Gateway Church Live | May 30-31 | Pentecost

[Music] hey everyone and welcome to Gateway Church whether you've been with us for several weeks or this is your first week I want to invite you to be more than a spectator today be a participant in worship lift your hands saying clap wherever you are today make that place a house of worship even though we're apart we're together because we're family so now wherever you are let's turn our hearts and attention and worship the Lord [Music] with the melody you surround [Music] deliverance from my enemies too my god come on stretch the series together [Music] Oh God [Music] No god [Music] come on let's eat together [Music] you bet shows [Music] [Music] to your fan you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we rest [Music] right now we are [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] that's who we are today we are children of a good father and in Psalm 91 it says that God is a hope that holds us he's a stronghold of shelter he is our rescue from every single drop of the enemy and that's his promise one of us today as we continue to worship the promise [Music] the hope it home feel the end [Music] my trouble you [Music] see my brokenness [Music] in [Music] I see in the shower Oh [Music] do you pee [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] your art and no weapon formed against me will stand cuz you weapon phoned again I believe in you hope victory [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] in the shower your lives in the shower I see in the shed oh I afraid thank you Jesus the cross has the final word the cross has the fine Saro may come the darkest night but the cross has a fine word we know it's true today [Music] their cross has the final word sing it out with us the cross has the fine Oh evil may put up its strongest fire but the cross has the fire [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Wilo it's already finished [Music] [Music] it's nothing [Music] so-called [Music] this [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I want you to think about this for a moment the final words of Jesus on the cross were it is finished wherever you are today I want you to think about the magnitude of that statement the creator of the universe said it is finished it is complete the work is done well what work what work are we talking about redemption you have been redeemed you are his he has called you by name so how do we respond to that well Hebrews 12 verses 1 and 2 says it this way let us run with endurance the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God that is incredible news today and the encouragement for us is whatever you are enduring today you have a savior that stepped joyfully out of heaven into this earth and he endured his suffering and today he sits at the right hand of the father making intercession for you and for me that is great great news today whatever you are enduring Jesus is with you today be encouraged by that I want to ask you to just hold your hands out like this for just a moment let me pray over you wherever you are just just do that just receive this blessing god I thank you for the work that you're doing in each of our lives and I pray today Lord where people are struggling and they're having to endure and in a in a way that they've never had to endure before god I pray that you would meet them today bring your encouragement and your strength by the power of your Holy Spirit we ask this in Jesus name amen god bless you thank you for worshiping with us today we're so glad you've joined us this weekend welcome to Gateway Church hey everyone we hope you find today's service encouraging uplifting and refreshing here are a few things you need to know about Church hey so we're so excited to share that we have special online services created just for your kids and students there's cool videos social media has games 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a relationship with Jesus it's because you've had your world upset by him and once he's changed your life he'll ask you to upset others how do you do that in upset the world Tim Ross teaches you how to relate to others in a new way in fact is listening to the Holy Spirit's voice and changed the way people think about Christianity our assignment is simple he turned the world upside down with the message love and hope of Jesus Christ [Music] and my gateway family I am so excited that I get to be with you all this weekend Pentecost Sunday I'm so excited to give the word but first can I say I miss all of you all I thank God for all of you all I love you Pastor Robert I love you Pastor Debbie my entire gateway family across all campuses I just want you to know that I miss you and I can't wait to the family reunion it's going to be spectacular right before we get into the word I just want to let you know that I wrote a book and it is out it is called upset the world you get your hands on a copy of this by going to store gateway people.com I really do believe it a bless your life so much so that we have a study guide to go with it I want to teach you how to literally turn the world upside down with the message the love and the hope of Jesus Christ so get your hand on the book if you're a real nerd like me get your hand on the study guide because I do believe that it will bless your life now if you have your Bibles I want you to go to the book of Acts chapter number 2 I actually want to go to two different spots but I want you to start in the book of Acts chapter number two I want to read four verses there then we're gonna jump over to Acts chapter number 10 and I want to read you some verses from there then I'll give you the title of the message you already know my mo and if you don't it is your first time seeing me you've become a part of the Gateway family during a quarantine I want to say welcome and my name is Tim rose and I am the lead pastor of embassy city church in Irving Texas so if you have your Bibles Acts chapter number two starting at the first verse here is what it says when the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place suddenly there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty wind storm and it filled the house where they were sitting then what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them and everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability now I want to jump to Acts chapter number 10 verse number 24 here's what it says they arrived in