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You're tuned into the Potter's House Podcast, where we are encouraged by powerful testimonies and life changing truth. Let's go.
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Pastor/Preacher
We're going to look at the first 13 verses in John chapter 3. It is not an unfamiliar passage of scripture. We know it, we've read it. But there's some some hidden truths and some principles in there that I think that are very much relevant to where we are today. Hallelujah. And the theme that we're going to move about in this week and more than likely next week is the topic the declaration, the truth, the revelation, the idea, the grounding, the establishing declaration of I see angels, I see angels. I. In fact, I dare somebody to open their mouth and say, I see angels. I see angels. I see angels. I see angels. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, sneaking, and said to him, rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these things that you do unless God is with him. Jesus answered and said to him, most assuredly. It's a Greek word, literally amen. And he says it twice. So literally, most assuredly in the Greek is amen, Amen. In other words, this is the truth. Let this be established. Hear me. Pay attention. Attention here. It's the same word. Actually, the root word is a Hebrew word which means the exact same thing. This is serious. And Jesus doesn't say this a ton of times, but every time he says it, you got to pay attention. So Jesus answered and said to him, most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? This is a teacher of high order in the Sanhedrin council. He's a ruler of the Jews, and he is perplexed. And Jesus answered, and he says it again, most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, you must be born again. Think about this. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the spirit. I feel like teaching already. Nicodemus answered and said to him, how can these things be? Jesus answered and said to him, are you a teacher of Israel and do not know these things? Most assuredly. Here he goes again. Amen. Amen. Hear me. Most assuredly, I say to you, we speak what we know, we win guessing here, we're not even hoping. Here we speak, you're a ruler in Israel and you cannot perceive what's happening. And in contrast, we Speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive eyewitness. If I have told you earthly things, I tried to break it down to show you the analogy of the wind and how it moves, but you're still perplexed. And then he says, if I he told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you of heavenly things? No one has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, that is the son of man who is in heaven. That's mind blowing. If Nicodemus's mind wasn't blown before, then Jesus says, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, watch this. No one has ascended except for me who came down from heaven, who also is in heaven. In other words, I'm in two dimensions. Father, we thank you so much for your word. It is a lamp unto our feet. It is a light unto our path. Hallelujah. In the beginning was the Word, and the word was you. And the word was with you. And all things that will be made, will made there for by your Word. Hey. And even as your word became flesh and dwelt among us, I thank you, God, that this Word will become flesh and move throughout the hearts and the minds of your sons and daughters, present and watching, and God in alignment, in agreement with that. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. I thank you that you've given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation and insight and knowledge and prophecy and full access to heaven's resources, full access to the throne room. God, that I might not simply be standing in front of your people, but that I might be like Elijah who said Jehovah, before whom I stand. So may I stand in two dimensions and release your word that will edify, build up, enlighten, activate, heal, and do all the wonderful things that takes place when your Word is released. We claim victory today in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Please be seated and show some love to somebody on your way down. Say something very, very kind to them. Let's go to work. And that I will do by the grace of God. If you've been listening to anything that I have been saying since the year began, I've been talking a lot about clarity. And this is not just a subject that I think is a cute subject to talk about or because I don't have anything else to talk about. The Lord has got me talking about clarity right now. Because we're living in a time that's going to require clarity and boldness, unlike Ever before in this season, you're going to need to be clearer than you've ever been, and you're going to need to be bolder than you've ever been in these times. And there is a connection between boldness and clarity. Because the clearer you are, the bolder you can be. Oh, we gonna have some fun today. I'm learning that boldness is actually one of the byproducts of clarity. So clarity is not simply about being clear, but it's having the ability. Watch this. To see differently, see the difference. It's not just being clear. It is a shift in how you see and when you see clearly. That is what creates belief. You're going to need notes today. Take notes down and maybe I'll send you my notes. I'll do that. I'll upload my notes. Upload my notes. We'll figure that out. We'll get it to you. Clarity. Watch this. Clarity creates belief. The clearer I am, the more I believe. That's why even Habakkuk says, watch this. Write the vision. And do what? And make it plain that they may run. Who read it. So think about it. When you're not clear, you're you. You hesitate because you're not clear. And you. You're not sure. You're uncertain. But. But the clearer you get, the stronger your belief. Are you