Everything But The Cross | KidzQuest Pastor Nolan Carpenter

you can be returning back to your seat tonight so good to see everyone in the house of the Lord this evening and the Holy Ghost has already done great things and I believe the word is going to add to what God is doing tonight 1 Corinthians 2 and verse number one you'll be turning there with me um we have a a couple of awesome things coming up many many um uh events coming up and things to be aware of this Wednesday night uh a group from Indiana Bible College will be here group called Chosen and uh we're going to have a wonderful time and worship Wednesday night uh we'll all be in the sanctuary and and can't wait to see what God uh does there it's so good to have uh brother and sister Ambrose with us tonight they blessed our several campus at 2:00 could we get our give our friends a big round of applause tonight good to see you brother Keith I feel this in the Holy Ghost right now people like you because you have a good wife you know they put up they put up with you because you have a good wife I just felt that in the Lord right now and it's good to see brother Perry shell in the house of the Lord It's good to see my friend tonight thank you so much for coming uh this evening uh the Bible says in Luke 6: 26 it says woe unto you when all men speak well of you I had somebody a couple days ago is such a sweet person trying to make me feel good they they told me Pastor they said I have never heard one thing bad about you I said well I can tell you a few things but that's that's seriously I've never heard one person just speak ill of you and that scripture came to mind it said woe unto you when all men men speak good of you and then Likens it to to false prophets and and so well good not but tonight I've come to stir the devil up a little bit I come to make somebody mad at me all right that's that's I don't know if that's Pride or that was from the Lord but I've come to stir I've come to stir him up and what better way to stir him up than to preach on the Antichrist hope yeah let's see what we can get into tonight 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse number one it says and I Brethren when I came unto you came not with Excellency of speech of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God for I determin not to know anything among you Sav Jesus Christ and him crucified and when I was with you in weaknesses and in fear and in much trembling and my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man man's Wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in power of God I won't refer back to this scripture tonight but Paul says I've not come to you with enticing words or an excellent speech because enticing words and an excellent speech won't change anybody's life but the power of the Holy Ghost in demonstration will change someone's life I believe if we can preach the cross tonight and we can preach Jesus crucified and him buried and him rose again I believe there's going to be a demonstration of the power of the Cross tonight and in that I've come to stir Satan up a little bit I've come to stir him up and I want to preach just a few moments on everything but the cross everything but the cross you give me a few moments to really explain the the the the fullness of this title you put your hands your hands in the air put your Bibles down with me you lift your hands lift your voice with me let's ask God to be in this place one more time God we thank you for your word God I thank you for your power that has already been demonstrated in this place I thank you for your spirit oh God that has refilled those souls in the altar just a few minutes ago God I thank you God for the good reports that we are hearing God of people being baptized and people receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost tonight oh god I've come to warn the Saints of the spirit of the Antichrist in this last day Lord I pray you'd Ser someone up through the power of the Holy Ghost God I feel you right now Lord I pray God you'd anoint my lips God your word is already anointed and we give you all the praise all the glory and all the honor in the name of Jesus we pray can we clap our hands all across this house tonight in Jesus name in jesus' name you may be seated the power of the Cross is what brings power to our church not fancy words Paul says not man's wisdoms or Excellency of speech but the only thing that brings change is the cross and before we get too far into this tonight I I want to apologize for for two things I I I took a battle I fought a battle this week with the sun and it seems to look like I lost that battle with quite a sunburn and also with that don't know being outside my allergy I don't know why when I when I get stuffed up like this I can't sound like JH osbor like I sound like Bozo the Clown or something you know I I can't you know sound like osbor but it's just a nasly sermon you're about to hear for the next few minutes but there is an all out war against the power of the church we know this poy is a tool that Satan has and will use against the church in the end times two things that Satan hates about the church is the power of the church and the plan for the church two things we see throughout scripture say to always fights the Power and he always fights the plan for the church first John 2:18 says little children it is the last time as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even now there are many Antichrist some are so focused on the Antichrist the the the person of the Antichrist but this scripture tells us that there are many anti-christ but since the resurrection of Jesus Christ and since the birth of the church there has always been an antichrist Spirit verse uh verse number 19 they went out from us but they were not of us and sorry to tell us tonight that the Antichrist here is a group of people uh for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out how how about that for a encouraging letter there's some people you used to go to church with and they are the Antichrist that's pretty strong preaching there that they might that is the word Pastor they might be made manifest that they were not all of us but ye have an unction from the Holy One and you know all things I have not written unto you because you know the truth not the truth but because you know it and that no lie is of the truth who is a liar but that denieth Jesus is the Christ he is the Antichrist but that denieth the father and the son so tonight I I'm not going to get caught up with looking for who's the Antichrist but I'm far more worried tonight about what is the Antichrist the Antichrist in this