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Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 10/4/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor explores the nature of God through the doxology of 1 Timothy 1:17, declaring Him as the eternal, immortal, and only wise King. The message challenges believers to simplify their faith by focusing on the one true God who offers supernatural transformation and freedom from worldly corruption.
Key points
- •God is King Eternal - He possesses an everlasting kingdom and a government that outlasts all earthly nations and political anxieties.
- •God is Immortal and Invisible - As an incorruptible spirit, God is not subject to decay or physical limitations, making Him the only reliable anchor for human souls.
- •The Doctrine of One God - Believing in 'the only wise God' simplifies the believer's life, calling for undivided focus and the rejection of modern idols.
- •The Manifestation of God in Christ - Jesus Christ is the visible demonstration of the invisible God, possessing all power to forgive sins and heal bodies.
- •Transformation Through the Spirit - The Holy Spirit provides a surpassing glory that transforms believers from the inside out, providing liberty from shame and condemnation.
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Life application
This week, simplify your spiritual life by identifying one 'temporary trapping' or distraction that has divided your focus, and consciously surrender it to the only wise God in prayer. Use 1 Timothy 1:17 as a daily affirmation to anchor your mind in God's eternal nature when you feel anxious about the world.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you allowed the 'wolves' of worldly anxiety or temporary distractions to steal your spiritual breath?
- How does the truth that God has no beginning and no end change the way you view your current trials?
- What 'graven images' or corruptible things in modern life are you tempted to give yourself over to, and how can you refocus on the incorruptible God?
- Paul describes God as 'the only wise God.' Where do you need His wisdom most in your life right now?
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Full transcript
0:00>> Hallelujah.
0:00Come on. Would you take a moment right
0:02now to bask in his love? Thank him for
0:06his love. Hallelujah.
0:09[music]
0:12>> Oh, thank you Jesus. [cheering]
0:26>> Hallelujah.
0:48Hallelujah.
0:51You know, some people have a hard time
0:54grasping that the God of the whole
0:57universe could love them.
1:02because we like to measure
1:04ourselves.
1:07>> We're not very good measures.
1:11>> Bible says that all have sinned.
1:13>> That's right.
1:15>> And you've come short
1:16>> of the glory of God.
1:19>> That's everybody.
1:21The scripture says, [music] "It's not by
1:23works of righteousness that we have
1:25done, but according to his mercy he
1:29saved us by the washing of regeneration,
1:33renewing of the Holy Ghost."
1:37The Bible says, "For God so loved the
1:40world that he gave his only begotten son
1:46that whoever believes in him should not
1:48perish but have everlasting life."
1:52Our message to you this morning is loud
1:54and clear. Jesus loves you.
1:58>> That's right.
1:59>> That's right.
2:00>> He loves you. Amen.
2:01>> If you get nothing else, if you take
2:03away nothing else, I want you to know
2:05this morning as I praised him and all of
2:08us have been worshiping the Lord
2:10together. The message is loud and clear,
2:12Jesus loves you. [cheering]
2:15[applause] Would you raise your hands
2:18and lift your voice and thank him one
2:20more time for loving you and
2:22demonstrating that love by sending his
2:26only begotten son into the world not to
2:29condemn us but to die for us and in our
2:33place. Come on, somebody lift your voice
2:35right now and thank him for a love that
2:37you couldn't pay for, you couldn't do
2:39enough good works for, yet he loves you
2:42anyhow.
2:44>> [cheering]
2:45>> Praise God.
2:47>> Praise God. Thank you, Jesus.
2:50Amen.
2:57[screaming]
3:01[crying]
3:08Listen
3:29to me, oh my people. I [screaming]
3:33have been reaching for you. I am
3:37searching for you. Respond to me and I
3:42will hear and heal you, saith the Lord.
3:47>> Hallelujah.
3:49>> Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. We respond to your
3:52word this morning. [applause]
3:53We thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah.
3:59Hallelujah. [applause and cheering]
4:10Thank [applause] you Jesus.
4:13>> Thank you Jesus.
4:19[applause]
4:31Praise God.
4:36>> The Lord is among us.
4:40>> He's here right now.
4:43>> Thank you, Jesus.
4:46>> Thank you, Jesus.
4:48I know we've done it a lot, but just
4:50lift your hands one more time and love
4:52on him today.
4:56I don't know what brought you into this
4:58house this morning, but I do know that
4:59God has given a word to us and he wants
5:02to speak to you today.
5:08Hallelujah.
5:10Thank you, Jesus.
5:19>> Hallelujah.
5:32Well, surely [singing]
5:35the presence
5:38>> of the Lord is in this place.
5:43I can feel
5:46his mighty power
5:50and [music] his grace. [singing]
5:53>> [snorts]
5:54>> I can feel the brush of angels wings.
6:01I see gloryy
6:04on each face.
6:08For surely
6:10the presence
6:13of the Lord [singing]
6:15is in [music] this place.
6:19And surely
6:22the presence
6:25of the Lord
6:27is in this place.
6:31>> I can feel
6:34his mighty power
6:37and his grace.
6:43I can feel the brush of angels wings.
6:49I see gloryy [singing]
6:52on each face.
6:56>> For surely [singing]
6:59the presence
7:02of the Lord
7:04is in this place.
7:08Aren't you thankful for his presence
7:10this morning? Praise God.
7:13Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
7:17[applause]
7:19Well, we'll dive in a little bit
7:20differently here this morning. As you
7:22make your way back to your seats, you
7:23may be [music] seated in the precious
7:26name of Jesus this morning.
7:32So glad that you're here.
7:35I don't believe it's by accident. It's
7:36not coincidence that you found your way
7:38to new life and that you're among God's
7:41people and his presence. Listen, I know
7:43some things may seem strange, different
7:46to you,
7:49but it is all a way of us responding to
7:51the Lord and for the Lord responding to
7:54us. And I'm very thankful for a church
7:57that believes in walking in the spirit,
8:01flowing in the spirit, and not simply
8:04getting through a lurggical experience.
8:07And I'm not opposed to that. But I'm
8:09thankful for a church that wants to
8:11follow after God. Can you say amen?
8:15>> I want to speak to you just briefly this
8:19morning. I I have uh I'm going old
8:23school this morning. I I I had chicken
8:25scratch on my notes this morning. Still
8:28several pages, but I have scratches on
8:31these notes.
8:33And um the Lord was speaking to me about
8:37what I wanted to share with the church
8:38this morning. I want to I want to take
8:41your mind uh to Ephesus,
8:45a major New Testament church. This was a
8:49church of impact and influence.
8:52Paul, that wonderful apostle of God,
8:55born out of due time, spent three years
8:59ministering in Ephesus. He poured a lot
9:03of investment into that church. In fact,
9:06he said in Acts chapter 20, he said, "I
9:09did not hold back, declaring to them the
9:12whole council of God."
9:16>> Paul wanted to make sure this church was
9:17established, growing, continuing to
9:19thrive. There was a powerful revival
9:23that happened in Acts chapter 19 records
9:26that it says that extraordinary
9:29miracles,
9:31extraordinary miracles happen.
9:34That's what we're believing God for.
9:37>> These signs shall follow them that
9:38believe. We're not interested in just
9:40having some normal regular church
9:44religious experience. We want that
9:47supernatural miracle working God among
9:50his people cuz he has not changed.
9:53>> He is the same yesterday, today, and
9:55forever. If he worked miracles then,
9:58>> he's working miracles now.
