[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for listening to another faith-generating word by David Entry. God has packed life in the words of an anointed man of God. Prepare your heart to receive and for your life to change through this anointed message.
[0:14] Be blessed. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified dead and was buried.
[0:38] He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty.
[0:49] From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of sins, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
[1:05] Amen. Somebody say, I believe.
[1:17] I believe. Say it again, I believe. I believe. That's what makes you a Christian. Not how you behave, but what you believe is what makes you a Christian.
[1:33] Say, I believe in the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Holy Spirit. Say it again. I believe in the Holy Spirit. Say it one more time. I believe in the Holy Spirit. So, I believe in the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ, before he left, he told his disciples that, tarry ye in Jerusalem until you are endued with power.
[1:50] And by that, he was talking about the Holy Spirit. In the book of John chapter 7, verse 37, the Bible said, at the last day of the feast, Jesus Christ rose up and with a loud voice said, if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
[2:03] For as the scriptures have said, he who drinks from me, out of his belly, he who believes of me, out of his belly, shall flow in the rest of the river. Verse 39 said, but this he spake concerning the Holy Spirit, which should be poured out on those who believe in him.
[2:17] For at that time, he had not yet been glorified. He hasn't died. So, the Holy Spirit was supposed to come upon people after Jesus died. In Galatians chapter 3, verse 13, it says that, Christ has delivered us from the curse of the Lord, having been made a curse for us.
[2:33] For it is written, curse is anyone who hangs on the tree that the blessing of Abraham might come upon us, the Gentiles also, that we might receive the Holy Spirit. That's interesting.
[2:45] That is at the end, but that's the ultimate. It's not just Abraham and financial prosperity, but it's Holy Spirit endowment. But the Holy Spirit cannot come upon you until you are in Christ.
[3:01] So, Christ has to die on the cross to take care of our sins so that the Holy Spirit can come upon us. And so, now when we talk about the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is the one who makes, this is nice, you can't have church without the Holy Spirit.
[3:18] the Holy Spirit is what makes the church, the one who makes the church, church. Somebody say church. Yeah, the spelling of the church is Holy Spirit.
[3:34] Church. So, when you cut, you dissect the church, you don't find human beings. Human beings are the peripheral. You cut it, the core of the church is Holy Spirit.
[3:47] Holy Spirit. What's the name of that chocolate? Boy something something. Huh? Kinder. Kinder. Kinder. Kinder. It's easy to remember.
[3:58] Kinder. Bueno. When you break it, there's an inside, that's when you have the lendo. Hard on the inside, outside.
[4:09] But when you put it in your mouth, what you are actually eating is the core inside the soul. It's gooey. Inside it is the actual yeah.
[4:26] Many medicine that are sugar-coated. Don't put it in your mouth and be leaking it. Because very soon, the coat will just go and then you meet the active ingredient.
[4:42] If you temper with the Holy Spirit, if you temper with the church, you will bite into the Holy Spirit. If it's true church, Acts chapter 5, verse 3.
[4:58] Ananias came and said, we have sold this for this amount of money. And Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?
[5:10] Huh? But I'm just doing the church. Is the Holy Spirit the one behind it? The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 13, verse 2.
[5:21] While they ministered to the Lord to the Lord to the Lord and the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit said, but where is the Holy Spirit? He's in the church. You don't see him. It's the Holy Spirit that makes church, church.
[5:35] So he said, I believe in the Holy Spirit. It is not, it's not just an idea. It's a fact and he's a personality.
[5:49] The Holy Spirit is not an it. Now, when we are Apostles Creed, when we say, I believe in the Holy Spirit, what we mean is the Holy Spirit who is equally God.
[6:00] Right there, you realize we are talking about the Trinity because I believe in God the Father Almighty. I believe in and in his Son, Jesus Christ. Did you see that? Not in Jesus Christ, just in, and in his Son.
[6:12] God the Father, God the Father Almighty, God the Son Almighty, and God the Spirit. And so, our God is Trinity, is Trinity.
[6:25] Our God is, and the Creed is Trinitarian Creed. So when you say, I believe in the Holy Spirit, what we are saying is that we believe in the person of the Holy Spirit who is God.
[6:37] Not like equally God, but he is God. God. He himself is God. Much as the Father is God and the Son is God. So I believe in the Father, he is God.
