The Story of A KIng, Part 1, "Born to Reign" | Dr. Mike Woods, Sr. | 12-1-24 (Replay)

Well, grace and peace everyone from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is Dr. Michael Lyris Woods. Listen, family, we just had a phenomenal service today at Rhonda Church. It was absolutely powerful. The word was changing lives even as it was being spoken. Listen, you want to get this word. I want to jump right in it today. I started a series entitled The Story of a King. We talked about born to reign. Man, you need to grab this word. So I'm not going to talk too much about it. I want you to get it. It was phenomenal. We talked about divine communication, divine insemination, and divine confirmation. You need to get this. Let's jump in this word. I'm going to be back at the end and I'm going to pray for you. Listen, let's go into this word. Born to Reign, the first part of the series, The Story of a King. I love you.

Could have been a night just like this one. The air filled with anticipation. And that light, so bright in the night sky that it beckoned for shepherds and wise men to follow. Imagine to their surprise when they arrive and find a tiny baby laying in a manger surrounded with nothing more than farm animals. How could this be their king? How could the Savior of the world be here in this place? And yet they were compelled. They bowed down right there and worshiped him. You see, they knew that something beyond comprehension had just transpired. The hope of all mankind has Jesus shown up before them, that Jesus, although a baby, had come for you and for me. He came to give us a hope and a future. He came so that we might have joy and light. He came so that no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, all we have to do is call on his name and we would be saved. This is the story of Christmas. This is the story of the greatest gift ever given. The story of a king, the savior of the world, born in a manger for you and for me.

And so we're gonna talk about Jesus. This month. All right, hallelujah. It's a good month to do it because a lot of people have taken this season out of context and they don't understand that this season is all about him. And so we're going to tell this story of the King this morning. Is that all right?

Hallelujah.

So let's first go to Zechariah 6:12. Hallelujah. Zechariah 6:12 says this: And speak unto him saying, thus speaketh the Lord of hosts: Behold the man— somebody say, behold the man— whose name is the branch. And that word in Hebrew, the branch—

let me stop right there—

that word means the source of growth. Say that with me. Say, Jesus is my source of growth. I want you to grab that. Jesus is the source of growth.

Glory to God.

He says, whose name is the branch, and he shall grow up out of his place, which means now his original place is heaven. And God will release him. And this is Zechariah prophesying way before Jesus came and says he's going to come to earth and he's going to grow up in this place and he shall build the temple of the Lord. So this morning I want to talk about this part one of this message. I want to talk about being born to Not only is Jesus born to reign, but can I submit to you that you born to reign too? Glory to God. Touch yourself, say, 'I was born to reign.' Matter of fact, in Revelation, the Bible said he has made us kings and priests, so we are in the kingdom of God to have authority to be in a certain area, to have influence in a certain area of purpose and destiny and God's plan. Rub your belly, say, I'm born to rule. But Jesus is the King of Kings, so he's the king of all of us that move in authority. So the first thing I want to do before we get into this, I think is important in this first message and this will carry throughout the continuity of this series. I want to give you the characteristics of the king, and I want you to write them down because you need to know the character of a king. Glory to God. Write it down. Number 1: a king is never voted into power. His power is inherent from birth. So a king is born a king. He's never voted in. So can I submit to you this morning, our new elected president is not a king. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. He was voted in the power. The president now is not a king. He was voted into power. Lord. Now watch this. That means those of us in the kingdom of God, we're not under the rule of the president, we're under the rule of King Jesus. Glory to the name of God. Our systems function from another place. All right, number 2, write it down. A king is a king by birthright. So that means because he's born into power, nobody can take away from him that he is the king. From a baby, he's a king. The moment he passes through the womb, he's a king. Okay, and watch this. His kingship is not conferred upon him. In other words, people don't get to decide whether or not he's going to be king or not. The only way— and we'll talk about this later in the series— you can get rid of a king is to try to kill him. Are y'all hearing this? The reality is he's king whether we like it or not. Whether the world likes the fact that Jesus is the king or not He the King. Glory to God. Number 3, write it down. I'm not going to tarry there because we got— we got a lot to cover this morning. Number 3, just like you can't vote the king in, the king cannot be voted out of power. Listen, he was King before the world started, and Jesus is going to be King when the world passes away. I don't care how many people reject him. Matter of fact, the Bible said that he was despised and rejected of men. He came to his own and his own received him not. Glory to God. So no matter who rejects him, they can't put him out, they can't cast them away. Glory to God. Number 4, write it down: a king's authority is absolute. That means when a king speaks— my God, hallelujah— he speaks with absolute authority, and whatever the king decrees, it becomes law. So the king says it, that's it. So we, we want to remember these things as we flow through this series now, because when the king opens his mouth or he decrees a word towards us, it's settled, it's absolute. Ain't nothing you could do to change what God said. And that's why we got to make sure that he said it. Amen. Before we go running behind something we heard just because somebody said God said it, because the king— hear me— he speaks with absolute authority. Number 5, write it down, and I just hit this: a king's word is law.

