 Hello everyone and welcome to Prophecy Files briefing. We're glad that you've joined us today. In just a moment, I want to take you to the indicators, the rapture-ready indicators that we've been dealing with now for several weeks and I pray that it's helping you to be able to see how close we are to the imminent return of Jesus Christ. First, I want to just remind you to be sure to register now for the upcoming Prophecy Files conference right here at Pace Assembly. All the information is on the screen and we need you to register today and I believe that it not only will be a blessing to you but will help you to see more insights into how you can be ready for the next great event on the calendar of God, the Rapture of the Church. Now to this briefing, we've been dealing over the past several weeks with the rapture-ready indicators, the vacuum of leadership, the global system that is already in place for the Antichrist arrival, the absolute power of government over the Almighty God's power that is attempting to take place as it has in the past and as it is happening even right now. And of course, the signs that are in the heavens and the artificial intelligence that's been taking place that is mimicking and trying to take the place of God Almighty. Well, here's the next rapture-ready indicator and it's very obvious in the world that we're living in today. Jesus said in Matthew 24 there would be wars and rumors of wars, one of the signs, one of the indicators. There are dozens of global conflicts that are taking place right now across the globe, of course the most obvious in the Ukraine and that of Russia but there are many more that are taking place even as we speak and within the past few days we have seen the State Department in the United States that has been calling for all of the American citizens to leave from Haiti because the war, the next rumor, and what is happening in Haiti is now coming to a fever pitch. In fact, in recent days an American missionary has been kidnapped. There are other events that are taking place around the world. Is this something that we didn't know about? No. Jesus said in Matthew 24, one of the indicators of the last days would be the massive amount of wars and rumors of wars that would be taking place. Our military across the United States around the world globally is stretched thin. That was one of the things that was taking place during King Saul's time that would cause great conflict because there was not enough of the military to take care of the situation such as the case today. In many cases as we've seen over the past few years the demoralizing of military individuals has been something that's been coming down even from the top. I want you to understand to go into conflict right now the United States in multiple locations, in fact having just sent millions of dollars to Taiwan because China is getting ready to invade. They said it is war that is imminent. Let me just take you to a couple of things you need to be aware of. There's over 1,800 terrorist attacks that had taken place in the first six months of this year in West Africa. By and large it is being ignored by most of the people around the globe especially the media and a lot of it has to do with Christian persecution that has taken place. Bikino Faso and other terrorist groups are having their way in the continent of Africa and it is a conflict that is ongoing has been and you're seeing even more of it ratcheting up. Of course the conflict that is taking place the war that is happening with the Ukraine and Russia and people that are gathering from around the globe even Saudi Arabia trying to broker a deal that went belly up this past weekend. Russia coming in with China behind it to support them and in recent days the Ukrainian government has acquired listen to this now we've sent the United States has sent military munitions cluster bombs all kinds of things going on they recently seized the Ukraine did a cash of North Korean missiles so they're now lobbing North Korean missiles into Russia and according to this article they're planning on taking the war right to the forefront. We've seen in the past few days as the war has ratcheted up from the Ukrainian side by sending a drone they said into Russia and actually striking in Moscow. The wars and the rumors of wars around the world are more than what our mind can comprehend and there are 10 major conflicts according to the international crisis website 10 conflicts that are happening right now that are the biggest that of the Ukraine they're expecting Armenia and Iran and Yemen and Ethiopia the Congo Sahel in the northern continent of Africa Haiti Pakistan and certainly Taiwan predictions are being made in the future that the United States and China will go to war over Taiwan and their own conflict. Ladies and gentlemen these are nothing more than the signs that Jesus predicted would take place in the last days you can read about it in Matthew 24 that he predicted that and not only predicted it but prophesied it into the future as part of the global signs that would take place that he was about to return have we always had war certainly is the wars that we're engaged in right now are they different they most certainly are and we've never been in our world so much on the edge so spread so thin from the United States military it is so important that we're looking at these signs and paying attention as the day draws closer to Jesus Christ return the only question is are you ready these are rapture ready indicators that I'm giving to you right now that are prophesied by Jesus Christ and we need to pay close attention and have our eyes looking up because any day now he's coming and I would encourage you to get ready and stay ready because I believe Jesus Christ is coming soon an evening pace family how's everyone doing this evening all right can we give Jesus a hand I'm just a Thanksgiving now with all that's going on in the world that you and I can come on a Wednesday night and gather together and hear his word and commune together come on let's give I mean that's let's give it up for Jesus hallelujah if you'll stand with me and take out your prayer and praise there's a lot of needs that are listed here we've had several families the loved ones have passed on we need to keep them in prayer how many people here would say God has answered a prayer for you you see that that's why we gather together and that's why we pray because we believe that not only does he hear but he answers amen hallelujah let's just lift it up right now Lord we come to you in Jesus name we know that you're able God we ask that you would meet every need on this prayer request God and all the families that are hurting right now God you would bring peace you would bring comfort God we