Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Reverend Ben Coopers podcast, offers an inviting space for listeners to explore Christianity and spiritual growth with wisdom, humor, and a deep commitment to biblical truth. Through Rev. Ben's engaging conversations with guests, the podcast not only explores the timeless wisdom of the Bible but also tackles the pressing issues of life, faith, and hope in a way that is accessible, thought-provoking, and enriching. Whether you’re seeking spiritual nourishment, answers to life’s big questions, or simply a place to reflect on your faith, the Rev Ben podcast is a valuable resource on your journey.
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Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Spiritual Resilience in a Shifting World (#1006 - Elim) 05-01-2025
In this episode of Reverend Ben's Podcast, we confront the uncomfortable reality of organized crimes against women and children in the UK and the failure of authorities to act. This is a wake-up call for church leaders and communities to rise up as protectors of the vulnerable. We draw inspiration from King David, urging for authentic leadership, fervent prayer, and spiritual awakening in the church.
When the church remains silent in the face of societal turmoil, it forsakes its calling to protect the most vulnerable. As Christians, we are engaged in spiritual warfare, and the need for biblical truth is more urgent than ever. Like King David, modern leaders must lead with courage and righteousness, not personal gain. Today’s challenges demand that we advocate for justice, unity, and healing within our communities.
In this episode, we critique the rise of the prosperity gospel, which prioritizes material wealth over spiritual growth and community well-being. Church leaders must prioritize selfless service, focusing on true discipleship and care for the flock. The podcast calls for a spiritual revival, urging a return to the core mission of the church: to serve, love, and defend the vulnerable.
We also discuss the importance of biblical support for Israel, reaffirming the spiritual responsibility Christians have in standing with the nation. In these divisive times, the church must stand firm in its commitment to biblical truth.
In moments of crisis, the transformative power of Scripture reminds us that we are called to act with resilience, faith, and hope. As we face a broken world, we are called to lead with authenticity and integrity, embracing the truth of the gospel in a world desperate for hope and redemption.
What happens when the church remains silent in the face of societal turmoil? Today, we confront the uncomfortable reality of organized crimes against women and children in the UK and the apparent reluctance of authorities to tackle these issues head-on. This episode is a wake-up call for church leaders and communities to recognize the spiritual warfare we are engaged in and to rise as protectors of the most vulnerable. We draw inspiration from the times of King David to emphasize the urgent need for authentic leadership and fervent prayer, advocating for a spiritual awakening that transcends institutional walls.
The world is in dire need of leaders who are rooted in authenticity and courage, not those who prioritize personal gain. We examine the challenges posed by governments that stray from the teachings of Christ and the importance of unwavering support for Israel in its biblical context. There is a call for spiritual revival as we critique modern church practices that often prioritize prosperity over community well-being. By shedding light on financial struggles faced by congregations, we urge listeners to follow Jesus with conviction and to seek genuine shepherds dedicated to serving selflessly.
Unlock the transformative power of biblical narratives as we critique religious scandals focused on monetary gain and superficial displays. This episode challenges the integrity of churches that falter in their faith, especially during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. We advocate for unity and equality in worship, as championed by Jesus, and explore profound theological connections that highlight the accessibility of God through Christ. As we navigate the tension between despair and hope, fear and faith, we encourage embracing a life anchored in authentic belief and divine guidance, inspiring a journey towards spiritual resilience and redemption.
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Speaker 2:Good morning and welcome to everybody that's in the Lord's house this morning. Good morning and welcome to everybody across the other side of the world as we stream, as we record all this stuff. You know, I've just looked around the church and I see there's no children that can hear what I'm about to say, so I'm just going to put it out there this morning. Brothers and sisters, we are living in a nation that is very scared of Islam. We have governments that are so scared of Islam. We have governments that are scared of atheists. We have governments that are scared of humanists. We have a government that doesn't know who they are.
Speaker 2:And I just want to read something that's out in the public domain. That has been going on for many, many years, and many people know that. I've suffered at the hands of pedophiles, so I'm very fierce on this subject, trust me, and I will not rest until certain people get locked up and put away. But there is an issue in this UK government that he's not dealing with. It's across the BBC News, it's across every news channel, it's everywhere, even Elon Musk. Thank God that he's got involved. Maybe this might stir up a little bit For the white British woman. When you look, you can call me racist, you can call me what you like. I've been called a racist, a hate preacher, everything, but I could read, and I just want to put this to prayer this morning, before we go into the sermon, we have someone in Parliament and she is the Secretary of State for the Minister of Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls. We know what her name is and she's swerving around a very serious subject. Why is this government swerving around it? Because they're scared of the implications to do with colour religion, whatever way you want to look at it. But it's to do with color religion, whatever way you want to look at it. But it's to do with Pakistani men Going back many, many years, but still very, very loud and very powerful today.
Speaker 2:Where is the church? This is not a political drive. This is a spiritual word that I've got to share Because, when you look, the Bible says in the last days, as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be. We are. Uk church has got to wake up. It has to wake up. It's praying for a revival. It's praying for another tent meeting down the road. It's praying to bring in a preacher from America or Australia and give them 20,000 quid to give a weak, woke, gay message. That isn't worth anything.
Speaker 2:The UK church has got to stand up and there are women and children boys as well at the hands and mainly, I'm not saying nothing that's not online across the globe, pakistani men, hope Pakistani men, over a thousand young girls raped in bars, muslim rape gangs, and this nation isn't doing anything through the government. Why am I mentioning it? This is not a government push. This is not a political thing. This is so serious Because when you go back into the Old Testament, when you look at the sons of gods, what do you go back into the Old Testament?
