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Foreign. Hey, good people, this is Torre Roberts. Blessings to you and welcome to the ONE podcast. I'm excited that you're here. ONE is a community of dynamic and vibrant thought leaders, preachers, teachers, and just a community of wonderful people all together. And we're excited to bring you this weekly podcast from our services from ONE in la. If you haven't been to one, I encourage you to check it out. You can go to one the Word one O N E online and find out all about the service times and all about the teachers and all the philanthropic things that we have going. I believe you're going to be blessed to be a part of it. And speaking of being blessed, we're getting ready to get into a teaching right now that I believe is going to bless you. So tune in, enjoy, and I'll be back with you at the end. I've got some business to do, some kingdom business to do. The apostle Paul in Romans, the book of Romans, you know, Paul planted many churches and he was an apostle and I mean, he just, he couldn't help it. He was a builder. He was building churches and building ministries and building systems. Building systems and infrastructure for the kingdom. Very strategic. He was brilliant. And he had this longing because in order to obey God, he would have to leave things that he started. Hello, somebody. He had to leave things that he started. But he would always leave them in good hands. Come on, somebody. He wasn't a deadbeat daddy. He wouldn't start something and move and not leave it in good hands. But if you read his letters, you will see. It's not a guilt, it's not that because he understood the assignment, but his heart was connected to every place. He planted every place. And you would see him write things like how I long to be with you. And it is one passage in particular in the book of Romans, in the first chapter, you know what I'm going to say. Read your whole Bible, you'll find it. But in this particular passage, he says, I long to be with you. Watch this. That I might impart some gift that would establish you. So it wasn't just simply, I miss you, even though I do. And if you're watching via livestream, I do. That is in fact true. And I appreciate the love. But this longing that he had to be with them was so that he can impart something that would establish them. He knew every place that he had planted you. You don't forget your children, your child. And even if you're not with your child physically, watch this. You connect with them in Prayer every day. I visit this church in prayer every single day. Every day. Every day. I have a whole section in my prayer for this movement, for pda, for Ebenezer, for the worship leaders, all, just everybody. So you're covered at this level. You're covered at this level, and you're covered by Christ at that level. You're covered all the way down. All the way down. But the Lord moved in my spirit about a month ago and he said, I want you to come and do what we're calling a revival service and we'll talk about that reside. But essentially I want you to come, you and Pastor Sarah and Phil Muncie. And I just. I just found out I haven't even updated you on this. Devon. He was taping something that wrapped early. He's gonna try to be here on Friday with us. Devon Franklin, if you don't know, and if I might attempt to articulate it in the spirit, I'm talking about an infusion of who we are that will establish us as a movement at unlike no other time. I wish I had nine days with you. What I'm describing, even when I talk about these gifts and pda. Of course she's here. Okay, what I'm describing. Wait, hold on. Pda, pt, sjr. Pastor Phil. Devon Franklin. That's five. It's grace. But you know what else it is? It's the five fold ministry that the apostle Paul taught us in Ephesians, chapter four. And I can tell you, between the five of us, there is the Bible. You can sit down if you want to. He said, I gave some to be. Watch this. As Paul, who is the church builder, planter, organizer, system structure, kingdom ambassador is teaching us how to have watch this church or kingdom optimized. He says, kingdom is optimized in the context of the fivefold ministry. Study this when you get a chance. Ephesians, chapter four. He says, and he gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers. Watch this for the equipping of the saints. That that word equipping is an interesting term because it is a medical term. And it speaks, I feel, the Holy Ghost. It's a medical term and it speaks to a resetting of the bones. And if you know anything about skeletal structure, if the bones are not set properly, the body doesn't function properly. Oh, y' all not ready for that. So a movement, maximize is a movement that has in its expression the apostolic, the prophetic, the evangelistic, the pastoral, and the teachers, all of that. And when that comes together beautifully and It's a hard thing to do because most congregants won't let apostles be apostles because all you've known them as is your pastor. Because you think. Not you, but some of you don't. You think because they started it, that they're pastors. But the truth of the matter is, most people who start ministries aren't pastors. They're apostles. They lay foundations, and they continue to lay foundations. Apostle literally means one sent. So if you are an apostle, you're going to be sent a lot. Can I just teach this for a minute? And I have teachings online. Modern Church. I think I did a series called the Modern Church a couple times, you know, so I'm not that. That's not what tonight is about. But. But I do know that God is bringing all of those graces together in a short period of time because he is about to fast track and supercharge your spirit, mind, body, life, everything. Because the time is now. Are you tracking with me? And we need it all. We need all the graces functioning together. It's hard because 1. This isn't taught much. It isn't. It isn't