Glory to Jesus.

So no one can countermand his orders. Again, no, if he says it, no one can change what he says. If God says you're blessed, guess what? You're blessed. That's law. If God says you're the head and not the tail, guess what? That's true. If he says with his stripes you're healed, don't freak out when you get sick. You're healed. Because nothing can undo what he said. Number 6: a king— listen to this— personally owns everything in his domain. So the king owns everything. Glory to the name of God. And in a kingdom, that's the only form of government where the king actually owns everything. So in a democracy, the president doesn't own everything, but in the kingdom, the king owns the land, he owns the houses, he owns everything. That's in the natural as well. That's why in some countries you have to wait till the king declares you're a citizen before you actually become a citizen, because the king checks your status to make sure you're worthy to be a citizen, because he's responsible for you because he owns everything. Say that with me. Say, the king own everything. And that— and if I'm his child, and if I'm a part of the king's family, what does that say for me? Now, I ain't gonna deal with that. Let me, let me keep moving. Glory to God. Number 6: a king's decree is unchanging. Is that 7? I'm sorry. King's decree is unchanging. The word says, I am the Lord your God and I change not. I love that about God. He ain't wishy-washy. He ain't like people. People here today, then they're here down here with you tomorrow. But God is consistent. Say that with me. Say, God is consistent. Our King can't lie. He can't backbite. He can't do none of that. He can't— he ain't gonna ever, uh, downplay you. He's gonna always be a champion for who you are. King is unchanging. Number 8, y'all write it down. I got to get through these. A king chooses— and I already hit this— who will be citizen. And the reason he has to do that again, because he has to take care of you. Watch this. The Bible says, you have not chosen me, I have chosen you. So everybody, people that were running around here talking about they found Jesus, no, you didn't. You didn't find— he never— first of all, he never was lost. So you, you can't find something that ain't lost or hiding. He wasn't hiding from you and he ain't lost. But if you saved, you saved because he chose you. Matter of fact, the Bible said he chose you before the foundation of the world. So every one of us that's born again, we were chosen to be born again before we got here. Just touch yourself, say, I'm chosen.

Glory to God.

Here's the next one, write it down. The king embodies the government of his kingdom. So watch this, that means you can't have a kingdom without a king. And that means also that the kingdom of heaven is here on earth because the king lives inside of the citizens. So because the king lives inside of you and I, heaven is on earth through you and I. We have an opportunity to present heaven to the world because the king has moved into our life. Matter of fact, when the king showed up in your life He moved in with his kingdom and all of his resources. Rub your belly, said the King is in me.

Glory to God.

Write this one down. Next one: a king's presence— I love this— is the presence of his authority. So if we worship and the presence comes in That also means his authority came in too. If the presence of God is in your life, that means his authority is also in your life. So it's not enough to say I'm saved, I go to church, I go through religious motions. But if the presence is in my life, that simply means he's there. His authority is there, his ability is there, his resources is is there because his kingdom is a part of him. Are y'all with me? Let's move on. A king's wealth— watch this— is measured by his property. So kings in different countries, their wealth and what they have is measured by what they own. Own. So we know our King is the richest King of them all, because the Bible said the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, them and they that dwell therein. So our King owns everything. There's nothing our King doesn't own. Say that with me. Say, he owns everything. Say, including me. You ought to be all right that you're not your own, that you belong to the King of Kings. Hallelujah! You belong to the Lord of Lords. I know I'm all right. Some people, you know, they want to belong to him on Sunday. I want to belong to him every day. I want to obey him every day. I want to please him and bring pleasure to him every single day. I'm glad he owns me. I don't mind calling him master. I'm a slave to him. Are y'all hearing this? I'm a prisoner of Christ. Say, he owns me. Glory to God. Watch this. So if his wealth is measured by his property So, oh boy, so every— everything God owns in the natural and the supernatural, because there's, there's a such thing as supernatural property. So God owns supernatural property. He owns the heavens. He owns— oh my God, he owns gifts. He owns anointings. He owns territories and regions. So when we work with him, we could take ownership to what belongs to us. Y'all must still sleep here. Okay, all right. I know, I know we get up early to come. No, it's okay. Glory to God. Hallelujah. But watch this, write this one down. A king's prosperity is measured by the status of the citizens. So watch this. The world— now we know God owns everything, but when the world looks at us, because they don't know God, they're measuring the authority and prosperity of our King that we talk about so much based on our personal spiritual and natural prosperity. Because how you got a king that don't take care of you, that don't have a healthcare system to heal you when you get sick? Are y'all here? They are measuring by what's coming through our life, by the testimony that the King displays through us. Wow. Watch this. The citizens in the Kingdom of Heaven should automatically prosper naturally and spiritually because our King is prosperous. Wow. That's But we got— we have to tap into that way of thinking. See, what has happened, I think it has been programmed to believe that we are required to provide everything we have, when honestly, if I'm in a kingdom, the king is required to take care of me. The king is required to make sure my needs are met. I, I know because we've been taught I gotta punch this clock, I gotta work to the sweat of my brow, but that's under the curse. Oh, y'all ain't got to talk. Work was implemented after sin. Adam and Eve didn't have to work. They were operating in the supernatural, fellowshipping with God all day. They didn't have to go to no job. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. But when you're in the kingdom, the King says, I got you, just pursue me, just trust what I can do for you.

