<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO <i>GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON GOD'S >> UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE AND GRACE. > FAITH ONLY APPROPRIATES WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED BY GRACE. IF GRACE HASN'T PROVIDED IT, YOUR FAITH DOESN'T MAKE GOD > DO ANYTHING. >> ONCE I LEARNED THAT I ALREADY HAD EVERYTHING THAT GOD WAS EVER GOING TO GIVE ME, EVERYTHING JUST STARTED >> COMING INTO PLACE. > AND NOW, HERE'S ANDREW. WELCOME TO OUR FRIDAY'S BROADCAST OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> ALL OF THIS WEEK I'VE BEEN TEACHING ON A SUBJECT THAT I'VE ENTITLED: <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT,</i> AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING ON WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST. I CALL THAT <i>SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY,</i> AND THIS IS JUST AN APPLICATION, THAT IN THE SPIRIT WE'VE ALREADY HAD
JESUS PRODUCE EVERYTHING, AND THAT HIS FULNESS LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR MORE OF GOD. YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR MORE FAITH. YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR HEALING. YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR WISDOM. YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT ALL OF THESE THINGS. YOU NEED TO DRAW OUT WHAT IS ALREADY IN YOU. AND SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHETHER I'VE ALREADY GOT IT OR WHETHER I HAVE TO GO GET IT? THE THING IS THAT UNTIL I DO SOMETHING IT'S NOT GOING TO MANIFEST IN MY LIFE. IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRYING TO GET GOD TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN JUST BELIEVING THAT HE'S DONE IT AND YOU RECEIVE IT. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU GET INTO THIS MINDSET THAT I'VE GOT TO GET GOD TO MOVE, I'VE GOT TO GET HIM TO HEAL ME, TO PROSPER ME, TO BLESS ME, HOW DO YOU FORCE GOD TO DO ANYTHING? AND BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT RELIGION IS ALL ABOUT IS HOW TO GET GOD TO MOVE. HOW TO GET
SOMETHING FROM GOD. HOW TO, YOU KNOW... IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY WOULD GRAB HOLD OF THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR AND JUST PRAY AND BEG GOD, AND THIS IS, IN A SENSE, WHAT PEOPLE DO. THEY GRAB HOLD OF THE HORNS AND JUST SHAKE IT UNTIL GOD COMES OUT. IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO JUST RE...EXCUSE ME, REST IN WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE. GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED EVERYTHING, AND THE VERSE THAT I WAS USING YESTERDAY IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, SAYS, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HATH, PAST TENSE, ALREADY BLESSED US WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS. YOU DON'T NEED
GOD TO BLESS YOU. WHEN YOU GOT BORN AGAIN, YOU WERE BLESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS AND IS. THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD DWELLS IN YOU BODILY, COLOSSIANS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 9. THAT'S ACTUALLY SAYING THAT IN CHRIST DWELLS THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY. AND THEN VERSE 10, SAYS, WE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM. SINCE THE FULNESS
OF THE GODHEAD DWELLS IN JESUS AND JESUS DWELLS IN US, THEN WE HAVE THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD DWELLING IN US BODILY. SO YOU DON'T NEED GOD TO DO MORE. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ALREADY ARE BLESSED, AND MAN, THIS IS THE REST OF THIS TEACHING. I'LL BE GOING THROUGH THIS IN MORE DETAIL, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO MANIFEST ITSELF. THERE'S THINGS YOU HAVE TO LEARN. LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THAT THE POWER OF GOD IS VOICE ACTIVATED. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK FORTH YOUR FAITH. PSALMS, CHAPTER 91, I WILL SAY OF THE LORD HE IS MY REFUGE
AND MY FORTRESS. GOD WANTS TO BE EVERYBODY'S REFUGE
