Two Keys for Living in the Power of the Gospel

00:00 Accession series on Psalm 103 living in
00:04 the power of the gospel Jesus he
00:07 purchased a benefit package for your
00:10 salvation the forgiveness of all your
00:13 sins the healing of all your diseases
00:19 the redemption of your life from
00:22 destruction the crowning of your love of
00:26 your life with loving-kindness and
00:29 compassion the satisfying your years
00:34 with good things and the renewing of
00:37 your strength like an eagle's now do
00:40 these benefits seem too good to be true
00:43 are you living in the full inheritance
00:47 that God has for you in this series
00:51 we're not only going to learn what
00:53 rightfully belongs to us in Jesus Christ
00:56 but how to live in the reality of the
00:59 fullness of our salvation in today's
01:02 session we're going to look at two keys
01:05 for living in the power of the gospel
01:08 based on the very first two verses of
01:11 Psalm 103 this past Sunday we celebrated
01:17 when the most remarkable events in
01:19 history Jesus Christ's resurrection from
01:23 the dead the same mighty power that
01:27 raised Jesus Christ from the dead and
01:30 seated him at the right hand of God far
01:36 above all principality and power and
01:39 might and Dominion and every name that
01:42 is named not only in this age but the
01:45 age to come is the same power that lives
01:49 inside of you as a born-again believer
01:52 or for anyone and everyone who chooses
01:58 to believe Jesus Christ as their Lord
02:00 and Savior
02:01 now that's remarkable this is the good
02:05 news of the gospel of Jesus Christ in
02:09 ephesians 1 paul prayed a prayer
02:13 for the church at ephesus ephesus and in
02:17 it he prayed that the eyes of their
02:19 understanding would be open and one of
02:23 the things that he prayed for was that
02:26 the eyes of their understanding would be
02:28 open to what the exceeding greatness of
02:33 his power towards you and i those who
02:38 believe now he could have said just
02:39 power but he knows that there's an
02:45 exceeding greatness of power that God
02:48 wants us to live live in on a daily
02:53 basis so close your eyes and let's pray
02:57 the prayer that Paul prayed for the
02:59 church at Ephesus father I pray tonight
03:03 that we would know what is exceeding
03:06 greatness of your power towards us who
03:09 believe according to the working of your
03:13 mighty power which you worked in Christ
03:15 when you raised him from the dead and
03:18 seated him at your right hand in the
03:20 heavenly places far above all
03:23 principality and power and might and
03:25 Dominion and every name that is named
03:27 not only in this age but the age to come
03:31 in these next six weeks in our soul 103
03:34 series help us to learn how we can live
03:38 in the power of the gospel the fullness
03:40 of all the benefits that you have given
03:42 to us through Jesus is victorious work
03:45 on the cross amen if you want to
03:52 experience the exceeding greatness of
03:55 his power
03:55 let us pray this prayer in Ephesians 1
03:58 17 through 21 and then I encourage you
04:01 to come to this Psalm 103 series that we
04:05 will be studying for the next six weeks
04:07 on living in the power of the gospel
04:12 throughout your life on an ongoing basis
04:16 God desires that you continue to know
04:19 the exceeding greatness of his power
04:22 that is able to save you to the
04:25 uttermost why why
04:27 what God want us to know the exceeding
04:29 greatness of his power so that we can
04:32 accomplish his plan his purposes his
04:36 will for our life because he knows that
04:39 we're going to need his power to
04:41 overcome not only sin and sickness and
04:43 things that confront us but we're going
04:45 to need his power to demonstrate who he
04:49 is in the world that we live in where
04:52 the kingdom of darkness is ruling and
04:54 reigning what you cannot achieve no
05:02 matter how hard you try God wants you to
05:05 remember that Christ has already done it
05:10 for you Christ with he's hanging on the
05:14 cross he cries out in John 19:30 it is
05:20 finished now by faith you can live in
05:29 the finished work of the Cross the
05:32 victory that Jesus Christ bought for you
05:34 with his own precious blood you can live
05:38 in the power of the grace of the gospel
05:42 of Jesus Christ
05:44 you can claim now right now the fullness
05:49 of your salvation you can live in the
05:52 power of your salvation 2nd Corinthians
05:57 6:2 is a Bible verse that literally was
06:00 like a a door that just opened up for me
06:05 and allow me to live in the Bible truths
06:09 that the fullness of my salvation
