 receive our worship I encourage you right here right now lift your hands with us as we honor the Father Son and the Holy Spirit you are so good I encourage you to speak to your Father right here right now Jesus we love you Lord Yeshua Yeshua we stand in all of you God in this moment with hands lifted church as one body one mind focused on the Lord forgetting about your week your day and just embracing the presence of the Holy Spirit right here right now I want to sing a song to you I stand in all of you as we look to you Lord I encourage you if you know this song join with us and with all of heaven as we declare you can sense the atmosphere shifted in this place as we focus in on the Lord we set aside distractions in this moment Holy Spirit take us deeper into the courts of heaven I encourage you if you speak in your heavenly language come on join us here we believe tonight Lord miracles will take place people will be set free he'll deliver only by you Lord or in your presence God anything can happen can you join us now we sing that again in the presence we say softly sing in the presence of Jehovah every hand lifted every eye closed all across this room and lifted eyes closed all across this room I want you for the next 30 seconds or so to begin to pray out loud in the Holy Ghost only now church welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit the presence of the Holy Spirit phrases of your people keep praying keep praying keep praying surrender now to the winds of the spirits that's the presence of the Holy Spirit that's the presence of the Holy Spirit we came to worship you that's why we're here tonight we surrender all so father we thank you now and we give you the glory for every life tonight that will be transformed we give you the glory for every sickness that will be healed we give you the glory for every demonic power that will flee we give you the glory for that outpouring of your precious Holy Spirit and we declare that Jesus is Lord in New York State we declare that Jesus is Lord in America Jesus is Lord before heaven tonight Lord we will not leave this place saying what a wonderful worship team we will not leave this place saying what a wonderful preacher we will leave this place declaring what a wonderful Jesus we serve let no flesh glory in your presence we thank you for the power of your mind we thank you now for the presence that rests on this building hands lifted eyes closed father your people are hungry tonight this is all we desire the beauty of your presence the beauty of your presence that precious touch upon this place just say these simple words say Holy Spirit we welcome you Holy Spirit do in me whatever you desire now church as the presence of the Holy Spirit is so rich here as we acknowledge the presence of Jesus as we glory in that beauty we stand with hearts filled with faith with hands lifted toward heaven filled with great expectation and to those of you outside this building who can hear me speaking to those of you in the line in the street watching online and just begin to surrender now surrender all all all Lord if there be anything in us you desire to remove if there be anything in us that's not reflective of your nature your character your goodness burn it out of us by the power of the Holy Ghost we pray we want to be like you Jesus we came to worship him hands lifted eyes closed now as we sing I came to worship you just a moment now church to lavish him with your praise and worship don't wait for the right lyric or the right word don't wait for the right music notes people of God begin to lavish him with your praises now such a glory resting on this place such a glory resting on this place you can't you can't duplicate this you can't manufacture this this is the presence of the Holy Spirit this is what we've desired this is what we've asked for the presence of the Holy Ghosts with faith and expectation to give Jesus a mighty shout of praise buddy next to you and tell them something good is going to happen to you group can I chat with you for a second turn to somebody else who looks like they really need to hear it and tell them something good is going to happen to you mighty God we serve what a mighty God we serve now if you're able please take your seat I sense such faith in this room now I'm being told by my team here that there's only I want to say about a hundred and fifty two hundred seats left and people are still coming in through the checkpoint and there's still a line wrapped around the building there's still a line outside wrapped around the building I don't know but I would say New York is hungry for Jesus I truly believe that and welcome to those of you watching online as well Ruben do we anticipate how long that will take to fill that is there anything at all we can do to expedite the seating process because I want to start preaching salvation but before I preach salvation I need the building still you give me your your best he's smiling at me he's laughing is it it's a big crowd to deal with it's the bags well it's the transit nobody takes cars so they have to have their bags so that'll be a while so we're still getting people seated if there's any extra hands we have Ruben I can go and help expedite that I see many people still coming in and we want to get as many people in here as possible we will at some point have to start turning people away but we've already talked about when we come back here to this region and we're planning for next year God willing it's man's plan but God willing we've already looked at some centers that can hold multiple times this size because it looks like we're gonna need it the same thing just happened in Orlando we were in Orlando same thing there thousands came we had to turn I don't know how many away and so Orlando we said we have to go back and find at least at least one of the the small size arenas that we can see all the people and then California yes well we do faith with what's from glory to glory to glory I like that faith he said a large arena yes and we will so Ruben just kind of give me actually know what I'll do in the meantime I like to know where you guys are coming from and do forgive me I'm not familiar with all of the geography surrounding the area so I just need to know where are you coming from or I should say who do you think is coming from the furthest away okay wait wait wait wait wait wait you said I heard Switzerland and London wait where where who's Switzerland your switch okay let me double check this because I had a couple one time I said who came from the furthest away they said we did I said where are you coming from they said Taiwan I said wow I said you came just for the service they said no we've lived here for seven years so so I have to know you came from Switzerland for the service wow that that is incredible and then I heard London pardon Jordan you came from Jordan well God bless you they came from Jordan just for tonight do we have any other international representation here from the Philippine Islands welcome God bless you how about surrounding states in terms of drives anybody where are you driving from Connecticut what city we're coming there this weekend I'm just kidding I'm just kidding I'm just kidding you made the right call to come here okay I'm sorry I'm just having a little bit of fun you pardon you came from Florida okay well God bless you and way