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Pastor Chris: I love to talk about Jesus. Who would you rather talk about?
Come on, tell me. He’s the Prince of peace, the Lord of lords, supreme,
the Great I Am. Hallelujah. Did you know He was the one who appeared
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? It was Jesus. The Jews didn’t know it! He
said to them one day, Abraham rejoiced to see My day. And these people
who were so angry with Jesus suddenly started laughing at Him. Why
were they laughing at Him? They said, we told you before that you are
mad. You’re not yet 50 years old, now you claim to have seen Abraham.
Then He said, before Abraham was, I Am. They didn’t like the construc-
tion. He should have said before Abraha was, I was, so that they would
laugh more but they didn’t like what He said because the connotation of
His communication was, before Abraham was, I Am God. So, they said,
what? You are a man. How dare you make yourself equal with God. They
thought to kill Him. Jesus said that He is the Son of God and that made
them mad. Because Son of God means God in the flesh. So, Jesus declared
that He was God in the flesh. Never get confused. We’ve got to tell the
whole world. I was surprised as I ministered around the world and met
ministers of Gospels around the world, most have never studied the sub-
ject. Most had never really known that Jesus Christ Himself was God.
They thought yeah, but He’s equal with God. Then I say, who is God? And
they say Jesus is Son of God. Then so, who is God? They say Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit. So, I say where is Father, where is Son, where is Holy
Spirit? No answer. And yet the Bible has answers. Jesus is the body of
God. Did you hear me? Jesus is God in the flesh. Oh, why did the Father
call Him from heaven and speak from heaven and say, this is My beloved
Son, in whom I’m well pleased? They heard His voice come from heaven.
Who do you think He is? Man? Do you use your mind to describe God?
Didn’t you just hear what we said He is? God. Is that so hard for God to be
there and be there at the same time? Can’t He speak from there and re-
spond from there? Who is Jesus? Colossians chapter 1 from verse 18.
“And he is the head of the body, the church—” read it for me, come on…
He is the head of the body, the church. The church is a body, the body of
Christ. Who is the beginning? The first born from the dead that in all
things, He might have what? The preeminence. Read verse 17. “He is be-
fore all things, and by Him…” By Him all things consist. He is the divine
essence of all things. Read verse 19 now… It pleased the Father that in
Him, in Jesus Christ, should all fullness, all fullness dwell. What does it
mean fullness? Colossians chapter 2, go to verse 9. You will love this. Oh,
thank You, Lord Jesus. Look at that, for in him dwelleth all, look some, all
— come on now. All the fullness of the Godhead in body. I told you Jesus
is the body of God. What do you mean by Godhead? Godhead means Fa-
ther, Son, and Holy Spirit. For in Him dwelleth all the fullness, the totality
of divinity, all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, where Jesus was the Fa-
ther was. The Holy Ghost was. He was God in fullness. God in full manifes-
tation. They didn’t know it. He was in the world. The world was made by
Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own re-
ceived Him not. Jesus is a body of God. I told you, He was the one who ap-
peared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was Jesus that was in that burn-
ing bush where He called Moses, take your shoes off your feet for where
your standing is holy ground. That was Jesus. The Jews didn’t know it. But
right there was Jesus, Son of God. They didn’t know it. He gave Moses the
Ten Commandments. God. Can you imagine they tried lifelong to obey His
commandments and when He came they didn’t know Him? So, He healed
their sick, gave sight to the blind, and stopped the deaf ears, gave the
lame and even the maimed new limbs. The Bible says, though He had
done so many miracles before them yet they believed God on Him. Cause
they didn’t know who He was. If we don’t know who He is, we would ig-
nore Him. We’ll treat Him the way they treated Him. While we’re singing
in His songs, would we ignore Him? Because they worshiped Him. They
went to the synagogues, to the temples, they worshiped Him everywhere
but they didn’t know Him. His presence in the temple of Solomon, the
priest could not stand to minister. His power so great, just for them call-
ing on Him and singing songs to Him, and they went prostrate on the
floor. And yet when He showed up, they ignored Him. And now He comes
to the temple Himself, in His physical body. They ask Him questions, by
what authority do you do these things? Who are You? Who sent You?
They questioned Him. And finally, they crucified Him, not because He
didn’t have the power but because He gave Himself up for us. He took re-
sponsibility for our errors, for our transgressions, for our trespasses, He
took responsibility. But He’s not supposed to do it twice. He did it once
for all time. You know, people say, well, I’m this way because God made
me. Why do I do wrong things? Well, I don’t know, I’m not responsible for
my life. God did it. Well, He already bore responsibility for whatever hap-
pened to you, or through you, or by you or anything. He already took re-
sponsibility in a way. Now, He commands all men everywhere to repent.