10:01>> Anybody experienced a personal miracle
10:04in your life? Would you just raise your
10:05hand right now? Have you experienced
10:07something supernatural that the world
10:09didn't give you? Then the world can't
10:10take it away. Could you just give God
10:12thanks for that right now as a witness
10:14and a testify to somebody on your row
10:16that God is still working miracles in
10:18these last days.
10:21[applause]
10:22>> Extraordinary miracles, deliverance from
10:25evil spirits, people publicly denouncing
10:29occult practices.
10:31They even had a B uh book burning
10:35associated with magic. They burned so
10:38many books. The estimated cost was
10:4050,000 pieces of silver.
10:43>> Because it doesn't matter what it cost
10:45you to get right with God.
10:48>> What would a man gain? What would he
10:50give in exchange rather for his soul?
10:53>> If it's got to be some books, if it's
10:55got to be some music, if it's got to be
10:58some entertainment, if it's got to be a
11:00job, if it's got to be people I used to
11:02hang around with, what would I give in
11:03exchange for my soul? I give nothing in
11:06exchange for my soul. I've got to make
11:08it right with God.
11:11>> The revival became large enough that it
11:14disrupted the local economy to their
11:17worship to Diana,
11:21Artemis, the these gods, false gods that
11:23they worship.
11:25>> So Paul begins to write to Timothy in 1
11:28Timothy chapter 1. He writes to Timothy.
11:30Timothy is not starting a church from
11:32scratch.
11:33He's just Paul's trusted apostolic
11:36representative to the church in Ephesus.
11:38Paul wants Timothy to remain there for a
11:42while because there's some things that
11:45Paul has seen from the outset that has
11:47concerned him. In fact, in Acts chapter
11:4920, Paul says, "After my departing shall
11:53grievous wolves enter in among you."
11:58Sounds like what Jesus told his
12:00disciples. He said, "I'm sending you as
12:03sheep among the wolves." But I want to
12:07correct someone's ideology, your
12:09thinking that simply because there's
12:11wolves out there doesn't mean that we
12:13remain silent.
12:15>> Just because we know that there's wolves
12:17does not mean that we remain hidden and
12:20quiet and bashful. The Bible says,
12:23"Greater is he that is in you than he
12:25that is in the world."
12:26>> And there comes a time when we've got to
12:28contend for the faith.
12:31Oh, help us, Lord. There's a time
12:33whenever you've got to rise up and
12:35defend what you believe.
12:37>> I'm not talking about being
12:38argumentative. I'm not talking about
12:40slamming somebody with your words. I'm
12:42talking about simply speaking the truth
12:44in love.
12:46>> A time whenever you've got to get bold
12:48cuz Jesus said that we would receive
12:50boldness. After that, the Holy Ghost has
12:52come upon us to be witnesses.
12:55Paul said, "After my departing, grievous
12:57wolves are going to enter in among you."
12:59also of your own selves shall men arise
13:03speaking perverse things. People that
13:05look like you, people that you went to
13:07church with, people that act like you,
13:09but they're going to rise up of your own
13:11selves. Men are going to arise and
13:14they're going to speak perverse things.
13:16And when you read Acts chapter 20 and
13:18First Timothy together, you see Paul's
13:20warning has become a reality. First
13:24Timothy starts to correct some things as
13:26Paul is writing this young pastor and
13:29he's telling him there's some things
13:30that you need to go back and you need to
13:32work on. He's writing to this young man
13:34how to bring order to the church cuz
13:36there ought to be decency and order
13:38within the church. He talks about godly
13:41leadership and what elders ought to look
13:43like and deacons. And he says also you
13:46need to establish sound doctrine in the
13:48church. You would think that after
13:51Ephesus has had this great revival and
13:53Ephesus has had this great im this
13:55impact. It's a legacy church, you would
13:58think Ephesus would be all right. But
14:00Paul says, Timothy, I need you to go
14:02back because there's people that are
14:04trying to sway the God's very elect.
14:07There's people that are listening to
14:09these wolves, these false prophets. And
14:11I need you as a man of God to stand in
14:14my absence. and I need you to preach
14:16some things and teach some things and
14:18show yourself an example and don't let
14:20them despise your youth. And so I need
14:23you to share with them again the truth
14:25that perhaps they once heard but they
14:27need to hear again. So I hope it would
14:29be all right new life for me to preach
14:31this morning of a truth that you may
14:33have heard before and even believed
14:35before but I'll preach it again. I got
14:38to preach to you again the whole council
14:41of God. I've got to preach to you the
14:42truth that this church has been
14:44established on because it is that same
14:47truth that will set us free. It is that
14:49same truth that is the guard rails for
14:52our life, the foundation for our life.
14:54It is that very truth that will cause us
14:56to know the difference between good and
14:59evil, between a false prophet and a true
15:01prophet. We've got to get back to the
15:03word of God. We got to get back to truth
15:06and we got to buy it and sell it not.
15:09We've got to hold on to a truth that
15:10won't let us go. If circumstances
15:13change, the truth does not change. If if
15:16our lifestyle changes, truth will always
15:19remain the same. And I want to help
15:21somebody when life is moving and so fast
15:24and your life seems sheltered and and
15:27just like everything's coming against
15:29you. I want you to remember that the
15:31truth is what you can hold on to and the
15:34truth will be your anchor of hope.
15:38It's the truth that builds this great
15:42church. Grace and truth came by Jesus
15:46Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way,
15:49>> the truth,
15:50>> and the life. No man comes unto the
15:52father but by me." So Timothy begins to
15:55remind the church of this great truth.
15:57Paul, he writes this doxology in chapter
16:02one that we're going to kind of dive
16:03into in one verse because there is no
16:06greater truth. There is no greater
16:07revelation. There is no greater doctrine
16:10than the doctrine of our God. Somebody
16:13say our God. That's what I want to
16:15preach for a few moments to you this
16:17morning is our God. First Timothy 1 and
16:20verse 17 concluding his doxology. This
16:23hymn of praise. Uh this is what Paul
16:25writes to Timothy. He said now unto the
16:28king eternal, immortal, invisible, the
16:32only wise God be honor and glory. Now
16:36and forever more. Amen. Now unto the
16:40King eternal. I was praying and asking
16:42God because I I want to preach and teach
16:44to you about this great God. But what
16:46scripture, what what what declaration
16:48could encapsulate all that God is, was,
16:51or ever will be? What words in our
16:54language could describe this great God
16:56that you and I sing about and worship
16:59and pray to and have been redeemed and
17:01and touched by? How could we describe
17:04adequately this wonderful God? And I
17:07happened, the spirit led me to this
17:09wonderful verse in 1 Timothy 1 verse 17.
17:12Now unto the king eternal, immortal,
17:16invisible, the only wise God. Be honor
17:19and glory forever and ever. Amen. I want
17:23to take this description of this great
17:26God that you and I worship and serve and
17:29perhaps turn our attention to the great
17:31doctrine of our God. Paul said, "He is
17:34the king eternal." The scripture
17:37inspired Paul in his doxology to write
17:40that this is our king and this king is
17:44eternal. Psalm 24 says, "The earth is
17:47the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the
17:49world, and they that dwell therein. For
17:51he hath founded it upon the seas, and
17:54established it upon the floods." I want
17:56to remind us this morning, this God that
17:58you and I serve, he's still the king.
18:03>> He is the king. Isaiah chapter 9 and
18:05verse 7, one of my favorite scriptures
18:07says, "Of the increase of his
18:09government," somebody say, "His
18:11government."
18:12>> That's right. his government and peace
18:14there shall be no end. And upon the
18:16throne of David, that's a messianic
18:18term, upon the throne of David. And upon
18:21his kingdom, somebody say, "His
18:22kingdom."
