Spiritual Formation
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 6/22/20202 Corinthians 4:16
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez teaches that spiritual transformation is a necessary process of moving from physical instincts to supernatural living by renewing the mind and heart. He emphasizes that in times of global crisis, the believer's role is to embrace the ministry of reconciliation and maintain peace through a Christ-centered perspective.
Key points
- •Spiritual transformation is the transition from operating in the physical realm to the supernatural realm by changing the heart and renewing the mind.
- •Processing world events (such as social unrest or economic crisis) through human instincts and emotions alone leads to panic; believers must use spiritual discernment and the influence of the Holy Spirit.
- •The Church's primary role in a chaotic world is the 'ministry of reconciliation,' pointing people back to God rather than participating in social division or pointing fingers.
- •Maintaining a renewed mind requires deliberate spiritual discipline: saturating oneself in the Word, participating in worship, and setting one's mind on 'things above' rather than earthly circumstances.
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Purpose
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Life application
This week, when you feel overwhelmed by news or personal stress, pause to ask the Holy Spirit for a 'spiritual perspective' rather than reacting emotionally, and spend 15 minutes in worship or scripture to renew your mind.
Reflection questions
- In what areas of your life are you still leaning on 'human instincts' rather than spiritual discernment?
- How does the concept of being an 'ambassador of reconciliation' change the way you interact with people who have different opinions than you?
- Are you currently in a 'test' of your faith, and how is your reaction revealing the state of your spiritual transformation?
- What specific 'old self' habits or mindsets do you need to 'put off' to fully embrace the new life Christ offers?
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0:00lord we thank you today
0:05thank you that you have found us
0:09and you don't have to search anymore
0:14because our commitment to you is simply
0:17this
0:20we will go where you want us to go
0:23we will say what you want us to say
0:29we'll come running after you
0:34because we're the one we
0:37are the people who are called by you
0:42and we have a sense of duty we strongly
0:45believe
0:46that we owe it all to you
0:50so therefore lord collectively as we
0:52listen to your word today
0:55transform us
0:59help us to see things the way
1:02you see them help us to have a spiritual
1:06uh perspective of life and the things
1:10that are happening to us
1:13so we won't miss the moment i sense that
1:16you're speaking even now
1:21i recognize the moment this is
1:24a holy moment
1:27this is a moment of impartation
1:30a moment where your spirit is flowing
1:34so therefore use me today
1:38i open my heart to you today i've
1:40prepared myself
1:42now holy spirit think with my mind
1:45and speak with my vocal cords
1:49so your people will be edified
1:52in turn you will be glorified
1:56in jesus name i pray
1:59amen and amen
2:03god bless you god bless you please
2:07take a moment now and forward the link
2:10to someone
2:11let them hear this message perhaps they
2:14weren't involved in the worship
2:16in song and given but here's the message
2:19i think this is what's going to empower
2:21them
2:22make it a watch party if you're on
2:24social media
2:25and hit the share button and
2:28let's get it around the world because i
2:30believe people
2:32people are in desperate need of hearing
2:35the word of god i want to talk to you
2:37from the book of um 2 corinthians
2:42chapter 4 and we would look
2:45at verse 16. ii corinthians 4 we'll go
2:50at verse 16.
