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God Shows You His Plan With Spiritual Sight of Holy Spirit: Ephesians 1-7-14
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you know back when I was doing
triathlons and I was doing long distance
training and and I was like a maniac you
know weighed about 172 pounds and uh but
you know I used to go to Colorado quite
a bit because of the high altitude in
the mountains and I would go cycling out
there uh and it was great for training
and then but you know when I would come
back south of Louisiana and Gulf Coast
then when I was able to I had a higher
lung capacity when I would cycle but
while I was out there
we would do what’s called fourteeners
and what a 14er is is that we would hike
up a 14 000 foot mountain peak fourteen
fourteen thousand thousand and it would
take about 12 hours of hiking not
mountain climbing just hiking up the
mountain about 12 hours of walking
straight up a mountain and look if you
got off course
it wasn’t good I guarantee it’d take a
lot more than 12 hours and it would uh
and you wouldn’t make it to the 14. so
it’s like Well why’d you do that
to get to the top of course to see the
big picture
right all those steps over 12 hours 12
hours walking grueling grinding slipping
falling dehydrating lack of oxygen for
what
to get to the top to see the big picture
but you know what without a plan
you don’t get to the top without a plan
you don’t see the purpose for the big
picture
and that’s what I want to share with you
today this is the word that the Lord put
on my heart is that God shows you his
plan once the spirit gives you the sight
to see it
look without the Holy Spirit living
inside of you you’re not just going to
get it you’re not going to crack the
code you’re not going to YouTube and
find a life hack
like you gotta you gotta have the sight
of the Holy Spirit to see the plan of
the Lord and why is it important well
the big picture helps you from getting
stuck in The Daily Grind look the truth
is you know we drop our kids off on
Wednesday for ignite we come back on
Thursday for Bible study we try to get
here on time on Sundays for church and
then it’s like well they don’t have
nothing on Friday or maybe the prophetic
Saturdays didn’t begin like the truth is
it’s a daily walk it can be a grind it
can feel like going up a 14 000 foot
mountain peak and it’s easy to get lost
in that like I’m just tired I’m tired
I’m tired of walking I’m trying to slip
in I feel like the oxygen is thin I just
don’t want nobody to text me no more
like why am I even doing this but when
God gives you a glimpse of Brilliance
when God gives you the plan
that’s when you can when you start off
and you’re at the base of a 14 000 foot
Peak and you look up and you’re like
oh that’s why we drop our kids off on
Wednesday that’s why we come for design
for discipleship on Thursday that’s why
we try to get here relatively on time on
Sunday that’s why we go to lunches and
breakfasts and communicate with one
another throughout the week that’s why
we do this
and this is what Paul’s going to do in
Ephesians he’s going to give us a
glimpse of the big picture he’s going to
give us a glimpse of the plan
and the glimpses and God look we say
God’s not a jokester God doesn’t play
games he’s got a great sense of humor
but he doesn’t play games he loves you
he is about as clear talking as you can
imagine
and it’s in the word of the Lord the
clarity of the word of the Lord that
asks that we stand together as the body
and we read the word of the Lord
together and this is we’re going to
continue in the in Ephesians and uh this
comes out at 1 9 11 the NLT and will
read together as the body God has now
revealed to us his mysterious will
regarding Christ which is to fill his
own good plan and this is the plan at
the right time he will bring everything
together under the authority of Christ
everything in heaven and on Earth
furthermore because we are united in
Christ we have received an inheritance
from God for he chose us in advance and
he makes everything work out according
to his plan that’s the plan
secret Paul tells us this was the plan
but you know what if you don’t have the
Holy Spirit living inside of you you
know last week I asked making an
illustration was
I asked if you’ve received Jesus Christ
as your savior and Lord
and it shouldn’t be a secret something
all you embarrass me you embarrassed me
well you know what God says if you’re
ashamed of me here I’m going to be
ashamed of you there
so I asked everyone to raise their hand
and sometimes out of peer pressure
compulsion whatever social structure you