Speaker 2:When you look at the sons of God, what do we have back in the Old Testament? When you go back and you look about Nephilim and everything, what was happening as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be happening in the times of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. So what we have? We have an evil cultural society out there that is driven by the darkest of the darkest, taking young girls and young women, doing every uncountable thing. This is scripture. The church in the UK needs to open it. I'm not talking about congregations when I say the church. I'm talking about the leaders of the church. So you've got Muslim gangs, organised, highly-crimed gangs, jess Phillips, in this position, and where is the church? Where is the church? What is the church doing about it? We need to pray like we've never prayed before, because the white British girl is in a serious, dangerous position. If your parents are out there, I urge you to protect your children like never before.
Speaker 2:What we watch coming across the channel has nothing to do with refugees. The majority of it is to do with an army, an army of Satan. The Bible says on the last days there'll be a migration. There'll be a migration of the devil's army crisscrossing the globe, waiting for the end times. The church has put us into a very dangerous position. It has been preaching a revival and it hasn't got us ready for where we sit in the days of the coming of the king.
Speaker 2:The church is praying for a revival and you can go to many cultural churches this morning and all they'll be talking to you about is money and prosperity, when the severity of the text is telling us you're living in the last days. You're living in the last days and the biggest area where we are lacking in preaching is the lawlessness that's on the streets. The Bible says in the last days there'll be lawlessness. The army has no control. The government has no control. The police force have handcuffed themselves. There is no law. But if you are a Christian, you're filled with full force Of the law of the devil. If you are of Islam, buddha, atheism, all that stuff, they roll out the red carpet. But if you are a Christian and you tell the world I'm a Bible-believing, spirit-filled believer, you can't mention the word pedophilia anymore. You can't mention child abuse. You can't say anything about it because the church is dabbling in it.
Speaker 2:The church has crossed the line in many, many areas. The reason I'm saying this now if you have a smart device I know we've said turn them on, but I want you to go to Open Doors Ministry. Now, what I've been reading from is from the government site to Open Doors Ministry. Now, what I've been reading from is from the government site. If you go to Open Doors, you know it's the World Watch List. If you look for the World Watch List and for those that are listening across the world the World Watch List 2024, it's a very important list that the church should be talking about and praying about. I'm going to read the top 10 out. There's the top 50. And as I've mentioned Pakistani men, I'm going to mention number seven, pakistan, highly dangerous area to go. If you click into Pakistan on open doors, you go all the way down Islamic oppressed. When you read all the stuff that goes on, when you read everything, I would encourage you to read that, read about somalia. When you look at the population that has come over from a certain area of of, of somalian men, the population in certain pockets of certain geographical areas of the uk, and if you go and you type, type into the, to the, to the search engines, muslim rape gangs, you will find all the news you will need. And this is prayer points.
Speaker 2:This is not political, because it has nothing to do with political, because the spiritual is at work. Political has no power. It has no power. It's like HR. Hr should not be present in any church. A HR office should not be in a church. Why do you say that? Because HR is to do with business and organization. And are we a business? If we're a business and we're an organization and we're making money, that's okay. And there are many churches out there that are pastors fleecing the congregation, so they will have HR human resources training up, doing this, doing that.
Speaker 2:But someone tell me across the world where HR is mentioned in the Bible Jesus did. Jesus say I want you to go into all the world, I want you to be disciples and also on that route, I want you to make up a HR office to check out and make sure what you're saying is correct. And politically, jesus is not political. The scripture is not political. The scripture is power and spiritual. That's what the word of God is. Jesus doesn't talk about HR offices. You need to look at the denominations that we are all in and ask ourselves even the churches that we're in, is the HR office stronger than the prayer group? Is the HR and Save the Planet? Now, if you go on to certain areas of church, if you go on to certain celebrity churches across the world, I could click into it quite easy at this moment in time, but I will get even into more trouble. But if you was to go and look at maybe I don't know just say I said something like Holy Trinity Brompton. I didn't really say it, but if you looked at that, if you looked at their Save the Planet and everything like that, they're more interested in saving the environment. Where's Jesus telling us about save the planet? The scripture says it's going to burn up. The world is about to go. The greatest green energy deal you'll ever read is where Genesis. God has told us how to look after the planet. But you will find large churches, large denominations, have areas on their websites to do HR and the green energy deal.
Speaker 2:This government is trying to get us to net zero. That's the biggest lie they've ever spanned. Net zero doesn't exist. Global warming doesn't exist. God created the atmosphere. God is filtering everything. God is in charge of everything and the church is allowing HR human resources. We've got to follow the policies from number 10. We've got to follow. We've got to follow this. We've got to follow that. The church has got to follow the Bible. Genesis chapter one God created a beautiful heaven and earth and even when sin entered in and in Genesis chapter three, verse 15, when we hear about enmity, when suddenly we find the redemption plan, even though sin was in the world, god is still in charge of the environment. The atmosphere is perfect. Don't believe the lie. Don't allow Sadiq Khan to get you trapped into this. Don't allow the government to trap you into green energy, save the planet.
