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June 14, 2020 6:29 pm
Welcome to the voice of power broadcast with Gary Atkins past her willingness as Christian center in King North Carolina in a postmodern culture pastor Atkins preaches an old-fashioned message under a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, pointing, meaning winning to the truth of Scripture and freedom found in Jesus Christ pastor Atkins police the body of Christ is a voice and when we declare Jesus is Lord voice of power is a recent message from the tabernacle of willing vessels Christian center will start in verse 13 numbers as Matthew's account of the early years of Jesus.
This is the flight to Egypt precipitated by the Angels warning. Look at verse 13 and Wimberly were departed, but whole angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream siding arrives at the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt and leave Albert until I bring the word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy and when he arose, he took the young child and his mother by might departed into Egypt.
Can I say this, that cannot be tested cannot be trusted. Joseph's faith was being tested wasn't the Lord visited him in a dream. Herod was seeking to destroy young Jesus right you know the devil has been trying to destroy the seed of the woman ever since he heard the prophecy given by God in Genesis 315 that's at the seed of the wall and will the head of the serpent and ever since he's been trying to destroy the seed of the woman started when he diabolically got into Abel's heart pains hard and told him to kill his brother Abel and Seth comes along and you can see all three schools history held that the devil tried to destroy the seed of the woman and he's doing it through Herod right here is trying to destroy young Jesus right because now his antennas up, you think something's going on here like the Virgin birth the power of God*in Bethlehem and of course diabolically in Herod's heart. He goes after Jesus and he tries to destroy his life. Now the devil is trying to destroy the body of Christ is out to kill, steal and destroy your life these out to capture and destroy your family these out to capture and destroy America and every bounty that we stand on as Americans in this nation, you realize that papers two and 14 I will read it.
It's as forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, but you will also himself being Jesus likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy everybody say destroy him that had the power of death is the devil.
Now think about that this passage is telling us that God became human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. God became one of us so that he could defeat and overcome the power of sin and the power of therefore when we place proper faith in his finished work.
His death, his burial, his resurrection and his ascension to heaven. When we place faith in that work at that moment.
We gained three over stable good where is thy victory. Christ is the one who was but now he lives in the keys of the Bible says that he destroy the power that the devil had now in the Greek that actually means to live under powerless. That's what he did say to the still actively opposing the purpose of God in the world but at the cross, he received a head blown his time is short in his room is for sure is a defeated foe that shot.
Yes, Jesus was born to die but only at an appointed time.
We assure you this morning that if you are in God's will in the purpose and plan of God for your life, you will not die until the will and purpose of God has been fulfilled in your life. If you're in the will of God, and your commitment is to Christ, you are indestructible. Whether wills and rumors of wars and violence and chaos, or covert, 19, or any other disease. If you're in God's will. You are indestructible.
You do have an appointed time, but if directed by God to allow the fear of the grip your heart.
Paul said for me to live is Christ all but God is because even when you take your last sin from this body is to be present with the Lord is still out to kill still and destroy. But Jesus has been faded has rendered powerless power by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin. Therefore death has passed upon all because all have sin. Everybody in here deserves a death sentence to be separated from God for all eternity. But aren't you happy this morning that Jesus Christ, God decided to become a man named Mary came into the world, lived a sinless life is protocol laid down his life.
You could have victory. Joseph was told to remain in Egypt until the death of. Look at verse 15 of Matthew to and it was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, out of Egypt. Have I called my son the Sojourn individual departure from Egypt fulfilled prophecy of Hosea 11 in verse one works is when Israel was a child. Then I loved him and call my son out of Egypt. Now we have a picture here because if you remember Egypt you think about the Israelites the bondage of 400+ years of slavery of the Jewish people.
The oppression of the Jews that God raised up a man by the name of Moses, and he fled from Egypt, but he also took God's people with him. Jesus Christ it's not a coincidence that he was directed to go to Egypt and to be called out of Egypt because Jesus is our Moses say he was called out of Egypt, but by his death by his resurrection. Hallelujah he calls you when I out of the proverbial Egypt, which is bondage separation from God. He pulls us out.
Bondage of sin, delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sin is forgiven shall allow a man hallelujah now I want you to see the massacre of the infants.
Herod's angry decree. Look at verse 16 when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wrong exit form and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men having been frustrated from his original plan, say look at verse seven of Matthew chapter what was is planned in Herod, when he had privately called the wise men he inquired of them diligently that what time the star appeared and he sent them to Bethlehem and said go and search diligently for the young child and when you have failed to bring the water dam that I may come and worship him also.
Now Herod had no intention he had no plan to worship young Jesus.
They wanted to take his life. He felt that his throne was threatened. You realize that when he murdered and slaughtered these infants that his child was one of the did you know that history bears that out that he killed his own children. Even his teenage sons who he felt would take his throne in a coop to deceive him. This was a wicked diabolical demonic inspired key. King Herod he wanted to take the young child's life, the devil has had a plan of scheme ever since he heard the words, the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent, but his plans have been spoiled say spoil Colossians 215 says, and having spoiled principalities and powers. He made a show of them openly triumphing over them in a better word, spoiled means to disbar. So when Jesus went to Calvary.
