Dispatched From Heaven

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Pray biblically, pray that the prayer that you're offering is in line with the will of God, which is the Word of God. Once you say amen, get up and blow the world away. Blow the world away.

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John, chapter 10, verse 28. Jesus said I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. He's speaking to his father. Neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. That's Jesus speaking to his father. Neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. That's Jesus speaking to the father. Again, john, chapter 17, verses two and three. As you have given him authority over all flesh, that he also give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is eternal life that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. Isn't it interesting that Jesus is praying in John 17 to the father in the third person. Did you catch that he's praying? He's praying to the father, but then at the end it says the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you've sent.

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Remarkable John 16, verse 12. John 16, 12. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. This is before he leaves back to heaven. However, when he, the spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak. This is the Holy Spirit who dwells in you.

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John 16, verse 5,. But now I go away to him. Who sent me? And none of you ask me where are you going? But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. But if I depart, did he depart? Remember? The book of Acts tells us that as they were talking to him, he just began to lift off from the earth and was ascended into the heavens and received up in the glory of God. He says if I depart from you, I will send him to you.

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One of the overwhelming facts, truths, undeniable realities that I know Jesus Christ rose again from the dead. I mean, think about it. I know he was crucified. Yes, the Bible says so. I believe he rose again from the dead. I know this. Yes, the Bible says so. I believe he rose again from the dead. I know this. Yes, the Bible says so. But how do I know that? I wasn't there? Somebody who was there dwells within me.

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The Bible says, in verse 27,. Now, he who searches the hearts I love this he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is. I want everybody to look at that for a moment. I'm sorry, I'm kind of pumped up, excited about this. Can I just read this to you? Look, look to the screens or look at your Bible.

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Now he that's God, who searches the hearts whose hearts, our hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is. What an unusual statement to make. Do you get the connection Translation? Leave it on the screen. Let me put it this way God looks down from heaven, right past your skin and bone, and he looks inside your mind, and he looks inside your soul, mind and he looks inside your soul and he knows exactly. He knows exactly what the spirit is saying about the one that he possesses.

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You, the born again believer, sealed into the day of redemption. Isn't that glorious? Marked by God, marked by God Because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. My goodness, you know what's amazing about this. It brings you so much comfort.

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You think about sitting back in a recliner, but then, as soon as you realize that it's like wait a minute. If this is true, god, what do you want me to do about this? And you'll say live the life, speak the word, tell them about me. Get out there, live, do it, and we don't have to sweat about it, he does it. It's wonderful. Heaven is answering when we pray, listen, church family listen. When you pray and your prayer is in alignment with the will of God. You say how do I know that? Remember we talked last week. Pray biblically. Pray that the prayer that you're offering is in line with the will of God, which is the word of God. Once you say amen, get up and blow the world away.

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When you know, I was at the store the other day and I saw this Satanist and he looked kind of sad. I thought about telling him about Jesus, but then I thought maybe it's not God's will. Translation God was telling you there's a Satanist, go get him, tell him about my love for him. But you know what? It didn't happen because your will was done and so the Lord had to send somebody else. And sometimes I wonder if we'll be in heaven and it's like, hey, how'd that Satanist get up here? That's the guy I was going to talk to that day. Sometimes I wonder if we'll be in heaven and it's like, hey, how'd that Satanist get up here? That's the guy I was going to talk to that day, but I went out and then somebody is going to come along and say, don't worry about it, god called me to do it and I did it. And there he is and praise the Lord. It's like, oh me, I missed that one.

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Somebody has once said maybe it was Chuck Mister, years ago said that he thinks that in the day of judgment, for us as believers before Christ, the wiping away of every tear has nothing to do with anything, except that the wiping away of the tears when it is revealed to us the opportunities that we missed. See, we're not going to be judged by our sins. We're going to weep in heaven on the day of Christ's judgment, the Bema Seat, but then he wipes those away. And I do agree with that, because if our sin was washed away, the Bible's clear that's not going to be the issue. So then, why are we crying? Oh, my dad didn't make it. You won't have any memory of your dad. Oh, my son didn't make it. You won't have knowledge of him, he's not in the family. Then why are we crying in heaven?

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I think God is going to say Jack, I wanted you to use you in this way, that way, here, there, but you said no or whatever it might be. Don't be like that. How about this? Everybody, and we'll press on. I'd rather get an A for trying right. What if I think it's God and I'm not sure, but I step out and do it anyway? I'd rather get an A trying Right Right Than an F for just sitting there. We need to be a little reckless people. Here's a quote. If it blesses you or not, here's a quote.

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There's a great liberty in surrendering to the will of God. We have also been left a great example of what it is like to surrender to the will of God in the most impossible situations. Jesus gave us the ultimate example. We do not need to figure the issue out on our own. Rather, jesus himself gives us the greatest prayer that could ever have been offered up. It is simply this Father into your hands, I commit my spirit. We always associate that prayer with the end of life, and I get it. That's one of Jesus's, if not his, last, words Into your hands, I commend my spirit. And Jesus yielded up the spirit. But how about now in life? How about now, us adopting that prayer every day of our Christian lives, starting this moment forward?

