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(Europe 2008) Session 5 - Establishing the Kingdom
B.H. Clendennen

Bertram H. Clendennen (1922–2009). Born on May 22, 1922, in Vidor, Texas, into a large, poor family, B.H. Clendennen, known as Bert, grew up with little exposure to faith, despite churches dotting his hometown. After graduating high school in 1940, he joined the U.S. Marines post-Pearl Harbor, serving in the South Pacific at Peleliu, where combat stirred spiritual questions. Saved in 1949 at age 27, he felt called to ministry in 1953 and was ordained by the Assemblies of God. In 1956, he founded Victory Temple (later Victory Tabernacle) in Beaumont, Texas, pastoring for 35 years and growing it into a missions-focused church. One of the first three preachers to broadcast on U.S. television, he reached wide audiences with his conservative Pentecostal sermons emphasizing repentance and the Holy Spirit’s power. In 1967, he ministered in Tanzania, raising funds to build 15 churches, and preached globally in Vietnam, Iran, India, and Zaire, often in perilous conditions. At 70, in 1992, he moved to Russia with his wife, Janice, founding the School of Christ International, which trained leaders in over 130 nations across every continent by his death. Clendennen authored books like The Prodigal Church and The Ultimate Thing, urging a return to Pentecost’s simplicity. He died on December 13, 2009, in Beaumont, survived by his wife, daughter Brenda, and son Mark. He said, “The purpose of Pentecost is to reproduce Christ in the believer.”
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In this sermon, the preacher focuses on the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. The disciples suggest sending the crowd away to find food, but Jesus tells them to give the people something to eat. With only five loaves and two fishes, Jesus blesses the food and miraculously feeds the entire crowd. The preacher emphasizes the principle of immediately obeying God's instructions and the importance of discerning the times we live in. He encourages the listeners to position themselves to make a difference in their generation by allowing God to work through them.
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It's a wonderful thing to hear about a young man, 16 years of age, that we can stand and testify today that he's truly born again, loves God, and has a fire in his heart for the Lord. What a testimony to the faithfulness of God. What a testimony to those of us that have young people or children that we know that's not born again, but God is stirring and moving among our young people. Let's truly remember Caleb Hagan this morning. Just blessed, and my pastor says all the time, I woke up this morning and it must have been in the right mind, amen, when it comes to a prayer meeting. I've heard him say that many times, and it will stir my heart of just how profound that really is. You know, we take so much for granted of where we're at this morning, and we come where most of us are healthy. We've got food in our cabinets and clothes to wear. We were transported here this morning. Maybe you walk in your own strength. We take so much for granted. I know I do. We take so much for granted. For a man of God, 86 years of age, I woke up this morning in the right mind, and I wanted to go to a prayer meeting. Saints, let's not take these simple things for granted, that God can just use them to stir our hearts to the faithfulness of God. Amen. The Lord has just really blessed us to be here, and as I walked this morning to Full Moon and rode with Brother Francis, and I thought about it here with all my family in England, and able to preach the Word and be here amongst you that truly believe that God can move once again in this land. I heard somebody stand up and pray a few minutes ago, and it just stirred my heart. Pastor Peter, as he stood up and prayed, the desire in his heart to see God move. And we talk about the history, but he don't live there. God, you're the God of the present. You can move right now. And I sit so stirring in the hunger here for God to do just that. And we're privileged to be here with you this morning. Amen. If you have your Bible this morning, turn to Matthew Chapter 14. Matthew Chapter 14. There's a scripture in 1 Chronicles, you don't need to turn there, but there's a scripture in 1 Chronicles Chapter 12 that tells us about the mighty men of David. And we've all read the stories about David's mighty men. And the sons of Issachar in Chapter 12, I believe it's verse 32, it said they understood the times. And there was a discrepancy there. Of course, we know there was some desire to serve the house of Saul, some desire to serve the house of David. But the sons of Issachar understood the times. They realized that the house of David must be turned to with all their heart. There's never been a time in the history of the church that I believe is more important for us to discern between the good and the evil. And that's not the good and the evil, whether or not we think it's wrong to drink a bottle of wine or whatever, and we know all that is, but it's beyond all that. It's beyond the simplicity of the good and the evil in our daily lives, but to discern the spirit of the age that we live in. It's not enough to read a book. It's not enough to come and hear a sermon by a man of God that's aged in the Lord and understands the word that needs to be spoken. But we must get this word in our hearts and in our lives. We must allow God to bring us to a place where we discern the times that we are living. And then we position ourselves. We purpose to allow God to position us to make a difference in this generation. I thank God for meetings. I've been preaching and a pastor for 24 years. I thank God for Sunday mornings, Sunday nights, Wednesday nights, Friday nights. We go to church. We have prayer meetings every day in our church. And I thank God for that. But it's got to be more than me going to a meeting. It's got to be more than me going to a prayer meeting. I must allow God in my daily life to position me to be that channel, to be that vessel, to be that vessel of recovery that God can move through me, that I have been removed out of the way, that it's no longer I, but it's truly Christ. Not a scripture I quote, a sermon I preach, but there's a real work of God that's took place in my heart and my life that I have been set aside, that it's no longer I, not a better me, but me removed through that cross that I can truly be used of God. We must discern the times. We must understand the times that we are living. We must position ourselves to allow God to use us in these last hours. We must. It's an absolute divine must that we position ourselves. You that are in this room this morning, as I look around, as I heard you pray, I said, God, you're an awesome God. You're a faithful God. Men and women cried out this morning, God. They look back, but they look forward. Amen. They look back, but they look forward. They know that you're the God of the present and God of the future. They're willing to sacrifice the present for the future, God, that you can move across this land once again. I believe God wants to speak to your hearts this morning and to encourage your heart of just where we're at here today, this morning in this service. Amen. You know, I offer the Word of God, especially the Gospels. As I've studied the Word over the years, and I don't claim to be a Bible student of the Word of God, I need to obviously be much more of a Bible student, but as I've studied the Word of God, I realized that especially when you follow Christ in the Bibles, He walked along the shores of Galilee, He walked around Jerusalem, as He walked real close to those disciples. There was always times, and there were appointed times, that He was establishing certain principles in the Word of God. Principles, the foundations of our very salvation, the foundations that we would build upon, that would position us in this hour right here, Matthew 16. And just to establish one of those, in Matthew chapter 16, He was in Caesarea Philippi. You don't have to turn around. I'll just share the story real quick. But He came there, and He asked, Whom do men say that I am? And we know what they said. He got to Peter, and Peter said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus said, Upon this rock I'll build my church. After He said that, He made a statement. He said, From this time forward, He began to teach