scripture is a lie in anything that comes against the word of God and who we know God to be it is the spirit of of the Antichrist why is the Antichrist fighting against the church because we know the power of God's word we have a plan that one day we're not going to be here we're not going to be here much longer and the Antichrist is trying its best the Antichrist Spirit to fight the power that the church possesses so I'm not looking for who it is I'm really looking for what it is the first Antichrist Spirit we see is found in the very very beginning of scripture we see it in the Old Testament in the Garden of Eden the Garden was a perfect place it was a secure place and it was a blessed place but in all of that we see the serpent come and speak to Eve and I've come to tell us the church tonight that an antichrist Spirit comes when you are in a perfect place when you are in a blessed place and when you you are in a secure place because security and blessings are a breeding ground for Satan to do some work it was a blessing in the time in a a a season of blessing or a place of blessing that Satan began to speak and to operate and we see this as true throughout scripture we see that joob was in a time of blessing and that time of blessing was when Satan was uh allowed to unleash a a plan for job's life and in that Temptation during uh after a blessing he was tempted to curse God and die in the midst of blessings and security David became prideful and he was tempted to see how many people he had in his army to number the people in 1 chonicles 21 and one tells us and Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel and even Jesus was not exempt from this uh after a time of blessing uh Matthew 3:17 says and low a voice from Heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased and all the power of this blessing to be I'm sure the Flesh of Jesus felt pretty good to have a voice from Heaven to Proclaim to everyone around you who who this this person really was this was deity this was God in flesh oh the the blessing of this but then the next verse after this voice from Heaven says then Jesus led up of the spirit Into the Wilderness to be tempted of the devil so after a season of blessing the Antichrist Spirit began to tempt Jesus Christ Paul was having visions and Revelations from God he he was having man it just when Paul would begin to pray it was just unbelievable the things that God would give him he was having so much of God the Bible says he was caught up in this third heaven he was being humble he said I if I was in I can't tell you if I was in the flesh I can't tell you where out of the body in I don't know I just could tell you that I was caught up into heaven you know I I I was just I was just there what what a time of blessing but Paul was given a thorn In the Flesh the messenger of Satan to Buffet me lest I should be exalted above measure and I want to tell this church tonight yes we are blessed look around us we want to have the latest and the greatest you can experience some services around here and yes we are having Revival yes we are being uh having Souls being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost we're seeing people baptized tonight but we would be absolute fools tonight to think that we are exempt from the spirit of the Antichrist if the Antichrist would attack Jesus and the Antichrist Spirit would attack Paul then surely a church that's in a season of blessing the Antichrist spirit will weave its way why because the church has the power and the church has the plan and I've come to tell somebody if we can endure the spirit of the anti Christ will be endued with power from on high but if we can get through this the testing of the Antichrist we can be like Jesus after the tempting it says in Luke chapter 4 and verse number 14 and Jesus returned in the power of the spirit it brings me great courage tonight to tell us if we can endure it if we can get through it if we can get through through the lying and if we can get through the boldness of the Antichrist Spirit we can have the Holy Spirit work in our church like never before but we have to get through the spirit of the Antichrist what's the spirit of the Antichrist the spirit of the Antichrist according to scripture is people that have been obsessed with a lie according to scripture and the Antichrist Spirit In The Garden it was subtle it was subtle it was it was crafty it it was it was it was more subtle than any beast of the field and Satan slid up to even the garden and said did God say you can't eat of every tree in the garden he's crafty he don't have power all he's got is enticing words he don't have any power to change your life but he sure can put a good paragraph together and get you convinced that God's word is not true but the devil is a liar I've come to stir the devil up tonight it's an antichrist spirit that would get you to stop coming to church it's an antichrist Spirit to get you get your nose out of the Bible and to say where is God the promises of God are yes in amen anything that comes against this book I don't care how popular it gets in culture God has never won a popularity contest God's not in the majority if he'll take eight people in in in all the world and destroy the rest of the people God doesn't care care about popularity he doesn't care about numbers but he cares about truth he cares about the truth of God's word and tonight I I verse if you'll give me verse number give me verse number one the end of the verse there I'm not concerned with the chip I'm not concerned with the mark of the beast I think you know all of Blunt County you know everybody thinks we're all we're all going to heaven everybody's saved in Blunt County they threw a sign up at the Walmarts and they said you know buy one chip get two free for your kids I don't think anybody would stop I don't think I I really don't think that we're all so spooky about the chip you know buying things with your forehead I I would love to know how that works do you come to a register and just know I it's craziness that's God that's that's crazy yeah I'm not concerned with the chip all right I'm not I don't think anybody would take the chip all right I don't think anybody but there is one mark in the Bible that concerns me and this is what Satan with his crafty words and brother Tony preached this message so beautifully and this is where I draw this idea from verse number one you put that on the screen the end of the verse this is the mark that I'm more concerned about verse number ver uh verse number one chapter 3 verse number one the Book of Genesis you give that for me says he was more subtle than any any beast