0:00 First of all, thank you all for your patience in listening to me all these days. I'm sure you discovered it requires a lot more patience to listen to me 0:20 than the average preacher who preaches 20 minutes on a Sunday morning. I don't know whether I ever preached for 20 minutes. Jesus poured out his heart to people. He didn't just prepare sermons to preach to people. 0:43 He loved people so much that he wanted them to have the best. And he waited on the Lord, spent hours waiting on his Father. To hear what the Father wanted to say. And then went out with a heart that was full and burdened and spoke. 1:10 In the Old Testament, you read about prophets who say the burden of the Lord. Very rarely I hear preachers like that who speak with a burden in their heart. It's like the old-time prophets who had a burden. And until they unloaded that burden, they'd continue. 1:31 Many of them were persecuted, misunderstood, killed. But they're the ones who did God's work and built up his kingdom. And it's the same today. And it's been wonderful to experience that in many places in India. Irrespective of language or education, we have churches in many languages in India. 1:58 And we have very rich people in our church, very few of them. But multitudes, thousands and thousands of very poor people. Who, some of them, many of them don't have a bank account. Very poor people who very often live by working in the fields. 2:18 So their work is very often during the sowing time, when they are employed. And then the reaping time. And again they are employed. And in between they have to live with what they get. And they don't have any complaints. 2:33 We teach them to live without debt. To be thankful and to live simply. And it's been a tremendous blessing for me and my wife. As I've gone and met these simple people, I always look forward to them. I want to share with you today from Genesis chapter 4 to begin. 3:00 Genesis chapter 3 is the chapter of man's fall into sin. And how he was, the last verse of Genesis 3 says, Genesis 3, 24. God drove out the man from the Garden of Eden. And put a cherubim there to prevent anybody from coming inside. 3:21 The door was shut. And what's the next thing we read? We read about Adam and Eve have two children. Cain and Abel. And that's the very first thing we read. The first event that happened in the history of this world. 3:43 After Adam and Eve were thrown out of Eden. Very interesting story that you must pay attention to. Because it is the first story written of what happened on this earth. After our forefather Adam and his wife Eve were put out of Eden. 4:05 And there's a reason why this story is kept here. It speaks about Cain and Abel. Two sons of Adam and Eve. Who were taught by Adam and Eve. That we must show our gratitude to God. By giving him an offering. 4:26 Which is called a Thanksgiving offering. Not a sacrificial offering where you shed blood. But a Thanksgiving offering. There are different offerings in the book of Leviticus. Thanksgiving offering. Did not need any blood in it. 4:40 It could be grain. It could be sheep. It could be anything. It depends on what you are working with. If you are a farmer. You bring grain. If you are a shepherd. You bring sheep. It's a Thanksgiving offering. So here Cain and Abel came with a Thanksgiving offering. 4:55 Not a sin offering. And a lot of people have misunderstood this story. That's why I want to clarify it to many of you. You've all read the story of Cain and Abel. What is the lesson you have learned from it? What I heard for many years as a young Christian was completely wrong. 5:12 They said that Cain was a tiller of the ground. And he brought something. Some grain from his field. Abel was a keeper of the sheep. A flocks. And he brought a sheep. And they said that Abel's offering was accepted. Because he killed a sheep and blood was shed. 5:30 But this was not a sin offering. This was a Thanksgiving offering. And a Thanksgiving offering. Even in Leviticus it says you don't need to shed blood. You could bring grain. You could bring anything. You read Leviticus. 5:41 I don't have time to show it to you. But notice the two types of offering they gave. We also come with the Lord. Come to the Lord. We don't have to bring a sin offering. That is already given. Completed by our Savior Jesus on the cross. 5:56 But we do have to come with a Thanksgiving offering. We come regularly to God with a Thanksgiving offering. And that's not just in words. Words are cheap and easy. It's with our life. That's what I want you to learn today. 6:12 Because if you learn this secret. It will change your life like it changed mine. And this is why this is the first story. Mentioned in the history of the human race. Which began here. Because this is where human history began. 6:29 Outside the Garden of Eden. Genesis chapter 4. So read here. It came to pass in verse 3. Cain brought an offering to the fruit of the ground. And Abel brought from the firstlings of his flock. Because that's what they were working with. 6:44 Abel was a shepherd. Cain was a tiller of the ground. They brought from their profession what it was. But notice this difference. It says here. That the last part of verse 4. The Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering. 