Heaven Is Not Anxious

100:00:00.410 --> 00:00:02.570So what is our response as children of200:00:02.570 --> 00:00:02.830God?300:00:03.210 --> 00:00:05.770What is our response as the people of400:00:05.770 --> 00:00:06.030God?500:00:06.450 --> 00:00:08.830Because, I mean, if you take that thought600:00:08.830 --> 00:00:11.150to its logical end that the robots with700:00:11.150 --> 00:00:13.410AI brains are coming, people right now are800:00:13.410 --> 00:00:15.570predicting 80% of all white-collar jobs900:00:15.570 --> 00:00:16.810just evaporating overnight.1000:00:17.790 --> 00:00:19.070What does that mean for the child of1100:00:19.070 --> 00:00:19.290God?1200:00:19.690 --> 00:00:21.830Definitely start with not being afraid.1300:00:22.030 --> 00:00:22.190Amen.1400:00:22.750 --> 00:00:24.450Knowing that the Lord is sovereign and nothing1500:00:24.450 --> 00:00:25.630takes Him by surprise.1600:00:26.090 --> 00:00:28.110Welcome to the CityLight Church podcast.1700:00:28.710 --> 00:00:30.770Thanks for joining us today as we look1800:00:30.770 --> 00:00:33.330into God's Word and discover the hope and1900:00:33.330 --> 00:00:35.050truth that He has for us.2000:00:35.710 --> 00:00:37.210If you want to connect with CityLight2100:00:37.210 --> 00:00:40.430Church, feel free to visit us at CityLightNYC2200:00:40.430 --> 00:00:41.190.com.2300:00:41.470 --> 00:00:44.130That's CityLightNYC.com.2400:00:44.790 --> 00:00:47.430Pastor Boyan Jancic and his team believe that2500:00:47.430 --> 00:00:50.030the power of the Holy Spirit is already2600:00:50.030 --> 00:00:51.930working in our hearts and minds.2700:00:51.930 --> 00:00:55.130As you listen to today's teaching, remember that2800:00:55.130 --> 00:00:57.690you are deeply loved by God, that you2900:00:57.690 --> 00:01:00.310are surrounded by His grace, and that He3000:01:00.310 --> 00:01:02.230has a real hope and a future for3100:01:02.230 --> 00:01:02.510you.3200:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.560Welcome to everybody joining us online.3300:01:10.910 --> 00:01:12.570I bet when you made that decision to3400:01:12.570 --> 00:01:14.190stay home, you thought it'd be about two3500:01:14.190 --> 00:01:15.170feet of snow by now.3600:01:16.150 --> 00:01:18.210And right here, I can actually see the3700:01:18.210 --> 00:01:20.210outside, and I can't even tell if it's3800:01:20.210 --> 00:01:21.090snowing or raining.3900:01:21.230 --> 00:01:24.650It's like slushing with no stickage.4000:01:28.590 --> 00:01:31.530I want to just, before I begin ministering4100:01:31.530 --> 00:01:33.010to you, I'd just like to minister to4200:01:33.010 --> 00:01:33.270you.4300:01:34.050 --> 00:01:39.170Mark chapter 16, starting in verse 15.4400:01:43.050 --> 00:01:46.570I just had a quick conversation, real quick,4500:01:47.130 --> 00:01:49.410about the topic of healing right before worship4600:01:49.410 --> 00:01:49.830began.4700:01:51.330 --> 00:01:53.030And I've said this, what I'm about to4800:01:53.030 --> 00:01:54.410say here and there in the midst of4900:01:54.410 --> 00:01:56.050a sermon, but I just, I want to5000:01:56.050 --> 00:02:01.410really just take some time and share with5100:02:01.410 --> 00:02:03.050you my experience when it comes to healing5200:02:03.050 --> 00:02:04.490and something that I firmly believe.5300:02:05.770 --> 00:02:09.930Mark 16, 15, after the resurrection, Jesus' final5400:02:09.930 --> 00:02:11.870words to His disciples, He said to them,5500:02:11.990 --> 00:02:13.570go into all the world and preach the5600:02:13.570 --> 00:02:14.870gospel to every creature.5700:02:15.490 --> 00:02:17.130That's for us, by the way, right?5800:02:17.230 --> 00:02:20.470Not just the 12, but that's for us.5900:02:22.250 --> 00:02:25.070And we find ourselves in Queens, where there's6000:02:25.070 --> 00:02:28.010161 nations in the borough of Queens.6100:02:29.410 --> 00:02:31.170So we don't even need a passport, we6200:02:31.170 --> 00:02:32.490can go into all the world and preach6300:02:32.490 --> 00:02:33.870the gospel to every creature.6400:02:35.210 --> 00:02:37.250And when we go to Guatemala, like you6500:02:37.250 --> 00:02:40.370heard last Sunday, but that's just because it's6600:02:40.370 --> 00:02:41.310so fun to go to.6700:02:46.110 --> 00:02:49.370I'm just chuckling because, you know, I've been6800:02:49.370 --> 00:02:51.350going for 17 years now, so I asked6900:02:51.350 --> 00:02:53.790Pastor Mike, Mike McComb, I said, you know,7000:02:54.050 --> 00:02:55.550in that village, where are all the little7100:02:55.550 --> 00:02:57.970kids that I got saved?7200:02:58.830 --> 00:02:59.810And he said, well, I know a bunch7300:02:59.810 --> 00:03:01.150of them are putting up drywall in New7400:03:01.150 --> 00:03:01.530York City.7500:03:03.330 --> 00:03:06.190I was like, okay, all right, got that.7600:03:07.330 --> 00:03:08.990They could come by and say thank you,7700:03:09.110 --> 00:03:09.950visit, you know?7800:03:10.710 --> 00:03:11.270Amen.7900:03:14.290 --> 00:03:19.710But he who believes and is baptized will8000:03:19.710 --> 00:03:21.650be saved, but he who does not believe8100:03:21.650 --> 00:03:22.470will be condemned.8200:03:23.710 --> 00:03:25.890And these signs will follow those who believe.8300:03:26.270 --> 00:03:28.370In my name, they will cast out demons.8400:03:28.950 --> 00:03:30.370They will speak with new tongues.8500:03:30.470 --> 00:03:34.430Isn't that awesome that Jesus, he prophesied and8600:03:34.430 --> 00:03:37.070spoke forth that his followers will be speaking8700:03:37.070 --> 00:03:37.650in tongues.8800:03:39.110 --> 00:03:41.630And that's just important to note, because sometimes8900:03:41.630 --> 00:03:43.330the way tongues is presented or the way9000:03:43.330 --> 00:03:45.910tongues is understood by other Christians from other9100:03:45.910 --> 00:03:49.450denominations, it's like this weird esoteric thing that9200:03:49.450 --> 00:03:51.110certain fringe groups do.9300:03:52.070 --> 00:03:54.670And it's not, it's all throughout the book9400:03:54.670 --> 00:03:55.190of Acts.9500:03:57.990 --> 00:04:00.490Paul, he gave a good lesson on speaking9600:04:00.490 --> 00:04:02.530in tongues and he finished it, capped it9700:04:02.530 --> 00:04:04.430off by saying, don't forbid people to speak9800:04:04.430 --> 00:04:04.870in tongues.9900:04:05.750 --> 00:04:07.450And then even Jesus, I mean, he's talking10000:04:07.450 --> 00:04:08.930about miraculous stuff, right?10100:04:09.610 --> 00:04:11.790Because tongues means languages, just in case somebody10200:04:11.790 --> 00:04:14.110thinks, well, he was talking about, you know,10300:04:14.190 --> 00:04:16.829missionaries studying and learning five, six, seven, eight10400:04:16.829 --> 00:04:17.250languages.10500:04:17.529 --> 00:04:18.970No, that was happening back then.10600:04:19.190 --> 00:04:21.150There's nothing supernatural about hitting the books and10700:04:21.150 --> 00:04:22.010learning other languages.10800:04:23.090 --> 00:04:25.590The supernatural is that when you supernaturally speak10900:04:25.590 --> 00:04:28.830in other tongues, they will take up serpents.11000:04:28.910 --> 00:04:32.410And if they drink anything deadly, it will11100:04:32.410 --> 00:04:33.550by no means hurt them.11200:04:34.090 --> 00:04:35.510And this is what I just wanted to11300:04:35.510 --> 00:04:36.410share with you on healing.11400:04:36.410 --> 00:04:37.930It says they will lay hands on the11500:04:37.930 --> 00:04:41.690sick and they will, they will recover.11600:04:42.730 --> 00:04:50.750Now recover means grow well, grow well over11700:04:50.750 --> 00:04:51.630time.11800:04:53.030 --> 00:04:56.270Now this is what I've experienced personally, what11900:04:56.270 --> 00:05:00.050I've experienced praying for people and seeing people,12000:05:00.190 --> 00:05:03.590some receive healing, some that don't receive healing.12100:05:03.590 --> 00:05:05.830And I just think it's important for us12200:05:05.830 --> 00:05:06.890to acknowledge this.12300:05:07.770 --> 00:05:11.870I believe that like 85% plus of12400:05:11.870 --> 00:05:15.630healings that happen is under this category of12500:05:15.630 --> 00:05:22.810grow well, recover over time, as opposed to12600:05:22.810 --> 00:05:24.170an instant miracle.12700:05:25.070 --> 00:05:26.810And why is that important just to talk12800:05:26.810 --> 00:05:27.090about?12900:05:27.390 --> 00:05:29.010And a lot of preachers, they don't like13000:05:29.010 --> 00:05:33.230talking about it because oftentimes it's just not13100:05:33.230 --> 00:05:37.050as spectacular when it happens over time.13200:05:37.070 --> 00:05:38.690And I'm not talking about over natural time.13300:05:39.530 --> 00:05:41.470Like if you got the 72 hour flu13400:05:41.470 --> 00:05:43.230and it goes away in 72 hours, that's13500:05:43.230 --> 00:05:43.850not supernatural.13600:05:44.210 --> 00:05:47.310If you grow well and recover within six13700:05:47.310 --> 00:05:48.350hours, now we're cooking.13800:05:48.530 --> 00:05:48.630Amen.13900:05:52.090 --> 00:05:57.810And oftentimes the healings that are highlighted are14000:05:57.810 --> 00:06:00.550with the giant choir behind the preacher singing14100:06:00.550 --> 00:06:04.250nearer my God to thee, the spotlights, the14200:06:04.250 --> 00:06:07.210lasers, and you came in, you couldn't walk,14300:06:07.350 --> 00:06:08.390boom, now you can walk.14400:06:08.690 --> 00:06:11.550And everybody feels then subconsciously that's the only14500:06:11.550 --> 00:06:13.870way healing comes, that it has to be14600:06:13.870 --> 00:06:14.510instantaneous.14700:06:14.930 --> 00:06:16.150It has to be miraculous.14800:06:16.310 --> 00:06:17.270It has to happen right away.14900:06:17.490 --> 00:06:19.530Or when they don't receive it right away,15000:06:19.590 --> 00:06:21.070they feel, oh, I guess I just didn't15100:06:21.070 --> 00:06:21.450receive.15200:06:21.450 --> 00:06:23.290And then they shut their faith off.15300:06:25.110 --> 00:06:28.430Yet every time God has healed me, and15400:06:28.430 --> 00:06:31.750years ago I was in constant pain, four15500:06:31.750 --> 00:06:35.310herniated discs, nonstop pain.15600:06:36.990 --> 00:06:41.150And the Lord healed me over a course15700:06:41.150 --> 00:06:42.770of, I'd say a couple of months.15800:06:43.250 --> 00:06:45.430And it was by me clinging in faith15900:06:45.430 --> 00:06:47.750and just speaking healing out of my mouth.16000:06:48.330 --> 00:06:50.270And you got to get to this place16100:06:50.270 --> 00:06:52.410where you start getting good at using your16200:06:52.410 --> 00:06:52.730faith.16300:06:52.830 --> 00:06:53.850You say, how do I get to a16400:06:53.850 --> 00:06:55.350place where I'm good at using my faith?16500:06:55.930 --> 00:06:56.330Practice.16600:06:57.650 --> 00:06:59.090Practice makes perfect.16700:06:59.810 --> 00:07:01.070You know, in the beginning, you really don't16800:07:01.070 --> 00:07:02.570know what you're doing and you're trying to16900:07:02.570 --> 00:07:02.830believe.17000:07:03.370 --> 00:07:04.650And it's awkward and it's clumsy.17100:07:05.050 --> 00:07:05.770That's all right.17200:07:06.330 --> 00:07:08.710You start off awkward, clumsy, just like how17300:07:08.710 --> 00:07:10.430you started off learning