of the field which the Lord God had made he said the woman hath God said that ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden of e and God in his master plan spoke the truth to Adam and Eve and Satan the spirit of the Antichrist will try to get the church to focus on what they can't do rather than what they can do did God say you can't eat of every tree of the garden did your pastor tell you that you can't go there but Eve if you'll just stand upon the authority of the word of God this is the freedom in the church that we have God did not say you can't eat of every tree just not that tree just not that true you see how Satan tries to over exaggerate what the people of God can't do but there's protection in what God has allowed us to do and put that verse back on the screen for me I'm not concerned about the chip that's going to go in the forehead I'm not concerned about that sign the the the the the the mark of the beast this is truly the mark of the beast that I'm more concerned about and that's that little question mark at the end of the sentence if Satan could sneak in our minds and begin to have us question the word of God question the preaching if we could just question what the man of God says and what the word of God says oh Satan the spirit of the Antichrist is still at work it if it can infiltrate the minds of the young people to question God's word then it can change someone's life but I've come today to tell us there's power in the truth I've come today to tell us there's power in the plan of God friend friends that get you to question God's word groups that get you to question the word of God cultural norms that get us to question righteousness in God's word those are simply anti-christ if it's a lie in the New Testament that they are concerned with the spirit of the Antichrist will lie against the word of God and there is an antichrist Spirit that's operating and presently working this Spirit works in the name of Tolerance and equality tolerance and equality everybody's good everybody's everybody's all right if we can just coexist and it's so funny to me that the crosses at the end of this word everything's okay but if you begin to preach the cross and begin to preach the truth then that's offensive that's a fens we can accept everybody we can we need to accept all walks of life but if you stand for anything that's offensive and that's a spirit of the Antichrist I've come to tell us I don't care how crazy the world gets the Bible is still true and let every man be a liar I've come to tell us God's word tells us there's two genders and I don't care how to coexist the only way will coexist is around the cross come on i' I've come to stir up the Antichrist tonight I don't care how many lies he tells I don't care how many times they tell us that you can change your gender because you are made in the image of the almighty God and when you begin to change who you are you begin to change God's plan for your life amen amen the spirit of the Antichrist coexist don't that sound wonderful coexists until anybody's decides to stand up for something and then we have an all out War this Spirit of the Antichrist has weaved its way into religious leaders and minds of the religious folks and they've come together and this is really my title that I need to explain 19 minutes and 37 seconds into this nasly sermon that you're hearing everything but the cross there is a piece of property that's currently operating with three buildings on it in the United Arab imigrants you can look it up if you would like don't look it up now just trust what I'm saying if you don't care but this piece of property and these three houses of worship go under the name of the abrahamic family house this family house tries to come together worshiping under the name of the family of Abraham this piece of property contains the mosque it contains a a church that was ordained by the pope and a synagogue and the idea behind this abrahamic family house is to send a fresh message of Tolerance and coexistence few things I'll quote here that they tried to accomplish to promote cooperation and understanding between uh different people of different faiths that sounds great to nurture peaceful Co existence and acceptance to serve as a center for Interfaith dialogue and exchange while this idea may sound good this Antichrist spirit is moving us to the acceptance of a one world religion now I hate to I hate tonight to call certain names out to be offensive to those but I've got a call out a lie of the Antichrist the pope ordained this Catholic Church to operate but this same Pope has also said that atheists have a way to heaven and the scripture says the fool has said in his heart there is no God and I don't think Heaven is going to be filled with foolishness Heaven is a place of perfect wisdom and if an atheist will make it to Heaven I I I I've come to tell you that's a lie from the Antichrist but all you got to do is put your faith in Jesus Christ all you got to do is respond to the word of God I don't care what lie of the Antichrist says you have to believe in God to go to heaven and you got to do a little bit more things to go to heaven but it first starts with a believe in the almighty God this same Pope I've come to stir up the Antichrist Spirit tonight this same Pope has said that there are many different ways to heaven but Jesus Christ the great founder of this church said I am the way the truth and the light no man comes to the father except by me that's not a the words of a religious man that's the words of the almighty God that's the words of God made flesh and if he says it I'm going to believe it one way one truth and one light you know I think it'd be a good idea to go back to what the first pope said what the first pope is Peter this is what pope Peter said you got to repent and be baptized every one of you in the name I like what this Pope saying in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost Peter recognized Pope Peter recognized there's one way to the father and you've got to repent of your sins and be filled with the GI to the Holy Ghost to be baptized in Jesus name at this house you may be seated they all worship God I saw a video I don't want to pick on the pope too much let's go to LS farakhan he was talking to this Christian he said he said you worship God Lewis farakhan if I'm pronouncing that right said brother I worship God too well they all worship God at the abrahamic family house if you're Islamic you worship God if you're a Christian you worship God if you're an you go over to the mosque you worship God as well and if we've ever seen in the end times I've seen it right now