2:53the apostle paul here is speaking and
2:58when i read this i i felt god was also
3:02speaking to us
3:04he's speaking to us in the 21st century
3:06he's speaking to
3:08us on this day all of you who
3:12who are watching though it was written
3:16thousands of years ago i think
3:20that word or this word applies to us
3:23today it says
3:25so we do not lose heart we do not
3:28lose heart though
3:31our outer self is wasted away
3:35our inner self is being renewed
3:39day by day wow
3:43paul says that though we're wasting away
3:47he's talking about
3:48the the human body
3:51though this body is aging and it is
3:56it's wasting away that's the term he
3:58used
3:59he said though we're wasting away
4:03which is the outer man the outer man
4:07is going through this transformation
4:10year after year
4:12day after day you know to the point
4:15where
4:15it is dying but then he's saying the
4:17inner man the inner man
4:20has been renewed day by day
4:23so i want to talk to you about spiritual
4:25transformation
4:27spiritual transformation what is
4:30spiritual transformation
4:31i believe spiritual transform
4:34transformation
4:35is the process from the physical to the
4:38supernatural
4:40it is the process from the physical
4:43into the supernatural this process
4:46starts with a transformation of the
4:50heart
4:51and then the transformation of the mind
4:55a transformation from the heart and a
4:58transformation from the mind
5:00see those two areas are crucial
5:04to any human being to any person whether
5:07you are
5:08a christian or non-christian right
5:11those two areas are concerning
5:15to god those are the two important areas
5:19not that they are the only important
5:20areas to god
5:22but the heart the condition of the man
5:25the soul of the man
5:26and the mind of the man and i think
5:30all of us must embrace the idea of
5:33wanting to go
5:34through a spiritual transformation
5:37although we are humans and most
5:41of us we operate with human instincts
5:44you know in fact all of us we're
5:46operating with
5:48human instincts we must go through
5:51a spiritual transformation to understand
5:55what's happening around our world
5:59we have to we have to go through a
6:02spiritual transformation
6:04to understand what's happening in our
6:07world
6:08many people are panicking right now and
6:10wondering
6:11my god what's happening to our society
6:14things are kind of spinning out of
6:17control
6:18will they get out of control where god
6:20is not in control
6:22absolutely not nothing will ever take
6:25god
6:25by surprise he knows the end from the
6:28beginning so you don't have to worry
6:29about that
6:30but for us of course we we're kind of
6:33like my god what's going on
6:36i mean you've got the cover 19 you've
6:38got
6:39a pendant recession you've got you know
6:42the hearts of men getting cold and
6:44desperately wicked you know you've got
6:47all kinds of stuff that's happening the
6:49world is changing
6:50and then you've got this racial tension
6:53that's happening in our country you've
6:54got racism
6:55you've got all kinds of classism going
6:58on and so forth just last night if you
7:00have not heard
7:01in atlanta there's a big i mean
7:04situation going on up there right now
7:08right they they they literally a cop you
7:11know
7:11um killed a a person
7:15in a car that they said they were parked
7:16in a car uh sleeping and so forth now
7:19uh the mayor not the mayor the police
7:22chief resigned
7:23and and then from there you've got
7:26people
7:27blocking the street the interstate and
7:29and they
7:30literally set the wendy's on fire
7:33i mean there's a lot of stuff going on
7:36and
7:37and if you're like me you're wondering
7:39my god what is happening
7:41it's it's as if everything is just
7:43happening at the same time
7:44you know i could understand you know
7:47this happened this month
7:48next month something else or next year
7:51but it seems as if
7:522020 the year of uncommon opportunities
7:55it's like the is throwing the kitchen
7:58and the sink and the stove the
8:00refrigerator everything
8:02at us at the same time but i firmly
8:05believe
8:06though we have human instincts that in
8:09order for us to
8:11understand what's happening in the world
8:15we cannot lean on our human instincts
8:17alone
8:18we have to have a spiritual
8:21transformation
8:23we have to we can only
8:26only have a revival or
8:30a spiritual perspective of of what's
8:32happening
8:33when we go through a spiritual
8:36transformation
8:37we can all agree that there's a lot
8:40happening in the world that should not
8:44be processed with just human or the
8:47human mind
8:48or with the human heart which has to do
8:52with your emotions
8:54instead it should be processed by
8:57discernment and the influence of the
9:00holy spirit
9:02all of what's happening in our world
9:04should not be processed
9:06just by the human mind and the human
9:08heart
9:09that's your emotions it shouldn't be
9:11about oh i feel this way
9:14right it shouldn't be about oh you know
9:16i'm affected that way or
9:18i'm thinking with the human mind
9:21because the human thought without the
9:25influence of the holy spirit is not good