them how they must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders, and be crucified, but be raised again the third day. That was the first time that He would mention the cross. It was of utmost importance, right there, at that particular time. It wasn't by half a chance, but everything was establishing the kingdom of God. It was that particular time when the revelation had come by the Father to Peter that He was the Son of God. At that point in time, He must establish that cross. And so there was a principle established there that He began to teach them how they should suffer many things and go to Jerusalem. That was the teaching of the cross of Calvary. It started right there in Matthew 16. But there's something profound about that. Every time I've studied the Word of God, every time He, Christ, would mention that cross, He never talked about that cross apart from resurrection life. Every time. He was establishing the principle to His children. You follow Me. You pick up that cross. You deny yourself. You come after Me. And no matter where you go, if you deny any and everything in your heart and in your life that will oppose this kingdom that I'm endeavoring to build in your life, you may see all these things in your heart and your life that may oppose Me. But I will absolutely bring death to everything in your life. And I will make you better. I'll bring the resurrection life of Jesus Christ for you. Many principles. Many principles established in the Word of God. Matthew chapter 14. Father, I thank You for the Word this morning. God, You desire to speak to our hearts. I believe You've laid this on my heart, God. You desire to speak to this congregation today, God. These men, these women that have gathered here, God, that believe You for a mighty move of the Spirit of God. Lord, we've not come together today, God, for another meeting, God, more prayer meetings, God, another sermon, but God, we're here on a mission today, God. And I believe that You're here on a mission today, God. You're here to establish the kingdom of God in our hearts and our lives, God, that we may go forth in this land, God, across this land, God, and Your Spirit may be free to move, God, and touch hearts and lives once again. We may see that true revival, God, that true revival across this land, Father. We give You all the praise in Jesus' name. Amen. Matthew chapter 14. Let's begin reading with verse 22. Very familiar story here, but there's a tremendous principle, I believe, that God wants to speak to our hearts. Matthew chapter 14. Verse 22. In a straight way, Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a ship and to go before Him unto the other side while He sent the multitudes away. I'm going to read that again. I just want you to really get that in your spirit. In a straight way means immediately. Something had happened here. Something had happened in the spirit. Well, here again, there's a principle that's being established that I believe is relevant to these hours that we're living in right now to the last day. Straightway, immediately, something had happened in the spirit. Jesus constrained, He urged His disciples to get into a ship and to go before Him unto the other side while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitude away, He went unto a mountain apart to pray. And when the evening was come, He was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea tossed with waves, for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit. And they cried out for fear. But, straightway, Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of a good cheer, it is I. Be of a good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid. And I believe the Lord wants to make something very real to us here this morning. Of exactly what I believe He's endeavoring to do as we hear Pastor Quindin preach the Word of God and we hear these great truths come forth and we realize the importance of establishing these truths in our lives, not just head knowledge or not just something we can espouse back out, but that that works into our hearts and our lives, that we can walk out the very truth, that we become the truth that we hear, that we become these living epistles that we hear through the Word of God. There's something taking place here in this story. There's a profound, something that God is moving through His Son. Christ never did anything we know, say, be heard or see the Father do it first. So the Father is speaking to the Son. Something must be established right here that I believe will speak to us in these last days. Jesus did not walk on the water this day to prove that He could. Now, I know when I say that, you say, oh, that's right, preacher, we understand, but get that in your hearts and in your spirit. Jesus Christ did not walk on that water that day to prove that He could. He never did anything to simply impress man. He never once, not any minute, He could have stacked a million elephants on top of the head of a pen if God the Father had said do it. But He never did anything to flaunt His power before men. Everything Christ did was for a reason, a divine reason. Jesus walked on that water that day because He was on a mission to establish the Kingdom of God. He walked on that water today just like He can walk on our water today if He so chooses, if God would so lead Him. He's walking on our water in our everyday situations to establish the Kingdom of God. Now, I say that something stirs in my heart. I remember where I came from. I remember being lost. I remember the Spirit of God dealing with me year, month after month. Month after month, God positioned me, bringing conviction. But it didn't mean I had repented yet. He was positioning me to bring me to a place of repentance. And when I truly cried out that Sunday morning in the overflow of a Baptist church, praise God, the second Sunday of 1979, my wife-to-be sitting right beside me, when I stood up that day, I was born again, praise God. But why did I get saved? Because Jesus Christ simply needed another vessel that He could establish His Kingdom within. Nothing of me, nothing I came to offer, and you're here today truly born again. He desires to establish the Kingdom of God in our hearts and in our lives. That's why He walked on the water that day. He was making a clear statement when He walked on that water, and we see it in verse 25. Very simple. In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them walking on the sea. Jesus went unto them. He walked on that water for one reason, to establish that Kingdom, but He had to get to those men. There was something that was happening in the spirit world, and Jesus Christ said, I will get to those men. I will respond to their cry. I will reach out to them. I believe He'll do that again in this land, praise God. As we truly cry out, I believe He will come again. He walked on that water that day simply to come to those men. He was establishing a principle that nothing could stop Him from coming to those in His Kingdom that would respond to Him in childlike obedience. Don't take for granted when God the Holy Ghost speaks to your heart to go here or do this or not to do this. Don't take for granted that God in His infinite wisdom is establishing something not only in your life, but there's somebody out there in the shadows, praise God, that needs that light, that needs the truth of the Word of God, and He's establishing something in your heart and in your life to go forth in this last day. He was establishing this principle, and you that respond to the Word of God, you respond to the will of God for your life. You come this week. You were here last night. You came this morning to pray. You walked before God and stopped God. His desire is to see a heart that is responding to Him, and when He sees you respond, oh, there's not enough demons in hell. There's not enough powers in hell to stop Him from responding to those that will cry out in childlike obedience. This boat full of disciples, this boat full of disciples were responding to Him. He told them to go to the other side, and they were simply doing just that. I said they were simply doing just that. They were going to the other side. Get back your spirit. There's things that God is going to speak to you in the next few days as you lead these readings. If you've come to hear the Word of God, if you've had your heart open, God's going to speak to your heart. Let me tell you, when He points you in that direction, you have one purpose. That's