Sons For The Building Of His House

[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for listening to The Sousom Word by David Entry. The words you catch will change your will. May your story change from this message.

[0:13] Be blessed. God only wise, the blessed and only potentate, who dwells in unapproachable light, who no man has seen or can see.

[0:28] We ask you to reveal yourself through the pages of scriptures. As your word is taught, Lord, visit us. Reveal depths to us.

[0:40] Take us into the deep. We are hungry for you. We want to be agents of change, agents of revival, agents and containers of your glory.

[0:52] Reveal yourself to us through your word. In Jesus' name. Somebody say amen. Amen. Sons for the building of his house.

[1:06] Sons. Someone say sons. Sons. John chapter 1. John chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

[1:20] The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him. And without him was not anything made that was made. I'm reading from the King James Bible.

[1:32] In him was life. In him was life, and the life was the light of man. The light shines, shineth in darkness, and darkness comprehended it not.

[1:42] Verse 10. Verse 10. All right, let's go to verse 9 instead. That light. That light was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

[1:55] He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

[2:08] But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believed on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

[2:26] And the word became flesh and dwelt amongst us, and we beheld the glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

[2:41] Hallelujah. Amen. The Bible says, in the beginning. Somebody say, in the beginning. In the beginning. This, in the beginning, is, when you read Genesis chapter 1, verse 1, what does it say?

[2:56] Genesis 1, 1. Let's read Genesis 1, 1. One more time, please. John 1, 1.

[3:12] The word was of God, and the word was God. All right. I submit to you that this beginning is different, not quite the same as the beginning in Genesis chapter 1.

[3:25] This beginning is older than the one in Genesis chapter 1. This beginning is, goes further into eternity before Genesis chapter 1.

[3:39] So Genesis chapter 1 says, in the beginning of time, God created. This one, before time began, the word existed. All right.

[3:50] So the word has always been now. Isn't it interesting? He said, in the beginning was what? The word. Genesis 1, 1. He said, in the beginning, God. John 1, 1. He said, in the beginning, what's the word?

[4:02] And then he says that the word was with God. And how can I be with the pulpit?

[4:12] And I'm the pulpit. I am with the pulpit. That means I am apart from the pulpit. I'm not the same as the pulpit. Because I am with the pulpit.

[4:25] But I said the word was with God. And the word was God. Now, the word is the expression or the definition of God. The word is the description of God.

[4:40] So when God wanted to describe himself, he describes himself as the word is what explains God. You want to know God? Check the word. Because the word is God.

[4:53] You want to know God? The word is the explanation of God. The word is the definition of God. The word is the description of God. And he says that. That's very interesting.

[5:04] Something that got my attention is that in the beginning was the word. This is how it is like. That in the beginning was referring to eternity.

[5:16] Eternity passed. But eternity does not operate on time. Time sort of came interrupted into eternity. And then after time, eternity continues.

[5:32] So you won't be here forever. Have you seen anyone around forever before? There was a time Michael Jackson was doing everything that he won't die. I'm talking about in your lifetime.

[5:46] He lied in all kinds of things and that, you know. So no one lives forever. Yeah. Yeah. We are all mortals. None of us is immortal.

[5:57] So we are here for a short time. The Bible says that man, we are like grass. The glory of man is like grass. You appear today and tomorrow you are no more.

[6:09] We are like vapor. So eternity, time, eternity. But why? God was in eternity alone. In the beginning was the word.

[6:20] He is God. Eternal. But now, after time, the God of the eternity future is the same God, but it's kind of different from the God here.

[6:35] Because he passed through time. Collected some stuff through time. And added it to himself.

[6:49] And eternity different because in the eternity past, the God that was in eternity didn't actually have a dwelling. He just is.

[7:02] No dwelling. He's eternal. God by himself. The Bible says that he dwells in unapproachable light. No man has seen and no one can see.

[7:13] The only wise God. That's the God we are talking about. And then, the Bible says that he decided that I have a plan. So what he had was just he was planning in eternity past.

[7:26] He had a plan. And so in the beginning, God created. What did he create? What did he create? Put you on the screen, please.

[7:38] In the beginning. All the creation of heaven and earth. Let's read it out loud. Loud. In the beginning, all the creation of heaven and earth. I don't hear you. In the beginning, all the creation of heaven and earth.

[7:51] He created. To create is to speak the word. Right. Release the word.

[8:03] And creation. The Bible says that Abraham believed in God. Who calls the things that be not? Romans 4, 17.

[8:13] He calls the things that be not. He gives life to the dead and calls things that are not. Still the way. He calls and they come. He has calls and they come.

[8:25] He calls and they come. By his word. And God decided to create. What? What did he create? What did he create? So, you know, San Juan said God lives in heaven.

[8:39] If he lives in heaven. When he created heaven. Where was he before he created the heavens? He created the heavens and the earth. If he lives in heaven. Where was he when he created the heavens?

[8:53] He didn't. He was. He just is. But he created the heavens and the earth. And you know the purpose for the heaven.

[9:04] The heaven was created because of earth. Today we are going to have some interesting right. Heaven was created for the earth.

[9:17] And the earth was created for. Man. You got it. The earth was created because of. Because of.

[9:29] Man. Not because of God. Not because of angels. Not because of the monkeys and the donkeys. God created the earth. For man.

[9:39] Because of man. But. Why was man created? Man was created as a receptacle. As a container.

[9:52] He was created as a container. To now receive God. In time. For eternity. Oh. Oh. Oh. This pastor is saying some interesting things.

