WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.740 Father, we thank You for Your Word. We thank You for Your Son. 00:04.980 --> 00:11.120 We thank You, Jesus, that You have died on the cross, that You rose from the dead. 00:12.400 --> 00:16.280 And that You are the reason that we gather here together, corporately. 00:17.460 --> 00:24.820 Holy Spirit, we honor You in this place. We welcome You to come and move on our hearts. 00:26.000 --> 00:33.060 Move on our minds that we would receive Your Word today, that it would mark us, 00:33.160 --> 00:37.140 that it would cut us deep in Jesus' name. Amen? 00:37.600 --> 00:37.900 Amen. 00:38.740 --> 00:43.980 I want to conclude this series that we've been in, which is Revival Is. 00:44.660 --> 00:46.620 If you've been tracking with us, awesome. 00:46.800 --> 00:51.660 If you have not, some of the stuff that I might be saying to you today may sound a little foreign. 00:52.120 --> 00:57.200 But I want to conclude it and it's awesome. Let me just share this part. 00:58.200 --> 01:02.720 It's awesome to be a part of a church. Not that the church, I wasn't like this, 01:02.800 --> 01:05.860 but I'm just, I'm trying to honor you guys here. So just follow me. 01:06.780 --> 01:11.700 It's awesome to be a part of a church where the congregation is engaged. 01:12.020 --> 01:18.120 And what I mean by that is that there's multiple times that I'll get off the pulpit on a Sunday 01:18.120 --> 01:21.460 and you got people coming up to you and they're sharing revelation. 01:22.160 --> 01:25.320 They're sharing things. They're asking questions. 01:25.740 --> 01:30.060 They're sending you things during the week. They're giving you printed out. I love it. 01:30.120 --> 01:34.440 I've had so many times where people come up and they give me what they may have spent hours, 01:34.600 --> 01:41.200 maybe even a week of like a printed out sheet of a revelation or of a thought 01:41.200 --> 01:44.480 or of something that they got from the message and they're sharing that. 01:44.480 --> 01:50.860 So I share all this to say as an honor to you as a congregation. I love that. 01:50.960 --> 01:53.620 I really do love that. That tells me you're listening. 01:54.360 --> 01:55.580 That tells me you're engaged. 01:57.340 --> 02:02.620 And I've had so many people regarding this series of Revival Liz. 02:02.820 --> 02:06.220 I've had so many people share wonderful stuff with me. 02:06.240 --> 02:08.300 Honestly, let me just say that. 02:08.840 --> 02:11.520 I've had so many of you share wonderful stuff with me. 02:11.520 --> 02:16.720 And I would like to share everything that everybody's sharing with me, 02:16.780 --> 02:23.700 from song to scriptures to books to whatever, to their revelation, to their insights. 02:23.860 --> 02:27.840 I would love to have each of you come up here and share that. 02:28.060 --> 02:31.000 But that would be about a month's worth of just sharing. 02:31.480 --> 02:36.280 And I want to also give us some food so that we can chew and digest. 02:37.240 --> 02:42.920 But I had two individuals that have been now for a time. 02:43.080 --> 02:45.140 It's not just a month. It's not just two months. 02:45.500 --> 02:50.520 But over a span of this series, and even before this series began, 02:51.020 --> 02:56.040 I had two individuals that have been sharing things with me that I'm like, 02:56.400 --> 02:59.880 wow, that really bears witness with my spirit. 03:00.520 --> 03:04.180 And I want them to share today and then after they share, 03:04.820 --> 03:10.080 I'm going to bring in the last message of revival is on and so forth. 03:10.140 --> 03:13.280 So can I have Dave and Cheryl Rogers? 03:13.520 --> 03:14.900 Can I have them come up? Can we honor them? 03:15.020 --> 03:16.940 Can we just give them a round of applause as a sign of honor? 03:21.180 --> 03:22.680 I'm going to have Cheryl... 03:22.680 --> 03:24.640 You're going to share first. Dave, you probably want to sit down. 03:24.720 --> 03:26.160 This may take a little bit, but you can sit up here. 03:27.040 --> 03:28.600 We let ladies go first, right? 03:29.600 --> 03:33.100 So give a little bit of the background of just some of this. 03:33.180 --> 03:34.520 I know you have all of it written out, 03:34.520 --> 03:38.680 but just whatever is on your heart, I'm going to let you go at it. 03:38.700 --> 03:40.180 Thank you, Lord. Dave's used to me... 03:40.180 --> 03:40.600 Is this on? 03:41.180 --> 03:41.600 Is it on? 03:41.900 --> 03:42.800 It should be good. 03:42.860 --> 03:45.120 Dave's kind of used to me being a little long-winded, so yeah. 03:46.400 --> 03:47.820 So I went into... 03:47.820 --> 03:50.560 I like to at the beginning of the year just go before the Lord 03:50.560 --> 03:53.880 and ask him direction for the year of what he wants to do, 03:53.920 --> 03:56.960 where he's going, and then also we have open heavens here. 03:57.100 --> 03:59.020 So I'd like to kind of align with that. 03:59.020 --> 04:04.980 And so I believe that probably all of us have looked back 04:04.980 --> 04:07.320 into our family lineage and looked for the curses, 04:07.460 --> 04:10.120 looked for the things that we need to bind 04:10.120 --> 04:11.880 and we need to break off of our family. 04:12.180 --> 04:14.840 Well, early in January, the Lord spoke to me. 04:14.980 --> 04:17.860 He said, look at the blessings in your family line. 04:18.220 --> 04:21.140 Look at the wells of revival in your area 04:21.140 --> 04:23.800 where you have lived and where you have been planted 04:23.800 --> 04:27.320 and start praying that word over your family 04:27.320 --> 04:29.240 versus just breaking curses. 04:29.380 --> 04:33.560 And I thought, well, that's a very interesting perspective to do. 04:33.700 --> 04:37.700 And so I started doing that and that led me into a... 04:38.140 --> 04:40.040 I won't say an in-depth study 04:40.040 --> 04:42.480 because I'm sure you've done an in-depth study on revival. 04:42.840 --> 04:44.660 Knowing you, you probably studied this thing out to you. 04:44.660 --> 04:45.940 I love to study things. 04:46.120 --> 04:48.460 But anyway, I've never studied that in my life 04:48.460 --> 04:50.740 and I thought it was really interesting. 04:50.840 --> 04:52.880 And I do recall in my family line, 04:52.940 --> 04:54.460 I had a great grandfather 04:54.460 --> 04:57.260 who was a prayer warrior in Spencer Brook Princeton over here. 04:57.920 --> 05:01.160 I had a... for any of you that are familiar with Baxter, 05:01.660 --> 05:04.480 Baxter Lake, Blue Lake, that's where my family is from. 05:04.580 --> 05:06.000 I was a Baxter from that lineage. 05:06.460 --> 05:09.260 And I had a great aunt who was a revivalist pastor 05:09.260 --> 05:12.200 in the Methodist Church in Spencer Brook. 05:12.460 --> 05:14.560 And so I thought, you know, what did she pray? 05:14.660 --> 05:15.900 What did she do? What was she about? 05:16.440 --> 05:18.820 And so that led me on to my journey. 05:19.080 --> 05:21.180 And one of the things, some of my conclusions were 05:21.180 --> 05:25.360 true revival transforms individual hearts and society. 05:26.000 --> 05:28.720 It is all about God changing a culture, 05:28.900 --> 05:32.980 God moving and changing the culture of the people in an area. 05:33.500 --> 05:36.100 And the passion that they had was based 05:36.100 --> 05:37.840 on personal revelation of God. 05:38.400 --> 05:40.980 And what was God teaching and what was God telling them? 05:41.760 --> 05:45.140 And revelation was birthed out of their encounters with God. 05:45.360 --> 05:48.520 And I know in my personal life it's those encounters 05:48.520 --> 05:49.640 that have changed me. 05:49.640 --> 05:52.600 Passion drove the local church movement. 05:53.420 --> 05:56.060 And assume, I think the thing is we need to assume 05:56.060 --> 05:58.480 positive intent of other believers in our area. 05:58.840 --> 06:01.940 Many are living under the passion and the revelation 06:01.940 --> 06:06.000 of their forefathers that were in our area, 06:06.080 --> 06:07.320 in our nation, in our world. 06:07.840 --> 06:11.040 And so we need to look at those blessings, 06:11.560 --> 06:14.460 pray for authentic encounters from the Lord. 06:14.540 --> 06:15.760 That's what I pray for in my life. 06:15.760 --> 06:20.020 I really want authentic times with the Lord. 06:20.240 --> 06:23.920 And it's been really interesting to go through 06:23.920 --> 06:27.160 the teachings of Pastor Vernon, Pastor Igor this year, 06:27.340 --> 06:29.440 because going into the deep, quiet place, 06:29.880 --> 06:33.340 going into him, we are in him, he's in us. 06:33.660 --> 06:35.800 What revelation is the Lord teaching me? 06:35.900 --> 06:37.300 And I've had a lot of really great ones, 06:37.380 --> 06:38.380 so thank you for that, you guys. 06:40.360 --> 06:43.260 So there's different mantles for the needs 06:43.260 --> 06:46.000 of the different times and cultures that we've had. 06:46.260 --> 06:48.960 And some of the themes and revelations that I found 06:48.960 --> 06:52.280 was the Holy Spirit activation, global evangelism, 06:52.660 --> 06:55.920 empower local lay people, faith and power, 06:56.360 --> 06:58.420 transformation, prayer, worship, 06:58.940 --> 07:01.800 hymns mixed with preaching, reckless faith, 07:02.160 --> 07:03.600 the gospel longs in the streets, 07:04.100 --> 07:07.240 booming voice projections, social reform, 07:07.480 --> 07:10.400 the altar, justice, holiness, hunger for God, 07:11.280 --> 07:14.320 evangelists to the masses, discipline and discipleship, 07:14.520 --> 07:16.780 prayer, outpouring of the Holy Spirit, 07:16.820 --> 07:18.960 and then an intense love of the Word of God. 07:19.500 --> 07:21.260 Here's one thing, can you explain, 07:21.900 --> 07:22.820 maybe somebody doesn't know, 07:22.940 --> 07:25.240 what is empowering a lay worker? 07:25.920 --> 07:27.160 I just felt the Lord on that. 07:27.440 --> 07:29.080 Can you just explain a little bit of what that means? 07:29.080 --> 07:31.180 I have an example of empowering a lay worker 07:31.180 --> 07:34.640 and for any of you that know Sam, Molly's daughter, Sam, 07:35.180 --> 07:39.740 Sam has started a Bible study in her townhouse area. 07:39.740 --> 07:41.540 And I don't know how many kids does she have coming? 07:41.920 --> 07:45.020 Eight or nine kids and they've given their heart to the Lord. 07:45.260 --> 07:47.240 That's empowering a lay evangelist. 07:47.520 --> 07:50.720 That's us, all of us having our hearts open 07:50.720 --> 07:53.380 and listening to the Lord and saying, 07:53.400 --> 07:54.760 what do you have for me today? 07:54.880 --> 07:57.520 Because he has something for each of us every single day 07:57.520 --> 07:59.580 and we will impact our communities. 07:59.980 --> 08:01.220 So that's a lay evangelist. 08:01.340 --> 08:03.400 A lay worker is somebody that isn't necessarily 08:03.400 --> 08:04.780 called into the full ministry. 08:05.560 --> 08:07.620 It's somebody who might own a bit. 08:07.620 --> 08:08.560 It's right here. 08:08.680 --> 08:09.600 It's all of us. 08:09.740 --> 08:11.980 It doesn't matter if you're a homemaker or teacher, 08:12.320 --> 08:16.300 nurse, doctor, business owner, it's all of us. 08:16.380 --> 08:17.280 That's the lay workers. 08:18.200 --> 08:20.380 So revival movements throughout history, 08:20.920 --> 08:24.000 they were not perfect human beings if you studied them, 08:24.160 --> 08:25.700 but gave them a message. 08:26.480 --> 08:28.360 And some of them that I wrote down, 08:28.480 --> 08:31.240 it started in the 1600s, 1700s, 08:31.280 --> 08:32.140 that impacted the world. 