look to you and no other there's only one name that we can call on the name above every name and that is Jesus God so we just speak your peace over situations and families that are not peaceful Lord we speak your salvation Lord to flood homes and everyone that are watching online right now and people that are needing a touch from heaven God we're lifting them up to you tonight the king of kings and the Lord of lords and we thank you that you hear our prayers amen amen go ahead and cross the aisle high five a brother and sister make sure you smile show them some teeth online guests we're honored that you would join us here on this Wednesday evening let us know where you're watching from and how we can pray for you we also have an online chat available for you to just leave a comment and we counted a great joy that you would spend your Wednesday night with paces similarly and we God bless you amen hallelujah are we doing good just a few announcements you're not going to want to miss prophecy files if there was every time to make sure we're updated and pastor does an amazing job updating us and I mean we we are so blessed to have that so that's happening September 16th and 17th it is free there's a $10 lunch charge for Saturday keep that in mind let's pray over the offering and also I just want to ask us to pray over our country as well you say amen to that amen so Lord we thank you right now for the gift and the give her a like Lord we ask that you would bless the offering God you said you love a joyful giver whose heart is in their giving God so we thank you right now for more than enough to meet the needs in Jesus name we pray we have offering buckets in the back and you can go online qr code or you can you can mail it in amen well I counted a great honor that pastor joey has asked me to share the word tonight and it's my greatest honor to stand behind this pulpit and praise the name of Jesus one that changed my life and I and I want you to know that uh for three reasons tonight I want to glorify the name of Jesus Christ he said if I lift him up that he would draw all men unto himself number two I want to expose the lies of satan for the liar that he is and how he's wreaking habit in our lives and I want to expose that the third thing I want to do I want to edify and I want to encourage the saints because we all need an encouraging word I don't care where you are on your road of life from time to time we all need encouragement sometimes you gotta encourage yourself amen well as you're opening your bibles to Luke chapter 24 Luke 24 I like to use a lot of scripture when I'm teaching my words are temporary but God's words eternal right I want to set a backdrop here as we're finding chapter 24 this is the best day this world has ever seen right here in chapter 24 Jesus has just risen from the dead come on the death is our greatest enemy and I want to tell everyone those watching online death is an enemy of God revelation says that he will destroy death one day he will do away with it completely you know people always ask well why would God let this happen you know what there are consequences to the choices that we've made right but God is on a rescue mission this is the greatest love story ever told love came down and found us at our greatest need he came looking for us like Hosea goes looking for Gomer he came and found us hallelujah thank you Jesus chapter 24 now on the first day of the week very early in the morning I'm sorry we're going to start in 13 go outside of there now behold the two of them were traveling on that same day this is resurrection day right here to a village called Emmaus which was seven miles from Jerusalem and they walked together talked together of all the things which had happened and so it was while they conversed in reason that Jesus himself drew near and went with them but their eyes were restrained so they did not know him and he said to them what kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you talk and are sad then the one whose name is Cleopas answered and said to them are you the only stranger in Jerusalem and have you not known the things which had happened in these days and he says of them what things so they said to him the things concerning Jesus of Nazareth who was a prophet mighty indeed and word before God and all people and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him but we were hoping that he was going to redeem Israel and he besides all this it's the third day since these things have happened and yes and a certain women of our company who arrived at the tomb early astounded us when they did not find his body and came saying that they have seen visions of angels who said he is alive certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as a woman had said but him they did not see and he said to them oh foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all the prophets had spoken ought not the Christ to have to suffer these things and enter into his glory and beginning with Moses and all the prophets he had spounded to them in all the scriptures things concerning himself then they junior to a village where they were going and he indicated that he would have gone farther but they constrained him saying abide with us for the day for for it is towards evening and the day is far spent and he went in and stayed with them and now it came to pass as he said at the table with them that he broke took the bread blessed it and broke it and gave it to them then their eyes were open and they knew him and he vanished from their sights and listen to this they said to one another did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the road and while he opened the scriptures to us and so they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem and found the 11 and those who were there gathered together saying the Lord is risen indeed amen and has appeared to Simon and they told about all the things that had happened on the road and how he has made known to them and the breaking of bread hallelujah Hebrews tells us to look away from all that would distract us to Jesus who is the leader in the source of our faith given us the first incentive for our belief and is also the finisher bringing it to maturity and perfection Jesus is the author and the finisher of our faith as long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus he could do the impossible he could walk on water I don't know about you but I'd like to walk on some things in my life amen I believe that Jesus paid too great of a price for us not to live in the freedom that he purchased for us on the cross amen well we need to keep our eyes on Jesus in this day say that with me keep my keep your eyes on Jesus father I thank you for the word God and I pray right now that you would fly