9:28and i firmly believe that more than ever
9:31before
9:32what all of us need is discernment
9:36we need discernment and we need the
9:38influence of the holy spirit
9:40we need the holy spirit to guide us
9:43you got to hear me man we need the holy
9:46spirit to guide us
9:47we need him to guide us each and every
9:49day especially in this hour
9:52we need him to influence our thought
9:54process
9:55we need him to guide us through every
9:58step of the way
10:00most people are expressing their
10:02personal opinions and responding
10:05emotionally to what's happening around
10:07them yet
10:08in most cases those opinions lack
10:11spiritual insight
10:15you know it's true almost everybody got
10:18their own ideas and thoughts about
10:20what's happening and i think you know
10:23this is happening i think that's
10:25happening and so forth
10:26but but but what about god what is god
10:29saying
10:30in this hour because that's really the
10:33important issue
10:35what is god saying to us and especially
10:40to us people of faith what message is he
10:43sending to us
10:45what is he asking of us to do in this
10:49hour of chaos in this hour of
10:52uncertainty
10:53because he's telling us to do something
10:56in every crisis
10:58god gives the church an opportunity to
11:02respond
11:04and i don't know if we know what that
11:05response is
11:07i don't know if we really realize the
11:09position
11:10that we ought to be in right now the
11:13role we are to be taken
11:15in the world so let me admonish you to
11:17embrace the process
11:19that leads to spiritual transformation
11:22so you are able to effectively respond
11:26to the issues of life embrace it
11:29embrace what god is doing embrace that
11:32god is
11:33is somehow opening the door
11:37for you and i to
11:40influence the world with the message of
11:43the gospel of jesus christ the good news
11:46to influence the world with the
11:48importance of having a spiritual
11:50transformation
11:52because they listen nothing will ever
11:54get better
11:55until there is a spiritual
11:57transformation
11:59when it comes to every person a
12:02spiritual transformation in every
12:03person's
12:04life you you cannot change
12:08what's happening in the world today just
12:10by your opinions
12:12just by certain great ideas i understand
12:15that
12:16government is trying to come up with
12:17some ideas the judicial system is trying
12:20to come up with ideas
12:22lawmakers are trying to pass laws to try
12:25to control
12:26things and so forth but but until we go
12:29through
12:30a spiritual transformation there won't
12:32be
12:33any transformation there won't be any
12:35change
12:37we're going to constantly head down the
12:39wrong path
12:41so i ask that you embrace the process
12:43it's a process
12:45i really do believe everything that's
12:47happening is a process
12:49whether or not we're embracing the
12:50process is something else to think about
12:54are we really embracing the process are
12:56you hearing me here
12:58so i firmly believe that the only path
13:01to
13:01decency and civility is when
13:04men and women are transformed
13:08from the sin nature to the god nature
13:12the only way we're going to see some
13:14civility in our land
13:16and decency it is when there's a
13:18transformation
13:20of the heart and the mind don't expect
13:23things to get
13:24better don't expect our world to become
13:27decent and
13:28respectable if if the heart of a man is
13:31not transformed and his mind is not
13:33renewed
13:35don't expect that because the the outer
13:38body
13:39is aging and the outer body depends
13:42on the senses it's what we
13:46feel tasty and can touch
13:50right but the spirit man is saying we
13:53don't have to sins
13:54feel or touch anything it's a knowing
13:58it's a knowing what god wants for us
14:00it's a knowing
14:02what he wants from us not only for
14:05us but from us what response
14:08we should be put in towards
14:11what we are confronted with on a daily
14:14basis
14:15so we can get back decency and we can
14:18become
14:19civil but it's only going to happen
14:22when we are transformed from the sin
14:24nature because
14:25it is the nature of man to sin
14:30so i'm going to list two spiritual
14:32transformations the bible
14:34um requires okay
14:38here some spiritual transformations
14:41that the bible requires and and
14:44hopefully
14:46you will see where the word of god is
14:49confirming these things
14:50all right number one the new birth the
14:53new birth
14:54right we're talking about spiritual
14:56transformation the new birth
14:59you know you wonder why society is the
15:01way it is you wonder why america is the
15:03way it is
15:04you wonder why um the hearts of men are
15:08desperately wicked and cold
15:10is simply because you know that they
15:12need to have a spiritual
15:14heart transplant right they need to do
15:17that
15:17the new birth the new birth and if
15:20anybody
15:21who's watching would think that america
15:24in particular
15:25that we don't we have nothing to repent
15:28of
15:28we have nothing to to to to get on our
15:31knees
15:32about then you're in for rude awakening
15:35you know i posted uh this week on social