to go in that direction. You may not have a great plan as our pastor says, but you know what God said. You may not know about tomorrow, but you know where you're at today. You're in the will of God. You're in the will of God. And He says, go, you're going, prays God. That's exactly what they were going. They were going to the other side because Jesus Christ had said, go to the other side. It's more than Jesus just walking on the water. This is Christ responding to frail, flawed, weak humanity. They didn't realize just who Christ was here. They didn't really know Him. They were frail. They were flawed. Jesus has taken the foolish things and molding it now. He's taken the foolish things to confirm the wisdom of the wise. He's beginning a molding process. These few disciples of this vote didn't look like very much today, but Christ knew. He saw the future, praise God. He saw the day of Pentecost. Hallelujah. He realized He was about to go to Calvary, but God the Father was going to raise Him from the dead. He would go back to the Father and pull out the Holy Ghost, but He wasn't pouring on Jerusalem. There had to be some vessels in that house, praise God. And right here, right now, He's preparing those vessels for the day of Pentecost. He's preparing you here this week for something greater than yourself. Something outside of yourself, praise God. He's preparing you for it this week. He's responding to the fall of frail, weak humanity. And that's not an out for us to walk around and say, oh, we're weak, God. We're frail. We know that. We understand that. We don't walk around complaining about our frailness or weakness, but we acknowledge it for one reason, that it brings us to a place of absolute dependence on a God that is determined to move in these last days. Jesus Christ is establishing His kingdom now through the foolish things. These men that were fearful, verse 26 says, they were fearful. They were troubled, saying, it is a spirit. They cried out for fear. They weren't even sure who He was. They were fearful, but Jesus came to them. I said, Christ came to them. Because He saw beyond their uncertainties. Oh, I thank God He's seen beyond my uncertainties. I thank God He's seen beyond my uncertainties. He saw beyond their fear. He heard a cry deeper than that of fear. I said, He heard a cry deeper than that of fear. He heard a cry and saw hearts that could be enlarged with grace. He saw the possibility. He loves the sound of the word impossible. I said, He loves the sound of the word impossible. And it looked very impossible. These frail, flawed, bountiful disciples to the world and to most of the religious world, it looked impossible. But Jesus loves the sound of the word impossible. And He heard a cry. I said, He heard a cry. If you hear a cry this week past our religiosity, past our churchism, past what we're supposed to do when we come to these meetings, if you hear a cry like I believe I heard from my brother this morning, if you hear a cry, He will respond to that cry. Praise God. And He will come to His disciples one more time. Hallelujah. He came on the water. He came on that water that day. So they would know that nothing, nothing would hinder Him from responding to them. You think about it. There's a water between them, a sea between them and that mountain top where He's praying. Jesus Christ said, These are my disciples. These are those few. I must establish a principle in their hearts and their lives. Or they would fail them miserably just days later. Or they would. But it would come back. Praise God. They no longer knew Him by the flesh but would know Him by the spirit. Every one of these scriptures would stand up. Praise God. Hallelujah. They remember every last one of them. He walked on that water to get to those that He would establish that principle that nothing, listen to me, listen to this, it's very simple, that nothing can hinder Him from responding to those that are walking in absolute obedience in the will of God. There's not enough demons in hell. There's not enough false doctrine being preached today. There's not enough apostasy being preached today to stop Him from coming to us if we'll cry out. If we'll cry out. I think sometimes and I may be as guilty as any of you, we get our minds and our eyes on all the apostasy and yes, we need to discern the times. We get our eyes on this and our eyes on that and we fail to realize His eyes are on it. He's praying for us. Praise God. He's praying for the true church. I believe we need to get our eyes back on Jesus Christ. Leave all that to Him. Behold the spirit of God. Walk where we ought to walk. Praise God. He'll raise us up. Hallelujah. To a degree where we can see the glory of God once again in our lives and our land. He couldn't be hidden. Why would He choose to come to these? Why would Jesus Christ choose to come to these few disciples this day? Especially choosing to walk on the water. Why would He make it important to come to these few men, these few disciples? If we go back and look at this particular time of His ministry, there was something happening in His ministry. He was coming to a place. He realized the hatred they had for Him. Father was bringing Him to a place in His ministry again that He would establish some principles that I believe are very relevant for this last hour, for this meeting right here. I believe that with all my heart. Jesus had come to a place in His ministry where He had made a circle. He had ministered to different people in different places. And that circle brought Him back to the mountain to pray and to send those disciples to the other side. He had just gone into His own country in a circle of events that would bring Him here to what we just read in Matthew 14 on the mountain praying, walking across the water of these disciples. In a circle of events that would bring Him here walking on the water, Jesus would respond or would see the response that many had toward His kingdom. He saw the response. He sees the response today that men have toward truth. But not one jot or one tittle of that truth will fall to the ground. Every last truth that's been established irrespective of men's response to that truth, irrespective of the apostasy, those truths will hold true in this last day. They will stand true awaiting those that are run to them and embrace them with all their hearts. So Christ here had made a circle. And He saw how men had responded to those truths to Him, the person of Christ. And these disciples would be the only ones in this circle, the only ones, that would allow Him to truly come to them, Him the person. The only one that He would minister to in this circle of events. They were the only ones that would allow Him the person to come to them. I think about it many times. How much do we really allow the person of Christ? We get caught up in all the rhetoric. We know all the language of religiosity. We know all the language of Pentecost. We know when the hallelujahs have been said, the amen, the shout. We've got it all. We've done it so many times. We know exactly when and how to do it. But Christ was not looking that. He was looking those that would respond to Him. That our heart for the person of Jesus Christ. That desire to glorify this man in their frailty before Pentecost. He had a desire to honor this man in all that they knew. He was looking for those that would respond to Him. I believe with all my heart thank God for these prayer meetings. Oh, I hate to be late for church. Gotta be in these prayer meetings. Gotta be here. Yes, sir. You need to have that kind of integrity. You ought to be in the house of God. But my God, when we come, we ought to be on a search, sir. We ought to be on a search for this man, Jesus Christ. We've got to want this man with all of our heart, soul, mind, and body. Not just his truths. Not just his blessings. But we've got to find this man in our hearts and our lives. He was looking that. He was desiring that. There was a burning desire in his heart to find those that would respond to him, the person of Jesus Christ. And these disciples in this circle of events were the only ones that would respond. Coming to them. Coming to them across that water as he established the kingdom of God. I believe this boat full of disciples, this boat full of disciples to be atop of the church of Revelations chapter 3, that he said had a little strength, just a little strength, but they kept my word. And that word always means character. They kept my character. They've