1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdik. I'm the pastor of Elevation 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Church and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: see God is moving in your life. Enjoy the message. 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: The message that I have to share with you comes 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: from Acts chapter twelve. And why I want to share 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: this passage today is because God told me to. How's 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: that no other logic, no other reason, but just I 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: found myself coming to this passage for our time together today, 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: and I want you to give it your attention. This 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: story in the Bible may relate to the situation in 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: your life. Acts chapter twelve, Verse one. It was about 14 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: this time the King Herod arrested some who belonged to 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: the church, intending to persecute them. He intended to persecute them. 16 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: And yet God's purpose will always overrule human intention. And 17 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: no matter what people do to you, and no matter 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: what people conspire against you, all of it is working 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: for the purpose of the God, who is greater than 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,199 Speaker 1: any person. That's what it means to say. If God 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: is for me, who can be against me. You can 22 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: try to stand against me, but in the end it 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: will be God's purpose for me that will prevail. How 24 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: many believe that? How many believe that? Now y'all got 25 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: to calm down, because that was one verse and it's 26 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: a long chapter. I'm just so glad to be back. 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: I love the Bible. It says that Herod intended to 28 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: persecute them, and it says in verse two he had James, 29 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 30 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: When he saw that this pleased the Jews and gained 31 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: him political clout, he proceeded to seize Peter. Also. This 32 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: happened during the feasts of Unloved Bread, and after arresting him, 33 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: he put him in prison, handing him over to be 34 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: guarded by four squads of four soldiers. Herod intended to 35 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: bring him to public trial after the passover. So verse five, 36 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly 37 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: praying to God for him. And so now we've got 38 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: a showdown. It's Herod's prison versus the church's prayers. It's 39 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: a cage match between Herod's intention and God's purpose. And 40 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: it says that they were earnestly praying to God. It 41 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they were saying one of those nice, 42 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: quiet whisper prayers. It means that they wouldn't stop. It 43 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: means that even though it hurt, they prayed. Even though 44 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: they were disappointed, they prayed. Even though they had no 45 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: clue if it was working, they prayed. It's the same 46 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: word that describes prayer when Jesus knelt in the garden 47 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: of gethsemone and said, not what I will, but what 48 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: you will be done. They prayed like that. It's the 49 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: kind of prayer that Jesus described in Matthew chapter seven, 50 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: verse seven. He said, Ask and it will be given 51 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: door will be open to you. That's my topic for today. 53 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: The title of this message is Knock knocked. Look at 54 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: your neighbors, say who's there. You may be seated. You 55 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: may be seated. One of the weird things about living 56 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: with other human beings in the same house is the 57 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: idiosyncrasies that you notice about them, whether you want to 58 00:03:52,320 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: or not. Oh that sounded tender processor over here. Watch out, yeah, 59 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: because like my kids, I can tell which one of 60 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: them is knocking on the door. Just by the way 61 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: they knock, just by how they use their knuckles. I 62 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: know my kids by their knock. In that weird as apparent, 63 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: you you learn to identify which kid because Abby has 64 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: a very polite knock, very gentle knock. It's very it's 65 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: a very delicate knock. It's a beautiful knock. It's a 66 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: knock that says, if you have the time to open 67 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: the door, and this is the opportune time, would be 68 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: possible that you do. So it's just a very gentle knock. 69 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: It's a tender knock. And then Elijah was totally different. 70 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: Now he's very chill, but when he was smaller, his 71 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: knock was undeniable, meaning he's not stopping until you open 72 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: the door. And even back then, he's actually really good 73 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 1: at making beat and he's making a lot of beats 74 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: these days. Do the dash on YouTube, by the way, 75 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: you owe me for that. That's a big plug man. 76 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: This is international. But when you used to knock on 77 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: the door, you used to make beats on the door. 78 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: That's when you started making your beats just on the door, 79 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: and they were relentless. I mean, he's not stopping. It's 80 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: like a trap beat on the door just to get 81 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: him to let you in. But then Graham, Graham is 82 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: the one who doesn't knock, and you don't even know 83 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: he was at the door until three weeks later when 84 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: he says something that he overheard in the conversation that 85 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: he wasn't supposed to hear. And you know, like, because 86 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: you get to know somebody when you're living with them, 87 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: so you can tell who's at the door just by 88 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: how the knock sounds. Living in relationship with God, you 89 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: learn to discern when it's him knocking. And if you don't, 90 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: you'll