WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.760 How are you guys this morning? Praise God. 00:03.520 --> 00:05.920 You know, I want to do something before we get into the message. 00:06.020 --> 00:07.520 I want to be very sensitive of time. 00:08.220 --> 00:10.820 I know that every time that I come up to speak, everybody's like, oh, man, 00:11.880 --> 00:15.100 we got to get ready. We got to get ready. 00:15.300 --> 00:16.560 Pastor Igor is going to go afternoon. 00:16.800 --> 00:20.060 But you guys know what I stand by. I never like to waste time, 00:20.400 --> 00:21.960 nor do I like my time wasted. 00:22.540 --> 00:25.040 So if you ever seriously feel like I'm wasting your time, 00:25.120 --> 00:27.960 then come up and tell me. Won't offend me. Trust me, you won't offend me. 00:28.940 --> 00:31.420 But I want to do something. Because I know that announcements are phenomenal, 00:31.640 --> 00:33.580 Pastor. Thank you for all the announcements. But I want to do something. 00:33.700 --> 00:36.120 I want us to posture our hearts towards the Lord once again. 00:36.780 --> 00:42.120 Because sometimes our attention span is like, you know, we look at our kids, 00:42.900 --> 00:44.260 and we're like, why can't you pay attention? 00:44.920 --> 00:48.440 But in reality, it's like, I feel like we as adults, grown adults, 00:48.660 --> 00:51.060 can lose our attention span on the Lord. 00:51.520 --> 00:54.140 So I want to take just a little bit as Brian is going to be in the keys here. 00:54.140 --> 00:57.980 I just want us to position our hearts. Just do this. 00:58.640 --> 01:02.400 Acknowledge him. Because he has settled this morning. He really has. 01:03.380 --> 01:05.920 You can close your eyes. You can stand. You can sit, kneel, whatever. 01:06.060 --> 01:07.880 We're just going to take a little bit and we're going to acknowledge 01:09.680 --> 01:12.260 that he is with us this morning, that he's leading the service. 01:13.620 --> 01:15.140 So Holy Spirit, we thank you. 01:17.680 --> 01:21.980 We thank you, Holy Spirit, that you lift up Jesus. 01:25.040 --> 01:30.260 We thank you, that you are wooing us in Holy Spirit. 01:30.700 --> 01:36.000 You are wooing us into the beauty of Jesus and who he is and what he's done. 01:38.740 --> 01:42.140 I believe, Lord, you do want to meet us this morning and you have, 01:42.260 --> 01:47.020 but there's facets of you that you want to show us personally, Lord. 01:50.620 --> 01:54.140 It's as if though, Lord, you are calling us to that Mount Sinai, 01:54.140 --> 01:56.600 to meet with us face to face this morning. 01:56.700 --> 02:00.180 And you're wanting, you're wanting to mark our hearts. 02:00.380 --> 02:02.480 You're wanting to mark our spirits this morning. 02:05.950 --> 02:09.210 So we just, we turn our attention to you, Lord. 02:13.370 --> 02:14.410 You're the reason. 02:18.920 --> 02:20.860 Help us, Holy Spirit, this morning. 02:25.840 --> 02:26.740 Help us this morning. 02:31.000 --> 02:32.800 Oh, we need your help this morning, Lord. 02:36.540 --> 02:38.520 Our helper and our counselor help us. 02:50.310 --> 02:53.110 If you agree with me that we need the Holy Spirit to help us this morning, 02:53.190 --> 02:54.330 can you just say amen with me? 02:56.290 --> 02:58.370 If you have your Bibles, you can play the keys if you don't mind, 02:58.870 --> 03:00.410 because I don't know if I'm going to be speaking long. 03:00.470 --> 03:05.770 I really feel the Lord wanting to, to minister to people this morning. 03:05.910 --> 03:08.130 I don't know how he's going to do it, but I just feel like he wants to. 03:08.770 --> 03:10.670 If you have your Bibles, open up to Luke 18. 03:16.060 --> 03:17.300 Starting at verse one. 03:19.560 --> 03:24.220 I want to talk about something, and then I want to transition to the thing 03:24.220 --> 03:27.080 that I believe the Lord is really, really emphasizing on. 03:30.400 --> 03:32.680 I want us to understand this. 03:38.100 --> 03:42.780 That what God is doing, and what God has promised to do, 03:44.140 --> 03:46.740 I'm specifically talking about for this local body. 03:46.740 --> 03:50.240 What we've been in, the transition, the shift, the, the, 03:50.240 --> 03:52.600 the different things that we've been in the vein of since, 03:52.680 --> 03:54.700 I should say even before Open Heavens, Pastor. 03:55.880 --> 03:56.800 God bless you. 03:58.100 --> 03:59.860 I want us to understand this. 04:01.240 --> 04:03.060 It's not just a good idea. 04:04.740 --> 04:07.420 It's not just, oh, that sounds like a great idea. 04:08.160 --> 04:11.920 I want us as a body of Christ, as this local body, 04:12.200 --> 04:15.460 as this spiritual family right here to really catch that. 04:19.020 --> 04:20.640 I want us to really catch that. 04:21.940 --> 04:23.560 Because it's not just a good idea. 04:28.170 --> 04:29.730 It's not just something that... 04:32.690 --> 04:35.150 It's not just something that Pastor Vernon, Pastor Mary, 04:35.250 --> 04:37.290 came up with as an idea, and they're like, 04:37.310 --> 04:38.850 hey cool, let's call this our vision. 04:41.970 --> 04:43.610 This is something that the Lord wants. 04:47.270 --> 04:48.990 This is something that his heart desires. 04:52.460 --> 04:54.960 And we as a body, we need to catch that. 04:56.720 --> 04:58.100 And when I say catch it, 04:58.440 --> 05:00.700 you got to get past the fact that it's an idea. 05:03.120 --> 05:04.300 When you catch something, 05:04.460 --> 05:06.920 you begin to prioritize your life around it, you do. 05:11.200 --> 05:12.980 Do you know when I know that people live 05:13.440 --> 05:15.260 for the Lord as just an idea, 05:15.360 --> 05:16.380 he's just an accessory? 05:17.720 --> 05:19.380 Is when your life ain't changing, 05:19.500 --> 05:20.400 and what I mean by that, 05:20.400 --> 05:23.360 you're not prioritizing your life around the Lord. 05:24.480 --> 05:27.400 But you're trying to fit him into your life, 05:27.500 --> 05:29.920 and you're saying, yeah man, God is good. 05:30.800 --> 05:34.600 But truly, when you catch that he's good. 05:36.780 --> 05:38.240 That he bled on the cross. 05:48.750 --> 05:50.890 Your life begins to change and shift. 05:51.030 --> 05:51.890 You can't deny it. 05:55.120 --> 05:58.280 So I want to talk about something today of what we... 06:00.860 --> 06:03.420 of what we as a body have been in for a while. 06:04.440 --> 06:06.340 And I want to explain something to you. 06:07.760 --> 06:10.060 What God is doing in this house 06:10.060 --> 06:12.780 is not just our house that's a part of this. 06:14.660 --> 06:18.640 My wife and I, Tanya, we have very close friends of ours, 06:18.720 --> 06:19.800 and they live in a different state, 06:19.920 --> 06:23.780 and we recently spent some quality, quality time with them. 06:26.100 --> 06:27.580 And I'm not going to share their names, 06:27.680 --> 06:29.880 I'm not going to say maybe sometime you guys will meet them, 06:29.880 --> 06:32.420 but so you know, these are very credible people 06:32.420 --> 06:34.880 in the body of Christ on a national level. 06:36.640 --> 06:40.520 Part of one of the biggest ministries that has been in the world. 06:40.840 --> 06:41.820 And still is. 06:43.920 --> 06:45.380 They're very dear friends of ours, 06:45.500 --> 06:47.240 and they're one of the main people in this ministry. 06:47.340 --> 06:49.500 They were like, they were right there. 06:50.640 --> 06:53.380 Their ability to see things and have connections around, 06:54.100 --> 06:56.480 I'll say America, they have more than just America. 06:56.480 --> 07:00.040 But as we met with them and they were talking 07:00.040 --> 07:01.200 and we were just sharing, you know, 07:01.200 --> 07:02.680 what God is doing in our local body, 07:02.680 --> 07:05.620 and they began to share with us what God is doing 07:05.620 --> 07:07.640 on a bigger picture. 07:08.340 --> 07:09.340 When I say bigger picture, 07:09.460 --> 07:10.480 it's not that we're not important, 07:12.980 --> 07:14.920 it's sometimes when you're stuck in a bubble, 07:15.060 --> 07:19.140 like you're here in the rural area, thank you. 07:19.240 --> 07:21.260 You don't always see, see my wife comes in 07:21.260 --> 07:22.220 and she corrects me right away. 07:26.380 --> 07:28.160 When you're stuck in a bubble 07:29.000 --> 07:31.860 and you're believing God, you're knowing this is God, 07:32.500 --> 07:36.100 but not actually realizing that God, 07:36.220 --> 07:38.020 you're doing this more than just here. 07:40.900 --> 07:42.880 You're doing this across the nation. 07:45.060 --> 07:46.620 And it's so encouraging. 