AND FORTRESS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS RECEIVING THAT. NOT EVERYBODY IS SAYING IT. NOT EVERYBODY IS COOPERATING WITH WHAT GOD IS DOING. BUT MAN, IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE ALREADY GOT IT. GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN ME EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS UNTO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM THAT HAS CALLED ME TO GLORY AND VIRTUE. 2 PETER, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 3. SO AGAIN, EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 3, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HATH BLESSED US WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST. ACCORDING AS HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE. NOTICE THAT HE HATH CHOSEN US. THERE'S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE THIS ATTITUDE THAT OH GOD, I KNOW
YOU BLESS PEOPLE. I KNOW YOU USE PEOPLE. WOULD YOU PLEASE USE ME? OH, GOD, PLEASE CHOOSE ME, CHOOSE ME. AND THEY'RE JUST BEGGING GOD. I KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT TURNED ON TO THE LORD, I HAD A BURNING DESIRE ON THE INSIDE OF ME TO SHARE THE THINGS THAT HE HAD DONE IN MY LIFE WITH EVERYBODY. AND I USED TO JUST PRAY ALL OF THE TIME, OH GOD, USE ME; GOD, USE ME. AND ONE DAY THE
LORD SPOKE TO ME AND HE SAYS, I'LL USE YOU AS SOON AS YOU GET USABLE. HE SAYS, QUIT PRAYING, GOD, USE ME, AND PRAY, GOD MAKE ME USABLE. AND...AND THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THE ONLY REASON I HAD A DESIRE FOR GOD TO USE ME, WAS BECAUSE GOD'S THE ONE THAT PUT THAT DESIRE ON THE INSIDE OF ME. IF A PERSON JUST ON THEIR OWN, NOBODY IS... IS WANTING GOD TO USE THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR CARNAL FLESH, BECAUSE OF THEIR SINFUL HUMAN NATURE. THAT IS A GODLY THING AND GOD IS THE ONE THAT PUTS THAT DESIRE IN THERE. IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE FOR REVIVAL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEG GOD TO GIVE YOU REVIVAL. IT'S GOD THAT PUT THAT DESIRE FOR REVIVAL ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. AND INSTEAD OF YOU SAYING, OH GOD, USE ME; OH GOD, SEND REVIVAL AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, JUST LEARN WHAT YOU HAVE. LEARN TO COOPERATE. START FLOWING WITH HIM, AND AS THE POWER OF GOD FLOWS THROUGH YOU, YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE REVIVAL YOU CAN HANDLE. GOD WILL USE YOU UNTIL YOU LITERALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO EAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING. I MEAN, YOU'LL HAVE TO PRAY AND SAY, OH GOD, GIVE ME SOME TIME OFF, AMEN? I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT. SO ANYWAY, HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD... NOW THIS SHOWS YOU THAT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. GOD CHOSE YOU BEFORE HE EVER CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE WORLD, ANY OF THIS. GOD HAD ALREADY CHOSEN YOU IN CHRIST. SOME PEOPLE THINK, HOW DOES THIS WORK? WELL, WE WITH OUR FINITE MINDS DON'T TOTALLY COMPREHEND THIS, BUT HERE'S THE WAY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCEPT THIS IS THAT GOD CHOSE JESUS
TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD BEFORE HE EVEN
CREATED THE WORLD AND BEFORE MEN FELL. OVER IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IT TALKS ABOUT THAT. THERE'S OTHER PLACES THAT IT SAYS, HE WAS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. BEFORE MEN EVEN SINNED, BEFORE ANY OF THIS, GOD DIDN'T CREATE US AND THEN WHEN WE SINNED, HE...HE CAME UP AND SAID, WELL, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO REDEEM THEM AND SO HE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF SALVATION AND SENDING HIS SON JESUS TO BE THE PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS AS A RESPONSE TO OUR SIN. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. GOD KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO SIN. GOD ANTICIPATED ALL OF THIS. AND BEFORE WE EVER SINNED, BEFORE THERE WAS EVER A NEED, GOD HAD ALREADY, IN HIS HEART, IN HIS MIND, SLAIN JESUS AS THE LAMB OF GOD SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. AND HE CHOSE THAT JESUS WOULD BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD, BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN, AND THAT ANY PERSON WHO WOULD PUT FAITH IN JESUS AND THE PAYMENT