just raise your hand so so I’m not going
to ask you to raise your hand today to
make this point like I call it the alpha
nod the Bro nod it’s like alpha males
you guys you know that look right you
walk in a gym you walk in a restaurant
anywhere you go and you see another
Alpha like
right men yeah
so
and for you ladies if you’ve received
Jesus as your savior and Lord just give
me an alpha nod
hmm
that’s good right there because you know
what he is the alpha he’s the Alpha and
the Omega
so with those bro nods with those Alpha
nods
you telling that you’ve received Jesus
Christ as your savior and Lord which
means you have the Holy Spirit living
inside of you which means this message
today is going to make sense
you’re not gonna be like me I don’t even
know what you’re talking about
if you don’t have the Holy Spirit if you
want to receive the Holy Spirit we’re
going to open a time of prayer
afterwards to receive Jesus Christ as
our Savior and Lord
so what Paul’s doing is is Paul is still
talking to the church in Ephesus and
remember this is one of the major
Financial Commerce centers of the
ancient world they’ve got one of the
Seven Wonders of the World in the temple
of Diana now it’s a pagan Temple but
it’s still a fabulous architectural
structure so when he’s talking to these
people he’s using the language of their
culture so you remember when he was
talking to the church in Corinth it’s a
sports city you know it’s it’s got the
Isthmus games which are like the
Olympics and so when he’s talking
remember he’s talking about running your
race and boxing and training and and
disciplining uh your body so so he’s
talking according to the culture of the
of the community to relate the word of
the Lord the message doesn’t change but
sometimes the verb is in the vernacular
does for the sake of relating and and I
just asked like if if Paul was commuting
communicating to our culture today like
what language would he use what speech
would he use what vernacular would he
use would he just be tick-tocking all
day or or How would communicate the
message of the Gospel in today’s world
and you know that’s a that’s a question
I like to ask and ask myself because it
is important to be in the world but not
of the world you know I see these people
and they’re Saints and God bless them
but if all they can all they can offer
is like Hallelujah your brother
Jesus loves you and I’m like that’s good
but I can’t pay my bills that’s good but
I’m I’m sitting there debating whether
or not today’s the day I take my life I
just can’t make it another minute and
you’re chuckling like a cartoon clown
screaming Hallelujah
like if that’s all we got to offer to a
dead lost and Dying World we make
ourselves irrelevant to that dead lost
and Dying World now there’s a time for
praise there’s a time for praise
actually it’s praise that Byron is
coined and I hope you copyrighted
because we’re all using it
but I’m just sharing that we’ve got to
share the big picture with the world and
we’ve got to know the vernacular of the
world we’ve got to know how to
communicate with the world because if
we’re just because you think about Jesus
if all he did was put on his best robes
and he wouldn’t sit in the in the
pristine Temple and he waited for the
for the prostitutes and the drunks and
the Crooked business people to show up
he’d have been sitting there by himself
he went to where they were
but the important part of this whole
point is that what they say when Jesus
said it was Sinners they changed he
didn’t
that’s the importance of understanding
about being in the world not of the
world
so why do I tell you that I’m telling
you this because
we’ve got to share the gospel we’ve we
get a glimpse of that mountain we get a
glimpse of the peak we get we get a
glimpse of the end game we’ve got to
share that glimpse of Brilliance with
other people but we’ve got to share it
through the gospel first unless you
share the gospel Nothing Else Matters
unless you share the gospel of Salvation
and they don’t receive Jesus as their
Savior and Lord and then they don’t
receive the dwelling of the Holy Spirit
Nothing Else Matters it’s just
literature
it’s just another book to buy off the
shelf
and then leave on the nightstand
we’ve got to focus on understanding
speaking the language
of the Cross so that people understand
it that’s being an apostle that’s being
very Apostolic is taking the power of
the church and making it relevant into
into community
so when Paul’s talking to Ephesus he’s
getting them ready he’s they’re very
wealthy so he’s talking about financial