Caesarea this is Peter the following day Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and his close friends as Peter entered his home Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him but Peter pulled him up and said stand up I'm a human being just like you so they talked together and went inside where many others were assembled now let's jump to verse number 44 in Acts chapter number 10 here's what it says even as Peter was saying these things the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message the Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles - for they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God all right so let me give you the title of this message for Pentecost Sunday because I really do believe it's going to bless your life right now you might want to turn down the volume because I'm going to turn up my volume to give you the title of this message are you ready for it okay here it goes he's coming in the house we say it again he's coming in the house it's the title of this message bow your heads let's pray over the word before we get into it shall we Holy Spirit thank you for coming into our house a man you guys know I love to pray quick what I love about this particular day is that we get to celebrate the outpouring of the Spirit of God upon his people for us as believers in Jesus Christ as Christians we call this day Pentecost for those that are my brothers and sisters of the Messianic Jewish faith it is called sha the day a festival that they all came together to celebrate 50 days after Passover and in the scriptures that I read you in Acts chapter number 2 in Acts chapter number 10 it's a profound thing that is happening for both Jews and Gentiles for both those that God had covenant with all the way back to Abraham and those he would have covenant with because of the promise given to us in Jesus Christ in ice chapter number 2 it says that they were all in one place they were all in one Accord and they were waiting for the Holy Spirit they were in the house of God in the next chapter number 2 it says that the Holy Spirit came down and filled everybody that was in the place in the house of God the Temple in Jerusalem and as they came out of that place they began to declare that Jesus Christ is Lord and God raised him from the dead and it pierced the hearts of everyone that heard Peter preached this first sermon after Jesus's ascension to the point that 3,000 people were baptized that day and the church is off and running what's interesting is it is ten years later before Gentiles would experience the same thing that the Jewish people experienced in Acts chapter number two let me just stop and say if you want to know how serious God is about his covenant with his chosen people Israel look no further than Acts chapter number two because in Acts chapter number two the Holy Spirit came down and filled the Jews first then it was ten years before he filled the Gentiles and as it was in God's house it came to Cornelius house I'm gonna say that again as it was in God's house in Acts chapter number two it came to Cornelius house in Acts chapter number 10 and there's something about these houses there's something about these houses that I want to give you some some revelation on that I want to give you some context on because I don't think it's by accident that the Holy Spirit came into the house of God to fill the Jews and Cornelius's house a Gentile to fill the Gentiles there's something about this house that I believe that we need to pay attention to and so I want to give you the three reasons why I believe the Holy Spirit came in a house these are practical ideas that I want to share with you the three reasons why I believe the Holy Spirit came in a house three reasons why I believe he wants to come into your house so if you're taking notes on this message write this down point number one I believe that he came into the house because that's what we're comfortable I want you to think about this you are most comfortable in your own house most comfortable in your surroundings that are familiar to you in your own setting and the Holy Spirit wants to make sure that you receive what he wants to impart he wants to make sure that you receive what he wants to give you is so what better place to come then to your own house I just want to submit to you that that perhaps one of the things that we could have benefited from during the time of quarantine is the fact that the Holy Spirit had time to visit us in our house why that's the place we're most comfortable now for some of you extra verse I know that you're probably going crazy and you want to get out of the house but could it be that the reason why he brought you into the house it's because he wants to fill you and empower you to do some great things point number two the second reason why I believe that the Holy Spirit came into the house because that's where you're most vulnerable now let's just be honest for a minute you know that you've been on more zoom cause than you care to even count at this point and if you're being truthfully in this time you know that you have been all business up top but all quarantined on the bottom you've had your PJ so from the bottom down you've had your nice little business suit on from from the top up your most vulnerable in your house that's where you're the most relaxed that's where your guard is down and the Holy Spirit wants to come into a relationship with you and fill you with his power in his presence to go out and literally upset the world he wants to do that for you and in you so of course he would want to get you where you're the most vulnerable where you have your guard down point number three the third reason why I believe that the Holy Spirit came into the house because that's what we're most moldable now we don't use this word a lot you might use the word teachable or a place of instruction but but this is the place where I believe that God wants to shape us this is the place where I believe that God wants to create in us a new mind in a new way of thinking a paradigm of thought so that when we leave the house we have a kingdom mindset a kingdom paradigm of thinking to go out and do what it is he's called us to do to influence who it is he has called us to influence that's where we are most moldable I remember when I gave my life to Jesus Christ it was January 14th of 1996 and it was a Sunday while I was in a church service where I was sitting in the back