a fire in our hearts God that you would illuminate our hearts to see your truth God we're weary on the journey God pour out your living water right now tonight Lord we need you like never before God you said we're two or three are gathered you are in our midst we're not here to hear about you Lord we're here to experience your presence God we need you we want to say as the Psalmist Lord as a dear pants for water so my soul thirsts for the living God God you said with the spirit of the Lord is there as freedom and I speak your freedom over this congregation and over my own life tonight in the name of Jesus we thank you for your love your grace and your mercy Lord that makes it all possible in the finished work on the cross and we all say amen hallelujah I think we can all agree that our world's upside down I find it interesting that the way you and I see is upside down God created our eyes so that when we view an object the object we see is initially upside down that image hits our retina and the image is then translated into neural impulses and carried along million optic nerve fibers to the brain this means that our brain receives a picture of the world flipped on its head but being so brilliantly designed our brain figures out very quickly that the upside down image are not the way things really are and learn the ability to turn it right side up there's coming a day where Jesus is coming back and he is going to turn this world right side up the government will be on his shoulders hallelujah there will be peace on earth and goodwill to men but tonight I believe he's more concerned about our hearts being right just like a pilot needs to keep his eyes on his instrument panel he can't trust what his natural eyes are seeing no he has to walk by faith and not by sight right when he's flying that airplane right if he goes with his vision it could be detrimental if we're honest think we would all say that our eyes haven't always been on Jesus but I know mine certainly haven't but I'm so grateful tonight that his eyes have always been on you and me amen second chronicles 19 9 says the eyes of the Lord roam to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are loyal to him like Isaiah 53 God is looking for someone who will believe the report of the Lord and not the report of this world those believers will see the arm of the Lord move powerfully in these last days but it's gonna take some grit to persevere and to not grow cold amen we're gonna need God's grace to strengthen our resolve like never before I want to talk to us tonight about walking in freedom and as we join our disciples back on the road here because we're all somewhere on that road their perspective you know they have given all they had forsaken all to follow Jesus and from their perspective everything was going wrong think about that for a second they were only three days in fact this is the day from the greatest miracle that's ever taken place on planet earth and that's Jesus conquering the grave think about that in our own lives focusing on our circumstances makes us unaware of God's presence Satan's plan is that we focus on ourselves he wants us focused on me and you but there's only but the only power that he has is the power we give him when we believe his lies because he's a liar and the father of lies the holy spirit will always glorify Jesus and take what is Jesus and reveal it to us they were walking and wondering what are we gonna do can you just picture them they're kicking rocks what are we gonna do it's almost like Satan dispatches little devils that sit on our shoulder what are you gonna do what are you gonna do well what are you gonna do that's all they all day long you hear him just naggy it's like i'm gonna trust Jesus that's what i'm gonna do they've lost courage like pastor joey says we can't go forward without courage the thing that keeps us out of the promise lane is not the enemy though it's our lack of courage and faith to believe that God is actually for us God is actually for us he's he's not against us suddenly here's Jesus walking with him but they don't recognize him and seeing their sadness in this spirit of depression that comes straight from hell he says hey guys what's up in other words what are you focusing on Cleopas tells Jesus what's been happening do we do that we tell God what's been happening the ladies were the first to the empty tomb this is where we get ladies first sorry tough crowd claims of angels saying that Jesus is alive and Jesus hearing his unbelief gently corrects him oh foolish one so of heart to believe in all the prophets had spoken wasn't it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory and beginning with Moses and all the prophets he expounded to them all the scriptures concerning himself i want that to sink in tonight all the scriptures concerning himself jesus the word made flesh the holy spirit records this meaning that had to be extremely important to jesus a couple of observations it's the first day of his resurrection it's the first record of him teaching from the scriptures since he's been raised from the dead this was no ordinary meeting jesus was uncovering treasures for them that you and i need to see tonight amen proverb 252 says it's the glory of god to conceal a matter but it's the glory of kings to search out a matter we're called a kingly priest hallelujah let's dive in first notice they were called up in their own understanding and hey i get it i'm pretty good at leaning on my own understanding too but proverbs clearly says lean not on your own understanding we can't do what the word of god says not to do and expect to bear good fruit in our lives amen but god is gracious and all he requires of us is that we speak the truth it's okay to say lord i don't understand why all this is happening to me on this journey i have questions he's a big god he can handle our questions just speaking the truth is what's required no wonder they're disappointed no wonder they're depressed that's what happens when the truth about jesus is absent from our minds they were hoping that jesus would redeem israel like you and i are hoping he'll redeem america maybe maybe not but i know someday but i believe with all my heart we're gonna see the greatest revival this country's ever seen for the glory of god now i'm not saying it's gonna be easy but i'm saying god's gonna see us through he's gonna make it happen he's gonna pour out his spirit in the last days he's not in heaven ringing his hands tonight wondering what we're gonna do no it's all going his plan hallelujah hagi 2 9 says the glory of the latter house will be greater they were more consumed about israel's redemption than the redeemer himself jesus can never be a means to an end no matter how noble that that it may be we