Being nothing before God and get victory - Bro Zac Poonen

if you can be gripped by that that what God did for Jesus he will do for me and as he cared for Jesus he will care for me but the reason why God did all that was big Jesus because Jesus took the proper place that a man should take before God all through his life believe it or not he lived as a zero so that his father could be one and because he lived under his father the father was one and he was zero there was always a value his life and he's given us an example he said as the father sent me so send I you where now he becomes the one in front of us and we remain as zeros till the end of our life then what you sang is right what God did for Jesus he'll do for you and if you find he's not doing it for you you know the reason you're no longer a zero you've become a one or two or three already that's why why doesn't he care for you as he cared for Jesus because you're no longer a zero every problem in the life of a Christian which is unsolved is because he will not become a zero all the conflicts between husband and wife every home is because one of them is not a zero or both are not zeros it is impossible to fight with a zero let me show you a verse in the Old Testament which has been a great blessing to me second chronicles chapter 20 this is a picture of our battle against Satan and we want to think a little bit about our battle with Satan at this time second chronicles 20 the sons of Moab sons of Amon some of them unites came to make war against Jehoshaphat whenever you read about war against God's people in the Old Testament it is the battle against Satan for us and the report came to George but a great multitude is coming out against you the Joshua is afraid what did he do he didn't like some other kings go to Egypt and some other countries to come and help you know like we may go to man for help he sought the Lord he fasted and sought the Lord and he reminded god of his promises Lord you have said I will never leave you nor forsake you that's what we say you're the same yesterday today and forever he said Lord God versio the God of our fathers didn't you drive out all the enemies didn't you defeat Satan on the cross verse 7 that's what we say today and you said if whenever you're in trouble come and seek me and I will answer you call upon me in the day of trouble and I will answer you Jeremiah 33 verse 3 call upon me in the day of trouble I will answer you and I'll show you great and mighty things which you do not know you know that promise in Jeremiah 33 verse 3 well that's what he said you said that you'd help us now Lord this is the prayer I want you to think of the prayer of a0 verse 12 middle of that verse we have zero power we have zero wisdom but we look at you you are the number one in front of us we are zeros we have no power we don't know what to do that means my power is zero my wisdom is zero I left depend on you that is the man who can live by faith who recognizes he has no power no wisdom he zero he's a nothing but she's Christ is the same yesterday today and forever and if God be for us who can be against us that's how Jesus lived and to see Jesus having come in the flesh means that we can live like he lived recognizing that we are nothing but recognize that he's always there to support us and help us he's the same you know that verse in John 13 Matthew Hebrews 13 saw in verse 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever we look back to read you know that song we sing the God who lived in Moses time is just the same today the God who lived in Daniels time is just the same today the God we lived in the time of the Apostles is just the same today and when it says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever that's one of the subjects on which I base that book God's work done in God's Way which also I've encouraged all all of you to get a copy and read to understand how God's work should be done essentially that if Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever and like he was in the days of the Apostles and that's described for us in the New Testament how the Apostles did God's work their attitude to money etc if he's the same then he can do the same thing today he can help his servants to serve Him without ever asking anybody for money if he's the same yesterday today and forever but if he's not then we have to modify his methods like David modified the method of carrying the ark and followed the example of the Philistines to put it on a bullock cart and that's how calamity came he read in 1 Samuel sorry you second Samuel so how shall we prove that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today for our in our churches we will prove particularly in the area of my and making our needs known to others that we say Jesus made his no need known only to the father you know today all these people pleading with people come and support me support me can you imagine Jesus picture this in your mind Jesus going to people and saying can you please give me some money my Heavenly Father has let me down and so I have to trust you folks now that's an attitude of a beggar my Heavenly Father let me down he says if I he owns the cattle on a Thousand Hills and if I'm hungry I will not let you know he says in the Psalms but it hasn't worked Jesus says for me so can you give me money can you imagine it Jesus like that that is another Jesus and that is another Jesus that is being preached in Christendom today by all these preachers who say please give us money because I have to do this and I've got to do that and you you people have to help me no apostle did it Jesus did not do it and we we wanted to prove that right from the beginning of CFC and we approved it now for 43 years and that's why I wrote I waited 43 years to write that book because I didn't want to write unproven theories 40 years is enough to prove something like we read again and again in the wilderness mister lights fruit God so take that challenge brothers