06:11 especially in this area of healing it
06:14 says this behold now is the acceptable
06:17 time now is the day of salvation that
06:21 little word in Oh W now so often we put
06:26 our salvation into the future when God
06:31 is saying no I want you this is what
06:34 he's saying in 2nd Corinthians 6:2 I
06:37 want you to experience my salvation for
06:40 your life
06:41 now behold now is the acceptable time
06:46 now is the day of salvation
06:48 if we're always putting off our
06:50 salvation in the salvation of others and
06:52 I'm not just talking about eternal
06:54 salvation I'm talking about everything
06:57 that is listed in Psalm 103 which is a
07:01 concise a way of putting what our core
07:05 benefits of our salvation are all about
07:08 if we're always putting things into the
07:11 future our healing into the future
07:13 forgiveness into the future the renewal
07:16 of you know our strength into the future
07:21 that's our expectation and we're always
07:25 putting off what God says I want you to
07:28 have right now faith so that you can
07:31 live in what I have already provided for
07:34 you I love as I was looking through some
07:39 testimonies this week just actually
07:43 today and I was recalling though this
07:45 last week testimonies of what he's done
07:47 in our healing rooms and the healing
07:49 events we have I just love the
07:52 testimonies that came to my mind and I
07:55 was trying to search so I could get the
07:56 details of some of them because some
07:59 people have lived in conditions that
08:02 lasted a long time and tell they've
08:06 understood that their salvation package
08:09 included healing so there's a lady her
08:13 name's Mary and she actually had a
08:17 healing meeting here in church somebody
08:19 on her team went and prayed for her she
08:22 had type 2 diabetes she had it for 12
08:25 years and she said as the person prayed
08:28 she says immediately she felt a wave a
08:33 refreshing cool water flowing within her
08:36 all of her joints stopped hurting
08:39 she had this condition 12 years there
08:43 was just deliverance and a freedom
08:45 within me she says during the prayer I
08:48 began to feel my feet
08:51 for the first time in 10
08:54 years the numbness pain and burning in
08:59 my toes went away now I was so excited
09:02 about this testimony that I called her
09:05 several months later I says this it's
09:08 good you still feel your toes you still
09:10 feel she goes no it's everything's just
09:13 has improved 12 years and when she
09:18 realized that her salvation package
09:22 included healing and it was for today is
09:25 the day of your salvation so when people
09:28 come into the healing rooms or people
09:30 walk across your life that are in need
09:32 of one of these benefits that are listed
09:35 in Psalm 103 don't think that they have
09:39 to receive it sometime in the future
09:40 call it in now for them here's another
09:44 testimony this lady she was from the
09:48 Caribbean island she was just visiting
09:50 her friend here in Camarillo and she
09:53 felt like God told her that when she
09:54 came on this trip she was gonna receive
09:56 healing and so when she heard about the
09:58 Healing Rooms
09:58 she came and received prayer she says I
10:02 came in prayer because of pain in my
10:05 back that I've been suffering with for
10:07 thirty years due to several accidents
10:12 including being hit by a bicyclist on
10:15 one occasion by a minibus on another
10:17 occasion and then she was pray for and
10:21 all the pain left and she says I could
10:23 actually like you know bend down touch
10:26 her toes twist her back around and have
10:29 absolutely no pain thirty years of pain
10:33 we call it in now and she receives her
10:37 healing now some things that are called
10:40 in the now we don't actually see like
10:42 forgiveness of sins when you you believe
10:44 that you are forgiven your to believe
10:47 that you're forgiven now but you can't
10:49 see it's not tangible
10:50 but don't live in the shape or the guilt
10:53 of that live in the freedom now that you
10:58 have fully forgiven of your sins so I
11:02 want you to think about an area right
11:03 now where you have been putting off into
11:05 the future something
11:08 God has provided for your salvation
11:10 today you guys all got something online
11:14 do you have something you have something
11:17 okay
11:18 declare with me this now I claim the
11:24 full fullness of my salvation for the
11:31 name what what your salvation is for and
11:34 then after that say thank you Jesus for
11:39 whatever it is your salvation is a gift
11:46 when I was real sick a girlfriend
