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Are You A Citizen of Heaven? God’s People are Heavicans
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my grandfather traveled a long way to
come to America
he went through Ellis Island he had to
process through the through the
immigration system
it took a long time to become a citizen
back in the 1900s
but this country because of the process
of citizenship allowed on once Foreigner
certain rights and privileges that his
native country of Italy did not allow
him
now his new country it changed his name
originally luigio josephi Silverio
was named Louis silveri
and my first name is Lewis silvery
but call me Scott
so you know when my grandfather made the
journey came from far away as a
foreigner into this land
and he was given immigration citizen
status he was sealed
with the promise of a new country he was
given a new identity
and you know it was his to keep unless
he renounced it
so
did he renounce it
well I’ll tell you during World War II
Benito Mussolini sent him a handwritten
letter
and ask them to come back to Italy to
fight for the sons of Italy but despite
the Temptation my grandfather said no he
wanted the freedom that came with new
citizenship
with a new identity
so because of that decision that my
grandfather made two generations later
God’s allowed me to stand before you to
share not natural citizenship
but Kingdom citizenship
you see the one thing that the Lord put
on my heart this week the one thing
is that placing priority in the wrong
passport
leaves you stranded at the port
if you get overly wrapped up in
nationalism
if you get overly wrapped up in in
Earthly Pride
you’re missing the big picture you’re
missing the Eternal value of the only
citizenship that lasts
which is your citizenship in heaven
so why is it important to you well we
all have natural temporary citizenship
and our country of origin or even if we
immigrate to a new country but only your
heavenly citizenship is eternal
so what I would ask us to do is the body
if we would stand and read the Eternal
Word that guarantees us our citizenship
and we’re going to continue to walk
through the book of Ephesians
today we’re in Ephesians 2 17 22.
and if we would read together as the
body and we’ll begin
he brought this good news of peace to
you Gentiles who were far away from him
and peace to the Jews who were near now
all of us can come to the father through
the same holy spirit because of what
Christ has done for us so now you
Gentiles are no longer strangers and
foreigners you were citizens along with
all of God’s holy people
you are members of God’s family together
we are his house built on the foundation
of the Apostles and the prophets and the
Cornerstone is Jesus Christ himself we
are carefully joined together in him
becoming a holy Temple for the Lord
through him you Gentiles are also being
made part of this dwelling where God
lives by his Spirit that’s a good word
that is a good word
and it’s that word
that we cling to
it’s the word that we depend upon like
God’s word is the only word
our opinion our feelings our emotions
those are valid
but until they come into alignment with
the spirit until your spirit LED
then you’re never going to have the
stability of understanding claiming
walking in the authority of your Eternal
Kingdom citizenship you know when my
grandfather crossed the Atlantic Ocean
17 years old
and he saw these words give me your
tired your poor your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free The Wretched
refuse of your teeming Shore
send these the homeless Tempest tossed
to me
I’ll lift my lamp besides the golden
door
you know I’m sure as a 17 year old
immigrant
those words meant so much to everyone
that’s come to this country to gain new
citizenship
and it sounds inviting
but you see it’s only temporary
invitation to Eternal citizenship
is God’s word
not beautiful words on a plaque outside
of a statue Ephesians 2 19 20 is that
Eternal Word
so now you Gentiles are no longer
strangers and foreigners you are
citizens along with all of God’s holy
people
you are members of God’s family together
we are his house built on the foundation
of the Apostles and the prophets and the
Cornerstone is Jesus Christ himself
that’s all that matters
that’s God’s promise that’s God’s word
you see when you receive the word of the
Lord and you received the Eternal
promise of citizenship
you don’t become a an American or a
Mexican or a Canadian or you become a
heffican
you become an eternal Citizen and why is
citizenship important
well
whether it’s in heaven or whether it’s
on Earth citizenship provides identity
protection provision culture and
structure and home future and Legacy
so if you’ve not received Jesus Christ
as your savior and Lord I want you to
realize that you you don’t receive any
of the memberships of being a havokin
that you’re here for a select period of
time
and then when your life is over your
citizenship ends
and that’s it
you don’t gain access into the Eternal
Kingdom because you’re a pretty good guy
because you’re a really good mom because
you work those extra hours and didn’t
charge the company who had hired you
there’s one way to the father
you see at the time when Paul was
talking to the the church in Ephesus
the the Roman citizenship was so
important like it was like a golden card
it was good to have it being a Roman
citizen gave you certain rights and
responsibilities and certainly certain
privileges
but not everybody had that you see
membership has its Privileges and if you
were part of the Roman culture a Roman
citizen you got those privileges
but you see you only got those you’re
only granted citizenship through natural
births
you see Jesus is counter-cultural
Jesus is counter-cultural Jesus doesn’t
care who you are where you’ve been or
where you even think you’re going
Jesus has got a plan that’s better than
all the plans you’ve ever made for
yourself Jesus has got a better identity
for you than luigio josephi Silverio
he’s even got a better identity than
Louis silveri
you see you don’t have to be born into
it in the natural
you have to be born reborn in the spirit
to gain that natural citizenship
you see in the counter-cultural thing
about this if you’re if you’re a Roman
citizen you got privileges if you
weren’t you didn’t
the crazy counter-cultural thing about
the kingdom of God is you get everything
the same rights the same privileges you
are co-heir with the King
like how crazy counter cultural is that
you only get that from one citizenship
and that’s the Eternal citizenship of
being a havoc and
I want to share this and we love this
story
and it’s from John 3.
