Christ Un-barred - Sunday Service - Part 2 - Who are You? Identity in Christ

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The Spirit is here, let there be freedom Let there be freedom The weight has been lifted Grace is waiting Dance like the weight has been lifted Grace is waiting Dance like the weight has been lifted Grace is waiting for you Dance like the weight has been lifted Grace is waiting Dance like the weight has been lifted Grace is waiting Dance like the weight has been lifted Grace is waiting For the Spirit of the Lord There is freedom, there is freedom For the Spirit of the Lord There is freedom, there is freedom Come out of the dark just as you are Into the fullness of His love For the Spirit is here Let there be freedom Let there be freedom Yeah Yeah Yeah Hallelujah Jesus Hallelujah Jesus

Yeah Yeah Yeah Hallelujah Worthy of every song we could ever sing Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe We live for You Jesus the name above every other name Jesus the only one who could ever save Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe We live for You Holy, there is no one like You There is none beside You Open up my eyes in wonder Show me who You are and fill me With Your heart and lead me In Your love to those around me Worthy of every song we could ever sing Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe We live for You Jesus the name above every other name We live for You Jesus the name above every other name Jesus the only one who could ever save Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe We live for You Oh we live for You Jesus

Holy, there is no one like you There is none beside you Open up my eyes in wonder Show me who you are and fill me With your heart and lead me In your love to those around me Holy, there is no one like you There is none beside you Open up my eyes in wonder Show me who you are and fill me With your heart and lead me In your love to those around me Jesus You have to be set on a firm foundation Jesus is the only one that can ever save Declare his name wherever you are From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley Wherever you are, Jesus can save you Jesus I will build my life upon your love It is a firm foundation I will put my trust in you alone And I will not be shaken I will build my life upon your love It is a firm foundation I will put my trust in you alone And I will not be shaken Holy, there is no one like you There is none beside you Open up my eyes in wonder

Show me who you are and fill me With your heart and lead me In your love to those around me Holy, there is no one like you There is none beside you Open up my eyes in wonder Show me who you are and fill me With your heart and lead me In your love to those around me I will build my life upon your love It is a firm foundation I will put my trust in you alone And I will not be shaken Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you, Jesus. Instrumental Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Holy, holy is He Sing a new song to Him who sits on Heaven's mercy seat Worthy is the Lamb who was slain The Lamb who was slain, holy, holy, is He. Sing a new song to Him who sits on heaven's mercy seat. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. Who was and is and is to come. All creation I sing praise to the King of kings. You are my everything and I will adore You, adore You. From the rainbows of living colors, flashes of lightning, rose of thunder. Blessing and honor, strength and glory of Heaven to You the only one is King. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.

Who was and is and is to come. All creation I sing praise to the King of kings. You are my everything and I will adore You, adore You. Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder at the mention of Your name. Jesus, Your name is power, breath and living water, such a marvelous mystery. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. Who was and is and is to come. All creation I sing praise to the King of kings. You are my everything and I will adore You, adore You. Hallelujah, Jesus, Jesus. Welcome to our Sunday service here at House of Rest Church where Jesus is the senior pastor. We believe there's a seat with your name on it and we're so glad you chose to spend your Sunday morning with us. House of Rest Church was established in 2011 and by the grace of God we're still going strong all in the name of Jesus. Here is our QR code, your one-stop place for everything happening at House of Rest Church. You'll find our weekly schedule, upcoming events, giving information. service times, baptism signups, and much more. You'll also find QR codes throughout the church in the lobby, in our different rooms, and even on many of the seats. Make sure you check our website often, because there is always something happening at House of Rest. Every Wednesday at 6.45 p.m., we come together for worship, Bible study, and prayer. And there's something for the next generation too. Our youth ministry for students in 7th through 12th grade meets at the same time, along with our young adults ministry for ages 18 to 30. There's a place for everyone to connect, grow, and build relationships.

Also available is Bridges, our re-entry ministry for men and women who have been released from incarceration. We understand that coming home can bring challenges, and you don't have to walk through them alone. We want to partner with you as you acclimate back into society, grow in your relationship with Christ, develop practical life skills, and become everything the Lord has called you to be. Visit our website through the QR code and sign up for Bridges. Someone from our team will contact you and help you get connected. And don't forget about our School Online Discipleship Community. You can continue growing in your faith throughout the week with classes like Learning to Hear God's Voice, Church History, and many more. We're continually adding new classes and resources, so make sure you check back often. At House of Rest Church, Sunday morning is just the beginning. There's a place for you to worship, learn, serve, grow, and become everything God has called you to be. Thank you for joining us at House of Rest Church Modesto. We are a Grace International Church, part of a global family of more than 5,000 churches worldwide. Welcome home. Mark your calendars for our yearly Grace International Regional Leadership Conference.

This September 28th and 29th, all Grace churches from California, Arizona, and Nevada will get together for a time of learning, encouragement, and fellowship at Grace at the Circle Church at 308 South Glassell Street, Orange, California. The best part is that we encourage our House of Rest Church family to stay at the same hotel for fellowship and bonding. The hotel has a great free breakfast, pool, and hot tub. So here is the game plan. On September 27th, Sunday after service, we will make our way to the city of Orange. Flyers are available at the church with the entire itinerary for services, Young Adults Night at Dave & Buster's Arcade, and time in the pool. If you have any questions, please ask Pastor David or Sharon. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ How about now? ♪♪♪ Three. Well, I was just saying there's a lot of bling up here. And so we're going to be raffling off

some bling here in a minute. But good morning. How is everybody doing this morning? Okay. How many of you are blessed? How many of you are favored? How many of you are saved? Amen. That's a good place to be, ain't it? Blessed, favored, and saved. My God. Well, welcome. As far as good morning and welcome to House of Rest Church, my name is Angel Rocha, one of the pastors here. And so we just want to welcome you. If you're here for the very first time... Mic check. There you go. There you go. If you're here for the very first time, just quickly slip your hand up, just if you're here visiting. One, two, three, four, five. Amen. Amen. Well, we welcome you. We thank you for coming and just enjoying the worship service.

I'm excited for what you're going to hear today and the sermon and the environment and just what, you know, in all of that and the opportunity of what God's going to do in your life. And so we welcome you here. Anything you need, you know, just look for us in the foyer, you know, and just ask us. We have discipleship classes and all these other announcements that we're going to be going over. And so for all of the church, do we have any flyers that are coming up? Oh, okay. Well, we're going to start off with September, which I'm sorry, in Labor Day. Brother, you want to come and just share some words? We have something coming up next Monday. As a church picnic Hello everybody, my name is Felix so I've been coming here for About two and a half years now and since then I've been able to connect with a lot of families a few families you know been I've been able to gain some pretty cool relationships with brothers and sisters in Christ and You know, none of that would have happened had it not, you know started getting involved with people here I actually met a few the first time I went on a trip was Monterey about two years ago With the pastors and the family and I was able to meet a few other couples and since then we've been able to grow together So I thought maybe you know this Labor Day, you know We we all got together and got to know one another because I'm pretty sure there's people here That don't know me and I don't know you and I'd like to get to know you guys, you know, I'm married I got a wife five children

So family-oriented I'm looking for brothers, you know to hold me accountable and vice versa. I want to get to know you guys You know, we're all part of the same body, you know body of Christ and when one of us needs help I need people to help me and I need to help people too. So, uh, but yeah, September 7th I think it's 12 to 6 p.m. Oh, sorry. There's a flyer here Oh If you guys have any questions You guys can come and ask me I believe there is or will be a sign-up sheet for those of you that would like to pitch in on food canopies tables chairs Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, and I like to cook and also to you men who have barbecue experience or even barbecues Connect with me, you know, we'll probably have a few grills out there get there a little early start cooking and just enjoy the day Bring your family bring your kids, you know, you're your wives your husbands everybody Thank you Thank you bring your enemies, too They are welcome they'll get saved we'll have We can always bring them back here and get them baptized and then you baptized for hating them and we'll get all that worked out All in the same day while we eat a great burger And so we also have our discipleship classes as well For those of you today is class number six, we're gonna be closing off This this session of courses and so every every cycle We have six courses for all of those that are interested in finding out more About house of rest and then we'll take you through some very important topics that we want to walk you through and disciple you with as far as to put some tools in your hand and To know what to do when you leave this place and you're living life with family friends and in environments in which we have to walk Into sometimes so we want to help you with that Also on the first of every month. We also do baptisms So if you are looking at being baptized and you've never been baptized before not taking a bath baptized So if you haven't taken a bath in a while, please do that, but that's not baptism

So but on the first of every month There's a QR code in the back of the chairs that you can go ahead and click on and it'll it'll send you to a page Where we want to know for you to register So we want to know how many of you are gonna get are gonna get baptized Through that we send a video out to you and we connect with you Yeah several days before Please and that way we can make sure and just you have the information in hand and we know who's coming through and we want To be prepared to be able to serve you at the same time minister to you so you understand what it is that you're doing and so many times too many churches sometimes people get in the water and They get wet but they don't understand what they're doing And so that is one of the things that we really want to get get across So that way the enemy is not going to mess with you Afterwards, so, you know why you did what you did and for those of you that have been living for Christ for a while Isn't that important? To know why we do what we do extremely crucial And so now also just real quick. We are gonna me and my wife will be out of town next week We're gonna be out of state. So we won't be having anything for our youth or young adults But I do want to make the announcement that every week that we're having an opportunity I know me and my wife are swapping classrooms because she's packed out with all of the young people and And so there's so many teenagers that have been coming and so I'm super excited for all of you parents that have been Bringing your young people your young adults We want to continue to grow and so if you have any teenagers in it come Absolutely come and you too adult. You need God to don't just come and drop them off you stay too And so my brother brought chains that we're gonna lock you in and we're gonna we're gonna bring you But so if you're a grandparent if you're an aunt you're an aunt And you know that you have a teenager in your in your family in your life that they need a different direction They need some help Bring them. Let us minister to them Let us love on them and at the same time stay and get ministered to as well

And so we have that every Wednesday at 645 and then at the end we pray together And we have an incredible beautiful time in the Lord And so now other than that, we want to be able to take a few minutes And we want to just if we can stand to our feet real quick And stretch I Heard some backs popping Okay, now we're ready now we're ready guys We're gonna take 30 seconds and I just want you to don't stay in the five-foot zone of where you sit If you're in the front, can you go to the back? And if you're in the back, can you go to the front? We want to give you 30 seconds and go introduce yourself to somebody. You don't know Say hello say God bless you. You don't have to pray a prayer over them. Just say hello Amen let's move around A man Beautiful From up here don't this look beautiful. This looks amazing. I love it A Man a man Look at all the beautiful smiles Some of the smiles not as beautiful they forgot to brush their teeth, but that's okay the blood of the blood of wash them. I I know. Well, we were we were hugging and hand-fiving. Amen. Amen. Amen Church That's right also to Pando Edovo we're shaking your hand all of you in Jesus name We love you. We're praying for you. I Know and we're we're just believing, you know, and for just great things for you But church, let me just ask you Isn't it amazing to see smiles? Isn't it amazing to meet new people? You know, it's kind of like we have three churches one in the back one in the middle one in the front and We want to be able to get all the sinners row in the back saved. So that's why we got to go back there I'm kidding. I'm just kidding. But

What an amazing Picture for us we got to see that Guys, that's the church That's the church. Amen. And so that way nobody none of you can say I hadn't I haven't met anyone today No, you just met someone new Now if you don't remember their name remember their face and tonight go pray for them Amen, amen So at this time we also as a church we pick up ties and offerings we do missions We support missionaries in three three different countries as grace international. We provide missions to all over the world and Grace international as a movement if I remember right David has more churches outside of the United States than they do inside the United States and So it's such an important thing that we're able to grow that way and be and you're able to Participate and be a part of that giving in some of those churches that were able to directly give and grow into and pour into Pastor Thomas pastor Moses and just and then we're able to hear from them But also I want to bring something to mind where we do well in the mission side We do one dollar per church or per per missionary and so we'd like to give three dollars if everybody could give three dollars if we could have 125 people giving three dollars every Sunday You know what? You know what that means? That's half of Starbucks It's not even a whole Starbucks Starbucks cost like seventeen dollars and twenty eight cents per cup I think It's crazy. But if you were willing to go from a Venti to a Grande, you could give missions and you did that one time a week. You could give to missions once a week. And if we had 125 people, Sister Sharon, $375 a week, that's amazing what we could do. So we want to give you the opportunity to give to missions, but we also want to pick up tithes and offerings. And guys, there was a statement that was told to me almost 30 years ago that I thought was

the craziest statement in the world. And it was, what does a missionary look like in the United States? And I remember Brother Felix, when I heard that statement, a bunch of pastors laughed and they said, the United States don't need missionaries. We send them out. Church, let me ask you, look around you. Look around your school district. Look around your neighborhood. Look around the city in which you live in. You tell me, do the United States, does the state of California need missionaries? Does it need young missionaries going in and ministering to high schools and college campuses and middle schools? Do we need missionaries going in and coaching football and baseball? Do we need missionaries going into the nursing homes and going into the hospitals and at registered nurses and ministering with doctors and in the finances and in the schools? Yes? Then where are we going to train them to be missionaries? Who's going to teach them how to be a missionary unless the church does what the church is supposed to do? So can we stand to our feet? We're going to pick up our tithes and our offerings. House of Rest, we're not giving because we just want to be beggars and have a building. We want to give because there is a mission and there is a purpose behind what it is we're trying to do and build. So we want to be able to send out missionaries and some of you that are here, some of you guys have been called. Some of you guys have been putting it away. Some of you guys have known for a long time, but you don't know how, where and when. If we can give together and we can provide the resources, would you go? If we could work together and labor together, would you go?

