1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Pastor PAULA. 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 2: White, Congratulations on forty years of transformative, life changing kingdom 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: advancing ministry. Thank you for being used by God, for 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: saying yes to the calling for changing the world by 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: filling the world with the glory of Jesus Christaday. 6 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 3: His word is your answer. I am so excited to 7 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 3: continue teaching you out of my brand new book, The 8 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: Pillars of Faith. These the fundamentals, the foundations that build 9 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 3: our life in Christ. God makes himself synonymous with his word. 10 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 3: He says, in the beginning was the Word, and the 11 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 3: Word was with God, and the Word was God. In 12 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 3: other words, you cannot separate God and his Word. So 13 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: people say, I want to know who God is, you 14 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 3: have to know his word. So I'm teaching people how 15 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 3: do you rightly divide the Word of God? How do 16 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 3: you study it? What are the doctrines the foundations to 17 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 3: our faith? How do I build a more deeper and 18 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 3: intimate relationship with God? As we begin to lay this out, 19 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 3: I talk the very basics of why it's so important 20 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: to have a foundation in a culture that is just 21 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 3: very changing and transactional and ever different depending on what 22 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: culture is. It's woke one day, it's conservative another days. 23 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: This is the end in the flavor of the month. 24 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: But God's word is never changing. The Bible declares that 25 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 3: heaven and earth will pass away, but the Word shall 26 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: remain forever. The Word doesn't just start from when the 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 3: earth was formed, when man was formed. It was before that, 28 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 3: and it will be after that. So, therefore, if I 29 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: want to really see success in my life, great relationships, 30 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: an intimate relationship with God salvation to have success in life. 31 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 3: And success is not money and bank accounts and houses 32 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: and cars and degrees and college. No. Success is that 33 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 3: I have fulfilled the reason for my supreme being. How 34 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 3: do I know what my supreme being is? How do 35 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: I know what my purpose is? Because I know God, 36 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 3: and I know I'm from Him, and I know I'm 37 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 3: sent here with an intention from Him, with an assignment 38 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 3: from Him. And so are you. So as we begin 39 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 3: to unfold the pillars of faith, we start with the 40 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 3: very beginning, the most important foundation, and that's the Trinity. 41 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 3: Who is God, the Father, who is God, the Son 42 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 3: which we'll get in today, and who has got the 43 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit. In Genesis one twenty six, he declared, let 44 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 3: us make man in our image according to our likeness. 45 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 3: You are not an accident. You're not a product of nature, 46 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: but your reflection of the character and essence of God. 47 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: You see, you are at the core of you as spirit, 48 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: having a human experience. You have been born into a body, 49 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 3: You've been given a soul, but you are a spirit. 50 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: And we spend most of our time working on the externals, 51 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: taking care of the flesh, making sure the makeup is right, 52 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 3: making sure the clothes fit, making sure we have a 53 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 3: nice home that we can live in. But at the 54 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 3: end of the day, you are not just a habitat 55 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: of that home. You're not just a fashionista. You are 56 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: a child of the Most High God. And each one 57 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: of us is fearfully and wonderfully made, crafted with purpose 58 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: and intention, according to Psalm one thirty nine, verse fourteen. 59 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 3: And your father is God. Yeah you heard that right. 60 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 3: Your father is not dam and Paul, not Jack. Your father, 61 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 3: your true father is God. Now he used humans, and 62 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: we honor that because God, our father, tells us to 63 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: honor our mother and father. But I want you this 64 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: to drill deep in you because when you get this 65 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: relationship as Abbah Daddy Father, it begins to transcend and 66 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 3: transform everything You are not an accident. Your mother and 67 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 3: father had to come together. You're an intentional creation designed 68 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 3: to fulfill a very specific purpose, a supreme reason for being, 69 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: and the Father's eternal design and desire are embedded within you, 70 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 3: calling you to manifest his will on earth. The Bible says, 71 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 3: eternity is in your heart, So even if you've been 72 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 3: severely traumatized hurt. It reminds me of Ezekiel chapter sixteen, 73 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 3: where this baby girl was not washed, salted, or swaddled, 74 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 3: She wasn't taking care of properly. She was traumatized, she 75 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: was hurt, she was abused, she was misused, and she 76 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 3: lows she hated the day she was born. But then 77 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 3: the Bible says that God the Father covered her with 78 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: his wings. You know what begins to happen when you 79 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 3: have a relationship and understand who God the Father is. 80 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 3: All the trauma, all the hurt, the things from people 81 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 3: in authority figures, whether it was a pastor or a father, 82 