 oops okay thanks Andrew we're good to see you I hope you can all hear me okay online thanks Andrew once again hi Sanjay hi Daniel hello there yeah good to see you hey coffee hey good morning good evening over where we are from hi Lucy hey Sam hi Shani good good good thanks for joining let's let's pray we'll get started okay father we thank you we honor you today we love you Lord we in everything that is happening around us Lord we want to silence our hearts fix our eyes on you Jesus it is very easy for us to be overwhelmed and get lost with everything that is happening around us with regards to life and studies and careers and fear of tomorrow anxieties and whatnot Lord as your word says and your as your word has commanded us to be still and know that you are God Holy Spirit I pray that this morning even as we prepare our hearts to learn about you to minister healing and deliverance Lord I pray that we will simply be still and know that you are God you are suffering in everything that you do Holy Spirit you are the spirit of wisdom we invite you this morning to pour out your wisdom over us to help us understand your word I pray in Jesus name amen okay great all good fine okay today let's we're going to start with chapter 3 we finished we've completed chapter 2 at chapter 2 in itself is quite an extensive chapter it's a long chapter there's a lot of information in chapter 2 but we've just completed chapter 2 in the last class we will now move into chapter 3 called the father's works what I want to do is I want to combine chapter 3 and chapter 5 if that's possible in the time that we have okay and then we look at chapter 4 separately okay we'll try and combine chapter 3 and chapter 5 alright so but let's look at chapter 3 chapter 3 is really very simple you know it just only talks about Jesus and there's a lot of scriptures from the gospel according to John gospel according to John I it's a very unique gospel right but in the whole gospel of John I mean there's a lot of things that happens but in my opinion it's like one big big love letter between the father and the son you know it's like the father is constantly telling I love you son I love your son I love your son and then son is saying I love your father I love your father I love your father did you get what I'm saying okay it's so the gospel according to John is one big love letter between the father and the son and so that's what this chapter is all about you know where Jesus is testifying about healing and deliverance about everything that he is doing okay so let's look at chapter 3 it the whole chapter it starts off by saying the first line it says the Lord Jesus came to do the works of the Father the Lord Jesus came to do the works of the Father okay now if we were to ask this question to if I were to ask you these question hey why did Jesus come Jesus you would say Jesus came to die on the cross Jesus came to forgive our sins Jesus came to do this Jesus came to do that etc etc but very rarely you will hear a person that will say Jesus came to do the works of the Father okay so can everybody say that why did Jesus come Jesus came to okay not very convincing come on guys okay you're you're saying it like as if you came to do the works of the Father yeah I've sent okay so where did Jesus come Jesus came to do the works of the Father okay if you have a highlighter highlight that line because that's what we're going to be looking at okay let that sink deep in okay let it sink deep and only when we understand that line when we we will understand what he says in John chapter 20 in John chapter 20 Jesus says as the Father has sent me I send you okay can I say that again as the Father has sent me I send you that means as I came to do the works of the Father now I'm sending you to do the works of the Father that means when you and I minister in healing and deliverance we are also doing the works of the Father are you with me yeah it's so basic it is so fundamental to you know our Christian faith but it is so profound and so powerful okay so we are called to do the works of the Father just like Jesus Jesus was asked a lot of questions and which we will look at in just a moment about you know there's this time where some Pharisees ask if you are really the Son of God please tell us plainly that you will understand okay please you know has anybody asked you this question or as a kid you played a game saying it's like please tell me the answer please tell me the answer please you know it's like you ask a puzzle or a tricky question you mess with someone's head and they give up it's like I give up I don't know what the answer is this please please please please please tell me you know I think some people went mad like that it's like okay if you're the Messiah please tell us plainly who you are but you know what Jesus did as a response to prove his divinity or to prove that he is a Son of God he could have said he could have pointed to his virgin birth you know that his conception and how he was born yes or no right he could have pointed to angels that sang when he was born he could have pointed to that star that was shining and how the East wise men traveled so far just to meet with Jesus could have pointed to any of that later on but he did not point to any of those supernatural things it instead Jesus always pointed to the works that he was doing what was the works he was measuring healing and deliverance and the miracles that he was doing he always pointed to the miracles that he was doing to prove that he is the one are you with me okay so let's look at this you know John chapter 5 in your notes John chapter 5 was 31 to 36 talks about John the Baptist a greater witness than John the Baptist now so John chapter 5 was 31 to 36 it says if I bear witness of myself my witness is not true there is another who bears witness of me and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true it's like a tongue-twister no Betty butter bitter butter but you know all that so yeah you know you have sent to John and he has born witness to the truth yet I do not receive testimony from man but I say these things that you may be saved he was the burning and