08:32.320 --> 08:33.820 John G. Lake, the Healing Rooms, 08:33.820 --> 08:37.320 Catherine Coleman, the Holy Spirit Surrender, 08:38.020 --> 08:40.060 prophetic accuracy, A.A. Allen, 08:40.260 --> 08:42.700 faith and power, Jack Cole, reckless faith, 08:42.860 --> 08:44.820 even though he died at 38 years old, 08:45.020 --> 08:47.000 Oral Roberts, the Healing Evangelist, 08:47.540 --> 08:49.780 Oral Roberts University, Pentecostal Movement, 08:50.680 --> 08:53.320 TL Osborn, Global Evangelism, 08:53.460 --> 08:55.280 Empowering the Local Church Miracles, 08:56.180 --> 08:57.740 Amy Templeton McPherson, 08:58.020 --> 09:00.920 Angelus Temple, and she started using costumes 09:00.920 --> 09:04.140 and props and broadcasts, radio, creativity, 09:04.660 --> 09:06.680 courage, Fort Square Church healings, 09:07.040 --> 09:09.480 John Wesley Methodism, 09:09.940 --> 09:12.700 40,000 sermons, holiness, discipline, 09:12.980 --> 09:15.860 transformation, discipleship, prayer and sacrifice. 09:16.180 --> 09:19.180 And along the same time, his brother, Charles Wesley, 09:19.800 --> 09:24.840 was a hymn writer and revivalist in the area of worship. 09:25.180 --> 09:28.100 So it was worship moving with the holiness of God. 09:29.320 --> 09:31.640 George Whitfield, the voice of the great awakening, 09:31.880 --> 09:33.720 booming voice that could reach 30,000. 09:33.780 --> 09:36.320 I know we had the film in the theaters this year, 09:36.560 --> 09:37.100 and I hadn't... 09:37.760 --> 09:39.180 That was really cool to have that come out 09:39.180 --> 09:40.080 when I'm doing the study. 09:40.920 --> 09:43.820 England and the U.S. were affected by that. 09:43.980 --> 09:45.240 They were weeping and fainting. 09:45.380 --> 09:46.940 The gospel belongs in the streets. 09:47.520 --> 09:49.420 And he was a friend of Ben Franklin 09:49.420 --> 09:52.560 who influenced American culture and American history. 09:53.760 --> 09:56.100 Charles Finney, the father of modern revivalism. 09:56.100 --> 09:59.480 He was a lawyer, convert the courtroom, 09:59.760 --> 10:01.740 and they came with the anxious bench. 10:02.340 --> 10:03.860 And that brought us the altar, 10:04.120 --> 10:05.860 where we could bring our things to the altar. 10:06.020 --> 10:10.940 And that was from the altar calls came out of that. 10:11.180 --> 10:12.620 Prayer is the engine of revival, 10:12.880 --> 10:15.720 social justice and reform, anti-slavery and justice. 10:16.360 --> 10:18.140 Dwight L. Moody, shoe salesman, 10:18.220 --> 10:19.940 who became an evangelist to the masses. 10:20.480 --> 10:22.460 He affected U.S. and Britain music 10:22.460 --> 10:24.580 and preaching Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. 10:25.600 --> 10:27.660 Evan Roberts, the Welsh revival, 10:27.880 --> 10:29.540 coal miners' prayer and hunger for God, 10:29.820 --> 10:32.460 meetings, repentance, weeping, outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 10:32.920 --> 10:34.840 They say that he affected 100,000 souls. 10:35.660 --> 10:38.300 William Booth, Salvation Army, the poor, 10:38.520 --> 10:41.100 the slums, brothels, bars, uniforms, 10:41.560 --> 10:44.620 go to the poorest souls, God invades the darkest corners of society 10:44.620 --> 10:46.420 to the end of the earth missionaries. 10:47.140 --> 10:50.100 William Carey, who was a father of modern missions. 10:52.400 --> 10:53.400 And then we had Billy Graham. 10:54.460 --> 10:56.940 Personal relationship with God and Salvation. 10:57.380 --> 10:59.500 Hagen and Copeland. Faith. 11:00.280 --> 11:03.520 YWAM. Cunninghams were missions. 11:04.560 --> 11:05.280 Missions to the world. 11:05.500 --> 11:07.840 YWAM has affected the whole world. 11:08.020 --> 11:09.600 International House of Prayer, IHOP. 11:10.200 --> 11:11.740 Then we had Brownsville, Toronto, 11:12.080 --> 11:13.240 the Jesus People Movement. 11:14.440 --> 11:16.620 And so it's just really fun to see 11:16.620 --> 11:19.660 how all of those influenced culture 11:19.660 --> 11:20.880 throughout all the years. 11:21.520 --> 11:25.100 So I was thinking then, what about our area? 11:25.260 --> 11:27.500 And we have diverse cultures. 11:28.760 --> 11:31.780 Swedish, German, Norwegian, Native Americans, 11:32.100 --> 11:33.740 English, Catholic, Protestants. 11:33.880 --> 11:35.140 We have Bruts in all of these. 11:35.700 --> 11:37.440 And each of the churches in our area 11:37.440 --> 11:39.600 have a strong influence because of the revelation 11:39.600 --> 11:41.900 that was brought through one of these people. 11:43.080 --> 11:44.140 You even have Russians now. 11:44.300 --> 11:45.800 And I was going to say that. 11:45.920 --> 11:47.000 And we're so glad you're here. 11:47.080 --> 11:48.720 They're just invading Princeton. 11:48.720 --> 11:50.440 And there's more coming. 11:50.920 --> 11:51.260 Good. 11:51.840 --> 11:53.720 I don't know if that's good, but... 11:55.200 --> 11:56.660 So then I asked the Lord, 11:56.820 --> 11:58.780 what do you want to do with the mantles and wells 11:58.780 --> 11:59.520 in our areas? 11:59.700 --> 12:01.160 And he said that we should be in prayer 12:01.160 --> 12:03.480 for each of the churches in our area. 12:03.800 --> 12:06.620 And I go on Facebook and I look at sermons 12:06.620 --> 12:08.300 from other churches and I pray over them. 12:08.580 --> 12:11.200 And I just ask the God to move in might and power, 12:11.400 --> 12:14.300 move for our culture, move for our area. 12:14.820 --> 12:17.460 And he really wants to bring a unity, 12:17.460 --> 12:20.160 a love, truth, revelation, encounters, understanding. 12:20.820 --> 12:23.440 No pride, friendships through all of that. 12:23.980 --> 12:25.600 And to just stir up that hunger 12:25.600 --> 12:27.700 along with desperation for a move of God. 12:28.240 --> 12:29.700 So just praying over... 12:29.700 --> 12:31.640 praying over the churches in the area, 12:31.740 --> 12:33.200 praying over the people in our area, 12:33.220 --> 12:34.480 that they would just be moved 12:34.480 --> 12:37.480 and that God's Holy Spirit would just desperate... 12:37.480 --> 12:39.340 that they would have a desperation for Him. 12:39.700 --> 12:40.000 Yes, yes. 12:40.300 --> 12:42.620 A reverential fear of the Lord and holiness 12:42.620 --> 12:44.620 stirred up hunger for God and His Word. 12:44.620 --> 12:47.740 And fill me and all the churches with His presence, 12:47.940 --> 12:50.680 His power, signs, wonders, love, excitement, friendship, 12:50.820 --> 12:54.060 community, a place to belong, authenticity. 12:55.140 --> 12:56.900 And then he said, how would you feel 12:56.900 --> 12:59.420 if true revival fell in another church rather than yours? 13:00.200 --> 13:01.960 And I just have to say, I would be jealous. 13:02.580 --> 13:06.800 I would be jealous because I think that all of us, 13:07.040 --> 13:09.120 all of us in our community, 13:09.820 --> 13:12.880 revival can affect everybody 13:12.880 --> 13:14.500 if we really are those lay people. 13:15.760 --> 13:18.380 And you know that, pick me, pick me, you know? 13:18.780 --> 13:20.980 That when you're on a team and you're standing in the corner 13:20.980 --> 13:22.600 and you're waiting, you just say, pick me. 13:23.060 --> 13:25.180 You're kind of... I'm competitive. 13:25.460 --> 13:26.120 I like to be picked. 13:26.280 --> 13:27.420 But boy, there's a price. 13:27.880 --> 13:28.920 There's a price for revival. 13:29.260 --> 13:30.780 Are you willing to pay the price? 13:31.400 --> 13:33.420 And then, so then I said, 13:33.480 --> 13:37.000 is this the time of the mosaic move of God? 13:37.400 --> 13:38.680 Is this going to be revival 13:38.680 --> 13:41.580 that is a comprehensive picture 13:41.580 --> 13:44.320 of all the past revivals and purposes, 13:44.580 --> 13:46.940 all things for the end time harvest, 13:47.080 --> 13:49.440 a supernatural alignment with His working? 13:50.160 --> 13:51.260 And I just thought of that. 13:51.400 --> 13:53.680 And I got that just before Open Heavens. 13:53.800 --> 13:55.800 And if you remember last year for Open Heavens, 13:55.800 --> 13:58.000 we had different speakers on different nights. 13:58.080 --> 13:59.680 And I was able to go into my journal and go, 13:59.820 --> 14:01.260 yep, this one's talking about the altar. 14:01.640 --> 14:03.180 Yep, this one's talking about the holiness. 14:03.800 --> 14:05.180 Yep, this one's talking about the 14:05.180 --> 14:06.400 reverential fear of the Lord. 14:06.920 --> 14:09.440 I think in the revival that the presence 14:09.440 --> 14:11.340 and the power of the Lord Jesus, 14:12.160 --> 14:14.120 the moving of the Holy Spirit 14:14.120 --> 14:16.020 and the Father is going to be so powerful 14:16.020 --> 14:20.020 that that is what I think is going to fuel the next revival. 14:20.820 --> 14:23.080 And I just appreciate Jim. 14:23.660 --> 14:25.060 New season, fresh fire. 14:25.380 --> 14:26.600 New season, fresh fire. 14:27.060 --> 14:28.860 I think that's what God wants to do. 14:29.040 --> 14:32.300 And He wants to just make His manifest presence 14:32.300 --> 14:35.720 so powerful and strong that we won't... 14:35.720 --> 14:37.440 Let me ask you this... 14:37.440 --> 14:38.940 Stay up here. Let me ask you this question 14:38.940 --> 14:41.260 because I think you're not the only one that's thought this. 14:41.680 --> 14:43.440 When the Lord was asking you, 14:43.740 --> 14:45.440 what if your next... 14:46.060 --> 14:47.820 the church in your neighborhood had revival, 14:47.980 --> 14:48.740 but you didn't? 14:49.060 --> 14:51.440 Can you share to the extent that you can 14:51.440 --> 14:52.980 that conversation that you had with the Lord 14:52.980 --> 14:53.820 when He asked you that? 14:54.300 --> 14:55.600 Whatever you have grace to share, 14:55.680 --> 14:57.120 there might have been some personal things there. 14:57.460 --> 14:57.980 But what do you have... 14:57.980 --> 15:00.000 because I'm sure you're not the only one 15:00.000 --> 15:02.600 that has probably had that run through your head. 15:03.360 --> 15:04.660 Well, my first thought is 15:04.660 --> 15:06.940 because I'm very competitive is like Lord, 15:08.860 --> 15:10.840 please, we work so hard. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.100 We're trying. We are spending time. 15:13.560 --> 15:14.460 I just be... 15:14.460 --> 15:16.200 I just want... 15:16.200 --> 15:18.420 I want it to be us. 15:18.780 --> 15:21.720 But then the other part of it is 15:21.720 --> 15:23.700 Thy kingdom come, they will be done. 15:24.040 --> 15:25.740 Thy kingdom come, they will be done. 15:25.860 --> 15:26.820 Let us be part. 15:27.280 --> 15:28.660 Let us not be in competition. 15:29.220 --> 15:31.420 Let us love those in our area. 15:31.560 --> 15:34.220 Let's fan the flame. Let's pray for them. 15:34.220 --> 15:36.460 And because that's what's going to get the work done. 15:36.660 --> 15:37.480 And I know... 15:37.480 --> 15:39.260 I went to New Hope with my father. 15:39.420 --> 15:41.660 He was 88 years old when he started going to New Hope. 15:41.840 --> 15:43.640 And it changed his life. 15:44.020 --> 15:45.820 And I was sitting there one Sunday morning 15:45.820 --> 15:47.220 and I just said, 15:48.000 --> 15:49.780 my grandma prayed this prayer for my dad 15:49.780 --> 15:51.460 almost 100 years ago. 15:51.760 --> 15:51.900 Wow. 15:52.360 --> 15:55.200 And New Hope Church reached his heart 15:55.200 --> 15:57.400 in a way that had never been reached before. 15:57.520 --> 15:59.560 And that's what we need to trust 15:59.560 --> 16:01.040 where God's planting people. 16:01.200 --> 16:01.460 Yes. 16:01.460 --> 16:02.620 And that's... 16:02.620 --> 16:04.160 So that gets rid of my competition. 16:04.520 --> 16:06.100 It's just like fan the flame everywhere, Lord. 16:06.500 --> 16:07.560 Good. I like it. 16:07.740 --> 16:09.320 Thank you so much for sharing. Thank you. 16:09.700 --> 16:10.520 Dave, I want you to come up here. 16:10.620 --> 16:11.480 You guys can give a round of applause. 16:14.580 --> 16:16.280 Now before you speak, I got to share. 16:16.920 --> 16:17.500 Every time Dave... 16:18.040 --> 16:19.080 This is the way that I discern. 