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 3: or a mother or a teacher, whoever it was, those 83 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 3: traumas start getting healed and you come up under the word. 84 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 3: This is the feathers that cover you. These are the 85 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 3: wings that cover you. And as the Word gets in 86 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: you and reveals God the Father, then the Bible says 87 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 3: that she was healed, and that's what begins to happen 88 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: to you. The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, 89 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 3: underscores your divine creation and your purpose. He underscores what 90 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 3: God will do and can do. He says in Ephesians 91 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: chapter two, verse ten, we are His workmanship created in 92 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 3: Christ Jesus, unto good works which God has before ordained 93 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 3: that we should walk in them. See. God has a 94 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 3: plan for you, and part of that plan is you 95 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: receiving the redemption from sin and sickness and trauma and disease. 96 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 3: I'm called all sin because that's what it is, everything 97 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 3: that the enemy sent to take you away from God. 98 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 3: So God had a plan. The Bible says that before 99 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: the foundation was ever laid, that the lamb of God 100 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 3: was already slain. Now the lamb of God is Jesus. 101 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 3: What do you mean he was already slain? He wasn't 102 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: born before. Yes, he was, because he always was, he 103 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: always will be. He always is. That's God. So God 104 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 3: the Father how to plan with God the Son that 105 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 3: he would send his only begotten Son into the earth, 106 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: the begotten Son of God, and he would be born incarnate. 107 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 3: Incarnate means in flesh. So Divinity enters into flesh through 108 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 3: this womb of his mother Mary. Now he didn't have 109 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 3: Mary's blood, he had the Father's blood. It's a whole 110 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 3: lot of teaching here. But he would walk on the 111 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 3: search for thirty three and a half years, and he'd 112 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 3: be crucified on an old rugged cross. The lamb, the perfect, 113 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 3: spotless slam was slain because behold, he'd taketh the way 114 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: the sin of the world. And what does that mean. 115 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 3: That word taketh the way means it only occurred once. 116 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 3: He put a complete end to it. That's why when 117 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: he said it is finished, it is completely complete and 118 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 3: perfectly perfect. Nothing could be added to the plan, nothing 119 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 3: could be taken away from it. He said, I am 120 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 3: the Way, I'm the Truth, I am the Life, and 121 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: he is. There is no other way to God, the Father, 122 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: he said, I only do what God tells me to do. 123 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 3: There's only one Jesus Christ. Other religions try to convince 124 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: the world that Jesus was only a good teacher, an 125 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 3: accurate prophet, a prolific healer. But Jesus came from heaven 126 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: to earth and showed us the way. As I said, 127 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 3: he died on a cross as the atonement for our sins. 128 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 3: But he was buried in that borg toomb. And this 129 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: is the best part. He rose again three days later 130 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: and he appeared to many people. He gave his followers 131 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 3: an assignment, and then he ascended up to heaven and 132 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 3: he sat at the right hand of the Father. And 133 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 3: now you want to know what he's doing. He's not 134 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 3: wringing his hands worried about Paula's life and about what 135 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: someone said, or is this going to work out or 136 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: the economy. No, he's interceding. It's the greatest ministry of all, 137 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 3: an intercessor. That's why prayer is so important, because that's 138 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: the only way to communicate to God, the Father, God, 139 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 3: the Son. Now the Holy Spirit we're going to get to. 140 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 3: But I want you to understand Christianity declares that Jesus 141 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 3: Christ is the only begotten Son of God, the Lamb 142 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 3: of God, and the risen Lord. I have so much 143 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 3: to teach you, but I want to take a small break. 144 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 3: Let you digest this as you're taking great notes here, 145 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: and then I'll be right back. 146 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: It's time to go beyond having just an idea of 147 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: what God's word says and actually know, comprehend, and apply 148 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: what God's word says. The Enemy has attacked the foundations 149 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: of our faith, our souls, and our churches, and if 150 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: Christians continue to do nothing, it will affect the fate 151 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: of future generations. It's time to be the change. We've 152 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: got to rebuild our foundation of faith and Pastor Paula 153 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: as a brand new book, Pillars of Faith. This book 154 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: guides you through the pillars of our Christian faith, exploring 155 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: the timeless truths that have anchor believers throughout the ages. 156 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: I wrote this book from my heart to help you 157 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 3: get a foundation for who God is, to understand the 158 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: importance and be able to study God's word. 159 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: Pillars of Faith will equip you with a deeper understanding 160 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: of the foundations of our faith, a renewed passion for 161 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: the Bible, and a hunger to experience God in every 162 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: area of your life. 