open the door to people who don't have the 91 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: best intentions in mind, and you'll open the door to 92 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: the enemy who may bring you what you want in 93 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: your feelings that is destructive to your faith. And if 94 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: God lives in your heart, over time, you'll learn to 95 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: discern his knock. At first, you think that God knocks 96 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: with a sledgehammer, because that's what church teaches you about 97 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: God pretty early on, at least in the Southeastern United States, 98 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: if it's a fired up church, they teach about God 99 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: coming through the door. You know, with a have you 100 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: ever seen this kind of God? That God? He is 101 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: a battering ram and people say things like, oh, I 102 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: love that sermon today, pastor God was just kicking my 103 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: butt all over the place. And yet you learn that 104 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: when you really live with God, his knock doesn't take 105 00:06:54,080 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: much because you know his knock, knock, knock. And you 106 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: also learn that a lot of times what you will 107 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: initially think is the devil knocking on your door to 108 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: attack you is actually God knocking on your door to 109 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: develop you. And what knocks on the door looking like 110 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: trouble sometimes is training to teach you to trust in God. 111 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: And this takes time walking with God to learn that 112 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: sometimes even if you don't like what's standing at the 113 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: door when you hear the knock, that by the time 114 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: God gets done working in your situation, that even what 115 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: the enemy meant for evil, God will turn it for good. 116 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: And it enables you to live with a kind of 117 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: faith that is very peculiar to people who think that 118 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: everything that God brings into your life looks nice, because 119 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: sometimes when you pray for an opportunity, you'll be surprised 120 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: to open the door and find opposition instead. Have you 121 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: ever prayed for patience? That's a dumb idea. I never 122 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: pray for patience because I know exactly what God is 123 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: gonna send to the door if I do trouble. God 124 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: is going to send something to get on my nerves 125 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: so bad. God is gonna send a bad driver in 126 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: front of me on Providence Road with an elevation sticker. Y'all. 127 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: The other day, I was coming to church and I 128 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: was singing in the car, and I was singing, this 129 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: is I M see a victory or something like that, 130 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: one of these good songs that we sing around here. 131 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: And the person in front of me was such a 132 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: bad driver. I lost all of the Holy Spirit. I 133 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: lost twelve percent of my anointing per minute that I 134 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: was behind this person, And I was so mad. I 135 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: came right up on them and then I passed them, 136 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: and I slowed down just to teach them a lesson. 137 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: And then they turned into the parking lot with me, 138 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: and they were coming to church and they were volunteered. 139 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: So I'm having to learn that you might not like 140 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: the package that your prayer request shows up in when 141 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: it comes to your door, knock knock, But no matter 142 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: the delivery system, you can trust that God is the 143 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: one who is superintending. Now, the early Church had to 144 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: believe this in a way that very few of us 145 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: will ever have to lay hold of it, because they 146 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: were experiencing such a time of persecution and a time 147 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: where they had to trust God for their very provision. 148 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: Especially in Jerusalem. There's a famine. In chapter eleven, they're 149 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: taking up offerings just so the church can make it, 150 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: and around about that time they're getting the famine sorted out. 151 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: The writer here, Luke of Acts, says about that same time, 152 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: he connects the events. He said, while they're dealing with 153 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: the famine on one hand, they have to deal with 154 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: the fight on the other hand. And now Herod starts 155 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: throwing their leaders in jail. Some of the disciples, if 156 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: they were thrown in jail, you probably wouldn't miss them, 157 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: because Bartholome, you really, you know, I'm sure he's a 158 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: good guy. But James is one of the three. When 159 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: Jesus got ready to go up on the mountain and 160 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: transfigure in front of them to reveal his glory, James, 161 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: John and Peter got to go up and see it. 162 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: One of the sons of Zebedee, the sons of Thunder. 