11:49 actually she's one of my closest
11:51 girlfriends gave me a box and then it
11:53 were no cards just like a little a stack
11:56 of like you know like notes that you can
11:58 write little things on on the box was
12:04 the same wording which was on this whole
12:07 stack of note cards so every time I
12:09 wrote a note on these note cards I was
12:11 reminded of the Word of God I thought at
12:15 that time that my situation was really
12:19 impossible that it was impossible for me
12:23 to receive healing this box says with
12:27 God all things are possible you receive
12:34 your salvation as a gift and then when
12:41 you receive a gift in the natural you
12:45 tell the person thank you and so as we
12:49 go through this study today I want you
12:52 to think about anything that is
12:55 mentioned about the benefits of your
12:57 salvation as a gift all things that you
13:02 think are impossible or possible because
13:05 it's a gift of God it depends on what
13:08 Christ has already done for you the
13:10 finished work of the cross and not
13:13 anything you need to do in order to
13:17 receive it okay we'll go over two things
13:21 that open and long
13:22 the door for you to receive it that
13:25 position you to receive it but you can't
13:27 earn it you don't earn a gift it's
13:30 freely given to you so if it's true that
13:34 we can live now and the power and the
13:36 victory of the Cross why is it not
13:39 happening well on Easter millions and
13:44 perhaps billions of people did not even
13:49 know what happened 2,000 years ago this
13:53 past Sunday about 2,000 years ago how
13:57 Christ triumph over all sin and all
14:01 death providing for you and I away to
14:05 God access to him that we never had had
14:09 before Adam and Eve had sinned Romans
14:13 10:14 says how then shall they call on
14:17 him whom they have not believed and how
14:19 shall they believe in him whom they have
14:22 not heard and how shall they hear
14:23 without a preacher so it's our
14:27 responsibility to use our mouth to
14:30 declare the goodness of God in the
14:33 fullness of his salvation and for those
14:36 of us who do know God who profess to be
14:39 Christians we often don't walk in the
14:42 reality of the power of the gospel
14:45 because we really truly don't understand
14:48 the greatness of our salvation as
14:50 revealed in Psalm 103 and therefore we
14:55 neglect it hebrews 2:3 says how shall we
15:00 escape if we neglect so great a
15:02 salvation how can you escape hell's grip
15:07 on your life the enemy stealing and
15:10 killing and destroying your life if you
15:13 neglect the very thing that God has
15:15 given you to overcome what you are
15:19 facing point number two
15:25 Psalm 103 reflects the appropriate
15:27 response to your salvation in the very
15:30 first two verses it says bless the Lord
15:33 and forget
15:36 all his benefits from Calvary's Hill
15:39 where Christ's blood was she had a cry
15:42 was heard from God's heart which
15:44 reverberate it throughout all the ages
15:46 in Psalm 103 I believe King David's
15:52 heart picked up the heart cry of God and
15:55 he passionately responded by saying to
15:59 his own soul bless the Lord O my soul
16:03 and all that is within me bless His Holy
16:06 Name and forget not all his benefits
16:10 let's right now we don't want to neglect
16:14 what God is doing but sometimes or maybe
16:18 most of the time our soul or unrenewed
16:23 mind and emotions are unrenewed
16:26 imagination our unrenewed feelings is
16:29 not in synched with what Jesus Christ
16:32 has done for us on the cross it's not in
16:35 sync with the finished work the gift
16:40 that he has given us it's not in synched
16:42 with our spirit man the father in the
16:46 son the Holy Spirit who lives inside of
16:48 us so let us stir up our souls as we
16:51 start declaring over the next six weeks
16:54 Psalm 103 especially verse 1 and 2 we
16:59 want our mouth the confession of our
17:02 mouth to match the spirit man your
17:09 spirit is one with the Holy Spirit and
17:12 we want your spirit the Spirit of God
17:15 living in you to match the confession of
17:20 your mouth so let's all declare let's
17:23 stand up and declare it Psalm 103 verses
17:27 1 through 2 say it with passion you know
17:32 people get excited at any sports event
17:35 you know in front of their TVs they're
17:39 getting excited about their team how
17:42 much more so our God who died sent his
17:45 son to die on the cross bless the Lord O
17:49 my soul
17:49 all and all that is within me bless His
17:52 Holy Name bless O Lord O my soul and
17:57 forget not all his benefits he can be
18:03 seated the lamb was slain from the
