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Living The Higher Life By: Dr. Pete Norris

Harvest Fellowship Church

Aug 13, 2026 · 29 min4K

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For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. (Hebrews 2:5-9 NKJV)

Jesus was crowned with glory when He stepped out Deity and became lower. Everything was under His feet and even the water is under His feet, because He is crowned with glory. As God He is glory, now He is crowned with glory. The crown of glory is higher than the heavens. He can rule the heavens and the earth. He had to taste death to bring us to glory.

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Hebrews 2:10-11 NKJV)

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (I Corinthians 2:7-9 NKJV)

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” (Revelation 4:1 NKJV)

“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” ( John 10:9 NKJV)

Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,”(Hebrews 10:19-20 NKJV)

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. (Revelation 4:1-2 NKJV)

And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:5-6 NKJV)

And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:10 NKJV)

Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. (Ephesians 1:20-21 NKJV)

Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:5-6 NKJV)

You are supposed to sit on a throne because you are a king and you wear a crown of glory.

You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. (Hebrews 2:7-9 NKJV)

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10 NKJV)

He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own–His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him. But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!] And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. (John 1:11-14 AMPC)

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Today on Power In The World The church has told us we're weak. The church told us we're sinners. The church told us we're defeated. But the Bible said greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. And no weapon formed against me is prospered. And everything that rises up in me has got to come down. Why? Because what's on the inside of me is more powerful. As he is so am I in this world guys. Not was, is in this world right now. You and I are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Think about it a minute. We are the glory of the Lord on this earth. Welcome to Power In The World. Money, social position, material things and yes even family shapes our lives. The question is where does Jesus fit in? So today Dr. Norris uses the word of God and shows us a higher life promised to us by Jesus Christ that transcends all the earthly things that seem so very important. So you stay with us and be encouraged. And so today we're going to talk about living the higher life. Now what does that mean for me? What does that look like? What does that represent? If you'll create a memory in prayer, you'll live that memory every day of your life. But if you don't create a memory, you won't go back. If prayer becomes work and not relationship, then you're going to miss the mark. It's kind of like going to a restaurant to eat. If you go to a place to eat and the food ain't no good, you're not going to go back. But if the food is excellent, you'll go back. So if you go to Jesus and you learn how to spend time with Him and make a memory out of it, you'll go back there. That's why the Bible says pray without ceasing in Luke 18 and 1. How do we do that? We keep our hearts in a place of prayer all the time. Now most of the church people are just trying to get to heaven. I'm already there. So I'm not trying to get anywhere I've already captured. We believe we're going to go to a place and they're going to go to the door

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and they're going to ring the doorbell and they're going to check and see if your name's in there. That's what we're preached, right? But the Bible said He'd come that we might have life. He didn't say that He'd come that we might have heaven. He wanted us to invade heaven on earth and live in a heavenly realm on the earth and have authority. He came down and brought heaven down to earth and now me and you are living in heaven. This is a heavenly revelation, man. The more heavenly we are, earthly. Amen? Look at somebody and say, I'm more heavenly. I'm not trying to get there. I'm overcoming the place, right? So I'm living in heaven right now, okay? I know you think you can go up there and meet grandma and all them. That's a wonderful story and that sounds absolutely wonderful. But me and you are going from life to life to life to life to life to life to life to life. The dead's not far away. They're not dead at all. They're asleep in Christ and they're just out of our presence because we can't see them in this physical body we're in. But we shall step out of this into that place of glory, right? But the Lord crowned us with glory and honor right here on the earth. Amen? Let's go to Hebrews chapter 2 verse 5 and let's get going. For he has not put the world to come of which we speak in subjection to angels. In other words, angels don't have any authority and power over us, right? They're sent as ministering spirits for the saints, right? According to Hebrews 1 and 14. So you and I, they're sent as ministering spirits to me and you. How many of you know you've got angels all around you right now? Can you see them? That doesn't mean they're not there, okay?