shining lamp and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light but I have a greater witness than John's for the work which the father has given me to finish the very works that I do bear witness of me that the that the father has sent me okay this is the beginning of how Jesus is pointing to the works that he is doing bears greater witness than that of John the Baptist what was the witness what was the testimony of John the Baptist about Jesus what was his testimony about Jesus right we don't the Baptist introduces Jesus to the world two times in a way in a sense so the second time he introduces Jesus to the world by saying I baptize you in water but then he who comes after me will baptize you in spirit and fire right that's the second time what's the first time thank you behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world John the Baptist is literally introducing Jesus to the world hey behold the lamb of God that means he's being a witness to who Jesus is you know the verse 31 it's it starts off by saying if I bear a witness of myself my witness is not true what does that mean you can't testify for your own self okay so let's say I committed murder okay okay or I can't go and stand in front of the judge and say I did not do it I'm innocent I'm lying one but then I'm also trying to bear false witness right but the judge will say okay hey I can't take you for your word is there any someone else who can testify to what you're saying is there any other witness that saw you and that and say that okay no he did not do it are you with me right and so that's that's simply what the first line means in verse 31 if I bear witness of myself my witness is not true so Jesus is saying hey I am not saying I'm the son of God I'm the son of God I'm the son of God all those there are so many times he's done that in the gospel of John but he's saying you know more than the witness or the testimony of John the Baptist more than what he you know that he acknowledged and he recognized he introduced me to the world more than that the works that I do bear greater witness about me because I do the works of the father this is very powerful guys okay and I really hope that it sinks in to us because this that's what this whole chapter is all about and the reason I wanted to combine chapter 3 and chapter 5 is it's because it's linked and how you know how would Jesus ministered and what he did and why he did what he did okay now we know that John the Baptist kind of introduce Jesus to the world but it's the same John the Baptist later on in Matthew 11 seems to have a little bit of a doubt Matthew 11 was 1 to 6 it says I'm again reading all of this from your notes okay it says and now it came to pass when Jesus finished commanding his 12 disciples that he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities and when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples and said to him are you the coming one or do we look for another Jesus answered and said to them go and tell the things which you hear and see the blind see and the lame walk and the lepers are cleansed and the deaf here the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them so once again Jesus is referring to what his Jesus is referring to his miracles yeah his miracles thank you to the works that he is doing okay when when John the Baptist is in prison he sends his disciples to find out okay hey what's up what's who who are you really you know but then again Jesus is referring to the works that he is doing okay let's move on to the next section I must do the works the father's works I must do the father's works John chapter 9 was 1 to 7 let's read that now as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from birth and his disciples asked him saying Rabbi who sinned this man or his parents that he was born blind Jesus answered neither this man nor his parents sinned but the works of God should be revealed in him I must work the works of him who sent me highlight that okay verse 4 I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day the night is coming when no one can work as long as I am in the world I am the light of the world when Jesus had said these things he spat on the ground and made clay with saliva and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay and he said to him go wash in the pool of salon so he went and washed and came back seeing so the key verse of that entire chapter or the passage from John chapter 9 was 1 to 7 is verse 4 again he's saying I must work the works of father so Jesus is passing by he sees this blind man and then he's like okay you know he's reminding or he's reminded not reminded that would be wrong it comes to his attention that I have to do the works of the father right and which is minister healing to this person why because the works I do bear witness of me John chapter 10 was 24 25 and 37 and 38 please pay attention to those four verses as I read then Jesus surrounded him and said to him how long do you keep us in doubt if you are the Christ tell us plainly then Jesus answered them I told you and you do not believe the works that I do in my father's name they bear witness of me can you imagine the conversation right now I'm just reading it okay okay Jesus around it and they asked him if you tell us grace plainly you know it's like but imagine that I am having this conversation with like we are having this conversation Nelson is asking me if you are the Christ please tell me and I'm you know I told you well you're not believing what can I do you know it's the real conversation must be must what I've been okay so John chapter 10 was 25 remember okay these verse the works that I do in my father's name they bear witness of me once again what are the works of Jesus ministering healing and deliverance okay cleansing the lepers raising the dead healing the sick etc etc and then he goes on to say in the same chapter in verse 37 if I do not do the works of my father do not believe me just think about the weight of that statement he's not saying okay once again he's Jesus is not pointing to his supernatural birth hey don't you know how I was conceived don't you know who