16:19.220 --> 16:21.660 Every time Dave has a revelation from God, 16:22.420 --> 16:23.440 his eyes are wide 16:23.440 --> 16:24.820 and he'll approach me. 16:24.940 --> 16:26.480 Usually it's like right here in this aisle 16:26.480 --> 16:26.940 and he goes, 16:27.380 --> 16:28.020 Pastor Igor. 16:28.540 --> 16:30.300 And he comes up and he's looking at me, 16:30.300 --> 16:32.660 I'm moved and his face is shining. 16:32.860 --> 16:33.240 And I'm like, 16:33.320 --> 16:34.860 I'm about to get hit with something. 16:35.100 --> 16:36.120 So go for it, Dave. 16:36.700 --> 16:37.340 Unleash it, man. 16:42.280 --> 16:45.020 I just want to take off on what's your closest. 16:45.620 --> 16:46.440 Just a moment. 16:46.620 --> 16:46.800 Yeah, yeah. 16:47.480 --> 16:48.300 And that is... 16:48.820 --> 16:50.620 I look forward to being in heaven 16:51.660 --> 16:53.020 and standing in line 16:53.620 --> 16:55.300 and waiting to... 16:56.040 --> 16:57.160 Is there a line in heaven? 16:58.340 --> 16:59.140 I think there is. 17:00.220 --> 17:01.520 To set my crown 17:02.000 --> 17:03.340 before the feet of Jesus. 17:03.540 --> 17:04.300 Amen, come on. 17:05.400 --> 17:07.900 When they say to cast it to him, 17:08.040 --> 17:09.740 it just sounds kind of flippant. 17:09.920 --> 17:11.540 And I think it's going to be a much more 17:13.180 --> 17:14.400 holy, reverential thing. 17:15.600 --> 17:17.180 That this is a crown, Jesus, 17:17.380 --> 17:20.040 that you have allowed me to build for you. 17:21.080 --> 17:22.740 And I set it before your feet. 17:23.100 --> 17:24.160 And I'm going to turn around. 17:24.320 --> 17:25.780 I don't know who I'm going to see behind me, 17:25.960 --> 17:28.280 but somebody's going to have a bigger, better crown 17:28.280 --> 17:29.240 than me. 17:29.680 --> 17:32.700 And I'll just be excited for their... 17:32.700 --> 17:34.520 Look at the crown that God allowed... 17:35.020 --> 17:36.360 Jesus allowed you to build 17:36.360 --> 17:38.120 and set before him. 17:39.180 --> 17:41.060 It's just a point of honor. 17:41.960 --> 17:42.440 Amen. 17:43.640 --> 17:46.200 I was reading in Ephesians one night 17:46.200 --> 17:48.880 and I got to Ephesians 527. 17:49.820 --> 17:51.720 And the Lord opened things up for me 17:51.720 --> 17:53.040 that I'm just going to... 17:53.040 --> 17:53.660 I hope you don't mind. 17:53.860 --> 17:55.180 I wrote it down at the time 17:55.180 --> 17:56.640 because it was so significant 17:56.640 --> 17:58.660 and I didn't want to forget any of it. 17:59.940 --> 18:01.620 Ephesians 527 says 18:01.620 --> 18:04.120 that he might present to himself 18:04.120 --> 18:05.700 a glorious church, 18:06.120 --> 18:07.840 not having spot or wrinkle, 18:08.160 --> 18:09.640 but that it should be holy 18:09.640 --> 18:11.320 and without blemish. 18:13.400 --> 18:15.020 Now, presenting to himself 18:15.640 --> 18:17.100 is an interesting concept. 18:17.520 --> 18:20.460 I don't know how he's going to do that, but... 18:20.460 --> 18:21.300 wrinkle. 18:21.840 --> 18:23.900 It speaks of unpreparedness. 18:24.820 --> 18:26.100 If I show up at church 18:26.100 --> 18:27.740 and my shirt is all wrinkled, 18:28.180 --> 18:28.920 that's on me. 18:29.700 --> 18:31.240 I didn't take the time 18:31.980 --> 18:34.960 to make myself fully presentable. 18:35.700 --> 18:37.480 It's like a lack of oil. 18:40.640 --> 18:42.100 I'm just not prepared. 18:42.260 --> 18:43.520 I haven't done the work 18:44.660 --> 18:46.140 without spot or wrinkle. 18:46.400 --> 18:46.640 Spot. 18:47.400 --> 18:49.420 Do you remember the Passover lamb? 18:50.440 --> 18:52.060 It had to be perfect, 18:52.640 --> 18:54.780 not sickly or feeble. 18:54.780 --> 18:57.740 It was the best of the flock. 18:58.840 --> 19:00.960 I can just see an Israelite 19:00.960 --> 19:02.780 looking through his flock 19:03.680 --> 19:04.820 for the perfect lamb. 19:06.260 --> 19:07.700 Nope, that one's no good. 19:08.400 --> 19:09.200 Joseph's it aside. 19:09.960 --> 19:13.140 Next, until his eyes light 19:13.140 --> 19:15.700 upon the perfect, unblemished lamb. 19:16.580 --> 19:18.760 Okay, he says, I can use this one. 19:21.880 --> 19:23.620 Jesus is wanting a bride 19:23.620 --> 19:26.020 who understands what he paid for 19:26.020 --> 19:26.820 on the cross 19:27.620 --> 19:30.340 and has appropriated that 19:30.340 --> 19:31.560 into their lives. 19:33.580 --> 19:35.020 He wants us to be healthy, 19:35.720 --> 19:37.400 whole, complete, 19:37.880 --> 19:40.040 prosperous in all things, 19:40.500 --> 19:41.460 in all ways, 19:41.900 --> 19:42.960 and at all times. 19:43.800 --> 19:44.640 Think about it. 19:45.920 --> 19:48.060 Jesus has the Holy Spirit 19:48.060 --> 19:49.460 grooming us 19:49.460 --> 19:52.020 to be a bride for himself, 19:52.020 --> 19:54.080 having no spot or wrinkle. 19:55.820 --> 19:57.340 That's good. Yeah, that's good. 19:57.380 --> 19:58.700 Can we give Dave a round of applause 19:58.700 --> 20:00.140 for the both of them? 20:04.000 --> 20:05.520 Let me leap off of 20:06.440 --> 20:07.700 what the both of them said. 20:07.800 --> 20:09.480 Let me just share this quick, 20:09.500 --> 20:10.280 because it's on my heart. 20:13.440 --> 20:14.400 During worship, 20:14.620 --> 20:17.120 I heard it, like, deep within me. 20:17.640 --> 20:19.840 And then, as I was watching 20:19.840 --> 20:20.660 Dean worship, 20:21.900 --> 20:24.260 and the cry, and then Cheryl was 20:24.260 --> 20:25.460 sharing about all the different 20:25.460 --> 20:27.860 generations of revival 20:27.860 --> 20:28.860 that we've experienced, 20:29.020 --> 20:30.420 and just something that ran through me 20:30.420 --> 20:31.540 during worship, as I was just 20:31.540 --> 20:33.760 literally watching Dean worship, was 20:35.460 --> 20:37.600 there has been generations 20:38.480 --> 20:40.740 that have gone before me. 20:41.900 --> 20:43.840 There has been generations that 20:43.840 --> 20:46.000 have gone before even you 20:46.000 --> 20:47.280 that are a little older than me. 20:47.940 --> 20:48.920 Okay, I'm calling you young. 20:49.580 --> 20:50.120 Amen. 20:51.420 --> 20:53.100 I'm just doing what Pastor said. 20:53.880 --> 20:55.160 You might be 70, 20:55.260 --> 20:56.900 but call it like you're 45, man. 20:58.980 --> 21:00.760 There has been generations 21:00.760 --> 21:03.170 that have cried for revival, 21:03.820 --> 21:05.440 for God to come and move. 21:07.480 --> 21:09.280 I've settled this in my heart, 21:09.320 --> 21:10.140 and time will tell, 21:11.740 --> 21:13.520 but I've settled this in my heart 21:14.720 --> 21:16.580 that we are so close 21:17.140 --> 21:18.680 to that which the Scripture 21:18.680 --> 21:19.620 speaks about. 21:21.620 --> 21:23.480 Not because I feel it. 21:23.820 --> 21:24.980 That's part of it, but that's 21:24.980 --> 21:25.800 not the main reason. 21:26.760 --> 21:28.220 But when you read the Scriptures, 21:29.160 --> 21:31.200 and you literally start seeing the Scriptures, 21:31.520 --> 21:32.820 the prophetic word of God 21:33.420 --> 21:35.080 fulfilled before your eyes, 21:36.100 --> 21:37.720 not only does it excite you, 21:37.760 --> 21:39.320 but it brings about a fear of the Lord. 21:40.300 --> 21:41.340 I'm sorry? 21:41.920 --> 21:42.480 I said yes. 21:42.480 --> 21:42.960 Yeah. 21:44.200 --> 21:45.740 It's like, my God, 21:47.220 --> 21:49.360 we are far closer 21:50.160 --> 21:52.360 to what I'm going to be talking about today 21:53.100 --> 21:54.400 than we even realize. 21:55.820 --> 21:57.840 I mean, it's in me. 21:57.980 --> 21:58.240 It's like, 21:59.480 --> 22:01.200 I'll share with you something personal 22:01.200 --> 22:03.740 that I've been telling my wife for a time now. 22:04.240 --> 22:05.500 But for the past, 22:06.440 --> 22:07.360 it's been about a year. 22:07.500 --> 22:14.020 It's been about a year I shared this with you. 22:14.020 --> 22:15.320 I've been sharing with her. 22:15.500 --> 22:16.720 I said, I don't know why, 22:17.680 --> 22:18.640 but eternity, 22:19.460 --> 22:20.180 to me, 22:22.240 --> 22:24.060 feels far more closer 22:24.060 --> 22:25.480 than it's ever in my lifetime. 22:27.900 --> 22:29.620 I'm not saying that to scare you. 22:29.700 --> 22:30.900 I'm not saying that to scare you. 22:31.100 --> 22:33.680 But it's like, 22:33.820 --> 22:35.960 my spirit inside me is just, 22:36.860 --> 22:39.120 man, I am sensing eternity. 22:40.140 --> 22:42.280 I've never sensed it this way in my life. 22:42.280 --> 22:43.820 Yes, I'm young. I'm only 33. 22:44.260 --> 22:46.700 But I've lived through some things. 22:48.140 --> 22:49.860 And the sense of eternity 22:49.860 --> 22:52.280 that I've been experiencing in this past year, 22:52.700 --> 22:54.040 friends, I can be honest with you, 22:54.100 --> 22:57.120 I have not sensed the urgency of it 22:57.120 --> 22:58.380 or the desire even. 22:58.840 --> 23:00.700 It's all these different emotions, 23:00.840 --> 23:02.040 but the main thing 23:02.580 --> 23:04.280 that it's far closer 23:05.000 --> 23:06.260 than I even realize. 23:11.380 --> 23:12.820 Like that eternity 23:12.820 --> 23:15.100 of what I want to talk about today 23:15.100 --> 23:17.020 and Dave already let us off 23:17.020 --> 23:18.060 in Ephesians 5, 23:19.260 --> 23:21.960 this thing about the bride of Christ, 23:22.220 --> 23:24.700 the church being prepared. 23:27.520 --> 23:28.780 I mean, we are coming 23:28.780 --> 23:31.280 to a moment 23:31.280 --> 23:34.080 of where Earth is going to experience 23:34.080 --> 23:36.300 the greatest wedding 23:36.300 --> 23:38.220 that Earth has ever seen. 23:41.920 --> 23:44.160 Any wedding that you have been to, 23:45.000 --> 23:46.660 it could have been a bougie wedding, 23:46.660 --> 23:48.660 what we are about to experience 23:49.340 --> 23:51.020 is going to surpass that. 23:51.740 --> 23:53.100 We are coming to that. 23:53.720 --> 23:55.660 And here's what I want to emphasize 23:56.400 --> 23:57.880 on when Dave came up to me 23:57.880 --> 23:59.440 and Dave shared that revelation with me. 23:59.560 --> 24:00.460 His eyes were lit up 24:01.060 --> 24:02.540 and what stood out for me. 24:02.660 --> 24:04.160 And then, because he shared this with me, 24:04.260 --> 24:05.420 probably, I don't know Dave, 24:05.600 --> 24:07.640 maybe five months ago you shared this with me. 24:07.680 --> 24:08.780 It was a while ago. 24:09.680 --> 24:12.520 And not long after when Dave shared that with me, 24:13.100 --> 24:14.600 the Lord emphasized 24:15.040 --> 24:16.160 the word wrinkle. 24:18.300 --> 24:20.020 And he told me this. 24:20.200 --> 24:22.280 He said, son, he said, the church, 24:22.700 --> 24:24.180 and I'm calling it what he told me. 24:24.460 --> 24:26.400 You can have other preachers, pastors call it 24:26.400 --> 24:27.560 whatever the Lord's telling them. 24:28.420 --> 24:30.380 But here's what I felt the Lord tell me, 24:30.520 --> 24:32.460 is he said, son, he said, 24:32.520 --> 24:34.780 the church is in a season 24:34.780 --> 24:36.300 of removing the wrinkle. 24:39.140 --> 24:40.160 I said, Lord, I said, 24:40.200 --> 24:41.040 what are you talking about? 24:41.540 --> 24:42.820 And then he brought me back 24:42.820 --> 24:45.100 to what Dave was sharing with me. 24:45.600 --> 24:47.200 Because Dave came in that morning 24:47.200 --> 24:48.840 and he had a little wrinkle on his shirt 24:48.840 --> 24:50.680 and he blamed Cheryl, just like Adam. 24:50.820 --> 24:51.500 He blamed Cheryl. 24:53.060 --> 24:54.520 That wife you gave me, God, 24:54.640 --> 24:55.900 she didn't hire my shirt. 24:56.420 --> 24:57.340 Do you remember that, Dave? 24:58.560 --> 24:59.940 It was something like, he's like, look, 25:00.160 --> 25:01.640 it was hilarious. 25:01.920 --> 25:03.000 It was like, back to Adam. 25:03.740 --> 25:05.140 It's like blaming the wife again. 25:05.300 --> 25:06.520 It's like, come on, man, take ownership. 