That’s why He came. That’s why He died for everybody. He took responsi-
bility. Now, He commands all men everywhere and says, you must now
turn to God. You must now turn from your sins. He paid full penalty for
every sin. And provided the life that was must live with the ability to live it
that none of us anymore should walk in condemnation because we were
all under God’s judgment. Now, we’ve got to tell it. Why do I love to
preach the gospel? Apart from the fact that God sent me to preach it, I
love to preach it because it works. It truly works. It works! How can I be
quiet? It works! It’s real, it’s true. I preach it in the schools. I preach it in
the streets. I preach it in the villages. I preach it everywhere, it works! It
works for the poor, for the rich. It works for everybody and works in every
nation under heaven. You can trust it with your life. You can bet your life
on it. It works. The gospel is real. And you know, the power of the gospel
is so amazing because… look at it, the Bible says in the gospel is the right-
eousness of God revealed. We don’t have to try to make it happen. Paul’s
preaching at Lystra. There’s a man impotent in his feet. Never walked
from birth. He’s on the ground. He’s listening and Paul preaches a gospel
of Jesus. And the Bible says he perceived that the man had faith to be
healed. He turned to the man. He said, Man, get up. Wow, wow, wow.
You know, I read that as a young man reading my Bible. I shouted glory,
hallelujah. I was so stirred. Wow, wow, wow! The man got up! Paul
wasn’t thinking about what might have happened to his ligaments, his
tendons, his bones. He wasn’t thinking about what might’ve happened to
his muscles. Never worked from birth! There’s something about the Word
of God. We were created by the Word. In the beginning was the Word
and the world was made by Him, alright, the world was made by Him. The
Word of God that was there in the beginning created all things. He made
all things, the whole world was made by Him. So, this Word that created
all things, is able to fix the legs, to fix the tendons. You don’t tell Him
what to do. He knows what to do. He said to the man, stand up! The
Word that pre-existed man and made all things, fixed the man’s limbs in-
stantly. God’s Word, tell somebody, God’s Word works in real time. Real
time. I wish I could explain this to you but you ought to know it. You
ought to know it. God’s Word works in real time. 
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Pastor Chris: Tell somebody, God’s Word works in real time. Real time. I
wish I could explain this to you but you ought to know it. You ought to
know it. God’s Word works in real time. Real time. When we start sharing
the Word of God. When we start discussing God’s Word, we are operating
at the same wavelength. At that moment God’s Word is synchronized
with our spirits. That’s why He says faith is necessary because with faith,
you are synchronized with God’s mind and thinking at that moment. Faith
synchronizes you because you see the unseen. Faith helps you see. Imag-
ine this, he said to the man, stand up! The Bible says he perceived that
the man had faith to be healed. What does that mean? The man’s spirit
was synchronized with the words. The gospel he was wearing. Now, when
he says stand up! The Bible says the man stood up. He was healed. He
was healed. How does it happen? Well, that’s miracle power of God. It’s
not for our explanation. He created the whole world. All things were
made by Him. And guess what? That Word that made all things the Bible
says became flesh. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. That’s
Jesus. The Word became flesh. The Word which is God became flesh. Do
you get it? That’s the Word in my heart. When He comes to me, He
comes as words. Enters into me as words. Lives in me as God. Just put the
Scriptures together. John chapter 1. Let’s pick them out, from verse 1.
Look real quick. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.” The Word was God. Why did he say the
Word was God? Because the Word he’s describing is in heaven and then
he wants to tell us about the Word coming to the earth. So, in the begin-
ning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God be-
cause, see, he uses the past tense because he is bringing—he’s giving us
something, His story, the story of the Word. Do you get it? It’s the story of
the Word. John’s giving us the story of the Word. The Word was there in
the beginning and He was with God. He was God. What’s John thinking
about? John’s thinking about, He was God, but He became man. Do you
get it? That’s where John’s going. He’s saying the Word was always there
in the beginning. He pre-existed man. He was God. He became man. Let’s
see. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.” Next, “The same was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him,” not by it, but by Him, so He’s a person, “and
without him was not anything made that was made.” Without Him was
not anything made that was made. Wow. Next, “In him was life,” thanks
be unto God. Oh hallelujah. “And the life was the light of men.” Hallelu-
jah. Hallelujah. Woo. “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.” I always loved this because it tells, you know, people, they like to
say well, nobody should claim to be sent from God. Nobody should claim
that God sent. Nobody should claim. They just don’t want us to say that
anybody heard from God. But the Bible does declare, unless there’s
somebody here, the Bible says there was a man sent from God. What a
declaration. There was a man sent from God. My oh my. Whose name
was John. There was a man sent from God. Wow. That’s big. And he
didn’t become the prime minister. And he was not the Pharaoh of Egypt.