if there's ever been an importance on the name that time is right now you you could be a you can be a Muslim and serve God you could you can be a Jew and serve God but I've come to tell you I worship Jesus Christ God made manifest and he has a name that is above every name the title God doesn't make the demons bow the title God doesn't make the demons bow but the name of Jesus everything under the Earth and in the earth and above the Earth has to bow to that name it's the name it's the name that that that's why I I don't get caught up when with politicians say I I've put my faith in God who you talking about about will you be more specific there was a rapper that come to to the truth and he be to say I've been in light and I serve God who you talking about because when we use just the office of the title of God or the name of God you please everybody you please the Muslims when you say I worship God you know what Allah means it means God but I've come to tell you tonight there is one way and there is one truth and there is one life and his name is Jesus Christ if you want to go to heaven the spirit of the Antichrist will tell you there's any way but I've come to tell you what the truth of the God's word says tonight you must go through Jesus Christ you must be baptized in the name of Jesus you must go down to the watery grave in that name and if we're not careful if we're not careful we'll allow Co existence will allow tolerance to get inside the church and I I I'm not so convinced tonight that some of us don't have a battle inside of us there's there God help me tonight there's there's we find it easy to accept that we have to be born of the water and the spirit we find it easy that we we believe there's one God and we know his name to be Jesus but I believe the battle and some of us tonight is to realize that the Bible is true and everything else is wrong that's the battle and if we're not careful we'll allow tolerance and coexistence to come inside the church the Bible still says You must be born of the water and the spirit that's what the word says that's not my idea that's the word's idea God help me tonight cuz there's a spirit of the Antichrist that has come into the religious church and says you can do anything you want but as long as you love God I'm sorry to tell you that's the furthest thing from the truth the Bible says You must be born of the water and the spirit can we worship that name right now can we worship that name that's above every name and don't just use the the office of God use the name right now that name that you're baptized in the name that you can take authority in if you'll take authority in that name the Bible says everything under the Earth and in the earth and above the Earth has to bow to what the name of Jesus Christ that name that you were baptized in that name that under heaven and nothing you shall you you won't be saved without the name neither is there salvation in any other but at the name at the name of Jesus that name but here's the catch about the abrahamic family house is is the main religion in the United Arab Emirates and since that's the main religion that that country has some some rules here's the rule since Islam is the main religion the cross is a ban image in the United Arab Emirates so much for coexistence so much for worship God however you please you can do anything you want as long as that cross is not involved you can live however you want worship God freely and however you choose to worship but don't have the cross have come to tell us tonight if we lose the image of the Cross we lose the power that the church has if we lose that Jesus Christ was buried and he rose again then we lose the power that the church possesses while there is a small exception I'll be fair to the good family in the Abraham family house there's a small exception they've allowed a couple of small crosses to be displayed on the piece of property they allowed small crosses but they cannot be a focal point a main large focal point in that church on the Abraham family house so everything is allowed but the cross everything's accepted but the cross every way of worship is tolerated and accepted but the CR cross it's just amazing to me that the world decides to tolerate a little bit of it but not the fullness of it if we're not careful this will sneak into the religious as well that we'll accept a little bit of Jesus but we have a little bit of the world as well a scripture comes to mind that you have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof I've come to tell you that if it's in this word of God it's true if it's in this word of God I want to live by it I don't care what culture says I don't care how unpopular it may seem if the word of God is not true then what in the world are we doing here every way of worship is tolerated if that's not Antichrist you'll know what is any way you want to live but the cross it's it's offenses whoever you want to love is absolutely okay but let someone be a lover of the cross of Jesus Christ that's a hate crime that's offensive that is Spirit that's not only in the United Arab Emirates that's a spirit that's here in the US let an athlete kneel nearing the national anthem and they're considered a hero with great courage let an athlete on that same field kneel and pray it's considered offensive everything's all right but that right there if you want to kneel and and just protest the anthem that's fine that's great courage but you want to protest sin by kneeling on your knee knees and praying that's offensive that's offensive let's take the most another Spirit of the Antichrist is a group of in culture that's taken the most holy words in Scripture that were spoken by Jesus Christ and those Most Holy words are this is my body and those words are twisted and you used for the most vile and destructive actions by taking the life of an unborn baby and twisting the most holy words of Jesus Christ this is my body and twisting those words into my body my choice I've come to sound the alarm tonight that is Antichrist that is an antichrist spirit that is an antichrist spirit because God says when you are in the womb I knew thee and when you were there I had a plan for you I ordained you to be a prophet it's Antichrist it's Antichrist I know I know I'm trying to I'm trying to get past the the all people speaking good of you I know there's a little bit of why why does that have to be mentioned you you get a I've done it good okay good that's what I wanted to do that's what I want to do that there's a there's a little bit of and this is the the coexistence that's kind of slid in the church there's a little bit of nervousness