to ride a bike.17400:07:11.210 --> 00:07:12.550And you're trying to believe.17500:07:12.650 --> 00:07:14.450We even have a scriptural precedent for that.17600:07:14.530 --> 00:07:16.150The one guy who said, Lord, I believe.17700:07:16.730 --> 00:07:18.070Help me with my unbelief.17800:07:18.410 --> 00:07:19.390He's trying to believe.17900:07:20.730 --> 00:07:22.890You move from trying to believe to where18000:07:22.890 --> 00:07:24.610there's a settling in your spirit.18100:07:25.650 --> 00:07:27.830And the word of God is yes and18200:07:27.830 --> 00:07:28.090amen.18300:07:28.770 --> 00:07:29.870And it's real to you.18400:07:30.030 --> 00:07:31.630And you've merged with it.18500:07:31.770 --> 00:07:34.050And now you know that you know that18600:07:34.050 --> 00:07:36.090you are healed, even though nothing may have18700:07:36.090 --> 00:07:38.110changed in your body.18800:07:38.370 --> 00:07:40.790But you have received that truth and you18900:07:40.790 --> 00:07:42.710are firm and standing on that truth.19000:07:43.350 --> 00:07:44.790And then you persist in that.19100:07:45.190 --> 00:07:48.250Now, you're believing that you're healed, yet pain19200:07:48.250 --> 00:07:50.230comes with a very loud speaker, comes with19300:07:50.230 --> 00:07:52.270a megaphone in your ear, and you're going19400:07:52.270 --> 00:07:55.990to have blaring pain or blaring doctor's report.19500:07:56.570 --> 00:07:58.190And that'll mess with your faith.19600:07:58.490 --> 00:08:00.010And you learn how to overcome that.19700:08:00.130 --> 00:08:02.030You cling to the word more than you19800:08:02.030 --> 00:08:03.090do the doctor's report.19900:08:03.190 --> 00:08:05.490You cling to the truth of God's word20000:08:05.490 --> 00:08:07.370more than you do the incessant pain.20100:08:08.730 --> 00:08:12.970And you will see that then supernaturally, yet20200:08:12.970 --> 00:08:15.690in the course of time, you grow well.20300:08:16.230 --> 00:08:16.750Hallelujah.20400:08:18.070 --> 00:08:21.570Now, most of Jesus's healings were instant miracles20500:08:21.570 --> 00:08:23.510because he's awesome like that.20600:08:23.870 --> 00:08:26.110But there were also times like with the20700:08:26.110 --> 00:08:29.25010 lepers where it says, as they went,20800:08:29.690 --> 00:08:32.270they were cleansed over the course of time.20900:08:32.370 --> 00:08:32.530Amen.21000:08:33.610 --> 00:08:35.789So I just want to just say this21100:08:35.789 --> 00:08:37.470also real quick to the woman that I21200:08:37.470 --> 00:08:39.230spoke to before service.21300:08:39.429 --> 00:08:41.450Acts 15, I believe it is.21400:08:44.030 --> 00:08:45.17015 or 14.21500:08:45.630 --> 00:08:49.190A woman I never met before.21600:08:49.470 --> 00:08:50.810And I feel like the Lord wants you21700:08:50.810 --> 00:08:51.290to know this.21800:08:51.410 --> 00:08:53.270And in Lystra, a certain man without strength21900:08:53.270 --> 00:08:55.710in his feet was sitting a cripple from22000:08:55.710 --> 00:08:57.950his mother's womb and had never walked.22100:08:59.010 --> 00:09:00.930This man heard Paul speaking.22200:09:01.210 --> 00:09:06.210Now, Paul, cripple man, Paul observing him, the22300:09:06.210 --> 00:09:09.610sick man, and seeing that he had faith22400:09:09.610 --> 00:09:10.310to be healed.22500:09:13.690 --> 00:09:15.810When you've been around the block a few22600:09:15.810 --> 00:09:19.190times, you can see faith on people.22700:09:22.020 --> 00:09:23.800And you can see who has faith to22800:09:23.800 --> 00:09:24.200be healed.22900:09:24.300 --> 00:09:25.540And to that woman, I just want you23000:09:25.540 --> 00:09:27.840to know, we only spoke for like 2023100:09:27.840 --> 00:09:29.040seconds, but I walked away.23200:09:29.600 --> 00:09:31.340You were radiating faith.23300:09:32.140 --> 00:09:34.420I know that I know that you will23400:09:34.420 --> 00:09:34.900be well.23500:09:35.540 --> 00:09:35.900Hallelujah.23600:09:38.220 --> 00:09:40.100I think it's only her second or third23700:09:40.100 --> 00:09:40.540time here.23800:09:40.620 --> 00:09:42.320She just quickly shared with me, but I23900:09:42.320 --> 00:09:43.880walked away going, this woman is healed of24000:09:43.880 --> 00:09:44.240the Lord.24100:09:45.380 --> 00:09:47.540And it's with such a, and unfortunately I24200:09:47.540 --> 00:09:48.620don't do that with everyone.24300:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.960Sometimes someone goes, because she made this sweet,24400:09:51.040 --> 00:09:51.900positive confession.24500:09:52.000 --> 00:09:52.400I'm healed.24600:09:52.940 --> 00:09:55.100But there's Christians who go, but you know,24700:09:55.200 --> 00:09:56.260I'm sick, but you know, I'm healed.24800:09:57.560 --> 00:09:59.160I'm like, what, what are you, what is24900:09:59.160 --> 00:09:59.720this a game?25000:10:00.600 --> 00:10:00.880What are you?25100:10:03.340 --> 00:10:05.160Get to that place where you believe it.25200:10:06.020 --> 00:10:06.580Believe it.25300:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.160Just make it this.25400:10:07.220 --> 00:10:09.020I believe it and receive it.25500:10:09.240 --> 00:10:09.600Hallelujah.25600:10:10.400 --> 00:10:12.080And so I walked away going, I just25700:10:12.080 --> 00:10:12.500like that.25800:10:12.580 --> 00:10:14.400I saw that she had faith to be25900:10:14.400 --> 00:10:14.640healed.26000:10:14.860 --> 00:10:18.180I watched these guys because I like watches26100:10:18.180 --> 00:10:21.460and, and you know, they have a lot26200:10:21.460 --> 00:10:22.380of fake Rolexes.26300:10:22.380 --> 00:10:24.620These always had fakes, but now they have26400:10:24.620 --> 00:10:27.380the super clones out of China and, and,26500:10:27.380 --> 00:10:29.020and they're, they, they're the exact weight.26600:10:29.020 --> 00:10:33.220They even, they reverse engineered the Rolexes, you26700:10:33.220 --> 00:10:36.200know, Rolex has refineries like Rolex doesn't like26800:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.380buy gold from the outside.26900:10:37.380 --> 00:10:40.100They actually combine their own gold and refine27000:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.060them right on site.27100:10:41.140 --> 00:10:42.860Same thing with the platinum and all that.27200:10:42.880 --> 00:10:45.940And these, these super clones have come in27300:10:45.940 --> 00:10:47.860now and flooded the market and are fooling27400:10:47.860 --> 00:10:48.540a lot of people.27500:10:48.760 --> 00:10:51.140So I watched these guys on Instagram and,27600:10:51.200 --> 00:10:53.360um, you know, where the guy assumes it's27700:10:53.360 --> 00:10:54.460a fake watch and he takes it to27800:10:54.460 --> 00:10:56.300that one guy on 47th street, of course.27900:10:57.140 --> 00:11:00.000And there's like over 20 different security tells28000:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.140within a Rolex that'll show you whether it's28100:11:03.140 --> 00:11:05.780real or not, but usually he just takes28200:11:05.780 --> 00:11:06.860them and goes fake.28300:11:07.760 --> 00:11:09.240And then he'll show you all the ways28400:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.120that he, that, that assure that it is28500:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.360fake.28600:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.940But the moment he took it, he was28700:11:13.940 --> 00:11:15.700like, they ask, how did you know?28800:11:15.800 --> 00:11:17.660It was like, it just felt off.28900:11:19.040 --> 00:11:21.860And so it's like that with the discernment29000:11:21.860 --> 00:11:23.140and the discerning of faith.29100:11:23.280 --> 00:11:25.540When that woman spoke to me, it just29200:11:25.540 --> 00:11:26.180felt on.29300:11:26.780 --> 00:11:28.800You've seen, you've seen it enough times.29400:11:28.880 --> 00:11:30.620It just felt on hallelujah.29500:11:32.800 --> 00:11:33.320Hallelujah.29600:11:34.500 --> 00:11:35.700Thank you, Jesus.29700:11:36.800 --> 00:11:39.360It felt on authentic.29800:11:39.880 --> 00:11:42.060Oh, legitimate.29900:11:44.260 --> 00:11:44.820Amen.30000:11:46.940 --> 00:11:47.500Hallelujah.30100:11:50.440 --> 00:11:51.000Hallelujah.30200:11:51.220 --> 00:11:52.920For me, the faith is not a game.30300:11:53.020 --> 00:11:55.360It's it's oftentimes a matter of life or30400:11:55.360 --> 00:11:55.680death.30500:11:57.100 --> 00:11:59.620And if you're trying to believe that's all30600:11:59.620 --> 00:12:01.800right, but don't camp out there forever.30700:12:03.980 --> 00:12:04.980Make a decision.30800:12:05.140 --> 00:12:06.540Either I'm going to believe, or I won't30900:12:06.540 --> 00:12:09.160believe, but then be solid in that decision.31000:12:13.280 --> 00:12:13.760Hallelujah.31100:12:13.760 --> 00:12:17.340I had a message prepared, but because it's31200:12:17.340 --> 00:12:22.400this terrible, terrible blizzard outside, and a lot31300:12:22.400 --> 00:12:23.580of people have stayed back.31400:12:24.440 --> 00:12:25.980I'm going to save it till next Sunday,31500:12:26.220 --> 00:12:27.560because it's an important message.31600:12:28.040 --> 00:12:29.540It was on the sons of Ishakar who31700:12:29.540 --> 00:12:32.620had wisdom and understanding and discernment of the31800:12:32.620 --> 00:12:33.560times that we're in.31900:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.800And I feel like we just need to32000:12:35.800 --> 00:12:37.160recalibrate ever so often.32100:12:37.300 --> 00:12:39.560We need to recalibrate and just, just talk32200:12:39.560 --> 00:12:41.740about the seasons and the times that we're32300:12:41.740 --> 00:12:41.960in.32400:12:42.100 --> 00:12:42.220Amen.32500:12:43.260 --> 00:12:45.680And I found that there is such a32600:12:45.680 --> 00:12:48.820flood of information right now, but even though32700:12:48.820 --> 00:12:50.640there's such a flood of information right now,32800:12:51.100 --> 00:12:55.420there are lots of people, sadly, a lot32900:12:55.420 --> 00:12:59.260in the church that really don't know what's33000:12:59.260 --> 00:13:00.660happening in the world right now.33100:13:01.300 --> 00:13:04.100All they know is what their TikTok algo33200:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.700feeds them.33300:13:05.840 --> 00:13:06.480That's it.33400:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.780They've stopped paying attention to the news.33500:13:08.900 --> 00:13:09.240They've stopped.33600:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.620And they just, they kind of like are33700:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.260living in a bubble.33800:13:11.320 --> 00:13:12.840Have you ever encountered someone like that?33900:13:12.860 --> 00:13:14.680You try to talk about something current and34000:13:14.680 --> 00:13:15.880they're still in 2015.34100:13:16.260 --> 00:13:19.660Like they have, they don't know.34200:13:19.840 --> 00:13:22.020Just me, just me and one person nodding34300:13:22.020 --> 00:13:22.380at me.34400:13:22.460 --> 00:13:22.760Yeah.34500:13:22.920 --> 00:13:24.040You're like, is he talking about me?34600:13:24.180 --> 00:13:24.420Yes.34700:13:24.420 --> 00:13:26.040If you're wondering if I'm talking about