gave birth to me don't you know how I was born don't you know how many choirs you know how many angels sang for my birthday he doesn't say all of that instead he's saying hey believe me because of the works that I am doing so there was really something if Jesus has to say about you know he's constantly pointing to his works which is ministering healing and deliverance we need to understand the importance of ministering healing and deliverance it reveals the father it's simply it's what it is it reveals the father okay you all alive good okay how's everyone online doing okay I'm just gonna have a little bit of coffee the elixir of the gods okay so let's move on so the works I do bear witness of me and he goes on to emphasize it even more he says believe me for the sake of the works believe me for the sake of the works in John chapter 14 verse 1 to 13 again I would love to read the whole past actually let me read it for us John chapter 14 verse 1 to 13 let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to myself that where I am there you may be also and where I go you know and the way you know Thomas said to him Lord had to be Thomas Thomas said to him Lord we do not know where you are going how can we know the way so it is in this context Jesus says I am the way the truth and the life so disciples of Jesus have spent enough time with Jesus and Jesus is saying okay you know I'm you don't know where I'm going and then Thomas says Lord we don't know where you're going how can we know the way and then Jesus answers amazingly that I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me if you had known me you would have known my father also and from now on you know him and have seen him Philip said to him Lord show us the father and it is suffering for us Jesus must have gone okay Jesus said to him have I been with you so long and yet you have not known me Philip he who has seen me has seen the father so how can you say show us the father do you not believe that I am in the father and the father in me the words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority okay the words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority but the father who dwells in me does the works believe me that I am in the father and the father in me or else okay here we go saying believe me that I am in the father and the father is in me or if that is too much for you, believe me for the sake of the works themselves. If it is too much for you to believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, and if it's too much for you to believe and understand that if you've seen me, that you've seen the Father, if all of that is too complicated and too theological, just look at the works that I'm doing and believe in that. And that is more than enough. Believe me for the sake of the works themselves. Are you all with me? Yes? Okay. The next section talks about Jesus walked with the Father. How did Jesus walk with the Father? What was his relationship with the Father? We need to press in to walk in similar manner with the Father. So can we just pause here for a minute and Jesus, the Son of God, He's God incarnate in flesh, right? Philippians chapter 2 says Jesus who God himself did not consider to be equal with God but he took on the form of the man in flesh. Jesus co-equal with God, second head of the Trinity. He was always, he has always existed from before time began and in the Gospels time and time and time again Jesus says, I do what the Father tells me to do. I say what the Father tells me to say. What I each is not my own thing. Imagine, let's think about the humility of Jesus and the intimate walk that he had with his Father. In John chapter 1 verse 18 it says, no one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. Have you all studied Christology this the semester or last semester? This semester? During this semester. Okay. Yeah, this yeah so that verse is used quite a bit in the topic of Christology and how that he says no one has seen God at any time the only begotten Son. It simply means to say that he existed before. That's simply that's what John chapter 1 and verse 1 and 2 and verse 14 says, isn't it? In the beginning was the word, word was with God and the word was God, right? So he walked with a very close intimate relationship with the Father. John chapter 10 verse 15, as the Father knows me, even so I know the Father. I and the Father are one. That's John chapter 10 verse 30 and the Father loves his Son. John chapter 3 verse 35, the Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Verse 10, 17, therefore my Father loves me because I lay down my life that I may take it again. John 8 54, Jesus answered, if I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father who honors me of whom you say that he is your God. John 15 10, if you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. John 16 32, indeed the hour is coming. Yes, has now come that you will be scattered each to his own and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. Like I said in the beginning of this class, the Gospel of John is like one big love letter between the Father and the Son. I love you. You love me. You know, he loves me more. I love him more. Right. And because I love him, I do his will because I love him. I speak what he says because I love him. You know, I will obey his commandments and and everything I say to you is what he teaches me to say, what I've heard him say. Right. If there was one person who could have walked on this earth and not have to pray, it was Jesus. Can I say that again? If there was one person on this earth who did not have to pray, it was Jesus. Yes or no? He's the Son of God, the God himself. Right. But time and time and time again we see that Jesus went to a quiet place while it was still dark. He went to a secluded place, right, to spend time and pray and and just hearing from God. So how much more should we, how much more should we, do we have the same passion and desire and seal to talk about the works of the Father like Jesus is talking? Are we so much in love with our God that we will talk just the way like Jesus did? Right. There's so many verse after verse