back there waving at me with pardon you came from Virginia now who drove the longest who drove maybe over let's say who drove over five hours to be here tonight look at the hands going up my gosh okay you right here you drove from Canada that reminds me is Joanne here yet we have a friend from Canada Joanne good to see and Frank is here too good to see you both this is Frank and Joanne are good friends from Canada and and we'll do one more you pardon New Jersey and Toronto Canada well blessings to you and in case you can't tell I'm trying to buy the people out there a little bit more time you don't mind we're all just spending some time together I'm enjoying it it's it's like a one big family here and I don't I don't feel it's funny anywhere we go anywhere we go and I'm out of the region the nation the state and the people of God gather you I just feel right at home with God's people and so seeing your faces being here with you it does our spirits good to be here with you so we're happy to be here but I'm trying to do my best to make sure they have Ruben my friend I'm sorry to put you on on blast in front of all these people but he's doing a great job but what do you think now 40 minutes to get everyone seated say again the line still wraps around there telling me my goodness beautiful so I'm gonna I'm gonna minister this message I'll just ask as they come in room maybe have someone communicating to them to do so quietly and we'll believe that it's God's timing for every single one that joins us and tomorrow make sure to get you just a little earlier because this is what this is this is what a demonstration of spiritual hunger looks like it's gonna be a powerful time tomorrow night as well how many of you by the way just so we can run some numbers here how many of you are coming tomorrow raise your hand okay and you know there's there's the tonight crowd and then there's also the tomorrow crowd so get here extra extra early tomorrow man what a mighty guy I'm gonna be honest I'm overwhelmed by what I'm seeing here tonight it's it's been a long time we've been praying for breakthrough like this and we've been desiring to see moves of the Holy Spirit everywhere that were able to steward this message and the Lord's hand is really at work and so tonight here's how the service will go and I'm giving you sort of a heads up of what to expect because sometimes people come into these meetings and they just prefer to have a little bit of a rundown I call it spirit led structure you can have structure and still be spirit led you know why because the Holy Spirit doesn't always wait until the last minute to speak so before we even get to these services I'm praying I'm asking the Lord how do you want the service to flow what is the direction of the meeting and so what God has put on my heart for all of the first nights that we do no matter where we go any encounter service that we have the first night there's a salvation message that's ministered and so here's how tonight's service is going to go I'm in a minister of salvation message talk about heaven hell eternity your soul so if you're sitting in this place tonight and one of your family members brought you or a fellow church member maybe that you've been visiting checking out and you haven't received Christ tonight I want to tell you about the wonderful love of Jesus that is yours and my prayer tonight is that souls will be saved because we need to be preaching the gospel as evangelists we have to remember that our job isn't just to go from church to church and make the church excited our job as evangelists is to win souls and so I want to see a great revival in America and in the nations of the world of the preaching of the cross again the preaching of repentance the preaching against sin the redemptive work of the power of the blood of Jesus these are things we need to be hearing so tonight I will be presenting a gospel message here's what I ask at least during the salvation message because it will be quite a long service and we love that it's long but I understand that there's also material needs that need to be taken care of in terms of needing to get up maybe for some reason or another and we understand that and you're not going to get shamed or called out here so I don't want you to feel tension or anything but it is important to know that during the salvation message I'm asking that there be absolute reverence you can amen you can clap you can applaud points you agree with of course but in terms of the movement and the distraction please watch that so parents watch your kids if they're making a little fuss or noise you you're welcome to step out in the hall and of course step right back in once the noise is died down and here's why it's important because the flesh looks for distraction the flesh looks for distraction so when you're preaching a message of salvation when someone is being convicted they're looking for any route of escape and the flesh will seize upon any opportunity that's why we conduct the meetings we the way we do because it has to be done distraction free God does not need an atmosphere to move people need an atmosphere to receive and so I'm asking you now double check your phones be attentive to the atmosphere with us help us preserve that atmosphere of the spirit in this place and and as this gospel message goes forward I'm praying that hearts would be turned to Jesus so so would you just take a moment softly pray with me and begin to ask the Lord to work on the hearts of the unbeliever father we thank you when we pray that souls would be saved tonight hearts would be turned to you Jesus may you be glorified father you know I've not come here tonight to entertain but to equip the body to win the loss and so I pray Lord that every thought that contradicts the knowledge of God every distraction every contradiction within our stubborn hearts that that would be cast down we place you high above all things in our hearts and in our minds you are Lord we worship and we honor you and as the Spirit leads remain with me until you sense the right moment to stop God loves you with an everlasting love God himself is not just good he is goodness itself by that I mean that we don't just describe God as good but that we describe everything as good that is like unto God he is the standard against which we measure all things he is the stabilizing force by which we judge moral matters and spiritual matters God and God alone is goodness is life is light is truth and he is highly exalted meaning he is above all he is the all-in-all Psalm chapter 107 verse 1 says give thanks to the Lord for he is good his faithful love endures forever God is goodness and I want to put the truth to you directly God is goodness and many of us in this room and many watching online are fighting that goodness by the way they live their lives they are in enmity with God they are contradicting by the way they live and think and feel and believe the very essence of the goodness of God the very nature of who he is James chapter 1 verse 13 says this let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempted he any man but every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed in other words man by his own free will is drawn away by those desires drawn away to the things of the world drawn away to the things that contradict the nature of God and we see the results of