07:48.360 --> 07:51.080 It's so encouraging when you sit with other believers 07:51.080 --> 07:52.760 that are hot after God, 07:52.760 --> 07:54.260 that have seen some things 07:55.180 --> 07:56.800 and they begin to share with you 07:56.800 --> 07:57.700 and they say, hey, listen, 07:58.240 --> 07:59.300 what you guys are going through 07:59.300 --> 08:00.540 is actually not just something 08:00.540 --> 08:01.480 that you guys are going through. 08:01.780 --> 08:05.640 God is, it's like he's handpicking churches. 08:06.600 --> 08:09.560 And what I mean by handpicking is that churches 08:09.560 --> 08:11.960 that have stood on the word of God 08:11.960 --> 08:15.200 in despite of the adversary and the enemy, 08:15.300 --> 08:16.520 they've just stood, they've just remained. 08:17.480 --> 08:19.160 And these are the churches that God 08:19.160 --> 08:20.780 is finding trust and faith in. 08:22.960 --> 08:25.220 Churches that have not just countered their vision 08:25.220 --> 08:26.300 as a good idea, 08:26.520 --> 08:28.440 but churches that have caught the vision 08:28.440 --> 08:30.000 that God has birthed. 08:30.040 --> 08:32.340 Why? Because it's something that's dear to him. 08:33.520 --> 08:36.400 This is happening across the body of Christ. 08:37.640 --> 08:39.240 And as we were sitting and we were talking 08:39.240 --> 08:40.800 with our friends, he said something 08:40.800 --> 08:43.140 that was both alarming and encouraging. 08:46.240 --> 08:47.640 He said, you know, right now 08:47.640 --> 08:49.260 in the non-denominational churches, 08:49.780 --> 08:50.900 our circle of churches, 08:52.280 --> 08:54.640 spirit-filled churches, full gospel churches, 08:55.180 --> 08:57.860 he said, right now, those churches across the world, 08:57.980 --> 09:00.040 let me just keep it on a national level, 09:00.220 --> 09:01.020 on just America. 09:01.920 --> 09:03.820 Not a national, the American level. 09:05.340 --> 09:05.880 He said, 09:07.400 --> 09:10.940 he said, they are experiencing a great crisis. 09:11.600 --> 09:12.980 And I said, what do you mean by that? 09:13.540 --> 09:15.160 He goes, the older generation 09:15.160 --> 09:16.780 has nobody to replace them. 09:22.830 --> 09:24.070 He said, we have 09:24.070 --> 09:27.030 in non-denominational churches right now 09:27.030 --> 09:29.050 that are experiencing a great crisis 09:29.050 --> 09:30.790 because the younger generation, 09:30.950 --> 09:32.290 specifically the millennials, 09:34.070 --> 09:36.270 he said, the older generation 09:36.270 --> 09:38.830 doesn't have anybody to pass the baton down to. 09:40.070 --> 09:41.510 It's a great crisis 09:41.510 --> 09:43.510 that the non-denominational churches 09:43.510 --> 09:44.870 are experiencing right now. 09:45.010 --> 09:46.170 Literally as I'm speaking, 09:46.570 --> 09:49.270 I'm sure there is pastors of your generation 09:49.270 --> 09:52.090 that are crying out to the Lord to raise up young people, 09:52.650 --> 09:53.630 that they can trust 09:54.830 --> 09:56.370 to pass the baton on. 10:00.760 --> 10:02.580 Can I share a story that me and you had? 10:02.960 --> 10:05.700 Personally, it's nothing like super crazy, but... 10:08.160 --> 10:10.100 But no, no, no, I'm trying to, 10:10.120 --> 10:12.000 I'm trying to draw you something here 10:12.000 --> 10:14.700 of why I understand that generation. 10:14.860 --> 10:16.640 And it's not just me, there's other people that do. 10:17.340 --> 10:19.600 But when me and Pastor Verne and Pastor Mayor Antonia, 10:19.600 --> 10:20.260 when we talked 10:21.500 --> 10:23.520 and we were talking about some really good things, 10:23.580 --> 10:25.280 this is before we were even on staff, 10:26.400 --> 10:27.780 I remember the words you told me. 10:28.920 --> 10:30.720 You said, this is my baby right here. 10:30.860 --> 10:32.640 This is the vision that God has given me. 10:41.630 --> 10:43.250 I put myself in their place. 10:44.350 --> 10:46.290 I'm sorry, I'm just, I really feel the Lord. 10:46.370 --> 10:48.550 I'm not emotional just because I'm really, 10:48.610 --> 10:49.650 not really an emotional guy. 10:49.710 --> 10:50.950 I just feel the Lord this morning. 10:51.330 --> 10:53.010 There's this tenderness of him this morning. 10:54.750 --> 10:56.550 And I remember when Pastor told me, he said, 10:56.650 --> 10:58.790 this is my, this vision, it's not just the church, 10:58.870 --> 11:00.770 though the church is the manifestation of the vision. 11:00.990 --> 11:02.270 But he said, this is my baby. 11:03.010 --> 11:04.130 He said, I've raised it. 11:05.710 --> 11:06.730 He said, I've raised it. 11:08.170 --> 11:09.970 So I look at it from their perspective 11:09.970 --> 11:12.230 of the older generation, when God calls them 11:14.230 --> 11:15.490 to carry a vision. 11:15.990 --> 11:19.210 And when your time comes to hand it off, 11:19.330 --> 11:20.470 you're not just going to hand it off 11:20.470 --> 11:22.650 to some average Joe that walks in 11:22.650 --> 11:24.270 and just because he operates in the giftings, 11:24.350 --> 11:25.150 you're going to give it to him. 11:26.450 --> 11:27.510 You're not going to do that. 11:28.390 --> 11:30.030 So there's this great crisis 11:30.470 --> 11:32.630 that's going across the body of Christ right now 11:32.630 --> 11:33.690 where there's no replacements. 11:34.510 --> 11:38.870 This is both scary and encouraging at the same time, 11:38.930 --> 11:39.870 because you know what that tells me? 11:40.790 --> 11:43.370 That tells me that the shift is going on, 11:43.390 --> 11:45.150 not just here, but across the body of Christ. 11:48.910 --> 11:50.230 Young people listen to me. 11:51.030 --> 11:52.230 Listen to me, young people. 11:53.630 --> 11:55.750 What is about to be handed down to us 11:55.750 --> 11:57.290 is not something we should take lightly. 11:58.210 --> 11:59.670 Listen to me, please, young people. 12:00.650 --> 12:02.430 What's about to be handed down to us 12:02.430 --> 12:03.990 is not something that we should take lightly. 12:04.350 --> 12:07.390 But treat it as if though you are a father 12:07.390 --> 12:10.010 that is... I'm sorry, put it this way. 12:10.090 --> 12:11.110 As if though you were a man 12:11.110 --> 12:13.030 that is about to receive a woman 12:13.030 --> 12:14.470 and the father is giving her away. 12:15.890 --> 12:17.270 You understanding my analogy? 12:18.110 --> 12:20.390 It's hard for a father to give away his daughter 12:20.390 --> 12:22.250 into another man's hands. 12:23.390 --> 12:25.350 I sought with my dad for some reason. 12:25.710 --> 12:28.330 He didn't cry at my wedding or any of my brother's weddings, 12:28.470 --> 12:30.510 but all six of my sisters that got married, 12:30.590 --> 12:31.570 my father was weeping. 12:31.970 --> 12:32.490 I'm like, dad! 12:36.010 --> 12:37.070 Thank God I got boys. 12:43.900 --> 12:47.060 But we are in a literally across the body. 12:47.540 --> 12:49.820 There is a shift that's taken place, 12:49.820 --> 12:50.940 and we are a part of it. 12:50.940 --> 12:52.100 That's encouraging for me. 12:53.080 --> 12:55.020 That's really encouraging for me. 12:59.110 --> 13:00.770 And it's not a man's doing, 13:02.350 --> 13:03.730 but it's God doing it. 13:08.760 --> 13:11.320 He also told me something that blew my socks off 13:11.320 --> 13:13.340 and it put a fear of the Lord on me. 13:14.700 --> 13:16.980 He said, you know, he said about 20 years ago 13:16.980 --> 13:19.800 he said that denominational churches 13:19.800 --> 13:21.440 experience the exact same thing. 13:22.380 --> 13:25.000 The Catholics, the Lutherans, the Baptist, 13:25.000 --> 13:27.720 all these churches that put a denomination on them. 13:28.260 --> 13:30.340 And he goes, you know what happened to a lot of these churches 13:30.340 --> 13:31.100 across the nation? 13:31.440 --> 13:32.680 He said their doors are closed, 13:32.780 --> 13:35.220 because 20 years ago they had nobody to replace them. 13:37.100 --> 13:38.700 That puts the fear of the Lord on me. 13:38.740 --> 13:39.120 You know why? 13:39.740 --> 13:41.500 Me and my wife were just talking about this yesterday. 13:42.060 --> 13:43.520 If we don't do this thing right, 13:43.640 --> 13:46.980 if we don't follow the Lord in this shift, 13:47.120 --> 13:48.040 in this transition, 13:48.340 --> 13:50.460 not only will our doors be closed, 13:50.680 --> 13:51.760 but more than that, 13:51.820 --> 13:52.860 my wife said it, she said, 13:52.860 --> 13:54.540 we're gonna shame the Lord. 13:56.640 --> 13:57.660 Think about that. 13:58.520 --> 14:00.760 This is far more than just doors being closed. 