25:07.360 --> 25:09.080 I'm just kidding, Dave, I love you. 25:10.100 --> 25:11.660 But Dave gave the analogy. 25:11.900 --> 25:12.900 He said, look, he said, 25:13.700 --> 25:16.140 I am unprepared and my shirt is wrinkled, 25:16.660 --> 25:19.140 not because I didn't have time this morning 25:19.140 --> 25:21.380 to iron it, but because 25:21.960 --> 25:24.360 a lack of whatever the case 25:25.020 --> 25:26.840 caused me now to come to church 25:27.660 --> 25:30.280 unprepared and now my shirt is wrinkled. 25:31.200 --> 25:33.540 Not that I didn't have the resources, 25:34.160 --> 25:35.560 not that I didn't have an iron, 25:35.840 --> 25:37.220 not that I didn't have the time, 25:37.220 --> 25:40.000 but it was a lack of many different things 25:40.000 --> 25:41.700 that combined together, 25:41.860 --> 25:43.720 that brought him to a moment 25:43.720 --> 25:46.020 to now have a wrinkle on his shirt 25:46.020 --> 25:47.640 and now he goes into public 25:48.120 --> 25:49.660 and it's like, oh, it's too late now. 25:50.680 --> 25:53.080 I have to be with this wrinkle now. 25:53.580 --> 25:54.660 Are you following what I'm saying? 25:55.640 --> 25:58.540 So I truly do believe that we as a church, 25:58.720 --> 26:01.220 not just Word of Life, but as a church, 26:02.180 --> 26:05.220 we are in a season of removing the wrinkle. 26:06.620 --> 26:08.320 In other words, 26:08.920 --> 26:11.620 God is trying to prepare us 26:11.620 --> 26:13.880 by the Holy Spirit 26:13.880 --> 26:16.580 and by the washing of His Word, 26:16.640 --> 26:17.980 I'll read it here out of Ephesians, 26:18.600 --> 26:21.100 so that we would be prepared 26:21.100 --> 26:23.060 and ready for that day. 26:25.660 --> 26:27.860 That when Jesus returns, 26:28.340 --> 26:30.320 when the bridegroom comes back, 26:30.720 --> 26:32.560 we are not the five foolish 26:32.560 --> 26:36.080 saying, wait, let us go get oil 26:36.080 --> 26:37.580 and then we'll meet you. 26:40.100 --> 26:41.860 But we would be a church 26:41.860 --> 26:43.260 or we would be a people 26:43.260 --> 26:46.140 that would be ready with oil in our lamps 26:46.140 --> 26:47.960 saying we've been longing 26:47.960 --> 26:49.360 for this day. 26:52.240 --> 26:53.560 We've been desiring 26:54.080 --> 26:55.580 to meet you 26:55.580 --> 26:58.160 and be with you face to face. 26:59.620 --> 27:01.020 We were longing 27:01.020 --> 27:03.780 to come in to the supper 27:03.780 --> 27:06.060 of the wedding of the Lamb of God. 27:06.160 --> 27:08.120 We've been longing for this day, Lord. 27:08.400 --> 27:09.640 We've read about it. 27:09.800 --> 27:10.920 We've heard about it. 27:11.060 --> 27:12.340 We've prayed for it. 27:12.480 --> 27:13.920 We've fasted for it. 27:14.060 --> 27:15.300 We've wept for it. 27:15.440 --> 27:17.660 We've done everything under the sun 27:17.660 --> 27:18.840 and now it's here 27:18.840 --> 27:20.760 and the wrinkle has been removed 27:20.760 --> 27:23.300 and I'm prepared to meet you, God. 27:26.620 --> 27:28.220 Friends, that is where we are. 27:28.340 --> 27:29.500 Pastor Vern said it today. 27:29.500 --> 27:32.500 There is a push of the Holy Spirit. 27:32.700 --> 27:34.080 There is an emphasis 27:34.080 --> 27:36.620 of the Holy Spirit in this day 27:36.620 --> 27:37.880 and time that we're in 27:37.880 --> 27:40.220 of you gotta get ready 27:40.220 --> 27:41.380 for what's ahead. 27:43.000 --> 27:45.100 You don't get ready when it comes 27:45.100 --> 27:46.100 because it's too late. 27:48.700 --> 27:51.800 You make sure your shirt is ironed 27:51.800 --> 27:53.540 maybe even the night before. 27:57.140 --> 27:58.680 I remember being a kid 27:58.680 --> 27:59.900 and going to like middle school 27:59.900 --> 28:02.800 and I remember I would always... 28:02.800 --> 28:04.420 it's a characteristic in me. 28:04.480 --> 28:05.480 I don't know, maybe mom and dad 28:05.480 --> 28:06.660 taught me this. 28:07.000 --> 28:08.280 But I would literally 28:08.280 --> 28:10.640 lay out my clothes for school 28:10.640 --> 28:11.380 the night before. 28:12.340 --> 28:13.840 And I did that for years 28:15.520 --> 28:17.780 because I didn't want to wake up 28:17.780 --> 28:20.640 and put on a pants and a shirt 28:20.640 --> 28:22.980 and realize, oh, there is a stain. 28:23.620 --> 28:25.280 People in school are gonna laugh at me. 28:25.640 --> 28:27.740 I'm gonna look like this, that and the other. 28:27.840 --> 28:29.340 And there is an aspect of that 28:29.340 --> 28:30.680 where I was growing up. 28:30.780 --> 28:31.600 You know, I'm still developing. 28:31.720 --> 28:33.460 I'm, you know, peer pressure and all that stuff. 28:33.660 --> 28:35.200 But beside all of that, 28:36.520 --> 28:38.400 I wanted to be prepared 28:38.400 --> 28:39.820 for what was ahead. 28:41.580 --> 28:43.550 I didn't want to wake up and scramble 28:44.060 --> 28:45.660 and then run out of the door 28:45.660 --> 28:47.300 with my hair looking like this. 28:48.720 --> 28:50.660 I wanted to come to a place 28:50.660 --> 28:52.680 to present myself. 28:55.000 --> 28:56.820 And that's what the scriptures say. 28:57.420 --> 28:58.380 Jesus says what? 28:58.380 --> 28:59.900 To present 29:00.920 --> 29:01.880 to himself 29:01.880 --> 29:03.120 a bride 29:04.340 --> 29:05.860 that is without spot, 29:06.600 --> 29:07.860 blemish, or wrinkle. 29:08.020 --> 29:10.240 And I want to develop on those three things a little bit. 29:10.320 --> 29:11.140 Let's read Ephesians. 29:11.640 --> 29:13.200 Because I can just keep going and going. 29:13.340 --> 29:15.380 Let's read Ephesians starting at verse... 29:16.060 --> 29:17.460 I'm gonna start at verse 25 29:17.460 --> 29:20.020 because husbands, I'm reading this to you. 29:20.620 --> 29:22.380 So listen very carefully, husbands. 29:22.560 --> 29:24.140 I'm being serious. All jokes put aside. 29:24.880 --> 29:26.080 All jokes put aside. 29:27.300 --> 29:30.260 It says husbands, love your wives 29:30.260 --> 29:33.460 just as Christ also loved the church 29:33.460 --> 29:36.020 and gave himself for her. 29:37.400 --> 29:39.420 And if you're a young man sitting in this place 29:39.420 --> 29:41.760 and you're thinking of getting married 29:41.760 --> 29:44.400 or maybe you're already engaged, 29:44.920 --> 29:46.120 let this scripture 29:46.120 --> 29:48.260 sear your heart before you 29:48.620 --> 29:51.020 put the ring on the girl's finger. 29:51.260 --> 29:52.400 Let it sear your heart. 29:53.540 --> 29:55.640 This is the standard of marriage right here. 29:55.640 --> 29:56.220 Amen. 29:58.280 --> 29:59.620 Okay, I'm gonna let that sit. 29:59.960 --> 30:00.880 And then I'm gonna keep reading 30:00.880 --> 30:02.160 to really get to what I want to say. 30:02.240 --> 30:03.920 I just felt like I needed to read verse 25 30:03.920 --> 30:04.900 for some of the husbands here. 30:05.960 --> 30:06.760 Verse 26. 30:09.120 --> 30:10.120 That he might... 30:10.120 --> 30:11.300 This is talking about Christ. 30:12.140 --> 30:13.880 That he might sanctify 30:14.420 --> 30:15.680 and cleanse her 30:15.680 --> 30:17.080 with the washing 30:18.680 --> 30:21.020 of water by the word. 30:22.260 --> 30:24.420 That he might present her. 30:24.420 --> 30:27.180 This is regarding the bride, the church. 30:27.380 --> 30:28.420 This is regarding us 30:29.280 --> 30:31.960 to himself a glorious church. 30:33.000 --> 30:36.300 Not having spot, wrinkle, or any such thing 30:36.300 --> 30:39.820 but that she should be holy and without blemish. 30:40.320 --> 30:41.840 Let me quickly just develop. 30:42.240 --> 30:43.560 Dave already talked about it a little bit. 30:43.600 --> 30:45.120 I just want to develop on it a little bit more. 30:46.040 --> 30:48.760 A spot means it could be 30:48.760 --> 30:50.060 a physical stain 30:51.240 --> 30:53.200 and let me apply it to more 30:53.200 --> 30:54.880 of maybe a spiritual state 30:54.880 --> 30:56.400 being that we are spirit beings. 30:56.680 --> 30:58.820 We are made of three bodies, soul, and spirit. 30:59.500 --> 31:02.180 So in the natural, a spot could represent 31:02.180 --> 31:03.360 a stain. 31:04.380 --> 31:05.560 Like maybe you have 31:06.060 --> 31:07.540 a spaghetti stain. 31:08.540 --> 31:10.140 Maybe you have whatever. 31:10.800 --> 31:11.360 Just... 31:11.360 --> 31:12.080 It's a spot. 31:12.660 --> 31:13.760 It's visible 31:13.760 --> 31:15.200 to the naked eye. 31:15.280 --> 31:16.880 Like if you have a spot on you 31:16.880 --> 31:19.180 people could see it. 31:19.180 --> 31:19.940 It's visible. 31:21.380 --> 31:22.780 It could be dirt. 31:23.500 --> 31:24.920 It could be a defect 31:24.920 --> 31:26.520 or it could even be disgrace 31:27.180 --> 31:30.420 that is visibly shown. 31:31.240 --> 31:33.020 So to put it in a spiritual 31:33.020 --> 31:35.400 or let's apply it in the spiritual sense 31:35.400 --> 31:37.580 if somebody is living 31:37.960 --> 31:40.060 and practicing sin 31:41.140 --> 31:44.100 it begins to be a spot on their life. 31:46.100 --> 31:48.100 People can walk by you 31:48.100 --> 31:49.880 and they can realize 31:50.780 --> 31:52.380 there is something on your life. 31:52.460 --> 31:54.100 It just emanates off of you. 31:56.380 --> 31:59.940 You know when the Holy Spirit came 31:59.940 --> 32:01.840 and he baptized them 32:01.840 --> 32:02.960 and then we read Corinthians 32:02.960 --> 32:04.820 and it talks about the nine gifts of the Spirit. 32:05.180 --> 32:07.400 One of the gifts of the Spirit is discernment. 32:09.300 --> 32:10.300 And we can actually... 32:10.300 --> 32:11.560 I'm just taking a little rabbit hole here. 32:12.140 --> 32:13.720 We can actually discern 32:13.720 --> 32:15.780 by simply walking by somebody. 32:17.140 --> 32:19.140 If we couldn't mature 32:19.140 --> 32:21.560 in that gifting to that level 32:21.560 --> 32:24.340 it would be very beneficial to us 32:24.340 --> 32:26.240 of who we would hang out with 32:26.240 --> 32:28.520 of who we would spend time with. 32:28.880 --> 32:30.640 I'm not saying to avoid the world 32:30.640 --> 32:32.360 but let's begin to influence the world. 32:32.560 --> 32:33.260 Following me? 32:34.860 --> 32:36.580 So a spot is something that is 32:36.580 --> 32:38.240 literally visible to the naked eye. 32:38.640 --> 32:40.300 Now on the other spot 32:40.300 --> 32:42.980 or on the other flip side 32:44.040 --> 32:45.660 when Jesus is saying 32:45.660 --> 32:47.520 that he's going to cleanse the church 32:47.520 --> 32:49.360 by the washing of the word 32:49.360 --> 32:50.980 you could build a whole series on that. 32:51.060 --> 32:52.560 You literally could build a whole series 32:52.560 --> 32:54.140 on what it means to be washed by the word. 32:54.420 --> 32:56.280 But let me give you just a quick snippet of it. 32:57.300 --> 32:59.660 The Scriptures literally 33:00.640 --> 33:01.520 wash us 33:02.380 --> 33:02.820 both 33:03.880 --> 33:04.320 physically 33:06.420 --> 33:06.860 emotionally 33:08.000 --> 33:08.440 mentally 33:09.900 --> 33:11.440 every aspect the Scriptures 33:12.360 --> 33:13.240 wash us. 33:13.800 --> 33:16.100 It washes the way that we think 33:18.080 --> 33:20.720 literally the Scriptures will wash over us 33:20.720 --> 33:22.240 and it changes 33:22.240 --> 33:23.760 our thinking patterns. 33:24.000 --> 33:25.960 If you actually read the Bible 33:25.960 --> 33:27.540 and you spend time in the Bible 33:27.540 --> 33:29.920 when you actually eat the scroll 33:29.920 --> 33:32.280 when you are studying the word 33:32.280 --> 33:34.460 it literally changes 33:34.460 --> 33:36.460 the way that you begin to think. 33:36.740 --> 33:38.220 Take a 30-day challenge 33:38.220 --> 33:39.680 and come back to me and testify 33:39.680 --> 33:41.140 and tell me that I'm wrong. 