163 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: James was one of the guys, and he's dead. And 164 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: now they got Peter too, and remember Peter is their preacher, 165 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: and so it's one thing to lose James, it's painful, 166 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: but to lose Peter threatens the very purpose of God. 167 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: And there's so much opportunity because the Kingdom of God 168 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: is spreading and advancing, and there's so much opposition, and 169 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: there's so much opportunity, and there's so much opposition. Don't 170 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: you know that when opportunity comes to the door, opposition 171 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: comes with it. Don't you know that sometimes they are 172 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: one and the same. This is what I'm learning. I'm 173 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: learning that a lot of times, when I open the 174 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: door and see something that I would love to send 175 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: away in my life, a challenge that I wish didn't come, 176 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: it is actually the opportunity for God to teach me 177 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: to trust him. Kind Of hard to say amen to that, 178 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: because usually you want God to knock and come in 179 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: with a flower bouquet. It's kind of hard to know 180 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: that it's God knocking unless he walked with him a while, 181 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: and then you hear the knock the next time, and 182 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: you know, whatever is at the door, even if God 183 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: didn't send it, He's going to use it. And the 184 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: church is praying for Peter, but they're still broken hearted 185 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: about James. Did you notice that part in the passage 186 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: where it said that he had just killed James with 187 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: the sword. That means he cut his head off. That 188 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: means that he was coming after the head. He was 189 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: trying to stop the movement of Christianity because he knew 190 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: it would appease the Jews, and he knew that in 191 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: this great time of opportunity for the Church, it was 192 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: a time of opportunity for him to advance his human agenda. 193 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: And so the church is praying. That the church is 194 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: knocking on the door of Heaven asking God to do 195 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: something in the situation, and Peter is in prison while 196 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: the church is praying. Now, one interesting thing about this text, 197 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: is it right if I teach the Bible for a minute? Okay, 198 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: Because it's interesting to note that Peter has no idea 199 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: at this moment what the people are doing, and the 200 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: people have no idea how Peter is doing. Sometimes you've 201 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: got to pray by faith, not even knowing if it's 202 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: doing any good in your life. And sometimes the proof 203 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: that your prayers and faith are working is that the 204 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: opposition increases. Good. God, help me get this message to 205 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: the back row, because somebody has been wondering, is God 206 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: even still with me? Is God using me? Is this 207 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: even worth it? But there's something about that that should 208 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: let you know that if the devil showed up in 209 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: the first place, there must be something important and he 210 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: must be defending his territory or else he wouldn't bother 211 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: with you. So Peter was in prison, but the church 212 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: was praying, and now would be a good time for 213 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: us to check on Peter, right because we got to 214 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: see we know what the church was doing. They gathered 215 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: together for prayer meeting, and they got in there and 216 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: they started joining their faith together. And Peter is in 217 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: prison and he's just hours away from his trial, and 218 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: if it turns out the same way that James has 219 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: turned out, this will be his last night on the planet. 220 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: So it's that kind of pressure. Let's see what he's doing. 221 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: Let's check in on a nannycam on Peter the Rock. 222 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: Let's check on Peter on the eve of his potential 223 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: probable execution. Verse six, The night before Herod was to 224 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: bring him to trial, Peter was I need somebody to 225 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: fix that in the back. That can't be what the verses, 226 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: how are you going to sleep when your life is 227 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: on the line. Y'all need to fix that verse, because 228 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: that's not That's not possible, is it. The night before 229 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was what pacing, praising, 230 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: praying how can you sleep at a time like this? 231 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: That really got me because I did not expect Peter 232 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: to be sleeping at this moment. I there is Let 233 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: me tell you this right now, and this is just 234 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: a confession. There is not enough lunesta in the pharmacy. 235 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: There is not enough ambient on earth that I could 236 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: sleep when I have to, especially after what happened to James, 237 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: especially knowing this might not turn out well. We prayed 238 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: for James, and look what happened to him, And now 239 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: they got me too. And Peter put it back up. 240 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: There is sleeping between two soldiers. How about that? Have 241 00:15:55,400 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: you ever had to sleep in between? Come on, y'all, 242 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: I came back to preach. I didn't come back to 243 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: have coffee. Have you ever had to sleep between. I 244 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: don't know how this is gonna turn out, but I 245 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: got to sleep in between. I gotta sleep. I don't 246 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: really know if this situation is gonna get better or 247 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: what the doctor's gonna say next time I go back. 248 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: But I got to sleep in between. I'm in a 249 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: tight space and I don't know if I'm gonna make 250 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: it out, but I got to sleep in between. Peter 251 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: was sleeping in between. No, he's come a long way, 252 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: hasn't he. Remember when Jesus was telling Peter, you gotta 253 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: go to the cross, and Peter's arguing with Jesus and 254 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: he's trying to tell Jesus, you'll never go to the cross. 255 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: He's trying to give Jesus his plan for Jesus. He's 256 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: trying to create the itinerary for the son of God 257 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: who created time and space. And now he's sleeping. What 258 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: did Peter know enabled him to sleep between two soldiers? 