[6:48] I believe in the Son, he is God. I believe in the Holy Spirit, he is God. But you realize that in Apostles Creed, not too much was said about the Holy Spirit. So, it talks about he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
[7:02] Then moves on to the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Holy Spirit. Then moves on from the Holy Spirit. Much of the focus was on Jesus. His only Son, our God, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered all about Jesus.
[7:17] Crucified, died, was buried. He descended into hell. The third day rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven. He said that the writer and go, from there shall come to judge the living. About ten facts.
[7:28] I believe in the Holy Spirit. Then we move on. But it's not because the Holy Spirit is not important. The job of the Holy Spirit is actually to help you to understand all this that has been said about Jesus.
[7:40] That's what he is. If you look for the Holy Spirit, you will never find him. You only find Jesus. Holy Spirit, where are you?
[7:51] Holy Spirit, where are you? I'm looking for the Holy Spirit. He says, I'm here. Oh, I can hear you. I'm here. Yeah. Holy Spirit, where are you? Holy Spirit, where are you? I'm here. I can hear you say, I'm here.
[8:02] I'm here. I'm here. He said, it's not anywhere. He said, I'm here. Then by the time you come, he said, I'm here. All you find is Jesus. I said, the Holy Spirit, he said, this is me.
[8:14] But this is Jesus. That's me. That's me. I'm the Holy Spirit. I'm the Holy Spirit. And I only show Jesus. Jesus is the expression of God. So the Father is expressed in Christ.
[8:26] And the Holy Spirit's job is just to express Jesus. Express Jesus. Express Jesus. So those who said they have met the Holy Spirit, don't mind if they are not serious. Anybody who said I've met the Holy Spirit, has met something else.
[8:41] Because the Holy Spirit, you will only meet Jesus. I believe in the Holy Spirit. And then I want to move on from there. Is that okay? The Holy Universal.
[8:54] Or in some traditions they say the Catholic Church. So anytime you come across a Apostle's Creed, Holy Catholic Church. The word Catholic is universal.
[9:05] Another word for universal. Which is not necessarily Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic. Roman Universal Church. So the Holy Catholic Church is the Holy Universal Church.
[9:16] All Christians everywhere ever who have lived. In the whole world. So the Christians who are here. Christians who are in America.
[9:27] Christians who are in Canada. Christians who are in Saudi Arabia. Christians who are in North Korea. Christians who are in Africa. Not Africa. A country. A country. A country.
[9:37] I'm mentioning country. Then Africa. Why do they do that? Africa is not a country. It's a continent. Christians who are in Australia.
[9:49] Christians who are in Zimbabwe. Christians who are in Botswana. Christians who are in Morocco. And Christians who are everywhere.
[10:01] We are all one. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 4. There is one body. Let's all say that together. There is one body. Say it again please. There is one body.
[10:12] I would love it if you can say it louder. There is one body. So there is one body. There is one body. Everywhere in the world. There is one body. One body.
[10:24] One body. One body. The Christians here. Worshipping in Peckham. Are not different from the Christians in Kingston.
[10:35] Worshipping. The Christians here. Worshipping in Peckham. Are not different from the Christians in New Cross worshipping. It doesn't matter where you are. That's the beauty of the body of Christ.
[10:47] The body of Christ cannot be defined by the limits of an organization. So then you say. All those who are in Redeemer are Christians. All those who are not in Redeemer are not Christians.
[10:58] How can you reduce the body of Christ to that? How can you? To a denomination. So the fact that someone is in Methodist. No, he can't be a Christian. The fact that someone.
[11:09] Excuse me. The fact that someone is in weakness. He's a Christian. Or someone in courage. He's a Christian. How many of you know there are people in courage who go to hell? Yeah. Yeah. Just that there will not be too many.
[11:19] But quite a few. There will be a few who go to hell. There are Christians in prison. There are Christians.
[11:30] So you can't say someone is in prison. You can't be a Christian. You can't define the limits of the body of Christ based on location. Geographical location. Or human organization.
[11:41] No. The body of Christ is universal. So he said. The holy universal church. The holy is part of your location.
[11:52] You can still be in a body of Christ. The holy is part of the body of Christ. In Romans chapter 12. Verse 4 and 5. And all members have not the same office.
[12:03] Whoa. That's nice. All members have not the same office. Let's all say that together. All members have not the same office. Let's say it again. All members have not the same function.