you,34800:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.500I'm talking about you.34900:13:31.720 --> 00:13:36.720And so with just being aware of what's35000:13:36.720 --> 00:13:39.360happening, like for example, you know, we're going35100:13:39.360 --> 00:13:40.520to war with Iran, right?35200:13:41.300 --> 00:13:42.940They didn't say it quite like that, but35300:13:42.940 --> 00:13:46.620yeah, America's going to do Israel a solid35400:13:46.620 --> 00:13:52.720and do some, do some regime changing in35500:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.040Iran.35600:13:54.080 --> 00:13:55.500That's pretty much going to happen.35700:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.360And something that's been coming up over and35800:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.660over again is the robots again.35900:14:01.860 --> 00:14:04.540The robots, I said this six, eight months36000:14:04.540 --> 00:14:08.520ago, and I feel like, I mean, I36100:14:08.520 --> 00:14:09.760thought, I felt like you were looking at36200:14:09.760 --> 00:14:10.720me like I had six heads.36300:14:13.100 --> 00:14:16.500But when somebody with 160 IQ and is36400:14:16.500 --> 00:14:19.020also the world's richest man is incessantly talking36500:14:19.020 --> 00:14:21.600about it and saying it's coming much sooner36600:14:21.600 --> 00:14:24.900and much quicker than you all think, I36700:14:24.900 --> 00:14:26.060would start paying attention.36800:14:27.640 --> 00:14:29.740Just look at the, look at how much36900:14:29.740 --> 00:14:32.340it's, remember when AI first came out just37000:14:32.340 --> 00:14:33.380a few years ago?37100:14:34.020 --> 00:14:35.860They didn't even have the apps, but they37200:14:35.860 --> 00:14:37.800had this one website where you could upload37300:14:37.800 --> 00:14:38.380a picture.37400:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.160And then a day or two later, they37500:14:41.160 --> 00:14:43.120would send you 10 pictures of like AI,37600:14:43.320 --> 00:14:44.560different AI versions of you.37700:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.740And it was terrible.37800:14:45.780 --> 00:14:47.120It was like, this is not me.37900:14:47.400 --> 00:14:48.600This is like, one of them looked like38000:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.460Asian me, you know, another one was like38100:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.100Mexican me.38200:14:51.440 --> 00:14:52.380It was all the different.38300:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.960And that was, now it's come such a38400:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.480long way because it keeps improving upon itself.38500:15:00.140 --> 00:15:02.040And I am just convinced that in two38600:15:02.040 --> 00:15:03.320years, we're going to be looking at a38700:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.480completely different world and we'll be interacting with38800:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.020the entire world in a completely different way.38900:15:08.780 --> 00:15:11.900I started a documentary 15 years ago called39000:15:11.900 --> 00:15:12.740The Singularity.39100:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.300Anybody hear of it?39200:15:14.400 --> 00:15:15.240You should watch it.39300:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.120It's by Raymond Kurzweil.39400:15:17.260 --> 00:15:18.480How many of you know the Kurzweil keyboard?39500:15:19.400 --> 00:15:20.740He's got hundreds of inventions.39600:15:20.920 --> 00:15:22.220One of them is the Kurzweil keyboard.39700:15:22.920 --> 00:15:24.180He's out of Flushing, Queens.39800:15:24.800 --> 00:15:27.200And in the 70s and 80s and 90s,39900:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.740I mean, he was like an invention machine.40000:15:31.520 --> 00:15:34.620And he's 80 something years old now.40100:15:34.820 --> 00:15:38.460And right now he's freelancing at the head40200:15:38.460 --> 00:15:40.920artificial intelligence role for Google.40300:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.360But 15 years ago, he came up with40400:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.040that documentary The Singularity, where he just posited40500:15:47.040 --> 00:15:48.900that a singularity is coming.40600:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.860What is a singularity?40700:15:49.920 --> 00:15:53.540That's where technology just starts advancing at such40800:15:53.540 --> 00:15:56.680a rapid pace that you actually need technology40900:15:56.680 --> 00:15:59.300to keep up with the technology and that41000:15:59.300 --> 00:16:01.760you need to merge with technology just to41100:16:01.760 --> 00:16:04.140keep up with the ever-increasing technology.41200:16:04.300 --> 00:16:06.640So you take, say there's 6,000 years41300:16:06.640 --> 00:16:10.400of human history, known human history.41400:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.800Is that fair to say?41500:16:13.220 --> 00:16:16.3605,900 of those years, man has pretty41600:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.880much lived the same way.41700:16:20.400 --> 00:16:23.840No light bulbs, no electricity, no television, no41800:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.840automobiles, no flying.41900:16:24.920 --> 00:16:26.220They pretty much lived the same way.42000:16:26.280 --> 00:16:29.920Wake up, churn the butter, beat the clothes42100:16:29.920 --> 00:16:32.500against the rock by the brook, no washing42200:16:32.500 --> 00:16:32.940machines.42300:16:34.520 --> 00:16:36.200But now we've come into this time of42400:16:36.200 --> 00:16:36.600enlightenment.42500:16:38.020 --> 00:16:39.820And technology's soaring.42600:16:39.940 --> 00:16:41.660And if you look at how technology grows,42700:16:41.760 --> 00:16:43.080it's kind of like a hockey stick.42800:16:43.140 --> 00:16:46.300It's an exponential graph until towards the end,42900:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.760it's just a straight vertical line.43000:16:49.340 --> 00:16:51.540And 15 years ago, he was talking about43100:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.660how that was coming.43200:16:52.820 --> 00:16:55.580And now they're positing that in a couple43300:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.660of years, we'll be there.43400:16:58.660 --> 00:17:01.020So what is our response as children of43500:17:01.020 --> 00:17:01.320God?43600:17:01.600 --> 00:17:04.220What is our response as the people of43700:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.500God?43800:17:04.819 --> 00:17:07.880Because I mean, if you take that thought43900:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.200to its logical end that the robots with44000:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.660AI brains are coming, well, it means that44100:17:12.660 --> 00:17:14.180really a lot of our jobs won't be44200:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.140necessary anymore.44300:17:16.140 --> 00:17:18.040And people right now are predicting 80%44400:17:18.040 --> 00:17:20.520of all white collar jobs just evaporating overnight.44500:17:21.560 --> 00:17:22.619Happy Sunday, everybody.44600:17:22.700 --> 00:17:24.200I just came to encourage you this morning.44700:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.040Just wanted to build you up, you know,44800:17:27.380 --> 00:17:29.000tell you got a bright and glorious future44900:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.340ahead.45000:17:36.160 --> 00:17:36.600Hallelujah.45100:17:43.650 --> 00:17:45.190What does that mean for the child of45200:17:45.190 --> 00:17:45.430God?45300:17:46.230 --> 00:17:49.510Well, it means definitely start with not being45400:17:49.510 --> 00:17:49.950afraid.45500:17:50.150 --> 00:17:50.290Amen.45600:17:52.250 --> 00:17:54.230Knowing that the Lord is sovereign and nothing45700:17:54.230 --> 00:17:55.490takes him by surprise.45800:17:58.170 --> 00:17:58.650Hallelujah.45900:17:58.650 --> 00:18:01.090And that whenever there's some kind of disruption,46000:18:01.270 --> 00:18:02.510it also means opportunity.46100:18:03.790 --> 00:18:06.710Some people are predicting, look, if the robots46200:18:06.710 --> 00:18:08.530with AI brains are coming and they are,46300:18:09.630 --> 00:18:11.590how many of you use AI frequently?46400:18:11.750 --> 00:18:12.570Let me just see your hands.46500:18:13.190 --> 00:18:15.590Have you noticed how much better it's gotten?46600:18:16.470 --> 00:18:19.770It just keeps getting better and better and46700:18:19.770 --> 00:18:22.190better because it's learning and improving.46800:18:25.130 --> 00:18:28.170And so there's a lot of theories about46900:18:28.170 --> 00:18:30.090what happened, but something that everyone seems to47000:18:30.090 --> 00:18:32.610agree on is that, well, when you've got47100:18:32.610 --> 00:18:36.010millions of these things, the cost of things47200:18:36.010 --> 00:18:37.390is going to be driven down to zero.47300:18:38.470 --> 00:18:41.330And most people won't have to work, I47400:18:41.330 --> 00:18:42.950guess we'll just be like, you know, the47500:18:42.950 --> 00:18:45.110ancient Greeks just walking around in togas, just47600:18:45.110 --> 00:18:48.010telling stories in the marketplace and philosophizing.47700:18:54.320 --> 00:18:56.780But what will people do for money?47800:18:57.120 --> 00:18:58.260Some say, well, there won't even be a47900:18:58.260 --> 00:18:58.860need for money.48000:18:59.160 --> 00:19:00.060I'm like, I don't know.48100:19:00.880 --> 00:19:03.140Heaven and earth remain and money will always48200:19:03.140 --> 00:19:05.560stick around somehow on this side of heaven48300:19:05.560 --> 00:19:06.200and heaven.48400:19:06.280 --> 00:19:06.680You don't need it.48500:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.920That's where the streets are made of gold.48600:19:11.560 --> 00:19:13.060But it could be that they'll try to48700:19:13.060 --> 00:19:15.880introduce some form of UBI, universal basic income,48800:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.800which commies are very, very big fans of.48900:19:20.120 --> 00:19:20.800I'm not.49000:19:21.140 --> 00:19:21.300Amen.49100:19:21.940 --> 00:19:24.080Because if you have a universal basic income,49200:19:24.100 --> 00:19:26.740there is somebody who then can pull that49300:19:26.740 --> 00:19:28.980from you, depending on your behavior, threaten you49400:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.260and hang something over your head.49500:19:31.060 --> 00:19:32.480And we want to make sure that our49600:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.880freedoms are strong and maintained and we're trusting49700:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.320the Lord.49800:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.720Hallelujah.49900:19:37.120 --> 00:19:39.740And so we have to be willing to50000:19:39.740 --> 00:19:41.760talk about these things and recognize what's on50100:19:41.760 --> 00:19:44.000the horizon specifically so we can pray now.50200:19:44.280 --> 00:19:47.200Listen, I found that the Lord responds very,50300:19:47.340 --> 00:19:50.180very well when we start praying without fear,50400:19:50.340 --> 00:19:53.640in advance of something like a good while50500:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.480ahead, just start praying throughout the day.50600:19:56.520 --> 00:19:57.340What should I pray?50700:19:57.840 --> 00:20:00.400Lord, I thank you that you are with50800:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.560me.50900:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.400There's a good beginning.51000:20:02.480 --> 00:20:05.220You are with me and you order my51100:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.680steps.51200:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.280I will not be afraid.51300:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.700Why?51400:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.000You know, the number one reason in the51500:20:09.000 --> 00:20:11.220Bible not to be afraid is because thou51600:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.180art with me.51700:20:12.280 --> 00:20:14.660Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.51800:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.280And you're trusting the Lord to keep praying51900:20:18.280 --> 00:20:19.940that you will not be harmed.52000:20:20.260 --> 00:20:22.120You will be at the right place at52100:20:22.120 --> 00:20:25.160the right time, that whatever disruption comes, it'll52200:20:25.160 --> 00:20:28.420actually result in your promotion and your favor.52300:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.060Hallelujah.52400:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.800I want to show you something out of52500:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.560Genesis 5.52600:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.380Because when you really start seeing what's happening,52700:20:36.800 --> 00:20:38.360your mind can get carried away.52800:20:39.020 --> 00:20:45.360And you realize, I mean, in 2017, the52900:20:45.360 --> 00:20:47.740biggest thing that was happening in Silicon Valley,53000:20:48.740 --> 00:20:50.060how many of you know what it was?53100:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.320It was VR.53200:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.240That's all they were talking about.53300:20:53.680 --> 00:20:55.320I'll go to Wired Magazine, VR.53400:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.940What happened to VR?53500:20:57.160 --> 00:20:59.080A few people played it, threw up, and53600:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.560that was that.53700:21:01.420 --> 00:21:04.120But 2017, 2018, it was all about VR.53800:21:04.260 --> 00:21:05.120And it was like, well, when is the53900:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.920future going to come here?54000:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.740Then out of the blue, AI came.54100:21:08.840 --> 00:21:13.600It came quickly and then just started growing54200:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.500exponentially.54300:21:15.270 --> 00:21:18.060And so now we find ourselves looking around54400:21:18.060 --> 00:21:19.180going, what meaneth this?54500:21:20.680 --> 00:21:22.060Where is this all going?54600:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.480I want to just read to you something54700:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.800that I read, that I remind myself, just54800:21:28.800 --> 00:21:30.340to remind me of the bigness of God,54900:21:31.060 --> 00:21:34.060the greatness of God, and how he knows55000:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.920the end from the beginning.55100:21:35.600 --> 00:21:40.340And it's found in Genesis chapter 5, arguably55200:21:40.340 --> 00:21:42.400the most boring chapter in the book of55300:21:42.400 --> 00:21:45.700Genesis, because it's just a bunch of genealogies55400:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.420and begats.55500:21:48.500 --> 00:21:51.960Yet God hit his awesomeness, even in Genesis55600:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.720chapter 5.55700:21:52.800 --> 00:21:54.820It says, this is the book of the55800:21:54.820 --> 00:21:56.100genealogy of Adam.55900:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.400That's all, folks.56000:22:00.240 --> 00:22:06.080In the day that God created man, he56100:22:06.080 --> 00:22:08.020made him in the likeness of God.56200:22:09.320 --> 00:22:12.280He created the male and female, blessed them,56300:22:12.340 --> 00:22:14.200and called the man kind in the day56400:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.040they were created.56500:22:16.220 --> 00:22:21.780And Adam lived 130 years and begot a56600:22:21.780 --> 00:22:24.360son in his own likeness after his image56700:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.460and named him Seth.56800:22:27.700 --> 00:22:29.760After he begot Seth, the days of Adam56900:22:29.760 --> 00:22:32.160were 800 years, and he had sons and57000:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.420daughters.57100:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.980And then it goes on, go on to57200:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.680verse 9.57300:22:37.540 --> 00:22:39.900Seth had a son called Enosh.57400:22:42.180 --> 00:22:45.340Enosh had a son, verse 12, called Canaan.57500:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.900And Canaan had Mahalel.57600:22:50.240 --> 00:22:53.280And then Mahalel had Jared.57700:22:54.740 --> 00:22:58.240And then Jared lived, verse 18, 162 years57800:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.340and begot Enoch.57900:23:01.460 --> 00:23:04.600And then Enoch lived 65 years and begot58000:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.300Methuselah.58100:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.980And it lists these things.58200:23:07.120 --> 00:23:08.380And then we go on to Genesis 6.58300:23:08.400 --> 00:23:10.640And in Genesis 6, of course, the Nephilim58400:23:10.640 --> 00:23:13.300come, and things get really weird, real quick.58500:23:13.640 --> 00:23:16.380Six chapters in already, other dimensional beings are58600:23:16.380 --> 00:23:18.980coming in and making the giants.58700:23:19.660 --> 00:23:21.220I can tell from your reaction that I58800:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.920should never preach on that and what I58900:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.560really believe.59000:23:23.760 --> 00:23:24.020Okay.59100:23:27.980 --> 00:23:30.660Let's look at those names in Genesis 5.59200:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.240Hallelujah.59300:23:35.260 --> 00:23:36.000Adam.59400:23:36.860 --> 00:23:38.800Adam means man.59500:23:40.540 --> 00:23:42.800And then Adam had Seth.59600:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.520Seth means appointed.59700:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.320And Seth had Enosh.59800:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.520Enosh means mortal.59900:23:49.260 --> 00:23:52.120And Enosh begot Canaan, and Canaan means sorrow.60000:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.680These are all the names that you'll find60100:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.260in Genesis 5 in order.60200:23:57.360 --> 00:23:59.420Mahalel means the blessed of God.60300:24:00.540 --> 00:24:02.780Jared used to work for Subway.60400:24:04.640 --> 00:24:06.520It means shall come down.60500:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.360Enoch means teaching.60600:24:11.180 --> 00:24:14.160Young man by the name of Methuselah means60700:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.180his death shall bring.60800:24:17.700 --> 00:24:21.580Lamech means the despairing, and Noah means comfort,60900:24:21.760 --> 00:24:22.600or it means rest.61000:24:23.360 --> 00:24:25.240So those are the names in Genesis 561100:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.860and what they originally mean in Hebrew.61200:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.240Now, can you believe that God is so61300:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.180big and so grand that he hid the61400:24:33.180 --> 00:24:36.920gospel message in the names in Genesis 5?61500:24:37.340 --> 00:24:39.660Because when you take all those names and61600:24:39.660 --> 00:24:42.080put them together in a sentence, here's what61700:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.580it means.61800:24:43.400 --> 00:24:47.680Man is appointed to be mortal and to61900:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.140have sorrow, but the blessed God shall come62000:24:51.140 --> 00:24:54.440down teaching and his death shall bring the62100:24:54.440 --> 00:24:57.040despairing comfort and rest.62200:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.580Hallelujah.62300:24:59.580 --> 00:25:02.480He knows the end from the beginning.62400:25:03.100 --> 00:25:05.200In fact, his very name Yahweh.62500:25:07.720 --> 00:25:10.740Yahweh is four symbols in the Hebrew.62600:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.820Yud, Hei, Vav, Hei.62700:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.660Look this up.62800:25:14.280 --> 00:25:15.820When I saw this, I fell in love62900:25:15.820 --> 00:25:17.040with it so much I got a tattoo63000:25:17.040 --> 00:25:18.300on my left arm of it.63100:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.300Something so beautiful.63200:25:20.640 --> 00:25:22.600Everybody knows Jehovah.63300:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.440Yahweh.63400:25:24.480 --> 00:25:26.060Yud, Hei, Vav, Hei.63500:25:26.540 --> 00:25:28.940And each letter has a corresponding picture.63600:25:30.820 --> 00:25:34.260And Yud is a hand.63700:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.960Hei is a man going like this, going,63800:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.560Hey, behold, look over here.63900:25:41.360 --> 00:25:43.980Vav is a spike or a tent peg.64000:25:44.740 --> 00:25:47.560Yud, Hei, Vav, Hei again.64100:25:47.920 --> 00:25:50.620Again, the man holding his hand going, look64200:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.160over here.64300:25:51.820 --> 00:25:53.900Yud, Hei, Vav, Hei, when you read it64400:25:53.900 --> 00:25:56.660in Hebrew from right to left is look64500:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.620at the hand.64600:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.900Look at the nail.64700:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.340Behold the hand.64800:26:00.780 --> 00:26:01.500Behold the nail.64900:26:01.860 --> 00:26:04.220God hid the gospel message in his very65000:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.640name.65100:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.440Yahweh.65200:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.120Yahweh.65300:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.280Behold the hand.65400:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.480Behold the