259 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: He was sleeping. Put it back up. I'm not done 260 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: with that verse. He was sleeping in the greatest trial 261 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: of his life. He was sleeping between two soldiers bound 262 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: with two chains. Some scholars think that Lil Wayne could 263 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: have been in the next cell. A lot of people 264 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: were there, and Sentry stood guard at the entrance, and 265 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: so he was sleeping. What did he know that enabled 266 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: him to sleep in between? What did he maybe suggestion 267 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: he wasn't sleeping because of something he knew with his senses. 268 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: Maybe he was sleeping because of something that he saw 269 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: in his spirit. And maybe what he saw in his 270 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: spirit was a direct reflection of an experience that he 271 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: had with Jesus. Because remember in the boat one night 272 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: when they were going to the other side, but then 273 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: in between where they were and where they were going, 274 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: they hit a storm. Sometimes you set out for the destination, 275 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: but it's in between that your faith has to kick 276 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: in to believe God. And when all the disciples were straining, 277 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: the Bible says they were straining at the ore. They 278 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: were straining against the wind, they were straining against the waves. 279 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: And while they were straining, they went down to check 280 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: out Jesus, and they were surprised to find out that 281 00:18:52,160 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: while they were straining, Jesus was sleeping. So maybe when 282 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: Peter found out, they might kill me. He decided, there's 283 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: only so much I can do about this, and when 284 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: I get to the other side, I'm gonna need all 285 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: my strength, So I'm gonna sleep in between. This is 286 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: God's word for somebody. God said, I can do more 287 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 1: while you're sleeping than you can while you're strained. And 288 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: if you will get out of the way and out 289 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: of your flesh and out of your anxiety. The disciples said, Jesus, 290 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: don't you care we're in this storm. Jesus said, this 291 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: is how I fight mine, my friend, Joseph, Princess rip 292 00:19:53,080 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: rest is power. And so it's a beautiful picture that 293 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: he would sleep and trust God. When Herod comes knocking, 294 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: Peter's faith answers the door knock coming to get you, Peter, 295 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: but he's learned something. He's learned that obedience always comes 296 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: before freedom. Now. I mentioned this because I see a 297 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: lot of people on Instagram. I haven't been on Instagram 298 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: in two months, y'all. And let me tell you, it's amazing. 299 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: The birds are chirping, the sun is beautiful. You'd be 300 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: shocked how nice the world looks when there's not a 301 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: screen in front of your face, a pretend universe, just 302 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: a thought. I've had a great summer. I got ten 303 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: I detoxed from everybody's pretend life, and I'm just happy 304 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: about it. And then, and then, and then Peter has 305 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: to do something that's very difficult to do because you know, 306 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: we all, we all want opportunities to come our way 307 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: and opportunities are weird because they don't show up looking 308 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,719 Speaker 1: like opportunities. When they knock, they just look like obedience. 309 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: Everybody will say like I want to kill my goliath. 310 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: I want to take down my giant. You know, in 311 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: church we say stuff like that. I probably don't say 312 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: that if they don't go to church. But you know, well, 313 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: Goliath didn't come knocking on David's door. Hey David, I'm Deliath. 314 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: If you come me today, you can become a king 315 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: of Israel and have great status. And well that's it. 316 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: David's dad came to his door, say get this bread 317 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 1: down to your brothers. Because when opportunity knocks, it just 318 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: looks like obedience. That's all. It looks like. It doesn't 319 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: look like something big, It doesn't look like something extraordinary. Now, 320 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: Peter's about to get a big miracle, but I want 321 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: you to notice how he gets it, and most of 322 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: us would not have gotten it because spoiler alert, Peter's 323 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: about to get out of jail. He's not going to die. 324 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: He's still got work to do. Peter's not going to 325 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: die in this moment because God still has a purpose, 326 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: because Peter is invincible until God's purpose for him is completed. 327 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: And so Peter's not going to die in this but 328 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't know that yet. As far as he knows, 329 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: it's over. But he's sleeping. And so while he's asleep, 330 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: look at verse six and how God interrupts his what 331 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: do you call it? Rim cycle? Because Peter's in a 332 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: deep sleep. I'll show you in a minutes in the text. 333 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: Bible is so fun to read. I want you to 334 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: read it between Sundays. It's real good. It's real good 335 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: without me here talking about it. It's real good. So 336 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: it says suddenly verse seven, just like in a deep sleep. 337 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared. And he didn't 338 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: not he just came in and a light shone in 339 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke 340 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: him up. And and I guess Peter wasn't all the 341 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: way awake because the angel said, quick get up, and 342 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: the chains fell off Peter's wrists. Now, please leave that 343 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: verse on the screen because I want to show you something. 