Empowered Faith: Young Disciples Transforming the World

so my dear young brothers and sisters I want you to remember one thing that when Jesus chose his first disciples he chose a lot of young people I mean they were not or 18 but they were much younger than the leaders of Israel at that time most of the leaders in Israel the Pharisees and all were 60 70 years old and Jesus chose young people the oldest among them was 30 years old some of them may have been 27 not much older than some of you and they were the ones whom Jesus chose to turn the world upside down and he spent just three years with them trained them spoke to them and then he went and filled them with the Holy Spirit [00:07:56]

faith is the Leaning of your entire personality upon God remember this it's the best picture of faith that I always speak about I've spoken about it for many many years is like a branch in a tree that Branch can do nothing apart from the tree the tree does not expect it to produce any fruit but expects the branch to remain in the tree you know that every Branch an apple tree or Bears or anything if it remains in the tree the tree supplies it all that's necessary for the fruit to come so picture Faith like that [00:49:48]

faith is that helpless dependence upon God like a branch in a tree never forget that but it is a dependence upon God that has faith is also a confidence when you say you have faith in somebody it means you have total confidence in him if you say I trust my dad that means you have confidence in your dad so to have faith in God means I have total confidence confidence in what so let me mention three things you should have confidence in first is that God's love for you is without any conditions [00:57:52]

God's love is unconditional he doesn't wait for you to become better he loves you and thus turns you to make you better because you know so often the devil will always condemn you God doesn't love you you're not good enough don't listen to those lies so many young people go astray because they listen to the lies of the devil so you need to be rooted and grounded in God's unconditional love for you that's the number one thing that you need to believe in faith is to believe not just believe but to have total confidence in God's unconditional love [01:09:26]

faith is not something blind that I have to Blind believe blindly in something no it is confidence in God's unconditional love he's my father and second in his Almighty power that can handle any situation solve any problem and one more thing it's a confidence in God's perfect wisdom that means God knows better than me what is good for me don't parents know better than their three-year-old child what is good for them see when you compare god with us it's like a parent with a two-year-old child before God you and I are like two-year-old children [01:23:39]

with the heart a person believes resulting in righteousness with the mouth he confesses resulting in Salvation you see the connection there between faith in your heart and what you say with your mouth what you believe in your heart you must confess with your mouth very important you know in electricity there are two wires when they come and touch that's if you go if you go inside and look at a switch if you open up that switch there just two wires electric wires that are kept apart from each other and when you put on the switch all that the switch does is make those two wires touch and as soon as they touch the light comes on [01:48:39]

you believe something in your heart tell the devil tell him my sins are forgiven you can't touch me Satan Satan you were defeated on the cross by my savior if you don't confess these things you cannot overcome it so what is Faith I believe therefore I confess can you remember that statement I believe Something in My Heart therefore I confess with my mouth okay here are I'm going to tell you eight things that you must remember today [02:01:06]

God has determined your boundaries so therefore don't compare yourself with somebody else so many people say I wish I was as good-looking as that person or I wish I was as tall as that person some people say I'm Too Tall some people say I'm too short God has determined all my physical boundaries and then some people compare themselves with other people who whose parents are richer oh his parents are so rich they can get so many things for them but my parents are so poor listen God decided that he drew a financial boundary around your home you should be born in a home that has so much income [02:46:88]

every command of God is for your good therefore you must say I'm going to obey all of God's commands because they are for my good you know how people want to eat food that is good for their health sometimes parents tell you this eat this is is good for your health some foods are not so tasty but they're good for your health you take them God's commands are all for our good and therefore I want to obey all of God's Commandments always you find some commandment in the the Bible which is say how can I obey that well if you believe that they're all for your good you will obey them [03:38:91]

God controls all the people and events that affect you like in that verse we read in Romans 8:28 God causes everything to work for our good if we love him now how can he do that unless he controls all the people and circumstances that come into your life every single person and Circumstance that comes into your life God is in control of it you must believe that and if you believe it you'll be thanking him in every situation even it looks as if this is going to turn against you but it'll work for your good [04:13:38]

Jesus defeated Satan on the cross many people know that Jesus took our sins on the cross but they don't know that Satan Was Defeated on the cross as well in Colossians chapter 2 there are two things mentioned that happened on the cross Colossians 2:14 and 15 in letter to the Colossians chapter 2:14 first of all it says he took away the debt of our sin on the cross that's the first thing he did he canceled you know sin is like a debt supposing you have a debt of $100,000 to somebody you're always wondering how will I be able to pay this guy will lock me up in jail I don't have money to pay and somebody pays your debt boy what a freedom that'll be in your heart [04:38:91]

submit completely to God resist the devil he will run away from you isn't that in your Bible don't try to resist him if you don't submit to God first submit to God completely say Lord Jesus I'm giving my whole life completely to you that's what I said and I believe that when you died on the cross you defeated Satan completely and it says here I have to resist him I say to Satan in Jesus name Satan I resist you you have to run away from me you're not going to walk away you're going to run away from me [04:57:00]