this manifested in our world the world is being covered in darkness because of sin you look around at the world today and you wonder what is the issue what are the problems stemming from why is the world in the state that it's in what is happening on the earth and I'm reminding you now as the scripture has said that this darkness this chaos this disorder is the direct result of sin and sin is rebellion against God who is goodness well if you rebel against light don't be surprised when you have darkness if you rebel against holiness don't be surprised when you have moral filth if you rebel against truth don't be surprised when you have confusion God is that goodness verse 15 then when lust hath conceived bring it forth sin and sin when it is finished bring it forth death the Bible does declare that all have sin there is none righteous every living person has violated the holy standard of God by something that they have done or thought some attitude that they have carried within themselves there are those who are contradicting God's nature by the way they live they are enemies with God and they don't even know it fighting that goodness they live their lives in rebellion stubborn hearts prideful demeanors narrow minds fixated on that which they desire they trade the eternal for the temporary the worldly for the spiritual now verse 16 says do not air my beloved brethren every good and perfect gift is from above and comments down from the father of lights with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning of his own will begat he us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures this is of course talking about the new believer or the believer the verse 17 tells us that God is the father of lights no variableness no shadow of turning so then sin is the reason for evil but God is the father of lights God is love that love knows no bound that love knows no limits you've ever wondered if you were loved by your mere existence you can determine that you are loved with the everlasting love for the scripture declares that we were formed in the image of God if you've ever wondered if anybody cared the scripture tells us that we can cast our cares upon us for he cares for us many of you have received by way of religious teaching an image of God in your mind and heart that causes you to see him as one who uses his power against you as one who is looking for a reason to punish you with his arms folded looking over the balconies of heaven perhaps this is how many of us imagine him we see him looking down barely putting up with us tolerating us but not loving us and this is how many believe God sees his creation and we think that he's just waiting for the opportunity for us to mess up so that he can pour upon us his wrath it's just the opposite he's slow to anger the Bible's he's rich in mercy compassion patience these are the attributes of God holding back wrath not willing that any should perish and as revealed in the Old Testament when he spoke to the nation of Israel we see his heart come now let us reason together all that he can do he's done extending his reach to you now the God of compassion the God of love the God of life yes he is also holy yes he is also just yes the wages of sin is death God is withholding that wrath for as long as time will dictate according to his purposes and he holds back that wrath desiring that you would repent desiring that you would turn to him he is the gift giver everything of life that we love whether you find it in a spouse and your love for your child and your love for your friends the joy of companionship the experience of existence everything you find in these things that is good or noble or pure or worth anything at all come from the nature of God for he is goodness he is the gift giver he has given unto you breath you may look around this world perhaps confused by your place in it wondering what God has ever done for you you may have gone through tragedy and wondered where was God when I suffered where was God in my time of trouble where was God in that traumatic event but again we neglect to see the gifts of God given to us you have breath you have life you have existence you have time you have a will these are gifts from God and if ever you wonder where God was we are without excuse once we've heard the gospel if ever you've wondered if God loves you how do you know that this isn't him now speaking to you I have loved you with an everlasting love what if everything you've been through everything you face every trial every trauma has brought you to this moment now God is faithful the father of lights and he gives you now a gift of truth he's holy and just when you reject God you reject his goodness God is life lights goodness the source of love joy and peace when we live in a way that contradicts his nature we live in darkness this is enmity with God living in that darkness makes you an enemy with God James 4 4 and 5 says this you adulterers don't you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God I said again if you want to be a friend of the world you make yourself an enemy of God do you think that the scriptures have no meaning they say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful unto him we see the holy jealousy of God yes jealousy can be holy ungodly jealousy demands based on fear and selfishness but God lead jealousy sacrifices based on love and selflessness God desires you jealously yet we fight him all of us sin in some way none of us measure up to God's holy standard 1st Corinthians 6 9th to 11 says don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the kingdom of God don't fool yourselves those who indulge in sexual sin or worship idols or commit adultery or our male prostitutes or practice homosexuality or our thieves or greedy people or drunkards or our abusive or cheat people none of these will inherit the kingdom of God some of you were once like that but you were cleansed you were made holy you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God some might be offended at this idea of sin but my friend I would rather offend you into heaven than comfort you into hell the Bible is still true sin is still sin and if we're gonna be faithful to the word we have to preach against that sin and I'm here to tell you that the wages of those sins their death destruction darkness that is perhaps one of the most loving things I can tell you is the truth truth is sin destroys sin robs you sin has a destructive power unlike any other it corrupts your mind and body and soul it wastes the way your life and it puts you in direct enmity with God who is goodness now imagine I were to give to you let's just say for the sake of an analogy a brand-new sports car how about a Lamborghini now I don't know what I would do with one I probably wouldn't be able to know how to drive it not really a car person but I think we all can understand the value of a sports car and if I said to you here's the gift I paid it all in cash here is a card that will cover the fuel for the next 20 years and I paid for all the insurance for the next 20 years and then I said but there's just one thing I want you to take care of it don't take it off-roading and obey the laws of the streets the legal ones not the illegal ones some of you were redeemed from the laws of the streets and I give you this vehicle gas covered insurance covered everything paid