taught much. We don't model it very well. And quite frankly, ego gets in the way. Hello, somebody. It doesn't suggest at all that any of them are higher or better than any of the others. You understand what I'm saying? I am this and I'm that. So who are you? You got on your business? Just call me P.T. call me Ture. Seriously. So. So. So. So what we're going to do, I want to explain some things to you tonight. I want to explain what revival is, what it truly is. I want to help you to understand what I like to call the bones of this movement. This, all that you see the lights, the sound, the people, the preaching and all that kind of stuff. That's just the skin and the breath and all that kind of stuff. This movement has bones, foundation, DNA. Which means that if you are attracted to this movement, then there is something deep within you that is connected to the DNA of this house. Hello, somebody. And particularly if you have to be here, there's some. And you've been a whole bunch of places, and there are great places everywhere, right? Okay. Keep it positive. But for some reason, when you come here, your baby leaps differently. It's like, oh, and. And then. And then. And you. You have to get here, and you try to tell people. You know what I mean? You try to explain it to people and. And sometimes they get it, and sometimes they just Don't. And so finally, you just give up and you just say, you just gotta come. And they come. And if this resonates with a resonant DNA that they might not even fully understand, they come and they stay. This. The bones of this church are so strong. I planted this movement in North Hollywood in 2004. Right here is what's crazy. So that's what, 22 years later? It'll be 22 years in September. Okay. Be 22 years later. Guess what? This church still looks like that church. I've grown older, I've moved. I've been all over, and I'm still all over. But you look the same. You're young, mostly. And the rest are young at heart. And we need the gray and the strong legs. Come on. The Bible talks about the gray hairs, the strength of a young man. Young man's strength is his strength. The strength of an old person is their gray hair. We need both, right? Because if you have speed, young person, but no wisdom, you get into a crash faster. And if you have gray hair and no speed, you can't make it to the car in time. You get to a certain age. And running is reserved for emergencies. So. So. So I digress. So the point that I'm making is that this church, because of the bones, looks exactly like I founded it and left it, Even though I. Because they're bones. Are you tracking with me? I feel the Lord and I have a lot. I have a lot that's in me. And this is going to lack. It's not a sermon. The Lord said, you can't. Don't do a sermon. Inform them and then impart. So. So. So. So let's talk about what revival is. Maybe let's start with what revival is not. Revival is not God doing something new. Revival is a realignment with something that is original, ancient. It is realignment with a divine design. Do you know that the body is designed to heal itself? I was researching this. The body is literally designed to heal itself. When something is wrong in the body, that means that something is out of alignment. And when things get back into alignment, the body literally begins to heal itself, regenerate and move forward. That's in the physical body. It is the same in the spiritual body. When the children of Israel experienced revival, it wasn't that they did something new. They returned to what was written. But the reason why it feels new. Watch this. Is because less has become our norm. I wish I could say that better. The reason why, you know, this powerful move of God that changes your Life changes the way you think, move, act and changes cities and regions. The reason why I feel like man, God is sure doing a new thing. Watch this is because we have settled into mediocrity. Pt My life's not mediocre. You have to understand what mediocrity means. It's from two words that come together, Medi and okur. Mehdi means middle. Okur means mountain. So there is a mountain assigned to our lives. Even the Bible talks about who shall ascend the holy hill. And I don't care how well you think you're doing, if you are halfway up the hill mediocre, that's mediocrity. And be careful about hanging out with people that will applaud your small. I'm not talking about, you know, people that drink, haterade and offer it to you. I'm not talking about that, but I'm talking about people that applaud a version of you that you know. And that's the challenge. We get all gassed up and hyped up in our mediocrity. So, anyway, I digress again. So revival. Revival is when there is a returning. And that's why I want to talk about the bones of this movement. And I've been studying bones. Just. I'm fascinated by the bones because again, you see the stage, you see the lights, you see the power, you see all of that. But what you really need to be looking for are the bones. What's underneath it? The bones. That's where the DNA is. That's where the structure is. That's where the systems are. Are you tracking with me? I was thinking about Elijah and y' all know where I'm going in Second Kings. This is important. Second Kings, chapter 13, verse 20. Everybody wants to go up. Everybody wants to go up, right? You never ask the Lord to take you down. You never say, God, take me to the last level. It's always God, take me to the next. I want to go to the next. I'm going to a new 20, 26. I'm going to a new. But here is the truth. Down is the way up. In the context of revival, I'm going to hit this in a minute. In the context of revival, in Isaiah, I believe it's chapter 37. Read your whole Bible. You'll find it. I promise you. April, in the context of revival, God is prophesying through Isaiah about the return of the children of Israel to bless them. They were in trouble, you know, and he says, and when I do what I