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0:01John 2, the Gospel according to St. John
0:05chapter 2:es 1-1.
0:08St. John 2, beginning at verse 1 and
0:11ending at 11. And I'm reading from the
0:14King James version. You may have other
0:16versions, but let's look at it together.
0:18If someone is sitting next to you
0:20without a Bible, please share your
0:22Bibles. Amen. St. John 2:es 1-11. Here
0:26begins the reading of God's word. And
0:29the third day there was a marriage in
0:31Canaa of Galilee. And the mother of
0:33Jesus was there. And both Jesus was
0:36called and his disciples to the
0:38marriage. And when they wanted wine, the
0:41mother of Jesus said unto him, "They
0:43have no wine." Jesus said unto her,
0:45"Woman, what have I to do with thee?
0:48Mine hour is not yet come." His mother
0:52saith unto the servants, "Whatsoever he
0:54saith unto you, do it." And there were
0:58set there six water pots of stone after
1:01the manner of the purifying of the Jews
1:03containing two or three furkins a piece.
1:07Jesus saith unto them fill the water
1:09pots with the water. And they filled
1:11them up to the brim. And he saith unto
1:13them, "Draw out now and bear unto the
1:16governor of the feast." And they bear
1:18it. When the ruler of the feast had
1:21tasted the water that was made wine, and
1:24knew not whence it was, but the servants
1:26which drew the water new, the governor
1:29of the feast called the bridegroom, and
1:31say unto him, Every man at the beginning
1:33that set forth good wine, and when men
1:36have well drunk than that which is
1:38worse, but thou hast kept the good wine
1:41until now, this beginning of miracles,
1:44that Jesus in Canaa of Galilee, and
1:47manifested forth his glory and his
1:51disciples believed on him. So father the
1:55text thank you for reading the subject
1:57is whatsoever he says do it do it.
2:03I love the gospels because they are
2:05biographies and I I love biographies
2:08because it gives you some insight to the
2:10person. I watch the biography channel
2:14because maybe I'm nosy. I want to know
2:15people's business, but I like to know
2:18what's going on. And I love the Gospels
2:21because so many things are written about
2:24Jesus in our secular books, secular
2:27history books, etc. But the gospels give
2:30you information that we can trust. Now,
2:33I know there's a lot going on in terms
2:36of looking at the Bible and critiquing
2:38the Bible and minimizing the Bible and
2:41throwing away things out of the Bible,
2:43but I do believe that Matthew, Mark,
2:46Luke, and John give us information that
2:50no one else could give us. They were
2:52there. They gathered. John gathered it
2:55because he sat with Jesus, handled
2:58Jesus, touched Jesus, walked with Jesus.
3:02So we can trust when you go to a court
3:04of law, they usually trust the
3:06eyewitness rather than the hearsay
3:08witness. So we can trust the
3:10eyewitnesses of the gospel bearers. Here
3:13in in in John, he's a very very
3:16different gospel even though you can
3:18cross reference some things that
3:20happened with Matthew, Mark, and Luke,
3:22but they are called synoptic gospels
3:24because they're kind of similar. They're
3:26very similar in in reporting certain
3:29events. But John has a different theme.
3:32He has a different purpose for writing
3:35his gospel. He wanted you to see Jesus
3:40as being not just a man, not just a
3:43prophet, not just a teacher, not just a
3:47revolutionary, but a God man. So, so
3:50John wanted you to see that Jesus was
3:52both human and divine. And of course,
3:56you know, a lot of people want to keep
3:58Jesus human. You know, the man is some
4:01of our language expression of Jesus. And
4:03he was a man, but he was also God. And
4:06many people can't handle it. It takes
4:08faith to understand that he was
4:10Emmanuel, God with us. And if you cannot
4:14believe in the divinity and humanity of
4:17Jesus, you just cannot be a Christian.
4:20He is not just a man. If that's the
4:22case, then we're not saved. He's not
4:24just a man. And if that's the case, we
4:26are not redeemed. He's not just a man.
4:28If that's the case, we are not loose
4:30from the penalty and the guilt of sin.
4:32So there are some things we just don't
4:34trade off as Christians. It's
4:37non-negotiable.
4:39>> You understand that? We believe in the
4:41virgin birth, non-negotiable.
4:44We believe in the resurrection,
4:45non-negotiable. We believe that Jesus
4:48was the very God of the very God, the
4:50very man of the very man. two natures in
4:54one being yet without sin. And we don't
4:58negotiate that because if we do then we
5:00are not redeemed. We don't have a hope
5:04and we're not going back to heaven.
5:06Amen. And we might as well just call
5:08this the cornerstone gathering of the
5:10good time fellowshipping
5:13clapping hands jumping people. But we
5:17are not the called out people of God.
5:19Amen. So John starts out immediately
5:22without any apology. In the beginning
5:25was the word meaning Jesus and the word
5:28was with God and the word was God. And
5:31then he goes further in that text to say
5:34and the word was made flesh and dwelt
5:36among us and we beheld his glory the
5:39glory of the only begotten of the father
5:41full of grace and truth. And he doesn't
5:43bite his tongue. And in his whole book
5:46his theme was believe this. And if you
5:49believe it, you have life. These are
5:51written that you might believe that
5:53Jesus is the Christ, the son of God. And
5:56in believing, you will have life in his
5:59name. So if you believe this, you got
6:02life. If you believe this, you can walk
6:04through. If you believe this, you can
6:06overcome. If you believe this, you have
6:08victory. If you believe this, you are
6:11saved. Amen. Here we have in the second
6:15chapter. Before we get in the second
6:16chapter, we find that Jesus gathered his
6:19disciples and his disciples were his
6:22students. His disciples would be the
6:24ones that would take over the church or
6:26the world in the first century. So he
6:28chose them a mly crew. I mean he didn't
6:31go to the school of Hillel. That's a
6:33Jewish school that they train their
6:36elite students like Yale and Harvard. He
6:39didn't go there and choose them. He went
6:41he went to places and chose a mly crew,
6:44you know, a cussing fisherman, you know,
6:46his great preacher. A man with a bad
6:50temper named John.
6:52Boy, wanted to burn down a city. That's
6:54how bad he was. A man named Thomas who
6:57was borderline schizophrenic. You
6:59understand? Hither and thither.
7:02But he chose this mly crew to help him
7:06establish his kingdom on earth just like
7:10he chose us.
7:12>> We're a mly crew. Amen.
7:16>> And so he chose his disciples and in in
7:19choosing his disciples, he started out
7:21now to train them, to teach them. That's
7:25what they are. They're students. And he
7:27taught them in the Jewish way where he
7:29took them along with him. They didn't
7:31have classroom situations. They had on
7:34the job on-site training. He was the
7:38master and he walked around and they
7:40walked around behind him. That's what
7:42the G that he the Greek word means to
7:44walk behind him to patter around to walk
7:47in his footsteps and to learn everything
7:49that he had to offer. So here Jesus now
7:52would set up a learning situation in the
7:55most unusual place. You know Jesus blows
7:57my mind. He's so different from, you
7:59know, modern Christianity today. They
8:01call the 21st century postmodern,
8:04whatever that means, you know, Christian
8:05experience. But when I look at Jesus,
8:07he's so far ahead. He's always far
8:09ahead. He's so unconventional. He's He
8:12can be so disruptive. He can be so out
8:14of control. Just don't know what to do
8:16with him.
