thank you so much for joining us here
live and direct in the UOG what is the
greatest privilege we have in this earth
the greatest privilege we have is to
enjoy the presence of God and actually
that's the greatest miracle that the God
who created us now dwells within us in
our heart have you discovered that
miracle that's the question and that's
what we want to talk about today the
fact that we are God's temple that the
Holy Spirit does actually dwell within
us and this is the greatest miracle of
all let me say it again the God who
created us the God who created you now
dwells within you dwells within me that
is the greatest miracle what is the
greatest miracle because the creative
essence the one that said "Let there be
light and light came." That same spirit
is now dwelling within you and me within
us you mean the God of Abraham God of
Isaac the God of Jacob the Lord God as
Abraham called him who created the
heavens the earth the seas the oceans
and everything you can see in this world
himself the almighty one invisible
immortal eternal God dwells in you can't
you imagine the meaning of that the
greatest privilege we have is to enjoy
the presence of God i said God the God
of Abraham the God of Isaac the God of
Jacob the creator of heaven and
earth the one who is and seed immortal
eternal God now dwells in you dwells in
every believer what a astounding what an
amazing grace what a mighty miracle how
can this be that's the question people
are supposed to ask how can this
be remember Jesus said something
interesting in John chapter 2 if R can
help us to read John chapter 2 verse 18
to 19 let us listen to the very words of
Jesus we are talking about the presence
of God you yourself you are carrying the
presence of the almighty God anywhere
you go that's what the Bible says uhhuh
let's listen so the Jews answered and
said to him "What sign do you show to us
since you do these things?" Jesus
answered and said to them "Destroy this
temple and in 3 days I will raise it
up." They asked Jesus "What sign are you
showing us to prove you are whom you say
you are?" Remember what Jesus said the
other day you will have no sign than the
sign of Jonah this time Jesus said the
same thing in a different way destroy
this temple in three
days I will raise it up the natural man
focuses on the things of the natural the
Pharisees the Sadducees the teachers of
the law and the elders of the tribes
were so proud of the temple because the
temple symbolized the presence of God in
the midst of his people so anytime they
look at the temple they say "Ha the Lord
is here." Am I right when God gave the
ark of the covenant they call it the ark
of
testimony that represents the presence
of God in the midst of these people in
the wilderness because they were weak in
faith god allow visible sign of his
presence the pillar of cloud by day and
the pillar of fire by night to guide
them through the wilderness in the
desert now anytime they pray all over
the world everybody turns towards
Jerusalem towards a temple because God
say I will dwell in the midst of my
people that's the
promise they were so confident that this
temple God it was in the midst of them
and they have no doubt about it
g a man came one day with a whip and
begin to say "You make my father's house
a temple of thieves." And begin to drive
them out and Jesus said to them "Destroy
this temple in 3 days I will raise it
up." Continue reading ruth can you help
read again john chapter 2 verse 19 and
20 jesus answered and said to them
"Destroy this temple and in 3 days I
will raise it up." Then the Jews said
"It has taken 46 years to build this
temple." And will you raise it up in 3
days you see it took 46 years to build
this temp this temple big rocks big
stone uh and you you say in 3 days you
raise it up what are you saying all
their focus all their knowledge all
their faith was in the structure of the
building they were watching every day
they were in the outside they were in
the letter they didn't know he was
talking about his body continue reading
verse 21 but he was speaking of the
temple of his body therefore when he had
risen from the dead his disciple rem his
disciples remembered that he had said
this to them and they believed the
scripture why did Jesus and the
scripture say this verse he was
referring to the temple of his body mean
Jesus with the real temple mean Jesus
Christ an embodiment of the father the
almighty God an embodiment of the holy
spirit with the fullness of god was
standing in the midst of his people and
they could not see it they could only
look at the outside form of the temple
built with the mighty rocks but Jesus
say the real temple is in permits
destroy this temple and in 3 days I will
raise it up this mean your
body is a temple of
Christ we have the temple of the old
testament we have the temple of the new
testament remember Jesus in the book of
Matthew Ruth can you help us matthew
chapter 16:18 how Jesus is building the
temple of your body the living temple of
the living God in the New Testament now
as I'm talking to you
Matthew 16:18 let's listen to Jesus and
I also say to you that you are Peter and
on this rock I will build my church and
the gates of Hades shall not prevail
against it and I will give you the keys
of the kingdom of heaven and whatever
you bind on earth will be bound in
heaven and whatever you loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven he said "I will
build my church upon this rock." The
rock of the revelation of the word of
God so you mean that's actually the the
stones that God is using to build
is not a natural stone as the temple of
Salmon was built by stones but there's a
stone the living stone of the word of
God that's why the Bible says the stone
which the builders rejected in Psalm 118
verse 20 has become the chief
cornerstone
now there was the opposite between
people in the natural and Jesus is in
the
spirit the temple he want to build with
the temple of the body a new temple a
new testament a new way of worship
that's why Jesus saying new wine must be
put into new wine skins absolutely what
does it mean romans 7:6 now we worship
God can you read for us romans 7:6 we
are talking about the temple of God
today as I'm talking to you romans
7:6 but now we have been delivered from
the law having died to what we were held
by so that we should serve in the
newness of the spirit and not in the
oldness of the letter what shall we say
then is the law sin certainly not on the
contrary I would not have known sin
except through the law for I would not
have known covetousness unless the law
had said "You shall not coveret." But
sin taking opportunity by the
commandment produced in me all manner of
evil desire good read again 7:6 only
but now we have been delivered from the
law having died to what we were held by
so that we should serve in the newness
of the spirit and not in the oldness of
the letter jesus was saying the law you
so much believed on with this ritual his
temple all this that's the old old old
law now we should serve in a newness of
the spirit
that's what Jesus said to the Pharisees
and Sadducees in the temple telling me I
am the temple i am the embodiment of the
living God it's not this temple i am the
real temple and he s he said to the
Samaritan woman believe me the time has
come john chapter 20 chapter 4 they will
worship the father neither in this
mountain nor in the temple of Jerusalem
for God is spirit those who worship him
must worship him in spirit and truth in
spirit first and in truth if it is not
in spirit it is not in truth mean the
temple is in the
spirit it's not the physical body it's
not the physical temple but that temple
Christ built on the foundation of the
living word is in our midst invisible
immortal God that's what Jesus said so
now we want to to explain to you the
Bible says whatever we read in the Old
Testament was a shadow a shadow an image
of the real temple to come
can we go to Colossians 1:1 17 to
understand that there is a link whatever
we read in the Old
Testament finds its real significance in
the New Testament in Christ Jesus let's
read Colossians 1:17
and he is before all things and in him
all things consist and he is the head of
the body of the church who is the
beginning the firstborn from the dead
and in all things he may have the
preeminence he is the beginning the what
and the end and the head of the body the
which is what the church
the church today is the body of Christ