tracking with me? And so, so, so clarity is connected to belief. But clarity that is fully mature takes you from believing to this wonderful thing called knowing. Might I take my time and preach the word of God today? Knowing. See, there's a difference between believing and knowing, right? Believing is. Is. Is Knowing is believing full grown. Oh, knowing is believing full grown. But believing will get you saved. Believing will get you into heaven. Knowing will allow you to bring heaven to earth. Play with me. Yeah. Believing will get you saved, right? Disciples were, you know, I believe, but what else did they say? Help my unbelief. So. So, so believing will get me saved, but knowing will push me into purpose. I believe. Help my unbelief. Right? At a time when Jesus was teaching them how to flow. So, so, so if I. If I believe and I never get to the point of knowing, then I'll be stagnant and you might as well just take me on up to glory. But there's a reason why I'm still here. I am still here because God is working something in me. And he who has begun a good work in me, watch this. Is completing it. Until the day of Jesus Christ. Oh, I wish I had four hours with you. So knowing, Lady Tanya, how wonderful it is to see you back here in worship and leading us, Huh? Hey. Given honor where honor is due and when honor is due. So knowing, as I mentioned, is belief that is fully grown. It's fully grown. And I need to know, because when I know, I move differently. In fact, In Daniel, chapter 11 and 32, the Bible says that those who know their God will be strong and carry out exploits. And the context of this prophecy is the last days. Joel Daniel Rather was talking about the last days. He said, in the last days, they're gonna move to and fro. That means that things are going to be accelerated. And it says a whole bunch of things in that text. It talks about how those who, Who. Who dishonor the covenant, those who disrespect the covenant, those who disobey the covenant are going to be going to be tossed to and fro. They're going to be deceived, it says. But those who know the their God, they are going to be strong and they're going to carry out exploits. And how many of us know that we are in a time where exploits are ripe this season for exploits, this season for. For the powerful fruit from believers is upon us. And belief alone ain't going to get you there. Just turn to your neighbor and say, help my unbelief. My belief is not the problem. My unbelief is the problem. So knowing is the highest level of faith. Hello, somebody. I believe that this knowing that I'm describing is. You know how the Bible talks about having faith in Christ, but in some places it talks about the faith of Christ. Faith have. Has levels. We also know that because one of the expressions or manifestations of the Spirit is faith. Paul's writing that to the Church of Corinth who are already saved. But he puts there in. When he's talking about the nine expressions of the Spirit, one of them literally is faith. That lets us know that faith has levels. Oh, we're gonna have some fun today. It has levels. I'm thinking about when Jesus said, said if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, just a little thing, then you can speak to a mountain. It'll move. Now, what he was not saying was that little faith move stuff. He was saying that faith is a seed and it has the capacity and the ability to grow and be as big as it needs to be in order to fulfill what God is calling you to do. So faith has levels. And I believe that when you come to this place where you transcend believing and you start moving in. Knowing that is when you're going to see the exceedingly and the abundantly and the far above what you can ask for or imagine worked and produced through your life. Turn to your neighbor and say, help my unbelief. Knowing is the highest level of faith. And watch this. And it happens through the evolution of how we see, how we see track with me. We see great leaders of old. I know I do this. I see great leaders of old in the scripture, Elijah and Elisha and others. And I look at them and there was something different about them. You ever been there before? You see these people. Oh, and you kind of like, man, I wish I had that. Well, I mean, they standing up to lions. They don't care about no fiery furnace. Lions. I Remember my first ILS 2014, and Bishop Jakes had a lion out there in the cage. And then. And Bishop started preaching and he started talking about, come out the cage, come out your cage. And I was trying to receive the word, but I was like, if he opens that cage and that line comes out, I am out of here. I'm gone. In Jesus name, all you're going to see is elbows. Just. But you see people of faith being so bold that they don't mind being in a den alliance. What was it about them? They didn't just believe, they knew. But where did that radical boldness come from? The truth is. Hear me clearly. The truth is they were seeing differently. This wasn't about personality. It was about perspective. Oh, God, I feel it. You think boldness is. I'm gonna get this boldness. I gotta hype myself up to be bold. I gotta become somebody. I gotta go to the gym. Now I'm gonna come out and be bold or I got to get my money up. When my money comes up, I'll be bold. No, baby, it's not about your prosperity or your personality. It is about how you see. Because when God gets you to a place where you begin to see, right? And I'm telling you, that's what we're moving into, you are going to be bolder than you've ever been before. And you're going to go farther than you've ever been before. And if you receive that right now, just say, God, make me bold. Boldness is your inheritance. Can't wait to unpack this. Listen, when we think about David and Goliath, David didn't become bold in the valley when he was there to fight Goliath. He arrived there bold because of what he had already seen by the Anointing. When the prophet Samuel