As He Is So Are We | The Power to Change Today | Pastor Gregory Dickow

[Music] [Music] well welcome to the power to change thanks for being a part of this global family and i've got a real powerful word for you today you know there's a scripture that says as he is so are we in this world as jesus is so are we in this world so that means that however powerful he is that's how powerful you and i are so i want to talk about your five super powers that you inherited from jesus the five superpowers that jesus has and the same five superpowers that you have yes you might not be a marvel avenger but you have superpowers and i'm going to teach you the five that will change your life forever check it out and i'll be back after this to pray for you [Music] paul writes to us he's writing to the church at ephesus he's writing to us as believers and you were dead in your trespasses and sins he's talking about what we were before jesus came to the earth before he died for us before he rose from the dead he said you were dead before you were born again you were dead in your trespasses and sins the wages of sin is death adam brought death into the world our sin brought death into the world adam's sin brought death to everyone unless a person is born again they cannot enter the kingdom of god it's so simple we simply have to be born again but once you're born again you're no longer dead in your trespasses and sins in which you formerly walked verse 2 says according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air he said you formerly were dead you formerly were lost you formally were dead in your trespasses but it says in verse 4 but god but god say that out loud right where you are but god but god but god but god you were dead but god you were defeated but god you were lost but god you were addicted but god you were an enemy but god you were broken in a million pieces but god you were forsaken but god you were sentenced to hell but god you were never going to make it but god you were betrayed by loved ones but god you fell into the deepest of pits but god you were on a crash course for destruction but god but god but god being rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us even when we were dead in our transgressions he made us alive together with christ for by grace you have been saved and he has raised us up with him and seated us with him in heavenly places in christ jesus i want you to see that again closely but god who is rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us why is god rich in mercy towards us because of the great his great love with which he loved us why are we saved by grace because of his great love with which he loved us why did he send jesus to die for our sins because of his great love with which he loved us and that even when we were dead in our trust in our transgressions he made us alive together with christ this is what i want to get across to you together with christ for by grace you have been saved he made us alive together with christ then it says he raised us up with him and then it says he seated us with him in heavenly places in christ jesus he made us alive he raised us up and he seated us with him he made us alive with him raised us up with him seated us with him in heavenly places in christ jesus what did he do because of his great love he made us alive with him he raised us up with him and he has seated us with him if we could get a hold of this the power of god would flow so freely and mightily in your life and in your soul and in your mind in your body in every aspect of your life because not only does the resurrection of jesus give us hope not only does the resurrection of jesus give us salvation not only does the resurrection of jesus give us power not only does the resurrection of jesus give us proof that our story doesn't end there the resurrection of jesus elevates us to be joint heirs with jesus christ you're a joint heir that means as he is so are we in this world as he is so are we in this world did you know that the moment you get born again you're just like jesus inside as he is so are we in this world whatever he is you are whatever he has you have we're a joint heir with him we are joined twin brothers twin sisters of jesus and he has joined us with him and we are equal in the inheritance from the father with jesus the bible says in first john chapter 4 verse 17 as he is so are we by this love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment whenever the enemy tries to judge us because as he is so are we in this world he's more than a conqueror we're more than conquerors he's loved by the father we're loved by the father he's a joint heir of the inheritance we're joint heirs of the inheritance jesus has authority over the devil we have authority over the devil jesus heals the sick we can heal the sick jesus has joy above all you and me can have joy above all jesus is the prince of peace we can have peace and be the prince over our anxieties and be the prince over our worries and be the prince or be king over our anxieties fears and worries we're joint heirs with jesus christ as he is so are we in this world yes we are in heaven when we get to heaven it'll be like that but we're that now in this world in this life right here right now jesus resurrection not only gives us hope not only gives us salvation not only gives us power not only gives us proof that our story doesn't end there but jesus resurrection elevates us as joint heirs with jesus christ you're a joint heir wow this is who we are now we're joint heirs as he is so are we in this life so let me mention these six gifts of the resurrection i'll call them it's in john chapter 13 and in john chapter 13 jesus is sitting with his disciples at the last supper and in john chapter 13 i want you to see what he says in verse 1. it says now before the feast of the passover jesus knowing that his hour had come that he would depart out of this world to the father having loved his own who were in this world he loved them to the end he loved them to the end i want you to see what's happening jesus is about to go to the cross here in john chapter 13 but he's sitting with his disciples and he loved them to the end it says to the end of his life to the end of the age to the ends of the earth to the end of the world jesus doesn't love us up to a