Open Doors | Pastor Tony Rapu

first Corinthians 15 of 16 verse 8 where Paul spoke about his arrival to the city of Ephesus if you remember and when he arrived in Ephesus he wrote a letter saying I'm gonna have to stay here in Ephesus for a while there is a great door remember I spoke about great doors and 20:19 truly is the air of great doors in spite of everything and never forget in acts 1:7 they said to Jesus would you at this time restore the kingdom he said to them some things God is working out I believe concerning this nation God is working something out but while we're waiting for it to come together you mustn't stay in the place of stagnation you must walk through every open door efficients 5:15 talks about within the time because the days are evil says make the most of opportunities can i start script I think it's efficience 5:15 yes no they na NIV version please thank you it says make the most of every opportunity that means opportunities will come your way it's like going shopping and looking for a bargain God the same this is the year of bargains this is the year of opportunities and make the most of every opportunity so Paul gets into Ephesus and he finds that the city was a strange city historically Ephesus was the capital city of the of ancient Asia Minor strong city well the city but deadly city Ephesus had the largest temple in the world dedicated to an idol called Dhyana the Romans called the idol Diana and the Greeks called it Artemis and there was this massive statue of Diana carved from a stone a meteorite that they felt maybe fell from heaven and everywhere you went you saw the pictures of Diana you saw shrines and amulets of Diana everywhere the whole city worshipped this Diana and they made money there they made money from tourists come into view Diana and when you went to the temple to worship Diana she was also xx goddess they had to be those prostitution around Diana you have to have sex with a temple prostitute i'm diana supposedly blessed you and when he said the picture of diane i remember i showed this picture a few weeks ago shows the picture of a woman with many breasts and in a sense what this represents is a perversion of the true god the name of god is one of the names of God is Jehovah Elsa died what else should I mean Srivastav is there any price that one and so they diverted the whole concept but behind this Idol was a demonic spirit but in the past few years there's been a major onslaught against the church many are not even aware of it major attack their enemy came in against our finances came in against the moral principles of the kingdom the enemy came in with a message of integrity enemy pretend as a message of grace that's called hyper grace always by grace were saved through faith it is grace that sustains us it is grace that enables us by the promises shall we continue in sin that grace may abound because there's a perversion of the message of grace that says listen you don't need to repent any longer that God has forgiven you all your sins or you can sleep with your girlfriend you're not married to God understands that's prefer and even in our music listen listen to able God shower your blessing wait we have to check is that how he showers his blessings are you commanding the angels not to go to sleep so it becomes like any fat chance no more insufficient funds no more insufficient for the more insufficient funds we have to check who's now the past or Elijah and maybe you know somebody said one of the best churches was chrislam hub service Chris Klem helped so they combined Christianity with Islam and then they threw in the hey ballast chrislam hell I've never had that before many of this chance may enemy ro+ facing me in this spirit be broken they won't see my image these are really chance and you have to check these people who a chance in a book is that the same God that places a demand on you for righteous living [Music] in any case ball gets to Ephesus and sees a lot that's going on but it says I'm gonna stay here I like this place there's a door ministry they said of opportunity there's a door service there's the door for a breakthrough that's what I say about 2019 massive dose mega doors but Paul adds but don't forget and there are there are please keep it on Nick engines and there are many adversaries so wherever there open doors there would be adversary's he prepares a table before me in the presence of my friends knowing my enemies that's why this year were asking you to be fearless and to be courageous and to be strengthened with strength to be like David to be like Joshua to be like Deb or to step through every door to come into a place and make a difference to get your life together it's an opportunity to live a righteous life for us it's an opportunity to complete freedom Center an opportunity to reach out to area boys an opportunity to build things for the kingdom of God and since we stopped Wednesday here what we did was we've moved all the meetings we stopped on Wednesday to the city and on Wednesdays we had business meetings but relationship meetings we had worship concerts we had word we had prayer the truth is as powerful as Sunday is it's not Sophie to sustain us and then the lifestyle issues we've moved to the city churches and we're asking everyone find st to church somewhere we're talking about businesses they were talking about relationships they were praying through there we have groups of an average of 20 persons find the community so a City Church has provided an open door for ministry for us if got to serve God somewhere in any case Paul says there are adversary's and in acts 19 we see the story of when he