Kingdom Keys To Ultimate Freedom

Maybe it's in your family. Maybe there's so much strife in your home, and there's arguing and there's bickering, and there's bitterness and there's fighting, and you can't stand him, and he can't stand you, and you can't stand her, and y' all can't get on each other's nerves, and you're tired of living like that. Well, today I'm going to show you the kingdom keys for the kingdom, the ultimate kingdom keys for freedom in your health and your prosperity, in your wealth and your relationships and everything. When you get this, it's going to blow your mind. Well, maybe your mind is not as easily blown as mine is, but I'm going to read a passage to you that is one of the most.

Misunderstood passages in scripture. Matthew, chapter 16.

Verse 13.

And down to verse number 18. No, down to verse number 19. You ready? Here it is. 13 to 19. When Jesus came to the coast of Caesarea, Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, whom do men say that I, the Son of man am? I submit to you that that is the most important question in the history of the world.

Who do? Here's what he said. Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am. Who is Jesus? That's the most important question in the history of the world. I'll tell you why I believe that in a minute. Okay?

Then it says in verse 14. And they said unto him. And they said, some say thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, but whom say ye? I am? And Simon Peter answered, thou art the Christ, the Mashiach, the Son of the living God. Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Simon bar Jonah. Simon, son of Jonah.

For flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven. And Jesus answered and said unto him, I already read that part, verse 18. And I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven. The keys to the kingdom of heaven. The keys to the kingdom of heaven.

And then it says.

And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Now, I don't know about you, but when I read that the first time, there's so many things in that that are like mind twisters. Got my brain all tied up in a knot. Feel like my brain just lost a jujitsu match when I got done reading that. Right? And first of all, let me say this.

Christ was not establishing Peter as the Pope. Peter was not the first Pope. Peter wasn't a Catholic at all. He didn't practice Roman Catholicism. Peter was not the first pope. And Jesus was not saying he was going to build the church on Peter. Okay? So just. Let's start there. Well, when I get to the Pearly gates and St. Peter answers the door. St. Peter ain't answering. There are no doors.

Just in case you think you won't. He ain't. He is not the doorman in heaven. Tell me why I should let you. That ain't happening, y'. All. This passage is not saying that, okay? So he said, who do men say that I am? Why is that so important? Well, I'm going to tell you the answer in a minute. I want to read. I want to read two more passages before I. Two more passages.

John, chapter eight. Had to look in my brain. Where was it? John, chapter 8. John, chapter 8. And it says John, chapter 8 in verse 32, verse 31. And Jesus said unto those Jews which believed on him, if you continue in my words, then are you my disciples, my Talmudim, and indeed. Or in truth. And ye shall know the truth. And the truth shall make you free, not set you free, make you free. That means when it comes to truth, the truth is the active participant. I am the active recipient. But the truth is the active participant. Are y' all tracking? What does that mean? That means. And I. I gotta remember to look up. Because when I'm looking at my Bible and I'm looking at y', all, my hat covers my eyes. So I got to remember to do that. Okay? So y' all can tell I'm not a professional talking head. Television Talking head. But I'm working on it, okay? So pray for me. Don't judge me. Okay? So he said, if you continue in my words, then are you my disciples, indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. I want you to wrap your mind around something. I'm going to make a statement, then we're going to go look at another passage. I'm.

Any area of my life.

In which I don't know the truth is an area of my life in which I am not free.

All bondage is the result.

Of a lack of awareness of truth.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Let's look at first John I mean, Third John, not one John. Third John only has one chapter. So we can say Third John the first chapter, Third John, the last chapter. Same thing. Okay.

I said I was going to stop doing that, but I forgot I said it.

Okay, we're going to look at verse one. We're going to read down to verse six. Here's what it says. The elder, this is John the beloved. Okay. The apostle John the Elder. Unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth, beloved, I wish above all things that thou wouldest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth. Okay, let me ask you a question. If you are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, how is your soul prosperous? It's infinitely prosperous. Your soul is infinitely prosperous. It's prosperous in every possible way. So he said, I wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers. I want your body, I want your family, I want your finances. I want every aspect of your life to be as free and prosperous. The word prosper, by the way, means to flow. To be as much in flow as your soul is. Okay. Y' all tracking okay. Then he says, I rejoice greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee even as thou walkest in the truth. Are y' all tracking? Then he says. Then he says, beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers which have been. I'm sorry. I missed verse four. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Why? Because walking in truth is walking in freedom.

Walking in a lack of awareness of truth is walking in bondage. Are y' all tracking? Then he said, beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers which have borne witness of thy charity before the church, whom, if thou bring forward on their journey after the godly sort, thou shalt do well. So he said, I have no greater joy than to know that my children walk in truth. Now, we're going to go back to Matthew chapter 16, and we're gonna. I'm gonna break down Matthew chapter 16. Because when we understand what Matthew chapter 16 is saying, it just. It just. It opens our mind to the beauty of Matthew, chapter 16, verse number 13. It opens our minds to the beauty of what Christ is saying. So Jesus asked me, who do men say that I am? Some they. Here's here. Here's what we see. Some say you are John the Baptist. Some say you're Elijah. Some Say you're Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Okay, here's what you have to understand.