344 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: It said, quick get up, and the chains fell off 345 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 1: Peter's wrist. Now the natural sequence would be the chains 346 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 1: fell off Peter's wrist, and so he got up, but 347 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't say that. It says that the angel told 348 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: him get up, and when he got up, the chains 349 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: fell off his wrist. You see it. So we think 350 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: the chains are gonna fall off and it's gonna get 351 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 1: easier and we're gonna feel free, and then we can 352 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: obey God. No, you get up and then chains fall off, 353 00:23:54,640 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: because obedience comes before freedom to answer the door and knock, 354 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: even if you're not sure it's God. You gotta be 355 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: kind to people, even if you don't know if they're 356 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: gonna do anything for you in return. So obedience that 357 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: creates freedom, freedom from what, freedom from needing to know 358 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: the outcome before you take the step. So if he 359 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: doesn't get up, the change stay on. And if you 360 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: don't do what God has told you to do right now, 361 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: God can't do what he's going to do that you 362 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: don't know he's going to do. God already intended to 363 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: take his chains off. But if he waits till the 364 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: chains fall off to get up, he's never gonna get 365 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: up because the chains aren't gonna fall off. When I 366 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: get my financial situation in order, I'll tell you I'm 367 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: gonna put God first, because I've heard about that and 368 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: praising the Lord and putting him first with the first 369 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: fruits of my womb, and all the and all the 370 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: things that the Bible says, I'm gonna do it. No, 371 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: you're not, not if you won't do it with the 372 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: little because he who is faithful in a little. So 373 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: it's that first step. It's getting up, Get up, and 374 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: the change will fall off. Get up and you say, God, 375 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: take the chains off, and I'll get up. No, get 376 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: up and the change will fall up. And I love 377 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,479 Speaker 1: this part because there is no indication in this text 378 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: that Peter had faith to be free from prison. All 379 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: he's doing is going through the motions. And sometimes that's 380 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: all you can do. Sometimes all you can do is 381 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: come to church and fake, I mean faith it until 382 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: you feel it. Now, most of us wouldn't have gotten 383 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: a miracle if we were in Act chapter twelve, if 384 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: we were in here at a grip of the first prison, 385 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: we'd stay right there because we wouldn't. We wouldn't follow 386 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: instructions until we knew details. We'll be like, get up, 387 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: why who are you? You see some identification? No? No, no, 388 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: is this God? Is this? No? No? You just get up, 389 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: get up, and when you're in a place of rest, 390 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: you're able to respond without overthinking it. Just just get up. 391 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: Some of y'all think too hard when we're worshiping in here. 392 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: You know you're thinking too hard. You're thinking too hard. 393 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see you a victim. I can't sing that. 394 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if I really am. You need to 395 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: start singing it so you can start seeing it. Because 396 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: faith is the substance of things hoped for and the 397 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: evidence of things not seeing. So help me showing God. 398 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: The old Peter, remember the old Peter who argued all 399 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: the time. The old Peter would have been like, get 400 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 1: up for what? Go up for what? I don't understand. 401 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: I was getting some sleep while I interrupt my sleep. 402 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get in a good, nice sleep. I 403 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: got a big day tomorrow. It's a really important day. 404 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: I need to be sharp so I can offend myself. 405 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: But he just did it in this place. In fact, 406 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: that's exactly what the Bible says. It's a quick get up. 407 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: And the chains fell off vers eve, and then the 408 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: Angel said to him, put on your clothes and sandals. 409 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: He has still not told him his destination. But faith 410 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: is getting dressed. Even when you don't know where you're going, 411 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: And Peter did so. He got dressed with no destination. 412 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: Is this God, I hope? So no details, just obedience, 413 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: not a Peter, get up, get dressed. You know how 414 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: God knocks just little things, and you know as him, 415 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: you know as him, just little things, a little this 416 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: thing can happen. Get up, good dress, put on your 417 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: cloak and sandals. To me, this all, this whole, this 418 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: whole thing seems like very small, Like I don't mind 419 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: getting out of here in my underwear. If we're getting 420 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: out of prison, why am I getting dressed for it? 421 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: But but that's that's us trying to make sense of things. 422 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: This is a different kind of freedom. This is not 423 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: a freedom that can be achieved in your mind. The 424 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: Angel said to him, put on your clothes and sandals, 425 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: and Peter did so, just that simple, wrap your cloak 426 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: around you, and follow me, the angel told him. And 427 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,719 Speaker 1: notice what Peter didn't ask, where are we going? Just 428 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: follow I'm just following Grace, I'm just following Mercy. I'm 429 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: just I'm just following cooperating with God. I'm getting my 430 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: heart in harmony with what he's doing in this season. 