[12:14] All members have not the same office. The same office. We don't have the same function. Your eye. The way the eye operates is different from the way your nose operates.
[12:26] The way your nose operates may be different from the way your feet operate. Even though sometimes. Some people. Their nose run and their feet smell. It should be the other area, isn't it?
[12:44] It's their feet that should run. Some of you have not thought of it. I'm not thinking. Oh. So.
[13:11] Yeah. But different. In the same way. In the body of Christ. There are different members. But we are not all the same. And God will use us for different things.
[13:22] Different, different things. So it says that even though the body. As the body has many members. I like that. For us. As we have many members in one body. And all members have not the same office.
[13:35] So we. Oh. Hallelujah. So we. Being many. Are one body in Christ. The body. The body of Christ.
[13:46] Is the church. The body of Christ. Is. We are a body. Not a building. A body. Not a business.
[13:58] Yes. Now. We are. An organization. Yes. To an extent. Extent. But what we are more than an organization.
[14:09] Is an organism. The body. Is an organism. Not. Just an organization. We are an organization. Because.
[14:20] Organization. There must be systems. In place. And all that. But the difference between an organism. And an. Organization. Is that. To organize. You can. You see the way.
[14:30] Car. I get. Sometimes. I go. I found out that. Some of the parts. Are manufactured somewhere. Many parts. So. The engine is manufactured here.
[14:42] The. The. As. So. Sometimes. The. Where you see the car drive. Is just an assembly plant. They bring different parts. Different parts. Put them together.
[14:52] And then they drive. Together. Sometimes. You can remove a whole door. And the car will still be driving. Or. You can do something to the door. And the car will still drive.
[15:05] But you know. They can. Put. An injection. In your little tool. Or when a snake bites people. Over there. But it's shorter. The whole body. Is dead.
[15:16] Because. Whatever affects the tool. Is going to affect the brain. Is going to affect the eyes. Because the same blood. The same one life. So. The difference between an organism.
[15:28] And organization. Is organization. Different parts being brought together. An organism. Is one shared life. They all share the same life. So.
[15:38] When. That's why we are connected to one another. We are one. In the church. And what's the life. It's the life of Christ. That runs through all of us. So it doesn't matter where you live.
[15:50] It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter your background. It doesn't matter your. Your status. Once. Once you are in Christ. We are all one. Yeah. That is why.
[16:01] It is wrong. For discrimination. To enter the church. Yeah. It's wrong. Whatever discrimination. Uh. Based on race. Based on gender.
[16:12] Based on. Class. When we come to church. Status. Shouldn't matter. Yeah. We will not give you promotion.
[16:23] Because. Of your education. Let's get. Let's get. Clear. I have. You know. PhD. In public relations. So we should make you a minister.
[16:33] Yeah. I have this. This is my education. I am. A chartered accountant. So I should be the one in charge of the finance team.
[16:45] With you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We don't give you position. Because.
[16:56] Of. Your. Background. We give you position. Because. Of. Who you are. In Christ. And your dedication. To the work of God. So in church.
[17:10] He said. In Colossians. Chapter 2. Verse 11. Or so. He said. There is no female. There is no male. There is no Jew. He said. But Christ. Is all. I think. We should read that scripture. I love that scripture.
[17:22] Is somebody learning something at all? The book of. Colossians. Okay. It's 311.
[17:33] Verse 10 says that. And have put on the new man. Which is renewed. In knowledge. After the image. Of him. That created him. Verse 11. Those of you who have Bibles. Shall we all read it aloud?
[17:45] Let's go. Where the rest of the time. Have been in the morning. I love that.
[17:59] What was it? It said. Christ. Is all. It didn't say Christ. In all. Christ. Is all face. And in all. So there's no. The categories.
[18:11] Where there is no Jew. There's no Greek. No Jew. Circumcised. No circumcised. Barbarian. Scythian. Born. No free.
[18:22] All those things. Whether you are a slave. You are a business owner. You are a slave owner. You don't bring it in church. You don't bring it in church. There's no room. I think recently I shared something on.
[18:34] There's no room for anybody in church. There's no room for your education in church. There's no room for your exposure in church. There's no room for your culture in church. There's no room for your race in church.
[18:46] There's no room for your background in church. There's no room for your gender in church. There's no room for your expertise in church. There's only one room for only one. And the Bible says that in the church, it is Christ in all.