18:23>> Don't ever forget that he has a kingdom.
18:26He's got a government that will continue
18:28to increase, that will continue to grow,
18:30that will continue to thrive. His
18:32kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
18:35he is the king of all kings. Jesus
18:38taught us to pray and say, "Thy will be
18:41done. Thy kingdom come on earth as it is
18:45in heaven. And at the conclusion of that
18:47prayer, he said, for thine is the
18:49kingdom and the power and the glory
18:52forever. Amen. We need to awaken each
18:56morning and remind oursel that he is
18:58still the king of the kingdom. That he
19:01is still the king of all kings and the
19:03lord of all lords. And that he is above
19:06all, through all, and in us all. Daniel
19:10chapter 2, King Nebby, Nebuchadnezzar.
19:13Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a great image.
19:15You'll remember it. There was a head of
19:18gold. There was chest of arm uh chest
19:21and arms of silver. There was a belly
19:23and waist of brass, legs and iron, feet
19:27iron and clay, a mixture. And he saw
19:30this great image that represented the
19:33kingdoms of the world. He represented uh
19:36the head of gold. King Nebuchadnezzar uh
19:38was very blessed by the God of heaven.
19:40His kingdom grew and expanded very
19:43wealthy and uh King Nebby had this great
19:46dream that he saw. But within that
19:48dream, there was a stone, a stone that
19:51was cut without hands. Somebody say
19:54without hands. I want to remind you that
19:56the kingdom of God is not made of the
19:59things of this earth. It's not made of
20:00the things of this world. It is not of
20:02the same substance. It does not have the
20:04same culture. It does not have the same
20:06priorities. The kingdom of God is
20:08completely separate. It is not mixed
20:11into this image of other kingdoms. It's
20:13not mixed into America somehow. It's not
20:16mixed into Russia somehow. It's not
20:18mixed into the government of China. No,
20:20his kingdom is far above it all. His
20:23kingdom is high and lofty and separate.
20:25And there's no king like our king. And
20:28that stone that Nebuchadnezzar saw, that
20:31stone came and smashed that mountain. I
20:34want to give hope to somebody here today
20:36that's troubled about what you see in
20:37the world. You've been worried and
20:39anxious and frustrated and angry over
20:41all the things that are happening in
20:43other governments. But I want to remind
20:44you of the king that you serve. You are
20:48part of a kingdom that will outlast all
20:51other kingdom.
20:53Come on. Every kingdom is going to
20:55perish and fade and fall away. But our
20:58kingdom, this great God that we serve,
21:01he has no ending. He is the king
21:04eternal. And we have the privilege of
21:06being a part of his kingdom as sons and
21:09daughters. When you get into this thing,
21:12you're part of the winning side.
21:15>> I said you're part of the winning team.
21:17And if I'm part of the winning team, I'm
21:19going to win. My marriage is going to
21:20win. My family is going to win. I'm
21:23going to win this thing. Cuz he that
21:25endureth to the end, the same shall be
21:28saved.
21:30Romans for 14:17 says, "For the kingdom
21:33of God, it's not mean drink." Come on.
21:36It's not made of the same substance.
21:37It's not the same thing
21:39>> as this kingdoms of the earth, but it is
21:41righteousness. It is peace. It is joy in
21:46the Holy Ghost.
21:48>> Our God is king and not just king, but
21:50he is the king eternal. Somebody say,
21:51"King eternal."
21:53>> eternal.
21:53>> Eternal. Neverending past. He has a
21:57never- ending future. I can't hardly
21:59describe it, but there were times I went
22:01to a private school K through 12. It's
22:04why I am the way that I am
22:08and I'm thankful for that. [laughter]
22:11Went to private school and I would sit
22:12in my little cubicle and there were
22:14moments whenever I would get a break,
22:16maybe I had finished my work or there
22:17was a verse in my paces. That's what we
22:20worked with. We had paces and uh there
22:22was a verse that would stick out to me
22:23and cause me to think of this great God
22:25that we serve. And I would bust brain
22:28cells trying to conceptualize this God
22:32who had no beginning and he has no
22:34ending. Cuz you and I, we were born into
22:36time. We were born from uh a mother and
22:40and a father. We we've got a beginning.
22:42We can reverberate all the way back. In
22:44fact, when we were in Salt Lake City,
22:46Utah, my mom told me that whenever I was
22:48born in 1982, that Salt Lake City, Utah
22:51was the very first general conference
22:54that I went to. They took me to as a
22:56child. And so, I had a beginning. I went
22:58back to see if anybody remembered me.
22:59They didn't, but I went back. I thought
23:02I made a significant impact. I hadn't.
23:05And so, I went back. Everybody's got a
23:07beginning. We can think about things
23:09that begin and things that start. But
23:12with God, he has no beginning.
23:16>> With God, he has no ending. He is
23:19eternal. In fact, the Bible says in
23:21Psalm 102, "Oh my God, take me not away
23:24in the midst of my days." He said, "For
23:26thy years are throughout all
23:28generations. Of old hast thou laid the
23:30foundation of the earth. The heavens are
23:32the work of thy hands. They shall
23:34perish, but thou but thou shall endure.
23:38Yay, all of them shall wax old like a
23:40garment. As a vesture, thou shalt change
23:42them, and they shall be changed, but
23:44thou but thou art the same, and thy
23:47years shall have no end. Psalm 90 and
23:49verse two, Moses wrote, "Before the
23:51mountains were brought forth, forever,
23:53thou hast formed the earth and the
23:54world, even from everlasting to
23:56everlasting, thou art God." Our God is
24:00king eternal. And what I love about that
24:03is since nobody started him, nobody can
24:05stop him.
24:07>> That's what I love about our God. Our
24:10God had no beginning, he's got no
24:11ending, which means that nobody has a
24:13right over him. Nobody can control him.
24:16God does what he wills. God acts as God.
24:19God lives. God breathes. God is alive
24:22and well. And he is king eternal.
24:27>> This God that we worship is King
24:31eternal. But Paul didn't stop there. He
24:33also goes on to praise him as immortal.
24:35Somebody say immortal.
24:37>> We think of immortal. We think that just
24:39never never dying, ever living. That's
24:41how we think of immortal. But that word
24:43has more depth to it than just that.
24:46Immortal means uncorruptible.
24:48Your God is uncorruptible. He is pure.
24:52He is clean. He is holy. He is
24:55undefiled. He is without decay. He
24:58doesn't have wrinkles. He doesn't get
25:00weary. He doesn't have any waste. I have
25:02an appendix. I'm still not sure what
25:04it's for. But God has no waste.
25:06Everything that he is and was and ever
25:08will be as with purpose and intentional.
25:11He is immortal.
25:13>> That's why the second commandment in
25:15Acts chap or Exodus chapter 20, God told
25:17his people and said, "Thou shalt not
25:19make unto thee any graven images or any
25:22likeness of anything that is in heaven
25:24above." In other words, he said, "I
25:26don't want you to craft something like
25:27an angel or a moon or a sun or a star or
25:31that is in the earth beneath or that is
25:32in the water underneath the earth." The
25:35reason God gave that commandment to his
25:37people is because there's nobody like
25:39him. And he says, "I don't want you
25:40making something and shaping something
25:43that you can see, taste, feel, or hear
25:45and try that compare that to me because
25:47he is incomparable to anything that we
25:50can see, taste, hear or feel. He is
25:52immortal. He is indescribable. He is
25:55amazing. And in Exodus 20, he said, "I
25:58don't want you to make anything to try
26:01and resemble something that you would
26:02worship. I just want you to worship me."