[10:03] So. Okay. Let me make it simple. So. God created heavens because of the earth. Okay. Look at. Zachariah chapter. 12 verse 1. Zachariah chapter 12 verse 1.

[10:16] Let's already out from the screen. Please. Let's go. The heaven of the Lord. The Lord. For Israel. The Lord. Which stretches forth the heavens. And layeth the foundation of the earth.

[10:29] And formeth the spirit within him. So what does he do first? Heaven. Because he wanted earth. And then he did the earth. Why? Because he wanted.

[10:39] To create a man. And create spirit. Space inside man. For God himself to feel it. For what? Help us. That's where we are going. But.

[10:52] The process. Kind of. God. Interfered with. By the devil. When man was created. But not unto God. Are all his works. From the foundation of the earth.

[11:04] God. Eternity. Had a plan. Through time. For. Eternity future. So. In eternity future. When.

[11:16] You see. God. He lives. In man. And he has mingled himself. With man. And we. With God. We become. His tabernacle.

[11:29] So he created man. That he can be. In man. And. It got. Interfered with. And God said. You can't spoil my plan. So. Watch this.

[11:40] I like this. God created. In the beginning. Was the word. The word. Was with God. Remember. He describes himself. As a word. John chapter one. The word was with God. The word was God.

[11:52] And all things. Were made. So all things. Were created by him. And without him. Was not anything. Made. That was made. Okay. God.

[12:03] If God wants to help you. He's going to come. Through his word. You can't come to church. Church. Shouting and jumping. Without a word. It's a risk. It's a risk.

[12:13] Wow. It's just. Compromises. Your future. Listen. Look for his word.

[12:25] I like what. The testimony said. The lady said. In her testimony. My father. Who only. Even when he's going out. Watch. Record for him. To come and watch. And I showed him. That he should watch.

[12:36] God. Some of these. Christian televisions. He realized. That he was missing out a lot. And now he said. Ah. Did he know this one is there? The word.

[12:46] Is what. Defines. Or. Determines. How your future. Will be like. After. I was said. All things were made by him. And without him. Was nothing made. That was made. And he said something. About the word again.

[12:57] He said. In him. Now the word is a him. In him. Was life. In him. Was life. So. Is the word. Is the life.

[13:09] Is the light. Of man. Hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. He's the light of man. And the light shines in darkness. And darkness.

[13:19] Cannot. Comprehend it. Darkness can't handle him. This is my Jesus. But the most important thing.

[13:32] I want you to understand. There's so much I can say. About all this. But word. Is presented as the word. As life. As light. As life. And. Very interestingly.

[13:43] The word became. Verse 14. The word became. Flesh. That's interesting. That's interesting. That's interesting. The word became flesh.

[13:55] I like the way. Romans puts it. He says that. He sends forth his son. In the likeness. Of sinful flesh. He became like. The sinful flesh. So he took on.

[14:06] The sinful flesh. But didn't have. The sin of the flesh. Is there. Romans chapter 8. Verse 3.

[14:18] He says that. For what the law. Could not do. In that it was. Weak through the flesh. God did. By sending. His own son. In the likeness. Of sinful flesh. On the account.

[14:29] Of sin. He condemned. Sin in the flesh. So he came. In the likeness. Of sinful flesh. But he was. Without sin. That's why he says that. Anyone who.

[14:40] Tells you that. Christ has not come. In the flesh. Is the antichrist. First John chapter 4. Verse 2. He said. How do you know the antichrist? How do you know. Who is not of God?

[14:51] When they say. Oh no no. Jesus has not come. He's not the son of God. That's the sign. He says that. But this. But this. You know. Sorry. By this you know. The spirit of God.

[15:01] Every spirit. That confesses. That Jesus Christ. Has come in the flesh. Is of God. Go to the next verse. And every spirit. That does not confess. That Jesus Christ. Has come in the flesh. Is not of God.

[15:13] And this is the spirit. Of the antichrist. And it's now. Already in the world. He says. Oh. Jesus is not God.

[15:24] Jesus is not. He didn't come in the flesh. And there's this. In the. In the. In the. In the. There's this. Brand of. Guys. They are. They are called. The Gnostics. They.

[15:34] They believe that. Flesh is so bad. God and flesh. Cannot come together. So. Then. This kind of. Statement. In John chapter 1. Verse 14. Gives them a problem.

[15:45] But how can you say. God came in the flesh. Because. The flesh is so sinful. It cannot. God doesn't have to. God can't do anything. With the flesh. So.

[15:56] It's necessary. For you to understand. That. Actually. Jesus came in the flesh. For. For a few reasons. Number one. Number one reason. Why Jesus had to come in the flesh. It tells us. In Hebrews chapter 2.

[16:07] Verse 14. That. It says that. Inasmuch as the children. Have partakes of flesh and blood. He himself. Likewise. Shared in the same. That through death. He might destroy him. Who had the power of death. That is the devil.

[16:18] So he had to be like us. He had to come in the flesh. So that. You see. You see. Satan. Satan. Is not afraid of Jesus. As the son of God. The problem is.

[16:32] Jesus. As the son of man. Man. Taking on the devil. Spirits. Don't fight in the flesh. So his problem.

[16:45] That's why. From where time he was born. He was trying to get rid of him. Satan. After killing him. He said. I made a mistake. He thought he was getting. Getting rid of this human Jesus.

[16:57] Little did he know that. Except a corn of wheat. Falls to the ground. And dies. God had a program. And God's plan. Was to have many sons. Many sons.