Good God Almighty.

Listen, I'm telling you right now, there's more than we've experienced. There's so much more than we've experienced. And God says, I want to enter into a realm where the heavens are consistently open and the kingdom is consistently superimposing itself upon your life, and all of your needs are always met. That's not a big ask. He said, he said that, right, that I'll supply your need according to his riches. Not what you got in the bank, not what you punch the clock and make. He said, I'm gonna supply it according to my riches in glory. So if I gotta get those riches— and that word glory, doxa, deals with glory that comes from a throne, or the glory of a king— so I gotta tap into his wealth. I gotta tap into what he has so the supply is always there. You know what the word supply means? It means if you don't have it, he'll create it. Or if it's not in the earth and you need it, he will create it to make sure you got it. Oh God, I'm telling you right now, we serve a king that wants to take care of you. Touch yourself, say he wants to take care of me. I'm telling you, this the King that came and was born. Oh God, let's, let's go. Write this one down: a king's name is the essence of his authority. So Jesus the King has delegated his authority to us, his citizens. And all we got to do is use his name. It's almost like, you know, I don't know if you ever had to have— but there are times in my life I needed a cosigner, but nobody wouldn't do it, so it really didn't matter. Glory to God. Hallelujah. So, but Jesus is like a cosigner. As long as you're in his will and in his word He's saying, look, I got what you need. I'm gonna handle this. You just gotta do it in my name. Don't put it in your name. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. You walk in his will and put it in his name. Put the house you want in his name. Put the business you want in his name. Put the car you want in his name. That's the problem, we're trying to put it in our name. And some things your name can't handle. Y'all got to talk to me here. And I don't mind that. I want the stuff that my name ain't qualified for. Hallelujah. Because I'm gonna put it on his name. That's why, folk, when they go to healing and deliverance and miracles, you don't see a lot of miracles in the church because people trying to do it in their name. Oh, y'all ain't got a job. They're doing it for show. They're doing it to be seen. They're doing it for likes and clicks and to be popular. But we do this to glorify his name. We want to see cancer healed because we want to glorify his name. So we do it in his name. We, we prophesy in his name. We preach in his name. We sing in his name. We live in his name.

Family, okay, for real, I hope that you're getting this message. This message— don't go anywhere. I wanted to break in here and make sure, one, that you're taking notes, that you're absorbing of the word as it's being taught. Stay focused, man. This word is going to help you understand our King like never before. But I wanted to break in here just for a moment to invite you— yes, you— to be a participant in being a blessing to ministry. Listen, every opportunity I get, I'm going to talk to you about seed.

You know why?

Because whenever God talks to you about a seed, it means he has a future on his mind. So I want to challenge every person listening to me now. If you're hearing this, I want to challenge you to get seed in the ground. I need today, I need at least 30 of you to make a decision to say, Apostle Woods, I want to partner with this ministry. I believe in the word you're disseminating. We have a vision for 2025 for expanding our reach, uh, to nations of the world through different avenues of media, and we need your help. We need your support. And every time you give, you're building toward that process. So please, I want to ask you today, get your seed in the ground. I am humbly saying I need your assistance so that we can carry this gospel to places it's never been before. The ways to give are now on the screen. You can give via Cash App, you can give via Zelle, you can text to give, you can go to our website to give, you can use PayPal. Whatever you choose to get your seed in the ground, it's going to be greatly and extensively appreciated today. So get your seed in the ground and let's get back into this message. Listen, I want to pray over your giving and we're going to jump right back into the message. Okay, we'll do it that way. I want to definitely pray over your seed. You know, the Bible says, and this is the prayer I want to pray, that Isaac, he sold sowed seed in famine.

Hear me.

And he reaped a hundredfold return the same year. Here's what I want to pray. I want to believe God as you're getting your seed in the ground now. I want to believe God. Listen to me. That in the same year you sow this year, 2024, we got like 30 days left that you're going to reap a hundredfold return on your giving.