26:04And all the way in the New Testament in
26:06Romans 1 and verse 20 this happened
26:09exactly what God was warning against. It
26:12happened because Paul wrote and said
26:14ungodly and unrighteous men change the
26:17glory of the incorruptible God into an
26:20image made like to corruptible men and
26:23to birds and for-footed beasts and
26:26creeping things. Wherefore God also gave
26:30them up to uncleanness through the lust
26:32of their own heart. God is not just
26:35interested in making sure that he has a
26:38right image to you. He wants to make
26:40sure that you don't make an image of him
26:43because whatever you give yourself to,
26:46you become.
26:48>> And he says if you'll start giving
26:50yourself to to corruptible things, the
26:52things that are made out of the the
26:54elements of this world, he says you're
26:57going to start to corrupt yourselves.
26:59You're going to start to debase
27:01yourselves. And they did. They became
27:03unrighteous. They were ungodly. And they
27:06gave themselves over to that to where
27:08God finally released his hands off of
27:10them and said, "If that's what you want,
27:13then that's what you get because you
27:15become what you give yourself over to."
27:18But I've got some hope for some believer
27:20that's in this house. Because 1
27:22Corinthians 15 22 says, "In a moment, in
27:27the twinkling of an eye, at the last
27:29trump, for the trumpet shall sound and
27:32the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
27:36and we shall be changed." This is our
27:40hope. Because we put our hope in God and
27:42we hold on to him, we're going to become
27:45like him cuz we're going to see him as
27:47he is. Can I tell somebody to stop
27:50worrying about your height? Stop
27:52worrying about your hair. Stop worrying
27:54about the color of your skin and the
27:56color of your eyes. For this corruptible
27:59must put on incorruptible. And this
28:01mortal must put on immortality. Why? Cuz
28:05I'm holding on to a God that is
28:07immortal. I have put my faith in a God
28:09that never dies. I put my faith in a God
28:13whoever lives had no beginning, has no
28:16ending, is the alpha and the omega. And
28:18since I'm holding on to him, death is
28:21about to be swallowed up in victory.
28:23Don't you cry for me. I may be six feet
28:26under, but I'm about to shoot up at the
28:29last trump of God cuz I'm holding on to
28:32God who is immortal.
28:36Come on. That's why we grieve, but we
28:39grieve with hope. It is Christ in you,
28:41the hope of glory. I've got a hope that
28:44these wrinkles won't last forever. This
28:46corruption won't last forever. We're
28:48going to get a new body. We're going to
28:50be raised to incorrupt. [cheering]
28:55[applause]
28:57>> You become
28:59what you give yourself over to.
29:03>> Give yourself over to God.
29:09>> Come on. Hasn't sin had its way with you
29:11long enough?
29:14>> Haven't you been weary long enough?
29:17>> Aren't you tired of trying things that
29:19are so temporary?
29:21>> Things that leave you still grasping for
29:24more.
29:27Try to elevate yourself. Try to get
29:30somewhere in life only for life to punch
29:33you in the gut and take your breath
29:34away.
29:36Flying on Delta yesterday trying to get
29:38home. Woke up early and everything.
29:41>> Got ourselves packed and ready cuz I
29:43couldn't wait to get back home, my own
29:45bed, my own house, get back to a new
29:48life, my own church. I was ready to get
29:49back.
29:51>> We got up in the air, flying about 30, I
29:54think 40 minutes outside of Salt Lake
29:56City, Utah, and all of a sudden my wife
29:57looks out and says, "We are going in
29:59circles."
30:04And
30:06I said, "Yeah, feels different." And uh
30:10all of a sudden the co-pilot gets on. He
30:12says, "Ladies and gentlemen," he said,
30:13"I apologize." He said, "You probably
30:15felt a zigzagging."
30:17He said, "Uh, we're having to head back
30:18to the airport because something is
30:21malfunctioning with the equipment or
30:23something's wrong. We're not exactly
30:24sure, but the cabin pressure isn't what
30:26it's supposed to be." Some people were
30:28feeling a little bit heaviness, a little
30:29bit trouble breathing. Some people that
30:31had flown a long time. Our family was
30:33feeling that. And so they turned that
30:35plane around and they got back to the
30:38airport safe and sound.
30:43Just want to testify.
30:46>> We made it back.
30:48>> We made it back and we stayed there.
30:50They were very kind to us. I appreciate
30:52all that. Gave us little $12 vouchers to
30:54go get something to eat. I was like,
30:56"Have you ever eaten in an airport
30:58before?"
31:00That's a bottle of water is what that
31:02is.
31:04>> But we did it. We gave thanks to the
31:06Lord and we ate our we ate our lunch.
31:10But I'm thankful.
31:12Sometimes in life, you're trying to get
31:13somewhere. You're trying to get to a
31:15place. And spiritually, you won't find
31:16it difficult to breathe.
31:18>> You're going to find it difficult to
31:20find some peace. You're going to find it
31:22difficult to find some joy and some
31:23life. And you keep trying to elevate.
31:25And you get a new job. and you move to a
31:27new city and you find a new church and
31:28you're just trying to find your way
31:30through life. But if you're not
31:31connected to the immortal God, if you
31:34don't have a relationship with him,
31:36you're out of alignment and you'll never
31:38have the life that you need cuz Jesus
31:39said, "I'm the way, the truth, and the
31:41life. And no man comes under the father
31:43but by me. You will become what you hold
31:46on to." when some of us need to let go
31:48of things that are so temporary that are
31:51taking away our spiritual breath that
31:53are causing us uh to spiritually pass
31:55out as it were. And you've come here
31:57this morning and through the word of God
31:59and the hope of the Holy Ghost. I've
32:01come to breathe life back into you
32:03through the truth that can set you free
32:04of this God that we serve who is
32:07immortal. You don't need to get
32:08connected to us and we're a great family
32:10and I hope that you do. But this
32:11morning, you definitely need to get
32:13connected to the God that we worship and
32:15the God that we serve. He'll breathe
32:17brand new life into your spirit where
32:20old things are passed away and all
32:21things have become new. Which is what
32:24Peter preached on the day of Pentecost
32:26when they said, "Men and brethren, what
32:28shall we do?" Let me tell you like Peter
32:30said, "Repent and be baptized every one
32:33of you in the name of Jesus Christ."
32:38Sorry. That's what we get with the
32:39Pentecostals after we've heard it a 100
32:40thousand times. [applause]
32:45>> Get them, pastor. Sick them, pastor. I'm
32:48preaching to some apostolics right now
32:50who have filled with the Holy Ghost, but
32:52you're still holding on to things, which
32:54is why it's leaving you breathless in
32:55the middle of the night. You need to let
32:57go of some temporary trappings of this
32:59world. Say, "I was baptized in his name,
33:02and I won't forget it. I buried that old
33:04man in his wonderful name. I'm part of a
33:07brand new family now. Somebody needs to
33:09remember that you are filled with the
33:11gift of the Holy Ghost. And you're not
33:13some weak, misly little Christian. You
33:16are filled with the power of the Holy
33:18Ghost. And when you pray, uh you don't
33:20just pray any little old prayer. You
33:22pray in the Holy Ghost. Uh you pray with
33:25understanding. You pray because you're
33:27filled with the spirit [screaming]
33:30of the immortal God. I wish you'd give
33:32him praise right now and thank him that
33:35he's got a hold of you.
