The Truth We Share

This is a message about the blessing we have received when we got the Gospel… how fortunate we are.

The unity we have because we know this truth, that we are brothers and sisters IN Christ. We are in Christ. We cannot forget that. It should go without saying, but since I frankly haven’t heard it enough, I’ll say it. We are in the world. Yes. We are in our body. yes. We are in our head, yes. We are in our phones. Yes. We are in Christ, quadruple yes. I am in Christ. You are in Christ. Be in Christ. We are buried with Him in baptism and come up out of the water in newness of life.

Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water, because you are in Christ. You are a Pentecostal. You’re in the most special thing in the world.

Oh that's a ridiculous thing to say......... "Oh, I'm sorry I forgot you're not allowed to say anything anymore. That's too definitive. You're not allowed to make a definitive statement anymore". "Everything is up for speculation, there is no correct answer, there is no decision made until all the experts have thoroughly examined everything and there's a 16 month backlog..."

HEY! I don't need any of that. I don't need the government and the "experts" who just dropped a 34 TRILLION dollar bill on my table. Thank you- I'm good..... I frankly don't think you have any idea what you're doing.

You’re in the Pentecostal church. We are Seal Team 6 of the Christian world. When everything has failed, they call us in. We’re the Ghostbusters. Look alive, you’re in Christ.

There are demons going into churches in this day and age, and altering the uniform and preaching blasphemes behind the pulpit, but let me tell you, their feet will burn just touching our sidewalks along the parking lot. They don’t want any of this. You are powerful because you are in Christ. Don’t let anything tell you different. You are equipped. All you need is a slingshot and a stone. You don’t need everything. You have everything now where you’re at.

2 Corinthians 12:9

The Lord has said, My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness.

You have everything you need, right here, right now. That’s the truth.

That’s the truth we share.

The only way non-believers and those who don’t have salvation, get salvation, is by first hearing the gospel. It will not reach them another way. It just really doesn’t work that way. God deals with His people, and through us, we have the greatest message. It’s the most valuable thing there is, and I’m convinced it hasn’t been revealed to us. Until now. You are the only link between them and salvation.

That’s why he chose us- to connect with all these strangers out there.

We are oddly familiar to them.

It’s like they’ve seen us before.

That’s because there’s Jesus living in us.

Jesus they know.

They might not know you, but they know Jesus.

They have a sixth sense because He is the one who holds their very life in His hands. It's unavoidable.

But, we can’t do it on our own. The Lord got to be in us, and we have to be in Him.

It’s not enough for me to do things on my own efforts, I’ve got to do it in Him.

Let him take the reins...

This truth can be weird. C’mon, let’s get weird. Arms growing out is weird. I’ve experienced some things. I’ve heard some things firsthand from people I trust. Gospel level miracles. I think it’s only a matter of time before we get a viral video of limbs growing out and people are debating if it’s ai or not. Maybe it’s not happening because you’re going to run a bunch of people off with your attitude, and God isn’t going to waste His time. Get ready, because maybe nothing is about to be normal. If it isn’t normal, it’s weird. Weird isn’t bad if it’s from Jesus. Jesus is the one who can change the status quo. He can break your reality. He can do whatever He wants. If nothing's happening, it’s because he’s not doing it. But if He does it, everything can change. There are no rules or limitations to the Lord. Who is this who commands the wind and the waves? Don’t let the downfall of the charismatics stop you from having faith. If hillsong and Israel and new breed fall off, don’t let the music stop. Oh, that you’d find a new song in your heart. Let the Lord guide you. Let Him inspire you. There is a song in your heart. There is a substance of faith in you. You are hoping. Don’t let the world get you down. Don’t let the radical atheism get you down. Don’t let the cynical get you down. You keep smiling if you want to smile. You dive in with an awkward conversation if you feel like it. If you’re waiting on the world to change, you’ll be waiting your whole life. Take your whippings, if it helps them- good. It’ll help you too. Because when I am weak, I am strong. When I am weak, I am strong. The devil would give you 5 million bucks tonight. The devil want you feeling like Arnold Schwarzenegger tonight.

No, when I am weak, then I am strong. It’s when people have lost and people have fallen down, and they’re hurting and they don’t know what to do…

That’s the truth that we share. We have gone through something that made our heart break and our spirit die in us, and buckled our knees… and in the midst of that time, we found a God who came to rescue us. A God who came to save us.