nail.65500:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.100Hallelujah.65600:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.180Hallelujah.65700:26:12.480 --> 00:26:12.860Hallelujah.65800:26:14.240 --> 00:26:16.620Well, Jesus, when talking about the future over65900:26:16.620 --> 00:26:18.800and over again, said, fear not, fear not,66000:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.580fear not.66100:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.900Two sentiments that he echoed whenever talking about66200:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.940the end times was, do not be deceived.66300:26:24.580 --> 00:26:26.400Take heed that no one deceive you.66400:26:31.460 --> 00:26:35.800And deception is bad because by its very66500:26:35.800 --> 00:26:37.520nature, you don't know you're getting deceived.66600:26:38.540 --> 00:26:39.580How do you avoid deception?66700:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.840Well, love truth.66800:26:43.580 --> 00:26:45.680The Bible says, buy the truth and sell66900:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.020it not.67000:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.540You know how loving truth starts?67100:26:48.140 --> 00:26:50.080Don't tell yourself the little lies you tell67200:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.500yourself.67300:26:51.060 --> 00:26:52.520Ask the Holy Spirit to help you and67400:26:52.520 --> 00:26:54.940arrest any of those lies we like to67500:26:54.940 --> 00:26:57.500tell ourselves just to make ourselves feel good67600:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.160temporarily.67700:26:59.580 --> 00:27:01.140Don't entertain falsity.67800:27:02.060 --> 00:27:04.580There's some inconvenient and uncomfortable truths.67900:27:04.800 --> 00:27:06.920Jesus being the only way for a lot68000:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.000of people is one of them.68100:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.020But I got to embrace it because I68200:27:10.020 --> 00:27:10.620love truth.68300:27:12.020 --> 00:27:13.940Satan is known as the father of lies.68400:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.920Jesus is the God of truth.68500:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.920So we love truth.68600:27:19.260 --> 00:27:21.040We cling to his word.68700:27:21.460 --> 00:27:23.360We trust the Holy Spirit to lead us68800:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.680in righteousness and in truth.68900:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.880And then do not be afraid.69000:27:27.260 --> 00:27:28.760I want to just make a confession with69100:27:28.760 --> 00:27:30.220you concerning the days ahead.69200:27:30.560 --> 00:27:32.880If I didn't talk about this stuff, what69300:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.060kind of a pastor would I be if69400:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.420all of a sudden it sneaks up on69500:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.580us?69600:27:35.600 --> 00:27:37.180Because when it comes, it'll come quickly.69700:27:38.640 --> 00:27:42.680Already, I just saw videos of Chinese robots69800:27:42.680 --> 00:27:45.540from 2025 where they're all clunky and weird.69900:27:46.120 --> 00:27:48.120And now in 2026, where they are so70000:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.500nimble and so agile.70100:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.660Two years ago, I was looking at these70200:27:51.660 --> 00:27:53.860things and the robot still couldn't tell what70300:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.860was water or what was mud or what70400:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.500was cement.70500:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.660You know, so it didn't know.70600:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.520I mean, you could trick it.70700:27:59.180 --> 00:28:01.080Now it scans and absolutely can tell the70800:28:01.080 --> 00:28:04.940difference between different terrains and watching another video.70900:28:05.200 --> 00:28:08.500And this was the Optimus robot from Tesla71000:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.720frying up some eggs.71100:28:11.040 --> 00:28:13.740Somebody chucks a tennis ball onto the side71200:28:13.740 --> 00:28:15.160and with the other free hand, the robot71300:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.760catches the tennis ball midair just to showcase71400:28:17.760 --> 00:28:19.080its nimbleness and agility.71500:28:20.540 --> 00:28:22.920And it'll be pretty cool, maybe, when they71600:28:22.920 --> 00:28:25.220can be in your house, make your bed71700:28:25.220 --> 00:28:28.880for you, wash your dishes, tuck you in71800:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.760at night, give you a little kiss, and71900:28:31.760 --> 00:28:33.320then walk around your house as a sentry72000:28:33.320 --> 00:28:34.740as it charges itself back up.72100:28:39.520 --> 00:28:41.660We're trusting that we're going to be positioned72200:28:41.660 --> 00:28:43.560right, no matter what change takes place.72300:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.880Amen.72400:28:44.820 --> 00:28:46.280Let's sing this song to the Lord.72500:28:46.400 --> 00:28:48.160And I pray the Holy Spirit speak to72600:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.360you.72700:28:49.120 --> 00:28:51.200Times of getting together like this, what's so72800:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.040special about it, why it's so important is72900:28:53.040 --> 00:28:56.240the presence of the Lord comes and the73000:28:56.240 --> 00:28:59.220presence of the Lord seems to like coming73100:28:59.220 --> 00:29:03.040when we're together, to get gathered corporately, gathered73200:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.520bodily.73300:29:03.660 --> 00:29:05.300There is a wine in the cluster of73400:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.680grapes.73500:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.960My prayer for you is that the Lord73600:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.480would speak to you right now, position you73700:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.160for the future.73800:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.360Hallelujah.73900:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.620You know, I thank God for the gift74000:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.780that we have in Pastor Boyle.74100:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.060Because they're not, all right, praise God.74200:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.920Because here's the kicker, we don't have a74300:29:29.920 --> 00:29:32.400lot of leaders that are willing to stand74400:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.380in the gap and be sometimes ostracized for74500:29:36.380 --> 00:29:38.480saying and doing the right thing and prepping74600:29:38.480 --> 00:29:40.540and looking in the direction of the future74700:29:40.540 --> 00:29:41.220where we're going.74800:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.180But I thank God that we have a74900:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.460gift.75000:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.540Amen.75100:29:47.180 --> 00:29:49.060But I also thank God that we have75200:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.720a God.75300:29:51.220 --> 00:29:54.900Our God is so powerful, so glorious.75400:29:55.520 --> 00:29:58.500Now, what I love to tell, actually tell75500:29:58.500 --> 00:30:01.200my children this regarding God about his gloriousness,75600:30:02.620 --> 00:30:06.040his foresight and his ability to see everything75700:30:06.040 --> 00:30:08.740and know all things is what gives us75800:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.400security.75900:30:11.300 --> 00:30:14.400So I tell my daughter sometimes because she's76000:30:14.400 --> 00:30:16.020at the age where she thinks she knows76100:30:16.840 --> 00:30:18.640sometimes a little bit more than I do.76200:30:20.580 --> 00:30:22.360And I remind her all the time, I76300:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.620said, I'm taller than you.76400:30:23.620 --> 00:30:27.020And I can see further than you.76500:30:27.340 --> 00:30:29.380And I've been here longer than you.76600:30:30.320 --> 00:30:32.160Before you existed, I was.76700:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.120And I got a reminder every now and76800:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.880again, just to put things into perspective.76900:30:40.020 --> 00:30:41.560And one of the ways that has always77000:30:41.560 --> 00:30:44.400blessed me in teaching her and one of77100:30:44.400 --> 00:30:46.060the ways that I'm still awed by God77200:30:46.060 --> 00:30:48.180is when I look at the scriptures and77300:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.960I see the way that he develops things.77400:30:52.280 --> 00:30:54.580So go to Psalm 19.77500:30:57.040 --> 00:31:00.980Psalm 19 says, the heavens declare the glory77600:31:00.980 --> 00:31:05.300of God and the firmament shows his handiwork.77700:31:06.180 --> 00:31:09.000Day unto day utter speech and night unto77800:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.300night reveals knowledge.77900:31:10.580 --> 00:31:12.740There is no speech nor language where their78000:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.300voice is not heard.78100:31:15.460 --> 00:31:17.440Their line has gone out through all the78200:31:17.440 --> 00:31:20.000earth and the words to the end of78300:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.520the world.78400:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.400In them, he has set a tabernacle for78500:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.740the sun.78600:31:24.040 --> 00:31:25.300And if you read the rest of the78700:31:25.300 --> 00:31:27.460psalm, it really goes out how he uses78800:31:27.460 --> 00:31:30.520even the creation and nature itself to declare78900:31:30.520 --> 00:31:32.480of his wonders and his might.79000:31:33.740 --> 00:31:36.540And I love that because even when it79100:31:36.540 --> 00:31:38.060comes to terms of what we're talking about79200:31:38.060 --> 00:31:40.780today, how we're to prepare for the future,79300:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.700even in that God says, you know what?79400:31:43.440 --> 00:31:45.660I'll show you how you can go forward79500:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.840and not just get by.79600:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.100Because here's the thing, as believers, I don't79700:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.700know if you know this, but God has79800:31:51.700 --> 00:31:53.560not called you to be a second class79900:31:53.560 --> 00:31:55.460citizen in this world and in life.80000:31:56.740 --> 00:32:00.680For too long, Christianity has meant it's looked80100:32:00.680 --> 00:32:03.000like this