18:05 foundation of the world ever since Adam
18:08 and Eve sinned mankind has experienced a
18:11 measure of what Christ did what the lamb
18:16 did on the cross for us King David he
18:22 lived in a measure of it when he wrote
18:24 this Psalm he actually experienced some
18:27 of these benefits in his life that's why
18:31 he's stirring up his soul he's going
18:33 like I remember when God did this he
18:36 forgave me when I did that adulterous
18:38 thing with Bathsheba and I'm blessing
18:41 him he's the one who forgives all my
18:43 sins he remembered when God healed all
18:47 as his diseases and he stirring up his
18:49 soul and he says I'm blushing you I'm
18:51 not forgetting when you healed all my
18:53 diseases how much more for you and I who
18:57 live now on the other side of the cross
18:59 where Jesus Christ has died how we
19:01 should be stirring up our souls to bless
19:04 the Lord and not forget any of his
19:07 benefits when you do this when you make
19:19 Psalm 103 the Word of God the core
19:25 benefits of the Cross part of the major
19:29 conversation that you have with God
19:34 rather than the things that you're
19:37 confronting have you ever been with
19:41 somebody on the phone or in person and
19:45 they spin and they want you to pray and
19:48 they spend one hour or whatever it is
19:52 the majority of the time telling you all
19:57 of their problems and then you have a
20:01 one-sentence prayer
20:03 he laughs right what would happen if we
20:09 reverse that if we have she started
20:13 declaring out of our mouth the next six
20:15 weeks Psalm 103 22 verses and we start
20:21 talking to God about that and having
20:24 that the 90% of our conversation and
20:26 then saying thank you Lord now by faith
20:30 I receive all this being done oh it
20:33 happened I believe faith would start
20:37 stirring in our hearts and I believe
20:39 like Alex said last week on Psalm 104
20:43 149 that the sword goes out of our mouth
20:47 that's the Word of God and it executes
20:51 justice for those who we are praying for
20:55 and it executes justice in our own life
20:59 so why not put the word of God in our
21:02 mouth rather than our own unflush ly
21:05 unlined up words that don't match what
21:08 Jesus Christ did for us on the cross
21:11 point be don't forget his benefits
21:15 God will never forget what his son Jesus
21:20 Christ accomplished for you and I would
21:24 you as a parent if you did that gave up
21:29 your only Son God desires that you and I
21:34 would not forget what his son Jesus
21:38 Christ did for us on the cross
21:40 purchasing for us benefits that we need
21:46 in this life so that we don't just
21:50 survive or stay under the pile but that
21:54 we can thrive in the fullness of the
21:56 plans that God has for us
22:05 how many of you participated in the
22:08 psalm ones series that we did for about
22:12 eight weeks yay okay so this is really
22:17 cool I thought the same two core things
22:22 that were mentioned in Psalm one that we
22:25 needed to do or the same two core things
22:29 that are mentioned in Psalm 103 in
22:34 someone I listed this it says delight
22:37 yourself in the Lord and what are we
22:41 remembering to meditate in his word day
22:44 and night so it said if we do those two
22:48 things we will live like the blessed
22:51 Lord our Savior Jesus Christ and we will
22:54 be like that tree planted by the rivers
22:56 of water bearing fruit in its season and
23:01 then whatever we do we will prosper
23:05 that was the outflow of doing those two
23:08 things
23:08 now Psalm 103 mentions these basically
23:12 the same two things using different
23:15 language instead of saying delight
23:17 yourself in the Lord it says bless the
23:21 Lord you know when you are actually
23:26 experiencing the presence of God in your
23:29 life and you're actually encountering
23:32 and experiencing his hand in your life
23:36 you're gonna start delighting and you're
23:39 gonna start blessing him and you will
23:43 want to do what King David did you'll
23:46 want to say don't forget though when
23:50 you're in the midst of something hard
23:51 don't forget don't go off on that trail
23:55 talking about the ninth not using ninety
23:57 percent of your time talking about your
23:59 problems don't forget when God has done
24:01 start praising and thanking him I don't
24:06 know if I shared this with you guys but
24:08 I had a dream when I was really sick and
24:13 this dream transformed my life in the
24:17 dream on a blackboard
24:18 saw the word Jehoshaphat I covered to my
24:22 husband that morning I said to him who's
24:25 Jehoshaphat see I didn't we hadn't read
