Churches in Kerman

“``Repentance isn't God standing there saying, look what you did. He's not saying that. Repentance is God saying, come back to me. Remember the prodigal son? Went off. The father just stood there, opens arm, ready to receive him. Got a ring, got the shoes, throwing him, I have a calf already ready there for him. Why? Again, Romans eight one, therefore there is no combination through Christ Jesus. He's not here to condemn you. He's here to love you. Condemnation says, run from God. Hide from God. Turn your back on God. Conviction says, come back to God. Conviction is a good thing. Condemnation says, you're finished. Remember? You're finished. You're finished. This this relationship's finished. This this body is finished. This whatever is finished. Oh, oh, oh. This world is finished. Our government is whatever is finished. Well, if it's finished, at the same time, Satan has come to what? John ten ten. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He's here to finish it. No. But Jesus said, I've come so you can have life and life more abundantly. Condemnation says you're finished. Conviction says, this isn't who you are. This isn't who you are. Turn around.”

“"En esta tarde Dios está aquí Para mostrarles Su amor No es que nosotros Merezcamos recibir Nada de Dios Pero el simplemente hecho De que Dios nos amó tanto Que Él mandó A su Hijo Unigénito Para morir en la cruz del Calvario Y derramar su sangre Para que hoy Nosotros tengamos Entrada al trono de Dios No fuimos nosotros Si tenemos Encuentras Entre la espada Y la pared Reconoce Que es el amor de Dios El que te va a sacar De esa situación Dios te ama Dios te ama Dios te ama Dios te ama Él lo mostró En la cruz del Calvario Y por eso Te ha traído En esta tarde"”

“``Think about Peter. Not just when Peter changed his direction, his vision, and his focus started sinking, but repentance got him right back on the word. Repentance got him right back on the path, and all they had to do is say, Jesus. Jesus didn't say, I'll just let him go down. Let him go down. No. No. No. He grabbed his hand. Now let me go let me fast forward. And Peter denied Christ three times. And, of course, Peter is trying to condemn himself. Right? And then what what does Jesus do? Jesus turned to him in John twenty one seventeen, looked at Peter and said, feed my sheep. Feed my sheep. Because Peter decided to sit down and listen to Jesus. See, that's relationship. Abide in him as he abides in you. See, that's when he said, go feed my sheep. What was Jesus saying? Get back on the path. Get back on me. Because what I said to do is go into all the world and spread the gospel with the good news. A life and a life more abundantly. See, your failure doesn't have to become your destination. So many times that becomes your identity. That becomes your destination. That's that's not the way. The narrow path is actually the path of freedom.”

“``Righteousness is a gift. I want you all to write it around. Righteousness is first a gift before it becomes a walk. It's a gift before it comes a walk. It's a gift before it's a walk. It totally is not a good example, but maybe you'll see it. I receive a robot as a gift. I receive it as a gift, and then I can walk with it. You understand? I can't walk with it. Come on. Come on. Unless I, what, first receive it. I gotta receive it. Now once you receive it, what do you do with it? That's the question. What do you do with this? What do you do with this gift? See, there is a way to walk. Once you receive that gift, there's a way to walk. And when we step out of that path, when we step out of that narrow path, repentance gets us turned back to that path.”

“``So right here we see that grace doesn't give you permission to leave the path. I'll just get back on it when I want to. It doesn't do that. Grace gives me the power to walk the path. It doesn't give you the opportunity to get off the path. It gives you the power to stay in the path. Righteousness is not just something God puts in my on my account. It's like, well, I I got that much grace. I can just keep on just pulling from the grace account. Doesn't work that way. Why righteousness righteousness literally changes. It changes your direction of your life. It changes. Why why does righteousness change your direction in life? Because righteousness came through repentance. And without repentance, you will not be in the presence of God.”

“``You become a slave to whatever you choose to obey. Yes. You can become a slave to other people. You can become a slave to an addiction. You can become a slave to yourself. You can I mean, you can be a a slave to your imagination? You can be a slave to that. It's what you choose to obey. Now I know the word says, I am the truth, and the truth will set you free. See, if you feel like you're stuck, you're in bondage, or you're off that path, see, the truth says, no. No. No. No. Do you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death. Or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. That's why Jesus said, I only say what I hear my father say, and only do what I see my father do.”

“``Righteousness isn't ultimately something. Righteousness is found in someone. So I receive the gift of righteousness, the gift of Jesus. And at the same time, I'm staying on the path of righteousness, which is actually what? The path, which is the way, and the way is who? Jesus. So I stay on the path of Jesus. I I receive the gift of righteousness, and I stay on the path of righteousness. I stay on the path of Jesus.”

“``Everybody, every single one of us, you are yielding to something. What are you yielding to? What are you yoked up to? Every single one of us, we're following something. What are we following? You're serving something. The question isn't, will I serve? Every single one of you will serve. But who will I serve? That's the question. Who will you serve? That's why Jesus that's why he said, you have to crucify yourself daily. See, that's serving self. You gotta do it daily, renewing that mind daily.”

“``Because why? Therefore, is no condemnation through Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ ain't like, come on. He's not saying that. He's right there to bring you back. Repentance is part of walking with Jesus. It's a good thing. It's a good thing. Because what happens when you're walking down the narrow path and realize, I'm going going the wrong way. I'm going the wrong. You you turn around. That's all you do. Repentance means a change of mind and heart that results in a change of direction. See, when you change your heart, there'll be a change of direction. And and it starts in the heart.”

“When they put it in the hands of Jesus and it was blessed, they didn't have just enough to get by. They had more than enough to where there were 12 basketful over. Amen? They when they stopped focusing on what they didn't have and started focusing on what they have and releasing it to God, that's when the miracle happens. So what are you holding on to this morning? That God's saying, hey, turn it over, release it to me, and watch me bless it, and multiply it, and overflow what you have. See, because abiding, it stops focusing on what you don't have and it begins surrendering what you do. That miracle doesn't happen because of the size of the offering. The miracle didn't happen because it was such a small offering. Right? The miracle happened because of the greatness of the one who blesses it. So your miracle is right there on the verge when you release what you have to God and allow him to bless it. Allow the great one to bless it. Amen?”