The Gospel Versus Today's Pop Psychology — Philip Powell

And it's good to be with you. The Lord's good as me. Amen. Let's bow our heads for a moment in a word of prayer, shall we? Amen. We thank you, Lord, for the direction of your Spirit. We recognize that unless we are led by the Spirit, then we do not even evidence the fact that we are the sons of God.

The Spirit’s Leadership and the Church’s Calling

For they that are the sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. And we pray that tonight we may know the leadership and the government and the control of the Holy Spirit. In the things that are said, we thank you for leading us thus far.

We thank you for the singing and for the sense of your presence. And we pray that you will bless us tonight and do us good and set us on course for the glory of your great name. We believe that we are come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

We believe that the consummation of the ages is upon us. We believe that Jesus Christ is coming back very soon as the great Messiah of mankind. And we thank you, Lord. We pray that we may be ready. And unto those who look for him, shall he appear a second time without sin unto salvation.

May that be so. And help us in the ministry of your word tonight, we pray in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. The topic that I will be addressing at St. Helens is something that God quickened to me some time ago when I was in the Far East ministering in Malaysia.

And I began to see a picture of the church. And it's linked in with the ministry of Elijah and Elisha. So there we'll be talking about the ministry of the double portion. And the significance of that great statement that Jesus made where he said, Greater works than these shall ye do because I go to the Father.

And the whole thing linked up particularly with the light as it's symbolic of the church in the end time in Elisha. Now tonight I want to address more the aspect of the church as it's revealed in Joshua.

And so I would direct your attention to Joshua chapter 5 verses 13 to 15. And then we're going over to the New Testament to Matthew chapter 5. The great beatitude. Joshua chapter 5 verses 13 to 15. Now while you're looking up the scripture let me say this.

That what we are dealing with here are principles of victory. Victory in the Joshua setting over the enemies of the Lord in possessing the land. But the principles apply to victorious living in any area of our life.

Whether it's in the personal area or in the family setting or in the church context or in taking our country for God. For that is what God ultimately wants us to do. And so you see the Holy Spirit is an ever ongoing spirit of revelation.

He is not static. He is always moving on. But he operates on the basis of clearly defined and well established principles. The Bible is constantly calling us back to the old ways. Not in the sense of becoming antiquated or obsolete or becoming old fashioned.

But rather in returning to the principle. Billy Graham on one occasion was criticized by a modernist preacher. And the modernist preacher said, Billy you've taken the church back 50 years. Billy complained.

He said I've been trying to take the church back 1900 years. And here I've only succeeded in taking it back 50 years. It's always back to Pentecost. It's never on to Pentecost. It's always back to Pentecost because principles have been established.

God works on the basis of clearly defined principles. And so we're looking at that in the context of an unusual incident in the Old Testament. Joshua chapter 5 and verse 13 it says,. And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lifted up his eyes and looked.

And behold a man stood opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us or for our adversary? And I like the answer. So he said no. You see clearly in the mind of Joshua there was only two alternatives.

Either he was for us or he was against us. He was for us or he was for them. But this personage said it's neither of those two options. There is a third option which you have not considered Joshua. And the third option is that it's not a question of whether I'm for you.

But it's a question of whether you are for me. Because if you don't mind I am in charge. Joshua give me the steering wheel. We're going on a journey and I'm in charge. I want to take over the driving.

So he said no. But as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshipped and said to him, What does my Lord say to his servants? Then the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take your sandal off your foot for the place where you stand is holy.

And Joshua did so. Now back of this incident there are some very clearly established principles about coming to the point of conflict and crisis in our lives. There has to be first and foremostly a divine and supernatural leading to the place of contest and conflict.

It's not by chance that we come to the place of conflict. But rather it's by the divine program. It's by the divine leading. And this is clearly established first of all in the way that the tribes were set up in Israel.

There was an unfolding and increasing revelation of the ways of God. When Israel set out from Egypt, Judah led the way. Judah signifying praise. And Judah led the way into praise, into battle, into the wilderness.

But as God took them forward, the ark of the covenant which previously went before, God then established it central to the tribes of Israel. So that on the east you had Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. The south you had Reuben, Simeon and Gad.

This is all outlined in Numbers chapter 2. And you can have a cross reference to see how God brings a progressive revelation when you look at Exodus chapter 40. In the south there was Reuben, Simeon and Gad.