14:01.140 --> 14:03.680 We have people that call themselves Christians, 14:03.960 --> 14:06.240 that call themselves following the Lord, 14:06.520 --> 14:09.400 but then they did not steward the shift correctly 14:09.400 --> 14:10.380 20 years ago, 14:10.600 --> 14:13.000 and now they're at a place where their doors are closed, 14:13.220 --> 14:15.360 but more than that, the world looks at them 14:15.960 --> 14:17.640 and the Lord is shamed in it. 14:18.580 --> 14:20.880 There is a shame that we would put on the Lord 14:20.880 --> 14:22.260 if we don't do this thing right. 14:24.960 --> 14:26.520 And there's a fear of the Lord on it, 14:26.540 --> 14:28.500 because this is not just the emphasis 14:28.500 --> 14:29.940 on just the younger, just the younger. 14:30.340 --> 14:32.080 The older is just as important. 14:32.220 --> 14:33.380 Please get that through your heads. 14:33.500 --> 14:35.600 Please get that through your heads. 14:36.560 --> 14:39.700 That the older generation is as important as the younger, 14:40.000 --> 14:42.100 because it's a dual-generational shift 14:42.100 --> 14:42.960 that's taking place. 14:43.960 --> 14:45.820 It's simply a repositioning. 14:45.840 --> 14:46.920 I don't know how else to say it. 14:47.820 --> 14:49.660 John the Baptist sees Jesus. 14:51.020 --> 14:53.700 And he says it's time for me to decrease 14:53.700 --> 14:54.940 so that he can increase. 14:55.800 --> 14:56.980 It's not that John's like, 14:56.980 --> 14:59.700 okay, you know, cool, I'm out of the picture. 14:59.860 --> 15:01.760 It wasn't long after that he got beheaded, 15:01.820 --> 15:02.720 but that's not the point. 15:03.060 --> 15:06.380 The point is that there is a transitional shift. 15:07.140 --> 15:08.680 Hey, I don't know, man. He's laughing. 15:14.570 --> 15:16.570 There's this transitional shift 15:17.490 --> 15:22.110 of simply one stepping in front of the other. 15:22.110 --> 15:24.850 Not better. One's not better. One's not worse. 15:25.090 --> 15:27.790 It's simply the way that God is wanting to lead this next thing. 15:28.410 --> 15:29.410 And who knows? 15:30.230 --> 15:33.490 In 20, 30 years, I could find myself 15:33.490 --> 15:36.330 and my generation being the generation 15:36.330 --> 15:38.990 that's handing the baton off to my children. 15:40.270 --> 15:41.490 That's the way that I'm thinking. 15:44.370 --> 15:46.950 People ask, how do you and Passover relate so well? 15:47.130 --> 15:49.430 Because I can see a lot of things from his side. 15:49.570 --> 15:50.850 I choose. Let me say it this way. 15:50.850 --> 15:53.210 I choose to see a lot of things from his side. 15:53.510 --> 15:54.590 I choose it. 15:57.210 --> 15:59.670 Because I'm imagining, when I'm his age, 16:00.430 --> 16:03.470 when I'm his and Pastor Mary's age, me and my wife, 16:03.790 --> 16:06.530 and we have to hand what God has asked us to do 16:06.530 --> 16:07.850 for multiple, for decades, 16:08.750 --> 16:10.270 I think a bit about it from that side. 16:10.350 --> 16:12.730 So younger generation, would you have that in mind? 16:13.490 --> 16:15.030 Would you have that in mind 16:15.030 --> 16:16.810 what you are about to receive 16:17.310 --> 16:19.910 looking at it from a perspective of an older generation 16:20.570 --> 16:22.570 how would I respond? How would I act? 16:25.630 --> 16:28.110 An older generation, you gotta get supportive. 16:28.650 --> 16:30.470 You gotta get behind some of this stuff 16:30.470 --> 16:32.850 because things will change, things will shift, 16:33.150 --> 16:34.570 not because man wants to do it 16:34.570 --> 16:36.010 because God is leading it this way. 16:39.460 --> 16:41.680 So this is happening across the body of Christ. 16:42.920 --> 16:43.800 The shift. 16:44.660 --> 16:46.200 This great shift that's taking place. 16:46.320 --> 16:47.760 It's happening. It's been happening. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.360 It's what my friend told me when we were sitting with him. 16:55.080 --> 16:56.720 We talked about so many other things. 16:56.900 --> 16:58.700 We sat for what? Over three hours with him. 16:59.100 --> 17:00.140 I'm not gonna share all of it, 17:00.160 --> 17:01.580 but this is where I wanna make the emphasis. 17:03.360 --> 17:04.480 In Luke 18, 17:06.340 --> 17:08.240 this is something the Lord has been burning 17:08.240 --> 17:09.740 on my heart for a while, and 17:11.460 --> 17:12.260 last weekend, 17:16.940 --> 17:17.740 it's like... 17:17.740 --> 17:18.800 I need you to talk about this. 17:19.520 --> 17:21.480 Because technically today, I was supposed to be talking 17:21.480 --> 17:23.440 about betrayal or accusation and betrayal. 17:24.240 --> 17:25.380 But as pastor, I said, 17:25.480 --> 17:27.080 I think I need to take a little bit of a detour 17:27.740 --> 17:30.060 because the Lord needs to talk about this. 17:30.560 --> 17:32.640 This is his heart for right now. 17:32.820 --> 17:33.480 Luke 18.1. 17:34.720 --> 17:36.060 Jesus is speaking a parable 17:36.780 --> 17:38.060 about a persistent widow. 17:38.800 --> 17:40.740 Then he spoke a parable to them 17:41.820 --> 17:43.920 that men always ought to pray 17:43.920 --> 17:45.400 and not lose heart, saying 17:46.120 --> 17:47.900 there was a certain city 17:49.400 --> 17:51.740 there was in a certain city 17:51.740 --> 17:53.980 a judge who did not fear God 17:53.980 --> 17:54.940 nor regard man. 17:56.100 --> 17:57.020 Remember that. 17:58.480 --> 18:00.400 Now there was a widow in that city 18:01.440 --> 18:03.560 and she came to him saying, 18:04.080 --> 18:06.080 get justice for me, 18:06.400 --> 18:07.420 for my adversary. 18:08.200 --> 18:10.060 And he would not for a while. 18:11.160 --> 18:13.200 But afterward, he said within himself, 18:13.200 --> 18:16.120 though I do not fear God 18:16.120 --> 18:18.540 nor regard man, 18:19.080 --> 18:19.880 yet because 18:19.880 --> 18:22.500 this widow troubles me, 18:23.620 --> 18:24.740 I will avenge her, 18:25.400 --> 18:27.180 lest by her continual coming 18:27.180 --> 18:28.660 she will weary me. 18:32.870 --> 18:35.670 Yet by her continual coming 18:35.670 --> 18:37.950 she will weary me. 18:42.740 --> 18:44.180 How many of us 18:46.360 --> 18:48.580 As soon as we don't see our faith 18:48.580 --> 18:50.180 manifest to the physical realm, 18:52.980 --> 18:54.020 we stop 18:56.440 --> 18:58.580 and we begin to doubt ourselves 18:58.580 --> 18:59.700 was that really even God? 18:59.840 --> 19:01.140 Maybe that wasn't God, I don't know. 19:02.320 --> 19:04.180 But this widow is dealing with 19:04.180 --> 19:05.340 an unjust judge. 19:06.600 --> 19:08.560 He's unjust, doesn't regard 19:08.560 --> 19:10.340 God nor regard man. 19:13.360 --> 19:16.020 And she continues to be persistent 19:16.020 --> 19:18.220 and continues to go to him. 19:18.860 --> 19:20.500 And because of her persistency, 19:21.220 --> 19:23.700 because she continually is coming, 19:25.460 --> 19:26.760 you'll give her the justice. 19:27.680 --> 19:28.740 But now listen to this. 19:29.300 --> 19:31.640 Then the Lord said, this is Jesus talking. 19:33.880 --> 19:38.240 He says, hear what the unjust judge said. 19:41.800 --> 19:43.400 And shall not God 19:44.300 --> 19:46.660 and shall God not avenge 19:46.660 --> 19:49.920 his own elect who cry out 19:49.920 --> 19:52.400 day and night to him. 19:56.950 --> 19:59.090 Though he bears long with them, 19:59.810 --> 20:01.110 I tell you 20:02.230 --> 20:04.490 that he will avenge them speedily. 20:05.790 --> 20:07.210 And this is where the Lord 20:07.210 --> 20:08.450 really directed my heart. 20:14.030 --> 20:15.170 He says, nevertheless, 20:17.710 --> 20:19.550 when the Son of Man comes, 20:21.650 --> 20:23.610 will he really find faith on the earth? 20:41.550 --> 20:42.650 He says, nevertheless, 20:42.930 --> 20:44.690 when the Son of Man comes, 20:44.790 --> 20:46.450 will he find faith on the earth? 20:49.210 --> 20:51.330 You know, the Bible says that without faith, 20:51.510 --> 20:52.890 you actually can't even please God. 20:52.970 --> 20:55.030 Literally, the author in Hebrews writes that. 20:55.130 --> 20:56.630 He says, without faith, you can't please him. 21:03.380 --> 21:04.800 You know, it's so easy. 21:05.840 --> 21:07.480 I'm getting someone here, follow me. 21:08.920 --> 21:11.040 It's so easy to believe for things 21:11.900 --> 21:13.220 that aren't really that big. 21:15.680 --> 21:17.760 It's so easy to believe things 21:17.760 --> 21:20.220 when we may have seen a hint of it. 21:23.080 --> 21:25.460 But I believe God is looking for faith, 21:25.460 --> 21:27.600 and I'm specifically now talking to this house. 21:28.380 --> 21:31.260 I believe God is looking for faith in this house 21:31.260 --> 21:33.160 that is so stretched. 