actually gets into Ephesus in acts 19 it happened while a polis was at Corinth Paul having passed through the upper regions came to Ephesus and guess what he did when he realized that they were adversary's there was opposition he had a strategy remember we also have an adverse Rufus Peter 5:8 says the devil our adversary's has be sober be vigilant as you walk through the open doors he says be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil is walking about it's like a roaring lion our hero reliable his seeking whom he may devour and browser says we are not ignorant of his devices so he has devices we know how he has come against the church we know here how he is watering down the church we know how he brings strife we know how his trying to bring gender confusion we know how he's trying to bring whites against Hoffman's husband's case did you see the pictures of the entrance for Big Brother nature nature people are desperate they asked one means everyone go so what what you said I want to be really pretty so what would you do when you get there she said I would be myself that's not so what were you what is yourself see the poverty get-rich-quick schemes so it's a stole will forget him the principles of God people are forgetting that God is a God of holiness the God where ask him to show his blessings also wants to be pleased with your lifestyle you told Isaiah my ears are not deaf that I cannot hear no my hands shorten I cannot see but sin separates you from me so there's grace to live a holy life so Paul gets to Ephesus and his strategy was he found some disciples now there's no time to talk about who disciple them but these were men we found 12 men who had been born again for a while then he asked them have you received the Holy Spirit he said um we have not so much heard that there was a Holy Spirit he said no no what have you been doing and they said John's baptism John spoke about Christ John spoke about basic level of salvation what Paul said but there is more that's the lifestyle test the empowerment there's the warfare there's the bricks through there the healings there's the strength to live life effectively and they said really so he spoke about the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer and then he laid hands on them and the Holy Spirit came upon them and two out of nine gifts came over them and that's why everyone needs to learn about the gifts of the Spirit they spoke in tongues and then they prophesied and there were 12 men it was then with these 12 men that Paul began to take the city so that in verse 10 they stayed for two years and the Word of God spread unless we from verse 11 verse 11 please let's look at the energy version God gave Paul power to perform unusual miracles that means their usual miracles and their unusual miracles and we're believing that this year there would be miracles everywhere may you experience the miracle working power of God in your life God give Paul the power to perform miracles when handkerchiefs or aprons aprons I had Manley touch the skin were placed on signal I'm believing good for so much this yet they were healed of their diseases and evil spirits works were expelled [Music] the group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits they tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in the incantation notice a lot of incantations today saying I command you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches come out we don't have time to break this down today seven songs are very religious priests were doing this one time when they tried it the evil spirits replied I know Jesus I know Paul please I'm asking you to who will you who are you have you known in the realm of the Spirit those days when I was younger I was fighting with people said tonight meet me in the spirit best of thousands but meet me there'll be up at midnight as John self holla bachata develop you ready - they know you in the spirit [Music] we know Jesus renewable Hawaii thanks for a space next recipes then the man with a you spirit left on them overpowered them and attack them with such violence that they fled from the house naked and battered one man seven the story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus Jews and Greeks alight fear descended of the city the name of the Lord was greatly honored many who became believers confess their sinful practices a number of them who had been practicing sorcery but then can taste on books and burnt them and that's what we need we need true conversion today the value of the books of several million dollars very well this city so the message about the Lord spread widely and had a very powerful effect he filled and quickly moved to the 23 about that time serious struggle developed in Ephesus concerning they called it the way the way of life it began when with Demetrius a silversmith had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Diana or Artemis he kept many craftsmen busy they called him together along with others employed in similar traits address them as follows gentleman you know our wealth comes from making these shrines but as you have seen and heard this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods are not God's at all and his dog is not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province of Asia of course I'm not just talking about the loss of public respect for our business I'm also concerned that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will lose his influence and please give me the nican gentle husband that diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed whom all Asia and the world worships when they heard this they