Speaker 2:The king what is this king of this nation pushing for? He's a tree hugger. All he's interested in is trees and planting trees. What is happening to this nation and the church? All the church is doing? The majority of church and religion is allowing itself to be swept away. The Bible says do not conform to the pattern of the world. We need a church in this nation that will remove the HR office, remove the charitable number, remove all the political agendas and just preach from the word like this is our last day on earth.
Speaker 2:Let's turn to the scriptures. Everything that I've mentioned is for prayer points, nothing to do with political standing, to do with serious prayer points, because we are in the last days and the devil is crisscrossing the globe. What do you mean? How does he use human beings? I will tell you through scripture how he uses human beings.
Speaker 2:Judas iscariot sat around the most beautiful place any human being could sit and he sat around the Passover table. He sat around the Passover table and Jesus Christ took the cup of redemption and he took the bread and he took the. He took. You've heard me a thousand times talk about this. This is how the devil uses human beings. And he sat face to face with Judas. He broke bread. He took out a cup. He was all there. He looked in the eyes of Judas and, as the Bible says, he broke bread and he took out a cup. He said Satan entered into the body of Judas Iscariot, if you are born again, jesus is not going to share 50-50 space with Lucifer.
Speaker 2:If you are religious and you're of the world, lucifer's in your life. If you are a Christian and we have to be careful how we use the word Christian, because the word Christian is just used for passports, many, many areas we just tick the boxes yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The way we got to tell the world is that I'm a born again believer. I'm born again. So what we find through migration and it's hidden in the word migration is that there are many coming across every channel, many coming across every channel, every sea, every country, filled with Lucifer, filled with the powers of darkness. That's the fact of the matter.
Speaker 2:You're either filled with Jesus or you're filled with the devil, and salvation doesn't sit in the hand of me, doesn't sit in the hand of me, doesn't sit in the hand of preachers, doesn't sit in the hand of the church. Salvation sits in the hand of almighty God. So God is going to save who he's going to save. And when salvation drops onto a human being, it's not because you might have been at a certain meeting and the preacher dropped that strap line and you ran to the front and you fell on the floor. That was just a time in your life where your body realized that God is real, because God already had a plan for you before the foundation of the world. So we are crossing over and I'm using that terminology a lot lately because we've had New Year's Eve, we've had all that sort of stuff and London and around the world has been lit up with fireworks. But it's very, very interesting what is going on around the world.
Speaker 2:We are watching a migration of evil spiritual moves using the vehicles of human beings, because that's what the Bible says. So when you look at certain agendas, when you've got a government that is completely anti-Christ, they're going to let the anti-Christ in. When you've got a government that is for Jesus Christ, they're going to deal with the issue. So we have an issue that's coming up as well. We're going to get straight into the Scripture, because this is all about Scripture. We are under the hand of an anti-christ government that don't believe in israel, that can't support israel. We watched that sever right back in 1946 44, whatever that might be we watched them cut the umbilical cord, and when they cut the umbilical cord between us as a nation and israel, we hit a point that we've never hit before.
Speaker 2:So what I'm saying to you in the scriptures that I'm about to read, this is critical for you as an individual to follow Jesus. Don't follow me. Don't follow really. Don't follow religion, don't follow all that sort of stuff. It's good to have certain things and to listen to certain ministers and and feel and get and get. Yeah, I understand all that, I get that, but the only person you follow is Jesus Christ, because there is no one else that is going to save your life.
Speaker 2:You will find the church. We're watching Netflix when you need them. You'll find pastors to be on the golf course on a Monday morning, because I had a busy day for one day in a week on a Sunday. You'll find yourself under leaders that are not really interested. They're just doing it because they want to get a wage. What we need is I'll use the word King David's and then we go back to shepherd boy, it's David's. We need shepherds that will shepherd and protect the flock.
Speaker 2:But what we got and we know we have hired hands in pulpits. They're hired by the church, by the regime. So that's when the HR office works. What we want our pastors and leaders that know that they're called and not interested in what the world is offering, but they will deliver the word of God no matter what, no matter if their life is on the line, it doesn't matter. They're not a Monday to a Friday job. They're not just clicking in and out the building. They're not having meetings with HR, they're wrestling with God in the prayer space. They're out in the world, so to speak, working and putting bread on their own table and not worried about their paycheck from the church. They're not trying to manage teams, they're trying to get their own life right with God. But we've got bishops and leaders and apostolic wordings and all these lovely labels, above all great churches and all that. We've got educators in pulpits and what we have is hired hands, and the Bible talks about hired hands.
Speaker 2:David was a true pastor. He was shaped in the field, fighting the bear and the lion, struggling with stuff in his life that you would never believe. But then we read about how the hired hand. He looks like a shepherd, he smells like a shepherd, he walks like a shepherd, he carries a staff, he wears a cloak. Does it sound like the church? But he's just on a wage, he's got a stipend, he's got a car. Church house is bolted on the side.
Speaker 2:We need shepherds. We pray that this year that God will bring the shepherds out and the shepherds will stand and the shepherds will preach messages like we've never heard before across the pulpits, because the nation is spiritually thin and this message this morning is very relevant. So let's turn to the word. It all goes together. We're in the Old Testament, we're in the book of Joshua and I'm going to read from Joshua, chapter one, verse six, very, very powerful scripture Joshua, chapter one, verse six, and it starts off and it says be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to the forefathers to give them. When you look at verse six of Joshua, chapter one, it says be strong and courageous. We need leaders that are strong and courageous, that are absolutely radically out there for God. We need to pray that this year we've heard the word crossover, that we've had so many crossover services throughout the New Year's Eve area. You know, culture's been doing it everywhere's been doing it crossover. You're going to be rich.
