How amazing is the authority and power we possess in Christ! Join Pastor Tony Nardella as he speaks on the power and authority we hold as God's children, offering you a fresh perspective on yourself and your ministry. For more information, visit www.heartoftitus.org.
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We Are Sons of God
>Welcome to Let's Go! Where you will hear about lives that have been transformed by the power of God. You'll see and hear real stories of real people going to real places far away, whose lives are changed as God uses them to impact the lives of others for His glory. Get ready to see people experience God's love and power. Let's go! Hello everyone, I'm Tony Nardella with Heart of Titus Ministries. Every week on Kingdom Community TV, we are happy to bring you teachings and discussions which will encourage your faith and further encourage you to go out and do what God has called you to do. We are here to equip you. And when I saw this video that we're going to show this week, it's of a preaching I did in Bulgaria not too long ago. I believe that it will really strike home and will encourage you even more to believe that you really are a son of God who has been called to do mighty things in the name of Jesus. So be encouraged, be blessed, and we hope that you enjoy this teaching. You know, Jesus really lived 2,000 years ago. There is no doubt historically that Jesus of Nazareth lived in Israel about 2,000 years ago. He is just as real and historical figure. He is just as real and historical figure. He is just as real and historical figure. As Julius Caesar. And he made some incredible claims. He claimed to be the son of God. Now, baby, today we all think that we're all sons of God. But 2,000 years ago in the land of Israel. It would be blasphemy to say that you were the son of God. And in fact, at one time the Jews tried to stone Jesus because he said that. But Jesus quoted from a song. I believe in Psalm 82. When Jesus responded to the Jews who were trying to kill him. And in my words, he says you guys believe the Bible, right? And the Bible cannot be broken, right? Why should you say that it's a bad thing for somebody to say he's the son of God? When the scripture says... The Old Testament predicted that there would be people called the sons of God. And Jesus had declared that he was one of them. Well, even though they had their rocks in their hand, then they were ready to stone in. They had to put their rocks down. Because the Bible is always right. You believe that the Bible is always right. Jesus has the son of God, had incredible power. And that's why the Jews wanted to kill him. They said to him... If you say you are the son of God, you are making yourself equal with God. Well, not exactly. But they understood that there was such an intimacy between the Father and the Son. If you are the son of God, you are the son of God. Well, this is the good news we are here to proclaim to you tonight. If you are the son of God... Or a daughter of God... Or a daughter of God... And whenever the Father has, you have. And whenever you have, the Father has... In Jesus. So then what does that mean? Look with me at John... If you are... Chapter 20... Verse 21... Now this is after the resurrection of Jesus. This was the first time that he appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. And after he said peace be with you... And the disciples were glad that they saw him. Jesus says in verse 21... Peace... You don't have to worry... You don't have to be afraid... You don't have to be afraid... As the Father has sent me... So I am sending you... The same authority... The same power... The same purpose... The same partnership... The Father and the Son had a great partnership, didn't they? Jesus is inviting us... Jesus is commanding us... To go and do the ministry like Jesus did... In partnership with the Father through the Holy Spirit... In partnership with the Father through the Holy Spirit... Now how did the Father send the Son? It says in Luke's Gospel... And after John the Baptist baptized Jesus... Just left it to your Christ, your Christ, your Christ. And the Spirit came upon Jesus like a dove... And the Father said... This is my beloved Son... In whom I am well pleased... The Father sent Jesus... With the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit... And with a bold and public declaration... This is a similar public declaration... Of His love for Jesus... He told everybody... This is my Son... I love Him... I am pleased with Him... There are a lot of men here in particular... Who never heard any such thing from their earthly father... And that's made me callers your view of who our Heavenly Father is... But Jesus is sending us... As His Father sent Him... But Jesus is sending us... And Jesus is sending us... As His Father sent Him... With love... With a bold and public declaration... And the presence of the Spirit... Now that Spirit immediately led Jesus into the desert... And He led Him to not eat anything for 40 days... And He was tempted by the devil... Who questioned His sonship... If you are the son of God... If you are the son of God... Tell these stones to become red... If you are the son of God... The devil is always trying to lie to us... If you are the son of God... Then He wants us to question whether we are really sons of God... But Jesus responded... You know what He said... Man shall not live by bread alone... But by every word that comes out of my Father... After Jesus defeated Satan's attempt to deceive him... The Bible says that Jesus was led in the power of the Holy Spirit... And He began to do His ministry... So we are going to read you something at a Matthew's Gospel chapter... What an explosion of God's love! Look at these miracles that Jesus did... Now these miracles are not like the miracles that the Church I grew up in talks about... They think it's a big deal if some statue starts to weep... They think it's a big deal if some statue starts to weep... They think it's a big deal if some clergyman that they had... Who dies if this body does not decay... So we are going to take a look at these miracles... But those are useless miracles... The miracles that Jesus did... The miracles that Jesus did not die... He healed all the sick... He cleansed all the lepers... He drove out all their demons... He even raised the dead... And yes, He taught them good news... This is how the Father sent Jesus into the world... This is how Jesus is sending us into the world... Now in Matthew chapter 10... In the very first verse... A revolution