after verse after verse and I hope it really inspires us to walk in such intimacy with our Father just like Jesus did. Okay. The remainder of the of the chapter is pretty much similar to everything what we want to cover. Jesus is talking about the works of the Father doing what he says, what the Father tells him to do. Let's move to chapter five. Let's look at chapter five. Chapter five is titled The Secret to Ministry as Demonstrated by Jesus. The Secret to Ministry as Demonstrated by Jesus. So what were the keys or the secrets to Jesus' ministry? Okay. So now we know that everything what he did was what he saw the Father do or what the Father told him to do or what the Father taught him to do. And so let's look at some of the practical aspects of it as well. So there are four keys, four important keys or secrets to ministry as the Lord Jesus demonstrated. First one, ministering out of intimacy and obedience, ministering based on the finished work of the cross, ministering from a place of dominion and authority, and ministering through the presence and the power of the Christ, of the Spirit. Okay. John chapter 15 verse four, five seven, seven. It says, Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the wine. You are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit for without me, you can do nothing. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you. And John chapter 15 verse nine and 10, same chapter. As the Father loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. Okay. So ministering out of intimacy and obedience. You know, I'm sure I've used this statement before, at least in praise and worship, a statement I will never forget what my friend said in 2011. We were having a very casual conversation after coffee and he said, with intimacy, God will use you. Without intimacy, you will be using God. I'll say that again. With intimacy, God will use you. Without intimacy, you will be using God. Have you ever felt being used in your life? Someone is using you just for your skills and your gift? I feel used by this person. All they care about is my talent. They don't really care about the person of who I am. Have you ever felt that? Is it a very nice feeling? It's a very cheap feeling, isn't it? You feel so cheap and it's like, all they want is my talent. They don't really care about the person that I am. No one is felt. Okay. Very good. So what is the point is, let's say I have no intimate walk with Jesus, okay? And let's say I am the worship leader in this context. I am the worship pastor. I serve as a worship pastor of all people's church. From Monday to Saturday, I live in sin. I watch what I'm not supposed to watch. I say things that I'm not supposed to be saying. I do things I'm not supposed to be doing. But Sunday morning, take the guitar. Here I am to worship. Here I am to worship. I never know how much it cost to see myself. Oh, thank you, Lord. And worship service is over. You're wonderful people. You come and tell me. It's like, Roshan, Brother Roshan. The worship was so powerful. I felt his love. You see, I would have not walked in intimate relationship with the Father through the week. But when I pick up the guitar and I just sing song and I lead in worship, God will show up not because of me, because He loves you. Are you with me? Jesus will show up. He will touch you. He will overwhelm you with His love, not because I am singing, here I am to worship, but because He loves you. But what have I done? Did I allow God to use me or did I use His goodness and manipulate His goodness? It's not a trick question, guys. Come on. Yeah. And so remember that. And that statement, that conversation with my friend has ever stayed with me, and I will never forget it, is with intimacy, God will use you. You spend time with Him. You pray and you read His Word, study His Word. You love Him. And then He will begin to pour out His secrets. Some 25 says, those who confide in the Lord, He pours out His secrets to us. And so when we spend time with Him, He will tell you, okay, hey, this is the plan that I have for you. I want to use you mightily in this context, in the area of healing and deliverance, in the area of worship. I want to do this with you, through you. That is God wanting to use you, versus you can manipulate God and use His goodness and just to gain popularity or stay in business. So Jesus walked with intimacy, that's the first part, with the Father. And again, I would have done this, I would have broken this word down, intimacy. In the last semester, it simply is what, into me, you see, because I show you. Into me, you see, because I show you. Now we are about, how many, 12? Okay, 12 in this classroom, in the physical classroom and 23 online. So, yeah, they're about, I don't know, 35, close to 40 maybe. How many of you know me personally? Like really well, someone raised their hand. What's my favorite color or what's my favorite food? That shouldn't be hard, but favorite color is red, okay. Someone, yeah, my wallet is red, my car is red, my bag is red. So there are so many things, let's say, as aspects in my life, that you might not necessarily know. That's not, which is fine, but the point is, and you might not know what angers me, you know, what angers me, what disappoints me, things that I don't like, et cetera, and all that. But if we spend time together, we become close friends, we build that intimate relationship, you will know, okay. And if someone comes and asks you, he's like, hey, his birthday is coming, you know, what should I gift him? I say, oh, no, he doesn't like that, he likes this. You with me? You get, understand what I'm saying? Why? Because of our intimate relationship, and I have made myself vulnerable to you. I have allowed you to see into me. Into me, you see, why? Because I show you, I'm willing to show you. It's the same thing with the Father, with our God in heaven, is that if we just spend time to sit with him, to seek him, to seek his face, there are things that he wants to open up, and reveal to you, that he can only do it with you. And that is intimacy, and that's the kind of intimate relationship that Jesus walked with, his Father, right? And