need to be occupied with him we need to our heart posture needs to be jesus if it all falls apart tomorrow i'm gonna trust you to see us through you'll see us through the fiery furnace you'll see us through the lion den you'll see us when we stand before our goliath you'll see us the part our red seas you will see us through you will make a way where there seems to be no way we're not gonna back down we've read the book we know how the story is and i believe we're gonna see a victory you tell what song i was listening to you today he knows what we need before we ask the bible says our prayer needs to be help us jesus to seek first your kingdom and your righteousness and everything else will be added i don't know about you but uh that's that's something you're gonna have to discipline your mind to do worse we're we're living in a world there's so many distractions to keep us from moving forward motives are important when we come to the lord you know it's not what we do but it's the reasons behind what you do that really matters the disciples didn't believe the prophecies that the cross was god's plan to save humanity if they if so they would have been throwing a party but they were mentally defeated the greek were here for force as anatos meaning not understanding our own wise now when jesus rebukes the Pharisees for being foolish over in matthew 2317 the greek word here is morose pretty good i'm pretty sure that's where we get our word moron okay it means dull and stupid okay it's so important that we understand the loving tones of our savior i don't know about you but i listen to tones that people talk to me in loving tones we don't study god's word to accumulate bible knowledge to get some experience we study god's word to have a revelation of jesus hebrews 10 7 says jesus says behold i've come to fulfill the volume of the book that is written of me he's the hero of the human narrative he's the king of kings lord of lords he's the soon coming king hallelujah some read the word and it becomes law to them and they become hard and legalistic posse paul describes this in roman's 10 they have a zeal for god but not according to knowledge what knowledge is he talking about next verse for they be an ignorant of god's righteousness seek to establish their own righteousness have not submitted to the righteousness of god for christ is the end of the law of righteousness to everyone who believes and i want you to hear me tonight we are free from a performance based acceptance we're free from that tonight we're free from that tonight the bible says rightly divide the word right there is an old covenant and there is a new covenant and satan knows that god hates a mixture and that's what happens when we mix the covenants the law the 10 commandments it loses its convicting power to bring us to our knees to be a schoolmaster to point me to jesus my savior grace is no longer grace if you have to earn it i'm here tonight by the grace of god 18 years free of drug and alcohol a life of crime all because i met a real risen savior many are unaware that they're trapped in legalism and they wouldn't even admit to it the zeal for the law will blind you to god's grace paul here he's the best person to write about it i mean he's the Pharisee of Pharisees captain of the Sadducees legalists the artist formerly known as saul he wasn't just i mean he was sending people to prison he was murdering christians but man he was so passionate for the law that that's what all he was doing i mean think about this saul saul the light on the road to Damascus though saul saul why are you persecuting me jesus says you gotta love his response who are you lord i'd be coming up with some humility too wouldn't you i'm jesus who you're persecuting it's hard for you to kick against the goads love that it's a greek proverb probably greg knows all about it familiar to anyone that made a living in agriculture an ox god was a stick with a pointed piece of iron on its tip used to prod the ox when plowing the farmer would prick the animal to steer it in the right direction sometimes the enemy with the animal would rebel by kicking out against the prick resulting in the prick being driven into its flesh the more it rebelled the more it suffered thus jesus word to paul it's hard for you to kick against the pricks the law is a veil but once that veil is removed and then the hill is right here in our hearts once it's removed he became the apostle of god's grace and his zeal is no longer without knowledge unless we see jesus there is no transformation the law can't transform me the law is good and it is holy and it is just but it doesn't have the power to make me good holy or just only grace can do that only jesus can do that the cross changed everything and satan knows that he wants to bring a mixture like in galatians they're like who be with you you started off in the spirit now we're doing works of flesh and we all do it has anyone here ever felt condemned right there jesus said there is no condemnation in christ it almost gives you a holy anger we've bought the lives of satan there's no condemnation nothing good in me but jesus i'm gonna tell you right now i would fall tomorrow if it were not for the grace of god those who persecute you for believing in god's grace are gonna answer to jesus just like paul did why because grace is not a not some doctrine or teaching grace is a person jesus is grace personified john 117 for the law was given through moses but grace and truth came through jesus christ that term was given implies distance came through is up close it's personal i say it like this it's one thing to get a letter in the mail it's a whole another thing when someone's knocking on your door jesus is knocking on the door of our hearts tonight i can't have a relationship with a set of rules i can't be obedient to a set of rules if love is not the motivating factor for our obedience it is not obedience at all marriage is always our parallel with our relationship with god and if there is not love in a marriage there is no marriage if there is not the love of god shed abroad in our hearts by the holy spirit then we better pack it up because no one goes anywhere but by the grace of god we're all saved by grace through faith in the finished work of the cross satan will use the word of god against us he did it to jesus in the garden you can believe he's doing it to us in twisting the scriptures half truth and out of context the ministry of the ten commandments is actually called the ministry of condemnation and death did you know that i'll read it for you second Corinthians three four and eight such is the confidence that we have through christ towards god not that we're sufficient in ourselves to claim anything from coming from us but our sufficiency is