The west there was Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. And on the north there was Dan, Asher and Naphtali. And right in the center was the tabernacle. And right in the center of the tabernacle was the ark of the covenant.

And the ark of the covenant symbolized the throne of God held up by the law of God, covered by the mercy of God. Hallelujah. You see, if the law is not covered by mercy it will stand up and judge us. But God has established a propitiation the New Testament says.

Christ is a mercy seat. That's that word. Propitiation, a covering. Hallelujah. Christ becomes the great covering. And there between the outstretched wings of the cherubim was the Shekinah glory of God.

So the ark with the mercy seat, with the outstretched hands of the cherubim represents the throne of God. That was central. So long as the presence of God is central, so long as the tabernacle, the house of God is central, guidance is assured.

But you take it out of that context and you've got problems. And this is what the church has done down through the ages. It's replaced the glory of God with the glory of man. And so you have personalities clamoring for the forefront.

And we come to hear personalities instead of coming to meet with God. And no wonder the church goes off the track. Oh God bring us back to a realization that there are no superstars in the church of Jesus Christ.

Not even Paul Yonggi Cho. And I know I will defend you by that. But there are no superstars. There is only one. And he's not a superstar, he's a super saviour. Hallelujah. Glory to God. As a boy of six I hitched my wagon to a star that ain't gonna fall.

Glory to God. And when we keep that clearly established, then we are assured of the leadership of the pillar of clouds by night,.

Pillar of fire by night, and the clouds by day.

Why are clouds by day? Well, to protect us from the heat of the sun. Why is fire by night? Why to show us in the dark? Thank God. And it always works brothers and sisters. And so gradually, because God had established this divine principle, now they could have got there much quicker, but their own folly took them away.

And each time they fell short of the plan of God, then the ark withdrew from the ultimate purpose of God and took them on a deviant route until they were ready. I've heard some people say that there is a permissive will and a perfect will of God.

No, there's not. There's only one will. God is not divided in his will. God has a perfect will. That's what Romans chapter 12 verse 1 tells us. He says, present your body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your spiritual worship, that you may know what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Just three descriptions of the one will. Not three wills. But one will. You say to me, well surely God's plan was to get the children of Israel in in 40 days, but it took them 40 years, so the 40 years was his permissive will, whereas his perfect will was 40 years.

No. God's plan, God's will was to get them there when they were ready. And they set the pace. They set the terms. God has a will for us. Hallelujah. And we must enter into that will. It's not this or that.

God doesn't have option A or option B. God knows all things. But we determine where we fit in by our choices and by our neglect of his plan and purpose in our lives. Oh God keep us. True. Hallelujah. Now all of that is significant, but I can't go deeply into that tonight because of the time constraint.

Jordan, Faith, and the Conquest of Jericho

But it led Joshua ultimately to the border of the promised land. Not only has there to be a supernatural guidance and leading to the place of conflict and context, but Jordan has to be negotiated. The big problem.

Jordan in front of us. And that requires a miracle. How do you overcome Jordan? Well just like any other problem. God says to the people just march forward. Just go forward as if it doesn't exist. What is it?

Mark chapter 11 verse 23. Have the faith of God. And you will say to this mountain, be removed. Notice the faith of God. Not your faith, but his faith. Don't you start ordering mountains around in your own faith and your own strength because you'll be disappointed and they won't move.

But when you have the faith of God. Hallelujah. Regulated by the nature of God. Established by the will of God. Known in the knowledge of God. Not my way, but your way. Then that mountain that is in my way has to move.

Glory to God. And so it was with Jordan. And they went forward. And all of this is in the background. And now Joshua is facing his next great challenge. Can you see it early in the morning? Rising up he knows that if he's going to take the land he's got to conquer Jericho.

Hello? We all have a Jericho in our lives to conquer. We all have a Jericho in our mission to conquer. We all have a Jericho to conquer in our land. How are we going to take it? Joshua knows that here is the key.

He's got to take Jericho. But how will he do it? And here he is early in the morning. Jordan in the background. That's been dealt with. Jericho in the foreground is a big challenge. And Joshua right in between.

J, Jordan.

J, Joshua. J, Jericho. And as the sun rises in the east. Joshua looking out. He's seeing it as his great challenge.

What is he going to do? There is a missing element. And suddenly he's finished.

Standing with a sword drawn in his hand.