What did he do this are the power of the devil, and the power of principalities and powers that be put in language you understand he disarmed the power of fear. They disarmed the power of anxiety. The power of depression. The power of being caught in this age of sin, telling you, you don't have to be a habitual sinner you can be set free justice and holiness, mighty God is the power of the hallelujah Herod ordering the death of all male children two years and under in Bethlehem and the surrounding districts.
Jeremiah, the great prophet prophesied that this would happen with verse 17 of Matthew chapter 2, then was fulfilled that was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet say in Raima.
There was a voice heard, lamentation, weeping great morning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted, because they are not. This terrible calamity.
Ladies and gentlemen, was foreseen by the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 31 verse 15 he was alluding to the, the exile of Israel, which is a type and shadow of the grief that these parents would experience when there children are slaughtered at the hands of this wicked man.
Now what you think about something of this is important right during times of calamity and confusion in the world.
Christ can be birthed in somebody's life during all of the chaos and the tears and the pain that Was Taking Pl. in Bethlehem, people losing their children at the hands of a world leader.
Mind you, during all of that Jesus was birthed into the world. What does that say to us, even during times of chaos like were living in right now. Christ can be birthed in people's lives and he can be formed in people's lives, even in your family. You might have a child who's acting crazy was running amok who's walking and living in disobedience. But during all of that turmoil Christ to be in their lives can be formed inside their heart and in their spirit. You intercede for them and do not stop praying for that God will save them hallelujah in the midst of it all, he is faithful. Let's look at the return to Nazareth.
Joseph was directed via dreams was a great follow along with me. Verse 19 of Matthew to but when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying arrives and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead which sought the young child's life goes and he took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard the door to alias did rain in Judea in the room of his father Herod was afraid to go hither's notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream. He turned aside into the parts of Galilee.
First we have the return to Israel for Herod was dead.
Secondly he goes to Galilee instead of Judea for Herod's son are to alias was raining in Judea. I want to go do something about this that the Lords of the angel in the dream he tells him to go back to Israel.
He never said anything about Nazareth you have to pay attention to the details because like I told you before, you know the beginning and you know the end were victorious right but in the middle. He never really gives us a glimpse does. Why because he wants us to walk and live by faith belief and obedience is faith with legs on it. When you attach legs and get moving, walking and living in obedience walking by faith not by sight. He obeyed the word of the Lord and I see with God directed him in the past that he should go. You can foresee what's going to happen in the future, but he knows but he doesn't Diebold all the information to you and wants. Why number one you can handle the number to the want you to live by the most exciting life a person to live as a life that's live by faith your life like a roller coaster up and down hills and valleys write little valleys and high peaks.
You never know what is going to be at any given time. But you know that he is in control when it's all said and done, you are telling us in Christ Jesus. A bad I love the gospel of Mark so residing in Nazareth. Another fulfillment of prophecy, of course, verse 23.
Look with me at Matthew 20 came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, they shall be called a Nazarene. The prophecy he shall be called a Nazarene was based upon the words of several prophets. In fact, in Isaiah 11 verse one states that a blanch would come out of the root of Jesse, who was Jesse. He was the father of King David. Right.
I told you last week that Jesus is the root and the offspring of David, is the root of David and that he created David is the offspring and that his royal lineage from his mother and his father came from the Davidic line so now Jesus will fulfill the Davidic covenant and be the King of Kings and Lord of lords that will aim for Jerusalem told you that no Jew on this planet can trace their lineage.
Did you know that all the records were destroyed in the Temple in 70 A.D. so the only person alive. The only man alive is Christ Jesus trace his lineage all the way back to the Davidic covenant shall be the royal live that shall set upon, but will Jerusalem, the root of the offspring of David, blanch the righteous branch that we abide in him and bear fruit. A man all right. It should be apparent that Matthew selected those events in Jesus life which were foretold by the prophets. This assisted him in his purpose to show his Jewish readers that Jesus was truly the Messiah. Matthew was writing to Jewish people is trying to convince them of the power of the spirit that Jesus was and is the Messiah.
Now I want to see two lessons that can be gleaned from Jesus early life. Are you ready number one worldly rulers are often opposed to God's rule. Well, you look like you don't believe that worldly rulers are opposed often to God's rule. This is seen throughout Jesus's life in the.
Following Herod. Herod the great upset at his birth.
Herod Antipas had John the Baptist imprisoned and soon beheaded. The leaders of Israel plotted against Jesus, the one to try to cover up his resurrection: the hopes the leaders that tried to stifle the New Testament church from sharing their story and their testimony by imprisonment by persecution and even martyrdom and we should not be surprised what you listen to me. The next revolt we should not be surprised if the same should happen to us today.
The very thing that I'm preaching is happening today our nation is in a war through watching when a fight that has nothing to do with racism.
It has everything to do with the diabolical scheme of the devil arising in the hearts of people in world leaders are behind it. Trust me, and here's where it all began. Are you ready in 1962 they deemed it unconstitutional to have prayer in school so they withdrew it in 1963, the same court.
They did unconstitutional to read the Bible in classrooms so they pulled God's word out of the classroom.