431 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm coming into agreement and acceptance of the situation that 432 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: he's placed me in step by step. You know the 433 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: thing on your GPS where you know if you put 434 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: it on at least on mind I use Google Maps 435 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: looking for a sponsorship, where it just tells you the 436 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: next turn, But then if you click on and you 437 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 1: can see details, and that'll tell you every turn. And 438 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: for somebody like me that has no sense of direction, 439 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: I never put on the details because it'll get me lost. 440 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: I can't think seven turns ahead. I just need to 441 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: know the next one. We all, like sheep, have gone astray. 442 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: And so all Peter has to do is the next thing. 443 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: That's all you have to do, the next thing. Anything 444 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: else is too much right now, you don't have to 445 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: be Peter to be in prison. You don't have to 446 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: be some important apostle to be in prison. Addiction is 447 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: a prison. Depression is a prison. You don't have to 448 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: be Peter to be in prison. Mindsets are a prison, 449 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:12,320 Speaker 1: Rumination is a prison. Trauma can be a prison. Prison. 450 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: Isolation can be a prison. Never really engaging in real 451 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: relationships can be a prison. Hiding and concealing it can 452 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: be a prison. But if you've been in prison lately. 453 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,719 Speaker 1: All you need to do is the next thing. You 454 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: can't predict the path of your freedom. You can only 455 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: respond to the light that you have that's shown in yourself. 456 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: And so when Peter got up, this is a very 457 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: profound moment in Peter's life, and he doesn't know it yet. 458 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: For all he knows, he's just dreaming. He doesn't even 459 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: know yet. Read it in the passage with me. Peter 460 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: followed him out of the prison, but he had no 461 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: idea that what the angel was doing was really happening. 462 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: He thought he was seeing a vision. You know, most 463 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: of the time you don't even know that it was 464 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: God until after the fact. While you're in it, it 465 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: feels so confusing and so uncertain, and you're like, I 466 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: don't even know, I don't know what this is right now. 467 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: It is only after you have been through it that 468 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: Romans eight twenty eight makes sense, and then you can 469 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: say all things work together for the good. But it's 470 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: hard to say that in the process of it. And 471 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: Peter's just going through the motions, he's just worshiping, he's 472 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: just moving, he's just obeying, he's just doing the next 473 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: practical thing. And then He kind of has this moment 474 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: when he passes verse ten. The first and second guards 475 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: and came to the iron gate leading to the city. 476 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 1: And watch what happened to the gate. It opened for 477 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: them by itself. You know, God will do for you 478 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: what you can't do for you. Now, y'all uncle clap 479 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: for this one. But he won't do for you what 480 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: you can do for you. So God opened the gate 481 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: for Peter. But watch what Peter did when they had 482 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: walked through it. They walked through it. Angel did. Can't 483 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: carry Peter through the gate piggyback style. Peter's too big 484 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: to be carried through the gate. Now you got to 485 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: go through it. Do me a real truth favor. Look 486 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: at your neighbor with eye contact, say you got to 487 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: go through it. You know how many people that are 488 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: listening to me preach right now are standing and knocking 489 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: at a door that's already opened. The gate was open. 490 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: You can stand there and knock all you want, but 491 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: you got to go through it. And every second we 492 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: spend not going through it, every second that we've been 493 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: wishing that it wasn't there, every second we've been waiting 494 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: for something miraculous to happen it already happened. It already happened. 495 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: The worst thing that could happen already happened on the cross. 496 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: It was already transformed into resurrection power in your spirit. 497 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 1: So it already happened, is already open. But you've got 498 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: to go through it. And when you go through it, 499 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: that is the proof that you trust God even while 500 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: you're in it, that you stay in the fire, that 501 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: you stay in the furnace, and you still survive. And 502 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: he walked through the gate. Now the power of God 503 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: did not prevent the attack, but it protected Peter within 504 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: it and it enabled him to go through it. God 505 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,800 Speaker 1: is going to get me through this. I don't know how, 506 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: I don't know when, but God is going to get 507 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: me through this. The gate is open, the way is made. 508 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: Faith has already provided for me the grace that I need. 509 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: And when they had walked the length tenby of one street, 510 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 1: suddenly the angel left him and now he's got to 511 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: figure out where to go. And suddenly wakes up and 512 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: he comes to this moment that I believe we come 513 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: to sometimes when when God knocks on our situation, or 514 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 1: when the when the enemy knocks to come get us. 515 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: But God won't let him. He comes to this realization, 516 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: He's like, I gotta go, and I wonder what door 517 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna knock on. See, it's really important that you 518 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 1: know where to knock when you're in trouble. That's how 519 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: some of us got our hearts broken and our minds 520 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: messed up because we knocked on the wrong door. And 521 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: you know what was really weird about it. Sometimes we 522 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,760 Speaker 1: run back to the same door that disappointed us last time, 523 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 1: knocking on it as if there's anything inside that's crazy. 