allowed me, the Holy Ghost, to do a work in their lives. To mold and make them into the image of Christ. I prevailed in prayer while Paul said to Christ be formed in you. That allowed the spirit of God to develop the character and the nature of Christ in their hearts and their lives. They didn't have much strength but they had the character of Christ. They didn't look like very much but they had the character and the very heart of Christ in their lives. Little strength. He said I will keep these from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth. I believe this boat full of disciples represents this last day church. Those last day Philadelphians that have a little bit of strength praise God. They've got something beyond strength. They've got him praise God. They've got him. They've tapped into him. They've touched his heart. They've communed. They've communed. It's a strange word in most houses today in the church house communion and intimacy. Most places when you preach and you talk about communion and intimacy people say that's right. They look at you they know the definition but very few walk in true communion with God but those are the ones in this last hour I am convinced that he will pour his spirit out through those that walk with God that know him in the depths of their heart. I'm not talking about ministry. I'm not talking about how many got saved. I'm not talking about how many got baptized in the Holy Ghost. I'm talking about that communion where God the Father Jesus Christ had come off that path like he did in the gospels and walked up to your front doorsteps. He don't have to knock. He just opens the door and comes in the house at Bethany and he sits there and prays to God and there's a Martha and there's a Mary and there's Elijah hallelujah that he can communion with and fellowship with. That's what he's looking in this story here and that's what he's looking this week in this house. So picture this very hour we live. When we in this generation will be in the midst of the storms that are about to come upon this nation and the world. The storms that are already here. The storms that we see. It's the top of the church right now in the midst of the storm that we see. And I believe there's a principle here that Jesus established for those who would walk in obedience in the midst of the storm. Those whose hearts were after him that nothing can hinder his coming to the obedient. Nothing. So let's look at those that Jesus Christ would encounter here before he went to this mountain to pray. Let's see those that he would reach out to. Those that he would truly reach out to endeavor to bring them into that circle. To bring them to that place of communion just like he's reaching out here this morning just like he reached out last night through the word of God. He was reaching out last night that you take on the life of another. That you assume the ministry not my ministry but the ministry of Jesus Christ. You assume that ministry praise God. He's reaching out to you and I here. I've been saved 30 years next month but I know God the Holy Ghost is reaching out to me. He says son I'm glad where you've been but I've got ground you've not walked on. I've got places in the spirit you know nothing about. You may think you do but I'll share with you you know nothing about it and he'll bring you to places. He'll make a broader place as I allow him to do a work in my heart and in my life. Jesus encounters those in that circle just like he is in this last supper. We see the circle of encounter beginning in his own country Nazareth. And all this is one story here in Nazareth chapter 13 if you'll just read with me. Just let me read a few scriptures here if you want to read along you can. You can just listen it's fine. He began this circle in his own country chapter 13 verse 54 and he was coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and said whence hath this man this wisdom in these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James and Douglas and Simon and Judas and his sisters are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in him but Jesus said unto them a prophet is not without honor saving his own country and his own house and he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. He could not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Here in his own country in his own country those that should have known him those that had seen him more often possibly than anyone those that had been to more services had preached more messages had been in more prayer meetings they should have really understood who he was those of his own country those that said we know who this is this is Joseph's son this is the carpenter we know his sisters we know his brothers we know who this man is how does he do these mighty works and miracles we know who he is but here in his own country the people had become familiar with him familiar they had become too familiar with him they knew how to do ministry they knew how to respond to certain things that he would expect and they did it out of rote they did it out of a habit instead of communion and intimacy they had become familiar with him and the familiarity had filled him with unbelief when you become too familiar with God we become too familiar with the word of God too familiar with our sermons and our choirs and all these things we do even the outreach if you go out on the streets thank God for all that but when we become too familiar with those things and it's not fresh it's not totally dependent upon the spirit of God it becomes might it becomes power it becomes energy it becomes that push that a preacher feels sometimes and we've all been there as preachers when we get before men we feel like we've got a push and it's not God it's not the Holy Ghost it's us yes sir when you start to walk down that road if God the Holy Ghost can't check you you'll become familiar and unbelief will begin to fill your heart unbelief we'll start walking our own strength our own understanding and because we've got a good track record of good works we'll start to lean back upon those what we did what we could have done what we all the things that God has allowed to happen through our lives and unfamiliarity will settle in and unbelief and he cannot do many mighty works because of unbelief familiarity the word familiar simply means knowledge that's gained through the senses knowledge gained through the senses through the senses these were offended in him they had no experiential knowledge they had not allowed him to truly deal with their hearts in the cool of the day in the north of the south wind of the sun the sun of the blow they had not allowed that north wind to blow they always like the south wind but the north wind they would complain they would murmur they wouldn't see that the north wind has to blow the north winter must come for spring to come there is no spring apart from the winter and they grown familiar they had no experiential knowledge the word knowledge that we hear taught they knew nothing about him it was learning it was education it was things they saw things they were familiar with but they didn't know him the person then it says they were offended in him they were offended in him they were bothered the things that he did and they were bothered the things that he expected when you become familiar with Christ when it's no longer a real experiential knowledge when it's no longer an intimacy and communion I'm not saying that we don't say all the right words but when it's no longer when heaven does not bear witness in our lives that it's a true intimacy a freshness a communion somewhere down that path you will get offended in what God expects of you he will mock you he'll require things of you that you may not say out of your mouth but heaven will bear witness to things that you're not going to give up to him you'll be offended in the things that he says the things that he expects and Jesus would leave his own country being rejected by those who should have known him best does it that's why we stand here today in England in Europe because those that should have known him rejected him they had the intimacy they had the communion my lord I was there yesterday George Muli and those orphanages and I look and all the great history that's here those great men of God that knew him but where is that all at today because somewhere down the line they lost that experiential knowledge they lost not those men but men of other generations