15:38media
15:39and it caused a little problem for some
15:41people i talked about america has to
15:44repay for the sins that she has
15:45committed
15:47and there were people one particular guy
15:50you know of course he started attacking
15:52man long list
15:54of stuff you know and so forth
15:57trying to defend and and all that kind
15:59of stuff
16:00because you see the heart is not renewed
16:03and the mind is not renewed
16:05so he sees things one way you know all
16:08he was talking about
16:10you know because again watch this when
16:12the heart is transformed
16:14when the mind is transformed you don't
16:17see
16:17color
16:21you don't see color oh yeah we may come
16:23in different
16:24uh shades and sizes and so forth but
16:27we're all
16:28human beings the human race
16:31but there are some people their hearts
16:33are cold and their minds are so
16:36limited so they think one race is
16:39superior over the other
16:40and and anything else they'll attack it
16:44they'll attack it so you know his
16:47response was
16:48because i was talking about the the sin
16:51of racism and what this country has done
16:54over the years
16:55and and you see you know they when you
16:59hear a person speak
17:01it is so important that you try your
17:04best
17:05to understand the spirit of the message
17:10that you understand what the person is
17:12actually saying the
17:14the true intent of the message and not
17:17try to
17:18interpret it your way because when you
17:20do that you're going to mess things
17:21up so the only way
17:26we can transform this world
17:29is when we go through a heart
17:31transformation
17:33a heart transformation when our heart is
17:36at the right place
17:37and our mind is at the right place it is
17:40so
17:41easy then to hear something see
17:44something
17:45and not interpret it the wrong way and
17:48if
17:48you have the wrong interpretation
17:50immediately the holy spirit will correct
17:52and say no no
17:53that's not what that meant or no no
17:55that's wrong
17:56don't do that don't say that you see
17:59it's about the heart
18:00jesus dealt with this you know he dealt
18:02with it
18:03paul also dealt with this in second
18:05corinthians chapter 5
18:08beginning at verse 17
18:11it says therefore if anyone
18:14is in christ stop there for a moment if
18:17anyone
18:18is in christ right transformation
18:22transformation if anyone is in
18:25christ not just if anyone would just get
18:28up
18:28every day and function if anyone is in
18:31christ the new creation has come
18:35the new creation has come he's been
18:37transformed watch this now
18:39here comes the transformation the old
18:42has gone the new is here
18:46whenever you are in christ immediately
18:48you go through a transformation
18:50the old habits the old way of thinking
18:53is gone it's done away with
18:55and you have embraced the new way of
18:57living
18:59and then it says here in verse 18
19:02all this is from god who reconciled us
19:05to
19:06himself through christ and
19:09gave us the ministry of reconciliation
19:12watch this the ministry
19:14of reconciliation that somehow
19:17when we are in christ and we are renewed
19:21from the old into the new our ministry
19:26is to bring back men and women
19:29to the will of god come on now
19:32i wish the church would just hear this
19:35that our ministry
19:36is not to divide hello our ministry is
19:40not to divide
19:41and to participate with the division
19:44our ministry is the ministry of
19:46reconciliation
19:47is to point men and women back to god
19:51pointing them back to god not counting
19:53people's sin against them
19:55oh wait a minute oh oh okay
19:58okay i got it now i got it now
20:02did you just let's just go back and look
20:03at it for a moment here
20:05it says here not counting
20:08people's sins against them he has
20:11committed
20:12us to the message of reconciliation
20:15okay what message are we preaching
20:17church
20:19what message are we preaching are we so
20:22hyped up about pointing fingers
20:26at people you are dying and you're going
20:28to go to hell
20:30because of the outer body because of
20:33what we see people do with the
20:35outer body with the outer life
20:38when god is saying pay attention to what
20:41i believe can happen on the inside
20:43our message should be the message of
20:45reconciliation read it for yourself
20:48our message should be the message of
20:50transformation
20:51come on now you you can't just see a
20:54person
20:54perform and act a certain way and then
20:57just cast them away
20:59no your mindset should be okay you know
21:02what
21:02it's okay i understand how they're
21:04functioning now but whenever they get in
21:07christ
21:08whenever they get in christ they're
21:11gonna have a transformation
21:12they won't even act that way they won't
21:15even talk that way anymore
21:16because they are transformed are you
21:18getting anything out of this
21:20this is great man it says here the
21:23message that we
21:24are committed to is a message of
21:26reconciliation
21:28look at verse 20 it says we are
21:30therefore
21:31christ's ambassadors and though god
21:34were making as though god were making
