Joseph Prince March 26th 2023 New Creation Church
I want to learn from you did you receive
the Holy Spirit by The Works of the law
The Works of your hands in other words
all by the hearing of Faith golden
remember I told you just now
to remember that Rebecca he gave Rebecca
the servant gave Rebecca a golden
earring how much was the weight
half a shekel very good half that's the
first time have a shekel appeared why is
this important Pastor Prince I may like
is used for atonement money every time
uh is counted how many there are in
Judah how many there are in Simeon how
many there are in this tribe of Asha
they must each one must give a half a
shackle everyone must give a half a
shekel young or almost give half a
Rachel Paul must give half a shekel all
right that is to say we count things
that we own we don't count things that
belong to other people we count things
think about all your possessions your
money or whatever you count things that
belong to us so whenever God told the
king of Israel and David failed one time
and that's why the plague fell on the
people he counted the people without
taking the atomic money atoma means all
right even you count the people remember
they are bought by the Lord they are not
yours and we are all bought by the blood
of Jesus we are not our own people we
are bought with a price and what a price
the blood of Jesus are you listening so
have a shackle weight and in Israel they
think have a shackle weight of silver
everyone give half a shekel a picture of
split coin because Jesus on the cross
okay and it's silver silver is always
yeah the type of redemption very good yo
I love it let's let's go on that helps
me a lot praise the Lord foreign detail
but the go all the half shackles
collected they melted and put it as
silver sockets to build the Tabernacle
the picture of the church and this is
how they built the the Tabernacle all
right it's you can see it's made of wood
but it's overlaid with gold you and I
wood is a picture of humanity but we are
overlaid with gold Jesus Christ we are
I I just happened to teach my son last
night as his birthday gift
always remember that you are greatly
blessed highly favored and deeply loved
why because you are in Christ I had a
small black book and had another bigger
boat and I think this is you sinful you
know God put you in Christ that's why
you are greatly blessed not because you
you did this well you passed your
mathematics all right you got 100 for
this subject or whatever nothing to your
accomplishment who you are but you are
in Christ you are greatly blessed you
are highly favored deeply loved
regardless of whoever says things about
you bad things in the future even your
friends or your enemies what are they
they are just people with with
god is perfect and God says you are
highly favored in my eyes God says you
praise God so we're all in Christ but
notice our foundation we stand not on
shifting sand blown here blown there by
the winds in the desert no no even
though we are in the world we are not of
the world we are standing on solid
we are standing on solid silver we stand
we have by faith access into this grace
wherein we stand this favor wherein We
we are not subject to the forces that's
how stable the Tabernacle is because
it's on solid silver and that silver
comes from the half shackle of the
they melt it and make it silver sockets
okay all that to tell you Golden Earring
now watch this go back to the story I'm
going to show you the Interlinear now
okay look at the Golden Earring one more
time they break off all the people
notice the form the reading from right
and they broke off all the people the
earrings of gold which were in their
years and brought them unto Aaron okay
there's higher rates notice that before
the earrings is the word I left off
for those who know it's referring to
Jesus Christ that's what the devil
doesn't want them to have the Golden
is the hearing of the word of Christ
it's not just hearing any word it's
hearing the word of Christ so back to a
Galatians 3 how many won the Holy Spirit
and here it says did you receive the
Spirit by The Works of the law by the
hearing of faith is it by your effort
by doing this religious work or by doing
that work or even good work no you don't
receive the Holy Spirit like that you
receive the Holy Spirit by the hearing
and hearing of faith is hearing about
Romans 10 17 real quick Romans 10 7
faith comes from hearing hearing through
the word of Christ means when Christ
speaks to you yeah of course faith will
come in Christ speaks to you and Christ
still speaks to us today amen but this
is not what he's referring to is reaping
the context that refers to a preacher
preaching about Christ nib brings it up
so the message that is heard and the
message is heard through the word about
Christ that's how Faith Comes
you make sure that whoever you're
listening to whatever message you're
listening to uh the social media today
is full of sermons as well make sure
the centrality of Christ that's how you
you have the hearing of Faith operating
in your life and when the hearing of
faith is there what was going to happen
you will receive the Holy Spirit not
only that back to Galatians 3. are you
so foolish having begun in the spirit
are you not being made perfect by the
flesh why is this holding them because
you know they began under grace no
sudden some teachers came from Jerusalem
teaching them they need to be under the
law they came under the law they mixed
both law and Grace they didn't give up
Grace but they also embrace the law now
they have a mixture and Paul is saying
you begin in the spirit and now you're
being made perfect by your effort
let me ask this question have you
suffered so many things and then if
indeed it was in vain next verse
therefore he God who supplies the spirit
and the word has constant supplying from
the word called which is choreograph the
one who's in charge of a choir or
whatever he supplies in those days he
supplies all their food their their
all right God who supplies the Greek