anointed David, it didn't just mark him for a future throne. It recalibrated his sight. Oh, stay with me. It recalibrated how? He saw things, right? He. He saw differently. So. So when David steps in to the valley of Elah, Israel is seeing a giant. Saul is seeing a threat. The army is seeing defeat. But David sees something else. David sees spoil. He sees the victory what shall be given to the man that conquers. He had already seen him winning. Watch this. He was appalled at the challenge. He says, who are you, you uncircumcised Philistine? Who are you to defy? Watch this. The Lord of hosts. I'm seeing something different. And how I see determines how I move. Track with me. He was seeing something. He was seeing something. Oh, we got a long way to go. Thank you, Jesus. So. So. So the anointing. The anointing that David received gave him. Gave him different vision before it gave him victory. You want victory, but really what you need is a vision. Because if God will give you a vision and cause you to see right, you will realize that you're standing in victory already. Jesus is not the one who is overcoming. He is the one who has already overcome. That's why he said, in this life, be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. And what is the victory that overcomes the world? He says, my faith, but cute, fake Marasha. He says, this is not the victory that overcomes this circumstance. He doesn't say, this is the victory that overcomes that circumstance. It says, this is the victory that has overcome the world. In other words, I've got victory over yesterday, I've got victory over today, I've got victory over tomorrow. I've got. I've got victory any place I stand, every place I go. He says, in this life, you going to have tribulation. Why do we as believers get perplexed when we have tribulation? The fact that he calls us an overcomer means that they're going to be things in our lives that show up. But the revelation is I've already overcome. So it might look like I'm losing, but I'm really winning because I'm over. I'm overcoming. Painters paint, singers sing paint, preachers preach, overcomers. That's what we do. You're built for the battle, built for it. That's why he says, lady, T, Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. You gotta know right now, whatever is staring you down, the reality of it is. You're staring it down. Oh, great mountain. Who do you think you. Mm, mm, mm. Let's keep talking. Now, now, now. Hallelujah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let this breathe. There's an anointing right now. That's taking you from victim to victor. Come on. There's an anointing. This happened by the anointing. Come on. Just receive that anointing right now. Rabba Shabbat. Hallelujah. Receive. You're watching online. Receive that anointing right now. Just receive. Receive it. Receive it. Receive it. Receive it. God is changing your eyes. God is tweaking your focus. Hallelujah. Oh, catch it. You got to learn how to catch a thing. I'mma give some people about 38 seconds to catch the anointing that's in this house that's getting ready to change your eyes. That's why Jesus came, to give sight to the blind. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't need no money. You need new eyes. Hallelujah. Come on, come on. Receive it right now. Receive it right now. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes. New eyes.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Eye transplants, eye transplants. Eye transplants. Eye transplants, eye transplants. Trying to be obedient. We got a long way to go, but I feel an unction by the Holy Ghost. Just put your hands over your eyes right now. Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray in the name of Jesus for everyone under the sound of my voice. Those in the room, those at home, those driving. God, I pray in the name of Jesus as a point of contact, you would begin to move, move, move, move on their behalf and open their eyes. God and I pray when they open their eyes, they're going to see different, they're going to be different, and they're going to move different. In Jesus mighty name, Amen. Give God a roar if you receive it. Hallelujah. Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord. We gotta go a little further. No further. Now. See, it's gonna hit you in waves. It's gonna hit because that's how sight comes. It comes in waves. You better not log off. You better not log off. It's gonna hit you in waves. Let me explain that. Let me explain it. Let me explain it. Look at this enlightening conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. Incidentally, we be sleeping on Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a bad boy. We always talk about how Nicodemus, we always make him look like A little sneaky mouse crept to Jesus by night and has this conversation with Jesus and, and watch this. And if you don't study the whole Bible, there is no resolution of their conversation. In John 3, he leaves that conversation still somewhat perplexed. Yet that conversation changed his life. He says, as Nicodemus, the ruler, a ruler of the Jews is, Has been activated to the point of curiosity by his experience encounter with Jesus. So the experience and encounter. Encounter that he had with Jesus, watch this begin the journey of his eyes opening. Okay, so he goes to Jesus and watch this. And he wants Jesus to explain to him something intellectually because that's how he is used to experiencing elevation through the intellect. Give me some. Explain to me. He calls him, Explain to me, teacher, teacher, teach me what this is. And Jesus says, this is a mute conversation because watch this. In order for you to see, what did he say? He said, except you are born again, you won't be able to see. So, so, so he's. He's talking about intellect. That he said, intellect. Jesus saying, no, you need insight. And this further perplexes him because Jesus, and let me, Let me just say.
