[0:01] Welcome. You are about to listen to a destiny-changing message preached by Pastor David at Karis Phase 2. Karis Phase 2 is our revival-seeking youth ministry where young people are coming to know Jesus Christ.
[0:17] Faith comes by hearing and by hearing the Word of God. Be blessed as you listen. In Acts 2, verse 38, the Bible says that 37 talks about how they asked Peter after the preaching.
[0:33] One of the signs of a good preaching, it must leave you to be thinking, what should I do? And then it tells you that good preaching makes you want to know what to do.
[0:46] Because it makes you feel you need to take a step. And it's always a godly step. So, when Peter preached, they asked him, men and brethren, what should we do?
[1:01] Verse 37. And then Peter said, let's read what Peter said. And then Peter said to them, We pronounce and let everyone in the name of Jesus Christ for the nation of sin, and you shall see the faith of the Holy Spirit.
[1:17] So, he said, what happens to you when you have done what you are supposed to do? What did he say they are supposed to do? Repent.
[1:29] Allow. Be baptized. Be baptized. Uh-huh. What did he say they are supposed to do? Number one.
[1:39] How many things did he say they should do? Repent. Repent. Uh-huh. Be baptized. And what else? Receiving. Are they the ones active agents of the receiving or they just receive it?
[1:54] It's giving. So, receiving is the end. Is that another? So, what the fundamental thing they have to do is the one word. Repent. And then be baptized.
[2:05] Okay. Why should I repent and be baptized? Repent. Repent. Ah. So, if I want remission of sins. Okay.
[2:16] I have to repent and be baptized for the remission of sin. And is that all I get if I repent and baptize? I'm trying to help you to see how to study the Bible.
[2:28] That's not my teaching today. But this is a basic way to study the Bible. Don't just read. Analyze the text. Break it down.
[2:40] Do a comprehensive exercise. An exercise of comprehension. Try to understand what they are talking about.
[2:54] The demands. The requirements. The points that are making. And so, he has said, repent. And let everyone. Not some of you.
[3:05] Everyone. But what about those who haven't done anything wrong? He said everyone. Everyone must be baptized. Oh, okay. Everyone of you be baptized.
[3:16] In the name of Jesus. For. For. Why should I be baptized? Why should I be baptized? He said, for. The remission of.
[3:27] Oh. For the remission of sins. Ah. He said, if your sins are remitted.
[3:38] What happens? You shall receive the gift. Did you see that little word? After the sins. End. So, it's as a result of sins being remitted.
[3:53] He said, when your sins are remitted, something happens then. Afterwards. He said, and. You shall receive. Am I permitted to just pick it up properly?
[4:06] Because this story is actually of the two. When the Holy Spirit came. When the Holy Spirit came. Bible says that. The noise was loud outside. Because the Holy Spirit was inside.
[4:17] And those outside. They heard the noise. But the noise they heard was very interesting. It got there. It arrested their attention. But when their attention was arrested.
[4:29] They were asking some questions. In verse 7. Acts chapter 2. Verse 7. 8. 9. They found out that these people who were speaking. We said. Then they were all amazed and marveled.
[4:41] Saying. To one another. Look. Are not all these Galileans? But how can we hear them speak?
[4:52] Because at that time. You know. Jews like traveling. Because of business. They said. Ah. How is. Okay. I was explaining how Jews like traveling.
[5:04] So. But one beautiful thing about Jews is. They don't change their identity. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So. Jews travel around. And so there were Jews who lived.
[5:17] In all those. Territory. The Asia territory. They travel out. And so. When you look at Acts chapter 6. Verse 2.
[5:28] Verse 1 talks about. When the church. Multiplied. They arose. Actually verse 1 I'm looking for. Complains. Did you listen to. Against the Hebrews.
[5:39] Say Hebrews. Hebrews. By who? By Helen. Oh. Who are Helen is? Someone call Helen. Or mother is Helen. So when you.
[5:50] Give us a different translation. Like the new living translation. You'll find out who a Helen is. See the Hebrew speaking believers. Saying that. Okay.
[6:00] So the Greek speaking believers. Complained against the Hebrew speaking. So Greek speaking. Anything Greek. Is Hellenistic. Wow. So that's a theology.
[6:13] It's a Hellenist. Yeah. When I say you are Hellenist. It's very Greek. And not Hebrew. So they were. Jews. Like the way we have. Some of you. Your name even tells your original nature.
[6:27] Olusegu Obasa Jo. Oh my. But everything about you is British. Everything about you is British.
[6:37] But at core. Your diet is pounded. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jollof. Eferiro.
[6:50] Moin moin. Hey. You just like it. What is this? This potatoes.
[7:01] What is this? Give me pounded. Give me a bar. And a gushy. And a bono. Now of you.
[7:13] Your mouth is already over. So. Even though your accent doesn't show anything. Your accent is very British. But at core.
[7:27] You are a typical proper Nigerian person. Even though you actually have not been to Nigeria before. Yeah. But the Jews. Every year they go to Jerusalem.
[7:39] So even though they are living in Mesopotamia. They were living in Phrygia. They are living in Pamphylia. They are living in Galatia. They are living in all these areas that are very far away from Jerusalem.
[7:52] Every year they come to Jerusalem. They come to Israel. And they are all Jews. Like the Russian Jews. The Ukrainian Jews. The American Jews. British Jews.
[8:03] German Jews. They are always there. And wherever they are, they still remain Jews. But one thing is that they always come back, especially in those Bible times. They come, especially on the day of Pentacles.
[8:14] Because it was part of their ritual. Celebrations. And which God gave them. And so the Holy Ghost came on the day of Pentacles. And so can you imagine when you go to.
[8:26] Okay. A typical example is like during the Olympics in London. Do you see the number of different nationals who were here? From different countries. And if something had happened, it was a major global news.
[8:39] Because people have come from almost every nation. The same thing on the day of Pentacles. And God waited for the day of Pentacles. And released the Holy Ghost on the believers. And then when the Holy Ghost came on the believers.
[8:51] Verse 5 talks about how it was. Verse 5 says. You see. And they were dwelling in Jerusalem. Jews. Say Jews. Jews. And devout men. People who were very religious.
[9:03] Jews. From every nation under heaven. But before verse 5. Verse 4 says that. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they began to speak with tongues.
[9:14] Then the next statement says. There were devout men and Jews from every nation in Jerusalem. When this thing was happening. And so.