Even now.

That's the Bible, and I want to pray that that happens for you. God has no respect of person. If he did it for Abraham, if he did it for Isaac, if he did it for Jacob, if he did it for all of those in Scripture who would sow and reap— glory to God— if he did it for the widow who sold to the prophet, he will do it for you. And remember, anytime God talks to you about a seed, he has a future on on his mind. So let's pray. Father, I give you praise that as your people sow today, that this seed, and as they support ministry, is going to return to them 100-fold in the same year. So I'm believing God that even in this year of 2024, if they're hearing this in 2024 or whenever they're hearing it and they sow, they're going to reap 100-fold the same same year, 10,000%, a thousand times more than the amount they release. So I thank you for the return. I thank you for breakthrough in Jesus' name. Amen. Listen, I'm excited for you. I'm excited for me. Listen, I've been standing on that scripture for at least 6 months, and I'm looking for God to continue to cause hundredfold return to come on my giving. I've been seeing I want to challenge you, if you really want to see it, get seed in the ground, man. Let's get back to this word. I love y'all. Thanks for your giving in advance. I appreciate you. Let's get back in this word, man. Absorb it, take it, eat it, and let it change your life. This is a story of a king.

Oh, that's the king's authority is on his name. You want to see the king authority show up in your life, just go to calling his name. Hallelujah. The Bible said there is no other name given among men whereby we can be saved. The word save is soteria in Greek. It means to rescue, to pull above turmoil. So what God does when he saves you, he reached down, rescues you, pull you above turmoil, and turmoil can't touch your life. But you got to do it in his name. Instead of trying to face the challenge with your strength, call on his name. Jesus, that's his saving name. I'm— you know what, we don't call his saving name enough. You know what, even the rank sinner knows when they about to run off the road asleep, they'll wake up and say, Jesus! They ain't, they ain't said Jesus in a year, but just in that moment they know what name has authority. Are y'all hearing this? You got to call that name. That's our King. Here's the last one, the last characteristic of a king I want to give you. A king's citizens represent his glory. Now watch this, guys. You and I, as citizens of the kingdom, we have to represent the glory of our King. How do we do that? First, we represent his character. So we have to wake up and choose to act like our King. I went kind of hard Thanksgiving, so I ain't gonna Jump back in there, all right? I got some inboxes and some DMs about me. I went hard.

I don't care though.

I told the truth about homosexuals, lesbians, and whoremongers and liars and sin. You got to bring your body to God. You got to bring your life to God and operate in godly character. Let me say this to gifted people: your gift will keep you, but your character character won't keep you. Your gift will open doors that your character will kick you out of. And that's why you got to choose to be a person of character so you're representing the King well. Sin shouldn't be associated with our name, and we're calling the name of Christ. We should have this public exposure of sin connected to us. Come on, man. Even the Bible said if you got to do something wrong, he said take it away from the people. Take that contaminated meat over there so you don't cause another to stumble. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. The Bible said don't let your good be evil spoken of. Your character has to align with the King's glory. He's righteous. Watch this, he's just. You can't say you a child of the King and you mean as a rattlesnake. Oh my God, I mean, you always going off on people. A waitress don't stand a chance because you came in the restaurant mad, ready to fuss at her. You ain't even met the lady yet. I mean, you ain't even met her yet. You coming in the door, I wish they would mess up my order. The devil is a liar. You can't be saved acting like that. That's not a reflection of the character of God. Oh my God. And we run around talking about we serve the King and won't pay our bills on time. That's character. Paying your bills is a character trait. Because you owe them people and you got to take care of that. Oh, y'all ain't got—

okay, all right.

When you operate in the character of God, you not only live right, you're just, you're merciful and compassionate, you're also full of glory yourself. So you operate in a glory that when people encounter you, they can feel the presence of God because you walk in this. Glory to God. I was at the Hawks game the other—

when did I go to Hawks game?

Friday?

Yeah, Friday. I was at the game Friday, sitting in my seat.