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Pastor/Preacher
Also, Jesus is not rebuking Nicodemus. Sometimes we, we frame that conversation like Jesus is picking on him and telling him that he, you know, he's stupid or you should get this, you know, when he says, are you, You're a teacher at Israel. You don't know these things. He is not rebuking him or putting him down. He's teaching him. He's saying that you, sir, are trying to, to reconcile this, trying to understand what's happening by the law and tradition and intellect. But this is not how you get through this door. He says, you are going to have to be born again. That's what he said. Let's look at it for a minute. Jesus answered and said to him, most assuredly, I say, unless one is born again, he cannot see. Oh, glory. He's saying, this is a perception thing. You can't, you can't see the kingdom of God. And then Nicodemus says to him, well, how can a man be born when he is old again? What is he trying to do? He's trying to rationalize this. Watch this. With a mind that has not been reborn. This is why, when the Bible says that Jesus came preaching about the kingdom, what does he do? He says, repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand. He's not talking about change your ways, because you can't change your ways. He's saying, Repent literally means to change your mind. In other words, your mind is the problem. So this work, this kingdom work that I'm going to see happen in your life is going to happen when your mind gets out the way. And while I'm at it, might I just suggest a thought for consideration? How can we, as the church expect those who have not been born again to act and behave like they have? Come on, catch it. We'd be shocked by the movements and the lifestyle and the way that people move. We're shocked they're supposed to move like that. Why you think Jesus came? Because we all move. Funny.
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Pastor/Preacher
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved the wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I. So we're expecting a sea lifestyle. From an unborn again spirit Wrong. Why do you think Jesus had so much compassion? Why do you think that Jesus was not appalled at the things that we get appalled by? Because he did not expect anything different and understood that they were completely incapable of doing anything while we were yet without strength. Christ died while I was on it. So he says to Nicodemus, except you're born again. You cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus struggles and listen. That word see is an interesting word. It literally means to stare at. To stare at. To behold, literally watch this. To perceive. To perceive, to perceive, to experience. And I want to just clear up a little bit of debate because this is important. There's a little. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it, but there's a little bit of debate when it talks about verse five. When he says, jesus answered most assuredly. I say to you, unless one is born of water and. And the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. I'll come back to that. Born of water and spirit, he cannot enter. There's some debate over what that means. Some people believe that when it says that he must be. You must be born of water and spirit in order to enter into the kingdom of God. And we'll come back to that word enter in just a second. Some people believe that. That we're talking about the two baptisms, the water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I actually lean differently because if you look at the text, the text doesn't really fully support that. It doesn't support that. Because. Because if you look at the parallel, look at the balance. It says, jesus answered and says, I say to you, unless one is born of water and spirit. So we're talking about water and then we're talking about spirit. It says he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Then watch this. It says, that which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of spirit is spirit. So. So there's a sequence, there's a rhythm, right? He's talking about water and spirit. And then he breaks down what that water is. It's flesh and spirit. Do I believe in two baptisms? Sure. I don't have a problem with that. I believe in the baptism, Holy Spirit, all that kind of stuff. But right here, what Jesus is not. He's not talking about water baptism. He's talking about when the water breaks and you're born into the earth realm. A flesh being. Hello, somebody. No one has come here without being born of water. Hello, somebody. So that is the natural birth, and then there is a spiritual birth. And that's what he's talking about. It's a spiritual thing. Are we tracking? But what's interesting is he says at first he says, unless you're born again, you cannot see the kingdom. And then, as Nicodemus continues to be perplexed, he goes on again, and he doesn't repeat himself. He says something different. He says, except you are born again of water and spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom. Wait, why is he using two different things? One he's talking about entering, the other one he's talking about seeing. He starts with seeing and then he ends with