it's true we say the body of Christ the
body of Christ the body of Christ when
we talking about the body of Christ what
does this
mean the body of Christ is God's family
it's the household of faith it is
comprised of all those who are truly
born
again how do you become member of the
living church the body of Christ let's
go to 1 Corinthians 12:13 and let's
listen that's the unity of the spirit
yes for by one spirit we were all
baptized into one body whether Jews or
Greeks whether slaves or free and have
all been made to drink into one spirit
this means when we are baptized in the
Holy Spirit we become part of the body
of Christ the family of God that's what
we call the living church that's the
church Jesus is building on the rock of
Matthew 16:18 those who are born of the
living word of God 1 Peter chapter 1
23 now you have to understand that as a
believer as a Christian you yourself you
are the temple of God that's what the
scripture
says you are the living
church you are the temple Christ has
come to build on that foundation your
body
when we accept our Lord Jesus Christ as
our Lord and Savior in true
righteousness and holiness the Bible
says we are born again we receive the
Holy Spirit our body become the temple
of the spirit of God deep inside of us
that's what the scripture says
now I'm talking to believers you are a
believer that's why you're watching me
you need to be conscious of that reality
Jesus has come to demonstrate in this
world destroy this temple in three days
I will raise it up and when Jesus were
entering Jerusalem said
"Hey your temple will be destroyed." The
disciples hey master look this wonderful
temple look at the rocks jesus said "No
stone will stay upon us they will be
destroyed." But the real temple is here
now I want to show you the parallel
between the temple of Old Testament and
the temple of whom you are today we are
talking about spiritual things because
Jesus is always in the spirit that's why
Jesus said God is spirit those who
worship him must do so in spirit and in
truth why do we go to the temple why is
to worship God and to praise God to meet
God why do we go to church every Sunday
as today to praise and to worship God
because we are made for his glory
now the question we have a Jew and we
have a special
Jew the Bible say we are John the
Baptist came and said something strange
in the book of Matthew chapter
3:9 don't say you are Abraham as your
father for any of the sto God can what
raise children to Abraham can we go
there matthew chapter 3:9 and do not
think to say to yourselves we have
Abraham as our father for I say to you
that God is able to raise up children to
Abraham from these stones god is able to
raise children to Abraham from these
stones who are the children of
Abraham those who receive the promise of
Abraham who are they those who have the
Holy Spirit
how do we have the Holy Spirit when we
believe the word of God the living word
of God m 1 Peter 1:23 say we are born
again not of corruptible seed but
incorruptible seed through the word of
God that lives and abide
forever that's the word of life that's
the rock of the living word now let me
show you
quickly the symbol why the Pharisees
find it so difficult to understand
Jesus's message there's so much believe
in the law of Muslim this
is what we all know in the in the
wilderness i hope we ask any every every
one of you to read your Bible daily i
think you have read your Bible in the
exercise of the universe of God daily if
you are truly a student of the universe
of God you are reading your Bible daily
as you read this morning I can tell you
I read my Bible I'm full Ruth chapter 1
vers4 but if we read the book of Luke
read your Bible every day there is no
way we can grow in consciousness of
God's presence without the daily
bread when Jesus taught us how to pray
is father give us today our daily
bread when Jesus spoke to the Pharisees
he said Moses gave you the mana but my
father gave you the bread from heaven
who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
jesus Christ is the living word who
became
flesh that rock we are talking about is
Christ the foundation of the temple is
Jesus
who is Jesus the living word the word of
life in your
heart is the lordship of Christ in
you take note of that the word of Christ
in your heart is the lordship of Christ
in you meaning that Christ and the word
are one so when the word of God is in
your heart Jesus is in your heart that's
why we have the presence of God the
spirit of God through his word in our
heart and that is how we have that
miracle we talked about at the beginning
that the God who created us dwells
within our hearts through his word and
by his spirit take note through his word
by his spirit this means the word of
life dwelling inside of us is Christ
building his nature in us as that word
of life rules our heart discipline our
spirit and produce the nature of God in
us the fruit of the
spirit that's why God looks at you when
it comes to him is this my
temple how do we know that God is in the
temple by the living presence of the
Holy Spirit in your heart when God looks
at you he will seize the spirit of God
inside of you his light his presence
the question is there is something to be
in the presence of God there's another
thing to be aware of God's presence you
mean you can be in the presence of God
without actually being aware of it is
that right that's what Jesus said jesus
say destroy this temple in 3 days I will
raise it up oh my God the god they were
worshiping in the temple in the ritual
came in b form in Christ and say I am he
and they didn't even know they didn't
know that that was the day of their
visitation that's why Jesus wept over
them and I think that's actually so
critical for us to understand today it's
not just referring to the religious
leaders or even the people that saw
Jesus physically during his earthly
ministry many of us can have the
presence of God or be in the midst of
the presence of God and not be aware and
that's a big that's dramatic m I can go
to church service oh what a wonderful
message oh the pastor the preach i saw
the choir i saw the beauty you look in
the temple as the Pharisees are doing
going to church is not a natural thing
it it's a it's a thing of God that
reminds me of something prophet Joshua
said do you remember he said it was
something he told us disciples he said
that everywhere I go is holy because I
see that place as holy meaning that that
reverence for God he had it in every
single place for example if he entered
the studio if anywhere he went he would
he would have reverence for God in that
place because he saw that place as holy
ground because he recognized the spirit
of God everywhere that followed him and
that's why he treated the everywhere
with such reverence and respect because
he had that awareness of Christ's
presence that's why they say be
conscious of your faith m be conscious
of Christ's presence everywhere you go
now if you
yourself you are an embodiment of the
Holy
Spirit mean the Lord God himself Christ
abide in your heart through faith
ephesians chapter 34-19
can we read Ephesians chapter 3 to verse
14 to 19 for this reason I bow my knees
to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
from whom the whole family in heaven and
on earth is named that he would grant
you according to the riches of his glory
to be strengthened with might through
his spirit in the inner man that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith
christ may dwell in your heart through
faith where Holy Spirit takes the place
of Christ in our life so when you
believe in Jesus Christ for
righteousness sake and God confirm your
faith he will baptize you in the spirit
of his son and you have the very
presence of God in your heart in the
person of the Holy Spirit
this is
mighty this is
awesome this is Can I say you use one
word X i don't want human words to
describe it that's the mystery of
godliness the Bible is talking about
yeah the the mystery of of grace that
earthly vessels like us jars of
clay we can have the divine presence of
God in us and that truly is the greatest
mystery that's the wisdom of the
almighty God
god did not choose to live in big
palaces
when Solomon built the temple Solomon
said "Will God abide in the temple built
by man?" God whom the heavens and the
earth cannot receive
cannot dwell in the temple built by
man if him can say that him who built
the temple itself he's saying "Will God
abide in the temple built by man?"