Joshua saw him with a sword in his hand. John saw him with a sword out of his mouth. And each man when they saw him fell on their face. Joshua is a little impertinent to start off with because he doesn't recognize his identity.

And he goes up and he says, Are you for us or are you for them? And he said, No. But as captain of the Lord told us. Am I now come? And then he said something which he had said to Moses out of the burning bush.

Take off your shoes from off your feet.

For the ground whereon you stand is holy ground. Have you ever wondered why God told Moses and told Joshua to take their shoes off? Seems a strange thing. It has to do with custom. It has to do to a certain extent with culture.

When I was a young fellow I used to go and preach in New York. The beautiful church there was called the Rock Church. It was a Swedish church. And there was a brother there called John Vick. I remember him telling me he just died about 94 years of age.

Great preacher he was. I remember him telling me the story of an Indian lady who used to come and preach at the Rock Church. She used to do some unusual things. Say some unusual things. And time after time John Vick said I would be sitting in that church and thinking what is this crazy woman on about?

And he said I was determined I'll cancel her out. I'll stop her. We won't have any more meetings. And then suddenly he said something would happen. And as he was preaching she would go to take her shoe off.

And then she'd leave. She wouldn't do it. And then after a while she'd try again. She wouldn't do it. And then suddenly she'd scoot down and take it off.

And he said there was such a wonderful sense of the presence of God that she would come into the place.

And his whole attitude would change. And he said he found out afterwards that she was associated with some Indian tribe. Whenever the great chief came into the keeping or into the presence of the ordinary people they would immediately take their shoes off.

And this woman had learned to recognize the presence of almighty God. And suddenly it became the great chief. She took her shoes off. Moses take your shoes off. Joshua take your shoes off. And I meditated upon this and I thought Lord what is it?

What is the significance? Because 1 Corinthians chapter 10 tells us that everything that is written down in the Old Testament. Hello? Is written down for our admonition upon whom the ends of the earth have come.

So there is symbolism here which has some spiritual significance. What is it? Well Psalm 60 and Psalm 108 says over Edom have I cast my shoe. Moab is my wife. Over Edom have I cast my shoe. The taking of the shoe was used symbolically of the right of possession.

In the time of Boaz and Ruth. Do you remember Ruth? The daughter of Naomi. Naomi had lost an inheritance. And Boaz was the second next closest kinsman. Eliezer seemed to have the right to earn, to purchase back the possession.

But he defaulted. He didn't want to do it. And so Boaz took on the right of redemption as the redeemer. And in so doing when he was negotiating the arrangement with Eliezer I think his name was. He took his shoe on.

Symbolizing the right of possession. The Bible says in both New Testament and Old Testament in several places. That our feet have to be shod with the gospel of peace. It doesn't say that our shoe has to be shod.

The shoe is the symbol of human manufacture. And we have to learn to discard it. In order to possess the land. The shoe was taken off so that the foot could be put on the neck of the enemy. And God said to Joshua.

Wear the sole of your foot. Not wear the sole of your shoe. But wear the sole of your foot Fred. I have given it here. Romans tells us that very soon Satan will be trodden under what? Our feet. Hallelujah.

And so there is symbolism here. But I could see all that. But I wanted to see more. And so I said Lord where in the New Testament do you teach us to take our shoes off. And the Lord in a very remarkable way took me to Matthew chapter 5.

The Beatitudes as the Laws of the Kingdom

The great sermon on the man. And that is where I want to direct your thoughts tonight. Matthew chapter 5 verses 1 to 12. I am reading from the New King James. I trust that does not offend anyone. I think the Old King James is probably still the most accurate.

But the New King James is helpful in that it leads us to those and the readings and the wherefores and the wherefores. Some of the old English words. And it is pretty accurate to the Old King James. Of course the New King James is.

Matthew chapter 5 and verse 1 it says. And seeing the multitude he went up on a mountain. When he was seated his disciples came to him and he opened his mouth and taught them things. And then you have what we call the Beatitudes.

The blessed attitude. The first part of the sermon on the man. Incidentally there are nine of them. Just like there are nine gifts of the spirit. Right. And there are nine fruits. Not fruits. It is not plural.

It is fruit. Singular. Galatians chapter 5 says. Now the fruit. Not the fruit. But the fruit of the spirit. It does not say the fruit of the spirit are. It says the fruit of the spirit is. What is the fruit of the spirit?