from god who has made us sufficient ministers of a new covenant not the old covenant the new covenant nothing transfers over from the old to the new the old covenant was based entirely on my performance nobody got saved god found with the old covenant on the new covenant it's still performance but it's all jesus's performance on my behalf and yours that's the gospel that's something to get excited about tonight i'm accepted before the father perfectly because of jesus devil is dumbed down the gospel or we don't even god forbid it doesn't ever move us to the core when we hear the gospel not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter kills and the spirit gives life now the ten commandments are the word of god and they're good just and holy but their purpose is not to make you and i a good just or holy its purpose is to lead man to his knees and point us to a savior now if the ministry of death there it is carved on letters of stone came with such glory that the israelites could not gaze at moses's face because of the its glory which is being brought to an end will not the ministry of the spirit have even more glory for if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation satan's having a meeting tonight too by the way you think we're the only ones that gather and get together and commune and and read the scriptures they're having a meeting and hell tonight and they're studying us where do you think he gets the power to condemn us it's right here it says it in the scripture they go to the ministry of condemnation and even though we're under grace they trick us into believing that we're earning god's favor and you know what that does that creates seesaw christianity oh god i've done good today lords happy with me oh man i blew it over here wow lords not so happy no that would that's would drive anyone mad man i would hate it if my wife came home every day and was doubting whether or not i loved her what kind of marriage would that be maybe we're on the solid rock of jesus christ maybe we're standing strong come on somebody if the ministry of righteousness must far exceeding glory indeed in this case once once had glorious come to have the glory at all because of the glory that surpasses it the new covenant for what if was being brought to an end came with glory much more what is permanent have glory the new covenant and i like to say like this the new covenant is never not the new covenant it never wears old it's not a pair of shoes that were new one day and all the next no it's always new it's always new the mercies are new every morning god's grace is new every morning i just got a dog her name is gracey and she is happy to see me every time i come home dog is god's belt backwards just saying that's how the love of god is he's always happy to hear from us i don't have a friend in my life that i could call 10 times a day without them getting aggravated but god is always happy to hear from us see not good tonight since we have such a hope we are very bold not like moses who put a veil over his face so that the israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end their minds were hardened until this day when the old covenant is read that same veil remains unlifted because only through christ is it taken away yes to this day whenever moses is read the veil lies over their hearts but when one turns to the lord the veil is removed now the lord is spirit and where the spirit of the lord is there's freedom there's freedom in this house right now grab ahold of it there's freedom from addictions there's freedom from depression there's freedom from all these lies this world's trying to sew to us no i'm a satisfied customer of god's grace i'm gonna stand right here and say that tonight he's good and his goodness endures forever tonight yes to this very day when moses has read the veils over their heart over their hearts and we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the lord are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another for this comes from the lord who is spirit let me just say it like this i'm so grateful i'm not who i used to be okay we can all say him into that but i'm gonna tell you right now i am far from a finished work okay and and until i see jesus in a twinkling of an eye i'm not gonna be perfect all right let's just get that on the table right now the goal is not that we be perfect the goal is that we know the one and have a relationship with the one who is perfect because you are the company you keep oh yeah he'll rub off on this he'll change this i couldn't even read in high school god told me how to read study in his word i'm gonna tell you right now he'll change any situation if you just give it to him he'll give you beauty for ashes if you'll give him the ashes to work with second chronicle says that the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law where is satan going to get his power it's just like the speed limit sign they can't write you a ticket if it's posted but there's no speed limit the law has to be posted it is written that is where satan is going he is using the two-edged sword is what the bible is against us you have to know that we have to rightly divide the word of truth the whole book cover to cover is jesus the old testament we read it it's foreshadows jesus and all everything is pointing to him and the new covenant his glories revealed and we see him it's all jesus we're not under law but we're under grace we're under grace it took the god given his only son to offer us grace tonight sending his son to a roman torture tool to be murdered for us in fact jesus freely gave his life and he rose again on the third day why because he's the giver of life can't keep a good man down come on he's a giver of life my sin is paid for and i am free man if i came up to you tonight and said let me pay your mortgage off for you how would you react i bet we see we see joseph run the room here or something like it but something so much greater has been paid on our behalf our sin debt and god just doesn't barely meet the need look at the stars in heaven jesus christ was such an overpayment for our sins it is so paid in full it's just not barely done jesus didn't say it's almost finished no he said it's finished he said paid in full tell tell us die is what he said on the cross meaning paid in full my sin account is cleared devil i owe you nothing i'm free in jesus name roman's four eight says blessed and happy and favored is the man here's paul quoting david who sinned the lord will not take into account or charge against him impute that's what the original language is there it's an accounting term i owe the debt i couldn't pay and he came and paid a debt he didn't know so that i could go free man for a center like me i couldn't hear