point he loves us to the end he loves you to the end he doesn't love you up until the point you really blow it he loves you to the end he loves you to the end the resurrection of jesus christ is the demonstration of god loving you until the end the first thing that the resurrection gives us is it shows us how to love well jesus loves well in john chapter 13 jesus loves well how well does he love he loves them to the end he loves us completely he loves us entirely he loves us eternally he loves us without end he loves well and as he is so are we in this world so since he loves us well this is what empowers us to love others well god wants us to love well just as jesus loves well and god empowers us to love well because i want you to remember this verse as we went over already as he is so are we in this world as he is so are we in this world now you think about this jesus loved well jesus shows us how to love well he's about to go to the cross and he's loving his disciples he's about to go to the cross and he's having supper with his disciples he's about to go to the cross and but he's spending time with the people that matter most to him his disciples in that moment you see jesus shows us how to love well when you're going through a trial you can love well when somebody's mistreating you you can love well when things aren't going the way you would hope you can still love well why because as he is so are we in this world we have to get this identity figured out we have to get this identity embraced we have to embrace our true identity in christ as he is so are we as he is so are we as he is so am i as he is so are you i want you to say that say as he is so am i jesus shows us how to love well jesus loves well therefore i love well because as he is so am i jesus loves well that's the first thing we see in this passage of scripture how well he loves us to the end he doesn't love halfway through he doesn't love for a couple years he doesn't love for certain seasons he doesn't love when you love him he loves you to the end and this is what he has empowered us to be able to do we can love people till the end we can love people no matter how they treat us we can love people because of the resurrection now we're like christ we're joint heirs with him as he is so are we as he loved well we can now love well number two the second thing jesus shows us and demonstrates to us is he shows us how to live well first he shows us how to love well then he shows us how to live well i want you to see in verse 2 of john 13. the first two words are amazing during supper the devil during supper the devil during supper the devil i want you to think about this for a moment i want you to see that as he is as jesus is so are we so when we understand how jesus lived then we will be able to embrace that we can live that way too because we're joint heirs with him we're born again we're made in his image and as he is so are we in this life so because he loved well we can love well and because he lived well we can live well and how does jesus live well how does he show us how to live well as he sits down with his disciples at dinner and he says during supper the devil you know what during this church service the devils tried to hurt you during this church service the devil's tried to plan against you during your during this last weekend the devil tried to stop you tomorrow the devil will try to stop you he has no power over you unless you give your power to him but he has no power over you you have authority over the devil and this is what i love about jesus he lived well in other words even though he knew that he was about to be betrayed even though the devil was at the table in judas or through judas the devil was at the table but jesus still had supper with his disciples this is the perfect example of psalm 23 he prepares a table for us in the presence of our enemies jesus lived well we can live well in other words we don't have to freak out when the devil's trying to do something in our life we don't have to freak out when people turn against us we don't have to freak out when the devil seems to be working in our family members we don't have to freak out because the devil was trying to enter into the heart of judas they're actually already put into the heart of judas what he wanted to do to betray jesus and yet jesus is still having supper jesus is still having a meal jesus is still reclining jesus is still celebrating his loved ones jesus is still enjoying the company of his disciples you know we have to learn to enjoy each other's company no matter what comes against us we have to learn how to how to enjoy a meal even when things aren't going well this is how jesus lived he lived well he shows us how to live he's about to go to the cross he's being betrayed he's going to be denied all the disciples except john are going to run away from jesus and yet jesus is having supper with his disciples jesus is having a meal with his disciples he's not afraid of what the devil's going to do and so you don't need to be afraid of what the devil's going to do jesus isn't afraid of what judas might do and so you don't need to be afraid of what some judas might try to do to you jesus isn't afraid to take bread and to eat a meal he's not even afraid to eat it with judas and yet he is going to go to the cross jesus is about to die he's carrying the weight of the world upon his shoulders and he's having a meal this is how to live he's carrying the weight of the world upon his shoulders but he's having a meal he's carrying the weight of the world upon his shoulders but he's sitting and relaxing with his disciples and you know what he calls us to do you know what he made us alive to do he made us alive to rise with him he made us alive to be seated with him in heavenly places in christ jesus the resurrection makes you just like jesus just as he loved well you can love well just as he lived well you can live well now let me show you something the next thing because jesus shows us how to deal with people well he shows us how to deal with people well it says that judas is going to betray him that even in times of darkness jesus gets up verse 3 knowing that the father has given all things into his hands and that he had come forth from god and was going back to god this is power he's talking about here