The fruit of the spirit is love. Why? Because God is love. Love is the nature of God. So when we are linked to God. There flows through us. His nature. Not in perfection. But in degree. And in every increasing degree.

The fruit of the spirit is love. Love manifests in joy. Love manifests in peace. Love manifests in long suffering. Love manifests in faith. Love manifests in all the wonderful fruit of the spirit. Christ is the vine.

Not a pear tree. He is the vine. And so when you think of the fruit of the vine. You think of a cluster. Don't you? Hallelujah. And there is a nature of himself flowing through them all. So the fruit of the spirit is.

The gifts of the spirit are. Why? Because the gifts. They are a flashing force. A manifestation of the reality of God. Supernatural in their origin. And supernatural in their flowing force. And supernatural in their shining earth.

When the gifts of the spirit are truly manifest. There is never a question. That is why I don't go along with all of this so called word of knowledge business. Some of it is right. But I tell you some of it is just pure guesswork.

Somebody here with a pain in their back. Well if they have been sitting there long enough in the seats that we provide. Probably a lot of them have a pain in their back. And very soon if you listen to some of these guys.

You will have a pain in the neck as well. God deliver us. From false and phony manifestations. Because brothers and sisters. If we try and build it up. And work it up. And try and create it. Then God will withdraw.

And he says if you want that. Then go your own way. And I believe that when we get rid of all of that stuff. Men blowing on others as a manifestation of the fact that they are anointed. And waving their coats.

To some. Now I have got to be careful. And men who orchestrate a laughter. I have got no problems with a genuine laughing of the spirit. But I tell you what. When there is a manifestation of hysteria.

Which is uncontrolled. Then I tell you it is not of the spirit of God. It is of another spirit. And it is high time. That we got rid of this false stuff. In the church of Jesus Christ. So that we began to replace sensationalism with a true supernatural.

Hallelujah. Either we trust ourselves. And the hypnotic. And all the suggestive. Influences that we have brought. Or we trust the spirit of God. And God bring us back to trusting Him. Hallelujah. We can say.

Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So the manifestation. The shining force of the spirit. Is. Are. And there you have them. The speaking without a tongue. Hallelujah. Thank God for it. Speaking in a language which we have never learned.

Prophecy. Giving a word of edification and exhortation and comfort. Interpretation of tongues. Tongues and interpretation. Equal prophecy according to Paul's instruction. And then. The word of knowledge.

The word of wisdom. The discerning of spirit. And then the gift of faith. The working of miracles. And the gifts of healing. Oh God grant in your sovereignty. That they may all be manifested. In the church of Jesus Christ.

There are nine. Truth of the spirit. There are nine gifts of the spirit. And there are nine blessed beatitudes. Interesting. A trinity of trinity. Spring a spring. And here. They are. Nine of them. Three of them have to do with character.

Four of them have to do with conduct. And two of them have to do with consequences or cost. We'll read them shall we. The first. Blessed are the poor in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. That's character.

The first. Deals with character. Because the most important thing is what I am. Character is the only thing that you're going to take to heaven with you. Everything else you leave behind. But character.

You take with you. Character is what you are. It's different. From what people think you are. That's reputation. And some people. In clinging to their reputation. Destroy their character. What does it matter what our reputation anyway.

Our thinking reputation. The bible says. He made himself of no reputation. But he never destroyed his character. Character is what you are in the dark. Character is like a fence. You can't strengthen it with whitewash.

Nor can you destroy it with smear tactics. Character is what you are in the dark. And the bible deals with character. A lot of preaching today has to do with achievement. It's motivational stuff. And certainly we need at times to be motivated.

But Jesus primarily dealt with character. Because everything flows out of character. And so he starts here with character. We'll look at this one in detail in a moment. Because all I have time to deal with tonight in any detail.

Will be the first two Beatitudes. And in them we see how we take our shoes off. Because I know it's something very remarkable. That most people have two feet. And at the end of their two feet they have two shoes.

And so it's no good just taking one shoe off. You have to take two shoes off. Take off your shoes. For the ground on which you stand is holy. And in the first two Beatitudes. The Lord Jesus teaches his disciples.

How to take their shoes off. The first is character. The second is conduct. Because conduct flows out of character. But then having flowed out of character. It then establishes character. And it's an ongoing cycle.