Speaker 2:We wake up skint in the next morning. The bishops wake up rich because we put their tithe on a credit card. We've used the church machine to give our last bit of wedge. Bishop's gone away happy, driven away in his Mercedes, gone back to his large house that the church is paying for. He's had a good crossover, he's had a great time. But the congregations are struggling because they're waiting for food bank to open up on Monday morning, they're waiting to feed the children, they're waiting for the dreaded school run and they're watching the diesel and the petrol needle bounce off that beautiful little orange flashing symbol in the corner. I've got 10 pounds and I've got to do the school run. I've got to do this and I've got to do that. But the bishops are all right because we've blessed the church over the crossover.
Speaker 2:Don't be fooled anymore. Don't be fooled anymore. The Bible is saying be strong, read what it says. It says be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit. We need leaders that will lead and get us to the place, the promised land. There is a land waiting for you. There is promises in the word waiting for you. We don't need another crossover night from another cultural preacher. We don't need another message from a bishop. We need to hear the word for ourselves. See our home on the sofa in your car, wherever you are, go for a walk, read it on the app on your phone. Get the word of God in your spirit, because we need leaders that will lead us, because we haven't crossed over from anywhere.
Speaker 2:All that happened is the calendar in the West went from 24 to 25 and there was really no blessing in the crossover service that was happening, except the leaders in the church got the bank really lifted up because they was pushing. This year god is going to bless you. He's going to multiply the money the more you give, the more you give. The more you give, the greater you'll have. Where has been the financial reward of all your giving? Over the years, we have sown into ministries that have been led by devils. We have sown hard-earned money into ministries that are being led by wolves in sheep's clothing.
Speaker 2:Let this be a time when the church is talking about the crossover and the crossover and what's your New Year's? Never give a New Year's resolution because that's of the world. Tell the world I'm going to follow Jesus. Tell the world I'm going to follow God like never before. Tell the world I'm going to follow God like never before. I'm going to follow this king that this Herod in the New Testament wanted to kill. I'm going to follow this king that the authoritarians wanted to wipe him out. And when you tell people around your workspace, open up the door Monday morning and go by the way, I don't believe in HR, I believe in Jesus.
Speaker 2:When you go back to your ivory towers, when you go back to your established places of work and you walk in the doors and you walk in schools and colleges and you see the inscriptions, you've only got to go to Bluewater and follow the enchanted writings not of God but of the occult world on the floor and on the walls, philosophy and this and that and world religion being pressed around. And you go in the chapel and you find the only place you'll find is a marketer mecca, because it was built for muslims, by muslims, for money, by money. And when you look at the aerial view view and you look down at blue water, you see that it's a temple to money, it's a temple to foreign gods. And when you go in almost every entrance the majority of the main entrances you'll find there are pillars of stone with a certain caliber, a certain angle for certain religious understandings. We are surrounded by gods of this world, but God is telling and God is drawing every one of you to be strong and to be courageous and to be bold and to hold on to the word of God like never before. So when you go back to school, you go back to university and you hear the HR drum being pushed out. That fits because that's a worldly place.
Speaker 2:But I believe every church, every denomination should remove HR from its shelving Human resources, lifting up the human being, strengthening the human being. It spends more time in HR because HR is not scripture. Hr sits within the world of organization, sits in the world of business. And when you go back to work and you look at the policies on the walk into work and you've got to adapt to our vision and our dream and we work in organizations as Christians, and all around the walls and through the corridors and in the staff room, it's telling you how you're going to be, but it's not telling you how to be a disciple. It's telling you how you got to be, but it's not telling you how to be a disciple. It's telling you how to adapt to the HR policies and the criteria that how many Christians are working in ivory towers that are so overpowered by Satanism? You've got to be strong. We've got to be strong like we've never been before.
Speaker 2:And in the scripture that I read this morning in the book of Joshua Joshua, chapter 1, verse 6, be strong and courageous because you will lead. There are people watching your life and you will lead people into the promised land. But God's asking you to go somewhere this morning. We're waiting for a revival. It ain't going to happen. Let me tell you where God's going you to go somewhere this morning. We're waiting for a revival. It ain't going to happen. Let me tell you where God's going to take you. Stay in the book of Joshua, turn to Joshua, chapter three, and it says the Levitical priesthood, joshua, chapter three, verse one. Early in the morning, joshua and all the Israelites sent out from Shithrom and they went over to the Jordan and they camped before crossing over.
Speaker 2:The Bible talks about crossing over. The world was displaying a spectacle on New Year's Eve of crossing over. I want to tell you about a crossover the world has seen once and it was only Jesus Christ that took us on that crossover and it's when he hung on the cross of Calvary. When Jesus Christ hung on the cross of Calvary he took the Old Testament through himself, through the cross and out the other side, if you can allow me to use that terminology for our minds to get a bit of a picture formation of what I'm getting to. So the world has seen a few crossovers. New Year's Eve we always have in that word. Church is talking about crossover. There'll be four envelopes on your seat ready to cross over, from a little bit of money to being skinned. And the world is talking about a crossover from 24 to 25. The church should be preaching about the greatest crossover the world has ever seen.