21:38his
21:38appeal through us we implore you
21:42on christ's behalf be reconciled
21:46to god be reconciled be brought back to
21:49god
21:50it's all about bringing people including
21:53yourself
21:54back to the perfect will of god we are
21:57told
21:58of a story in john 3 where jesus had a
22:01conversation
22:02with a man named nicodemus a ruler of
22:05the jews
22:06let's pause there for a moment he's a
22:08ruler of the jews
22:10here is a man well-educated man
22:14full of wisdom and knowledge and by the
22:16way he knew the law
22:18he knew the law and let's look at uh the
22:21very
22:21first six verses in john 3
22:24now there was a man of the pharisees
22:26named nicodemus a ruler of the jews this
22:29man came to jesus by night
22:31and said to him rabbi we know that you
22:34are a teacher come from god
22:36for no one can do these signs that you
22:39do unless god is
22:41with him jesus answered him truly truly
22:43i say to you
22:44unless one is born again you cannot see
22:48the kingdom of god wow
22:52what jesus was really saying to this man
22:54this
22:55well-educated man this man who knew the
22:58law
22:58this man who was not a novice to
23:02certain things he was asking jesus a
23:05very important question he was very
23:07curious i don't think he was trying to
23:09be mean he was just watch this he was
23:12just trying to use his human intellect
23:14to try to understand kingdom principles
23:20and and what the response that jesus
23:22gave to him
23:23was kind of like you're never going to
23:25understand
23:26kingdom principles unless you are
23:30transformed born again
23:34unless your heart goes through a
23:36transformation
23:37that's really what jesus was trying to
23:40to tell this
23:41this jewish leader
23:44i say to you unless one is born again he
23:48cannot see kingdom principles he cannot
23:51see things the way we kingdom people see
23:55it
23:55so now you understand why you should not
23:58argue with unbelievers
23:59you should not get in the cafeteria or
24:02family members who don't
24:03you know believe in church or they're
24:05not a christian they're not born again
24:07they're not transformed spiritually
24:09don't get into an argument with them
24:11about the bible don't get into an
24:13argument
24:14with them about serving god going to
24:16church giving an offering that's a big
24:18topic giving an offering to god
24:20they will cuss you out they'll tell you
24:22stupid you're crazy
24:23they'll do all kinds of stuff they'll
24:25tell you man why are you going to god
24:27it's a white man's god they'll tell you
24:29all kinds of stuff they'll say who wrote
24:31the bible they'll question things
24:32they'll tell you well it doesn't make
24:35sense you you're going up to church you
24:36know you're giving up your weekends and
24:38and you go up to the church and you
24:40spend an hour or two hours there at the
24:42church
24:42they'll tell you are you 10 of your
24:45income you must be
24:46stupid don't you see that preacher
24:48taking your money buying his house and
24:50his car and dressing
24:51and buying his clothes and they'll tell
24:53you all kinds of stuff
24:55hello they're not transforming their
24:57thinking
24:59the same person who will tell you they
25:01don't understand
25:02how you can take 10 of your money
25:05and give it to the church you know for
25:08the church to do what they call kingdom
25:10work and so forth
25:11that same person will adjust their
25:13thinking to say
25:14it's okay for the government to take 25
25:1730 of your income
25:19why so that the government can take care
25:21of the business of the world so you can
25:23benefit from it
25:24the streets you're driving on the street
25:26lights you see at night
25:28you know the police officers that that
25:30patrol our cities and
25:31and all the basic things that we enjoy
25:34they kind of
25:34understand that they can't understand
25:37that right
25:38they can understand most people
25:40understand and when you go to a
25:41restaurant and you eat and so forth
25:43the kindest thing to do is the server
25:46you know give them an 18
25:48or whatever you can afford you know it's
25:50good to give them something
25:52but you see when it comes to god because
25:55the kingdom of darkness
25:56is fighting against the kingdom of light
25:59and therefore the kingdom of darkness is
26:01going to do everything to taint a
26:03person's mind
26:04and to pollute their hearts so they'll
26:05never see things your way
26:09the only way they can see things your
26:12way
26:12is when they go through a spiritual
26:14transformation so jesus was saying the
26:16nicodemus i understand you're asking a
26:18very important question but you know
26:19what
26:20until you're born again don't even talk
26:22about anything else
26:24until you're transformed glory to god
26:27until you're born again spiritually you
26:30see the problem is if you're transformed
26:32if you're a christian
26:33you're watching right now you're born
26:36again
26:36now if you make comments like you know
26:40church folks or hypocrites all these
26:43pastors or gold diggers they're
26:44hypocrites and
26:46i ain't giving no money to no church i