off and then you take those keys and you say don't tell me how to use this car how dare you who are you to put restrictions on me who are you to tell me how to drive what's mine well this is what we do with our lives God says here is life here is goodness here is breath here is companionship here is love here is truth and light and joy and peace and if you just live the way I tell you to live you'll live in light people rebel against that not realizing that their very ability to rebel their will was given to them that God sustains the very breath by which they curse him this is the stubbornness the rebellion the pride and the effects of sin though at first they may seem like they're non-existent become more and more intense the longer you live in rebellion against God your heart becomes harder you become cynical you begin to view life through the lens of confusion the life through the lens of pride you end up with a lack of purpose aimlessly wandering you know if there's no eternity there's no purpose really think about that if there's no eternity there's no purpose for anything well I want to be remembered by history my friend if there's no eternity even history will be forgotten well I want to live to better society and help develop mankind and take civilization to the new era of living okay you can do that but if there's no eternity eventually all civilizations come to an end these are noble desires there's nothing wrong with them in and of themselves but without eternity there's no real purpose and so when you live without the eternal one you live without him in your view you live without him in your regard now you're aimlessly wondering through life what is my purpose why am I here why do I suffer and there's a great emptiness that comes with that because you're living apart from the Creator this lack of joy and it cannot be found in the things of this world Solomon a wise man the wisest whoever lived the scripture describes him taking this experiment on and in this experiment he goes on to experience all that life has to offer and every pleasure you can think of every desire that can be fulfilled he sought after it and he had the wealth and the power and the status and all means to fulfill all desires that he had and at the end of it all he said it's meaningless you can search in the world do you know why the joy that this world brings is temporary it's because everything that the world gives to you is itself temporary your joy can only last as long as that which it's based on think about this you base your joy on money and money begins to lose its allure and you find that that number you wanted once you get it wasn't enough anyway and you get lost in this desire piercing yourself through with many sorrows like a thirsty man lapping up saltwater only momentary relief to be then followed by an intensification of that desire there's no joy in these things that lasts you may be sitting here feeling like a shell of who you were because after pursuing status after pursuing finance after pursuing every pleasure of this world you found that you're still empty there's a lack of peace there's a lack of peace about life there's a lack of peace internally emotionally mentally there's the fear of death my friend you may not even realize that you're under demonic harassment we is the saints of God we resist the enemy he flees no fight he flees so the Bible says once we resist he's like I'm out of here you know who you are I'm leaving but people of the world aren't even aware of the spiritual realm around them they're living under the system of darkness they're living under the influence of the enemy and that brings harassment of the mind that peace is robbed from you because of the guilt of things you've done and maybe you're carrying guilt for something in your past maybe you're carrying guilt for some way you feel you failed and that guilt weighs on you day and night it's like a weight that you carry and that burden becomes too much to bear lack of purpose lack of joy lack of peace when God formed plant life he called it forth from the ground when God formed sea life he called it forth from the water when God formed animal life he called it forth from the earth when God formed you he spoke to himself let us make man in our image after our likeness you were formed of God from his spirit the scripture declares that God breathe and man became a living soul Isaiah 59 one through two listen the Lord's arm is not too weak to save you nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call it's your sins that have cut you off from God because of your sins he has turned away and will not listen anymore my friend that is why sin destroys because sin separates you from God hear me now you were not created to live in separation from God you were not created to live in depression you were not created to live with anxiety you were not created to live with torment you were not created to wallow in the filth of sin you were not created to live in confusion you were created to know God to love him and be loved by him it's who you are it's why you were created it's the purpose of your existence this is why we rejoice for the scripture says in Colossians chapter 2 verse 13 you were dead because of your sins and because of your sinful nature and you were cut away then God made you alive with Christ for he forgave all your sins this my friend is the power of the cross you want to know why you see Christians sometimes wearing those little crosses you want to know why we talk about the power of the blood or the power of the cross or the sacrifice of Jesus it's really simple all of us have sinned and all of us before Christ are living in rebellion against God and the result of that sin is death here's the bad news first because you have to give the diagnosis before you can give the cure here's the bad news first it's terminal and there's nothing you can do about it on your own strength you can go to church every single day give all your money to the poor volunteer at every charity never say another bad word for the rest of your life and it still won't amount to the payment that we owe for even one sin won't even amount we're helpless utterly helpless without him now that's the bad news the good news is Christ who is God and this is the gospel you need to hear it's so simple yes there are many different beliefs that come with Christianity there are many different beliefs that come with following Jesus we could talk about baptism and speaking in tongues and spiritual gifts and demons and spiritual warfare and the end times and the last days and Bible prophecy and genealogies and doctrines of all kinds but the greatest truth I can share for you is simple Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so and the gospel is simple you can't save yourself so Jesus who is God came to earth by the power of the Holy Spirit the Creator stepped into creation lived a perfect sinless life not one sin not one sinful thought not one sinful attitude no iniquity no transgression no abomination nothing in him perfectly pure the spotless lamb meaning not a single blemish and he lived this perfect life and then took the punishment for your sinful one and when he died on that cross it was the best that God had to offer meeting the worst that man had to offer it was God's mercy meeting your rebellion it was God's compassion meeting