24:28 the Bible from cover to cover I knew
24:30 about the Bible from different Bible
24:32 studies but I had it and he goes I think
24:35 he's the guy that sent out the praise
24:36 worshipers on front line of the battle
24:38 and they won so I looked up his name and
24:41 I studied that chapter 2nd chronicles 20
24:43 and I own that chapter and you know what
24:46 when we bless the Lord when we praise
24:49 His name when we actively engage
24:52 ourselves in doing that the Lord fights
24:56 or battle for us now we don't do that to
25:00 get the end results but that's the end
25:02 results of blessing the Lord so that was
25:06 a key thing that the Lord gave me and he
25:08 had to give it to me in a dream because
25:10 maybe I wouldn't have accepted it like
25:12 you guys hopefully are accepting it
25:13 right now so you see that the Lord is
25:17 constantly repeating to us over and over
25:20 the first Psalm that introduces all the
25:22 songs he says delight yourself in the
25:24 Lord and meditate in his word day and
25:27 night Psalm 103 now we're partway
25:29 through the Psalms we haven't done it
25:31 the word just grabbing Psalm 103 because
25:34 of what it talks about about our
25:36 salvation and we grab it in it says the
25:39 same thing
25:39 bless the Lord and it said say meditate
25:43 on his word day and night it takes one
25:47 aspect of God's Word the benefits that
25:51 are given to us for our salvation it
25:54 says don't forget the benefits that
25:58 Christ Jesus has done for you on the
26:00 cross you are in need of them take hold
26:03 of them don't let the enemy steal and
26:05 kill them or destroy him how do you keep
26:09 him before you by confessing them with
26:13 your mouth amen
26:18 bless the Lord we bless him his great
26:23 love was demonstrated on the cross by
26:27 giving His Son Jesus Christ and we
26:30 respond
26:31 back to his love by blessing him he is
26:36 the one that initiated love and we're
26:39 just responding back to him he blesses
26:42 us we bless him it's this inner change
26:47 of this relationship going on with him
26:50 point number three the gospel Christ is
26:52 a power of God for your salvation so why
26:56 why did I choose to name something that
27:00 is in the Old Testament Psalm 103 why
27:05 did I call it living in the power of the
27:08 gospel by now white by what I've just
27:11 said you probably got a taste of it
27:13 because Psalm 103 really is a prophetic
27:17 declaration of the gospel of Jesus
27:21 Christ of the grace that is there for us
27:25 and it tells us two key things that we
27:29 can begin to engage or live sin so that
27:33 we can set our hearts in position to
27:37 receive the benefits point B under Roman
27:44 numeral three living in the power the
27:47 gospel described by Apostle Paul in the
27:49 following verses the gospel of Christ is
27:53 the power of God to salvation for
27:56 everyone who believes
27:58 then when he writes first Corinthians he
28:01 says this in chapter 118 the message of
28:05 the Cross to us who are being saved is
28:08 the power of God acts 20:24 he says this
28:14 to testify to the gospel of the grace of
28:18 God three different phrases the gospel
28:23 of Christ the message of the Cross and
28:26 the gospel of grace old me the exact
28:31 same thing and what are the equated with
28:35 they're basically saying the gospel is
28:39 equated with that's the is sign is is an
28:43 equal sign in the English language
28:45 the gospel is is equal to what the power
28:51 of God the message of the Cross is equal
28:55 to what the power of God the grace that
29:01 is given to us through the gospel is
29:03 equal to what the power of God so if we
29:07 want the power of God in our life we
29:10 need to know the gospel of Christ the
29:13 message of the Cross we need to know the
29:16 grace of God and we need to know it not
29:19 just up here we need to know it
29:22 experientially what's the purpose of
29:30 God's power that is brought forth to us
29:34 through the gospel or the message of the
29:36 Cross the purpose is for us to
29:40 experience the effects of salvation the
29:45 effects of God's grace in our life Roman
29:50 numeral for you Barbie all will be able
29:53 to relate to the words I chose here your
29:57 all-inclusive salvation in Jesus Christ
30:00 it's based on Psalm 103 verse 2 where it
30:05 says forget not all his benefits all his
30:08 benefits
30:09 is it all-inclusive salvation salvation
30:16 is a power-packed word it's an
30:20 all-inclusive word in session 2 of psalm
30:23 one study we discovered that the word
30:26 salvation appeared multiple multiple
30:29 times throughout all of the psalms and