524 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: And Christians will do this, They'll pray the devil away 525 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 1: and knock when and he knocks on the door, leave 526 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: it wide open for him to come in, and put 527 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: out a fruit basket and welcome him as a guest 528 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: with the monogram towel, just leaving yourself wide open to everything. 529 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: But when you run around knocking on the wrong doors 530 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: and the wrong people and the wrong patterns, and you 531 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: keep going back to that place, it's very important that 532 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: you know where to knock. And thank God that Peter 533 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: knew where to knock. See, he knew about John Mark's 534 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:51,839 Speaker 1: mother's house. Apparently this was the same place that they 535 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: had been praying for James, and he knew that if 536 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: he would knock on that door there would be some 537 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: praying people. I want to say something to everybody who 538 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: came to church today. Okay, I don't know what your 539 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: life is like right now, and I don't know what 540 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:06,840 Speaker 1: you need God to do, but you knocked on the 541 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: right door today, because everything you need is in the 542 00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: presence of God. Come on, look at somebody say, you 543 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: knocked on the right door today. God has got what 544 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: you need. The fridge is full, the bet is me, 545 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 1: there's a prayer meeting going on. There's a fire in 546 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: the kitchen. So watch this. I gotta show you something. 547 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: Somebody say, knock knock. Peter said, Now I know without 548 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: a doubt it was the Lord coming into my prison cell. 549 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,880 Speaker 1: It wasn't Herod's intention that brought me here. It was 550 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: God's purpose. The Lord sent his angel and rescued me 551 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating. 552 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: You know what he was saying, Herod came knocking. He 553 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,719 Speaker 1: came to get me. It came to kill me, but 554 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: it couldn't have me. That's how I know God was 555 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,280 Speaker 1: with me, because it came for me, but it couldn't 556 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,919 Speaker 1: kill me. It came for me, but it couldn't take 557 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,799 Speaker 1: me out. It came for me, but it couldn't have me. 558 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: And now I know that God was with me. And 559 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: when this had dawned on in verse twelve, he went 560 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: to the house of Mary, the mother of John, also 561 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 562 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: Ended amazing that they were still praying, still asking, still seeking, 563 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:36,799 Speaker 1: still knocking, because like, really, I don't know if I 564 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 1: would have if I prayed for James and they cut 565 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: his head off. I don't know if I would have 566 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 1: faith to pray for Peter. I think a lot of 567 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:57,040 Speaker 1: us pray for things, or hope for things, or secretly 568 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: wish for things that we really don't believe could even happen. 569 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: We sing things that we no longer believe really happened. 570 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 1: We sing a freedom, but we learned a long time 571 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:16,399 Speaker 1: ago to stop dreaming about it. And Peter is out 572 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: of prison, but they don't know it yet, but they're 573 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: still praying. Ah. That takes faith, man, It takes faith 574 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:30,239 Speaker 1: to pray for Peter when you just lost James. It 575 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: takes faith to believe in this situation because you know, 576 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,720 Speaker 1: when you've seen him move the mountain and you believe 577 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,399 Speaker 1: he can do it again, It's one thing. But when 578 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: that mountain's still there and you got to pray about 579 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: that one, this is a difficult moment. And yet it 580 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: didn't stop their prayer, It didn't stop their persistence. It 581 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: didn't stop. So Peter shows up and they're still praying. 582 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: And when he got there verse thirteen, the Bible says, Peter, 583 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,200 Speaker 1: my knuckle is so sore, I'm gonna have to ice 584 00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: it before the eleven thirty. Peter, Well, come on, this 585 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: is Peter. You know. Peter's loud. Peter. Peter's not knocking 586 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,479 Speaker 1: like Abby. Peter's banging on the door because they're still 587 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:27,120 Speaker 1: looking for him. He just broke out of prison. You're 588 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: knock different when you're desperate. You pray different when you 589 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:40,320 Speaker 1: know you need God. Peter knocked at the outer entrance 590 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 1: and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the 591 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,839 Speaker 1: door while they were praying for Peter, and he's at 592 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:51,919 Speaker 1: the door. Their prayer request is standing in the form 593 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,720 Speaker 1: of an answer on the other side of the door, 594 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: and when looking forwarteen, when she recognized Peter's voice, I 595 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,719 Speaker 1: think she recognized as not and nobody knocking as loud 596 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: as Peter. Nobody knocks like Peter. Nobody is persistent like Peter. 