Jesus replied
I tell you the truth
unless you were born again you cannot
see the kingdom of God
what do you mean exclaimed Nicodemus how
can an old man go back into his mother’s
womb and be born again
Jesus replied I assure you no one can
enter the kingdom of God without being
born of water in the spirit humans can
reproduce only human life but the holy
spirit gives birth to spiritual life
so don’t be surprised when I say
you must be born again
like Believers we’ve got to have a
burden on our spirit we’ve got to hurt
we’ve got to ache
for those folks who were thinking well
I’m a pretty good person and like if God
really loves me
he’s not going to send me to hell
but you see God does love you God
doesn’t send anybody to hell
God loves everybody
God loves everybody in hell
but he gave us one way One path one
truth and that’s through his son Jesus
Christ
and if you reject the most precious
thing to God the Father which is his son
Jesus and you reject that one path that
one doorway then you wind up like
Nicodemus in the dark coming in the
quiet he came seeking truth he spoke to
the truth the life and the way
this is the same offer you have today
the word doesn’t change
the word doesn’t change if you want to
be a havokin if you want Eternal
citizenship that doesn’t expire there’s
one way
you see Christ provides the passport to
citizenship don’t mistake anything else
it’s not attendance it’s not giving it’s
not investing it’s not serving it’s not
volunteering it’s not saying that up
here on a Sunday morning with a
microphone strapped to your face it’s
not strumming a guitar and banging on a
keyboard
there’s one way
Ephesians 2 17 18 tells us he brought
this good news of peace to you he Jesus
Christ
to you Gentiles who were far away from
him and the Peace of the to the Jews who
were near now all of us can come to the
father through the same holy spirit
because of what Christ did for us I just
can’t stress enough the same Holy Spirit
the same Holy Spirit
and when you realize that that we were
in three parts we’re in spirit soul and
body
and I don’t care what your physical
shape is like it could always get better
and your soul is going to stay in a
state of flux until it comes into
alignment with the spirit of God so
one-third of you right now as you sit if
you’ve received Jesus as your lord and
savior one third of you is 100
perfect righteousness of God
you see that Holy Spirit that the last
believer received last Sunday
that person is filled with 100 perfect
righteousness of God like their Holy
Spirit living inside of them ain’t like
1.0 and then brothers that have been in
the faith and sisters for 30 and 40
years like their Holy Spirit Holiness
level is like a tin
holy spirit’s all ten all the time from
the second you receive the Holy Spirit
you see what Paul’s doing is he’s also
established his sound Doctrine for this
new body of Believers and remember these
this culture
Ephesus this is a pagan culture
this is a pagan culture
it’s a lot like what we’re living in
today
Paul’s having to established hierarchy
like any culture when my grandfather
Came From Italy he didn’t speak the
language he didn’t speak English he
didn’t know the laws you know what he
had to do
he had to learn the laws he had to abide
by the laws he had to understand the
structure
of the culture
now whether he agreed with it or not
to come into new citizenship in the
fullness of the benefits of that new
citizenship you have to know the law you
have to know the word you have to know
the culture
so when you come into a life with Christ
it’s different it’s different we’ve got
so many so many new Believers coming to
Christ
like it’s been crazy beautiful amazing
but understand that that’s just the
start
you’ve got to learn the language of the
Kingdom you’ve got to learn the culture
of the Kingdom not man-made Doctrine
well this church likes to do this on
Sunday at 11 30 and this church you know
no you got to learn the culture of the
Kingdom you got to learn what’s your
power and your Authority and your
Dominion is because I’m telling you what
if you’re walking around and you’ve
received 100 righteousness of Christ and
you’re still beating yourself up going
whoa is me woe is me I’m just an old
sinner woe is me
then you don’t understand the rules and
the culture of the Kingdom you’re not an
old sinner
you used to sin but you’ve received
price as your salvation
you’re not a sinner anymore
that’s like saying I told you all before
like
I’m I’m a Faithfully married Bachelor
I’m a sober drunk
I’m an honest Thief
you hear how stupid that sounds
so when we who are co-heirs of the
kingdom and for Ephesians 1 tells us
we’ve been sealed by the Holy Spirit you
receive the spirit of God you’re sealed
by the Holy Spirit
you received Jesus last week that Spirit