30:34 salvation when it was translated from
30:36 its Hebrew word into English it was
30:41 translated like eternal salvation help
30:44 healing deliverance you know whatever
30:48 thing that you would need that's what
30:51 salvation was translated like so I put
30:55 some words down to your prosperity your
30:57 victory
30:58 it's
30:58 same way that the word Sozo in Greek and
31:01 the New Testament is translated sozo in
31:05 Greek is translate translated numerous
31:08 ways in the New Testament did you
31:10 describe the all-inclusive salvation
31:14 package that we have in Jesus Christ how
31:18 many of you have ever gone on an
31:20 all-inclusive to an all-inclusive resort
31:23 and all-inclusive cruise just couple
31:27 okay more than that okay so you know
31:30 that the word all-inclusive what they
31:33 mean it's really not all-inclusive first
31:38 off but all-inclusive means that you pay
31:41 one price and then you get your
31:43 accommodation some people love this all
31:46 the drinks that they could have all the
31:48 foods you can have and many many
31:50 activities you pay one price and then
31:53 you get to go to the resort to get to go
31:55 on the cruise and enjoy all the benefits
31:58 in my gym class you know people that I
32:01 don't even know they'll come up and like
32:03 this last Monday last week on Friday a
32:07 lady came up to me this class coming in
32:09 and I often say hi to her and she was so
32:12 excited because she was going and it
32:15 sounded like one on one of these
32:17 all-inclusive vacations I thought what
32:21 would happen if we got excited every day
32:25 of our life because we have an
32:27 all-inclusive salvation package it is
32:31 better than any vacation we could ever
32:34 go on but we have not linked up to it we
32:40 have not understood how to enter in to
32:44 it we think we have to pay something
32:48 like we would for an all-inclusive
32:50 resort or an all-inclusive cruise I know
32:54 that's what I was trying to do when I
32:55 was trying to get my healing I was
32:58 trying to earn my right to be healed now
33:04 this word salvation that appears
33:07 throughout the Old Testament the Hebrew
33:10 word is actually yes
33:12 schewe and Yeshua is Jesus's Hebrew name
33:18 so salvation is Jesus in Jesus is
33:25 everything that you need for your
33:29 salvation Jesus is the gift of God and
33:36 in Jesus there's forgiveness and healing
33:40 and redemption and renewal and victory
33:44 and deliverance everything that you need
33:46 in Jesus Christ if you take a look at
33:53 point number D the core benefits of your
33:55 salvation it's Psalm 103 three through
33:58 five let's all declare that together the
34:01 verses they're these are the core
34:03 benefits of your salvation who forgives
34:06 all your iniquities who heals all your
34:09 diseases who redeems your life from
34:12 destruction who crowns you with
34:14 loving-kindness and tender mercies who
34:17 satisfies your mouth with good things so
34:20 that your youth is renewed like the
34:23 Eagles those are the core benefits
34:26 unfortunately very few people and you
34:29 read through those than you going I
34:31 don't know if I really may be one of
34:33 these I've experienced some at the time
34:35 or part of the time and maybe two of
34:37 these God wants us to experience all of
34:40 them all the time why is so very few
34:46 people experiencing these benefits it's
34:49 because they're often not preached or
34:52 taught and therefore very few people
34:56 know their rights or their privileges we
34:59 know Romans 10:17 says so then faith
35:01 comes from hearing and hearing from the
35:03 Word of God and now take a look at this
35:07 we all know Romans 10:17 but this really
35:10 shocked me Romans 10 16 years ago when I
35:14 read it it says this but they have not
35:18 all obeyed the gospel for Isaiah said
35:22 Lord who has believed our report
35:26 if they have been taught not all have
35:31 obeyed the gospel believing is an act of
35:36 obedience of the Gospel message this
35:41 phrase who has believed our report is
35:45 the exact they're quoting from Isaiah 53
35:48 which is a prophetic declaration of
35:51 everything that Jesus would do for you
35:54 and I on the cross and it begins who has
35:57 believed its report believing God's
36:02 report is an act of obedience if we
36:07 don't believe we will not receive in
36:15 Romans 1:16 it says I'm not ashamed of
36:19 the gospel of Christ where is the power
36:21 of God to salvation for everyone who
36:25 believes everyone who believes that we
36:29 got to what believe once you make the
36:35 initial twice to believe in Jesus Christ
36:38 in the gospel of Christ you're born
