The More Rain, The More Change 🌧️ | Let God Transform Your Heart | Part 4 — Transcript

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1. 0:05Change is relevant.
2. 0:08Everybody say change.
3. 0:10Is relevant.
4. 0:11So, that's the reason why I need to hear
5. 0:13the word of God this week. I need to
6. 0:14hear the gospel and the doctrine of
7. 0:16Jesus Christ here. Why? Because doctrine
8. 0:18received, believed, and practiced
9. 0:21determines a person's
10. 0:24character.
11. 0:26A person's behavior.
12. 0:28And a person's destiny.
13. 0:30Woo!
14. 0:32Did you miss that?
15. 0:35THE DOCTRINE OF THE WORD THAT I HEAR
16. 0:37this week.
17. 0:39Woo! It's going to transform my
18. 0:40character.
19. 0:42Uh-huh.
20. 0:43It's going to bring my behavior to
21. 0:45righteousness.
22. 0:47And it's going to cause me to have a
23. 0:48foresight
24. 0:50and an insight of my destiny.
25. 0:53Cuz there are many that are still yet in
26. 0:55the body of Christ and is confused about
27. 0:58what God has called them to do.
28. 1:00And there are so many that is it's
29. 1:02taking them such a long time to become
30. 1:04conformed
31. 1:06to the word of God. It is because I need
32. 1:08to give attention to the word. Everybody
33. 1:10say, "When I give attention to the word,
34. 1:13it transforms my character.
35. 1:17Yes, my behavior
36. 1:19and my destiny.
37. 1:21Your behavior which is your conduct. So,
38. 1:23therefore, the word of God must reign on
39. 1:26your character first. To reign on your
40. 1:28character first, it must get in your
41. 1:29spirit. How does it get in your spirit?
42. 1:32My heart.
43. 1:33The Bible said, "A broken and a contrite
44. 1:35heart God never despises."
45. 1:38Did you get what I just said? David
46. 1:39said, "Create within me a clean heart,
47. 1:41oh God, and renew thy right spirit
48. 1:43within me. Cast me not from thy
49. 1:44presence.
50. 1:45Uh take NOT THY HOLY SPIRIT AWAY FROM
51. 1:47ME, OR ELSE I won't be delivered.
52. 1:50Or else I cannot change. OR ELSE I JUST
53. 1:53LIVE JUST THE WAY I'M living and think
54. 1:54it's all good.
55. 1:56There is something more to God
56. 1:58in the rain for you this morning.
57. 2:00There's something you know you need to
58. 2:02understand that God desires to do within
59. 2:03you. And so, when you hear the word of
60. 2:06God in the rain of God's power begin to
61. 2:08manifest in your life, it is because
62. 2:10he's transforming your character. He's
63. 2:13regulating your behavior, your conduct,
64. 2:15and he's transforming your destiny. Let
65. 2:17me say this to you for everyone of you
66. 2:18to understand. Your destiny, if you are
67. 2:21the patriarch of your family,
68. 2:24your destiny constitutes the rest of
69. 2:27your family's journey in life.
70. 2:30Woo!
71. 2:31If the father don't know his purpose,
72. 2:34he makes it very hard for everyone in
73. 2:37his family to understand what they're
74. 2:39created to do.
75. 2:41Because they are the patriarch, the
76. 2:43father is the patriarch, the mother is
77. 2:44the is the matriarch.
78. 2:46So, you understand therefore when you
79. 2:49know your purpose in life, and when you
80. 2:50understand your relationship with God.
81. 2:53For those of you that pray daily for God
82. 2:55to save your family, the example that
83. 2:57you show them is how you serve God.
84. 3:01It's not what you condemn them for.
85. 3:04Woo! You missed what I just said.
86. 3:06UH UH THE EXAMPLE, THE LIGHT THAT YOU
87. 3:08SHOW THEM IS HOW YOU love the Lord. It's
88. 3:10how you believe IN GOD. IT'S HOW YOU
89. 3:13WORSHIP GOD. IT'S HOW YOU TRUST in God.
90. 3:15And when they can see that, it means
91. 3:18therefore that you're teaching them how
92. 3:20to how to walk in the footprints, how to
93. 3:22walk in the footsteps.
94. 3:25Huh!
95. 3:26So, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW GOD FOR YOURSELF.
96. 3:29That I may know him, therefore Paul
97. 3:31said.