That's what he said
himself if Salom can say that why those
who so much trust in the temple on the
outside will value the temple more than
the one who is greater in the temple
that is
Jesus but they could not see it because
their eyes were closed their heart was
closed they didn't know who Jesus was
Jesus is Lord over everything we do
first king 8 27 so Jesus said destroy
this temple in 3 days I will raise it up
that's what the Lord is saying
but will God indeed dwell on the earth
behold heaven and the heaven of heavens
cannot contain you how much less this
temple which I have built you hear that
first Kings 8:27 that's what Solomon
said
so why do the Pharisees and Sadducees
pay so much attention and they forgot
the words that Solomon said
himself and greater than Salom was in
the presence is Jesus and don't forget
they crucified Jesus because Jesus say I
am
he I and my father we are one
this means truth can come but we can
resist the
truth so The temple of God is in spirit
god is spirit and the temple God choose
is raw when I say raw R a W raw from God
this body is not built by man look at
Ruth look at me this body came from God
raw not stone living stone this is the
temple God choose to dwell this fragile
body whether you are tall whether you
are short whether you can walk or you
cannot walk whether you you you lack one
hand or one leg but as long as you have
the spirit of God you are the temple of
the most high God because we're made to
be like Jesus not in our not in the
outside but in our heart in our heart
that's why we're made to be like Jesus
that's why Jesus said there's one reason
why they could not see that it takes the
grace of God to understand that
spiritual things
that's the reason why the Bible says
clearly in the book of Isaiah chapter
6:9 prophet Isaiah says something can we
go to Isaiah 6:9 and remember the same
thing happened to us today and he said
"Go tell these people keep on hearing
but do not understand keep on seeing but
do not perceive make the heart of this
people dull and their eyes heavy and
shut their eyes lest they see with their
eyes and hear with their ears and
understand with their heart and return
this is exactly be healed whom the
prophet is talking he's talking when
Jesus will be revealed to them this is
how they will treat him can you explain
this portion because it's I will I want
to take over Bible and say keep on
hearing the message keep on hear the
parable of Jesus keep on hearing the
preaching of the word of God but
continue do not understand do not
understand this is the key
the first element of faith is spiritual
understanding but was he telling them
not to understand or was he just saying
that they do not understand yeah I'm
coming to that god said because God knew
in his mercy in his favor that nobody by
self-righteousness can know who Jesus is
unless you are helped by the Holy Spirit
m
you can be the most religious people
doing your
rituals but to know who Jesus Christ is
is the mighty grace of God 1 Corinthians
12:13 says no one can say Jesus is the
Lord without the help by the Holy Ghost
the Holy Spirit many people can say it
is impossible the mere man but if the
Holy Ghost open your eyes to see who
Jesus Christ is you will know who Jesus
is in spirit or in truth he's saying the
prophet is saying when Jesus will come
you will look it with your natural eyes
but your spiritual eyes will be
blind and you will not understand his
words when they say destroy this temple
in 3 days I will raise it up John 2:1 19
they refer to the temple of building
Jesus were referring to his body if they
were spiritual they would know this man
he is talking about himself so that
means they heard Jesus but they didn't
understand what he said absolutely
because the word was spiritual that's
why Jesus spoke to them in parable all
the time to confirm the saying of Isaiah
mean you can read the Bible in the
letter and not understand the meaning in
the spirit so does that mean even today
so many of us we can read this Bible we
can read the letters on the page but not
understand it because the word is
spiritual that's why we need the holy
spirit that's why in the new testament 2
corinthians chapter 3 verse 56 talk
called the ministry of the holy
spirit for the letter kills but the
spirit gives
life so now we can be very
religious we can do ritual on the
outside but what is the meaning in the
spirit for God and that's what God God
says in spirit and in
truth when you look at the temple if
you're led by the Holy Spirit you will
know this man is the truth jesus I am
the way jesus said I am the way i am the
truth i am the life no one comes to the
father except through me that's what the
Lord
says to know that way it demands
revelation that was the way of
God that's why I'm coming to say to you
when God instructed Moses to build the
tabernacle God showed to Moses an image
of the tabernacle in heaven whatever
Moses did was in absolute obedience to
God and at the end Moses said in
Jerusalem chapter 18 a prophet will come
one day listen to him and one day Jesus
came to fulfill all those scriptures and
stood in the midst of his people why
they could not
understand why Moses said it before why
they could not see but Jesus was saying
yes keep on seeing but do not perceive
mean keep on seeing me just with your
naked eyes but you cannot see what is in
my heart do you know who I But the way
it's written is is Isaiah saying that
people should not or that they cannot no
people cannot what the way it's written
as if he's saying that what what Isaiah
is
saying that if the people don't forget
at that moment the people abandon God
the people follow foreign gods the Bal
and many of them were about to be
deported to foreign land and the prophet
was calling them to come back to God in
spirit and in truth
and God said "These people are stiff
necked." So Isaiah is saying to
them "Keep on saying." God said to
himself God made a promise that all the
nations shall be blessed in the seed of
Abraham that's what God said but God in
his wisdom
allow those called the pagans the
nations to receive the light first
before them that's the wisdom of God
the Bible says it's not the first from
the natural but the first in the spirit
when Paul preached the gospel they
reject him as they reject Jesus he say
I'm going to the nations we are the
nations we are not Jews by birth but the
Bible say we are Jew in the spirit
when they come Holy Ghost can open our
eyes to see what they refuse to see in
because they they were clinging to the
letter and they don't want to let the
letter go but the Bible say Christ is
the end of the law for everybody who
believes it was so difficult for them
what they stood for for so many years to
abandon it to see who Jesus was but you
know people that read this in the letter
they can read this portion of Isaiah and
you know it read it again from beginning
okay then I said to them then I said
"Here I am send me." No before that go
verse eight and I also heard the voice
of the Lord saying "Whom shall I send?"