Would you let your dream die? Would you let your passion die? Would you let the kids that are coming in not have a Sunday school teacher, not have a ministry leader? Or would you give and would you labor together? I'll let you make that decision. But church, we're going to pray, we're going to pick up our tithes, we're going to pick up our offerings, and then we're going to get into the sermon and the rest of the service. But let's pray. So Father, we thank you right now in the name of Jesus. We thank you, Lord God, for our missionaries. We thank you, Lord God, for what they're doing and the labor that we're able to participate in. And Father, we thank you for the privilege, Lord God, of faith and giving. Father, we thank you, Lord God, that believers have a heart, Lord God, of giving because you gave to us, Lord God, first. So Father, we thank you for our tithes and offerings. We thank you, Lord God, for the ministry of House of Rest on the internet, on Pando, Edovo, Lord God, the ministry that is happening here right in front of us. Lord God, every day, every week, all week long. Father, we thank you for the leaders and the leadership, Lord God, and the desire and the passion in which that they're doing in the Sunday school teachers, children's ministry, youth ministry, Lord God, and family ministry like these barbecues. Father, we thank you for that honor and privilege. But Father, as the church, wake us up that we understand that we need to equip missionaries in our own city. Lord God, that the giving is not just for simplicity, Lord God, but that the giving is with purpose. Father, we thank you for the honor and privilege, Lord God, of faith. In Jesus name, amen and amen.

Ushers will come. They have tithe offerings. If you need a tithe offering as they're walking through, just go and raise your hand. They will go ahead and get that to you. And also we have a box here. If you have, there is barcodes in the back of the seat that you can take and take a picture of in the different forms of giving. And so you can give that way also. Did I miss anything? No? Okay. Amen. As the worship team sings, we thank you for being a part of this family and we thank you for diving in with us in this purpose of where we're moving forward. Lord bless you. You are love, you bring light to the darkness, you give hope, you restore every heart that is broken. Great are you Lord. It's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise, it's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise to you only. Great are you Lord. You give light, you are love, you bring light to the darkness, you give hope, you restore every heart that is broken. Great are you Lord. It's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise, it's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise to you only. It's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise, pour out our praise, it's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise to you only. And all the earth will shout your name, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, great are you Lord. And all the earth will shout your name, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, great are you Lord. And all the earth will shout your name, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, great are you Lord. And all the earth will shout your name, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, great are you Lord. It's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise, pour out our praise, it's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise to you only. It's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise, pour out our praise, it's your grace in our lives, so we pour out our praise to you only. Great are you Lord. Great are you Lord. Amen, good morning everyone. I know we have a really great part two to the sermon series, but first, before we do that, we want to embarrass somebody.

It is Raven's birthday or Now Very very special. She is our chaplain here at House of Rest and Amen it is I don't know how long have you been here. It feels like you've been here forever Almost four years And I know Sharon wants to share some things But I just want to share that we appreciate you so much of everything you do things that not everybody sees or knows, but you're always just Doing something and I know because you do it for Jesus You know, and I just want you to know that that I I'm gonna well Sharon's gonna share but I appreciate you very much I know we both do the whole church does and just thank you and happy birthday Amen Amen I get to share a little bit more because I get to I get to see so much more than what nobody sees and man Raven you're just very very special a lot of people don't see the things that we get to see and I just want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts because we just love you so much. Everybody here loves you so much and We want to share our Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we want to sing for her today Everybody's a stand-up. Let's sing. Happy birthday to Raven. I call her my birdie. She will always be my birdie You know, no matter what no matter what she to me has always been like a true sister and If we go through indifferences, no matter what we're always pulling through we cry on each other's shoulder Right. Yes. I just whistled You guys I've been under the weather, okay Birdie so yes, let's see one two three. Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear

Raven Happy birthday to you and God bless you. I love you. You got to blow those candles out Amen Oh, they want a quick speech Raven quick speech you got your mic there This is my saying every day every day is Mother's Day Father's Day birthday, so happy birthday everybody Happy Mother's Day to happy Father's Day because every day is a day to celebrate It's a day to celebrate and it's a day to celebrate Father's Day because every day is a day to celebrate. It's a day of salvation Tomorrow's not promised live today at is is your last so let's all celebrate Amen All right, we could have a seat god bless you Welcome to House of Rest Church here This is a church that was started 15 years ago in the basement of my house with 20 chairs and it's just You know Sunday's my favorite day. It truly is But before we do that and get into the message who has your Bible? All right lift up that Bible we have a Bible declaration that I feel is very important for us to Always say and always remember I don't memorize it. So I'm waiting for the screen to show it. There it is All right. This is my Bible It is God's Word to me My guide and my strength I Bring it ready to learn. I Open it with faith in Jesus. I Live it with courage Without it I grow weak With it I grow strong Today I bring it Believe it and obey it

in Jesus name Amen All right Amen, Lord. God. I thank you for this opportunity to share your word. Thank you so much This pulpit belongs to you. You are the senior pastor of this church This pulpit belongs to you you are the senior pastor of this church I pray for every person here watching through their screens. I pray for me Also, I pray for all the churches in the modesto area. Lord. God. We thank you lord in jesus name. Amen Today is, we're doing a four-part series of Who Are You? Identity in Christ. If you like this, now, I'm not saying you have to do this, but if you want to learn more about this, I actually wrote a book about this, and it's called Who Are You? Identity in Christ. So if this is something that you're just like, man, I want to know more about this four-part series, it's a paperback, e-book, and a Audible book on Amazon. Last week, we talked about the fall and what that meant and what it was. And if you recall, if you were here last week, basically it was Satan taking the authority and taking, I guess, for lack of a better term, the deed of this earth. Therefore, Satan became the god of this world. And we left off with mankind was enslaved in sin, but all of a sudden, we see a man named Jesus get up in front of the synagogue. He opened the scroll of the book of Isaiah, and he read a scripture that prophesied

about the coming Messiah. And then he sat down, and he basically said this. This is now about to happen because he was the Messiah. Now, this is where we left off last week, but just as a bullet point of where mankind was, this is hard because if you weren't here last week or just as a reminder, a bullet point of the state of the world and us. Adam lost authority on earth. We talked about that. And because of that, Adam lost his identity. And instead of who he was, because he was made after the image of God, he identified now with shame, with guilt, with condemnation, and fear. And I think that speaks for all of mankind after that because ultimately, the reason we run from God, the reason we want nothing to do with God many times, the reason we run to alcohol or drugs or whatever it is is because of these four things. It comes back down to these four things, which is shame, guilt, fear, and condemnation. So by obeying Satan, Adam became a slave of sin. We read a scripture last week that says that the voice you obey, you become a slave to that. We talked about that. And because of what Adam did, Adam brought death to all humans and all creation. We also see that he was infected not only himself, but everyone after him in sin.

Adam broke that line of communication between God and man, and Adam ruined our status in right standing with God. So in other words, man was completely depraved, and there was nothing man could do to save himself. Nothing you can do to save yourself. As a matter of fact, there's a part in Romans where Paul is saying, the things I want to do, I don't do. The things I don't want to do, I end up doing. He says, oh, wretched man that I am, who will save me from this body of sin? And many times we read that and say, oh, man, Paul had an issue. Paul was talking about the issue of mankind. Who will save us? Who will rescue us? Who will help us? But then Jesus stepped on the scene. I want you to open your Bibles to the book of Romans, chapter 5, starting at verse 12. Romans, chapter 5, verse 12. Let me know when you have it. It reads, and this is basically in a nutshell of everything we've been talking about, but we want to see it in the Bible. We want to see it in scripture. And it says, therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, we're talking about Adam, right? And death through that sin. And so death spread to all men, because all sinned. For sin, indeed, was in the world before. for the law was given, but sin is not counted

where there is no law. Verse 14, yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. So in other words, what it's saying, that even though we were all infected with sin, you might not have ate from that tree you weren't supposed to, but because of Adam, we are all infected with it. Now, in the Bible studies on Wednesday, I always read out of the ESV, and then I read out of a really simple Bible, the message, and usually I don't quote the message on Sunday sermon, but for today's sake, I'm gonna quote that same passage in the message, Romans 5, 12, and 14. And the message says this, it says, you know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we're in. First sin, then death, no one exempt from either sin or death, that means all of us. That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone. But the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. In other words, it was disturbed, this relationship Adam had with God, but it was never actually pointed out until the laws of Moses. And it says, so death, this huge abyss separating us

from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. And even those who didn't sin, precisely as Adam did, by disobeying a specific command of God, still had to experience this termination of life. This separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the one who will get us out of it. The ultimate wages of sin is death, so even though it was Adam that did it, we all have to die. All of us have an expiration date, all mankind, whether we disobeyed like Adam or we didn't, we are all, and here's the thing, this is why the worst enemy of mankind is death and who could defeat it. You might be able to give up this vice or that habit or that addiction and you give it up, but ultimately, death still wins. And that's what the scripture is saying, that no matter what, we can't get away from it, but here comes Jesus, he reads Isaiah, he said, I came to heal the brokenhearted and set the captive free. So Jesus came to be that answer and here's the thing, right, is that the world wasn't ready to see Jesus. Matter of fact, in the Gospel of John, it said that he was the light and the world, and the, yeah, the world couldn't comprehend his light, couldn't comprehend his light, couldn't understand it. It'd be like going back 500 years

and you take in your phone in time and then you're in some cave and you turn the little light on your phone. They wouldn't come, they wouldn't understand it. How are you emitting that light? There's no fire, are you holding fire? They wouldn't understand it because the earth was in such darkness and such sin and such wickedness all the way from the time of Adam to the time of Jesus that once they saw that light, they couldn't comprehend it. They didn't understand, it didn't make no sense. Who is this person? Who is this one that everybody is gathering around as he began his ministry, he closed the scroll and he said he came to give sight to the blind that set the captives free and he began his ministry and more and more and more people began to follow him and the spiritual leaders didn't understand, the Pharisees didn't understand, the Sadducees didn't understand, the high priest didn't understand, Rome didn't understand. Who is this? The Bible says that he was baptized and went into the wilderness and even Satan was like, who are you? And I imagine that Satan maybe was like, I've killed all the prophets but none have been like you, who are you?