that lost that intimacy and that communion and no longer believe God to do great and mighty things they are familiar with him they say all the right words they preach all the right messages but we read the book of Acts and God's not able to move I said God's not able to move he couldn't do anything in his own country because of their unbelief those that should have known him best should have known him best he leaves there he's making the circle now chapter 14 tells us he's confronted by Herod chapter 14 verse 1 in that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus and said unto his servants this is John the Baptist he is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works to show forth themselves in him Herod said this is John the Baptist he's been raised from the dead and we know that Herod had killed John and cut his head off and Christ is making that circle and Herod hears about Jesus now we see him leave his own people that should have known him those that should have really known him but they really didn't and he could do no mighty works and here he comes this circle and here's Herod this must be John the Baptist raised from the dead and what does Herod represent Herod represents the reigning authority who was seeking to find Christ probably for the same reason he had apprehended John to kill him to kill him he was seeking Christ for the same reason he sought John unless it's Herod realized there was still a voice hear me church there was still a voice John's dead I cut his head off my God there's still a voice there's still a voice and the land breaks down there's still a voice like that of John that's what Herod represented he said I know I killed my God that voice silenced and in the hour we live today demons in hell want that voice silenced today wants it silenced 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If He can feed us like this, what else can He do? But Jesus Christ refused to be crowned on the principle of supplying things. He will not, He did not then and will not in this last hour, He will not allow man to establish Him or to crown Him king on supplying things. The prosperity message, any man in his right mind that knows anything about God knows that's as far as the east is from the west of being God the Holy Ghost. Nothing about it's God. He refused to be established, He refused to be crowned king on the principle that He can supply things and allow it. So He departs from these. Where does He go? Oh, hallelujah. He goes to a mountain to pray. Does it sound familiar? Oh, that's where He's at this morning, praise God. I said He's praying. Hallelujah. He's in a mountain today praying. He's by the right hand of the Father today praying. In these last hours, He's made that circle again. He's reaching out. Yes, sir, I believe a remnant can come out of any of these camps. I believe God the Holy Ghost may stir in some of these camps. I believe the prodigal church will come back home. I believe there's a lot of man just wasted their inheritance that we'll have our doors open to. Not that we're anything in ourselves, but God will establish a door that some of them can come back. Don't misunderstand me. I believe some in all these camps can possibly come back. But He's moving on now. He's moving on because He will establish this kingdom. Nothing will stop that. So He goes into the mountain alone to pray. He was not able to commit Himself under these, none of these, because He saw the real hearts, His own people, the ruling authority, and now the multitudes. Jesus is hiring to establish the kingdom in and through all of these. He would have established a kingdom in and through all of these. He hands down to walk away and He sends those boat full of disciples immediately to go to the other side as He prays. The Bible says immediately He constrained them. He was getting them away from Him. I said He was moving them away. He said, I want you to get away from the spirit. I want you to separate yourself from the spirit of those that are trying to make me king on the basis of our supply of material things. I want you to separate yourself from those that don't really want to hear the word of God. I want you to separate yourself from those that are familiar with me. Get away from this. You get yourself in that boat and you go to the other side. Separate yourself. We must come out. We must separate ourselves completely from it. Not that we're holier than thou. No, no. But we in the spirit must separate ourselves that we discern the good from the evil, that we walk in the truth that God has established in our hearts and our lives. He said immediately constrain them to go straight away. He said you get to the other side. I'm going to the mountain. You go this way. I'm going that way. We're removing ourselves from this spirit. We will find out what God the Father wants to do. Praise God. So Christ went to the mountain to pray. Left His own people, His own ruling authority. Now the multitudes. Designed to establish His kingdom. And a boat full of disciples going to the other side. All Christ had to do here was lower standards. Just a little bit. If Jesus had simply lowered His standards just a little, His kingdom would have appeared to be expanding greatly. It would have given the appearance of a great expansion if He had just lowered His standards. But He refused. Now He's in the mountain praying. He refused to lower the standards. Nazareth, Herod, the multitudes. He would not lower His standards. He refused. Now He's in the mountain praying. And He's left with a boat full of disciples. Those frail, weak, flawed disciples that represented His kingdom. That's all He's got. That's all He had. He's in the mountain praying. And all He has is a boat full of disciples that are going to the other side. But to Jesus, this was His kingdom. It was His kingdom. And He was about to respond, praise God. I said He was about to respond. These two disciples were simply on this boat in childlike obedience. They had not rejected Him. They were not like the ruling authority. They weren't looking to crown Him for what He could do for them. No, they were a long way from where they were going to be after Pentecost. But they wouldn't reject Him. They weren't like those that had the authority. They wanted to hear His voice and they weren't looking to crown Him. Here's a few disciples that in spite of all their failures and shortcomings are walking in obedience. All He had said was get yourself in this boat and go to the other side. Hallelujah. He said you go to the other side. I've had God to speak to me so many times. Oh, people are profound. But God speaks profound things to me. No, no. God says, Son, just pick up and go do that right there. And as I go and do that right there in response to Him, I learn such valuable lessons as I walk in obedience. What are those lessons? That I can know this man, Jesus Christ. I can feel His heartbeat. I can know this man, praise God. These disciples dared to obey Him. And He would come to them and stand in the midst of the storm and say, I said He would come to them in the midst of the storm and say, Be of a good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid. Be not afraid. We've heard that so much I fear it doesn't move us anymore. We're in the midst of a storm day. Maybe you are walking to a place that you're beyond all that. But we're in the storm days. I hear you pray. We look back in history. We're in a storm day. Hell is on a rampage. I know that God is going to move the hells on a rampage. And God said Christ came to them here and said, Sons, you just simply be of a good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid, praise God. He will speak that same thing to our hearts. But it won't be a song we sing and forget by tomorrow. It won't be a sermon. It will be the voice of the Son of God. It will be the voice of the Son of God. If you have an ear to hear that voice. Be of a good cheer. What is this all about, Preacher? Jesus responded to those that with childlike obedience would be loyal to Him in spite of their weaknesses and fears. He's responding to loyalty now. They were not offended in Him. His voice of truth did not bother them. A man of God could get in that pool pit and preach about that old rugged cross. Or how it's got to be effective in our daily lives. And they would sit humble and broke and say, Oh God, I thank you for the cross, God. I thank you for every work it's done, every work it's going to do. They were not offended