Whom shall I send to these people yes
then I said "Here am I send me." Mhm and
he said "Go and tell this people keep on
hearing but do not understand keep on
seeing but do not perceive make the
heart of this people dull and their eyes
heavy and shut their eyes sorry and
their ears heavy and shut their eyes
lest they see with their eyes and hear
with their ears and understand with
their heart and return and be healed
what this vers is saying so it's it's
like he didn't want them to be healed no
God no that's not that what got you
saved because they attrous
and God is telling you by your own
strength you can never be saved
by your own religious purity you can
never be righteous before God m if you
continue to do your and you you refuse
to listen to me without my help you
can't see the truth if you abandon God
if you abandon Holy Spirit there's no
way you can see God if you say there's
no God you reject God how will you know
the truth the only helper is the Holy
Spirit now God
said I'm sending you to the prophets the
prophet came they rejected the voice of
the prophets they killed some they
rejected the words because the word they
speak they didn't like it they was
clinging to their tradition but the
prophet say your words are bad reform
yourself and they refuse to reform
themselves that was the issue because
the prophetic word is a sword jesus said
the world hates me because I said that
their works are evil so Isaiah is saying
send me to them god
said "I'm sending you but seal their
eyes lest this." That's why Jesus came
to speak in parable to fulfill that
prophecy jesus said it go to Matthew
chapter 13 verse 11 jesus came to
fulfill this this mean no one can know
who Jesus Christ is without the Holy
Spirit it takes revelation from heaven
to know God and the things of God mean
you need the mercy of God mercy is given
to everyone who is humble to learn from
God 1313 Yes therefore I speak to them
in parables i speak to them in parable
because seeing they do not see seeing
they do not see that's why as I said and
hearing they do not hear and hearing do
not hear me Jesus I was talk to them but
they would not understand because grace
was not given to them at that moment why
god in his fornowledge wanted you and me
to believe in Jesus first before the
people believe
Jesus that's what the Bible says that's
the wisdom of God it's election of
grace it's not natural descent
automatic righteousness is from the
blood no it's from God and that's the
biggest difference so that's what it
means that salvation is personal is
personal to people so that's what it
means that salvation is personal two or
three people I mean they can be from the
same family but have a very different
relationship with God we it also mean
there are two principles in salvation
god said to Abraham that's the promise
of Abraham god said take your son Isaac
and go on sacrifice it to me in the
natural it's crazy but God was saying
something to reveal how Jesus will come
there now God said two things he
revealed the principle of redemption by
the lamb of God who will come to die for
humankind that is Jesus and Josephus
came say repent the kingdom is at hand
they refused to listen to him
again they said what are you saying what
kind of repentance are you saying jesus
say if you abide in my word you will
know the truth and the truth will set
you free what kind of truth are you
talking about we are never been slave to
anybody john chapter 8 verse 32 whatever
they said to Jesus now Jesus said
"Whoever commits sin is slave to
sin the slave will not abide in the
house forever but the son abides in the
house whom the son of God says free is
free indeed." They could not understand
what he was saying because it was hidden
to them continue reading what Jesus said
i speak to them in parable mhm therefore
I speak to them in parables because
seeing they do not see and hearing they
do not hear nor do they understand and
in them the prophecy of Isaiah is
fulfilled which says "Hearing you will
hear and shall not understand seeing you
will see and not perceive for the hearts
of this people have grown dull their
ears are hard of hearing and their eyes
have been they have closed lest they
should see with their ears and hear with
their see with their eyes and hear with
their ears lest they should understand
with their hearts and turn so that I
should heal them this means to be healed
salvation is healing of your spirit soul
and body for that to happen the heart
you need a new heart that's why Jesus
said to Nicodemus you must be born again
and that is the key salvation is is not
for everyone but for those who have been
predestined to receive it god has given
salvation to everybody who believes in
Jesus Christ but to believe in Jesus you
need the Holy Spirit anybody can confess
Jesus is Lord but to have the revelation
of who Jesus is
now you must know who Jesus is in the
spirit and in truth from your spirit
from your heart that's where faith come
not from your mouth you can confess
Jesus with your mouth but your heart
must believe first his resurrection that
he's Lord
and that is a key and vital verse in the
Holy
Bible can you read the verse again read
it again for the pass read it again
gently it's key verse which one the one
you just read what Jesus said therefore
I speak to them in parables so now Jesus
speak in parables and this gospel we
read are all in parable so we are
reading parables every day do you
understand the meaning of the parable
Jesus is saying if you don't understand
we need the help of holy spirit to
understand therefore I speak to them in
parables because seeing they do not see
and hearing they do not hear nor do they
understand and in them the prophecy of
Isaiah is fulfilled which says "Hearing
you will hear and shall not understand
and seeing you will see and not perceive
for the hearts of this people have grown
dull the heart is dull their ears are
hard of hearing the ears mean your
conscience is dead their eyes they have
closed their spiritual eyes are closed
lest they should see with their ears see
with their eyes and hear with their ears
lest they should understand with their
hearts to understand something is a key
if you don't understand you will not
believe yes and turn so that I should
heal them so the true principle of
salvation we talk about God revealed
into Abraham first the principle of
redemption when Jesus died for you
second the principle of election by
grace election by grace mean it's not
your natural descendant but God that
chooses jacob was not the firstborn was
Esau but God choose a small one and give
him the inheritance and not
Esau joseph was the children of Ephraim
and
Manassa jacob said in Genesis 48 these
two children I adopt them they are my
children in the name of the God of
Abraham Isaac and Jacob he never give
the blessing to his natural seed he gave
him to the children of Joseph that's the
principle of adoption two things
salvation two
principle jesus died for us we have
election by grace god has predestined
you for salvation before you are born
election of grace but you will enter by
faith
number two the principle of adoption
mean God to receive the promise of
Abraham and the name of Abraham you must
be adopted by God himself through the
Holy
Spirit those two principle was revealed
to Abraham give yourself a sacrifice of
Jesus coming number two Isaac had two
sons rebecca took Jacob the smaller one
rule that's election of grace is not by
power nor by might nor by blood but by
God who chooses so who elects and God
does not choose the older one god choose
the small one choose the
weak it's not natural descendant that
give you the inheritance it's election
of grace last is adoption just as Jacob
adopted the children
of Joseph Ephraim and Malass God is
adopt us into in Christ Jesus now I'm
talking about you now in the new church
is by grace mean if the Holy Spirit does
not open your heart to understand Jesus
you will not know Jesus it takes grace
it takes revelation to know who Jesus is
in spirit and in truth but we can pray
for that revelation that is it if you
when you are born again you are born
again by pure grace of God we can pray
for our spiritual eyes to open and our
