1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: Let us pray, be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: he may devour. First Peter five eight. Dearest Lord, I 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: know there is a spiritual battle going on in this world. 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: There's an adversary warring against you and your people. The 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: enemy is out to kill, rob steal, and destroy. We 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: fight not against flesh and blood, but powers and principalities 8 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: in high places. 9 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: But you have. 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: Already won the victory. The enemy is defeated, and I 11 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: need to remind him he has no power over me. 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: You have given me the authority to stand against him 13 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: in Jesus name. When I know who I am in you, 14 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: he is not about to mess with me. Keep me 15 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 1: alert to his sneaky tactics, and cover me with your 16 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: spiritual armor. 17 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: Amen. 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor stay 20 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: tuned to pray dot COM's Sunday Service. 21 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: Welcome to pray dot COM's Sunday service sponsored by Altrue Health. 22 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: Share. 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: Follow this podcast and listen weekly to receive godly wisdom 24 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 3: and practical advice for daily Living. 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That's my 34 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: share dot org out your health share where we care 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 3: for one another. 36 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 4: There is a purpose that God has for you. It 37 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 4: is a kingdom purpose that's bigger than you. It's not 38 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 4: just about you, and you are designed to fulfill a 39 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 4: kingdom responsibility for the benefit of something bigger than you. 40 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: In your case, it. 41 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: Is to impact something or someone in the spheres of 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 4: the influence God has given you. God created you and 43 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 4: redeemed you with a purpose in mind. It is your 44 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 4: spiritual enemy's job and goal to cause the a purpose 45 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 4: of your life to bring down and to not be realized. 46 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 4: As I stated earlier, he comes to destroy, He comes 47 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 4: to destroy dreams, hopes, destinies, purposes, and ultimately to take 48 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 4: your life before it's time. Many of the things that 49 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: you see happening are people dying. 50 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: Before their time. 51 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 4: Now, there is a time, the Bible says it's appointed 52 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 4: and the man wants to die, and after that the judgment. 53 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 4: So there is a date, but you don't want to 54 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: leave here before the date. But that's his goal. But 55 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: even prior to that, his goal is that you do 56 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 4: not realize the appliant purpose, the created purpose. And you 57 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: have a book. Every Christian has a book. We saw 58 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 4: that and saw one thirty nine, verse sixteen, and that 59 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 4: book lays out what God's design is, his kingdom purpose, 60 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 4: his divinely ordained reason for being. So for those who 61 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 4: want to reclaim what you have been illegitimately taken through 62 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 4: sin or circumstances sometimes outside of your control, you need 63 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 4: to take the devil to court. You need to take 64 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 4: of the court. Now, a lot of us are trying 65 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 4: to fight the devil outside of court, which means it's 66 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 4: not legal. You have to fight him legally. That's why 67 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 4: the book is full. The Bible is legal ease. It's 68 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 4: full of statements related to judges and laws. And statutes 69 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 4: and covenants. All of those are legal documentations or positions 70 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 4: because there is a legislative tie to a spiritual reality. 71 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 4: What you see legislated in the physical was always preempted 72 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 4: by a legislation that occurs in the spiritual. So why 73 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 4: don't we go to a court scene today so that 74 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 4: we can learn some principles about getting back whatever he 75 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 4: has stolen from you or whatever life has left for you, 76 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 4: so that he doesn't keep being a grift in your life. 77 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 4: Zachariah chapter three, we're actually in the courtroom in the 78 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 4: book of Zachariah. We have a judge, we have a 79 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 4: prosecuting attorney, we have a defense attorney, we've. 80 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 2: Got a client, and they're all in the in Zachariah three. 81 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: Then he showed me Joshua the High Priest, standing before 82 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 4: the Angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his 83 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 4: right hand, to accuse him. You remember last time we 84 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 4: saw that he is an accuser of the brethren. 