The majority of the people in the world always get it wrong about who Christ is. Oh, yeah. Jesus, Buddha, Confucius. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You confused, baby. You confused. Buddha and Confucius. Those were men.

Right? Those were humans. Christ was.

Not half God and half man. All God, all man.

Here's what it says in the Old Testament, just for those of you. It says, for unto us a child is born, so the child was born. Unto us a son is given. So the son was given, but the child was born.

The government shall be upon his shoulders. He shall be called Wonderful. Counselor? Who. Who is he? Who is he talking about? The son that was born. The child that was born. The son that was given. He shall be called Wonderful.

Mighty God. Who? The son that was born this Old Testament. The son that was born. The child that was given shall be called Wonderful, Mighty God, Everlasting Father. Who? The son was born. The child that was given shall be called the. The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Oh, okay. Even the Old Testament tells us who Christ is. That's why when it says in Philippians, let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. If he wasn't equal with God and he thought himself to be God, it would have been robbery. Are y' all with me? Okay, so this is an important question. Who do men say they am? They got it wrong. Some think you're John the Baptist. John the Baptist was a man. Some think you're Elijah. Elijah, Elias. He was a man. Jeremiah. He was a man.

This is a God man. Not half God, half man. All God, all man.

He was man enough to be born in a manger, but he was God enough to be born of a virgin.

He was man enough to be yielded to his earthly mother. But he was God enough to turn the water into wine.

He was man enough to pray to his father.

But he was God enough to multiply the bread and the fishes. He was man enough to say, I thirst when he was on the cross. But he was God enough to say, I am the living water. I'm not talking about half God, half man. I'm talking about all God, all man. Matthew portrays Christ as the king. Mark portrays him as the servant. Luke portrays him as the Son of man. John portrays him as the Son of God.

Don't be confused about who Jesus is. I'm going to get into that. More later. We about to go there. We about to go there, and I ain't in a hurry.

So he said, who do you say that I am? Peter said, thou art the Christ, the Messiah, the Messiah, the Son of the living God, the son that was given. You are him. You're the one we've been waiting for. Here's what Jesus said. Blessed are you, Simon bar Jonah. Simon, son of Jonah. Flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you. Why? Flesh and blood does not have the ability to reveal who Christ is to anyone.

I don't have the ability to say, Myron. Myron, you won this person to Christ. I didn't win anybody to Christ. My job is to be a witness. My job is not to create a conversion. I've never saved anybody. I've never won anybody to Christ. I've witnessed to a lot of people. But here's what the scripture says. One soweth, another watereth. God gives the increase. No man can come unto me except my Father. Draw him. You can't be clever enough.

You can't be eloquent enough to reveal to a human being who Christ is. Only God can do that.

And if God doesn't do it, it doesn't get done.

Let's don't miss that.

You are not talented enough as a preacher. And I don't care who you are to make somebody see who Jesus is. If God doesn't show them, they will not see it. Why? Because our nature is against God.

Blessed are you, Simon Barjono. Hey, if you know who Jesus is, you're blessed. Why? Because flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but my Father, which is in heaven, has revealed it unto you.

And then he said, and you are Peter. So if he was talking to me, he'd say, and you are, Myron. If he's talking to you, he'd say, you are. Tom. Are y' all tracking? If he's talking to you, he'd say, you are, Edward. And then he would say, on this rock, I will build my church. The rock he was talking about was not Peter. The name Peter means pebble. Petra means pebble. He said on this rock. He was talking about a boulder. What boulder? The boulder of the truth. That he is the Christ, the Son of the living God. That's the rock he's going to build his church on, not Peter.

How's he going to build a church on Peter? Peter denied him, cursed and swore. Said, I'm done. I'm going back to being a fisherman. This whole disciple thing didn't work out.

And by the way, if Christ was going to ordain somebody to be a pope, the apostle to the Gentiles, it would have been Paul. According to the Scriptures. It wouldn't have been Peter anyway. So he wasn't saying, I'm going to build the church on Peter. He didn't build the church on Peter. He built his church on the truth of the fact that he is the Christ, son of the living God. Don't miss that.

Then he said, I'm going to build my church on the rock of the truth that I am the Christ, the Son of the living God. And watch what he said next. The gates of hell cannot prevail, will not prevail against it. Gates are not an offensive mechanism. They are a defensive mechanism. The purpose of a gate. A gate can only have two purposes. Lock something in, lock something out. That's the only thing a gate can do. Lock something in, lock something out. Can't do nothing else. You never hit anybody with a gate, man. Don't you make me throw this gate at you. Nobody ever said that. So, people. No. No. But I've heard preachers say no. The gates of hell. The gates of hell, all the fires of hell that'll come against the church, bless God and the church will survive. No, that ain't that what they're talking about.

Gates are not an offensive mechanism. Gates are a defensive mechanism. We as followers of Christ are supposed to be on the offense, not on the defense. We're supposed to charge with the truth, not retreat with it.

