Heaven on Earth 2019 | Robert Madu

[Music] hallelujah heaven on earth can we give Jesus a praise in this place tonight come on you can do better than that could we lift up the name that is above every single name [Applause] come on if you just want to be where he is come on which is Justin lift up your hands and just fill this place with the best praise that you got God we love you tonight we magnify you Father that is our hearts cry want to be where you are and I thank you that we're at the place of maturity to say that's what we want is your presence so we came here tonight for to meet with you so we say do whatever you want to do in this house say have your way in Jesus name everybody's saying hey man come on can you give God just the best player that on a Friday night oh come on on a Friday night you ain't been saying that long some of y'all wouldn't have been caught dead on a Friday night but look at you on a Friday night saying I just want to be where he is come on give him the best place god we magnify [Applause] one thing about the side of the Lord that is what I'll seek after they dwell in the house of the Lord forever you glad to be in church tonight do you like who you're standing next to because if you don't you still got time you could change your seat you could check just see I want you to give at least five people a high five and tell them it is all tonight it is all tonight come on at least five people tell a miss on tonight [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hallelujah you may be seated in the presence of Lord can we just thank God for the gift of brother Merlin and just bringing in the presence of God that was absolutely phenomenal come on l could do better than that come on celebrate this incredible man of God I'm telling you just by playing he is already preaching if you can be diagnosed with asthma and play like that come on Maya I am ridiculously red bull excited to be back to be back this is my second time here and the first time I came to Cornerstone you know when you come to a church the first time you are still in the guest category can still kind of people still don't know they're kind of looking at you sideways they don't know yet but if you come back the second time well then you just family so I hope you know I'm in the family now whether you like it or not you are stuck with Robert madhu from the great country of Texas and it is good good to be back here and I really do have expectations for God to do something there are just some places that have such an anointing on the place that's because of the leader it carries that anointing and anytime I can get around Bishop it's and his amazing wife Cathy I am crazy blessed nobody say it is we don't do it right but I want you to understand I think I'm the youngest preacher preacher and I'm just seeing the season of my life while I appreciate people who are consistent consistency is greater than intensity if you're in the weight room working out don't be impressed with the dude who's got like 300 pounds on the bench press and they're not making a big noise don't be impressed with him be impressed with the dude who's like 80 something years old don't got much weight just in there but being coming to that gym for like 40 years every day at 6:00 a image of that consistency consistency and we live in a culture where quitting is normal and so I'm just thankful for leaders who stick with it who are crazy enough to be committed who for years have been standing at the gateway of hell redirected traffic come on I want you to help me honor the pastor the visionary [Applause] of this house come on can we thank God for Bishop it's come on y'all can do better than that would you let him know how much you love them how much you appreciate here until the incredible woman of God that stands beside him come on help me thank God for her tonight we love you say it all the time bishop it says the relational equity to get anybody behind this pulpit so I'm honored to be here I'm gonna jump straight to the Word of God if that's cool did you come to get a word from God I'm telling if y'all feel like hearing it like I feel like preaching it something's gonna happen in here go and be to the Gospel according to Matthew tonight Matthew chapter 15 you know mom would you stand with me to honor the reading of God's Word Matthew chapter 15 we'll start at verse number 21 and we'll land at verse number 28 I've been given a mandate to preach this message everywhere that I go this is not a random sermon but I really believe it is a prophetic word for the time in which we live so hope we have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying have you noticed that what you receive out of a message is not just contingent upon the preacher but also upon you I'll never forget when I figured that out it takes so much pressure off of preaching that it's not just on me whether God speaks tonight it's on you too I'll preach someplace and they'll be like wow that's the best message you've ever preached now go now that's the best time you ever listen you actually want on your phone that's why you got something out of it come on but when you lean in with it expectancy God will speak man I believe he's gonna do that tonight Matthew chapter 15 we'll start at verse number 21 and we'll land at verse 28 and it says leaving that place Jesus withdrew to the region of tyre and sidon the Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him crying out Lord son of David have mercy on