See, Jesus ain't gonna argue with Satan. So then Satan started taunting him, he says, well, if you are who I think you are, I think you are, looks like you're hungry, then you're not a prophet. make some bread out of those rocks. You're not a prophet, you're not a prophet. You're not a prophet, you're not a prophet. See, Jesus takes orders from nobody. And we have that, it's almost like the beginning of this saga that's about to unleash because darkness has been over the earth all of this time. Satan has had the deed that he took from Adam. He had full authority over everything on the earth and then nobody could contest it, nobody could say anything about it, but then Jesus is on the scene now. And I think it made Satan nervous. You know, how it mentioned in the scripture in Romans that all the way from Adam to Moses, yeah, they were in sin, but they didn't quite understand it, but then God gave the revelation to Moses, the five books of the Bible, and from then on, they had the law. So now the law described what it was that men were captive by, but the law can't set you free. It could just tell you what's wrong. It's interesting because a lot of times, like when you're sick, there's not really any medicine that'll get you better, but you can go to Rite Aid

and get medicine to help the symptoms, but it doesn't make you better. It just helps with the symptoms. And see, that's all the earth can do is try to come up with ways how to fix your symptoms of your sin. And a lot of times in churches, we have turned churches into leading them to Jesus. Instead, we turn it to, let's fix this symptom, let's fix that symptom. Or you deal with alcohol, just don't go into 7-Eleven anymore. Or you deal with lust, so just don't go on the internet anymore. Throw your phone away. Instead of actually leading you to Jesus, the one that can set you free, the church has become medicine of a Rite Aid type of medicine. Like, let's just fix your symptoms. We don't have to do that anymore because in the Old Testament, it was before Christ. But Jesus came to set the captive free. Didn't he say that? That's what he said. You know, so the thing is that in the laws of Moses, he set up the Levite, right? So there was 12 tribes of Israel, and one of the tribes, God says, I'm gonna make you the priest, and you're gonna be my ministers. You'll minister to the people,

and you'll minister to me, and you will be my priest. So he set the priesthood, but over time, there's corruption that came, and here's the thing. I'm not just pointing the fingers at them because even in the church, corruption will set in. How many times have you seen corruption set in in a religious institution? And corruption came in. So the very stewards that God said, I want you to be stewards of my church because I'm coming, but they turned it into something else. And matter of fact, Jesus said a parable that is really important in Matthew chapter 21. Matthew chapter 21, starting at verse 33. All right. Now, a parable, for those of you that don't know, is it's a teaching or a story that had a lesson in it. There was a life lesson. There was a godly message in it. So Jesus would talk in parables, and it says here in Matthew 21, 33, there's one of the parables, and Jesus says, hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and he dug a wine press in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

So he's talking about somebody that owns a field of vineyards, a field of grapes, and he put a fence around it, and a tower, and basically set it up really nice, and the master says, I'm gonna leave my servants in charge. I gotta go away for a little bit. I'm gonna leave my servants in charge, but remember, this is my field, not yours. You're just my. stewards of this land. In verse 34, it says, when the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. So this owner went away and he left people in charge of his vineyard and he goes away and he says, you know what, it's about time that my fruit is ready so I'm going to send one of my servants to go bring me my fruit. So this owner would send servants to get his fruit. And it says in 35, and the tenants took his servants and beat one. They killed another and stoned another. So every single time the owner of the vineyard would send one of his servants to bring his fruit back, they would kill the servant. It's like the owner was like, what's going on here, that's my land, that's my grapes, that's my vineyard, I want my fruit. But every time the people that he left in charge, because here's what happened right, is a lot of times the people that are left in charge, you start thinking it's yours. That's why I always say man, it's like thing, you have your, man you have your family because God gave that family to you. You have your children because God gave you those children. You have that job because God gave you that job. You have the air in your lungs because God gives you the air in your lungs. All of it belongs to him. So even a tithe, it's like I don't want to give God 10 percent. No, no, no, no. He's giving you 90

because it all belongs to him. Everything belongs to him. And even in ministry and even in the church, sometimes the leaders, the pastors, evangelists or whatever actually starts to think that the building is his. Actually starts to think the ministry is mine. But it's his. He has just let you steward what's his. But when he wants his fruit, he wants his fruit. So the Lord says, Levi, you're the priest, take care of my people, take care of my vineyard because I'm going away. But you know what? When the fruit's ready, I want my fruit. But God kept sending servants. He kept sending prophets. And instead of listening to the prophets, they would kill the prophets. Marie 35 again. An attendant took his servants and they beat one, killed another and stoned another. So in 36, again, he sent other servants more than the first. And they did the same to them. God raised up Jeremiah and they hated him. God raised up Isaiah and they sawed him in half. So many prophets were killed so many times. And God's like, wait a second, why are they killing my servants? That's my land. And every time he sent somebody, they would do the same. Finally, 37, he sent his son to them, saying, oh, they'll respect my son. He's talking about himself. He's saying, well, surely, surely, if they're killing my servants, my prophets, then maybe they don't understand what's happening here. Maybe they don't get it. So you know what? I will send my own son. Surely they won't reject him. For sure they won't. But when the tenant saw the son, they said to themselves, this is the heir. Come, let us kill him and we'll have his inheritance. And they took him and threw him out

of the vineyard and killed him. So Jesus asked them a question. He says, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what do you think he's going to do to the tenants? They killed his messengers. They killed the son. So what do you think is going to happen when the owner comes back? And they said to him, he will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits of their seasons in their seasons. See, Jesus was prophesying about himself. Now, here's the thing, though, right? Because I said that Rome didn't expect them, the world didn't expect them, Satan didn't expect them, the Levite priesthood didn't expect them, they're just like, man, the Messiah ain't coming, you know what, this is just ours, we're gonna take control of this ourselves, we'll deal with this, we'll earn the riches, we'll have brave people bring the tithe, why are we giving it to God? We'll just enrich ourselves. At the same time, in the kingdom of darkness, Satan is like, you know what, man, we took the deed out of, away from Adam, this is our world now, this is ours, this is our feast, there's nothing that God can do, he's way over there in heaven, why is he gonna care about these filthy people made out of the dust of the ground, this is now ours. And so you see Satan and the fallen sons of God just celebrating every single day, saying this is ours, this is ours, there's nobody that's gonna come, oh yeah, once in a while he'll send a prophet, we'll kill that prophet too. Anybody that comes in the name of the Lord, we will attack him, because we own this world, it belongs to us. You know, it's interesting that sometimes I wonder, does Satan truly understand what he was doing when he started to turn the world against Jesus? Did he really think that by killing Jesus, that he would now own the vineyard? Did Satan really think that if they killed Jesus, he would now own mankind forever?

I don't know, I have no idea what Satan thought. But it's interesting that this mindset was even in place, because here's the thing, right, that darkness didn't comprehend the light, because all the way from Adam, all the way to the time of Jesus, the world was in darkness, nobody had ever seen nothing, yeah, once in a while prophets came, and Satan's like, man, we'll just kill that prophet too. But Jesus shows up on the scene, and he makes that proclamation in Isaiah, when he read the whole scripture in the synagogue, and he says, today this has come true. I came to set the captive free. I came to give sight to the blind. There's a few verses, write them down, I'm just going to read them off. We're not going to just, it's 1 John 3, 8 says this, 1 John 3, 8, whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning, and the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. What does that mean, that Jesus stepped on the scene, and he went to destroy the works that had been started ever since the time of Adam? It's almost like, can you imagine you going away for vacation for a week or two, you go, and you go and have a great time, and wherever it is that you went, you come home, and some other people moved into your house, laying on your bed, eating your food, men using your tools. And imagine, actually, let's back up, imagine somebody calls you and says, hey, somebody took over your house, dude. What? Yeah, they're riding your bike down the street, oh, heck no. So you send a friend, you said, you know what, tell them that so-and-so said, get out of my house, so they send your friend, and they beat him up. So you send another friend, and they throw rocks at him until he leaves, you're like, what is going on? That's my house. You send another one, and they kill him. So finally, you say, you know what, because I have sons, imagine, I'm just like, well,

that makes no sense. You know what, I'm going to send Abraham, I'm going to send my son Abraham, because, you know, for sure, yeah, maybe they weren't scared of my friends, because they have really no authority, but this is my house, so I'm going to send Abraham. And Abraham goes and says, hey, get out of my dad's house, and they kill him. That's what Jesus is saying. He goes, what do you think the master is going to do when he finally comes home? And so that's why it says here in 1 John 3a, that the reason the Son of God God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil, the whole kingdom of darkness, the whole thing that that same is a God of this world. And, and I'll see, here's the thing. And we're, it'll go way much deeper, but you, there's so many gods that they worship. They worship, they worship Chimosh and, and Artemis. And, and I mean, just a bunch of gods. They were all demons. The Bible says, those are all demons and they enjoyed the world, worshiping them. And all of them thought this earth was theirs and they're just feasting, having a great old time. But this scripture says that the reason Jesus came was to destroy those works. And finally, at the end of the ministry of Jesus, they arrest him. They beat him. They slap him. They punch him. They rip his beard out. They mock him. They put a crown of thorns on him. They whip him. And finally they crucify him. I can't imagine Satan being anywhere else on this earth than right there. Where else would he be? There's no way Satan was going to be in Brazil or Japan. He was going to be right there. I want to see this. I've been waiting my whole life to see this God destroyed. And Jesus is on the cross and his arms stretched out.

And he says these words, it is finished. Now, without knowing, maybe as a young Christian, when I saw that, I was like, well, he's talking about the suffering that he's enduring right then and there. Maybe he's talking about like, finally, this crucifixion's over. It's finished. The Bible says that he says it is finished. He bowed his head and his spirit, but there's something more that happened by his words. It is finished. There is something that happened. There's a switch. There's a new chapter that was about to begin. It was more than him saying it's finished of what he suffered on the cross. Now, if you ask me, and again, I wasn't there, but I do believe Satan was there. I do believe all his top demons, whatever they are, were there mocking God, laughing at him. There's like, there's no way this can be God. There's no way. I mean, the guy, some broke guy from Nazareth, there's no way. There's no way he's going to come. He can preach all he wants. He can turn rocks into fish or whatever it is. He can do all these walk on water, but you know what? No matter what, he still is coming to death. He's still coming into our kingdom. He's still coming into the darkness, regardless of the great things he did. Death will still take him. Or so they thought. Oh, or so they thought. They didn't recognize him. There's like, he doesn't look like nothing. Matter of fact, in Isaiah 53, it said that he was nothing good to look at. Every time they make movies, they always have this real handsome looking Jesus, but Isaiah 53 says he was nothing to look at. It's almost like he came in disguise. He came home and he, the Bible says that he completely unveiled himself as of glory to be born through a woman, that he came in a way that he was humble.

He came as a humble servant to the point where the gods of this world wouldn't recognize him. But there he is in the cross and said, it is finished. I truly believe that right before Jesus said that, I believe again, this is not doctrine. This is not, you know, this is just my imagination because I can't imagine saying anywhere else, but just, just follow through with me that Jesus looked the enemy in the face as he's on as he's on the cross stretched out and the women are crying and people are mocking him and he looks the enemy in the face and declares victory. It is finished. Not talking about his life on the cross, but everything that happened from the first Adam all the way until now it is finished. I just undid what the first Adam undid. I'm about to redo this whole thing and there was nothing you can do to stop this. I will take back the deed from this planet. I will give back the identity to the church. I would destroy. Same guilt, condemnation, and fear. I break the chains of the slaves. I bring life back. My blood is a vaccine against this sin. And I will replace communication to my people. It is the finished work of the cross. It is the finished work of the cross. You know, I wore a cross and it doesn't have a little Jesus on it because the cross is empty. But I wore this cross and people will say, maybe somebody says, why would you wear the instrument that killed your God if you're such a Christian?

I mean, if Jesus was electrified, would you walk around, you know, with a little electric chair? I'm like, you don't get it, man. This cross is a reminder to me and the kingdom of this darkness that on that cross, he said it is finished. He undid what Adam did and he came to be the second Adam. Now, here's the thing. Why then do Christians live and operate as if it's before the cross? It's a new chapter, it's a new thing. We are no longer enslaved to the things or else if we still are, then why did he die on the cross? What's it for? Jesus conquered sin and took back the authority that was stolen from Adam in the beginning. In Romans chapter six, verse five and six. Romans chapter six, five and six. All right, let me know when they're there. Amen, all right. Romans chapter six, verse five. For if we, talking about us, those that believe in Jesus, for if we have been united with him in a death like his, let me pause there, hold on. You cannot serve Jesus until you die. This is what I mean. I'm not saying that, oh, so you're saying that not until I die, then I can serve Jesus. No, I'm saying this, you gotta die to your old self. You cannot serve God in your old self.

That's why the Bible says that old things have passed away. All things have become new. You're a new creation in Christ. You cannot serve God. Matter of fact, Jesus says you can't put new wine in old wineskins or it'll burst. What do I mean by that? Because some of my jailbirds know that when you make pruno, that stuff, it ferments in your cell and it expands. And that plastic, you're gonna have an explosion in your cell. See, Johnny's laughing. He's like, oh yeah, I remember those days. So you couldn't put brand new wine because it was still fermenting into old wineskins because they would make the wineskin out of leather. And if it was weak, it was gonna explode. So Jesus says you can't put brand new wine in old wineskins, you gotta put new wine in new wineskins. So in the same way, Jesus says if you're gonna serve me, then you have to die to yourself. You can't put this Christianese stuff into your old self or it'll burst. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Okay, I need a couple sinners up here real quick for like five minutes. Marcelo, you wanna be a sinner? Israel? Oh no, I'll get this brother here. Yeah, I need a couple sinners. I got them, I got it right here. Let me chain you guys up here. You ever been like that? Okay, you're going to, don't flashback on me. Put your hands in the cuffs. I don't know, just figure it out here. Huh? Oh, well, just hold on to them. They'll get it. Put it, wrap it around your neck or something. That's all right, he can just hold them. Maybe hook them together. Right there. Don't mess with my hair. Don't mess with my hair. So, you're in chains. There's nothing you can do to set you free. There's nothing you can do. As a matter of fact, Angel, can you be Satan real quick? Now, you want him to go anywhere you want him to go. So, you're leading him. Yeah. Now, follow, he's leading you. There's nothing you can do. And the whole time they're walking around, they're like, man,

I don't want to be this chain. I don't want to be enslaved to this. I don't want this on me. I don't want this weight on me. And maybe they have children coming and they're like, what's going to happen to my children? And they hold their children and realize there's little chains in their children, too. And they're like, what do I do? How do I set myself free? How can I set my son free? There's nothing I can do. No, no, I got that for something else, babe. You're throwing it off. And our whole lives, all of the Old Testament is mankind. Imagine these guys representing all of mankind. They said, oh, what wretched man that I am. Who will save me from the body of sin? Who will set me free? Right? And all of a sudden, Jesus says, I came to set the captive free. I came to set the captive free. I'm going to read that scripture again. For we have been united with him in a death like his. We shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. So here comes Jesus. Actually, come up here more.