and sisters when you're in need go to God instead of going to man it says in Jeremiah 17 verse 5 to 8 curse said is the man who depends on man blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord the man who trusts in the Lord will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water jeremiah 17 verse 5 to 8 and always green always bearing fruit in its season but if you don't trust in the lord it says you'll be like a barren tree in the wilderness and that's how a lot of so-called christian churches are and that's how a lot of christians are we are not meant to be like that I was greatly challenged some years ago by this verse in 1 John in chapter 4 and I want to pass it on to you 1 John chapter chapter 4 it's a little phrase and I think we have it on a plaque downstairs of our building 1 John 4 verse 18 sorry verse 17 1 John 4:17 the last part of that verse as Jesus is so also are we in this world meditate on that there's a it's a deep well from which you can draw water for the rest of your life as Jesus is so also are we in this world he's not talking about the future he's talking about this world right now that right now I can be as Jesus is what he did for Jesus we do for me as the father cared for Jesus he'll care for me as he is also our we and I thought of it like this demons were scared of Jesus in a synagogue we read when Jesus spoke the demon-possessed man erupted but that guy sat quietly when all the Pharisees were speaking there for years but the moment Jesus came they erupted and wherever Jesus went the demons would warn them hey he's coming here he's coming here be careful they were scared of Jesus as Jesus is so are we in this world do you have faith to believe that that you never first of all that you never need to be afraid of the devil all of your children never never to be afraid of the devil resist the devil James 4:7 he will flee from you but before you resist the devil before you resist the devil it says in James in chapter 4 and the just before that James 4:7 is a resist the devil but previous to that it says submit to God as the full verse don't just resist the devil don't begin in the middle of the words submit 100% to God which means you become a zero and let God be everything in your life then resist the devil and he will flee from you he will flee that's God's promise what God has prepared for those who love him this is one of the things he has prepared for us which they did not have in the Old Covenant no Old Covenant person could resist the devil the devil is mentioned only in two or three places in the entire Old Testament one is in Genesis 3 once it says Satan tempted David to number the people and then you read about Satan in Zechariah chapter 3 accusing Joshua the high priest there's only a few places and no person in the Old Testament was called to fight Satan or resist Satan we never read of Satan coming against anyone in the Old Testament why because God does not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability so you know you don't let children to your own children go out into the world all by themselves they're not ready when they are twenty years old you'll send them because now they're ready so God did not allow any whole tests not even Elijah or John the Baptist to face the devil directly the first person who confronted the devil directly was Jesus Christ and after that the Apostles after that we can submit to God and resist the devil and he will flee from us any believer can cast out a demon if his conscience is clear he's walking in the light he believes that Satan was defeated on the cross by Jesus Christ he's convinced about it no doubt in his mind every demon every and the devil and all his were all defeated on the cross by my Savior and Jesus Christ is the head of my life he dwells in my heart and as Jesus is so am i in this world so am i when I confront this demon-possessed person you can tell that demon in the name of Jesus get out of her get out of him it'll go you don't have to repeat it you know in many churches they fast and pray and yell and some people pull the woman's hair and all ties it I saw that happen once somebody doing and I said who's got the demon here this father this pastor or this woman no I've cast out many demons in my life always with one word I'll tell you another thing I never did it before I was baptized in the Holy Spirit the baptism the Holy Spirit not only revealed Jesus in a new way to me not only gave me a revelation on the life of victory but it's almost like transported me into a realm of the Spirit see we're all living in the realm of reason and we all like college students and always in the realm of reason but then the Lord lifts us into the realm of the Spirit and then we see things which other people can't see and people won't even be able to understand us why we do things in a certain way a carnal person will always misunderstand a spiritual person even a soulish person who's not carnal he's not living in sin but he lives in his reason he lives in his emotions he will not understand a spiritual man turn with me to 1 Corinthians in chapter 2 in 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 14 onwards to chapter 3 and verse 3 he read about three types of people and that is natural man means the soulish man verse 14 that is the real translation of it the soulish man who lives by his soul 1 Corinthians 2:14 a soulish man who lives in his mind and his emotions cannot understand the things of the Spirit of God they are foolishness to him because they had to be spiritually appraised inside the veil in the presence of God but he was gone inside the veil and has become spiritual he can appraise appraise means evaluate everything what is this and what is this what is the value of this and what is the value of that relatively and you can evaluate people he can discern people is one of the greatest needs for elders to be able to discern go beyond the words they say to discern his spirit but the spiritual man cannot