WEBVTT 01:02.228 --> 01:05.531 Okay, praise the Lord. 01:05.531 --> 01:09.335 God never changes. 01:09.335 --> 01:34.460 Hebrews 13:8 - "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." 01:34.460 --> 01:42.535 When the Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever, 01:42.535 --> 01:49.175 that means God never changes. 01:49.175 --> 01:58.184 The Bible means the same yesterday, today and forever. 01:58.184 --> 02:06.325 God's promises are the same yesterday, today and forever. 02:06.325 --> 02:17.870 Yesterday was history; today is opportunity. 02:17.870 --> 02:20.406 What do I mean by that? 02:20.406 --> 02:27.580 The promise of the Holy Spirit comes by faith. 02:27.580 --> 02:30.482 Faith is now. 02:30.482 --> 02:38.924 Faith is today, not yesterday, not tomorrow - now. 02:38.924 --> 02:44.530 The promise of the Holy Spirit is now. 02:44.530 --> 02:51.537 Grace to be saved is now, if you are ready. 02:51.537 --> 02:54.973 He said, why we don't see the manifestation of the Spirit 02:54.973 --> 02:59.111 in the church, that's what he said. 02:59.111 --> 03:00.612 Thank you for giving me the opportunity 03:00.612 --> 03:05.584 to make a big correction today. 03:05.584 --> 03:07.653 There is a difference 03:07.653 --> 03:16.261 between seeing the power of the Holy Ghost that heals, that saves and delivers, 03:16.261 --> 03:20.432 and being a child of God. 03:20.432 --> 03:23.001 What is the church? 03:23.001 --> 03:29.174 The church is made of those who are born again. 03:29.174 --> 03:37.215 The Bible says when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour in faith, 03:37.215 --> 03:44.056 when you receive Heavenly acceptance from God, 03:44.056 --> 03:48.326 God confirms your faith in His Son. 03:48.326 --> 03:53.632 When you believe Jesus as Lord and Saviour, 03:53.632 --> 03:55.333 God will send the Holy Spirit in you, 03:55.333 --> 04:00.138 in your heart, in your body. 04:00.138 --> 04:04.142 In Acts 16, 04:04.142 --> 04:10.549 the man in charge of the prison, where Paul and Silas were, 04:10.549 --> 04:15.554 he said, “What must I do to be saved?” 04:15.554 --> 04:17.489 He said to him, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 04:17.489 --> 04:24.396 and you will be saved - you and your family." 04:24.396 --> 04:32.103 So, the church is not this building only. 04:32.103 --> 04:35.740 The essence of the Church is Christ in you, 04:35.740 --> 04:40.912 the Hope of glory. 04:40.912 --> 04:44.682 We are here to worship God 04:44.682 --> 04:47.051 in Spirit and in truth. 04:47.051 --> 04:48.753 We are here 04:48.753 --> 04:50.355 as a body of Christ 04:50.355 --> 04:53.591 to worship God, to pray, 04:53.591 --> 04:59.864 and to testify to the world that Jesus is Lord. 04:59.864 --> 05:05.303 We are saved to bring others to salvation. 05:05.303 --> 05:09.307 We are blessed to bless others. 05:09.307 --> 05:18.082 So, the church is a testimony of Christ here now. 05:18.082 --> 05:34.399 1 John 5:6 05:34.399 --> 05:36.067 because it's important to use the Scripture 05:36.067 --> 05:38.669 to back up our answers. 06:50.908 --> 06:56.347 The Bible contains that of mystery. 06:56.347 --> 06:59.416 Testimony in Heaven? 06:59.416 --> 07:01.452 It is God that testifies about Jesus 07:01.452 --> 07:11.328 in the Book of Matthew 3:16-17. 07:11.328 --> 07:14.331 "This is My beloved Son, 07:14.331 --> 07:17.668 in whom I am well pleased." 07:17.668 --> 07:24.341 The Holy Spirit testifies in John 15:26. 07:24.341 --> 07:28.379 Now who testifies on earth? 07:28.379 --> 07:35.452 You, I - we are the witnesses. 07:35.452 --> 07:40.557 When the Bible says the Spirit, the water, and the Blood, 07:40.557 --> 07:44.761 he's just saying those who are born again in the power 07:44.761 --> 07:48.298 of the Holy Spirit, 07:48.298 --> 07:52.402 those who have received the testimony of Christ, 07:52.402 --> 07:57.507 those who testify with Words of life, 07:57.507 --> 08:01.945 we are the church - you are the church, I am the church. 08:01.945 --> 08:07.551 So, the Holy Spirit is here, we have the Holy Spirit. 08:07.551 --> 08:12.055 Don't say because you don't see miracle healing. 08:12.055 --> 08:16.193 Our faith is not in miracles. 08:16.193 --> 08:20.964 Our faith is not in blessings. 08:20.964 --> 08:24.735 Our faith is in salvation. 08:24.735 --> 08:27.204 Our faith is in Jesus. 08:27.204 --> 08:30.674 Our faith is in eternal life. 08:30.674 --> 08:39.349 But when you fulfill your role to witness to others, 08:39.349 --> 08:46.022 the Holy Spirit may use you to manifest His power 08:46.022 --> 08:48.458 to heal others, 08:48.458 --> 08:52.362 not because of you, not because of me; 08:52.362 --> 08:57.567 because of His compassion to others. 