Speaker 2:In the gospel of Luke the gospels you read that when Jesus Christ was on the cross at Calvary, the greatest crossover was man crossing over and into salvation. No one could receive salvation. The greatest crossover the world has ever seen was when Jesus Christ said it is 24, welcome to 25. No, he didn't. He said it is finished. My God, suddenly the world, the atmosphere changed. The moon, the stars, everything shook. The graves opened when the king of glory gave up his life, when he said it is finished and he bowed his head and he gave up his spirit. Death has no power. Death is a doorway to eternity. Death. I can't wait actually to go. When I get to heaven, life will really begin. So we're living on a beautiful earth amongst hellish situations.
Speaker 2:So when you talk about crossover, the word crossover has just come up before our very eyes in verse one of Joshua, chapter three, verse one get ready to cross over. This is where we see the Ark of the Covenant crossing over to certain journeys. But Jesus Christ brought everything to the greatest crossover and that was at the cross of Calvary. He took everything, from the Old Testament, the law to scripture. He took everything and he brought it up to himself. If you can imagine the Old Testament, everything was looking at the cross and Jesus Christ was on the cross, blood dripping everywhere, Side punctured blood and water about to spill out when they was about to erupt. To his side, his body ripped beyond human understanding, skin ripped off everywhere, ribs on show, crown of thorns pressed on his head, punched, beaten, spat at, kicked, ridiculed, hanging there for the world to see. And he took us into salvation, the greatest crossover the world has ever seen. It's not New Year's Eve, that's at the world, that's at the world. The greatest crossover we lift up when the world is lifting up their certain dates and the tree, the green tree is the cross of Calvary. Because the greatest crossover, the greatest tree in the world, was the tree called the green tree is the cross of Calvary. Because the greatest crossover, the greatest tree in the world, was the tree called the cross. The greatest crossover was through Jesus Christ, when everything suddenly was bearing down on him Sickness, disease, sin. Everything was bearing down on the greatest king that ever walked this earth, the king above all kings.
Speaker 2:But the church lifts up a crossover service for a few hours. Pastor comes in on a red carpet here he is the leader of the occult. Because it's an occult, it's not a church. The church should only be talking about the cross and the blood of Jesus, not the crossover. From your bank account in the morning, declares the Lord. You're going to be prosperous, you're going to be successful.
Speaker 2:What about lockdown? What about the Bill Johnson ministries? What about all them fake ministries that are out there saying you're going to be healed next week You're going to be healed. What about all those great, enormous churches out there that are saying, a week before lockdown happened, god's healing, god's healed you of cancer? Cancer has gone, heart disease, lungs are appearing, legs are growing, eyes are seeing, and then suddenly a cold comes along. We've got to shut the healing rooms. We can't heal no more because the sneezes are too great. But you've just healed someone last week of cancer. Last week you just seen someone have a leg grow. Someone's jumped up out of a wheelchair. But this week we got COVID-19 and you've shut your church. You shut your prayer rooms. What have we come to? A crossover Jesus, when he was on the cross, he didn't take us from the Old Testament to church, he took us from the Old Testament into salvation.
Speaker 2:You have salvation, you are saved. The devil can't get near you, the enemy can't attack you. You are free, because who the sun sets free is free indeed. But the Bible is still talking loud and clear and he says right there in the Old Testament, chapter three, verse one in the morning, joshua and all the Israelites set out. We've got to set out. We've got to get out. We've got to get out. It's so important. What do you mean? Get out, let your light shine. Do you realize there's a light burning in you, no matter how you feel emotionally, feelings have nothing to do with salvation. Feelings are just emotions. There's a light burning in you. Jesus says I am the light of the world. I am the light of the world and there's a fire burning in your spirit, in your heart, and God is about to light the touch paper. We've watched countries light touch papers through New Year's Eve. They lit the touch paper, it went up, it made a noise for a little while and then it went black again. Do you want your touch paper lit by the Holy Spirit? Do you want that fire burning in your innermost being?
Speaker 2:If you have a Bible, turn to the book of Acts that I read out earlier on. The book of Acts, the book of Acts, chapter one and two. That is the birth of the greatest church the world has ever seen. It is the birth of what we call Pentecost. Read 1 and 2 in your own time.
Speaker 2:Read about how the Holy Spirit came, how the Holy Spirit didn't leave anybody out, how the Holy Spirit fell on the men and the women, the women and the men. And the Bible says in Acts, chapter one, that the women were already in prayer and the men joined them. If you are in a church, in any church, where the women have to stay at the back and the men only sit at the front, you're in a cult. There's nowhere. The Bible says when Jesus taught, it says the men and the women were together, the boys and the girls were fed and the men was about 5,000, and the women and the children added up. We got to be careful of when we start the label. It's a men's only club, men's ministry, it's only for women. Today it's only Sunday school for up to six years old and then after that we have segregated through church. But when you look at the teachings of Jesus, everyone was allowed in.
Speaker 2:The women came down the front when the lady had the issue of blood. He was surrounded by religion and the disciples and he had a woman that said I've had enough today, I've had enough. And he had a woman that said I've had enough today, I've had enough. And it says that she went and she found Jesus and she ran and she ducked under his garment and she said, if I can touch the hem of his garment, the classic healing. She touched and she was exhausted. The Bible says that she spent everything that she had at the doctors. Don't throw your money at pharmaceuticals, throw your life at Jesus. It says she spent everything that she had had. There was nothing left for her but Jesus. And the Bible says that she went and she found him and he was surrounded by priests, by people that wasn't even interested in him, and the disciples. And the disciples were saying come on, we've got to get out of here, let's move. The church is always trying to move Jesus, but they don't realize that they. They got Jesus in the midst and she ran and she got down and she touched the hem of his garment and he stopped everything. Where's the other place in scripture that Jesus stopped everything for a woman? I will take us to the cross. And that was his mum. He had everything in the balance, his body was broken, he was torn in two, he was about to give up his spirit, he was about to die and everything stopped again Because he said John, I'm going to look after my mum. Mum, there's your new son. Jesus will stop everything to get to women.