do, watch this. It's Going to cause you to take root downward in order to bear fruit upward. So, so. So maybe, just maybe, my elevation has to do with or is connected with my ability to humble myself and connect with the bedrock, the framework, the bones of what I'm connected to. I went to Israel. I was in Jerusalem, and I was judging the people there. I'll be honest with you. That's when I was still crazy. I'm still a little crazy, but that's when I was real crazy. And the people were in Jerusalem and they were flocking to. They wanted to see the tomb. And I went in there, and I. I wasn't impressed. Wasn't in there. He was gone. But they were flocking to the tomb. I was like, y' all so silly. He's not there. He rose, okay. Then they would flock pda. They flocked to the upper room. They want to be. Why are you doing all that kind of stuff? You know? And they would want to. The place where he believed he was crucified. They wanted to go to all those places. And I was like, y' all silly. They weren't silly. They were trying to connect with the bones. They weren't there looking for Jesus. They were looking for the foundation. If you feel drawn to this church, I would be asking some questions about what's underneath it. I know what the expression is, this expression that has last over two decades, but what is at the root of it? Because I don't want to watch this. I don't want to tap into the cream. I don't want to tap into the icing. I want to tap into the ingredients, because that's what's going to make me me. So I was fascinated then as the Lord started talking to me about bones. And we know the bones are the infrastructure of the body. And then I thought about Elijah. Elijah was a mighty prophet of God, as you know, studies powerful prophet of God, faithful to God. There are two people that did not see death in the normal ways that. That people see death. There's one guy named Enoch and another guy named Elijah. Right, Elijah. The chariots just took him up, which kind of blow me away, because if the chariots took him up, then why was the bones there? But anyway, I guess the chariot took his spirit and the bones were left there. But anyway. But Enoch literally just. He walked with God. All we know about Enoch is that he walked with God, and then he was not. So, okay, he walked with God and then he disappeared. How does that work? Okay, I get it. He learned how to walk with God. So Succinctly, he learned how to walk in the spirit so wonderfully that he walked all the way into the spirit and disappeared into the spirit. I don't know about you. I want that. I want to walk with the Lord so succinctly. I want to walk in the spirit so masterfully and so wonderfully that one day you look up and Torrejus. You hear me? But what fascinated me about this is that. Let's read it real quick. You know, we're here and we got Bibles and phones and all that kind of stuff. It says, oh, great. Now that helps me. This was Elisha, not Elijah. Thank you, Jesus. All right. So then Elisha died, and they buried him, and the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. So it was as they were burying a man. Oh, gosh. That suddenly they spied a band of raiders, and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha. There we go. Not Elijah. Thank you. And when the man was let down after touched the what? The bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. Watch this. The man is gone. The voice is no longer there, but the bones, because the DNA, the power was in the system, was in the structure, was in the bones. And I'm telling you right now, this church has bones. Has bones. Mm. Yeah. Take my time. Bones so powerful. These bones carry resurrection power in them. Isn't it interesting that Jesus was beaten and beaten and beaten and crushed and crushed and stabbed and shanked, but not one bone was broken? I always wondered, why is that significant? I don't wonder anymore. Because the bones. Even the prophet Jeremiah said his word to me. You know, I'm going through this persecution, and I'm going through this struggle, and I'm weak, weeping, and I'm crying, and it's hard. And they're telling me to quit, and they're telling me to shut up, but I can't, because his word. Come on. Is like fire. Shut up. In my bones. It's past your feelings. It's past your comfort. It's in. It's in the bones. Are you tracking. So even as it pertains to the Passover, Remember the Passover lamb? The Passover lamb's bones were not to be broken. The lamb. All those years, no broken bones. Something about them bones. If I had a theme, it would be the blessing is in the bones. It's in the bones. Now, now, now. This is. They're really good. They're really good. Especially when you text them your thought. They get real Good. All right, all right. I gotta get through this. So I've been like, this apostle thing, okay? So let me just be transparent. Let me be vulnerable. Like, I have known. First of all, I don't like. I hate titles. People ask you what you do, and I'm thinking on what day, Because they want to, you know, try to. Try to box you in. Like, I'm talking to you now. I'll be in Charlotte, North Carolina, speaking at one of the biggest business conferences in America on Tuesday. Not as a pastor. They will not introduce me as a pastor. So I don't like. I don't like. I don't like titles, really. I just don't. And because they mean different things to different people. You know what I'm trying to say? Like an apostle. And some of you, like, what is that? You know. You know, and maybe I just, you know, and I just. I'm really just torre. And even like Paul, when he would write, he wouldn't say, I am the apostle Paul. He would say, I am Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ. He put his name for first. You understand what I'm trying to say? So I'm not into it. But anyway, I've known that I was apostle for a long time. And it was kind of hard, a hard pill to swallow, because it meant that I would be