entering. That lets us know that seeing is a process. Oh, we about to have some fun. In other words, you. When you get saved and you're born of the spirit, your eyes are open, but they're still gonna be refined. Oh, I gotta teach this thing. I gotta teach this thing. I teach this thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even when you get born again, you're not born all seeing. There's a journey. Now, you got to start somewhere. But there is a journey. And that word that was translated, enter, is an interesting word because it also can be. It's not just entering. It's almost like going in and out. It's like. It's got, like, movement in it. Enter, right? Enter, right. We go from glory to glory. While our outer man is perishing, our inner man is being renewed day by day. Here's something that's really interesting. The apostle Paul speaks in. In First Corinthians, chapter 13. He talks about, when I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I understood as a child. He says, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. He then says, right now we're seeing through a glass darkly. We're seeing, but we're seeing through a glass darkly. He says, but then we will know as we are known. Which means that my journey, God is going from seeing to knowing. And as I go from level to level through my experience with the Lord, I'm going to continuously my eyes, my body might be getting old, my hair might be getting gray, my steps might be getting shorter, but I should be seeing more clearly as I spend more time with Jesus. So seeing is an unfolding, right? It speaks to seeing. Gradually, sight evolves, and the better we get at seeing, the better we get at experiencing. So we go from seeing to believing to knowing. So I don't really care where you are on the journey. Maybe God is opening your eyes for the first time today. I'm so happy for you. Maybe you've been walking with God for a while. I'm extremely happy for you as well. But we still can stand to see better. So, so, so, so. So let's. Let's. Let's go further. Let's go further. So the. And I'm going to tell you another passage that corroborates that. You remember Mark, chapter eight, when there was a blind man. Let's read it real quick. Verse 22. Then he came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. Begged the Lord to touch him. So Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when he, Jesus had spit on his eyes and put hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. Now remember, at first he was blind. He saw nothing. It says. And he looked up and said, oh, God, I see. I see men like trees walking. But God was not yet finished with him. Right then he put his hands on his eyes again. Just turn to your labor and say, I need another touch. Then he puts his hands on his eyes again and made him look up and he was restored and saw everyone clearly. Why is that story in the Bible? It's in the Bible to let you know that there's another level of sight coming to you. I don't care how good you've been seeing. God is getting ready to clear your eyes in such a way that you're going to see like you have never seen before. And when you see, you're going to be bold. You're going to know your God and you're going to carry out exploits. I need about 1500 people. And you believe that you are part of that chosen generation, that you're going to know God and do big things in the kingdom? If that's you, do me a favor. Make some noise. Let hell know you're coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming for what's mine. I'm coming for my family. I'm coming for the city. I'm coming from Nigeria. I'm coming from Ghana. I'm coming for Brazil. I'm coming. I'm coming for Hollywood. I'm coming for science. I'm coming. Just open your mouth and declare the industry, the city, the thing that you're coming for. Go ahead. We're coming. Coming. Great exploits, great exploits. I'm coming for my generation. I'm coming for the next generation. I'm coming for Dallas. I'm coming for Texas. I'm coming from Minnesota. I'm coming. Watch this. So Nicodemus, Nicodemus. He started off creeping, sneaking to Jesus by night. Rabbi really want to be seen. Not very popular to be hanging out with the forbidden rabbi. And then he walks away from that conversation. And then later on, you see him kind of slowly standing up for Jesus. If you. If you go to John chapter 7 and verse 50, 52, you see, you see a shift from private curiosity to public resistance. Because they were having a meeting about Jesus, about how they would plot and to kill him. But his eyes had changed a little bit, and he couldn't sit with himself, Bishop. He could. He couldn't sit with himself and. And let them talk about him. And so he doesn't go all the way. He doesn't come all the way out the closet. But, but, but, but, but, but, but he says, you know, he says to them, the one who comes by night, he says, shouldn't this be a fair thing? He comes to him in that text and he says. He says. He says, I should. Shouldn't. We shouldn't. Let's not jump to conclusions. Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he's doing? They are plotting. They are plotting to kill Jesus, and everyone is consenting. But because Nehemiah, his eyes were open to the Word, and so the word was kind of like fire shut up in his bones, and he knew it would cost him something, and he wasn't ready to go all the way in. And so he just poses a question to kind of throw the momentum off a little bit. And he says, and he says, does the law. Does our law judge a man before it hears him, knows what he's doing? Guess what's happening? His eyes are changing. He doesn't fully declare Jesus as the Messiah, but. But he. He does risk association because he's in front of hostile peers. But he cannot help himself because his seeing is evolving. Are you tracking with me? So. So in this moment, his seeing takes him from observer to advocate. Are we tracking? But it doesn't stop there. He keeps evolving. His sight keeps. That's what I'm saying. He gets a bad rap because we leave him in John 3, but we got to pick him back up in John 19, because in John 19, he goes from. From fearful inquirer to courageous disciple, because in John 19, he joins Joseph of Aramis Arimathea to bury Jesus. Now, you got to understand the backdrop of what's going on. The miracles have stopped. Hello, somebody? All the hoopla and all that kind of stuff surrounding Jesus that stopped the miracles of stop. The crowds are gone. And now the cost is the highest that it has ever been. But he doesn't care anything about that because he knows.
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He. He joins Joseph and he brings with him. He wasn't just standing there. He brings with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds. This is not some casual cute little church devotion. This is royal level honor at the most dangerous time. So he goes. He goes watch this. He goes from no longer hiding to being on public display risking it all. He's no longer watch this negotiating with belief. He is past belief. He is now flowing in his knowing. And he was such a bad boy. It didn't make the Canaan, but there is literally a gospel of Nicodemus. It didn't make the Canaan for whatever reason. I ain't got to do with that, right? But, but somebody thought so high of him that they made a gospel about him. The same one who snuck to Jesus by night, the same one came out publicly and powerfully and said he is the one. Are you tracking now? I'm almost there, but we got more to go. The only way that we're going to be able to move through this life, to move through this year, to move through this season, with the type of peace and assurance required. Regardless of where this thing is headed, the only way we're going to be able to do that is if we are able to see in a dimension and a realm that transcends the finite. See, when I start seeing right, when this economy gets crazy, I start seeing another economy. See, when I start seeing right and I don't it's beyond closed doors. I don't see any door When I start seeing right, I start seeing ways out of no way. When I start seeing right and I don't see provision, I see resources because I recognize that my God shall supply all of my needs according to his riches in glory. When I start seeing right, even when they tell me it has never been done before and I can't do it, I start seeing the reality that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? If you change your eyes, you will change your life. See, you're going to have to see differently because there's so many things that are trying to, to. To. To distract you. I'm thinking about the, the Jews. And you'll see the Jewish boys and the rabbis and they'll have those things. And I believe that they're called the diseases or something of that nature, but they're strings and, and they hang off of the back border of the talith and they have knots on them and they're representative of the 613 laws and commands and that whole thing. The reason why God told them to do that is because I need you to keep them as frontlets before your eyes. In other words, the enemy's greatest attack maybe isn't just your mind. Maybe it's your eyes. Maybe your mind has eyes. Can we go a little deeper before we wrap up part one? Paul says in Ephesians 1, he's praying and he's talking to believers, by the way. Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, he's talking to save people and your love for all the saints. I do not cease to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Watch this. That the eyes of your understanding would be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance. You can just keep reading. He's saying, my prayer for you is if you are going to get this thing right, if you're going to go from believing to knowing, if you're going to go from sitting down to. To standing up, if you're gonna go from standing up to walking, if you're gonna go from walking to running, if you're gonna go from running to flying, then something must happen to your eyes that the eyes of your understanding will be enlightened. That's my prayer for you. I pray it happens right now. You need some more. Revelation, chapter 4, verse 1. After these things, I looked. Tell somebody. You got to look. I looked. And behold a door standing open in heaven. Stop. He is on the isle of Patmos. He is in seclusion. He is all by himself, but something is happening to him. He looks up and behold, he sees a door standing open in heaven. He is transcending the two realms. He sees with his eyes. Watch this. And the first voice that I heard, which was like a trumpet speaking to me, it says. It says, come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this. In other words, you gotta come up higher in order to see. And when he looks, he sees the throne. When he looks, he sees victory. Open my eyes, God. But that ain't all. There's a little old story in Second Kings, the sixth chapter, beginning at the 14th verse. Therefore he sent horses and chariots, Elisha and his servant. It appears that they are surrounded by the enemy. Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there. And they came by night and surrounded the city. Pay attention to that. They surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and he. He went out, there was indeed an army surrounding the city. Pay attention to that. Surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, alas, my master, what shall I do? So he answered him, do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. And Elijah prayed and said, lord, I pray open his eyes that he might see. Glory to God and the Lord. Open the eyes of the young man. Notice he was a young man. Sometimes it takes you to walk with God for a little while. I've been young, but now I'm old. But never have I seen the righteous forsaken, nor is seed begging bread. Elijah says, I know how to fix this problem. There's something wrong with your eyes. So I'm a pray to the Lord, and he is going to open your eyes. Oh, hallelujah. And the Bible says, the Lord open, opened his eyes and he saw. And behold, watch this. The enemy had the city surrounded. But the Bible says, behold, the mountains were full of horses and chariots of fire. Hallelujah. So they were surrounded in the city, but God had an army, an army of angels surrounding the mountains that were surrounding the city. It might look like you are surrounded, but God says, I'm surrounding what's surrounding you. Hallelujah. I got you covered. I got your back. Fix my eyes so I can see. God's got surrounded what is currently surrounding you. And the only difference is perspective. I see angels. I see angels now. Now this is what Elisha saw. And that explains his boldness. And his spiritual daddy had that same boldness, but he also had that same testimony. I am Elijah before Jehovah. I'm standing. He would stand in front of the people, but acknowledge that he wasn't really just standing in front of the people. He was standing in front of his God. God's going to anoint you in such a way where you're going to walk into any and every environment and you're not going to fear because you know that there's more with, there's more with you, there's than with them. And this is not some of the time believers, this is all of the time. And, and, and the reason why that's important is because his eyes being opened changed the, the landscape and the context of the battle. You tracking with me, it changed the landscape, literally the context of the battle. And this is important because it's not just about the difference between victory and defeat or your perception of victory and defeat. Watch this. But it's about what tools you use. See, if you're not seeing right, you will use the wrong tools. You use the tool of tell them off. Tell them where to go. See, I, I just stick an angel on you real quick. Don't, don't you play. I just stick an angel on you. I'm kidding. But you will use the wrong tools when you're not seeing right, you'll realize that prayer. Do you know prayer releases angels? There are angels right now in the heavenly realm assigned to your prayer life. And so when you use inferior weapons and you wonder why you're not winning, and the angels have their hands crossed and folded with nothing to do, because the one that's assigned to you, the angel of the Lord, encamps around about those that fear him cannot be activated. Watch this. Because they cannot be activated by carnality. They cannot be activated by your flesh strategy. Hallelujah. They're activated by the recognition of your alignment with the Lord of hosts. And they are assigned to your purpose. Well, Abraham went and sent his servant out to get a son, to get a daughter, a bride for Isaac, it says, and the angel of the Lord went ahead of him to prosper his way. The angel of the Lord is assigned to purpose. It's assigned to what is written. And so you can't even release your blessing, your breakthrough and your prosperity if you're not seeing right. I have Much more to talk about. And we're going to continue it next week. I two things. Put that pre order thing back up there. Get this, this is your homework. There are two chapters that literally you pre order right now. They'll email it to you. Give it about three or four minutes. They'll email you. It's got the foreword, it's got the chapter called Divine Intelligence. The second chapter is misnowing. Start reading it. It's going to feed you. There's. This is a foundation laying. I'm so glad, I'll be honest with you. So I was finished with this book last February and it was, you know, and, and, and, and it was so anointed. I tried to push my publisher to get it, to get it out right away. And the publisher was like, because I know what's in it. But God is a God of timing because the world has never been more uncertain than it is right now. And I'm