Speaker 2:So if you are in a church and it's men down the front, and it's men only, and there's a line and you're not allowed to go down the front and if you go down the front you're looked at a little bit odd. You can sit anywhere in a church. You can sit anywhere. You can come and stand next to me. It doesn't bother me, but you'll be across the wall. Do not go to any church where they put you to the left or the right. The parents have got to be kept up. The women are kept at the back because they've got to look after the children. You come and sit at the front of the church. You can sit anywhere. You can sit on the floor. You can go and sit in the studio. You can sit where you like. If you are in a church that is segregating you as a woman, get out in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 2:Jesus was on the cross and he stopped everything for his mum. Jesus stopped in the street when the church wanted to move him on. He stopped everything for his mum. Jesus stopped in the street when the church wanted to move him on. He stopped and he said someone has touched me and the men are going. What are you going on about? We're all knocking you, we're pushing you. We've got to get you over there. We've got to get you to the. What are you going on about Jesus? Someone's touched me Because there's nothing like the internal touch. There's nothing like the internal touch. There's nothing like the heart touch. Religion touches him all day long externally and it lifts him up and it does this and it does that, but it can't touch him because it doesn't have a heart. See, the disciples were blocking and couldn't. They just wanted to hurt Jesus.
Speaker 2:Are you ready for a crossover? Are you ready for what God is going to do in your life? Are you ready to leave religion and certain areas of life? But God is requiring something, something that is crazy, that is not possible to do. Let's read Early in the morning, joshua and all the Israelites sent out from Shithrom and they went to the Jordan and they camped over there before crossing over.
Speaker 2:After three days. Isn't it interesting that we get back to the word three After three days? Three is very interesting, that we get back to the word three After three days. Three is very significant in the word of God. After three days, the officers went through the camp giving orders to the people. When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord, your God, and the priests and the Levites carrying the ark. You are to move out from your positions. You are to move out from your positions. You are to move out from your positions. And what Follow it? God's saying you got to follow. The word Crossover was happening everywhere. Crossover, this, crossover, that, this, that everything crossing over.
Speaker 2:But then suddenly we wake up New Year's Day feeling even more trashed, even more fed up, even more skin, even more bored. Was that it? Because that was of the world? God will take you on a journey in your life. He will take you to the River Jordan. So when you look at the River Jordan, we've looked at it, we've sermonized it, we've unpacked it, we've unpicked it, we've wrapped it, we've looked at it. We've been told through the church that we're the Joshua generation. We're not the Joshua generation. We haven't crossed over. If we had crossed over into the promised land, we wouldn't be in the mess that we're in. We're at the River Jordan and we're feeling the full strength of the River Jordan.
Speaker 2:He said tell those that are carrying the ark to go and stand in the river carrying the ark of the Covenant. Accelerate up many, many years up to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 1. Suddenly we find a young woman carrying the Word, carrying the presence, carrying the word, carrying the presence. See when you carry the word. See the Old Testament. We see an external carry.
Speaker 2:We come up to the New Testament starting to break out in many ways the stories unfolding as they live their lives. We read back. They was actually making the scriptures come alive because their lives were being moved by the power of the holy spirit. They was as they walked, as they moved, as they lived, as they done what god told them to do. They was the new testament. It was happening before their very eyes because god was using them to make this happen.
Speaker 2:So suddenly we have the Levitical priesthood carrying the ark externally and he says go and stand in the river Jordan. Imagine the strength of that river at full flood stage. God requires us to stand in trouble and to hold it steady. But then we accelerate up to the New Testament and suddenly the ark disappears off the fabric of the page after. And suddenly we're lost in this. Where is the ark? What is going on? Archaeologists have found it a thousand times. Apparently it pops up everywhere. It's going to probably pop up in Turkey this year on on a beach. Go and get your turkey teeth and you'll probably find the ark of the covenant while you're over there. It's been found a thousand times. But then suddenly we come to the new testament and it's this young girl that's found favor and the word has been deposited in her being See, when the word's dropped in you, you've been found to have favour, but when the word has been dropped in you, be ready for trouble, not because of the word is making you a troubled person, but because of the outside environment doesn't want you to carry word.
Speaker 2:Herod wanted to see Jesus rid. Religion got the hand of Judas Iscariot. The Bible says that religion said we need to rid this man Because if he gets in our synagogues it's over for us. So they was carrying the ark. They had to stand in the River Jordan, they was carrying, and now we find in the New Testament it's all crossing over. It was crossing into Mary. So it crossed into Mary.
Speaker 2:The word was in Mary, the ark, everything the Old Testament was in Mary. So what we find is that she is carrying everything that the Old Testament was speaking about. Because the Bible says in the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 1, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. So when Mary was given the gift of Christ Christ is the living Word she was carrying the Old Testament and we could look at that and say, yes, she's also carrying the future. But at that moment she was just carrying Christ, who is the word, the first, the last and everything. But then the Bible says that when she pushed, the word became flesh. So there was a crossover, another crossover from the invisible realm that couldn't see this Christ. Suddenly, christ crosses over from the invisible to the visible and the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. Another crossover. God is telling us that he told the Levitical priesthood go and stand in the river, get ready to cross.