[9:25] Verse 6 talks about. The noise went out. No more church. The noise go out. And when this. When the sound occurred. The multitude came together. And were confused.
[9:36] Because everyone. That doesn't mean. If they were Jews. Sorry. If they were all in Jerusalem. They speak Hebrew. So everyone knows.
[9:48] The same language. But this one. They come from every nation. And everyone was hearing the people speaking their language. They said. No, no. It's not Herobo. It's Fra Fra. And this one said. This one said.
[9:59] No, no. It's not Fra Fra Fra. It's Lingala. And this one said. I also hear German. No, no. No, no. Listen to the. It's German they are speaking. No, no. This one said. No, no. It's Patois. It's Patois.
[10:10] It's Patois. So everyone. So it looks like the miracle is not the speaking.
[10:21] The miracle is what they were hearing. Everyone. Because everyone. That's what confused them. They could hear their own language.
[10:34] They said. Are these not all Galileans? Because all the guys who were there. They had not traveled. They've not traveled. Because they were there with Jesus. They don't travel. They have not traveled.
[10:45] They've just been in that same territory. But are these not all? We're amazing. Look. Are these all not Galileans? Look at the next verse. How come? How is it that we hear each one.
[10:58] Each in our own language in which we were born. Very. But are you not Jew? Yeah. I wasn't born in Jerusalem. I don't. My first language is not Hebrew.
[11:09] My first language is French. The other person said. My first language is Mandarin. The other person said. My first language is Swahili.
[11:23] Yeah. The other person said. My first language is Spanish. So that ring Spanish. Like some of you. You can't really speak any language properly. Yeah.
[11:36] Yeah. I have some Yoruba friends. One particular person is Yoruba. She grew up in America. She lives in Nigeria at the moment. Grew up in America. Doesn't understand the Yoruba language.
[11:49] But her accent is even bot. You know, the bot. Bot. I'm coming there. The Yoruba bot is inside. Bot. Yeah, you know bot. Bot.
[11:59] Yeah. I went to the Tesco bot. They didn't have apple juice. However, it's interesting she has the Nigerian accent.
[12:13] But she doesn't speak Yoruba. So, so long as she's concerned, Yoruba is not her first language. Even though she's real Yoruba. So these people were like that.
[12:25] Hebrew was not their first language. But strangely, they kept hearing the Italian. Ha! These guys are speaking Latin. So, they were confused.
[12:39] When the Holy Ghost came first, the people outside were confused. What's, what, what's that? What's going on? So, can you imagine?
[12:50] It really attracts attention. Everybody, come, come, come. We've never heard this. So, they said. When, verse 7, yeah, verse 8. Look at verse 8. And how is it that we hear them each in our own language in which we were born?
[13:05] So, let's say, Pastor, Kobe is hearing them speaking Cantonese. At the same time, he too, who is French, is hearing French.
[13:16] The German person is hearing, the German is hearing, German. How come you hear in your own language? I hear in my own language. She hears in her own language. What is this? It's a very strange thing.
[13:29] Very strange phenomenon. Does never appear okay. Meanwhile, the people speaking, they didn't know what they were saying. Because verse 4 says that they all started speaking in tongues, other tongues.
[13:42] As the Holy Spirit gave them the utterance. No human being can do this. I'm speaking one language, and everybody's hearing their own language. Wow! So, so, let's say, look at the nations some of them had come from.
[14:00] Verse, Parthians, Medes, Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Bethany, Bethany, Bethphrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and parts of Libya, adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes.
[14:20] Now, proselytes, it knows that when they say someone is a proselyte, it's like you are not Jew. But now you are converted to start practicing the Jewish religion. So, they are proselytes.
[14:32] I've said it here before. So, proselytes, they've come all to Jerusalem. And it says that the next verse, Cretans, Arabs, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.
[14:48] And they were hearing what they were saying. They were talking about God is amazing. This is what God has done. And I can't, these guys are speaking in my language. And they are not hearing rap music. They are hearing the language about the wonderful works of God.
[15:04] If it is God, it doesn't focus on all other things that people want to hear. It focuses on God. So, the Holy Spirit was talking about the wonderful works of God. And they are saying it. And so, they were all confused.
[15:16] So, what happened? So, they were all amazed and perplexed. What's the meaning of perplexed? Confused. Perplexed.
[15:26] Saying one to another, What could this mean? They're calling people. Can't everybody come? So, when God has now got their attention, and then some people said, these people are drunk.
[15:38] It's so preposterous to think someone, alcohol can make you speak everybody's language. Think about it. I'm wondering what those were, they were thinking about when they supposed that these guys can be drunk.
[15:53] Drunken people speak language that you can hear in your own mother tongue. Have you noticed how when people want to attack church, they can be so stupid by others think, oh, that's fine.
[16:06] Because what you said is really very unintellectual. It's very dumb to even think the way you are thinking about it. Oh, that's what church is all about money. Are you not stupid to think like that? Who says who?
[16:21] Can you define what you mean by it's all about money? All these people are lies. Some people say, oh, all church people are all fake. You are the fakers, phoniest, craziest, excuse me, malandry, dumbest creature.
[16:39] It's so dumb to say to pastors sweeping statements. But they do it always when it comes to church. People say anything and they look very intelligent.
[16:50] So they said they are drunk. Others mocking them saying they are full of new wine, fresh wine, fresh wine was very powerful. Early morning like that.
[17:02] So then Peter, the next verse. But Peter standing with the 11. There were not only 11, there were 120 of them. But the 11 other apostles.
[17:13] It's very important. The apostles were 12. When Judas went, they replaced somebody with Matthias. In the end of chapter 1. So chapter 2, Holy Ghost came down.
[17:25] When the apostolic number was ready. They were praying. The Bible says they were all 120 in the upper room. So Peter stood with the 11.
[17:36] See, don't make yourself church leader. This one, it was the leaders who stood. But one person spoke. So Peter stood with the 11. I'm sure he went out.
[17:47] Stood before the people. The 11 were standing there. And he said, men of Judea and all those dwelling in Jerusalem at that time.
[17:58] So you can imagine if you have a hotel business in Jerusalem. Very good. Every year. That time of the year is like Christmas here. Oh, yeah. It's good. Like when the queen's funeral.
[18:09] All hotels were about three times the price in London. Serious. So people said, all those dwelling in Jerusalem. We want you to know that these people are not drunk.