That way everybody. And here comes Jesus, and he says, take those chains off. There's nothing you can do anymore. As a matter of fact, I got something better for you. I got something better for you. This is who you are now. Now, it's interesting that you're holding that. Hold that. This happens in every church. Which one are you? You have been set free, and you let the chains go, or the chains have been off of you, but out of habit, you're still holding on to it. I know. So the Christian that doesn't know who he is in Christ, still being led by Satan, not knowing the whole time that he's going to be led by Satan. He's going to be led by Satan. He's going to be led by Satan. He's going to be led by Satan. Not knowing the whole time the chain's having a hold of you. Go ahead. Give me my chain back. Amen. In John chapter 10, verse 18. John chapter 10, verse 18. John chapter 10, verse 18. In John chapter 10, verse 18. John chapter 10, verse 18. John 10, verse 18.

He's talking about his life. And he says, no one takes it from me. But I lay it down of my own accord. No one takes it from me. I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down. And I have authority to take it up again. This charge I receive from my father. It's the whole time Satan thought he was plotting, Satan thought he was gonna kill Jesus, Satan, and the whole time Satan is always steps behind the Lord. And the Lord is saying, you realize the reason that I'm crucified was because I let you? Do you realize you don't take my life? I give my life. You don't understand that I'm about to pay ransom for all of this mankind that's in chains. I'm about to set them free. A matter of fact, your plans is what's gonna do it. What do you think in the book of Genesis, he says, what you meant for evil, God is gonna turn it for good. So, there's something else I wanna, just kind of a side note, but this is important too. I wanna make sure I get this. Now, Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Whether we have faith in Jesus or not, he still died for every person. It's a gift whether you wanna take it or not, but he died for all mankind. The Bible says that we are saved by faith through grace. But, so in other words, it's paid for. The chains that are holding you down have already been paid for whether you're gonna take them off, that's up to you and up to me. But if somebody doesn't get saved, does that mean he died for nothing? No, he still died for all mankind, no matter what. It doesn't take away the power of salvation if somebody doesn't get saved. Do we all agree with that? Okay, we all agree with that. So, something else interesting happened when he was, right before he was on the cross, they took him to the whipping post. Now, everything we see in the Bible is there for a reason. There's nothing there as filler. Every single thing is important. Every time a city is mentioned, a name is mentioned, a location is mentioned, an action is mentioned, it is there for a reason. The Bible doesn't have filler words just to fill things up to make it a bigger book. It is there for a specific reason. If it says this happened at so-and-so time, so-and-so date, it's there for a reason. Whether we know what that reason is, it's up to us if

we study or not. But every single thing is for a reason. Now, if Jesus dying on the cross is for we can be forgiven of our sins, then why the whipping post? If they would have never whipped him and just crucified him, we would still be saved. But yet, in the Bible, if it's there, there's something important. There's something to it. Now, track with me. When he was taken to the whipping post, in Isaiah 53, there's a piece there that says, by his stripes, we are healed. This was written hundreds of years before he was whipped. Yet, Isaiah says, by his stripes, we are healed. Not past tense, present tense. Now, think about this way, right? So, when we got saved, Jesus didn't all of a sudden jump on the cross for you. When you came, let's say you got saved here on a Sunday, and you're about, so God's in heaven watching you walk up to the altar to say the sinner's prayer, and he's like, oh, angels, I'll be right back. Let me get on the cross again just for them. No. We are saved by what he did in the past. It's already paid for, right? When he did it, he did it once and for all. He died on the cross, and it's said. It's already done. It's a matter of whether we believe or not. So, in the same way, by his stripes, we are healed. Notice it says in the past tense. So, it's already a finished work. Now, follow with me. So, whatever happened on the whipping post is past tense. It's complete. It is finished. Well, what does it mean by his stripes we are healed? What's interesting is that it uses an old Hebrew word called Rafa, and that Rafa meant well-being, well-being in your health. It uses that word that by his stripes, we are healed. Whoa, whoa, what does that mean? Well, if the finished work of the cross brings salvation, what happens when he's whipped? Well, according to Isaiah, by his stripes we are healed. So isn't this the same thing? Because we put a lot of energy and power into the cross as we should because it brings salvation. We're just like, man, yeah, that's awesome, but you know, we have necklaces with crosses, we have shirts with crosses. Nobody has a shirt or a necklace with a whipping post. You know, everything is about the cross because the cross is important. But isn't everything that happened to Jesus important? Everything that happened to Jesus is significant.

And according to Isaiah, it says, by his stripes we are healed. So what is that saying? What is that motion? And what is that insinuating is that by his stripes, so in other words, it's interesting because he was whipped 39 times. And I've heard this said once, you can fact check me, they said every single disease on this earth, every single one always deviates from other diseases, other diseases, it all goes down to 39 of them. Interesting, he was whipped 39 times by his stripes were healed. You know, when Jesus went around healing, he said this, he says, greater works will you do than me? Jesus says, he says, you know what? He goes, you speak to the mountain and that mountain will move. See, a lot of us when we pray for healing, we pray for somebody, we're like, Lord God, send a healing. And a lot of times, like, I thought I told you to talk to the mountain. Why are you waiting for me to do it? I already did it 2000 years ago on that post. In the same way, people don't get saved. The Bible says that how will people get saved unless people share the gospel? Even though it was done, even though he did it, somebody has to preach the gospel, somebody has to present it, somebody has to talk about Jesus, somebody has to teach people. Even though it was already done on the cross, it won't be effective unless people hear it. Well, in the same way, how will we not know this? How will we not walk in the power that he called us to walk in? How will we not if we don't understand or truly get what it is that he did and what it is that he was saying? How is it that Jesus says greater works will you do than me? He says you will cast devils, all you got to do is cast them out in my name, lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.

That's what he was talking about. Why? Because he knew he was going to pay for the sins to be taken off of us on the cross and he knew that he was going to pay for every single disease and sickness on the whipping post. So where are you going, David? Oh, I'm going somewhere. He paid for it. He paid for it on the cross. He paid for it on a whipping post. So what does that mean? You know, a lot of times, guys, we get it mixed up. We get it mixed up when we're sharing the gospel for somebody to be saved. I hope you're not doing it so you can put another notch to tell people, hey, man, I led somebody else to the Lord today, I, I, I, I, I. It ain't about you, it's about him. How do we know that? So in the same way, by his stripes we are healed and we go and, and cast a demon out of somebody. Is that another notch for us? Just to tell people, look at me, look how great I am. Look at this great ministry I got. You know, deliverance ministry or healing ministry or prophetic ministry or all these things and look at me, look at me, look at me. No, they was never meant for us. You know what happens if we make it about us? We become like the stewards that say, you know what? The owner's never coming back. This is my vineyard now. This is mine.

And you know what? I'm going to enrich myself. I'm going to make everybody think it's about me. I cast the demons out. I laid hands on the sick and they got healed. Somebody had cancer. Somebody had this. Somebody had that. And you know what? Now they're healed and it's all me, me, me. Because the owner's never going to come back. He's been saying he's going to come back for 2,000 years and he's still in here, but you know what? I'm just going to enrich myself. No. Remember that verse where Jesus says that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents? I always, I always took this verse this way and I remember thinking like, man, so when I got saved, February 25th, 2004, all of heaven cheered for David Rocha? I'm like, that's awesome, right? That's cool. You know? And I didn't see nothing wrong with that. I'm like, cool. And then I started thinking and I started reading this. I was like, wait a second, wait a second. If he's. the one that suffered on the whipping post? If he's the one that suffered on the cross, why would they cheer for me?

This is what I mean. Could it be? Jesus says, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance. What do I mean by that? See, most believe that this verse is about heaven rejoicing for us when we surrendered our life to the Lord. And what we fail to realize is that we're not the winner. We're the medal. Okay, in the Olympics, when the person goes to get the gold medal and he stands right there in between the second place and third place, and the stadium is full of people, and the person comes with a medal, and they put the medal on the winner, and everybody starts cheering. Okay. Are they cheering for the medal or the one that won the medal? They're cheering for the, can you imagine the medal saying, hey, they're cheering for me? The medal didn't do nothing. It was the one that ran the race is the one that they're cheering for. So when all of heaven rejoices, it's because Satan couldn't hold somebody

and God took the chains off of them, and God took the chains off of them, God took the chains off of them, God took the chains off of them, and all of a sudden, the person has come. You, the repentant person, comes before the Lord, and all of heaven rejoices because you were just another medal that they put over the neck of Jesus. And all of heaven rejoices because he deserves his reward. He suffered for you. He died for you. He was whipped for you. He was mocked for you. He had a crown of thorns for you. Nails were driven in his hand. Man, I'm sorry, but they weren't cheering for you. They were cheering for the one that won the medal. He deserves his reward. That, now, guys, that completely flipped this whole thing around for me. Let me explain, and I pray that it'll flip it around for you. Well, I don't like to evangelize because I'm shy. I don't like to do this because of that. Man, it ain't about you. Now, tell me this. If somebody, somebody you love got did wrong, and you love this person,

and they just got done dirty and just got done wrong, and so, but you have an opportunity to make things right. Whatever it may be. Maybe it's get to get property back or whatever it is. You know, like, for instance, I'll use my dad as an example, right, because my dad worked hard for what he has. He doesn't have a lot, guys. We grow up, I'm not gonna say poor, but we grew up modest, you know, and everything we had is because my dad worked hard for it. My dad didn't sell drugs. He didn't do none of that stuff. Everything we had is because my, I seen my dad come home tired and sweaty and dirty from the fields, and if somebody would come along and steal from my dad, I would be really upset. Maybe to somebody else, maybe it was a lawnmower my dad had out there that I knew that my dad worked six months to buy that thing and somebody just comes along and just steals what belongs to my dad, me having seen him sweat, and I said, no, that ain't cool, man. You know what, I'm gonna go and I'm gonna find your lawnmower and I'm gonna bring it back, so all of a sudden I go and search and search and search and search and then I find the lawnmower.

You know what, because my dad sweated for this. My dad worked hard for this. I'm gonna bring him back what rightfully belongs to him. This has never belonged to the one that stole it. Dad, I brought your lawnmower back. It belongs to you because you suffered and you sweat. I saw you for six months. You wanted this thing. You saw it in a catalog and you had a picture of it on the fridge and you wanted this thing and you worked and you worked and you worked for it and I'm bringing it back to you. That is how you need to see people who are lost. That is how you need to see people with diseases. That's how you need to see people who have demons in them. Every single person you come across are stolen property that belongs to the king of kings and the Lord of lords. The reward belongs to him and our job as a church is not to just come every Sunday, every Sunday night is it. Our job is to go searching for the ones that belong to him that were stolen by the enemy and no matter what, I am not gonna stand back because my king suffered on the cross and my king suffered on the whipping post. So you know what? He deserves his rightful reward. And our job is to, do we love Jesus? Do you understand he suffered?

So he deserves his reward. He deserves everything he's got coming. He deserves all of it. You know, it's, there's a preacher that said something like this. I don't remember exactly how he said it, but I'm gonna try to re-say it because I think it's perfect. The finished work of Jesus, of what he did on the cross is so incredible. The fact that from Adam to then we were in chains and there was nobody to set us free. You know the criminal on the cross? There was two criminals in the side of him and one of them was mocking, actually they were both mocking God at first. They were both mocking Jesus at first. And then, I don't know, for whatever reason, one of them felt bad and he just like, hey, he's telling his homeboy, he's just like, hey, why are you doing this, man? We're here because we deserve this, but this man is innocent. And so the mocking one started saying, well, if he's what people claim he is, then why don't he get himself off the cross and us too? And so this other criminal says, man, do you have no respect? How can you mock this man?

He's innocent. I don't even know his name, but he's clearly, he's innocent. And he doesn't say Jesus. I don't even know if he knows his name. And he looks and says, Lord, well, will you think of me when you step into your kingdom? Because I deserve hell. I'm in chains. I'm in bondage. I can't stop being who I am, but can you think of me sometimes? And we know in the scripture that Jesus says, today, you will be with me in paradise. Now, we all know that story, but think of this. This is crazy. So soon after that, both criminals die. Jesus died for the sins of the world. The criminal who called him Lord said, remember me someday, just once in a while, think of me, dies. Closes his eyes to this world in utter pain with the mocking of everybody. And the criminal opens his eyes and he sees light. What? Where am I? Where's everybody at? And a man comes to the criminal.

