Visual Memory by Tim Greene June 18, 2021 ยท Centerpointe Apostolic Church (Murfreesboro, TN) Kind: sermon Scripture: Mark 8:22-26, Matthew 11:20-24, Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Timothy 3:16, 2 Chronicles 7:14 Source: https://acts238.life/repository/sermons/tim-greene--visual-memory Published by Acts 2:38 Life from the sermon transcript on that page. Free to copy and share with attribution. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Lord, I want to direct your attention to the Gospel of Mark chapter 8, and begin reading from verse 22. Mark 8, verse 22. And Jesus cometh through Bethsaida, and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying, neither go into the town, nor tell it to anyone in the town. And preaching visual memory. God bless you, you may be seated. It's very important when we study the Word of God, when we read the Word of God, or when we prepare to teach or preach from the word, that we look at context. Very important to know the verses before and the verses after, and what is the context of what the scripture, or the verse, or the sentence that we are reading is. This is a powerful revelation in Mark chapter 8, in the text we read, but there is much need to understand the context from which this story happens. Jesus has just fed the 4,000, this particular time. And after he feeds all of these thousands, there are seven basketfuls left over, and Jesus gets with the disciples, and they enter into a boat to cross the Sea of Galilee, and he heads toward a region called Dalmanutha. It's unclear, even in history, where Dalmanutha is. We know it's some region close to the Sea of Galilee, but the reason why it's not known is this: because immediately when Jesus and the disciples get to down Monuta, the Pharisees, the Scribes, the religious people of the day, meet him, not with hunger, not with faith. He just fed four thousand, not with provision, but they meet him with questions to tempt him, to trick him, and to try to make his ministry of none effect. Jesus does not take a podium and have a huge fight with him. He doesn't go even to the Word of God to prove who he is. But if they do not want him, he'll leave. And so he gets right back in the boat, and travels back across the Sea of Galilee, and you'll never hear this portion of the region ever mentioned again. But now it is a time to teach. He has a captive audience. It's either stay in the boat and listen to Jesus teach, or jump out of the boat. He's got a captive audience, and so he begins to speak to them, and he tells them this: beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which they just came from, and beware of the leaven of Herod. And as he tells them this, their minds are so on the natural, and so on the carnal, they don't realize what spiritual emphasis that he's trying to bring to them. And so they begin to nudge one another and say, he's chiding us, because we just came from a miracle where there were thousands of people fed, and seven baskets of leftovers, and we don't have a single loaf of bread in the boat. Maybe poor stewards of the leftovers. And when Jesus realizes that their mind is only on the physical, he asks them this question: were you not there a little time before, when I fed the 5,000 with the lads lunch? And how many basketfuls left over that time? Well, that time, Lord, there were 12 baskets. That's right, disciples. And were you not just there before this second trip, and I fed 4,000 with just a few loaves and a few fishes? And how many basketfuls left? Oh, well, that time, Lord, there were seven baskets. That's right. So why come your experience hasn't proved to you that I don't need you to have a loaf of boat, a bluff of bread in the boat? I am your provider, I can take care of you. I'm supernatural, so don't look around at what the economy says, or the diagnosis says. Know that I am your God. And he has a sigh from deep within him, that you hear throughout the scripture. There's a theme that heaven hears, a desperation, and declares it to us. It's in the prophets, it's in the pentatonic, it's in, it's in the Psalms, it's in all the Gospels, at least one in the appeal, it's in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. And it's this exasperation of heaven: people have eyes to see, but they don't see. People have been given ears to hear, but they don't hear. They've been given a heart, and they should have understanding. Again, he's not talking about physical ears, eyes, and heart, but everybody has been given a spiritual ear and eye and heart, and we need to use the spiritual sensitivity that God has given us. And so he is beginning to rebuke, as it were, the disciples, that they didn't understand. His teaching was of deep spiritual things, and he's trying to let them know that they have eyes that they should see, ears that they should hear. And this is the foundation, or the context, by which they arrive now back again on the other shore of the Sea of Galilee, in a little region north and slightly east. Or slightly west, rather, of the extreme northern point of the shore of Galilee. And this is where they arrive at Bethsaida. Immediately when they get to Bethsaida, this is our text, the people of the town have great faith. I want you to understand and remember this: but sayed had great faith. They had seen Jesus do miracle after miracle. In fact, their faith was so strong that they went and