Be Conscious Of God's Presence Within You

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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