that's beautiful God who supplies
to the spirit to you and works miracles
and the word works is also constant
constantly working miracles you want God
the conflict What miracles in your
in your workplace in your church
okay that's what it's all about why are
we missing this because it tells you
does God do it by The Works of the law
by the work of our labor our effort
at law keeping even though it appears so
right but it's all a mirage because you
know it's going to lead you into sin
but all by the hearing of Faith which
I submit to you that's the reason you
don't see Miracles often in people's
lives in churches and all that is
because of this they are still under the
but they'll say we're not purely under
law I agree they are under the same
galatian galatianism problem all right
they Embrace Grace but they still keep
the law it's worse you have enough Grace
to deceive yourself to think that you
are under grace but you put in the law
to nullify the effect because now you
bring in Grace and you put it in your
are you with me so far are you following
so far so what do we need to do focus on
the how many of you heard this there are
people who come to church on Sunday only
on Sunday and sit down there and then
they hear and hear and hear New Creation
Church especially all you do is hear
hear hear they never go out and do now
in the first place do they interview you
they judge you based on their own
Prejudice that's it all right who are
you speaking of past Supreme I don't
know I'm just speaking I'm just speaking
they'll say they sit down here and
somebody will say things like they warm
the pews and keep on hearing and hearing
and hearing and hearing and hearing and
they never go and do anything
so and I was deep down what they believe
The Works of the law is more important
than hearing of faith I believe if you
come and you receive the feeding even
the Good Shepherd knows feed the sheep
before you try to say do this and the
weeks at the pool you know the guy is
doing the poor wobbly lamb I'm trying my
best shake a Rattle and Roll Shake
now you're awake I got your attention
okay good all right you feed the sheep
but the Sheep doesn't even walk properly
bad testimony Whack Him no he's been
called no he's even Bangkok now the for
sure sister that that toe nail cannot be
revivalry gone the poor shoe you whack
feed the sheep for goodness sake feed
but I want I want to behave no keep on
one day he'll be able to walk the way
amen so hearing of faith is more
important keep on hearing Apostle I I I
don't feel I'm doing you're doing more
than you realize and the best part of it
you are shining more than you know and
it comes by hearing you can tell
you know New Creation Church people you
can find them anywhere you find them in
the in the mall whatever they always
amazing Pastor Lawrence green
all right they always they always shine
honestly you know and Wendy and I always
remark this okay we are prejudice of
course it's our church right and uh our
church people right so we are proud of
them but we always say this and we I
believe we are objective when you say
you can tell our church people
there's a joy there's a glow
there's a joy there's a globe
and so remember this remember this this
is a very simple truth here today but
can you see what they gave up
they gave up the golden earring and and
the type that we have established with
scripture half a shekel weight is the
hearing of redemption is hearing about
Christ it's not just hearing a part of
the Bible but it's not translated into
amen like remember my last sermon here
before I left for Israel was on
Leviticus 27 in the natural you'll be
assessed by your natural strength right
and the payment is according to as you
grow older the payment is lesser that's
right but we are not under the law we
are not under what's natural
we are under they shall run and not be
wary they shall walk and not feign why
because we wait upon the Lord amen
so we are not under law we are under
grace we are not under you shall not you
shall not you shall not demand the
essence of the law is demand
the essence of the law of Grace
amen I shall do this for you I will do
that for you I will forgive your sins I
it's so wonderful to be under grace but
don't step back to the devil's
Temptation thank you always to pull you
back give up the hearing of faith
and a grief for pastors who make their
sermons shorter and shorter and shorter
and shorter thinking that they'll place
the world today because Tick Tock is
is the season of tick-tock
so then we have everything that's shown
bite size people can only take bite size
because if you train them to take bite
size they always take bite size put
something into a child's mouth early
keep on putting it I don't care if it's
as Bland as something else that you know
you uh soya bean or whatever and I tell
you this even they grow old it will not
you always want to go back to the taste
you decide what you put in their mouth
don't keep on saying don't surrender
them to the world you put it once they
taste the word of Christ oh they want
and the people that came to Jesus doing
Islam notice the the the way it happens
and I'll close with this all right uh
the report went around concerning Jesus
all the more and great multitudes came
and to be healed by him of their
infirmities they came what first
and then to be healed there are people
who bring their relative or bring their
friend they come to a pastor and they
say Pastor can you please pray for of
course the pastor will pray
and he won't want to disappoint you all
so you're you're his church member right
you bring someone else who never hear
we're not even willing to come to church
or give a chance to even listen to one
of Pastor Prince sermons let's say some
you know what happens they want you to
but those people notice how they receive
healing they came to hear first
of their infirmities all right another
verse next chapter this book five the
very next chapter see the trend and it
came down with them and stood on a level
place with a crowd of Jesus disciples