moving. And I knew that. And so understanding that, I built this church. Watch this. I didn't build this church around me. I built it on me, but not around me. You understand what I'm saying? Like, in other words, I built it on what God was showing me, saying to me, telling me what this movement needed to be. But I never. I used to tell. Pastor Ebenezer would tell you, Pastor Tina would tell you. I would always say, I'm trying to work myself out of a job. And I meant it. And it was not because I was being derelict in my duty. I just wanted to be free to be and do whatever God called me to be and do. I didn't want to be limited and stuck. And so I'm always. I mean, we just took over Dallas, and we're right. We're right now looking for our successors. Hello, Somebody. I'm not saying it's not tomorrow, but when are you gonna start? When you're 90, when you're 75? You gotta start now. Oh, I cannot wait until we get to what we're gonna do tonight. Stay with me. So it's been, like, this interesting journey, and this is the first time, like, I've had to, like, be so I've been an apostle in authority. I've been an apostle Alish in, like, function. I've gone out, I've done this stuff. I've planted church, I've planted works. I've started things right? And those things are doing well. And I'm moving about. I've done all of that, but I haven't done it. I haven't been an apostle as it relates to, like, leading, like putting, you know, a pastor in the church and then leading and trying to figure out what that looks like and how to do it. This is all new for me. April is new for me, right. I'll be honest. And I'm just doing the best that I can. And, and so I just. Somebody. Thank you. You appreciate that. Thank you so much. I appreciate that you appreciate that. I'm doing the best I can. I've never seen it modeled. I've never seen it before. Never seen it. You know, the best, maybe the closest is, you know, bishops over churches or whatever. I've never seen this before. And this is just like, this is new. This is a new expression of leadership for me, right? To come in and to support and to bring backup and strength and like I talked about earlier, this impartation. So, so, so track with me and, and, and at the end, I am going to lay hands on everyone who understands what's happening and desires to catch it. Every single person tonight. Because I came to give you something. I came to give you something, right? And it's not a joke to me. It's serious. I was on the one on one. As soon as I hit it, I felt the power of God come over me and just wait. You know glory. The Hebrew word for glory is chabad. It literally means wait. It's a wait. And it came over me. And I'm going to leave light because I'm going to put something on those who understand what you're going to catch. We haven't even gotten into what we're about to get into. What. So what are the Bones of One? I think one of the best, the best passages that can really unpack the Bones of One is in Acts, chapter two. And real quick, we're just going to run through the first. I think I gave you the first. I don't know, first verse, 13 verses, however long. It says, when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord and in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing, mighty wind. And it filled the whole house where they were sitting then There appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Then it says, and there were dwelling in Jerusalem. This is important. There were dwelling in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound. Watch this. It doesn't say many sounds. Even though there were many people, they were in one place, on one accord, although they're believed to have been 120 of them. The Spirit falls upon them. They begin to speak in other tongues. They release. Although they are many, they release one sound track with me. You would think that if it was 120 people, it would be 120 sounds. No, in God's providence, in his divine architecture, he sets it up that these people have enough time to spend in the presence of God and work out potentially their egos, work out potentially the things that divide them. They worked all of that out and the timing was immaculate because God preordained it. And they released. Watch this. They released one sound. And when this sound occurred, the multitude, all the people who came to Jerusalem came together and were confused, Better translation, Amazed. Because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Now look who's in the room. It says. Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear each in our own language in which we are born? Track with me. Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene. Visitors from Rome, both Jews and Proselytes, So some ultra religious and then some just new to the faith. Cretans and Arabs. We hear them speaking our own tongues, the wonderful works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, what could this mean? Here's what's happening. Here is one. Look at the diversity in this room. You can't just. You can't make that up. See? One, one, one. It's not a black church. It ain't a white church. It's not a Latino church, it's not an Asian church. It is an Acts 2 church. They were from everywhere. So there is a unique grace. Hear me clearly, I'm talking about the bones. There's a unique grace on this church to have language that reaches everybody of every tribe, of every tongue, of every nation. Those who've Been in church. Those who are just coming to church, somehow, some way, when we get it right, when we get to alignment, everybody gets fed. That's an anointing. That wasn't us trying to be this one week and trying to be this the next week. Suits and ties one week, skinny jeans the next. You don't have to try. It's in the bones. Are you hearing me? It's in the bones. The ability, which is unique. It's unique. And I'm not saying that a white church is wrong, because I'm not. Whatever. I'm not saying