And he was not Cesar of Rome. Think about it. Whose name was John.
Where was he? They found him in the wilderness. God doesn’t prove
Himself in your life through all the nice things of the earth. He doesn’t
need to prove that He’s with you by giving you the best cars, and the best
houses, and lots of money. That’s not the proof that He sent you or He’s
with you. God sent John and John was not in the palace. Never let earthly
things deceive you. There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John. Come on. “The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the
Light, that all men through him might believe.” Yes. That’s important. He
was sent as a witness. Have you been sent as a witness? Do you realize
you’ve been sent as a witness? You’re the light bearer. Not only are a you
a light bearer. You are light yourself. Hallelujah. But John was not that
light. Next verse. “He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of
that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh
into the world.” Hallelujah. “He was in the world, and the world was
made by him, and the world knew him not.” When? When the prophets
talked about Him. When the prophets preached Him. He was the Word.
They listened. They heard His voice but they didn’t listen to Him. They
didn’t obey Him. The Word was in the world in the mouths of men and
women. They didn’t listen. No, no, no. “He was in the world, and the
world was made by him, the world knew him not.” Next, “He came unto
his own, his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become…” I wish I had time to explain how John got
into verse 12 but not today. How—where did he get into verse 12? He
gets into verse 12 and into verse 13, too powerful. He even gets into
verse 16. These are verses I shouldn’t have gone to. It’s tempting to say
more. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” Verse 13,
“which were born, not of blood,” okay, just for the records, just for the
records, go back to verse 12. No, no, no, go to verse 11. I’ll take it from
verse 11 to verse 12 so you just understand what I’m talking about. Verse
11, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” This is not Je-
sus in the body. This is Jesus, this is the Word of God. So, he goes to verse
12. Let’s look at verse 12. When verse 12 happens, Jesus is not here in His
body. He’s still talking about the Word, look at it. “As many as received
him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,” when this hap-
pens, Jesus is no longer in the earth. He’s not here in His body. So, He’s
not talking about Jesus the man. This is Jesus the Word. Verse 13, “Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God.” So, we’re talking about being born again. When it be-
came possible for man to be born again, Jesus was not here, Jesus the
man was not here, glory to God. So, it goes back to He is, His context. And
the Word, see, so, we go from 11 to 14. Are you following now? That’s
the way it should read So, let’s go back to 11. “He came unto his own, and
his own received him not.” So go to 14, “And the Word was made flesh,”
well the Greek rendering is better as the Word became flesh. That’s how
it reads. The Word became flesh. The Word became flesh and dwelt
among us. The Word became flesh, remember, in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word
that was God became flesh. Who is Jesus? God in flesh. The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us, and John is so excited, he says “And we, we be-
held his glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and
reality.” Hallelujah. Full of grace and truth. You know, the Bible says the
law came by who? The law came by? Mmm. But grace and truth came, Je-
sus Christ. Alright, why don’t we just take a little. So, you see the next
things, 15, 16. “John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of
whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he
was before me.” Oh. [praying in tongues] Look at this, how beautiful.
“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” Shout
amen somebody! Of His fulness, of His fulness, I have received. Of His ful-
ness I have received! Of His fulness I have received! Hallelujah! Who is Je-
sus? Wow. Wow. Let’s go back to Colossians now. Colossians chapter 2.
We were in verse 9, right? Verse 9. “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of
the Godhead bodily.” So Jesus is the body of God. Jesus is God in a body,
right? And not just part of God, we just saw it. The fulness of the God-
head. The fulness, the totality of divinity. Nothing divine is outside Jesus.
Jesus is the full package of divinity. Oh! When we see Him. Whew. You’re
not going to be asking where’s the Father? I guarantee you that. Jesus is
your satisfaction. When? That’s why when a man receives Jesus, he has
arrived. He has arrived.  His search is over. Oh, oh, hallelujah. What a
message we have to tell the world. When a man receives Jesus, when a
woman receives Jesus, their search is over. Their hunger is satisfied. Their
thirst is quenched. It’s a guarantee. You’ll never search for Him anymore.