8:18He's going to have his first lesson in a
8:22social setting. Not a synagogue, not a
8:25temple, but at a wedding party. Jesus,
8:28ladies and gentlemen, was a social bug.
8:31He hung out. As the kids say, he could
8:34hang. You understand? He loved dinner
8:38parties. He loved social settings. As a
8:41matter of fact, Mary and Martha and
8:42Lazarus can testify. We only have a few
8:45accounts, but I'm sure he went to their
8:47home many, many times to have Martha's
8:49lamb stew and goat cheese and whatever.
8:52He loved to take off his sandals and had
8:54folk wash his feet and anoint his head
8:57and kiss him and sit down and lick his
8:59fingers. He just loved to be social.
9:05We're the ones who keep it tight
9:08or tight
9:10like we're constipated tight.
9:16But he's free. He's free.
9:19He he went to this wedding and in the
9:21first verse of the second chapter the
9:23Bible said and the mother of Jesus was
9:26there and immediately his mother is
9:29presented to us. Now now Jesus had a
9:32very if we would call normal
9:34relationship with his parents from the
9:37age from birth to 12. He was he was a
9:40normal child. He was he was uh um
9:42circumcised on the eighth day like any
9:44other Jewish boy. He was bar mitzvah at
9:47the age of 12. So he had what we would
9:50call a normal life with his parents. He
9:52he was being groomed as a carpenter
9:54because his stepfather was a carpenter.
9:57So I'm sure he made tables and chairs.
9:59I'm sure he played like any other boy.
10:01We don't see too much until the age of
10:0330. But when he came to the age where he
10:06had to walk into his purpose,
10:10he had to redefine his relationship in
10:14his primary relationships. And that's
10:16always very very difficult for people to
10:19do when they receive the call, when they
10:21hear the call, when they know the call,
10:23when they know that they've been carved
10:25out for something special. The primary
10:28relationship is always disrupted. And
10:31that's why many people do not walk in
10:33their call because they can't redefine.
10:36They can't make the the attack
10:38detachment. You see, they can't make
10:40statements uh because they know it would
10:42disrupt the family, upset the family.
10:44People are tied to you. Mothers are
10:46overprotective. Fathers are
10:48overprotective. People have their own
10:50dreams that they want to live through
10:52you, etc. They don't know how to let you
10:54go. Oh, come on. It can be a very sticky
10:56time. But Jesus made his declaration. My
10:59meat is to do the will of him that sent
11:03me. Lo, I come in the volume of the book
11:09to do the will of him that sent me. I
11:13didn't come to fulfill anybody ELSE'S
11:16AGENDA, BUT his agenda. See, that's
11:19that's the hard stuff. It's hard because
11:22Jesus's time and culture, the Jewish
11:24family tighten it. If you read about the
11:27Old Testament, even when the the the
11:29boys got married, they brought the wives
11:30home. Can you imagine 10 boys,
11:3410 wives and 100 children running around
11:38all under the same roof? That's how
11:40tight-knit the family structure was. So
11:42when Jesus came, he was so anti what
11:46they were used to. That's why they
11:47couldn't handle him because he also
11:49disrupted the whole notion of family.
11:52that whole fallacy that because we came
11:54out of the same womb that we're going in
11:56the same direction. You see, ah that
11:58because we eat out of the same plate
11:59that we have the similar anointing. No.
12:02Sometimes the Bible said because of your
12:04faith, mother shall be against father
12:06and father against son and and daughter
12:09against mother because your faith makes
12:12a demarcation.
12:14And many times WE CAN'T MAKE THOSE
12:16DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID OF FAMILY
12:19DISAPPROVAL. But they may disapprove FOR
12:22A MOMENT. BUT when they see the glory of
12:25God in your life, and when they see how
12:27God uses you, ah, they might think
12:30you're a little crazy and crack, BUT
12:32WHEN THEY TURN AROUND AND SEE HOW GOD
12:34PROMOTES you and elevates you and the
12:36anointing that drips from you, which
12:39makes PEOPLE'S LIVES DIFFERENT, THEN
12:40THEY'LL REALIZE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
12:42GREATER THAN BIOLOGICAL ATTACHMENT, THAT
12:45THERE'S A SPIRITUAL BOND. WHO IS MY
12:48MOTHER? Who is my father? He that doeth
12:53the will.
12:55I don't come from a large family.
12:58They're only um um three of us. And um
13:02my father and mother were married for 66
13:04years and they were preaching for about
13:06the same time. He just died in February.
13:09And um so we don't come from a large
13:11family. And so my father would always
13:14drag people in from everywhere.
13:19My mother and father, they had the
13:20missionary mind. And we all hated it
13:23because when they brought these people
13:25in for dinner, it's always dinner time
13:27when they came. They didn't come any
13:28other time but dinner time. When they
13:30came at dinner time, you know, we always
13:33ended up with the gravy and the rice cuz
13:35the meat just left. Just just took a
13:37walk and and those people always had
13:40healthy appetites. You understand? And
13:43they always asked for seconds as if they
13:45were seconds. The seconds meant our our
13:48plate, our meat, and then sometimes our
13:52gravy. So it was not always rice with
13:54gravy. It was rice trying to look for
13:56some butter, you understand? To soften
13:58it down.
14:00So we always had we always had people
14:03and my father loved people and and he
14:06loved for people to eat. Eat up was his
14:08favorite word. Eat it up. Eat it up all
14:10eat it up. So he always had people
14:12around him. And consequently, we learned
14:15at an early early point in our lives
14:18that there were other members of the
14:20family.
14:22Always cousin so and so and aunt so and
14:24so. Of course, it didn't didn't belong
14:26to the family tree. We didn't have a
14:27tree. We had a bush because every time
14:29you turn around, something was added.
14:31Couldn't trace. Who is this one? No
14:34aunt, no uncle, not connected to any
14:35brother or cousin. Just somebody my
14:37father picked up and added to the family
14:40tree. Well, ladies and gentlemen, he had
14:42the right notion because I have brothers
14:45and sisters in here tonight that I have
14:47not met. I may not know where you live.
14:50I may not be I've not been at your table
14:52to eat up your meat, but you are
14:54legitimately legitimately and legally
14:57and eternally my brother and my sister.
15:00Amen. We are part of a major family of a
15:05mega family. And that's what JESUS IS
15:08SAYING. IT GOES BEYOND BIOLOGICAL
15:10CONNECTION. Blood is thicker than water,
15:13but spirit is thicker than blood. And we
15:15are connected by the Holy Ghost. COME ON
15:18AND TELL YOUR BROTHER, your sister, we
15:20are connected.