The truth doesn't have to be afraid of error. Doesn't have to hide from error. Doesn't have to be afraid that error won't understand it. Of course it won't. Here's what the scripture says in John 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. And the Word was with God. And the same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him. Without him was not anything made that was made. And in him was the life. And the life was the light of men. And the light shined in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. Darkness does not have the ability to comprehend light. Stop worrying about the fact that people don't understand you. If you're a follower of Christ. We're supposed to be a peculiar people. You know what peculiar means? Strange, unusual, odd, not normal.

There's a little something weird about that, mind. Oh, it ain't a little something weird. It's a lot something weird.

Why? Because Christ is building his church on the Rock of the truth that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God. That's the truth that he built his church on, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Now I'm going to make an assertion. I believe in hell. I believe Hell is real. I believe there's a place that Hell that has fire. I know that Hell is the grave. I get that. That's one version of the meaning of one trans. But I can talk about a pool. And a pool could be a swimming pool, or it could be a carpool, or we could pull our money together, we go shoot some pool, Right? Okay. So let's don't get confused. So, yeah, I get hell is the grave. I get that. But there's a place that burns with fire called Hell. How do I know that? Because the scripture says, don't fear man who can destroy the body, but can't destroy the soul, but fear God, who can cast both body and soul into hell where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. Hmm. So Hell is a real place. I get that. And then. And it's. I believe that hell. I believe that Hell is a temporary punishment holding place for people who die without Christ. Temporary? Oh, yes. Because. Yes, temporary. Good question. Because the permanent place is called the lake of Fire. And the scripture says then death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. That's the permanent place. Okay, so for the purpose of discussion, I just don't want anybody to be confused about my next statement. That's why I'm clarifying. Hell. Hell, I believe, is a real place. But I also do not believe, in case you wondered, I do not believe that the gates of Hell are in Hell any more than the gates of any other property are in the property. Gates are something around a property to keep stuff in that's in there and keep stuff out that's out there. So the gates of Hell are not in hell. Where are the gates of hell? In the minds of the people.

Whose darkness cannot comprehend the light.

That's why the next thing Christ said was.

I'm going to read it to you so I don't mess it up. Matthew, chapter 16, by the way. Starting with verse 13, by the way, for those of you who are just joining us, okay? Matthew, chapter 16. Then it says.

Then Simon, thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. That's verse 16. Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Simon bar Jonah, for flesh and blood is not revealed unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven. And I say Unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock, the rock of the truth, that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God, I'll build my church. The gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Now, this is why it confused me for a long time. Because he's talking about the gates of heaven. I mean, gates of hell. But he's talking about the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Why? Because only the keys to the kingdom of heaven can unlock the gates of hell. Wrap your mind around that. Throw in people's minds. What are the keys? I going to show you what the keys are in a minute. We already read it, but I'm going to show it to you in a minute anyway.

I give unto thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. And what are we binding? Okay, so I believe. I believe that as we study Scripture, how many are familiar with strongholds? Okay, a stronghold. A stronghold was a fortress that had walls around it and had gates that protected it, right? Okay, well, what is a spiritual stronghold? A spiritual stronghold is a wall of protection that we have built around a lie that we believe in our mind.

And the purpose of that stronghold is to lock in the lie and lock out the truth. Are y' all tracking? So we go. If we go back to John, chapter eight.

John, chapter eight.

Like, this is just foundational. I'm still in the introduction. Like, wait till we get to. This is going to make the hair stand up on your arm. Okay, so John, chapter eight and verse number 31, it says, then Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him, if you continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth. Why? Because the word is truth.

Right? Sanctify us by thy word. Thy word is truth. The word of God is truth. There's a difference between true and truth. True is dynamic and can change. Truth is static, objective, and it cannot change.

True. We are here right now in our studio in Tampa, Florida. That's true was not truth. Because when I go to bed tonight, I ain't going to bed on this stage. I'm going home and get in my bed, right? So what's true can change. What's truth can never change. Okay? He said, ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

No wonder the apostle John wrote when he said, I would wish above all things Thou wouldest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospers. He said, I have no greater joy than to know that my children walk in what truth?

The keys of heaven that unlock the gates of hell are the keys of truth. Whatsoever you bind on earth, if you bind on earth and you do not speak the truth, that truth will stay locked in heaven. It's already there. When I speak the truth and teach the truth, that key unlocks that door. Remember what we said earlier? Any area of my life in which I am unfamiliar with the truth is an area of my life in which I am not free.

So that's why to me, teaching the Bible is so important to what I do in my life. Because I believe that my job in life, one of my objectives in life is to be an emancipator.

To free people's minds from the lies that they believe by revealing to them the truth. Because everybody, whether they know it or not, we have a truth shaped whole hole in our soul and the only thing that can fill it is truth. And that's why people are attracted to the truth even when they don't like it.

Mmm. I wish I had some help in here. Hold on.

And so what we have to do, we have to become truth seekers.