[17:10] Shout many sons. Many sons. Shout many sons. Many sons. So. We were never qualified to be sons of God. Until after the resurrection. John 3.16.

[17:21] For God so loved the world. That he gave his only begotten son. He gave his what? Only begotten son. He gave his what? Only begotten. He gave his what? Only begotten son.

[17:32] Before he came. He was the only begotten son. But now he's the firstborn son. Because we are many. We are now many sons of God.

[17:44] Shout yes. I'm about to say something very strong. Some of you might have. Never heard it before. But you need to hear this. Christians are not just people.

[17:57] Sinners. Sanctified. We are not just sinners. Sanctified. Saved by grace. And sanctified from our sins. Ready for heaven. We are not just that.

[18:08] That's true. But it's more than that. We Christians are sons. Of God. That's a strong. I'm telling you. That's a different realm altogether. So most of us.

[18:21] Religiously. Certains have kept us at the level of. Oh I've been saved from my sins. For what? For what? To go to heaven. No. Come on. There was a reason why God created the earth. And put us here.

[18:36] Is someone getting what I'm saying at all? Anyone feeling? So. So. We are sanctified. The redemption. He came to. Bible says that.

[18:46] Behold. The lamb of God. Who takes away. The sins of the world. But in John. He's presented as the word. He's the light. He's the life. He's grace.

[18:57] He's truth. And he's the lamb. He's the dove. And John chapter 1. Ends by saying that.

[19:07] He. Is Jacob's ladder. The only qualified connection. Between heaven and earth. Which is called the church. So the thing starts from a word. Is ending in a building. For the habitation of God.

[19:21] So he says that. And the word became flesh. And the original Greek word. Translated as. And dwells. Is actually. Tabernacled amongst us. So Jesus.

[19:32] Was like the tabernacle. That was built. In the wilderness. He had an altar court. An inner court. And most holies of holies. Three aspects. Wow.

[19:43] Wow. And the same thing. As the temple. So John chapter. 1 verse 14. He said. The word became flesh. And tabernacled.

[19:54] Is the tabernacle. What's the tabernacle. The tabernacle of God. Was the dwell. If you want to meet God. Go to his house. If. A head of state.

[20:06] Is coming to UK. To meet the prime minister. You. We all know where you go. You know where you go. If. A prime minister. Goes to America. To go and meet the. To the American president.

[20:16] We know where they will go. Yeah. If you are coming to meet the queen. We will know where you will go. If you are coming to meet the queen. And you go to Downing Street. Please. Wrong address. Wrong address. Wrong address.

[20:28] She's not. If you want to meet. David Cameron. You go to. Back in our palace. Wrong address. In the same way. If you want to meet God. You have to go to his house. He's twirling.

[20:41] He's twirling. And so. He. Listen. He. Thoub-nuckled. The Bible says that. And he. Thoub-nuckled. He was the. Thoub-nuckled. Of God. Amongst men. So not just to.

[20:52] Take away sin. Not just to. Bring God. To. Bring God. To us. So when Jesus came. He was Emmanuel. God has come to us. But not just that. He was. We was the presence of God.

[21:03] Permanently. He came to establish God. Amongst. That's why I said. The kingdom of God. Is at hand. The basileal. The rulership. God's reign. Is now.

[21:14] Amongst men. Before that. It wasn't so. By John the Baptist. First thing he said. Repent. Or even Jesus. The first public message. He preached. Repent. For the kingdom of God.

[21:24] Is at hand. Because the kingdom is here. It's not a geographical kingdom. It's the rule of God.

[21:35] That's why he talks about. How sin shall no longer have dominion. Over us. We are no longer. Slaves to sin. Why? Because we have been redeemed.

[21:46] And not just redeemed. The resurrection life is inside us. Praise God. Hallelujah. Someone shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'm saying a lot of stuff.

[22:01] It also has a lot of theological weights. Yeah. Amen. Hmm. But just for you to understand. God has a purpose. And his purpose for creating the earth.

[22:13] Was so he can create man. That's why he created man the last thing. And after he created man. Bible says that. He rested. And crossed his leg. I've got it now. Ha ha ha. I've got it. Now I've got the receptacle.

[22:25] I can enter myself. I can enter into him. So we were created to be the habitation of God. God does not dwell in buildings. According to Acts chapter 7.

[22:40] He said. But God does not dwell in buildings made by hands. He dwells in people. That's why he said. Ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost. So when Jesus came.

[22:51] He came to actually display himself. As the temple of God. When he was walking on earth. And according to John chapter 2 verse 21. He says that. You destroy this temple. Ah.

[23:01] Watch this. And by saying. He said. But he was speaking of the temple of his body. He thought it was the temple. When he told them. That destroy this temple. And in fact they shall raise it. They thought he said. It will destroy the temple they built.

[23:13] No, no, no, no. God has left that state. So Jesus is the tabernacle. Jesus is the temple. And both the temple of God. And the tabernacle of God. Had three chambers.

[23:23] Just like you. You have a soul. You are a spirit. You have a soul and a body. The outer part is your body. Your soul is the inner God. And your spirit is within the veil.

[23:38] That's why Jesus has entered. He has entered into the holiest of holies. That's where the presence of God is. And all these things that Jesus came to do.

[23:49] That God is doing. After the resurrection. Now. Before the resurrection. God couldn't live in any man. But after the resurrection. He could live in us. So. Do you know what he did?