[18:23] Men of Judea and those dwelling in Jerusalem. Let it be known to you. And heed my words. Wow. He said, listen to me. Let me tell you this. But that one, he was speaking in Hebrew. Because that's the only language you could speak.
[18:35] So the other ones who heard in their own language is their business. But him began to address them in Hebrew. Listen to my words. These people are not drunk as you suppose.
[18:46] Since it's only a third hour of the day. Very early in the morning. Very, very early in the morning. Third hour of the day. That's before 9 a.m.
[18:57] Or I think 6 a.m. or so. Very early in the morning. So they can't be drunk. Then what I like is how he said, this is. What is happening?
[19:08] This. He said that this is what was spoken by the prophet Judea. Because when I was talking to Hebrews, they knew what he meant. Hebrews, you can't practice Judaism without keeping an eye on Moses and the prophets.
[19:20] I don't know. You are fake. It's only the prophets and Moses. They only believe in what the prophets have said. God has to show them that believe in the prophets. Because the prophets will be talking about the Messiah. So that's why Jesus said, I came to fulfill the prophets and the law.
[19:36] The law and the prophets are only talking about Jesus. So when the church, the first preaching, Peter's opening comment is what you are seeing in the church today. Is what the prophets are already speaking about.
[19:48] It's not anything new in the program of God. He said, this is what was said by the prophet Joel. Then he quoted Joel chapter 2 verse 28. That in the last days says the Lord, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh.
[20:01] Your sons and daughters who prophesy. Your old men will see visions and dreams and all that. Then he said, it's interesting. After he quoted the scripture, after he quoted the scripture, he ended by saying that.
[20:16] And that's also in the same Joel chapter 28. He says, and whoever, verse 31 says, and whoever shall call on his name. Joel 32. Joel 32.
[20:26] And he shall count to pass that whosoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For Jesus. For in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, there shall be deliverance.
[20:41] As the Lord has said. So now look at what Peter quoted. And then verse, chapter 2, verse, no, verse 20. Verse 20.
[20:52] Then he quoted, he added this, the son shall be dark. All is part of Joel. Then he went to verse 21. 21 says, and he shall count to pass. Still Joel. And he shall count to pass.
[21:04] That's very interesting. It's good that I thought of salvation. That whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, he introduces salvation. Because he was saying that what Joel preached about, salvation is only in the name of the Lord.
[21:16] But what Joel said, you couldn't have done it because the Lord had not come. None the Lord had come and gone. So whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Then after he quoted Joel, every good preaching must have quotation.
[21:34] Those of you who want to be preachers, never preach without starting with a quotation. Because what have you got to say? What have you got to say? Speak the word.
[21:46] So he quoted from Joel, from the prophets. And then when he finished the quotation, he started addressing them. He said, men of Israel, hear these words.
[22:00] Then he started talking about Jesus. After quoting, he said, hear these words. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did through him in your midst.
[22:14] This is not a strange story. You all knew it. In your midst, which God did through your midst. Ask yourself, you know it. Oh, he's preaching Jesus. Hallelujah.
[22:25] God did through your midst. Which you know. And then he says, and you by lawless hands, you killed him by the determined.
[22:36] He says that him being delivered by the determined purpose of the following of God. You have taken by lawless hands and have crucified and put to death. Then I'm sure someone will say, true or false?
[22:48] True. You know what he's talking about. You killed him. You killed Jesus. Means in spite of all the miracles, all the things that God did through him, you still killed him.
[22:58] Wow. But his death was not the end. 24 said, but God raised him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Whom God raised up. See, that's the message of the church.
[23:10] Whom God raised up, having lost the pains of death, because it was not possible that death should be, he should be held by death. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And then he quotes again.
[23:21] Oh, Peter's preaching was full of quotations. For David says concerning him, he quotes from the Psalms. For I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken.
[23:34] Look at the next verse. This is what he'll do. Therefore my heart, this is David. Therefore my heart rejoices and my tongue was glad. Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope. Why? This is all David.
[23:45] Why? For you will not leave my soul in haste, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. This is David. Is it David because he said, David said.
[23:57] And it's in Psalm 2. So he goes. The preaching was good. He starts with Joel. Then after talking about Jesus, he goes to Psalms. And he picks what the Psalms have said.
[24:09] And he said that. Let me explain the Psalm to you. David said it. But he cannot be talking about himself. Because David died and he seen corruption. So what David wrote definitely was not about him.
[24:22] David was writing about somebody who will not see corruption. He's making a case for the resurrection. Whom God raised. That's the verse 24.
[24:32] Whom God raised. Now he's making a case for the resurrection. From where? From scripture. That it's already been written. It's already been prophesied. But you haven't noticed it. So he goes to the scripture.
[24:45] Began to pull the documents. The ancient documents they all relied on. To show them that the document we are relying on. Has said these things. And it's happened right in our lives. But it seems like you have missed it.
[24:58] Are you learning something? Look at the next verse. David. You have not. You have made known to me. The ways of life.
[25:08] You will make me full of joy in the present. That's all David. Okay. Look at the next verse. Look at it. Then he begins to talk to them. He keeps calling them men and brethren. People of Israel.
[25:19] He addressed them. Like ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and mamas and papas. Brothers and sisters. Fellow citizens. So he kept addressing them. He said men and brethren.
[25:30] Let me speak freely to you. Of the patriarch David. Okay. Tell us. What are you going to say about David? Because he just quoted what David said. That he is both dead and buried.
[25:41] And his tomb is with us today. I can go and show you his tomb. His bones are there. So that thing David said. Could never be referring to David. That's the case he was raising. He said his tomb is here with us today.
[25:54] Look at the next verse. Therefore. David being a prophet. And knowing that God. Has sworn with an oath. To him. That of the fruit of his body.
[26:05] See David. God told David. I'll raise a son from you. So. And David was a prophet. So he spoke about his son. Who God will raise. So when he was speaking. Sometimes. This is what the prophets used to do.
[26:16] Sometimes like Isaiah. Isaiah said. Bible says that. Isaiah said. He was led like a slaughter. A sheep to the slaughter. By his stripes we were healed.
[26:29] He was wounded for a transgression. The Ethiopian eunuch said. What is this guy talking about? Because. Because he definitely not Isaiah himself. So who is Isaiah talking about? There are times where.
[26:41] David. Will speak in the first person. But he didn't refer to himself. Even though it looks like. David was talking about himself. He was talking about. About somebody else. Because when you read it carefully.