26:48am praying no
26:49every day i read in the bible this bible
26:51ain't no real
26:52or it's this bible is not real and i it
26:55ain't what it's supposed to be
26:57be careful now because your mind is
26:59renewed
27:01you went through a heart transplant your
27:04heart has been
27:05transformed from just the human heart
27:08the emotional part of you
27:10into the spiritual you're not supposed
27:12to be talking like that
27:13think about that you're not supposed to
27:15be talking like that look at what verse
27:174 says
27:18nicodemus said to him because he wants
27:21to understand here you know that's what
27:23unbelievers will do they'll keep asking
27:26he says how can a man be born when he's
27:29old
27:30can he enter a second time into his
27:32mother's womb and be born again jesus
27:35answered and said truly truly i say unto
27:37you
27:37unless one is born of the water and of
27:39the spirit he cannot enter into the
27:41kingdom of god
27:42jesus was saying unless you be born of
27:44the spirit a transformation
27:46a spiritual transformation how are you
27:49born of the spirit
27:50is when you confess with your mouth that
27:52you are a sinner
27:53and you believe in your heart and you
27:55say lord i am sorry i can't run this
27:57thing call life on my own i need you
28:02i'm not that smart to figure things out
28:04on my own
28:05so i need you so create in me a clean
28:08heart
28:09and renew a right spirit in me and then
28:11he says born of the water
28:13that's baptism you know what is water
28:15baptism water baptism
28:17is a public confession that you've been
28:19crucified with christ
28:21you've been buried with him and then
28:23also you've been raised from the dead
28:26the old is gone here comes that
28:28scripture again
28:29and you have embraced the new you've
28:31embraced the new
28:33you've been transformed and then verse 6
28:37that which is born of the flesh that's
28:39it is flesh
28:41and that which is born of the spirit is
28:44spirit
28:44so each person should seek to be
28:47spiritually transformed
28:49because it changes your perspective of
28:52life
28:52and what happens around you let's go to
28:55colossians 3
28:5616. i don't know if you're getting
28:59anything out of this
29:00but this is good stuff man spiritual
29:03transformation
29:05colossians 3 16 says let the word of
29:08christ
29:09dwell in you richly teaching and
29:12admonishing
29:13one another in all let the word
29:16of christ the only way you can
29:19experience
29:20a transformation of the heart is when
29:22the word
29:23is in you paul said let the word
29:26of christ not your own words not your
29:29feelings
29:30not your emotions let the words of
29:33christ dwell in you richly
29:37let it dwell in you the inner man
29:40remember the outer man is dying daily
29:43but the inner man must be renewed
29:46day after day faith comes by hearing and
29:49hearing by the word of god
29:50and then it says must admonish one
29:53another in all wisdom
29:55singing um psalms and hymns and
29:58spiritual songs with thanksgiving in
30:01your heart to god
30:02so it's talking about an act of worship
30:05it's telling you
30:06how do you get your mind and your heart
30:09especially your heart transformed
30:11you do it by letting the word the word
30:15the word faith comes by hearing and
30:17hearing by the word of god
30:18and then by wisdom because the word
30:21would produce
30:22wisdom and then by the singing of hymns
30:25or
30:26or psalms and and spiritual songs
30:29that there has to be a time of spiritual
30:33renewal
30:34through worship and and a lot of people
30:37like that
30:38especially now that we we have to
30:41practice social distancing and we're not
30:43in church you know a lot of people even
30:46when the doors were open
30:47a lot of people um praise and worship is
30:49not important i just want to hear the
30:51word
30:51you've missed it what what worship does
30:54worship prepares your heart and mind for
30:57the word
30:59you see if you just come in and skip the
31:01praise and worship and so forth it's not
31:03important
31:04you know i just want to hear the word
31:06maybe for several reasons
31:08you're doing that because you don't know
31:09the importance of the word of god watch
31:12this
31:12you don't know the importance of the
31:14word through worship
31:16you don't know the importance of how how
31:19you know
31:19important it is for the worship to set
31:23the tone for the receiving of the word
31:25because all you have done you've gotten
31:28caught up
31:29with with idol worship i like the guy
31:32i like fernandez or i like whoever your
31:34favorite preacher is
31:36i like them so i just come to hear them
31:40that's dangerous i just come to hear
31:42them
31:43because then what you will do
31:46is put god and what he wants
31:50to give to you in that hour in a box
31:53so what you're telling god i like it
31:55this way
31:56god's not a burger king god i think
31:59that's burger king right
32:01you know have it your way you know he's
32:04not a burger king god
32:07you know you know you're going to have
32:09it his way
32:10it's either his way or no way at all so
32:13he's telling you