7:04 Do you know what that means? It means a fire from heaven came and fell upon Abel's offering. That's the meaning of the Lord had regard for his offering. That's the way the Lord approved of offerings in many places in the Old Testament. 7:19 But for Cain and his offering he had no regard. The fire did not fall. That is how they knew which offering God accepted. It was not by a voice from heaven. Here was Cain offering. Picture this in your mind. Cain, Abel offering his sheep. 7:36 Cutting it. Offering it. Abel offering his grain. And how do they know which one God accepted? There was only one way. On which offering did the fire fall from heaven? On Abel's offering. The Lord had regard for his offering. 7:57 And Cain saw that. And he saw that no fire fell on his offering. And throughout church history, there have been these two type of offerings. And people with these two type of offerings have produced two different types of churches. 8:17 You must listen carefully today. The church on which the fire fell is called Jerusalem. And the church, it is a church, on which no fire fell. It's called Babylon. It's another church. And both these, these are symbolic names. 8:39 These types of churches are in the world today. Churches of the Jerusalem style are very, very few. Very small in number. The churches of the Babylonian style are numerous. And have 10,000 members, many of them. People are impressed by the size. 9:02 Abel, Cain's offering was a huge pile of grain. Cain's offering. Abel's was a small little lamb. And Cain saw that his offering was not accepted. And Cain was very angry, verse 5. Immediately, he could see fire falling and jealousy. 9:28 Why has God accepted his offering and not mine? And he got so jealous. His face fell. And the Lord said to Cain in verse 6. Why are you angry? Why is your face fallen? If you do well, your face will be lifted up. 9:52 But if you don't do well, sin is crouching at the door. Even now, the Lord warned him. Because of this jealousy. With your brother, there's a terrible sin crouching at the door of your heart. And his desire, the sin's desire is to master you. 10:11 To get inside the door and master you. But you must master it. Do you know the first place in the Bible where we read the word, you must conquer sin, is here. It's not in the New Testament. As soon as man went out of the Garden of Eden, God's first message is, 10:36 Sin is desiring to conquer you, the last part of verse 7. But you must conquer sin. It's not in Romans 6.14, sin shall not have dominion over you. It's in Genesis chapter 4, verse 7. You must conquer sin. That is God's message to man right from the beginning of human history. 10:58 As soon as man fell, that's his message. I hope you hear it. I'll tell you why. Because the vast majority of Christians have not heard it. To the vast majority of Christians, the message is, Your sin must be forgiven. Go to God. 11:15 Jesus shed his blood. Sin as much as you like. You will always be a sinner. You will never conquer sin. You will always fight with people. You will always be jealous of others. You will always seek your own. You will always live for yourself. 11:29 You will seek your own. You will never conquer sin. But the message of the Lord is, You must conquer it. Right from the very first place when man fell. Please don't forget that. And what is the result? Cain did not listen. 11:50 And it says, In verse 8, When they were alone, Cain rose up And took a rock And hit Abel on the head And killed him. And the Lord said to Cain in verse 9, Where is Abel, your brother? Didn't God know? Why was God asking Cain? 12:13 Because God wants a man to confess his sin. I want to tell you something, brothers and sisters. God knows everything about every sin in your life. Every single sin. Your wrong attitudes towards him. Your shallow Christianity. 12:28 Your half-heartedness. Your compromise. And you're pretending to be so holy When you're a downright hypocrite. God sees it all. And He wants you to acknowledge it. He wanted Cain to acknowledge his sin. Where is Abel, your brother? 12:50 And Can you imagine Cain's reply? Verse 9, I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper? Of course you are. You are your brother's keeper. I hope all of you realize that. If you have a brother near you, You are supposed to help him. 13:07 To come close to God. And God says, What are you trying to bluff me for? What have you done? Your brother's blood Is crying to me from the ground. Do you know that when you harm a brother In any way, The harm that you have done to that person, 13:28 Whether by backbiting against him, Speaking evil, Doing any harm, That has a voice That goes up to heaven. Take revenge On that person who's done this harm to me. It's not the man speaking. It's his blood. The blood is crying out to God 13:49 From the ground, Saying, Somebody shed me here, this blood. Take revenge on him, God. It says, The voice of your brother's blood Is crying to me From the ground. Verse 10 Shouting out. Imagine blood shouting out to heaven. 14:12 Take revenge on the one who shed this blood here. And God says, God takes action immediately. God takes action. You know, When you shed, Today we don't shed blood physically, It's by backbiting and speaking evil Of others. 