spiritual ears to open and our hearts to
understand spiritually absolutely when
we when we recognize that we are sinners
when we recognize we can't see nothing
of God without the help of Holy Ghost we
don't know his way we need his mercy
then we humble oursel and when you
humble yourself and say I want to know
you Lord I want to know God i want to
know you Jesus then Holy Spirit will
come and bring salvation to your life
that's humility that God is asking for
not pride they were saying we know he
teaches it they were pride and arrogant
you can never teach somebody who's not
humble to receive from God you must
recognize you know nothing and God will
open your eyes nicodemus came to Jesus
in John chapter 3 and say "Lord no man
can do the miracles you do unless God is
with him." Jesus said "You are a teacher
of
Israel unless a man is born again he
cannot see God and his kingdom." You say
"What what are you saying can I enter my
mother's womb the same way the Pharisees
look at the temple on the outside
nicodemus do in the natural jesus never
meant natural birth but spiritual
birth jesus said to you "Verily verily I
say the truth."
Unless a man is born of water and the
spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of
God what does it mean to be born of
water and spirit this is another issue
that we'll talk about later that's what
Jesus said what does it mean to be born
of water and spirit
it's a parable today we are reading this
and we don't understand the meaning of
it if we don't understand how will we
receive faith divine
faith we keep on doing religious ways of
things we keep on hitting our head
against the rock and we don't understand
but the Bible
says when you come to Jesus in humility
and trusting God and believe for
salvation's sake the helper the Holy
Spirit will open your eyes that is why
apostle Paul gave us this prayer of
Ephesians chapter 1 verse 17 to 19 let's
listen how can we get out of this
problem and enter the spirit and begin
to see things from God's point of view
and know who Jesus is let's listen that
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ say I
pray that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ the father the father of glory
the father of glory may give to you may
give to you listen to me the spirit of
wisdom the spirit of wisdom and
revelation of revelation who is the holy
spirit in the knowledge of him in the
knowledge of god without the holy spirit
you cannot know god so when you are
filled with the holy spirit he will open
your heart to see in the spirit who
Jesus is revelation will come now you
the eyes of your understanding that's
what Isaiah was saying if God opened the
eyes of your understanding you will see
Jesus clearly in the spirit it's like
the the spiritual understanding not
intellectual one the servant who
couldn't see the chariots and horses
that were fighting for them spiritually
yes gaz Gaz Gazi in 2 Kings chapter 6
that's true verse 17 open his eyes you
can see Saul who persecuted the church
was like them until on the way to
Damascus in mercy God opened his
spiritual eyes and saw a revelation of
Jesus he was the only one that saw the
light and God opened the spiritual ears
to hear Jesus say "Saul Saul why are you
persecuting me?" He say "Who are you i
am Jesus oh my God." Revelation came
understand he came and he bowed down he
say "Lord what do you want me to do?"
Jesus is not a man a mere man he's the
Lord God it takes God to understand that
that's why 1 Corinthians 12:3 say no one
can say Jesus is Lord unless you are
helped by the Holy Spirit of
revelation so now I'm coming back to
what I was saying today we go to church
it's good to go to church go to your
church local church but today the walls
of our church the building of our church
seems to be more important than the body
of
Christ the church we treat the church
like a black like the temple of Solomon
it's not a physical temple what is
important is not the building the people
inside the building are more important
than the building itself
you the church is the God family those
who are born again that's why we go to
the church to worship God in spirit and
in truth when you are going to church
you go supernaturally because you're
going to the presence of God because the
Lord is with you already
h so when people are saved we come
together ecclessia in the church to
worship God in the spirit of his oh my
lord in the holy spirit holy ghost being
of the foundation the pastor talk to
your heart revelation come understand it
come and you grow in the you go to
worship god in spirit and truth and you
become a Jew in the spirit let's go to
Roman 2 Roman chapter 2:2 to 28 29 you
understand what the bible says who is a
Christian in heart who is a Jew in heart
who is the children of God in heart
let's listen to what Paul say but he is
not a Jew who is one outwardly nor is
circumcision that which is outward in
the flesh but he is a Jew who is one
inwardly and circumcision is that of the
heart in the spirit not in the letter
whose praise is not from men but from
God mean your praise and your worship
are not from man from God the Holy
Spirit he say he is a Jew he's a
Christian he's a child of God he's a
born again not outwardly by wearing big
cross and having big Bible but inwardly
in your
spirit and circumcision in the flesh is
outward is not what matter but the
circumcision of your spirit when the
Holy Ghost come with the sword of the
word in your heart your heart is
circumcised when the Holy Ghost come you
become a child of God your praise and
worship are coming from the Holy Spirit
from God that's what Jesus said to the
Samaritan in John chapter Four God is
spirit those who worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth so
the essence of the true temple of the
true church is Christ in you the hope of
glory we are talking about the reality
of God when we are too religious
following rituals that's why we we hit
the rock as the Pharisee hit the rock
and couldn't
understand you yourself you are the
focus of God you are the temple of God
if you are saved you have the Holy
Spirit in you so let me show you the
parallel we are talking about in the
wilderness God said Moses build a
tabernacle this is a tabernacle we know
and that tabernacle of Moses had three
dimension please I'm not talking about
theology here we're not interested by
that i'm just showing you symbolically
so we can understand in spirit what this
really means
if you go to theology will show you
exactly what is the temple what's the
this i'm not talking about that we're
not interested by that but I'm using
symbol to translate in the university of
the holy spirit the meaning of the
temple of God we are talking about i'm
not going to detail to the law of Moses
we are not there we are not under the
law but I'm explaining to you now in the
temple of Moses there was we call this
this this uh how call it the court there
was a there was a fence here i don't
know how to call it a courtyard yes and
now inside the courtyard anybody can
enter this place in this courtyard the
people came to offer sacrifice of
thanksgiving here they're entering the
church
here but there were some people that God
has chosen which are the Levites and the
priests they were the only one who
access to this place we we all know the
holy place and the holy of holies right
the sanctuary called the holy place is
where the priest will enter and there
was a lampstand here and there what they
called the table of show bread here in
front every Sabbath the priest replaced
these 12 pieces of bread this is just a
picture but reality there was two two
pillars like this and six six here and
now there was a lampstand god said to
Moses build a lampstand let him shed
light on the show bread here and there
was the altar of incense here so when
the priest enter this
place they will make sure there's enough
oil to lit the lamp stand and this light
was on the show bread which they replace
every
week and here you put
incense the incense will enter here this
is was in the natural right and this
place was a hol most holy place that the
high priest will enter once per year in
the day of yum yum kipur nobody can
enter here only him we will enter on the