and and I grew up in a in a in a very expressive charismatic Pentecostal environment and so I remember when the Holy Spirit made me aware of my disconnect from God his father when he made me aware of my sins and I remember standing up during testimony service and waiting for about four or five people that were in front of me to get done with their testimonies before I could confess Christ I could not even wait to a sermon in an altar call I actually stood up during testimony service and I gave my life to Jesus Christ on that day and I remember getting home thought to myself well since I've come into this relationship with Jesus now I should read the Bible and so in January 15th which would have been that Monday in 1996 I took a King James Thomson chain reference Bible and began to read it from the book of Genesis let me tell you what was happening as I was reading words from the Scriptures I was being molded my mind was being changed from the way I had been living my life for the last twenty years into the way that God wanted me to live my life for the rest of eternity I'm telling you there was something that he wants to do that can happen in your house that won't happen anywhere else there is something that happens when we are in the house of God that doesn't happen any where else and there is something that happens when we are in our own homes that doesn't happen anywhere else that is where we're most comfortable that is where we are most vulnerable and that's where we are most moldable good to me hope is good to you as well okay so so those are the three reasons that I wanted to give you why I believe the Holy Spirit came in to the house for the juicee came into the house of God in the temple during Shavuot and for the Gentiles he came into Cornelius his house because you were comfortable there you were vulnerable there you were moldable there but what happens after this this is where I get excited what happens after this is something that I believe we all should have a context for because there's no way that the Holy Spirit can be out poured into our lives and it can stay inside of the house there is no reason there's no there's there's no way that that you can have an experience with the holy spirit and you can keep it contained inside of the house whether it's God's house or your house it can't be contained in the house so I want to give you the three reasons why you can't stay in your house I want to give you the three reasons why we cannot stay in our houses point number one please write this down because I believe is going to be a blessing to you we've been given power here's why you can't stay in the house because you've been given power here's what it says in Acts chapter number one verse number eight but you will receive power let me just stop right there this is written in red this is Jesus that declares it so you have to understand and know that it is God who is making this statement who is literally trying to fill you up so that when you come out of this you come out with a context that can literally turn the world upside down keep going back to that with the message love and hope of Jesus Christ Jesus says listen I need you to go back to Jerusalem I need you to wait right there because you won't be everything you're supposed to be and you won't do everything you're supposed to do unless you have the Holy Spirit's power so he says you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses telling people about me we're everywhere and where is that in Jerusalem throughout Judea in Samaria and to the ends of the earth let me pause and say that when I was growing up in LA I wanted to be a homicide detective there's something about investigation that there is something about resolving issues and especially I wanted to be a homicide detective resolving murders that just appealed to me and so my mother worked for the LAPD for 30 years and that's what I wanted to do I wanted to in law enforcement that investigative side of me is still there and so when I look at X chapter number one verse number eight I understand that there is a sequence to what Jesus said was going to happen that actually happened when they were filled with the holy spirit he said listen I need you to go back to Jerusalem and I need you to stay there until you receive the power of the Holy Spirit without that power you will not do what you're supposed to do you will not go where you're supposed to go you will not say what you are supposed to say so I want you to wait there and they did and the Holy Spirit was poured out something amazing happened they couldn't stay in the house he came into the house but they could not stay in the house they had to literally open their mouth and declare Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God he died but he rose again he was dead now he's alive our lives have been changed and we can't take away what we know so here's the first reason why you cannot stay in the house because you've been given power when you've been given power you've been given a responsibility let me just pause and give you the wise words of Uncle Ben who told a young Peter Parker that with great power comes great responsibility there's there's a responsibility we have once we have been filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to go provide the mandate that Jesus gave us to literally sin to the ends of the earth so point number one is the reason why you can't stay in the house you've been given power point number two please write this down second reason why you cannot stay in the house it's because we're witnesses we are all witnesses to the resurrection the power and the life of Jesus Christ now I got to take my time with this because this is one of my favorite points to break down when we talk about us being witnesses there's always this thought that would come from the mind of an atheist or come from the mind of an accident agnostic that would say a year yeah yeah but you weren't there and you don't have proof and and so how can you say that the Invisible Man is alive I'm giving you the perspective of somebody that doesn't have the faith and that might be cynical towards a statement that we are witnesses of his resurrection that we are witnesses of his life let me tell you why having the holy spirit was so important to these believers at the start of the church it's because when you talk about the fact that Jesus is alive when we talk about the fact that we are his witnesses who's the