And you see the thing is a developing thing. OK. The first. Blessed are the poor in spirit. For there is the kingdom of heaven. You see we are dealing here with the rules or the laws of the kingdom. Did you know that Jesus.

Who came to establish the church. That was one of his purposes. Only spoke about the church twice. Matthew chapter 16. And Matthew chapter 18. But he spoke about the kingdom hundreds of times. Why? Because you see the church is built up.

And it should be. But the kingdom is built in. Hallelujah. And there are some who are attached to a church. Who have never known. The great principles of the kingdom. I don't know. One of the greatest books I've ever read.

Is a book by East Stanley Jones. Had to be a Welshman didn't he? East Stanley Jones wrote. At the age of 83. He wrote. The unshakable kingdom. And the unchanging person. And he said some amazing things.

About the kingdom of God. For example. He hits out of his prosperity stuff. And he said look. He said. I don't want too much money. Because that would lead me astray. Nor do I want too little money. Because that will keep me.

Where I'm apt to be thinking about getting money. He said. So all I want is enough. So that I can give my time. To thinking about the kingdom. Hallelujah. Beautiful. Beautiful stuff. And here Jesus is dealing.

With the laws of the kingdom. Hallelujah. There's another difference. When the church invades you. You feel that you've been attacked. Don't you? Ever noticed? When a church leader comes around. Ever been under attack?

But I tell you what. When the kingdom invades you. You feel intact. The kingdom makes you an integrated person. And Jesus. Teaches. The laws. Of the kingdom. Starting with character. Which actually. Is the principle of life.

It's life. In the kingdom. And that flows on. To conduct. Look at this one. Blessed are those who mourn. For they shall be comforted. And we'll come back. And look at it more. But then it goes on. To the second character.

The three. The attitudes. That deal with character. Are first. Poverty of mind. Verse three. Then secondly. Poverty of spirit rather. Verse three. Then secondly. Meekness of mind. Verse five. You start off.

With the rule of the heavens. And you end up. In possessing the earth. Blessed are those. Who are poor in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom. Or as Young's literal says. The rule of the heavens. So once you establish.

Rulership in the heavens. You then. Go on. As a result of mourning. Blessed are those that mourn. For they shall be comforted. To inheriting the earth. Blessed are the meek. For they. Shall inherit the earth.

The third. Which deals with character. Is verse eight. It deals with purity of heart. Blessed are the pure in heart. For they shall see God. That deals with a whole gamut. Of character. Of the kingdom.

Poverty of spirit. Meekness of mind. And purity of heart. Hallelujah. You start off. With a consideration of who you are. And you end up. With a revelation of who he is. Blessed are the pure in heart.

For they. Will see. They will become visionary. Purity of heart. Opens your eyes. Jesus says. In one place. He says. You're a happy person. If your eye is single. Because then your whole body. Is full.

Of light. In other words. There's no guile. There's no deceit. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Your eye is single. No ulterior motive. And when your eye is single. You can stand before paupers. And before kings.

And you stand there fearlessly. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Blessed are the pure in heart. For they will become visionary. They will see the purpose of God. And ultimately they will see God in them. Hallelujah.

Three great characters. Now the ones that deal with conduct. First of all. The conduct of mourning. Blessed are those that mourn. For they shall be comforted. And then the conduct of desiring. Verse six.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst. For righteousness. That's something you do. For they shall be filled. And then the action of showing mercy. Blessed are the merciful. For they shall obtain mercy.

And then the action of peacemaking. Verse nine. Blessed are the peacemakers. Not those who talk about peace. But those who make peace. Who was the king who established peace in the Old Testament? Lots of people think it was Solomon.

But it wasn't. David established peace. And he established peace by putting all of God's enemies to death. You don't have any peace. When iniquity is around. And sin is around. It has to be dealt with.

And so we have translated the idea of a peacemaker into a peace talker. And you've got the League of Nations. The United Nations. And they sit there. And they talk. And they talk. And they talk. And there's no peace.

Because they have excluded the prince of peace. But when he comes. He said. You think that I have come for peace? No. He said a sword. But with his sword he established peace. For he put to death him that has the power of death.

Hallelujah. And he brought his peace. So David is the great peacemaker. Not Solomon in the Old Testament. David is the great peacemaker. Solomon blew it. But David established it with such strength. That it lasted for the whole generation of Solomon.