[24:00] In John chapter 20. I think 20 verse 22. He came to them. And he breathed on them. He said. Receive ye the Holy Spirit. He breathed to them. He said. And when he had said this.

[24:10] He breathed on them. And he said to them. Receive ye the Holy Spirit. Because now. We can take him. But look at verse 17. When he resurrected from the dead.

[24:21] He said. That verse 17. He said. Do not cling to me. For I have not yet ascended to my father. But go to my. My what? No disciples anymore. No disciples anymore.

[24:32] No disciples anymore. After the resurrection. Watch this. After the resurrection. Jesus Christ became the son. First born son of God. Before the resurrection.

[24:43] He was the only son of God. But I explained it to you. After the resurrection. He became the first born son of God. He became a son of God. In a way he wasn't.

[24:55] Which is. He took humanity. The son of man. Died. And resurrected. With humanity. And so when he. That's why he said. We are seated together.

[25:06] With him in heavenly places. You and I. We are with him. And so. After the resurrection. The whole game changes. That's why he said.

[25:18] Accept a grain of wheat. Falls to the ground. And die. Jesus was the only. But after he died. It produces much grain. Much grain.

[25:29] For the making of bread. Amen. He produces much grain. So we are the many. Watch this. We are the many sons of God.

[25:41] Romans chapter 8. Say for those that he foreknew. Verse 29. Those that he foreknew. Those he predestined. To be called. Conformed. Into the image. Of his son. Why? That he might be.

[25:51] The first born. Amongst many brethren. So when he resurrected from the dead. In John chapter 20. Verse 17. He said. Go and tell my brethren. Go and tell my brothers. Go and tell.

[26:02] Say to my brethren. Say to them. I am sending to my father. And to your father. Now. The game has changed. God has become our father. That means. We are the sons of God.

[26:15] We. Those of us who are in Christ. Are the sons of God. We are the sons of God. We are the sons of God. We are the sons of God. Shout hallelujah. Hallelujah. And the world does not know us.

[26:27] Because the world does not know God. I think in 1st John chapter. 1st John chapter 4. Friends. They are of the world. Okay. Verse 6. Go to verse 6.

[26:39] The world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God. He hears us. He who does not know God. Does not hear us. By this we know.

[26:50] We know. The spirit of the truth. And people who don't know God. They don't identify you. No. You are talking. You are talking. You don't know God.

[27:01] If you knew God. You see me. You know that. That's my brother. Bible says that. For this reason. He was not ashamed. To call them brethren. Hebrews chapter 2. He was not ashamed. To call them brethren.

[27:11] Jesus Christ. He was not ashamed. To call us brethren. Hebrews chapter 2. Verse 12 and 13. He is not ashamed. We are brothers of Christ. That's why he came on earth.

[27:21] But. The point I am trying to make is. We are sons. For what? That's why I want to go quickly. We are sons. For what? Why are we sons?

[27:32] He had to come first of all. Die. He came as the lamb of God. Behold the lamb of God. Who takes away. John chapter 1. Verse 29.

[27:43] Behold the lamb of God. Who takes away. The sins of the world. In Hebrews chapter 9. Verse 26. It talks about. In his first coming. Jesus Christ came. To put away sin.

[27:55] Hebrews 9. 26. He came. He said that. There would have. Suffered. Once at the end of the ages. He has appeared. To put away sin. By the sacrifice of himself.

[28:06] So you know. When you are going. Into the. Watch this. This is an interesting point. Quickly. I want to throw this in. When you enter the temple. Or when you enter the tabernacle. The altar court. The thing. What is there. What you see first.

[28:17] Is the altar. Of sacrifice. So he came first. At altar court. As a sacrifice. To praise God. But when you enter. The holy place.

[28:29] What you see. Is the candle. The light. And the show bread. For you to eat. Yes. I told you.

[28:39] Some time ago. That God. Created us to eat. Amen. But we are not.

[28:55] Created to eat. Every food. Adam and Eve. Would they have. Left the garden. D.K. Poison. It's not everything. You eat. John chapter 6.

[29:13] Verse 35. He said. I am the bread of life. He said. If you don't eat me. You don't have life. He said. I am the bread of life. In John chapter 8.

[29:25] Verse 12. He said. I am the light. Of the world. In John chapter 9. Verse 5. He said. I am the light. Of the world. So when you go.

[29:36] In the inner court. You see the bread. And you see the light. But that's the inner court. And then you see. The candle of. The incense. Altar of incense.

[29:48] Is to offer prayers. To God. God. That's why. In John chapter 17. He began to be our intercessor. He was praying to God. But that's not all. The purpose is for us to enter into the spirit.

[30:00] Enter the holies of holies. So that. What happens is that. When you become born again. God comes. And. After the resurrection. Watch this. Watch this. Before the resurrection.

[30:11] Jesus was the only begotten son of God. After the resurrection. He became the firstborn son of God. And we are his fellow brothers. How did that happen? You are sitting somewhere.

[30:22] And he said. As many as. John chapter 1. Verse 12. As many as believed in his name. He gave them the power. He gave them the right. To become the sons of God. He said. He said. Even as many as received him.

[30:34] Believing in him. Means receiving him. When you believe in him. You receive him. Suddenly. He. He. He. As the life giving spirit. Enters your. Your spirit. That is the habitation of God.

[30:46] When you are born again. God inhabits your spirit. But the problem is. Some of us. We have locked. Christ up. His lock stayed there. In the spirit. But his agenda.

[30:59] Is to begin to spread out. Into your soul. Spread out. Spread out. So how does he spread out? By you feeding on him. As you feed.