like why does those things have to be mentioned behind a pull pit well Einstein where else they going to be mentioned do you think the news is going to say breaking news we have discovered abortion is wrong false that ain't going to happen God forbid the pull pit stand up and speak to culture that abortion is wrong or do you want this Pulpit to be dumbed down because if the pull Pit's dumbed down the power is dumbed down my body my choice no it's not God gave you that body it's his body if you whatever you want to do do with me Lord this is come on there's a spirit of the Antichrist that's risen up in culture I've come to tell you it's going to come from this pull pit that marriage between a man and a man is wrong WR it's an antichrist Spirit the the marriage between a man and a woman is God ordained the bottom line the bottom line is Satan hates any plan that God has if it's the plan of an unborn baby Satan hates it if it's a the plan of a young person in the church Satan hates it if it's the marriage between a man and a woman in a church Satan hates it and he'll do anything he can he'll lie about it he'll fight against it but I've come to tell you this pull pit is going to preach the word of God nothing less and nothing more we're not going to adulterate the word of God to try to blend in the culture we're not going to dumb down Holiness in scripture they're trying to fit in with the religious folks in blun County no no no the Bible says without Holiness no man shall see the Lord that doesn't sound like an option that doesn't sound like personal preference that sounds like scripture you may be seated if they can't ban the image of the Cross they'll attempt to change the image of the Cross we see this more prevalent in the church here's what the cross is not the cross is not an acceptance for sin amen the cross is not an acceptance for you come in here and you visit the cross and you leave chain you leave how how you came in that's not what the cross is the cross is not a pth to keep living in sin after visiting the cross the cross is not to visit the love of God in a service and to walk out the door not changed that's what the cross is not the cross stands for a lifestyle change Jesus would tell somebody he would tell the Rich Young Ruler he would say one thing thou lackest go sell everything you got give to the poor and follow me take up the cross and follow me he says to another group of people and he said to them if any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me but people attempt to serve a cross Christ they've changed the image of the cross I want to tell somebody tonight the cross how how much is it going to cost me everything it's going to cost you your friends the Bible even said it might cost you your family so the Bible says when you get a hold of the cross the cross begins to change you if you'll come to the cross and it'll change your lifestyle and you'll come to the cross it Chang your habits and who you hang out with and where you're at and who who where where you go when the cross changes you there's power there's power the Old Testament if if they can't change the ban the cross they'll change the image of the cross in the Old Testament it gives us God gives us the the greatest Sunday school object object lesson and this object lesson gives us the most powerful but simple revelation of what the fullness of the Cross is again I I I really believe an antichrist Spirit can't really ban the image of the cross with the religious but it definitely can change the IM image of the cross with the religious and this object Less in the Old Testament he gives us what the the fullness of the Cross really is God gave Moses and his people what's called the the Tabernacle plan and on the outer courts we see that there are four poles holding up the gates the entrance into the courts of the Tabernacle and in this type in this object lesson that God and I'm a sucker for a good object lesson with kids you got to have something fun and so I figured I'd try to use the screen for people who need something fun this these four poles holding up the entrance to the Tabernacle represents the four gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John the gospels do not tell us how to be saved but these gospels tell us and give us an explanation of why you can be saved not how but why you can be saved just like entering into the Tabernacle through these four pillars that hold up the gates to the Tabernacle you haven't pleased God yet by just entering into to the four pillars what I'm trying to tell somebody tonight if we if we'll we'll change the image of the Cross there is a strong belief with the religious that all you got to do is believe all you got to do is just enter in all you got to believe is Matthew Mark Luke and John and you are perfectly fine we tell that to the priest that would just enter into the four pillars holding up the entrance to the Tabernacle that don't cut it the gate and the walls of the Court were so high no one could see over it and there's no way to enter into it except through the gate you can't see the importance of what's going on inside the Tabernacle from the outside but once you get through Matthew Mark Luke and John you start to see some importance of what God is trying to tell you to do you can't see baptism on the outside of the Tabernacle but once you enter in Matthew Mark Luke and John you see the importance of being baptized in Jesus name oh Lord help me just like being on the outside of the Tabernacle doesn't do it but entering through the four poles is how you get there Matthew Mark Luke and John this brings us to the first piece we have the Brazen altar Hebrews 9:22 says and almost all things are by the law purged with blood and what without the shedding of blood there is no no remission I've come to tell us the first step to the cross the fullness of the Cross the full image of obeying the cross of Jesus Christ involves the shedding of blood you come to the Altar and you tie your flesh to it through repentance that's the first step but I've come to tell you don't stop at the altar and there are many people that come to the Altar and they think that's as far as God wants them to be and I've come to tell you that's not all God wants you to do there's so many things Beyond The Altar that God wants you to have including getting into his presence but you don't get into his presence by just stopping at the altar you've done good you've come through Matthew Mark Luke and John and you've entered into the altar of repentance you're doing good you can't go anywhere except you go through the altar the priest could never enter into the holies