14:28 We shed our brother's blood Symbolically. And that cries out to God. And God takes action immediately. Not by sending them to hell. Cain did not go to hell. Cain lived for many years after that. He had a family, 14:49 Children, Grandchildren. But, He was cursed. From that moment, He was cursed. There are many people today on earth, They haven't gone to hell yet. They've done wrong to others, To their fellow believers. God has, God has heard the cry of, 15:09 The evil that, Every evil, I want to tell you something. Every evil that you have done, To somebody else, Has got a voice. That's crying out to God. Take revenge. This person has spoken against me. This person has done this harm to me. 15:26 There are so many voices going up to heaven. And there's a record kept of it all. And there's a day coming, When God will take, Avenge, Every one of those voices. Because they are crying out to God. Take revenge, The harm that is done to me. 15:44 You believe that blood lying on the ground, Has got a voice? It has. Your blood, Is crying to me. Verse 10. Crying to me from the ground. We don't hear that voice. Because we think it's just blood lying there. But God hears it. 16:02 How did it come there? One man was jealous of his brother, And stabbed him to death. Today it's not with knives that we stab others. It's with words. With words we stab others, And hurt them. Do things against them. Because we are jealous of them. 16:19 Because we don't like them. People preach against, Speak against Christian preachers. There are numerous people around the world, Who have spoken against me. You go to the internet, You'll find it. People are wishing that I were dead. 16:37 On the internet. It's humorous when I read it. I read one man who said in the internet that, I wish Zach Poonin would fall on the ground, And break his head and die. Go to the internet, You'll find it. There are many others like that. 16:52 I love them. When I read that, I said, Lord have mercy on that poor man. He's ignorant, He doesn't know what he's speaking. Forgive him. I'm just mentioning to you that, Anyone, It's not just me, Anyone who truly serves the Lord, 17:07 They call Jesus, The prince of devils. Can you imagine? The purest, Holiest, Most loving, Human being that ever walked on this earth, They called him the prince of devils. Because they were jealous. All this evil, That's speaking against godly men, 17:24 Is because of jealousy. Why was Cain so angry with Abel? Jealousy. God is accepting that man. God is blessing that man. He's not blessing me. Jealousy. Makes me want to tear down his reputation, And speak evil of him. My brothers and sisters, 17:41 See if that is there in your life. See if it is there in your life. Any jealousy of someone, Who's blessed more than you. Whom God is approving of more than you. And you think you're pleasing to God, You're not. Their jealousy shows how far away from God you are. 18:03 And then we can ask, And he punished him. The Lord said to Cain, You will be a wanderer, And a vagrant. Verse 12, All your life. Now we can ask this question, What was it that made the difference? This is what I want to emphasize. 18:22 Why did God accept Abel's offering? Why did the fire fall on that, And not accept Cain's offering? Have you ever thought of that? When you read the scriptures, The Bible says in Psalm 1, Not, Not blessed is the man who reads, 18:41 The word of God every day. No. But blessed is the man who meditates, On the law of the Lord. I want you to see that verse. Please turn with me to Psalm 1. It's a beautiful verse, Which I have obeyed, Practiced, For, More than 60 years. 19:03 I mean the truth. I'm saying that before God. I've obeyed and practiced that verse, For more than 60 years. Psalm 1. How blessed is the man, Who does not walk in the, 19:23 According to the advice of evil people, Or mix around with sinners, Nor sit in the people who make fun, Of God's things. Listen to this. He does not walk in the, According to the advice of evil people. He does not stand in the path of sinful people. 19:42 He does not sit in the seat of those who make fun. His delight, Is in God's word. And in his word, In God's word, He meditates day and night. He doesn't say he reads it day and night. You can't read something for 24 hours. 20:00 Maybe he reads it only for 15 minutes a day. But once he reads something for 15 minutes a day, He keeps it in his head. And while he's doing his work, While that woman is cooking food in the kitchen, He's meditating. Meditating. 20:13 Just like, You know, You finish your breakfast in 10 minutes, But it's being digested, Digested, Digested for hours inside your system. And then you go and have, Eat lunch in another 20 minutes, And it's being digested, 20:26 And digested for hours and hours. That's meditation. That's the equivalent of, You receive God's word into your mouth, Into your mind. If you don't meditate on it, It's like food that you eat, That's not being digested. 