THAT JESUS MADE FOR OUR SINS WOULD BE ACCEPTED WITH HIM. SO, WE WERE CHOSEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD IN CHRIST. IN OTHER WORDS, HE CHOSE CHRIST AND ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES JESUS IS ALSO CHOSEN BECAUSE WE HAVE BECOME A PARTAKER OF THAT CALLING. BUT NOTICE, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. GOD IS NOT RESPONDING TO US. AND I KNOW THAT THIS SOUNDS STRANGE AND PEOPLE THINK, OH NO, HE RESPONDS TO THIS PRAYER. YOU PRAY AND THEN GOD DOES SOMETHING. NO, GOD HAS ALREADY CREATED THE SUPPLY. LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT YOU NEED A FINANCIAL MIRACLE. DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD, WHEN YOU PRAY, ISN'T JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN RESPONDING TO YOUR PRAYER? HE HAD ALREADY MADE THE PROVISION, HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN YOU THE POWER TO GET WEALTH, DEUTERONOMY 8:18, BEFORE YOU EVER NEEDED THAT WEALTH. IT WAS ALL DONE, AND GOD WAS WILLING AND ABLE AND READY TO RELEASE HIS POWER, AND WHEN YOU PRAY IS NOT WHEN GOD ALL OF A SUDDEN RESPONDS TO YOU. BUT YOUR PRAYER SHOULD BE A RESPONSE TO GOD. SAYING, GOD, I THANK YOU THAT JUST LIKE IT SAYS, YOU'VE...YOU'VE ALREADY BLESSED ME WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS, BUT BOY, MY BANK ACCOUNT DOESN'T KNOW IT. MY LANDLORD DOESN'T KNOW IT. MY GAS TANK IN MY CAR DOESN'T KNOW IT. IT'S...THEY'RE EMPTY. I NEED HELP, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY ANTICIPATED THIS. AND SO NOW FATHER, I JUST PRAY AND RECEIVE THIS BLESSING. SHOW ME WHERE IT IS. SHOW ME HOW TO GO GET IT. SHOW ME HOW TO PUT MY HAND ON THE PROVISION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE FOR MY NEED. AND WHEN YOU GET THAT ATTITUDE, IT'S NOT GOD RESPONDING TO YOU. IT'S YOU RESPONDING TO THE FACT THAT HE'S ALREADY PROVIDED. NOW, GOD, WHERE IS IT? YOU KNOW IF YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT SOMEBODY JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND THEN THEY TOLD YOU, THEY SENT YOU A LETTER THAT I'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU DIDN'T EARN IT. YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT. IT WAS JUST A TOTAL GIFT. BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY PUT THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, DID YOU KNOW IT WOULDN'T PUT GAS IN YOUR CAR? IT WOULDN'T PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE. IT WOULDN'T BENEFIT YOU UNLESS YOU BELIEVE IT'S THERE AND UNLESS YOU START WRITING CHECKS ON IT OR GO AND MAKE A WITHDRAWAL. YOU COULD HAVE
ALL OF THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND YET IT WOULDN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE AND IF YOU NEVER DID ANYTHING. SO THIS IS, IN A SENSE, WHAT PRAYER IS. PRAYER IS NOT SAYING, OH GOD, GIVE ME. BUT PRAYER IS SAYING, FATHER, THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDED. I'VE ALREADY GOT IT NOW. I AM MAKING A WITHDRAWAL. I AM GOING TO VOICE ACTIVATE THIS. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT GOD SUPPLIES ALL OF MY NEED ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND START THIS BUSINESS. OR I'M GOING TO GO TO MY JOB AND I'M GOING TO WORK LIKE IT'S TO THE LORD INSTEAD OF TO MEN. AND YOU'RE DOING THINGS. BUT YOU AREN'T DOING THINGS TRYING TO GET A RESPONSE FROM GOD. YOU ARE DOING THINGS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED. YOU'RE JUST RECEIVING. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM SAYS, YOU ARE JUST DEALING IN SEMANTICS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF I DON'T GET OUT AND WORK, IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING, IF I DON'T PRAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WELL, THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE ABOUT, GOD, I AM NOT MAKING YOU DO THIS. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DO THIS. I'M THANKING YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO DO THESE THINGS IN FAITH BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY PROMISED, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE. NOT TRYING TO GET YOU TO DO SOMETHING. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. AGAIN, GO BACK TO THAT EXAMPLE OF PUTTING A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS ALREADY DONE AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BANK AND YOU'RE JUST, BY FAITH, GOING TO DRAW OUT A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S THERE, MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE OVERDRAWN. THEY ARE GOING TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT AND STUFF. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. BUT IF YOU KNEW THAT IT WAS THERE, THEN YOU MAY STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK AND STILL FILL OUT A WITHDRAWAL TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT, BUT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE AN ASSURANCE, YOU HAVE A CONFIDENCE, YOU HAVE A PEACE. YOU ARE RESTING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S THERE. YOU AREN'T TRYING TO MAKE IT BE THERE. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THIS IS SAYING THAT HE HATH CHOSEN US IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE. MAN, I COULD SPEND ALL OF THIS PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE VERSE. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. I'M TRYING TO GET WAY... I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER. BUT YOU NEED TO MEDITATE ON THIS. THIS IS POWERFUL. IN VERSE 5, IT SAYS, HAVING PREDESTINATED US... IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S NOT GOING TO PREDESTINATE US. HE HAS ALREADY
PREDESTINATED US UNTO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE
GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL, TO THE PRAISE OF THE GLORY OF HIS GRACE, WHEREIN HE HATH MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED. HE HATH. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BECOME ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS ARE SAYING, OH GOD, I WANT TO PLEASE YOU; OH GOD, I HOPE THAT YOU ACCEPT WHAT I'M DOING. YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED. IT'S ALREADY DONE. YOU ARE ALREADY ACCEPTED. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GREEK WORD THAT WAS TRANSLATED ACCEPTED IN THIS VERSE IS ONLY USED TWICE IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE? THE OTHER TIME IS WHEN THE ANGEL, GABRIEL, APPEARED UNTO MARY IN LUKE, CHAPTER 1, AND SAID, HAIL, THOU THAT ART HIGHLY FAVOURED. THE WORD THAT WAS TRANSLATED HIGHLY FAVOURED IS THE EXACT SAME WORD THAT WAS TRANSLATED ACCEPTED IN THIS VERSE. SO THIS IS SAYING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIGHLY FAVORED. YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVORED. YOU'RE ALREADY BLESSED BY GOD. GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED YOU. GOD WANTS TO FLOW THROUGH YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT HIM TO FLOW THROUGH YOU. GOD WANTS TO HEAL YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT TO BE HEALED. HE WANTS TO PROSPER YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT TO BE PROSPERED. HE WANTS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS TO FUNCTION AND TO SUCCEED AND FLOURISH MORE THAN YOU WANT THEM TO. WE DON'T NEED TO BEG GOD AND ASK HIM. WE NEED TO INSTEAD BELIEVE THAT FATHER, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THIS. NOW I KNOW YOU'RE
GOING TO FLOW THROUGH ME, SO IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO DO OR SAY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HEALING MANIFEST, TO MAKE THESE
FINANCES MANIFEST, TO MAKE THIS RELATIONSHIP WORK? HE IS GOING TO
FLOW THROUGH YOU, BUT IT JUST TAKES ALL OF THE STRAIN OUT OF IT WHEN YOU AREN'T TRYING TO GET GOD TO BLESS YOU. HE'S ALREADY BLESSED YOU. YOU'RE ALREADY ACCEPTED. YOU ARE ALREADY HIGHLY FAVORED. IN VERSE 7, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION... THIS ISN'T SAYING THAT YOU CAN HAVE REDEMPTION. IF YOU PRAY HARD, HE MIGHT GIVE YOU REDEMPTION. NO, WHEN YOU RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR LORD, YOU ALREADY HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE. SO REDEMPTION HERE IS DEFINED. REDEMPTION IS THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. YOUR SINS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN. MAN, I'VE GOT ANOTHER GREAT TEACHING ON THIS ENTITLED: <i>ETERNAL REDEMPTION.</i> IF YOU MISSED THAT TEACHING THAT I DID ON <i>SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY,</i> I DEALT WITH THIS IN DETAIL. BUT OUT OF HEBREWS, CHAPTER 9 AND CHAPTER 10, THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES THAT ALL OF YOUR SINS, PAST, PRESENT, AND EVEN FUTURE SINS; THE SINS THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN COMMITTED YET HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR AND ATONED FOR AND YOU ARE FORGIVEN OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE SINS. NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ME TEACH ON THAT, I'M SURE THAT MANY OF YOU THINK THIS IS HERESY. BUT MAN, I TAUGHT IT STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE. I USED DOZENS OF SCRIPTURES. YOU NEED TO GET THAT TEACHING. YOU HAVE ALREADY