33:41[cheering]
33:43[applause]
33:45>> Hallelujah. Now unto the king eternal
33:48immortal. [cheering]
33:54>> You may be seated
33:57invisible.
34:00John 4:24, Jesus told the woman at the
34:03well, "God is a spirit,
34:06>> and they that worship him must worship
34:08him in spirit and in truth."
34:12>> God is a spirit.
34:14>> No body, no blood, no bones.
34:17God is a spirit. Genesis 1:2, "And the
34:21spirit of God moved upon the face of the
34:26waters." John wrote in John 1:18, he
34:28said, "No man hath seen God at any
34:30time."
34:32>> God told Moses in Exodus 33, he said,
34:34"Nobody can see my face and live."
34:37>> In other words, God's using
34:39anthropomorphic language here. He's
34:41using physical features that you and I
34:43would easily recognize to help Moses
34:45understand what's about to happen in
34:47that mountain because Moses said, "Show
34:49me thy glory."
34:53>> I want that kind of hunger every day.
34:56I want that kind of hunger that says,
34:57"God, show me your glory."
35:02>> And God says, "I'll show you my glory,
35:05but you couldn't handle all of it."
35:08>> He said, "You humans have the absolute
35:10inability to survive the unfiltered,
35:12overwhelming display of my full glory
35:15and holiness." So he said, "I got I'm
35:17just going to show you my hinder parts.
35:19I'm just going to show you a little bit
35:21of my glory because you can't handle the
35:23full expression of my glory. Moses
35:26caught a glimpse, just a little bit of
35:28the glory of God. And it lit him up.
35:30Quite literally, it lit him up like a
35:33light bulb. He walked down off the
35:34mountain and his face was shining with
35:36the glory of God. He had to put a veil
35:39over it cuz people were afraid. Can I
35:41tell you, that's what makes you being
35:42filled with the Holy Ghost so special.
35:45That's what makes you and I being filled
35:46with the spirit of a holy God so amazing
35:49is because 2 Corinthians chapter 3 now
35:52we're in the New Testament and in the
35:53new covenant after the cross after the
35:55resurrection after the day of Pentecost
35:58and the spirit of God is being poured
35:59out and when you receive the baptism of
36:02the Holy Spirit speaking with other
36:03tongues as his spirit gives the
36:05utterance. Then the Apostle Paul wrote
36:07in 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and said the
36:09glory that Moses had was perishable.
36:12actual glory that Moses had brought
36:14condemnation. But the glory that we have
36:17now in Christ Jesus brings righteousness
36:20uh not by works of righteousness that I
36:22have done. No, when God looks at me now
36:25being filled with his spirit, he sees
36:27the righteousness of his son. I walk in
36:29here and raise my hands not because I am
36:32perfect, but because he is perfect and
36:34he lives on the inside of me. And Paul
36:37said, not only that, but this glory is
36:40surpassing glory. And not only that, we
36:42don't need a veil anymore. That's why
36:44everywhere we walk, uh, people can see
36:47the glory of God in the face of the
36:49church because we're lit up with his
36:52spirit. We're lights and we're salt with
36:55the glory [screaming] of God. It's a
36:57great Moses wished he had what you had.
37:00Elijah wished he had what you had. But
37:03you and I are walking around full of the
37:06glory of God. And the Bible says we are
37:10being transformed uh from glory to
37:13glory. Uh I couldn't have made it this
37:15morning, but I'm filled uh with
37:18something holy, with something invisible
37:21uh that's making a visible demonstration
37:24called the Holy Ghost.
37:30>> Hallelujah.
37:32>> The invisible God being made visible
37:35through his church. Tell somebody, don't
37:37hide Jesus.
37:44Show him. Brother Jacob, how good does
37:47it feel to be filled with the glory?
37:50Yeah. Great. Hey, how to be filled with
37:53the glory of God. To be filled with the
37:55surpassing power of Jesus Christ. To be
37:58filled. [cheering and applause]
38:02It's joy unspeakable and full. I know
38:06you can't see it. It's way down deep.
38:09But I can express it. I can show you the
38:12joy that the world didn't give and the
38:15world can't take away. I can walk in
38:17peaceuh that surpasses my understanding.
38:21Somebody give him praise. Go ahead and
38:23thank him. If you've been filled with
38:24the Holy Ghost, remember how I used to
38:27be and give God thanks that I'm not who
38:30I used to be. [cheering]
38:33>> [applause]
38:41[cheering]
38:41[applause]
38:45>> Hallelujah.
38:47Just because you can't see him doesn't
38:49mean that he's not there. My Bible says
38:52now the Lord is the spirit. And where
38:55the spirit of the Lord is, there is
38:57liberty. That's why you can sit in this
39:00house and something start to feel good
39:02uh on the inside of you. Something start
39:05to touch and tingle up and down your
39:08spine. It's a God who is invisible that
39:12loves you. [cheering]
39:24>> Hallelujah. [screaming]
39:26That invisible God is being made visible
39:28in this house today. That invisible God
39:31is showing through the church today. I
39:33sense his glory. I see it on faces
39:35today. I see it in your expression of
39:38worship today. The invisible God is
39:40being made visible today. And somebody
39:43is not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus
39:46Christ. It is the power of God and of
39:48salvation.
39:53Oh, give him praise right now and clap
39:55your hands uh to him if you love him
39:57this morning.
39:59[cheering]
40:02>> Come on. I'm being transformed. I'm
40:05being transformed. I'm not who I was. My
40:07old lifestyle, my old sins, my old
40:09habits. It's under the blood. Uh and I'm
40:12being transformed.
40:15[cheering]
40:17[applause]
40:22>> [applause]
40:24>> Now unto the king,
40:26>> eternal, immortal,
40:28>> invisible,
40:30>> he concludes, "And the only."
40:32>> Somebody say, "The only
40:35>> the only wise God."
40:40[cheering]
40:42>> Oh,
40:44>> God's going to help us out this morning.
40:45Going to help somebody this morning.
40:46Your life is over complicated. Your
40:48heart has been smashed by all of these
40:51other idols and temporary things of this
40:53life. But if you can focus all of your
40:55attention on the only,
40:57>> it's time to simplify your life. You got
40:59too busy. You got too distracted. You
41:02got too complicated. You need to get all
41:04of your focus on the only.
41:07>> Oh, it's about to free somebody's mind
41:09up in here. I felt the Holy Ghost as I
41:10was writing it on the pages of this
41:12yellow notepad. But somebody needs to
41:14remember you're serving the only wise
41:17God. That he alone is God, the only God.
41:19He is indivisible. He cannot be
41:21separated into parts or persons or
41:24composed.
41:25He is one.
41:30[cheering]
41:31>> She
41:32Israel Adonai Elohu Adonai.
41:37Here, O Israel, the Lord our God is one.
41:42Lord here, oh new life St. Louis, the
41:45Lord our God is one Lord. And thou shalt
41:49love the Lord thy [screaming] God with
41:51all your heart, with all your soul, and
41:54with all your mind. [cheering]
41:58Isaiah said, "Understand that I am he,
42:01and before me there was no God formed,
42:04and neither shall there be after me."
42:07Oh, you're serving the right God. You're
42:09serving the only God.
42:13I even I am the Lord
42:15>> and beside me there is no savior.
42:22>> Ephesians 4:6, one God and father of all
42:25who's above all, through all and in you
42:26all.