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That can mean heaven's here too and you can't see it yet. But I think you can get a glimpse of it. I think there's something somewhere in the distance calling you, man. And I think it's been manifesting here all along and you've been living way before you got here. You just showed up here for such a time as it is. Amen? And so there's something been calling us into the future, calling us into our purpose, calling into our destiny. And we're in this world that we've got a physical body and that's why we're sent because think about it. Jesus could not do any miracles after he come back from the resurrection because he didn't have a physical body to operate in. You and I just got a physical body so we could have domain and authority and rule this earth. Somebody needs to get in the building with me because Jesus is more powerful than we're going to preaching around this Jesus gets saved and we just change and we go to church, we have this religious experience. Listen, I'm not into that. I'm more captive. I know what Paul's talking about when I've been apprehended by that which is trying to apprehend me. See, I don't have any worry about tomorrow because tomorrow I'm going to have the grace I need to overcome tomorrow. So we've got to understand what he's talking about here. Verse 6, But one testifies in a certain place, saying, What is man that you are mindful of him? Or the son of man that you take care of him?

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How many of you know that you and I are operating on the earth as the son of God and not the son of man? Jesus never operated on the earth as the son of God because he only become the son of God after the resurrection. Romans 1, 4. So we've got to understand that we're operating in a greater dimension than even Jesus did on the earth. Oh, I've got you going now. Because the reality is that we need to step into that place of authority that he's destined us to be. See, you're not an accident that you showed up. You are a purpose-lived life living through us right now. So you came at the appointed time for such a time as this. Say, I'm absolutely... destined to do greatness. Come on, get with me. I'm absolutely destined to do greatness. And look what He said, "...or the Son of Man that you would take care of Him." Now look at verse 7, "...you made Him a little lower than the angels." Now the word angels there is Elohim. So He's been made a little lower than the angels, which is made a little lower than God. "...you have crowned Him with glory and honor, have set Him over the works of your hands." Now look at verse 8, "...you have put all things in subjection under His feet, for it is He that has put all subjection under Him. He left nothing that is not put under Him, but now we do not yet see all things put under Him." Verse 9, here we go, "...but we see Jesus." Turn to somebody and say, we see Jesus. Somebody had never, they just put that in there, didn't they? Have you ever read that? "...but we see Jesus, but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the Elohim, the angels, the Elohim. For the suffering of death crowned Him with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death." For who? Everyone. Just church people? No, everyone. "...for God so loved the world that He gave." Cosmos. "...He loved the world so much that He gave His life, that whoever believed in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." How many people did He die for? Everybody. How many of His people was born again? Everybody. They just haven't

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recognized it yet. But that's why me and you have been sent here to tell them how wonderful Jesus is, to tell them how gracious He is, what Jesus has done for them, that finished work that He loved us beyond love. The Bible said in Romans 5, He demonstrated His love for us when we were yet sinners. How powerful is what's on the inside of us. See, He put something on the inside of us that nothing else can satisfy but Him. There's an emptiness in every...listen to me. I want you...God spoke this to me one day, I'll never forget it. He said, Pete, there's an emptiness in me without you. Man, you need to understand that. There's an emptiness. Why do you think He wants you back so much? Why do you think He's calling your name since you were created? The Bible said He chose you before the foundation of the world. He set you up at an appointed time for such a time as this that means you would show up on this earth as a representation of who He is. See, we were not an accident, it just happened. We were a purpose-driven direction that was designed to be here for such a time as this right now. Cos the Bible said in Galatians, at the appointed time, the Son of God showed up. At the appointed...born under the law, born by a woman for such a time as this. You're absolute destined to be here right now. You're destined to be in this place this morning. It's not an accident that you're here. You're here for such a time as this. Look at somebody and say, I'm destined to be here. So Jesus was crowned with glory when He stepped out of deity and became lower, right? Now watch this. I want you to see this. Everything that was under His feet, even the water, was under His feet. Remember? He walked on it, right? See, the water is designed to be walked on. He just can't find anybody to walk on it. He is crowned with glory. As God, He is glory. Now He is crowned with glory. We all know that. The crown of glory is higher than the heavens, according to Scripture. He can rule the heavens and the earth. He had the taste of death to bring me and you to glory. Now let's go to Hebrews 2, 10 and 11. Everything I tell you, I show you in Scripture because I want you to walk out here and say, He didn't tell me this. He didn't show me this. For it is fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to what? Glory. He's bringing many sons to what? Glory. To make the cabinet of their salvation perfect through suffering. Now look at verse 11. For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren. So He's going to bring many sons to glory, right?