33:43.220 --> 33:44.200 I honestly 33:44.200 --> 33:45.360 I challenge you 33:45.360 --> 33:46.840 take 30 days 33:48.180 --> 33:50.140 in not missing a beat 33:50.140 --> 33:51.760 of reading the Scriptures 33:51.760 --> 33:53.700 and when I say read them 33:53.700 --> 33:54.720 not like those 33:54.720 --> 33:57.280 you ever seen that talent show 33:57.280 --> 33:59.440 of where the guy's talent is to read 33:59.440 --> 34:00.700 books really really fast 34:00.700 --> 34:02.880 you guys ever seen that where the guy comes up and he's like 34:03.640 --> 34:05.600 and that's not what I'm talking about. 34:06.140 --> 34:07.700 I'm talking about actually 34:07.700 --> 34:08.500 pausing 34:08.500 --> 34:11.100 and not so much caring that you read 34:11.100 --> 34:12.520 well I read five chapters today 34:12.520 --> 34:14.400 but walking away 34:14.400 --> 34:16.780 until you've been marked by something 34:16.780 --> 34:17.600 that you just read. 34:17.860 --> 34:19.180 And it could be one verse. 34:19.800 --> 34:20.960 It could be one word. 34:21.800 --> 34:23.860 But the fact that you sat there 34:23.860 --> 34:25.380 and you waited for the Lord 34:25.380 --> 34:27.640 to imprint that that's what I'm talking about 34:27.640 --> 34:29.720 take a 30 day challenge by doing that 34:29.720 --> 34:31.240 then come back to me 34:31.240 --> 34:32.460 and tell me that I'm wrong. 34:34.540 --> 34:35.700 I'm challenging you 34:35.700 --> 34:37.080 and come back and tell me that I'm wrong. 34:37.780 --> 34:40.220 The scriptures wash over us 34:40.220 --> 34:42.440 it changes the way that we think 34:42.440 --> 34:43.880 it begins to literally 34:43.880 --> 34:45.820 change the way that we view 34:45.820 --> 34:46.780 the world. 34:49.400 --> 34:51.660 The scriptures begin to change the way 34:51.660 --> 34:52.960 that we view people 34:52.960 --> 34:55.240 and even the people that hurt us 34:55.240 --> 34:56.320 and backstabbed us. 34:59.420 --> 35:01.600 The scriptures have the power to do that. 35:03.240 --> 35:04.120 So when 35:04.120 --> 35:05.780 when Paul is writing 35:05.780 --> 35:07.600 saying that he is going to 35:07.600 --> 35:08.840 wash over the bride 35:09.600 --> 35:10.400 the church 35:10.400 --> 35:12.560 by the washing of the word 35:12.560 --> 35:15.080 he's talking about that the bride is going to be 35:15.080 --> 35:17.220 so in love with the scriptures. 35:17.620 --> 35:19.860 Why? Because the scriptures talk about Jesus. 35:21.900 --> 35:23.700 And in the beginning was the word 35:23.700 --> 35:24.880 and the word was with God 35:24.880 --> 35:26.920 and the word was God. 35:26.920 --> 35:27.060 God. 35:29.080 --> 35:30.400 The very scriptures 35:30.820 --> 35:32.000 are talking about the Lord. 35:32.420 --> 35:34.340 So when the church would again fall in love 35:34.340 --> 35:36.120 with the scriptures and the simplicity 35:36.120 --> 35:37.580 the fundamentals of it 35:37.580 --> 35:39.720 we begin to be washed over 35:40.540 --> 35:42.540 we change the way that we view 35:42.540 --> 35:44.120 we change the way that we think 35:44.900 --> 35:45.980 and those spots 35:45.980 --> 35:47.640 that have embedded us 35:47.640 --> 35:49.920 begin to be now washed away. 35:52.020 --> 35:52.540 Literally 35:52.540 --> 35:54.120 more than half of these spots 35:54.120 --> 35:55.400 begin to be washed away 35:56.040 --> 35:56.560 supernaturally. 35:57.440 --> 36:00.020 You look back three months and people start telling you 36:00.020 --> 36:00.660 you've changed. 36:02.000 --> 36:03.980 There was something about you that's 36:03.980 --> 36:05.480 changed. What is it? 36:05.860 --> 36:07.540 And your response is like, I don't know. I just 36:08.120 --> 36:09.660 I took Pastor Igor's advice 36:09.660 --> 36:11.800 and I took the 30 day challenge of reading my Bible. 36:12.880 --> 36:13.960 I'm different now. 36:16.420 --> 36:17.500 It's that simple. 36:18.900 --> 36:20.060 Friends, I'm telling you 36:20.060 --> 36:21.220 it's that simple. 36:24.450 --> 36:25.790 So to be without 36:25.790 --> 36:26.230 spot 36:27.290 --> 36:28.590 is that right there? 36:29.010 --> 36:30.870 It is divine health. 36:31.550 --> 36:32.750 It is to be virtuous. 36:33.290 --> 36:35.250 It is to be sinless 36:35.250 --> 36:36.390 and full of holiness. 36:36.950 --> 36:39.190 You know that the Bible actually tells us 36:39.190 --> 36:41.030 it's a command given to us 36:41.030 --> 36:43.050 that you have to be holy? Do you guys know that? 36:44.350 --> 36:45.890 Peter actually records that. 36:46.030 --> 36:47.310 Peter writes that. 36:47.430 --> 36:48.890 He says he quotes 36:48.890 --> 36:50.490 Old Testament and he says 36:51.150 --> 36:52.190 be holy 36:52.190 --> 36:54.190 for I am holy. It's a command. 36:54.430 --> 36:56.250 It's not a choice. It's not like 36:56.250 --> 36:58.710 well, maybe you should be holy. 36:58.770 --> 36:59.990 No, he says listen 36:59.990 --> 37:02.210 if you want to be my bride 37:02.990 --> 37:04.810 you got to be holy like I'm holy. 37:08.840 --> 37:09.820 Following me still? 37:10.560 --> 37:12.320 A wrinkle 37:12.320 --> 37:14.140 I literally looked it up 37:14.140 --> 37:16.820 in the Strongs and it literally just translates to 37:16.820 --> 37:17.600 it's a fold. 37:18.600 --> 37:20.920 And it oftentimes refers to 37:20.920 --> 37:22.360 a wrinkle or a fold on the face. 37:23.080 --> 37:24.480 And I'm like well that's interesting. 37:26.240 --> 37:26.600 But 37:26.600 --> 37:29.180 a wrinkle like David already talked to today 37:29.180 --> 37:31.400 a wrinkle can represent 37:32.500 --> 37:33.460 being unprepared. 37:34.520 --> 37:36.100 Not that you can iron out your face 37:36.100 --> 37:37.500 sorry that thought just ran through me. 37:37.560 --> 37:38.700 I'm like ouch 37:39.380 --> 37:40.800 but you're getting what I'm saying. 37:41.640 --> 37:43.100 So now the flip side of it 37:43.100 --> 37:44.460 to be without wrinkle 37:45.500 --> 37:46.740 is to be prepared 37:46.740 --> 37:48.500 and ready with lamps full of oil. 37:48.500 --> 37:51.040 Now I want to touch on what a blemish is 37:51.040 --> 37:51.320 because 37:52.120 --> 37:53.980 it is very similar 37:54.500 --> 37:56.040 to a spot very similar 37:56.040 --> 37:58.420 even when I studied out the word there's so many similarities 37:58.420 --> 38:01.020 but the conclusion that I came to 38:01.020 --> 38:02.380 where the greatest difference 38:02.380 --> 38:04.760 between a spot and a blemish 38:04.760 --> 38:06.660 is that a spot 38:06.660 --> 38:08.620 can be visible to the naked eye. 38:09.880 --> 38:12.140 Yet a blemish is oftentimes 38:12.720 --> 38:13.280 hidden 38:13.860 --> 38:16.460 and rooted in deep and covered up 38:17.180 --> 38:18.700 that very few can see. 38:24.080 --> 38:25.760 A spot is something 38:26.400 --> 38:27.900 that can be covered up. 38:29.800 --> 38:31.740 You can come to church on a Sunday 38:33.200 --> 38:34.580 and you can play your part. 38:34.780 --> 38:36.420 I'm telling you I'm going to keep saying this 38:36.420 --> 38:38.780 it's easy to be a Christian on a Sunday 38:38.780 --> 38:39.540 super easy. 38:40.820 --> 38:42.760 The easiest thing we got half of America 38:42.760 --> 38:44.420 doing more than half of America doing it. 38:45.820 --> 38:47.440 It's easy to be a Christian. 38:47.440 --> 38:48.960 I can come in here. 38:49.060 --> 38:50.260 I can give you the sermon. 38:50.440 --> 38:52.600 You walk away. I can shake hands. 38:52.740 --> 38:54.820 I can smile. La La Land. 38:54.960 --> 38:56.360 Everything is great. 38:58.060 --> 38:59.340 Everything is covered up. 38:59.480 --> 39:01.000 I'm playing the part. 39:02.820 --> 39:04.480 But when I go home on Monday 39:04.480 --> 39:06.460 or even when I go home on Sunday night 39:07.840 --> 39:09.440 then the real you comes out. 39:10.760 --> 39:12.360 That's why I tell people all the time 39:12.360 --> 39:13.880 you want to get to know me 39:14.500 --> 39:16.000 coming out with me and my family. 39:16.920 --> 39:18.680 Come spend time with me and my wife. 39:18.860 --> 39:19.740 Come get to know us. 39:20.680 --> 39:22.600 Am I the same person at the pulpit 39:22.600 --> 39:23.400 and off the pulpit wife? 39:24.760 --> 39:26.220 Now is the time to tell the truth. 39:28.800 --> 39:29.940 She's not saying nothing. 39:30.000 --> 39:30.620 Now I'm nervous. 39:31.940 --> 39:32.720 I am okay. 39:33.760 --> 39:35.020 That's why I have the anchor chip. 39:37.060 --> 39:38.980 She wasn't saying something there for a second. 39:39.680 --> 39:40.420 Is it hot in here? 39:44.220 --> 39:45.760 Blemishes are oftentimes 39:45.760 --> 39:47.800 something that we can cover up. 39:48.560 --> 39:50.260 We can cover up our blemishes 39:50.260 --> 39:51.080 with our makeup. 39:51.420 --> 39:53.780 We can cover up our blemishes with our clothes. 39:54.220 --> 39:55.680 We can cover up our blemishes 39:55.680 --> 39:57.880 by acting. I mean there's 39:57.880 --> 40:00.020 numerous ways that blemishes 40:00.020 --> 40:00.880 can be covered. 40:02.920 --> 40:04.180 But I've learned something 40:04.180 --> 40:05.780 with God that you can absolutely 40:05.780 --> 40:07.020 hide nothing from Him. 40:08.940 --> 40:10.380 You can't hide the intent 40:10.380 --> 40:11.000 of your heart. 40:12.820 --> 40:14.180 You just... 40:14.180 --> 40:14.940 You can't. 40:16.100 --> 40:17.680 And the Lord is saying 40:17.680 --> 40:19.180 in Ephesians 5 through Paul 40:19.180 --> 40:21.360 he's saying, I want a bride 40:22.960 --> 40:24.080 that is without 40:24.080 --> 40:24.460 spot. 40:25.460 --> 40:27.180 Meaning there's not a speck 40:27.180 --> 40:27.960 of sin on her. 40:29.720 --> 40:31.300 She is completely washed 40:31.660 --> 40:33.280 in my word. She is 40:33.280 --> 40:35.020 full of holiness. 40:37.940 --> 40:39.140 Without wrinkle 40:39.140 --> 40:40.600 meaning that with 40:41.280 --> 40:41.880 anticipation 40:42.860 --> 40:44.380 she is prepared. 40:44.920 --> 40:46.920 Even though the hour has not yet 40:46.920 --> 40:48.720 come, she continues 40:48.720 --> 40:50.980 to put oil in her lamp. 40:51.760 --> 40:52.980 Lord, this might be 40:52.980 --> 40:54.100 100 years. 40:54.860 --> 40:56.820 This might be thousands of years. 40:57.280 --> 40:58.920 God, I am going to continue 40:58.920 --> 41:00.560 putting oil in my lamp because 41:00.560 --> 41:02.740 you said a day is coming 41:02.740 --> 41:04.920 where you're going to come and you're going to meet with me. 41:06.260 --> 41:07.940 Even if I pass away 41:07.940 --> 41:09.740 I'm going to tell my children 41:10.200 --> 41:11.660 children, you got to keep 41:11.660 --> 41:12.620 waiting on the Lord. 41:16.300 --> 41:17.580 So a bride 41:17.580 --> 41:19.720 or a church without spot, without 41:19.720 --> 41:21.700 wrinkle, without sin, fully 41:21.700 --> 41:23.780 prepared, which I believe this is where 41:23.780 --> 41:25.600 we're at right now. We as a church 41:26.120 --> 41:27.500 are in a season of removing 41:27.500 --> 41:27.980 the wrinkle. 41:29.380 --> 41:30.840 God is like, wake up guys. 41:33.060 --> 41:33.820 Wake up 41:33.820 --> 41:35.600 to the things of me. Would you 41:35.600 --> 41:37.880 once again love me with all your heart? 41:37.880 --> 41:39.980 And then the third is 41:39.980 --> 41:41.000 the blemishes. 41:43.440 --> 41:45.520 Going in deep to remove 41:45.520 --> 41:47.800 the deep root 41:47.800 --> 41:49.120 of the intent of our hearts. 41:50.520 --> 41:51.980 What is the purpose 41:51.980 --> 41:53.740 of what you're doing? Why? 41:54.220 --> 41:56.180 The why to what you're doing. 42:00.360 --> 42:02.200 If you were to ask me, I'm going to get 42:02.200 --> 42:03.980 really transparent with you here. You ready? 42:05.140 --> 42:06.820 If you were to ask Igor 42:06.820 --> 42:08.420 10 years ago, actually even more 42:08.420 --> 42:09.400 when I was 17, 42:10.940 --> 42:12.160 when the Lord gave me, 42:12.340 --> 42:13.980 when he spoke to me directly and he said 42:13.980 --> 42:15.400 this is what I've destined you to. 42:16.600 --> 42:18.380 If you were to ask me 42:20.900 --> 42:22.180 what is the purpose 42:22.820 --> 42:24.240 of why you want to do that? 42:24.480 --> 42:26.740 I'll be completely honest with you. At the age of 17 42:26.740 --> 42:28.680 I would have told you I'm excited 42:28.680 --> 42:30.540 to go preach at a bunch of different churches. 