me my daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly Jesus did not answer a word so the disciples came to him send her away she keeps crying out after us he answered I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel the woman came and knelt before him lord help me she said and he replied it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs yes it is Lord she said even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table jesus said to her woman how many know only Jesus could get away with that okay husbands I would not suggest at any time in your life you look at your wife and say woman only Jesus can save a woman you have a great faith your request is granted and her daughter was healed six months later is that oh I'm tripping it's a new prescription um her daughter was healed 10 days let you know my bad it was a long flight um her daughter was healed at that moment and that moment it's almost like it's almost like what she said in verse 27 is what activated the miracle at that moment I want to preach in heaven on earth compras just using this as a title get over it get over it what did you look at your neighbor whichever one you like the best just say neighbor oh never I got a word for you tonight get over it come on find your other neighbor the one you completely ignored look at them right and they face come on say other neighbor I know this message is for you give God some praise if you believe he's gonna speak in here tonight get over it come on let's pray before we go into this it's gonna be a long prayer but just bear with me would you bow your head god you are awesome speak to us tonight amen you may be seated the presence of the Lord get over it cornerstone fam I don't want to preach before I preach but uh just watch this real quick what watch this to push you into your purpose God will offer you desperation to push you into your destiny in fact watch this desperation is the door that breakthrough walks through oh say that again desperate is the door that breakthrough walks through some people wonder how come I ain't got my breakthrough yet some tonsils cuz you hadn't got downright desperate enough for God to do it in your life because desperation will open up doors that complacency will keep shut I'm telling I'll traveller people often ask me Robert where's your favorite place to preach your favorite place to preach him to be honest I struggle to name a place because I want articulate to them that the effectiveness of preaching and ministry has little to do with an address or a destination of a place but everything to do with the attitude and the disposition of the people that are in the place come on I would rather preach in a basement with three desperate people didn't appreciate the Bahamas with thousands of bougie stuffed up people who act like they don't need God to do anything in their life give me some miracles when you're desperate hey hey that's a good sermon cliff that's a good sermon cliff it's actually a good sermon it's a good sermon at least I thought it was until after I preached that message I did what every confident secure and emotionally healthy preacher does after a sermon I went online to view the comments underneath that message now full disclosure most of the comments were positive 80% of them were positive comments like preached that comments like that's a word there was even a few fire and motive cons okay but those are not the comments that I have saved screenshotted on my phone that I want to read for you tonight at heaven on earth conference now if you remember in that clip in that clip that was not the full sermon I said and I quote I would rather preach in a basement with three people who are desperate for God than to preach in the Bahamas with thousands of stuck-up bougie people who act like they don't need God to do anything in their life that's what I said in that clip that was not the full sermon okay now what I was clearly stating is that as a preacher and a pontificate er of the gospel that a meager but eager audience in a basement would be preferred over a large apathetic audience in the Bahamas my just efficient of the basement and the Bahamas was solely to compare contrast a magnificent environment with a mundane environment I was in no way shape or form trying to denigrate Bahamian people or basement people I just needed to they started with the letter B but let me read to you some of the comments it says pastor in the sermon you mentioned the Bahamas stating that it has stuck-up and boozy people how can a pastor say those things about a country have you met everyone in the Bahamas very distasteful of you to make those statements as a bohemian I am offended and owed an apology next comment sir you have greatly offended a large group of Bohemians with your insensitive comments about the Bahamas next comment and my favorite the expression on his face when he delivered that line about my people tells me everything I need to know that was flesh coming through not God watch it again and watch his expression closely hash tag apology required urgently next comment wow just wow sad that he used his platform to offend hundreds and thousands of people I was about 200 more comments where that came from there's even one guy true story one guy who started a campaign on Facebook to ban my ministry from ever preaching in the Bahamas and the irony is the irony is is I would love to preach in the Bahamas I would die to preach in the Bahamas I keep a 100 I'll leave y'all