[26:52] And you draw to his logical conclusion. He couldn't be talking about David. Like when David quoted in Psalm 110. Verse 1, 2, 3, 4. David said.
[27:03] The Lord said to my Lord. Sit at my right hand. Till I make your enemies my food store. Whoa. Whoa. Who is this Lord then? Who is this Lord? Who. You see.
[27:13] There are two Lords. One. One of the Lords is Yahweh. The first one. And the second one is Adonai. Okay. So Yahweh said to my Adonai.
[27:27] But who is this Lord who is above David? Who the Lord is saying to him? So it's like almighty God said to David's boss.
[27:39] Yeah. Landlord. Who is your landlord? Yeah. So David's Lord. But David is a patriarch. Who is a patriarch? Someone who is like a significant father of a whole move.
[27:52] So behind him there's not anybody bigger. Abraham is a patriarch. These are big guys. But David is saying that the Lord said Adonai. Oh sorry.
[28:03] Yahweh said to my Adonai. My Lord. Sit at my right hand. Say right hand. Right hand. Does it ring a bell? Yes. Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your food store.
[28:15] Look at verse 2. Yes. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
[28:26] In the day of your power thy people shall be willing. What? In the beauty of holiness from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth.
[28:38] Look at verse 4. The Lord has sworn. What is this? The Lord has sworn and will not change. It's relent. You are a priest forever. After that.
[28:49] Who is this? If you are very interested and intelligent in scripture, you are reading this. The logical question is but who is this? Who is this that?
[29:00] So the Jews have always wondered who is this person talking about? Then so Peter says that David said that you will not leave my soul in Hades.
[29:12] Neither will you allow my flesh to see corruption. But he said brothers and sisters let me submit to you that David is dead and his tomb is with us today.
[29:23] So that scripture didn't apply to him because he saw corruption. He has decayed. So he couldn't be talking about David. His tomb is with us. We all know his tomb. So look at the next verse.
[29:35] Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God has shown him to raise a soul with an oath to him that from the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he will raise up the Christ to sit on his throne.
[29:50] So God told David, because David was special to God, God said you, because you want to build the church, you want to build my temple, I will raise your son to sit on the throne forever.
[30:02] So the Jews knew this already. So that's why David is a very special person because God gave him the promise that you are going to be the father of the Messiah. So he was saying that because David was a prophet and God has also sworn to him, he was speaking about this son that God was going to.
[30:21] So the things he wrote, he was actually prophesying. Now, look at the next verse. Am I confusing anybody? He, who is he talking about?
[30:32] Who is he talking about? Let's go back. Let's go back. That's how you study your Bible. Therefore, being a prophet, who is this talking about? And knowing that God has sworn to raise his flesh, according to the next verse.
[30:48] He, who is this talking about? David. For knowing, for seeing this, spoke concerning the reservation of Christ, that Christ's soul was not left in Hades nor in the display.
[31:02] So he was saying that when they said that somebody will not see corruption, David was not talking about himself. But him being a prophet spoke about that Christ was coming. What did he say about that Christ?
[31:13] That Christ's soul would not be left in Hades and he would not be seen corruption. Why is he saying that? Because of verse 24. He said, him God raised. So no one has ever not seen corruption.
[31:25] There's only one person who has not seen corruption. That is why when they tell you that, you know why all Christians say Jesus resurrected from the dead, don't mind them. Because that's the devil wants to say he didn't resurrect from the dead.
[31:38] Because if he resurrected from the dead, then what he said was true. That is the son of God. If he resurrected from the dead, then this scripture David said is talking about him.
[31:49] If he has not resurrected from the dead, the scripture was not talking about him. So that's why he said Jesus Christ was attested by God amongst you. You caught him and crucified him.
[32:01] You killed him. God raised him the third day from the dead. Because he would not allow his Holy One to see corruption. Then he said, that's what David said. So after talking about David, he said that David being a prophet foresaw this.
[32:14] And he spoke about the Messiah, the Christ. Look at the next verse. Look at the next verse. This Jesus God, did you see that? So you see, it's like, that's why I normally want to tell my brothers.
[32:28] Preach and make sense from scripture. This is like someone standing in court making a case with scripture. Look, think about it. The first preaching was very intellectual.
[32:43] You know, that has happened. That has happened when they were shaking. And the Holy Ghost, the fire was on their head. Everybody here.
[32:54] And this unique thing was even the miracles that were happening, that people were hearing their own language. But as soon as they got the attention of people, they said, okay, let's explain to you what is happening. There must be a biblical explanation to your shaking and your moving.
[33:09] How come you are in church always shaking and jumping and rolling, and there's no biblical interpretation and explanation to it? What kind of Christianity is this? It's phony. Oh, that's a miracle.
[33:20] You know, he's a prophet. It doesn't matter what he says. You just believe. Please, don't. Don't. Don't. Get a reason from scripture before you believe. If you cannot be validated from scripture, throw it away.
[33:34] The first preaching is opening comments. This is what the prophet said. How come you are doing something in church and we can't find it's trace to the Bible?
[33:45] It's a demonic behavior. I don't care how good you are. Demons have hijacked your service. Wow. Wow. That's what makes it concerning when you go to some churches and they are using all kinds of things in their worship.
[34:02] Where is this from? You don't have to be condemning things. But you just have to validate things. Check things with scripture. If you don't find it in scripture, you have the right not to maybe condemn it, but walk away from it.
[34:21] Don't practice it. If you can't find praise and worship in scripture. Don't do it. If you can't find evangelism in scripture, don't do it. If you can't find giving in scripture, don't do it.
[34:34] Do it because scripture said it. Because God watches over his word to perform it. So he quoted the scripture.
[34:45] And he says that, let's go back to verse 32. Are you learning? This is Bible study actually. This is Bible study. That's not what I intend to preach. I've quoted the scripture.
[34:55] I've not forgotten. If you have time, I'll deal with that too. This Jesus God has raised up. There's something here.
[35:06] When you look at verse 22. Look at verse 22. Sorry, I think verse 23. No, no. I think verse 22.
[35:16] Let's take it in verse 22. Through him in your midst, asking yourself no. See? So this is not something they didn't know. But look at verse 32.
[35:29] Verse 32. He said, this is just God has raised. Of which we are. It didn't say you are witnesses. We. We know it. That's why we have come to tell you. That what the prophet said has happened.
[35:42] Don't stay out there. God is moving here. So we are witnesses of this resurrection. This resurrection. I thought that would be the end.