And truth. I'm talking about God's truth. I taught yesterday in my Make More Offers challenge. I taught about the character, the nature and the intention. The character of God is that he is holy. Holy means one of a kind, special. He is the only God there is. There's not another one. There aren't 16 more. You get the God your way, I get the God my way. That's pretty arrogant.

Don'T you think? I mean, like, I think we're pretty much all friends here, right, Hiram? We get along really good, don't we? Okay, I came and knocked on your door and you opened the door and you saw it was me. What would you say, Come on in. But let's say Hyrum hears a noise in the kitchen at 3:32 in the morning and he goes down to the kitchen and he catches me climbing in the window at 3:32 in the morning.

Do I get the same welcome? Do I get the same greeting? The greeting probably sounds something like pet pep. Pep.

That's probably something like that.

And then they call 911, hey, I got this dead dude laying on my kitchen floor. He was trying to climb in my house.

You say, what's your point? My point is, as human beings, we have an approved way for people to enter Our house and an unapproved way. But God has to accept us any way we please. How arrogant is that?

That's a level of arrogance that I can't even begin to process. The God of the universe has to let you in your way. You worship the God of your imagination and you are confused.

So now let's get to truth.

The only thing that can make you free in your finances is God's truth about money. The only thing that can make you free in your relationships is God's truth about relationships. The only thing that can make you free in your health is God's truth about health. The only thing that can make you free from anxiety is God's truth about worry.

If you continue my words and you're my disciples, indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Now, here's the interesting thing about God. The character, nature and intention of God. The character of God is that he's holy. There's nobody like him. The nature of God is that he cannot lie. I want you to wrap your mind around what I just said. It's not that God doesn't lie. It's that he can't. Do you understand when you say God and then you say can't, there's almost like a cringe. Like, what do you mean, he can't?

Well, God can't lie. How do I know God can't lie? Because that's what he said. He said he can't lie. Now, you got to understand, I was telling y' all this morning, I was saying, like, the more I learn, the less I feel like I know. I don't know if anybody else can relate that, but, like, the more I learn. I feel like such a peanut head.

Very big peanut, but peanut head that, like. I wonder if I'm ever gonna get it. Like, I hope one day that, like, I get it somewhat. I was telling. I wrote this book. Wrote this book in 2006. I read it probably in 2006. I haven't read it since I confessed my sins. Okay? So I haven't read since 2000. So I wrote the book. I can't tell you everything that's in that book, even though I wrote it. I wrote this book in 2021. I can't tell you everything that's in it. God knows everything because he created everything there is to know, and he's fully aware of all of it at the same time. He knows the number of hairs on my head.

He is fully aware of everything at the same time. And it does not overwhelm him. That's mind blowing to me. Okay, well, God, when he coded this whole universe into existence.

He used word, words, language to code everything into existence. That's why language is so important. That's why it's so important that we're very intentional, hyper intentional with our words because the words that come out of our mouths are the truth that we tell or the lies that we believe. Believe right though our words are going to reveal us. Remember when Peter, When Peter said, no, I don't know him. They said, but your speech betrays you. You know him because you talk like him. Then Peter said, well, I'll show you something. He started cussing his way now. Okay, anyway, I'm sorry. Okay, so when God coded everything into existence, he used words, but he used it in his language, which is Hebrew. The Hebrew language. Ivrit, okay, Ivrit is the Hebrew language is unlike any other language in the world. I have a book almost as thick as a phone book, right? It's called the Origin of Speeches. And it's this rabbi who wrote this book, and he's proving from a scientific perspective that every language in the world is a derivative of ancient Hebrew, which he calls Edenics. Not that that has anything to do with anything, but that's. I'm just like the body of knowledge that there is to know is so much. It's. That's why we need eternity with God, so our understanding can be opened. Right. And it'll take forever. Okay, Anyway, so here's what's really interesting. The Hebrew word for truth. First of all, let me give you a couple things about Hebrew.

Western languages go from left to right. Eastern languages go from right to left. Okay. English is a phonetic language. A lot of Eastern languages are symbolic languages. Hebrew is both phonetic and symbolic. And y' all ready? Constructive. What does that mean? That means words are not just spelled, they're built. They're not just sounded out, they're built. They're not just represented, they're built. Words are built. Everybody say words are built. So in Hebrew, words are built. Now that's amazing in itself because if you don't do anything but study the nature of the letters of the Hebrew words that are constructed, it shows you some things that are mind blowing. So I'm going to give you. I'm going to give you a couple of them. So the first verse in the Bible, in Genesis 1:1, it says, in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Okay, cool. That's English. In Hebrew, it's B'reishit. Bara elohim et hashemyim v' et ahret. John, chapter one says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And all things were made by Him. Without him was not anything made that was made. Now, I'm giving you those three different verse, two different verses, one, but the in English and Hebrew, because there's a word in the Hebrew that can't be translated into English, and that's the word et. I'm not going to get to that yet. I'm just going to write the first word in the Bible. Remember what I said earlier? The most important thing that anybody ever needs to be aware of is who Christ is. The first word in Genesis is beit reish, Aleph, shin, yud, ta, that's brushit, that's in beginning. Okay?