in Christ. They were not offended in that voice. They weren't trying to crown Him on the basis of what He could do for them. What a sight. I said what a sight. Jesus standing on the water. Oh, I believe we get back to these simple truths. We get really stirred this morning. If you sit in that chair this morning and say, Oh, hallelujah. Holy Ghost make this real to me. That these men, these faithful disciples fell and fell. They were sitting on that water. And Jesus Christ was in their midst standing on the water. I said He was in their midst standing on the water. I said He walked on the water. Forgive me for being excited, but I said He walked on the water. I said He walked on the water, praise God. He walked on the water to get to them. He'll walk on the water if need be to get to us in this last hour that God can. And we'll move again across Europe, praise God. Whatever it takes. If He hears a cry in our hearts. What a sight. A boat full of disciples who were afraid. Nazareth, hey, the multitudes wouldn't understand it. That this was Jesus Christ. Hey, but what in the world, what are you doing Christ? What in the world are you doing here? They wouldn't understand Him. No, sir. They would not understand Him. The multitudes, Herod, those of his own country, every demon in hell. Listen to me, every demon in hell screamed at Christ. When He came off that mountain that day and walked down that mountain and got to that shore. Before He put His foot on that water. Every demon in hell screamed at Him. What are you doing? My God, what are you doing? You're going to walk across the water together. That ragtag bunch. No, no. Turn, son. My Lord. Go back to Nazareth. They really love you. They really want to deal with you. No, no. You go turn to Herod. Herod is a good man. He'll understand some things about you. And there's the multitude. Why in the world did you reject the multitude? No, Jesus. You go back. You lower your standard just a little bit. You turn back to the multitudes. You turn to Herod. You turn to your own country. No, no. Christ would not do that. He would not lower the standard. Praise God. Every demon in hell is screaming at Him just like they do us. But praise God. He's our example. He put feet on water that we can follow Him. Praise God. And leave this last day of deception and walk in the truth of the Word of God. Every demon in hell screams from time to time. They did it to Joseph in that prison. Every demon in hell screamed at Him. My God, what are you doing here? They rejected you. They sold you out. No, sir. God had a plan. I said God had a plan. Hallelujah. I said God's got a plan for your life. God's got a plan for your life. Praise God. You don't have to turn to that. You do not have to lower your standard. You do not have to compromise. You do not have to give in to this last day move of the devil. No, sir. You can rise up because there's footprints on that water. There's footprints in the midst of my storm. Praise God. And there's those of Christ. Jesus walking on the water. They wouldn't understand Him, but Christ was molding and preparing these disciples for the day of Pentecost. He was getting them ready. So what does Jesus do? He comes to them with a word. I said He comes with a word. Verse 27 says, Straightway Jesus spake unto them saying. Straightway Jesus spake unto them saying. Here He is walking across that water to get these men. And the Bible says, Straightway Jesus spake unto them saying. He will remove their fears by speaking to them. Just having an ear to hear the voice of the Son. Oh, how there's something about coming to the house of God. Where the truth of the word of God is preached. Oh, how a man of God has been called of God. And he's a frail flawed vessel. He's just a clay pot. But the Spirit of God, He's been removed out of the way. But that Spirit flows through Him. And you hear the voice of another. Praise God. You hear the voice of Christ. And no matter where you're at, you hear that voice. And Jesus Christ spoke to them with a word. Praise God. I said He gave them a word. He's responding to those that have a heart. A heart. He shows the heart of Christ as He approaches those that will be loyal and obedient this last hour. Verse 27 again, those words were from His heart. Saying. Those words were from His heart. Jesus spake unto them saying. He's speaking from His heart now. He's removing their fears. The word saying there in the original, very simple word. But the word saying, just listen just for a moment. The word saying here in the original is the word Lego. I remember buying my kids those Lego blocks that He put together. But that's what the word means. It comes from the word Lego. Jesus spoke unto them saying. You think about it. Herod, the multitudes. His own people. He couldn't establish His kingdom. He couldn't move through them. He couldn't use them to touch Europe again. He couldn't use them to touch England again. So here He sits on that shore looking out at the frail, flawed disciples. But it's His kingdom. There He is. There what He's got. That's good enough for Him. So He walks out on that water and He speaks unto them saying. The word Lego. And what it literally means, the word Lego means to speak by linking and knitting together in connected discourse. The inward thoughts and the feeling of the mind. Read that again. It means to speak by linking and knitting together in connected discourse. The inward thoughts and the feeling of the mind. In essence, when Jesus said. Be in a good cheer in His eye. Be not afraid. He was endeavoring to give them a word that would link and knit His thoughts and His feelings with their heart. I haven't taken that for granted. You see, there's places I haven't walked that I'm going to walk by the grace of God. And the only way I ever walk there is to hear that voice speak to me. And they're not my thoughts, not my desires, not my understanding. But there's got to be something that He knits and weaves that word into my life. He weaves the word of God. And He connects His thoughts, His heart, His feelings. He connects that discourse into my inward being, praise God. It connects with my inward being. It becomes a part of who I am. It's the difference in hearing the sermon and allow the voice of God to speak to our hearts in these last days. Multitudes sit in services like this and they hear a sermon but they're never forever changed. They are not changed eternally. Eternity does not come through that word. They do not allow God to use it in their hearts and their lives. But here Christ found a few disciples as far as they were. They allowed Him to knit His thoughts and His desire into their hearts. He was giving them a word. That will make their hearts as one with Him. Did you hear that? I almost said it again. That's too precious. I said He was giving them a word that will make their hearts as one in the midst of the storm. His heart and their heart would be one in the midst of the storm. I said they would be one in the midst of this storm this last hour. He will bring forth a word. He did last night. He did yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. He will bring forth a word that will make our hearts one with Him in these last days. That we may not understand everything but we know He is in us. We are in His hands. We are in His will. His heart is our heart. His desire is our desire. His will is our will. And that fear is removed. That fear is removed by becoming one with Him in the midst of the storm. Having your heart and your thoughts knit with Him. He is allowing the word that you hear from Him become as a needle constantly threading and knitting and intertwining His heart with ours. Every time that word is preached I believe. And I sit in the pew where my wife preaches. When I hear my pastor preach. Every time the word of God is preached. God Almighty gets a needle out brother. He gets a needle out. And if I am open He takes that needle. And He puts that string on it. And it is the word of Almighty God. And He takes it and He weaves that thing in my heart. Every chamber. I said He brings that needle in and through my heart. That His thoughts become my thoughts. His desires become my desires. His desire and everything He wants to do in this last hour. I understand by the Spirit of God. Oh that may sound simple. But it is profound. If we embrace that. He will needle that word. He will put that word into our hearts and our lives. Until for a moment. He responds like Peter. He intertwines