he just did not walk with intimate relationship. It says he walked with obedience, right? And I've said, we make this declaration all the time, and the last line of a declaration is absolute surrender. And to you, I am in absolute surrender. And that absolute surrender simply looks like radical obedience. It's, you know, again, Jesus, everything what Jesus did, he's constantly saying, you know, I say what the Father tells me to say, what I'm teaching you are not my own things. That means Jesus lived a life of radical obedience. Philippians chapter two, it says, you know, he was obedient to death, a death even on the cross. He was obedient. This is God, guys, we are talking about, right? So Jesus ministered out of intimacy and obedience, and he's calling us to be obedient, because obedience is a language of intimacy, okay? Obedience is the language of intimacy. You can write that down, hashtag it later. John 14, 15 says, if you love me, keep my commandments. You are my friends, if you do whatever, you are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. Okay, ministering based on the finished work of the cross. Matthew chapter eight was 16 and 17. That's the second point, how Jesus ministered the second key or a secret, so to say, ministering based on the finished work of the cross. Matthew chapter eight was 16 and 17. It says, when evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon possessed, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying, he himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. So what is it saying? So it's saying in verse 16 that Jesus ministered healing and deliverance. Why? Because in this next verse it's written based on what is written in Isaiah, that he himself took on infirmities and bore our sicknesses. Okay, look at me. Tell me, has Jesus gone to the cross already? Here? No. No, isn't it? There's still time because Jesus has not yet gone to the cross. He's not tested by trial and whatnot. So what is happening? Why is Jesus, Matthew is quoting a scripture from Isaiah. It's simply saying that in simple words, Jesus was making a down payment or an advance payment that Jesus knew that he was going to go to the cross. Jesus knew that he was going to pay their prices. Yes? Okay, and so he ministered based on the finished work of the cross. So for Jesus it was like he knew, okay, I am going to do the work of the Father. I'm going to endure the cross. I'm going to die on the cross, rise again. And so he ministered healing and deliverance to everybody who was present at that time as an advance payment because he knew that he was going to shed his blood for them. And so now we are on the other side of the cross. Yeah? So payment is completely being made and so we are being encouraged to minister based on the finished work of the cross. Right? By his stripes we are going to be healed. Oh, by his stripes we are going to be healed. We are healed, isn't it? And so, you know, we need to let that scripture sink in really and understand the power of that. And secondly and thirdly, ministering from a place of dominion and authority. Ministering from a place of dominion and authority. So Luke chapter 4 verse 34 it says, let us alone what we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth. You come to destroy us. I know who you are, the Holy One of God. So what's the context there? Jesus has crossed the lake and he's gone to the other side. And then there comes a man who is demon possessed, right? Legion. But the demons recognized the power and the authority that Jesus was coming in. And the demons say, it's like leave us alone. What do you want us to do? You know, what do you want with us? Just let it be. I know who you are, the Holy One of God. Verse 36 of the same chapter, Luke chapter 4 verse 36. What a word this is. For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they came out. Okay. For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits. Now we can spend an entire semester learning about the words authority and power because they are two different things. They are not the same thing. Okay authority is different, power is different. Okay. And like I said, it's a subject for another day. And then it goes on to saying Luke chapter 10 verse 19. Behold, I give you the authority. I give you the authority. Why is Jesus not saying power? Who gives us the power? Yes. Thank you. Someone is awake. Thanks Nelson. Right. So Jesus has commissioned us. So authority comes with the commission. Hear me out. Authority comes with commission. That means just as the Father sent me, I send you. That's commission. That's authority. I give you the authority. But the power comes with the Holy Spirit. So Jesus says, tarry around Jerusalem. Don't go out until I tell you when. Why? Because you have the authority, but you also need the power to go and be my witnesses. Are you with me? But Holy Spirit has been given to us. Now, so now we have authority and power for us to go out and minister healing and deliverance. So first three points is what? Minister healing and deliverance based on intimacy and obedience, finished work of the cross, dominion authority. And finally minister through the presence and the power of the Spirit, which we've just spoken of. Right. Jesus operated with the power of the Holy Spirit administering healing and deliverance. Okay. So if Jesus did everything what he did with the power of the Holy Spirit, how much more should we walk in? Okay. Jesus is our absolute standard. Okay. If you don't remember anything what you learned from this class, it's okay. I guess we just go back and see how Jesus lived his life. He is the standard. Don't keep any other man as your standard, a man or a woman as your standard. Right. Which is fine. It's absolutely fine to honor and acknowledge the anointing the another person is carrying. But our standard, our absolute standard must be Jesus, has to be Jesus. Right. We do because he has sent us. He's commanded us to go and do. So let him be the standard for your basis of ministry. Understood. All good. Okay. Cool. So yeah, we'll pause here. We'll take a break and we'll resume the next hour. Thank you.