don’t leak
but you’re walking around woe is me woe
is me when God’s given you a new name at
the immigration process
he’s given you a new identity and a new
Authority and you’ll never activate that
Authority if you don’t understand the
culture the language
and where do you learn that
the word of God
the word of God not doctrines of man not
traditions of man not denominationalism
your denomination is not going to save
you
your citizenship manual as a havokin is
God’s word reflected in the Bible
and I’ve shared with you guys if you
believe God
and you believe the word of God then the
Bible is the word of God reflected in
completeness the word the Bible’s not a
salad bar you can’t pick and choose what
parts you want and what parts you don’t
citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven Is
All or Nothing
if you’re a havoc and you’re a havokin
you can’t claim that you’re a heaven and
go walking around with some other flag
or nationality you can’t keep walking in
sin of the world you can’t keep acting
like the world you can’t continue to be
the world
being a havoc and remind remember uh
calls you to step out to step different
to present yourself as a living holy
sacrifice
and it’s like well how do we do that how
do we do that
you know Romans tells us do not be
conformed to the patterns of this world
renew your mind daily by the reading of
the word your emotions are not going to
bring you into full citizenship what
happens with a lot of new Believers and
a lot of Believers is we receive Jesus
and we’re like thank you Jesus thank you
Jesus and then you go home and your life
stinks
your life stinks why because you’re
still locked into the patterns of the
world
and then you start this process of
misreconciliation well everybody at
church is smiling they’re grinning like
Cheshire cats but like my life stinks on
Monday
matter of fact it stinks on Sunday when
I leave that building like I don’t even
know if God’s real
let me tell you God’s real and the only
way you’re going to know the realness of
God is knowing the word of God you’ve
got to transform your mind you’ve got to
stop living in the patterns of this
world an illustration that I love is it
all starts in the mind we think our
heart oh Jesus my heart your heart is
deceitful and wicked it starts in your
mind Roman tells you you’ve got to renew
your mind
so when this is your this is your mind
and this is your mind and this is your
life and it’s sin and then you decide to
stop sinning I’m coming to Jesus and you
pop you pull out the sin look on the
inside of this putty that’s been wrapped
around your mind you know what’s on the
inside the etchings of the sin life that
you were living
the synaptic gaps it’s called
neuroplasticity your mind is rewired by
pornography by stimulant by rock music
not that rock music’s bad your mind is
always being triggered by something okay
but you look at it and you’re like well
I gave my life to Jesus but my life
still stinks and you look on the inside
of your mind and it’s still full of
these trenches the patterns of the world
how do you get rid of that stuff
hmm you start reading the word of the
Lord you start reading the word of the
Lord you see I just can’t stop clicking
porn I tried you won’t because your
mind’s got those gaps already dug into
them read the word of the Lord read the
word of the Lord
and before you know it your mind’s been
renewed
not by your emotions not by your
friendships not by signing up online for
some uh discipleship program it’s just
19.99 a month
his father the reading of the word
this is your citizenship manual
I don’t want you to miss that I don’t
want you to miss that
so how long does citizenship take well
I’ve got some dear dear brothers in here
that I love
and they could have testify that when
the United States Department of State
says about five years
they would balk at the idea of it taking
five years to receive your legal
citizenship
it’s been a process
you know how long it takes to become a
heffican
well Ephesians 2 19 tells us so now you
Gentiles are no it says so now you
Gentiles are no longer strangers and
foreigners you were citizens along with
all of God’s holy people you were
members of God’s family so now it starts
off with so now that’s the immediate
that’s the present that’s the movement
of God
eternity is too precious to be wasted in
a line in a queue and a wonder and a
hope and a doubt
if you’ve received Jesus Christ as your
lord and savior your citizenship is a
heaven heaven it doesn’t start till you
die it doesn’t wait till you die
it starts the instant you receive Jesus
Christ too many of us are walking around
with the Salvation package of atonement
thinking I’ve got to get out of hell
free card and I’m going to stick it in
my pocket and I’m going to live my life