21:34.900 --> 21:36.640 A faith that is so great 21:38.640 --> 21:40.380 that we would look at that building 21:40.380 --> 21:42.120 that we're still looking to build and we're saying, 21:42.200 --> 21:43.800 God, I don't know how you're going to do it, 21:43.960 --> 21:45.420 but I know you need it. 21:46.360 --> 21:49.140 And I'm going to be that persistent widow 21:49.640 --> 21:51.340 that's going to keep coming to you 21:51.340 --> 21:53.760 and reminding you, God, it's not that I need it, 21:53.760 --> 21:54.400 it's not that you need it. 22:03.380 --> 22:05.380 I'm going to say again what Pastor Vern said, 22:06.060 --> 22:07.600 because some of you need to hear this. 22:10.680 --> 22:13.320 We're not building that building for ourselves 22:13.320 --> 22:14.820 because Pastor Vern even said this. 22:15.140 --> 22:16.520 He said, I'm sorry, I'm at that age 22:16.520 --> 22:18.600 where I don't want to go through another building project. 22:20.000 --> 22:21.140 Didn't you say that, Pastor? 22:22.400 --> 22:24.000 I'm saying that to tell you 22:24.000 --> 22:26.600 that this is more than just an idea 22:26.600 --> 22:29.000 or a desire, it's something that God needs. 22:31.860 --> 22:34.360 And the Lord is searching for faith. 22:35.240 --> 22:39.100 I believe the Spirit of God is going to and fro in America. 22:39.800 --> 22:42.220 He's going to and fro from the east to the west 22:42.220 --> 22:43.480 to the north to the south. 22:43.800 --> 22:46.620 He's going to and fro and he's asking this question 22:46.620 --> 22:50.580 for churches, will you believe him for greater things? 22:54.610 --> 22:58.210 Will your faith be stretched to such a measure 22:59.150 --> 23:00.970 that he would do the unthinkable? 23:07.720 --> 23:09.700 Is he not worthy of that type of faith? 23:14.370 --> 23:18.530 Is not Jesus worthy of his bride, of his church 23:18.530 --> 23:20.690 to have a faith that's like that, 23:22.050 --> 23:23.690 that people are calling you crazy? 23:30.340 --> 23:32.580 Can I tell you where we are at as a local body? 23:32.640 --> 23:34.620 I talked to pastors about this and they agreed with me. 23:35.080 --> 23:37.320 And I believe this is not just happening here, 23:37.320 --> 23:39.280 but after talking to our friends, 23:39.400 --> 23:40.940 this is happening across the body of Christ. 23:42.260 --> 23:44.860 I'll tell you where we are currently at as a body right now. 23:45.440 --> 23:47.860 I've said this before, but I want to elaborate a little bit on it. 23:49.080 --> 23:52.600 We're in a place of testing and of waiting 23:54.280 --> 23:55.860 to see if we can be approved. 24:02.760 --> 24:03.860 See, in the testing, 24:06.320 --> 24:09.260 in the testing, God actually stretches our faith. 24:11.400 --> 24:12.440 That's part of the testing. 24:14.300 --> 24:15.560 This is the way I look at it. 24:17.800 --> 24:21.220 If I don't have faith to a certain measure, 24:21.700 --> 24:24.760 how can God actually trust me with that? 24:25.500 --> 24:26.200 Does that make sense? 24:29.540 --> 24:33.420 So I believe that we as a body are in a place of testing. 24:33.640 --> 24:34.360 We are literally... 24:34.360 --> 24:35.840 And I don't know how long this is going to go for. 24:35.920 --> 24:36.460 I don't know. 24:36.460 --> 24:40.460 But this is happening both individually 24:40.460 --> 24:42.540 and this is happening corporately. 24:42.660 --> 24:45.040 This is the way that literally I see it. 24:45.920 --> 24:50.500 God is stretching our faith personally as individuals, 24:50.680 --> 24:52.740 as we're alone at home with our families. 24:52.980 --> 24:56.120 Yet at the same time, if you are a part of this body, 24:56.380 --> 24:59.120 God is stretching us and testing us corporately. 25:01.900 --> 25:05.940 To the point of where we can walk through a dry 25:05.940 --> 25:09.100 and weary land and still believe God. 25:12.140 --> 25:14.360 To the point where we've been praying 25:14.360 --> 25:16.940 and crying out for year after year, 25:17.180 --> 25:19.820 decade after decade, but knowing God, 25:20.240 --> 25:22.880 what I am praying for is not what I want, 25:22.940 --> 25:23.700 but what you want. 25:31.440 --> 25:33.600 God is looking for faith in this house. 25:36.600 --> 25:38.860 And we are literally in a position 25:38.860 --> 25:42.680 of where we can either fail this thing 25:44.560 --> 25:47.220 or we can successfully walk through this thing 25:47.220 --> 25:47.980 with the Holy Spirit. 25:49.920 --> 25:50.740 That's where we're at. 25:53.260 --> 25:54.700 It's like sitting on trial. 25:54.840 --> 25:55.920 I've gave this analogy before. 25:56.260 --> 25:58.180 It's like sitting in a courtroom on trial 25:58.180 --> 26:00.720 waiting for the judge to make, 26:00.980 --> 26:02.260 to have the gallant go down, 26:02.400 --> 26:03.440 or what is that thing called? 26:03.540 --> 26:04.100 Am I saying it right? 26:04.880 --> 26:06.000 There you go. Thank you. 26:06.520 --> 26:08.140 To have the hammer go down 26:09.300 --> 26:11.740 and have him say guilty or innocent. 26:18.410 --> 26:19.870 That's where we are at right now. 26:21.370 --> 26:23.310 And I want to point something out to you here. 26:24.650 --> 26:26.930 Because I believe many of our hearts, 26:27.050 --> 26:28.930 and not just this body, but even more, 26:29.870 --> 26:32.670 many of our hearts have grown cold and callous. 26:33.050 --> 26:34.250 Why? Why? 26:34.750 --> 26:36.350 Because we have heard this message 26:36.810 --> 26:38.590 so long, for so long. 26:41.510 --> 26:43.710 How many of you know the 2009 prophecy 26:43.710 --> 26:44.830 that was spoken in this house? 26:45.890 --> 26:47.750 I know there was probably a lot of prophecies in 2009. 26:49.350 --> 26:50.890 How many of you know the prophecy 26:50.890 --> 26:52.330 about the babes coming to the house? 26:53.190 --> 26:54.370 Lift your hand if you know that prophecy 26:54.370 --> 26:55.190 back in 2009. 26:55.930 --> 26:57.770 You guys have known that prophecy for a while. 26:58.150 --> 26:58.770 Anybody else? 26:59.790 --> 27:01.290 You've known that prophecy for a while. 27:01.990 --> 27:03.750 That prophecy hasn't come to a fulfillment yet. 27:05.710 --> 27:06.830 Am I right, pastor? 27:10.600 --> 27:13.320 And there's other prophecies when I read the vision book. 27:13.660 --> 27:15.920 There's other things that God is wanting 27:15.920 --> 27:17.760 have not come to pass yet. 27:19.760 --> 27:23.100 And some of our hearts have grown so callous 27:23.100 --> 27:26.520 and so cold, not even realizing that they have, 27:26.820 --> 27:28.280 but because as a person, 27:28.560 --> 27:30.060 when you hear the same thing 27:30.060 --> 27:31.680 over and over and over, 27:32.060 --> 27:33.240 over and over and over, 27:33.340 --> 27:34.780 it becomes autopilot to you 27:34.780 --> 27:37.060 and oftentimes it goes over your head. 27:37.920 --> 27:40.080 But I want to point something out to you here. 27:41.620 --> 27:43.560 Because oftentimes people will come to me 27:43.560 --> 27:44.340 and they'll say this, 27:44.820 --> 27:47.080 Igor, how can you say that we're living in the last days? 27:47.400 --> 27:50.160 Because your grandparents have been saying the same thing. 27:50.300 --> 27:51.680 And I said, yeah, they have and they weren't wrong. 27:53.600 --> 27:55.740 So people have this trouble of understanding 27:55.740 --> 27:57.820 what do you mean of the end times? 27:57.920 --> 27:59.120 What do you mean with this prophecy 27:59.120 --> 27:59.920 and all this stuff? 28:00.240 --> 28:01.500 I want to show you an example. 28:02.940 --> 28:06.660 Jesus said that the last days would be as the days of Noah. 28:07.180 --> 28:07.840 That's what the Lord said. 28:09.720 --> 28:11.460 That's what he said. People are going to get married. 28:11.960 --> 28:13.420 People are going to be given into marriage. 28:13.600 --> 28:15.040 They're going to drink. They're going to be married. 28:15.380 --> 28:16.480 They're going to do all these things. 28:16.580 --> 28:17.340 They're going to live life. 28:17.480 --> 28:18.140 Think of it this way. 28:18.500 --> 28:20.020 They're going to do the mundane life. 28:20.140 --> 28:20.700 They're just going to do it. 28:20.800 --> 28:23.200 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 28:25.620 --> 28:26.660 He said the last days, 28:26.780 --> 28:28.520 the Lord said this, not Igor, not Pastor Igor. 28:28.740 --> 28:29.700 Jesus said this. 28:30.580 --> 28:33.520 He said the last days will be as the days of Noah. 28:36.400 --> 28:38.620 Bible scholars say that Noah 28:40.220 --> 28:45.680 waited anywhere between 75 to 120 years. 28:48.340 --> 28:50.980 In our day and age, that's more than somebody's lifetime. 