found a man that was blind, and brought him to Jesus, convinced the man he needed to come to Jesus. And when they bring him to Jesus, they say, touch him, because if Jesus touches you, you will never be the same again. They had faith because of what they've seen, probably a myriad of times, many miracles. If Jesus touches you, you will never be the same again. Great faith, great faith in beth said. And so Jesus hears the request of the town people. He is moved on with compassion by this man who is blind. But when he begins this miracle journey of healing on this particular individual, he doesn't do as he did at other times, other places in the scripture. He touched blind people and healed them. Sometimes he spoke to them. But this seems to be unique, in that the man was taken by the hand, and Jesus leads him outside of the town. What is happening here, that Jesus is leading him outside of the town? Two things that we need to consider. First of all, as we read further, the journey for healing of this man was somewhat embarrassing. Jesus spits in his eye, so he leads him away from peer pressure and prying eyes of individuals who might just want to talk and speak about what gore happened, or what uncou thing. And to save the man some embarrassment, he takes him outside the town. But there's another reason that, if you look just a little bit, you can find in the book of Matthew chapter 11. Jesus, in verse 20, begins to upgrade the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Did you hear that? Most of his mighty works were done. And he's upbraiding them because they repented not. Verse 21, woe unto thee, Corazon. Woe unto thee, Bethsaida. There's our city, woe unto thee, Bethsaida. For if the mighty works which were done and you have been done entire and sought on, they'd repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. I say, and you should be more tolerant for Tyre and sight on the day of judgment, then for you. And thou, Capernaum, a third city, which are exalted into heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For if the mighty works which done in thee have been done in Sodom, it would have remained unto this day. These verses let us know that in these three cities, Corazon, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, most of the mighty works of Jesus were performed in these three cities. And these three cities are all port cities, in an eight mile radius on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Eight mile radius is where Jesus did most of his mighty works. So understanding how enormous this must have been, for John himself said, there's no way to write down everything that Jesus said or did. No book in the world could contain it all, the books could not contain it. So miracle after miracle after miracle has happened in Corazon, Capernaum, and Bethsaida. This is why they have tremendous faith, because they've seen Jesus touch people, and blind eyes open, deaf ears unstopped, crippled or walking, perhaps the dead resurrected. They've seen it over and over. But the woe that is mentioned to them in Matthew 11 is that it doesn't matter how many miracles they've seen, they've not repented. So the woe of God is pronounced upon these cities. This is habit of the kingdom of God, that the reason why individuals receive miracles, signs, and wonders, is so they shall believe, and in believing, would repent of their sin, would trust in God, and become, letting him be the Lord of their life. But after miracle after miracle, and provision, provision happens, and an individual won't change, God pulls back his supernatural blessing. You will not find another miracle happening in Bethsaida after this text. And even Jesus won't heal this man in the town. He takes him by the hand and leads him outside the town. We take for granted in our culture, and especially in the western part of our globe, that we are just inundated with the blessings of God, and miracles of God, and healings and signs and wonders. If God does a miracle for you, it's for you to believe and draw closer to him. He does it for you initially, so you believe him as a Savior, and he does it for you further, so you have trust in him as a healer, or a great physician. He does it further, so you'll trust him in every dimension of relationship that he can be to you. And if an individual gets miracle after miracle, and will not change, will not commit, there will come a time that God will pull his mercy and grace from a town, or from a city, or perhaps even from an individual. So this is why this man is taken away from prying eyes, and also outside the town, because there has to be a geography, a place where the miracles can still happen. And now Jesus performs a miracle for this man, but he does seemingly strange actions, spitting in this man's. Eye. I, I will tell you that I have prayed for a ton of people, and seen many, many, many, many healings. I have never intentionally spit in anybody's eye while I was praying for them to be healed. And you can believe that if you see me do it, I've heard from God, because that's not natural, that's, that's not truth. I thought I'd do a research in the Word of God and find, if I couldn't find some place where it said, well, the spindle of God is healing to mankind, you know, it's not there. I look Genesis, Revelation, it's not. I even search Song of Solomon, you know, there's crazy stuff in there, not there. In