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You remember what the Scripture says? They would not have crucified Him if they knew He was the Lord of glory. So where is the glory? Within us. Look at somebody say, I've been crowned with glory and honor now. Look at 1 Corinthians 2, 7-9. Now watch this, this is powerful. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. What's mystery mean? The hidden secrets. The hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for what? For our glory. So the mystery that's been hidden from the ages, the secret truths have been hidden for what? For our glory. They've been hidden, where at? On the inside of us. And so we are the results of His glory. It's for our glory that He died and resurrected. It's not for His glory. It was for His name that our sins have been forgiven. It's for His name's sake, not for mine and your name's sake. His name could not be true if your sins weren't removed. Your sins have been removed and cast as far as the East as the West and be remembered no more. He did it. You didn't do it. It wasn't your confession. It was His resurrection. He stepped up out of death. He said, listen, John 10 tells us that He said, I have the power to lay it down, I have the power to take it up. Why? Verse 18 says, because I have a command from the Father. He said, in three days I'm coming up, guys. They said, no, you can't come up. Nobody's ever resurrected from the dead. He said, I'm coming up. Because I got a command from my Father. I know my Father. See, we don't know the Father. We know a God way out yonder. We know a Father. He said, what? I'm the way, the truth, and life.

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There's no way to the Father except through me. Think about it a minute. How powerful is what He done for us? And then we're sitting around worried about a little some nitpicky. See it? Or if He's going to look after the light bill, or if He's going to look after the children, or if He's got your grandchildren, or you're sitting around worried about stuff that doesn't even matter. He said, don't worry about what you eat. Don't worry about what you drink. Don't worry about what you put on. Just seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you. The Gentiles worry about those things. Me and you ought to be just seeking the kingdom. He didn't say, seek Jesus. He said, seek the kingdom. You and I are a result of His glory on the earth. We've been crowned with His glory. You're absolutely some kind of something. Look at verse 8. Which none of the rulers of this age knew, for had they known, they would not have crucified what? The Lord of glory. If they'd have known, they wouldn't have crucified Him.

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If they knew everybody was going to be crowned with glory, they wouldn't have crucified Him. But He is Lord of kings. We are king of kings and Lord of lords. There's got to be some big kings and big lords, and me and you are the little lords and the little kings. What did He tell the scribes and the Pharisees? You're not gods. Oh, people get uptight about that. But you and I are absolutely ignited with everything that Jesus has, we have. Because we're joint heirs with Him and everything He inherited, you and I inherited. We're walking around, we're loaded for guns, man. We're power source. And we don't know we're power source because the church has told us we're weak. The church told us we're sinners. The church told us we're defeated. But the Bible said, greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. And no weapon formed against me is prosper. And everything that rise up in me has got to come down. Why? Because what's on the inside of me is more powerful. As He is, so am I in this world, guys. Not was, is in this world right now. You and I are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Think about it a minute. We are the glory of the Lord on this earth.