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Call the number and get Pillars of Faith today, 172 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: and remember God's Word is your answer. 173 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 3: There's so much depth in this book of Pillars of Faith, 174 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 3: and I just want to give you kind of the introduction. 175 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 3: It's like the appetizer to get you into deeper waters. 176 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 3: We've talked about God the Father as part of the Trinity. 177 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 3: God the Son is where we are. His name is Jesus. 178 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 3: And then we're going to get to God the Holy 179 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 3: Spirit today. So John the Apostle. John starts his gospel 180 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 3: with a powerful statement that mirrors the opening of Genesis, 181 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 3: emphasizing that the word the Greek is logos there existed 182 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: from the very beginning. This illuminates that Jesus is eternal 183 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 3: without a starting point. Being with God signifies a distinct 184 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 3: yet intimate relationship within the Trinity. While the Word was 185 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 3: God affirms his divine nature. Jesus is not a created being. 186 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 3: He is fully God, coexisting with the Father John one 187 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 3: one through five. In the beginning, the Word already existed. 188 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 3: The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 189 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything 190 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: through him, and nothing was created it sept through him. 191 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: The Word gave life to everything that was created, and 192 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 3: his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in 193 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. If 194 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 3: you just meditate on that John one one through five, 195 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 3: and just for the week, just let chew on that, 196 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 3: repeat it, let that get in your spirit, you'll begin 197 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 3: to get a picture of Jesus, who played a central 198 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: role in all of creation. Everything you see, everything you feel, 199 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: everything you experience was made through him, and nothing came 200 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: into existence without him. WHOA I want you to ponder that. 201 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 3: This shows us his immense power and authority over all 202 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 3: of creation. Jesus is the source of all life. If 203 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 3: anything one dot or one tittle is what the Bible 204 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 3: says changed in this word, it would throw everything into 205 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 3: total chaos. Nothing would survive, just one little thing, because 206 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 3: as a source of all life, he didn't just create us. 207 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 3: He gives us spiritual life who we are, and he 208 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 3: gives us all life. So without that life, everything dies, 209 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 3: it doesn't exist. That's why eventually all things, both in 210 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 3: heaven and in earth get summed up in Jesus. Now 211 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 3: this is so important. He's not just a prophet. He 212 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: was not just a good teacher. He wasn't just a rabbi. 213 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: He is God the Son. And he said to us 214 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 3: before he ascended, he said, to the disciples who recorded 215 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: it in this Holy book, and the volumes have yet 216 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 3: to be written and to be told, they couldn't hold it. 217 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: The Bible says, if all the volumes in the world 218 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: could not hold what Jesus has done. But he said, 219 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 3: go wait up in this upper room. He said, because 220 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: it's expedient that I go, And expedient means it's profitable 221 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: for you that I go. And he said, because I 222 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 3: am sending the comforter, the Holy Spirit. Now many people 223 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: talk about man, and I wish I was in the garden. 224 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 3: I would have loved to walk with Jesus. But you 225 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: know what, you're walking with God, the Holy Spirit. He's 226 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 3: been here for over two thousand years. He is fully 227 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 3: God as much God. He's not some ghost, he's not 228 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 3: a figment of man's imagination. He is the Trinity, God, 229 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit. You are walking with God, in fact, 230 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 3: when you're led by the spirit of God, known as 231 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 3: a son a daughter of God. Let's look at God. 232 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 3: The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter one, verse eight says 233 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 3: you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 234 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: You can have faith only in relationship to your knowledge 235 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 3: of God. Now, the same principle stands true in regard 236 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 3: to the gifts and the ministries of the Holy Spirit. 237 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 3: But I want you to understand something, and I'll read 238 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 3: it to you from First Peter chapter four, verse ten. 239 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 3: Most people want the gifts, they want the miracles, they 240 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 3: want the ministries, but those come as a result of 241 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 3: wanting the Holy Spirit. Remember, he's not a gift, he's 242 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 3: not a ministry. He is God, and he dispenses to 243 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 3: us revelation, salvation. No man can even call Jesus Lord. 244 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 3: Accept by the Holy Spirit. He gives us wisdom. He's 245 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 3: the one that in acts the fathers and Jesus will 246 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 3: on the basis of the finished work of Jesus Christ 247 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: and the blood bought Covenant, which you can find throughout 248 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 3: the book of Hebrews. You can find it. Throughout all 249 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 3: the Word. You have promises, you have provision. But who enaxos? 