[31:10] And enjoy. Let me. I'm going to give you a. I'm saying a lot of things. Those of you are just taking. You can listen to the message later. Because my time is. The definition of grace. Is not. Is true.

[31:20] A merited favor. Okay. Grace is a merited favor. Okay. Okay. But that is very. Fundamental. Very little. John chapter 1 verse 14. He said. And the word became flesh.

[31:32] And tabernacled amongst us. Did you see that? And dwelt amongst us. And what. What. What. And we beheld his glory. Okay. The glory.

[31:44] As of the only begotten of the father. So. We beheld his glory. When he came. In 2nd Peter chapter 1. Verse 16 to 18. He says that. These things we are telling you.

[31:55] Is not fables. It's things that we have seen. We have handled. We have seen. He says that. For we do not follow. Carnally devised fable. When we made known unto you. The power and the coming. Of our Lord Jesus Christ. But were eyewitnesses.

[32:06] Of his majesty. Look at verse 17. Eyewitnesses of his majesty. Verse 17. For he received from God. The father. Honor and glory. When such a voice. Came to him.

[32:16] From the excellent glory. This is my beloved son. In whom I am well pleased. So we beheld his glory. The glory as of the only begotten of the father.

[32:29] And while we saw the glory. Listen to this. Look at verse 14 again. Of John chapter 1. I want to run this thing quickly. John chapter 1 verse 14. He said. And we beheld his glory. The glory as of the only begotten of the father.

[32:42] Full. Everyone shout. Full of grace. Full of grace. I mean shout it. Full of grace. Only those here. Shout it. Full of grace. Those here shout it. Full of grace. Those here shout it.

[32:53] Full of grace. Those here shout it. Full of grace. Those here shout it. Full of grace. Full of grace. Full of grace. Grace. Grace.

[33:04] Is the supply of God for our enjoyment. Amen. Grace. Grace. Is God supply himself to us through Christ for our enjoyment.

[33:16] God. God's plan is for us to enjoy him. That's the truth. Listen, God didn't create us to follow religion. He didn't create us to follow.

[33:27] See, the purpose of the Bible is not theology. Listen, it's not theology. It's for enjoyment. It's for enjoyment. How do you know that he's a son of God?

[33:37] I don't know. But I sat with him and I was talking. Something was happening to me. That's why I made a lady's testimony. She said that, come and see. Come, just come.

[33:48] Come. Jesus Christ was there and John said, I don't know him. I don't know him. But the one who sent me said, the one on whom you see, John chapter 1, from verse 30, 31.

[34:04] The one on whom you see the spirit descend as a dove. Say dove. He said he's the one who baptized with fire. And so the next day, John chapter 1, verse 30, 33, I think so.

[34:14] Or 32, 33. The next day, Jesus was standing. I think John was standing by there. And he says that, the next day. Give me the next day. Verse 32. Yeah. Again, the next day. 32, 32, 32.

[34:26] 32. And then Jesus, okay, bore witness. All right. So 35 then. Look at the next day. He said, again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And then he saw Jesus. Watch this.

[34:36] And looking at Jesus, as he walked, he said, he said to his disciples, behold, the love of God. Do you know what happened?

[34:48] There are two people. When they heard that, they left John's church. And John was happy. Read your Bible. Go to the next day. The two disciples heard him speak.

[34:59] And they followed. They left John's church and followed Jesus. One was called Andrew. The other one was John. They followed Jesus. And John was happy. Strangely.

[35:10] Why only two? Two people. It was John and Andrew. And then Andrew, his brother, he has a brother called Simon. He has a brother called Simon.

[35:21] And then he went and told Simon, let's go to Jesus. And put you on the screen. And Andrew went and brought. And he said, come and see. Like what the lady said. Come and see. They came and saw where.

[35:32] I don't know. He asked them, where do you live? And then he said, okay. Jesus told them to come. Go to the next day. One of the two who heard Jesus speaking. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. Verse 41. Verse 41. Simon Peter said, he first found his own brother Simon and said to him, we have found the Messiah.

[35:48] Which is translated Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. I'm about to drop something here. Are you ready for this? Yes. He brought his brother to Jesus. What happened? Go to the next verse. Go to the next verse.

[35:59] And he brought him to Jesus. Now, when Jesus looked at him, he said, you are Simon. You are Simon, a son of Jonah.

[36:13] You shall be called Cephas. Which, what does he mean? What does he mean? A stone. What do you stone for? For fighting? For building. What do you stone for?

[36:25] For building. What do you stone for? For building. What do you stone for? For building. It should have been Andrew first. For some reason, he didn't say it to Andrew. Sometimes it's not those who are always first.

[36:36] Oh, I'll show it to you again. Go further. Let's read further. And then, and then, let's look at Nathaniel too.

[36:48] The following day, Jesus wanted to go to Galilee. And he found Philip. And he said to him, follow me. He didn't preach to Philip. He just said, follow me. And Philip followed. And Philip went and preached.

[36:59] So, let's see what Pastor Philip did. Now, Philip went from, Philip was from Bethsaida. The city of Andrew and Peter. The same city. Okay. Go to the next verse. Philip found Nathaniel and said to him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law.

[37:16] And all the prophets wrote. Jesus of Nazareth. He shouldn't have said that Nazareth. That was a problem for him. Because how can you say this wealthy man, this clean man, this anointed man is from Africa.