28:53.540 --> 28:55.380 Noah had faith 28:56.340 --> 28:59.800 and he held on to what God was saying 28:59.800 --> 29:02.720 for over 75 years. 29:04.580 --> 29:06.020 He had faith for it. Why? 29:06.300 --> 29:08.060 Because God needed that ark. 29:10.600 --> 29:12.780 You think Noah really wanted to build an ark 29:12.780 --> 29:15.220 with him and his sons that was that huge? 29:16.760 --> 29:17.840 I don't think so. 29:18.500 --> 29:20.380 I think Noah probably had better things to do. 29:21.000 --> 29:23.020 He probably wanted to sit on his iPhone and hang out. 29:27.100 --> 29:31.740 But as the days of Noah, so shall be the end times. 29:31.940 --> 29:33.600 It's a waiting. It's a testing. 29:35.660 --> 29:36.740 I kid you not. 29:36.920 --> 29:40.780 I feel as though the Lord is looking at us with a microscope. 29:41.140 --> 29:43.940 Are you really ones that I can find faith in? 29:44.660 --> 29:48.040 If the Son of Man returns to earth, will he find faith? 29:49.580 --> 29:51.800 Faith is the substance. 29:57.420 --> 29:59.240 I'm going to tell you something even more crazier here. 30:02.680 --> 30:06.640 Noah's great, great, great grandfather, Enoch, 30:07.280 --> 30:10.060 had the word from the Lord that a flood is coming 30:10.060 --> 30:12.080 and that an ark is needed to be built. 30:12.400 --> 30:14.940 If you don't believe me, read Jude verse 15 and 16. 30:15.560 --> 30:15.880 Read it. 30:19.850 --> 30:20.250 Enoch, 30:22.570 --> 30:22.970 Methuselah, 30:23.410 --> 30:23.810 Lamech. 30:24.210 --> 30:26.210 I think I'm saying Lamech is his name and the Noah. 30:26.210 --> 30:28.170 That was the order. 30:29.350 --> 30:35.590 Noah's father, Lamech, Lamech's father, Methuselah. 30:35.970 --> 30:39.790 Methuselah, Methuselah, Methuselah's father, Enoch, 30:40.050 --> 30:40.930 received the word. 30:42.270 --> 30:43.210 Four generations. 30:45.310 --> 30:50.010 Four generations, God was speaking about a flood. 30:50.690 --> 30:54.190 Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years, 30:54.190 --> 30:57.850 the Lord was saying, I am in need of an ark 30:57.850 --> 30:59.530 because I'm sending a flood. 31:05.370 --> 31:07.070 You talk about waiting on the Lord. 31:07.970 --> 31:10.630 Some of us can barely sit for 30 minutes waiting on Him. 31:21.230 --> 31:25.930 So the Lord has us in this place of where we're waiting, 31:26.490 --> 31:28.770 but more than just waiting, the Lord is looking 31:28.770 --> 31:31.790 and seeing, will I actually find faith in this house? 31:34.570 --> 31:36.990 Will I really see people's lives? 31:37.570 --> 31:39.370 Because remember, when you have faith for something, 31:40.150 --> 31:44.730 your life begins to be re-prioritized. 31:46.810 --> 31:49.730 I had an awesome conversation with a young guy yesterday 31:49.730 --> 31:50.550 after men's breakfast. 31:51.290 --> 31:52.250 Phenomenal conversation. 31:53.410 --> 31:56.090 He shared some things that I was like, oh, that blessed me. 31:57.250 --> 32:00.090 And as him and I were talking, he's of my generation, 32:00.090 --> 32:03.070 as him and I were talking, I told him something 32:03.070 --> 32:05.170 that I said our generation needs to catch this. 32:05.970 --> 32:07.850 Because our generation, the millennials, 32:08.390 --> 32:09.930 tend to get so busy with life. 32:10.890 --> 32:14.530 We have sports, we have this meeting, we have that meeting, 32:14.630 --> 32:15.850 we have all these things. 32:17.310 --> 32:18.630 And I told him something. 32:19.630 --> 32:22.210 I said, you know, the younger generation needs to realize this. 32:22.670 --> 32:24.630 If they are really believing God 32:24.630 --> 32:26.950 for what God said he needs and what he's going to do, 32:27.330 --> 32:29.650 they have to re-prioritize their life. 32:29.650 --> 32:30.210 You have to. 32:32.170 --> 32:34.170 I'm not saying you stop living. 32:34.470 --> 32:35.250 No, you live. 32:35.530 --> 32:37.790 But there has to be those things 32:37.790 --> 32:40.710 that are of more value to you than other things. 32:41.090 --> 32:42.550 And will it affect your family? 32:42.690 --> 32:43.770 Most definitely it will. 32:44.130 --> 32:46.250 It affected my family, what we have gone through 32:46.250 --> 32:46.990 and are going through. 32:50.090 --> 32:52.550 It affected many other lives of people 32:52.550 --> 32:54.430 that when they follow the Lord, 32:54.770 --> 32:55.970 it affects their family. 32:56.490 --> 32:56.850 Really. 32:59.250 --> 33:01.610 I'm going to get real vulnerable and transparent with you. 33:02.130 --> 33:03.310 More so transparent than anything. 33:05.730 --> 33:08.310 My following of the Lord affected my relationship 33:08.310 --> 33:10.370 with my parents and my brothers and sisters. 33:14.110 --> 33:15.330 And my wife says something. 33:15.450 --> 33:16.330 I'm like, how can you say that? 33:16.930 --> 33:19.070 She says, she goes, you know, she goes, 33:19.210 --> 33:21.950 I know you're saying that we've been sacrificing a lot. 33:22.230 --> 33:24.370 But she goes, I feel like we're not sacrificing enough. 33:24.490 --> 33:25.470 And I'm like, are you kidding me? 33:27.530 --> 33:28.590 I said, are you kidding me? 33:29.050 --> 33:31.230 She's like, yeah, she goes, this is just like, 33:31.410 --> 33:32.490 she goes, I look at this. 33:33.410 --> 33:35.670 And she's like, there's far more that we can give up for him. 33:36.390 --> 33:38.310 I'm like, my God, thank you, Lord, for my wife 33:38.310 --> 33:39.710 that she has faith to that measure. 33:40.030 --> 33:42.190 Because I feel like I'm doing a lot. I really do. 33:42.810 --> 33:44.010 Not because it's on my own account, 33:44.050 --> 33:45.330 but because I'm following him. 33:47.190 --> 33:50.850 So to young people, our lives have to be reprioritized. 33:51.030 --> 33:52.950 And I'll even say it to the older generation. 33:53.490 --> 33:55.270 You know why I'm saying it to the older generation? 33:55.690 --> 33:58.330 Because your life has to be reprioritized 33:58.330 --> 33:59.830 and you have to understand, 34:00.190 --> 34:02.450 maybe God is actually asking me now 34:02.450 --> 34:05.110 to spend more time in prayer than I did before. 34:05.350 --> 34:07.050 For the sake of what he wants to do. 34:12.690 --> 34:15.310 Maybe the way that the Lord wants the older generation 34:15.310 --> 34:18.590 to really support is to come up 34:18.590 --> 34:21.210 and say, hey, I'm praying for you. 34:21.590 --> 34:23.170 And not just, hey, I'm praying for you 34:23.170 --> 34:24.510 because I have so many people that come up 34:24.510 --> 34:25.550 and they're like, hey, I pray for you. 34:25.790 --> 34:26.710 I'm like, hey, that's great. 34:26.710 --> 34:30.070 But when somebody I genuinely can feel, 34:30.230 --> 34:32.270 they are in intercession for me. 34:32.650 --> 34:35.030 There is something that radiates off of them. 34:36.090 --> 34:37.590 And they say, hey, I pray for you. 34:37.690 --> 34:38.670 And that to me means a lot. 34:39.810 --> 34:41.150 That to me means a lot. 34:42.430 --> 34:43.910 I told you how much I value intercessors. 34:44.870 --> 34:47.710 I value people that are devote intercessors 34:48.350 --> 34:51.310 that get before the Lord and they cry out day and night. 34:51.430 --> 34:52.030 It doesn't matter. 34:52.310 --> 34:53.050 They're not seen. 34:53.430 --> 34:54.430 They're not after the people. 34:54.650 --> 34:56.010 They're not after the notoriety. 34:56.010 --> 34:57.630 They're not after the popularity. 34:57.830 --> 34:59.650 They just want to be before the Lord 34:59.650 --> 35:01.850 and see the things of God come to pass. 35:02.070 --> 35:03.310 I honor those people. 35:03.690 --> 35:05.190 I esteem those people. 35:05.750 --> 35:08.050 And I think those people are one of the most 35:08.050 --> 35:09.830 important people in the body of Christ. 35:10.110 --> 35:11.210 Though everybody is, 35:11.270 --> 35:13.130 but I'm just talking about from my perspective. 35:14.450 --> 35:16.150 Are you catching what I'm saying this morning? 35:19.690 --> 35:22.010 There is a test thing that God has us in. 35:25.730 --> 35:27.750 In a place of seeing, 35:28.010 --> 35:30.590 will you have faith 35:31.210 --> 35:32.710 for what I'm trying to accomplish? 35:36.490 --> 35:38.730 You know, the Bible says that we walk by faith 35:38.730 --> 35:39.630 and not by sight. 35:39.850 --> 35:40.910 That's what the Bible says. 35:44.650 --> 35:45.930 What if I told you 35:49.910 --> 35:51.730 that's not going to happen in the next 10 years? 35:51.910 --> 35:53.010 Are you still going to remain in faith? 