[35:52] He added more scriptures. Wow, Peter. Look at the next verse. Therefore, watch this. Therefore, being exalted to the right hand, of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured out this which you now see.
[36:10] He brought everything into context. So why did the people give them the audience? Because they saw something that got them confused.
[36:23] We all hear them speaking our native language, the wonderful works of God. People said they were all confused. They started passing comments. Some of them said they are drunk. Others said, no, how can drunken people talk like this?
[36:35] No, no, no. Then Peter got to say, let me tell you what's happening. They are not drunk. Joel said it. You remember Jesus of Nazareth? We all saw what God did to his life, but you killed him, right?
[36:47] They killed him, right? And he said that, but God raised him. God raised him. Maybe you don't know about that, but we know. God raised him. And he says, David said it, that somebody will be raised. It wasn't about David. It was the Messiah.
[36:59] And he says that this Jesus, God raised, and we are witnesses of him. Then he says that, and after God raised him, he went to heaven, being exalted to the right hand of God.
[37:10] Remember right hand? You remember right hand? Being exalted to the right hand of God the Father, and have received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit. He has poured this on us, which you are now seeing.
[37:23] So what you are seeing is the gift of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus, when he ascended, has now poured on us. Oh, really? That's a beautiful preaching. Now look at the next verse.
[37:34] Scripture is coming. Oh, David. So he quotes again. He said, for David did not ascend into heaven, but he said, the Lord said to my Lord.
[37:45] You remember this? David said, the Lord said, but David, you haven't gone to heaven. So who is this that the Lord, Yahweh, is telling to sit on his right hand?
[37:57] David is not going to heaven. But somebody else must have gone. It's somebody who was so powerful that God tells the person, now sit at my right hand.
[38:08] So he said, David did not ascend to heaven because he died. If he had gone to heaven, we didn't have had his tomb. So his tomb, every year they go and say, oh, David, well done, though.
[38:19] Well done. Okay, well done. Okay, well done. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. He said, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, the Lord says, till I make your enemies, it's the same thing from Psalm 110.
[38:33] Look at the next verse. Therefore, let the, watch this. It's getting interesting now. He said, therefore, you see, argument. It's like he's making a case.
[38:43] On the grounds of that, therefore, let the house of Israel know, assuredly, with confidence. He said, assuredly, that God has made this Jesus who you people crucified.
[38:57] It's there. Whom you crucified, God has made him both Lord and Christ. Because the Lord said to, the Lord said to who? My Lord. The Lord said to who? My Lord.
[39:07] He's the one who's gone and now he's there. So he's the Lord. God has made him Lord and Christ. Wonderful. Hallelujah. So that nice preaching, explaining this from scripture, doesn't make sense when he says that, I did not come to destroy the prophets, but I came to fulfill it.
[39:25] Because he just came to fulfill, what they were saying, the Bible speaks with one voice. Analogia scriptura. Total scriptura.
[39:36] The Bible speaks with one voice. So everything that was said in the Old Testament is in line with whatever is being said in the New Testament. Everything that is said in the New Testament is in line with everything that is said in the Old Testament.
[39:50] When some ignorant person tells you that the Bible contradicts itself, tell them that your eyes are blind. But I know you don't know squat.
[40:01] But I know you don't know. Excuse me, can I ask you one question? You who claim you know. Have you read it covered for a page to page? You. You. You said you know. Have you read this thing page to page?
[40:11] Cover to cover? Have you read it? Have you read it? You haven't even read it. You haven't read it from page to page, from cover to cover. You haven't done it.
[40:22] You, even if you've read it, you've read only bits of it. You haven't read it. You haven't read everything. You haven't read it. You haven't read everything. You haven't read everything.
[40:33] You haven't read everything. so let you guys is that let the house of israel know that this jesus whom this jesus say this jesus is jesus it's nice then he says that which you know it happened right before your eyes it happened before their eyes they knew it the miracles and everything in the eyes they killed him in their eyes none of them could prove that he's still in the grave nobody can prove that jesus stayed in the grave prove the resurrection prove his body don't you think that the way people hate christianity if there was a wound people have already found it and make sure that this is it because it has changed now christianity has changed the whole world the whole world the whole world permit me to classify it as they would do as a religion the largest religion in the whole world which is built on a resurrection wouldn't researches have made wouldn't researches have made sure we've proved it because you cannot deny the historicity of jesus and he lived around 4 bc he lived he actually lived pontius pilate if you look at the history of pontius pilate it will tell you he he executed a jesus of nazareth everyone it's it's it's actually in secular historic books jesus's story is not something that is not it didn't happen in time it's not fictional it's it's a real story that happened it's it's more real than winston churchill it's real that is why it would be difficult for you to behave that oh christianity it didn't exist it did christianity oh shit is that's why i made a statement some of you didn't get it christianity is not just emotion it's highly intellectual and it is not against reason if you can't serve god with reason it's a bogus worship that's when you want to serve god with christianity that's when you want to kill people if they challenge you but if there's a reason why do you have to kill let's reason christianity has never been afraid of afraid of debate christianity has never been afraid of dialogue christianity has never been appraised of proof giving reason never never they are top top top top top top top wise great scientists who are heavy christians and theologians so don't think that being a scientist it doesn't you can't be a christian it's a fool's errand to think like that there are a lot of scientists who are not christian but there are also a lot of more senior scientists who are christian even that newton was a christian you are a physicist but newton was a christian oh please what have you discovered what have you discovered most of the faraday anstein most of those people were christians queen elizabeth the second was a proper christian was a proper christian are you trying to say she's stupid no wow queen elizabeth been able to rule in the modern world for 70 years and you think she's stupid oh excuse me but unfortunately many christians don't even also raise their case from scripture or from history so some ignorant historian says that oh this has never happened you are a fake historian like someone who is saying that the holocaust never happened how can you say it didn't happen how how how how and you still think you are a historian you are a quack historian so the historicity of jesus christ is unimpeachable