right now to go breathe in I mean Celino is good but it ain't about and I just found it funny interesting and to be honest quite sad that some people miss to hear me the transformational truth of an entire message not because it could not be comprehended but because they were offended ladies and gentlemen brothers and sisters we are now living in the age in the era of offense have you noticed or is it just me that it seems like everybody everywhere is perpetually and continually offended about everything all the time everybody in our body is offended it is as if victimhood has gone viral and being easily offended is no longer seen as a weakness of your character but it's now seen as your constitutional right oh yes you got a right to be offended oh you didn't hear what he said you're not offended by that I'm offended that you not offended every body is offended to the point that we are no longer living in the USA oh no we are living in the u.s. oh because everybody is in the united state of offense oh yes men are offended women are offended the Millennials are offended the baby boomers are offended the Democrats are offended the Republicans are offended the atheists are offended the Saints are offended the New Orleans Saints oh now you know we're supposed to be in the Super Bowl - referee cheat it that's what otherwise we would have been it's a whole nother season get vegetarians and vegans are offended oh yes you heard about this right but there are group here me of vegans that are now calling for the removal of meat based metaphors they want a ban on phrases like bring home the bacon and they are rallying for less offensive and more health-conscious phrases like bring home the broccoli animal rights activists have jumped on the same bandwagon backed by PETA they feel that some of our commonly used phrases and idioms are offensive and are actually encouraging animal cruelty phrases like you're beating a dead horse and you can kill two birds with one stone should be removed and replaced with less offensive ones like you're feeding the fed horse and you can feed two birds with one stone people that is a full reel and I feel some of y'all in here tonight some of y'all are going off those stalls and vegans are those animal rights activists that's just silly understand is silly to you but it's very serious to them oh so serious that some of these animal rights activists here me were arrested they were arrested because they were going to steak houses with speaker phones and in front of the steak houses they were playing the sound of slaughtered cows on speaker phones and when these managers of these steak houses said no hold up y'all can't do that yeah y'all got a move I had to I had to I had to they refused to leave the premises and got arrested they went to jail for this so understand you might call it silly but it is serious to them and this is the ubiquitous variability of an offense is that something that is silly to me might be serious to you and an offense that is serious to you might be silly to me and I don't care who you are in this room tonight all of us have something that if the right person on the wrong day when you forgot to pray hit that button you would find yourself in a jail cell right next to the animal rights activist game operation before fort night operation and you had to get the tweezers and not hit the rock the wrong spot cuz if you hit the wrong spot and the nose would light up yeah that's you yeah that's me all of us have offenses that if the right person hit it hooyo nose would light up like Rudolph and what are we doing a culture and a age of offense my text tonight is in Matthew chapter 15 but in Matthew chapter 24 you remember that heaven on earth conference on the Mount of Olives where Jesus was preaching and after the service the disciples come up to him privately and they say Lord how can we know the end of the age give us the sign of your return and Jesus gives them a litany of things he says let no man deceive you many will come in my name saying I am Christ he said nation will rise against nation there will be wars and rumors of wars he said there will be earthquakes in diverse places and disease and pestilences and when you're reading that you can get so lost in the earthquakes and the diseases that you'll miss Matthew 24 verse 10 where he says oh and many will be offended in other words one of the Blue's Clues for the second coming of Jesus Christ is a culture and an environment of offended people oh and Luke 17 Jesus brings up this issue of offense he calls his disciples and he says he says to his disciples in fact let's look at it Luke 17 verse 1 it says that Jesus said to his disciples so we know we was talking to he's talking to disciples any disciples in here here like six of y'all okay we're pray for the rest he said to his disciples he says it is impossible that got my attention it's impossible how can a God that does the impossible say that something is impossible what in the world could be impossible Jesus heal the sick raise the dead for the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl know all that is easy what's impossible he says it is impossible that no offenses should come in other words he guarantees you that offenses are going to come your way he promises you that offenses will come that if you are a living breathing entity please believe offenses or comment he guarantees you somebody's gonna get on your last nerve he guarantees you somebody's gonna send you the wrong