that a quote unquote black church is wrong. Whatever. Do you. That's wonderful. I'm talking about what this is. Yeah, it's in the bones. I'm going to give you a little bit more context. Paul also, and me and PDA share this and we just marvel. We're learning so much about each other as we walk together in this context. But we both have a connection to the Apostle Paul. If you study the Apostle Paul, he will tell you flat out that he was an apostle to the Gentiles. And he said that it wasn't by choice because he was actually a Pharisee. So. So. So by personal nature and upbringing and everything, he actually should have been very religious. And we know in his past life he was actually extremely religious. But there was a grace on him and God gave him language to attract the Gentiles. Now, what are the Gentiles? Gentiles, Non Jew. In this context, it was those who were not people of faith. One way to describe this church is it is a church for people who don't go to church. Just keep on chewing on that. Not even by choice. I didn't wake up one day and say, I want unbelievers or people who don't know God or people who are, you know, who. Who just either are, you know, agnostic. I didn't do that. They just started coming. I opened my mouth. The Bible talks about how God will give you the tongue of the learned. And God sets me in Hollywood. And Hollywood is not necessarily. I don't know if I could argue that it is the most Christian region in the world yet, but we've been working on it. Here's why I take time to bring that up. And I'm getting to the good stuff in a minute. Here's why I take time to bring that up. I want you to understand, particularly if you are a churched person, good for you. I am so happy, I think, that you were brought up in church. I Think. I am so happy that you were blessed with the privilege of knowing your Bible, going to Sunday school and going to Wednesday night Bible study and you can quote all the scriptures. I am so thankful to God that you had that experience. That is absolutely wonderful. But I'm more concerned what the person who just got high. I'm more concerned. I love you. Here's why I'm more concerned. Because you're already good. Jesus says, I leave the 99 and go after the 1. I don't abandon the 99. The 99 are good because they're safe. I'm looking for that 1. 1. One has a whole bunch of meanings. One, that we're united. One meaning can make one sound that reaches the masses. Those are in the bones. We have language. I don't want the church folk running off the folk that need church because you have an expectation that they're going to be as disciplined as you. I'm talking about what's in the boat. No, no, no, no, no, no. That's not how we built this church. We built this church on modeling the love of God which passes all knowledge. I'm talking about the bones. I'll get to the good stuff in just a second. Isn't it interesting? I'm going to say this and I might crunch on the toe. And I promise I'm not trying to do that, not trying to be controversial. I love everybody, but I have met sometimes people outside of the church with more integrity, With more. More their yes is yes and their no is no. And I'm going to tell you what else is interesting. The apostle Paul talked about love a lot in Ephesians, chapter three. Read your whole, Bob. You'll find it. Ephesians, chapter three. He talked about how. He said a lot of things, but he talked about how he wanted. He was praying. And he says, I want you to understand what is the width and the length and the depth and the height. And to know the love of Christ which passes all knowledge that you might be filled. Watch this. With all the fullness of God. That's heavy. That's heavy. He says, in order to be filled with all the fullness of God. In other words, if you don't get this right, you won't get the God thing right. Is that you will have to perceive what is the length, the depth, height, the width to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge. And it's interesting pda, especially here in this town and in towns like this, New York City, other places people watch this sometimes aren't even Saved, but they're lovers. And then I started thinking about the great revivals that took place here and in America. And one of them happened during the Love Time, the Love movement. You remember that? It was kind of this free, you know, and it got a little, you know, because love can be a tricky thing, right? But isn't it interesting that in a time where the world, quote, unquote, world, the zeitgeist, is promoting love and people are getting saved? And so sometimes, you know, like passionate religious people almost hate when you talk about the love of God. And I'm scratching my head. I'm scratching my head. Why? Why are you mad that a church is talking about the love of God? Well, yeah, God is love, but you got to talk about what he hates. As if love somehow needs some sort of balancer. It is the balancer. It is the weight. It is the measure. God is love. That's the measure. And he says. He says, Paul says the apostle Paul, who. Who was ultra religious at first, a Pharisee of all Pharisees, study his life. He's saying, in order for you to tap into all the fullness of God, you are going to need a revelation about just how deep his love is. I'm talking about what's in the bones. And you'll hear people say it. Man, I just walk in here and I feel love. It's not like this loopy hippie, we're passing out joints. Love. It ain't. It's real, genuine agape love. And people feel it and it delivers them and it heals them. And they want to know where that came from. And they're addicted to it. They gotta have it because they can't get it nowhere else. God is love. I'm talking about the bones. So the Apostle Paul, in Ephesians 1, he's praying this prayer, and he says that, I want you. I'm praying that the eyes of your understanding will be enlightened. In fact, let's look at it. Let's look at it really quickly. I'm almost there. Almost there. Ephesians, Chapter one. And I believe it starts in whatever there it is. Paul says, this is how I feel. Paul's teaching me. Therefore, I also. After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, Paul's like, you guys are doing a good job. Prior to this, he says that you've been blessed with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places. You're accepted and to be loved. You have forgiveness of sins. He's like, you're Good. And then he goes deeper and he says, I do not cease to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers. Watch this. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit. Watch this. Of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. That the eyes. Here we go. Here we go. That the eyes of your understanding be enlightened, you can be saved, but the eyes of your understanding about what you got when you got saved still be darkened. Track with me. That the eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Watch this. Why? Why is this important? That you may know what is the hope of his calling? What are the riches? What are the riches of the glory? His inheritance in the saints, you have inheritance and you want and you won't. And if you don't see it, you can't be it. And if you don't see it, you can't experience it. There's literally a word for see in Scripture that's used in John 3. And it literally, if you break that word down, it means to experience. Oh, God, I feel the Holy Spirit so strongly. The reason why he's saying, I need for your eyes to be enlightened is because you got two eyes. You got your natural eyes and you got your spiritual eyes. And if you. If your spiritual eyes aren't open, then you can't see. And watch this. Experience what you possess, Right? Right now you'll be sitting around saying bye and bye when the morning come and wait until you get to heaven. But he's saying, if your eyes of your understanding are enlightened, I will allow you to see. And if you see, you will begin to experience the richness. Of your inheritance. You're rich and don't know it. Oh, I feel the Holy Ghost. Paul said, I've learned how to be content no matter what state I'm in. Why? Why did he say that? He tells you. He says, because my God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. In other words, I have it in a dimension and in a realm where things break in and steal. I have it in a dimension where the stock market can't crash and I lose everything. I have it in a place that's reserved for me, and when I need it, I will receive it. He could say that because the eyes of his understanding would be enlightened. What would you stop bowing down to if you knew you were rich already? I feel the spirit of God in this house. What would you close the door? On whose call would you no longer Take. Who would you kick out of your life if you knew that you already had every single penny assigned to your life? I've been pastoring in this town for a long time and I pastored all kind of people, household names, you'll know them. And one of the things when I was building this church, one of the main things I was telling them about is who they were because they would go into environments and at the time things have gotten a little better. And I'm so excited. I see some people in this room right now and you're literally a part of the new. I feel the Holy Ghost. Let me prophesy for a minute. When I first came to this town, there were a lot of bullies in this town and they were beating up on people because the systems and the structures supported them. Bullying. But God has been raising up some people who have been on the backside of the desert. And I'm telling you there is, I feel the Holy Ghost. There is a new wave of influencers. God is giving the keys to this city, to this industry, to people who have entire integrity. I feel God. In fact, if that's you, just give God a shout and say, that's me. I promise you. I promise you. God is handing out keys. You're seeing the wicked fall. That ain't coincidence. God is making room for the righteous. I'm telling you, keep at it, Keep at it. Some of you, you were so frustrated that you were going to leave la and God sent me to tell you, don't you get on that bus, don't you get on that plane. If I tell you to go, go. But if I didn't give you permission to leave, hang in there. You're part of the new wave. I feel out of this church. I've seen it two decades. I've seen it. I've seen the last become first. I've seen the tail become the head. Oh, somebody needs to catch this revelation right now. Hang in there. Hold on to the promise. Be not weary in your well doing because due season is coming. Baby, It's coming. I'm seeing it. There's a new wave. Oh God. And I'm definitely laying hands on you. I am definitely laying hands on you. Let me tell you, I. I can't finish everything that's in my heart. Let me tell you what your inheritance is and tell you what your inheritance is. First of all, it is sonship. I wish I had time to unpack it. Sonship simply. There's a difference between being a Christian and a son of God. It has nothing to do with gender in heaven. There is no gender. In the spirit. There is no gender. The Bible says there's no male and female in the spirit. So don't even get caught up in that. Sonship has to do with position. It has to do with. Watch this. What the creation will respect. You about to make me go off in here. The Bible says In Romans chapter 8 and 19, it says that the earnest expectation of the creation right eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. People kind of get a little funny about the universe and what the universe is. And they, they call the universe God. And I kind of know how they got there a little bit. But the universe isn't God because it was created. So God is the God of the universe. However, the universe is a real thing. It is a created thing. So when it says all of creation, when he's talking about creation, he's