36:40 again but you don't stop there the word
36:44 believe in Romans 1:16 is a present
36:47 participle that expresses the idea of a
36:52 continuous and repeated action if you
36:55 want to experience the power of God for
37:00 your salvation you need to continue to
37:04 believe in an ongoing way for all the
37:08 benefits on a daily sometimes
37:12 moment-by-moment basis Colossians 1:23
37:16 speaks of this if indeed you continue in
37:20 the faith grounded and steadfast and are
37:23 not moved away from the gospel the hope
37:26 of the gospel there's many things that
37:28 want to move us away from the hope of
37:30 the gospel it takes energy it takes the
37:36 power of God to keep on believing
37:40 everyone god does not pick and choose
37:43 who will receive the benefits of his
37:46 salvation rather we are the ones that
37:49 choose whether we will believe his
37:51 report or not I want to speak on grace
37:59 and faith we receive I said the gift of
38:05 God by faith but it's through grace if
38:13 he's just 2:8 says for by grace you have
38:16 been saved through faith not of yourself
38:18 it is the gift of God so we need both
38:23 faith and grace in order to receive the
38:29 gift of God we talked about this before
38:33 but grace is the acronym gods G God our
38:40 riches those are all his benefits that
38:44 were spoken of in Psalm 103 that you
38:46 declared at Christ's expense so all of
38:51 God's riches were paid for you the
38:54 all-inclusive benefit package has been
38:56 paid for you by Jesus Christ with his
39:00 precious blood it was a perfect and
39:03 complete sacrifice you don't need to add
39:06 to it in any way for anything that you
39:09 every need in this entire life there's
39:15 three stages of your salvation that I
39:18 mentioned there we won't go into them in
39:20 detail but when Paul is talking about
39:23 the gospel of Christ being the power of
39:25 God for your salvation he's talking
39:27 about the past present and future tense
39:29 realities you were saved you are being
39:32 insane and you will be saved we talked
39:35 in Psalm 1 the past tense reality which
39:39 is your justification your righteousness
39:42 you can go to 2nd Corinthians 5:17 and
39:45 21 for that but if you don't understand
39:48 that you're righteous it's going to be
39:49 hard to receive in a present
39:53 tense reality on an ongoing basis all
39:57 the benefits that are mentioned in Psalm
39:59 103 your present tense salvation is
40:03 sanctification you receive and you're
40:12 able to walk in God's salvation because
40:15 of the fullness of the Godhead dwelling
40:18 in you through the Holy Spirit so there
40:21 are some verses there 1st Corinthians
40:22 6:17 1st Corinthians 3:16 Romans 8:11
40:28 Romans 8:11 if you're sick in your body
40:31 is so key but the spirit of him who
40:34 raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you
40:36 he who raised Christ from the dead will
40:39 give life to your mortal body to his
40:42 spirit who dwells within you the life of
40:46 God is dwelling in us and he can bring
40:50 life resurrection life to every portion
40:53 of our being we could experience the
40:56 greatness of our God the greatness of
41:00 his power every day and every part of
41:03 our being and every situation and we
41:06 choose to walk by faith in His grace and
41:09 not by sight and we can release this
41:12 power wherever we go oh I'm gonna end it
41:19 there because I really want to end with
41:24 communion tonight so before we end what
41:28 I'm gonna do on Roman numeral six bless
41:31 the Lord we'll continue on with that
41:33 that's one of the keys we already talked
41:35 about it a little bit and then we talked
41:39 about you're not forgetting any of his
41:41 benefits but what I want to end with is
41:43 Roman numeral seven the great exchange
41:45 of the Cross can you bring communion up
41:50 so when the Lord says forget not all his
41:54 benefits
41:55 he's echoing the cry of Jesus's heart at
41:58 the Last Supper when he said remember do
42:02 this in remembrance of me so when the
42:05 when we think about
42:07 forgetting not all his benefits let's
42:09 hear Jesus as he's sitting down at the
42:12 Last Supper and saying to each one of us
42:15 do this remembrance of me
42:17 do what don't forget me don't forget
42:21 what I did for you so what we're gonna
42:24 do right now is I'm gonna have everybody
42:28 come forward and you can receive the
42:32 great exchange of the Cross and if
42:35 you're on line what you can do is you
42:36 can actually go to our resources and
42:39 click on prayers and then it's called
42:41 the great exchange of the cross so