weird thing where we're cowering as80200:32:03.000 --> 00:32:05.120the second class, when really the Lord has80300:32:05.120 --> 00:32:07.340called us to be a bright shining beacon,80400:32:07.780 --> 00:32:11.340dare I say a CityLight, a light80500:32:11.340 --> 00:32:14.500on a hill, so that we would be80600:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.820a prized possession that other people would see80700:32:16.820 --> 00:32:18.500and be made jealous of and be brought80800:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.340closer to God.80900:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.620And one of the ways that he does81000:32:22.620 --> 00:32:24.800that, and this is what the Lord has81100:32:24.800 --> 00:32:27.280encouraged me as of late, he tells me81200:32:27.280 --> 00:32:28.700just like this psalm, I want you to81300:32:28.700 --> 00:32:30.020follow what I'm doing in nature and I81400:32:30.020 --> 00:32:30.880want you to do it too.81500:32:31.320 --> 00:32:32.580I said, come again, Jesus?81600:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.680He said, I want you to be a81700:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.960tree.81800:32:36.100 --> 00:32:37.420Because if you really look at all of81900:32:37.420 --> 00:32:40.440creation, all of creation, despite or instead of82000:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.320mankind, is doing what God told it to82100:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.500do.82200:32:44.360 --> 00:32:46.080You have the birds, they give the most82300:32:46.080 --> 00:32:47.440awesome and amazing worship.82400:32:48.780 --> 00:32:51.800You read the scriptures, you read Proverbs, and82500:32:51.800 --> 00:32:53.560it speaks about how the lilies of the82600:32:53.560 --> 00:32:56.620field, they're clothed so magnificently.82700:32:57.060 --> 00:33:00.220We see all of creation doing what they're82800:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.160supposed to do.82900:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.480But then we see mankind who's in this83000:33:05.480 --> 00:33:09.060weird form of rebellion, because God tells the83100:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.480oceans, go here.83200:33:11.740 --> 00:33:13.960And don't take a step past that until83300:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.340I say.83400:33:21.620 --> 00:33:24.160He tells the birds, worship.83500:33:28.940 --> 00:33:34.380And then he tells the trees, be trees.83600:33:35.620 --> 00:33:44.880And you don't even realize it, but they83700:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.940worship and they honor him.83800:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.980Let's look at Psalms 92.83900:33:53.620 --> 00:33:56.860You're going to look at two verses because84000:33:56.860 --> 00:33:58.840this is how we survive the future, despite84100:33:58.840 --> 00:34:00.100what the future may be.84200:34:01.920 --> 00:34:04.500It says the righteous shall flourish like a84300:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.120palm tree.84400:34:05.680 --> 00:34:08.280He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.84500:34:09.360 --> 00:34:12.120Those who are planted in the house of84600:34:12.120 --> 00:34:15.780the Lord shall flourish in the courts of84700:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.580their God.84800:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.280So I feel like the Lord has given84900:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.860not just me this message, but all of85000:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.300us this message.85100:34:25.540 --> 00:34:27.040We need to start being like trees.85200:34:27.120 --> 00:34:28.699We need to start showing forth the glory85300:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.199of God.85400:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.300We need to start, and this is the85500:34:33.300 --> 00:34:36.020thing, being rooted and planted.85600:34:38.400 --> 00:34:40.719See, how are you going to survive going85700:34:40.719 --> 00:34:44.239forward in this rapid age of technology and85800:34:44.239 --> 00:34:46.120growth that's sometimes outpacing?85900:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.880Again, what if you're in one of the86000:34:47.880 --> 00:34:50.420jobs that one of the robots comes to86100:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.659take?86200:34:51.440 --> 00:34:55.580I mean, I thank God that, listen, ain't86300:34:55.580 --> 00:34:57.880no robot carrying the anointing like this y86400:34:57.880 --> 00:34:57.980'all.86500:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.720Hallelujah for God's mercy and grace.86600:35:02.460 --> 00:35:06.120But if you're not a pastor, what can86700:35:06.120 --> 00:35:06.540you do?86800:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.760You can be like a tree.86900:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.420You can learn to be rooted and grounded.87000:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.580And here's the thing.87100:35:11.920 --> 00:35:13.600Don't be a consumer Christian.87200:35:15.040 --> 00:35:17.300Don't just be hopping to and fro based87300:35:17.300 --> 00:35:20.200on likes and not actually being a disciple.87400:35:21.520 --> 00:35:23.240This is a season where you have to87500:35:23.240 --> 00:35:26.380cling and hold close to the Lord because87600:35:26.380 --> 00:35:28.500in order to hear those sweet little nothings87700:35:28.500 --> 00:35:31.340where he gives you guidance and direction and87800:35:31.340 --> 00:35:34.720shows you how to move about life, it87900:35:34.720 --> 00:35:36.840requires real intimacy and relationship.88000:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.340So if you want to be one of88100:35:39.340 --> 00:35:41.880those that shows forth the glory of God88200:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.140in power, you want to be tree-like,88300:35:45.340 --> 00:35:47.020then I'm going to need you to get88400:35:47.020 --> 00:35:50.440real sensitive and real close to the Lord88500:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.140in this season.88600:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.420This is not a time to be playing88700:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.780church.88800:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.920It's the time to be his church.88900:35:58.580 --> 00:36:00.380I want you to grab hold of that.89000:36:01.160 --> 00:36:02.580I want you to grab hold of the89100:36:02.580 --> 00:36:05.260privilege and the opportunity we have because what89200:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.840language is that?89300:36:05.880 --> 00:36:09.360I think maybe Chinese where the word opportunity89400:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.920and calamity are the same.89500:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.440Chaos.89600:36:14.140 --> 00:36:16.240So when chaos is presented, there's also an89700:36:16.240 --> 00:36:18.660opportunity presented because there's solution to the chaos.89800:36:20.860 --> 00:36:23.280We're going to be the solution-oriented people89900:36:23.280 --> 00:36:25.580that the Lord uses in this season.90000:36:25.720 --> 00:36:25.880Amen?90100:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.900We're going to show the glory of God90200:36:28.900 --> 00:36:31.140in a powerful way, and I'm looking forward90300:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.620to that.90400:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.680Let that fill you with hope.90500:36:33.780 --> 00:36:37.180Let that drive you and remind you that90600:36:37.180 --> 00:36:38.060he's with you.90700:36:42.120 --> 00:36:42.600Hallelujah.90800:36:43.560 --> 00:36:45.080Thank you for that, Pastor Mo.90900:36:48.040 --> 00:36:51.440I really wanted to magnify the Lord with91000:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.160you this morning.91100:36:53.060 --> 00:36:55.200You know that phrase, magnify the Lord.91200:36:55.340 --> 00:36:58.080The psalmist, David, other psalmists in the Psalms91300:36:58.080 --> 00:36:58.900use it often.91400:37:00.140 --> 00:37:02.400Why is it important to magnify the Lord?91500:37:03.140 --> 00:37:06.520Because Satan is always magnifying your problems.91600:37:07.320 --> 00:37:12.160He's always magnifying your circumstances, and I'll tell91700:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.640you one thing.91800:37:12.700 --> 00:37:14.960I got to keep a thermometer in my91900:37:14.960 --> 00:37:17.120Christianity at all times.92000:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.700I got to make sure I'm on fire,92100:37:20.520 --> 00:37:23.500and then I've learned to heed the warning92200:37:23.500 --> 00:37:25.260signs when I'm not.92300:37:26.320 --> 00:37:27.720And one thing I've seen over and over92400:37:27.720 --> 00:37:32.260again, if I even start approaching the danger92500:37:32.260 --> 00:37:34.440area of my heart getting cold or even92600:37:34.440 --> 00:37:37.220cooling off a smidge, is that the enemy92700:37:37.220 --> 00:37:40.180tries to get me to lose the awe92800:37:40.180 --> 00:37:41.600of the Lord.92900:37:42.680 --> 00:37:44.780And what we're talking about this morning is93000:37:44.780 --> 00:37:49.860being alert, being vigilant, not having a spirit93100:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.640of stupor.93200:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.740What is a spirit of stupor?93300:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.340The Bible warns about it over and over93400:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.140and over again.93500:37:56.820 --> 00:37:59.740Paul was writing Christians, not lost people, Christians93600:37:59.740 --> 00:38:02.680in Ephesians, where he says, awake you who93700:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.200sleep.93800:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.980Because you can be walking, you can be93900:38:05.980 --> 00:38:07.280physically awake and asleep.94000:38:08.340 --> 00:38:12.400And one of the first things that comes94100:38:12.400 --> 00:38:14.980before the spirit of stupor, that spirit of94200:38:14.980 --> 00:38:17.140sleepiness, where you're just like a dead fish94300:38:17.140 --> 00:38:19.960floating downstream, is you lose your awe of94400:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.260the Lord.94500:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.660You lose your reverence.94600:38:22.420 --> 00:38:26.480And this present world, which is really just94700:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.120a flash in the pan, is so real94800:38:28.120 --> 00:38:30.160to you, and your problems are so real94900:38:30.160 --> 00:38:30.520to you.95000:38:30.720 --> 00:38:32.760And forget about the grandness and the majesty95100:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.200of God.95200:38:33.240 --> 00:38:35.100That's why I read Genesis 5 to you,95300:38:35.480 --> 00:38:38.080just