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Father into your hands, I commend my spirit. So what does that mean? That means whatever happens today, that's God's business. Tomorrow morning, when you get up, father, before your feet hit the ground, father, into your hands, I commit my spirit, and then put your feet on planet earth. Think about it, because you've been laying in a bed, you haven't been on earth, you've been in your Mike Lindell, my mattress, my pillow, and you just you go from that into my slippers and you say, and you say, you say Lord into your hands, I commend my spirit. And then after that, whatever goes on, goes on. Who cares? It's in the hands of God. It's in the hands of God. He's answering, he's always answering the Holy Spirit's work. Verse 27,.

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Now, he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is. It's not the Holy Spirit's mind, it's your mind. So, very quickly, psalm 139, verse 17. How precious are your thoughts toward me, o God? How great is the sum of them? If I should count them, they would be more than the number, than the sand. When I awake, I'm still with you. Oh man, how about this Very popular verse? Jeremiah 29, 11 to 13. For I know the thoughts. This is God speaking, friend, listen, if you're down in the dumps. Right now, if you're fighting depression here, I have an injection for you. Let's put this IV drip in. Okay, and it's free. God says to you I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord. Thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me and I will listen to you and you will seek me and find me when you've searched for me with all of your heart. His word says that he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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Psalm 139, verses 1 through 6, says O Lord, you have searched me. Hey, that sounds like Romans. You've searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought of far off. You comprehend my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all of my ways. Doesn't that sound like Romans? For there is not a word in my tongue. But behold, o Lord, you know it altogether. You have hedged me. I love that. You've hedged me behind and before Get squished by God. You know I gotcha and laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain to it.

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Psalm 103, verse 10. He has not dwelt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities, for as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far have I removed our sins from us. As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him. The word fear don't panic. It means to be in awe of him. It doesn't mean to be scared, for he knows our frame and remembers that we are dust, so good.

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Isaiah 53, 12. Therefore, I will divide him a portion, speaking about Messiah with the great, and Messiah shall divide the spoil with the strong, because Messiah poured out his soul unto death and Messiah was numbered with the transgressors, and Messiah bore the sin of many and made oh, there's our word Intercession for the transgressors. Hebrews, we're almost done. Hebrews 5, verse 7. Who, in the days of his flesh, he, messiah, had offered up prayers and supplications with vehement cries and tears, to whom he was able to save him from death and was heard because of his godly fear or awe, though he was a son. Yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered. You know how you're learning about God, friend, by the things that you suffer. And having been perfected or made complete, this is Christ in the flesh. He became the author of eternal salvation to those who obey him.

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Isn't that awesome? I want to give you a quote by John Locke. I'm a fan of John Locke. He's amazing. But look at this quote, john Locke the people who have no other remedy, in this as in all other cases where they have no judge on earth, but to appeal to heaven.

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John Locke was talking about when everything breaks down in government of this earth. Remember this the believer can always appeal to heaven. In fact, we want to show you the flag. See that flag Appeal to heaven. It depends on the time of the. You the flag. See that flag Appeal to heaven. It depends on the time of the year. I have that flag hanging on my house. Depends on what's happening. That's an awesome thing, by the way. Real quick side note, I know you have nowhere else to go today.

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So George Washington as general, those guys had all grown up reading John Locke and George Washington when he examined the fact that we were about to go up against the greatest military of power in the face of the earth. England, george Washington remembered this. It's in his own writings and he says I want a flag struck to be flown everywhere. Take the Liberty Tree that Sam Adams started in Boston. That's a cool idea. Take the Liberty Tree and slap it on a flag and put this what John Locke said and appeal to heaven. That's the only way we can win is if we appeal to heaven. And Washington had that struck and put up everywhere. Did you know that? You should have known that. If you go to school here, you'd know. That Isn't that awesome.

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Listen, church, you can always appeal to heaven at all times. I don't think we appeal to heaven enough. We need to appeal to heaven more and more. And now I'll just leave you with this. In Exodus, chapter 3, verse 13, moses said to God Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, the God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, what is his name? What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses listen before I say anything more. Didn't we just go through this a few weeks ago about his name? I made a comment in that sermon of a few weeks ago that and you know all the Sunday messages are all the. We teach from the same book, but the sermons are all different depending on first, second and third, and I don't know which one I said this in.

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But I gave challenge to the fact that if you're a Muslim, you can't tell me the name of your God. And I asked you what is the name of the God of Islam? And you said Allah. And I said I'm sorry, I can't hear you. What is the name of the God of Islam, what is his name? And you said Allah. And I asked you a third time if you were in that particular service. Clearly, by the looks of your face it wasn't this service. And I said no, I'm asking you, as a Muslim, what is the name of your God? Stop telling me God what's his name, Because you, Whoever your God is, is your predominant thought.

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Whoever your God is, is your predominant appetite, it's your prevailing desire. Is it money? Is it surfing? Is it golfing? Is it whatever? What is it that? Oh boy, I can't wait. Fill in the blank. That's a God, Could be Titleist, could be Ferrari, could be rocking chair, I don't know. Could be In-N-Out, you know, that's at least that one's got Bible verses on it. Anyway, anyway, God says Moses, you tell them I am, that I sent you to my people. And the Tetragamatron is this the name of God is not only the root, Yah to salvation, that word, but the Tetra Gamma Tron, capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, is also the meaning of the becoming one. So today, for my life personally, personally, I need direction. I pray to Yah, who is my El, who is my God. Yah is his name, Okay, you tracking and I'm seeking him for guidance and I pray in his name.

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