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Listen, I love the church. But the church has done some damage to the kingdom. Look at verse 9. But as it's written, I have not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those that love Him. Listen to me. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things God has prepared. That's what the Holy Spirit is for. He sealed us with His Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit is living on the inside of us to reveal to us all the things that have been freely given to us. What does John 14, 26 say? It says this, that He's going to teach us all things and all things are going to be brought. And then two scriptures down it says, because you were with me from the beginning. Hallelujah. Me and you came from Him. You and I are going back to Him. The Bible said in Ecclesiastes, Oh, all spirits shall return for which they came. Oh, I can preach that now. But we don't want to hear that because church don't like that. See, the church wants seniority. Jesus made us all one in Christ.

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And it's my and your responsibility to lead people to who they really are. See, somebody, you went to church to be told you weren't good. Think about it. What do you do with Romans 5 and 19? You know, the disobedience of one man made the many sinners. The obedience of one man made the many righteous. Then what do you do with 1 Corinthians 15, 22? We all died in Adam. We all made alive in Christ. You say, Pastor, are you universalist? Absolutely not. Do you even know what a universalist is? Everybody's automatically born again. That's absolutely incorrect. In Jesus' eyes, everybody's born again, but me and you got to receive it. Not achieve it. Not work for it after you get it. If you got to work for it, it won't free. Oh, don't shout me down because I'm preaching real good. See, because here's the thing. I can quit preaching today and never preach again, and God's okay with me. You just can't get what I got and be sitting around. You don't get it. See, the more that's been forgiven, the more that's expected of us. See, because once you've been... See, I was not good.

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I was just as far and deep and charismatic in the other world as I was in this one. Jesus knows who he needs. Let's go to Revelation 4. one. He knows who ain't going to quit. And watch this now, this is powerful. After these things I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like trumpets speaking with me saying, come up here and I will show you the things which take place after this. Now how many of you know, I did a teaching just a few weeks ago, how many of you know the book of Revelation is about the revelation of Jesus Christ? It's not about eschatology or the end of the world, correct? It's about a door, right? He said, I saw a door open. I saw a door open. Who saw it? John. Isn't it amazing, John 10 and 9, let's go there. I am, if anyone enters in by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. Now I want you to go to Hebrews 10, verse 19. Therefore brother, having boldness to enter the holiness by the blood of Jesus, verse 20, by a new and a living way which consecrated for us through the veil that is his flesh. Now I want you to see something here. Now listen to me very carefully. Your flesh is not you. Your spirit is you. You're a spirit, you possess a soul which may be your mind, your will and emotions, and you live in a body. You're going to share this body, but your spirit and your emotions and your will and all those things are going to spend eternity with God. Now listen to me, because your spirit has been recreated. A third of you is absolutely perfect. It's been perfect since the day you

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accepted it. It was perfect before you just didn't know it. But the day that you accepted it, your spirit is absolutely perfect. Your spirit ain't never missed anything since then. But your heads give you a fit, hadn't it? Hadn't it? And if your head gives you a fit, because the way you think, a man thinking, that's what he is, Proverbs 23, 7. So that's why Romans 12 and 2 says, be you not conformed to this world, be you transformed by the renewing of your mind. But he hadn't told you anywhere in the Bible to renew your mind. The Holy Spirit's job is to renew your mind. How do you renew your mind? By reading it over and over and over? That ain't working for you, is it? No, because the Holy Spirit is going to teach us how to love, how to walk in joy, how to walk in peace, how to walk... See, that's the fruit of the Holy Spirit. So all this nastiness that comes out of people isn't the fruit of the Spirit. They're listening to the head and the emotions and the feelings and not listening to the Spirit. Because out of us is going to come life. Look at somebody and say, out of me is coming life. Out of us is coming life, guys. Out of us is coming life. So he said, I've given you a new way by the skin, by the veil. The veil's been removed. How many of you know the veil was removed from the top to the bottom? So that you and I can go into the Holy of Holies all the time and walk into a beautiful place, correct? How many of us are always in the Holies of Holies? Listen, God don't have degrees of presence. It's your acknowledgement of the degrees. You ever heard people say, I remember when we first got into this Pentecostal stuff, because I was new in this stuff, you know, a little bit. So when we first got into it, we'd have praise and worship. Here's what we'd get up and say. Well, you've got to get your life straight before the Holy Spirit's going to show up now. You've got to make sure you're clean before the presence of God begins to move. You ever heard in church like that? Sure we were. Most of you ain't telling the truth, because you were too. But it's all right. But you'd get in there and you've got to get clean.