He says, hey, what are you doing here? I don't know. Follow me, come and follow me. So he follows him to the gates. And he says, hey, has an intercom like a usher do? He goes, hey, there's a guy here. I don't think he belongs here. Can you send somebody over here? Somebody else comes from heaven, maybe a foreman. Somebody comes. He goes, hey, what's going on? He goes, this guy just showed up here. I don't know him. So the man pulls him to the side. He goes, well, what happened? I was crucified. You were crucified? How'd you end up here? Oh, so did they crucify, like were you some kind of priest or something? No. Oh, so you understood doctrine. You understood scriptures perfectly. That's why you're here, right? Doctrine, what's that? Did John the Baptist baptize you? Who's John? What are you doing here? What did you do? And the man's like, I have no idea.

I was on the cross. this cross and it was hurting, man, it was painful and everybody's, just all this noise and all of a sudden I'm here. And then I said, but I don't understand, how are they, how is it that you are here? Who sent you here? Well, there was this man. There was this man on the cross and he was on the cross right next to me and he said that I can come here. Yeah. Notice, it was nothing the criminal did. It was everything of what he said. It's always about him. I don't know what it was like for that criminal. I don't know if he was really confused. I have no idea, but all I know is this, is guys, yes, we need to study the scriptures. Yes, we need to know the word of God. Yes, but don't get away from the basic understanding that believing in Jesus is what allows you to come into the kingdom of God. Don't overcomplicate it. Don't do nothing like that. There's this little book that they used to pass out. They still sell them once in a while, but these little tiny track books. And there was one of this little boy and there was no words in it.

And this little boy, it's just a little, like a comic book, and who remembers this? It's called, what's it called? He Loves Me or Jesus? I don't remember the name. It's just like maybe 10 pages. And I remember seeing that as a child and man, it wrecked me as a child and it had no words in it. It was a little boy getting beaten by a drunken father and a drunken father would force him to go out and beg for money so he can buy more beer. And he would send him out and he would beat him and whip him and he would come back and it was raining so he didn't get no money. So he came back and gave his dad the one coin. His dad was mad because that wasn't enough to buy the liquor he needed. So he throws a coin and he beats the little boy. And the little boy crawls away and he dies in a box. But before he dies in the box, as he's dying there, a pamphlet flies into his little box as he's shaking there dying. And it was just a little picture of Jesus dying for him. And he didn't know his name, he didn't know nothing. And he saw that picture and he held it to his chest and died. The simplicity of a child. And in that moment he fell in love with Jesus and he died in the box and all of a sudden

an angel picks him up and takes him. And it's just a comic book, but I think it says so much. We wanna overcomplicate things and fill it with theology and fill it with doctrine and fill it with archeological finds and fill it with all these things. And I love those things too, but those things don't save you. It is knowing him. So Adam had authority over all creation. Jesus came because Adam lost that authority and Jesus came and took that authority back. Adam was tempted, right, by Eve, and he failed. And Jesus came and was tempted and he passed. Adam caused all mankind to be infected with sin. And Jesus gave all mankind the opportunity to be forgiven of sin. Adam disobeyed, his disobedience to God led to death. But Jesus' obedience to God led to life. Adam gave authority to Satan and Jesus took authority back from Satan. Let's all stand. You know, as we're going through these four parts, the fall, the finished work, spiritual warfare, and the kingdom of God, this is the takeaway I want you to take from today, is we need to understand that it is a finished work. You can't do nothing to add to your salvation. There's nothing you can add. If you see somebody that's been serving God longer than you, they don't have more Jesus in you. The Holy Spirit comes as a person, not in portions.

You don't earn portions of the Holy Spirit. Everything you have, the Bible says that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessings in the heavens through Christ. Meaning what? Everything that he has for you is already at your disposal. Why do you think the enemy doesn't want you to understand who you are? He wants you to still be in a fallen state. He wants you to still be in condemnation. He wants you to still live in fear. He wants you to still live in guilt, still live in all those things. And I think the majority of Christians still live in that mindset. You're like, like, you know what? I serve you Lord, but you know what? I don't deserve to do anything for you because of the things that I did or who I was and who I am and all these things. And because of that, I self condemned myself and now I self condemned myself. So now I feel guilt. So I'm just going to be kind of this Christian that just kind of in the back because I'm not worthy of anything that the Lord is saying, what are you talking about? You need to understand who you are. It is the finished work of the cross. It is already done. It is already set. It is. It is already what it is. And can you imagine if a church could literally walk in their life right now? Not when you're in heaven, but right now and walk in the true authority of who you are. Yes, the deed was taken from Adam, but Jesus came to give that deed back to the church. Remember what he told Adam before the fall, he says, you have authority over everything on this earth, over every creeping thing on this earth, you have

authority of it. Well, the moment Satan took that deed, now he had authority over everything on his earth. But when Jesus rose on the third day, the Bible says that he took the keys from Hades and of death. The Bible says that he took all authority away from the God of this world. You know, it's one thing, the fact that Jesus took authority, but you understand this is the part you need to understand is that he took that authority and he gave it to the church. He gave it to the church. Who's the church that's building? No, we are the church. We are the church. Now, remind you what that authority means. Now you and I have the deed. And what did God say? Whoever has a deed, everything on this earth and every creeping thing on this earth submits to you. The Bible says that you are the body and he's the head. So that means we're the body. The Bible says that he that the earth is his footstool. So even if maybe we're like, I ain't good enough to be his shoulders, I ain't good enough to be his fingers, I ain't good enough to be his heart, man, I'm the callous on Jesus heel. And you know what? You're still. You're still beneath his, I mean, the enemy's still beneath your feet, so even the callous has authority. And then the Bible says we're going to get into next week, the Satan gets thrown out of heaven and thrown down to where? To this earth, who has the deed of this earth, the church. So why are you afraid of demons again?

Remind me, why are you scared of demons again? Because we have the deed, and if he's thrown down to this earth and we have the deed and Jesus is all authority that I have, I give to you the church. We need to walk differently, we need to operate differently. You know why we don't see miracles? Because we don't know who we are. You know why we're not casting devils up? Because we don't know who we are. You know why we're not proclaiming the gospel the way we should be? Because we don't know who we are. But if we understood this, this would change Modesto. This would rattle the kingdom of darkness in our cities, if we understood this truth. And if there's anybody right now, I want to give an opportunity for anybody in the spirit, if you want to trade your chains for something better. Today's a day of salvation, right now. Why would you want hooks of chains in you for? Why would you want Satan leading you around any which way? Don't you want to live your own life? Don't you want to be free from your past? Don't you want to be free from those things of the past and those things? And even then, maybe there's some Christians here that yeah you have been set free but you're holding on to the chain what if it's what if today's the day you finally let the chain go if that is you today I want to challenge you to come up and surrender your life to Jesus right now why would you leave with chains why would you leave in handcuffs why would you leave in hooks in you why would you want to do that today's a day of salvation right now right now I want you to come up this is the greatest day of your life most greatest moment of your life greatest chapter new chapters about to come forth right now what are we waiting for same thing for those that are watching online if that is you I

want you to repeat after me and once and for all for those of you that are in chains and those of you that are still holding on to your chains you're gonna let those chains go now and say Lord God I repent of all my sins I believe you died on the cross and after three days you rose in power take these chains off of me Lord and I don't want to hold them either give me a new heart make me new let me walk in my authority that is given to me by you from this day forth in Jesus name amen amen amen for those of you that pray that prayer I want to pray in the name of Jesus I command all chains to be broken right now devil you have no authority anymore you have no authority they belong to Jesus right now in the name of Jesus we thank you Lord we give you all honor we give you all glory we praise you God it is you that suffered it is you Lord God and if every person that God saved Lord God there's another reward for you there's another reward for you because you deserve your reward we're gonna open these altars spend some time with the Lord just just take a few minutes before you go home before you go to lunch let's just come together at the altar and let's spend some time with God the one that set you free because the work is finished I know that you will give your covenant I'm calling on the God of Moses through the water of the ocean I need you now to hear the saving voice I need you now oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now around the rock of ages I'm standing on your faithful lips for your faithfulness I'm calling on the God of Mary who's been arrested for her sin I know with you all things are possible

I'm calling on the God of David who made a ship for the courageous I'm not disillusioned but I got my own child oh God my God I need you oh God my God I need you now how I need you now around the rock of ages I'm standing on your faithful lips for your faithfulness oh God my God Oh God, my God, I need you now, now I need you now Oh rock, oh rock of ages, I'm standing on your faithfulness On your faithfulness Standing on your faithfulness Lord You hear your children then, you hear your children now You are the same God, you are the same God You watch your friends laughing, and you are listening now You are the same God, you are the same God You're right, you're right now You are the same God, you are the same God Yes, Jesus, He's the one that came to set you free and break the chains He came to set you free from bondage There's no reason to be in bondage anymore He's the Redeemer, He's the Savior, He's the Healer You are our healer now You are the same God, you are the same God You were a savior then, you are a savior now You are the same God, you are the same God Oh God, my God, I need you now, now I need you now

Oh rock, oh rock of ages I'm standing on your faithfulness On your faithfulness Oh God, my God, I need you Oh God, my God, I need you now, now I need you now Oh rock, oh rock of ages I'm standing on your faithfulness On your faithfulness Amen, amen, amen Before we end this service, I just want to be obedient If there's anyone here, are you struggling with addiction? Is there anyone here struggling with addiction? Why preach about it unless we're going to demonstrate it? Who wants to be set free right now? Amen, watch Watch this The Lord's about to get His reward The Lord's about to get His reward You want to serve God, you want to do things But no matter what, that chain won't let go That thing won't let go, that demon won't let go And even when you think about it at night Even though you're doing good in the day You still can't stop thinking about it I'm telling you right now that Jesus is about to get His reward So number one, if you are struggling with addiction It don't matter if I'm praying for you If you don't want to get rid of it, just say, I want to get rid of it right now Okay? Say, I want to get rid of it right now

Right now So I'm going to pray for you You just said you want to get rid of it You ready? In the name of Jesus Every single filthy, demonic spirit of addiction I'm speaking to you I'm serving an eviction notice Not in my name, but in the one that sits on the throne He already paid the cost for you And He wants to bring you home So every single filthy spirit of addiction Whatever it is, I command it to leave right now In the name of Jesus To unwrap itself from your spine In the name of Jesus You filthy spirit, come out right now in Jesus' name Come out right now in the name of Jesus I declare you free I declare you free I declare you free I declare you free in the name of Jesus right now In Jesus' name right now In Jesus' name In Jesus name. In Jesus name. Who feels pain right now? Who's sick? If you have pain come on come up come up. Who has pain? Your lower back hurts right? No, no don't step up, don't step up. You know exactly where it hurts? Put your hand where it hurts. What is it? I want a ten right now. Is it a ten? It's a ten. How long has it been like that? Last two days. All right. I don't want you to pray I just want you to receive this

all right? You're gonna see the power of God right now. I want this whole church to see the power of God. Watch this. Watch this. In Jesus name. I command every muscle, tendon, and nerve in the name of Jesus to loosen right now. Right now. Fire. In the name of Jesus. Right now. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. Just give it a minute. Give it a minute. Go. All pain. All pain. All pain. All pain. Lord you're gonna get to reward right now. In Jesus name. Loosen. Loosen. Loosen. In Jesus name. What do you feel right now? You can stand up straight. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. What's going on? What's going on? Right now you have pain? Let me see your hands. Watch. It's not even about my prayers. It's about him. Watch. Go. Go. Go. In Jesus name. Tell me. What do you feel? Relief? Is it all the way gone or still there a little bit? Okay. But the Lord starts. He finishes. All of it. Now. In Jesus name. Lord you get your reward Lord. In Jesus name. By the power of the Holy Ghost. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. What's going on? It hurts right now? Is it hurting right right now? Let me see your hand. Put your hand where her. This is her husband so. Say in Jesus name. I command this pain to leave. And his body to heal. Right now. Not in my power. But Jesus power. Now. Thank you Lord. You deserve your reward Lord. There's power. Anyone else? See guys. Come on brother. And this is not me. This is this. You can do this too. Because if you're in Christ. You have your identity in Christ. What's going on? Right now? All right. If you. If you turn. Turn it to where it hurts. Do something where it hurts. Right there it hurts. Okay. In the name of Jesus. Right now. Loosen. Bones shift. Muscle. Tendons. And nerves. Right now. By the power of God. In the name of Jesus. There's power in your name Lord. There's power in your name. By your stripes he is healed. In Jesus name. It is not about me. It's about you Lord. You deserve it all.