20:39 You'll vomit it out, Or it'll go out some other way, And it will do you no good. You read the word of God every day, It'll do you no good. Because the food is not being digested. Any doctor will tell you that. If you don't digest your food, 20:55 It might as well not eat it. It's as good as not eating it. In fact, It's worse than not eating it. If you eat it and it's not digested, It's going to cause problems inside your body. Any medical person will tell you that. 21:07 And you read God's word, And you don't meditate on it, You're going to have a greater judgment, Because you read it. Blessed is the man who, Meditates day and night, On verse 2. I took this seriously. And because the result is, 21:24 Here's the result. He will be like a tree. My life will be like a tree, Firmly planted by the streams of the Holy Spirit. The water is always picture of the Holy Spirit. And I will always bring forth fruit. Wherever I go, 21:42 There'll be fruit in my life. And my life will never, Never look withered. Always my Christianity will be fresh and bright. Morning, noon and night. Anytime. However old you may be. And here's the best part of it. 22:04 Whatever he touches, Will prosper. Whatever he does, Will prosper. Every message he preaches, Will go home, In the power of the Holy Spirit. Whatever he preaches, Whatever he does, Will prosper. Don't you want such a life? 22:21 I want it. What is the solution? Don't walk, Verse 1, According to the counsel of ungodly people, Compromising Christians. Don't stand in the midst of People who are sinners, I tell people, Don't stand in the cinema queue, 22:41 Collecting tickets to watch a cinema, Or a movie. Don't stand in that path. Don't sit in the seat of scoffers, Who sit there. There are people who sit in a meeting, And all they do is to try to find Some fault with the preacher. 23:00 Some fault with the preacher. I was down in one town in California, And after a message, Somebody came to me and Spoke to me about some Greek word. I said, Listen, I have no time for that. You go and Deal with that yourself. 23:16 Did you hear what God spoke to you today? Obey that. That's more important than trying to Impress me with all your knowledge of Greek. I'm not interested. I have no time for that. But there are others who responded To that same word 23:31 And were tremendously blessed. Whatever you do, My dear brothers and sisters, Do you want a life Where whatever you do will prosper? When I left the Navy, I told you I gave away All my wealth For God's work And I left with zero 23:50 In my pocket And my bank account. And then, I don't want to go into all the details, I got a little bit of money From my dad. And I said, Lord, I've got to Use this money carefully So that I, My wife and I Can live on it. 24:05 We don't want to live here. We don't want to live very simply. We don't want to live in style. We are willing to live simply. And we lived 40 years. I never had a car in my life. I rode a little two-wheel scooter. And 40 years, 24:20 I rode a scooter in India. We lived simply. And my wife and four children, If we had to go somewhere, We'd do two or three trips on the scooter. That's all. And we were very happy. And I said, Lord, The main thing is, We want to glorify you in our life. 24:40 Even with little. Our leaf must not wither. And whatever we do Must prosper spiritually. Not interested in Becoming a millionaire or anything. I just want to earn enough To take care of my family. And so I took that little 24:55 That I got from my dad. And I said, Lord, Well, how can I use this In a way That I don't depend on anybody. And I can invest this In some way That it will help me. And with that little that I got, We have survived As a family 25:12 For 50 years And more. God's good. Whatever He does Will prosper. It's not made me A billionaire Or a trillionaire. That's not what That's not what I'm interested in. To me, Prosper means 25:32 I get enough for my food And shelter And take care of my children And educate them. That's the earthly level. But in my ministry, That's what I was thinking of. Wherever I have gone, God has blessed And given me The right word 25:45 And encouraged people, Changed people's lives And brought people Closer to the Lord. Built little groups And formed churches. To me, To me, That is the definition Of whatever He does Will prosper. Why can't He do that For you? 25:59 And it's not only for me. God's given me Some wonderful co-workers Here in North America, In England, In India, In Australia, In Singapore, In Dubai, In Bahrain, In different places Of the world, In Canada, And They are 26:21 Carrying on that work And say, God's prosper. I didn't do it. God did it. I want to say to you, If you Don't If you don't walk In the counsel of the wicked, Don't stand in the path Of sinners, And don't sit in the seat Of scoffers 26:38 Who sit and criticize Every message they hear But delight in the law Of the Lord, You will also be, You will also live a life, Believe me, You, Weak, Unknown, Person like you, Whatever you do Will prosper. And you will look back 26:57 Over your life Ten years from now And say, How did this happen? See what God did With your life. Take seriously What you have heard These past couple of days. It doesn't matter If you are a sister, God can use sisters To do miracles, 27:12 To do wonders. God has used Some amazing ladies In different parts Of the world To build his church. It's not only men. It's amazing What God has done In Africa and India Through women Who gave themselves Completely to God 27:27 And established churches. So what was the secret? Let's turn back To Genesis 4. It's a very important lesson In this very first event Mentioned that happened On this earth. What is the first event That happened on this earth? 