Speaker 2:Christ crossed from the invisible world that has always been in existence. To human eyes it can never be seen. It can never be seen because the Bible says God sits in an approachable light. No one can see God and live. But then I hear people coming back to me on emails and texts. But what about Jacob? He wrestled with God. Well, the Bible says he sits in unapproachable light. No one can see God and live. But what about Moses at the burning bush? You see a bush. The presence of God is different to the physicality of God. The Bible says no one can see God and live, because he is so holy, he is so righteous, he is so true. The human flesh would melt and just completely evaporate on the floor if we was actually in the presence of this holy God. But we can now because access has been given because of the greatest crossover the world has ever seen.
Speaker 2:And when Jesus said it is finished, what happened? Access became available. Prove it. I am the way, the truth, the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. See, god became accessible in the way that we can understand it, but not in the way of accessibility, like Jesse Duplantis is sitting with God at this moment, in the right hand of God, because God is always asking Jesse, what's your advice in this situation? Kenneth Copeland is paying his way to heaven.
Speaker 2:Why do we get caught up in all these scandals? Why do we get caught up in all these scandals? Why do we get caught up in the Creflo dollars? Give me dollar, make me rich. Jesus didn't ask for one penny. You won't find him preaching for money If you could ever put a charge on preaching. You won't find him preaching for money. If you could ever put a charge on preaching the Sermon on the Mount, you'd never be able to pay for the greatest message If you took.
Speaker 2:The greatest message, I believe, that the world has ever heard was from the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 3, when it was just two human beings. And, yes, the man, christ Jesus, said to Nicodemus in the dead of night, with no camera, with no studio, with no TikTok account, with no social media, you must be born again. It was delivered within less than four minutes. The greatest message and the world is talking about it. The world is talking about this. Jesus. Governments hate him. Islam can't stand him. Atheism think that we're a joke. Humanists are trying to tear down Christian schools, trying to ridicule the word of God.
Speaker 2:But it's the greatest book in the world. Just under 6 billion sold across the world Can't get near it. There's no other religion that can get near it. It's 3,000, what is it? 3,500 years old. It took 1,496 years to write, 40 different authors. All the other religious books were written in no time whatsoever by one man and his dog. There is no other book in the world like the Holy Word of God. There is no other book in the world where you'll get salvation. There is no other king that will take you from the old testament and take you through to the cross and through him and give you access to the God. That said, let there be light. There's no other book that can heal you of cancer sickness diseases. There's no other book that can heal you of cancer sickness diseases. There's no other book that will take you through the valley of the shadow of death and feed you in the middle of your trial and strengthen you in the presence of your enemies. I will prepare a table before you. There's no other book in the world that governments won't talk about. This British government probably hasn't even got a Bible on the boardroom table. It won't even pull it out and talk about it. It'll bring every other book out. And let me tell you this as we come to the table, as we finish up Are you prepared to stand in the River Jordan?
Speaker 2:Are you prepared to wait for God to do the miracle beyond miracles? Are you prepared to wait for God to do the miracle beyond miracles? Are you prepared to wait for him to part the waters? Because we can't cross this on our own. We've got to wait.
Speaker 2:The Bible says be still or know. So the word crossover is so strong and so powerful in the word of God. Christ took us from no hope to all hope. He crossed us over from the old to the new. We have watched here Mary carry the living God and she brought another crossover from this invisible world. The invisible became possible to see. So she brought Jesus through the crossover and the word became flesh. And the New Testament writer says we have seen his glory.
Speaker 2:The Bible is full of crossovers. The Bible wants to cross you over from despair to hope, from loss to abundance, from fear to faith. The Bible will take you to places that you never could imagine that you'd get to. But he says go and stand in the river. The scripture is so clear. Tomorrow, he says, as we come to the table, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. What were they following? They were following the Ark of the Covenant.
Speaker 2:God doesn't expect us to rot in the pews of the church. The church is rotting because it's not following the word. I'm not talking about the congregations, I'm talking about the religious leaders, the ones that they're rotting because they're not following the word. God says get ready to move. The Bible says I'm doing a new thing when you're doing it. I'm doing it now, jabez. What a great, great scripture area. That is the prayer of Jabez Enlarge the territory, stretch out, come on, let's be a year where we say God, stretch me out, take me to the River Jordan, give me the boldness to stand in the River Jordan, give me the strength to hold it until you're ready to part the way from me.
Speaker 2:Give me a moment where I can hold my place. The Bible says he gives us the feet as of a deer to hold it on the rock face of life. Life is like a rock climber with no ropes. When you watch those free climbers climbing the most delicate, the most dangerous places in the world with no ropes, just going by their senses, going by touch, by going the way that they've been taught, see, when you go the way that you've been taught, you can climb any building, climb any rock face of life and you will not fall. The church has got guide ropes on, it's got HR, it's got policies holding it, it's got charitable status, another rope, it's got more ropes holding it and the church has already fallen.
Speaker 2:But if you are a radical Bible-believing believer, you'll climb the rock face, unassisted by any human intervention. Because the Bible says the just shall live by faith. Because the Bible says the just shall live by faith. I need to pick this mantle up now to live by faith. I need to pick up the mantle and say, god, I'm going to live by faith. I'm going to trust you, lord, that doors are going to be wide open. Doors are going to close and doors are going to open. I'm believing God that miracles are falling. I believe sickness is gone. I believe fear is gone. I believe doubt is gone. I believe fear is gone. I believe doubt is gone. I believe it's gone.