98. 3:32Huh? You've got to know him for
99. 3:34yourself. Relationship requires
100. 3:37therefore intimacy with God. Intimacy
101. 3:39with God, or intimacy with God rather,
102. 3:41constitutes the reign of God's word that
103. 3:44I hear and I believe. I've got to learn
104. 3:47to believe. Let me say this in my
105. 3:49conclusion of this point. While theology
106. 3:51refers primarily to the knowledge of
107. 3:54God's truth, listen to this,
108. 3:56religion denotes the practice of that
109. 4:00truth.
110. 4:02Woo! Let me SAY THAT AGAIN. WHILE
111. 4:04THEOLOGY, the theos,
112. 4:06the God and the study of the word.
113. 4:09While theology refers primarily to the
114. 4:12knowledge of God's truth, religion,
115. 4:15listen to this,
116. 4:16denotes the practice
117. 4:19of that truth. That's the reason why in
118. 4:21many
119. 4:23denominations and many different faiths
120. 4:26around the world, there is a strong
121. 4:30conviction where the leaders
122. 4:33impress upon their people
123. 4:35to follow the doctrines or the teachings
124. 4:39or the practices
125. 4:41of what they were taught.
126. 4:45THE DOCTRINES OF WHAT THEY WERE taught
127. 4:48is important because it sets the path of
128. 4:51your life
129. 4:52to the destiny
130. 4:54for that which you're called to do.
131. 4:56Did you hear what I just said? So, it's
132. 4:58important therefore you understand why
133. 5:00in this hour the Lord has come to send
134. 5:03rain in Calvary.
135. 5:04It is because when I understand the
136. 5:07literal definition of rain, I will be
137. 5:10able to appreciate the metaphorical
138. 5:13understanding of what rain is through
139. 5:15the word. I need to learn the more of
140. 5:19God because the more rain
141. 5:22that falls in my heart, it sets my
142. 5:25foundation to a solid place.
143. 5:28It allows me therefore to become rooted
144. 5:31and grounded in God. It was James that
145. 5:34declared it that I must be rooted and
146. 5:35grounded in the love of God. Let me say
147. 5:37that again. I can only be rooted and
148. 5:38grounded in the love of God because the
149. 5:40kingdom of God and the purpose of God,
150. 5:42the church of Jesus Christ, is
151. 5:44established, listen to this, through the
152. 5:46love of God. Woo! Let me say that again.
153. 5:49So, if you ARE GOING TO GROW, THE
154. 5:51DOCTRINE OF GOD'S reign is going to
155. 5:53plant you in the knowledge of God's
156. 5:56love. Now, how do I understand the love
157. 5:58of God, brother Vaughn? I can only
158. 6:00understand the love of God by the word
159. 6:03of God that I hear. Let me say this
160. 6:04again. It's important for you to hear
161. 6:06this.
162. 6:07The love of God is different from the
163. 6:10philia love, the endearing brotherly
164. 6:12love or the Philadelphia love, the
165. 6:14family love.
166. 6:15The storge love. Uh-huh.
167. 6:18THE PHILOSOPHICAL ideology that Martin
168. 6:20Luther King SPOKE ABOUT, I HAVE A DREAM,
169. 6:23OR NATIONAL LOVE.
170. 6:25MHM. The eros love is the erotic love.
171. 6:28That's the love of intimacy.
172. 6:30But the agape love.
173. 6:33Woo. The love that is unconditional.
174. 6:36OH, THE THAT LOVE only grows in you
175. 6:40with the revelation of the reign of the
176. 6:43word.
177. 6:44Oh, let me say that again. The more of
178. 6:46the word of God you hear is the more the
179. 6:49love of God is rooted within you.
180. 6:51Because with this word comes the divine
181. 6:54love of God and it sanctifies your
182. 6:56heart.
183. 6:59It is THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD THAT
184. 7:01FORMS, listen to this, divine love
185. 7:03within us. Let me say that again. IT IS
186. 7:06THE WORD OF THE GOSPEL, IT IS THE WORD
187. 7:08the good news, it is the word of God's
188. 7:10divine truth, the veracity of who God is
189. 7:13in his word
190. 7:15that gets in your heart and create the
191. 7:18divine love of God within you.
192. 7:20So, you're able to love each other
193. 7:23without conditions,
194. 7:25NO MATTER WHAT.
195. 7:27WHY? BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THE WORD.
196. 7:30I believe the word.
197. 7:32Oh, we we we we we we heard this
198. 7:34morning, I think the bishop read the
199. 7:36scripture to those he were he was
200. 7:38blessing. Then he said,
201. 7:40"FOR NOW ABIDE IN FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE
202. 7:43in 1 Corinthians. Love
203. 7:46is that divine love I'm speaking about,
204. 7:48the agape love of Christ, unconditional
205. 7:49love of God. The love that allows you to
206. 7:52love without condition and love without
207. 7:56revenge.