Loosen. Loosen. Loosen now in Jesus name. Loosen now. now, I command it in the name of Jesus. What do you feel? Still there? A little bit? What was it at before in the 1 to 10? Right now what was it? How much is it right now? What was it before we prayed? It was about a 7 and it's a 2. Let me see your hand. Right here. In the name of Jesus right now everything he he begins he's going to finish it. I have faith it went down from a 7 to a 2 so what's a 2 to a 0 in the name of Jesus right now? Complete healing right now. Loosen now in the name of Jesus. In Jesus name. Thank you Lord. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. Because this is what we're talking about of walking a supernatural life. It's not about the pastor. It's not about anything. It's about his power. It's about knowing who we are and understanding who we are and walking the authority. The fact that he gave that authority back to the church and we have that authority to cast out demons. We have the authority to lay hands on the sick. We have the authority to preach the gospel. This is for us. This is a gift for us. This isn't just another sermon to fill another Sunday. I'm teaching you something that's foundational. Lord God I thank you for this Sunday. I thank you for this moment. I thank you for this opportunity Lord God. We exalt you Lord God. We exalt you Lord God because you did it all. You did it all and we thank you Lord God. Shine your face upon everybody that's here Lord God and we thank you in Jesus mighty name. Amen. Amen. Let's give the Lord a hand. Amen. God bless you. Have a great Sunday. Class number six in a few minutes at PLBS class. God bless you.

And I know that you are still praying for her. Thank you for your prayers. We are grateful for you and we are grateful that we have a family that we care about. Amen. Because sometimes there are brothers and sisters in Christ who are in a physical condition where they have health problems and and no one remembers them. Because sometimes we have a lot of things to do in our lives. But thank you because you have thought about my wife and prayed for her. I know that she thanks you. Amen. Are you with me? Yes? Well, we are going to declare the next thing that is on the screen. I ask you please put your Bible in your hand and lift it up and say with me This is my Bible. It is the word of God for me. My guide. My strength. I bring it ready to learn. I open it with faith in Jesus. I live it with courage. Sin ella me debilito. Con ella soy fuerte. Hoy la traigo, la creo y la obedezco en el nombre de Jesús. Amen. La palabra de Dios es la que nos dio la fe para vivir. to believe in God. And it is the word of God that helps us to recognize who we are in God. Sometimes the world has a concept of who we are and who God is, but the true concept, the true reality is that the word of God is God. Amen? It clearly tells us who God is. Do you agree with me? Well, I'm going to invite you to open your Bibles en el libro de Mateo, capítulo 28, y vamos a leer ahí en ese libro unas escrituras. El tema de hoy se titula, hacer discípulos, el mandato de Jesús. Hacer discípulos.

Nosotros, como hijos de Dios, tenemos que tomar ese mandato en serio y tenemos que ser responsables en cumplir ese mandato mientras vivamos aquí en este mundo. El mandato de Jesús es de hacer discípulos en todas las naciones y yo creo con todo mi corazón que el mundo necesita más discípulos. Amén? Más discípulos. Ahora, Mateo, capítulo 28, habla sobre este mandato. Uno puede nombrarle la gran comisión, pero sea lo que sea, es un mandato a todo cristiano hacer discípulos. En Mateo, capítulo 28, versículo 1 al 7, y luego vamos a ir a los últimos versículos. Mateo, capítulo 28, versículo 1 al 7, dice, pasado el día de reposo, al amanecer del primer día de la semana, vinieron María Magdalena y la otra María a ver el sepulcro. O sea, Jesús ya había sido sacrificado, Jesús ya estaba en una tumba, pero al tercer día, llegaron estas mujeres y dice, versículo 2, y hubo un gran terremoto porque un ángel del Señor descendió del cielo y llegando removió la piedra y se sentó sobre ella. Su aspecto era como un relámpago y su vestido blanco como la nieve. Y de miedo de él, los guardias temblaron y se quedaron como muertos. Mas el ángel respondiendo dijo a las mujeres, no teman, o sea, no tengan miedo vosotras, porque yo sé que buscan a Jesús el que fue crucificado.

No está aquí, pues ha resucitado como dijo, venid, ved el lugar donde fue puesto el Señor. Y ir pronto y decir a sus discípulos que ha resucitado de los muertos y he aquí va delante de ustedes, vosotros. Versículo 16, pero los 11 discípulos se fueron a Galilea, al monte donde Jesús les había ordenado. Y cuando le vieron, le adoraron, pero algunos dudaban. Jesús se acercó y les habló diciendo, escuchen bien estas palabras. Dice, toda potestad, o sea, todo poder, me es dada en el cielo y en la tierra. Por tanto, ir y hacer discípulos a todas las naciones, bautizándolos en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo, enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado y he aquí, yo estoy con ustedes todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo. Amén. Para en el nombre de Jesús, te doy gracias mi Dios por tu palabra, Señor. Te doy gracias mi Dios porque tú eres bueno para con nosotros. Y te pido, Espíritu Santo de Dios, que siempre tomes el control. Habla tú por mí, porque yo, mi Dios, puedo equivocarme, pero tú no puedes equivocarte. Te pido, Espíritu Santo de Dios, que tomes el control de todo y que yo tenga que hablar todo lo que necesite hablar, Señor, en el nombre de Jesús. Amén. Si estamos vivos hoy y tenemos manos y pies y una boca que usamos para hablar, nosotros, si estamos en esas condiciones buenas como cristianos,

debemos tomar este gran mandato de Jesús en serio. Jesús dijo claramente a sus discípulos, Espérenme allí en ese lugar en Galilea. Los discípulos lo esperaron en Galilea. Jesús se demostró a ellos, y algunos dicen, dudaban. ¿Verdad? Dice la Escritura. Algunos dudaban. Pero dice, Jesús se acercó y les dijo, Todo poder, digan conmigo, todo poder, todo poder me es dado en el cielo y en la tierra. Todo poder. Hagan énfasis en eso. Que todo poder lo tiene ¿Quién? Jesús. ¿Verdad? Y Él nos da la autoridad como cristianos, como seguidores de Él, de ir y hacer discípulos en todas las naciones. Y no para ahí. Dice, bautizándolos en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Ahí está la Trinidad ¿No? Ahí están los tres personajes de Dios obrando ¿Verdad? Enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado. Tenemos una tarea grande por delante, mis hermanos, mis hermanas. Aquí en Estados Unidos, tristemente, hay miles de iglesias, solamente aquí en Modesto, yo creo que hay como mil, o si me equivoco va a haber más, pero hay como muchas ¿Verdad? Muchas iglesias. Si nosotros vamos a cualquier lado de Modesto, encontramos que hay diferentes iglesias. Pueden haber iglesias cristianas,

pueden haber iglesias de los últimos santos, puede haber iglesias católicas, puede haber iglesias de los Testigos de Jehová, pero hay iglesias ¿Verdad? Y hay diferentes iglesias en este mundo. Pero tristemente, aquí en Estados Unidos, hay miles de iglesias cristianas con personas flojas, sin compromiso, y que tienen miedo de arriesgarse a hacer lo que Jesús les dice que hagan. Esa es la realidad. Ahora, yo pudiera preguntarles a todos ustedes que están aquí, que están mirando detrás de una pantalla, ¿Dónde está el compromiso y la lealtad a nuestro Señor Jesús? Porque cuando hacemos la confesión, hacemos la confesión de fe, de aceptar a Jesús como Señor y Salvador, lo que estamos haciendo es rindiendo nuestra vida completamente en las manos de Dios, ¿Sí o no? ¿Verdad que sí? No es simplemente, te acepto Jesús como mi Señor y Salvador, y me siento con los brazos cruzados y no hago nada. No. Hay un compromiso que debemos comprometernos con ese compromiso, de ir y predicar el Evangelio de Dios a toda criatura, a todo el mundo. ¿Amén? Nuestros hermanos americanos dicen, What do you mean? Dicen, The proof is in the pudding.

O sea, en otras palabras, ¿Verdad? Que la prueba está en la qué? En el postre. O sea, tú ves que nuestros hermanos americanos tienen diferentes tácticas, diferentes cosas que hacen alrededor del mundo, van y ayudan a diferentes naciones, ¿Verdad? Y hacen diferentes cosas en el nombre de Jesús para ayudar a las necesidades de otros. Pero nuestro Señor Jesús claramente dijo, Yo soy la vid, y usted los pámpanos. ¿Qué es la vid? ¿Y qué son los pámpanos? Bueno, la vid, en la agricultura, la agricultura es, una vid es el tronco principal que está arraigado a la tierra y que transporta el agua y los nutrientes necesarios para que las ramas crezcan y den fruto. Yo puedo ir a un fil de uva y cortarle una rama y ponerla en agua, y en el momento se mira que está viva, ¿Verdad? Pero si, ¿Después de tres días? Tu vas a ver que las hojas empiezan a marchitar, y las ramas se empiezan a secar. Igualmente, Jesús como David es el tronco principal de nuestra vida. El es el que nos da la fuerza para vivir. El nos da la energía, la nutrición para crecer espiritualmente y ser efectivos como seres espirituales. Necesitamos de Jesús todos los días. Él es David, nosotros los pámpanos. Nosotros como ramas, debemos echar fruto. ¿Están de acuerdo?

Debemos echar fruto. Un árbol de fruto que no echa fruto, ¿qué pasa? Bueno, ponte en los zapatos de un agricultor que cosecha. Que va y siembra árboles de nueces o árboles de fruta. Y un árbol si no echa fruta, ¿qué hace? Ese agricultor. ¿Lo deja y lo deja y lo deja? ¿Verdad que no? Lo arranca y planta otro en su lugar para que eche fruto. Nosotros como discípulos del Señor, tenemos que tener en memoria de que somos ramas y Jesús es el tronco. Necesitamos echar fruto para que podamos proclamar que verdaderamente somos discípulos del Señor. Los creyentes son los pámpanos, las ramas. Y las ramas, o sea, representan la necesidad de estar conectadas con el tronco. Un verdadero discípulo del Señor Jesús depende absolutamente de él. Y permanece en él y da fruto para él. Por eso, primero quiero hablarles de dependencia. Todavía no entro a los puntos, pero primero quiero hablarles de la dependencia absoluta. Así como una rama cortada se seca y muere rápido, Jesús explica que separados de él, nada podemos hacer. El ser humano necesita esa conexión espiritual con Jesús para tener una vida con propósito real. Segundo, permanencia. Permanencia es el secreto para que un cristiano se mantenga fuerte. Debe de permanecer unido a Jesús mediante qué? La oración y la fe, la obediencia y las Escrituras. Si no estás haciendo eso, o sea, si no estás orando diariamente, si no estás alimentándote diariamente de la palabra de Dios, si no estás obedeciendo a Dios en esfuerzo, entonces verdaderamente no eres un discípulo del Señor y no calificas para ser un discípulo del Señor. Esa es la realidad. Tercero, dar fruto. El objetivo de estar conectados a la vida es dar fruto.