In 1982 they said it was unconstitutional to have the 10 Commandments hanging on the walls of our schools so they pulled God's word out of the hallway. So now what a young man carries a gun to the school. He could no longer read thou shalt not kill. Since then we've legalized abortion in many places.
Since then, the highest court in the land has legalized same-sex marriage across the board and we wonder why we're seeing what we're seeing today. We are seeing the fruit of a generation that knew not the Lord nor the work-study bid in Israel.
The seed was planted in 1962 when they took prayer out of school now would you go to your major universities today. Their teaching secular humanism 80% of the rioters and looters are millennial's for years they've been taught that they are their own God. And if it feels good do it needs revolting against authority to be a revolutionary name of no self if you want to be a female and male. If you want to be a male and female who can stop you if you want to withstand it was just a thought who can stop you and your children will go to public school that have expected placed into their head to see and it will one of these days that's why so much on you getting your children into God's house, school. That's why as long as money. This church will not look like the world, we will not sound like the world, because greater is he that is just come to Jesus lives. The values that this nation was founded upon today's Flag Day. How many do that.
We walked up the steps to solve the American flag and seated behind you see on the screen you see it back here in recent weeks we've seen it burned to the ground so in the name of protest.
Diabolical plan of the enemy not to break down government and law enforcement down the values that this country was built upon.
It was built upon God when you take God out of schools and society see this is not the same as Jesus said it on 50 know that it hated me before it hated you. If you are the world.
The world would love its own, but because you are not of the world. I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I sent you the servant is not greater than his lord.
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you babe. My saying, they will keep yours also. Satan has been trying to destroy the seed of the woman through Herod. He tried to take Jesus life and today he's tried to stifle the voice of the church in America, but aren't you glad according to prophecy and Jesus, when he looked at Peter and said who do men say that I am Peter under the inspiration of God, since thou art the son of the living God. You are the Christ Jesus said your flesh and blood hasn't come up with that reality, but only the spirit of God, could reveal that the next sinner to set upon this rock I don't think he pointed at Peter. I don't think he was even talking about what Peter said. He stood upon this church so things will get worse. I hope we can build a what's going on. I hope we can experience a time of peace.
I hope my children to grow up and telling you it comes right down to the blast.
The Bible says it will be like it was in the days of Noah hearts failing them for fear the love of many will scold us all. Jesus tells us anything we have to have a plan. We need to be ready because you will not. It supported the man wants to die. You might be monitored. What they say are to preach the city more one of them so you can shout about what you're shouting about anymore and it could happen. It's starting to happen when you watch the news and see the crazy you feel just like you're by yourself.
Is anybody seeing this besides myself, but that's the generation folks and parent you could change that with your children. But if you let them go the way of the world and just bring them here one hour week. Don't expect anything to happen to get them in God's word, six, eight hours a day. There have expected placed in their head in the spirit, and they will hatch. I promise you were seeing it today. We are seeing fruit that started in 1962 were seeing it today so you have to have a plan exit strategy if not martyred go by way of rapture. Noah was building the ark before Ray never started. He had a plan. He had an exit strategy. He was obeying God and you this morning if you're not right with God.
You need to get right with God, I don't care if you been to this church for how long it's been open a new been in church, your whole life.
But I'm telling you, if you are abiding in a life of sin, you need to get right with God. It's not time to play. It's time to develop an exit strategy and make a commitment to Christ, not something halfhearted I'm talking about 100% taking Anita Jesus. Watching I pray that you receive Jesus today who preached his early life he grew up to be a man carpenter who would eventually be despised and rejected by men, it would be abandoned by his disciples when he needed them the most. He was bleeding his beer was plucked out of his face. He was beaten to the point I didn't even recognize him. The prophet Isaiah tells us that 39 times.
They beat him with a Roman with historian save it everywhere alive so that we put pieces of flesh, the size of a man's hand fell off of his body when he hung up on the cross. They tried to give him so that his pain would be relieved but he rejected why because he did not want any pain relief. He wanted to take every pain every hurt that you would ever experience, and that's what he did, so that you could have life you this morning and watching wherever you are listening say Lord Jesus Uriah I give you my life. I confess my sin and I believe in my heart confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord of my life and I boldly proclaim that I don't belong to the right or the left and I'm not independently walking along the world that I belong to Jesus Christ and listen if you pray that I believe God's change your heart. Change your life. Thank you for joining us this morning. A man I sure hope you prayed that prayer, believing that Jesus has forgiven you of your sin and that he is transforming your life from this moment forward, and I'm so glad that you decided to listen to the voice of power broadcast and we pray that it has been a blessing to you. If so we would encourage consider giving a financial donation to help the horsepower stay on the air give in three ways. The simplest way to give would be text message by simply texting a dollar amount to 336-747-3336 and following the instructions. Also, you can go to the website and force of power.org and click on the give point and it will take you step-by-step on how to give financially to the force of power and certainly you can get by mail, PO Box 243 9T NC 27021. Once again were delighted that you decided to listen to the voice of power broadcast to the next week at the same time, and I pray that the words of your mouth the meditations of your heart be acceptable in his sight, for he is your strength and your Redeemer