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And they'd even stand up and say, you know, the worship leaders would say, if you've got any sin in your life, now let's get it right so everybody can get. We want to be in a corporate anointing. And I understand a corporate anointing. That's an absolutely powerful thing. But the reality is, why do we have to sing the songs to get into His presence? And here's the concept in the body of Christ. Is we're not sure that Jesus is enough to remove all our sins. And we've been so a deal in the church that we've got to get it right every day. And if we don't get it right, then what's going to happen? See, that's not God's plan for us, guys. God's plan for us is that we walk in victory every single day. And until we know who we are, we're never going to walk in that place of victory. Now go to Revelation 4, 1 and 2. And these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. So he saw a door. John saw who? Jesus. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, come up here. And I'll show you things which you must take place after this. Now look at verse 2. Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne set in heaven, and one who sat upon the throne. Every bit of this book of Revelation is about Jesus. It's not about the end of time. It's not about a great whore coming up out of the water, okay? It's about an intimate relationship. John saw a door open. He saw Jesus. And he saw one sitting upon the throne. You notice the one is in capital? In the original translation it was designed to be that way because it means in unison. And if we really pull that scripture out in unity, if we really pull that scripture out, John saw himself sitting in that throne with him. That's what the translation really says. And so John saw a door open and on that throne was this man. The Bible said you and I are seated in heavenly places, right? Where are we sitting? Coming to this throne room that you might obtain grace in a time of need. Guys, do we really

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realize where we are, who we are, where we're at? No, because we're still. He said come up here. In other words, look up. Look away from the earth mentality. Remember the woman that had to bend over for 18 years? And the Bible said she was bent over for 18 years. All she could see was the dust. All she could see was the earthly. And so she never was able to see the heavenly and begin to look up. And the first thing that Jesus did said, should not this woman being a daughter of Abraham be loose from this? Now how many of you know God created, He built the ark, right? Noah's ark. You know the story, right? You know He only put a window at the very top so they could only see heaven. They couldn't see the destruction of the earthly mentality. They could look up and see the heavenly mentality. He also only had one door into the place and who closed the door? He did. Why? Because He was the only one that could open it. Everything about the ark was Jesus. Remember on what month and what day it was sitting on Mount Ariac? How many of you know Mount Ariac means to reverse the curse? Man, isn't Jesus good. He prepared everything for us and all He is is hidden in the old covenant and revealed in the new. That's what He's trying to reveal Himself through us and out of us. See, we don't know Him. That's why Paul said in Philippians 3 and 10, I love the Amplified, I'm progressively determined to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering come from believing to death. Now Paul had been preaching for 25 years when this happened and he said, I have one desire to know Him. See, we just want to get to heaven because we've sold that bag of goods. I don't want to get to heaven. I want to become heaven right here. I don't want to be on my deathbed and everybody coming around, let's pray for the brother. You don't need to pray for me then. I need to be laying on my hands and releasing what's inside of me on you. See, we've got it backwards. That's why the Bible says cry when one comes in and rejoice when they go out because we don't understand what to go out means. That is not the end. We've just stepped into another dimension. See, I love my children. I love my grandchildren. I love my wife. I love people. But that ain't what I'm here for. That's what God's been showing me the last couple of weeks. That's the blessings of what I'm here for. What I'm here for is to reveal Him. You and I, but see, we can't reveal Him if we don't become Him. Are you with me? We can't reveal Him. See, I'm not in the church. I've danced with the best of them. I've run with the best of them. I've shouted with the best of them.