better news for him to say ben i want you to be a part of my family what they're all i've done 10 years probation they're all i've done you want me a part of your family someone like a thief like me that you're gonna take me in you're gonna clean me up you're gonna teach me your word you're gonna love me like a son and i think my father tonight because he loved me unconditionally growing up and he made it easy for me to receive the love of god how we treat people is important fusions one seven passion says since we are now doing to cry sweeping given the treasures of redemption by his blood the total cancellation of our sins all because of the cascading riches of his grace man i am a true believer that right believing will lead to right living you and i were created for love a mayus means hot bath isn't that awesome how words just have these meanings the disciples are walking with jesus and they how they were describing how they felt is it kind of like axe 1319 it talks about a time of refreshing in the presence of the lord which is also happening right now as they repented of their wrong thinking and doubting his goodness they walked back to jerusalem which was 14 miles man that's that's i mean when's the last time you walked 14 miles i mean given the initial frame of mind that they were in their their strength was renewed isaiah 40 31 says those who wait upon the lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up his wings as eagles they should run and not grow weary walk and not faint the bible interprets the bible amen listen how they describe how they felt did not our hearts burn within us while he walked and talked with us on the road and while he opened the scriptures to us here is the key when jesus is unveiled in the scriptures it causes our hearts to burn within us it renews our strength it renews our hope it it gives us a future and a hope that's not some fairy tale it's not some pie in the sky god has never been wrong i'm gonna tell you i've been in finance and i've been looking at investments and man though this might work and i know i've went out on things that really did have much of a chance but god says man it's a hundred percent with me you have you have my word on it where else are you gonna find a deal like that but why we struggle to believe it's just like these two disciples why because of the lies of our enemy that we're buying it's like a fog it really is when you press through you'll realize man it wasn't even real all the lines i was believing didn't even come to pass remember how he responded to their unbelief beginning with moses genocid exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy he expounded all things concerning himself continuing with samriel kings isaia jeremiah hear him say tonight i'm the seed of the woman whose heel crushed the head of the serpent i am the blessing of abraham to all the nations i am the high priest melchizedek i am the one who wrestled with jacob i am the messiah lion of the tribe of juda i'm the voice of the burning bush i'm the Passover lamb i'm the prophet greater than moses i'm the one who parted the red sea i'm the captain of the lord's army i'm the kinsman redeemer i'm the son of david i'm the suffering savior in psalm 22 i'm the good shepherd in psalm 23 i'm the wisdom in the book of proverbs i'm the lover in the song of Solomon i'm the priestly messiah in the book of daniel i'm the alpha in the omega in the book of revelations i am your savior tonight who died on the cross and who carried all your sin and you are free fill the lord tell us we are free tonight he wants us to walk in freedom doesn't want us carrying our baggage it's been paid i am he says i am he's whatever you need him to be i had a friend pastor friend he was coming out to the beach to meet me one day he was praying on the way there lord help me to know ben a little better right i'm sitting in the cafe and i'm just eating my breakfast and this you know isn't i just felt i need to do this i felt there was a police officer and i i love i honor our sheriff policeman don't get me wrong here this isn't anything bad uh my my uncle was captain of the sheriff's department okay but i hear the sheriff telling the waitress that god's not real he sends people you know sends people to hell and i felt it so strongly that i went over to the table there's four sheriffs there and i just simply shared the gospel with them and you know what they did they said son we pull up a chair why don't you join us for breakfast and the three sheriffs you know they were getting it from the lawn and now and i mean just shared the love of god with them and then here comes my pastor friend walking in the door i want to get to know ben a little better there i am sitting at the table full of shares come on over pastor it's time to share the gospel this morning hey come on somebody hello magnify the lord with me somebody come on we whatever we focus on is going to grow he kind of magnified jesus man i'm tony i'm not preaching at you i need this word i'm just a student of the word just like you i need this message i need to be encouraged it's the midnight hour from some i just want to tell you stories not over there's a next chapter for you some 40 34 5 says those who look to jesus are radiant their faces are never covered in shame the first day of his resurrection jesus sets a president how we are to read and study the bible he wants us to see him why casin him sets me free for myself hallelujah hallelujah when i look at myself my mistakes my failures even my successes even my strengths there's no lasting hope there there's no lasting peace there there's no lasting joy there we can make an idol of anything idols don't satisfy only jesus can satisfy the soul and i want to encourage whoever's here tonight you're believing god for something great and man i want to encourage you just to take that step of faith and no no is history things don't happen overnight man when i got in ministry i've been in ministry a little over 13 years and when i got ministry i i just saw this would happen overnight but god takes his time and he does it the right way and i thought about that when i was dating chari here i wanted to take my time i wanted to do it the right way why because she deserves that we deserve that god he is the lover of our soul tonight paul considered all his accomplishments one big cow patty he said dung in scripture but i thought i'd spice it up for you a little bit hey one big cow patty compared to knowing christ flippians 3 8 he said that i may finish my course in the ministry that i received from the lord to testify to the grace of god this is paul isaas 64 tells us that all our righteousness are but filthy rags jesus instructs us tonight to turn from our dark conversations depressing