35:57.960 --> 35:59.400 What if I told you 35:59.400 --> 36:01.400 that in your lifetime 36:01.400 --> 36:03.200 you wouldn't see 36:03.200 --> 36:05.280 the fullness of the move of God? 36:05.500 --> 36:06.780 Would you still have faith for it? 36:10.710 --> 36:12.790 You see, we have faith for things 36:12.790 --> 36:14.030 that involves us. 36:15.970 --> 36:17.650 Did you catch what I said? 36:19.830 --> 36:21.730 We have faith for things 36:21.730 --> 36:24.130 that involve us because we're a part of it. 36:24.470 --> 36:25.830 So I'll have faith for it. 36:25.970 --> 36:29.110 What if God is looking for such radical faith 36:29.110 --> 36:31.370 that just like the forefathers 36:31.370 --> 36:34.490 in Hebrews 11, the patriarchs, 36:34.490 --> 36:36.810 they sought, yet they did not see. 36:37.730 --> 36:39.110 They had faith for things, 36:39.270 --> 36:40.910 yet they did not see the fullness. 36:41.290 --> 36:43.630 Friends, they saw what we're living in. 36:43.890 --> 36:46.570 Yet they're in heaven as a cloud of witnesses, 36:46.810 --> 36:47.810 ushering us. 36:54.740 --> 36:55.900 What if that's the kind of faith 36:55.900 --> 36:56.860 that God is looking for? 36:59.240 --> 37:01.300 What if God is looking for faith? 37:01.400 --> 37:02.360 And I'm saying what if 37:02.360 --> 37:04.120 because I'm being very gracious 37:04.120 --> 37:05.860 to what I say the way that I'm saying it. 37:06.340 --> 37:07.960 But what if God is asking 37:07.960 --> 37:09.620 such faith from you 37:09.620 --> 37:11.920 that it's going to cause you to feel uncomfortable? 37:14.520 --> 37:16.600 Because what God is trying to accomplish 37:18.380 --> 37:19.980 is he's trying to accomplish 37:19.980 --> 37:22.360 full dependency on him. 37:27.040 --> 37:27.820 That's faith. 37:29.920 --> 37:31.860 Do you know what biblical faith is? 37:32.580 --> 37:35.220 Biblical faith is when I've walked out on a plank 37:35.660 --> 37:37.660 over a sea, and I don't know, 37:38.140 --> 37:40.740 but I'm depending on God that he's going to save me. 37:40.780 --> 37:43.820 I don't know, there's sharks, there's different things, 37:43.940 --> 37:47.360 but Lord, that's biblical faith. 37:48.900 --> 37:51.080 It's not that we can do things ourselves 37:51.080 --> 37:53.460 and we can, you know, I'll give this to you God, 37:53.560 --> 37:54.980 but I'll still have some control here. 37:55.340 --> 37:56.520 You have a measure of faith, 37:56.840 --> 37:59.240 but biblical faith, according to Hebrews 11, 37:59.240 --> 38:01.420 is walking out in such a measure 38:01.420 --> 38:04.080 where you're fully dependent on God. 38:05.120 --> 38:07.100 Abraham, call to a place. 38:08.820 --> 38:10.600 And God told him from here, 38:11.660 --> 38:13.880 descendants as numerous as the stars. 38:15.280 --> 38:17.060 As numerous as the stars. 38:18.280 --> 38:20.480 And Abraham's probably scratching his head and thinking, 38:20.600 --> 38:21.680 what are you talking about God? 38:23.760 --> 38:26.920 And then the very thing that God gives him, 38:26.920 --> 38:28.780 saying that Isaac shall be, 38:30.520 --> 38:31.780 he's your promise. 38:32.300 --> 38:34.300 From him shall the descendants come. 38:34.720 --> 38:37.680 And then God asks him to sacrifice Isaac. 38:42.080 --> 38:44.980 Friends, I'm stirring you to something here 38:44.980 --> 38:48.720 because I feel the Lord is wanting to do something 38:49.140 --> 38:50.960 in us as a body of Christ. 38:56.900 --> 38:57.800 A marking. 39:00.260 --> 39:03.160 You know, I believe the Lord really wants to meet us. 39:05.200 --> 39:06.340 And some of you are saying, 39:06.420 --> 39:07.780 well Igor, I already met Jesus. 39:08.300 --> 39:09.200 Can I tell you the truth? 39:09.860 --> 39:11.800 There's facets of Jesus we've never met. 39:14.140 --> 39:15.860 The scriptures actually say, 39:16.300 --> 39:18.500 the scriptures actually say that in eternity, 39:18.620 --> 39:20.600 this is an Ephesians, in eternity, 39:20.620 --> 39:23.520 we will continue to grow in the knowledge 39:23.520 --> 39:25.520 of his grace and of his love. 39:25.520 --> 39:28.140 And if you know God, it's not something that God does, 39:28.220 --> 39:28.740 that's who he is. 39:28.820 --> 39:30.620 God is love, God is grace. 39:31.440 --> 39:33.360 So what the Apostle Paul is writing is he says, 39:33.440 --> 39:36.380 listen, even in eternity, when you get to heaven, 39:36.580 --> 39:38.340 when you're going to walk the streets of gold, 39:38.400 --> 39:39.300 you're going to be walking it, 39:39.840 --> 39:42.480 you're still going to be learning who God is, 39:42.560 --> 39:44.520 growing in the knowledge of who he is, 39:44.840 --> 39:46.460 meeting him in new ways, 39:46.800 --> 39:49.500 seeing facets of God you've never sought before, 39:50.580 --> 39:51.660 nor seen before. 39:55.020 --> 39:57.540 And do you know why I believe that God wants to meet us 39:57.540 --> 39:58.000 in that way? 39:58.840 --> 40:01.260 Because we need an encounter with God 40:01.260 --> 40:02.840 to have faith like that. 40:05.660 --> 40:08.640 We need to meet God I've noticed in my life. 40:09.460 --> 40:11.820 My faith God is stretching, it's stretching, 40:12.020 --> 40:12.920 it's hard for me. 40:13.540 --> 40:16.460 But then God meets me, and all of a sudden, 40:17.380 --> 40:20.680 wow, Lord, that really is you. 40:24.740 --> 40:27.660 He'll stretch you, he'll stretch you, 40:28.700 --> 40:30.140 and then he'll meet you 40:31.860 --> 40:34.440 to put the print of his approval for what he's doing. 40:35.440 --> 40:37.460 And I believe God wants to meet us 40:38.040 --> 40:39.220 in new facets. 40:42.730 --> 40:45.190 He wants to show facets of himself 40:45.950 --> 40:48.250 so that we would be a people found in faith. 40:54.060 --> 40:55.480 I'm going to tell you something else 40:55.480 --> 40:56.220 and then we're going to pray. 41:01.340 --> 41:02.700 I've learned this in my life. 41:06.540 --> 41:08.180 Sometimes God will have us wait 41:08.180 --> 41:10.180 and the testing period can be longer. 41:10.680 --> 41:13.020 The stretching of our faith can be longer. 41:13.180 --> 41:15.040 We may not see things manifest 41:15.040 --> 41:16.800 as God has said they would manifest, 41:16.960 --> 41:18.080 and there is a reason why. 41:18.360 --> 41:19.140 And I'm going to tell you, 41:19.240 --> 41:20.700 this is just top of the list, why? 41:22.780 --> 41:24.540 When you wait for something, 41:25.080 --> 41:26.600 for a longer time, 41:27.320 --> 41:29.720 we as humans seem to have 41:29.720 --> 41:31.600 far greater value for it. 41:37.480 --> 41:39.800 I don't know how long this testing is going to go. 41:40.720 --> 41:42.920 I don't know how long God is going to be stretching 41:42.920 --> 41:43.980 our faith. 41:44.180 --> 41:46.460 I don't know, as you as individuals and as a body, 41:46.580 --> 41:47.200 I don't know. 41:47.300 --> 41:48.740 I'm not going to speak, oh God, 41:48.860 --> 41:49.560 I don't know. 41:49.740 --> 41:52.580 All I know is that God is seeking for faith 41:52.580 --> 41:54.440 and it's going to be a time 41:54.440 --> 41:56.940 because that which God is giving us 41:56.940 --> 41:59.380 has to be of great value to us. 41:59.820 --> 42:00.800 It has to be. 42:01.620 --> 42:03.920 Because if it's not going to be of great value, 42:04.200 --> 42:05.620 we will mishandle it. 42:07.500 --> 42:10.020 We will misuse it for our own purposes. 42:11.180 --> 42:13.820 We will misinterpret God in these things. 42:15.020 --> 42:17.440 But the longer you wait for things, 42:18.680 --> 42:20.440 the longer you wait for things, 42:20.440 --> 42:24.120 it seems as though you have a greater value for it. 42:26.020 --> 42:28.500 People that have sought breakthrough for decades, 42:29.460 --> 42:30.660 when that breakthrough comes, 42:31.480 --> 42:33.100 I look at those people and I say, 42:33.160 --> 42:36.340 my God, you are valuing that breakthrough 42:36.340 --> 42:37.820 far more than that person 42:37.820 --> 42:39.840 that's only been struggling for three months. 42:41.140 --> 42:43.600 And I'm not saying that God always has us 42:43.600 --> 42:45.220 go through a long period of time, 42:45.380 --> 42:47.800 but there is a reason of why the suffering 42:47.800 --> 42:49.160 is important. 42:50.000 --> 42:51.760 Because when you've suffered 42:51.760 --> 42:53.940 the true sufferings of Christ, 42:55.500 --> 42:56.940 you value it. 42:56.980 --> 42:57.680 Now look at Christ. 42:58.220 --> 42:58.860 Look at Jesus. 43:00.360 --> 43:02.940 He looked at the reward, 43:03.080 --> 43:05.340 but he had to suffer much. 43:07.600 --> 43:09.420 And he values us. 43:10.740 --> 43:13.320 And is he not worthy of us to value him? 43:13.940 --> 43:16.300 Is he not worthy to have faith 43:16.300 --> 43:17.180 that's radical? 