42:29>> The fool has said in his heart, there is
42:31no God, but our God is the only wise
42:35God. Hinduism says there's hundreds,
42:38thousands of gods. Shinto, Daoism, and
42:41many other religions are polytheistic,
42:43believing in many gods. But our God is
42:45the only wise God. Which is why 1
42:47Corinthians 8:6 says, "But to us there
42:51is but one God, the Father of whom are
42:54all things, and we in him, and one Lord,
42:57Jesus Christ, by whom are all things,
43:00and we by him." 2 Timothy 2:5, Paul
43:03reminded this young man, "For there is
43:05one God, and there is one mediator
43:08between God and men, the man Christ
43:11Jesus. Our God is one.
43:17[applause]
43:20[cheering]
43:20>> Our God is indivisible. Our God is one
43:23and only." Musicians, you can come. This
43:27going to help somebody out here this
43:28morning. And I felt this so strongly in
43:30the Holy Ghost that we need to not just
43:33believe in one God. We need to live
43:37[snorts]
43:38>> as if there's one God.
43:41>> Because a doubleminded man
43:45>> is unstable in all of his ways.
43:48>> You can't serve God and serve your money
43:51at the same time.
43:55One God
43:58>> indivisible. One God,
44:00>> God
44:01>> manifested in the flesh. This one God,
44:05>> no other.
44:08>> If you don't get anything else right in
44:10your life because you're trying to
44:11figure it all out, that's okay. You
44:12don't have to have all of that right.
44:14All you need to do is focus all of your
44:16attention and all of your focus on one
44:19God
44:21>> because that one God is the King
44:23eternal.
44:25>> That one God is immortal.
44:27>> That one God is invisible who can cut
44:29through the hearts of people that you've
44:31been trying to reach and talk to and
44:33you've been trying to sp nothing seems
44:35to be getting through. But the invisible
44:36God can move into situations that you
44:39and I physically cannot be a part of.
44:41But that God has access to everyone
44:43anywhere at any time. He is the
44:45invisible God and he's the only wise
44:47God. In other words, he has got the
44:49wisdom and the understanding and the
44:51knowledge that's far above us. Which is
44:53why the scripture says his ways are
44:55above our ways, his thoughts above our
44:56thoughts. As far as the heavens are
44:58above the earth, so are his ways above
45:00our ways and thoughts above our
45:02thoughts. He is the only wise God.
45:05That's why Jesus said, "You need to stop
45:06worrying about tomorrow. You need to
45:09stop fretting about tomorrow. Just worry
45:11about the food and the clothes and God's
45:13going to provide that. But if you'll
45:14seek first the kingdom of God and his
45:16righteousness, all these things are
45:18going to be added unto you. You need to
45:20simplify your mind. Bring all of your
45:22thoughts into the obedience of Jesus
45:24Christ and focus your attention on the
45:26one God who can solve all of your
45:28problems and give you peace in the
45:30middle of the storm and give you
45:32strength for the journey when you're
45:34weak and tired and worn out and want to
45:36give up. if you'll give back to this
45:38white guy. [screaming]
45:41>> That's right, pastor.
45:43>> We heard it at general conference again.
45:45I love that my friend played that song
45:47again by Lance Appleton whenever he
45:49wrote I'm a one God apostolic tongue
45:51talking holy will of born again. I
45:52started singing that and I had these
45:53young people looking back at me.
45:57>> My God, I didn't care.
46:01reaching back to my faith. Reaching back
46:04not just to knowing God, but to walking
46:06with him. I'm a one God, apostolic,
46:09tongue-alking, holy ruler, born again,
46:10heaven bound believer in the liberating
46:12power of Jesus name. I've been washed in
46:14the blood, sanctified by the spirit,
46:16sir. I believe in holiness. And I
46:17suggested you do the same. I was
46:19baptized. No, I was set free at an
46:21altar. See, if I don't do it fast
46:23enough, this is where I was set free at
46:25an altar. No, I was set free at an
46:29altar. I was set free. I was set free.
46:34>> This is your time to preach.
46:37>> Thank you. I was set free at a
46:38Pentecostal altar on my knees which
46:40pardon me if I'm not ashamed to be a one
46:41God apostolic tongue talking holy ruler
46:43born again heaven bound believer in the
46:44liberating power of Jesus name. There it
46:46is. And thank you mama
46:50[cheering] cuz it was mama and it was
46:52daddy who taught me about this one God.
46:54And I'm not going anywhere. It was my
46:56elders who taught me about that saving
46:58grace of the name of Jesus. And I'm not
47:00going anywhere. It was that Paul who
47:02taught that young Timothy and Timothy
47:04grabbed hold of it. And I just want to
47:05thank God today that I know who he is.
47:08Does anybody know this one God?
47:11[screaming]
47:14And here's Ian. I'm done. I'm finished.
47:16I'm concluding. Here's the end of the
47:18doxology. He said, "Now unto him, the
47:20King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
47:22only wise God, be honor and glory
47:27forever and ever.
47:30ever and ever.
47:32>> What do I do with this knowledge? What
47:35do I do with this revelation? What do I
47:38do?
47:40>> Give him honor. Give him glory. So, what
47:43I want everyone under the sound of my
47:45voice today, it's a real easy altar call
47:46this morning. But what I want you to do
47:48is I want to invite you up to the front
47:49of this place right now to give him
47:51honor and to give him glory. And what's
47:53about to happen in this moment is that
47:55God is about to unleash some burdens in
47:57your life. He's about to bring some
47:59peace that surpasses understanding and
48:01strength where you have been weak. If
48:03you'll just honor him as the only wise
48:05God, if you'll give him glory, if you'll
48:07give him honor, if you'll come today and
48:10surrender yourself to him and praise
48:12him, whoever lives, if you'll give him
48:14honor and glory, this one true God, he's
48:16about to do something in your life, in
48:18your marriage, in your family, in your
48:20work, in your finances. If you'll just
48:22come right now, come on, give him honor
48:24and give him glory. As you're walking
48:25down to the front, don't consider all
48:27your problems and all your issues. He's
48:29taking care of that. What I want you to
48:31do as you come close. Come on, step in
48:33close. Step in close. As you come in
48:35close, uh I want you to lift your hands
48:36and your voice and give him honor and
48:38give him glory as one church, as one
48:41body, as one people, to the only wise
48:43God. Give him glory. Come on, lift him
48:46up right now. If he's [music] filled you
48:47with the Holy Ghost, if he's forgiven
48:49you of your sins, if he's healed your
48:51body, if he's revealed himself to you, I
48:54want you to give him honor and give him
48:56glory that he's worthy of this morning.
48:58Come on, let there be a praise that
49:00arises from the church today. Let there
49:02be a hallelujah. Let there be a
49:04thanksgiving today.
49:07Come on. He's here. He's with you right
49:09now. I feel [music] the healing touch of
49:11the master in this place right now. I
49:14feel the holy presence uh of God that
49:16wants [music] to fill your life. Come
49:17on, lift him up and give him glory. Lift
49:20him up and give him honor. Let praise
49:22[music] flow from out of you. Let praise
49:24flow from within you. Let praise bubble
49:27up inside of you and give him the
49:30worship he's worthy of this morning.
49:34Yes Jesus.
49:43>> [music]
49:44>> Come on. That's it, church. I know
49:46you're established. I know you're a
49:48legacy, church. But we need to get back
49:50to the truth that sets people [music]
49:52free. Uh we need to remind ourselves
49:54we're grounded in a truth in a God that
49:57will not let us go. [music] He is holy.
50:00He is worthy. He's the king, eternal,
50:04immortal, invisible, the only wise God.
50:08be honored from my life. Be glory. Be
50:12glory in the church today. Jesus.