85 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: The word to. 86 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 4: Accuse means to bring legal accusation against. So this is 87 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 4: an attempt to bring legal accusation against Joshua the High Priest. 88 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 4: Why does he want to bring legal accusation against Joshua. 89 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: Look at verse two. The Lord said to Satan, the 90 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 4: Lord rebuke you. Satan will pick that up later. Indeed, 91 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 4: the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you. 92 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? Little history? 93 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: Because of Israel's rebellion, the Southern Kingdom's rebellion against God, 94 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 4: they were judged by being taken to Babylon. After seventy 95 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: years in Babylon, and under judgment, they were. 96 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: Being restored to Jerusalem. 97 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 4: Joshua was one of the priests part of this restoration 98 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 4: process of getting Jerusalem back online, getting him back in sync. 99 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: Because of their rebellion, Joshua is called he is called 100 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 4: a brand plucked from the fire. Joshua is a high priest. 101 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 4: He is to leave the spiritual direction for the people 102 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 4: as a divine purpose. That's why we're told what his 103 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 4: job was. He's a high priest. He's got something God 104 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 4: wants him to do for Jerusalem. So the reason he 105 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: is a brand plucked out of the fire is because 106 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,679 Speaker 4: Satan wants to get rid of him, and he wants 107 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 4: to get rid of him because he doesn't want him 108 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 4: to leverage kingdom influence for the benefit of God's bigger purpose, 109 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 4: which is the restoration of Jerusalem. 110 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 2: So he wants to get rid of Joshua so that 111 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 2: there is not. 112 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 4: Support for the Salvafic deliverance of Jerusalem. In other words, 113 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 4: he wants to reward his kingdom purpose. There is a 114 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: purpose that God has for you. It is a kingdom 115 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 4: purpose that's bigger than you. And you are designed to 116 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 4: fulfill a kingdom responsibility for the benefit of something bigger 117 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: than you. So if it's only about you, Satan got you. 118 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 4: There is a purpose, and he wants to thwart it. 119 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 4: He wants to keep Jerusalem from being restored. He wants 120 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 4: to keep our communities from being restored. He wants to 121 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 4: keep our families from being restored. He wants to keep 122 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 4: our culture from being restored. And how is he doing that? 123 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 4: He's getting us englfed in the fire. You got Christians 124 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 4: running around here adopting the culture rather than representing the 125 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 4: king and his kingdom. Now, what was what was giving 126 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: Satan some cred here? What was giving him some juice? 127 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: Well? Verse three, Now Joshua was closed. 128 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 4: With filthy garments and standing before the angel, so he 129 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 4: was dressed in unrighteousness. 130 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,479 Speaker 2: Let's look at something else we told. 131 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 4: In verse four, he says, see, I have taken away 132 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 4: your iniquity. So he's got filthy garments and iniquity. The 133 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 4: iniquity goes a little further because the garments are on 134 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 4: the outside, the iniquity is on the inside. 135 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 2: So there was dirt in and there was dirt out. 136 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 4: Not only that, verse five put a clean turban on 137 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 4: his head. That means the one he was wearing wasn't clean. 138 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 4: He had a dirty mind. What we have to understand 139 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 4: is that sin gives Satan legal rights. 140 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: It gives him He can now take you to court. 141 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 4: He can he can take to court because he got 142 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 4: it on you, me and us, and he can take 143 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 4: us to court to thwart God's purpose in our lives 144 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 4: because he knows something that either we don't know or 145 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 4: we've forgotten, and that is the holiness of God, the 146 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 4: righteousness of God, the standards of God. And because he 147 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 4: knows that we forget that or don't take it as 148 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: seriously as we are to you, he uses that in 149 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 4: order to break you'll see that in the moment, to 150 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 4: break fellowship with God in order that purpose cannot be realized. 151 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 2: So Joshua has some issues. We are told in Proverbs. 152 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 4: Twenty six, verse two that a curse flutters like a 153 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 4: bird in order to find cause, and the cause the 154 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 4: word there means legal accusation, so it's demons fluttering in 155 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 4: order to look for a cause, a cause that can 156 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 4: be taken legislatively before Heaven to break fellowship and block purpose. 