43:18.200 --> 43:20.340 To have faith that everybody else is saying 43:20.340 --> 43:21.080 you're crazy? 43:21.520 --> 43:23.100 How are you going to pay for it? 43:24.900 --> 43:26.200 This is more, friends. 43:27.600 --> 43:29.500 This is more than just a building. 43:30.060 --> 43:32.580 These are things that God has for the state. 43:35.300 --> 43:37.200 I was just talking to somebody yesterday 43:37.200 --> 43:38.480 that's pretty well versed 43:38.480 --> 43:41.300 in the establishment of Minnesota 43:41.300 --> 43:42.740 and all the things of Minnesota. 43:43.260 --> 43:44.300 And him and I were talking 43:44.300 --> 43:47.520 and he said there's multiple prophecies 43:47.520 --> 43:49.880 that have not yet come to fruition 43:49.880 --> 43:51.360 regarding Minnesota, 43:51.840 --> 43:55.000 how Minnesota is to be that catapult state 43:55.000 --> 43:56.060 of the end time revival. 44:00.420 --> 44:02.700 I believe, listen to me, 44:02.860 --> 44:04.120 any pastor can say this. 44:04.520 --> 44:06.380 Any pastor can say this about his church. 44:07.460 --> 44:11.060 I believe, and I'll explain why I believe this, 44:11.740 --> 44:14.160 this house, this house 44:14.160 --> 44:17.160 is going to be a key role player 44:17.160 --> 44:19.300 for what God has in store for Minnesota. 44:20.580 --> 44:21.980 Now, any pastor can say that. 44:22.100 --> 44:22.900 Anybody can say that. 44:23.360 --> 44:24.500 This is why I believe it. 44:24.780 --> 44:26.820 Because the things that I have walked with, 44:26.920 --> 44:28.260 my wife and I have walked with, 44:28.460 --> 44:30.100 the things that we have held on to, 44:30.140 --> 44:31.780 now I'm not just reverting this to myself 44:31.780 --> 44:33.300 because I'm sure there's many of you 44:33.300 --> 44:34.260 that have these as well, 44:34.500 --> 44:38.200 but there's things that God has spoken to us personally 44:38.940 --> 44:42.160 that pertain to being... 44:42.160 --> 44:43.460 What's the word I'd say? 44:44.120 --> 44:46.340 The kicker to what God wants to do in the end times. 44:48.220 --> 44:50.580 If I didn't think, 44:50.680 --> 44:51.880 or if I didn't have revelation 44:51.880 --> 44:54.660 that this house was not a part of that, 44:54.780 --> 44:56.020 friends, I would have never became on staff 44:56.020 --> 44:56.980 or a pastor on this house. 44:57.400 --> 44:57.860 I wouldn't. 44:58.920 --> 45:00.840 But because the Lord has made it clear 45:00.840 --> 45:02.180 in certain areas. 45:02.500 --> 45:03.460 Now, to what measure 45:03.460 --> 45:04.640 we're going to be key role players? 45:04.800 --> 45:05.300 I don't know. 45:05.440 --> 45:07.740 What I do know is that we as a church 45:07.740 --> 45:09.400 are going to be a key role player 45:09.400 --> 45:11.580 in what God is doing in Minnesota. 45:14.560 --> 45:15.400 I believe that. 45:19.000 --> 45:20.620 Would you stand on your feet with me this morning? 45:21.640 --> 45:22.680 Pastor, anything you want to say? 45:27.780 --> 45:29.460 You can come up and join me here. 45:29.520 --> 45:30.380 Can we just stand on our feet? 45:36.810 --> 45:38.170 Can you guys turn on his mic, too? 45:40.630 --> 45:42.070 You feel the leadership of the Lord 45:42.070 --> 45:42.890 to pray for people. 45:43.650 --> 45:44.050 Okay. 45:45.570 --> 45:46.230 Please do. 45:49.330 --> 45:50.770 You know this is going to take me 45:52.070 --> 45:53.350 five, six, seven minutes. 45:53.570 --> 45:54.550 Tell you what, be seated. 45:55.430 --> 45:55.970 Sorry guys, I apologize. 45:55.970 --> 45:56.950 We'll get you back up. 45:57.410 --> 45:58.250 No, it's all right. 46:07.970 --> 46:10.810 There's something that has been bothering me deeply. 46:16.300 --> 46:19.860 And it's a way bigger picture 46:19.860 --> 46:22.800 than what Pastor Igor is. 46:23.500 --> 46:25.240 He's focused on some things this morning 46:25.240 --> 46:26.260 which are absolutely vital. 46:27.200 --> 46:28.740 But this is way bigger. 46:28.860 --> 46:29.560 This pans out. 46:31.680 --> 46:36.880 It's before the revelation of the Antichrist 46:36.880 --> 46:39.300 there's going to be a great falling away. 46:41.180 --> 46:42.560 Scripture says that. 46:44.560 --> 46:47.940 We believe there's going to be a great harvest 46:48.940 --> 46:51.620 because of the many prophecies that have been said. 46:52.080 --> 46:53.700 And that we're on, you know, 46:53.860 --> 46:55.340 that that is in our near future. 46:57.640 --> 47:02.260 Well, if a billion come in to the kingdom 47:06.120 --> 47:08.800 before the Antichrist shows up, 47:10.680 --> 47:13.400 how many of that billion are going to fall away? 47:13.520 --> 47:14.880 Because there's going to be a great... 47:14.880 --> 47:20.720 Is this going to become a huge revival? 47:20.940 --> 47:25.400 Move of the spirit and the Antichrist comes on the scene. 47:25.920 --> 47:28.780 And a lot of what came in falls away. 47:31.120 --> 47:35.040 Going with, when I return, will I find faith? 47:39.240 --> 47:41.560 And that's been bothering me hugely. 47:42.040 --> 47:47.180 And I've been asking the Holy Spirit, Jesus, 47:47.860 --> 47:48.960 what is this? 47:49.220 --> 47:50.780 What am I not seeing here? 47:51.940 --> 47:54.220 And there's something that's stirring in my heart. 47:54.320 --> 47:56.620 It's in its inception form, but I believe it's God. 47:57.640 --> 47:59.560 You can test it with me this morning. 48:01.540 --> 48:02.580 Are you... 48:02.580 --> 48:04.220 And I'm just going to ask some question 48:04.220 --> 48:06.500 that probably talking to the choir 48:06.500 --> 48:08.540 should be obvious answers, but I'm going someplace. 48:08.840 --> 48:09.380 So humor me. 48:11.060 --> 48:15.320 Do you think the fullness of the Holy Spirit is a waste? 48:16.980 --> 48:19.880 Do you think your speaking in tongues 48:19.880 --> 48:23.040 and being able to flow in that world is a waste? 48:24.720 --> 48:27.540 Do you think the Holy Spirit speaking to us 48:27.540 --> 48:31.020 and leading us and guiding us is a waste? 48:40.190 --> 48:42.470 You say, why would you even bring that up? 48:44.210 --> 48:47.630 Well, let me see if I can screen mirror something here for you. 48:49.830 --> 48:53.950 That might make sense with where this is going. 48:56.190 --> 49:00.510 The Holy Spirit was very specifically given 49:00.510 --> 49:03.470 for the last days, right? 49:04.030 --> 49:05.310 Acts 1 and 2. 49:05.770 --> 49:07.890 Very specifically given for the last days. 49:07.890 --> 49:14.050 And the way he was given with what Peter quoted out of Joel to, 49:14.550 --> 49:16.810 this is what you're seeing happening now, 49:17.150 --> 49:19.030 the people drunk in the Spirit, 49:19.290 --> 49:20.770 people praying in their tongue, 49:21.070 --> 49:23.750 praying in their Spirit language in other tongues. 49:24.230 --> 49:26.770 This is for the last days. 49:31.000 --> 49:33.740 And I don't really care what the vultures say, 49:34.440 --> 49:37.020 because they always sit on the outside and pick at things. 49:38.480 --> 49:43.800 There is no place in the Bible that says this has passed away. 49:45.100 --> 49:52.100 There is no place that says that was for a time and now it's over. 49:52.700 --> 49:54.080 You can't show me one. 49:54.640 --> 49:55.740 There's none in there. 49:57.180 --> 49:59.220 You say, why is this important? 50:14.720 --> 50:17.820 How the demographic segments perceive the Trinity. 50:18.820 --> 50:21.600 I'm not so much interested in the Trinity right now. 50:21.620 --> 50:24.460 I'm interested in the fourth line down, the Holy Spirit. 50:26.420 --> 50:32.120 Percentage who believe in the existence and the human influence of each person of the Trinity. 50:32.760 --> 50:37.220 In Gen Z, 17% of that generation believes, 50:38.180 --> 50:42.140 let's just capital, you know, a capsule, it believes in the Holy Spirit. 50:43.960 --> 50:46.040 That he's doing anything with the human race. 50:46.040 --> 50:51.580 Millennials, 27, Generation X, 29% and Boomers, 33. 50:52.920 --> 51:00.200 The younger they get, the less they believe the Holy Spirit exists 51:00.940 --> 51:03.560 and has any influence on human beings. 51:04.500 --> 51:06.160 That's what it says right there at the top. 51:09.820 --> 51:12.620 Going into what we're going into, that's a problem. 51:15.440 --> 51:21.980 Four out of ten Christians strongly agree that Satan is not a living being but is a symbol of evil. 51:24.040 --> 51:33.800 Third line down, four out of ten Christians think Satan is not a living entity. 51:34.600 --> 51:36.160 He's a symbol of evil. 51:38.920 --> 51:45.640 Additionally, two out of ten Christians, 20%, 19, said they agree somewhat with that perspective. 