fact, everywhere that spittle is mentioned, it's shame, it's judgment, it's punishment. God declares that a nation that forgets their God, he will spew them out of his mouth. In the Old Testament law of the kinsman redeemer, when that individual refuses to step up and take his responsibility, he is spit upon by that widow. Shame on you for not taking your responsibility. That's what that spit will mean. Even in the New Testament, down the Via Dolorosa, when they are coughing up the most vile thing they can, and spitting it on the face of Jesus, it's because they're trying to bring shame, judgment, punishment. This is congruent with everywhere in the Word of God. So what is this spittle? It's a sign to this man, who is a citizen of Bethsaida, that you're going to get your miracle, but it's not just about your miracle. There has to be some kind of repentant spirit within you. There has to be some kind of commitment that is made. There has to be some kind of change in your life. So he positions the man in the journey of healing, by first bringing him to a place of shame, so repentance can be upon him. I've heard several years ago now about a man, I think he was ministering mostly in Canada, and as a preacher or a healer, and I'm saying that very loosely, he would wear his military outfit and combat boots to the platform. And when an individual needed a healing in particular, he ran across the platform and put his combat boot, with a kick behind it, into the chest of a lady who needed healing of cancer. Of course, she did not receive healing, and she sued him. Didn't hear much of him anymore. Sometimes when you see something so different and strange, the idea is, well, Jesus is just trying to be unique, he's just trying to do something special. But every time you see Jesus, or even the Old Testament miracles happen, and there's something seemingly out of the norm, that's revelation, and it should teach us, not just about our God, but also about the individual that is receiving a miracle. So God isn't into just showmanship. He is an end to embarrassing people. But if he's doing something like this, this man absolutely needs to sit back and realize, my life needs to change. And when God does a miracle for me, I better not be the same man spiritually that I was before I was healed physically. And so now, spit dripping down from this man's face, Jesus asked him, can you see? And the man responds with words that just don't make sense, as he says, I see. I see men, and they look like trees. No, they don't. And trees are walking. No, they don't look like men, and they don't look like trees, rather, and they're not walking. This man obviously has his optical system awakened, but he's not seeing right. He's seeing incorrectly. It's cray-cray. It's not what it should be. What is happening in this man's life? I read a story some time ago now, in fact, this was such an amazing story, Hollywood picked up on it and made a movie. I think Val Kilmer start, I'm not recommending the movie, I don't know enough about it, Val Kilmer, and it was called At First Sight. And it's a true story about Cheryl Jennings, who was living in Atlanta, Georgia. In fact, as a kid, he was raised with several siblings, and at three years of age, he had several diseases that attached himself to him. He had, I believe, meningitis, he had some other kind of disease, and the last one I remember was cat scratch fever. I thought that was some kind of a dance, evidently it was actually a fever of some sort. And so he was three years old with all three of these sicknesses, he ran high temperatures, and because the 105 degree temperatures, it melted the retina of his eyes. So Cheryl Jennings come through these sicknesses, but he was blind from the time that he was three years old, the rest of his life. He was very bold. This was back some time ago, he went to the regular school. In fact, he tried playing sports as much as he could, and they involved him. He had a high school sweetheart that he married. Now he's having children, he's growing older, his children are having children. And his wife hears about an experimental surgery, where they are transplanting retinas, and she's trying to talk him into seeing if this would be. He's lived all his life, he doesn't feel any need. And she said, don't you want to see me? Say, well, yeah, that'd be nice. Don't you want to see your children, would that be nice? How about seeing your grandbaby? Let's go find out. I always got to throw a grandbaby joke in there. They go to the doctor, and they find out he's an excellent candidate for this particular transplant. They do both of his eyes at once. You know, if you're blind, they're not worried about you going blind. They do both only once. And they have gauze over both his eyes, as there's healing, some scarring would take place. And finally they go to the doctor's office. He wants his wife Cheryl dust standing right beside him. He wants that to be the first thing that he sees, is his beloved that has been with him all these years. And the doctor says, keep your eyes closed, because even the light coming through your eyelids will be painful, as it wakes up all the optic system. And so eyes are tightly shutting, the doctors cleaning everything off, and now he's ready for him to open his eyes. But as the doctor leans forward, he wants to see everything, the power tie of the doctor fell in the face of Cheryl. So