Que en la Biblia se representa como acciones de amor, paz, paciencia, bondad y cambio positivo en el carácter y en el modo de qué? De hablar y de vivir. Porque de él y por él y para él son todas las cosas. Y dice la Escritura, a él sea la gloria. Amén. ¿Quién es él? Jesús. Jesús. ¿Dependemos de él o no? Todos nosotros que estamos en Cristo deberíamos ser primeramente qué? Discípulos del Señor. Deberíamos ser discípulos en el sentido de que debemos tener a alguien que nos está qué? Ayudando a crecer espiritualmente para que lleguemos al tal grado de ser discípulos del Señor y nosotros como discípulos podamos enseñar a otros a ser discípulos y que se siga multiplicando la obra de Dios. Amén. ¿Tienen calor? No. Podemos prender el aire si quieren. El fan. Bueno. Nuestra introducción a este mensaje de hacer discípulos es la siguiente. Jesús no solamente nos llamó a creer en él. Sino tambien a seguirlo y ayudar a otros a seguirlo a él amén Yo sé que la escritura dicen romanos creen el señor jesús o sea creen el señor y será salvo En hechos dice creen el señor jesucristo y será salvo tu y tu casa creer va más allá de creer amén va más allá de creer tienes que tomar que acción en lo que crees Tu crees que jesús verdad es dios bueno también los demonios creen y tiemblan dice la escritura Pero creer a jesús no va más allá de no simplemente confesar el nombre de jesús

creer a jesús es creerle a él en lo que ha lecho y lo que él quiere hacer en nuestra vida en este mundo Mis hermanos hay una diferencia entre ganar una persona para cristo Y hacer de esa persona un discípulo o discípula porque muchos podemos atraer personas a los pies de cristo pero no termina y la responsabilidad que tenemos si dios primeramente nos da el privilegio tan grande de poder acercar a alguien al señor y hacer la oración de fe con él para que se entregue al señor que entonces el segundo paso sería para nosotros Tomar la iniciativa para enseñarle a esa persona que que ha rendido su vida a jesús la palabra evangelizar evangelizar es anunciar a cristo y la palabra evangelizar viene de la palabra evangelio Y el evangelio simplemente significa anunciar la buena noticia de jesús que él murió por los pecados de las personas para salvarnos de la condición del pecado que él resucitó para dar vida eterna a quien cree en él y que tenemos la esperanza de que si morimos en él estaremos en el cielo con él ahora convertirse es responder al llamado de cristo Esas una con eso es convertirse cuando dios toca tu corazón Y tú sientes que dios te está tocando es en el momento que tú puedes abrir tu corazón para entregarte totalmente a él apocalipsis capítulo 3 versículo 20 dice jesús dijo he aquí yo estoy a la puerta y llamo si alguno oye mi voz y abre la puerta entraré a él y cenaré con él y él conmigo Y ser discípulo es aprender a vivir como cristo La vila dice el que dice que permanece en él debe andar como el anduvo claramente Está aquí está duro entender esa escritura hermano adán Y se el que el que dice pero que permanece en él debe andar como el anduvo Hacer discípulos es ayudar a otros a caminar con cristo mateo capítulo 28 versículo 20 dice

enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado y aquí yo estoy con ustedes todos los días hasta el fin del mundo ahora nosotros como cristianos Servimos a cristo y él nos dijo vayan y hagan discípulos el no dijo si quieres ver o si quieres a discípulos el dice vayan y hagan discípulos en todas las naciones Hablarles de dios a las personas y hacer la oración de fe con ayuda del espíritu santo es glorioso Y ya hay que hay gozo en el cielo cuando un pecador se arrepiente aquí en la tierra de sus pecados pero el espíritu santo nos capacita y nos da la herramienta para que nosotros vayamos más allá de solamente acercar a alguien a los pies de cristo y podamos enseñarles a que a seguir a cristo para formar que un discípulo de cristo Tan conmigo si ahora vamos a los puntos del mensaje De hacer discípulos número uno Jesús nos dio la autoridad y el mandato Jesús declara firmemente que todo el poder se le fue dado en el cielo en la tierra y nos manda con autoridad a ser discípulos tú y yo tenemos la autoridad y tenemos el respaldo de dios para que vayamos y hagamos discípulos No hay excusa alguna para no hacer discípulos. Si Dios te ha dado el poder y la autoridad para ser discípulos, hazlo. Lo hermoso de Dios es que Él nos dice que hagamos algo y nos dice porque Él conoce nuestro corazón, conoce nuestra vida, sabe nuestros límites y Él sabe lo que podemos hacer. Él sabe. Tal vez tú no seas un predicador, pero tú puedes enseñar la palabra de Dios. ¿Qué hace un predicador? Enseñar la palabra de Dios, ¿cierto? ¿Amén? Tal vez no eres un evangelista, pero ¿qué hace el evangelista? Proclamar el evangelio de Dios, la palabra de Dios. Él conoce nuestra mente, Él conoce nuestro corazón y Él sabe nuestros límites que tenemos.

Si Él dice que hagas, es porque puedes hacerlo. Nunca tengas miedo de ser lo que Dios te dice que hagas. Noé obedeció a Dios y salvó su familia, aún cuando la tarea era grande. Imagínate, en el tiempo de Noé, que no llovía, dice la escritura que todo se regaba por un sereno que salía del suelo y así se regaba todo, no llovía. Dios le dijo a Noé, hazte una arca de esta medida, así, así, y toma de los animales, de este en par en par. Era una tarea grande. Noé pudiera alegar con Dios y decirle, ¿sabes qué, Dios? Esa es mucha tarea para mí, pero no lo hizo. Él empezó a hacer esa arca, empezó a hacer esa arca, no importándole todo lo que le decían la gente. Imagínate, todas las cosas que le decían a la gente. Si hoy crees que te dicen cosas la gente porque estás en Cristo, imagínate en el tiempo de Noé, cuando la maldad había aumentado y Dios ya estaba harto porque dice que en el corazón del hombre todo el tiempo era hacer el mal. Pero Noé obedeció a Dios y salvó su familia, aún cuando la tarea era grande. ¿Qué hacemos cuando Dios nos dice que hagamos algo grande? Oh, no, Dios, yo no puedo hacerlo. Sí puedes hacerlo, porque Dios te da la autoridad y Dios te da el poder y todo lo que necesites para hacer lo que Él te manda hacer. Amén. Hope, Hope permaneció en Dios aún cuando su cuerpo se llenó de llagas, pero al final fue restaurado y tuvo más de lo que tenía al principio. Era el más rico de los orientales, era bendecido por Dios porque él tenía una integridad en Dios, de creer en Él y confiar en Él. Daniel, Daniel continuó en relación con Dios orando como lo hacía ser todos los días, aunque su vida estaba en peligro de ser echado, o sea, su vida corría el peligro de muerte. Muchas veces vamos a enfrentar el peligro de muerte, pero lo que hacemos cuando enfrentamos ese peligro de muerte importa mucho para nosotros que somos discípulos del Señor, hijos de Dios. Sabes, Jesús estuvo dispuesto a sufrir, a humillarse y estuvo dispuesto a dar su vida por ti y por mí, por todo el mundo, y al final él venció la muerte con poder, amén, y venció al diablo. Venció, por eso todo poder, toda potestad se le dio en el cielo y en la tierra. El diablo ya no tiene poder sobre ti si eres hijo de Dios o hija de Dios, porque Cristo está en ti y Cristo tiene todo el poder, amén, Cristo tiene el poder. Por eso la escritura dice en Romanos capítulo 8 que somos más, ante todas las cosas, ¿somos qué? Más que vencedores, más que vencedores. Podemos vencer, pero en Cristo podemos, ¿qué? Ser más que vencedores. Cuando Dios te llama a hablarle a alguien de Jesús, no necesitas tener todas las respuestas en el tiempo oportuno. Solamente necesitas tener un corazón dispuesto a obedecer a la voz de Dios y obedecerle a Dios. Para que tú hablas a esa persona personas de Sabes lo que Lo que yo amo una cosa que amo del espíritu santo es de que cuando yo no sé orar el me ayuda a orar

que cuando yo no sé qué decir el me ayuda a decir lo que lo que tengo que decir y el espíritu santo de dios nos capacita y nos da el entendimiento nos da la inteligencia nos da la sabiduría Para poder hacer las cosas que dios nos manda a hacer cuando tú vas y dios toca tu corazón que hablas a alguien acuérdate que el espíritu santo va contigo va conmigo y no eres tú el que vas a hablar sino quien el espíritu santo que te va a poner las palabras de tu corazón para que salgan por tu boca y esas palabras impactan el corazón de esa persona amén Hoy te hago una pregunta Como iglesia que somos A quien estás ayudando tú para que se acerque más A jesús No más pregunto a quien Estás poniendo el esfuerzo Para que esa persona que dios ha puesto en tu vida Llega a los pies de jesús Para que lo conozca y lo siga Número dos punto número dos Un discípulo aprende a obedecer Jesús continuó diciendo Enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que les he mandado Enseñar a una persona obedecer la palabra de dios es más Importante que enseñar versículos de la biblia Yo puedo aprenderme mil versículos Pero si no lo aplico a mi vida y la comparto con las personas Físicamente delante de mí ¿De qué sirve? Algunos se saben la biblia de atrás para adelante adelante para atrás Amén Pero enseñar una persona obedecer la palabra de dios

Es más importante Que saber muchos versículos de la biblia Jesús dijo se me aman guarden mis mandamientos en juan capítulo 14 Versículo 15 ahora el verdadero discípulo del señor no solamente Dice yo amo a jesús No simplemente dice yo amo a jesús obedece a jesús Que es más Que amar a jesús Porque el que no obedece a dios como puede amarlo ¿Entiendes? Cuando nosotros aprendemos obedecer a jesús a su mandato de ir y hacer discípulos Entonces estamos que demostrando el amor de dios que tenemos por el Por lo que ha lecho nuestra vida y lo que nosotros queremos que haga en la vida de los demás Amén No seamos hipócritas y decimos que amamos a jesús Entonces estemos dispuestos a obedecerle a jesús Amén Una hipócrita puede ser aquel que dice yo amo a jesús Pero detrás está que haciendo otras cosas que no debe en la vida Y no está poniendo el empeño para ayudar a las personas a seguir a jesús Eso es una hipócrita Que pretende decir algo pero no lo hace Yo hago esto, yo hago lo otro Oh sí, pero tu vida demuestra algo más Amén Muchas veces las palabras se las lleva que el viento ¿Verdad? Pero los hechos que hacemos como hijos de dios Trae un peso impactante Porque dios hace milagros, hace sanidades

¿Verdad? Y hace cosas grandes cuando nosotros obedecemos a dios Como discípulos de él Yo no sé tú si sabes el significado de ser un discípulo Pero un discípulo simplemente es aquel que enseña a otro Que enseña el camino de dios A seguir a jesús ¿Amén? A obedecer a dios Número tres El discipulado comienza con nuestra propia vida Si yo me dejo discipulado O sea, si yo me dejo discipulado entonces puedo ser un discípulo Y puedo discipular a alguien más Pero si no me dejo discipulado entonces ¿Cómo puedo ser un discípulo del señor? Y muchos así andan Quieren que los Que les den, que les den, pero no quieren dar Algunos ya están gorditos espiritualmente Pero no quieren dar ¿Verdad? ¿Verdad? You almost burst and they still don't want to give it. But you know what? A liar can't tell the other liar. Don't lie. A drunk can't tell the other drunk. You know what? You have to leave the drink. No. Right?

Brother Adam? An evil man can't tell the other evil man. Stop being evil. Right? A blind man can't tell the other blind man. Because both will fall into the well. Says Jesus. Matthew chapter 7. Let's go there. Matthew chapter 7. Are you with me? Chapter 7. Let's read verse 39 to 42. The scripture says... I think I made a mistake. I think I did. Well. Verse 1. Let's read verse 1. Chapter 7. It says... Do not judge. Why? So that they will not be judged. Because with the judgment that they judge, they will be judged. And with the measure that they measure, they will be measured. And why do you look at the straw that is in your brother's eye And do not look at the straw that is in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, let me take the straw out of your eye? And here is the straw in your own eye. Hypocrite! First take the straw out of your own eye, and then you will see well. To take the straw out of the eye of your brother. It says, Do not give the saints to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs.

Let them not trample them, and turn away, and destroy you. There is a scripture that says that one blind man cannot catch another blind man. He cannot do it, because both will fall into the well. The meaning of that is that we cannot walk where we have not walked, amen? Or where we are not walking. We cannot teach another person to walk in the way of the Lord If we are not walking in the way of the Lord. Do you understand? It is logical, right? It is logical. The apostle Paul said, Be imitators of me, as I of Christ. That is powerful. He could say, you know what? I follow Christ, follow me because I follow Christ. He did not say that. He said, Imitate me. In other words, imitate my faith that I have in God. Amen? As I imitate Christ. People learn not only from what we say, but from what we do. And it says in the book of Hebrews that we have a great cloud of witnesses. What does that mean? That there are many people who are watching you. You and me, and everyone who says that you are the son of God or daughter of God. They are watching us. Jesus said, For their fruits they will know them. In the time when Jesus was walking on earth, here in this world, there were pharisees, seducers, and you say desires. There were many people who were religious. And Jesus told his disciples to be careful with those people. Because those people said what they did, and they did not do what they said they did. In other words, Jesus called them hypocrites. Hypocrites.