[37:29] There are some people in UK, when they hear Africa, they think it's a swear word. Yeah, they think it's a swear word. When they hear, they find out you're from Africa, they think you are done.

[37:47] Meanwhile, when they give you, both of you, the job, you can do far better than them. They spell, you are going as you are going. And because they speak, for some reason, we was there.

[38:02] For some reason, for some reason. This is very sad. It's false. Respect or hope, assumption, think that you are better because of your accent.

[38:16] What makes you better is what is in your head. In Job. In Job.

[38:28] Yesterday I said the word. Not what is on your head, ladies. The wig. But what is inside your head. It's important. Please, I don't have time.

[38:39] Listen to this. This is very important. Don't judge the value of a book by its cover. You can't tell how far a frog can jump just by looking at it.

[38:50] But this paradigm in our modern day, the fact that someone is from Africa. Oh, Africa. So, some people ask you, is it an African church?

[39:01] Excuse me. Define what an African or a Ghanaian church is. Tell me. Shame on you. Tell me, what is a Ghanaian church? What do you mean by? African church, Ghanaian church, Nigerian church, Jamaican church.

[39:13] You are sick. You don't understand God. You lack revelation. It's the church of the living God. It's the church of the living God. It's the church of the living God.

[39:25] Do we have African Bible? Do we have Nigerian Bible? Do we have Jamaican Bible? Do we have Chinese Bible? What do we have? The word of God. In the beginning was the word.

[39:35] You are preaching. You are preaching. You are preaching. You are preaching. You are preaching. As you grow up in life, you have to appreciate and respect cultures.

[39:48] So, I came to UK and I found people on the bus kissing. And the bus stop kissing.

[39:59] As though they don't have homes. But as you grow, you just accept it because that's how different cultures do their things. We do it in the room.

[40:10] When you go to Asia, women cover up. Even some of those places in Africa, it's hotter.

[40:23] Women cover up. But when you come to the West, women try to wear as little as possible. And if you don't take care, you judge people because of what they are wearing.

[40:37] But what they are wearing is different from what is inside them. Sometimes, naturally, human beings address you the way you are dressed. So, if you want them to address you properly, dress properly.

[40:52] It's a human thing. It's just a human thing. Let me ask you. Oh, my pastor. That's, that's, that's, that's. Really, really. Can you imagine? Somebody's wedding day. And you see her coming in some stuff.

[41:04] Or, you know, this boots. Boots. Not bikini. I mean, wedding day boots. She's wearing some boots and. Santiago. Yeah. You'll be wondering, but this, this, this, this not, this not.

[41:21] You can't do this at a wedding. Or, the gentleman's wedding. And he's coming with some, some on-car kind of dressing. With some hairy chest.

[41:37] Hey, hello. My name is Morto, Morto, baby. Don't tell me the way you dress doesn't matter. But I want everyone here to be higher than that.

[41:51] Don't treat people based on what they are wearing. Am I communicating? That normal human beings treat you based on how you look. But wise people don't treat you based on how you look.

[42:04] So now, instead of clapping, you have to choose where you stand. Don't treat people based on where they were born.

[42:20] Don't treat people based on their color. Or the car they drive. Or the shoes they're wearing.

[42:31] Most of those things, you can get it if you steal money. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You can get it easily if you can manage to steal some money. You know guys who are, who are driving all kinds of cars with black alloy.

[42:45] And you know that this money didn't come from employment. It came in pharmaceutical and engagement.

[43:10] Are you okay to stand? Philip founded Nathaniel, who is also Bartholomew. Said to Nathaniel, we have found him of whom Moses in the law.

[43:22] And the prophet spoke about or wrote about. Jesus of Nazareth, his first problem was, ah. How can anything good come from Nazareth? That's why he missed it. He hit a mental challenge.

[43:37] This can be. How can you tell God is going to use this lady? I know her too much. All my friends, we know her.

[43:51] And she's singing in the choir. A woman came to Jesus. I think John chapter 14.

[44:02] Broke an alabaster box. And used her hair. The Bible says that, and the fragrance filled the whole house. And they said that this money could have been saved to feed the poor.

[44:14] Meanwhile, they were not thinking about the poor. Jesus said, leave hair alone. Because the poor, you always have with you. Stop making all that. Why do you say church collecting money from poor people? Why don't you complain about national lottery?

[44:24] Collecting money from poor people. Who collects more money from poor people? National lottery or church? And how many of you know that more poor people stake lotto?

[44:38] Yes. Than many people. Also. I'm okay. Also. And many of the people who stake lotto, including some of you here, you must know that you are not winning.

[44:49] And you are not likely to win. And I'm not going to pray for you to win. Pastor, we need money to buy our church building.

[45:00] And if we get the money, God can fund his work. God can take care of his work. Shut up. God can take care of his work. He's not waiting on you to take care of his work. Within the past two weeks, I've bought about 10 Bibles.

[45:15] I love Bibles. Nathaniel came. As soon as Nathaniel got there, watch this. He gets a lecture. Put it on the screen. Nathaniel, second, verse 47. Look at verse 47.

[45:26] Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him and said unto him, behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit. The next verse. Nathaniel said to him, how do you know me?

[45:40] Jesus said, oh, bro. Jesus answered and said to him, before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree. Some of you know what he means there.

[45:55] When you were jumping from bus to bus. Last night after the wedding.

[46:10] He said, I saw you. I saw you. I saw you. As you were doing the praise and worship, people were dancing. The way you were thinking your head and watching some people like you're watching movies.