[44:35] it's real you can't deny it that's why when he was preaching he didn't only quote the prophets but also may reference to history and current history he said this happened this happened this happened this happened you know how the queen passed not long ago it's the same within the same time frame you know jesus christ he died um 50 days later this preaching was going on and queen elizabeth died we are more than 50 days gone so it is like the way we all live here and i'm talking about queen elizabeth how his funeral was that how his funeral was that because it's something that's so current so day of pentacles was 50 days after resurrection just 50 days exactly 50 days not after resurrection after passover after crucifixion so he was preaching something very current that is why he could tell them which you are all aware of you all know all right so he says that this jesus not the one you don't know the one you know the one in history this jesus whose mother was mary this jesus who had joseph as his natural father this jesus of galilee the galilean of nazareth this jesus this jesus who did all the miracles we all saw this jesus the miracles were not in a corner public he had thousands following him at the point in time the whole city went to him so it's not like you can't say you didn't know this jesus say this jesus this jesus whom you crucify god has raised and my brother said when they heard that they were cut to their heart they realized wow this is where can we hide from this this is so real it's true but the beautiful thing is do you understand this this is very important i don't want you to miss this there are two things happening they were reasoning intellectually with him but it wasn't the intellectual aspect of the preaching that did the work it was the holy spirit so if you look at it from the surface you might think it's just the preaching or if you look at it from the other side you think there was the holy spirit that convicted them the holy spirit used the preaching wow and the preaching had to be full of the bible based on the bible holy spirit cannot use anything that has no it's not based on god's word it's not usable it's not usable in the hands of the holy spirit it's like you have a petrol engine and you put diesel in it it's not usable you don't have to use that you have to call recovery to come and pull it drain out all day i know some of you it has happened to you before going to buy petrol you bought diesel feel the tank you finish oh yeah it's not usable diesel is not usable for petrol engine it's not it's usable i'm just telling you that preaching you are trying to do that doesn't have scriptures is not usable for holy ghosts how can you light fire without fuel how can fire burn fire is not independent it needs fuel to burn fire needs fuel or something that will make it burn you know so you must have wood or something that's combustible it will keep the fire it's fuel fuel is not only petrol or anything that will make the fire burn so he said when he said that that's where I started verse 37 they were cut to their heart and they said men and brethren
[48:36] isn't it interesting Peter was addressing them as men and brethren now they are addressing Peter men and brethren what shall we do ah okay now listen to this what you guys see and you are confused about it is as a result of Jesus ascending when he sat at the right hand of God he has now poured the Holy Spirit on us that's what you are seeing but who is this Jesus the one we knew who was crucified who ascended who David has spoken about who didn't see corruption that's the Jesus now he is Lord and Savior and he has sent this to us and then they were cut to their heart men and brethren what shall we do he said now you can't enter you can't be part of this what are you supposed to do he said repent repent and you'll be in and then when you are in that's why I ask you what are they supposed to do repent and baptize what do you get remission of sin and after remission of sin what happens you shall ah so this Holy Spirit that is happening to you we shall also we shall also get some ah but there's a process there's a process to getting what we have gotten the process is you're supposed to do two things number one is what
[49:49] I can't hear you number one is what I can't hear number one number two baptize Jesus why should I repent and be baptized oh so Pastor Peter Pastor Peter are you saying I can't just receive the Holy Spirit no huh why no because you are full of sins oh no ah but what can I do about my sins it's not a problem you want your sins to be remitted because without the remission of sins Holy Spirit can come but the ultimate is that the Holy Spirit will come on you the Holy Spirit will come on you the Holy Spirit will come on you the Holy Spirit will come on you but it can't come unless there is remission remission is to take away to remove remove sin removal of sins how many of you know that we are all sinners yeah so you are not the only one
[50:53] I'm talking to you you know I'm talking you are not the only sinner yeah you are not the only sinner all human beings were born sinners that's why no one that's why he says that repent and be baptized he spoke to all of them not some of you when it comes to repentance it's not some of you it's all of us tell somebody good news good news tell somebody so you are not better than me then so I'm not better than me no no no really no you are not nobody is better than anybody your father can be the Pope and still not better wow or your father can be Osama Bin Laden or Hitler do you know that Popes son if you should have a son and Hitler's son none of them is better than anybody before so long when it comes to being sinful in the sight of God the Pope's son will go to hell
[52:03] Bin Laden Hitler's son will go to hell unless permission of sins takes place so he says ah okay so if I have I will receive the Holy Spirit which is seated at the right hand of the father and has sent how can I receive so no problem the promise is actually not look at the next verse for the promise for the promise is unto you to your children to all who are far off as many as the Lord will call oh what promise the promise of the Holy Spirit so really you are you are Christian so the Holy Spirit can indwell you Galatians chapter 3 verse 13 says that Christ has redeemed us from the law having been made a curse for us for it is written curse is everyone who hangs on a tree why verse 14 that the blessing say the blessing the blessing oh come on say it well the blessing some of you are not saying it the blessing that the blessing of Abraham will come upon us the Gentiles also is that all the story no receive that the blessing of Abraham will come might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus say in Christ Jesus in Christ Jesus
[53:37] Christ Jesus is different from the one the Quran talks about Jesus the Quran one is not Christ Jesus the Quranic one is not Lord Jesus Christ please don't forget what I'm saying so it says that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the love that the blessing of Abraham will come upon us Gentiles that we might receive the promise say the promise do you remember Peter said the promise is unto you verse 39 it has been a promise which was said this is that which was Acts chapter 2 verse 16 Peter's preaching said this is that this is what was spoken it has the promise the promise was spoken by prophet Joel that in the last days I'll pour my spirit upon her flesh now it's not going to be only Moses it's not going to be only Elijah it's not going to be only Jeremiah it's not going to be only Daniel it's not going to be only Ezekiel it's going to be all flesh all flesh
[54:40] I'll pour my spirit upon all flesh so that it says that so if you repent and your sins are remitted you shall receive the promise the promise that we might receive God Christ has become a that we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit and Peter said for the promise is unto you unto your children and all unto all who are far up as many as the Lord God will call they have their promise but now let's go back to where I started from you need to receive the Holy Spirit so you know the ultimate is receiving the Holy Spirit so what shall we do to receive the Holy Spirit you need remission of sins you need remission of sins because with that remission of sins you can't get into the Holy Spirit it's like you want to travel without a passport are you the queen or the king you need a passport even horses need passports yeah dogs need passport if you're traveling with a horse they need a passport other than you can't transport the horse yeah passport with their picture in the passport
[55:58] I don't know if they feel their picture in it or not yeah research it because you operate in a certain environment you didn't know that there are so many other things that go on so you can't travel without a passport in the same way you can't receive the Holy Spirit without remission of sins the remissions of sins are the passports to receiving the Holy Spirit receiving what receiving what the Holy Spirit receiving what the Holy Spirit receiving the Holy Spirit what Spirit the Holy Spirit how can you contain sin and receive the Holy wow wow it's an oxymoron wow it's a tautology to say Holy Spirit is coming on sinful person your sins must be removed so that he can come and land comfortably doesn't matter how sophisticated your helicopter is it can't land on Oxford