terms he’s talking about riches and and
abundance and abounding overflowing so
we go to one seven and it says in home
we have Redemption through his blood the
Forgiveness of sins according to the
richness of his grace
like this is what God’s done for you God
sowed a seed into the investment of your
life God sowed what his son
God sowed the blood of his son Jesus
Christ so that you can receive the holy
spirit so that you receive the big
picture
and you know I sometimes I ask well why
Blood like why Blood like blood’s hard
to get out of clothes like why Blood
you know I mean because really blood
blood’s like money
it got no feelings it don’t care about
you
go one way or the other wide blood you
know why blood because God said all life
is sustained in the blood
you know we go we go to Leviticus and he
says for it is the life of All Flesh its
blood sustains its life therefore I said
to the children of Israel you shall not
eat the blood of any flesh for the life
of All Flesh isn’t in his blood whoever
eats it shall be cut off
so it’s like okay I get that but like
why if we’re talking about paying a
ransom for our sins why not just make it
a big monetary amount I mean you know
hostage rescue Ransom recovery you know
you pay a sum of money and they release
the hostage like why couldn’t Jesus just
do that for us because if it was a
monetary issue somebody like King David
or had the money to pay that Ransom and
then what does it mean
you see only Jesus was able to pay that
price and the Reason God put blood apart
separated consecrated the blood was
because he knew at one point in time it
was going to take his own son’s blood to
pay that Ransom
and that’s a price nobody can pay other
than Jesus Christ we ask why is God’s
plan so generous he’s talking to a
wealthy community who’s used to living
in abundance and overflow well the
reason at one eight he has showered his
kindness on us along with all wisdom and
understanding you know why God gives so
generously because the price he paid was
so high
you know I I had the example that I took
it out but you know in childbirth as
Leah’s told me a lot
um
it’s very painful
but it
but it doesn’t cause the mother to hate
the child because of the pain that was
suffered because the pain was so great
the love is so deep
that’s why God is so generous
Paul uses terms like richness and
abounding and I just want to take a side
track because at the end of last year
we’re finishing up our First Corinthian
series and I challenged you about sowing
seeds into the kingdom the way that Paul
taught us and at the very end of first
Corinthians and I asked you guys it was
six weeks out for the end of the year
and I said if you would commit if you
would commit to being uh disciplined in
your giving so in a weekly seat of
investment into the kingdom which is the
local church the body of Christ in the
local manifestation that over those six
weeks at the end of the year beginning
of this year 2023 if you would assess
where your heart is towards God when you
if you want to break yourself free from
the bondage of fear and control if you
don’t want to attach your love to money
and instead attach it to God if your
heart is attached to your bank account
instead of the Kingdom I asked you to
for just six weeks every week to give
faithfully and at the end of that then I
would like for you to assess where your
heart is and then in addition to that I
would like for you just to reflect those
who committed to that those who
committed to being a disciplined Giver
for those six weeks and hopefully that
you continue you to do it and then
where’s your heart towards God
have you seen blessings and in finances
and business and relationship and
freedom and deliverance and boldness and
in the Kingdom because you’ve released
this this group of money this fear of
money I’m never gonna have enough when
God’s talking about abundance and riches
and overflow and abounding
and I want to tell you something that
really
reflects the complexion of this body
last year when I gave that message and
nationally the national average for
Christian churches are regular members
10 percent of the body gives regularly
ten percent of the body gives regularly
national average and of those 10 less
than 10 percent invest the minimum of 10
percent
but in November
at this church 57 percent of the body
gave regularly
57 percent of the body gave regularly
you know
so when Paul’s talking about abounding
and abundance and flowing and like bar
teacher Byron says the goodness of God’s
always flowing it’s just whether or not
you choose to step into it you see your
dollar is not going to activate the