[46:21] I saw you. I saw you. I saw you. When you were behind your computer doing pornography. I saw you. You're pornographers.

[46:36] Are you here? Are you here? Pornographicators. Are you here? I see you. Jesus said, I saw you.

[46:52] But he didn't make an issue out of it because I have a plan for you. I saw you. I saw you. When you were chasing, trying to boo that woman's husband.

[47:05] I saw you. And still allowed you to get the new job. Oh, Jesus. Mercy. Mercy. When you went to that luxury shop.

[47:22] Hey. You went with an agenda. You knew what you were going to do. You were going to prepare yourself to slay somebody.

[47:33] You were going to prepare yourself for a battle. This one. One blow. And they come. They can't escape. They can't escape. This man, he will marry me. This man.

[47:44] This man. He will marry me. He's coming to visit me. Let him come. He will marry me. He said, before he even came, I saw you. When it was time for tithe and offering.

[48:04] And God's money that he blessed you with. You intentionally forgot. You intentionally bought some stuff. Before they called you.

[48:15] I saw you. And Nathaniel said, oh. My God. Let's see what Nathaniel said. Nathaniel answered and said to him. Rabbi. But you said nothing I can't come from. No. No good kicker for him.

[48:26] Now you're saying Rabbi. Rabbi. Listen. Don't conclude too quickly. Don't conclude. You see the way his tie he's wearing. His money he's looking for. Don't conclude too quickly. Maybe I'm trying to get money to you.

[48:38] Yeah. Don't conclude too quickly. Don't conclude too quickly. Because maybe your money will not move us. And it's true. No maybe. It won't. The only thing we have determined to allow to move us is God.

[48:49] Amen. We are here to meet God. Yes. Not for crowd. No. If there is money we're looking for. There's no way we invest money into all these things.

[49:02] I've been to churches. I've been to churches. Powerful churches. The microphones they use. This one can buy 20 of them. And it will still work.

[49:13] Rabbi. He still stood here. He said. This microphone. This investment this church is making. We are not after money. How many of you have come to church? You said. Oh. Hey. Bring a thousand. God is going to do.

[49:24] No. We don't have time for that kind of crap. Yeah. Just tell me that. Okay. That's what makes me free to tell you. Stop the phone. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[49:35] Yes. Ha ha. That's what I said. Free. Not in a condemnatory way. But in an encouraging and challenging way. Yes. Because I'm not here to get from you.

[49:49] I was sent to help you. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Rabbi. Rabbi. Rabbi.

[50:01] You are the son of God. You are the son of God. You are the son of God. One word of knowledge. One word.

[50:14] He said, hey, Rabbi. You are the son of God. You are the kid of Israel. Yes. He said, hey, Rabbi. He said, hey, Rabbi. You are the son of God. You are the son of God. He said, hey, Rabbi.

[50:25] He said, hey, Rabbi. He said, hey. That's all right. Hey. Oh. As for me. As for me. No one can move me. No one can move me. No one can move me.

[50:36] Please, be careful. He that thinks he stands, let him take heed, lest he fall. 1 Corinthians chapter 10. All right, let me finish this thing.

[50:48] I'm learning some way. Okay, what's the title of my message at all? Sons for the building of his house. So he made us sons. Remember, okay, the son of God, the lamb of God came to clear the sin.

[51:02] And then the dove of God is what comes upon us as the Holy Spirit to enable us to live the son life, the Christian life. But it has an objective.

[51:13] Look at this. Look at this. All this in John chapter 1. It started with, in the beginning was the word. Look at this. Nathanael answered and said, Rabbi, you are the son of God. You are the king of Israel. That's a very funny one.

[51:25] Look at verse 50 and 51. Then we end it. It says that, but Jesus answered and said to him, because I watched this. Okay, that's already out loud. Let's go. Are you ready? Let's go.

[51:36] Jesus answered and said to him, because I said to you, I sorrow you. Do you believe you will see greater things than me? Hey, what again?

[51:47] Because now I said you are the king. You are the son of God. You will see greater. There are greater things that you are about to discover. What was he talking about?

[51:57] That's the bigger one. What was the greater things? Watch this. And he said unto him, most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter, after this encounter, you shall see the heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon who?

[52:13] The son of man. He said you are the son of God. He said you will see them ascending upon the son of man. There's no way in the Bible we are told to believe Jesus as the son of man, to be saved for life.

[52:26] In the Bible it says that if you believe that he is the son of God, you are saved. You receive life when you believe that he is the son of God. But when we see him as the son of man, it's for the building of the body of Christ.

[52:37] God takes man as stones for his building. Ah. So he said, this is, every Jew knew this story.

[52:48] When Jacob in Genesis chapter 28, from verse 12, had an encounter with God when he was sleeping. 12, 14, 14 is when he says that, verse 16 says that God was here and I didn't know.

[52:59] But verse 14 said he had a dream, he saw angels. And then verse 16, look at verse 16. Verse 16 says that Jacob arose from his sleep, showing God the Lord was here, I did not know. Look at verse 17, what did he do? What did he do? And he was afraid and he was afraid and he said, how awesome is this place?

[53:13] This is none other than the, what? The house of God. Than the what? The house of God. Than the what? The house of God. And what? And the gate of heaven. Jesus said, the gate of heaven, connection between heaven and earth, it takes the church, the house of God.

[53:25] He said, after here, you will see the heavens open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon them. Me, upon them, I'm the Jacob's ladder and I'm here and I'm connected to heaven.