the first thing that he saw were brilliant yellows and oranges of the doctor's tie. But not wanting that to be his testimony, he looked to where his wife was standing. And when he saw her, there was a look in his face of, of, of just longing, and, and excitement. And when he looked at her, his face turned from excitement to confusion, then hurt, then fear, and strong anxiety. Not because she was so ugly, but because he had no clue who he was looking at. He had never seen his wife before. So when he saw her, he wasn't sure who it was. When she saw the look of fright on his face, she touched him, that touch that he knew so well. And she spoke to him, honey, it's me, that voice that he knew so well. And when he was moved into a new vision, he was comforted and assured, because of the touch and the voice. And so Cheryl Jennings goes, now his system is completely woken up. I believe it actually restored to 2020, if I'm not mistaken. And they walk down from the doctor's office, and they're standing about to cross a road, and Cheryl blinks from the bright lights of the sun, and looks up, and there's a massive metal hurtling down the sidewalk, going to take their lives. And he tries to get his wife out of the way, and he's stumbling, trying to figure out what's going on. And she says, honey, close your eyes. And when he closed his eyes, he realized that that truck's not on the sidewalk. It's not even on the lane beside the sidewalk. He's clear on the other side of the medium. In fact, this is what he struggled with the most, depth and dimensions. He has no, and this is the medical term, no visual memory. What happens with our sight is, we see things, and when we see something through our eyes, the optic system takes it to a filing cabinet in our brain. And when it gets to that following cabinet, ruffles through the files and says, boom, you're looking at a tree. And because we have seen that, our memory understands what it is. But if you have had a healing, a miracle, a transplant, and now you see, your memory files are empty. Your visual memory files are empty. And you see something that you've never seen before, and you don't know what it is. Such is with the ways of dimension. In fact, depths and dimension is what Cheryl struggled with. He would fall up the steps and down the steps, knowing they were there. He did that for six months. Now we understand depths and dimensions, and shades and steps, because when we look down, we see these lights that are first hitting this top level, and then there's a shadow right here. And this shadow is from the light hitting the top step down to the second step. And when we see that shadow or that shade, we instantly, because we've been doing it for years, we instantly know that's about a six and a half, seven foot step, and we just step down. He sees this shade and shadow, but he can't gauge the depth and dimension. Falling upstairs, falling downstairs. Shades and shadows is still the place God takes us, when he wants to deepen us and take us to greater dimensions. We say it all the time, we walk by faith and not by sight. But some of us get really messed up when God takes away our vision, and wants us to still walk by faith. He begins to put some things of vision in us, where we've never been. Some visual memories that we've never seen before, some deep things of the Holy Ghost, some ministry depths and dimensions where we've never walked, some healing, some gifts, some blessings, where we never walked. And then he demands that we do it through shadows, where our fear is erased and our faith is increased, is when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, fear and no evil. And until you walk in that place with shadows and depths, there's no dimension of your faith that is exercised. I know what I feel in the Holy Ghost, that this church is at a place, pivotal, a dimension, a threshold, and God is calling us to greater things in the kingdom, to more powerful dimensions in the spirit. And many of us are having to walk through shadows and shades. Because that's how God deepens us. Here's your word of wisdom: if you will hold on to the hand that you know so well, and know that touch of God. If you don't have a complete vision, get in his presence, and let his arms wrap around you. You'll know his touch. Listen to his voice. You'll know his voice, and it'll confirm the vision for which he is speaking to you. Cheryl Jennings made this statement, that the most amazing thing that he saw, most amazing thing that he saw, was trees. Is that weird? Most amazing things. He knew what a tree felt like. He had felt the bark of it upon his back, as he leaned against it, hoping for shade in a hot summer Atlanta day. He knew what the smell of the fragrance in the spring felt like, and maybe the step on a pine cone. He knew what a tree was like. But he said, when he put his hands on the bark of the base of that tree, and looked up to that green foliage against that beautiful blue firmament, he said, it looked like, he's struggling with dimension, it looked like the tree reached all the way to heaven. And then he testified that, as he was staring at this tree reaching all the way into heaven, a huge cumulus floated by, and was right in the vision of the tree and the sky. And he said his knees got weak, he got nauseated, because it looked to him like the tree was walking across the sky. Isn't that an interesting