157 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 2: So that's our problem. But we find him standing. We're told. 158 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 4: Before the Angel of the Lord verse one, verse three, 159 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 4: standing before the Angel, which is the Angel of the Lord. 160 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: It's not an Angel of the Lord. It's the Angel 161 00:12:51,080 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 4: of the Lord. This is Jesus pre incarnate. Jesus existed 162 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 4: before his physical birth as the second person of the Trinity. 163 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 4: He operates in the Old Testament as the Angel of 164 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 4: the Lord. 165 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 2: Doctor Evans will be right back after this important announcement. 166 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 2: Prior to the incarnation. 167 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 4: The Angel of the Lord is the second member of 168 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 4: the Trinity. 169 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 2: It is Jesus the Christ. 170 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 4: Because unless you understand this, then you will not fully 171 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:08,559 Speaker 4: grasp why this defense attorney is so critical. First John, 172 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 4: chapter two, verses one and two. Let me read it 173 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 4: to you. In one John two one and two, it says, 174 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 4: my little children Christians, I am writing to you these 175 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 4: things to you, so that you may not sin. If 176 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 4: anyone sins. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus 177 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: Christ the Righteous. An advocate is a lawyer. Because we're 178 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 4: in a courtroom. You have a lawyer before the Father, 179 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 4: the judge, Jesus Christ the Righteous. He is a defense 180 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 4: attorney for my little children believers. It is the job 181 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 4: of Jesus currently, this is his post ascension job to 182 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 4: represent you in the court of heaven when accusation is 183 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: registered against you, when Satan comes to legislate breaking a 184 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 4: fellowship in order that he might block purpose, you don't 185 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 4: go to court and represent yourself. We have an advocate 186 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 4: with the Father. The death of Jesus Christ created imputed righteousness. 187 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 4: Imputed righteousness. To impute means to credit something. To do 188 00:15:54,360 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 4: a credit is to impute tewod Carinthians, Chapter five, verse 189 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 4: twenty one. He who knew no sin became sin for 190 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 4: us that we might become the righteousness of. 191 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 2: God in him. 192 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 4: In verse thirteen of Galatians three, Christ redeemed us from 193 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 4: the curse of the law. 194 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: Okay, law law, we're dealing with legal leese. Now. The 195 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: curse of the law having become a curse for us, 196 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: for it is written, cursed is everyone who hangs on 197 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: a tree the cross. 198 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 4: So the curse, the judgment that is against you, has 199 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 4: been handled by the sacrifice of Christ, which first John 200 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 4: two calls the propitiation. That is the satisfaction. God is 201 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 4: satisfied with your lawyer. Let me tell you how satisfied 202 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 4: God is with your lawyer. Revelation, chapter nineteen, verse ten. 203 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 4: Revelations Chapter nineteen, verse ten says that Jesus is the key. 204 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 4: Based on the testimony of Jesus, Well, you give testimony 205 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 4: in a court. So this thing gets sweeter. Not only 206 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 4: is Jesus your lawyer, he gets to testify on your behalf. 207 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 4: So he gives testimony and we'll see that next week. 208 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 4: But he gives testimony on your case. And here the 209 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 4: deal is, the case is legitimate because Joshua has dirty clothes, 210 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 4: he has a dirty conturbinive, he has iniquity. So it's 211 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 4: not that Satan doesn't have to make up stuff. We 212 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 4: give him enough stuff to use. We give him plenty. 213 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 4: Tell the truth and shame the devil. If that is 214 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 4: not you, I don't even know why you're here. So 215 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 4: he is taking in the court. But he's standing before 216 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 4: the Angel of the Lord, who is his lawyer, his advocate. 