day of atonement offer sacrifice this is
where the ark of the covenant is why we
are saying that we we have to go to
maturity because many people say don't
we don't even read the old testament we
have don't understand what it means and
today we realize that many people are
preaching the old testament principle in
the new testament and people are
confused the bible is clear in the new
testament we follow the law of the
spirit of life in Christ Jesus and
that's the New Testament we have to
worship God in spirit and in truth
whatever we do for God's sake we must be
led by the Holy Spirit to do it in
spirit and in truth so when God was
showing that tabernacle to Moses at that
time the people enter couldn't enter the
God's presence only the priest can enter
the God's presence to offer those
sacrifices right this
is the temple the tabernacle Moses built
so here they will do the sacrifice
whatever they want people were here in
the courtyard inside is what called the
sanctuary where only the priest can
enter this is Aaron and his family they
would enter here there was a table or
show bread god instructed that every
week they should replace his bread in
front of the bread there was a
chandelier a lampstand and the light
with olive oil was shed on his bread and
now before he finished his service he
will put incense here and the veil was
here there was a veil between the holy
of holy where the ark of covenant was
and the presence of God this is symbolic
this is the shadow of the temple God is
talking
about our temple is this one i want to
explain to you then Jesus said destroy
this temple in 3 days I will raise it up
and Paul say don't you know let's go to
2 Corinthians chapter 6 from verse 19 to
20 your body your human body you are
created to the image of God to the
likeness of God and you are the
reflection of the temple you see here
you are the temple of God let me explain
do you not know that your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit mean this body
my body your body you listen to me if
you are a Christian your body Paul say
do you know do you not know because you
have to know this you have to discover
this do you not know that your body is
what the temple of the Holy Spirit the
temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you
who is in you there's no way you can be
a Christian if you don't have Holy
Spirit in you and if you don't realize
that everything changes yeah absolutely
the day you realize that your own body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit the way
you live your life the way you treat
yourself the way you treat others the
way you even look after yourself or
spend your time changes because if you
truly believe your body is a temple of
the Holy Spirit you'll change do you not
know that your body is a temple of the
Holy Ghost continue reading
whom you have from God and whom you have
received from God how do we receive Holy
Spirit the only way to receive Holy
Ghost is to believe in Jesus Christ the
son of God is to believe that we are
sinners to repent and accept Jesus as
our Lord and Savior believing his
resurrection from the dead and by faith
when God see our faith is correct he
sent the Holy Spirit into our heart and
you become the temple of the most high
God the temple of God is you
for you were bought at a price therefore
glorify God in your body and in your
spirit you were bought at a price by the
blood of Jesus would you believe by
faith in the cleansing power of the
blood of Jesus no no let me come back to
you let's forget about this Old
Testament here and I'm coming to the New
Testament here this picture I show
you this fence is the body the physical
side you can see your body you can see
my body you can see roof body i can see
your body if I see on the camera but
inside of you the Bible say you have
your
soul this soul that is your me that's my
thought that's my thinking that's my
action that's my will that's here in the
court we come to pray to say whatever
want is we our action faith is a divine
gift and human act this is the
equivalent of the soul this part of us
this soul but this soul cannot
understand God without revelation the
Pharisees were still here they were
still here in the tabern in the court
but they were not in the in a place with
God and Jesus want to take you in the
inner side of place here with
God that's what Jesus want
no longer doing rituals here but being a
royal priesthood someone who can be in
the secret place with God
here moses himself is the one God
allowed to be inside this place you
would listen to God in the inner place
heartto-he heart under the mercy seat
god said to him "Build the ark of the
covenant and I will speak to you in the
midst of the two sharim." Read your
Bible in the book of Exodus let's go to
Exodus 33:11 now let's take the example
of
Moses how Moses knew how to enter into
God's presence that give us a lesson how
we can discover the presence of God in
our heart how we can enter the presence
of God in our heart let's listen to
Moses exodus 33:1 what did Moses say so
the Lord spoke to Moses face to face as
a man speaks to his friend and he would
return to the camp but his servant
Joshua the son of Nun a young man did
not depart from the tabernacle this mean
God spoke to Moses face to face here in
sight in the front of the ark of the
covenant moses heard the voice of God
clearly as you hear the voice of Ruth my
voice speaking to you face to
face because God show him how did Moses
came to enter this presence face to face
whereas in the law only the high priest
can enter once per year but Moses was
hearing the voice of God clearly
what let me tell you we must in the New
Testament we must desire to come here
that's why Jesus say "Seek the kingdom
of God and his
righteousness knock and the door shall
be open to you." God is the rewarder of
those who diligently seek him yes
blessed are those who thirst and hunger
for righteous they shall be filled my
God when you are filled with the Holy
Spirit the Holy Ghost will carry you
here into the very presence of
God and you will hear the voice of God
clearly clearly so that's what it means
when we say that our heart is the prayer
room right yes because it's not as if we
have to go into a special room uh the
holy of holies is like the temple of old
but now that's the miracle that we
actually talked about at the beginning
that the God who created us dwells in
our hearts okay I'm stop you i can hear
the voice of God in our heart you say
our heart is a prayer right this is
where the priest enter this is I call
here your spirit your heart mean your
spirit here here this is where we pray
this is where the Holy Ghost abide when
you are a Christian Holy Ghost come in
this is the the outward man this is we
call the inner person in you your soul
and your spirit holy Ghost will dwell
you in the midst of your heart this is
the one now if you look at the two
pictures this one in green is likened to
your soul this one in the where the
priest will enter in the holy place i
can liken to your spirit that's where
the holy ghost will dwell this mercy
seat is your conscience this is where
you hear God
clearly this temple was three part the
court the high place and the holy of
holies you are three
part body soul and spirit this means
this body is built as a temple of God in
three part your body where we see the
outward your cross your Bible God does
not consider that but in your soul in
your mind in your heart that's where God
dwells means if you are worshiping God
it is your spirit who worships God in
spirit and in truth so that means when
we meditate on the word of God it's deep
inside our heart inside our spirit that
we actually find that encounter with God
thank you now Moses God spoke to him
face to face how did Moses knew that
let's go to verse 13 exodus 33 verse 13
moses asked God something jesus say "I
am the way i am the truth i am the
life." Just follow now therefore I pray
if I have found grace in your sight
Moses said if I find grace in your sight
oh Lord show me now your ways show me
your ways that's the key
to know God is to know his ways that I
may know you one second prophet Misha
says "Knowing God is not to see his
miracles but to learn his ways."