250 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 3: Who releases that into the earth force? Watches over that? 251 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 3: The Holy Spirit first Peter chapter four, verse ten. As 252 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 3: every man had to receive the gift, even so minister 253 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 3: the same one to another as good stewards of the 254 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: manifold grace of God. In John chapter sixteen, verse seven, 255 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 3: Jesus said, nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is 256 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: for your advantage or your prophet that I go away. 257 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 3: If I don't go, the helper or the comforter will 258 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: not come to you. But if I depart, I will 259 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: send him to you. Jesus, in his infinite wisdom and love, 260 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: knew that it was profitable, necessary, beneficial for us that 261 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 3: he returned to the Father so the Holy Spirit could 262 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 3: come dwell within us. Now think about that. Paul came 263 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: with the revelation of the Holy Spirit. His former name 264 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 3: was so he was knocked off his beast. I think this, 265 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 3: and he said, who art thou, o Lord? And he 266 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 3: was the one that was basically some say a serial killer. 267 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: He was persecuting Christians. He was killing Christians if he 268 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 3: didn't actually hold the coach tells of Stephen or throw 269 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,959 Speaker 3: the stone. He ordered the decree for it to happen, 270 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 3: so he was killing masses of Christians. He has this 271 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 3: divine encounter, the Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to him. He 272 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 3: does a one to eighty degree turn changes his life. 273 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 3: Now this is so important because I'm about to give 274 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 3: you a whole lot of information. I trust you write 275 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 3: it all down, you go back listen, or even better, 276 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 3: get the pillars of faith. Because when we say who 277 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 3: is the Holy Spirit? He is God. He is the 278 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,719 Speaker 3: divine power of God. He is the Spirit of Truth. 279 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: He is the comforter. He's eternal, He's omnipresent, all present, 280 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 3: He's omnicent, all knowing. He's omnipotive, all powerful. He's God's 281 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,400 Speaker 3: creative spirit. He's the Spirit of power and might. He's 282 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 3: the Spirit of counsel. He's the spirit of wisdom and understanding. 283 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 3: He's the Spirit of glory. He's the Spirit of Christ. 284 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 3: And when I said this is so important because Paul, 285 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: who was a Hebrew of Hebrews, a very proud Jewish 286 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 3: man of his Jewish faith. He studied under the best 287 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 3: of the scholars the best of the rabbis. He was 288 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 3: the elite of them. It's like going to every elite 289 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 3: ivory school you could ever imagine around the world. And 290 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 3: yet when he has this encounter with God, he goes 291 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 3: from one mindset because the Jewish people had the Temple 292 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 3: of God. If you've ever been to Israel, you know 293 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 3: the Temple Mount. You know they wait, and we understand 294 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 3: from the Old Testament to the New Testament, they wait 295 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 3: for who they see as the Messiah to come so 296 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 3: that the temple they can honor and worship God, etc. 297 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 3: But as a Christian and believer, Jesus told us that 298 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 3: know you not that you are the temple of God. 299 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 3: If any man defiled the temple him shall God destroy. 300 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 3: So he makes it really clear that he no longer 301 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 3: builds in brick and mortar as a temple. But you 302 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 3: have become the temple of God. Now that revelation is 303 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 3: so profound. That means God dwells in me. What does 304 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 3: he say? The same spirit that raised Christ from the 305 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 3: dead now lives inside of you. It dwells inside of you. 306 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 3: That's why he says, any man who defiles a temple, 307 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 3: whom sho God and destroyed. It's because God is saying 308 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 3: you're holy, not because of your goodness, because of the 309 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 3: finished work of Jesus Christ. You became accepted instead of rejected. 310 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: Where we were as filthy rag as, we now are 311 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 3: holy because of that work, and now we are, for 312 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 3: lack of better word, worthy as a temple. Don't defile it, 313 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 3: don't destroy it for the Holy Spirit to live in. Now, 314 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 3: you want to know what they were doing division. They 315 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 3: were gossiping, talking about everybody think I smoking or drinking 316 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 3: or getting high. Those are very self destructive things and 317 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 3: it's not good. But what was destroying was disunity. And 318 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 3: Paul spoke greatly to that. So if we talked about 319 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: who the Holy Spirit is, what does the Holy Spirit do? 320 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 3: He gives me the mind of Christ Philippians two five. 321 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 3: I now have the mind of Christ. He's the revealer 322 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 3: of the wisdom of God. Remember, he gives me a 323 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 3: spirit of understanding, a spirit of revelation, a spirit of 324 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 3: wisdom Ephesians chapter one. He brings inward illumination, He speaks 325 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 3: the mind of God. He teaches the will of God. 326 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 3: There's no way to rightly divide the Word without the 327 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit. He witnesses the things of God. He guides 328 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: the people of God. He guides you, and I love this. 329 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 3: He convicts us of sin because all had sinned. It's 330 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 3: not remember the root of sin sin itself. The root 331 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 3: of it has been broken off of us by the 332 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 3: finished work of Jesus Christ. There's a difference between sin 333 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 3: and sins. You have still sinned, I have still sinned. 