50:14>> God, you [music and singing] are higher
50:17than any
50:19other.
50:21God, I give you praise. I give you
50:23glory. I give you honor. There is no one
50:26like you. From the rising of the sun to
50:28the going down the same. Thank you for
50:31this revelation. Thank you for this
50:33truth. Thank you for this revelation.
50:37>> [singing and music]
50:37>> Thank you, Jesus.
50:39>> Thank you, Jesus.
50:41>> Thank you, Jesus. You're transforming
50:44us. [music]
50:45>> You're transforming us. You're making us
50:48into your likeness. Thank you, God.
50:51Thank you, God.
50:53[singing]
50:56[music]
50:56>> And if our God is for us,
50:59>> then who could ever stop us? And if our
51:03God is with us, then what could
51:05[music and singing] stand against? And
51:08if our God is for us, then
51:11[music and singing] who could ever stop
51:12us? And if our God is with us, then what
51:17could [music and singing] stand against?
51:19And if our God is for us, then who
51:22[music] could ever [singing] stop us? If
51:26our God is with us, then [music] what
51:29could [singing] it go? And if our God is
51:33for us, then who [music] could ever stop
51:36us? And if our God [singing] is with us,
51:40then what can stand against?
51:43[music]
51:49>> Oh yes, he's got it all in control.
51:51[music]
51:52He's going to take care of it all.
52:00>> [music]
52:05>> Our God is [music] gater.
52:08Our God is stronger. [singing]
52:11God, you are higher than any other.
52:16[singing]
52:17[music] Our God is healer.
52:20Awesome in power. Our God,
52:25our God, [singing and music]
52:29our God is greater.
52:32Our God [music] is stronger.
52:35God, you are higher than any [singing]
52:39other.
52:41Our [music] God is healer. So awesome
52:44[singing] in power. Our God. [music]
52:49Our God. [singing]
52:53And if [music] our God is for us, then
52:56who [singing] could ever stop us? And if
52:59our God [music] is with us, then what
53:02can [singing] he guess? And if our God
53:06[music] is for us, then who could ever
53:09stop? And if our God is [music]
53:13the word,
53:13>> the word can stand.
53:15>> And if our God,
53:16>> And if our God is [music]
53:20ever stop and if our God is with us,
53:25then I can stand again.
53:30>> Hallelujah.
53:31Oh, somebody clap your hands to the Lord
53:33today, right now. If you love him and
53:35know him,
53:37[music]
53:39>> [applause]
53:42>> God wants you to go home free today. He
53:46is that spirit where there is liberty.
53:49Not one of us should live in shame. Not
53:53one of us should live with condemnation.
53:56Not one of us should live with a burden
53:58of sin on our lives. He came to set us
54:02free. Our great God.
54:05Our great God.
54:08became flesh
54:11and he dwelt among us.
54:13The Bible says of Jesus, "For in Jesus
54:15dwells all the fullness of the Godhead
54:18bodily."
54:20Jesus became the visible demonstration,
54:24the visible,
54:25the visible God. As he walked among us,
54:29he was God on display.
54:32Said, "If you've seen me, Philillip,
54:33you've seen the father."
54:36Jesus
54:37was God in flesh.
54:40He walked into a house
54:43and there was a paralytic man. Jesus
54:47looked at him and said, "Son, thy sins
54:50be forgiven thee." And the Pharisees
54:53were indignant at Jesus. They didn't say
54:55it out loud, but they thought it. But
54:58Jesus knows our thoughts because he's
55:01God.
55:03>> He knew their thoughts. And he said,
55:05"Let me ask you something. What's
55:06easier? Is it easier to say, son, thy
55:09sins be forgiven thee, or take up thy
55:11bed and walk?" But so that you know that
55:14the son of man has power to forgive sins
55:16on the earth, he said, "Take up your bed
55:19and walk." And that man got up and he
55:20began to walk free.
55:23Jesus has all power in heaven and in
55:27earth.
55:29>> It's been delivered to him. And because
55:31he became the sacrifice for our sins,
55:34the blood of Jesus takes away all the
55:37iniquity. It covers all the shame.
55:40That's why I said you don't have to
55:42leave here this way. You don't have to
55:44leave here this place feeling that shame
55:47and that condemnation and that guilt.
55:49And so I took us down just for a moment
55:53because I want us to pray together. I
55:54don't know who this is for, but somebody
55:55needs to repent. We're all going to
55:57repent together. So you're not out by
55:59yourself. We're all going to repent
56:01together. But somebody needs to truly
56:02confess and forsake your sins. And
56:04you're going to have mercy. And it may
56:05not just be somebody who's brand new to
56:07the church. It may be somebody who's
56:09been coming to church for a really long
56:10time. But, Brother Jones, they're
56:12carrying some things that they ought not
56:13to be carrying because Jesus died for
56:15you.
56:17>> And he's trying to lift that off of you.
56:19Things that you have carried weighted
56:20you down. You don't need to go to bed
56:22worry tonight about where you're going
56:24to end up in eternity. If your faith is
56:26in Jesus Christ, this one true God, your
56:29eternity is secure in him as you walk
56:31with him day after day after day.
56:35So, we're going to repent together. I
56:37want all of us to bow our heads and
56:39close our eyes right now. And I want you
56:40to pray your words. Pray from your
56:42heart. You know how to repent. This is a
56:44daily thing. It's a lifestyle for us.
56:46But I want us right now to go ahead and
56:48open up our mouth and humble oursel and
56:50ask the Lord Jesus to cleanse us right
56:52now. Heavenly Father, we boldly come to
56:55you because you invited us into your
56:57presence. Lord, we come to you right now
57:00knowing that it is not our works of
57:02righteousness that saves us. It's your
57:04mercy. And Lord, we're asking for your
57:06mercy today. Forgive us of everything
57:09that we've said, everything we've done,
57:11everywhere we've been. Forgive us, oh
57:13Lord, of past sins, past mistakes, of
57:16things that we did that we're ashamed
57:18of, things that we did that were weights
57:20to us and grievious to your Holy Spirit.
57:23Forgive us, oh God, of disobedience, of
57:26rebellion. Forgive us of lust. Forgive
57:29us of pride and arrogance. Forgive us of
57:31our self-righteousness. Forgive us, oh
57:33God, of words that we said in anger.
57:36Forgive us of our attitudes and our
57:38thoughts and our wicked imaginations. of
57:41everything, oh God, that's created
57:43distance between us and you. It's our
57:45sins. It's us, Lord, that is in need of
57:48your mercy. It's us that's in need of
57:50your grace. It's us that's in need of
57:53your precious blood to cover us again.
57:56And some of us are carrying shame and
57:59weights, Lord, that you died for, that
58:01you were punished for. And I'm asking
58:04that you would take away our sins, that
58:06you would forgive us of our iniquity. We
58:09put our trust. Uh we put our hope. We
58:12put our faith in the shed blood of Jesus
58:15Christ. We know that you died. We know
58:18that you rose again. We know that you're
58:21coming again, Lord, for us. And we put
58:23our faith in you today and ask that you
58:26would cleanse us. Uh God, give us a
58:28clean heart. Uh give us a renewed right
58:31spirit, God. I pray that you'd make us
58:33whole today. take away all condemnation
58:36as we walk by your spirit and not by the
58:39flesh. Lord, we put our faith and we
58:42thank you today for your mercy and your
58:44grace, not willing that any should
58:46perish, but that all should come to
58:49repentance. I thank you for forgiving us
58:51right now. I thank you for your mercy,
58:54for your great love. I thank you that
58:56you are lifting burdens. You are
58:58covering iniquity. You're putting our
59:00name in the Lamb's book of life. I want
59:03to thank you for that great salvation,
59:05Lord. Would you just thank him right
59:07where you're at right now? Just begin to
59:09thank him and praise him as if you know
59:12the work is already finished. It is
59:14already done. You are free because he
59:18said you're free. You are free because
59:21he that the son has set free is free
59:24indeed. Would you thank him right now?