text the wrong email he guarantees you somebody's gonna see you pulling into that parking spot at Walmart and see you and they still gonna squeeze in a parking lot you know he guarantees you offenses will come he later says in the text now but don't let the offenses come through you see now don't you be out there just offending people because if you are the one that is be doing the offense it would be better for you to have a millstone put around your neck and be thrown in the bottom of the sea a millstone was a stone about the size of a washing machine he said it's better for you to put that on your neck and go to the bottom of the sea than for you to offend other people but he said offenses oh they are going to come but I've noticed in the text he did not say that it is impossible for you to not get offended because offenses and offended are two separate and distinct things this is not a shout message I might not show tonight there's a difference between an offense and offended offense is an event offended is a decision offense is what happened offended is a reaction offense says you did it offended says I'll never forgive him do you see the power and the potency of what Jesus is saying in this text he says offenses oh those are inevitable but offended that's optional and if offenses are inevitable but being offended is optional that means it is possible and plausible for you to live your life under vinden Jesus says I've got a power and a grace that not a lot of believers tap into that you can actually live your life unoffending you wanna turn the world you'll turn the world when the world sees some believers who are actually undefendable so here's the question I came all the way to Ohio to ask you okay here's the question I've been waiting all week to ask you this you ready it is what is your current level of offend ability I know offend ability is not a word but what is your current level of offend ability say another way how much does it take for you to get offended only reason I'm asking you is because as I was seeking the Lord from my own life this year he spoke to me so clearly and said Robert your current level of offend ability is way too high he says I got big things in store for you massive things in store for you he said think that your eyes have not seen and your ears have not heard neither has it entered into the heart of man the big things I've already prepared for you Robert but he said you won't be able to handle the big thing if it keeps taking the smallest thing for you to get offended he said to me that it is your level of offend ability that is actually an indicator of the level of your spiritual maturity so what God will often do is put your miracle on the other side of an offense so that you'll be faced with a decision to stay small where you are or to grow up and get over it oh yeah I'm not gonna help me preach it here tonight and when God said that to me oh I didn't shout I didn't jump I didn't do the Holy Ghost two-step I got offended I said what you mean my current level of offend ability is - I don't get offended easily oh I got so a fit out in top takaka like two weeks oh yes because you do know that Jesus knows how to offend you oh come on somebody came nobody offends you like Jesus oh yes Jesus aged but please believe that Jesus offense - he can't help but offends you it is in his nature to offend you it is in his essence to offend you you know why because he is the way he is the oh there it is you said it not me he is the truth and the life and the truth has a way of offending you oh yes the truth will transform you but sometimes it'll make you mad before it transformed you and God says if I gotta make you mad before i transform you that's fine cuz I'm not for your comfort I'm for your change comment creator telling you Jesus knows how to offend you I'll submit to you that if Jesus has not offended you you might not have relationship with Jesus at all yes because you understand that it is in relationship is the context of offense every relationship you have runs the risk of offense yes yes you don't get offended in isolation you get offended in a relationship every relationship runs the risk of offense you don't get offended in isolation you don't go on the mirror timeout I can't stand what you keep doing to me not all of us come on somebody every relationship runs the risk of offense in Jesus will offend you if you don't believe Jesus will offend you you better ask John the Baptist the very one who pointed out Jesus and said behold the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world but when John got in a tight place he said wait a minute are you the Christ or should we look for another and Jesus in a text message oh [Applause] Jesus even a fan because he'll give you the truth I often say that Jesus oh he's like he's like spandex drunk people and toddlers he gonna give you the truth whether you like it or not somebody I'll get there tomorrow anyway every relationship every relationship runs the risk of offense sometimes as Jesus offending me sometimes it's people offended me sometimes it's both at the same time and that is exactly what is happening in this text today in Matthew chapter 15 the Bible says a Canaanite woman oh you know the moment the Bible tells you she is a Canaanite woman tension has entered the text because for centuries the Canaanites and Israelites had years of offense years of wars years of bickering a Canaanite woman what in the world would make a Canaanite woman