water the water’s flowing
you know today I asked our financial
team to research of our regular family
79 of us give regularly
79 of us give regularly now this ain’t a
talk about financing for a new building
or nothing this is talking about you
trusting God with your finances you
telling God so in a tangible seed into
the kingdom saying I love you I trust
you my value is in you and not in this
wallet it’s 79 percent of us
give Faithfully
I don’t think there’s a preacher on this
planet that would believe what’s going
on at this church you know because of
Paul’s message because you have the Holy
Spirit because the Holy Spirit reveals
the mysteries of God the mystery of God
is no longer a mystery when he talks
about it one night having made known
unto us the mystery of his will
according to his good pleasure and which
he hath purposed in himself you know the
word mystery is not like a whodunit
it’s not like a mystery novel you know
let me get to the end of chapter 39 and
you know to figure out that it was a
person I knew in chapter one actually
did it this is not a whodunit mystery
doesn’t mean mystery in the Bible in New
Testament she was 27 times and what it
refers to is a something that was
previously unknown that was only
revealed through God
and the revelation of God to you will
only come through knowing his word and
reading and through the Holy Spirit
so Paul’s going to reveal something to
us that that was previously unknown
and what does he reveal
he reveals the plan why do we climb up a
14 000 foot Mountain
to get to the top to see the big picture
to see the plan
why do we come and drop our kids off on
Wednesdays why don’t we come here on
Thursdays why don’t we come here on
Sundays why don’t we communicate in
fellowship with each other throughout
the week for the big plan and this is
the big plan 110 tells us and and I love
in the NLT like it’s like and this is
the plan
like this is the plan because it’s that
simple it’s that simple like this is the
plan and at the right time he will bring
everything together under the authority
of Christ everything in heaven and and
on Earth
like that’s it y’all
boom that’s the plan that’s why we’re
doing what we’re doing it’s because of
that promise what he’s telling us is in
God’s perfect timing
his perfect plan is going to come
together perfectly
we can’t rush it we can’t push it I
don’t matter what what CNN or MSNBC or
anybody says
we’re on God’s time because we’re
redeemed God can reveal his plan to us
and look and if there’s anyone here that
has not received Jesus Christ as their
lord and savior I want you to receive
Jesus as your lord and savior so you can
get the plan you can understand the plan
that you’re not just sitting here on a
Sunday morning thinking about going to
Veracruz after church and wondering what
was all that planned stuff he was
talking about
I want you to get the plan but unless
you have Jesus Christ your Savior and
Lord lest you have the Holy Spirit
living inside of you you don’t get the
plan you see because we’ve been revealed
God can redeem his plan to us and this
plan is he’s going to unite everything
together under the lordship of Jesus
Christ
because of this he’s setting the church
apart as the redeemed Bride for himself
and I want to I want to remind you guys
like church life can be tough
Church leadership can be tough church
membership can be tough like it’s tough
and I want to remind you that that we
are the body preparing to become the
bride
and you know when this was was revealed
and you know Ava’s getting married and
Alvin Keaton obviously Keaton is going
to be there you know
they’re getting married in May
so I’m watching my wife walk our
daughter through the preparation of
daughter child
college student to become bride
and I guess you know for folks that have
had kids that have married I know it
hits different it hits different the
preparation
you know and I think it’s really it’s
really speaks to us on a different level
because we’re living this in the
tangible and but and so before we’re
like we go well Church hurt Church hurt
well that church this and this church
like you read anything about that
Revival at Ashbury and it turns into
dominationalism like I can’t believe
it’s happening at this denomination I
can’t believe he picked Kentucky I can’t
believe it’s like
come on man we’re not talking about
dividing in clubs and gangs we’re
talking about a bride
we’re talking about the bride of Christ
and that’s the plan is that he’s setting
the church apart as the bride
it’s not a fitness club it’s not a
social club you can get fit and you can