32:15to worship in
32:18an attitude of thanksgiving with hymns
32:21and psalms
32:22and spiritual songs with the word of god
32:26so that you can be transformed in your
32:28thinking
32:30are you hearing me okay so then
32:33let's go to the renewing of the mind the
32:36renewing of the mind
32:37the renewing of the mind is so important
32:39romans 12 verse 2
32:41it says do not be conformed
32:44to this world but be transformed by the
32:47renewing of your mind
32:49that by testing you may discern
32:53what is the will of god what is good
32:56and acceptable and perfect so
33:00spiritual transformation requires you to
33:03go through
33:04the renewing of the mind not just your
33:07heart which is the salvation peace of
33:10your life your spiritual life
33:13you have to now go through a
33:15transformation of your mind
33:17because you can be born again but still
33:20got a filthy mind
33:22st listen you can be out of
33:25egypt but still walking around in the
33:27wilderness
33:28with an egyptian mindset you can also
33:32get to the promised land or get to the
33:34kingdom living
33:35concepts with an egyptian mindset
33:39so he's telling us here don't be
33:42conformed or
33:43or adopt the world's principles here
33:46but be transformed by the renewing of
33:49your mind how do you renew your mind
33:50by singing the songs and spiritual songs
33:53and getting into the word
33:55and then he says it is in the testings
33:57of life now wait a minute now
33:58here it is now there's your answer all
34:01the stuff you're going through right now
34:03it's a test it's a task it's a test
34:06have you ever watched television or
34:08you're listening to the radio
34:10and all of a sudden you will hear beep
34:13beep
34:14beep beep beep beep beep beep and it's
34:17an annoying sound
34:18it's an annoying sound and all of a
34:21sudden on the screen
34:23there comes a line and it will say this
34:25is a
34:26test of the emergency broadcast and
34:29whatever
34:30and what they're telling you in case of
34:32an emergency
34:33a message would follow
34:36could it be that god is saying i placed
34:38you in the world
34:39hmm every message you're hearing from
34:42these preachers
34:44it's a beep beep beep beep beep
34:48these messages are warning messages to
34:52prepare you for the real test
34:54so when the real test comes glory to god
34:58you're able to deal with it why because
35:01you're prepared you
35:02can discern what's happening you can
35:04discern
35:05what is acceptable and what's not
35:07acceptable unto god
35:09because he's saying here by the renewing
35:11of your mind
35:12that by testing you may discern
35:15the test you go through it is the test
35:17that will produce
35:19whether or not you are spiritually
35:22transformed
35:24there it is it's the test it's how you
35:27act when you're going through the test
35:30are you going to get crazy and scream oh
35:32god
35:33you know or you're going to react in a
35:34negative way or in a positive way
35:36are you hearing me let's go to ephesians
35:404
35:4123 it says and be
35:44and to be renewed sorry and to be
35:47renewed
35:48in the spirit of your mind says and
35:51to be renewed in the spirit of your mind
35:53it's talking about
35:55being renewed in the spirit of your mind
35:58spirit of your mind make sure that your
36:01mind is controlled by
36:03the word of god it's controlled by the
36:06things of god the holy spirit go
36:07uh let's go to colossians 3 verse 2.
36:11it says set your mind on things that are
36:14above
36:14and not on things on the earth that
36:17transformation again
36:19right you have to live at a different
36:22altitude you can no longer
36:24live at a low altitude you can't just be
36:26earthly alone
36:28you have to consider spiritual things my
36:30friends
36:31spiritual things you have to consider
36:33spiritual things
36:34all right let's go to colossians 3 verse
36:3610
36:37and have put on the new self
36:41i love that and have put on the new self
36:44which has been renewed in the knowledge
36:46after the image of its creator
36:49so you have to look at the image of god
36:51to put on the new self
36:54you can't look at the images of the
36:55world or the images of what's happening
36:58or the images of what your mind will
37:01tell you because your mind is not right
37:03come on now all of us if we ever operate
37:06outside of the mind of
37:08christ oh it will mess our minds up
37:11thank god for the blood thank god for
37:13the cross thank god
37:15for the cross that literally
37:17demonstrated to
37:18us the finished work of jesus at calvary
37:22because that has opened up the door for
37:25us
37:26to have a renewed mind see if you can
37:29get this right
37:31then the heart will be right and then
37:33you'll
37:34have a wonderful kingdom lifestyle
37:38let's go to romans 8 6 4
37:41to set the mind on the flesh
37:44is death that's that outer man it's
37:47you know he's dying it's death but to
37:50set the mind
37:51on the spirit is life and peace
37:54life and peace life and peace
37:59it's it's it's given you life and peace
38:01in the midst of chaos
38:03see whenever you're spiritually
38:05transformed you don't let these things
38:07bother you man