be discerned by others he cannot be he appraises everybody but people cannot appraise him don't you cannot appraise the spiritual man unless your spiritual yourself and that's why you see so many really spiritually minded people are criticized by soulish people and you say that man was criticizing is living an upright life I know he's not carnal but he's evaluating by his mind and emotions he studied the Bible his mind and emotions he's not spiritual he's not taking up the cross he's not denied his will he hasn't become a zero before God and say I will do nothing by myself while wait on the Father he doesn't do that he's very clever so he cannot discern spiritual things and he cannot discern a spiritual man and that's why the truly spiritual people in the world are always misunderstood by a whole lot of clever believers who quote verses and this and that neither why is this wise like that I don't waste my time arguing with people about verses because I say these things are spiritually discerned what she is just like explaining to a blind man who says this wall is black there's a blind man who tells me brothers thank you you don't realize this wall is black he's really sincere but he's blind how in the world can I convince him this wall is not black there's no way except his eyes are opened that's how it is a spiritual man it's impossible to explain these things to a soulish person but then he goes on in verse chapter 3 verse 1 to speak about carnal people those are the people who live according to the flesh they have verse 3 jealousy strife and all those other things so there are three types of people mentioned in these verses the carnal person the lowest level chapter 3 verse 1 to 3 they live according to the flesh the soul each person chapter 2 verse 14 who lives in his mind and emotions and the spiritual person the spiritual person is the only one who can accomplish the will of God the spiritual person is the one who always considers himself as zero the carnal person doesn't consider himself a zero the soulless person definitely does not consider mrs. or he's pretty clever maybe knows the Bible the truly spiritual person is the one who recognizes he's a zero and remains there consistently day after day after day after day putting God in front of him it's not just 0 . no zero but I have the Lord in front of me I set the Lord always before me always i from the day I moment I wake up in the morning this one Christ is in front of me then only I have any value otherwise I'll go through that all day as is zero and accomplish nothing but if I start the day with Christ in front of me I become valuable and if I can keep him in front of me in every decision he will protect me preserve me as he cared for Jesus the father will care for me that's how you're supposed to live we live by the word of God that we receive every day God speaks to us all the time man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from God's mouth and when we do that you'll find the devil is very quick to come and whisper unbelief into our heart can you just pick up those slides which I gave you and put the first one of them up there receiving God's Word daily this is a humble person who's laid down his sword and his equipment and saying God like we say give us this day our daily bread Lord give me my food today give me my your word to me this is how we must begin every day even if you're not physically on your knees spiritually bowing before God I cannot go through this day without receiving your word and when we do that the devil's quick to do something else go to the next slide there are demons who come to us after we have heard God's word very common sure it's your husband did this because these demons come and whisper the distance comes between bill can sit whenever you hear whisper thing that'll happen to you or your family so here's a scary picture the devil coming at you say never never never meet us and go to the next slide and he will flee like Jesus he said it is written where did Eve fail you shall not eat of that tree some benefits in it see the contrast between how see the devil is always some you know the roaring lion whom you must know weighs a very narrow way his one line this side one you think of that as a lion trying to grab you the devil has destroyed so much so easily beset us thinking God he says he will not can't see both are chained and they kept they cannot come into that way ayah let me turn with your verse narrow way like this a roadway it'll be called the highway of holiness Isaiah 35 verse 8 it's a very narrow waist to life it be for him will be there can come into the way right up to the edge of the way but he cannot touch him with joyful shouting we see this demon trying to it is always by the letter of the law this this this what there are some how we look back you will on either side of that narrow way the secret of a wonderful plan for your life is and he wants to fulfill a zero before God and remain as a zero he will fulfill it's a wonderful promise Jeremiah 29 and verse 11 God says I know the plans I've got for you plans to do you good for your welfare never to hurt you to give you a future and a hope this is the plans God has for us and if you want to walk in that plan call upon me pray to me I will listen to you seek me and find me and you will find me where is 13 when you search for me with all your heart otherwise you won't find that plan turn to Psalm 139 a blessing to me some 103 and while I was still in my mother's embryo a mother's womb you had your eye on me when you had a plan for you already planned to walk in that plan so many years I don't want to do my own will and throughout your life you sing will you can talk this narrow way till the end of your me you're always thinking about me when I'm Lord I don't have a choice to marry someone outside of your will pretty woman and saying oh that's the one I wants a lot of foolish believers they only look for beauty you know this well-known words that I quote