your stubbornness it was Christ's purity meeting your guilt and on that cross when he died he took upon himself the punishment for those sins for the wages of sin is death that's the reward for sin you die Jesus died upon that cross in your place and now if you'll only put your faith in him believe it's that simple and I'll show you that in a moment you put your faith in him then when God looks at you and when God looks at Jesus it's much different when you put your faith in Jesus and God looks at the cross he sees your sin and when he sees you he sees Christ perfection it's the great exchange the gospel is simply this Jesus will give you his eternal life in exchange for your temporary one you give it to him you put your faith in him it's all God requires if it was any more complicated we would ruin it he lived the sinless life he took upon the punishment of God he took all power and authority from the enemy and all the powers of darkness he is seated in heavenly places and all he asks of you believe that's it and you may say well wait a minute wait a minute I thought I had to live clean you do but here's the difference when you put your faith in Jesus he begins to give you new desires so then I'm not living clean so that I'm accepted by God that's that's man's thinking that's religion and that'll torment you because you'll never know if you're actually saved or not you'll never know if you actually did enough so so the way it actually works is it's not that I live clean so that God accepts me it's that I'm so thankful that God has accepted me I'm gonna live clean it's done Jesus said Jesus said it is finished not you take it from here finished done that's the cross the cross says done religion says do do do the cross says done done done it is finished first Peter to 22 25 he never sinned nor ever deceived anyone he did not retaliate when he was insulted nor threatened revenge when he suffered he left his case in the hands of God who always judges fairly he personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right by his wounds you are healed once you were like sheep who wandered away but now you have turned to your shepherd the guardian of your souls 2nd Corinthians 5 18 and 19 and all of this is a gift from God who brought us back to himself through Christ and God has given us this task of reconciling people to him for God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself no longer counting people sins against them and he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation it's an ancient message that is still true sin is still the problem and Jesus is still the answer there's no stain that cannot be cleaned no sin so stains that the blood of Jesus cannot wash you completely clean Romans 5 1 through 2 therefore this is what the Bible says since we have been made right in God's sight by faith we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us because of our faith Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory Romans 10 verse 9 if you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved for it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved as the scripture tells us anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect they have the same Lord who gives generously to all who call upon him for everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved peace with God peace with God that's why your heart is so heavy that's why you're confused that's why your mind is tormented that's why you carry the shame all he wants to do is show you love all he wants to do is show you truth all he wants to do is give you himself you fight him because of what religious people have led you to believe about him you fight him because of someone who offended you who claimed to be a Christian you fight him because you see value in what is actually sin that's destroying you fight him because of one reason and that's your pride why else would we reject the goodness of God why else would we reject eternal life why else would we reject Jesus when salvation is so simple repent of your sins turn to God and be cleansed repent of your sin and wrongdoing turn to Jesus and be saved I know it's not popular to say it I know people will get mad at me for saying so but I have to warn you your sin is destroying you and it's separating you from God you need to turn from it you need to turn from it today the scripture declares that today is the day of salvation right now we are without excuse you may say well I don't believe in God you're lying to yourself your conscience bears witness against you that's not even a debate that needs to be had you know the truth that there's a God in heaven who formed you with a purpose you may say well I've tried this before and I failed not I want to fail again my friend you may fail but he doesn't he doesn't he never fails you may say brother David there are things I've done that you don't even know things I carry on my shoulders memories that fill me with shame Jesus died for the worst sins among us there is no pit so deep that his love is not deeper still nothing can separate you from that love so you're here this evening or you're watching online and you know that you need to respond to the message of the gospel there's two ways that this can go tonight you can choose to reject Jesus and I say reject Jesus you're not rejecting me you're not rejecting a religion you're not rejecting an organization you're not rejecting a philosophy when you reject the gospel you're rejecting Jesus we're not talking about religion we're not talking about other people we're talking about Jesus himself and so this evening God wants to save you and you can choose to reject that message and if you do my friend you will leave this place this evening carrying the weight and the burden of that sin and shame and you'll leave this building you'll get into your car or you'll get into the subway or however you're getting home and you'll be sitting there tonight in your home still waited by the sin still covered in the darkness saying to yourself I should have responded I should have responded I should have responded because you have to respond when God calls you we are not promised tomorrow he's saying are you trying to scare me I'm giving you the truth and if the truth scares you so be it we are not promised tomorrow you have to respond when he calls you or you can respond to Jesus give your life to him he'll forgive you he'll cleanse you and the guilt and the shame and that weight that you've been carrying for so long will be lifted from off of your shoulders you'll go home tonight with something in your heart that you can't quite explain there'll be this joy this peace this this overwhelming sense of connection with God that you can't even put into words and I'm not promising you everything in your life will be perfect if you're broke right now you're gonna go home and check your bank account you'll still be broke if you have issues in your marriage sure God can work on your marriage but it's gonna be where you left off when you get home you have problems with your children you have problems in this world on the job whatever those issues are they may still be there because Jesus said in this world you'll have tribulation of course but you know what you'll have a joy in your heart you'll have a peace in your soul and you'll know that you're connected with God and you'll