208. 7:58LOVE WITHOUT EVIL.
209. 8:00LOVE WITHOUT ANTAGONISM.
210. 8:03Oh God, it's a love that will bring you
211. 8:06to forgiveness even when you don't want
212. 8:08to forgive.
213. 8:10Why? Because I've heard the WORD OF GOD.
214. 8:12SO THE RAIN OF GOD HAS COME this morning
215. 8:15on this consecration to first of all
216. 8:19nurture
217. 8:20the foundation of our hearts.
218. 8:23Let me say this.
219. 8:24We will not be able to shout and
220. 8:26rejoice.
221. 8:27We're not be able to run around the
222. 8:29building this week
223. 8:31unless we give our hearts to the Lord.
224. 8:34The rain of God has got to get in thy in
225. 8:36our hearts. Thy word have I hidden in my
226. 8:37heart. Everybody say, "Your word I hide
227. 8:39in my heart."
228. 8:41Come on, say it again. "Thy word I hide
229. 8:43in my heart."
230. 8:45So because I learn how to practice
231. 8:47theology and doctrine, the religion that
232. 8:50I am a part of, when I hear the word it
233. 8:52becomes a religious principle in my life
234. 8:55because I'm supposed to
235. 8:56hear and do.
236. 8:59These two elements must be a constant
237. 9:02integration and unification in the life
238. 9:05of the believer if they're going to
239. 9:06succeed in God
240. 9:09in this hour.
241. 9:10The more rain, the more growth.
242. 9:13The more rain,
243. 9:15uh-huh, the more change.
244. 9:18Oh God, have you ever looked at yourself
245. 9:19and said, "Why is it I can't get rid of
246. 9:21these bad habits?"
247. 9:23More rain
248. 9:25creates more change.
249. 9:27Mhm, God, I I I'm trying to believe you,
250. 9:30but every time I try to believe you it
251. 9:31seem like something get in my way. Why?
252. 9:34If there is a contingency with your
253. 9:36faith and how you should believe God. It
254. 9:39means therefore, there must be a
255. 9:41conviction in the heart. Sometimes the
256. 9:43heart is burdened with layers of skin.
257. 9:47Do you know what the Bible defines as a
258. 9:49hardened heart?
259. 9:50It's a heart, listen to this, that
260. 9:52refuses to repent.
261. 9:55It's a heart that continues to walk and
262. 9:57live without acknowledging and
263. 9:59recognizing God that there is something
264. 10:02that needs to be cured in it. So, the
265. 10:04more you continue, look at this now,
266. 10:07the illustration in the Bible says, a
267. 10:09layer,
268. 10:11a layer,
269. 10:13a layer.
270. 10:14That's how the heart becomes hardened.
271. 10:17Because where it should be broken,
272. 10:20it does not embrace.
273. 10:23Yes. And that's the reason why a
274. 10:25hardened heart is a heart that has
275. 10:27layers, layers, just like Israel did.
276. 10:30The Lord delivered them out of Egyptian
277. 10:31bondage.
278. 10:33Do you know these guys could have made
279. 10:34it into Canaan a little bit earlier?
280. 10:37Cuz tell me something. If Joshua and
281. 10:39Caleb was able to go into Canaan, and
282. 10:42and they brought out THE FIGS, HELD IT
283. 10:45UP BEFORE MOSES, AND SAID, "THE LAND
284. 10:47DOES EXIST."
285. 10:49WHILE THEY WERE murmuring and
286. 10:50complaining, they said, "Where you
287. 10:51taking us to die?
288. 10:54I thought you loved us.
289. 10:56Who told us that we want you to be OUR
290. 10:57PASTOR?
291. 10:59WE'RE GOING TO DIE. DON'T YOU SEE THE
292. 11:00ENEMY'S AFTER US?"
293. 11:02THEY COMPLAINED, they murmured, and the
294. 11:03more they murmured and they crumbled,
295. 11:05their hearts became hardened and
296. 11:07hardened and they hardened. They
297. 11:08provoked God to anger, till God got to a
298. 11:11place once, and he said, "I wish I had
299. 11:13repented I created these people." Moses
300. 11:15got in the BLOOD AND SAID, "STOP!
301. 11:18CAN'T SAY THAT.
302. 11:19Everybody will say you brought them out
303. 11:21here so you can kill them."