that word in your heart. He responds like Peter. Verse 28. And Peter answered and said Lord if it be Thou bid me come unto Thee on the water. And He said come. And when Peter was coming out of the ship. He walked on the water to get to Jesus. I said Jesus. Jesus. Peter walked on that water for one reason. To get to Jesus Christ. Are you walking on the water today? Are you allowing God to bring things in your life that is a stirring and a hunger. To get to this man. Not for ministry. No sir. But to get to Christ. Peter walked on that water for one reason that day. To get to Jesus. To get to the man. Not that his ministry would be bigger. Not to be able to preach better. Witness better. No sir. He loves to love. But it's not about this. It's about Peter and Jesus. This is about Peter and Christ. Hallelujah. Peter walked on that water. This man came to me. Oh hallelujah. I'm going to get to him. There's going to be a meeting place. Praise God. We're going to meet in this storm. And I will know him like I've never known him before. Peter walked on this water to get to Jesus. That's what the word was designed to do. The word that he spoke to him. That knit the heart of Christ with the heart of Peter. The word that knitted the desires of Christ with the heart of Peter. They were knitted together now. That's what the word was designed to do. That's what it was designed to do. To stir faith in the midst of the storms of life to come to Jesus. Yes sir. To stir faith in our lives in the midst of the storm. To come to Christ. For if we will come to Christ. And we're one with him. Praise God. It's out of that meeting place that we'll see Pentecost again. I said it's out of that meeting place that God the Father will move again. Praise God. They went to that upper room. They said we will be one with him. We missed him. We denied him. But he said you go to that upper room. We will not miss him this time. They took that word and God put that needle in their hearts. And that word became their heart and their desire. And they went to that upper room and the power of the Holy Ghost fell. And God was glorified. If we will run to Jesus in the midst of the storm. Stop trying to figure out all the problems. All the situations. Trying to figure out all the apostasy. No. If we in the midst of the apostasy will run to Christ. And know him like we've never known him before. Have communion and intimacy like we've never known before. That he is enough. He is enough. It's out of that place that God almighty will order the blessings of God. The Jew will set on us. Praise God. His presence will fill our houses again. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. It stirred faith and boldness. I stirred that word's soul and threaded it to Peter's heart. It stirred faith and boldness. But listen to something. Listen to this. This faith and this boldness just walking on the water. This faith and this courage was not used to speak to the storm. Or even to ask Jesus to speak to the storm. The faith and courage that Peter had was not used to speak to the storm. He didn't even ask Jesus to speak to the storm. You see real faith and real courage is for one reason. To get to this man. For it's all about him. It's all about him. Praise God. If we'll get to him, he'll take care of the rest. I said if we'll just get to him in these last days. Well this world sees us in love with Christ. This ecumenical movement sees that we're in love with this man. Jesus Christ. We don't have all the whistles and bells. You know we say all that and a lot of times it's because we want to be different. We're not going to be like that. They're wrong and we're right. Oh no. He doesn't like that spirit either. No sir. We're going to pull away from that for one reason. He can't be found there. So we're going to go find him. Not that we're better than that. No sir. But we're going to go find Christ. He used the courage and the strength to get to Christ. And that's exactly what's going to happen in these last days. There's going to be a remnant. Praise God. I said there's going to be a remnant. That's going to use every bit of strength that God has given them. Every bit of courage and every bit of faith to get to this man Jesus Christ. They will know him. Praise God. They will know him. They will have communion and intimacy with him like men have never heard about. Praise God. Because they're getting ready to be that bride. That bridal company. The overcomers. Praise God. Those words were designed to take these fearful yet obedient disciples to a place of distress. In their hearts. A place of distress in their hearts. To a place that would rise and come to him in the worst of situations. Peter heard the words of Christ and his heart was linked with his heart. His heart was linked with the heart of Christ. His thoughts were knitted for a moment with the thoughts of Christ. And the thoughts of Christ was what? What were the thoughts of Christ that day? I've got to get to Peter. I've got to get to Peter. And the thoughts of Peter was I've got to get to Jesus. I've got to get to Christ. Hallelujah. Now I know verse 30 tells us that Peter took his eyes off of Jesus beginning to sink. But this was preparation. This was Jesus molding and making. Establishing a kingdom within Peter. And the day would soon come that Peter wouldn't look anymore at the storm. Peter took his eyes off of Christ and looked at the storm. But I hard pressed to find after I read the book of Acts. Well that man took his eyes off of Jesus anymore. He's not looking at the storm. He's creating storms of his own now. But he's got his eyes on Jesus Christ. Peter would no longer look to the storm. And we hear it in his own writings. I said we read about it in his own writings. When Peter's soul was knit with the heart of Christ. And in Peter's own words he said the day star is rising in my heart. Hallelujah. I'm not where I'm going to be. But I'm not where I was. And I'm on a journey praise God. And my heart's knit with this man. The word of God I hear. And it's not my words. It's the words of Christ. This resurrected Savior praise God. He's not there. He's alive. I denied him. But I saw him when I walked that hill that day. I turned and his eyes were upon me. And I cried out oh God. I'm a wretched God. How holy thou art. And how sinful I am. But he brought repentance to my heart. And today I no longer know him by the flesh. I know him by the spirit praise God. And I'll not look to the storm. I'll look to Jesus Christ. For the day star will arise in our hearts. Amen. Amen. Peter's soul was knit with Christ. And that's what happened to these faithful disciples. There was a hunger to be with Christ. Began to rise in their hearts. They were learning to allow his words to knit their hearts with his. A desire was being mowed in their hearts to come to him for him. In spite of the weaknesses of the storms of life. Hear me church. There was a burning desire in their hearts to get to this man in spite of the storms. A desire was being mowed in their hearts to come to him for him. Not for anything else. Not for what he's going to do. But just for the person. Just for the person. In spite of the weaknesses of the storms of life. And what do we see happen when Peter and Jesus come back to the boat? They worship Jesus. I said those in the boat worship Jesus. I said they worship Christ. That was true worship. Oh hallelujah. They worship Christ. There was a communion there. Oh I can almost hear them say. Do you understand any of what just happened Peter? I don't know much. But I do know this. I saw him go home. I saw him walk by her head. I saw the multitude. I saw him reject them. What in the world? He's come to us. Who are we but he's come to us. Who are we but he's come to us. I said he's come to us in this house. Who are we but he's come. Praise God. He stirred a desire in your heart to believe God for revival in Europe. Why do we have that desire? Because we go and visit George Mueller's orphanage. Because we go see what John Wesley preached. No sir. We can do all of that. Be dry as corn shucks. But there's something of the spirit of God that's found vessels that's got to cry. And we are stirred up to believe God. To believe God. Hallelujah. They worship Jesus. They worship him. But one other thing happened. One other thing. If you can bear with me just turn to John chapter 6. I just want to show you this and I'll close. One other thing. John chapter 6 or I'll just read it to you. It's the same