It was a guy sitting next to me, but it was a Caucasian lady and her daughter sitting on the other side, on the other side of him. So I'm watching the game, minding my business. And then all of a sudden, this woman just kept hitting me, said, did you see that? Did you see that? You said— and then she said, the reason I keep hitting you is something about you. She said, the first time I touched you, something went through my body. I said, ma'am, you might not want to keep touching because the next step you're going to be on the floor. Glory to God. You'll be in this arena on the floor. She said, what do you mean, you're not gonna die? I said, no, what's coming out of my body gonna knock you down. But I'm just telling you, when there's a glory on you, people see it, people can feel it. And when we operate in the King's character, his glory is with us. And I don't know what that moment did for her, but I believe it did something for her. You know, you can think that you're somewhere hiding slipping and dipping. Now, there's always somebody that see you. Hallelujah. Especially in this day, you better be careful because they might see you and have a phone with a camera on it. That's why you can't go to everybody party. Y'all ain't got to talk. You can't go to everybody party because there's cameras on phone. Homes. You had to party Crip walking. I know a preacher in North Carolina, he decided he needed a break. He went to Florida and said, I'm going to Florida and just get away because I need a break. He got down into Florida, in Miami, say, I'm gonna just party. He went to South Beach partying, but then he decided one night to go to a strip club. First of all, you, you, you got quite a few followers. People know who you are. Why would you go to a strip club knowing that you got over 10,000 people that follow you online? Something about one of them people might be in Miami, and just as sure as the world, he was in the strip club tipping the dancer and somebody got their phone out that knew who he was and got a snapshot of the preacher putting the dollar in the lady thing. Hallelujah! And they posted it. You need to make sure you're operating in a level of character and glory at all times, because somebody might be filming you. Y'all ain't got to say okay. All right, so let's get to this. So go to Luke chapter 1. Mario, put that scripture on the screen for me. Oh man, you on it. Glory to God. Luke chapter 1, verse 26. Glory to God.

And we're going to read through verse number 38.

The Bible says, in the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee. Remember, we're talking about born to reign. We're talking about, glory to God, the story of a king this month. So watch this. The reality is— go to the next verse. Go to verse— we're gonna just read through the verses.

Glory to God.

To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The Virgin's name was Mary. Glory to God. So let's, let's start right there. The first thing we see is divine communication. Say that with me. Say divine communication. I need you to understand that whenever God needs to talk to you, he can talk to you. I'm gonna say that again. Whenever God needs to talk to you, he can talk to you. Communication is twofold. All communication has a sender and a receiver. And during effective communication, the role of sender and receiver changes. So if I'm really receiving communication from God— hear me— that means at some point I become a receiver and not just a sender, which means at some point you're not doing all the talking. Y'all hearing this? Praying is not you talking the whole time. It also— because prayer is communication with God, so it also involves you receiving what God has to say. So you got to pray through to glory so that you tap in where he can speak. So all communication, again, two parts: sender, receiver. So when you communicate with God, when divine communication happens, it means that you have spoken and he's spoken. He's heard you, you've heard him. Are y'all here?

Glory to God.

Divine communication— watch this— it's always going to be poignant. So like this angel came to Mary, it was for her. So when God talks to you, he's talking to you. Now, except you are a prophet, except you're someone who has the gift of prophecy, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, God will speak and tell you what to say. Are y'all hearing this? But when you're with God, the message he's giving you is for you. The worst thing— and, and this even with prophecy, remember I told you your prophetic profile is with your assets, your abilities, and your— is who God already said you are. So you're already spoken to by God even before you hear him, because Jeremiah 1:5 says, before I formed you, I knew you. So there was yada communication happening with you and God before you even got in your mother's belly. So there's a determination over your life, a word over your life, before you even get to this planet. And then God says, any other word has to align with what I say. The worst thing you could do is say God said something about somebody that he didn't say to them. Are y'all hearing this? Cuz mature people with relationship, they know what God said to them. So when you say something, you You, you need to make sure it's God, because if it's not, that person may tell you, no, me and God tight, and he ain't said that to you about me. Y'all may not believe this. Before I married Felicia, before I married Felicia, We used to have— and she'll tell you— every week, just church full of women, single women. And some of them thought they had heard from God that I was their husband. And I would get up and say, hey, I am not a part of the membership package of this church. And if you're coming for that, you are here for the wrong reason. You don't need to come no more. They didn't hear that. I mean, but I would be getting DMs after church. Oh, Apostle, I couldn't hardly hear you preach because, oh, you just so attractive, da da da. And then God is saying, you my man. First of all, you ain't gonna start that DM off like that. If God told you I was your man, you ain't gonna come, come to me like that. I mean, just— I'm talking about craziness. First Lady, she'll tell you. And I used to tell them all the time, why would God put my mail in your mailbox? He ain't gonna give you my mail. The Bible said he that finds a wife Satan's a good thing. So why he gonna tell you and not tell me that you my wife? Because God didn't say it. Because, because divine communication is pointed. Watch this. Divine communication— watch this— is always prophetic. It points to the future. It points to what's to come. Watch this. It speaks to God's desire, his optimal reality for your life. God is always trying to maximize your position. He's already always trying to speak betterment. While we're gonna see in a moment, Mary didn't think that what God was saying was for her betterment. What he was saying to her was a prophetic declaration that had already been declared by Zechariah and Isaiah. And watch this, that this Savior would come Very pointed, very prophetic. Let's keep reading. Glory to God. Say that when we say divine communication is pointed, it's prophetic. And say what? Say this when we say it's purposed. So whenever communication happens with God, he don't talk just to be talking. God ain't gonna waste his time telling you to put on some blue pants. I mean, he, he leaves that up to your will. You know, I heard somebody say it one time, he said, I pray about everything. I pray about what color I wear, I pray about what I paint my house. I understand, but at the end of the day, you really have the mental capacity— are y'all hearing me— to figure that out without talking to God about that. Because I don't want to offend nobody with what I wear, so I'm asking God to show me my outfits. Yeah, you know, you don't need some things. Just common sense, right? We need to be talking to God about the stuff that's purposed, the stuff that he's planned, and that's what we want to hear him talk to us about. I went to a lady house one time. I was traveling on the road. Y'all know I've been traveling a long time, 35 years. And this was back early in my full-time ministry. I used to stay with the saints because they couldn't afford a hotel. So I stayed with a mother, and I got to her house. She had a table set. It was only her, her husband, and a daughter that was still living there, but she had the table set for 5. And I said Well, mother, tell me, who's that place setting for? She said, that place setting for Jesus, because he comes to dinner every night, and so we got a place set for him.