be social but it’s all for the purpose
of preparing the bride
so when we speak of the church when we
speak of one another
let’s speak with a sense of Love first
Maribel right like you said let’s start
with love and tenderness and respect
regardless what you think of the person
the person is a member of the body of
Christ
the bride to be
you know in this plan the Spotless bride
of Christ is going to be United with
Christ at the marriage supper of the
Lamb the bride of Christ is going to be
seated with her Heavenly bridegroom upon
the throne of the universe the bride of
Christ is going to be reigning with him
over an ever-expanding Kingdom and God
gives us a glimpse of that a prophetic
glimpse of that in Revelations 21 1-4
the New Jerusalem then I saw a new
Heaven and a new Earth
for the old Heaven and the old Earth had
disappeared and the sea was also gone
and I saw the holy city the New
Jerusalem coming down from God out of
heaven like a bride beautifully dressed
for her husband
why did God choose you
he choose you because he created you he
chose you because he loves you he chose
you because he redeemed you he chose you
and he sealed you with the power of the
Holy Spirit
he chose you to show you his plan and he
chose you to spend eternity with you so
what are we doing to the wedding
do we just sit like what I’m doing for I
was weddings I’m just staying out of the
way
thank you
and Kim and Leah are like really active
in the Kingdom preparing for us to
become the body or the body to become
the bride we’re not supposed to just be
sitting out of the way we’re supposed to
be like the two moms that are preparing
the kids to become the bride and join
her groom
in that we’ve got to be sharing the
gospel
Jesus tells us in the Great Commission
we’ve got to be out there sharing the
gospel just like when I would start off
on that 14 000 foot climb to the peak of
the mountain on those next 12 hours and
I had a guide and I had a plan and I had
a compass in the in the Kingdom no one
should be left behind we should have
such a a an umption in our spirit a
hurting for anyone that’s lost so I do I
ask folks I’m like oh that’s cool what’s
the gospel of the Bible I know but what
what about what I don’t like the Bible
and again you want answers where do you
go
the Bible God’s word First Corinthians
15 1 4 tells us now I make known to you
brothers and sisters the gospel
which I preached to you which you
received the reason that you’re here if
you’ve received Jesus Christ as your
lord and savior is because somebody at
some point in time in your life shared
the gospel with you and you know what
you received it
in which you also stand by which you
also are saved you were saved if you
were saved you were saved because
someone cared enough to share the gospel
if you hold firmly to the word that I
preached to you unless you believe in
vain
look we tell you all the time membership
has privileges
if you’ve not received Jesus Christ as
your lord and savior you don’t get every
spiritual blessing and the Heavenly
realm you don’t get the supernatural
gifts of the Holy Spirit you don’t get
to see the plan you don’t get to be in
the plan
membership has benefits
and all this notion that you can live
your life like you want now forget about
Jesus and at the end of the day and
God’s gonna be like oh Michelle I know
you rejected my son even after I had him
nailed to the cross for you I know you
rejected I know you’re scoff and you’re
mocked
I’m gonna let you in any way look if
that’s what you’re thinking you’re wrong
you’re wrong
and Paul says for I hand it down to you
as a first importance what I also
received hierarchy Paul received the
gospel Paul shared the gospel now it’s
our responsibility to share the gospel
and what is the gospel that Christ died
for our sins according to the scriptures
and he was buried and that he was raised
up on the third day according to the
scriptures
that’s our mission that’s what we do
until the wedding that’s how we help the
body become righteous and God’s
righteousness and spotless in God’s
righteousness this is what we do until
the day of the wedding
now I know it’s fun because yesterday
Alvin Keaton went to what they call a
cake tasting
which is what I call every night at
about 11 30 at our house
but that’s not what we’re supposed to be
doing in preparation we’re supposed to
be out there sharing the gospel so I
want to tell you again the one thing the
one thing that the Lord put on my heart
was that God shows you his plan once the
spirit gives you the sight to see it
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