story. Oh this is so beautiful. John chapter 6. What I'm about to read I believe is the results of our hearts being linked with Christ. When we allow the word of God to truly be sown into our hearts. And threaded into our hearts. That we become one with him. That we truly worship him. We've been brought to a place of humility and brokenness in worship. Verse 21. Same story. Then they willingly received him into the ship. And immediately. Immediately. Immediately. The ship was at the land where they went. They worshipped him. They got into the boat. The Bible says immediately. Immediately the ship was at the land where they went. Is this another miracle? Is this John telling us that the boat was instantly on the other side? Is that what John is telling us? That instantly the boat was on the other side? I don't think so. Could it have been? Yes. But I don't think that's what John was telling us at all. I think it was a greater miracle than that. Notice only John would record this part of the story. Only John. God would use John to record this part of the story. John that would lean upon his breast. John that to some degree knew him in a way that maybe the others didn't know him. John that would be on the isle of Patmos that God would leave him as a witness. John when he saw him would fall like a dead man at his feet. God would use John to record this part of the story. He would lean upon Jesus. Did the boat really get to the other side immediately? Is that what he's saying? I think the real miracle here was that the kingdom was being so established in their hearts. That their hearts were so united with him in worship. That the time passed by so quickly that John thought, How did we get to the other side so quick? I rode with my wife places two, three, four hours. May not say a lot of words. But it seemed like we just got started already there. Because our hearts are knit one with another. Oh I don't believe the boat necessarily got to the other side just like that. I believe that the journey was so sweet. I believe there was such a oneness in that boat. Such a desire of intimacy and communion. That the time passed by so quick. They said, Oh my Lord, the time passed by too quickly. We've been with this man, we've known, we've communed, we've fellowshiped with him. Is that not what's going to happen these last days? Is that not what's going to happen these last days? That God's going to have a remnant. Hallelujah. The bride will come in. That's going to be his bride. That's going to know him in heart and soul. They're going to be knit with him in heart and soul. They're going to be walking with God then in the twinkling of an eye. In one twentieth of a second. That Jesus Christ is going to come. Praise God. We'll be meeting him in the air. Is that not what's going to happen these last days? Immediately. When our heart is linked with him in love and worship. A long journey may be covered in what seems but just a few moments. A long journey may be covered in what just seems to be just a few moments. This boat full of disciples had allowed his words to knit their hearts with his. So they were caught up in their love and worship with him. We need to come back church. We need to come back and get caught up in love and worship of Christ. We need to get caught up in that more than all the false doctrine and all the apostasy. Yes, sir. We must discern. We must be keen of spirit. We must preach out against it. But I'm here. I'm convinced that we'll come back to this place where our hearts are linked in love and worship with him. It'll make the journey sweeter. Praise God. We'll travel through the storms of life. We'll move on down this road. Praise God. Having the knowledge of him that we thought not possible. It's the type of song I saw in chapter three. Ah, I've got to get out of here. The type of song I saw in chapter three when the bride said, I found him whom my soul loveth. I hailed him and I would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house. I charge you that you stir not up nor wake my love. Clearly pleased these disciples had found the love of their heart. Praise God. And they went to the other side in a love relationship with the Lord. There's a storm brewing right now. I say there's a storm brewing right now. And God is looking at those few disciples that are falling in love with him. Well I've got good news. He's going to come off that mountain again. Praise God. I think he's about to come off that mountain again. But he won't walk on the water this time. He's going to walk on those clouds. The lower atmosphere he said he would come to. He's going to walk on those clouds. Praise God. He's coming off that mountain of intercession one more time. And he does this time. Praise God. He's coming back for a bride whose soul is met with him. Who loves him. Who worships him. Who knows him. Praise God. And he's going to call us up together with him in the air. Praise God. He won't walk on the water again. But he'll walk on the clouds of our lives. He'll walk on the storms of our lives. Praise God. There's about a trumpet. There's a trumpet about to sound. I say the trumpet call is about to go forth in this last hour. And we shall be called up to be with the Lord. Praise God. Only those. Only those. Who've allowed the word of God to be knit in their hearts. Who know him in intimacy and communion. That have taken a journey. They say, how did we get here so quick? Sixteen years later. How did we get here so quick? I said, how did we get here so quick? Oh, the journey. Praise God. Of just knowing the man Jesus Christ. It makes the journey so sweet. It all happens so fast. Praise God. Because we're in love with a man called Jesus Christ. Church, we gather this week. Praise God. Yes, we need a revival. But a revival is going to come out of us having a relationship with Jesus Christ. When he finds a people that's hungry for him. And thirsty for him. He said he would fill us to overflowing. And it overflows. You know where it's going? It's going out in the streets. Praise God. It's going back to our homes. It's going to overflow. Praise God. Because we're full of a communion with Jesus Christ. He's searching today as we speak. He's making that circle as we speak today. He's making that circle today. And he's looking for a remnant. And I trust he's found one in this house. He's found a remnant in this house. A boat full of disciples. We don't look like much to all of Europe. We may look like a boat full of disciples, brother. But if we're his disciples. And we're in the will of God. And he said go to the other side. And that's what we're doing. He's coming. I said he's going to come. I said he's going to come. Praise God. And he will move one more time in this land. Praise God. If he can find those that are determined to know him. And know him well. In these last hours. Hallelujah. Let's stand this morning. Oh, praise God. Let's stand this morning. Hallelujah to the Lamb.
(Europe 2008) Session 5 - Establishing the Kingdom
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Bertram H. Clendennen (1922–2009). Born on May 22, 1922, in Vidor, Texas, into a large, poor family, B.H. Clendennen, known as Bert, grew up with little exposure to faith, despite churches dotting his hometown. After graduating high school in 1940, he joined the U.S. Marines post-Pearl Harbor, serving in the South Pacific at Peleliu, where combat stirred spiritual questions. Saved in 1949 at age 27, he felt called to ministry in 1953 and was ordained by the Assemblies of God. In 1956, he founded Victory Temple (later Victory Tabernacle) in Beaumont, Texas, pastoring for 35 years and growing it into a missions-focused church. One of the first three preachers to broadcast on U.S. television, he reached wide audiences with his conservative Pentecostal sermons emphasizing repentance and the Holy Spirit’s power. In 1967, he ministered in Tanzania, raising funds to build 15 churches, and preached globally in Vietnam, Iran, India, and Zaire, often in perilous conditions. At 70, in 1992, he moved to Russia with his wife, Janice, founding the School of Christ International, which trained leaders in over 130 nations across every continent by his death. Clendennen authored books like The Prodigal Church and The Ultimate Thing, urging a return to Pentecost’s simplicity. He died on December 13, 2009, in Beaumont, survived by his wife, daughter Brenda, and son Mark. He said, “The purpose of Pentecost is to reproduce Christ in the believer.”