51:47.160 --> 51:56.980 So literally, 60% of people who claim they're Christians in America, 40% are sure of it, 51:57.080 --> 51:58.760 20 are like, yeah, I'm leaning that way. 51:59.080 --> 52:02.500 Do not think Satan is even a living being, he's just a symbol. 52:03.100 --> 52:03.760 That's all he is. 52:04.800 --> 52:10.080 A minority of Christians indicate that they believe Satan is real by disagreeing with the statement, 52:10.260 --> 52:12.440 one fourth disagreed strongly, blah, blah, blah. 52:17.120 --> 52:21.860 You'll have to go down, it's the third paragraph that starts with much. 52:23.100 --> 52:30.800 Much like their perceptions of Satan, most Christians do not believe that the Holy Spirit is a living force, either. 52:32.220 --> 52:40.600 Most Christians do not believe that the Holy Spirit is a living force. 52:42.880 --> 52:47.240 38% strongly agreed and 20% agreed somewhat. 52:47.680 --> 52:52.020 So now we're at 58%, almost the same number as what was dealing with Satan, 52:53.140 --> 52:59.880 that the Holy Spirit is just a symbol of God's power or presence, but is not a living entity. 53:02.000 --> 53:07.460 Almost 60% of Christians believe that. 53:08.340 --> 53:16.400 62% of self-identified born-again Christians contend that the Holy Spirit is not a real living being. 53:18.400 --> 53:28.320 Born-again Christians, 6 out of 10, do not believe the Holy Spirit is a real living being. 53:32.130 --> 53:34.930 And the statistics go on. 53:40.040 --> 53:41.980 I've got more, but I think that's enough. 53:48.670 --> 54:05.630 In our vision book, one of the main points that we talked about is we believe God has asked this body to contend for the fullness of the Holy Spirit. 54:08.450 --> 54:13.950 He is a third of the Trinity. He's not a living force. He's not a entity. 54:15.270 --> 54:22.430 He's got the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, three living entities, three in one. 54:24.730 --> 54:31.530 The Holy Spirit is vital to Christians making it in the last days. 54:33.910 --> 54:37.350 Vital. Or Jesus wouldn't have said it the way He said it. 54:38.470 --> 54:45.010 And it wouldn't have laid out that, hey, He poured out His Spirit for the last days. 54:45.170 --> 54:47.910 In the last days, beginning of last days, for the last days. 54:49.170 --> 54:55.110 So I want to summarize it and say this, tying into His point of, will I find faith? 54:58.960 --> 55:09.800 We are contending for more than a physical location where we can gather the newborn babies and teach them and minister to them and grow them. 55:11.400 --> 55:20.880 We are contending for a generation to come into what we live in. 55:20.880 --> 55:28.220 Dreams, visions, signs, wonders, healings. This is all by the Spirit. 55:29.060 --> 55:33.040 Prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues and on and on and on and on. 55:33.100 --> 55:38.680 All these things by the Spirit. We are asking for a generation to come in and be part of this. 55:38.980 --> 55:45.500 That Satan has already successfully deceived to believe it's not even real. 55:49.830 --> 55:52.490 Do you see what we are contending for? 55:57.420 --> 56:06.120 This is contending for a future generation, whether your age or your children's age. 56:06.280 --> 56:09.820 I don't know. The Lord hasn't shown me yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to die a natural death. 56:10.600 --> 56:13.920 The rapture isn't going to be in my lifetime and I plan to get older than most. 56:16.580 --> 56:27.010 But your children, I mean your children and or you, my children's age, that's the group. 56:28.030 --> 56:32.170 Maybe it goes on further than that, but that's one of those two groups is very likely the group. 56:32.350 --> 56:35.130 He's saying, will you guys even believe when I come back? 56:35.370 --> 56:38.130 Will I even find faith? Will you even believe? 56:40.470 --> 56:42.470 We'll look at the statistics. 56:45.730 --> 56:56.340 We're already, when it comes to the Holy Spirit and unbelief, get the slickness of this. 56:57.440 --> 57:01.360 The very one who's causing the deception. Oh, he's not real. 57:04.420 --> 57:08.540 He's just a picture of evil, not a real being. 57:09.480 --> 57:18.160 And the very one who was sent to take us through to the end, victoriously. 57:19.220 --> 57:20.160 Oh, he's not real either. 57:24.680 --> 57:30.960 Can you see why now I'm going, is this actually going to be a... 57:36.640 --> 57:38.560 God doesn't want it to be that. 57:41.930 --> 57:43.530 Why would it be that? 57:45.430 --> 57:49.510 Because the Church of Jesus Christ has turned their back on the Holy Spirit. 57:51.430 --> 57:57.810 Overall, 25% of Christians believe the Holy Spirit is a living entity. This is overall. 57:59.570 --> 58:01.830 75% do not believe it anymore. 58:03.870 --> 58:10.430 Without the Holy Spirit doing what he does in our life, 58:11.630 --> 58:13.430 in the things that are coming, 58:15.470 --> 58:18.730 I'm not convinced they're going to make it, spiritually. 58:19.910 --> 58:28.010 All these millions who are going to get saved need the fullness of what Jesus said. 58:28.530 --> 58:29.730 Don't you dare go anywhere. 58:31.690 --> 58:37.550 Don't you dare go anywhere. How much stronger could he say the need? 58:37.550 --> 58:40.470 We have to have the Holy Spirit in his fullness. 58:40.650 --> 58:42.750 How much stronger could he say it? 58:43.430 --> 58:52.590 Don't you do a thing until the promise of the Father is given to you? 58:53.330 --> 58:55.150 How much stronger could he make it? 58:55.710 --> 58:56.990 And what has the Church done? 58:57.310 --> 59:01.330 We do everything without him. We don't even believe he exists by and large. 59:03.530 --> 59:05.490 Do you know what we're contending for? 59:05.490 --> 59:08.690 We're contending for whatever little segment. 59:08.930 --> 59:13.390 None can come to... Jesus said none can be given to me except the Father gives them. 59:13.670 --> 59:18.330 The ones that are going to become part of this body he is going to specifically give to us. 59:18.530 --> 59:20.070 Do you know what we're contending for? 59:20.350 --> 59:24.930 That they come into the fullness of the Spirit. 59:26.690 --> 59:29.850 Which is against all of culture around us now. 59:29.990 --> 59:31.230 All of culture is saying, 59:31.230 --> 59:34.650 Yeah, this Holy Spirit thing, this isn't even real. 59:34.810 --> 59:36.230 And by the way, Satan's not real either. 59:37.290 --> 59:41.390 I mean the percentage just keeps growing and the younger they get the more of them are saying that. 59:42.710 --> 59:49.890 We are contending that when whatever, how many hundreds or thousands are given to you. 59:51.150 --> 59:52.490 Or your children. 59:54.170 --> 59:58.430 When they come in, this does not happen. 59:59.430 --> 01:00:02.670 But they stay solid and walk it out. 01:00:02.950 --> 01:00:05.750 And when Jesus returns he can look and say, 01:00:05.750 --> 01:00:07.770 There's a group that has faith. 01:00:08.990 --> 01:00:13.590 We're contending for more than physical things. 01:00:14.250 --> 01:00:21.690 We're contending for long term spiritual engagement and change. 01:00:21.690 --> 01:00:26.350 And the ability to stand in the face of Satan, 01:00:26.350 --> 01:00:27.900 stand in the face of the Antichrist, 01:00:28.290 --> 01:00:32.950 stand in the face of evil and be unmoved. 01:00:35.330 --> 01:00:36.550 That's what we're praying for. 01:00:38.110 --> 01:00:40.130 That's what's rattling around us out of me. 01:00:40.650 --> 01:00:46.970 Because it doesn't make a lot of sense to have a big influx and a big outgo. 01:00:48.350 --> 01:00:49.510 That's not God's heart. 01:00:49.510 --> 01:00:56.890 God's heart is a big influx and now my spirit, the friend of the bridegroom, will walk you out. 01:00:58.340 --> 01:01:01.570 These are my grandchildren. I'm talking about. 01:01:02.750 --> 01:01:05.190 These could be my great-grandchildren. 01:01:06.150 --> 01:01:14.730 If they don't have a relationship with the Holy Spirit, that supersedes mind. 01:01:15.750 --> 01:01:17.330 I'm not convinced they'll make it. 01:01:19.110 --> 01:01:21.490 In my heart, that's what we're praying for. 01:01:21.910 --> 01:01:24.390 And that's the faith Jesus is talking about. 01:01:24.490 --> 01:01:26.830 Because he's not talking about just born again. 01:01:27.250 --> 01:01:30.450 He's talking about walking in the spirit, or he wouldn't have said, 01:01:30.990 --> 01:01:33.390 Don't you dare do a thing until you get the promise. 01:01:33.550 --> 01:01:34.690 Because they were already saved. 01:01:36.230 --> 01:01:38.650 They were already saved when he told them that.