42:30.540 --> 42:32.200 I'm excited to go meet new people 42:32.200 --> 42:34.300 on and so forth. And the Lord's like, 42:34.340 --> 42:36.360 alright, and he had to work on my heart. 42:37.620 --> 42:39.420 So my question is, if 42:40.240 --> 42:41.520 I'm asking you the same question 42:41.520 --> 42:42.860 that maybe the Lord asked me, it's 42:42.860 --> 42:44.620 if God has called you 42:44.620 --> 42:46.740 or has given you an assignment to do 42:46.740 --> 42:48.900 something, what is the why 42:48.900 --> 42:50.600 to why are you doing it? 42:52.280 --> 42:53.360 That's the blemish. 42:55.620 --> 42:57.180 You might give me all the 42:57.180 --> 42:59.140 right answers. Well, God told 42:59.140 --> 43:00.220 me I got to do it. 43:01.020 --> 43:02.620 Well, we need it done. 43:02.960 --> 43:04.560 Well, and you can give me all 43:04.560 --> 43:06.640 the right answers. But 43:06.640 --> 43:08.460 the blemish that God is after 43:08.460 --> 43:10.360 is that he is wanting to remove 43:10.360 --> 43:12.520 from the church is that you might 43:12.520 --> 43:14.660 be able to tell me all the right things. 43:14.940 --> 43:16.280 But deep within 43:16.280 --> 43:18.520 your heart, there may be a root 43:18.520 --> 43:20.420 of selfishness that you're doing 43:20.420 --> 43:21.860 that you're doing it because 43:21.860 --> 43:23.720 it brings you pleasure. 43:24.520 --> 43:26.860 Because it brings you notoriety. 43:27.080 --> 43:28.600 Because it brings you 43:28.600 --> 43:30.160 approval from people. 43:30.520 --> 43:31.560 I'm regarding this to people. 43:33.360 --> 43:34.360 The Lord 43:34.360 --> 43:35.320 wants a church 43:35.320 --> 43:36.820 that doesn't care 43:37.320 --> 43:38.700 of the approval of man. 43:42.530 --> 43:43.970 My wife doesn't 43:43.970 --> 43:45.950 care if you approve 43:45.950 --> 43:47.650 what she wore today. Why? 43:47.930 --> 43:48.950 Because she ain't your wife. 43:51.350 --> 43:51.850 She 43:51.850 --> 43:53.830 asks her husband. She only 43:53.830 --> 43:55.050 cares what her husband 43:55.690 --> 43:57.530 gives approval for or 43:57.530 --> 43:58.970 insights or 43:59.670 --> 44:01.410 perspective. She don't care what 44:01.410 --> 44:03.370 you think she wears or should she wear it. 44:03.450 --> 44:05.130 Why? Because she's married to me. 44:05.650 --> 44:07.610 God is desiring a church 44:07.610 --> 44:09.170 to have the same 44:09.170 --> 44:11.110 intent towards him. 44:12.170 --> 44:13.430 We don't care 44:13.430 --> 44:15.530 what other churches are doing. Good! 44:15.890 --> 44:16.750 Let him do it. 44:18.050 --> 44:19.570 Let him do it that way. 44:20.170 --> 44:21.490 We only care what 44:21.490 --> 44:23.550 what our bridegroom is telling 44:23.550 --> 44:25.530 us to do. And this is 44:25.530 --> 44:27.310 how he's telling us to do it. 44:29.150 --> 44:30.830 We have come to this place 44:30.830 --> 44:32.130 in the church world 44:32.130 --> 44:33.950 where we are competing. I'm like, 44:34.010 --> 44:35.130 we're looking like Hollywood. 44:36.410 --> 44:38.170 We got competition in the 44:38.170 --> 44:40.010 churches. Well, my church, 44:40.270 --> 44:41.750 they did their creative team 44:41.750 --> 44:43.290 this way. I don't care! 44:44.970 --> 44:46.030 I don't care 44:46.030 --> 44:47.410 the way that your church did it. 44:47.690 --> 44:49.290 Well, my pastor, I 44:49.290 --> 44:51.490 don't care. I'm sorry, I don't care. 44:52.310 --> 44:53.510 Maybe I can glean 44:53.510 --> 44:55.430 from it, but that's not 44:55.430 --> 44:57.210 the way that God is asking me to do it. 45:00.940 --> 45:02.480 Would we be more 45:02.480 --> 45:04.720 mindful of what 45:04.720 --> 45:07.060 he says about this 45:07.060 --> 45:08.900 than the people that are even 45:08.900 --> 45:09.600 around you? 45:12.320 --> 45:13.000 We are 45:13.000 --> 45:15.200 often times, listen to me, listen. 45:16.340 --> 45:16.980 We are 45:16.980 --> 45:18.740 often times held 45:18.740 --> 45:20.420 back in our worship 45:20.420 --> 45:22.820 on to God because of the 45:22.820 --> 45:24.700 people that are around us. 45:24.700 --> 45:25.280 Yeah. 45:25.620 --> 45:25.780 Yeah. 45:27.460 --> 45:29.420 What are they going to say about me? 45:30.660 --> 45:31.220 Who cares? 45:34.500 --> 45:35.880 Who cares what they're 45:35.880 --> 45:36.800 saying about you? 45:37.320 --> 45:39.680 What is he going to say about you 45:39.680 --> 45:41.520 when you see him face to face? 45:42.240 --> 45:43.780 When you get alone with 45:43.780 --> 45:44.000 him, 45:45.580 --> 45:47.700 when you go home after a Sunday 45:47.700 --> 45:49.440 and you get before the Lord, 45:49.700 --> 45:51.340 what are you going to tell him then? 45:51.840 --> 45:53.540 Oh Lord, I was too shy because 45:53.540 --> 45:55.560 well this and this person were 45:55.560 --> 45:57.200 around me and they know my past 45:57.200 --> 45:57.960 and 45:58.920 --> 45:59.900 who cares? 46:03.160 --> 46:05.120 God is after making 46:05.120 --> 46:07.580 a bride with that attitude. 46:09.540 --> 46:11.220 We want his approval. 46:11.560 --> 46:13.240 What are you saying about me, God? 46:13.860 --> 46:15.480 This is all about revival, by the way. 46:15.540 --> 46:16.960 I'm still talking about revival here. 46:19.060 --> 46:21.400 This is why he has to revive us 46:21.940 --> 46:23.560 because we have so hit a ditch 46:23.560 --> 46:25.400 in the church world that 46:25.400 --> 46:26.840 he's like, y'all got to come back. 46:29.860 --> 46:31.460 We've hit a ditch and then 46:31.460 --> 46:33.440 we get into a ditch and then we make our own 46:33.440 --> 46:35.480 ditch and then the Holy Spirit is yelling 46:35.480 --> 46:37.500 and saying, put the shovel down. 46:41.930 --> 46:43.270 Put the shovel down. 46:43.390 --> 46:45.410 That's enough. You've dug too deep. 46:53.620 --> 46:54.760 In the book of Esther, 46:55.380 --> 46:57.340 I'm going to get into what I believe the Lord is doing 46:57.340 --> 46:58.360 right here in this season. 46:58.680 --> 47:00.260 In the book of Esther, open up to 47:00.840 --> 47:01.560 chapter 2. 47:03.960 --> 47:05.120 Is this still good, by the way? 47:05.700 --> 47:05.960 Okay. 47:09.020 --> 47:09.980 Where's the book of Esther? 47:15.240 --> 47:16.340 See, when you don't read it 47:16.340 --> 47:17.380 as often, you're like, man, 47:17.740 --> 47:18.740 put it up on the screen for me. 47:18.840 --> 47:20.500 Esther chapter 2, 47:21.260 --> 47:21.980 verses 12. 47:27.420 --> 47:29.140 In the book of Esther, we find 47:30.280 --> 47:30.980 something very 47:30.980 --> 47:32.640 significant that I want to correlate 47:32.640 --> 47:34.660 to this season that we are in 47:34.660 --> 47:35.140 as a church. 47:37.480 --> 47:38.480 But we read 47:38.480 --> 47:40.860 in the story of Esther that there was 47:40.860 --> 47:41.380 a king 47:42.620 --> 47:43.720 and he had a wife 47:45.820 --> 47:46.740 and the wife 47:46.740 --> 47:48.360 was not the best wife. 47:49.820 --> 47:50.900 Just make it 47:50.900 --> 47:52.520 simple as that. So 47:52.520 --> 47:54.560 the king basically calls for 47:55.660 --> 47:57.040 I'm giving you a brief story. 47:57.740 --> 47:58.940 The king basically calls 47:58.940 --> 48:00.340 for a whole bunch of young virgins. 48:01.340 --> 48:02.960 And he basically tells the servants 48:02.960 --> 48:04.960 bring virgins 48:04.960 --> 48:06.800 and I want them to basically 48:06.800 --> 48:08.760 be prepared 48:09.580 --> 48:11.120 six months in 48:11.860 --> 48:13.000 oil of myrrh 48:13.620 --> 48:14.760 and then six months 48:14.760 --> 48:16.400 in perfumes 48:16.940 --> 48:19.160 and preparations of beautifying 48:19.160 --> 48:21.140 before they come 48:21.920 --> 48:23.600 and enter into my courts. 48:23.780 --> 48:24.940 I will spend time with them 48:24.940 --> 48:27.060 and then we'll basically see if I like 48:27.060 --> 48:27.960 them I'll call them back. 48:28.580 --> 48:29.580 It's basically what it is. 48:30.220 --> 48:32.900 And all the 21st century modern women 48:32.900 --> 48:34.540 are like no he didn't. 48:37.200 --> 48:37.720 That's 48:37.720 --> 48:38.920 alright. Your feelings 48:38.920 --> 48:40.600 can get hurt once in a while. 48:41.120 --> 48:42.500 So the king makes these commands 48:42.500 --> 48:44.700 and then we find this young girl 48:44.700 --> 48:46.120 Esther who 48:46.120 --> 48:48.460 is a representation basically 48:48.980 --> 48:50.280 she's representing Israel 48:50.900 --> 48:52.880 and she's standing before a king 48:52.880 --> 48:55.020 on behalf of a people in other 48:55.020 --> 48:56.800 words. And what I'm trying to 48:56.800 --> 48:58.380 really emphasize here is 48:58.380 --> 49:00.400 three things. It's 49:01.480 --> 49:03.000 the fact that it took 49:04.220 --> 49:06.200 it took 12 months 49:06.720 --> 49:07.580 so a year 49:08.600 --> 49:10.780 but there is significance in that 49:10.780 --> 49:12.900 because the question that 49:12.900 --> 49:14.920 will arise is well why does it have to take 49:14.920 --> 49:17.240 that long? Why does it have to be 49:17.240 --> 49:18.720 a year 49:18.720 --> 49:20.000 of preparation 49:20.800 --> 49:22.520 before one young woman 49:22.520 --> 49:24.060 can enter in 49:25.040 --> 49:26.220 to the king's courts? 49:26.800 --> 49:28.580 There's so many significance 49:28.580 --> 49:30.340 in that that I can apply to you 49:30.340 --> 49:32.400 and I'm only going to hit a few of them. The other thing 49:32.400 --> 49:34.520 is the six months of oil of myrrh 49:35.120 --> 49:36.500 Am I saying that right? Is it myrrh? Am I 49:36.500 --> 49:38.360 pronouncing that? Okay. I'm still 49:38.360 --> 49:39.000 learning English. 49:40.740 --> 49:42.100 Then there are six months 49:42.100 --> 49:43.680 of perfumes 49:44.240 --> 49:46.260 and the preparations for beautifying. 49:47.560 --> 49:48.640 It's interesting because 49:48.640 --> 49:49.720 when I studied it out 49:50.380 --> 49:52.160 the six months of 49:52.160 --> 49:53.720 oil of myrrh 49:55.860 --> 49:57.740 first of all it was of great value 49:57.740 --> 49:59.760 that that type of oil of myrrh was of 49:59.760 --> 50:01.680 great value. It wasn't something that was 50:01.680 --> 50:03.400 cheaply bought. It wasn't 50:03.400 --> 50:05.800 a perfume that you go and buy at a garage sale. 50:06.220 --> 50:07.840 It was something that was 50:08.640 --> 50:09.820 that was of great 50:09.820 --> 50:10.900 value. There was 50:10.900 --> 50:13.200 there was significance on it 50:13.200 --> 50:14.920 on and so forth but they also 50:15.580 --> 50:17.680 they also used that 50:17.680 --> 50:19.420 type of oil as 50:19.420 --> 50:20.060 an ointment 50:21.780 --> 50:23.920 and an ointment often times 50:23.920 --> 50:24.680 will 50:25.980 --> 50:27.420 deal with a spot 50:28.120 --> 50:29.620 you know let's say you got a rash 50:29.620 --> 50:31.220 or something on you it's like a spot 50:31.220 --> 50:33.760 you go and you get ointment and you begin 50:33.760 --> 50:35.540 to put ointment on that rash 50:35.540 --> 50:37.620 or that spot and all of a sudden 50:37.620 --> 50:38.880 that ointment begins to 50:39.640 --> 50:41.500 empower and it begins to cleanse 50:41.500 --> 50:43.240 whatever rash or whatever thing you have. 50:45.100 --> 50:46.200 Ointment is often 50:46.200 --> 50:48.440 times used when 50:48.440 --> 50:50.180 when you need a type of 50:50.180 --> 50:52.120 healing like if 50:52.780 --> 50:54.060 again it's 50:54.060 --> 50:56.140 ointment is used in so many different 50:56.140 --> 50:58.060 facets. I'm sure your guys's minds 50:58.060 --> 51:00.400 are running with what ointment can be used 51:00.400 --> 51:02.180 but ointment 51:02.180 --> 51:04.140 is used to remove 51:04.140 --> 51:06.420 spots it actually 51:06.420 --> 51:07.620 in a spiritual sense 51:08.200 --> 51:09.660 it's used to remove 51:10.160 --> 51:11.840 blemishes things that are rooted deep 51:13.680 --> 51:14.740 it's for healing 51:14.740 --> 51:15.660 like I said that already 51:15.660 --> 51:17.220 it's to restore 51:17.840 --> 51:19.540 whether it's restoring a skin 51:19.540 --> 51:21.720 whether I'm just giving you these applications here 51:21.720 --> 51:23.880 it's to recover it's to bring 51:23.880 --> 51:25.700 something back and it is also 51:25.700 --> 51:27.060 to bring a purification 51:28.660 --> 51:29.900 when you have 51:29.900 --> 51:30.860 rashes 51:31.600 --> 51:32.980 or whatever on your body 51:34.020 --> 51:34.620 there's 51:36.420 --> 51:37.580 there's an indication 51:37.580 --> 51:38.700 that something 51:38.700 --> 51:42.020 Something somewhere is causing some kind of impurity. 