597 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,720 Speaker 1: Nobody makes it through denying him three times and comes 598 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: back to preach on Pentecost. My failures taught me persistence. 599 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: Nobody knocks like Peter. Nobody knocks like the one who 600 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: knows that even through my mistakes, God it's working the 601 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 1: miracles in this moment, nobody knocks like Peter. And when 602 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 1: she recognized his voice, Hey, she was so overjoyed that 603 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 1: she ran back without opening it and told the people, 604 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:43,360 Speaker 1: Peter is at the door. It's Peter. Y'all, Hey guys, 605 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: it's Peter. Hey guys, Peter wrote as a fourteen year 606 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,360 Speaker 1: old white girl in my mind, Hey guys, it's Peter. 607 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 1: And watch what they say. You're out of your mind. 608 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: Well that's a compliment because my mind has been my 609 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:04,319 Speaker 1: prison all along. That's what I've been trying to get 610 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: is out of my mind. That's what's making me miserable, 611 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 1: being in my mind and my thoughts, for his thoughts 612 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 1: are higher than my thoughts, and his ways are higher 613 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:28,439 Speaker 1: than my ways. I'm out of my mind. I Rohota 614 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: said no, no, She kept insisting that it was so, 615 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: and they said, watch how much faith they had. It 616 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: must be his angel. It was easier for them to 617 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,759 Speaker 1: believe that Peter died and his angel came to the 618 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:53,239 Speaker 1: door than it was actually him. Sometimes it is easier 619 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: for you to believe that you are worthless. It is 620 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,839 Speaker 1: easier for you to believe that it's than it is 621 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,959 Speaker 1: for you to believe that dry bones can live again 622 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:18,760 Speaker 1: at the word of the Lord. But Peter kept on knocking, 623 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:25,400 Speaker 1: and I hear God saying to somebody today, don't stop knocking. 624 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: You're at the right door. Don't stop knocking just because 625 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:40,919 Speaker 1: Rhoda ran back and the people didn't believe. God can 626 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:46,880 Speaker 1: use even the imperfect faith of a hurting church to 627 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:52,360 Speaker 1: break Peter out of prison. And if you keep knocking, 628 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,920 Speaker 1: if you keep knocking, keep asking. Yeah, I know you 629 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,880 Speaker 1: don't have the answers yet, but now you're learning the questions. 630 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,800 Speaker 1: If you keep seeking, if you keep knocking, I declare 631 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, Peter is at the door. 632 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:23,360 Speaker 1: Peter is at the door, and the only way for 633 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,680 Speaker 1: you to find out is to open it. But when 634 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:33,879 Speaker 1: James died, you stop believing in this season of your life. 635 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: I believe Revelation three twenty that Jesus stands at the 636 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:43,400 Speaker 1: door and knocks. Now, I would have to think that today, 637 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,600 Speaker 1: somewhere in this building online, at one of our locations 638 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,800 Speaker 1: that meet all across this nation, I have to believe 639 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,760 Speaker 1: that God is knocking on the door of someone's faith 640 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,200 Speaker 1: to believe again in an area of your life where 641 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,680 Speaker 1: it has been easier for you to just lock the door, 642 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,799 Speaker 1: and you've just been going through motions, just kind of 643 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,560 Speaker 1: holding to the facade of your faith. But I sense 644 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 1: the spirit of the Lord. Knock, knock, who's there? And 645 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:22,959 Speaker 1: Peter said, boo. Rota said Boo. Peter said, don't cry, 646 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:33,440 Speaker 1: I'm alive. Open the door in this moment. Yes, it's 647 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,919 Speaker 1: hard to trust people again when people have let you down. 648 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,919 Speaker 1: But what are you gonna do Stay in there and 649 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,520 Speaker 1: die and just pretend like you're living and really on 650 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,240 Speaker 1: the inside. No, I stand at the door and knock, 651 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,759 Speaker 1: And if you will open the door to me, Jesus said, 652 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,200 Speaker 1: I will sit down and I will eat with you. 653 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: And I have prepared a table for you in the 654 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:55,319 Speaker 1: presence of your enemies, and I am your Shepherd, and 655 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,359 Speaker 1: I am your Angel, and I am your Light, and 656 00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 1: I am your defender, and I am your Hope, and 657 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: I am your promise. And upon this rock I will 658 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,480 Speaker 1: build my church, and the case of hell will not 659 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:13,880 Speaker 1: prevail against it. For I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning, 660 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:17,240 Speaker 1: in the end, the first and the last. I died 661 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: and I live. Peter is at the door because guess 662 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:30,879 Speaker 1: what church. At the end of Acts chapter twelve, Peter 663 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:39,840 Speaker 1: wasn't dead. Herod was because let me tell you why. 664 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: The only reason that God allowed the trial was to 665 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,600 Speaker 1: free you from what was holding you captive. God is 666 00:45:47,640 --> 00:46:01,600 Speaker 1: a mighty warrior. When God knocks, he keeps knocking. He 667 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:06,040 Speaker 1: doesn't give up on people. God doesn't knock one time, 668 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:11,400 Speaker 1: two times you failed, That's all right, He's still knocking. 669 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,960 Speaker 1: If your heart is still beating, God is still knocking. 670 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,440 Speaker 1: He is not going to let you go until He 671 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: accomplishes his purpose for your life. Thank you for joining us. 672 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,799 Speaker 1: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 673 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:32,360 Speaker 1: this ministry. 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