From Doubt to Faith: Embracing God's Kingdom
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"Because he doesn't want his image bearers to stay image bearers. He wants his image bearers, those created in his image, to become sons and daughters, to be part of the God family. How many want to be part of the God family? We all do. And so our first introduction to Jesus is as Savior. Because he opens blind eyes. He opens our spiritual eyes to see." [00:05:58] (40 seconds)
"And when we saw, all of a sudden, everything in us wanted to align ourselves with Jesus. And at that point, our stories are wide and varied as to where we first saw the light. Huh? Some of us saw him first right here in Mount Olivet Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. James Martin." [00:07:17] (36 seconds)
"Salvation is the front door. It is the beginning of our journey. If it wasn't, when we got saved, he'd take us immediately. Salvation is the beginning of our journey. He said, It is now that you have walked through the door of atonement. You've been born again. Now you call me Lord." [00:10:47] (25 seconds)
"Jesus walks through the door. Now he's in his resurrected body. Post-resurrection. And he appears to them. And he shows himself to them. And they touch him. And then he looks at the disciples and he blows on them. And he says, Receive. and he says, Receive. the Holy Spirit it's right there in the text." [00:13:37] (34 seconds)
"Because all through the New Testament, most of the things Jesus did, he wanted people to see that they might believe. He wanted people to see that they might believe. I believe. Thomas says, I will not believe, but I really want to. And after eight days, his disciples were again, same room, inside, and Thomas was with them this time." [00:19:14] (39 seconds)
"like I did them I will show you who I am I will do that and he's still doing that today he is he's still doing it today I just had some folk come up here for the sole purpose that you might see and bear witness that he's still doing it today he's visiting us and he's in our dreams he's returning to us the joy of our salvation he's healing our physical bodies that is what happens when you're introduced to the kingdom that is what happens when you're introduced to the king oh it's a it's a whole new world out there" [00:20:53] (48 seconds)
"it's a whole new world it's a whole new world yes yes yes I know we get distracted and we get stuck on our current situation like that's all we can see and we don't see God moving like we want to see God moving or like we think we should see him moving and we reduce our theology to our circumstances are you with me we reduce our theology to our circumstances because we don't Хотя see it or haven't seen it then we reduce our theology to our current circumstances that must be like how it works that must be God how you do what you do but let me tell you you cannot reduce your theology the way in which you understand God to your present circumstances he's bigger than that he's bigger than that we don't know why he does what he does we don't know how he does what he does we just know all things are possible" [00:21:45] (73 seconds)
"And there is enough interpretation of this passage to suggest that what he's saying is that there will come a people. Not long from now. Too present. There will come a people who have not had the benefit of seeing me in the flesh. They won't have the benefit like you have of seeing me in the flesh. They'll encounter me. They'll experience me. They'll experience my ways. They'll experience. My kingdom, but they won't have the benefit of seeing me as you see me. Blessed are those. Blessed are those." [00:25:09] (60 seconds)
"Because now the Holy Spirit is here. And now the Holy Spirit. Who came to take over. Like a good old country four by one relay. The Holy Spirit is running anchor leg. The Holy Spirit is running anchor leg. man Jesus hit that that that mark and the Holy Spirit just took off the perfect exchange Jesus said stick and the Holy Spirit's hand went back and man when he got that baton the next thing that happened pastor Ed is that knee went up and he just started just reaching right he's running in that race right now that's what he's doing he is the one that's allowing us by faith to experience the wonderful things that Jesus is doing and he's going to continue to do it in greater and greater measure" [00:28:34] (72 seconds)
"this might sound really foreign to you but you got to get in your word and look you can just do a word search how many times did jesus mention the kingdom how many times and in what context was he talking about look carefully because as he exposes you to the ecosystem of the kingdom of heaven you're going to find you encountering god in beautiful ways as your king as your lord he's already your savior for most of us if not all of us in this building but as your lord as your king" [00:31:15] (52 seconds)
"this is what happens when you get introduced to the king because the kingdom has its own ecosystem it has its own way he has his own way of operating his ways are not our ways his thoughts are not our thoughts you're going to get a sense of compassion beyond belief if your marriage is rocky he's going to begin to reconcile reconcile oh won't he do it he's going to reactivate many of you you know who've who've sat out in this season he's going to say it's time to get back in it's just time to get back in don't worry about where just get on back in get on back in get in where you fit in some of us have sat down on giving he's going to reactivate that he's saying it's time to give again to him to the local church to this church and other charities it's time to give again some he's they're already giving he says i i need more because we operate under grace giving" [00:33:08] (68 seconds)