51:42.520 --> 51:44.220 Maybe it's in your blood. Whatever the case may be. 51:44.380 --> 51:46.780 Pastor was talking about parasites today. That's what's running through my mind. 51:46.840 --> 51:50.120 I'm like, man, can we take ointments orally? 51:50.560 --> 51:53.560 We can. See, there you go. Learn something new every day. 51:55.580 --> 52:01.820 So it's... the oil is given so that we would be cleansed from our spots, 52:02.020 --> 52:03.220 our blemishes, all these things. 52:03.380 --> 52:06.380 And it's interesting to me, and where I want to bring that application to now, 52:06.380 --> 52:14.640 is that six months, these young women would be bathed in this oil of myrrh. 52:15.080 --> 52:21.580 In other words, they would be bathed so that they would be divinely healed and restored, 52:22.420 --> 52:25.600 that they would be completely purified. 52:26.540 --> 52:31.560 There's all these preparations that occurred in the six months of being bathing 52:31.560 --> 52:34.860 and a purpose of it so that when they come before the king, 52:34.860 --> 52:40.820 they're not coming before him with rashes and with defects and with disgrace 52:40.820 --> 52:44.680 and all these different things, but they're actually brought before this king, 52:45.780 --> 52:50.640 completely made whole, not a spot, not a blemish. 52:50.800 --> 52:54.220 They are literally made perfect before they're brought before him. 52:55.200 --> 52:59.400 Now, the other six months that they spend is the perfumes, 53:00.200 --> 53:05.160 which again is another great value, and the preparations for beautifying. 53:06.200 --> 53:10.760 And this is more because when we think of preparations of beautifying in our modern world, 53:11.480 --> 53:13.400 I don't know, my mind goes there, maybe yours doesn't, 53:13.460 --> 53:16.400 but we think of a woman, you know, putting on makeup. 53:16.700 --> 53:20.520 We think of, well, that's a tool of, you know, looking prettier. 53:22.380 --> 53:26.100 It's, you know, we put on jewelry, we adore ourselves, 53:26.100 --> 53:34.860 and we call those as things of tools or a way of preparing to be beautified. 53:35.520 --> 53:42.500 But when I was studying it out, it's more than just the external view of, 53:42.820 --> 53:45.920 I'm wearing a necklace, I have makeup on, my hair is done, 53:46.320 --> 53:52.380 but the preparations of beautifying were actually a strict protocol 53:52.380 --> 53:57.620 that these young women had to follow in that six month period. 53:58.600 --> 54:04.420 There was a strict, there was strict things that they could probably eat or not eat, 54:04.720 --> 54:09.500 things that they could do or not do, things that they could be involved in or not. 54:09.740 --> 54:16.840 It's all, there was a strict protocol that fell in line with the preparation of being beautified 54:17.940 --> 54:23.060 before, before she could walk in to the king's palace. 54:26.480 --> 54:34.220 When we think about, when we think about the church and certain things that we do in services, 54:35.400 --> 54:37.800 the purpose of it, and Pastor has talked about this, 54:38.240 --> 54:40.860 the purpose of it is we want to guard the anointing, 54:45.040 --> 54:48.100 because, let me share this, I've learned this with the Lord. 54:49.360 --> 54:56.820 It could take you, it's not every time, but it could take you an hour to two hours to three hours. 54:58.220 --> 55:04.060 And so the Lord comes where it's tangible, where you feel it. 55:05.840 --> 55:10.840 It can take you that long for the Lord to come and actually meet with you. 55:12.140 --> 55:16.660 But in a moment, if you act incorrectly, it'll lift. 55:20.690 --> 55:23.810 So when we make certain, I'll call it protocols, 55:25.290 --> 55:29.870 when we act a certain way in the service, when our ushers at the door, 55:29.950 --> 55:34.630 when you're walking in and there's prayer going on and you're laughing out there, 55:34.630 --> 55:39.690 and our ushers are telling you, hey, be quiet, don't act that way. 55:40.090 --> 55:46.290 It's not because they love power and they're trying to exercise their power on you. 55:46.430 --> 55:51.290 No, the ushers know the standard that as pastors that we have set, 55:51.530 --> 55:53.810 and they are simply following a protocol. 55:54.910 --> 56:02.730 Because we understand, you could wait years, years for something 56:02.730 --> 56:08.790 that God has promised you, that you can literally lose in a moment. 56:11.670 --> 56:13.350 If you act incorrectly. 56:15.830 --> 56:22.990 So in the six months of these young women being prepared in perfumes 56:22.990 --> 56:26.870 that they would smell good, that they would be literally... 56:26.870 --> 56:31.090 it would like, I don't know, be full of it, that when you walk by 56:31.090 --> 56:32.350 and you're like, man, you smell like Gucci. 56:34.790 --> 56:36.490 Because they've bathed in it. 56:39.590 --> 56:40.870 I'll make this application. 56:42.490 --> 56:48.670 If we abide in the Lord, if we truly abide in the Lord, 56:49.410 --> 56:53.990 I've heard testimonies that there is a fragrance that comes off of people. 56:54.130 --> 56:55.170 You literally, you smell it. 56:56.470 --> 56:58.010 I think pastor, you were sharing it with me. 56:58.070 --> 56:59.690 You guys have had times in the modular 57:00.190 --> 57:02.350 where you had numerous people that were like, 57:02.690 --> 57:03.770 it was in the middle of winter, right? 57:03.790 --> 57:04.370 Or something like that. 57:04.590 --> 57:09.470 And everybody was smelling flowers in the parking lot. 57:09.810 --> 57:11.950 And it was cold. There was no flowers there, right? 57:12.610 --> 57:14.490 Pastor married in plant any new flowers. 57:16.050 --> 57:18.710 So there is a fragrance of heaven. 57:21.930 --> 57:24.790 So here these young women were prepared in the perfumes. 57:24.830 --> 57:28.850 Yet at the same time in the preparation of beautifying 57:28.850 --> 57:32.630 these young women had to follow a strict protocol. 57:32.990 --> 57:38.530 They had to know how to act before they met the king. 57:41.920 --> 57:45.260 We got a bunch of churches that don't know how to act 57:45.260 --> 57:47.020 when the presence of God comes. 57:49.600 --> 57:50.640 I was in Nebraska. 57:50.920 --> 57:52.100 My wife and I, this is some years ago. 57:52.160 --> 57:53.160 I'm going to share with you a testimony. 57:54.000 --> 57:58.340 We were traveling and I was speaking at a church in Nebraska. 57:59.760 --> 58:01.440 And the presence of God came. 58:01.680 --> 58:03.740 It was heavy. It was like, whoa. 58:04.460 --> 58:06.700 And all of a sudden I'm looking around the congregation. 58:06.960 --> 58:07.740 It was probably a congregation. 58:07.940 --> 58:09.480 I don't know about maybe 600 people or something. 58:09.760 --> 58:10.600 It was a large church. 58:11.860 --> 58:15.840 And all of a sudden you had a bunch of people that were awkward. 58:15.980 --> 58:17.480 You could just see it on their faces. 58:18.160 --> 58:19.620 Like people didn't know what to do with themselves. 58:19.760 --> 58:21.580 They're like... 58:21.580 --> 58:24.040 And I'm like, Lord, why? 58:25.580 --> 58:27.420 Why do people get awkward 58:27.420 --> 58:31.920 and freeze up when the presence of God comes? 58:32.100 --> 58:34.640 It's like, I don't know if there's a spirit of awkwardness. 58:34.740 --> 58:35.620 I don't know. Maybe there is. 58:35.800 --> 58:36.840 I'm going to cast that devil out. 58:37.320 --> 58:39.040 But it's like people get awkward 58:39.520 --> 58:41.760 when the presence of God comes heavy. 58:42.120 --> 58:43.540 And the Lord just spoke to me simply. 58:44.160 --> 58:47.260 He said, they don't know how to act when I come. 58:47.400 --> 58:50.520 They don't know the strict protocols 58:50.520 --> 58:53.000 of how to act, of how to talk, 58:53.300 --> 58:56.360 of how to respond when the presence of God comes. 58:59.240 --> 59:01.780 So I believe that in the season that we are in 59:01.780 --> 59:03.020 in removing the wrinkle, 59:03.240 --> 59:05.040 God is doing all these things. 59:07.560 --> 59:10.740 God is trying to saturate us 59:10.740 --> 59:14.000 in the Holy Spirit, which is the oil. 59:14.440 --> 59:15.620 The Holy Spirit comes. 59:16.260 --> 59:17.200 He convicts us. 59:17.540 --> 59:19.980 He begins to remove the spots. 59:20.540 --> 59:23.720 And the deep, I said, deep, deep blemishes 59:23.720 --> 59:25.420 that are in our hearts. 59:25.420 --> 59:27.580 The intense of our hearts 59:27.580 --> 59:30.340 that the Holy Spirit is removing. 59:30.660 --> 59:34.120 Because he says, the bride of Jesus can't have those. 59:35.680 --> 59:37.540 And he is bathing us. 59:37.960 --> 59:39.100 He is bathing us. 59:39.360 --> 59:40.460 He's beckoning. 59:40.660 --> 59:41.500 He's saying, come. 59:42.700 --> 59:45.040 Respond to what I'm telling you to do. 59:45.620 --> 59:45.960 Come. 59:46.700 --> 59:48.540 Come be washed by the Word. 59:48.780 --> 59:49.000 Come. 59:49.440 --> 59:50.600 Abide in the Word. 59:50.800 --> 59:51.020 Come. 59:51.380 --> 59:52.360 Abide in Christ. 59:52.900 --> 59:54.300 Let me wash over you. 59:54.300 --> 59:56.380 I'm trying to prepare you for something 59:56.380 --> 59:59.220 that is coming sooner than you even know. 01:00:00.460 --> 01:00:02.280 And then at the same time, 01:00:02.720 --> 01:00:05.800 that same Holy Spirit is now preparing us 01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:08.000 with the fragrance of heaven. 01:00:08.140 --> 01:00:10.600 In other words, he is gracing us 01:00:10.600 --> 01:00:12.640 with this presence and glory 01:00:12.640 --> 01:00:14.200 where we can bask, 01:00:14.520 --> 01:00:16.840 where we can actually find strength 01:00:16.840 --> 01:00:19.660 in the areas where we are weakened. 01:00:20.460 --> 01:00:23.180 We can actually find strength in his presence 01:00:25.020 --> 01:00:27.980 and then in that he's working on our character 01:00:27.980 --> 01:00:29.600 and he's preparing us. 01:00:30.240 --> 01:00:33.280 It's the preparations of beautifying. 01:00:33.720 --> 01:00:37.060 He needs us to know how the kingdom operates. 01:00:40.560 --> 01:00:43.960 We learn how the kingdom of God operates 01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:45.980 not when we just get there. 01:00:47.700 --> 01:00:51.200 But it's actually our duty to know 01:00:51.200 --> 01:00:53.520 how the kingdom operates down here. 01:00:56.200 --> 01:01:00.360 We have to know the protocol of the kingdom down here. 01:01:01.680 --> 01:01:04.760 The strict protocol actually of the kingdom. 01:01:06.720 --> 01:01:10.740 The holiness, the reverence, the glory. 01:01:12.060 --> 01:01:14.320 We have to learn that down here 01:01:14.320 --> 01:01:16.980 because if we don't, we will find ourselves 01:01:16.980 --> 01:01:20.020 coming unprepared and blown away. 01:01:22.240 --> 01:01:23.660 You following me? 01:01:23.660 --> 01:01:24.080 Yeah. 01:01:26.260 --> 01:01:29.100 Friends, the purpose of revival is 01:01:29.100 --> 01:01:29.660 and all these things, 01:01:29.700 --> 01:01:31.200 and I've given you the purposes of it, 01:01:31.460 --> 01:01:33.840 but at the end of all of this, 01:01:34.480 --> 01:01:35.500 yes, it's first love, 01:01:35.820 --> 01:01:38.180 yes, it's creating a place for the Lord to dwell. 