[57:00] Street with people passing walking no it can't the high rise buildings there's no place there so sin is like Oxford Street busy your life is so choked with sin that there's no land do you know a train cannot run through this room why there are no tracks even cars can't come here because those doors are too small in the same way Holy Spirit can't come because there are no holy tracks in your life so you have to remove the sin removal of sin is automatic creating holy tracks or landing path for the Holy Spirit hello hi oh now the big problem how do I get my sins removed that's what you should be thinking about remission of sins sorry remission of sins precedes precedes receiving of the Holy
[58:05] Spirit and what ah okay okay who forgives the sins God on what condition God cannot forgive sins arbitrarily do you understand what that means yes for any reason okay yeah forgive no you can't you can't do that because there's no legitimacy to that when you talk about sin you are talking about legalities you are talking about law law Bible says Romans chapter 5 that where there is no law there is no sin in fact Romans chapter 5 verse 20 it said the law entered do you know why the law came in it says that moreover the law entered that what offense do you know what offense is sin might do what what does mean mean increase increase where there's no law there can't be sin right so then when you're talking about sin you are dealing with legalities because laws come in so when you're talking about law then you can't just cancel sin based on whims or arbitrarily today I'm in a good mood let me forgive somebody no God doesn't forgive like that it doesn't happen like that do you understand that your car cannot tell you today I'm in a good mood so I'll just drive without petrol there are systems once the systems are in place everything so God
[59:34] God that would be very nice do you understand what I'm trying to talk about so then for God to forgive sins there must be conditions met now on God's part listen I'm teaching you something very deep not very good on God's part what are the conditions necessary for forgiveness on his part is the redemption of Christ on the cross so in Colossians chapter 1 verse 14 it says in whom talking about Jesus Christ okay in whom what do we have redemption okay let's all read there let's go one more time please some of you are not reading let's go what do we have redemption through his blood and he's telling us what is it is the forgiveness of sins actually so forgiveness of sins on the part of
[60:40] God blood I taught you this blood must flow so if there's blood okay and the legitimate blood because the soul that sins must die so then there must be an innocent blood to cover the soul that sins else that soul must be the one to die so Jesus Christ shed his innocent blood in Ephesians chapter 1 verse 7 verse 7 6 and 7 actually it says okay let's give you verse 7 let's go better it says that in whom we have redemption how do we have it so before God he requires blood right before God he requires blood so the conditions for forgiveness of sins is blood has the blood been shed has the blood been shed yes when was the blood shed okay so but who was the blood shed for us who are us the whole world he gave his blood his life for the okay
[61:47] John chapter 1 verse 29 behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of all okay behold the lamb of God what let's do a little bit of reasoning before I close what's the usefulness of a lamb the blood it must be slain killed okay lamb is good for killing for killing and when you kill it you need you get two things when you kill a lamb you get the blood and you get the flesh that's why Jesus said eat my flesh bring my blood right what's the blood for oh I don't want to go back but when God blessed everything for man he never added animal life to eat in Genesis I've taught you this already so he never told man to eat flesh man was created originally to be vegetarian I know some of you are happy or some of you are sad it depends on where you stand because you like your assorted meat man was created when you look at it
[62:50] God bless everything the tree for food even animal and God blessed it and he said it shall be for food to you not the animals but in when after man man fell in Noah's time in Genesis chapter nine from verse one to three he added the animals for food so now animals are blessed for food wow that's a good news Shaki is good for food every moving you know trees don't move please every moving thing that moving thing is talking about creeping things it moves alright can be for food for you every moving thing can be for food I've given you all things even the green herbs as well alright so then why did God change his mind he didn't change his mind after sin blood became an requirement in dealing with us but it's not every blood it should be
[63:55] Cain and Abel Abel gave Cain gave vegetables but vegetables don't have blood how can you get to go without blood he brought the best from his virgin and he expected God accept it this was my best for you please don't give God your best give him what he's asking for you say it's your best but he doesn't need that that's my best I can do stop talking about that that's what he's asking for give him what he's asking for it might even be below what you think is best but that's all he's asking for so Cain gave God his best take it accept it in the process of time brought offering of the fruit of the ground but God has also cursed the ground already he brought offering from the fruit of all God has cursed God does you are a farmer but Cain but Abel but Abel Abel also brought the first one of his flock of their fat and the
[65:00] Lord respected Abel and his offering not only the offering the giver himself God said I'll accept this and then Cain became upset and God said why are you upset if you do right won't you be accepted oh that means he knew what to do he knew what to do so why are you upset if you do what is right he knew what he was supposed to do but he chose what was convenient like you come to church and the pastor said come and let me pray if you are believing God for something and you are looking all that cool you want to impress you want to do it your way sometimes you call people forward and say no I will talk to the pastor after church you want to do it your way that's the clearest manifestation of pride which God resists so he brought Cain brought the wrong stuff but why lamb because he used to rare lamb Abel Abel was a keeper of sheep what would you keep sheep for you can't ride on them like horses now sheep has become a very important thing after the fall because it's used for sacrifice but when you kill it for sacrifice the meat the flesh what happens to the flesh so
[66:22] God blessed us now you can also eat the flesh that is why Jesus had to say eat my flesh because if God has kept us as vegetarians there's no way Jesus God would have come in the flesh and said eat my flesh so he gave his life on the cross John says that behold the lamb as soon as you mention lamb you are talking about sacrifice and holy flesh so he gave his life on the cross behold the lamb of God what does he do take away what is it the sins of the church what sins of the world okay if he's taking away the sins of the world why are not all people forgiving them because the sins have been taken when we came in here in the morning the place was very cold but they introduced it and it has taken away the cold of the room so you won't be here and have a different temperature the temperature in the room has been changed it affects all the temperature in the room has been changed in the same way if the sin of the world has been taken away then anyone in the world will benefit from the remission of sins so why is it that there are people who still don't have remission of sins as long as he says that on the cross it should have been hippie everybody is forgiving