talking about the universe. Everything that was created, all of creation is eagerly waiting for the children of God. So it shows that creation does have a personality. Creation. Creation will not respond to a Christian. Creation doesn't respond to religion. That's why people say all religions say they're actually true. All religions are the same. I'm going higher. I'll probably get in trouble for this, but I'm the type of person, I don't care. Because Jesus never told you to be a Christian. Let's go there. You want to go there. He never told you to be a Christian. When Paul is ministering to, to the Gentiles, they weren't Jewish, so they didn't know what to call themselves. And so it says they were first, they called themselves Christians. It doesn't say Jesus. Ever read your Bible? Believer is a better term, but that's fine. Christian Christ. Like, call yourself what you want to call you as long as you're a son. So, so, so, so, so creation. Hear me clearly. Creat is not waiting on a Christian. Jesus did not say go and make Christians. He said go and make disciples, those who have the disciplines of the Son. So when it says all the creation, the earnest expectation of creation is, is eagerly waiting for the revealing of the sons of God. That means that creation is at your disposal when you're a son. I got to say this. It won't even recognize a counterfeit version of you. It's almost like a divine biometric situation. You know, like, like, and you try to put your face up to it and it's like, like, I won't open up to you. I won't Cuz you, you're not what God made you. You are what you think you are. You are not who I said you are. And I can't even open this door because this door only opens to sons. There's some doors with your name on it. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? And as long as you're being less than who you are, you cannot walk through the door. This is the truth. That's why you've got to be who God has created you to be. Cut whatever fat. I feel this so strongly, I'm thinking Hebrews 12. Let us lay aside. Let us lay aside. That word literally means cast off. Let us shake off every weight and the sin that so easily ens snares us. And let us run this race with endurance, looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, What is your inheritance? Paul's like, listen, I need the eyes of your understanding to be enlightened because for some of you, God's not going to do it. He already did. And your eyes have to be open to the reality that he did it already. You got to move in the isness. In the isness of God. You know, we can have a theological debate about this. I wonder sometimes when the scriptures say that God creates everything in six days. Everything, okay, he creates the universes, he creates the animals, he creates mankind, he creates everything. And he doesn't just create it, he creates a system for it to continue in perpetuity. And then he sits down and there's nothing to suggest in scripture that he ever got back up. It could be argued, it could be argued that everything that God will do, You say, what about Jesus coming? Well, the Bible says, says that Jesus is the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. So what if I'm not really waiting on God? What if God is waiting on the eyes of my understanding to be enlightened? So your inheritance is sonship, your inheritance and authority. Now I'm going to give you specific inheritance and I want you to cup your hands too. Just stand, if you would just cup your hands real quick. So we talked about identity, both the corporate identity of the movement and our individual identity, sonship, authority. Let's talk about inheritance and I'm going to go kingdom inheritance and then I'm going to go inheritance specific to this movement because they're. I cannot wait. There are things in the DNA of this house that are your inheritance because you're assigned to this house. And I asked the Lord, what they were and he gave me some that I know of. If there are more, I don't know, but the ones that I know. And that's what you're going to be establishing in this week, kingdom wise. Your spiritual inheritance according to Ephesians we talked about was the power of God. The power of God, the same power that raised Jesus from the dead belongs to you. Preaching a message Sunday called I see angels and I can't wait for you to hear that word. The eyes of your understanding, being enlightened. If you really knew what was with you. If you really knew what was with you. The power of God, healing, healing to much of inheritance, victory, authority. Now this crosses over into what's on this movement. If you're connected to this movement, this is your expectation, Favor. 20 plus years, almost 22 years. I've seen it. I've seen people who were serious and really, truly connected to this movement. I've seen God honor them in incredible ways. They would email me, text me from, from the Oscars, receiving an Oscar pt. Everything you said, I know, I've seen that. I'm telling you what's in the bones. I've seen Tony Awards and I'm not even talking about, I'm talking about favor. I'm not even talking about how. I mean that is a big deal. But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about what's on it. And they love Christ and they came through here and they got the bones. And by the way, this is not a place you stay. See, pastors don't talk. A pastor won't say that. I mean, an apostolic pastor will. But I won't say that. No, you got to stay. No, no, we're here to train you, to activate, to impart and to kick you out of the nest. I don't want you sitting here talking about, oh, I just love church. No, I need you out in the world. This is. You know why it looks so young, even though I'm less young. You know why? Because there, there are 7,000 local members of this church. 7,000 local members of the church. What? 62. 