And at the end it was destroyed. And so you've got Rehoboam and Jeroboam. And the division of the kingdom. After the death of Solomon. Because Solomon allowed all sorts of things to encroach. And to turn his heart from the Lord.

David is the great type of our Lord Jesus. In that setting. And Christ is our peacemaker. Blessed be his wonderful name. Blessed are the peacemakers. For they shall be called the sons of God. And now.

The two things that you receive. After having gone through the loss. Persecution. Hello. Blessed are those who are persecuted. For righteousness sake. And notice there are two. Areas of persecution. The first is being persecuted for righteousness sake.

And the second is being persecuted for my name sake. Some people don't mind being persecuted. As a Christian. But when they're called to stand up for righteousness. That's another thing. We have to learn to do both.

Happy. Are those who are persecuted. For righteousness sake. And happy are those who are persecuted.

For my name sake. Beautiful isn't it? Hallelujah. Now remember this. That the Sermon on the Mount. Was given. For the disciples. It wasn't given for the world. Look at the setting.

Matthew chapter 5. It says of seeing the multitudes. He went up into a mountain. This seems to be out of character. When Jesus. Looked at the multitudes. Usually he saw the sick. And he went and healed them immediately.

It says he was moved with compassion. For he saw them as sheep without a shepherd. And he moved out to them. And he heals the sick. And he touches the leper. And he cures them. And now on this occasion.

When the crowd is gathering. And they would have had. Just the same sort of needs among them. Because it was representative. Of the crowd. There in Palestine at this time. And here they are. Gathering to him.

And it says and seeing. The multitudes. He turned his back. Seems to be out of character. Did he not know. Their needs. Didn't he hear. The cry of the leper. Deep in his heart for cleansing. Didn't he hear.

The sob of the blind man. For his sight to be restored. And isn't he the Christ of God. The one who is able to heal. To restore. Then why. Why does he turn his back. On the crowd. And go up into a mountain.

We have the answer. In the words that follow. And when he was sat down. His disciples gathered around him. And he opened his mouth. And he taught them. Who? The disciples. The crowd were eavesdroppers.

They heard. But the message wasn't directed at them. The sermon on the mount. Is not a sermon for the nation. It is a sermon for the people of God. And so. You see back in chapter 4. And verses 18. And 19.

We read of Jesus walking by the lake of Galilee. And seeing certain fishermen. And he starts to establish. His kingdom. Which is. The kingdom of God. On earth. The kingdom of heaven among men. And he begins to call his disciples.

And he said. Follow me. And I will make you. Our job is not to make ourselves. Our job is to follow. It is his job to make us. Here we have the walk of discipleship. What he is basically saying is imitate me.

Watch me. See what I do. You do the same. Hear what I say. And you become an amplification. Of my voice. You hear me. Repeat it. You see me. You do it. And in so doing. When you do what I do. And say what I say.

I will make you. I will make you to become figures of men. So that others will see what you do. And hear what you say. And they will follow also. And this is the great plan. This is the walk of discipleship.

Follow me. There is another walk in the scripture. Which God highlights. In Genesis chapter 17. And verses 1 and 2 I think it is. Where God appeared to Abraham. When he was 99 years of age. And he said.

Come on age. Walk in front of me. And be perfect. Abraham. You have been following me for a long time. I called you from Ur of the Chaldeans. And you followed. You did not question. And that is why God established his covenant with Abraham.

And it is an everlasting covenant. And it has to do with the land. And the people. And a natural inheritance. And it is absolute folly. For any man to say. That because the gospel has come. And we have a spiritual fulfillment.

That that has fulfilled the natural. It is ridiculous. Paul clearly says. That one covenant cannot disavow another covenant. And so God has established a covenant. With Abraham. And it is based on Abraham's obedience.

Not on the Jewish nation's obedience. It is based on Abraham's obedience. Now when the Jewish nation fails. They reap the consequence of their failure. But God's covenant still stands. Because he made it with his friend Abraham.

And God will never break it. Hallelujah. And so he has established it. And there will come a day. Let it be the name of the Lord. When the Jewish nation will be born in a day. Glory to God. And they will enter once more into that contract.

And God will again move. And he is beginning to do it. Hallelujah in the purpose of God. Let it be his wonderful name. Abraham. You have been following me. Good on you. Now Abraham. I want you to set the pace.