thoughts fill our mind with his goodness and our hearts with his love tonight and i had to confess you know i i knew i was going to be speaking here tonight and it changes everything i do you know i i'm spending way more time in the word i'm praying all day because i need all the help i can get let me tell you and i felt a conviction of my own heart man why don't i just naturally do that because i love you and i want to know you more growing grace and knowledge of him every old testament sacrifice feast tabernacle priest points to jesus seeing jesus loving and forgiving those whom the world despised like the lady caught in adultery i'm gonna take a stab at this everyone wants to know what jesus wrote in the sand here's here's my here's my two cents take it for what it was eat the meat spit out the bones is what a pastor once told me a pastor got me a ministry introduced me to my wife so i'll i'll take what he says pastor hallelujah jesus stooped down on the ground and i believe he wrote the law because he was the finger that wrote the law in the first place and handed it to moses and he stooped down twice why because moses broke the first set so he stooped down and he started writing that law out and the men started looking at it and he said he without sin cast the first stone and they all threw down their rocks and walked away and he said to the woman woman where where you're accusers he says no no one accuses me lord he goes neither do i condemn you go and sin no more when i was in my worst state i felt the lord say those words to my heart religion will tell you don't sin and we won't condemn you satan twists it there's no power there you ask an electrician to hook up electricity there's only one way it flows there's no power there but when the lord says i gift you no condemnation it gave me the power to rise up and sin no more and i'm gonna tell you what the lord showed me today this is a picture of the body of the bride of christ right here this is the bride of christ at the feet of jesus we're sitting there broken in our brokenness and he says who condemns you neither do i condemn you now go sin no more man i'm trying to break the chains of the enemy off of our life we're gonna walk in freedom the lord's got too much going on in this last day thank you lord thank you jesus seeing him heal the blind cleanse the leopard multiply and provisions i'm believing the lord for some heavenly multiplication in my life i'll just stay right behind the pulpit and let you know that i'm right there with you he's been good to me though i've never come up short since i've been serving the lord he taught me he's faithful if i give he'll definitely take care of me because he don't want our money he wants our hearts tonight hallelujah he wants our hearts tonight i just feel that strongly you know when you came to the altar marriage your husband or wife you gave your heart away you know and we come to the altar we repent of our sins but that repentance points us to jesus it clears the road to our hearts so that we can come and give our heart away to our joshua our jesus joshua was just pointing towards so that jesus can take us into the ultimate promise land which is i believe heaven where there are no giants because there is no sin because i don't care how good you have it here in this life sin is always crouching at the door waiting to take you out question why would the lord restrain their eyes why wouldn't they just show them their hands in the side i believe that it wouldn't produce true faith he said to thomas you believe thomas because you've seen but blessed are those who believe and have not seen hallelujah that's encouraging to me the faith of the disciples was based on them seeing jesus where would you and i be tonight jesus purposely restrained their eyes so that they would see him first in the scriptures placing you and i on common ground because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god that word for god there is christos okay when i hear the message of christ christ didn't come to do away with the law he came to fulfill the law perfectly on our behalf when i hear the law read to me it's the word of god but it doesn't produce faith in me thou shall not murder thou shall not commit adultery i've done it all yeah and you have too the Pharisees thought they were living up to god's holy standard he says you ever hated your brother in your heart that's murder you ever looked at a woman blessed in your heart that's adultery god's holy standard so far beyond our reach no it's a mirror that points me that i can see clearly who i am it's the truth that sets me free and points me to the savior because who the sun sets free is free indeed that's why i'm standing here tonight to proclaim freedom what is done in my life and he wants to do in yours it's a mystery but the more we hear about jesus unveiled in the scriptures the more faith we have to believe for our own lives the gospel is not a betterment program it's the power of god under salvation i was dead and now i'm alive it's not about being good you know good people don't go to heaven only forgiven people go to heaven good works isn't going to get you there and it's not god's heart that any should perish he went through all the trouble in the world so that we could be redeemed from death so that death would not be the end it would not have the final say and he did all of this so that he we would have a free will choice to choose him out of the heart of love if i had to marry chari with a shotgun in my hand that wouldn't be a very pretty picture would it but the fact that she freely chose shows that miracles still happen today god wants us to freely choose i was dead now i'm alive blind now i see that's the gospel that changed my life that's the gospel i preach and that's the gospel i'm not ashamed of i owe a debt to the lord now not because i have to because i want to says the love of god compels me now to share the gospel with the loss oh man i'm not there god's giving me a gift i can stand up in front of everyone and preach now when i couldn't even spell in high school because satan always attacks your gift that's what it comes down to but i'm gonna tell you where i struggle i struggle with that one-on-one in the grocery store because i'm so quick and fast and in a hurry to get out of publics people be crazy up in there better get prayed up before you go into walmart the gospel is never not good news see we all fall short somewhere yeah you come to jesus acting like you're all that in a bag of chips and he'll always point out the one thing you lack hallelujah man jehoshaphat i love this story man i just love this story you know they're surrounded by israel with three armies he gets the bad report we've all been there and he cries out to the