They sent the people of God to keep certain things, but they did not keep them. Being what? Being priests or leaders. They did not do it. Now, if we want to be disciples, we have to pray. We have to read the word of God. We have to forgive completely. We have to walk in holiness, that is, abhorring evil. We have to love as God loves us. We have to serve and not wait for others to serve us. And finally, we have to remain faithful to the evidence. To the evidence. Podemos enseñar a otros a caminar donde nosotros no estamos dispuestos a caminar Yeah, like a statue lado que tu vida sea un ejemplo correcto de un discípulo Que nuestra vida sea un ejemplo hermanos y hermanas Número cuatro, Jesús hizo discípulos y él estuvo dispuesto a invertir tiempo en ellos Cuando mi esposa, o bueno, mi esposa tiene, los jueves tiene estudio para mujeres, si no lo sabían Y el propósito de ella hacer eso es para qué, para hacer vida con las hermanas, con las mujeres Y conocerse, amén, eso se llama disipular, disipular Igualmente ustedes mujeres que van, atienden a ese estudio, ustedes están disipulando también a mi esposa Porque ella también está aprendiendo de ustedes, amén, está aprendiendo también de ustedes El propósito de un discípulo es hacer vida con los que nos rodean, amén, hacer vida Si decimos que vamos a tener este estudio este día, es para qué, para hacer vida No solamente para aprender, sino para hacer vida juntos como familia de Dios Y un verdadero discípulo de Dios hace familia, amén, hace familia Ahora, Jesús pudiera predicar a multitudes todos los días Y descuidar de los doce discípulos que levantó y les estaba enseñando, pero no lo hizo Él invirtió su tiempo en enseñarles, donde Él iba, ellos iban, lo que Él hacía, les decía que ellos lo hicieran Y cuando Él miró que estaban listos para ser enviados, los envió de par y luego los envió a setenta ¿Sabes? Necesitamos hacer vida, necesitamos hacer vida juntos como discípulos del Señor Porque tú puedes aprender de mí, yo puedo aprender de ti

Y no digas que no puedes aprender, porque si dices que no quieres aprender, es porque no quieres aprender Todos podemos aprender, Dios te ha dado la capacidad, te ha dado un cerebro Con la capacidad de aprender cosas nuevas cada día ¿Amén? ¡Cada día! Y un discípulo del Señor aprende, ¿para qué? Para enseñar Marcos capítulo 3, versículo 14 dice Y estableció a doce para que estuvieran con Él y para enviarlos a predicar Entiendamos muy bien, que no podemos hacer discípulos correctamente Si nosotros mismos no estamos permaneciendo junto a ¿Quién? El Maestro Es Jesús, a través del Espíritu Santo Jesús dijo, yo me voy, pero les envío a alguien Hoy en día, nosotros como discípulos necesitamos que al Maestro a nuestro lado siempre Siempre, para poder discipular a otros Número 5 Un discípulo debe que crecer Segunda de Pedro, capítulo 3, versículo 18 dice Antes bien, crezcan en la gracia y en el conocimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo y Salvador Si has llegado a los pies de Jesucristo, rindiendo tu vida a Él Comienzas ¿Qué? Como un bebé espiritual ¿Verdad que sí Jessica? Como un bebé espiritual ¿Que necesitan qué? Necesitas la ayuda de otro creyente Que te esté alimentando, que te esté ayudando a caminar Y un bebé, lo lógico es que va a crecer ¿Sí o no? ¿Verdad que sí? Va a crecer Y es lo que Dios quiere de nosotros Que nosotros ya, que estamos lo suficiente maduros, enseñemos a otros a madurar A madurar Nosotros debemos crecer espiritualmente, pero también debemos ayudar a otro a crecer espiritualmente Y enseñarles cómo vivir la vida en Cristo Para ser un discípulo del Señor

Todos los que estamos dispuestos a crecer, vamos a crecer Pero el que no quiere crecer, como les dije, no va a crecer Porque simplemente no quiere El que no se esfuerza para estudiar y aprender la Biblia Permanece como un bebé espiritual Que cuando viene el viento soplando de religión, de doctrina Los tumba, los engaña ¿Por qué? Porque todavía son bebés espirituales It's Okay, no, I'm a studiato ya prendido la palabra de dios Un discípulo no puede permanecer siempre como un bebé espiritual Amen debe crecer y madurar Está bien que alguien te ayude a caminar en el camino del señor Está bien que alguien te ayude a orar, pero tú también tienes que caminar el camino del señor Porque nadie va a vivir tu vida por ti tú tienes que vivir tu vida por ti mismo Amen Alguien te puede enseñar a orar Pero qué pasa si esa persona ya no te está enseñando Sabes que tú tienes que aprender a orar y la oración es simplemente hablar con dios en nuestro corazón No repetir las oraciones de otro o de otras iglesias Tú tienes que hablar con dios como yo te estoy hablando a ti así verbalmente La oración es poderosa porque la oración conecta nuestro espíritu con dios amén Es bueno que alguien Te disipule pero tú también tienes que ser el discípulo que va a disipular a otro Amén tenemos que crecer No debemos quedarnos estancados en nuestro crecer Muchas personas dicen no pues ahí no crezco mejor me voy a otra congregación mejor me voy acá sabes que Es que va a crecer va a crecer Donde te ponga dios ahí te pone ahí creces ahí puede servir amén No necesitas ir al otro lado del mundo

para para crecer Aquí mismo donde estás el modesto en siris donde quiera que vivas puedes crecer amén puedes crecer número 6 Pablo nos demuestra cómo funciona la multiplicación Ahora pablo le dice a timoteo en segunda timoteo capítulo 2 versículo 2 Le dice lo que has oído de mí ante muchos testigos Esto encarga a hombres fieles que sean idóneos para enseñar también a otros Pablo le dice a timoteo timoteo le dice a otros A otros hombres que van a ser fieles y esos hombres fieles le dicen bien a otros ahí vemos la multiplicación amén y es lo que dios quiere que Nosotros le enseñemos a otros y esos otros le enseñan a otros Y que se hagan discípulos en todas las naciones como jesús lo manda a ser Y Motel de bien señales a otros Igualmente que nosotros la debemos enseñarle a otros Por eso digo que cuando vinimos a la casa de dios aquí vinimos al servicio aprendemos Pero que eso que hemos aprendido lo aplicamos y luego lo enseñamos lo compartimos con las demás personas amén número 7 El discípulo el discípulo requiere amor y paciencia Hacer discípulos no siempre es fácil porque las personas cometerán errores dime cuáles de ustedes se ha encontrado con una persona perfecta Y estamos perfectos a Bueno a veces retroceden a veces tienen preguntas a veces caen a veces necesitan corrección por eso a veces es difícil hacer discípulos pero no le hace Dios te ha dado el poder la habilidad y la autoridad para hacer discípulos

amén Jesús tuvo paciencia con quien con los discípulos y él tiene paciencia con otros y hemos crecido y hemos estado creciendo a pesar de que hemos fallado a pesar de que a veces desobedecemos Es él nos sigue amando y sigue siendo paciente con nosotros En lo glorioso de dios que no he doesn't give up on us no no No se da por vencido sean no será por vencido con nosotros él cree en nosotros que nosotros podemos hacer más que lo nosotros podemos imaginar amén El discipulado no consiste solamente en corregir personas también consiste en que restaurarlas amén porque muchos queremos que apuntar el dedo tú estás haciendo eso mal tú estás no no Sabes que hay que hacer las cosas bien amén yo quiero ayudarte En vez de juzgar Sí En vez de apuntar el dedo yo quiero ser el apoyo yo quiero ser la ayuda que tú necesitas Y eso es eso es hacer un discípulo el señor número ocho Ask the sepulchre's don de Dios de a puesto O sea no necesitamos comenzar en una plataforma como esta No necesitamos no necesitamos de hacer el gran doctor Como se dice Yogi chunk in China ha yogi chunk that that big pastor that's a big congregation No necesitamos de la plataforma o hacer alguien muy importante para disciplinar No Como puedes comenzar Con tu esposo con tu esposa pues comenzar con tus hijos puedes comenzar con tu tío tu tía puedes comenzar con tus sobrinos sobrinas puedes comenzar con tu familia Y puedes comenzar en la vecindad donde tú estás ahorita No necesitas ir a la china a rusia a diferentes lugares del mundo tú puedes

Ser discípulos honest as a man un desastro de dios te apuesto El reino de dios crece mediante vidas transformadas que ayudan a transformar otras vidas y el último punto punto número 9 El objetivo final es que cristo sea formado en nosotros Pablo dijo en el libro de gálatas capítulo 4 versículo 19 hasta que cristo se ha formado en vosotros ese es el corazón del discípulo Que así como cristo se ha formado en nosotros nosotros estemos dispuestos a ayudar a otras personas a que se formen como cristo amén como cristo ese es el corazón del discipulado queremos personas en las cuales cristo sean que Sean receptibles a ser formadas por dios Para que sean discípulos del señor mira que está a tu lado Y pregúntale eres discípulo o discípula del señor Contéstale si o no y si te dicen no dile empieza hoy Queremos personas en las cuales cristo sean formadas en cristo Queremos personas en las cuales cristo sean formadas en cristo que piensen como cristo que amen como cristo que perdonen como cristo que sirvan como cristo que hablen como cristo y que vivan como cristo Concluimos con la siguiente pregunta a quien estás disipulando solamente tu puedes contestar esa pregunta y yo también a quien estás disipulando Jesús dijo por tanto vayan y hagan discípulos en todas las naciones bautizandolos en el nombre del padre y del hijo y del espíritu santo enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que les he mandado y aquí yo estoy con ustedes todos los días hasta el fin del mundo

Amén esa es la visión de house arrest church es la visión de hacer discípulos amén de bautizar en el nombre del padre el hijo el espíritu santo de enseñar las cosas que deben guardar para que sean que discípulos del señor para que sean personas efectivas como hijos e hijas de dios que hagan las cosas que dios les manda hacer amén amén Este mandato de hacer discípulos todavía es y será siempre Un mandato la iglesia no fue llamada solamente para que para llenar las bancas La iglesia fue formada amén para hacer discípulos Y la iglesia eres tú soy yo es todo hijo de dios y toda hija de dios La iglesia no es este edificio La iglesia eres tú que estás en cristo men Y es y cristo te llama a formar discípulos vamos a ir delante de dios en oración Para en el nombre de jesús te damos gracias bendito dios por tu palabra señor que nos has dado hoy de hacer discípulos señor jesús tú tomaste a 12 personas ordinarias y las convertiste señor en personas señor Extraordinarias que pudieron hacer cosas grandes y poderosas en ti señor para salvar almas y enseñarles el camino que seguir Te pido de todo corazón bendito dios que tú nos ayudes a todos los que son los que somos líderes aquí en esta congregación Nos ayudas a ser los discípulos que tenemos que hacer para enseñar a aquellos que vienen Como Bebés espirituales y enseñarles lo correcto para seguir y hacer el ejemplo a seguir Para que sean discípulos tuyos señor y maduren a tal grado señor que tú me los uses y los envíes pies y les enseñas a predicar. Mi Dios te doy gracias, mi Dios, por cada familia y cada persona que está aquí hoy, Señor. Te pido de todo corazón, bendito Dios, que si no tienen a alguien a quien están discipulando, que hoy reflejen en esa pregunta, ¿a quién están discipulando? Porque la verdad es de que el mandato que tú diste

es un mandato que debemos cumplir como iglesia en este mundo. Mi Dios te doy gracias, Dios. Gracias porque tú pusiste personas en mi vida para que me discipularan, Señor, y yo quiero enseñar a otros también. Gracias, Señor, te doy con todo mi corazón. En el nombre de Jesús. Si tú necesitas oración o tienes alguna petición, puedes pasar para adelante. Aquí podemos, vamos a orar por ti si tú quieres. Amén. Mientras, vamos a orar el Señor. Gracias, Señor. Te damos gracias, Señor, por este día. Nada vale más que tú, mi Señor. No hay comparación. Eres nuestro vivir. Tu presencia, Dios. He probado, visto de tu dulce amor. Donde yo libre soy y vergüenza no hay. No hay tu presencia, Dios. Santo Espíritu, ven hoy aquí. Y nunca nos queremos perder. Tu gloria, Dios, hoy anhelamos. Ven y lléname por tu presencia, Dios. Tu presencia, Dios. Nada vale más que tú, mi Señor. No hay comparación. Eres nuestro vivir. Tu presencia, Dios.

Tu presencia, Dios. He probado, visto de tu dulce amor. Donde yo libre soy y vergüenza no hay. Tu presencia, Dios. Santo Espíritu, ven hoy aquí. Y nunca nos queremos perder. Tu gloria, Dios, hoy anhelamos. Ven y lléname por tu presencia, Dios. Tu presencia, Dios. Queremos más de tu amor y tu presencia. Muéstranos más y más de tu gloria. Queremos más de tu amor y tu presencia. We are the ones who are the most in need of your presence. Fill us with your love and presence. Fill us with your love and presence. Show us more and more of your glory. Fill us with your love and presence. Show us more and more of your glory. Holy Spirit, come here. We want nothing more from you. Your glory, God, we pray today. Come and fill me with your presence, God. Yes, Lord. We thank you, God. Thank you, my God, because until now you have not failed us, Lord, and you will never fail us. Thank you, Father, for all those who attended today, all those who have seen this service behind a screen. I ask you, Lord, that your peace be with them and that your Holy Spirit, Lord, guide us and help them to live as disciples in this world. In the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you, Lord, for your life, Father. Guard them, take care of them, protect them, and use them during the week, Lord.

In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. You are dismissed. Amen. The Holy Spirit is with you. You are not alone. You are with us. You are with us. You are with us. You are with us. Amen.