What are the ways of God that's the way
that will lead you to the presence of
God face to face and Jesus said "I am
the way i am the truth i am the
life i am the way that would lead you to
the very presence of God where you can
worship him in spirit and in truth
i am no one comes to the father except
through me i am the one that build the
temple i am the one that baptized in the
Holy Spirit i am the one who bring the
revelation of God in your
life jesus is the head of the church and
we are the body those who are truly born
again jesus sent the Holy Spirit and you
become God's temple and Jesus become the
high priest through Jesus you know Holy
Ghost if you don't know Jesus you not
know Holy Ghost because the apostles
knew the Holy Spirit knew Jesus they
knew the Holy Spirit jesus introduced
them to the spirit of God
you have to believe what Jesus did at
the cross of Calvary you have to believe
the cleansing power of the blood of
Jesus to remove the veil of our sins you
have to believe the resurrection of
Jesus to receive Holy Spirit when it
comes you become supernatural when the
Holy Spirit
come you are not kindly minded you
become spiritually minded that's what
happened to Saul that's what happened to
Paul when the Holy Ghost come when you
are filled with the Holy Spirit he will
take you to the Holy of Holies he will
take you deep inside of you and your
conscious become the communication point
contact point of God when you hear his
voice clearly did not understand before
but at Pentecost when the Holy Spirit
came Holy Ghost begin to speak to their
heart and they listen to his voice
clearly they were led by the Holy Spirit
in the daily this is the temple we are
talking about this is the church of
Christ we're talking about this is the
living church where you are an
embodiment of
God now let's continue moses asked "Show
me your way show my fing grace in your
sight." That's what he said now go to
verse 15 then he said to him "If your
presence does not go with us do not
bring us up from here." Said "If I don't
enter your presence if I don't have the
assurance that you are truly with me
Emmanuel Jesus God is with me how will I
know the Christ is with me through the
person of the Holy Spirit abide in me
guiding me speaking to me inspiring me
reading me really leading me daily moses
say continue
for how then will it be known that your
people and I have found grace in your
sight except you go with us so we shall
be separate your people and I from all
the people who are on the upon the face
of the earth that's what you say you are
in the world but not a part of it so
that's what it means to be separate
absolutely to be separate mean to be
sanctified
when you have the Holy Ghost you are in
the world not a part of it you are
separate sanctified for God your life is
no longer your own go to verse 18 and he
said "Please show me your glory show me
your glory." First show me your way let
your presence come and show me your
glory go ahead show me your glory then
he said "I will make all my goodness
pass before you and I will proclaim the
name of the Lord before you i will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious and
I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion."