15:24So here Jesus with his students,
15:28he's going to train them to take the
15:30world. He's going to train them to take
15:32the world. And he's sitting at a dinner
15:35party, at a wedding reception.
15:39training them to take the world. And the
15:42Bible said he sat there and his mother
15:44came. Here she comes now. She's in the
15:46picture. She's very busy. She's all in
15:48this text. And she runs to him and she
15:50says they're out of wine. Now, you know,
15:54when you think of the wedding in in the
15:56Jewish culture, the wedding usually goes
15:58on for seven days. So So they're
16:01drinking for seven days. I mean, that's
16:03a whole lot of wine. Understand? And if
16:05if you watch if you watch the history
16:08the timeline of the movement of the Jews
16:10especially throughout throughout Europe,
16:13they always seem to move. Whenever they
16:15had to leave a certain area, they would
16:17follow the vineyards because wine was so
16:20much a part of their ceremonial, you
16:23know, uh uh um celebration. Everything
16:25that they do centered around the wine.
16:28So to have to run out of wine at a
16:31dinner party was really an a great
16:34embarrassment
16:35to the Jewish family and to this wedding
16:38celebration. I don't know about you, but
16:39you know in in my culture in you know
16:42you you don't run out of chicken at
16:44anybody's you say
16:49well come on you all help me now cuz see
16:53you don't have a banquet and people pay
16:56their little $35 and put on their
16:58fineries and their sequins. You
17:01understand? and and and their glitters
17:04and and come and then when it comes to
17:06your table there is no chicken because
17:08it's always chicken big fat chicken
17:10breast you understand and there's no
17:12chicken breast I mean that is a very
17:15sticky situation in some cases people
17:17are asked to meet outside you understand
17:20over no food that's a great
17:23embarrassment well that's the same thing
17:25that's happening to Mary and she must
17:28have been connected to the to the family
17:30to the wedding party because she be
17:33she's too antsy. She's too overly
17:35concerned. If she was just another guest
17:37and sitting back, but we know that
17:39something is going on while she's
17:41jumping back and forth. She is loaded
17:44with anxiety.
17:46And where does she take her anxiety? To
17:49her son.
17:51And she's saying to her son, not
17:53perceiving him as a son, but seeing him
17:56as possibly a miracle worker. Why would
17:59you go to Jesus who is an invited guest
18:04and tell him about THE PROBLEM? WHY
18:06DON'T YOU GO TO THE MATRAEE? Why don't
18:08you go to the family and tell them that
18:10they ran out of wine? IT MUST BE THAT
18:13MARY now is beginning to see HER SON NOT
18:16JUST AS A SON, but as he claimed to be
18:20THE MESSIAH. AND MESSIAH MEANS HE'S A
18:23MIRACLE WORKER. Lord have mercy. HE'S
18:25ABLE TO DO WHAT NO other man can do. For
18:30in him, he has the POWER TO DO EXCEEDING
18:34AND ABUNDANT ABOVE ALL that we ask or
18:37think. Oh, I need somebody to say
18:40hallelujah.
18:44Your perception of Jesus will determine
18:48your request.
18:51If you think he can only pay a certain
18:54amount for your mortgage, that's all
18:55you're going to ask for.
18:57>> If you think he can only heal you from a
18:58headache, that's the only thing you're
18:59going to take to him. But how you
19:01perceive him will determine how you
19:03approach him. So she approached him and
19:06she knew he could do something about it.
19:08Tell your neighbor he can do something
19:10about your problem tonight. He can. He
19:12can. He can. The Bible said he she went
19:15to him and she wanted him. The problem
19:18is she wanted him to move when she
19:20wanted him to move.
19:23She wanted to be mother
19:27and she also wanted him to be Messiah at
19:30the same time. AND NOW JESUS WHO IS VERY
19:34VERY CLEAR about his timeline.
19:38That's where we have problems. We want
19:40him to move today. We point our finger
19:42at him and think we can muscle him. I
19:44want my house now.
19:48I want my car now. I want that new
19:52Chrysler twodoor now. And I want it in
19:55red.
19:57Now,
19:59the problem is God does not function
20:01that way because whatever he has for you
20:04is already prepared and set up and just
20:07waiting for you to walk in the right
20:09place at the right time because he has
20:11all things prepared. He does not
20:14respond. He does not react. He already
20:17prepared. He already prepared. He's a
20:19God who works by predestination and
20:23pre-ordination. Anything that you need
20:25is already hooked up for you right now.
20:27He's just waiting for certain things in
20:30you to be worked out. Certain things
20:32around you to be worked out. Certain
20:34things in your attitude to be worked
20:36out. Once you get there, IT'S OVER. COME
20:39ON AND PUT your hands together. I need
20:41somebody. Lord, I feel a praise.
20:47The Bible said she went to him and
20:49you're supposed to go him to him with
20:51your request. But Jesus's response can
20:53be very troubling, especially to the
20:55feminist theologian because we're always
20:57trying to make first century culture our
21:01culture. You know, we have all these
21:02issues. You know what I'm saying? We
21:04have all these rights, you know,
21:06liberation rights, liberation theology,
21:09you know, gay rights theology, you know,
21:11all kinds. and we're just loaded with
21:13theology.
21:14And so we try to make all those things.
21:17We would like to rewrite the text. But
21:19instead of rewriting the text, let's get
21:20up in the text cuz that's where the
21:22power is.
21:24>> He says to his mother, "Woman, now see
21:28that's that's trouble right there.
21:34That's trouble right there."
21:38Because
21:39if a son
21:42in his right mind,
21:48even if he's 65 years old,
21:51says to his mother, "Woman,"
21:54she'll say, like Bill Cosby said to his
21:56son on the sitcom, "I brought you in and
22:00I'll take you out,
22:02woman."
22:04But that's a term of endearment in
22:08Jesus's time. I'm from Jamaica and there
22:11are certain things that we say to each
22:12other that if I said it to you or you
22:15said it to me outside of my culture,
22:18outside of my soil, it could be very
22:20very insulting or appear to be
22:22insulting. When I go to Africa, we going
22:24to Africa November. When I go to Africa,
22:26when I went to Ghana and to Nigeria and
22:28to to Abby John and I got off the plane,
22:31grown men and women bowed down and
22:34started calling me mama. I said to
22:36somebody, "I'm not these people's mama."
22:40And they calling me mama. I ain't
22:41nobody's mama.
22:44But that's a term of high respect, high
22:48regard. And they had to explain it to
22:50me. And then I had to check my attitude
22:52because I realized that in this culture,
22:54mama is a term that's given to per to a
22:57person that they deem to be honorable,
23:01a person that they respect highly. Now
23:04take that out and take that to Harlem.
23:09See,
23:10don't say mama say that's a fight in
23:13peace cuz I'm not your mama. See, so
23:16take this out of context and you can't
23:18handle it. But keep it here. Keep it
23:20here. Because Jesus is not being rude.