27:49 After Adam and Eve Were kicked out Of the Garden of Eden. Here it is. I'm speaking about The very first event That happened on this earth After man was thrown Out of Eden. They brought an offering. Notice that Read the Bible carefully. 28:06 Listen. Abel And Cain. What did Cain bring? Please read carefully. Verse 3. Middle of verse 3. Cain brought An offering. A-N. 28:27 Cain brought An offering. That's the only way It's described. Compare that To Abel. Abel Brought The best Of his flock And their fat portion. Firstlings means The very best. One man brought An offering. The other person 28:47 Brought the very best That he had. That was a result Of sacrifice. To give the very best Involves sacrifice. To just give An offering Involves no sacrifice. That is the point I want you to notice here In the first event 29:05 Described in the Bible In the human race. They brought Bought offerings To God For one person It involved A tremendous sacrifice To the other person It involved nothing. And the fire fell On the person Who offered With the sacrifice. 29:24 It's the same I have seen In every part Of the world I've traveled. God has given me The grace To travel to many Countries of the world And see people From all types Of races. And I've seen One thing It is The fire falls 29:40 Where people Offer a sacrificial Offering But that will Just cost them Something And where people Come and give An offering And I'm not Talking about money Not at all I'm talking about A life Those who Offer their life Sacrificially to God 29:57 And that time Sacrificially to God And others who Just give Okay Little time on Sunday I'll go I have to An obligation I have to Go to church For an hour Or we give Their life Like that Just minimum What's the minimum I have to give 30:12 To God Let me put it Like that Then you'll Understand it Cain's offering Was Oh God I have to give An offering Okay What is the minimum I have to give Let me give it Abel's attitude Was Such a wonderful God What is the Maximum 30:26 I can give To him These are the Two different Offerings Described here One who says What is the Maxim I can Give to this Wonderful God And the fire Fells on that And the other Says what is The minimum I have to give To keep God 30:42 Happy And God Mocks him And I want to Say People sitting Here Are of these Two types I'm not a Prophet But I know Because I know Enough of people Having dealt With people For more than 67 years 31:03 In Christian Ministry I know People And I know There are These types Two types Of people And I see The descendants Of Cain And the descendants Of Abel Today In every Nation And those Who offer With sacrifice The fire Falls on their 31:21 Life And the Others who Just argue About words And language And don't Offer Anything Except give Just an Offering They remain Useless And good For nothing Just people Who warm The seats On Sunday Morning You know People who 31:40 Warm The seats On Sunday Morning Just sit There Warm The seat And after One hour Go home There are Others who Sacrifice Willing to Do anything Serve the Lord in Any way Not just To preach I remember When we Had our First building 31:57 In Bangalore Church building After we Had been Gathering for A few Years And we Had appointed People to Clean the Place Once a Week Come to Clean the Place Different People were Appointed To do The And the Brother Who was 32:11 Appointed To clean The toilets Hadn't Come Well we Assumed That maybe He had An urgent Appointment Or a Flat tire Or something Like that And the Lord said To me What are You waiting For You go And clean The toilet I said 32:30 Sure And the Lord said To me Don't you Clean the Toilets In your Own House This Church Is your House Go and Clean The toilets And I Went Immediately And cleaned The toilets And I Learned Something That day And that's What I 32:44 Preached In our Church To become A member Of CFC Number one Qualification You have to Come and Clean the Toilets If you're Not willing To come And clean The toilets You cannot Be a member Of CFC If you think You're too Proud 32:57 To do Something Like that You want To serve On the Table Aha You don't Want to Clean the Toilets You can't Be a member Of our Church Sorry We have We follow We follow That rule From day One There are Different Membership 33:10 Rules In different Churches Some say You must Give so Much money To be A member Of our Church Here you Have to Give no Money But you Have to Come and Clean the Toilets I don't Know there Is any Church in The world That makes 33:20 That requirement That's what We teach Your service To God Must Humble Your pride You who Think you're Such an Important Person You've Got to Be humbled You've Got to Offer to God That which Costs You Something That which 33:35 Breaks Your pride Which Smashes Your opinion That you're Such an Important Person Let me Show you A little Story When God When God Was once Judging David 33:56 Because he Did something Wrong And the Result Was It's in 2 Samuel 24 2 Samuel Chapter 24 And God Punished Him A lot Of people Were punished 34:17 And the Judgment Was going To spread To others And immediately And he Prayed to God And God Said okay I'll stop It And this Is what He told Him in 2 Samuel 24 Go 2 Samuel 24 Verse 18 Go And erect An altar To the Lord An offering 34:39 Give an Offering In the Threshing Floor Of Araunah The Jebusite 2 Samuel 24 18 Remember Now the