7,000 somewhere getting that number local members of church. This we get, we put seats down the back. We, we're less than a thousand. What does that mean? Why? Because it's transient moving out, doing the work of God, building something, building businesses, building ministries, building legacies. You come through here, you get what you need and you go and build some. Can you imagine Jesus telling the disciples, no, just stick with me. He Was kicking them out. Powerful people have come through here. Pastor Sarah came through here. Hello. Pastor Stephanie Ek came through here. Stefan Chaney came through here. That's just ministry. I've got people in tech, in science, in business and entertainment at the top of the game. Don't get too comfortable. It's home. And they come home, they live stream, they honor, they support, they give and all that kind of stuff. But I don't want to see them. I'll see you in New York when I go to New York. I'll see you in London. I'll see you in Chicago. Favor is one catch. This righteousness. Now we've got the righteousness of Christ. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the anointing and the grace to get your life cleaned up. That's what's on this house. I prayed with brothers and sisters, but in particular, I prayed with brothers who couldn't say no. I laid my hands on them, prayed with them. They became celibate immediately. Immediately. Same with sisters. Righteousness, integrity, that's in the bones. That's in the DNA. If you honor this house and if you honor the bones, I promise you. Promise you favor righteousness. Success. Success is in the bones. I've seen people. I'm gonna give you both sides. I've seen people honor this house and win. And I mean win big. I'll be honest with you. I've seen some dishonor. I'll leave it at that. Ain't gonna do with me. It's the bones. The bones represent what God. The material that God gave me to build it. So it wasn't me. It was what God told me in my relationship with God, in the secret place with God. He said one. This is what one is. And this is what you built. These are the bones. And it doesn't matter who. The same way when the body was thrown into Elisha's tomb. Elijah's dead, but the bones still have power. God's raising up some of you. You're. Keep going. Favor. Righteousness, success. Healing of every sort. Healing. Watch this wholeness. Pay attention to the books that are written here. Purpose. Awakening. I didn't even get to calling. I had a whole. All organized and cute and everything. It was identity, inheritance, calling, deployment. I just messed it all up. Purpose, awakening. You find out what you carry in this house, then what? Wholeness. Right. Because a broken per. A broken person in purpose will thwart and abort the purpose. I gotta get whole. Let me tell you something. Hope, brokenness, will wreck a thing. You can have all the right intentions. You got to get whole. Because. And God in his graciousness, he uses us, you know, us broken people to do holy things. But you can't stay broken because something is going to leak. Something's going to leak. I'm not saying that you'll ever be perfect, but. But you ought to strive for it. And the moment that you see an area of brokenness and you recognize it, get after it. Because it's keeping you from something. Wholeness. Look at that. And imbalance. Why you need balance. Because success is going to hit you so hard. Hello. Somebody pay attention to the books. Balance. Because God's going to move so powerfully in your life now. You're going to need to learn how to balance it and what that looks like. And then knowing. Knowing is a powerful work. It's the best thing that God has ever channeled through me. Knowing is when you come to a place where you realize, man, everything you said God you did, man. Now I know. And I can track with you now because I have developed this sensitivity to perceive and to understand. And so now I experience alignment, which brings acceleration. Cuz while others are guessing, I'm knowing and I'm moving forward and I'm becoming now the head. Don't play with me. Wholeness. Lastly, I'm going to say it because it's not a dirty word. Prosperity. Prosperity. Look, I didn't plan. I'm just telling you what's on this house. What is prosperity? Is it just. You just have so much that you just. You know, that's kind of stupid. Because if you don't have a purpose for your resources, that's weird. Hello, somebody? I mean, how much is enough? You know what I'm saying? But when you tap into calling and you realize that the size. Watch this. The size of your calling. There is a resource number connected to that. I'll tell you right now, I need billions to finish. Hello. And let me tell you something. Many of you are young enough to potentially need trillions. You're like, oh, eyes are your understanding. Come on, open wide. These things are on this house. I'm not trying to gas you up. I'm telling you what's here. That's what's in the bones. And I want to pray for you. What's the strongest on me? And we have oil. What's the strongest on me Right now as I've opened this thing up and I, you know, I've told you what it is. Told you what one is. I've told you what the inheritance is. The question is, who wants it? Hey family. Well, I pray that you were just as blessed by this teaching as I was. I'm just so grateful again to be a part of a dynamic community. Community full of love, full of revelation and wisdom. One has been a movement that's been blessing people for over two decades and I'm so glad that you got an opportunity to experience it. I also have a podcast called the called it's right here on wherever you're listening to this Spotify or Apple or wherever you're listening to this podcast, you can just look up the call T H E C A L L E D with myself, Roberts. This is designed for entrepreneurs, leaders and business people. It's a weekly podcast and it will bless you. But hey, I enjoyed having you here. Meet us here next week. Check out the call. Much blessings to you. We'll catch you next time.