42:42 everyone come forward and Sylvia would
42:48 you mind just handing these out what
42:51 you're gonna do right now Sylvia gives
42:54 you the paper you're gonna look over all
42:56 the benefits there's eight listed here
42:59 they're taken from a book called bought
43:03 with the blood by Joseph Prince and the
43:06 first benefit is talking about the
43:08 forgiveness of our sin the second one
43:11 healing third one removing the curse
43:14 fourth one talking about receiving
43:17 abundance and giving him our poverty but
43:20 each one of these benefits what I've
43:22 done is I made a statement about what
43:25 Jesus has done for you and then right
43:28 under the benefit I put down in exchange
43:31 so let's take a look just at Roman
43:34 numeral one will do a Roman numeral one
43:36 all together and then at home or during
43:40 the week as we go through the next six
43:42 weeks I want you to not lose this paper
43:45 you can always get it online and
43:47 download it or send it to a friend it's
43:49 under resources under prayer but let's
43:52 just take a look at number one okay so
43:55 at the top of the page I said engage in
43:59 the exchange of the Cross the simplest
44:01 way to receive all that Jesus Christ has
44:04 done for you on the cross is by engaging
44:06 your mouth and heart in the great
44:09 exchange giving him your weakness and
44:12 lack and taking his gift of salvation
44:15 this is his gift of salvation he says do
44:19 this in remembrance of me
44:21 communion after you do this thank God
44:24 for His salvation gift his benefits
44:27 Romans 10:10 says this for with a heart
44:31 one with the leaves and with the mouth
44:32 confession is made unto salvation so
44:36 let's all recite just number one all
44:38 three points out loud so you can
44:40 understand but when you get to the
44:42 exchange and you're doing this at home
44:43 be real with God and actually see
44:46 yourself giving to the Lord your problem
44:49 whether it's your sin your sickness your
44:52 poverty what your lack you know your
44:55 despair your discouragement see yourself
44:57 giving it to him Jesus is a real person
45:00 he's the interfere in our midst he's not
45:02 just a figment of people's imagination
45:04 he's a real person so see yourself
45:06 handing over the problem to him but then
45:09 see yourself taking the benefit that he
45:13 has given to you and then you get a
45:15 start walking it you know when God gives
45:18 you a gift when you're giving a gift I
45:21 have a choice that when I receive a gift
45:25 whether I just throw it away give it to
45:29 Goodwill or some other kind of place
45:30 like that give it away to a friend put
45:33 it in my closet or actually use the gift
45:37 okay so how can you use the gift confess
45:42 it with your mouth believe it in your
45:44 heart and walk in the freedom of it this
45:46 week so let's do number one only let's
45:50 say it all out loud together before we
45:51 take communion
45:52 Jesus was punished and made sin with
45:55 your sinfulness so that you could be
45:57 forgiven and made righteous and then
46:00 you'll see all the Bible references you
46:01 can look up on each one of these
46:03 exchanges that I've written exchange
46:07 give Jesus your sins and take his
46:10 forgiveness and righteousness that he is
46:13 offering you so take a moment and give
46:16 Jesus now your sins and then take his
46:19 forgiveness and you'll probably want to
46:24 take longer for this at home you want to
46:26 be real with God and connect with him
46:28 but we're going to actually say all this
46:30 together right now thank you Jesus
46:34 for forgiving my sins and making me
46:39 righteous okay
46:41 so father we just thank you that on the
46:43 night that you were betrayed you took
46:46 the bread and the cup into your holy
46:48 hands and you said to your disciples as
46:51 you say to us tonight you said take eat
46:57 this is my body given for you do this in
47:03 remembrance of me
47:05 so take and eat what he's given to you
47:08 tonight and then on the same night that
47:19 Jesus was betrayed he took the cup into
47:21 his hands and he said this is the cup of
47:24 my new covenant the new covenant in my
47:28 blood
47:29 do this in remembrance of me don't
47:34 forget me remember me
47:37 so take and drink of your forgiveness
47:48 so thank you for joining us online and
47:52 thank you for coming before we end I
47:54 want Alex if you could come up here and
47:57 he's going to give he gave all of his
47:59 full testimony last week but many of you
48:01 weren't here I like him too he's going
48:03 to give you a shortened version of his
48:06 testimony that you can access