statement? Trees walking. I believe this can give us insight to what was happening with this man in Mark chapter 8. Because obviously he can see, I see men. I'm guessing they're trees. It looks like they're walking. But there seems to be a problem with visual memory. Things that he's seeing, he's not sure what he's seeing, because perhaps it's never, or been way too long, for him to have a memory of what he is seeing. This is why in the scripture the Bible speaks of recovery. The man recovered. This is absolutely in context. The revelation of our understanding today is that some individuals, when they are healed, when they are delivered, when they receive repentance, forgiveness, when they receive the washing, the baptism in Jesus day, when they receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, evidence of speaking in tongues, some individuals are completely changed in so much of their lives. Some individuals never do drugs again. Some never have a temptation for alcohol. Some turn their lives around, and no longer are they the immoral individual they were before. They become a new creature in Christ Jesus. Old things are passed away. However, sometimes it's like this. I've heard some individuals say that perhaps Jesus was tired that day, and gave him half a miracle. Of course not. Or maybe this individual's faith was so small, he could only receive a partial miracle. Maybe. I doubt it. But in context here, of speaking about eyes to see and ears to hear, and them not picking up on what's happening, the leaven of the Pharisees, Jesus is teaching Matthew, Mark, Luke, and the disciples, that they have to understand, some individuals go through different journeys than some do. Some you can touch, and they're healed. Some you speak to, and they're delivered. Some have one experience, and they're forever changed, legions are gone from them, and they're clothing in their right mind. Some have that experience, but God chooses to stretch some individual's vision, and they don't get that immediately. Some people come down the altar, repent of their sin, true repentance, get baptized in Jesus name, true remission of sins, receive the real Holy Ghost, and struggle with addictions for years. It's true, it's true. Are there any Bible study teachers in the house? We need to like quadruple that. Many of you, or teachers, and Bible study teaching is one of the most powerful ways to win, one of the most powerful way to win souls. And so you can be teaching like a 10 week Exploring God's Word, Search for Truth. You can be teaching someone, instructing them, and about four or five weeks into that lesson, all of a sudden they're like, oh, I get it. There's one God. And you'll be like, duh, that was the very first scripture I quoted to you. Deuteronomy 6 and 4. Hero is the Lord our God is one. I've been telling you about John 14. I've been showing you all. I've been, yeah, they've been hearing it, but not hearing it it, but not seeing it. My beautiful wife Lois was raised in the Presbyterian minister's home. And the first time she went to an apostolic Pentecostal type service, she kept waiting for the man behind the podium to acknowledge individuals, because everybody had their hand up. Oh, what would you like? What would you like? She was seeing demonstrative worship, and didn't know what it was. How many of you are first generation Pentecostal? I love that. Do you remember the first time you came into an apostolic Pentecostal service, and how you prayed, oh my God, get me out of here, these people are absolutely crazy? You are seeing and feeling dimensions of the presence of God and ministry, but yet you weren't seeing it. You weren't hearing it. You saw it and heard it, but you didn't realize what you were seeing. There was no visual memory. And until you experience it, and walk in it, and have that experience, there's no. Visual memory. So some people God takes on a journey, and they fight all kind of battles of condemnation, struggle with their faith, because here they are, absolutely a covenant child of God. And they need a journey of healings and miracles, and sometimes it takes time. I've always been, and I'm closing, I've always been amazed how that Jesus teaches in parables. In fact, one day while he was teaching a parable, the disciples got all excited about it. When they walked away, it was like, my God, Jesus was preaching today, shucking the corn. But we, we don't really know what he was talking about. And Jesus said, the reason why I teach in parables is because it is not given to the multitudes to understand the deep things and the secret things of the kingdom. How about this scripture: if our gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are lost. What do you know, in the New Testament there are seven outlying defined mysteries of the kingdom of God, mysteries. Surely God wants everybody to know the things about the kingdom of God. Why are there mysteries? It's because everything in the kingdom of God is relationship driven. Your salvation is all about your relationship with the Savior, not something you do or a rule you follow. It's about your relationship of repentance, and baptism in his name, and receiving his spirit. It's a relationship. Every healing you get, every financial blessing you give to, every ministry that you operate in, is about relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. That's the only way it operates