say I'm so glad I'm so glad I responded aren't you tired of running aren't you tired of fighting him don't fight him anymore he's a wonderful Jesus he's a wonderful Jesus when you give your heart to the Lord and you place your faith in him the only regret that you'll have will be that you didn't do it sooner that will be it now I'm not gonna ask us to close our eyes I'm not gonna ask us to bow our heads this is a public confession openly declare with your mouth the scripture says Jesus said you deny me before man I'll deny you before my father you confess me before man I'll confess you before my father was in heaven you're in this place and you know tonight that you have to respond to this message you have to respond to the gospel and you just want Jesus I don't want you to think about it because you already know what you need to do I don't want you to look around the room and see hey how many other people are responding to this I don't want you to look at your friends and say guys are we doing this no it's between you and God you and Jesus now if that's you you want Jesus you want to turn from your sin and put your faith in what he's done on that cross and right now I want you to stand to your feet and now if you're standing I want you to come down the aisles and come stand at the altar please come to Jesus let's sing it as they come see these are the lines that are about to be transformed church the things of earth will cross strangely tip in the lie church stand to your feet and sing it turn your eyes upon G tip in the lie listen to what I'm about to tell you because this is very important if I do not properly communicate the gospel to you God will judge me harshly you cannot just say a prayer and be saved there is no special password there's no script to follow prayer I'll say this prayer has never saved anyone prayer has never saved a single soul only Jesus saves not even prayer not even prayer only Jesus saves and what I mean by that is simple it's not a script that you can just read it's not an incantation or a set of magic words it's a confession that comes from the heart and if it doesn't come from the heart it's not a genuine confession so this is not the end all be all it's not as though you can just say the prayer and that's it you're sealed it's when you place your faith in him truly that you are sealed and I do mean sealed like he saves you it's the finished work but we have to recognize that it's something that we do based on our trust in him and him alone so you say this prayer yes and if it's a genuine confession if you are truly turning to him he'll change your nature that's the miracle of salvation it's like going in for an operation you don't pat yourself on the back and say what a wonderful operation I did you were asleep the whole time hopefully rather you just have to have the faith to get on the operating table and say do your work that's all faith is I can't save myself but I believe you can here I am please save me and you put your faith in him and then he goes to work he's the surgeon of the soul and he will transform your nature your desires everything about you and then you serve him your desire will be to serve him your desire will be to live right you may not get everything right but he'll abide with you and you'll keep going and it's a process to be more and more like Jesus but it begins by putting your faith in him are you ready to do that as I look across this crowd of faces I see men and women young and old goddess faithful I see tears flowing eyes closed I see hands lifted I want you to think of the worst thing you've ever done and this is not to shame you I want you to think about it that which troubles you and look at me after today it'll be as though that never happened not in God's book sins wiped away clean sins wiped away clean are you ready when my daughter wants me to pick her up she puts her hands out like this so ask him to pick you up right now just put your hands in the air and I want you to repeat this prayer after me we read in Romans confession with the mouth there there is no sinners prayer in the Bible but in the Bible you'll find sinners who pray so repeat after me say dear Jesus I come to you today believing that you are the Son of God I ask you forgive me said again sincerely to him forgive me all my sins I turn from sin today I turn from the world today I turn from the devil today and I turn to you Jesus I believe you live the sinless life you died on the cross for my sins you rose again in bodily form from the dead I believe you're seated at God's right hand Jesus I put my faith in you save me change me free me Jesus you are my God my Lord my King my friend my Savior and I declare today I am now and forever more born again in Jesus name in Jesus name in Jesus name amen oh many tears flowing sir would you come forward a second please you yeah you I hope you don't mind me asking you publicly why are you crying I don't know he's weeping that's the presence of the Lord on him may I ask you why why why the tears she says it's I'm crying for him now how about you ma'am come forward how about you why why the tears because God is good that's the joy of forgiveness now as born again believers now our new brothers and sisters in the faith I want you to lift your hands and we're gonna sing this song as a prayer and I want all of us to gather now and begin to sing this those of you watching online if you prayed that prayer with me I want you to write in the comment section two simple words right born again let's sing I surrender all if you're a little shy I apologize but you know how when you have those aunts and uncles and cousins come over you may be a little shy and they still want to say hello to you I want you all up front here who've just prayed that prayer to turn around and face this congregation here turn around this way can we welcome our new brothers and sisters in Christ here come on church these are lives that have just been transformed now as you go back to your seat let's continue to sing I surrender all I'm seeing many people I can't even keep up with them if you're watching online I told them to tell me if they were born again watching online so I'm just gonna read them as they come in born again born again born again born again born again born again born again born again born again look at this born again born again born again lives being transformed all over the world born again believers that's the miracle of salvation that's the greatest miracle we'll witness tonight by the way it's the miracle of salvation that's the beauty of his presence here on this room that's the joy of the Lord that you're sensing as you make your way back to your seats I want to share a simple scripture then I want to ask you to be a part of what God is doing here I want to say this to my team all the camera guys and worship team sound people don't ever forget the privilege guys don't ever let it let's let's as a team make a commitment to one another that we will never forget the privilege that I pray this never gets old to us I pray this never gets old because because yes that's the the beauty of the miracle of salvation and and as I'm looking at these faces and I'm looking at these people I recognize these are lives that are being transformed lives being transformed and and you remember when you first gave your heart to Jesus that joy that newness