real witness it's the Holy Spirit the true witness to Jesus's resurrection was the one that raised him in the first place it was the Holy Spirit in the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us is the one that testifies that he is alive so what it says in Romans chapter number eight verse number eleven the same spirit that raised Christ Jesus from the dead lives in us he is the one that testifies that Jesus is alive and we're bold in that declaration because we have the person living on the inside of us that got Jesus up in the first place so when you open up your mouth and you say that he is alive it is the Holy Spirit testifying through you to the resurrection power that he gave to Jesus's body in that grave I don't know who this is for but but but I feel like there's some boldness that's gonna come to you as you as you stay in this house right now and as you receive this message right now I believe that there's a boldness that's coming to you but you're going to be able to testify in ways that you've never done before that you're going to be able to witness in ways that you've never done before here's what the enemy would love to turn you into a silent witness here's what the enemy would love to do to you he he would love to put you in a witness protection program he would love to turn this into witnesses that don't ever come out boldly to declare that Jesus Christ is Lord oh I'm glad you know that but just stay silent nobody wants to hear that you're gonna ruffle up feathers if you say that you're literally gonna upset their world it won't be by Tim's definition of turning someone over it's gonna be by the definition that you've frustrated them you've made them angry you've caused a fight but I can give you scripture after Scripture page after page in the book of Acts where the men and women who had experienced the Holy Spirit's power could not stay silent after they received the spirits infilling and I want to say to somebody that's watching right now you cannot stay silent once you know that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead and the Holy Spirit hasn't filled you with this power you can't keep it a secret the reason why we can't stay in the house it's because we've been made witnesses point number three it's gonna be so anti-climatic you're gonna be like really Tim point number three you got you ready for this please write this down the third reason why you cannot stay silent there's third reason why you cannot stay in the house it's because you have to testify we have to testify God's given us the ability to open up our mouths and share the good news of Jesus Christ here's the thing that was amazing Acts chapter number two happens thank you filled with the Holy Spirit Peter preaches his first sermon can you imagine he's preaching his first sermon all these people are hearing their own language as Peter is preaching the gospel message they are pierced to their core to find out that they are disconnected from God his father that they didn't believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and their pierced to their heart they said what do we need to do now he says you need to repent and be baptized and he goes there's some water right over there down the steps there's some water right here we can we can baptize you right here they all get baptized and the church starts growing they start meeting in homes everywhere they go Jerusalem Judea Samaria they start going to the uttermost parts of the world I want you to I want you to think about how systematic Jesus was with how the gospel is going to be communicated he said is going to come down on my chosen people the Jewish people first in Jerusalem and then you're going to go to Judea another region where there's Jewish people my covenant people and then I'm taking you to Samaria another region where my chosen people are and they're going to go to the uttermost parts of the earth and for the last two thousand years that's what's been happening Jerusalem Judea Samaria South Lake Tennessee New York Ohio Hawaii Malaysia Singapore England Japan Australia you name it the gospel is still going out based off that one verse you shall be my witnesses where everywhere starting here then there then there then everywhere there is a god-fearing guy named Cornelius chilling in his house he gets this dream that he needs to call a guy named Peter to come to his house Peter who's been filled with the Holy Spirit for a decade and has been evangelizing the chosen people the Jews gets a vision an open vision of all of this food that he was told that he could never eat according to Scripture God says don't call what I've made clean unclean he says I want you to get up from where you are and I want you to go to this guy's house named Cornelius Peters like am I supposed to do this because we're now at the part where we're about to take the gospel everywhere if at 10 years Jerusalem Judea Samaria and now we're about to hit the uttermost parts of the earth they go into Cornelius house with Cornelius season we read it he kneels down he's like oh my goodness I don't even deserve for you to be in my presence and Peter really quickly stand up man I'm just a regular guy like you do not worship me then they sit down and they start talking Peter starts sharing the gospel and as he is sharing the gospel message the Holy Spirit falls in Cornelius this house in the same way it happened in Acts chapter number 2 and they start speaking in other languages and Peter looks around of his friends he's like oh boy oh this is oh it just got real uh-uh it looks like God wants this same coven it wit Gentiles in the same way he has it with us he says we can't keep this in the house it's happening in our house but we can't keep it in the house could it be and should it be that the Holy Spirit should be visiting us in our house filling us in our house where we're comfortable where we're vulnerable where we're a moldable why so that we could be infused with power filled with it then understanding that we are witnesses that have to testify to the goodness of God I want to share this with a couple of people because when it comes down to testifying I've grown up in church and I don't know how many of you all have actually grown up in church like I have but when you've grown up in church what you usually here are like the worst testimonies of all time right like those are the testimonies that get all the mic time those are the testimonies that that get