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"And when we saw, all of a sudden, everything in us wanted to align ourselves with Jesus. And at that point, our stories are wide and varied as to where we first saw the light. Huh? Some of us saw him first right here in Mount Olivet Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. James Martin." [00:07:17] (36 seconds)
"Salvation is the front door. It is the beginning of our journey. If it wasn't, when we got saved, he'd take us immediately. Salvation is the beginning of our journey. He said, It is now that you have walked through the door of atonement. You've been born again. Now you call me Lord." [00:10:47] (25 seconds)
"Jesus walks through the door. Now he's in his resurrected body. Post-resurrection. And he appears to them. And he shows himself to them. And they touch him. And then he looks at the disciples and he blows on them. And he says, Receive. and he says, Receive. the Holy Spirit it's right there in the text." [00:13:37] (34 seconds)
"Because all through the New Testament, most of the things Jesus did, he wanted people to see that they might believe. He wanted people to see that they might believe. I believe. Thomas says, I will not believe, but I really want to. And after eight days, his disciples were again, same room, inside, and Thomas was with them this time." [00:19:14] (39 seconds)
"like I did them I will show you who I am I will do that and he's still doing that today he is he's still doing it today I just had some folk come up here for the sole purpose that you might see and bear witness that he's still doing it today he's visiting us and he's in our dreams he's returning to us the joy of our salvation he's healing our physical bodies that is what happens when you're introduced to the kingdom that is what happens when you're introduced to the king oh it's a it's a whole new world out there" [00:20:53] (48 seconds)
"it's a whole new world it's a whole new world yes yes yes I know we get distracted and we get stuck on our current situation like that's all we can see and we don't see God moving like we want to see God moving or like we think we should see him moving and we reduce our theology to our circumstances are you with me we reduce our theology to our circumstances because we don't Хотя see it or haven't seen it then we reduce our theology to our current circumstances that must be like how it works that must be God how you do what you do but let me tell you you cannot reduce your theology the way in which you understand God to your present circumstances he's bigger than that he's bigger than that we don't know why he does what he does we don't know how he does what he does we just know all things are possible" [00:21:45] (73 seconds)
"And there is enough interpretation of this passage to suggest that what he's saying is that there will come a people. Not long from now. Too present. There will come a people who have not had the benefit of seeing me in the flesh. They won't have the benefit like you have of seeing me in the flesh. They'll encounter me. They'll experience me. They'll experience my ways. They'll experience. My kingdom, but they won't have the benefit of seeing me as you see me. Blessed are those. Blessed are those." [00:25:09] (60 seconds)
"Because now the Holy Spirit is here. And now the Holy Spirit. Who came to take over. Like a good old country four by one relay. The Holy Spirit is running anchor leg. The Holy Spirit is running anchor leg. man Jesus hit that that that mark and the Holy Spirit just took off the perfect exchange Jesus said stick and the Holy Spirit's hand went back and man when he got that baton the next thing that happened pastor Ed is that knee went up and he just started just reaching right he's running in that race right now that's what he's doing he is the one that's allowing us by faith to experience the wonderful things that Jesus is doing and he's going to continue to do it in greater and greater measure" [00:28:34] (72 seconds)
"this might sound really foreign to you but you got to get in your word and look you can just do a word search how many times did jesus mention the kingdom how many times and in what context was he talking about look carefully because as he exposes you to the ecosystem of the kingdom of heaven you're going to find you encountering god in beautiful ways as your king as your lord he's already your savior for most of us if not all of us in this building but as your lord as your king" [00:31:15] (52 seconds)
"this is what happens when you get introduced to the king because the kingdom has its own ecosystem it has its own way he has his own way of operating his ways are not our ways his thoughts are not our thoughts you're going to get a sense of compassion beyond belief if your marriage is rocky he's going to begin to reconcile reconcile oh won't he do it he's going to reactivate many of you you know who've who've sat out in this season he's going to say it's time to get back in it's just time to get back in don't worry about where just get on back in get on back in get in where you fit in some of us have sat down on giving he's going to reactivate that he's saying it's time to give again to him to the local church to this church and other charities it's time to give again some he's they're already giving he says i i need more because we operate under grace giving" [00:33:08] (68 seconds)
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