Show me your glory to be saved is to
have the revelation of the glory of God
on the face of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
that's why the Bible said the Lord God
who said let there be light has made the
light to shine in our hearts the light
of the knowledge of God on the face of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth the son of
God can't you see how Jesus is the key
the common center of our unity through
him redemption come salvation come the
veil is removed through him by faith in
him we receive the baptism Holy Ghost
when the Holy Spirit come we have the
nature of God we have our spirit begin
to live dreams vision intimation
suggestion come from the spirit of the
father then when you are worshiping holy
spirit will inspire you to worship
sometime we say let us pray in the
spirit
we say in our church let's pray in the
spirit huh what is pray in the spirit
you pray in the spirit when they carried
along by the holy
spirit when the spirit of God come upon
you when you are filled he will take you
in the spirit an example of being in the
spirit let's go to the book of 1 Samuel
10:6 you will see what happen when the
Holy Ghost takes over you when you are
filled with the Holy Spirit then you are
in the spirit and then the truth will
come when the Holy Ghost begin to speak
through you then the spirit of the Lord
will come upon you and you will prophesy
with them and be turned into another man
say it again then the spirit of the Lord
will come upon you mean when the Holy
Ghost come upon you Mhm you will
prophesy with them you will prophesy i
mean when you are filled with the Holy
Spirit you can prophesy when you are
filled with the Holy Spirit you can
speak in tongues when you are filled
with the Holy Ghost you speak word of
knowledge when you are filled with the
Holy Ghost it's no longer you speaking
holy Ghost speaks through you that's
what we've called inspiration and
expression in spirit and in truth and be
turned into another man you be turned
into another man mean you become
supernatural you become spiritual you're
no longer carnally minded you are
spiritually minded you are inclined in
the spirit you are a new creation you
are a child of God you are a temple of
the Holy Ghost you are a new man born
again you can see the greatest miracle
is salvation
the greatest miracle to have the Holy
Spirit you are the temple of God the
Holy Ghost in you in your heart will
help you to pray to God and that
actually will bring about the change
you're praying for you're asking for so
many of us want to change our lives in
one way or another we want to change our
character our attitude our circumstance
the way we face situations the way we
respond and yet the greatest change
comes from truly the Holy Spirit
dwelling inside of us we just read it
there you will become another man you
will turn into another man meaning that
when the Holy Spirit lives in us the
Holy Spirit takes up resonance with us
with a thought of aiding and developing
a holy character the fruits of the
spirit to change us from where we are
now to where God wants us to be are you
tired of where you are now and you want
to be where God wants you to be you want
to be who God wants you to be then the
greatest change you need is more of the
Holy Spirit in your heart and that is
what salvation is all about it's a
journey now you understand the teachings
of prophet Joshua when he said your
heart heaven is in your heart holy
Spirit take more of me give me more of
you now you understand when he says your
heart is a prayer room your heart is a
conversion room your heart is the
landing point of the Holy Spirit the
word in your heart Holy Ghost will speak
word of life that's the word of life
that builds the rock of the church when
you speak words of life when the Holy
Ghost inspire you and give you
expression you speak words of life and
that words become the incense that come
to the presence of God here so now I
want you that's how the temple is built
in our heart exactly when you see the
the holy of holy the chandelier is a
symbol of the holy spirit this bread is
symbol of the Bible you read the letter
of the
word this is the word letter you read in
the Bible without the light of the Holy
Spirit the light of revelation you would
never understand this word
if you have the bread this light is the
Holy Ghost that shed the light prophet
told you the spirit lightens the word
the light of the Holy Ghost will
transform this word it becomes spirit
and life and that's the word you speak
become the incense that's why David said
in book of Psalm 141:2 I will pray like
the incense that enter the presence of
God you are the temple of God when the
Holy Spirit is you when you meditate on
this word meditation in this word
attract the Holy Spirit and revelation
is a light that transform that word to
spirit and then when the word become
spirit it enter the presence of God
directly and God will hear you
everything has a has a meaning but the
meaning is in
Christ so
please take this Bible you read
seriously involve the Holy Ghost and
meditate the way of the Lord is
meditation meditation in the word of God
is a visit with him when you meditate in
your heart when the Holy Ghost come you
start here the light of revelation come
when he come you open the eyes of your
understanding and then he will give you
expression and your prayer will be heard
by God like the incense before the
presence of God amen that living word
will take you into the presence of God
where you hear God and speak to your
father face to
face righteousness does not just happen
it is built so please develop your
relationship with God that's why we are
going to the household of faith to go
more deep in these issues yeah someone
is asking um why is our the voice of our
physical okay I think you mean our
physical voice so loud than the voice of
our inner spirit that's a really good
question it's a question it's not true
why it's loud to this ears only hear
your voice seem loud but this voice in
your heart in that frequency is so clear
no that's that's what I want to say it
depends which frequency you're tuned to
because if you're if you're tuned just
to uh the fleshly frequency if you're
just concentrating on the things of the
flesh then definitely you're you're
going to think the voice your physical
voice is louder than the one in your
spirit it's all about obey obedience if
we obey the voice of our spirit then it
means that that voice will become louder
in our heart every time we obey that
still small voice within us and we obey
the word of God that voice will become
louder be easier to recognize easier to
hear because our conscience is tuned to
it but if we keep on falling into
temptation we keep on uh disobeying the
word of God the voice becomes more
difficult for us to hear because we our
flesh is so strong we keep feeding our
flesh and we're starving our spirit
that's why anytime they're in a combat
definitely the flesh will win because
we're not feeding our our spirit so in
answer to your question in order for the
voice of your spirit to be louder you
have to feed your spirit you have to
nurture your spirit you have to obey the
word of God and you can only do that by
the help of the Holy Spirit that is it
it is it is not complicated it requires
humility and hunger and thirst for
righteousness for God's word when the
Holy Spirit come he will do things he
will open your spiritual
eyes the book of Proverbs chapter 20
says clearly that eyes that can see
ears that can hear a heart that can
understand is a gift from God he will
open your eyes to see spiritual things
he will open your heart to understand
spiritual things he will give you faith
and conviction to understand the way of
the Lord and that's the prayer we should
offer lord open my eyes to see and
understand the things of the spirit open
my ears to hear and understand the
things of the spirit how often do you
pray that prayer or do we pray just God
give me this God give me that god I
don't understand this in my life i think
that's the greatest prayer we can
actually pray okay can we pray yeah
let's pray that prayer together father
we pray in the name of Jesus
lord we pray that you open our heart our
spirit to receive the seed of life of
the holy word of God
the scripture says that no one can see
and understand without the help of the
Holy Spirit john chapter 16:12 Jesus
said "I have so many things to tell you
but you cannot understand it but when
the Holy Spirit come he will guide you
into the truth." Holy Spirit you are the
light open our heart to spiritual
understanding of spiritual things lead
us to understanding as a gift of the
spirit open our heart to receive the
word of revelation from you holy Ghost
give us spiritual understanding holy
Ghost give us wisdom as you give to
Salom lead us to revelation lead us to
understand lead us to conviction lead us
to faith and to believe and give us
strength to act in your word come into
our heart in Jesus name father open our
heart to your word open our heart to the
Holy Spirit open our heart to faith and
lead us to meditate as led by your
spirit in Jesus Christ's name amen amen
amen so God will not open the door of
the holiest place to the one who keeps
his Bible shut and keeps his heart shut
open your heart holy Ghost is knocking
at the door of your heart to invite you
in the secret place of the most high God
thank you amen and remember we talked
about today the temple of God you and I
are a temple of God and remember the
first thing starts with awareness when
you are aware that you're the temple of
God everything about your the way you
see things changes so remember it all
starts with awareness you can be near
the presence of God you can even have
the presence of God within you without
even knowing it so that's why we need to
make sure we cultivate an awareness of
Christ's presence everywhere we go
because remember the presence of God is
inside of us so make sure you keep your
temple holy so the church is not
ordinary the word of God is not ordinary
because ordinary word going to give
birth to you you are not ordinary person
it is spiritual in spirit and in truth
thank you amen thank you so much for
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