You’ll never search for anything anymore when you meet with Jesus. The
search comes to an end. You have arrived. You are home. When I find
Christians who are still in search, I say, what did you receive? What did
you believe? Don’t you understand that? He said, he that believeth hath
everlasting life. It’s not a promise. He that believes has. Then they said,
where did you get? They were never taught that they would get anything.
They were told if they believed something will come. I said no. When you
believed, you received. You received eternal life when you believed in Je-
sus. Anyone who receives Jesus receives life. The answer is with you now.
The glory is in you now. Don’t you understand? That’s the gospel! Other-
wise, there’s no message. Why did He tells us to tell the untold? Why did
He tell us we have a message for the whole world? Think about it. Alright.
Verse 10, Colossians 2. “And ye are complete in him,” hallelujah. Oh! You
are not short of anything. You are complete in Him. Hallelujah. Oh. I am
complete, I am complete. I am complete. I am complete. I am perfected in
Christ. Hallelujah. Ministering to somebody one day, they said oh, said I
had only one kidney. I said when was that? Oh, well, blah, blah, blah, long
story. I said, well, that doesn’t matter now. Now, Jesus Christ is Lord of
your life. You are complete, complete, complete! She went for her check
up. They found complete kidneys. I tell people, the Word of God is the
creator of the world. When the Word enters into you, the Word com-
pletes everything! Oh, shout amen, hallelujah! 
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Pastor Chris: How many times did I pray and I walk up and down, in my
room, pacing the floor, and I’m saying dear Jesus, I am perfected in Christ
Jesus my Lord. Perfected, complete in Him, I am complete. Oh hallelujah.
Complete. We’re talking about Jesus, who is He? 1 Timothy chapter 3.
You’re going to like this. Verse 16. Boy, you’ll love it. “And without con-
troversy great is the mystery of godliness: God—” somebody! Can you
see that? “God was manifest in the flesh.” Woo! Ha ha! Can you see it?
That’s it! Hey! You know years ago when I read in my Bible, God was man-
ifested in the flesh, I thought dear Jesus. Look at it. Justified in the Spirit.
The Bible says when He was raised from the dead He was justified. “Seen
of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received
up into glory.” Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Woo! Oh glory to God!
Think about it. If you were one of His brothers or His sisters. You knew
you were all born of Mary but Mary, your mother told you, He was born
in a different way from you. And you say well, that’s just because He was
born before me. No, mommy says, nuh-uh, I was pregnant with Him as a
virgin. They said, what? An angel spoke words to me. I believed those
words. Those words became a baby. Woo! Glory to God. Mary became
pregnant because of words. The words of the angel. And she got preg-
nant. Jesus was formed by words. Are you hearing me? They lived with
Him in the same home. They watched Him go out. They watched Him
come in. They saw some of His miracles. They had difficulty believing in
Him because He was so much like them. They saw His disciples. They
chose not to attend some of His meetings. Then one day, He was ar-
rested, and they said we’ve been warning Him. We told Him not to go
back to Jerusalem. He would not listen to anybody, very hard headed.
Family members are all offended. He’s supposed father’s brothers and
relatives have all come to see Mary. Why didn’t you warn your Son? We
told you the Romans are dangerous. We told you the high priest is very
dangerous. We told you to warn your Son. Young man, 33 years old, now
they’re going to kill Him. He was taken away. The Bible says He was taken
from prison and from judgment. And who shall declare His generation?
[praying in tongues] It says who shall declare His generation? Who shall
tell who He really was? Who shall tell? For He was cut off out of the land
of the living for the transgression of my people, was He stricken. He’s de-
spised and rejected of men. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
Surely, we hid our faces from Him. Says He was despised and we es-
teemed Him not. But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was
bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
This Jesus was nailed to the cross. And they put off that Cross, there He
was hanging. Now, they listen to His voice. His once powerful voice got
weaker and weaker. Suddenly, they heard Him say, I thirst. Oh, the One
who gave others food to eat and water to drink. I can imagine that
woman who met Jesus at the well hearing Him say I thirst. Wasn’t this the
man that said I’ll give you water? Wasn’t this the man that said the water
that I give shall be in you a well of living water. Now, He says I thirst. They
get a sponge, soak it up with vinegar and lift it to Him. Jesus is hanging
there. His head drops. He says, it is finished. They’re thinking oh, is going
to, will He perform a miracle and come out? Will He come off of the
cross?  He says, it is finished. What does He mean it is finished? They
don’t get it. Then suddenly, He cries out, last strength of His body. Father,
into Your hands I commend My spirit. His head drops. Jesus is dead. The
miracle worker is dead! The healer is dead! The One who raised others
from the dead is Himself dead! They said surely it’s finished. It’s over! The
Bible says the people smote their breasts and went home. The priests
were done with Jesus. The Romans were done with Him. And they buried
Him. Then they remembered He said He would rise again. They said He’s
a deceiver! They said, you know what, before His disciples steal His body
and tell us He rose, let’s get authority from the governor and seal the
tomb. So, they sealed the tomb and put soldiers at the entrance to pro-
tect it and rolled a great stone against the entrance of the tomb. Day one,
everywhere is quiet. Disciples are weeping. Day two, everywhere is quiet.