I said, Lord, if you don't get me out of here—

I said, this is the craziest stuff, you know. And maybe I just wasn't spiritual enough at that time. But I'm like, he here whether you set a place or not. As a matter of fact, he ain't about to partake of my natural food. Are y'all hearing me? He about ain't interested in sitting at the table with you. No, he, he trying to run the universe. He ain't got time to be sitting at the table eating dinner with you. All this old bad cooking you doing, you talking about you, you got this place set, but Jesus don't want to eat this stuff, Mama. Take that place up. Have mercy, y'all. Stop laughing at that motherfucker, y'all going to hell. Oh yeah, praise God. Glory to God. Let me keep reading. Glory to God. Verse 28, the Bible says, watch this: And the angel came in unto her and said, hail, thou art highly favored, and the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. See, I told you divine communication is prophetic. He said, look, you got favor. She didn't understand what was going on, but he had to let her know, you're favored. Let me tell you something, whenever God speaks to you, whether it's through an angel, whether it's through prophecy, whether it's through his word, whether it's in your personal time with him, it's a sign that you got favor with the king. Because don't you know, you just can't walk up in the Palace at Buckingham and decide you're going to see the King of England. You got to have some favor to get in there. Oh my God, but watch this. The King of Kings, he wants to talk to us, and when he talks, he releases favor. Somebody say favor. Glory to God. Look at verse 29. The Bible says, and, and when he she saw him. When she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, 'My God, today.' Hallelujah. And cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. So she troubled because she know her situation. First of all, she a virgin, and then secondly Why in the world is God visiting me? Why is he talking to me? Why does God— hear me— want to enter into my life in this manner and communicate with me? Are y'all hearing me? He said, what's going on? Let's read. The angel said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.' Once again, when God is communicating with you, when heaven is talking to you, you have favor with God. Are y'all with me? Hallelujah. Now watch what happens. Verse 31: 'And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

I love this.

Here's the second point.

Here's the second point.

So you got divine— say divine communication. This is the story of a king here. Secondly, you got divine insemination. He says, you shall conceive a son. This is powerful because she said, you gonna get pregnant, inseminated without a man. You're gonna conceive in your womb and bring forth a son. So divine insemination says that God supernaturally implanted a supernatural seed inside of Mary. Now, some theologians suggest that he took Joseph's seed No, because Jesus was God incarnate, and the only father Jesus has is God the Father. So God— remember I told you God will supply what is needed? He created a supernatural seed. Are y'all hearing this? And he inseminated it inside of Mary, and that seed began to grow. Just think about this. In order for you to get pregnant, if you have children or if you ain't had no children, you know what you got to do to get pregnant. This process was eliminated. Can I submit to you this morning that Mary was pregnant with Jesus, and God was the daddy. Touch your belly and say, I'm pregnant. Some of y'all scared to say that because your words are powerful, but say it. Say, I'm pregnant, and God's the daddy. God wants to divinely inseminate you with something. Man, matter of fact, can I submit to you, he's already divinely inseminated you, just like the son was growing in Mary. Good God, the statue of Jesus is growing in you. We read it in Zechariah 6:12 that the branch would spring up and grow in you and build the temple of God. Who is the temple of God? You are the temple of God. So Jesus is growing in you, building you up, making you a temple worthy to house a king. Say divine insemination. Good God, he is inseminating you with his person, just like— oh my God— he did with Mary. He, he, he put that seed supernaturally in inside of her. I want to tell you, there's a supernatural seed in you so the King can grow in you. Watch this. Even before you came to Jesus, the seed was in you.

Watch this.