01:01:38.740 --> 01:01:40.640 This is why I made that first statement 01:01:40.640 --> 01:01:41.560 in the first series, 01:01:41.800 --> 01:01:45.320 that the Holy Spirit is going to and fro, 01:01:46.100 --> 01:01:49.360 and there is an emphasis on local churches 01:01:49.360 --> 01:01:50.700 like never before. 01:01:51.780 --> 01:01:55.060 Because he understands that it's within the local body 01:01:55.060 --> 01:01:58.200 that he can do the preparations of beautifying, 01:01:58.420 --> 01:02:01.700 that he can do the basking in his presence, 01:02:01.900 --> 01:02:04.620 all these things that you really don't get at a conference. 01:02:05.040 --> 01:02:07.940 In a conference, you just get injected with something 01:02:07.940 --> 01:02:08.660 and then you run. 01:02:08.980 --> 01:02:12.040 But in a church, in a local body 01:02:12.040 --> 01:02:13.940 is where you actually grow. 01:02:15.100 --> 01:02:17.040 This is where growth happens. 01:02:18.680 --> 01:02:20.040 This is where we grow. 01:02:20.040 --> 01:02:22.280 We come into conflict with one another. 01:02:22.520 --> 01:02:24.720 We come into different disagreements with one another. 01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:26.420 It's all these things. We're growing. 01:02:28.380 --> 01:02:31.780 That's why there is an emphasis on the local body 01:02:31.780 --> 01:02:32.900 like never before. 01:02:33.240 --> 01:02:37.080 He's preparing us for something that is coming sooner 01:02:37.080 --> 01:02:38.240 than we even realize. 01:02:42.770 --> 01:02:45.130 So revival is first love, 01:02:45.830 --> 01:02:47.470 preparing a place for the Holy Spirit. 01:02:47.790 --> 01:02:49.210 Revival is salvation. 01:02:49.750 --> 01:02:51.130 Revival is the supernatural. 01:02:51.130 --> 01:02:53.070 Revival is all of these things. 01:02:53.150 --> 01:02:56.730 But all of these things, they add up to this moment 01:02:56.730 --> 01:02:59.110 that Revelation 19 talks about. 01:03:01.230 --> 01:03:03.530 Let me read it for you and we're going to come to a conclusion. 01:03:03.710 --> 01:03:05.270 Let me read Revelation 19 for you. 01:03:05.570 --> 01:03:07.730 This is Revelation 19. Let's start at verse 6. 01:03:08.950 --> 01:03:10.510 Friends, this is what we're coming to. 01:03:12.510 --> 01:03:15.790 This is what's more closer than we even realize. 01:03:16.030 --> 01:03:16.910 I'm telling you. 01:03:18.230 --> 01:03:20.490 And you're like, Igor, we've heard that so many times. 01:03:20.490 --> 01:03:21.770 Good. Keep hearing it. 01:03:23.070 --> 01:03:24.470 Keep hearing that. 01:03:25.250 --> 01:03:28.770 I thank God for the men and women that have gone before me 01:03:28.770 --> 01:03:30.690 that have sounded the alarm. 01:03:32.130 --> 01:03:35.890 I thank God for the generations that were before me, 01:03:35.970 --> 01:03:37.510 my grandparents, my parents, 01:03:37.870 --> 01:03:41.470 and the generations before them that sounded the alarm. 01:03:42.590 --> 01:03:45.050 I thank God for John the Baptist. 01:03:45.390 --> 01:03:46.830 He sounded the alarm. 01:03:46.830 --> 01:03:49.670 Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. 01:03:51.430 --> 01:03:53.770 That message of the kingdom coming 01:03:53.770 --> 01:03:55.970 is not something that all we've heard. 01:03:56.150 --> 01:03:58.470 It was even before our grandparents' time. 01:03:59.510 --> 01:04:01.710 John the Baptist sounded that alarm. 01:04:02.610 --> 01:04:04.350 And then Jesus followed. 01:04:06.370 --> 01:04:07.870 This is what we're coming to. 01:04:07.970 --> 01:04:08.970 Revelation 19. 01:04:09.970 --> 01:04:11.390 Starting at verse 6. 01:04:12.330 --> 01:04:15.270 This is John having this heavenly experience. 01:04:15.270 --> 01:04:17.810 The angel is showing him all these things. 01:04:18.730 --> 01:04:19.430 It says, 01:04:19.670 --> 01:04:24.730 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude. 01:04:25.590 --> 01:04:28.030 As the sound of many waters 01:04:28.030 --> 01:04:31.090 and as the sound of mighty thundering saying, 01:04:31.630 --> 01:04:35.270 Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 01:04:36.090 --> 01:04:36.770 Verse 7. 01:04:36.930 --> 01:04:39.290 Let us be glad and rejoice 01:04:39.290 --> 01:04:41.150 and give him glory 01:04:41.150 --> 01:04:44.790 for the marriage of the Lamb has come 01:04:44.790 --> 01:04:48.610 and his wife has made herself ready. 01:04:50.910 --> 01:04:53.370 I want you to pay attention to something here. 01:04:54.830 --> 01:04:55.750 It says, 01:04:56.890 --> 01:05:00.950 The wife has made herself ready. 01:05:04.980 --> 01:05:07.540 The wife has made herself ready. 01:05:07.840 --> 01:05:09.320 You're saying, why does that have significance? 01:05:09.800 --> 01:05:12.160 I believe the way we make ourselves ready 01:05:12.160 --> 01:05:15.240 is by responding to what he's asking us 01:05:15.240 --> 01:05:16.960 or he's telling us to do. 01:05:20.980 --> 01:05:22.360 You're saying what the scripture says 01:05:22.360 --> 01:05:23.320 that he's going to get ready. 01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:26.260 Yes, he's going to get ready by speaking. 01:05:27.520 --> 01:05:30.180 She's going to get herself ready by responding. 01:05:33.660 --> 01:05:34.500 It didn't say, 01:05:34.600 --> 01:05:36.560 I want you to pay attention to this. 01:05:36.960 --> 01:05:38.100 It didn't say 01:05:40.460 --> 01:05:42.340 that he made the wife ready, 01:05:42.480 --> 01:05:46.320 but his wife has made herself ready. 01:05:49.200 --> 01:05:51.940 Friends, the purpose of everything 01:05:51.940 --> 01:05:54.340 all these revival is and what it's coming to, 01:05:54.780 --> 01:05:56.520 it's coming to a moment 01:05:56.520 --> 01:06:01.200 of the greatest wedding that we will ever experience. 01:06:01.380 --> 01:06:02.380 That's what we're coming to. 01:06:04.400 --> 01:06:05.880 That's what we're coming to. 01:06:07.080 --> 01:06:08.400 Revival is 01:06:09.740 --> 01:06:11.080 all these things, 01:06:11.920 --> 01:06:13.280 the greatest wedding 01:06:13.280 --> 01:06:15.960 that we are to ever experience. 01:06:16.580 --> 01:06:17.940 That's the ending goal of it. 01:06:18.040 --> 01:06:19.280 And then for eternity, I don't know. 01:06:19.940 --> 01:06:21.940 The Bible gives us ideas of it, 01:06:21.940 --> 01:06:23.340 but I don't know what we're going to do for eternity. 01:06:24.020 --> 01:06:24.780 Feast with the Lord, 01:06:25.220 --> 01:06:26.060 sit in our saunas. 01:06:26.160 --> 01:06:26.780 I don't know, man. 01:06:26.920 --> 01:06:28.200 Hang out with... I don't know. 01:06:29.460 --> 01:06:30.660 But what I do know 01:06:30.660 --> 01:06:32.160 and what's our future 01:06:33.460 --> 01:06:34.720 is that there is a wedding 01:06:35.920 --> 01:06:37.060 that's a lot closer. 01:06:37.840 --> 01:06:38.600 Listen to me. 01:06:39.460 --> 01:06:40.560 There is a wedding 01:06:41.640 --> 01:06:43.020 that is a lot closer 01:06:43.660 --> 01:06:44.840 than we even realize. 01:06:50.460 --> 01:06:51.880 I want to remind us something 01:06:51.880 --> 01:06:52.500 and then we'll pray. 01:06:53.900 --> 01:06:55.980 Open Heavens 25, I spoke this, 01:06:58.260 --> 01:07:00.600 where I talked about the four years 01:07:01.520 --> 01:07:03.040 with Trump coming into office 01:07:03.040 --> 01:07:04.620 and then the four years that I heard the Lord 01:07:04.620 --> 01:07:05.880 speak to me about 01:07:05.880 --> 01:07:07.700 and that I just want to remind us of this 01:07:07.700 --> 01:07:08.560 is that he said 01:07:09.440 --> 01:07:11.800 the way that we treat these four years 01:07:12.420 --> 01:07:14.360 and the way that we prepare ourselves 01:07:14.360 --> 01:07:15.480 in these four years, 01:07:15.980 --> 01:07:17.480 the years to follow 01:07:17.480 --> 01:07:19.340 will be a result of it. 01:07:22.170 --> 01:07:23.210 I don't know what's ahead. 01:07:25.690 --> 01:07:26.130 There's... 01:07:26.130 --> 01:07:27.270 Yeah, I'm not going to get into that. 01:07:29.010 --> 01:07:30.850 But I also want to make another marking 01:07:30.850 --> 01:07:31.630 and we'll pray here. 01:07:32.150 --> 01:07:34.570 This November, this November 01:07:35.050 --> 01:07:36.590 is going to be the halfway point 01:07:37.170 --> 01:07:38.190 of the four years. 01:07:40.510 --> 01:07:42.150 So I want to remind you 01:07:44.290 --> 01:07:45.950 whatever you're doing in your life 01:07:45.950 --> 01:07:47.490 right now, whatever you're doing, 01:07:48.730 --> 01:07:50.050 I want you to go home today 01:07:50.050 --> 01:07:50.890 and really think about 01:07:50.890 --> 01:07:52.690 what I'm doing right now in my life 01:07:52.690 --> 01:07:56.090 is that beneficial to eternity. 01:07:57.390 --> 01:07:59.110 Now, I'm not saying stop living. 01:08:00.990 --> 01:08:02.570 Yes, there's duties that we have to do. 01:08:02.670 --> 01:08:04.510 I'm talking about the other things 01:08:04.510 --> 01:08:06.850 that we have placed upon ourselves. 01:08:08.810 --> 01:08:11.750 That we have placed upon ourselves. 01:08:12.070 --> 01:08:13.670 That we have taken charge. 01:08:13.670 --> 01:08:16.090 God never even asked us to do it. 01:08:17.450 --> 01:08:19.030 I want you to go home tonight 01:08:19.030 --> 01:08:20.090 and I want you to think about 01:08:20.670 --> 01:08:21.570 what am I doing 01:08:22.750 --> 01:08:24.290 and should I be doing it? 01:08:27.620 --> 01:08:28.340 Following me? 01:08:29.320 --> 01:08:29.960 Let's stand for prayer. 01:08:30.420 --> 01:08:31.460 Pastor, do you want to say anything after 01:08:31.460 --> 01:08:32.000 or can I dismiss? 01:08:33.880 --> 01:08:35.140 Father, we thank you. 01:08:36.760 --> 01:08:38.800 Father, we thank you for your word 01:08:38.800 --> 01:08:40.060 and the washing of it. 01:08:41.420 --> 01:08:42.720 We thank you 01:08:44.500 --> 01:08:46.500 that you even now 01:08:46.500 --> 01:08:49.160 are sounding the alarm by your Holy Spirit. 01:08:49.360 --> 01:08:53.080 You even now are speaking to our hearts 01:08:53.080 --> 01:08:56.100 and you are awakening our hearts 01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:00.140 to see in a new perspective, 01:09:00.480 --> 01:09:02.000 to think in a new perspective 01:09:02.320 --> 01:09:05.640 so that we would be prepared 01:09:05.640 --> 01:09:08.700 and ready to enter into 01:09:09.820 --> 01:09:13.220 the supper and the marriage of the Lamb. 01:09:14.440 --> 01:09:16.840 Lord, I pray that you would keep us ready 01:09:16.840 --> 01:09:17.920 that you would continue 01:09:18.480 --> 01:09:20.740 to put the pressure on this church 01:09:20.740 --> 01:09:22.660 that we would not lose sight 01:09:22.660 --> 01:09:25.520 and we would continue to ready ourselves. 01:09:26.940 --> 01:09:28.800 Wash over us by your word. 01:09:29.340 --> 01:09:30.800 Be graceful to us, Lord. 01:09:30.960 --> 01:09:32.160 Be graceful to us. 01:09:32.260 --> 01:09:33.960 And may you show your mercy 01:09:33.960 --> 01:09:36.360 and compassion in the areas 01:09:36.360 --> 01:09:38.620 that we may still be weakened in, Lord. 01:09:38.740 --> 01:09:41.040 Would you show your mercy and grace 01:09:41.040 --> 01:09:42.240 in those areas to us? 01:09:42.460 --> 01:09:43.480 We're asking you. 01:09:44.600 --> 01:09:46.060 We are asking you, Lord, 01:09:46.160 --> 01:09:48.180 because there is areas in our life 01:09:48.700 --> 01:09:50.960 that we need your mercy and your grace 01:09:50.960 --> 01:09:51.800 like never before. 01:09:54.300 --> 01:09:56.380 We thank you, we bless you 01:09:56.380 --> 01:09:58.080 in Jesus' name. 01:09:59.060 --> 01:09:59.220 Amen.