Offering That Cain And Abel Gave You see A connection Here Go And Give an Offering There In that Particular List David Went 34:56 And Araunah Whose property That was He was a Servant Of David He said Oh Master King Whatever You come For He bowed Down And David David I have Come To buy Your Threshing Floor Because I have To make An offering Here The 35:11 Lord Told Me To make An offering In your Threshing Floor Okay And I Will buy The Bullocks And everything For the Offering And Araunah Said Oh no Oh no It's my King You don't Have to Buy Anything I'm your Servant Please Take this 35:25 Land Freely Take the Oxen Freely Even the Yoke Of the Oxen You can Cut it And use It for Firewood Everything I'll give You Freely How many People are There Who will Reject Something When it's Offered Freely I've seen 35:45 That in Bookstalls This is Free Ah That disappears Very quickly Books that Are offered Free But books That cost A little I'm going To pray About it And That's That's Man Man's Always Wanting To get Something Free But not 36:04 King David No He Wouldn't Take Anything Free He Said I Will Surely Buy It Verse 24 I'll Pay You The Full Price For The Land For The Oxen And Everything And Listen To The Statement Very Important Statement This Is The Statement 36:24 That Changed My Life In 1973 How many Years Ago Is That 1973 I Will Not Offer To The Lord That Which Costs Me Nothing When I Meditated On That And I Read This Way Back In 1973 The 36:45 Lord Said To Me Something I Was Still In The Navy The Lord Said To Me You Must Never In Your Life Offer Me That Which Costs You Nothing Then I Understood Why The Fire Fell On Abel's Offering And Did Not Fall On 37:06 Cain's Offering Why God Accepted David In Spite Of All The Blunders And Mistakes That David Made David Made So Many Blunders And Mistakes You Know Some Of Them But There Was One Good Quality About Him When He Offered Something 37:23 To The Lord He Offered The Very Best He Would Not Offer To God That Which Cost Him Nothing In A World Full Of People Who Want To Offer To God That Which Is Cheap Which Cost Them Nothing And The Lord Said To Me So Clearly 37:39 From That Day Never Offered To Me That Which Cost You Nothing And I Decided That Day And That I Tried To Keep That Word Till Today Everything Every Message I Preach It Must Cost Me Something It 37:59 Must Cost Me Time Energy Loss Of Sleep Everything And My Mind Has To Be Stirred Up I Have To Wait On The Lord It Must Cost Me Something Otherwise There Will Be No Fire On That Message It Will Be Like Cain's Offering It Didn't 38:18 Cost Me Anything I Wanted To Offer Something Cheap To God I Want The Fire Of God To Fall Every Single Time I Preach Not Once In A While Every Single Time I Preach I Say Lord If The Fire Is Not There I Been A Failure I Don't 38:37 Want People To Just Nod Their Heads And Go Home Doesn't Bother Me Doesn't Interest Me I Don't Want People To Come Up And Shake My Hand Say Oh Brother That Was A Good Message Did Did It Change Their Lives Did It Stir Them 38:49 Up Did It Convict Them Did They Show Them Their Sin It Doesn't Matter If They Got Irritated With Me A Lot Of People Got Irritated With Me When They Hear My Message That's Fine That Shows The Fire of Hell Good And Then The 39:07 Lord Showed Me The Place Where The First Temple Was Built The Church That We Built Today The Church Is Invisible The Church Is An Invisible Building Of What We Call Churches And All Is Not The Real Church The Church Is People 39:24 A Lot Of People Come Together That's What The New Testament Calls A Church Nowhere In The New Testament Is A Building Called A Church Unfortunately Today We Call Buildings Churches In God's Eyes No Building Is Church Church 39:35 Is People The Church In Ephesus Was People It Was Not A Building The Church In The Philadelphia Were People The Church In Galatians Or Corinth Were People The Church In Rome Were People And In Every Place The 39:55 Church Is Not A Building Church Is People What Type Of People People Who Have Offered That Which Cost Them Something And I'll Show You That The Temple In The Old Testament Is A Picture Of Today's Church The Temple That Solomon 40:10 Built Fantastic Temple It's One of The Most Magnificent Buildings Of That Time And It Was A Picture Of The Church That Jesus Was Going To Build Now I Want You To See In Second Chronicles Chapter Three Where Solomon Built 40:29 That Temple Second Chronicles Chapter Three We read Then Solomon Began To Build God Told Solomon Exactly Where To Build That Temple He Couldn't Build It Anywhere He Liked It It Had To Be In Jerusalem But In A Part Place 40:48 In Jerusalem The Exact Spot And You Know If You Read The News You Find There's A Big Conflict Today In That Very Spot Because That Is The Spot Where The Muslims Came And Destroyed That Temple One Day And Built A Mosque And 41:07 That Is A Sacred Place Which God Had Chosen To Build His Temple And The Muslims Destroyed That And Built Their Mosque There And That's Why There's A Big Conflict That Between The Jews And The Muslims In Jerusalem Over That 41:22 Spot Where The Mosque Is There And That's Why You Sometimes Find Israelites Going In There And Offering Prayers In That Very Spot And Irritating The Muslims Because They Say This Is The Spot Which God Chose Way Back To Build 41:41 His Temple This Is Our Spot And There's A Conflict