08:57.567 --> 09:03.006 Jesus said, whoever believes in Me, 09:03.006 --> 09:11.948 whoever believes in the works I do, he will do. 09:11.948 --> 09:13.783 He never said a man or a woman, 09:13.783 --> 09:20.023 He said whoever believes in Me. 09:20.023 --> 09:22.325 He never said youth, young person or old; 09:22.325 --> 09:29.299 "whoever believes in Me." 09:29.299 --> 09:33.570 My brother, the Holy Spirit is here. 09:33.570 --> 09:37.540 We have the Spirit of God here. 09:37.540 --> 09:39.642 We are the church. 09:39.642 --> 09:45.014 The question is: 09:45.014 --> 09:53.256 Who can see the Holy Spirit in the heart of man? 09:53.256 --> 09:55.258 Only God. 09:55.258 --> 10:02.065 But the Scripture says in Ephesians 1:13 10:02.065 --> 10:04.968 that having believed in Jesus, 10:04.968 --> 10:09.839 God has marked us with a seal, 10:09.839 --> 10:14.110 the Holy Spirit of promise. 10:14.110 --> 10:17.313 So, the church is now. 10:17.313 --> 10:19.716 We are in the church. 10:19.716 --> 10:21.818 The Holy Spirit is here. 10:21.818 --> 10:24.954 The question you should ask me: 10:24.954 --> 10:26.756 What is the first work of the Holy Ghost 10:26.756 --> 10:31.194 when He comes to your heart? 10:31.194 --> 10:31.861 Do you know? 10:31.861 --> 10:43.306 When He dwells within us is to help us to live a holy life. 10:43.306 --> 10:45.908 The purpose of the Holy Spirit, 10:45.908 --> 10:49.645 when He dwells in our hearts, 10:49.645 --> 10:54.016 is to help us have the character of Jesus, 10:54.016 --> 10:56.452 the fruit of the Spirit, 10:56.452 --> 10:58.321 the peace of God, 10:58.321 --> 11:04.160 the joy of the Lord and eternal life. 11:04.160 --> 11:09.498 One can be filled with the Holy Spirit to do miracle 11:09.498 --> 11:13.335 and that person may not go to Heaven. 11:13.335 --> 11:17.306 Ask Judas Iscariot. 11:17.306 --> 11:22.545 Judas, in Luke 19, he was part of those Jesus sent 11:22.545 --> 11:25.481 to pray for the sick. 11:25.481 --> 11:28.984 People were healed, people were delivered. 11:28.984 --> 11:31.420 When they came to Jesus, Jesus said, 11:31.420 --> 11:36.992 "Don't rejoice because demons are subject to you. 11:36.992 --> 11:43.032 Rejoice because your name are written in Heaven." 11:43.032 --> 11:47.636 Salvation is first. 11:47.636 --> 11:52.975 I believe if the church come before God, 11:52.975 --> 11:55.644 kneel before Jesus 11:55.644 --> 12:01.650 and begin to intercede for this world in darkness, 12:01.650 --> 12:03.886 God will use us to manifest his power 12:03.886 --> 12:10.292 to bring people to salvation. 12:10.292 --> 12:14.530 Because the purpose of that is to testify. 12:14.530 --> 12:16.465 When the Holy Ghost came in the life of the apostles, 12:16.465 --> 12:20.936 a miracle took place. 12:20.936 --> 12:25.607 What is the purpose of the miracle? 12:25.607 --> 12:33.182 Each miracle said, this man is a man of God. 12:33.182 --> 12:38.787 Believe in him, his word is true. 12:38.787 --> 12:40.756 That's all. 12:40.756 --> 12:47.462 So, if the church sanctifies herself, 12:47.462 --> 12:50.966 if we depart from sin, 12:50.966 --> 12:55.771 if we read our Bible, if we meditate, 12:55.771 --> 13:01.777 if we come to the church and begin to intercede for others, 13:01.777 --> 13:05.947 God will begin to manifest His power 13:05.947 --> 13:07.516 as it was yesterday, 13:07.516 --> 13:10.786 as the time of the apostles. 13:10.786 --> 13:13.288 Because the apostles, when they came, 13:13.288 --> 13:20.428 they were preaching the Word of God for salvation. 13:20.428 --> 13:25.867 When you do what is right, if it pleases God, 13:25.867 --> 13:32.641 the Holy Spirit can manifest the same power today. 13:32.641 --> 13:35.677 The Holy Spirit is now. 13:35.677 --> 13:39.881 God's power has not stopped. 13:39.881 --> 13:43.885 When you read the Book of Act of apostles, 13:43.885 --> 13:46.121 that's the pattern 13:46.121 --> 13:55.163 that Jesus Christ wants His Church to be today. 13:55.163 --> 13:59.634 We need to go back to the Source. 13:59.634 --> 14:03.538 We need to respect this Word. 14:03.538 --> 14:06.541 We need to believe this Word. 14:06.541 --> 14:10.779 If you ask me why we don't see the power today, 14:10.779 --> 14:13.414 I will clearly tell you 14:13.414 --> 14:29.364 that the Word of God has priority over His name. 14:29.364 --> 14:31.099 What do I mean? 14:31.099 --> 14:35.069 If I say in the name of Jesus be healed and 14:35.069 --> 14:38.172 I don't have this word in my heart, 14:38.172 --> 14:41.275 I'm speaking in vain. 14:41.275 --> 14:46.414 The Word of God must dominate your heart first. 14:46.414 --> 14:50.318 So, you have faith to call the name of the Lord 14:50.318 --> 14:59.260 in Spirit and in truth, led by the Holy Spirit. 14:59.260 --> 15:04.332 Many call the name of Jesus, without faith - 15:04.332 --> 15:10.571 without being led by the Holy Spirit to call the name. 15:10.571 --> 15:14.842 But if you do it in Spirit and in truth, 15:14.842 --> 15:17.778 God will hear you. 15:17.778 --> 15:19.213 So, you are in the living church, 15:19.213 --> 15:24.051 give thanks to God, you are in the right place. 15:24.051 --> 15:30.925 The greatest miracle is salvation.