jesus has all the power now knowing that the father has given all things into his hands and as he is so are we in this life so god the father has given all things into our hands as well he had come from god he's going back to god you came from god you were god's idea you came from god you're going back to god jesus got up from supper he didn't get up from supper and ask his disciples to serve him he got up from supper and laid his garments down and took the towel of a servant and he girded himself and verse 5 says and he began to pour water into the basin and he began to wash the disciples feet and wipe them with the towel with which he was girded this incredible demonstration of how to treat people jesus loved well we can now love well because as he is so are we in this life jesus lived well now we can live well we can have joy we can have a meal we can have peace in the midst of a storm in the midst of our enemies jesus treated people well jesus deals with people well he treats people well what does he do he comes and he's about to go to the cross and what do we find him doing washing the disciples feet and simon peter said to him lord you wash my feet jesus answered you're going to wash my feet peter said jesus said what i do you do not realize now but you'll understand after peter said never shall you wash my feet jesus said if i don't wash your feet if i don't wash you you have no part with me if i don't wash you you have no part with me thank thank god jesus washed you in his own blood with his own blood he washed you and you are partner with him now but simon peter didn't understand that and that's why he said lord then he said you can't wash my feet he said if i don't wash your feet you can't have any part in me then peter's like uh then just don't wash my hands only don't wash my feet also don't wash my feet only but also my hands on my head and jesus said he who is bathed needs only to wash his feet but is completely clean you are clean but not all of you for he knew the one who was going to betray him when he said not all are clean and when he washed their feet and had taken his garments and reclined at the table again he said to them do you know what i've done to you you call me teacher and you call me lord and you're right for so i am he said if then the lord and the teacher washed your feet you also ought to wash one another's feet for i gave you an example that you also should do as i did to you not only does he show us how to treat people well how to serve people well but he becomes the servant of all this really shows us something because it's not about having a foot washing service it's about covering one another it's about love covers a multitude of sins that jesus didn't cover our sins he washed away all of our all of our sins but our responsibility towards each other is to cover each other it's to get each other's back to have each other's back not to bite each other's back but to have and protect each other's back and jesus shows this this is not about okay go get a towel and go wash somebody's feet this is about constantly being a servant of others the greatest among us is the servant of all we can serve well because as he is so are we jesus loved well now we can love well too jesus lived well now we can live well too jesus treated people well dealt with people well now we can treat people well and deal with people well too jesus served well we can serve well too well as this whole teaching has been about as jesus is so are we what are we through the power of his resurrection we have his superpowers the power to love the power to celebrate life the power to treat people with kindness the power to serve and the power to lead with love don't forget this revelation and remember this is how we're going to win the world for jesus together let's be the church let's be the love let's be the body of christ that he created us to be now speaking of winning the world to jesus i want to remind you something very special we're doing we're on a mission to see 30 million souls saved and lives transformed over the next five years and i need your help today and it's pretty urgent because we have a few projects right now that are time sensitive and we're working on that will transform the way people can receive and encounter god's word first we have our solar powered audio bibles which are powered by the sun and never run out of battery or power and right now we're distributing these in the top seven languages in the world worldwide also we're now broadcasting our church services in over 90 languages in both audio and and subtitles so you can learn more at gregorydickout.com translation both of these projects have one goal in mind and that's to get the gospel of jesus christ to a world that more than ever needs to hear it together we're tearing down the boundaries and walls of language barriers and seeing lives transformed through the power of god's love and his precious words so would you join me and partner with me in these two incredible projects let's get these solar-powered audio bibles into as many people's hands as we can and let's continue to grow our live teaching translation in as many languages as we can to reach the most people preach the gospel to all 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gregorydikkau.tv well i really want to invite you to ask the holy spirit to lead you and to do something in the next few moments that will matter for eternity and help make it possible for me to get these solar-powered audio bibles into the hands of as many people as possible and we're translating god's word into 90 languages around the world we're making a difference together and i can't thank you enough for being a part of that and a partner with me in that and i want to partner with you in what your need is today let me pray for you father thank you that every person connected right now is going to experience increase increase health in their life increase wisdom in their life increase love increased finances increase opportunities increase of favor lord thank you for supernatural increase and blessing in every person's life today in jesus name amen thank you so much for joining me today connect with me online or on social media don't miss our next broadcast remember to set your dvr 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