334 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 3: We've fallen down. But thank God, the Holy Spirit convicts me. 335 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 3: And you know when he starts to convict you, before 336 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 3: you even get to the place of a trespass, he 337 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: begins to speak to you. He begins to deal with you. 338 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 3: Now you shouldn't go to that person's house. Don't open 339 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 3: that door. Shut your mouth. God begins to deal with us. 340 00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 3: God the Holy Spirit, he commands, He helps you. He 341 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 3: reaches out to sinners. Through him, we're able to perform miracles. 342 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 3: And when I say perform miracles, is the Holy Spirit 343 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 3: performing the miracle. We're just a vessel in the vehicle. 344 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 3: He regenerates the believer, He dwells in us near the temple. 345 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 3: He seals the believer in Christ. He guarantees your inheritance. 346 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 3: He baptizes us in himself, that's why we have a 347 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 3: prayer language. He fills us with himself, He reveals sin. 348 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 3: So when we think about this, because I want to 349 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 3: focus on God, the Holy Spirit, because people think thing 350 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 3: mean a man's imagination, a ghost, some weird like wooh, no, no, no, no. 351 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 3: The personality of the Holy Spirit. He has a mind, 352 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 3: he has a will, he loves, he can be greed, 353 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 3: He prays. And God's work to the church today is 354 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 3: the restoration of the Holy Spirit's his rightful place. Anyone 355 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 3: who does not know the Holy Spirit as a person 356 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 3: of the God had the Trinity, will never attain a 357 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 3: complete and well rounded Christian experience. Remember Romans eight fourteen. 358 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 3: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 359 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 3: they are the sons of God. This is just a 360 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 3: sample of the pillars of faith. Hebrews four to twelve 361 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: tells us. For the Word of God is alive and powerful. 362 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,479 Speaker 3: It is sharper than the sharpest two edged sword, cutting 363 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 3: between your soul and your spirit, between joint and moorrow. 364 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 3: It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Now through his word, 365 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 3: God reveals his love, his will, his character, And it's 366 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 3: in his word that we find the strength guidance and 367 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 3: assurance we need to navigate the complexities of life. Today 368 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 3: we discuss God, the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, but 369 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 3: there's so much more. In this new book. I teach 370 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 3: in detail about faith, the fall of Adam. God's Word 371 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 3: is your answer, baptism, prayer, worship, spiritual warfare, and so 372 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 3: much more. 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The Enemy has attacked the foundations 391 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: of our faith, our souls, and our churches, and if 392 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: Christians continue to do nothing, it will affect the faith 393 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: of future generations. It's time to be the change. We've 394 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: got to rebuild our foundation of faith and Pastor Paula 395 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: as a brand new book, Pillars of Faith. 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Call the number and get Pillars of Faith 414 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: today and remember God's word is your answer. 415 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 3: I believe the Holy Spirit is calling you right now 416 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 3: to an intimate relationship with God. And if you've never 417 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 3: received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, stop wasting 418 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 3: this precious gift called life. You will spend eternity somewhere. 419 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 3: It will either be heaven completely with God or an 420 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 3: eternal separation, never with God, and no way for another redemption, 421 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 3: no way for a second chance. At that time, I pray, 422 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 3: and I plead with your heart. Don't be so stubborn 423 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 3: or prideful or just sloughing something off or hurt or 424 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 3: whatever standing in the way. Ask God to come to you. 425 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 3: Pray this prayer right now, Say Father God, I come 426 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 3: to you in the name of Jesus, forgive me for 427 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 3: my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, 428 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit, Fill me be with me. I need you 429 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 3: help me to do life, help me not to hurt, 430 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 3: and heal me in Jesus Mighty name. If you prayed 431 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 3: that simple prayer, it is simple, but it's complicated. If 432 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 3: you prayed that Welcome to the family God. I say 433 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 3: this often. It's the first step, not the last one, 434 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 3: and so I want to help you. Go, well, what's 435 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 3: the next step. Go to Paulawhite dot org and get 436 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: my free digital download. What is salvation? What are the 437 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 3: building blocks of faith? Call that told free number. If 438 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 3: you just gave your life to the Lord Ji Jesus Christ, 439 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 3: we want to pray with you. There are people standing 440 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 3: by that will come in agreement with you and pray. 441 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 3: So call them right now and thank you. Let's do 442 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 3: life together. Make sure that you send us a prayer, request, 443 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 3: our praise report, let us know what God's doing, and 444 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 3: let's connect. I'd love to be your pastor. God bless you.