[19:01] Christ in all. Christ is all. Christ is all. Let's not say Christ is all. Christ is all. So when you say I believe in the universal church, we are saying that it's the body of Christ and Christ is the one that.
[19:16] So do you know the difference between an organism and an organization as well? An organism just grows. Organization is just adding parts.
[19:28] But organism grows. So as I'm speaking, many thousands are being added to the body of Christ. The church is actually growing. Everything is growing. And we are the same body.
[19:40] Hallelujah. And so I believe in the universal church is the body of Christ. Don't ever tell somebody, because you don't belong in my church, you are not a Christian.
[19:53] Never. And don't say Christians are only those in this particular category. No, never. Never. There are Christians everywhere because it's the universal body.
[20:08] I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church. Can I add forgiveness of sins? Say forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. You don't want me to talk about forgiveness of sins.
[20:20] Hey, you. Today, you. You. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness of sins. That's actually, that's actually what makes you a Christian. A Christian is someone who says, I'm sorry.
[20:43] Peace Grace And Favour There's one part of it said Forgiving Forgiving Listen Write it somewhere Maybe you can change your status Write it there Forgiving For life Hallelujah Forgiving For life No more charge against you That's the beauty of Christianity No more charge against you From God No more charge Bible says that If you don't believe that I am the son of God You will die in your sins By Revelation chapter 14 It says Blessed are they Who die in the Lord You die in the Lord But some will die in their sins If you believe that If you don't believe that
[21:44] Jesus is the Lord You will die in your sins So what it takes Not to die in your sins Is believing That Jesus is the Lord Ephesians chapter 1 verse 7 Talks about how In him We have Redemption The forgiveness Of sins Wow 1 John chapter 1 Verse 9 If we confess our sins He is faithful And just To forgive us In Mark chapter 2 Jesus looked at somebody And he said Son Your sins are forgiven And the Pharisees said Who is this man Who commits this blasphemy Who can forgive sins But God Jesus looked at them For you And he said For you to know That the son of man Has power on earth To forgive sins He turned to the man Of the power of sins And he said Son Arise Take up your bed And work Work Forgiveness Of sins Can only Be found In Christ And watch this
[22:44] If you are a Christian Then I now got it I now got it I got it If you are a Christian You don't have Any right to say That sin Cannot be forgiven You don't know What I did I don't think Even I can forgive myself Let alone God You have to repent From your sins Somebody came to A certain pastor One day He said Pastor I have a problem I'm praying It doesn't seem like God is forgiving my sins I prayed And the man said If you want to be Forgiving your sins Then you have to repent Yeah yeah I've done it I've repented And I've asked God To forgive He said You have to repent He said Yeah pastor That's all I've been doing He said You don't get it Repent from the mindset That your sins Cannot be forgiven That mindset Is that You have to repent From it There is no sin On earth That the blood
[23:45] Of Christ Can not Apart from rejecting The blood That can wash Your sins The sins The sins That cannot Be forgiven Is the sin Of rejecting What forgives sins When you are Christian Guess what Your sins Are forgiven Yeah I I know you've done I know you've done Some stuff But that's why Christ has to go through So much Simply because of you The thief on the cross Said to him Said to the other thief That we deserve What we are doing What we are going through But he Has not done Anything wrong So how dare you Raise an accusation Against him He's innocent He's not He never died For his sins He died for Our sins 1 Corinthians Chapter 15 Verse 3 He said My gospel Christ died
[24:46] For our sins According to the scriptures He died Why did Christ die For our sins I can't hear you For our sins I think you should Personalize it now Why did Christ die For my sins I can't hear you For my sins Someone lift up your eyes And say Christ died for my sins Christ died for my sins Say it again Christ died for my sins Christ died for my sins He said Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away The sin of the world Hallelujah Hallelujah Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away The sin of the world He said The righteous For the unrighteous For God Commended His love Towards us This way In that while We were yet sinners Christ died Hallelujah Romans chapter 5
[25:47] Verse 8 God displayed His love for us This way How? In that while We were yet sinners Christ died for us Christ died for us Bible said That he suffered 1 Peter chapter 3 Verse 18 and 19 He suffered That he might Bring us to God He might bring us to God 2 Corinthians Chapter 5 Chapter 5 From verse 80 Particular 19 He said That God was in Christ Ha!