lord we don't know what to do but our eyes are on you you know jesus' track record's 100 percent i mean if it was 50 50 we'd buy into that deal but it's 100 percent i love it the military strategy was send the worship leaders out to the front line he gets a word from the lord it says do not be afraid or dismayed for the battle is not yours but god's hallelujah now send the worship leaders out to the front line that was the military strategy listen to the song they sing for the lord is good and his mercy endures forever for the lord is good and his mercy endures forever i'ma tell you what when you're going through it just sing it the lord is good and his mercy endures forever and i'm telling you what his word is gonna come to pass man's word is temporary at best god's word's eternal filled with power to change lives planted in a human heart it'll produce a garden that you will not even recognize yourself he's an awesome savior tonight we're not perfect but we have perfect representation in heaven i want you to think about that he said where i am so are you in this world jesus is praying for us tonight i need all the prayer i can get the life i was living people all the time come on man you're finally we prayed for a husband for her for years and i'm thinking wow lord i needed every one of those prayers life i was leading in the world you'll have trouble he says but be of good cheer i have overcome the world the end times i mean we are so blessed with pastor joey i'ma tell you right now we are up to date i'ma tell you right now we can't ask for any better you can't say you weren't informed okay because we are getting informed we're knowing right where we're at but still we can be like the disciples i mean do we really get it i mean he's matthew 24 gives us a snapshot of great tribulation like the world has never seen if those days have not been cut short no one would be saved false christ will arise and lead people astray but jesus says see i have told you beforehand i want you to think about those disciples walking down the road they were only three days from their greatest victory don't worry jesus said for as lightning flashes from the east to the west so will be the coming of the lord jesus no this hope purifies our hearts we can give him a hand tonight on that he's coming back for us he's coming back with love in his eyes and fire for his bride he says when you see all these things taking place look up for your redemption draw with nigh i'm coming to a close might beat the baptist of water burger just kidding just kidding oh i won't be asked back does anybody get anything out of this tonight this encourages anybody tonight praise the lord chileapus means the father's glory the name chileapus urges us to keep talking about the wonders of creation and the glory of the creator without restrictions without holding back it marks the fact that truth cannot be seduced and will come back no matter what tyrants do to people and no matter what tyrants tell people what to believe the truth is coming back it can't be stopped hallelujah i mean i've seen a mushroom grow through concrete i'm gonna tell you right now the word of god it cannot be stopped until then we're just pilgrims passing through we're looking for a heavenly city whose builder and maker is god who makes glad the streams of our god that's where we're heading this is in our home no matter where we are on the road of life god i want to encourage you to keep your eyes on jesus i want to encourage just to keep on walking taking one foot in front of the other people ask me hey ben how you're doing it's one foot in front of the other i'm sure they get tired of hearing me say that but you know what it's just the truth some days that's all i got one foot in front of the other but he who promised is faithful he who promised is faithful i was back there praying before coming out here tonight lord if you don't do it it ain't getting done i'll make a fool of both of us but you promised you promised hold him at his word he who promised is faithful puts your faith in the finished work of the cross like pastor joey teaches us and it will never fail amen can we stand tonight hallelujah let's give jesus a hand he's worthy he's worthy tonight let's want to pray ever father we thank you for your presence lord we thank you for the living water that you poured out tonight god you think we thank you for the refreshing that we've received tonight from your word god the hope that only you can bring lord god we thank you for your love for us tonight that you so love the world father that you gave jesus for us we can't even grasp that lord that your love would be that amazing who am i that you would love me david said who am i nevertheless lord we thank you for your love grace and your mercy and i pray a blessing over the congregation over pace assembly father i declare that pace days are are the best days at pace are still in front of them well i declare in this church we will see lines out the door coming in for the gospel that it might grow dark in this hour lord but people will get desperate they're gonna come where they can find hope they're gonna come to the christian who's shining their light the light always shines brightest in the darkness so get ready church get ready because they're coming god's gonna bring them in hallelujah can we thank you for his faithfulness tonight thank you jesus for your love grace and mercy in jesus name i pray amen amen thank you for worshipping with us today and we pray that god has touched your life in a powerful way if you've given your life to jesus christ or you're feeling the tug in your heart to do so why don't you surrender to the lord today ask him to come into your heart forgive you of your sins he'll do exactly that when you place your faith in what he's done at the cross and then we want to hear from you would you send an email and let us know what jesus christ is done in your life let us know where you're watching from we'd love to connect with you and i believe that god is going to touch your life and bless you in the days that are ahead if you count pace assembly as your regular church of worship then we certainly want to be able to hear from you there's information on the screen that you can send your email to and we look forward for you being a part of every service right here pace assembly every sunday and every wednesday and special services throughout the year god bless you for joining us today father i pray that you would touch the life of my friend that today they would never be the same that your presence would surround their life and peace would be their highest blessing we give you praise for it today in jesus name amen god bless you friends and until we get together again remember jesus christ is coming soon