GOT REDEMPTION, FORGIVENESS OF SINS. IN VERSE 8, WHEREIN HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARDS US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE. NOTICE HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARDS US. NOW LATER IN THIS SAME CHAPTER, PAUL IS GOING TO ASK GOD TO GIVE UNTO THESE EPHESIANS THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, WELL, THAT'S ASKING GOD TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING. BUT RIGHT HERE IT SAYS, HE'S ALREADY GIVEN IT TO US. SO ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU PUT THESE TOGETHER, IT'S SAYING THAT GOD IS JUST PRAYING THAT THE WISDOM AND THE REVELATION THAT HE'S ALREADY MADE AVAILABLE TO US WOULD BEGIN TO FUNCTION. THAT WE WOULD DRAW ON IT AND BEGIN TO START
UNDERSTANDING THESE THINGS THAT HE'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT. SO AGAIN, IN VERSE 8, HE HATH ABOUNDED TOWARDS US IN ALL WISDOM AND PRUDENCE. HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL. NOTICE THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE VERSES IS NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
IN THE FUTURE. EVERYTHING IS IN THE PAST TENSE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU WERE TO READ THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, THIS WHOLE BOOK OF EPHESIANS IS WRITTEN FROM THIS STANDPOINT OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND JUST PRAYING THAT WE WOULD GET A REVELATION OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF EPHESIANS ARE ALL MAKING THIS POINT. IT'S ALREADY DONE. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. YOU'RE ALREADY QUICKENED, MADE ALIVE. YOU'RE ALREADY SAVED. YOU'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, FORGIVEN AND HE WANTS TO SHOW THROUGH US EVEN TO THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS IN HEAVEN, THE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS IT'S ALREADY DONE. THEN IN CHAPTER 4, 5, AND 6, SINCE IT'S ALREADY DONE, THEN HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? AND IT BASICALLY STARTS TALKING ABOUT EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17, DON'T BE LIKE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE LORD, THAT DON'T HAVE THINGS ALREADY DONE. START USING WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, AND THEN IT TELLS YOU HOW TO LIVE HOLY AND HOW TO RELATE TO YOUR HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND THEN HOW TO RELATE TO GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER YOU AND THINGS. BUT THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, ALL OF THESE VERSES THAT I'M READING ARE... ARE IN THE PAST TENSE ABOUT WHAT GOD
HAS ALREADY DONE. MOST OF US ARE ASKING GOD TO DO WHAT HE'S ALREADY DONE. AND THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT HONORS GOD WHEN YOU SAY, FATHER, THANK YOU THAT I AM FORGIVEN. THANK YOU THAT I AM ALREADY ACCEPTED. I AM ALREADY BLESSED. I ALREADY HAVE WISDOM AND PRUDENCE. I ALREADY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN. YOU'VE CHOSEN ME. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A PLAN FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. INSTEAD OF BEGGING GOD, OH GOD, DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE, COME AND SAY, GOD, YOU'VE GOT A PLAN FOR MY LIFE. I'M CHOSEN IN YOU BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. WHAT IS THAT PLAN? HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND. HELP ME TO COOPERATE. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. IN VERSE 9, HE SAYS, HAVING MADE KNOWN UNTO US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PLEASURE WHICH HE HATH PURPOSED IN HIMSELF. SOMEBODY'S SAYING, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE PLEASURE OF HIS GOOD WILL. YOU DO. IN YOUR SPIRIT, YOU KNOW ALL THINGS. 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 20, YOU HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE, AND YOU KNOW ALL THINGS. YOU DON'T KNOW IT WITH YOUR LITTLE PEANUT-SIZE BRAIN UP HERE, BUT IN YOUR SPIRIT, YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST, 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 2, VERSE 16. AND AS YOU PRAY IN TONGUES, THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S YOUR SPIRIT PRAYING, THE PART OF YOU THAT HAS THE MIND OF CHRIST, AND IT SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 14, I BELIEVE VERSE 2, THAT WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING, YOU'RE PRAYING