304. 11:23Now, remember these were God's people.
305. 11:26These were God's people, but the point
306. 11:27of the matter is that what separated
307. 11:29them that God would interject such a
308. 11:31statement to Moses, it is because of the
309. 11:34hardness of the heart.
310. 11:36Won't you examine yourselves this
311. 11:38morning?
312. 11:39Woo!
313. 11:41Yeah.
314. 11:42Ask the Lord to give you a broken heart.
315. 11:45A soft heart.
316. 11:47A heart that when you come in this place
317. 11:48this week on this fast and this
318. 11:50consecration,
319. 11:51that there will be something taking
320. 11:53place in you that is new, that you've
321. 11:54never had experienced before.
322. 11:57I want my heart to be soft and tender,
323. 11:59Lord, so that I can forgive.
324. 12:02I can walk in love.
325. 12:04Uh-huh.
326. 12:05I can be gentle.
327. 12:08I can be meek.
328. 12:10I can be what? Long-suffering.
329. 12:13And that long-suffering nature within
330. 12:15love,
331. 12:17it is the part that brings the
332. 12:18illustration
333. 12:20of that enduring spirit of faith.
334. 12:23Wow.
335. 12:24It is the place where I am restricted to
336. 12:27believe God and trust God.
337. 12:29Long-suffering.
338. 12:30Many of you, your faith needs to be at
339. 12:32that place. But you see, for faith to
340. 12:35work, listen to this, it needs the
341. 12:38divine love of God
342. 12:40to nurture YOUR HEARTS.
343. 12:42NOW, ABIDE FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. BUT
344. 12:46THE GREATEST OF THESE WHAT PAUL WAS
345. 12:47SAYING THAT YOUR FAITH AND YOUR HOPE
346. 12:50have no foundation without divine love.
347. 12:54Wow. Why is it so hard SOMETIMES FOR THE
348. 12:57CHURCH TO BELIEVE and trust God for the
349. 12:59least or the greatest things?
350. 13:02It is because our love must advance.
351. 13:05Watch this, for our faith to mature.
352. 13:07Woo! Let me say that again.
353. 13:10Our love must advance for our faith to
354. 13:13mature. Everybody say, "My love must
355. 13:15advance
356. 13:17for my faith to mature."
357. 13:20So, when your love increases,
358. 13:23not the philia love, not the storge
359. 13:26love,
360. 13:27not the eros love, but the divine love
361. 13:30of God. The agape love.
362. 13:32It begin to mature, it will mature my
363. 13:35faith. It will mature your faith so that
364. 13:38you can have a foundation in God. Are
365. 13:40you getting this?
366. 13:42So the rain of God's word this morning
367. 13:44Faith cometh by what? Hearing. And
368. 13:47hearing by what?
369. 13:49Say it again, faith comes by what?
370. 13:51And hearing by what?
371. 13:53Say it again, faith comes by
372. 13:55And hearing by what?
373. 13:57WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD this morning?
374. 13:59Oh, so when I hear the word of God, the
375. 14:02next thing that takes place in my life
376. 14:04is I believe the word. Everybody say I
377. 14:06believe the word.
378. 14:08It takes love for you to believe the
379. 14:09word.
380. 14:11It takes divine love for you to believe
381. 14:12the word. It takes love for you to
382. 14:14believe that this week is ordained of
383. 14:15God and God has come to you.
384. 14:19GOD HAS COME TO YOU BECAUSE LISTEN TO
385. 14:20THIS NOW, HE LOVES YOU.
386. 14:24WOO!
387. 14:25BECAUSE GOD LOVES CALVARY.
388. 14:27God has ordained this week to be special
389. 14:30in your lives.
390. 14:31And God is ready to pour within you
391. 14:33something more and something greater
392. 14:35than you had before.
393. 14:36Did you hear what I just said?
394. 14:38Say it with me, something more.
395. 14:40And something greater.
396. 14:42Say it again, something more.
397. 14:45And something greater.
398. 14:46Put your hands on your heart and say
399. 14:48Lord
400. 14:49heal my heart
401. 14:51this very moment.
402. 14:53Let the word that I've heard
403. 14:56break me
404. 14:58soften me
405. 15:01heal me
406. 15:03from the pains
407. 15:04from the perils from unforgiveness
408. 15:08from resentment
409. 15:09from offenses
410. 15:11from unbelief
411. 15:13heal my heart
412. 15:15that I can receive you
413. 15:17and the more of you
414. 15:20this very week
415. 15:21in the name of Jesus.
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