Speaker 2:And as we come to the table, I would ask you to go online, go on wherever you are. Go back, check out all the major denominationsations. Go on their websites and find who they follow. Find who they follow. Who are they putting up first? What are they saying about same-sex marriage? What are they saying about Israel? What are they saying about eschatology, the rapture? But you'll probably find the rainbow flag. You will find save the planet. You will find HR and policies. You will find all the anti-bullying stuff. You will find all the policies, but you'll struggle to find scripture. As soon as you click in. Where is the scripture? Where does the denomination stand? Everyone Elim everyone. Where do they stand according to the word of God? Are they for government or are they for Jesus? Are they for Jesus or Are they for Jesus or are they for the world?
Speaker 2:Father, in the name of Jesus, every day is a crossover From failure to hope. Every day is a redeeming day. Every day is a redeeming day. Every day is a day of redemption. Every day is a day of healing. Every day is a day of new beginnings. So I don't need another New Year's Eve To shout out across the social networks what I'm going to do for myself, but what am I going to do for Jesus? God is building a remnant. God is pulling out of the ashes the wreckage of religion. God is saving people and I pray that, wherever you sit in the world and in life, you scrub your New Year's resolutions and you say it's Jesus, it can only be Jesus.
Speaker 2:So let's break bread, father. We come to the table. We break bread right now, as Christ sat at the Passover table. Another crossover time. Because he said I've eagerly awaited to do this. I've eagerly awaited. What was he referring to? He was referring before the world was formed before creation. He was bringing redemption, which we see the start of in Genesis 3, verse 15. Redemption, which we see the start of in Genesis, chapter 3, verse 15. He said I've waited all these years to sit and to break bread and to take it a cup, because this is about me. That's what he's saying. This is about me. And he says do this whenever you gather together in remembrance of me. So, father, I thank you for this bread. And as he took the bread, he dipped it in the cup. And as he dipped it in the cup, it became soft and he he handed it, handed it to to judas, iscariot, but, as we understand through scriptures, he handed it over. It says lucifer entered into satan, was at the table. Let's break this bread and take it together, amen.
Speaker 2:See, what I'm getting at is, if you're in a church and you're not breaking bread at every service, you've got to question yourself what is this church doing? Because if you're gathering in church and it's all about Jesus Jesus said as often as you gather, do it. We should be doing it at home, we should be doing it in your van, doing it in your bedroom, doing it wherever you are, when you're writing the scriptures, do it, do it. And he says he took the cup. He said this is a new covenant. He said this is me. Let's take this cup and say Jesus, I know you've already cleansed me. I know you've already cleansed me. I know you've already washed me, but I recognize that this is a very powerful time when I say please, lord, cleanse me from the crown of my head and the sole of my feet. Amen, because it's all about Jesus, it's all about the King.
Speaker 2:So if you're in a church and there's segregation, we're not cattle. If you're in a church and there's segregation, we're not cattle. If you're in a church and there's segregation, there are many out there that segregate. Certain way you got to dress. If you don't dress this way, you can't come in here. If you don't wear this headscarf, you can't come in here.
Speaker 2:If you don't carry a Bible, that is our Bible. If you don't carry the Jehovah Witnessarf, you can't come in here. If you don't carry a Bible, that is our Bible. If you don't carry the Jehovah Witness Bible, you can't come in here. If you don't sit at the back and stare at the back, you can't come in here. If you follow me into a prayer room and ladies are not allowed in the prayer room. There is more occult that uses the word church than the actual occult itself. Go home, click offline, go and study every denomination that you can study and find out which one is following Jesus. Find out who is the boldest denomination out there that is following the word. No compromise, no skirting around the edge, no in between oh yeah, we got to.
Speaker 2:You will find quite a few out there. The Methodist is probably pushing the best one on this Two different types of marriage, blatantly on their website. We marry anyone. We marry your cat or your dog, do whatever you like. That's what we've come to. Anyone can get married Because God loves everybody. That's the drumbeat they're beating. God loves everybody.
Speaker 2:The Bible says in John 3 16. For God so loved the world that whosoever shall believe in him, you got to believe. What am I believing? I'm believing the word and I don't challenge the word and I don't take the word out of context. He who believes in me will have eternal life. John 3, 16. For God so loved the world, he loves the world that whosoever shall believe shall receive. But we remember what the scripture is first you receive before you can believe, because no human being has the power of saying it's my choice, I am going to receive Jesus today. It's your body, it's your mind, it's the makeup of the human being suddenly realising that this God is real. That's what the alert is. But God saves before we even realise.
Speaker 2:Let's close in prayer. Shall we stand, father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you for time in the Lord's house and as we leave the Lord's house. As we click out, click offline, as we stand, as we just gather our thoughts, I pray that we will not be kin to the HR department, that we will not be kin to GDPR, that we will not be kin to the policies that trap us, but we'll find freedom in Jesus. We will not allow business church to manipulate us. We will not allow cultural church to hold us at the back of the church. So, lord, I pray that as we analyze and we look that we will cross over from religion to faith In Jesus' name. Amen, god bless every one of you in the name of Jesus. We've got one more. We'll say the Lord's Prayer, one more song and we're out.
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