of life seeing things through new eyes do you remember that that just happened for these people right here there's there's there's no greater joy there's no greater joy first Corinthians 16 9 for a great and a factual door is opened unto me and there are many adversaries context considered in short Paul the Apostle here is talking about opportunity for the sake of the gospel a divine moment upon which they must seize despite the many adversaries my friend we have prayed for this we have to recognize that what God has given to us is unique and to be treasured and may we never take that for granted may we understand that this partnership with God though he does not need us he chooses to work with us this partnership with God is a privilege and so our ministry has been experiencing just tremendous growth you've been seeing it online you've been seeing the other events even tonight I know they turned away I don't even know how many that could not get into this building we found at first the conference center and then we expanded the room and we expanded again and we are trying to find the largest facilities to accommodate these crowds and we're thankful that people are giving us grace these are good growing pains and we're trying to keep up with all that God is doing in this wonderful work of ministry and I see the day with stadiums being filled and I see the day with auditoriums packed you look around this meeting tonight there's nothing too fancy about it in terms of videos or production we don't have a lineup of famous preachers there are no famous preachers here we love the worship ministry of Steve Mark the zoom on this beautiful worship team yes of course but that's not why we've gathered we gathered because we recognize there's something beautiful on these meetings it's the presence of the Lord and we have to keep that in sight cannot become about man we have to keep it pure and clean and rightly focused you can't become about man now we prayed for it he gave it now we have to steward it I think sometimes we just take things for granted and when I say take things for granted I'm not saying we don't love them or enjoy them I'm saying that we assume that they're just going to continue without anything being given to cause it to continue we need to give thought we need to give energy we need to give resources into something like this yes it's a move of God yes it's God's doing but you know who he works through to keep these things going is his people it's his people it's you and so I want to talk to you about this effectual door that's open to us we are trying to keep up with the crowds we're doing our best as a ministry now you know New York is pricey it's pretty much everything is just through the roof the and the roofs are pretty higher the buildings go way up it's just the way it is we wanted to do a meeting here we knew the cost would be more for this weekend of ministry I'm gonna give you the number and then I'll break it down for you because when I say the number you're gonna go how 475 thousand dollars for this weekend of ministry yeah I know that's what I said when they showed it to me I think they saved it until after everything was like okay here's what we're spending I said what well these production items have not been here all this time this was an empty room stage sound system workers and by the way here you guys know the union deal here so every worker we have in terms of AV we have to hire a union guy we have to it's the law and so all of the workers all of the travel I think we traveled here with about between 30 and 40 people that's 30 and 40 people flights 30 and 40 people hotels 30 and 40 people meals and then many of those about half of those are specialty workers and we pay them for the work they do because the worker is worthy of his wages and on top of that there's the promotion of it on top of that there's the rental of this facility which was in the Reuben where are you just off the top of your head what was the facility alone about 150,000 for just the room and you say well well why didn't we just to get a smaller one because look at the crowds so it's a catch 22 we want to be able to bring more people in and guys when we go to the arenas don't be shocked if it gets into the millions of dollars now we as a ministry have made a commitment and I'm just I'm giving you numbers I'm just I'm just gonna lay it all out there I don't I don't believe in twisting people's arms and pressure to look you're not obligated to do anything tonight and by the way let me just say this for the record your giving is not tied to your miracle I know I'm probably you know people don't like when I say that it's just the truth I'm not gonna use pressure tactics like that to get people to give I'm just gonna be honest here's the need this is what it costs it costs what it costs and we want to be able to expand it even further and we want to be able to get larger facilities and larger arenas and so though we're not having to turn I saw the line at least it was several hundreds of people who were not able to make it in here tonight and I'm sure many who are still waiting outside hoping for someone to empty a seat and we want to steward what God is doing but I'm telling you now if we're gonna see this grow I need you I made a commitment to not charge for these events I'm just I'm not I'm not gonna charge for encounter services you may see as charged for like a dinner but there's a meal that we're charging for or you know a retreat but there's retreat cost but in terms of these evangelistic meetings where people are hearing the gospel being saved and healed and delivered and powered we will not charge that's my commitment to you so the only way this continues the only way we get to the next step is if you sacrificially give we need your help I'm just being I'm leveling with you now I need your help people have gone now the ministry is not in trouble we fund these events from our surpluses that we saved throughout the year so that we put it toward an event we know hey we don't want to go into debt doing this but we need to do it so we save throughout the year but if we're gonna keep doing events we have to be able to replenish those costs and so I'm asking you to simply do the best that you can and only you know what that is and I'm talking to those you online as well just do the best that you can that 475,000 need can be met it can be met in one night I know it I know that I know that I know that God can do it and I'm praying that he will but you have to hear him there are people here whom God has blessed in the area finances more so than others your responsibility is greater than the one who was not necessarily blessed like you I had a friend multi-millionaire he's sitting in a service not ours he's sitting in another conference that he was attending and God tells him give $10,000 he said Lord get someone else to give $10,000 he said okay I'll make someone else a millionaire to whom much is given much is required so what am I asking you to do there's not a magic number tied to it I'm not gonna say you know give a thousand dollars to be debt-free in seven days and there's no magic or mysticism here that's guys that's sorcery by the way to exchange the monetary for the spiritual that's not how that works you're not giving to get a miracle tonight maybe financially but not healing not deliverance