of holies without first coming by The Altar and we be fools tonight we think we can please God without first coming by the altar we would be fools tonight to come to church and think we can please God without stopping and repenting of your your sins at an altar this is a type of death we see that this is being sorry for things we've done and we've determined in our hearts to never do them again just at the altar is not good enough next we enter in and we stop at the labor this piece of furniture was vital and it symbolizes the washing of our sins through baptism you can't move any closer to the presence of God until you stop by the labor and wash a little bit oh God help me this just I'm I'm having fun dad you were having fun this morning I'm having fun there's a spirit of funest right here if you don't have fun in your life come up here and join me this is awesome okay though our sins may be forgiven at the altar of repentance they're still not washed away or remitted until we stopped by the labor and were baptized in Jesus name the priest the priest had to stop by the labor in wash when God was giving these instructions to Moses on how to build a tabernacle and its furniture he named every piece he named The Altar he named the table of showbread he named the altar of incense he named uh the golden Candlestick he named the Ark of the Covenant but he saved this piece of furniture for the very last and that was the Brazen labor the last words of Jesus to his disciples was about baptism just like God's last piece of furniture to Moses was about washing through baptism Jesus said go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to Every Creature those were the last words of Jesus to his disciples about baptism God said the Moses the priest that doesn't go by the labor and wash will die and Jesus said he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved he that believeth not shall be damned it goes hand in hand now I think it it's a little better than that that's not good enough where did they get the water in the Old Testament to wash from they got it from the rock that Moses spoke to and Moses smoked one time and we know that's why he didn't enter in to the promised land they had to get that water from somewhere and old brother Paul connects the dots and I love this point in 1 Corinthians 10 and4 it says and did all drink he's talking about Moses and while he led the children of Israel through the Wilderness to the promised land and did all drink that same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them and that rock was Christ I've never seen this in my whole entire life I believe this is the fullness of the Cross they had a rock that begin to follow them and Paul says that rock was Christ and I can't help but think Jesus was winking God was winking throughout eternity saying those priests are washing their hands and they're washing their hands in the name of Jesus I know you can't understand it in this object lesson but there is baptism for every single one of us and it has to be through the Rock and The Rock's name is Christ and that name is Jesus the only way to wash away all your sins is through the name of Jesus Christ that rock not a Rock that Rock very specific that rock that followed them and that rock was Christ they're washing their hands in Jesus name so we see the fullness of this was when they were baptized in Jesus Jesus name through this object lesson you can't understand it in the book of Acts join Kids Quest and we'll show you the object lesson of how to be born in Jesus name and then the next piece of the Tabernacle was a table of showbread this was continually to be made fresh there wasn't supposed to be stale bread Jesus was he said that he is the bread of life Jesus is the Fulfillment of the table of shoe bread this represents preaching of God's word this represents the words of Jesus Christ and the life of Jesus Christ don't be satisfied with stale bread in your own life if they're not supposed to have stale bread on the table of showbread we shouldn't have St stale bread in our walk with God either we should continually be reading the word of God I know you've read it over and over and over again but this word is alive if you'll read it and be hungry for it God will give you fresh Revelation that you've never seen before fresh re ation for a season that you're going through it's found in the word of God then we're supposed to go to the golden Candlestick this is a Divine Light of Revelation this light was to burn continually and you you can't see anything without this light of the golden Candlestick this was the only source of light in the Tabernacle it was the the priest's job to get oil for the light and they had to have continual work to have this light to be burning and then it really makes sense on why people lose some revelations in the scripture that they've had all their life what happened they've lost the light they've stopped praying they've stopped beating the oil they've stopped beating them olives for the oil how how do how do you lose the revelation of who Jesus is the light goes off how how do you lose the revelation of you have to have Holiness it's simple the light goes off I've come to tell you if you'll pray and you'll beat those olives which represents our world worship and our consecration to God I promise you that God will turn on that Revelation again you'll see the importance of praise and worship you'll see the importance of preaching of God's word at the table of showbread a light then we come to the altar of incense come to that altar of incense which represents our praise our worship and prayers to God the Bible says that there is a a sweet fragrance that fills the nostrils of God to the altar of incense preaching about the fullness of the Cross people stop at the altar but that's not the fullness of the Cross people come to church and they're they're baptized in Jesus name then you never see them again what happened they didn't sto by the altar they truly weren't repent of of their sins or maybe we see people come feel sorry at the altar and they begin to weep under God convicting them and drawing them to an altar and they're doing good but they never go down to the labor and get washed in jesus' name it's the fullness of the Cross and we come to this altar of incense and there's three fires in the in the Tabernacle and we see the fire of Destruction at the the altar we see we see the the the the fire of instruction at at at the golden candlesticks then at this altar we feel we see the fire of construction we see three different types of fire that's in the Tabernacle and at this altar of incense when they