Like Hebrew does not waste words. There is no in the beginning because like, it would say, it would be like.

There's like in beginning. Okay? Now because all of these letters have meaning, and you can parse Hebrew. They don't. There's no vowels. So you can parse Hebrew. You take these two letters right here.

This letter represents the house, this represents the head. So this is the head of the house. But bar, it spells the word bar, which means son. That was in our text this morning. Blessed are you, Simon. Bar Jonah. Simon, son of Jonah. Y' all heard of blind Bartimaeus? Blind son of Tobaeus. You heard of Barabbas, son of the Father? Isn't it interesting that the Son of the Father took the place of the Son of the Father When? Why? Because they had to be identical. Anyway, so I digress. Okay, Son, Aleph is the letter that represents God. Now, it's interesting that Aleph represents God because Aleph is made of two different Hebrew letters. But we're going to put God right here. So the Son of God, what are the two different letters? It's made of Yud, that letter. And of. And another yud. Now, the letter yud means hand.

Letter yid means hand. Okay? Above is a picture of a nail, a hook, or an upright man. So this is a nail.

And this is a hand. So the letter that represents God is two hands and a nail. One hand above the nail, one hand below the nail.

And the nail is the thing that holds them together. And whose hands were nailed to the cross? Jesus. So, like, we ain't even done with the first word yet in the Bible, we're on the first word, brasheet. This word shin, it means destroyed. It means teeth. But I mean, it's a picture of teeth, but it means to destroy. Right? Destroyed.

Yod is a hand. We already talked about that.

And tav is a cross or a covenant.

Covenant.

So the first word in the Bible, brasheet, in beginning, the son of God is destroyed with his hand on a cross for our covenant. That's the first word.

The name for God in the Old Testament that the Hebrews don't even say. They just say hashem, which means the name. They just refer to him as the name. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. I'm not going to say his name at all. Then I'll be sure not to take his name in vain. So we just say Hashem. Right? So the name is Yud. Hey, Vav. Hey. So it's Yud Got a little excited there. It's Yud. Hey, Vav. Hey.

Yod is a hand. Hand.

Hey. Is behold.

You know? Hey. Like, hey. See how y' all looked? Okay. That's where you get that from, by the way. Okay. Hey. Okay. So then the nail.

And then behold. Ha. So the name that is the name of God is the hand. Behold the nail. Behold. Or behold the nail. Behold the hand.

You say Myron, what are you saying? Who do men say that I am? Some say you're Elias. Some say you're John the Baptist. Some say you're one of the prophets. Jeremiah, one of the prophets. They always get it wrong. Who do you say to them? Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God. That's the right answer. Blessed are you, Simon Barjona. Because flesh and blood didn't reveal it to you. Your flesh and blood didn't reveal it to you. Your next door neighbor's flesh and blood didn't reveal it to you. Andrew came and told you that he found the Messiah. Andrew didn't reveal it to you, but my Father, which is in heaven, revealed it to you. That's why you know, if you know that Christ is the Mashiach, the Messiah, the son of the living God. The reason you know is because God revealed it to you. Hallelujah. There's no other way to know. Are y' all tracking now? That's the first part. It gets more better. So.

Truth. The word for truth is Aleph. I wrote that wrong. Aleph, Mem tav. That's the word for truth in Hebrew. Now this is the word that's built. This letter represents God. We already talked about that. This letter represents the might of the Ocean. I'm just going to write mighty because not very few things are more mighty than the ocean. Did you know 6 inches of moving water can knock you off your feet? 6 inches of moving water past your feet can knock you on the ground. Like if you're standing in water that's flowing six inches. Okay. Water is powerful. And then tav is a covenant or cross. Or covenant. We're just going to use covenant. Covenant. So what is truth? Truth is God's mighty covenant. What is a covenant? A covenant's agreement between two or more individuals based upon a mutual love and trust. And when two people got ready to enter into covenant, they would bring animals. They would kill the animals. They'd cut the animals in pieces because the word covenant means to cut.

And so they cut the animals in pieces. They'd stand back to back. They'd walk in a circle like you'd have two people standing back to back, right?

They walk in a circle around the dead animal carcasses here, dead animal carcass here. That person walk around that circle like that, walk around. Which creates figure 8 or the infinity symbol. They come back around, they take a knife in their left hand, they cut their right hand, they put their hands together, they bind it together with a rope. And then your blood becomes my blood, my blood becomes your blood. And they exchange covenant vows. I promise I'm going to give everything I have. I'm going to give my time, my effort, my resources, my knowledge, my wisdom, my team, my staff.

My.

Energy. I'll give up nights of sleep if necessary. I'll even give my very life to protect you and yours.

And if I don't do what I said I'm going to do, may what happened to this animal happen to me. My. My.

Energy. I'll give up nights of sleep if I. If necessary, I'll even give my very life to protect you and yours.