Disciples now are hiding. They are ashamed! They are ashamed! They had
left their families, and their friends, and their jobs, and their businesses,
they left everything and followed Jesus. Now He’s dead. And the people
come, the scoffers, the scorners, come around them and they say, yeah,
now you should be wiser. Your Jesus is dead, isn’t He? He told everybody
He’s the Son of God. If He were the Son of God, He wouldn’t die. God
doesn’t die. Well, day three… the women come from the tomb. They say,
Simon! Come on! Simon, Jesus is alive! Simon and John spring out of the
room. They dash to the garden, get to the tomb, the stone actually is
rolled off! Peter steps in! His body’s surely not there. John looks around.
He is surely not there. The Bible says when John looked, he said, I be-
lieved. Woo! Hallelujah. Glory. They gathered together. The disciples are
talking about it. They’re talking about it. And while they’re talking about
it, the Bible says then came Jesus. In the midst of His disciples. What does
He say? All hail. All hail. They’re excited. Jesus was an exciting person. You
can tell with that that His meetings were no so quiet. Glory. Glory. Glory.
Hallelujah. I mean, here is His first meeting with His disciples. You would
think He would come in and say, well, everybody how you doing? He
comes, all hail! I mean, think about it, think about it. I mean, He is God.
Why would He get excited? Because that’s who He is. He comes in and He
doesn’t talk like, you know, boss, boss, like you know, hello everybody I
told you I’d rise again. No, you don’t believe Me, and now you’re in trou-
ble. No, He comes in excited. All hail! Glory, hallelujah, woo! Woo! All
hail.  Those are His first words. So, He stirs up an exciting meeting, and
they’re all so excited. Shouting whoa! Oh! Glory, hallelujah. Forty days
and forty nights, He walks among them. Teaching them things concerning
the kingdom of God. Now, His brothers and His sister, His mother and the
other women have been attending the meetings. Looking at Him still with
some suspicion but the mother believes. Because the Bible says neither
did His brethren believe in Him. They hadn’t believed. But now they are
coming around. Enjoying the meetings. Listening and hoping He doesn’t
get as stupid as before. Because they’re thinking He might be arrested
again. They’re hoping He had learned His lessons. So, they’re following,
hoping they could protect Him this time with their lives. They felt terrible
that they were so helpless when He was first taken. So, now let’s hope ev-
erything goes well. Then one day, He says, our next meeting is in Galilee,
so let’s meet over there. They said, He’s going again. So, they all assemble
in Galilee. Jesus is with them. He speaks. He talks. He speaks to them.
They’re listening. Now, He starts saying some other things. Uh, what does
He mean by that/ Doesn’t look like—doesn’t sound like—what is He say-
ing? He talked like this the first time and they killed Him. He said, I’ll not
be with you much longer. Then the next thing we knew He was arrested.
Now, He’s saying it again. I’m not going to be with you much longer. Is He
going to make another trouble? So, they’re waiting, listening, and then He
says to them words they never thought they would ever hear from the
lips of a man. St. Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 28. The disciples came there,
and eleven were there. “Then eleven disciples went away into Galilee into
a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him,
they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto
them saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Hold on,
hold on. When you say all power is given unto me in the earth, we can un-
derstand it. But how can you being a man have all power in heaven? Can
you see that? This man is not just discussing earthly things. He says, All
power, all authority is given unto me in heaven. That means He’s saying
He controls things in heaven. And in earth. Go ye therefore, on account of
this authority. He says, I send you. Man oh man. Aye aye aye aye. When I
was in the army cadet, we did this. You did that to who? To the officer.
Think about it. This is the man with all authority. It’s Jesus. All authority in
heaven and in earth, everywhere, everywhere. Then He says, Go ye there-
fore and teach all nations. And I say yes sir. That’s His command. “Go ye
therefore and teach all nations.” Yes sir! “Baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Yes sir! “Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” Yes sir!
“And lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the age.” Yes sir!
Come on, somebody! Woo! Woo! Woo! Hey! Hallelujah.