THE HIDDEN WISDOM OF GOD. AND THEN 1 CORINTHIANS 14:13, SAYS, WHEN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES, PRAY THAT YOU INTERPRET. SO JUST ASK GOD TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT YOUR SPIRIT ALREADY KNOWS. YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. YOU KNOW ALL THINGS. YOU'RE SPEAKING OUT OF YOUR SPIRIT, AND NOW JUST ASK GOD TO INTERPRET IT TO YOU AND YOU CAN DRAW OUT THAT KNOWLEDGE. BUT JUST AS THIS VERSE SAYS, HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN... SHOWN US THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL. WE KNOW THE
MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, ACCORDING TO HIS
GOOD PLEASURE. IT'S IN THERE. REVELATION KNOWLEDGE IS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO DRAW IT OUT. MAN, THESE ARE
POWERFUL TRUTHS. IN VERSE 10, THAT IN THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES HE MIGHT GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST, BOTH WHICH ARE IN HEAVEN, AND WHICH ARE ON EARTH; EVEN IN HIM: IN WHOM ALSO WE HAVE OBTAINED. NOTICE IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN OBTAIN. THAT IF YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT YOU MIGHT OBTAIN. YOU HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT. IT'S IN YOU. AND IT'LL GO ON AND SAY THIS. HE'S PRAYING THAT THE EYES OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING SO WOULD BE ENLIGHTENED; SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TOWARDS US WHO BELIEVE. AND WHAT THIS POWER IS IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS, WHAT THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF HIS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS. GOD'S GLORY AND HIS RICHES AREN'T JUST IN HEAVEN. HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE A BLAST, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT IN YOU... YOU HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE. IT SAYS OVER IN 2 THESSALONIANS, CHAPTER 2, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE GLORY OF GOD ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY GOING AND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND SAY, WHERE? I CAN'T SEE IT. IT'S NOT IN YOUR BODY. IT'S NOT IN YOUR MIND, IN YOUR EMOTIONS. IT'S IN YOUR SPIRIT. THE GLORY OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU. YOU HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE, BEING PREDESTINATED ACCORDING TO THE
PURPOSE OF HIM WHO WORKETH ALL THINGS AFTER THE COUNSEL OF HIS WILL: THAT WE SHOULD BE TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY, WHO FIRST TRUSTED IN CHRIST. IN WHOM YE ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER THAT YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION: IN WHOM ALSO AFTER THAT YOU BELIEVED, YOU WERE SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. OUR SPIRIT IS BORN AGAIN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS, EPHESIANS 4:24. AND THEN ACCORDING TO THIS VERSE, WE'RE IMMEDIATELY
VACUUM-PACKED, WE'RE SEALED SO THAT THERE IS A SEAL AROUND YOUR SPIRIT. AND IF YOU SIN AS A CHRISTIAN, THAT SIN CAN ENTER INTO YOUR PHYSICAL BODY AND GIVE SATAN AN INROAD WITH SICKNESS AND DISEASE AND THINGS LIKE THIS. IT CAN ENTER INTO YOUR MIND AND EMOTIONS AND GIVE SATAN AN INROAD FOR DEPRESSION,
DISCOURAGEMENT, UNFORGIVENESS,
HURT, BITTERNESS, ALL THESE THINGS. BUT IT CAN'T PENETRATE THE SEAL AROUND YOUR SPIRIT. YOUR SPIRIT REMAINS RIGHTEOUS AND TRULY HOLY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY DONE. YOU WERE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> YOU'VE GOT TO BE LEADERS IN THIS TOWN, YOU GUYS. AND SO YOUR WIFE, YOUR CHILDREN
NEED THE PROVISION THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM >> OF LEADERSHIP. >> WE'VE GOT TO LEAD, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A BOLD STAND, WE'VE GOT TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE WE STAND
AND WHY WE STAND >> ON THESE PRINCIPLES. >> MEN, THE CULTURE SAYS YOU'RE IRRELEVANT OR YOU'RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. GOD SAYS YOU ARE THE SOLUTION AND HE'S CALLING YOU TO STAND COURAGEOUS >> IN THIS HOUR. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> MAN, BEFORE I CAME TO CHARIS, >> I WAS SO BROKEN. > I DEALT A LOT WITH ANXIETY > AND DEPRESSION. >> I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE I COULD HAVE AN ACTUAL >> RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. > WHEN I CAME HERE, I STARTED TO SEE GOD LIKE, YOU KNOW HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. IT TOTALLY TRANSFORMED > THE WAY I LOOK AT GOD. >> GOD LONGS TO