23:23He's addressing her the way they
23:25addressed their women in those days.
23:27Woman,
23:29what have I to do with thee? And that
23:31sounds insulting. It literally means,
23:33why are you bringing me into your
23:36anxiety?
23:38BECAUSE JESUS DOES NOT RESPOND to us
23:40readily when we are anxious, when we are
23:43worried, when we are fretful. IT'S WHEN
23:46WE BACK UP and stand still. When we hush
23:49up and trust him is when we sit down and
23:51look to him, that's when he moves for
23:53us. ANXIETY, DOUBT, AND FEAR ARE SIGNS
23:58OF SIN. WHEN YOU WORRY, WORRY IS a sin,
24:00just like lying and stealing and
24:02fornicating and adultery. Cuz when you
24:05worry, it means that you're not trusting
24:06him for what he says. He says, "I can
24:09and I will." He says, "Heaven shall pass
24:11away and earth shall pass away, but my
24:13word shall stands forever, which shall
24:15stand forever." And he says that I AM
24:17NOT A MAN THAT I SHOULD LIE, NEITHER the
24:19son of man that I SHOULD REPENT. IF I
24:21SAID IT, IT IS SO. If I spoke it, I can
24:24make it good. So when you DON'T TRUST
24:26HIM, YOU'RE INSULTING his integrity. He
24:29said, by two immutable things, I swear.
24:32Ah, by my name and by my character. Oh,
24:35somebody is a candidate for a miracle in
24:38this house. Come on and let me hear you
24:40say hallelujah.
24:47woman,
24:49come
24:51check it.
24:53He always says that when people are
24:55panicking, the disciples sent them to
24:58the other side where they wrote into a
25:00storm. Master, if you don't come, you're
25:04going to drown. Cause
25:08he was asleep. Got up and said, "Peace
25:11be still." So, somebody's anxious in the
25:13house. I'm sure the Lord is not sending
25:15this word to people who are calm.
25:18Somebody's a little fretful in here.
25:21Somebody's worried about tomorrow,
25:23worried about a particular situation.
25:25And I hear the Lord say, "Calm.
25:27Hush your fears. I didn't give you a
25:31spirit of fear. Ah, I gave you power,
25:34love, and a sound mind. And even THOUGH
25:37IT TIGHT FOR IT, it shall not lie, BUT
25:42IT SHALL SURELY come to pass. Oh,
25:45SOMEBODY BETTER SIT BACK. GOD IS GETTING
25:47ready to do something unbelievable,
25:51ridiculous, illogical, irrational. Come
25:55on and shout hallelujah.
26:01The Bible said he now he now adds after
26:05he says to her what what you want me to
26:07do what what is the problem? He says my
26:11hour is not yet come.
26:15You know some people would say well he's
26:16talking about his crucifixion. No that's
26:18too early.
26:20It literally means I'm going to do
26:22something but not yet. Now, that little
26:25adverb yet is your point of contact to
26:29your miracle.
26:31Because yet means not now, but I'm going
26:34to do it.
26:36Yet means not this minute when you're
26:39panicking, but it's not a no. Tell
26:42somebody, it's not a no. It's not a just
26:46because it didn't happen yet, it doesn't
26:48mean that I'm not going to do it. IT'S
26:50JUST THAT THIS IS not the hour for me to
26:53do it. But there is an hour coming. Tell
26:56somebody, there's an hour coming. Ah,
26:58when I'm going to flex my muscle. There
27:00is an hour coming when I'm going to set
27:04this thing in order. There is an hour
27:06coming when I'm going to do the
27:08impossible. There is an hour. Oh, come
27:11on and praise him for that hour. Hour.
27:14Hour. Hour.
27:18Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to
27:20God. Yet means it's coming. It's coming.
27:25It's on its way. Didn't get there yet,
27:27but it's coming. Tell your neighbor,
27:29"It's coming. It's coming. It's coming."
27:31So, what do you do when it's coming?
27:35>> You didn't get here yet, but there's a
27:37certain thing you have to do because
27:39miracles really come when you set the
27:43stage. Miracles are predicated not just
27:46on the word of God, but on your
27:49attitude. This is a cooperative effort.
27:52He is able to do some things, but he's
27:55demanding that you do some things. He's
27:57not giving out any freebie miracle. No,
28:01miracles demand a certain posture, a
28:04certain attitude, A CERTAIN RESPONSE.
28:07SO, WHILE IT IS COMING, YOU GOT TO GET
28:10YOURSELF TOGETHER. If you believe that
28:13the yet means not now but maybe tonight,
28:16not now, BUT MAYBE TOMORROW MORNING. Not
28:19now, BUT MAYBE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NOT NOW,
28:22BUT MAYBE THURSDAY at noon. Not now, but
28:25maybe Sunday morning at 3:00. THEN IN
28:27BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SOMETHING HAS TO
28:30happen to you. Something you have to do,
28:33something you have TO POSITION YOURSELF
28:36FOR. AND THAT'S MY ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT TO
28:39GET YOU ready for the miracle. Come on
28:42and put your hands together. I want to
28:44hear you praising.
28:46Come on and praise him.
28:50Glory.
28:55Not yet,
28:57but later.
29:00>> Not now, but soon.
29:03>> Not today, but maybe tomorrow.
29:06Not this week, but maybe next week.
29:10>> The bottom line is it's going to happen.
29:15>> So what do you do when it's going to
29:17happen? His mother caught it. Now his
29:19mother is sharp. The woman is sharp. She
29:21brought him in the world. So she's
29:22connected. So she she caught it and she
29:25turned around and shifted. Instead of
29:27responding and thinking that he was
29:30shoeing her away and insulting her, she
29:33aligned herself.
29:36She caught the words and she turned
29:38around immediately and said TO THE
29:40SERVANTS, "WHATSOEVER HE SAYS TO DO, do
29:44it." Now, why would he say that? BECAUSE
29:46THE YET meant he's getting ready to do
29:48something. And if he's getting ready to
29:50do something, I WANT YOU TO BE ready to
29:53DO IT. THE YET MEANT SOMETHING is
29:55getting ready to happen. And you cannot
29:58be asleep on the job. SOMETHING IS
30:00GETTING READY TO happen is GOING TO
30:02DEMAND YOUR FULL ATTENTION. Something is
30:05getting ready to happen and you MUST BE
30:07READY TO PARTICIPATE. NOW sit up in your
30:09chair tonight and LIFT UP YOUR HEAD and
30:12stop hanging down YOUR HEAD CUZ GOD IS
30:15GETTING ready to show up. And when he
30:17shows up, he's getting ready to manifest
30:19his glory. Come on and let me hear you
30:22say hallelujah.