approach a Jewish Jesus with his Jewish homeboys do you know how much courage it took for that woman to walk up to Jesus that day do you know how much nerve and audacity she had to walk up to a Jewish Jesus as a Canaanite woman somebody I'll know what I'm talking about had never had to walk into a room and you knew before you went in the room that the people in the room hated you but you had to go in anyway cuz your check was in there so you're like you know what whatever I gotta get much this woman is walking into what in the world would make a Canaanite woman approach a Jewish Jesus well I'll tell you what it was the devil was messin with her child and how many know when the devil is messing with your child it will pull stuff out of you that you don't even know it's there come on what a parent when the devil starts messing with your kid all you will get the biggest bottle of Crisco oil you will start rolling it over that room you'll get playing a card and start putting it all over the dress when the devil is messing with your child oh the push stuff out even if you didn't know was there I'm telling you I didn't notice I didn't notice - we have kids ourselves I've got three little ones I've noticed one thing for the devil to attack you it's one thing for the devil to attack your business is one thing for The Diplomats with your Honda Accord it's a whole nother thing oh when the devil starts messing with your child well your child will make you call in to work late and say no I ain't gonna be there today I'm gonna be a little bit late walking right into the classroom and tell the teacher what did you say on this note about my child no no he's creative you can't teach that's the real problem that's going on in to make you low kick an eighth grader on the playground say I wish you would pull him I kidding here come on let's go that's why she walked in you can relate you can relate she walked right in without fear or trepidation she said you can roll your eyes if you want Bartholomew you can suck your teeth if you want Peter I don't care about money job you know what I'm sick of I'm sick of being off that night I'm sick of this demon attacking much higher I'm sick of not being able to sleep and I heard this man from Galilee has the power heal the sick and raise the dead I heard the demons tremble at the very mention of his name Oh somebody knows he still got power up there you to take ten seconds and give them some some Italian have mercy on me this is my baby girl I'm tired of being up tonight if you're still in the demon cast and out business Lord son of David oh she a Canaanite song about son of David coming you know some trouble down a hit an atheist that'll make him say whoa Joe Hobart IRA I need your right now she said son of David have mercy on me this is my baby girl and Jesus heard her Jesus heard her Lord son of David have mercy and Jesus goes Lord son of David please the baby girl she's being possessed by a demon please kill her and Jesus don't think I'm being funny it's in verse 23 he says he answered her not he didn't say yes he didn't say no he said there's anybody in here that knows what it's like to deal with the offence of being ignored you cried out to Jesus and you know he heard you but he didn't say yes he didn't say no he didn't say anything at all what do you do when you are grappling with the frustration come on brother come on come on come on come on come on come on what do you do when you are grappling with the frustration of being ignored yeah that's usually the way it works you just live in your life and somebody drops an offense right in front of you didn't plan for it wasn't on your calendar cuz that's actually when an offense is it is a stumbling block it is something that's meant to trip you up and you'd be shocked at the people in this room who are dealing with the offense of being ignored saying God did you hear me I've been crying out to you and you ain't said nothing about this situation and if it's not God ignoring you what about people who have ignored you and you wondering when is anybody gonna see value and the call on my life the offense of being ignored is a tough offense to deal with Oh as soon as I read that it took me back to when I was growing up my house I never forget my dad would do this to me all the time I'll never forget being a kid I think I'd like 16 years old I walk into the kitchen my dad be there reading the paper and I go and I just asked my dad a simple question just a simple question I just go to my dad's like that I'm 16 obviously I'm grown and there's a party there's a party this Friday night at a house with people you don't know and it's going in about 3 a.m. would it be okay if I go to this party and my father my Nigerian father would hear me ask that at the kitchen table you just be reading the paper and he would hear me my nod Geryon father and all of a sudden after I would ask it he would just put the paper down and he would just look at me just look at me as if my very breathing annoyed him you just look at me and then go right back to read an event [Applause] [Music] the offense what do you do when you're ignored I think the offense of be ignored is worse than being rejected oh yes oh yes because if you reject me at least I know where we stand you don't like me that's cool thank you next but when you don't say anything at all when you don't respond at all me when I send you a text message and you don't wear power to the text message at all if you want to crazy people