HAVE FELLOWSHIP >> WITH YOU. > THIS IS WHERE FAITH COMES FROM. IT'S NOT JUST HEAD KNOWLEDGE, BIBLE SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE. IT'S REVELATION KNOWLEDGE > THAT CHANGES YOU. >> JUST BEEN SET FREE FROM A LOT OF THE BONDAGE >> I WAS IN. > I HAVEN'T BEEN DEPRESSED > IN SO LONG. >> IT'S PRETTY AWESOME HAVING THAT JUST WEIGHT LIFTED >> AND PUTTING ON JESUS' YOKE. > YOU COME HERE, AND YOU MEET GOD PERSONALLY, AND THEN HE GIVES YOU > A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION. >> THIS IS A TIME, THIS IS A SEASON OF YOUR LIFE THAT GOD'S WANTING TO SHOW YOU WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND WHAT HE'S WANTING TO DO >> IN YOUR LIFE. > IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE FOR BIBLE COLLEGE, GOD'S THE ONE > THAT PUT IT THERE. >> IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING COMING TO CHARIS, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE >> IN YOUR LIFE. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME A HUGE VISION AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED UP TO THIS POINT, BUT I'VE STILL GOT SO MUCH THAT GOD'S LEADING ME TO DO. I'M BELIEVING GOD FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS. WE'VE ALREADY GOT OVER $120 MILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS IN JUST THE LAST NINE YEARS, BUT I'VE GOT AT LEAST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH, MAYBE 200 MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF BUILDINGS STILL IN MY HEART FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR AN ACTIVITY CENTER, WE'VE GOT A NEW
STUDENT HOUSING THAT WE'VE GOT A PRELIMINARY DRAWING OF THAT IS SHOWING YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS ONE WOULD HOUSE ABOUT 120 PEOPLE. OUR OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE SMALLER WITH MAYBE SOMEWHERE AROUND 40 PEOPLE PER DORM, BUT WE NEED THIS STUDENT HOUSING, AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO BECOME PARTNERS. I'M BELIEVING FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS. I WOULD ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT AND IF THE LORD SAYS SO, JOIN WITH US AND HELP US CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> SO I THINK THE THING THAT HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT AFTER WE STARTED TUNING IN WITH ANDREW IS THE <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT.</i> YOU KNOW, JESUS IS NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND
TAKE THOSE STRIPES UPON HIS BACK AGAIN; HE'S ALREADY PROVIDED FOR THAT. WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT, AND ONCE THAT I...I GOT THAT SOLIDIFIED, YOU KNOW, IN MY HEART, THINGS REALLY BEGAN TO START HAPPENING AS FAR AS GETTING ANSWERS TO PRAYER, SEEING HEALINGS THROUGH OUR MINISTRIES >> AND THAT SORT OF THING. >> ANDREW'S COMPLETE TEACHING TITLED: <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT</i> IS AVAILABLE IN A CD OR DVD ALBUM MADE FROM OUR DAILY TELEVISION BROADCAST. IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN A BOOK AND STUDY GUIDE IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH. EACH OF THESE PRODUCTS IS AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT. OR YOU CAN GET THEM IN THE <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT</i> PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES THE BOOK, THE STUDY GUIDE, AND YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER THE CD OR DVD ALBUM. THIS PACKAGE HAS
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MADE THE SUPPLY. THAT'S WHAT THIS TEACHING IS ALL ABOUT. I'VE SEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SET FREE THROUGH IT, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD REALLY, REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. SO, CHECK IT OUT, IN BOOK FORM, CDs, DVDs, OR STUDY GUIDE. WE ALSO HAVE THIS IN SPANISH. BUT PLEASE GET THIS TEACHING ON <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT.</i> >> ANDREW'S BOOK, <i>YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT</i> IS AVAILABLE FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT WHEN YOU WRITE OR CALL. YOU CAN BECOME
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