everybody's attention is the worst that testimony is the more we want to hear it I don't I don't know what that's the whole thing we need to evaluate later but I won't do it now and so you'll have people that say hey listen I got shot five times and then you know I went to prison for 11 years and I came out and Jesus saved me were like happy cuz if somebody else has a testimony that man I didn't go through any of that gave my life to Jesus when I was 12 at a youth camp and I've been serving them ever since and everybody's like yeah I don't wanna hear that testimony as if it's not as important as the other person's testimony let me clear this up for you real quick cuz cuz I need everybody to testify according to Scripture everyone has a testimony so so I'm gonna I'm gonna fly really really high forty thousand feet and give you the the kingdom perspective on testimonies on earth there's only two God either saved you from something or he saved you through something those are the only two testimonies in the entire earth God either saved you from something or he saved you through something the subcategories of what he saved you from are endless the subcategories of what he saved you through are absolutely endless but there's only two testimonies so whether you have the worst testimony of all time you were so far from God that you were really against Christians and you're in the bar drinking until you blacked out and you snorted all the lines of coke and you you went and did all the most horrible things you cheated on your taxes and you stole money and whatever you've done I'm here to tell you that's the testimony of God's Redemption in your life don't edit that testimony don't try to blot out parts of it even the stuff that makes you look bad makes him look glorious to share that testimony we need to hear that testimony but we also need to hear the testimony but the person that says you know what God didn't save me through any of the things that you just heard but God saved me from a life of pain a life of brokenness he was just so gracious to me I think about my testimony in my wife's testimony I think about the fact that Julia gave her life to Christ when she was 9 years old it's a beautiful testimony it's not that she didn't go through some some bad seasons in her life she said that she had committed to Christ at such a young age she was able to walk with God through things that other girls her age wouldn't have been able to have a context for whereas myself I gave my life to Christ till I was 20 by that time I had experienced so much that the world had to offer that there were a lot of things that I had to have God helped me purge and cleanse myself from to enjoy the relationship that I had with him he's saved Juliet from something he saved me through something those are the two testimony Joe and I want you to hear me say to you if there is somebody whose world would be literally turned upside down if they heard your testimony of God's faithfulness in your life not passing off a podcast from pastor Robert pastor Jimmy or myself or others not for Tina my link to the last sermon that they heard they need to hear the sermon that you are they need to hear the sermon of your life God's giving you relational equity with this person God's giving you a history with this person and they need to hear the Gospel message according to you we are Christ written epistles to be read of all men and I'm encouraging you nope I'm exhorting you to get that testimony out become a bold witness and with the power the Holy Spirit has given you in the house to get ready to upset the entire world so excited okay so uh I'm I'm I'm amped right now because I really do believe that somebody's gonna get this message and it's going to be something and do something not just inside of you but for others around you there's going to be a difference this is Pentecost Sunday the day that we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 50 days after Passover the promise of the Holy Spirit came down to the Jew first to the Gentile for us to literally spread the gospel around the world get out of your house [Music] he came in [Music] so that she would be powerful enough to walk out would you bow your heads and close your eyes what is the holy spirit saying to you through this message I really do feel like there's some people that have a relationship with Jesus that have maybe been apprehensive what the Holy Spirit's work is supposed to look like in your life if you came to give you power authority to be a bold witness and declare with your testimony that Jesus Christ is Lord and that God raised him from the dead you may be watching and you have never given your life to Jesus Christ I'm telling you it's so simple according to Romans 10:9 all you have to do is confess with an open mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead and that he is Lord and you'll be saved repent of the way that you've been living your life that's all repent means it's to change your mind about the way you've been living or thinking you should live your life and submit your life to be live for Jesus Christ I'm telling your whole world will change let me pray for you Holy Spirit I'm so grateful for each and every one of my brothers and sisters as we celebrate Shavuot as we celebrate this incredible day Pentecost I pray that you would do something in our house that would empower us so greatly and we have no choice but to run out in Jesus name Amen [Music] what a fantastic message from Pastor Tim not only did he remind us that the Holy Spirit is with us right now in your home he is with you but that also he goes with you wherever you go and if you're there in your home right now and you've never made Jesus Lord of your life I want to invite you to pray this prayer with me say Jesus come on say with me say Jesus I surrender my life to you today I ask that you forgive me of all of my sins and I thank you for saving me in your name I pray amen amen if you prayed that prayer today I want to invite you to text us text the word decision to 7 10 10 we'll have somebody reach out to you and connect with you and help you make the next steps in your walk with the Lord and if you need prayer or help for any reason or if you would like to connect with someone to serve please text connect to 7 1010 thanks so much for joining us we look forward to seeing you next week [Music] you

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Published: Sat May 30 2020