offered it to God in the correct manner the Bible says that the fire of Heaven would fall and consume the altar I just can't help but think this is the last piece before you get into the Ark of the Covenant where the holies of holies is and you could feel it right now the holy the Holy Ghost is in this house right now what is this power I feel it's the power of the preaching of the Cross so what happens is when they would cons when they would offer that sweet incense to God and it would fill the nostrils of God the Bible says a fire would come and consume this Altar and now they knew they had approval to enter into God's presence in the New Testament it says they were praying in an upper room and clothing tongues like a fire sat upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak in Tong as the spirit gave them utterance they were all filled with the Holy Ghost what happened the fire consumed that altar then sense when they begin to offer up praise and began to offer up worship to God God's fire consumed it and they were in the presence of God and it begs the question and the answer tonight why don't I feel God anymore when's the last time you just worshiped when's the last time it wasn't about your problems but it was just about God look can I offer you God if I could give you that sweet fragrance if I could give you that sweet presence if I could just lift you up God you'll draw all men unto you and then we enter in to that last piece we enter in into the Ark of the Covenant we enter into the holies of holies where the spirit of God dwelt and in this we see this is the fullness of the cross we see through the altar the laor the table of showbread the golden Candlestick and we see the altar of incense we see this is the shape of a cross so I want to tell you tonight if you've not asked God to forget forgive you of all your sins you stop by the altar don't just stop at the altar if you're a guest here tonight you're you're thinking man what in the world you yelling about trying to tell you tonight the fullness of the Cross involves being baptized in Jesus name stopping at the labor and the Bible says that you shall be filled with power from on high and that's the gift of the Holy Ghost if you'll begin to worship God and tell him what he means to you you begin to brag on God and tell him if it had not been for you God I don't know where I'd be and I feel him right now and when we begin to offer him Praises from our lips the Bible says the Holy Ghost it's a promise God has never lied to you God's never changed his mind it's a promise in his promises are yes and amen the Bible says you shall be filled with the gifts of the Holy Ghost and that is the fullness of the Cross be so kind to stand with me the Ark of the Covenant had three things had the pot of Mana it had Aaron's Rod that budded it had the tablets Ten Commandments that were broken all those three things represent something first of all it was the Mana the things that they were unthankful for in the wilderness so the best place to bring your unthankfulness is to the presence of God then Aaron's Rod that budded God gave them out after the rebellion of Kora and his family and God gave Aaron God gave Aaron and that family a sign that you're doing good and what that represents is rebellion so the best place to bring your Rebellion tonight is the presence of God and then the Ten Commandments represent a broken Covenant maybe you've made promises to God over and over again you've come to God and asked God to forgive you you've You' felt you've been refilled with the Holy Ghost but the best place to bring a broken promise to God is the presence of God and in his presence there is Liberty there is fullness of joy in his presence the Bible says that there is fullness of joy now where the spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty where the Holy Ghost is when you obey the fullness of the cross it ends up pulling you in to the holies of holies I just want to tell you tonight and I I feel this the Lord leading us how on how to end there there's no telling what could happen when you're in the presence of God you can go to a therapist all your life but one moment in the presence of God can change it all you could go to a marriage counselor all you want but one moment of you and your sweet wife being in the presence of God can change it all it's not just meant to stop by the altar God doesn't want you just to continually repent over the same things and the same things repentance repentance repentance God wants you to have overcoming power which is through the power of the Holy Ghost but if you have a need in your life tonight this is what I feel the Holy Ghost is is and God gave us a sign earlier I'm about to tell you because One Moment In his presence could solve every need the other night at Tri-State District youth retreat presence of God was here so strong Sullivan came to me with tears in his eyes just such the power of God was upon brother Sullivan he said I had a vision in my mind from God he said I had a vision of sister Amber Buchanon getting up out of her wheelchair and and and standing without her wheelchair of course how do you say no to that said would you care to go pray with me I think brother Jacob was feeling what I I was filing with brother Kirby I'm gonna be wrong I like to be wrong with you all right so we went to sister Amber bu Canon pray the power of pray the prayer of faith over her felt the Holy Ghost the power of God because One Moment In His presence can do more than any doctor could ever do One Moment In His presence could do any could do more than you could ever do in a lifetime and brother [name redacted] her sweet little son came to me before church he said hey bud he said my mom stood for six minutes today without her wheelchair that's what happens when you get into his presence when you get into his presence there's no telling if you need a healing in your life just come worship him in the altar right now if you need God to touch your life right now if you just come to the Altar and worship if you just come to the Altar and worship if you need a healing in your body if you'll come to the Altar and you'll visit the altar of incense and offer sweet fragrance into God we'll be thrusted in into the presence of the almighty God and in his presence there is fullness of joy that in his presence there is peace that pass with all understanding can our church right now gather to The Altar and just begin to worship Him God if you could bring a woman out of a wheelchair just a moment in your presence God what can you do for a backslider right now God if you could bring a woman to her feet from a