30:30He said unto you whatsoever that
30:33whatsoever that whatsoever the kids say
30:36you know your your kids because you know
30:38your kids have the way of talking um
30:40it's like cling on language
30:43you understand nothing they saying half
30:44the time and their responses are just as
30:47strange and crazy cuz something happens
30:50during those teenage years particularly
30:52there's a disease that is contagious
30:55that happens to their mind you
30:57understand it and they they they
30:59function on a different devil and you
31:01have to be a rocket scientist to figure
31:02out all of that stuff that goes on in
31:04their minds and in their bodies. So when
31:06you say something say whatever.
31:10Don't try to figure out what that means.
31:12Don't even go there. Don't waste your
31:14time. You understand? Just keep laying
31:15down the rules. Whatever.
31:18AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING. WHATEVER.
31:21Whatsoever means whatever. Not with an
31:25attitude but with expectancy.
31:28whatsoever
31:29chin up, whatsoever,
31:32eyes wide open, WHATSOEVER, ears
31:36unstopped, whatsoever, hands available,
31:41WHATSOEVER FEET PUT IN POSITION. It is
31:44not whatsoever sleeping all day with a
31:46bottle of Pepsi looking up in the
31:48ceiling. No, not whatsoever walking
31:50around crying and whining and ping it.
31:52No, that ain't no whatsoever. Whatsoever
31:55means that you're alert and ready. That
31:57means there's a praise on your heart and
31:59there words on your lip. Whatsoever
32:01means that you're listening and waiting.
32:03Whatsoever means that you're in
32:05position. Whatsoever means that you're
32:07sitting STILL WAITING FOR GOD TO
32:09DEMONSTRATE who he is. Come on and let
32:12me hear you say whatsoever.
32:16Glory to God. Whatsoever is not for
32:19those who are still trying to figure it
32:21out. This is not a figure it out walk.
32:25>> This is not an analytical walk for you
32:27analysts and you logical, rational,
32:31contemplative people. You doubters, you
32:34functional atheists only go through the
32:37motion but can't believe that God can do
32:40anything. Lord, did you hear what I
32:43said? I said anything.
32:46Do you understand what that means?
32:48Absolutely
32:50anything. There's nothing in the earth
32:53that God cannot handle. I said anything.
33:00Anything.
33:03Whatsoever he says, whatsoever he says
33:06to you servants,
33:08do it.
33:10>> So, we're talking about obedience. Now
33:13you know we're living in a time when
33:15they change they want to change give
33:17give give more user friendly language in
33:20church you know to attract people
33:21because people get insulted so easy I'm
33:24saying everybody's fragile's
33:27very fragile so we can't we can't say
33:30servants anymore cuz people get get sick
33:33and get demeaned and get upset when you
33:35call them servants. So we got to find
33:37some other names. You understand? Um,
33:40and also we can't use words like
33:42obedience or or rebellion. Then people
33:46get mad. So we got we got to fix it and
33:48say you have we can't say troubles or we
33:51can't say difficulties or sin. You have
33:54to say challenges. See
33:58cuz folk get their feelings hurt.
34:02Whatsoever he says do it. It literally
34:04means I can't find any other language
34:06I'm living that I'm stuck. obedience.
34:10>> It means you follow him to the letter.
34:13It literally means it may not make any
34:15sense. It it it may sound crazy. You may
34:19look like a complete idiot. It means
34:22that you're going to have to give up
34:23your pride and your arrogance and you're
34:25going to have to just go with the flow.
34:28It means that you can't come with two
34:30and two and it equals four. It means
34:33your mathematics is not his mathematics.
34:36It means you can't hardly explain it
34:38because your vocabulary is so limited.
34:40But it just means that you're crazy
34:42enough enamored with him. Trust him. So
34:46believe that he's your eternal source.
34:49Knows that no one can do anything for
34:52you but him. Ah. And when you get like
34:55that AND YOU'RE NOT LOOKING to the east
34:57or the west and some trust in horses,
35:00some trust in chariots, but you remember
35:04the name of the Lord. The name of the
35:06Lord is a strong tower and the righteous
35:10runth therein and his savior. And you're
35:13not a hustler or a con artist and you're
35:16not trying to play and get over. You
35:18just lean on him because you KNOW THAT
35:21HE IS YOUR HELP. AH, he is your present
35:24help. He is your way in the wilderness.
35:28HE IS YOUR WATER. LORD, SOMEBODY help me
35:31right here in trial. Come on and say
35:35hallelujah.
35:37>> Glory to God. So if he says hop on one
35:41leg
35:43>> and stick out your tongue,
35:48>> if he says do your fingers like this,
35:51now I know they're getting ready to call
35:52the patty wagon now, but do your fingers
35:54like this, do it whatsoever. That is
35:59without limits.
36:01It's this this is an unlimited
36:04statement right here. We can't even
36:07figure out what the whatsoever would
36:09mean to you and would mean to me. My
36:13whatsoever is not your whatsoever. Your
36:16whatsoever might be so ridiculous that I
36:18could never handle it. And my
36:20whatsoever, I know it be crazy and you
36:22probably could never handle it. But
36:24whatever he says, do it. And when you
36:28the statement was made, obedience
36:31clicked in cuz God functions in the
36:34realm of obedience in the hot bed of the
36:37Yes. See, the moment you say yes to God,
36:40things start lining up. Can't see it.
36:44Just like you can't see atoms and
36:46protons and neutrons and electrons in
36:49here, but they're very much in here. You
36:51can't see sound waves in here, but
36:53they're very much in here. Ah, SO WHEN
36:55YOU SAY YES in your will, when you COME
36:58TO THAT RESOLVE, ALL OF A SUDDEN
37:00supernaturally
37:02things start lining up. He start
37:04shifting people and moving circumstances
37:07and hooking up networks and putting
37:10things in order and all you're doing is
37:12sitting at YOUR DINING ROOM TABLE
37:14SAYING, "YES, LORD. YES, LORD. YES,
37:15LORD. YES, LORD. I hear you, Lord. Tears
37:18running down. I'm so sorry I doubted
37:20you. I know I made a mess of my life,
37:22but I'm saying yes to you. And whatever
37:24you say, I'm going to do it. And
37:25immediately immediately immediately
37:27connections are made. Uh demons are
37:29beaten back. Imps are moved out of your
37:32way. Doors begin to open. And situations
37:36begin to set up and ways are made out of
37:39no. Oh, come on. And your enemies become
37:42your foottool. Come on and put your
37:44hands together for obedience.
37:48Tell somebody obey. Obey. Obey. Obey at
37:52any cost. Obey.
37:55Obey.
37:57You know, there's an attitude of
37:59obedience.
38:01You make your mind up. Haven't done
38:03anything. All God wants is a made up
38:05mind cuz you can do things and yet not
38:08be obedient.
38:10>> But when your mind is made up, things
38:13start happening. How do we know that
38:14things line up? Listen to the next
38:16verse. And connected to verse five.
38:21When you say, "I'm going to do it." And
38:24they were set.
38:28Where did they come from?
38:31Who put him there?
38:33AND THEY WERE SET. Not conveniently, but
38:37strategically,
38:40not by happen stance, but on purpose.
38:45>> Not by luck, but by divine appointment.