[53:37] It's only Jesus that unites heaven and earth. Hallelujah. He said, and that is what God uses for the building of, that's why he came, to bring heaven on earth, to establish a tabernacle. Which, watch this, when he was alive, he was one small Jesus.

[53:51] But when he died, he has become many in the body of Christ, capable and expanding, increasing and enlarging as the body of Christ. So Peter, Peter, remember, when he saw Peter, he said, you are a stone.

[54:03] When he saw Philip, he didn't tell him anything. But when Nathaniel came, he said, Nathaniel, you will see the church. You will see the gate of heaven. You will see the church information. Why did he say that to Andrew?

[54:14] But he said it to Peter. Peter, Peter, why didn't he say that to Philip? But he said it to Philip. Sometimes being first doesn't always mean you have the access. Very interesting.

[54:26] Very interesting. And then Peter, he said, Peter, you are not just Simon. You are a stone. What do you use stones for?

[54:37] So in first, let me finish with this. In first Peter, first Peter. This is all from John, you know. Do you know why, John? I was telling some guys the other time. John has the heartbeat of Christ.

[54:49] Bible said, the disciple who laid his head on the chest of Jesus. When you lay your head on the chest of people, you can hear their heartbeat. And if you have God's heartbeat, he was the one who wrote the last of the Gospels.

[55:01] And he was the one who wrote the last of the Bible. He had the final say, why? Because he had the heartbeat of God. The heartbeat of Christ. And the epistles, apart from you, he wrote the last.

[55:12] He is the only one who wrote three books. Now, first John, second John, third John. Any other Bible? Any other book in the Bible? It's either first, second Samuel, first, three months, first. But he, first John, second John, third John.

[55:25] Because he had the heartbeat. Listen, love God. Love God. Love God. And God will show you things. Love God. He revealed things to you. Bible says that, I have no sin, nor ear heard.

[55:36] First Corinthians chapter two, verse nine. Not as it entered the heart of man. What God has prepared for those who love him. Hallelujah. Who love him. Who love him. Amen. Your love for God defines your rating in heaven.

[55:50] Amen. Love God. Some of us love things more than God. We love the praise of Pharisees. They love the praise of men more than God. They want everybody to be praising him.

[56:01] They want everybody to see that, yeah, this is me. This is me. Sometimes, even some of us, we don't do anything for God. Last week, K group, we were learning about being a servant of God.

[56:15] Servant of God. Hey, listen. I told some people in their K group, God does not reward supervisors. God does not reward masters. He only rewards servants. Service.

[56:28] Serve God. He will not ask you what certificate you had. He will not ask you what job you were doing. He will not ask you what was your pay grade. He will not ask you what was your annual salary. He will not ask you what house you lived in.

[56:39] He will ask you what did you do in my house. Because God has only one agenda. To build his house for his habitation. And you, watch this, you and I, and you and you and you and you and you, we are the living stones.

[56:57] That's why we are sons. First Peter chapter 2 verse 4. First Peter chapter 2 verse 4 and verse 5. Are you there? Shall we already have? All right, let's go. Come and be in the earth to a living soul.

[57:10] Let's say in the earth, I am chosen by God. And Jesus is precious. Go to the next. Watch it. You also, let's go. You also, as living. One more time.

[57:21] You also, as living. Louder. You also, as living. What's happening to you? I've been built up a spiritual house. A holy priesthood to offer our spirit.

[57:32] We are being built up a spiritual house. Wow. What do you do with the house? You live in it. House for what? God. So, we are a corporate building.

[57:44] Amen. Of Christ. And that's what is expanding. It's expanding. And when the heaven, Bible said, I saw the new heavens and the new earth. And then I saw the new Jerusalem.

[57:55] We are eventually going to be the new Jerusalem. The habitation of God. Bible said, there was no need for sun. There was no need for moon. Because the lamb is the light. The glory. And they sang the song of Moses.

[58:09] They sang the song of Moses. And the song of the lamb. Listen. Listen. God's plan is not to give you money.

[58:24] God's plan is to live inside you. So that you and God. They see you. They begin to see the expression of God. You were made to contain God.

[58:37] You were made to contain God. Allow him to stay. Don't lock him up in your spirit. Let him spread out from your spirit into your soul. And from your soul into your body.

[58:49] Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Let the word of God dwell in you richly. Please. God meant for us to enjoy him. He said he was full of grace. Grace is the enjoyment of God.

[59:01] Isaiah chapter 12 verse 3. He said with joy shall we draw out water. God. This is how we feed on him. By joy. As we enjoy him. We are beginning to feed on him. As we enjoy him.

[59:12] He is supposed to be our food. For us to enjoy. And as we enjoy him. We become better souls. We have been built. Been built. Into the habitation of God.

[59:23] So when time passes. We. As the sons of God. Have been. As the sons of God. Have been built. Into the habitation of God. God has got something he didn't have before time began.

[59:34] Woo. Yes. Woo. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh Lord. But I came with a message that God wants to live in you.

[59:47] Hallelujah. But Pastor. The thing. You don't know me. You don't know my addictions. He said I saw you when you were under the tree. Yeah. God. But yet I want to reveal the church to you. Stop.

[59:58] Stop. Stop letting the devil use your past to hold you. Everybody has got past. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[60:11] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[60:24] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[60:36] Yeah. Yeah. sweet aroma everywhere you go. God will spread the sweetness of his smell through your life. Amen. Did you receive something at all?

[60:48] Sends for the building of his house. Hallelujah. Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry. You're welcome to Connect with David Entry on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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