[67:42] Peter wouldn't have told them that wait and because sins have been removed if sins have been removed by the lamb why is it that some people have been told to do something for the remission of sins because sins are supposed to be removed so that means that what Jesus did on the cross so long as God is concerned for the requirement for remission of sins is the redemption of Christ so why has it happened to us all because Christ has redeemed already no okay but on our part what are we supposed to do to access the redemption so there is the human part and it is the God's part God has done his part now he's left with the human beings so when they asked Peter what should we do to be saved Peter's first statement is very revelatory Peter said unto them what what should you do what should you do what should you do
[68:44] Acts chapter 3 verse 19 now the scriptures are quoted from the beginning they are coming live Acts chapter 3 verse 19 Mark chapter 1 verse 4 Mark chapter 1 verse 15 Matthew chapter 4 verse 17 Acts chapter 20 verse 21 are you alright Acts chapter 26 verse 20 Acts chapter 17 verse 31 that's where I wanted to start from but my time is ah so let's look at Acts chapter 3 verse 19 Peter Peter said repent therefore and be converted that your sins ah so what should I do for my sins to be blotted out repent but it's been remitted by the blood of Christ yes it has now been taken care of so if you can enter as he can enter through repentance there's no problem so those who have not repented their sins have not been remitted
[69:44] Acts chapter 17 verse 30 and 31 it's very interesting it said in the days of ignorance God went God said okay I behave like I haven't seen it God went but but now say but now he's commanded all men everywhere to do what it's a commandment repent repent what does repentance mean stop doing it God has commanded if you don't stop doing it you can't access remission now he's coming home stop doing it repent they went everywhere preaching Jesus when he started preaching even before he died on the cross in
[70:46] Matthew chapter 4 verse 17 he said repent look at it let's go loud let's go from that time Jesus began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand why should I repent because the kingdom of heaven is at hand God is now about to kiss your life he's about to enter your life he's about to do something new in your life God is coming to visit you but to assess it you have to repent tell somebody this seems to be you you are talking about repent repent John the Baptist chapter 4 chapter 1 Mark 1 Mark 1 Mark 1 4 Mark 1 15 Luke 3 3 Luke 24 47 I'll come back to that alright Mark chapter 1 and then we close I keep saying we are closing Paul used to say that finally finally finally finally John kept baptizing the wilderness and preaching a baptism of what for what did you see the correlation between repentance and remission of sins how about
[72:01] Acts chapter 10 verse 43 Acts 10 verse 43 to him all the prophets talking about to Jesus all the prophets witnessed that through his name whoever believes in him will receive remission of sins you have to believe in him so remission of sins is available but to access it the believing means you are repenting so when Paul met Jesus when he was killing people in the church and then Jesus said hey come here Jesus called he said you he threw him from me he carried him from the horse threw him he was shaking like a leaf in the wind he said what do you want me to do in Acts in Acts chapter 26 verse 17 verse 18 verse 19 and then verse 20 Acts chapter 17 God told him I will deliver you from the Jewish people alright this is all when God met him when he changed I can't go back because it took too much as well as from the Gentiles to whom
[73:04] I will send you when God sends you he's sending you to people he has to deliver you from they may chase you tonight but I will deliver you from them look at the next verse verse 18 what am I sending you to go and do to open their eyes in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of ah people are under the power of Satan yes that's what that's why you have to not stop preaching because you are turning them from the from from blindness opening their eyes in order to turn them from darkness to light from the power of Satan to God that they may receive they may receive what forgiveness when they attend they will receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Christ look at the next verse we are going somewhere second therefore I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision but what you did you look at 20 but declared faith to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea and and then to the Gentiles that they should do what repent they should repent turn to God and do works befitting of repentance
[74:18] Saint Paul said they have repented but when you look at that they haven't repented because you are still doing works the works you are doing is not befitting of repentance it doesn't it doesn't reflect a repentant a repented person it doesn't reflect it Bible says that God is light and in him is no darkness at all 1 John chapter 1 verse 5 God is light and in him there is no darkness at all verse 6 if we claim we know him and yet we walk in darkness if you say we have fellowship with him and yet we are walking in darkness we lie and practice and do not practice the truth Gibby King James we lie we lie and do not we do not the truth repentance we are now we are now moving from fellowship to partnership God but you are still practicing some things you are still walking in darkness he said you lie and do not the truth repentance means stop doing it so acid test of repentance you are still doing it you haven't repented some of you if you are really repented delete and block certain people you are no more with that boy you are no more with that girl but what's wrong if I'm with that guy because it's a sinful relationship it's a sinful relationship but you know when you are in a sinful relationship you know but sometimes certain deceives you and say we are not doing anything we are not doing anything please please please you are your your thoughts are that's where sin starts from it doesn't start sin is not an action it's thought first so long as the law of Moses is concerned sin is an action so long as the law of Christ is concerned sin is a thought
[76:03] Jesus said Moses said do not commit fornication they said Matthew chapter 5 verse 28 said do not commit fornication but I tell you I tell you that when you look at a woman to last hey yeah yeah yeah but I say unto you whoever looks at a woman to last for her do you know what that means it's not like you saw the woman and felt hmm this girl is hot but you move on but now she's hot and then if I get this woman hey jeez my God oh my God you have already seen you have already committed adultery in your heart so adultery is not just the action it's the one that has started in the heart so so long we have not done anything no no so long as God is concerned you've done it already just that it didn't happen physically didn't happen but so James said no one should say that God is tempting me when you are tempted in James chapter 1 he says everyone
[77:08] James chapter 1 from verse 13 everyone is tempted when he's drawn away by your own lust and he said lust when it look he said but each one is tempted when he's drawn away by his own desires and enticed hmm that's that's it's coming temptation's coming you're being drawn away that's why sometimes you don't have to be watching something to stare you up yeah you know sometimes when you watch it stares you up rough oh yeah oh yeah some things they may be soft but it's hard cause staring you yeah yeah you know what I'm talking about yeah yeah so it says that you have committed already it says that but every man is tempted when he's drawn away of his own lust and enticed look at the next verse then when lust has conceived it gives birth to sin so it starts inside before it shows up in the action that's the law of Jesus who told you the ten commandments is strong this one is stronger the ten commandments say if you do it you are in trouble you have sinned but this one
[78:23] Jesus said if you think of doing it you don't have to do it the further you have thought of doing it hey amen did you receive something God bless you for listening to the amazing message we pray your life can never be the same don't forget to like and subscribe to Karis Church on YouTube and listen to more messages from David Entry on all relevant streaming platforms you can also connect with David Entry and our youth ministry at Karis Phase 2 on Instagram and TikTok and at Karis on Campus on Snapchat so you're always up to date be blessed