promised the next moment. That's why
55:42whenever we hear truth like we heard
55:45tonight, we have to be willing to be
55:47obedient right now. Cuz the Bible says
55:50today is the day of salvation. Not your
55:53tomorrow, but your today is the day. God
55:56wants to save you today. He wants to
55:59keep you today. He wants to get you
56:02ready today. So today, somebody shout
56:05today. Today, right now,
56:10so if you feel that tug, if you're
56:12feeling it and you go, you know, I need
56:14to today. I want you right now just to
56:16step on over here and say, today is the
56:19day for me to be baptized. Thank you,
56:21brother Levelvel, for that word that you
56:23have preached tonight. Thank you for
56:24last Wednesday, this Wednesday,
56:27and for preaching the unadulterated word
56:29of God,
56:31the prophetic view of the church. Amen.
56:34This goes all the way back. This isn't
56:36some new thing. It's a real old thing
56:38that still works today in Jesus name.
56:42The way that you're going to operate in
56:44the gifts that you have, the Bible says
56:46number one, faith comes by hearing,
56:48hearing by the word of God. The way that
56:50you can begin to operate in those gifts
56:52and what God's called you to do and what
56:54you're desiring to do is be obedient
56:56tomorrow. Be obedient tonight. Be
56:58obedient when you wake up tomorrow. You
57:00feel a nudge. You feel that prompting.
57:02All right? Feel that prompting to
57:04witness. You feel that prompting to pray
57:06for somebody. Listen, I've rarely I've
57:09never never heard the devil ask me to
57:11pray for somebody. Never.
57:13>> I've never heard the devil ask me to
57:15witness to somebody about the gospel of
57:17Jesus Christ. feel that nudge. Then you
57:20let the Holy Spirit lead you. Hey, you
57:22stumble, you you mess up. Hey, you know
57:24what? I apologize. Let me let me I'll
57:27get it better the next time. All right?
57:29And and you keep moving forward by
57:31grace, but let's move forward by faith.
57:33This is what was preached to us tonight.
57:35It's not meant to be an experience kept
57:38in the house. The beginning tells us of
57:40the church tells us that when the
57:42experience happened, it was meant to
57:44bubble out. It was meant to pour out
57:46onto the streets. pick the truth up off
57:48the streets and get it in your heart.
57:50How How many's thankful for the word
57:51tonight? Amen. Praise God. Let's just
57:55lift our hands and our voice. Let's
57:56thank the Lord tonight for what he has
57:58spoken, what he's done. Let's commit
57:59ourselves to be obedient to what we've
58:02heard. Heavenly Father, thank you for
58:03your word. Thank you for faith that's
58:05been given. Thank you for the faith
58:07that's been mixed with your word
58:09tonight.
58:11Help us as we leave this place to be
58:13witnesses and light and salt to all of
58:16our neighbors and our friends and our
58:18co-workers and our family. Put a love in
58:20our hearts so that we'll speak the truth
58:22in love and not be ashamed, oh God, of
58:24this wonderful gospel. For it is the
58:26power of God under salvation. And help
58:28us, I pray, to be full of your spirit
58:31every single day. And we give you all
58:33the praise and glory for it in Jesus'
58:36name we pray. And everybody said,
58:38"Amen." Praise God. Love somebody before
58:40you leave this place. Hug somebody's
58:42neck. Shake somebody's hand. High five
58:44somebody. Tell them you're glad to see
58:45them. If you don't know them, introduce
58:47yourself to him. God bless you. You're
58:49dismissed in Jesus name.
59:06Heat. Heat.
59:38Heat. Heat.
60:01Heat. Heat.