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Do we know Him? Tell me about Him. Go to Revelation 1, 5 and 6. Now watch this. And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. Who's the kings? To Him who loved us and washed us with from our sins in His own blood. Now there's a comma. Now look at verse 6. And has made us kings and priests to His God and Father. To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever and ever. And so He's washed us from His blood. I mean, are you moved? That translation of the word there is cleansed. How many of you know that that word means a continuous cleansing? In other words, continuous process. Before you ever committed, your sin was already removed. Before your grandmother and granddaddy ever got together, your sin was already removed. That's how powerful this blood. It lingers in the past and exists in the future. That's why there's no time in God. When did you get saved? I heard people say March 16, 2020. That's in your physical time. But when did you get saved in the spiritual time? Before the foundation of the world. Come on, guys. He had a plan for you. He's got a plan for them. He's got a plan for us. He's got a plan for everyone. I know the plans and thoughts for you, and they're good, and they're not evil. They've got an expected end. They're going to come to an end. I'm telling you, I've read the book God Wins. All these people that the church are wanting to go to hell, I don't think they're going to make it. Not trying to be mean, but I don't think they're going to make it. If it's so powerful, why didn't Peter ever and Jesus and Paul ever preach hell? He never even told anybody how to get to heaven. He said, I'll tell you how to have eternal life, though, brother. If you believe in me, you'll have eternal life. Think about it. What if the concept of Christ is that me and you just become like Him, we're all one. Not 50,000 different individuals, but one in Christ. We live and we move and we have our being in Him now. Listen, Mary was carrying around the Messiah, wasn't she? She was a little 15-year-old. Isn't that amazing that two harlots come out of His lineage? He didn't pick the best people, but He picked them before the foundation of the world. He doesn't qualify the people, He qualifies the people He picks. Think about it. Why would He pick me and you? Because He loved us so much. This ain't the first time me and Him's had any dealings in the last 30, 40 years. Go to Revelation 5 and 10, and He's made us kings and priests to our God, and we shall reign on the where? Earth. Not when we get to heaven, guys, right here on this earth.

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He brought heaven down to earth, and heaven is ruling on this earth. Me and you have dominion and authority on this earth. Amen? Thank you, Lord. Go to Ephesians 1 and 20, which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him in His right hand in heavenly places. Now the word heavily is italicized in this text. It's not there. Places means the Greek word tapos, which means a specific position of opportunity. So we see here that He worked in Christ when He raised Christ from the dead. Now if you notice something here, it didn't say He raised Jesus. He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him in heavenly places in Christ. I'm going to make a comment, so listen to me very carefully. Christ never left the earth. He's in me and you. The Bible said in the book of Acts that this man will be called Christ and Lord. Jesus would be called Christ and Lord. Jesus left the earth. Christ is living in me and you. The Bible said I live and move and have my being in Him. Right? Now watch this. Remember what He asked Peter? Who did they say that I am? And He said some of them say you're Jeremiah. Some of them say you're the prophet. Some say you're a resurrected prophet. He said Peter, who do you say that I am? He said you're the Christ. Now how did He know He was the Christ? He hadn't died and resurrected you. But He said the gates of hell should not prevail against that. He was not talking about all hell on earth is going to come against it. The word hell there is the word grave. In other words, the grave ain't going to win. I'm getting up. I'm going to build my church on the resurrection is what He's saying. On this man named Christ who's the way, the truth and the life. Right? So is Christ living inside of us? What's your problem? Thank you so much for joining us today at Power in the Word. All of us here at Harvest Fellowship Church want you to know that God is not mad with you, but He loves you so very much. And He has a plan for your life. Please feel free to contact us here at Harvest Fellowship Church at our website HarvestFellowshipChurch.net. So until next week, please remember, there's power in the word.

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