to remind you that even before you95400:38:38.080 --> 00:38:42.860were born, before anything you ever knew, God95500:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.380was.95600:38:44.140 --> 00:38:45.980And he hid the gospel in his name.95700:38:46.420 --> 00:38:48.540He hid the gospel in the genealogy.95800:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.220He knows the end from the beginning, and95900:38:51.220 --> 00:38:52.160you'll be okay.96000:38:54.060 --> 00:38:59.040And Revelation 4, it's a beautiful chapter that96100:38:59.040 --> 00:39:00.820really puts things in perspective.96200:39:01.340 --> 00:39:05.000Because sometimes we get nervous, and we forget96300:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.000that heaven is not nervous.96400:39:08.060 --> 00:39:10.120And God's not stressed, and he's not wondering96500:39:10.120 --> 00:39:10.780what'll happen.96600:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.880Say, what's heaven like?96700:39:13.340 --> 00:39:14.820Take a look at Revelation 4.96800:39:15.880 --> 00:39:17.900Religious people will tell you the way they96900:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.560describe heaven.97000:39:18.660 --> 00:39:20.280I'm like, I don't want to go there97100:39:20.280 --> 00:39:21.540the way you just described it.97200:39:22.100 --> 00:39:23.460And if you're going to be there, I97300:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.460really don't want to go there.97400:39:24.980 --> 00:39:27.420Is there another wing of heaven, please?97500:39:29.720 --> 00:39:33.760Revelation 4, after these things, I looked, and97600:39:33.760 --> 00:39:36.540behold, a door standing open in heaven.97700:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.560What kind of door?97800:39:38.120 --> 00:39:39.140We just read through that.97900:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.480A door.98000:39:39.620 --> 00:39:40.840Oh, was it a creaky door?98100:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.080Did it get WD-40?98200:39:42.200 --> 00:39:43.840Was it an oak door, a mahogany door,98300:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.460a metal door?98400:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.300One deadbolt, two deadbolts.98500:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.800Maybe God likes extra security.98600:39:48.180 --> 00:39:49.120What kind of door?98700:39:49.340 --> 00:39:50.260It was a portal.98800:39:51.400 --> 00:39:53.860John is crossing over into that other realm,98900:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.400into heaven, what Paul called the third heaven,99000:39:57.800 --> 00:39:59.300the very abode of God.99100:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.760The Hebrews believed in three heavens.99200:40:01.240 --> 00:40:03.540You know when Jesus says, like, Jesus looked99300:40:03.540 --> 00:40:05.820up into the heavens, or the Lord will99400:40:05.820 --> 00:40:07.780open up his heavens and cause rain?99500:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.760That's the first heaven.99600:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.820That's just the clouds.99700:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.720That's the atmosphere.99800:40:11.540 --> 00:40:13.320There's the second heaven, which is the spirit99900:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.640realm.100000:40:14.020 --> 00:40:16.400The third heaven is the abode of God,100100:40:16.540 --> 00:40:18.100where you will be with him for all100200:40:18.100 --> 00:40:18.580of eternity.100300:40:18.940 --> 00:40:20.240It's where God dwells.100400:40:21.060 --> 00:40:23.400This portal opened up for John.100500:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.380He's part on the island of Patmos, part100600:40:25.380 --> 00:40:27.500he's looking through the portal, a door standing100700:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.280open in heaven.100800:40:30.460 --> 00:40:32.740At the first voice, and the first voice100900:40:32.740 --> 00:40:34.760which I heard was like a trumpet speaking101000:40:34.760 --> 00:40:37.640with me, saying, come up here, and I101100:40:37.640 --> 00:40:39.580will show you things which must take place101200:40:39.580 --> 00:40:40.020after this.101300:40:40.120 --> 00:40:41.560By the way, that voice is always saying101400:40:41.560 --> 00:40:41.700that.101500:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.400Come up here.101600:40:43.160 --> 00:40:45.260Come and see things from my vantage point.101700:40:45.420 --> 00:40:47.320Come and see with 20-20 vision from101800:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.620heaven.101900:40:48.800 --> 00:40:50.980Immediately, and all you got to do is102000:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.880hear his voice.102100:40:52.360 --> 00:40:55.040The moment you hear his voice, boom, immediately102200:40:55.040 --> 00:40:56.220I was in the spirit.102300:40:57.160 --> 00:40:59.920And behold, the throne set in heaven, and102400:40:59.920 --> 00:41:02.000one sat on the throne.102500:41:02.500 --> 00:41:04.620And he who sat there was like a102600:41:04.620 --> 00:41:07.440jasper and a sardius stone in appearance.102700:41:07.740 --> 00:41:09.700And there was a rainbow around the throne102800:41:09.700 --> 00:41:14.340in appearance like an emerald.102900:41:15.140 --> 00:41:19.200Around the throne were 24 thrones, and on103000:41:19.200 --> 00:41:22.000the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting clothed103100:41:22.000 --> 00:41:23.960in white robes, and they had crowns of103200:41:23.960 --> 00:41:25.420gold on their heads.103300:41:26.300 --> 00:41:29.320And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and103400:41:29.320 --> 00:41:29.740voices.103500:41:30.040 --> 00:41:32.340Seven lamps of fire were burning before the103600:41:32.340 --> 00:41:34.820throne, which are the seven spirits of God,103700:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.940the Holy Ghost.103800:41:36.540 --> 00:41:38.500Before the throne there was a sea of103900:41:38.500 --> 00:41:42.500glass like crystal, a calm sea, not even104000:41:42.500 --> 00:41:47.980a ripple, no calamity, no drama, not even104100:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.640a little ripple.104200:41:48.640 --> 00:41:51.660And in the midst of the throne and104300:41:51.660 --> 00:41:54.160around the throne were four living creatures full104400:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.920of eyes in front and in back.104500:41:57.060 --> 00:41:58.960The first living creature was like a lion,104600:41:59.160 --> 00:42:01.560the second living creature like a calf, the104700:42:01.560 --> 00:42:03.300third living creature had a face of a104800:42:03.300 --> 00:42:05.480man, and the fourth living creature was American.104900:42:05.640 --> 00:42:07.020No, like a flying eagle.105000:42:08.000 --> 00:42:10.740The four living creatures, each having six wings,105100:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.540were full of eyes.105200:42:11.620 --> 00:42:12.740What is he seeing?105300:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.340We don't know.105400:42:14.740 --> 00:42:16.800All I know is that this is why105500:42:16.800 --> 00:42:19.100angels always have to say, fear not, when105600:42:19.100 --> 00:42:19.860they show up.105700:42:20.100 --> 00:42:22.240You look at every single angel, what are105800:42:22.240 --> 00:42:23.700every angel's first words?105900:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.880Don't be afraid.106000:42:25.340 --> 00:42:26.400Why do they say that?106100:42:26.560 --> 00:42:29.060Because when you really see an angel, it's106200:42:29.060 --> 00:42:31.240not like a six-foot guy in a106300:42:31.240 --> 00:42:33.620white robe and pantyhose with plastic wings sticking106400:42:33.620 --> 00:42:34.300out his back.106500:42:34.960 --> 00:42:38.680They're fierce, they're different, and they do not106600:42:38.680 --> 00:42:42.000rest day or night saying, holy, holy, holy106700:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.560Lord God Almighty who was and is and106800:42:45.560 --> 00:42:46.340is to come.106900:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.960And whenever the living creatures, notice the tense107000:42:49.960 --> 00:42:51.780of how he writes it.107100:42:51.780 --> 00:42:54.000This is whenever they pass tense.107200:42:54.140 --> 00:42:57.500It's present tense because whenever you read this,107300:42:57.600 --> 00:42:58.440this is happening.107400:42:58.740 --> 00:43:00.560This is what's happening right now.107500:43:00.740 --> 00:43:02.240There is a party in heaven.107600:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.260He's not worried, he's not stressed.107700:43:04.340 --> 00:43:05.740Oh no, the robots are coming.107800:43:05.840 --> 00:43:07.560Oh no, they're going to do regime change107900:43:07.560 --> 00:43:08.080in Iran.108000:43:09.060 --> 00:43:11.600Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor108100:43:11.600 --> 00:43:13.180and thanks to him who sits on the108200:43:13.180 --> 00:43:16.020throne, who lives forever and ever, the 24108300:43:16.020 --> 00:43:18.960elders fall down before him who sits on108400:43:18.960 --> 00:43:21.120the throne and worship him who lives forever108500:43:21.120 --> 00:43:23.960and ever and cast their crowns before the108600:43:23.960 --> 00:43:27.460throne saying, you are worthy, oh Lord, to108700:43:27.460 --> 00:43:30.160receive glory and honor and power.108800:43:30.160 --> 00:43:34.400For you created all things and by your108900:43:34.400 --> 00:43:38.400will they exist and were created.109000:43:39.100 --> 00:43:40.920Not only by your will were they created,109100:43:41.620 --> 00:43:43.080but you know in another place the Bible109200:43:43.080 --> 00:43:45.360says that he holds all things together by109300:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.420the power of his word.109400:43:47.140 --> 00:43:50.240Everything is still alive and well and existing109500:43:50.240 --> 00:43:51.640because he wills it.109600:43:52.540 --> 00:43:56.200He's great, but he's not so great that109700:43:56.200 --> 00:43:57.700he doesn't have every hair on your head109800:43:57.700 --> 00:43:58.040numbered.109900:43:58.600 --> 00:44:00.200He calls you out by name.110000:44:00.660 --> 00:44:03.600He knows you and you must receive for110100:44:03.600 --> 00:44:05.260yourself that love.110200:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.900People have a hard time.110300:44:08.000 --> 00:44:10.680I've actually stopped some people, not here, but110400:44:10.680 --> 00:44:11.960when I've done meetings outside.110500:44:12.280 --> 00:44:14.080There's people who work themselves up into a110600:44:14.080 --> 00:44:14.320frenzy.110700:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.600Oh God, I love you, I love you,110800:44:15.720 --> 00:44:17.060and the Lord will just show me.110900:44:18.100 --> 00:44:20.340They have a very hard time receiving God's111000:44:20.340 --> 00:44:22.160love, but they're going, God, I love