that lets me know you're ready because underneath this says the offense of being ignored and Bishop this offense is so pervasive in our culture today because we're living in a culture where everybody has this incessant unhealthy need to be noticed have you noticed everybody wants to be everybody's a public figure on Instagram everybody wants to be did you see my post today I'm sorry I'm trying to raise three little humans that are driving me crazy no I didn't see what you posted today and it's the same thing you posted yesterday what did what do you do with the offense big ignored if that was me I went to Jesus and crying out about my daughter and he didn't say anything oh I'm out I'm over okay I see how it is no you can't speak to me now you spoke to blind Bartimaeus now you spoke to the one with the issue of blood but now you ain't got time for me I'll talk to a God of love and grace now I think you a jerk wait while blog about you to our defender not this woman she kept asking she kept asking Jesus please Jesus please this is my baby kill Jesus please Jesus please see I came to tell somebody at heaven on earth some of you gave up too soon so you want to God to show up like Amazon Prime in 24 hours or less but sometimes God want to see are you desperate enough are you gonna be persistent enough to say God I will not let you go until you bless me I'm not gonna walk away just cause his easy I'm gonna keep on crashing after you hallelujah she kept on asking Jesus please please you know how crazy you look to keep talking to somebody that's ignoring you kept begging him she didn't get a word from Jesus but she did get a word from his constituents Jesus doesn't respond he keeps on a corner but his disciples hmm his disciples can we put on the screen I want you to see what the disciples say disciples say ah okay obviously Felicia is not going to leave so Jesus don't even worry about it we got you we got you I want you to go to stop disciple say send her away send her away for she keeps crying out after us you missed it the disciples the people that worked at the church on staff their response to a woman who is broken is sent her away Oh send her away she keeps crying out after us where in the text did she cry out after Peter or Jan where does she ever say your name see this is the problem around some people who get around Jesus for a while they get stuck up and arrogant and think that people want you we don't want you I never called your name as a matter of fact before you get knocked away the sooner I can get somebody here that would help me have some time sit Holloway she cries out out to us nobody called after you they cried after Jesus this is the danger of some people who have been hanging around Jesus for a while and get a title and get a position I think you can be mean and nasty to people you don't have an anointed to be mean to people nobody's crying enough to you you're sending people away I got a few Instagram followers are you sending people away now sing her away for she cries out after us Oh the disciples show us hear me the offense of the institution the offense of the institution the disciples hear me are proof positive that sometimes the greatest offense you will incur will not be from Jesus it will be from the people who represent him send her away wait a minute aren't you the same ones who nobody else wanted and he picked you you were the outcast you were the rejects and now you're sending people away this is the offense of the institution the church do you be shocked at the people who will never set foot in this church or never come to a heaven on earth conference you'd be shocked at the people who are here but they're still having a hard time getting over the offense of the institution somebody in the church who hurt them and I want you to hear me I am NOT belittling what the person in the church did I'm not saying it was okay but can I say this to you never project the character of man onto the character of God never project the nature and the character of land onto the character of your god they might have left you but he will not leave you they might have stabbed you in the back but he will not stab you in the back they might have done you wrong but your God will not do you wrong he is the friend that sticks closer than a brother he is faithful oh don't you ever project the nature of man onto the character of our God because it as a trick of the enemy to make you walk away because you got offended and hurt but somebody in the church if that was me and he ignored me and the disciples sent me away oh I would have been over okay okay so you know save he can't speak and then y'all want to shew me don't what no that's fine it's fine I'm gonna leave myself you don't have to simmer here what I would have been although not this woman she stayed she stayed she stayed and because she stayed God spoke I don't know who this is for tonight but God told me to tell you you left too soon that if you stay I promise you he will speak those who are planted in the house of the Lord they will flourish I'm telling you if you stay God will find a way to get a word for you don't leave stay planning if you say he's go speaking somebody get surprised if you believe that thing don't leave if you stay he will speak he will speak oh the only problem is you might not like what he says you might not like it at all did you hear what he said can't we put it on the screen he said uh I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel can I give you the Robin Badu translation of what he said to her he said girl I ain't here for you he said I am on assignment I'm sorry about your daughter but your low urgency is not my emergency he says I am here on assignment I was here for the lost sheep of his oh this is the offense of in significance insignificance are you saying I don't matter oh you said your juice is here for the lost sheep of vision so you say I don't matter the offense of in significance can I cannot teach just a little bit here pastor would you help me pastor would you help me because I want you to see something real quick y'all good because if you just take off your glasses I want you to see this see offenses are like lenses fences are like lenses you have to be careful whenever you get in the fence because as soon as you have the offense you already are seeing it through the lens of the offense cuz the fences are like lenses so let's just say hypothetically as I'm preaching man I'm thinking pastor doesn't like my sermon at all cuz he just sitting there with his hands folded and just look at him am like oh he hates my preaching so it's as I see it I'm like oh he hates my preaching you don't think I can preach you don't think I'm good enough all of a sudden I have this offense but just because I got that offense does not mean the offense is legit it's just the way that I this is why whatever I hear somebody say something about somebody and I always also said this I'm like is that what they really said oh is that how you saw it because of fences unlike lenses because all we have to do is just train for a moment [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what in the while see that right there just show me his perspective show me his viewpoints and he puts on mine he's like no wonder he's going over on the clock he can't see fences are like lenses but if I get out my feelings for a minute and I see it through his eyes I got all wait a minute he didn't hate my preacher just got a lot going on a lot on his mind right now he was actually listening because some people shout and ain't listening he was actually paying attention I'm so glad I saw it from his perspective if he can see it from mom this is why whenever you get offended I just want to help somebody tonight just whenever you get an offense the first thing you should do the first thing anytime you getting your feelings you feeling some type of way here's the first thing you do you ready praying don't post pray don't post plan what am i praying for God give me clarity I'll feel some type of way about this and help me to see it clearly because just because I'm offended doesn't mean I'm right furthermore God give me humility give me humility to admit that you know what I thought you didn't like my preaching but now I got the full picture you got a lot going on you were paying attention give me humility because offenses are like lenses thank you so much watch this if you put her lenses on I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel in significance if you put Jesus lenses on it is not in significance it is precedents precedents Jesus says the children of Israel take precedence and just because they take precedence doesn't mean you're insignificant law some of you this is a distinct quibble of you sprang in your ankle okay and go into the hospital cause you think is broken and as they're looking at your ankle at the hospital all of a sudden a gunshot victim comes in and as soon as the gunshot victim comes in oh they throw you our bag of ice and put you in a corner and everybody focuses on the gunshot victim how crazy how ridiculous would you look in the hospital oh don't nobody care about me anymore what about my leg no here's your bag of ice see this hospital don't love anybody I believe I can't believe y'all don't care about my no Bobo we're not saying you insignificant what you're saying this gunshot victim takes precedence and in a narcissistic individualistic selfie saturated society where everybody is focused on themselves never you don't take precedence you think you're insignificant the offensive in significance that was me I've been ignored and the disciples told me to go away he made me feel insignificant I would have been gone but not this woman she turns it up a notch where's your team get ready to join me the Bible says she got down on her knees she changed her posture she just started worshiping she said lord help me Lord help me she didn't walk away she got down on her knees and she worshiped hear me tonight you know you're on the edge of your breakthrough when you had every reason to walk away you had every kind of offense you had legitimate reasons to be mad and angry but instead of walking away you just washed up you just said god I don't understand why this is happening but you are still worthy of the praise and the glory and the honor somebody needs to hear this word tonight don't miss your breakthrough but walk it away you need to turn up the volume of your worship and say God you are still good spite of what's happening to me somebody give a praise in this place just worship just worship when she could have walked away and I thought that the worship would have gotten his attention I thought that the worship would have manifested the miracle but it did Jesus takes it up to the highest level he says it's not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs some young miss this Jesus the compassionate Savior the loving father his response to a woman who is