that's not biblical God will bless you financially for financial selling but you don't pay for a healing Jesus already paid that you don't pay for deliverance Jesus already paid that but we do have a responsibility so I'm asking those of you in here whom God has blessed you you would be considered a wealthy person you're a wealthy person watching your wealth wealthy person sitting here do in proportion to what God has given you I'm asking those of you who are of average income do in proportion to what God has given you and those who say I really don't have anything okay you're why the events are free and we're happier here we're happier here so all of us coming together let's do this so that next year Ruben we were looking at what the Barclays Center is that was that here we're we're looking at the Barclays Center we don't know if we could book it you usually have to do a year in advance so we're looking at the Barclays Center for next year that's not a promise that's a goal so don't say if we don't get it don't be like you said I'm saying that's just an idea we're trying to get it he's been making some phone calls trying to get that facility but you get what I mean like this is this is something that's gonna snowball so will you help us meet this need how many just by show hands is I'm gonna help you tonight help us meet the need you online give at the link that's on the website the rest of you you can scan there was something on your seats that you can scan and if that's not there we're passing out the envelopes now and there's that a factual door that's been open to us this is an opportunity to seize upon we can't just say oh yeah the ministry is gonna grow oh yeah the ministry is gonna get a larger facility that's all of us together every revival had people involved every move of God has a generous people behind it and we need you to seize this opportunity with us we need to strike while the iron is hot now is the time this is the moment to seize we want to see these revival meetings like this in America again around the world again now is our opportunity there's divine momentum behind this there is growth there is favor it is happening let's not take it for granted this is the moment so the need for the weekend is 475,000 you will see that reflected when you use that QR code on the envelope or on that pamphlet that we gave you everybody doing what they can everybody sacrificing what they're able everybody doing their absolute best and I know that the need will be met and I want to thank you the people of God for sewing into this these are your hard-earned dollars and I know that you worked and I know that you put in the energy and the time and so I thank you for your giving this is what keeps the ministry functioning in terms of the practical needs this is how we continue to get facilities and continue to grow these events because they're only going to get bigger and bigger and bigger and we need you behind us so show us tonight that you want to see this move spread show us tonight that you're behind this ministry and let's meet this need people of God God will use you to do it you online you can participate as well about I want to say I would and you can check the website for more details I want to say about 20% of the cost in terms of the the crew has to do with making sure that it can be live streamed and so you participate in this it will help us as we have streamed this for you that has a cost factor to it if we were just doing the event here we know live streaming that would be cheaper but we added that expense because we want you involved as well so that you can be a part of what God is doing here I see the many different comments coming in online thank you for all the kind comments thank you for all of the giving online I'm still seeing more by the way people saying born again born again born again I love it I love somebody gave and said the devil has already lost this war and he is a sore loser I love it thank you for that comment and so as you're getting your gift ready you'll make checks payable to David Hernandez ministries you can use that QR code to scan for digital giving which is easy and fast if we have any crypto currency users we have that ability to accept that on the website that's something I'm recommending all ministries pastors ministries make sure your ministry accepts that because that's becoming more prominent in this day and age thank you to the online viewers we're just about finishing up with the offering and then we're going to believe God for his power to move those of you who are just now getting here you did not miss the whole service I minister to salvation message people were saved it was wonderful and now we're going to believe God for healing and deliverance and a manifestation of his power I believe that in the next few minutes here we're going to sense like a wave of his spirit move across and as you're finalizing your gift I'll just say this I want you to prepare your heart for what's to come because what is about to come upon this room is going to be very holy actually I'm going to talk about this in a moment just go ahead and and when they're ready to give you can pass the buckets when they're ready to give if you filled out your envelope we're going to pray in a moment but I want you to look at me because I want to make sure I'm communicating this with reverence and those of you watching online as well what you're about to experience in this room and watching online is holy it has nothing to do with religion it has nothing to do with man's ability there will be if God so chooses as he's chosen in every meeting we've experienced so far a manifestation of power that many of you will be able to fill standing right there or sitting right there in this room you watching online as well some describe like a weight coming over the room others describe like electricity coming on their body others say it's like waves of water flowing through some even report sensing like a wind blowing however that power is manifested I want to say this do not be afraid it's the holy spirit and don't wait for man to lay hands on you look at the size of the crowd here there's no way we can pray for everyone tonight in the time that we've been allowed to be in this facility there's no way and so what I want you to do is turn your focus to Jesus and as we begin to worship you're going to sense that beauty of his glory come on the room and as that weight comes on the room that's the moment to seize your healing that's the moment to receive your deliverance you will hear people being touched by God's power all over you may even hear someone being delivered by God's power let the holy spirit deal with it don't don't don't give that all the attention because what happens is well a person gets delivered if everyone crowds around and starts screaming you hype them beyond what God is doing and then they go into the flesh and start getting emotional just let the holy spirit set them free let them do his work and you'll hear that people being delivered and then the cries will cease and they're set free many will experience God's healing touch all the way in the back all the way in the front many will sense that power come on them test your body look for the sickness look for the tumor test your limbs test your eyes and your ears as that power begins to flow I sense that power flowing