And The Muslims Built Their Mosque There And There's A Conflict It's A Place Of Conflict The Church Is Always A Place Of Conflict So Where Did He Build The Temple Turn Me 41:56 To 2nd Chronicles Chapter 3 It's Very Significant The Place God Selected To Build This Temple Symbolic Of The Church Solomon Began To Build The House Of The Lord 2nd Chronicles 3 Verse 1 In Jerusalem On Mount Moriah Where 42:14 Where Was The Place Exact Spot In Mount Moriah Was Where He Appeared To His Father David In The Threshing Floor Of Araunah The Jebusite You Saw That That's What He Just Saw Where David Had Said I Will Not Offer To The Lord 42:31 That Which Cost Me Nothing God Said Build The Temple There Build The Temple With People Who Will Say Those Words To Me I Will Not Offer To The Lord That Which Cost Me Nothing And There's An Exact Spot In That Place There's 42:45 One More Place That Clarence Points Out That Spot It Is Mount Moriah Now If You Know A Little Bit Your Son Isaac He Had Already Sent Away His Earlier Son Ishmael Now You Got He Said Take Your 43:05 Son Isaac Whom You Love Take Him To Moriah And Offer Him To Me As A Sacrifice And It Was Three Days Journey And Abraham Left His Tent Next Morning He Didn't Tell His Wife His Wife Would Not Have Let Him Go He Quietly Took 43:25 Isaiah His Son Isaac Immediately He Need Not Have Offered His Son He Could Have Said Lord I Will Give You Sheep Gold Anything No Your Son He Said The Son Whom You Love Take Your Knife And Stab Him To Death And Offer Him 43:42 To Me I Want To Show You Something That Abraham Said When He Was Going There He Went Up There To The Mount Moriah Walk Three Days Why Did He Give Him Three Days To Think About It Is It Worth Serving 44:02 A God Who Is Asking Me To Kill My Son Is It Worth Serving A God Who Is Asking Me To Kill My Son And All Those Three Days At The End Of It His Answer Was Yes It Is Worth Serving Such A God If He Asks Me Even For My Son I'm 44:18 Ready To Give It Because I Will Not Offer To My God That Which Cost Me Nothing Words That David Spoke Later But Was In Abraham's Heart As Well If God Had Asked Him To Offer Ten Thousand Sheep That And 44:41 God Was Testing Abraham And Abraham Passed The Test He Said I Will Not Offer To God That Which Cost Me Nothing Why Did He Give Him Three Days Because He Didn't Want Abraham To Rush Into A Decision He Didn't Say Just Kill 44:56 Him Around The Corner Take Three Days To Think About It Is It Really Worth It Serving Such A God And At The End Of Three Days He Said It Is Worth It And You Know He Went With His Servants And Before He Went Up To The Mountain 45:11 To The Top To Offer Isaac This Is What He Told His Servants It Very Interesting The Bible Study Is A Wonderful Thing On The Third Day Genesis 22 Verse 4 Listen To This Genesis 22 Verse 4 On The Third Day Abraham Raised His 45:29 Eyes And Saw That Here Now Listen To Read These Words Carefully This Is The Word Of God Every Word Is Important I And My Son Will Go There And We Will Worship Aha What 45:50 Does He Call This Matter Of Killing His Son Worship Killing His Son Was An Act Of Worship A Worship That Cost Him Everything True Worship Is That Which Costs You Everything This Is The First Place 46:10 In The Bible The Word Worship Comes And It's A Principle Of Bible Study That Whenever A Word Comes For The First Time In The Bible It Has Tremendous Significance That Applies To Many Words The First Time It Occurs In The 46:28 Inspired Word Of God You Understand What Worship Really Is Today A Lot Of People Worship Is Clap The Hands Sing And Sing A Few Jumpy Songs And Choruses And Call It Worship That's Not Worship That's Just Entertainment Worship 46:42 Worship Is When You Offer That Which Costs You Everything For Abraham It Was His Son And He Called It Worship I Will Not Offer To God That Which Cost Him Nothing And Years Later God Said To Solomon Build The Temple There 47:00 Where Abraham Offered Up His Son Where David Said I Will Not Offer To God That Which Cost Him Nothing That Is Where My Temple Is To Be Built Symbolically Meaning That In The New Testament Age That Is Where The Church The 47:15 Living Church Of Jesus Christ Is Built Comprises Of People Who Have The Same Attitude I Will Not Offer To My God That Which Costs Me Nothing And I Told You The Lord Told Me That Never Never Offer To Me That Which Costs You 47:34 Nothing If You Preach A Message It Must Cost You Everything To Prepare For That Message Not Just Sit In Your Study And Just Take A Few Notes And Go And Preach Like A Lot Of Preachers Do It Must Cost You Everything Don't 47:52 Try To Impress People With Clever Language And Three Point Sermons And Seven Point Sermons It Must Cost You Everything Then My Fire Will Fall Upon Your Life And Upon Your Sermon Otherwise You Just Impress Everybody People 48:06 Say Oh What A Beautiful Sermon That Was Oh Those Were Lovely Thoughts That He Gave Us That Day I I I I'm Not Interested In That I'm Not Interested In People Saying Those Were Lovely Thoughts Brother Zach You Gave Us I I 48:18 Want A Fire That Falls That Disturbs People Disturbs The Carnal People Who Have Got Carnality In Their Lives And Think They Are Following Jesus And Stirs Up The Sincere People And Puts A Fire In Their Heart That Fills Them 48:34 With Holy Spirit And Makes Them Devoted Servants Of God And I Pray That Will Be True Of