38:08you don't let these things discourage
38:10you you don't let society and all that
38:12what what's
38:13what's going on in your life you don't
38:15panic over it
38:17because you know who is in control
38:19finally
38:20let me read this to you here's what the
38:22apostle paul said
38:23about transformation in christ in
38:26ephesians
38:274 from verse 22 to 24
38:33he says here to put off your old
38:36self put off your old self
38:40i love this which belongs to your former
38:43manner of
38:44life and is corrupt through
38:47deceitful desires put off
38:50old self put off the old because he's
38:54telling you about the new now
38:55it's about a transformation now put off
38:58the old
38:59self i believe what god is saying to all
39:02of us
39:02let's put off the old self you know that
39:05part of us
39:06that tries to process things our way
39:09that part
39:10of us that wants to take revenge that
39:13part of
39:14us that like to fix it ourselves
39:17that part of us that likes to process it
39:20ourselves
39:21and and and put our emotions in it and
39:24our own human intellect in it
39:26it says put off the old self which
39:29belongs to the former
39:30manner of life remember if your life is
39:33now hidden in christ
39:35then the old is gone you've embraced the
39:38new
39:39right don't don't don't don't lean to
39:42the deceitful things of your life
39:44because
39:44life will present some things that looks
39:46good feels good
39:48but they're not good for us are you with
39:50me verse 23
39:51and it says and to be renewed in the
39:54spirit of your minds
39:56to be renewed in the spirit of your mind
39:59and to put on
40:00the new self to put on the new self
40:03who i mean paul is actually
40:06saying to us step out of one
40:11dimension into another dimension step
40:14out of one environment into the next
40:18step out of the physical into the
40:21spiritual
40:22step out of the carnal into the
40:26spiritual or the supernatural that's
40:28really what he's saying here
40:30he's saying put on the new self created
40:34after the likeness of god in true
40:36righteousness and holiness
40:38not the new self that is created or
40:40driven by your feelings
40:42driven by you know what you think and
40:45and and what's the trend in our society
40:49put on the full armor of god put on
40:53the new man renew your mind
40:56renew your heart and when you do i'm
40:59telling you
41:00you'll have spiritual transformation
41:03your life will
41:04never ever be the same again that's how
41:07you will have
41:08life true life without stress
41:11and you'll have peace don't be so hard
41:15on yourself man
41:17don't listen don't think
41:20that it is difficult to achieve
41:23spiritual maturity and spiritual
41:26transformation
41:27no no you can achieve it
41:31all it takes is obedience
41:34get in the word fill your
41:38inner man with songs
41:42that will edify you get into
41:46your word be in an atmosphere where it's
41:50feeding your desires and not the
41:53deceitful desires
41:56and when you do you'll have spiritual
41:58transformation
42:00and welcome to a life that is hidden in
42:03christ
42:04where you will have peace
42:08if you want that life and you don't have
42:10it
42:12you can do it now you can have it right
42:14now
42:16all you have to do is to confess with
42:18your mouth
42:20believe in your heart man that you are a
42:24sinner and
42:25your mind and your heart must be
42:28transformed
42:31then you get into your word like i said
42:34for right now you stream
42:36when these doors are open get to church
42:38get to
42:39a church in your community get involved
42:42and
42:42be a part of the army of people
42:46who are taking this gospel around the
42:48world
42:50come on be a contributor in your prayers
42:53in being vocal about it and financially
42:57supporting
42:58the cause if you're ready to give your
43:00life to christ
43:02would you say after me today lord jesus
43:07i am a sinner and i repent of my sins
43:13i want to be transformed
43:16in my heart and in my mind
43:20i embrace the free gift of salvation
43:25and i declare that i'm born again
43:28in jesus name now father i thank you
43:32for that person surrendering their lives
43:35over to you
43:36may you bless them may they experience
43:40the life and the peace
43:44that you give to all of us
43:47for everyone else thank you that this
43:50message
43:51was the message they needed for this
43:54hour
43:56i could tell their people making
43:58comments
44:00they're saying this word was for me i
44:03needed this
44:04very simple but yet profound i
44:08needed this god thank you that you have
44:11ministered
44:12to them today and you've opened up the
44:15floodgates
44:17of new kingdom living for them
44:20strengthen them i pray bless them i pray
44:25give them a great week give all of us a
44:27blessed week
44:29and we thank you for it thank you for
44:32your people
44:33who worship worship with us today and
44:37those who gave and supported us
44:40thank you may you continue to bless them
44:44in jesus name amen
44:48amen hey everyone this is henry
44:50fernandez and i want to thank you so
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