happened... If you believe it... Wait a minute... Jesus is the Son of God... We are just very imperfect people... But he picked twelve imperfect people... And he gave them the same power and authority... And he gave them the same power and authority... To heal the sick... To do miracles of healing... To do miracles of deliverance... And you know those guys weren't so good... He said... A lot of them couldn't even read... One of them Peter denied three times that he knew Jesus... One of them, Judas Iscariot, even betrayed him... And it had Jesus killed... Don't look at your own past problems... Don't look at your weaknesses... Look at what the Word of God says about you... And you know in Luke 10... In verse 1... And he appointed 72 other people... And he gave them the same authority... He gave the twelve... In verse 9 it says... And in verse 17... The 72 came back to report to Jesus what had happened after he sent them... And he said... So they had the power to heal? They had the power to cast on demons? Are you getting the picture? We don't know who the 72 people were... They said... And I think that's God's way of telling us something... Nobody needs to know your name... You just need to know how God is sending you... I know we got to stop here for a minute... This is not the Christianity that you're used to... All over the world for hundreds of years... There's usually a guy like me or a guy like Pastor Tommy... Standing at the front... Telling you what we think God is saying... Then you go home... And you come back to the next meeting... And you listen to the same guy tell you more... But we had it in our heads... It was our understanding... That the only person who could do any of this God's stuff was the guy up here... It's too bad the church all over the world believes that... Because Jesus didn't teach us that... Jesus said that like he was the only guy... In fact, he rejoices at the idea that we would do even greater things than him... He said that we would do even greater things than him... In John 1412... If that wasn't the Bible, I wouldn't dare to believe it! Jesus says if you have faith... If you believe in him... You'll do the same thing! You too can heal the sick! You too can drive out demons! You too in Jesus' name can raise the dead! But that's not enough for Jesus... He's way too generous! He loves to give even more than we expect... He says you'll do even greater things than him... He says you'll do even greater things than him... Now I'm a father... I have three children... And five grandchildren... With one on the way... But I, in business, I am partners with my oldest son... We started working together... I had all the experience he had very little experience... I've been working together... After just a couple of years... I saw that the boy was talented... And so I let him become the boss... Sure, I continued to work there... But the truth was I was traveling... And I just didn't tell him... And so by him, taking over our business... He is from the business ten times bigger than I ever had... You're a scientist? This is pretty important to me... Ten times! Do I get jealous? I don't know... Do I get mad? Oh, I could have done that! No! I get excited! Look at my boy! He's so successful! He's so good at this! We are able to hire our other son... And other people... I can have it! That's how Jesus feels about you! When you walk in all of these hands... There's years and years I can teach you... about the spiritual gifts... But let me just give you this short summary... And then I'm going to call a crawfish... The greatest hymn in this beloved God of all... Our heart, soul, mind and strength... And the second phrase commanding is all I'm going to say... Love your neighbor as yourself... Spiritual gifts are instruments that you can use... to fulfill the same command. This is the way to motivate the spirit of the Spirit. Amen? If somebody walks in... They're obviously in pain... If you have love and compassion... You're going to say Lord... Heal them! And then one day the Lord is going to say to you like he did to me... No, you heal them! That's a work that he has given men... We have to type that in a majority... And the Scripture says several times... That if you ask God to give you a spiritual gift... He just might be happy to give it to you... So if in your heart you're saying God, I want to heal the sins... I can't stand seeing people in pain... I want to do good work... You can believe... And you won't need somebody to come from the United States... Heal your friends... You can do it in Jesus's... Because I'm no different than you... I have problems in my life... You have problems in your life... But it doesn't matter... Jesus loves us... He wants us to take over the family business on the earth... He wants us to take authority over the devil and all of his pain... And he wants us to heal our brothers and sisters... Jesus poured out his blood on the cross of cowards... He wants us to do it... He wants us to do it... Not just your pastor... Not just the visiting evangelist... Everybody... I know that sounds revolutionary... But Jesus did not come to the earth and leave things the way they were... He did not come to bring peace on a sword... He did not come to bring peace on a sword... And the sword, which is the word of God, is doing violence through the religious system... The way of inheritance... And the word of God is doing violence through the religious system... And if you believe... You could be the beneficiaries of that kingdom... You could have the eyes of your heart enlightened... Your eyes could be open to know the power that God has given you for Jesus... And you could receive the baptism of those... And you could receive the baptism of those... And you could receive the baptism of those... And then move in the power of the Holy Spirit just like Jesus... Well, we certainly hope that you enjoyed that message... I pray that something in that message reached deep down inside of you... To encourage you to believe that you really are God's child... That you've been sent here with the purpose... And then He has sent you out with the purpose. If you want to see more information, more videos like this... Well, we have videos all over KCTV... But you can also go to our YouTube channel called Heart of Titus... Or you can go to heartoftitus.org... And you can find all kinds of materials and resources there for you. So thank you so much for being with us today... And we look forward to seeing you on the next episode of Let's Go! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