217 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 4: And when standing before the Angel of the Lord, the 218 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 4: principle here is the key. 219 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 2: The key is. 220 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 4: He's got an accuser, Satan accusing him. He's got a 221 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 4: judge that has to make a judgment. The goal is 222 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 4: to remove fellowship in order to block purpose. But he's 223 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 4: standing not before the judge. He's standing before the Angel 224 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 4: of the Lord. Let me take you back to First 225 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 4: John briefly, because this is so that this is the 226 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 4: New Testament version of this Old Testament story that I'm 227 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: going over today. In chapter one of First John, it says, 228 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 4: this is the message we have heard from him and 229 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 4: announced to you, that God is light, and in him 230 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 4: there is no darkness at all. If we say we 231 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 4: have fellowship with Him and yet walk in darkness, we 232 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 4: lie and do not practice the truth. 233 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 2: So you can't be talking about I'm close to God 234 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 2: while living in sin. 235 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 4: But if we walk in the light, here it is 236 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 4: as He himself is in the light. We have fellowship 237 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 4: with one another, and the blood of Jesus the Sun 238 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 4: cleanses us from all sin. Well, wait a minute, wait 239 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,239 Speaker 4: a minut, Watch this, Watch this watch this. When is 240 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 4: the blood cleansing you when you're in the light. But wait, man, wait, man, 241 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 4: I'm confused. I thought if I was in the light, 242 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 4: I'm not sinning. That's not what it says. It says 243 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 4: if we walk in the light like he is in 244 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 4: the light, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us. Why 245 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 4: because the light shows your sin. Walking in the light 246 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 4: means living in his presence. It means operating with his consciousness. 247 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 4: It is honest exposure before Holy God. He's standing before 248 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 4: the Angel of the Lord, like we are standing in 249 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 4: the presence of God. 250 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 2: So the blood can do its work. 251 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 4: Isaiah forty three says this in verse twenty five. I 252 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 4: even I, I am the one who wiped out your 253 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 4: transgressions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins. 254 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 4: Anybody have some sins you want God to forget. I 255 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 4: will not remember your sins. Okay, put me in remembrance. 256 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 4: Woo woo, God says, tell me all about it. Put 257 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 4: me in remembrance, Tell me all about it. Let us 258 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 4: argue our case together. Oh we got a case. 259 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: We in court state your cause. 260 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: So now you, on the witness, stand state your cause 261 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 4: that you may be proved right, he said, don't hide it. Stated, yes, 262 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 4: I'm putting you on the stand, and I want you 263 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 4: to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but 264 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 4: the truth. So help you God, I want you to 265 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 4: lay it out there. Talk to me, state your case. 266 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 4: Confession the Greek word means to say the same thing. 267 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 4: It means to come in agreement with. You must say 268 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 4: what God is saying, not what your neighbor's saying, your 269 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 4: posse's saying, your people saying, or what you think. 270 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 2: He says. You must say what I say about it. 271 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 2: You must talk my talk. The word of the testimony 272 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: must be in agreement with me. 273 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 4: Love two Timothy, chapter two, verse twenty five and twenty six. 274 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 2: He says this in Tewo Timothy. 275 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 4: Two, twenty five and twenty six, he says, with gentleness 276 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,719 Speaker 4: concerning those who are in opposition, how to relate to people? 277 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 4: If perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the 278 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 4: knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their 279 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 4: senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been 280 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 4: held captive by him to do his will. 281 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: Do you know one of our problems Satan is holding 282 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 2: us hostage. 283 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 4: Confession is agreeing with So the moment that you know 284 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 4: you have sinned and you agree with God too, the 285 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 4: blood of Jesus Christ covers it that moment, that moment. 286 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 4: Repentance is more than that. Repentance is related to a direction. 287 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 4: Everybody goes the wrong way, sometimes. 288 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 2: Going the wrong way. That's one option, you just keep going. 289 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 2: Another option is I don't care. 290 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm only human, so I'm just going wrong. 