well it was me woe is me and when I die
I’m gonna be okay what you’re doing is
you’re missing an unlimited provision
bank that has given to you the the
atoning package so-so in the Greek does
not just mean salvation get out of hell
free it is healing it is provision it is
power it is Authority it is dominion and
when you just walk around with your
little get out of hell free card because
I received Jesus on a Sunday
you’re just leaving the rest of the
provisions that God’s son died for you
you’re leaving everything else on the
table
you’ve got a bank account with a billion
dollars waiting for you and you’re
worried about paying your rent because
you don’t know the power you don’t know
the passcode until your bank account let
me tell you if you receive Jesus Christ
your Savior and Lord you’ve got an
unlimited bank account for healing for
provision for wisdom
don’t limit yourself to what the world’s
telling you
the world don’t want you to post I’m not
a sinner
they don’t want you to post that they
want you beating yourself with that God
of nine tails 39 times
not anymore why
because 40 will kill you you see those
are the doctrines of man
the Assurance of citizenship is found in
John 3 16.
for God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son
that whosoever believeth him should not
perish but have everlasting life
what I want you to what I want you to
see we are in our pastor’s school
yesterday that was our that was our
scripture and everyone said I’ve read
that my whole life I’m figuring how can
I come and speak on this in pastor’s
School
and then they started praying for fresh
Revelation you see I don’t care how many
times you’ve read the same scripture
there’s always Revelation and what was
revealed to me as this is John 3 16
relates to citizenship
is what he says but have everlasting
life see what it said it doesn’t say
will half might have could have you know
the Greek word for have is Echo you know
what the have means in the Greek to tend
immediately to
to attend immediately too when you
receive Jesus Christ as your savior and
Lord there’s no waiting period there’s
no testing out let me check your credit
score
immediately you become a you become a
coheir with Jesus Christ
you become a co-heir you become a
first-class citizen in the Kingdom of
Heaven so I want to share with you I’ve
shared with you a little bit of my
grandfather’s immigration story
but like Paul Harvey says I want to tell
you the rest of the story about luigio
josephi Silverio you see my grandfather
he never accepted Christ matter of fact
what he did was he carried hundreds of
years
of legacy of violence abuse abandonment
from the shores of Italy
to New York where they eventually
settled in Philadelphia
see my grandfather escaped his father
who viciously abused him
so he came to a new country and got a
new citizenship
but you know it didn’t change
was the legacy of violence domination
and abuse
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you see my grandfather who I never knew
my grandfather was actually the head of
the Philadelphia Mafia
the city lived in fear of this man
the little one the other one’s my dad my
dad lived in fear
of his dad
so my dad left to get away from his dad
my dad never received Christ
you know what my dad did
my dad continued the Legacy
of violence
and abuse
and abandonment you see
Legacy doesn’t save you
only Jesus Christ does so to tell you
the rest of the story is despite
generations of violence and abuse and
neglect
in just two generations
God gave me citizenship as a heffican
God changed the family trajectory and
let me tell you my wife is a havokin all
of our kids are applicants everybody we
do life with is a havokin and God allows
us to to share and become ambassadors
and disciples to make other halogens
God’s good God’s good what I want to
tell you God don’t care what your
family’s like God don’t care what your
past is God doesn’t even care that you
and your spouse fought on the way over
here no raises and hands
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all that matters is this moment at this
time on this day in this moment and this
offer and this invitation and this
Christ and this way and this God and
this citizenship and this eternity and
this invitation I’m going to ask I’m
going to ask our our altar Ministry
leaders to come up and I’m gonna ask
that that we do that there’s an
expectation of the movement of the holy
spirit because he’s continuing to move
he’s been moving corporately and
individually and I know that the holy
spirit is speaking and I want to make
this I want to make this invitation
if you do not have your heavenly
passport today is the day to receive
your heavenly passport if you
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