and a great multitude of people from all
Judea and Jerusalem from the Seacoast
attire and sidon who came to hear him
and be healed of their diseases against
the same order they came to hear
as well as those who are tormented with
unclean spirits and they were healed
and the whole multitude I love this the
whole multitude sought to touch him
Marvel heroes don't hold a candle to
is Our Fate fate and more face
and the world is running out there
because the the heart of our young
people are all crying out for Jesus this
is look at this whole mother sought to
touch him for power went out from him
walking by the Yeah I was just there a
few days ago the area of Galilee
and power went out of Jesus and healed
beautiful so what did Jesus do this is
Jesus ministry and I'll close with this
Jesus went about all Galilee teaching
India synagogues preaching preaching say
preaching the gospel of the kingdom and
healing say healing all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease among
the people so the people came to hear
they came to hear and to be healed
remember this always remember this just
now there's a special anointing of
course God heals sometimes God heals
when there's a special anointing all
right and I ask you all to pray with me
that this happens more and more in a
service and uh that that's more of the
gifts of the Spirit it operates as a
but the norm for the believer is to hear
first and then faith comes and then you
if you're not receiving ask yourself are
you hearing the word of Christ make sure
it's the word about Christ that woman
the issue of blood when she heard about
Jesus she came in the press behind
amen I'm gonna read to you a real quick
testimony and then I will dismiss you
all right sister from Singapore this
just came a few days ago I was born with
a defective left eye with scars across
my retina hence for 55 years I could
only rely on my right eye to see my only
my only good eye however is highly
myopic and I had also suffered from
acute glaucoma in that some in that same
eye once my eye is saying something else
okay same eye once my eye doctor fears
that over time due to severe myopia my
retina which has become stretched and
thin with developed scars to term myopic
degeneration which could lead to
blindness I work in an international
construction company and my job requires
me to do close-up work on the computer
and reconstruction drawings recently I
suddenly could not see clearly with my
my right eye there was a diagonal patch
across my visual field and my vision
became so bad that I could not read
texts on my phone and laptop and I could
not walk down the stairs because I could
not see well I had to inform two of my
colleagues of my situation so they could
help me as I was seeing very little and
my eye was in pain during this very
tough season I was listening I was
listening I was listening are you
during this time very tough season I was
listening to Pastor Prince various
sermons on gospel partner in one of his
sermons in 2002 he mentioned the higher
way is to believe Highway to Healing is
to believe what God Said in his word
just like the Centurion who approached
Jesus for the healing of his servant God
also led me to meditate on his promises
favor Rose in my heart as I kept hearing
and hearing the word of Christ
see I I saw this testimony only last
night I prepared my sermon already
but you see how it comes together
even the word of favor Rose in my heart
as I kept hearing hearing the word of
Christ a couple of weeks later during
one of the Sunday Services Pastor Prince
prayed for people with eye conditions
and I received the healing for myself
I realized the diagonal patch across my
listen oh you clapped it did the last
one ring I could I could read the text
on my devices and even type out this
testimony to testify of the amazing
miracle of God in my life may all praise
and glory be to our Heavenly Father
amen give Jesus a praise hallelujah
whatever troubles your face with I do
just now is the key is the key to
receiving all that God has done but
there are voices telling you hearing
alone is not enough don't worry about
doing listen if you're here long enough
if you feed long enough you will do it's
like you have all this pent-up strain on
you know you must do something
all right you understand that in analogy
of an athlete he has all the strength he
keeps running he has all the strength he
wants to do something but the strength
and many of us we are trying to do
things we we don't have the strength for
feet here here your way out of sickness
hear your way out of depression hear
your way out of that yield and
from all that the devil is trying to
the way out is to hear the word of
Christ get hold of teachings that's
and about Christ that's revealed in the
gospels and Christ in his finished work
which has brought Grace under which we
are all under this wonderful
Prince I want to put my faith in Jesus
Christ and I want to do it today right
now I don't deal any longer I see it I
see it if that is you pray this prayer
with me right now say heavenly father
they will be saved I thank you
Jesus Christ is my Lord and I believe he
died on that cross for my sins he was
raised from the dead when I was
cleared of all my sin dead
he is alive today at your right hand and
I'm saved gloriously saved in Jesus name
amen stand to your feet praise the Lord
lift your hands all across this place
this coming week say I'm not just
pronouncing all right as a cliche I
believe God releases and God will follow
truth through throughout this week this
week the Lord bless you with the
blessings of Father Abraham you and your
blessings of Deuteronomy 28.
and the Lord keep you protect and
preserve all of you from every harm
danger sickness from all the powers of
Darkness throughout this week
the Lord make his face to shine upon you
be gracious to you may you find favor
everywhere you go throughout this week
and the Lord lift up his confidence on
you and Grant you Shalom peace health
and wholeness in the name of the Lord