291 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 4: Or you can say the longer I'm on this road, 292 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 4: the further I'm gonna get from where I should be. 293 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 4: Because this is not where I want to go. This 294 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 4: is not this is not the direction I want to 295 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 4: go on. This is not the location I want to 296 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 4: get to. What that means that must be a decision 297 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 4: to exit. We'll call that Confession off ramp. Okay, so 298 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 4: so you come to the exit and now you get 299 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 4: off on Confession off ramp. But now you've got to 300 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 4: go over and overpass to get to the other side 301 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 4: of the highway. 302 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: We'll call that Grace Overpass. 303 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 4: Because there's a bridge that's been built to take you 304 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 4: from the off ramp over to the other side. So 305 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 4: you get off Confession off ramp, you get on Grace overpass. 306 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 2: But now there's another ramp. We'll call that restoration on ramp. 307 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 4: So you get off Confession off ramp, you cross over 308 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 4: Grace overpassed, you get on restoration on ramp. 309 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: And guess what you are now? Headed in the right 310 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 2: you are now. 311 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 4: And the beautiful thing is you don't have to build 312 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 4: a ramp. The ramp has already been built. Confession is 313 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 4: agreement when you do something in Bang. Repentance is turning 314 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 4: from a different direction. He's standing before the Lord. He 315 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 4: is Guilt is visible, he's not hiding anything. His turban 316 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 4: is dirty, his close are dirty, and. 317 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 2: He's standing there. When he is. 318 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 4: Repentant, something happens. The Lord said the satan. Now the 319 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 4: judge steps in, because we have the angel of the Lord. 320 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 4: But now we have the Lord himself. The Lord said 321 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 4: the satan. The Lord rebuke you, it says, the Lord 322 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 4: says to the devil, I have chosen Jerusalem my purpose. 323 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 4: I have plucked this brand from the fire. I have 324 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 4: changed his trajectory. Did you know you don't have to quit, 325 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 4: You don't have to throw in the towel. You don't 326 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 4: have to give up on life. Because if you get 327 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 4: your case handled by the judge, because the lawyer who 328 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 4: represents you also gets testimony for you and is the 329 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 4: son of the judge. What happened with Joshua says, put 330 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 4: clean clothes on it, remove the filthy garments. 331 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 2: Verse four. 332 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 4: Change his clothes, and he says, change his turban on 333 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 4: his head. I love the In the verse five, while 334 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 4: the Angel of the Lord was standing by, Ah, that's sweet. 335 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 4: You take over, daddy. I'm just gonna watch that. And 336 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 4: here's what the Angel of the Lord says. In verse 337 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 4: eight and set six and seven, the Angel of the 338 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 4: Lord that monished Joshua was saying, thus saith the Lord 339 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 4: of host, let me tell you about my daddy, and 340 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 4: think you something. If you will walk in my ways 341 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 4: perform my service, then you will also govern my house 342 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 4: and also have charge of my courts. I will grant 343 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 4: you free access among those who are standing here. Oh 344 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 4: there's so much in there. Okay a minute, let's back up. 345 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 4: Joshua is the high priest. He's already got a post, 346 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 4: but he wasn't doing the post well. 347 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: But now he gets a recall. 348 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 4: He says, if you'll now line up with me, I'll 349 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 4: recall you to your post. 350 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: But watch this. I'll also promote you. You're gonna see 351 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 2: that next week. 352 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 4: But I'll also proport you because you will not only 353 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 4: govern my house, you will have charge of my courts, 354 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 4: and I will grant you access to my environment. 355 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you stuff you didn't even start with. 356 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 4: The devil is coming against you, But God has given 357 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 4: you a jacket to put on. He wants you to 358 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 4: put on the righteousness of Christ. He wants you to 359 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 4: put on the confession and repentance of sin, so that 360 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 4: he can give you back your dignity, give you back 361 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 4: your hope, give you back your dreams, give you back 362 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 4: your purpose, give you back your legitimate prosperity, give you 363 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 4: back the time you have left on this life. Don't 364 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 4: let him take off your jacket, because when you take 365 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 4: off your jacket, you lose the power. When you take 366 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 4: off your jacket, you lose the ability when you take 367 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 4: off your jacket. 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