And if I don't do what I said I'm going to do, may what happened to this animal happen to me. If I don't keep my word to you, may what happened to this animal happen to me. So God's mighty covenant with When God speaks a word, When God has a word, that word is truth. And if I don't keep my word to you, may what happened, this animal happened to me. So God's mighty covenant. When God, he doesn't keep it, he has to die. That's why he is the God who cannot lie. But it speaks a word. When God has a word, that word is truth and is mober. How could that be possible? Because if you separate God from the truth, this word right here, met M E T h, he doesn't keep it. He has to die. That's why he is the God who cannot lie. But it gets from the name Methuselah. Guess what Methuselah means. His death shall bring. What did Methuselah's death bring? It brought the flood. The word metz mo bere. How can that be possible? Because if you separate God from the truth, this word right here, met, M E T h, met is the word death. So if you separate God from the truth, all you have left is death. But if God lies, God dies.

What?

That's why he's the God who cannot lie. Because if he dies, everything ceases to exist.

Okay, it's starting to make sense. But watch this. Not only are these letters, not only are these numbers, not only are these letters, letters, letters, but they're also numbers. This is the first letter. Like the first letter. Aleph, bet gimel dalad hey vav zayichet. From the name Methuselah. Guess what Methuselah means.

Anyway, all the letters, they're also numbers. So. And you can count. His death shall bring. What did Methuselah's death bring? It brought the flood. The word meh. There's 22 letters in the Hebrew Aleph beit. You can count all the way up to 400. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 422 letters. Y' all tracking. Okay. This is the first letter of the Hebrew Aleph beit.

That is the word death. So if you separate God from the truth, all you have left is death. But if God lies, God dies.

What?

That's why he's the God who cannot lie. Because this, this tav is the last letter. It represents 400.

The letter in the middle is 40. So if you add 400 plus 40 plus 1, that equals how much? 441. Guess what you add. 4 plus 4. That's some of y' all acting like y' all don't know. You're scaring me. Four plus four is eight. Eight. Okay. Plus one is nine. Nine is the number for truth. So all numbers have significance. One is the number of God, the unity of God. Two is the number of separate. If he dies, everything ceases to exist.

Okay? The holiness of God. 3 is the number of God. 4 is the number of the earth. 5 is the number of grace. 6 is the number of man. Also the Number of falsehood. Probably because man believes Satan's falsehood. Seven is the number of completion. It's starting to make sense. But watch this. Not only are these letters, not only are these numbers, not only are these letters letters, but they're also numbers. This is the first letter. Like the first letter. Aleph beit. Gimel dalad hey vav zay chet tet neud kaf haft. Anyway, all the letters, they're also numbers. So. And you can count. There's 22 letters in the Hebrew Aleph beit. You can count all the way up to 400. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300. 422 letters. Y' all tracking. Okay, this is the first letter of the Hebrew Aleph Beit.

This is this. Tav is the last letter. It represents 400.

The letter in the middle is 40. So if you add 400 plus 40 plus 1, that equals how much? Four hundred and forty one. Guess what you add? 4 plus 4. That's some of y' all acting like y' all don't know. You scare me. Four plus four is eight. Eight. Okay. Plus one is nine. Nine is the number for truth. So all numbers have significance. One is the number of God, the unity of God. Two is the number of separation, the whole holiness of God. 3 is the number of God. 4 is the number of the earth. 5 is the number of grace. 6 is the number of man. Also the number of falsehood, probably because man believes Satan's falsehood. Seven is the number of completion. Eight is the number of abundance, infinity, eternity and the new beginning. Nine is the number for truth. What is the significance of nine being the number for truth? Well, nine is a very unique number. In fact, all of the other numbers have to answer to the number nine. What does that even mean, Myron? And I knew you were going to ask that question, so I came prepared with an answer. Watch this. If you take. I want to make sure. Okay, I'm good. Okay, so if you take 1 times 9 equals 9. 2 times 9 equals 18. 3 times 9 equals 27. 4 times 9 equals 36. 5 times. I know y' all tired of me. Equals 45. Okay, I'm done. 1 plus 8 equals 9. 2 plus 7 equals 9. 3 plus 6 equals 9. 4 plus 5 equals 9.

Oh, oh, oh. Nice math trick. Ain't a math trick. It's truth. And see, truth always bears witness of itself. Which, by the way, might as well go back to that.

Did you notice that the word truth has three letters. And each one of these letters has three legs. I mean, has two legs.

At the mouth of two or three witnesses. Let everything be established. But watch this, it gets more better. Tell me your name again, brother. J. J. J. I've never asked you this before. I don't think. How old are you? 40? 42. J is 42. Have I ever asked you that before? I've never asked you that before. J is 42. What's 4 plus 2? J? 6. 6. What's 42 minus 6? J.

36. 36. What's 3 plus 6? 9.

It doesn't matter what number you do that with. It doesn't matter. No other number has the qualities of the number 9. It doesn't matter. If you take the speed limit 55. 5 + 5 is 10. 55 minus 10 is 45. What's 4 + 5? 9. You can do it with your birthday. You can do it with the date of the week. You can do it. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You have multiple digits. Do it. 9. Say, Myron, what's the significance of that? The significance of that is this.

I believe that the number nine bears witness to the fact that. That at the end of the day, everything has to answer to the truth.