you,111100:44:22.280 --> 00:44:23.020I love you, I love you, and I'll111200:44:23.020 --> 00:44:24.300say, okay, just stop right now.111300:44:24.620 --> 00:44:28.100Just say, God, you love me, and their111400:44:28.100 --> 00:44:29.420mouth, they can't even say it.111500:44:30.520 --> 00:44:34.020Can you believe there's Christians, it's no problem111600:44:34.020 --> 00:44:36.340for them to tell God that they love111700:44:36.340 --> 00:44:39.020him a thousand times in a row, but111800:44:39.020 --> 00:44:41.060to reverse it and actually appropriate the love111900:44:41.060 --> 00:44:43.420of God for themselves, their mind goes on112000:44:43.420 --> 00:44:46.280tilt, their mouth seizes up, and they'll just112100:44:46.280 --> 00:44:49.060start to cry, and they'll realize they never112200:44:49.060 --> 00:44:51.220ever actually receive God's love for themselves.112300:44:51.800 --> 00:44:53.360There are people who will go to church,112400:44:53.580 --> 00:44:56.000and they'll love others, and they believe God's112500:44:56.000 --> 00:44:57.800love is a real thing, but it's for112600:44:57.800 --> 00:44:59.140everyone else, but not for them.112700:44:59.540 --> 00:45:00.460Don't be that person.112800:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.680Be like John.112900:45:03.040 --> 00:45:05.320John, who in the gospels kept referring to113000:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.640himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved.113100:45:08.440 --> 00:45:10.260The other disciples may have said, oh, you're113200:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.640arrogant.113300:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.340Look at you.113400:45:12.720 --> 00:45:14.560It's forever in the scriptures now, John.113500:45:14.820 --> 00:45:19.400You wrote that you're the disciple whom Jesus113600:45:19.400 --> 00:45:20.900loved, and you can just say, look, I113700:45:20.900 --> 00:45:22.000didn't say he loved me more.113800:45:22.700 --> 00:45:24.060I just said he loved me.113900:45:24.660 --> 00:45:26.560I was appropriating the love of God for114000:45:26.560 --> 00:45:27.100myself.114100:45:28.300 --> 00:45:28.700Hallelujah.114200:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.220Be that way.114300:45:30.360 --> 00:45:31.460Appropriate it for yourself.114400:45:33.820 --> 00:45:36.800That he knows you, he loves you, and114500:45:36.800 --> 00:45:39.020the days ahead are bright.114600:45:39.520 --> 00:45:40.720I want to just lead us in a114700:45:40.720 --> 00:45:40.920prayer.114800:45:41.020 --> 00:45:43.480Just lift up your hands and say this.114900:45:43.540 --> 00:45:48.420Lord Jesus, I believe you saved me for115000:45:48.420 --> 00:45:52.240a reason, and I believe you had me115100:45:52.240 --> 00:45:55.460born in this age for a reason.115200:45:55.900 --> 00:45:59.860I trust you for my life and for115300:45:59.860 --> 00:46:01.040my family's life.115400:46:01.560 --> 00:46:04.800I believe I will come out on top.115500:46:05.160 --> 00:46:07.640I'm the head and not the tail.115600:46:08.280 --> 00:46:09.680My future is bright.115700:46:10.640 --> 00:46:14.460You're with me always, even to the end115800:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.200of the age.115900:46:15.720 --> 00:46:19.520In Jesus' name, amen.116000:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.780Hallelujah.116100:46:24.680 --> 00:46:25.640Hallelujah.116200:46:27.180 --> 00:46:28.020Hallelujah.116300:46:29.600 --> 00:46:31.200Thank you, Jesus.116400:46:32.160 --> 00:46:33.360Thank you, Lord.116500:46:34.720 --> 00:46:36.260Thank you, Lord.116600:46:38.120 --> 00:46:38.640Hallelujah.116700:46:39.960 --> 00:46:41.760I believe there's going to be such a116800:46:41.760 --> 00:46:43.300wealth transference.116900:46:44.400 --> 00:46:46.920I mean, I can practically just, like, it's117000:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.460percolating within my cells.117100:46:53.020 --> 00:46:54.800Such a wealth transference.117200:46:58.300 --> 00:46:59.820You never heard about that?117300:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.800It's in the scriptures.117400:47:01.440 --> 00:47:03.060Do a little study on it.117500:47:04.120 --> 00:47:08.660There's wicked people who've been stockpiling and storing117600:47:08.660 --> 00:47:13.700all for you, and then God comes and117700:47:13.700 --> 00:47:16.780brings a whole lot of shaking and shakes117800:47:16.780 --> 00:47:18.160it right out of the hands of the117900:47:18.160 --> 00:47:19.560sinner into the hands of the just.118000:47:20.680 --> 00:47:22.840You actually have a picture of it in118100:47:22.840 --> 00:47:27.540the Exodus, when God set the Hebrews free118200:47:27.540 --> 00:47:30.680from Egypt, and Egypt gave them all their118300:47:30.680 --> 00:47:32.980gold, all their silver, all the precious stones,118400:47:33.800 --> 00:47:35.260and then caused them to come out.118500:47:36.160 --> 00:47:37.500Egypt then realized what happened.118600:47:37.560 --> 00:47:38.580Let's get our money back.118700:47:41.040 --> 00:47:42.800And then they found themselves under a hundred118800:47:42.800 --> 00:47:43.640feet of Red Sea.118900:47:46.340 --> 00:47:46.740Hallelujah.119000:47:47.360 --> 00:47:49.700My prayer is that the wicked would come119100:47:49.700 --> 00:47:50.220to Christ.119200:47:51.300 --> 00:47:54.480But if they don't, that stuff's got to119300:47:54.480 --> 00:47:55.000go somewhere.119400:47:56.160 --> 00:47:57.840And I know a whole lot of loving119500:47:57.840 --> 00:48:01.160people with kingdom expansion on their mind that119600:48:01.160 --> 00:48:02.680will do a lot better with it and119700:48:02.680 --> 00:48:03.720a lot more with it.119800:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.660Yeah.119900:48:06.660 --> 00:48:08.200I can't believe he said that.120000:48:08.280 --> 00:48:09.420Well, I said it, you know.120100:48:09.580 --> 00:48:14.560There are some, you know, some Satan-worshiping120200:48:14.560 --> 00:48:19.140pedophiles with a whole lot of dough, private120300:48:19.140 --> 00:48:21.940jets to private islands, and God's going to120400:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.620shake it loose.120500:48:23.760 --> 00:48:24.200Hallelujah.120600:48:27.600 --> 00:48:29.440Well, let's worship and honor the Lord with120700:48:29.440 --> 00:48:30.880our tithes and offerings this morning.120800:48:31.860 --> 00:48:34.260The giving information is on the screens to120900:48:34.260 --> 00:48:35.000my left and right.121000:48:35.240 --> 00:48:37.020Give with a glad heart, give in faith.121100:48:38.500 --> 00:48:41.240Give knowing that whatever leaves your hand today,121200:48:41.360 --> 00:48:43.820it comes back as a harvest.121300:48:45.640 --> 00:48:48.160I believe that, my family.121400:48:48.820 --> 00:48:50.640We make a living by our giving.121500:48:53.420 --> 00:48:56.820The paycheck is just for fun, but the121600:48:56.820 --> 00:48:58.060real living is by our giving.121700:49:01.140 --> 00:49:03.680And then know that life groups are beginning121800:49:03.680 --> 00:49:06.380and it's not too late to join one.121900:49:07.620 --> 00:49:09.640So all that information is online.122000:49:09.760 --> 00:49:11.300Also, if you have any questions, you can122100:49:11.300 --> 00:49:14.640go by the hospitality table, but be a122200:49:14.640 --> 00:49:15.440part of a life group.122300:49:15.780 --> 00:49:17.980This is something Pastor Mo said, so important122400:49:17.980 --> 00:49:18.640in this hour.122500:49:18.800 --> 00:49:22.000You can't just be a casual consumer Christian.122600:49:22.080 --> 00:49:23.420You know what a consumer Christian is?122700:49:23.480 --> 00:49:26.020It's somebody who like switches products all the122800:49:26.020 --> 00:49:27.100time, isn't faithful.122900:49:27.840 --> 00:49:30.060You're on one phone plan, you see another123000:49:30.060 --> 00:49:31.940phone plan that's offering you more minutes that123100:49:31.940 --> 00:49:33.100year, you switch phone plans.123200:49:33.160 --> 00:49:35.260That's how some Christians treat church and community.123300:49:37.460 --> 00:49:41.600You know, as a defense mechanism, the way123400:49:41.600 --> 00:49:43.960I have overcome that is by being really123500:49:43.960 --> 00:49:45.220offensive every Sunday.123600:49:47.040 --> 00:49:48.840And then I know I've chased everyone who's123700:49:48.840 --> 00:49:50.240going to be chased away, away already.123800:49:50.820 --> 00:49:54.980And I joke, but there's some truth to123900:49:54.980 --> 00:49:55.420that though.124000:49:57.680 --> 00:49:59.660See who's here on a snowy Sunday morning?124100:50:00.320 --> 00:50:01.680The inoffensible ones.124200:50:08.820 --> 00:50:10.640Be a part of life groups.124300:50:11.100 --> 00:50:12.100You got to be in community.124400:50:12.380 --> 00:50:13.880Can't be a lone ranger Christian.124500:50:15.940 --> 00:50:17.120Thank you, Jesus.124600:50:19.540 --> 00:50:20.740Well, ministry team, why don't you go to124700:50:20.740 --> 00:50:21.640that blue lit area.124800:50:21.760 --> 00:50:23.480If you need prayer, you want prayer by124900:50:23.480 --> 00:50:24.600the laying out of hands.125000:50:25.040 --> 00:50:26.400Go on over to that area.125100:50:27.720 --> 00:50:29.100And our ministry team would love to lay125200:50:29.100 --> 00:50:30.560hands on you and pray with you.125300:50:33.620 --> 00:50:35.720Go home, make some nice hot cocoa.125400:50:38.020 --> 00:50:39.940Get that taco shaped.125500:50:40.180 --> 00:50:41.080What's that thing called?125600:50:41.140 --> 00:50:42.680A little blanket in the shape of a125700:50:42.680 --> 00:50:42.940taco.125800:50:46.200 --> 00:50:46.880Okay.125900:50:48.820 --> 00:50:49.500Huggies.126000:50:50.040 --> 00:50:50.340Yeah.126100:50:51.480 --> 00:50:53.060Get yourself that huggy.126200:50:56.180 --> 00:50:58.520Have a wonderful, wonderful snowy Sunday.126300:50:59.580 --> 00:51:01.980We'll see you next Sunday talking about the126400:51:01.980 --> 00:51:02.800sons of Ishakar.126500:51:03.200 --> 00:51:04.620Be blessed CityLight.126600:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.580Go rejoicing.126700:51:08.100 --> 00:51:10.580This is the CityLight Church podcast.126800:51:11.220 --> 00:51:13.280If you've missed any part of today's message,126900:51:13.280 --> 00:51:14.640or if you would like to find out127000:51:14.640 --> 00:51:17.140more about Pastor Boyan Jancic and CityLight127100:51:17.140 --> 00:51:20.580Church, visit us at CityLightNYC.com.127200:51:20.700 --> 00:51:23.560That's CityLightNYC.com.127300:51:23.960 --> 00:51:26.020Feel free to visit us online or in127400:51:26.020 --> 00:51:26.820person anytime.127500:51:27.520 --> 00:51:29.120We would love to connect with you.127600:51:29.600 --> 00:51:31.900We pray that you have been encouraged today,127700:51:32.500 --> 00:51:34.400that you have been reminded how much God127800:51:34.400 --> 00:51:37.160loves you, and that you are surrounded by127900:51:37.160 --> 00:51:37.620grace.128000:51:38.300 --> 00:51:39.200Thank you for listening.128100:51:39.760 --> 00:51:41.580Make sure that you subscribe to 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