were angry and they began to chant grace is Diana of the Ephesians this diner so the whole city was filled with confusion on the Russian to the theater one Accord that then arrested Gaius and Aristarchus Macedonian sports traveling companions Paul wanted to go and talk to the people but the disciples would not allow him then some of the city officials who his friends sends and said Paul the city is in a bad shape there's warfare going on don't next verse please quickly I already love this because they know it's you version inside the people were all shouting some one thing some another everything was in confusion like a political rally in fact most of them to never know why they came who are these area boys they just gather a modulation next verse the Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander Alexander go on speak go on speak so a listener stood up and said okay everyone please New King James New King James so the set Alexander come on speak so pastor Kola pastor Kola comma B Alexander stand over there so preached understand open so is Alexander trying to address the crowd touch you know this Jesus just through avoid the Jesus of the way speak now no no speaks big habla [Music] okay so Alexander wanted to speak next verse then they found out that he was one of each you was one of Paul's people okay hold on oh you guys are you you guys you are [Music] [Applause] wait wait wait you know what they did two hours they said to praise worship for Diana and I've been had have you come to Shinto shrine before it was great give us an African rhythm vernacular greatest iron of the official who can possibly tell you any man I know can do this thing very well for me all this decide about our church is just so much so to use a microphone [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] your voice is making me because there's their Apple in the story that supposing what you're doing what they didn't know is that behind when I acted this I got one woman well as a man to wear black an unknown through Alexander those people who did not know why they came something brought them some demonic power brought them and there was a concert when you study spiritual warfare and study mob action and studying riots and study the way in which maybe cities or genocide happens is demonic it's the spiritual orchestration so behind the scenes dharna was sent [Music] you guys are free to be real boys [Music] [Applause] that was white Paul Paul then knew what to do in this drama I will then get Paul to copy let him bring down Diana the spot what Paul said said we fought business after end this message anything instead we fought Diana nice sounding name but it was an ugly but see what they used they used that's why our praise today if you come to shake her and let me tell you what we do at Sakura its soft counter and Diana spirit we just pay for too hard if they can't wait for two hours but for two hours these people who did not know why they gather what chanting great is Diana you the salt of the earth the lights of the world the city set on the hill but child of God for your life [Music] the enemy would worship Diana more number church worship Jehovah there are thanksgiving assorted demonstration standard because the enemy has attacked our preys attacked our ultron's attacked our giving [Music] [Music] sit down the flesh we need the power not the police the police are safe but we can't even explain the arresting people are calling them to the police station put pockets and captains of female on the clothes the problem is when you have a bit of refinement and sophistication the things that devil does he just can't handle it I don't understand it the police are saying that got a man with baskets basket lot of used ladies on the clothes where did he get them from police and we can charge him nobody I said they lost their lingerie or something my magic Ronnie 3217 she told me such 2:17 quickly he says people are sacrifice to demons not to God so cuz they did not know new gods remember the end is a new arrival the police said we have never seen this one before April God if a new arrival is if undeceive in the church that's why women asking them the musicians and the Sunday artists to come up with souls that are also attractive but worshiping the Chi God so everywhere is this woman with the breasts [Music] so what the in 21 days of the church to pray through us as individuals for families for marriages for businesses for power for the nation for the church if you've never done a fast before this is the time to do it so we are coming up with Thanksgiving the sound of things David must feel the atmosphere the sound of rejoicing fill your home the sound of praise must be everywhere and you need to go back to Kudo given with great - spirit of poverty of deprivation of deception of luck you know blue is so powerful I was a powerful when he found us 12 men guess what he did give them when we look at the 90s later you'll see that of the gifts the culture that had vocalization because he knew that in the war they needed please they needed prior they need a declaration beginner to lift their hands that's where our own warfare became but for the worshipers of Diana their warfare begins when they find a happy list notice how today increasingly people are looking for profits you can become pale meanwhile you are profits for yourself let your hands God let's thank him let's thank him rings JA Marines Erie [Applause] [Music] to God with Chinese agog home live grounds Holly cow you

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Length: 28min 21sec (1701 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 04 2019