38:49And there WERE SET SIX WATER POTS. Lord
38:52have mercy. And I'm saying to somebody,
38:55if you SAY YES TO GOD TONIGHT, GOD IS
38:57GOING TO START SETTING some things in
38:59place. You don't know how they got
39:01there, but they're going to set up for
39:03you. You don't know who hooked it up,
39:05but it's going to be hooked up for you.
39:06That's the thing about trusting God. You
39:08don't have to work that hard. Ah, the
39:10people in the world have to work hard.
39:12Trump has to work hard. All those people
39:14with money, they have to work hard. Work
39:16hard to get it. Scheme to get it. hustle
39:18to get it. I got to hustle and scheme to
39:20keep it. But the saints of God just has
39:23to trust God. And when you need him,
39:25he'll show up. And they were set. And I
39:28believe that God is GETTING READY TO SET
39:30things up for some people. He's going to
39:32place things in your way unbeknownst to
39:35you RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE CLUELESS TO the
39:38setup. The moment you line your will up
39:40with him, he's going to orchestrate.
39:43He's going to organize ah things that
39:47money can't buy. You don't even know
39:49where it comes from. But look around
39:51you. God is getting ready to set it up.
39:55Come on and praise him. I want to hear
39:57you say hallelujah.
40:00Come on and give him glory.
40:05Now this is not this is not new to the
40:08saints.
40:09How many of you done business with God?
40:13How many of you have walked with the
40:15Lord?
40:16>> Every time you trust him, he sets it up.
40:20>> Every time you follow him, he hooks it
40:23up.
40:24>> Every time you hit rock bottom, he sends
40:28somebody to come and reach down and get
40:30you without a telephone call. You're
40:33home sitting down and the call comes to
40:35you. Ah, you go to the job and you get a
40:39message that so and so called and when
40:41you call so and so it's already
40:42arranged. Somebody calls you out of
40:45nowhere and said, "I woke up this
40:46morning with my mind on you and thus
40:49sayeth the Lord or the Lord laid you in
40:51my heart and the check is in the mail."
40:53Oh, come on, somebody's check is in the
40:55mail. I see it coming. As I speak it, it
40:59is so. God has a way of setting things
41:02up. Come on and tell your neighbor, it's
41:05a setup. is set up. All he wants is
41:07obedience. All he wants is obedience.
41:10All he wants is obedience. All he wants
41:13is obedience. All he wants is obedience.
41:16Come on, church. Give him a loud praise
41:19for obedience.
41:22Glory. Hallelujah.
41:25Set up six water pots.
41:29Six water. And listen, they were already
41:32prepared.
41:34They were already sterilized and
41:36purified.
41:38Didn't even have to wash them.
41:41And then there were two fur kids 20 to
41:4530 gallons a piece. Now, here's the
41:49here's the real Tesla. They brought the
41:51vessels clean and ready. What you going
41:54to put in there?
41:56We're not asking you for water, Jesus.
42:00They don't drink water at these parties.
42:03See,
42:07you go to these parties and some of you
42:09all who are in to the liquor business,
42:12you know, go to these parties and you
42:16know, you ask for gin and you ask for
42:21martini. You ain't asking for no water.
42:24There's a difference between gin water.
42:28Martin martini.
42:30What else? I just learned about Long
42:31Island iced tea. I didn't even know I
42:34didn't even know that was liquor. I
42:35thought it was iced tea. See, I'd have
42:36been drunk.
42:40I'd have been stone drunk sipping iced
42:42tea.
42:49You see how backwards I am? I just found
42:52that out in 2004. You understand?
42:57There's a difference between water and
42:59of course wine and and and I we were
43:02just we're just doing a study on wine
43:04and the process of fermentation at our
43:06church and this whole process for those
43:08of you who are probably in the wine
43:10business you know it takes time for
43:13grape juice or grapes to be crushed and
43:16squeezed and then to turn into alcohol.
43:19There's a process called fermentation
43:22and I think they put yeast in it and the
43:24yeast eats out the sugar and when the
43:26sugar is eaten up it turns into alcohol
43:30that doesn't happen overnight. It takes
43:33time and they tell me the the aged wine
43:35is a more succulent wine. Okay, it's a
43:38more flavored wine. So that process
43:41cannot be a 24-hour process, a two-day
43:43process. And as I'm reading the text,
43:46Jesus is dealing with this at the same
43:48time. It's not two days event.
43:52>> This is an immediate event.
43:54>> So to ask them to pour water into the
43:57vessel is really ridiculous. Really
43:59ridiculous. Can't pour water in one
44:02minute and get wine the next when wine
44:05and IT'S NOT EVEN GRAPE JUICE. You
44:06understand? It's not grape juice. And
44:09you can't GIVE THESE WINE DRINKERS GRAPE
44:11juice cuz THEY KNOW WINE. THEY DRINK
44:13WINE. THEY know what wine tastes like.
44:15THEY KNOW A GOOD WINE FROM A BAD WINE.
44:18THEY KNOW what year. You know you how
44:19you watch television. Since I don't know
44:21that stuff, so I got to go to television
44:23and they come with the bottle. Oh, this
44:25is a good year. I never could figure
44:27that out. Maybe somebody can tell me
44:29what they mean by this is a good year. I
44:31guess it's a good year for the for the
44:33wine or how the wine was was was
44:35fermented, whatever. But people can tell
44:38good tasting wine if they are wine
44:41tasters.
44:43And so Jesus said water in the water
44:46pot. But listen to what they did. And
44:49they filled. No argument.
44:52No conversation. Remember what Mary
44:54said. Whatsoever he said to do, do it.
44:57And they followed through.
45:00And they did it to the brim.
45:04>> I tell you, this thing called obedience
45:06is no joke. You see what I'm saying?
45:08They did it. They didn't say, "Well, I
45:09don't know what he's talking about. Pour
45:11water in here. I'm just going to pour a
45:13little bit and see how it works." See,
45:14that's how we work. And I'm just going
45:16to
45:19I'm just going to give a little bit and
45:21I'm just going to give this little $10
45:22and see if I get $10 back. See,
45:29fill it to the brim. Now, if you're
45:30going all the way, come go all the way.
45:33Come on now. The miracle is yours, but
45:35you've got to go all the way. This is
45:38not the only instance in the Bible where
45:40you see someone who was pressed to obey
45:42against the odds in a ridiculous way.