[26:17] Reconciling the world To himself Not imputing Their trespasses Against them Hallelujah Why? Because Christ Paid for the punishment For sins And he died For all Who come to him Not only for some But for all But for all And your sins Are not exempt The sins You have committed The one You are committing And The reason why It's actually a good news Is even the ones You will commit Hallelujah He dropped the charges There is now No more condemnation For those Who are in Christ Jesus Who walk not For those
[27:17] Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah To the Lamb of God The Lamb of God Takes away The sin Of the world The Lamb of God Takes away It says Worthy is the Lamb Sitted on the throne Takes away The sin Of the world Look at what you see us What distinguishes us Is the fact that Our sins are forgiven No other religion Can guarantee Forgiveness of sins It is what it is No religion Can guarantee They can promise They can suggest But no religion Can I tell you one story I heard a certain American preacher Say this He said He was traveling From one state To the other So as they were On a plane for long They started talking And said If I don't If you don't mind Can I ask what You do During the conversation
[28:18] The man Asked the pastor I can ask what you do And so I am I I I I I tell people They don't have to die In their sins Their sins I think something like that Or what And the man Is a Muslim So They were chatting Nice I'm a very nice Muslim guy They were having a conversation And The pastor Asked him Asked the Muslim That Can I ask you a question After a conversation For a while Can I ask you a question Does Allah Forgive sins Does Allah Forgive sins He said The man Said The Muslim Said I don't know You know I don't know He said
[29:19] I don't know You know Maybe He might But I don't know And actually Actually No First of all He asked him Do you commit sins He said Oh yeah I do Actually I'm even Going to Commit Some sins Then he said Does Allah Forgive sins The man Said I don't know You know And then the pastor Said I know I can tell you He said He doesn't And he won't Forgive you He doesn't Forgive sins He doesn't Forgive And he will Not forgive you Because he can Only forgive sins On one condition The blood of Jesus Not how loud You pray Not how much You give Not how much You dance It's just Based on One thing How much He did On the cross So God
[30:19] God Does not Just forgive Sins Let us think In God Does not Just forgive Sins He Cannot Just Forgive sins And he Doesn't Just forgive Sins Because Somebody Was hoping For his sins To be forgiven He doesn't Do that God Can't forgive Your sins Because You are Pitiful God Does not It is going To be strong God Does not Forgive Your sins Because You are Sorry No Sorry You think Because you Are sorry God Has to Forgive You No It doesn't Work like That But I'm Very sorry For what I've Done It doesn't Matter So on What condition Can he Forgive my Sins When you Believe The fact
[31:21] That Don't go With your Hands That are Innocent Your hands Are not Show him The hands Of Christ The pierced Hands On the cross He paid The price For your Forgiveness He paid The price For your Forgiveness Shout Hallelujah So when You are In Christ You are Guaranteed Forgiveness Of sin God Does not Punish The believer When he's Coming to Judge us Again He's not Coming to Judge us To punish Us Because any Punishment That will Come to A believer Has already Been to Christ He comes To judge Us To reward Us God Disciplines The believer He doesn't Punish The believer He said Don't be Moving With that Boy Don't be Moving With that Girl You are Doing God Will Discipline You He will Not Punish You But he Will discipline You Because punishment Has already Been taken For the Christian Christ has Taken our Punishments
[32:21] Say I Believe in Forgiveness Of sins I think As I End Now Think about The sin Charge the Enemy is Throwing at You You know You have Some sins You don't Have to Even think Beyond Today Some of You even In this Service But if You are A believer If You are A Christian If You are In Christ Then When You are About To Say I Believe In Forgiveness Of Sins Think About Whatever Sin Whatever Sin Say Whatever Sin As You think About It Your Confidence Should Be In The Blood Of Christ Lift up Your Right Hand Say I Believe In Forgiveness Of Sins If You don't Have Any Sin To Think About That's Also Good News Right But say I Believe In Forgiveness
[33:21] Of Sin Say it Again I Believe In Forgiveness Of Sin Because Of The Cross Of Christ In Jesus Name Amen Thank You're Welcome To Connect With David Entry On Facebook Instagram Twitter And LinkedIn You can Also Find More Life Changing Messages From Carriage Church On YouTube And All Relevant Streaming Platforms Don't Forget To Subscribe Like And Share This Message Be Blessed