That’s the truth we share.

This is a faith of faith. Of believing. You've got to believe. You've got to believe, because without faith, you can't please God. So, don't think you're going to get anywhere without faith. God will deliver in time, I'm sure, but there's another component to this. There's faith......... and then there's faithfullness. FaithFULLNESS. Can you keep it? Is this a walk of faith based on things you see, or are you ready to retain it in the lean times. If nothing looks to be happening? Can you keep faithful? To always have faith at all times, is to be full of faith. That is faithfulness.

To hold on to your commitment. When you have other opportunities, when you feel empowered enough to do what you want. When you stay committed to God and His people- that is faithfulness. Not to yourself, not to your dreams and wishes, but to God and his people. Or else, why do we do this? You can't stop.

Never stop.

God never ends, so why should we?

You know what will end? This world.

Remain faithful. In all places at all times.

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Not all accept his truth.

That's the unfortunate reality.

You know what I say to them?

"You don't want the good stuff..."

........"You want the BAD stuff..."

.......But you're not going to make me feel dumb.

I'm not some Mormon, I'm not some Scientologist.

I am an ambassador to Christ, You are an Ambassador to Christ, You are the link between Jesus and these people in this world. You are that vital link.

I'm an ambassador to Christ. I've got papers. I'm AKC licensed. I'm a purebred, I'm a new creation.

They really have no defense in argument, so much as they are putting up a WALL and pretending it's a legitimate wall.

"Oh the government said you have to respect my rights."

Well.... the government also said there's freedom of speech and that's the 1st line in the whole thing. So, you might want to read up on that.

If you call yourself an American, you better get use to people talking, and you've go to develop some kind of verbal skills. That's developed by filling your mind with the good stuff. Fill up your mind with the word of God and soak it in for yourself. Soon enough it will naturally flow from your mouth.

"These people are so different though..." "I don't know if I can relate, or if they can accept me"...

I will tell you God made opposites to attract. The sun and the earth. The moon and the earth. Man and woman. The Subaru will cut off the Ford F-150 on the road. Opposites attract.

How about the sinner and the man who never sinned?

Opposites attract.

We are gentiles. We are sinners. We are the furthest thing from the Holy, Perfect God. But, this is the way it worked... that we would have a magnetic pull in our lives with God drawing us to Him. He made that way for us in Christ.

Wherever you're at, you're not going to run from God. You can try, but you might as well give up now. This is a God of magnetism. He will draw us to Him. That's the truth.

That's the truth that we share.

We are together in this not because of our personalities, not because of how we look, not because of our talents, NO, we are stirring ourselves up today and realizing, come to the realization that we are together because we share this truth. We share in the inheritance in Christ.

Romans 8:17

Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

It is in the humble place, it is in the place where things are not going ideally where our identity is sealed as a "Co-Heir" with Christ. We are born again, but if you want to gain the biggest inheritance there is, just understand that if things aren't going great, or even good at all... let me tell you are going through the gamut. That's where you're getting ready for your inheritance.

Now, I have a word today for you.

Start here. Start in the place you're in.

This is the starting point.

The place you're in today is the place where your new beginning is. This is the start of the journey. But it also means it's the end of another journey.

Your last book has been written, but today is where the new book begins. Here is your sequel. We have it delivered to you today.

Isaiah 43:19

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Can we perceive it? Do we get the inkling? Do we have eyes to see and ears to hear? Do we have the ability?

Oh Lord, Today help us look beyond the nervousness of those around us, the pearl clutchers, and the hand wringers....

I don't want my own concerns to get in the way of whatever God is doing. Lord, take hold of my life. Let the new thing happen.

He's always done something new in our lives. And here we are again, but this time, I feel like this is what we have been building up towards to. This is a pivotal time, and the Lord is going to do the biggest work yet. I'm confident in that. I am blindly confident in that. This can't be the status quo. God has never let things get so bad to where He did not step in. He's gonna step in. I guarantee it. God is going to step in. You will see the works of the Lord being done. He Will do it.

This is Our God.

This is the Truth we share.

Our God is a God of Miracles

Our God is a God that draws you today to share in salvation.

Our God is faithful to his promises.

We will remain faithful always, because He is always faithful.

That is the truth we share.