45:45Bible said in Kings that Elisha
45:47encountered a woman and the woman was
45:49married to a member of the school of the
45:51prophets. Her husband was a prophet, a
45:54bonafide prophet who walked around with
45:56Elisha and ministered and did miracles
45:58and he died and left them in abject
46:00poverty. And her two sons were now
46:02becoming slaves. And she went to Elisha
46:05and said, "You got to help me, Master
46:07Elisha." Now he didn't have a welfare
46:09fund and he didn't set up any welfare or
46:12disability and there was no insurance to
46:15collect. So he had to GO WITHIN THE
46:17REALM OF her faith. You understand? Uh
46:20when you don't have those kinds of
46:22benefits, you got to walk by faith AND
46:24NOT BY SIGHT. WHAT do you have? What do
46:27you have? What do you have? NOT WHAT YOU
46:29CAN GET. AH CONTRARY TO POPULAR RELIGION
46:32TODAY and Christianity is what we ARE
46:35LOOKING FOR. WE NEVER COME SAYING WE'VE
46:37GOT SOMETHING. WE ALWAYS SAY WE NEED
46:39SOMETHING. I GUARANTEE YOU TONIGHT, YOU
46:42HAVE MORE in here going for you than you
46:44HAVE AGAINST YOU. YOU got so much inside
46:47of you that you should be able to give
46:49TO EVERY MAN IN HERE. AH, YOU GOT SO
46:52MUCH POWER in you that YOU CAN LAY HANDS
46:55ON SICK AND the sick CAN RECOVER. AH,
46:57YOU GOT SO MUCH ANOINTING in you that
47:00you CAN SPEAK A WORD AND THE WORD CAN
47:02COME TO PASS. I rebuke this dependent
47:05give me give me religion and I command
47:07you to walk in the authority of what God
47:10has given you. Come on church. I need
47:13somebody to help me. I feel a praise in
47:16here now.
47:18Hallelujah.
47:21Even on your worst days, you're a demon
47:23chaser.
47:25EVEN ON YOUR WORST DAYS, YOU CAN LAY
47:27HANDS ON THE SICK AND THE sick can
47:29recover. Even when the devil whip you
47:31all day long, you still have power to
47:34speak to the mountain. And the mountain
47:36will back up in the sea. I'm looking for
47:38a praise in church right now. Come on
47:40and put your hands together. I need to
47:42hear somebody say hallelujah.
47:49Listen, fill it to the brim. If you're
47:52going, go all the way.
47:55>> If you're going, ACT LIKE YOU HAVE NO
47:57other recourse. Stop going and backing
48:00up. Stop testing the waters THERE. THERE
48:03IS NO WATER to test. He said, "I am that
48:05I am. I am the way. I am the truth. I am
48:09the bread. I am the living water. And if
48:11you believe it, you'll go all the way.
48:12Unless you get like that crazy out of
48:15your mind. Grit your teeth and pull up
48:17your bridges. Hook up your girdle and
48:19PUT YOUR FACE LIKE flint and tell the
48:21devil, I'm running the risk of stepping
48:24out by faith." I'm like Peter. Lord, if
48:26it's you, I'm going to walk on water. I
48:29know nobody has done it before. And I
48:31know them boys in the boat sleeping and
48:34biting their nails rather and knocking
48:36their knees. AH, BUT I SEE THE KING OF
48:38Kings uh walking on water. And if you
48:41can walk on water, I can walk with you.
48:44Come on, church. Uh somebody getting
48:46ready to walk on water. I feel the
48:48presence of the Lord. Come on, somebody
48:50say come on and give him glory. I want
48:53to hear you say hallelujah.
48:58Fill it up. Fill it up. Go all the way.
49:04>> And the Bible said he filled it up. Now,
49:08now this is part Jesus hasn't moved yet.
49:12He hasn't touched the pot yet. He just
49:14gave orders.
49:17He He gives the orders and you do the
49:19work.
49:21We think he's going to come out of
49:22heaven and do it for us. He speaks. You
49:25obey and the thing happens. Did you hear
49:28that? Now he speaks, you obey, and the
49:32miracle happens. He speaks, you get up,
49:36pick it all up, and start doing it. And
49:40as you do it, something happens. Isn't
49:42that what he said to the lepers? You go
49:44and show yourselves to the priests. AND
49:47AS THEY WENT,
49:49>> they didn't stand there and say, "What
49:50you say?"
49:54As they went, they became healed. And
49:59that's why the church is not
50:01EXPERIENCING THE MIRACULOUS. WE HEAR IT
50:03AND WE SIT on it. I'm waiting for
50:05another witness. What witness? I'm
50:08waiting for somebody else to prophesy.
50:09What prophesy? I'm waiting for somebody
50:11else to confirm. What confirmation? You
50:14got the word, move on it. You got the
50:16word, move on it. This is the
50:18unadulterated word of God. If he said
50:21it, move on it. If he spoke it, get up
50:24and do it. Well, it doesn't make sense.
50:26He didn't ask you to figure it out. He
50:28just asked you to do it. You're too
50:30smart for your own plans. Get up and do
50:32it. And as you DO IT, THINGS WILL
50:34HAPPEN. AH, THE WORD HOOKS UP WITH THE
50:36FAITH AND THE FAITH AND THE WORD HOOKS
50:38UP WITH THE SPIRIT. AND God has no other
50:40choice. Come on, Cornelius. Boy, you
50:44ain't got no Holy Ghost. Have never
50:46spoken in tongues. You're not even
50:47saved. AH, BUT YOU GOT SO MUCH FAITH UH
50:51TO GIVE AND TO pray that it moved
50:53heaven. Uh, and I can't stand it
50:56anymore. You set up a MEMORIAL IN
50:58HEAVEN. UH, your act of faith uh, your
51:01act of worship CAUSED ME TO GET UP and
51:05make some adjustments for you. And I
51:07believe that somebody in here is on the
51:10brink of a miracle because of your
51:12obedience. Come on and put your hands
51:15together. I want to hear your praises.
51:21I'm finished.
51:23I just have
51:25two more points and I'm finished cuz
51:27they say I'm long in it, but you know,
51:31I'm finished.
51:33Fill it up
51:36and then pour it out. Jesus.
51:41Fill it up with H2O. clear, no odor,
51:46no taste,
51:48a different consistency than wine.
51:52Doesn't even look like wine. Even white
51:54wine has a certain flavor and
51:57consistency does not equal to water.
52:01You're going to tell me to fill it up
52:03with water and then pour it out to the
52:06governor. The governor here was the
52:08matraee.
52:09The man who knows how to please his
52:13guest. The man who sets up the menu and
52:17catered the event. The man who does not
52:20want to be insulted
52:22because how it turns out will reflect on
52:25his ability to cater the event. So take
52:30it to the matra to test it.
52:33Go back to the doctor and get another
52:35x-ray.
52:39Go back to the same bank that turned you
52:41down because of your credit and take
52:44them the paper again. Just go back. Just
52:46go back. Tell your neighbor, "Go back.
52:48Go back." Ah, cuz I'm getting ready to
52:50blow your mind. I'm getting ready to
52:53show you. Ah, that I've done something
52:56in the meantime while you were worrying
52:59and complaining and thought THAT I
53:00FORGOT ABOUT YOU because you LEFT IT IN
53:03MY HANDS BECAUSE YOU TURNED IT OVER TO
53:05ME. NOW YOU CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHAT
53:07I'VE DONE WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. You
53:09understand? I DID SOME THINGS
53:11UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU. TAKE IT to the
53:14matraee. The man who is about to panic
53:17cuz there's no MORE WINE AND POUR IT
53:19OUT. POUR in water and pour out wine.