59:26Come on. Would you thank the Lord right
59:28now?
59:30[music]
59:32>> [applause]
59:38>> Thank you Jesus.
59:41[music]
59:45>> Thank you Jesus.
59:51>> Hallelujah.
59:54>> Hallelujah. We can't move past that
59:56moment
59:57as if it's a one-time event, but every
60:02day we're going to walk in humility
60:04>> and in the freedom and the grace of
60:06Jesus Christ.
60:08>> It's important that we change our mind
60:10and ways that we think about this. I
60:11know what time it is. I'm about let I'm
60:13about ready to let you go.
60:15>> Romans chapter 12. I beseech you
60:17therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
60:18God, that you present your bodies a
60:20living sacrifice, holy and acceptable
60:22unto God, which is your reasonable
60:24service, your reasonable worship. And be
60:27not conformed to this world, but be
60:30transformed. How?
60:33>> By the renewing of what?
60:35>> Your mind.
60:37>> The reason the Holy Ghost wanted me to
60:38preach this again is we need to be
60:40renewed in our minds of who our great
60:42God is.
60:44>> We need to renew our mind. You can
60:45change your mind. That's what repentance
60:47really comes at. You need to change your
60:49mind. Change your thinking about some
60:51things. Don't carry that same weight out
60:53of here and let the enemy bring thoughts
60:54back into your mind of worry and regret
60:56and fear. You've got to be changed by
60:59the transformation of your mind. Get
61:01back into the word and read his word
61:03again and read how he forgives all of
61:05our sins and heals all of our
61:07iniquities. Read back into his word
61:09about the precious blood of Jesus Christ
61:11and you will be transformed from the
61:13inside out. Anybody thankful for our
61:16great God and Satan?
61:18Let's offer him praise one more time as
61:20we conclude here this morning. Let's
61:22give him praise. Let's give him thanks.
61:25No God like our God. We worship you. We
61:29thank you Lord. Thank you for your
61:31spirit. Thank you that you still reign.
61:34Thank you Lord.
61:37Thank you Lord.
61:40Hallelujah.
61:42Praise God.
61:44Love one another as you leave this
61:46place. Hug somebody's neck. Remind
61:47somebody he's coming again soon.
61:51Thank you for being here this morning.
61:52If you're part of Next Steps, just
61:54follow through these double doors and
61:55come back to our Next Steps room. If you
61:57want to be baptized in the name of Jesus
61:59this morning, we're ready to baptize you
62:01in the precious name [music] of Jesus
62:03Christ. We've already got one that's
62:04going to be baptized this morning. If
62:06you want to be baptized, we're ready and
62:08waiting in Jesus name.
62:11[music] Heat.
62:19[music]
62:27[music]
62:35Hey. Hey. Hey. [music]
62:38Heat.
62:44[music]
62:53[music]
62:57Heat.
63:02Heat. [music]
63:20Heat. [music]
63:28>> [music]
63:35[music]
63:38>> Heat. Heat.
63:42[music]
63:47Heat. [music]
63:56[music]
64:06Heat.
64:11Heat. Heat. N.
64:20[music]
64:21Heat. Heat. N.
64:24[music]
65:09>> [music]
65:16[music]
65:29>> Test
65:45All right. Praise the Lord, ladies and
65:47gentlemen. I'd like you to say hello to
65:49Michael Knight.
65:51>> And I want you to see this thing that's
65:53right here, this this sheet of paper.
65:55He's written down all the major sins
65:57that he feels have have just chased him
65:59for all of his life. And he's going to
66:02leave those sins down in the water as
66:04he's baptized in the only saving name.
66:08Ladies and gentlemen, can you put your
66:09hands towards Michael and just pray for
66:11him? Oh Jesus, we praise you.
66:15Glory to
66:17>> All right, Michael, are you ready?
66:20Having repented of your sins, I now
66:22baptize you in the name of Jesus Christ
66:25for the remission of your sins.
66:32[music]
66:44>> [music]
66:49[music]
67:04[music]
67:06>> Heat. Heat.
67:09Heat. Heat.
67:13[music]
67:26[music]
67:33>> [music]
67:38[music]
67:41>> Heat. Heat.
67:44[music]
67:51Heat.
67:59[music]
68:02Heat.
68:06[music]
68:11Heat.
68:23[music]
68:28Heat.
68:29[music]
68:35Sure.
68:43Why not?
68:54Hallelujah.
68:56Hallelujah.
69:12Y.
69:30Wow.
69:32[music]
69:44[music]
69:52Beautiful. [music]
70:06>> [music]
70:21>> How are you sir?
70:23[music]
70:24Here
70:28we go.
70:523.4.
70:56[music]
71:25>> [music]
71:34[music]
71:39>> Every finger Jesus.
72:08>> [music]
72:13>> This is Sister Jamie Dixon's first
72:16service at New Life.
72:19And we get to welcome her into the
72:21family as she's made an incredible
72:22decision today to be baptized in the
72:25only saving name. And we're going to
72:27believe that God is not only going to
72:28move on her in the water and a miracle,
72:30but his spirit is going to go with her
72:32today. So stretch forth your hands as
72:34you would begin to pray over her today.
72:36Sister Jamie, we're so thankful, God,
72:38for your decision that's being made. I'm
72:40so thankful, God, that the Lord's spirit
72:42is going to go with you and over you.
72:43Thank you, Lord, for every sin that's
72:45going to be washed away. I now baptize
72:47you, Sister Jamie Dixon, in the only
72:49saving name, the name of Jesus Christ,
72:51for the remission of your sins.
72:56[music]
72:59Heat. Heat.
73:05[music]
73:10[music]
73:18[music]
73:19Heat. Heat.
73:24[music]
73:35[music]
73:40Heat. [music]
73:48[music]
73:53Heat.
74:00[music]
74:01Heat. Heat.
74:22Heat. Heat.
74:32[music]
74:38[music] Heat. Heat.
74:43[music]
74:50[music]
74:59Heat. Heat.
75:04[music]
75:16[music]
75:20Heat. Heat.
75:27[music]
75:42Heat. Heat. N.
75:52Heat. Heat.
75:55[music]
76:02Heat. Heat. N.
76:19>> [music]
76:38[music]
76:51>> We have Sister Aaliyah Nolan who's made
76:53the decision to be baptized in the name
76:55of Jesus today and the spirit is resting
76:58on her right now. We're believing that
77:00his spirit is going to be with her in
77:01this water and when she comes up. So,
77:03would you stretch forth your hands and
77:05pray with me right now over Sister
77:06Aaliyah?
77:08Sister Sister Aaliyah, let your spirit,
77:09God, just begin to rest on her life.
77:11We're so thankful for what you've
77:13already done and the decisions that
77:14she's made. I now baptize you, Sister
77:16Aaliyah Nolan, in the name of Jesus
77:18Christ. [music]
77:27[music]
77:32[music]
77:33Heat.
77:38[music]
77:45Heat.
77:47[music]
77:53[music]
77:54Heat. Heat.
77:59[music]
78:05[music]
78:14>> [music]
78:22>> Heat. Heat.