broken about her baby girl who was demon-possessed as it is not right to take the children's bread toss it to the dogs Jesus called her a dog this is the offense of being insulted insulted and selling you in here today if you really be honest enough to admit it you are currently feeling insulted by God you were the one who everybody went to for marriage counseling and now you going through a divorce your family was the model family good kids right straight A's and now they're strung out on drugs you've been given you've been faithful and now they just told you they're letting you go and you feel insulted Jesus called her a dog now there is a cultural context that we don't understand because in that context Jews did call Gentiles Outsiders they call them dogs because dogs were outside so there's a cultural context we don't understand she just called her a dog it's interesting he uses a different term of dog than most of the Jews did in his context most of the Jews for outsiders called them a dog which denotes a wild dog Jesus used the term that denotes a pet dog and if you go home and study it all the commentators and scholars will start defending Jesus like hey hold up hold up he did call her a dog but hold on wait everybody calm down he called her a pet dog not a wild talk and I'm really going a dog is a dog either way you cut it okay wild dog pit dog a little die he's still called a dog there's no way around it the God or a dog I think in that moment that woman say you know what I'm over it I tried everything I knew she ignored me I've been hurt by the church I've been made to feel insignificant and now you call me a dog I'm talking to you about my daughter and you calling me a dog I'm over I think she almost walked away but then it hit her wait a minute you call me a pet dog all the other Jews say wild dog you call me a pet though why don't you call me a pet dog I think about it there is a difference between a wild dog and a pen I don't like being called a dog at all but there is a difference between a wild dog and a pet dog you understand if you see a wild wild dog out on the street you can call that dog whatever you want Rover you can call them whatever you want it does not have a name but a pet dog has a name a pet dog has an identity you understand that that a wild dog when it's raining or when it's cold has to be out in the street but a pet dog can find a place a pet dog has shelter when it's cold a pet dog can't get some shelter when it's raining you understand that a wild dog has to go through the trash and find bones and scraps on the street all but not a pet dog a pet dog can eat whatever the master is eaten so if the Masters eating steak that pet dog is eating steak if the Masters eating shrimp that pet dog is eating shrimp because of its relationship with the master maybe that's what you're saying that has nothing to do with what you're calling me but everything to do with the fact that as long as you're my master I got every single thing then on these you can call me a dog you can call me a cat you can call me anything I just want you to be my master coz if you're my master I got everything oh come on somebody I came to tell you tonight these are not stumbling blocks these are stepping stones somebody needs to get over it get over being ignored get over the one in the church that hurts you get over being made to feel insignificant get over the fact you insulted was not our Savior insulted as he hung on a cross they hurled their insults but he said father but gets him but they know not what they - OH somebody help it reach kids rainbow miracle over here can I show you what happens once you get over it come on bring it faster once you get over it God says I got a miracle I got a miracle that's coming your way once you get over it your miracle is on the other side thank you on the other side of your offense the thing you've been believing God for is on the other side of your offence hear me at that moment which moment the moment she got over every single one of these offenses they asked me before service when do we bring the miracle out I said I want you to bring this miracle son out when I get over every single one of those offenses still this miracle was back there the whole time I told her don't bring it out until I get old for every single one of those offenses some of y'all still missed it the miracle was back there the whole time but I said don't bring it out until I get over it dump it I've got to miracle it's been waiting for you I just want to know are you gonna get up [Music] at that moment what if she would have walked away and any of these offenses she would have never gotten the greatest miracle of her life I came to tell somebody I'm not belittling the offense I'm not saying what they did was right I'm just saying if you want your miracle God wants to give you the grace to get over him the grace to get over it you want to know the power of the Cross that's the power of the Cross a Savior who held no offense against us he had every right he could have he was truly innocent but he said Father forgive them they know not what they do your miracle is on the other side of the offense offenses are inevitable offended is optional

Channel: Cornerstone Church

Views: 5,011

Rating: 4.8571429 out of 5

Keywords: Cornerstone, Church, Cstone, Toledo, Michael Pitts, God, Christ, Praise, Worship, Ohio, Jesus, Faith

Id: 881gBNwYG3Q

Length: 62min 25sec (3745 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 16 2019