53:22You know that's bad right there. That's
53:23bad. That's bad. Pour in water and pour
53:26out wine. Pour in water and pour out
53:28wine. Pour in water and pour out wine.
53:31That's the ridiculous thing about it.
53:33He's going to ask YOU TO POUR IN WATER.
53:35BUT WHEN YOU POUR IT OUT, EXPECT WINE.
53:37AH, I WANT YOU to walk out of here and
53:40expect something different. Different
53:42than what you thought you had. Ah,
53:44something miraculous. You started out
53:47with little, but expect much. You
53:50started out with nothing, but expect
53:52something. You started out with THE
53:53IMPOSSIBLE, BUT EXPECT the possible. You
53:56started out with being down, BUT EXPECT
53:58TO COME UP. Come on and put your hands
54:00together. I feel a miracle.
54:04I said I feel a miracle.
54:06I said I feel a miracle.
54:09Hallelujah.
54:12Glory. Now, here is the conclusion. He
54:18did it in front of his ex disciples.
54:20Just chose these boys and they still
54:22trying to figure him out. And he did it
54:25right in front of them. But listen to
54:27what the matraee said.
54:30the the the expert
54:33on wine.
54:36Why did you after these guys and these
54:40ladies drank for three days?
54:43They usually put out the best wine so
54:44that by the time the fourth day comes,
54:46they're so drunk. They wouldn't know
54:48whether they drinking grape juice or
54:50wine.
54:51Why would you wait until almost the end
54:55of the celebration to bring out, listen
54:58to his words, the best
55:04>> that's when God shows up. You see,
55:09the things that we have manufactured and
55:11produced for ourselves cannot be
55:14compared to when God exercises divine
55:18intervention.
55:20And he brought some of you into certain
55:22situations so you could compare TO THE
55:25FACT THAT WHAT YOU HAD CANNOT BE
55:28compared to what he's getting ready to
55:30give you. And he saved the best for
55:34last. Lord have mercy. AND SOMEBODY'S
55:37GETTING READY TO GET A downright
55:39ridiculous, outrageous blessing. And it
55:43cannot be compared
55:46to what you had before. Or you thought
55:48you had something going on, but you
55:51haven't seen anything yet. I dare you to
55:55trust him. I DARE YOU TO OBEY HIM. I
55:59dare you to lean on him. Come on and
56:01raise your hand and praise him.
56:04Come on and open your mouth and praise
56:06him. Hallelujah.
56:10Oh, there's a praise now.
56:12Oh, there's a praise in the house. Oh,
56:15there's a praise in the house.
56:17Hallelujah.
56:19Glory to God.
56:24While you're yet standing,
56:27this began the miracles
56:32so that he would be glorified
56:36and his disciples
56:39would believe. So why does God give us
56:41miracles? So that he can be glorified
56:45and we can believe.
56:47>> Why do you need a miracle right now? So
56:50that his name, his character, his power
56:53can be glorified
56:55and you can believe.
56:58>> So that all around you will know there
57:00is a God who works like this, who acts
57:04like this on behalf of his believing
57:07people. And what will it do for you?
57:10It's going to strengthen your faith.
57:12You're going to walk away saying, "I
57:14know in whom I believe and I am
57:17persuaded that he is able."
57:21Come on, ladies and gentlemen. Miracles
57:24are hovering in cornerstone tonight.
57:28Come on, ladies and gentlemen.
57:30Miracles
57:32are WAITING BY YOUR DOORSTEP TONIGHT.
57:35Hallelujah to Jesus. I said miracles.
57:40I said miracles.
57:43Come on and praise him for miracles.
57:47Hallelujah.
57:49Hallelujah.
57:53All he needs,
57:55all he needs tonight
57:58are people who will fill up their water
58:02pots to the brim
58:04with water and pour out wine. Fill it
58:09with water and pour out wine. Fill it
58:13with water and pour out wine. And if you
58:16believe in biblical typology,
58:18water represents the word and wine
58:22represents the Holy Spirit and joy. So
58:26you pour in the word and you get
58:28something greater
58:31in your life,
58:33financially,
58:35emotionally,
58:36spiritually, in your relationship.
58:39There's some people here who definitely
58:42need God to show up in the miraculous.
58:48Every now and then, we need that
58:50outlandish experience
58:52that will knock us to another level of
58:55faith. Every now and then, we need God
58:58to just blast us out of here so that the
59:01people around us will walk with our
59:02mouths open and want to know how did it
59:05happen. And all you can do is say,
59:07"Glory to God. Hallelujah. name, Jesus.
59:09Glory to God. Hallelujah. Thank Jesus.
59:11Glory to God. Hallelujah. Thank Jesus.
59:13Glory to God. Hallelujah. Tell somebody
59:15that's all I'm going to say is glory to
59:16God. Hallelujah.
59:21I want you to run around this altar
59:23right now. If you believe there's a
59:25miracle hovering, not because this is a
59:28hype or a cliche, but right out of the
59:30text, whatsoever he says to do, do it.
59:34And as you do it, things will start
59:36lining up. And what is it lining up to
59:39do? To demonstrate the power.
59:43Demonstrate the miraculous. You should
59:45be up front already. You should be
59:48moving quickly
59:50cuz there's a miracle
59:54coming your way.
59:58I feel this miracle.
1:00:00Don't be afraid to come close. And when
1:00:03you come, don't come bound and tight.
1:00:06Come with your hands straight up.
1:00:08Hallelujah to Jesus.
1:00:11Come with relieving hearts,
1:00:14trusting minds.
1:00:17Come ready to be to obey him. No matter
1:00:21what he asks for. Now, now listen. It's
1:00:24going to be ridiculous. Now, I'm I'm
1:00:26trying to help you. He's going to ask
1:00:28you to do crazy stuff.
1:00:30Stuff that might be out of your comfort
1:00:32zone.
1:00:34stuff that might make you feel a little
1:00:36silly,
1:00:37stuff that you can't explain to your
1:00:39friends who are skeptics.
1:00:41But if you dare obey,
1:00:44if you only believe,
1:00:47you will see the glory, the
1:00:49manifestation
1:00:51of your God and your king. And I just
1:00:54want you to raise your hand and at the
1:00:56count of three, I want you to worship
1:00:57the Lord. Whether you say, "Hallelujah.
1:01:00Thank you, Jesus." I don't want it to be
1:01:01low and calm and contained. I want it to
1:01:04be completely erratic. If you have to
1:01:08jump, jump. But I want you to begin to
1:01:10leap into what God is getting ready to
1:01:13do for you. You can't see it as a little
1:01:15small thing. You got to see it as an
1:01:18overwhelming. It's going to overwhelm
1:01:20you. It's going to pursue you and
1:01:22overtake you. Come on and praise him.
1:01:24Hallelujah.
1:01:43Heat.

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