properly, the only way you should receive it properly. It's relationship. And relationship, we know this, is that not everybody knows deep and secret things about you. My wife knows me better than any human being in this world. You know why? It's because she has proven her loyalty, her trust, and her love to me. And therefore I'm not afraid to show her things about my life, that I'd be uncomfortable with other people knowing. In fact, I do things for her, and bring blessings to her life, that I don't do for other people. I take care of her needs like I don't take care of other people. I've got lots of friends, lots of acquaintances, lots of family, lots of people, but there's something special about Lois, because she left father and mother enclave to me. And in good times, and in bad times, and in sickness and in health, she's proven to me who she is in relationship. This is what Jesus said to the disciples: it's not given to the masses to know the deep things, but you, who, when I called you, you left your neck, you left your career, you walked away from everything, and you said, it's you that I want my life to be. So I'm going to pursue you, and walk with you, and I'm going to find out here, that's the ones that receive the new, the deep things of the kingdom. Seven mysteries. As I'm closing, one of the mysteries is absolutely what I've touched on. First Timothy 3 16 says, and great is the mystery of godliness, that God was, without controversy, the Godhead is in Jesus. So this is something that is not just learnable. In fact, when Simon Peter receives this revelation, that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus said, flesh and blood did not reveal this to you. You want to know why everybody in the world doesn't realize that there's one God, that every Christian doesn't even know that there's one God? It's about relations. And if you position yourself in relationship, not to be a good part of the religion, or a good part of the organization, or a good part of a local assembly, a good part of this group, but if you position yourself personally, where you want to know him, and you'll look at that Word of God as your truth, as your only truth, then you look at that, and it begins to give you understanding, and revelation will come from God, because you position yourself. Here's where most individuals stop short. We don't want any spit in our eye, and we get comfortable living where we are. This is where churches miss the revival and the commitment that God has called them to, because we become satisfied with where we're at on our journey of salvation, and we get comfortable with the things that we still have in our life, things that need to be taken out and heads cut off, things that need to be removed from our wicked way, things that need to be separated from us. We get comfortable and just live with it, until when God begins to speak, I want you to come closer to me, I want you to draw deeper, and know the things of the kingdom. We kind of like where we've been, because we can still have some things in our life at that level of relationship with God. Mystery of the rapture, you want to know why no one can pen the day, it's a mystery. Mystery of the body of Christ, that's Christ in you, the hope of glory. Holy Ghost infinite is a mystery. It's not something that you can just study enough and find out. Mystery of the Antichrist, already at work in our world. These are mystery, seven mysteries in the New Testament. And God doesn't just give it to anybody, but he allows those that have proven himself in relationship, that he can trust them. That he knows you love them. Abraham, I'm done, has been a man of faith for so long, walking in faith, holds great promises of God. But God, who knows all thing, challenges Abraham: sacrifice at your old age your only son, Isaac. And when Abraham goes through the process, and God saves Isaac, the scripture says that God declared, now I know that I can trust you, that you believe in me. God knows all things, but the process of commitment, prayer, fasting, pursuing his face, removing the wicked ways. Second Chronicles 7 14. This, this is the call that positions you to a greater place of commitment, that brings anointing to focus, that brings giftings, callings, and to revival that he wants to bring in our life. Stand with me today. Amanda, where are you at, sis? I think you're in all black. I asked somebody your name earlier, when he was in the altar. Come on down, sis. Husband, you want to come also, just stand with. I know in the Holy Ghost this is a pivotal time in your life, and that's why there's been some shadow places that you've had to walk through, some things that just, you can't quite see the vision of what's going on. But this is also a place that God has positioned you, because your vision is being stretched. So you've got to grab onto his hand, sister Amanda, and you've got to tune your ear into his voice. And when you do that, the confusion will fall away, the direction will become clear, and all the shadow things that the turmoil has come against your home, and all the shadow things will become distant, because you'll trust the vision that he's calling you to, by his hand and by his voice. Time of destiny in your life, says, I feel it's your family, but I feel strongly upon you. There's a miracle for some people in the place. They came for miracles. Hey, baby doll, you got the polka