excited because you get to start reading it now. You have to wait till April 20. You can start reading it now. And as I was preparing this word, it jumped right up in my spirit and I had to make some calls and I had to do some things to get this and make this available. Stay. Clarity is everything. You got to be clear. You got to be clear. I want to pray for you. Come on, stand with me. I want to pray with some people. This is. God's about to do something with your sight. If you're here, If you're here and you're like Nicodemus, perhaps the beginning of Nicodemus, you can't deny that something has touched you. Can't deny it. But you got a lot of questions and, and maybe your mind, your head is in the way, but something has reached you and has transcended your head and has touched your heart. And you have been kind of like Nicodemus. You've been, you've been, you've been sneaking by night, you're watching via live stream where no one can really see that this is happening to you. I literally see you right there. And your family, they don't believe. And the people that are closest to you and I even see it, your spouse doesn't believe. And yet like Nicodemus, somehow the truth has gotten to you and there is a resonance in your spirit. Welcome home. Welcome home. God is going to sort everything out. I feel that it's costly for someone, it's costly for you. And you kind of sneak and you watch it and, and you get laughed at and you get kind of Mocked. And you watch it. You watch, you know stuff. You know, preaching and different things you've been reading. You hide your book. You be on an airplane and you hide your book and God is saying, I'm opening your eyes. And you will never regret. Not only did Nicodemus not regret it, but he was all the more bold, even as the danger increased. If you're here in this room and the Lord has touched you and it's time for you to be born again, that's the grace of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is good. He'll touch you before he fills you, if that's you. And you want to open up your heart to the Lord and give your life to Christ. You feel him touching you. You feel him drawing you. I want you to come and meet me here at this altar right now. I cannot wait to pray for you. That's the first point is invitation. God bless you. I see you. God bless you. Come on. See you thought you were by yourself. Come on, come on. Come on down. Come on. Come on. If you're online, just say, I receive Jesus. Just say, I receive Jesus. Put it right there in the chat. Come on, come on. God bless you. Come on. We oughta celebrate. The Bible says you want to know what's happening in heaven right now? Big time. Rejoicing over one. God bless you. God bless you. Welcome. Welcome home. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Let's. Come on. Come on. On earth as it is in heaven right now. Come on. There's rejoicing in heaven. It's a big deal. Massive deal. Massive deal. It's a massive deal. This is massive. Come on home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home, welcome home. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home. Welcome home online. Welcome home, welcome home. The second point of this invitation, you can just come while I'm talking. It is very. It's not rude. It's very appropriate. I just. It'll warm my heart and bless me. Just come while I'm talking. Just keep on coming. The second point of this invitation is if you're. You've seen, but you've been clouded, you've been stuck. It is. Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief. I keep falling down. Keep making the same mistakes over. I believe, but. But. But help my. I believe, but I need help. If that's you, I want you to come down because it's connected to your seeing. Come on, come on. It's all connected to your seeing. God's gonna touch your eyes. He's already touching your eyes. But he's gonna touch your eyes again. He's gonna touch your eyes again. So touching your eyes. Look. Come on, Come on, come on. Say look. Come on, come on, come on. He's gonna touch your eyes again. Come on. Come. Touch your eyes again. You're gonna be clearer than you've ever been in your life. Touch your eyes again. Touch your eyes again. Come on. You just come on, Come on, Come on, come on, come on. Heaven is rejoicing. Come on, come on. Somebody ought to break out. God says, I leave the 99 and go after the 1.
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I'm focused on the 1. Hallelujah. Come home. Welcome home. Touch your eyes. I'm gonna touch your eyes. The eyes of your understanding. Eyes of your understanding. Eyes of your understanding. Eyes of your understanding. The eyes of your understanding. Eyes of your understanding. The third point of this invitation Everybody needs a home. I know Jesus said foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man have nowhere to lay his head. He said that that don't have to be your portion when there's a home, this home. And we got you. You feel me? No, I'm serious. We got you. If you're here and you want to make the Potter's House your house. Incredible church. Incredible bones. Incredible bones. Incredible blood flowing, Incredible muscles, sinew. We're not perfect, but our bones are divine.
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