While you were yet a sinner, Christ died for you. Are y'all here? While you were yet a sinner, he had already decided that you would be a branch of him, that you will be a temple that his kingdom would reside in. Oh, just rub your belly and say, the kingdom is in me. And then when he got here, he said the kingdom of God is within you. Glory to the name of God. And you can't— I remember, you can't have a kingdom without a king. Say it again. Said the kingdom is in me. Said the king is in me. He's here. He's with us. He's alive. He's inseminated us. We are a branch.

Glory to God.

Hallelujah. Verse 32, the Bible says, he shall be great and he shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David.

And he shall reign, verse 33, over the house of Jacob forever.

Of his kingdom there shall be no end. Verse 34, then Mary said to the angel, how shall this be, seeing I know not a man? His divine insemination is supernatural. That's how it be. Can I tell you, God's about to amaze you, because divine insemination always amazes. Whoo! God's about to bless you in a way and you're gonna say, how can this be? How can this be? How can this be in my family? How can this be in my finances? How can this be in my spirituality? How can I be soaring and living the way God wants me to live at this level? God says it's because it's divine. And the angel answered and said, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee. Here's the insemination, watch it. And the power of the highest shall overshadow thee.

Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born shall be called the Son of God.

Watch this.

He says, and behold, your cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age. And this is the sixth 6th month with her who was called barren.

Verse 37: For with God nothing shall be impossible. I need y'all to believe that. Come on, say divine insemination.

Say it eliminates impossibility.

Say this with me, say there are no limits in my life, there are no impossibilities in my life because the King has no limits. And with God, all things are possible. So next time you step up against something that seems impossible, I want you to remember who lives in you. I want you to remember how much power you got, and that there's nothing that challenges you you can't defeat. Because with God, nothing shall be impossible. I want to welcome you this morning to your season of impossibility. Glory to God. Welcome. Glory to God. The day of limits and possibilities have ended. With the King, all things are possible. Hallelujah. And Mary, her tone changes. Verse 38: And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to thy word.

And the angel departed from her.

Watch this, here's the last point. So we had divine communication.

Say it with me, say divine communication.

Divine insemination is the last one. You ready? Divine confirmation. So the divine confirmation was the fact that Elizabeth, who was barren, was also pregnant. Watch this. Elizabeth was told You ain't gonna never have no offspring. And her body suggested she couldn't. She was barren, but supernaturally— and Mary knew this, so Mary was able to believe that she could be pregnant because Elizabeth was. That was the confirmation. Divine confirmation confirms divine communication. So that means when you get a word or God speaks, it should be a second witness. So if an angel comes and speaks to you, or if a prophet speaks to you, or if you hear a word from the Lord, it should confirm what God already said. It should be a second witness to his voice. That's why I always say, if I never get a prophecy— I appreciate it when I do, I appreciate the awesome word Prophet Shannon gave me a couple of weeks ago, a few, 3 weeks ago, because prophecy confirms what God says. And people who spend time with God, that God has communication with them. And sometimes it may be hard to believe some things God is saying, but God will send confirmation. And I'm telling you right now, you have a right to look for that confirmation. When God speaks, you ought to be seeking out that confirmation. You ought to be expecting that thing that God said to be confirmed. That's why— listen to me, guys— it's so important to be in a prophetic ministry, because what a prophetic ministry will do, not just from the leader but from the prophetic people, it will confirm what God is saying. I wouldn't be in no other kind of church but a prophetic church. Y'all ain't got to say nothing because the prophetic church is going to talk to me about what God is saying about me. Prophecy bring— it should bring confirmation, not confusion. Oh boy, here we go, because you got a lot of people who are saying God said and God didn't say. And it's bringing confusion. Good God from Zion, that's why you got to get your— you got to lock in and get your own relationship with the King. The King is waiting. He's saying, I want to know you.

Glory to God.

This is the story of the King. He was born to reign. He was born to rule our life. He was born to rule the world. He was born to operate through us. He's the King of Kings. He's the Lord of Lords. He's the head and not the tail. He is everything. Jesus came— hear this— that he might be able to bring us to him. It is so he can rule. And I'm closing with this: the seen world from the unseen. This is why he came. It's not about— even though we get into the fest— Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. I love the lights.

I love all of that.

I don't worship it. I just love the time of year. But we understand that this thing is about a king coming into the world and rule it. A king was born. I'm telling you, that's a big thing. A king was born, and we serve him so he can rule seen world from the unseen. World.

That's what he does.