to young people from Proverbs I like to quote it in all of you young men please remember this verse all your life in Proverbs it talks about a pretty woman who has no understanding proverbs 11 and verse 22 a beautiful woman I'd say who's not spiritual he has a very attractive woman and there are pretty women in the world it's all it's in chemistry they call it molecules molecules arranged in a certain way are pretty molecules arranged another way or ugly it's all molecules basically so if these molecules if you understand chemistry you know that molecules are arranged in a certain way and these molecules are arranged in a wonderful way in this girl okay the men call her pretty I just say it's molecules arranged in a certain way that's all if they were slightly differently arranged there'd be ugly the nose is a little up or something finished so but this pretty woman has got no spirituality and the Bible says that's like a pig the character is a pig the beauty is a golden ring in the nose of that pig imagine a pig with a golden ring on its nose and the beauty is that golden ring the character is the pig and this stupid brother says oh wow this golden ring is the best golden ring I've ever seen I want to marry you and marries the pig don't do that look for character even if there's no golden ring Beauty is inward finally that'll remain forever this golden ring will fade through the years and then you'll be looking at other golden rings in other Peaks so be careful look for character otherwise you'll be deceived yeah I want to turn to the next the last slide it's about how Satan is always pouring water on gods for water to quench it but will never be quenched the I want to live in that all my life in Song of Solomon songs for Song of Solomon chapter 8 love is like a fire verse 6 love is the middle of that love is as strong as death it flashes the flashes of love proverbs sorry Song of Solomon chapter 8 verse 6 last part the flashes of love are like flashes of fire the very fire of God I supported the Holy Spirit the fire of God the flame of God and many waters cannot quench this even if the devil sends a river into that fire it will not quench it ha what a wonderful thing brother sister to have a fire that even a river cannot put out me he may make me I hope that starts when you go through suffering certain you had see senses think of a housewife with a number of children she can't even get out of the house inside a net as it were or in some other situation you're in no believers around and you're in a net and and then the Lord puts you in the fire worse twelve he no sorry we brought to the net and oppressive burden is placed upon us and allowed men to write over our heads and we are put in the fire and taken out of the fire and put into icy cold water but at the end of it you brought us into a place of abundance by the way in the original Hebrew language that phrase a place of abundance is the same as in Psalm 23 where it says cups are running over so how do we get to the place where our cups run over with blessing to everywhere we go goodness and mercy we leave behind us it's in the Lord takes us through trials breaks us and humbles us so even in those trials seek God for the power of the Holy Spirit and resist the devil he will flee from you he was defeated on the cross he has no power over any of us we walk in triumph female oppress us in so many ways God allows it the first book in the Bible the book of Job shows how the devil could attack job in so many ways but in the end job came out triumphant he got permitted him even to attack Jesus ultimately Jesus came out in resurrection and this is the one we follow we follow a savior who is conquered Satan conquered the world he said at the end of his life the Prince of the world comes against me he finds nothing in me that's my goal John 14 verse 30 the Prince of the world comes and he finds nothing in me and I say Lord when the devil comes at me he must find nothing in me my conscience is absolutely clear I've forgiven everybody who hurt me I've asked forgiveness from people I've wronged I live with a clear conscience every single day and I always want to see myself as a zero the moment I become a one the devil's got me and that's how the devil gets a lot of believers determine that you'll be a zero till the end of your life the devil cannot touch you because in front of zero is this one Christ I don't depend on myself I depend on the Lord I lean upon him like a branch it's a branch is a zero but when it connects itself to the tree Oh beautiful mangoes come out it's no longer a zero once it's in the tree that's what Jesus said without me you can do zero john 15:5 without me you can do zero Philippians 4:13 with Christ you can do everything you can go ten hundred million any number of zeros if you put Christ in front let's never forget these lessons that God has given us seek God for the power of the Holy Spirit see God to be filled and immersed in the Holy Spirit every single day we don't need to pray for your lay hands on you go alone before God and say Lord I want to live a spirit-filled life and it will be sold God's been good to us in these days and it's right for us to give thanks to him let us stand up let's not be like the nine lepers who never came back if the Lord has touched you with a loud voice praising you can raise your hands if you like but let's raise our voice and praise the Lord [Laughter] and for what the Lord has done for us has done for us it's done for us and for what the Lord has done for us we praise Him through eternity and for what the more you do for us will do for us will do for us and for what the Lord do for us we praise Him through eternity and about the Restless note shouts well there's no chance well there's no chance well and above rest note shall swear my Jesus has done all things well praise the Lord shall we say hallelujah all together amen please be seated

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Published: Sun Oct 21 2018