Everyone Here I Pray The Fire Of God Will Fall Into Your Heart Make You A Devoted Disciple Of Jesus So That You Can Go And Build A Church 48:49 Wherever You Are That That's God's Will God Doesn't Want You To Just Be A Whole Hearted One Single Whole Hearted Christian He He Three Is To Begin With But They Must Be People Who Are On Fire For God Who Want 49:09 Purity And Who Are Humble Like Jesus Was Who Can Follow In Jesus Footsteps Who Said Learn From Me For I Am Humble And Gentle That's The Type Of Christ We Follow One Who Has Got Humility I Have Often Preached The Three Secrets 49:27 Of The Christian Life Do You Know What They Are Humility Humility You Know The Third One Humility And That's Not Original With Me By The Way It's From The Holy Spirit And I'll Show It You In Scripture The 49:47 Three Secrets Of The Christian Life Philippians Chapter Two Let This Mind Be In You Which Was In Christ Jesus It's A Command From God Have The Same Attitude Philippians Two Five Have 50:07 The Same Attitude In Yourselves Which Is In Christ Jesus Got It The Same Attitude The Same Mind And What Is That Mind What Is That Attitude Number One Though He Was God He Gave It Up Became A Man Humility When 50:28 He Came As A Man He Could Have Come As A King But No He Became A Bond Servant Verse Seven Second Step Of Humility First Step God Became Man Second Step Man Became A Servant Slave Slave He 50:48 Went Down To The Death Of A Cross Verse Eight Crucified As A Criminal God Became Man Man As Man He Became A Bond Servant Slave And As He Was Treated Like A Criminal Humility Humility Humility That Are The Three Secrets Of 51:06 The Christian Life And Because Of That God Exalted Him And Gave Him A Name Which Is About Every Name That Every Tongue Will Confess That Jesus Christ Is Lord And What Does It Say At The Beginning Have Verse Five Have The 51:22 Same Attitude In Yourself Which Is In Christ What Is That Humility Humility Humility Have That Attitude In You That Is Why I Say The Three Secrets Of The Christian Life Are Humility Humility Humility And Very Very Few People 51:39 Have It Examine Your Own Heart And See How You Compare Yourself With Others And Think You're Better Than Them See How You Show Off To Others In Some Way Or The Other Impress Them With Your Qualifications And Your Knowledge 51:52 And Like I Told You About That Guy Who Came To Me After A Meeting In California And Try To Impress Me With This Knowledge Of Greek I Said You Go And Study All That Yourself I'm Not Interested I'm Interested In People Who 52:03 Want To Follow Jesus Footsteps Not Those Who Study Greek And Argue About Words In The Bible I Want To See Those Who Want To Walk In Jesus Footsteps Of Humility Humility Humility And Who Take Up The Cross Every Day In Their 52:17 Home Amen Let's Bow Our Heads Dear Brothers And Sisters Has 52:39 The Lord Spoken To You Today In The Last Three Days Give Thanks To God For It In Your Heart And Please Never Forget What You Heard All These Messages Are On YouTube You Can Listen To Them Again I Would Encourage You To Listen 52:58 To Them Again I Sometimes Tell People You Got To Listen To A Message Ten Times Before You Got It Fully In Your Mind In One In One Time You Hear It You Not Really Got The Essence Of It Listen To It Ten Times It's One Of The 53:13 Advantages Of Having It On YouTube Freely You Can Listen To It Again And Again And And Thoroughly That's Why I Ask You To Listen To It Again And Again Because God Wants To Change Your Life And Make You An 53:33 Effective Servant Of His A Servant Of The Living God To Build His Church Where You Are Don't Be Satisfied With The Third Rate Christianity God Wants To Use You Weak Person That You Are If You Will Say Lord I Will Not Offer 53:51 To You That Which Cost Me Nothing Just Say That To The Lord Today Lord I Never Want To Offer To You That Which Cost Me Nothing He Will Take You And Use You To Build This That Which Cost Me Nothing And That Is Where The Church 54:10 Is Built Today Where People Say I Will Not Offer To God That Which Cost Me Nothing We Have A Christendom Full Of Third Rate People Who Offer To God Cheap Sacrifices Just Like Cain Just Like Cain And That's Why There's No 54:23 Fire In Those Churches That's Why There's No Fire In Those Preachers That's There's No Fire In The Meetings But If You Will Say Lord I'm Willing To Take Up The Cross Today Die To Myself And Allow You To Fill Me With The 54:37 Holy Spirit And Fire And I'll Never Offer To You That Which Cost Me Nothing God Can Use You The Weakest Some Young Person Perhaps Young Teenager Here God Can Use You To Build His Church If The Older People Are Too Proud 54:53 God Will Bypass All Of Them And You Some Of You Young People Give Yourself To The Lord Completely Today And Say Lord I Will Never Live For Myself From Today I'm Going To Live For You 100% Heavenly Father Raise Up An army 55:07 Like That Of Men And Women Young Men And Young Women Who Will Be On Fire For You And Who Build Your Church In These Last Days Before You Come Again Here In North America In Canada And The U.S. And Do A Mighty Work Here Lord 55:21 There's A Great Need So Much Of Shallow Empty Hollow Christianity Preachers Who Are Running After Money And All That Rubbish Please Raise Up A New Generation Of Those Who Will Live For You 100% And Build A Pure church Of 55:36 People Who Take Up Amen