wheelchair God in just one moment what can you do for a marriage that you ordained come on just worship just worship him with your lips right now come on worship him what do you need right now it's found in his presence come on WI last time you worshiped him when's the last time I know you were baptized I know I know you live a repented life but when's the last time you just worshiped come on there's something in this house right now there's a peace in this house to the power of the Holy Ghost come on if God could bring her out of a wheelchair why can't God forgive you of your sins if God could bring her out of a wheelchair why can't God have you become an O an overcomer through the power of the Holy Ghost oh come on dad when's the last time you visited the holies of holies when's the last time that your son heard you speak in that unknown tongue when's the last time that fire consumed your your worship and your fragrance that you were offering to God this the fullness of the Cross it's an antichrist Spirit to keep you out of the presence of God it's an antichrist Spirit to keep you from the Revelation that God has it's an antichrist spirit that would keep you from being baptized oh come on that's it oh if somebody's besides sister Amber bu Canon would you lay hands on her right now the presence of God is here come on if Sister Thompson's here right now if somebody would stand in the gap for right now come on we're in the presence of God come on you don't know what to do with your kids they're being rebellious bring them to the presence of God come on there's an unth thankful Spirit of what God's done just begin to worship him come on if you're a prodical the best place to bring broken promises into the presence of God come on God's presence is here right now God's presence is here right now come on join with some somebody right now join with somebody right now come on let that fire of construction let that build your faith tonight building up your most precious your Holy Faith praying in the Holy Ghost come on maybe you don't know what words to utter just utter that language that God give you the ability to speak I that language that's been dormant in your life that it Build You Up come on the glory of God is in this room right now come on the restoration of power we're in the holies of holies right now oh we're in the holies of holies here some of you used to be rebellious but now it's covered by The Mercy Seat some of us used to be UNF thanful but it's covered by the mercy of God come on right now if we could lift our voice and just worship Him and how you worship Him is you begin to brag on God if the Tabernacle is an object lesson for someone to understand maybe we need to have it like a child tonight you like to be bragged on you love when someone's talking good about you and that's what worship is begin to tell God what you think would make him feel good begin to use your lips and begin to tell God what he means to you come on maybe God doesn't do anything for you tonight why don't you do something for God why don't you brag on him because we we begin to brag on them at the altar of incense we begin to be transported to the throne room of God and when we're in the throne room that Veil is torn that door is swung open wide the glor glory of God is here tonight come on worshiping right now increase your volume of worship if you would for a moment pray loud enough to where you can hear yourself pray worship come on if you begin to worship your problems will diminish if you begin to worship your Rebellion will begin to diminish if you begin to worship your broken promises will begin to diminish worship worship you I here I making this place I st Holy Ground Holy Ground oh Jesus your spirit moves all all all good and perfect flowing down flowing the sing along with the saint and the ERS and thees they s never see together I'll stand here forever holy holy holy God almightyy you are you are you'll be forever the king in Throne Glory spend holy holy Gent closer still closer still Jesus guide to your to your if all of the heavens are singing along with the Saints and the ERS glorious in the prises they sing Never See together I'll stay here forever sing holy holy holy Lord God Almighty God Alm Mighty you are you are and you'll be forever the king in glory spendly hly holy holy holy oh God Al holy is the door swing see Glory as I run inside the throne before you I bow oh the B is the door swing I see glor R inside the thr room before you I the Bell is go me I see glor I run inside the before you I the Bell is the do s i see glor I run inside the before you holy holy holy God Almighty you you are you are you'll be forever the king and glor you are you are you be forever the king in glory is GL holy Lord holy of holies holy are you Lord the B the door swing one I see the glory as I run inside the throne before you high Bow high bow the is the door swing I see glor I run ins the before you come on everybody sing everybody sing Oh The Veil is the GL the is the I see Glory before you the is home the B is home the do we I sing glor I run inside the before you holy holy holy Lord God Almighty all you are you are you'll be forever the king you are you are you'll be forever King glor you are Glory holy holy come on one last time can we lift our hands and let's thank him for his presence right now on thank him for the holy ghost that we felt here the last few moments oh One Moment In His presence could change my life One Moment In His presence could bring joy to my life again that I haven't felt in a long time one moment in the presence of God can bring peace to my family One Moment One Moment In His presence I'd like to end this service by offering someone today who's not been born of the water being baptized in Jesus name if you want to and Pastor mentioned a few moments ago for that from the wonderful Masterpiece we heard this morning but God's love requires a response it's the the the love of God that the greatest act of Love towards Humanity was the cross taking every sin but that love requires a response and we see that tonight through the Tabernacle it requires repentance it requires being baptized in jesus' name from the water from the rock which is Christ in Jesus name we've got clothes we've got warm water oh we we don't have as you so tonight I want to give you that opportunity we we'd be so it'd be our joy to wait on you to get changed to baptize you in Jesus name if that's something you'd like to do tell someone next to say I want to get baptized I want to get baptized in Jesus name thank you so much for coming to church tonight we'll see you Wednesday night 7:30 God bless you feel