Say that with me. Say, a king was born. I say, he was born to rule the seen world from the unseen world. So this thing is about God's authority. It's about his power operating and working through us. He's a ruler. So again, we have what? Divine communication. God talks to us, and that communication is pointed, it's prophetic, it's accurate to who we are. And then we have divine insemination. Watch this. The insemination is always going to surround your purpose again. And then finally, we have divine confirmation. He confirms what he said. Glory to God. And the prophecy we read in Zechariah 6:12— and I'm done— was that he was born to be a branch that will grow out of heaven. What's this? The root of heaven is rooted in us, and the more Jesus grows in us, he manifests himself again in the same world as King. So really, it becomes about you and I taking our place and operating in the uniqueness and authenticity of who we are. We are all different. There's no handprint in this room the same. That's why if you steal something, they ain't gonna arrest me, because your fingerprint's all over the stuff. Are y'all hearing this? Because we're unique, we're authentic. Those of you watching us online, you're unique. There's no one like you nowhere. And there's a unique branch of the King that's growing in you. Embrace it. Celebrate your uniqueness. You have no reason to try to be somebody else. The King wants to reign through you. You know what?

You're the best version of you.

Glory to God! You can be you better than anybody else. So why would you settle for being a cheap copy, a cheap fake, a counterfeit of someone else when you can uniquely Be who God has communicated you are.

Well, wow, man, this message has been absolutely, categorically life-changing. I pray, uh, it has blessed you. Listen, I want to pray for you specifically two things today. I want to pray for the three points we raised. I want to pray that you will experience divine communication. I want to pray that you will experience divine insemination and that you would experience divine confirmation in your life. And then secondly, if you're listening to me and you've watched this message, it intrigued your interest enough that you watched the entire message and you're saying, how can I be a part of this kingdom? How can I serve this King? Well, I want to pray for you because the King came for you. Matter of fact, the scriptures surrounding the Christmas season, I believe they are the most important text concerning Jesus in the Bible, because there could be no Calvary, there could be no resurrection if there was never a birth. Jesus' birth was prophesied. His birth is a part of the gospel message. The gospel is the birth, the life, come on, the death, the burial, and the resurrection of Jesus. So the birth is essential, it's the substratum, Adam is the foundation. He was supernaturally born, and I want to pray that if you want to be born again supernaturally and walk with God and live out the kingdom that's in you, I want to pray that with you today. So first, let's pray for communication, insemination, and confirmation.

Let's pray.

Father, I give you praise. I thank you for divine communication. I thank you, God, that you will cause those on under the sound of my voice to develop tight, tight relationship with you, and that they will know you closely, and that the communication will be real, that they will speak to you, and Father, you will also speak to us. And we receive it, we open our ears to hear it. We'll be diligent in worship, we'll be diligent in purity, we'll be diligent in character so that you can constantly be a part of our life because of the purity you carry. Father, I pray for supernatural insemination, the seed that you planted in all of us. I pray that that branch will continue to spring up, that branch will continue to grow, and increase will continue to happen in our lives. I give you praise and glory for that now, Lord. I bless you that what's to come is better than what has been. I thank you that the way it is now is not the way it's going to be. Something We're growing into something greater. And Father, I give you praise that you will supernaturally confirm through prophets, through angels, through signs, through dreams, through visions, the word you've spoken. I thank you for that now. I thank you that we'll see it with our own eyes. The ultimate confirmation will be us tangibly handling what you promised. So I thank you that we will handle what you promised us we'll handle. And I give you praise for that now in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. And thanks be to God. My God, I love you. I thank you for the time that you spent with me today. Listen, let's pray. If you're not born again, glory to God, you're not saved, and you want to serve the King, you want the King to take up residence in you, it's simple. I know there are people out here saying you're already saved. That's not the truth. There is something you have to to do to be saved. You have to, number one, confess with your mouth, and you have to believe in your heart, number two, that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead for the remission of your sin. You have to repent of your sin. You have to be filled with the Holy Ghost. All of these things are necessary to salvation. Let's do the first part. Glory to God! Let's repent. Let's open our hearts and receive Jesus. So if you're not saved, you've never repented of your sins and gave your life to God, or perhaps you backslid, I want you to pray this prayer with me. Say, Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I repent of my sins. Say, Lord, I I believe you died and rose again for my sin. Say, I open my heart and I invite you in. Say, be king of my life. I declare right now I am saved. Glory to God. Listen, there There is an email address on the screen. If you prayed that prayer with me, please email me at info@rodderchurch.com and say, hey Apostle Woods, I prayed with you today, and listen, I want to give my life to Jesus. I gave my life to Jesus. Please help me further my walk. I want to help you. I'm going to send you what you need. I'm gonna help you get in a Bible teaching church. I'm going to take you through the next steps of baptism and being filled with the Holy Spirit, and you're going to begin to live this life under the auspices of the Holy Ghost, and you're going to see great things in your walk with God. Listen guys, my time is gone. Y'all be blessed on this Sunday. Again, share this word with the friend, and remember, your decisions will set you up for dominion. God bless you.