So you might as well start with the truth, you might as well stay with the truth. Because at the end of the day, you're stuck with the truth. And by the way, if you try to escape the truth, you're gonna be stuck for the rest of your life in a bondage that is greater than you desire to stay stuck in. This is why we as followers of Christ must make the word, learning the word of God, our all consuming passion. Here's what it says in Scripture. They that seek the Lord understand all things. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Watch this. The knowledge of the holy is understanding. The more I understand.

The God who created everything, the more I understand everything he created.

That's why. Myron, why do you have to talk about the Bible all the time? Because if I don't, you'll think I have the answer. You'll think I'm the answer. I'm not the answer. I'm just somebody who's pointing you to the answer. The answer is the truth. God's truth about what? Everything. Everything.

When we wrap our minds around that, we get to live a life of real freedom, not artificial freedom.

Not pontificated freedom. I don't have to act free. Do you realize when you understand. Okay.

God Came to Moses.

With a very unusual type of fire. You know, there are three types of fire in the Bible, right? There's fire that burns. We see that with Elijah. When Elijah pronounced judgment on the king of Samaria, the king of Samaria sent 51 soldiers said, you go tell Elijah I said, come down.

O man of God. The king has said, come down. If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume thee. And I. 50. Boom. Fire came from heaven and consumed it as 50. He sent 50 more. This dude, he wasn't paying attention. 50 more came, said Elijah, man of God. The king has said, come down quickly. He said, if I be a man of God, let fire come down and consume me in thy 50. The next dude that came, he said, 51 more. This dude, this king was not smart. He sent 51 more. This dude, this guy right here, this captain and his 50. He said, Lord, I know I need to get back to my babies today. Oh, man of God. The king sent a captain and his 50 and another captain and his 50. And you called down fire. If it pleases you, please find me and the life of my men precious in your sight. And don't call down fire from heaven. Please come and see the king. And Elijah said, okay, now I'll come with you. You asked me, respectively, you asked me nicely. That's fire. That's called fire that burns.

Then you got the fire in Daniel, chapter three, Y' all remember that fire, don't you? Another king. It's amazing how these fires have something to do with kings. Anyway, another king, this dude, he made an idol of himself and wanted everybody to bow down and worship it. But Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, some of his. The prime people on his team, his favorite team members, they didn't bow. I can't worship that. This ain't that. You're a king and all that, but you ain't that. I ain't doing that.

He said, I'm gonna give you. The king said, I'll give you another chance. He said, well, you know, I get that you're gonna give us another chance, but we're not careful to answer thee in. And if so be that, you throw us into a burning fiery furnace. Our God, whom we serve will deliver us out of our hand. But even if he don't, we still ain't bowed down. The scripture says he got so mad, he heated the furnace seven times hotter than it needed to be heated. It says the fire was so hot. And by the way, then he commanded his most mighty men. I'm talking about dudes almost strong as me.

Why y' all laughing? That is. That is. Everything about that's wrong. Everything about that's wrong, okay? I ain't telling y' all no more Bible stories. Y' all don't even do the right thing, okay? Said the most mighty men that were in his army threw him into the furnace. And the fire was so hot, it killed the men that threw them in.

And then it says, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell down, bound in the midst of the fire. Furnace, like, it killed the dudes that threw them in. It didn't kill them. And then Nebuchadnezzar haste rose up and said, did not we throw three men into the fire? They said, the true O King. He said, well, I see four men loose in the midst of the fire in the form of the horse, like unto the son of God. Okay? That's called fire. That burns some folk and don't burn other folk. That's the second kind of fire. Then you got the fire to Moses. Fire. Moses over there tending his sheep, you know, because sheep ain't very smart. And they get in the briar path. He's taking the. He's taking the briars out of the sheep. And the bush over here catches on fire. Sheep, says moses, fire. No, that didn't work. That didn't work. I don't know. Too much cold plunge this morning. Okay, so.

There'S a bush on fire, but the bush is not consumed. There's no smoke. Moses goes over, he starts running. God said, oh, Moses, get over here. Come back here.

Go tell Pharaoh I am the Lord your God, whom you serve, the God of your father, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Okay? Go tell Pharaoh. I said, let my people go.

Moses asked to me what seemed to be a ridiculous question. You know what Moses said? Who shall I say has sent me? Like, when I first started reading, I wanted to coach him so bad. I was like, moses, dude, that is not the question, bro. Like, like, why are you. Who shall I. What kind of question is that? Okay, let me tell you the kind of question I would have asked. What can I tell Pharaoh? You said you gonna do if he say no? That's what I would have said, right? Moses said no, who shall I say sent me? Why did Moses say that? Because Moses understood something as a God fearing man that I didn't understand as a child. What is that? Authority is always.

Based on who? When does a private have more authority than a lieutenant? When he's on orders from a general.

Are y' all tracking? And he said, who shall I say has sent me? And God's answer back then made less sense to me than Moses. Question, tell him that the I am that I am has sent you. Oh, so now we gonna play word games, right? I am that I am. Yes. I am that I am.