dot. Yes, it's you. Just step forward a little bit, so I can speak to you. What's your first name? Mackenzie. It's all your worship today. And as your worship, and the Holy Ghost began to reveal some things to me, see some family situations, but also see the calling of God. I see the anointing of the Spirit, because God is declaring to you that it's time to move into your gift of intercession, to a greater degree than what you have. Because you can intercede for your generation like nobody else generation can, you for your generation, you for your. Journey. I've heard the prayer calling that's been from this pulpit, fasting calling that's been from this pulpit. It's, it's no accident, because God is preparing to move you into the next dimension. Some things in authority only happen by prayer and fasting. That's the Word of God. And absolutely, I know in the Spirit there has been some things that many of you have gone through, and are going through. These are shadow places, these are shades, makes it difficult for you to know when, where, how. It's, this is the place of preparation for a vision, where God has taken a, Center Point is a place that we, we've never seen it, we've not experienced it. It's a greater revival than what this powerful church has even ever experienced. It's putting you to a greater degree of witness in this region than what you've ever experienced. And you can't really see it clearly, because you've never seen it, you've never been there. The dimension of ministries of healings and miracles, signs and wonders, no doubt at all why the service has flowed like it has. And even in the midst of powerful love of God, drawn us closer to him in personal relationship, and personal ministry, and personal calling, for revelations to be revealed in our life. Even then things happen of confusion, darkness, depth, shades. But this is the answer to the story in Mark 8. The man said, I see men like trees walking. And Jesus caused him to look up, because you got to get your eyes on spiritual things, not on all this shadow, not at all this shade, not on all this. You got to get your eyes on spiritual things, and you've got to be touched all over again by the Master. This time touch, not just so that you can see, but touched for your vision. There's a recovery, a restoring of memory files that you've not had, that even though you've never seen some of these things where God has taken us, you're going to get the vision, you're going to see it, if you'll look up. Get your eyes off carnal things. See what God's given you an eye to see, and hear what God's given you a heart. Get your eyes on spiritual things, not so much on everything that's happening around us, but look up. Maybe turn off some social media, turn off a little bit of entertainment, turn off some me, turn some things off, so that your eyes can get up. This is what I see, that as this church becomes more visual, moving into the calling where God has spoken to it, that city officials, judges. Medical departments will start sending and speaking about coming to this church, so the healings and deliverance that they struggle with, can happen here. Counselors sending people, because I can counsel, but the Holy Ghost can. I can give medicine, the doctor is saying, but God can heal. Backsliders are coming home, church, the nominal people are coming to receive an understanding of revelation. I've got a little bit of spittle for you today, but I think your faith is going to outweigh that. If you're hungry for a visual memory, for a greater vision than where you're living and walking now, I want you to come down to the front as they are coming. If you need to, you're a child of God, and you need a deliverance from addictions, or angers, or pornography, or prescription misuse, or you need a deli, you're a child of God, but you need to come with them that are coming. If you're here and you confess that you're a Christian, but you know there's more for you, come with him that are coming. God's going to pour out his spirit upon you. Listen to me, before you give yourself, just keep coming to the altar. Keep that atmosphere, and listen to me. Come in a little closer. They're still in the aisles, they're coming from all over the auditorium. God has already put us on our knees in repentance. We need to realize that we're not doing good by staying where we're at, that God is pouring out miracle signs and wonders upon us. We're moving in that dimension greater. And we have repented and said, it's not good for us to receive all this harvest enough. The repentance he started, he will continue in us. But I want us to look up. Forget about all the things that this world is dealing with right now, all the economy, all the vaccination stuff, all the political turmoil. Forget about everything around you, even the things that have been brought to your home. I want you to look up. I want you to see what God is doing in these last days of revival. I want you to realize that he's pouring out his spirit upon all flesh, that he's given miracles, signs and wonders, and the prophetic to the youth group. Sons and daughters shall prophesy, that all people will dream again, and young men will have vision. Lift up your eyes. And if you will lift up your eyes to what's happening spiritually, then God is going to touch you again in this place, and give you a recovery for your visual memory, like you've never had before.