That's who said, who was it that put the moon and the sun in the heavens? I am that I am. Who was it that deck the heavens with the stars? I am that I am. Who was it that scooped out a place with his hand, put the water in it, tied it down with a robe of sand, and called it oceans? I am that I am. Who was it to put a garment of green over the valleys, the mountains and the hills, and button it up with lilies and garlands and wove it with laughing daffodils? I am that I am.

When God said I am that I am, that says everything.

Authority has to do with who.

Said what to whom. Here's what's really interesting. In the realm of time. In the realm of time, there's no such thing as the present. Have you ever thought about that? In the realm of time, you can't have now. You only have the past and the future. As soon as I say now, it becomes then. So now is ever evaporating, it's ever escaping. I can't catch it. I can't hold now in my hand. It would be easier for me to put the Atlantic Ocean in this water bottle than it would be for me to capture now. Because now is gone. As soon as I say now, it becomes then. In the realm of time, there's no such thing as the present. But in the realm of eternity, there's no such thing as the past or the future. There is only the present. And that is why God is the I am that I am. Because there's no difference between the past, the present, and the future. With God, he knows the end from the beginning. Because the end is the beginning and the beginning is the end.

That's why we have to become hyper intentional with whatever words follow the phrase I am. If I say I am so stupid, I can't afford to say that. Why? Because I'm infusing my limitation with the power of eternity. I can't say I am broke, because if I say that I'm infusing my brokenness with the power of eternity, I am such an idiot. No, no, no, don't say that. I'm infusing my limitation with the Power of eternity. And maybe that's what it means to take God's name in vain. To take something as powerful as the I am that I am. Eight is the number of abundance, infinity, eternity and the new beginning. The nine is the number for truth and empty it of its power and claim that you are something else. See, you only get to know who you are when you realize you are who he says you are. That is what I call your true identity. Most people don't know their true identity. They only know their li identity, their false identity. What's your false identity? All the things that all the people in your life told you that you are not.

What is your true identity? All the things that God told you you are. Most people try to replace their li identity with a my identity. What's a my identity? All the things you want to prove to people who think you're not, but you're not that either. Do you understand? When you understand your true identity, you no longer need a mydentity and you no longer have to suffer from a li identity. I don't have to prove anything to anybody. Guess what? When you understand who you are based on whose you are, you don't need to think about what people think about you. Because you already know who you are. That's why it said, let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself no reputation. See, he knew who he was, but he didn't make himself a reputation. Why? Because he didn't need you to know who he was. See, when you understand your identity, you don't need somebody else to understand your identity. Why? Because you own it. You understand it. You got it? I know who I am based on whose I am. So what you think about me is of no consequence to me. Any name you call me, it bounces off me like water off a hot skillet. Why? Well, because it's just what you think. It has no bearing on reality whatsoever.

The more we understand the truth. So if I have an area of my life that's not working, what's the essence of this message? If I have an area of my life that's not not working, I need to go and study and seek and pray and ask God to show me his truth about that situation. And when God reveals his truth, that becomes heaven's keys that unlock hell's gates. Here's what's really interesting. Here's what Jesus told to the Pharisees. He said, you will Traverse land and sea. This is Matthew, chapter 19. You will traverse land and sea to make one proselyte.

To convert one person to your religion. One of these days, I'm going to do a whole Bible study on why religious people go to hell. It's going to be mind blowing. But to.

Some of y' all looking shocked, I guess that came out too fast. I should have. Should have sanded off the edges first.

But he says once you've converted him, you make him twofold the child of hell. How's he twofold the child of hell? Well, he's already lost, but now it's worse. He's lost and he thinks he's saved.

See, people think their religion is going to save them. That's why I'm not a religious person. I know religion can't save me. Only Christ can save me. And Christ is not a religious figure. And the Bible is not a religious book. And God is not a religious God.

God is a. He's a king. He has a kingdom. He has a royal family. I'm part of that royal family. I'm one of the king's kings.

I'm not trying to get into heaven. There's nothing I can do. There's no trying that will get me into heaven. So I might as well not even try to do it. It's a waste of time anyway. Why? Because your righteousness is filthy rags. And anything you do to try to earn salvation, you are rejecting the payment that Christ made.

Should I tell this.

So? The hardest thing that I've ever done in my life.

Was to sit in a hospital room and watch my son die.

And watch my wife watch her son die. Watch my other two children watch their brother die.

And there was nothing I could do.

And I would have. I would have done anything. I would have done anything.

Couldn't do anything.

And.

As painful as that was for me.

And as difficult as it still is.

I've never experienced anything that has made me more aware.

Of the love of God.

What does that even mean?

Because I watched my son die and couldn't do anything.

God watched his son die for me and for you. And he could have stopped it.

But he loved us so much that he didn't.

And you think when he did that he's going to accept your religious activity? There's no universe. There's no universe.

If you continue in my words.

Then are you my disciples? Indeed. And you shall know the truth.

And the truth shall make you free. Become students of truth. That's my admonition today. And I'M done. Thank you for watching. God bless you. We'll see you on the next video.