TESTED AND TRIED: UNVELING JOY AND VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S TRIALS
TESTED AND TRIED: UNVEILING JOY AND VICTORY THROUGH LIFE'S TRIALS
In this STUDY we reaffirm how Trials refine us and draw us closer to God. They bring victory, deepen our faith, and unlock the joy of trusting Him in every challenge. Join us as we explore how being “Tested and Tried” transforms us into vessels of His glory, just like Gideon...
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1 PETER 1:6-7 CJB Rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to experience grief in various trials. Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire. The purpose of these trials is so that your trust’s genuineness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Yeshua the Messiah... Shalom & Amen! #thetruth #WordOfGod #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #faith #hope #life #love #joy #peace #freedom #kingdomculture #spiritualgrowth #revival #success #Amen #testedandtried
In this STUDY we reaffirm how Trials refine us and draw us closer to God. They bring victory, deepen our faith, and unlock the joy of trusting Him in every challenge. Join us as we explore how being “Tested and Tried” transforms us into vessels of His glory, just like Gideon...
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1 PETER 1:6-7 CJB Rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to experience grief in various trials. Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire. The purpose of these trials is so that your trust’s genuineness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Yeshua the Messiah... Shalom & Amen! #thetruth #WordOfGod #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #faith #hope #life #love #joy #peace #freedom #kingdomculture #spiritualgrowth #revival #success #Amen #testedandtried
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00:00Hi, tested and tried, unveiling joy and victory through life's trials.
00:161 Peter 1, 6-7 tells us rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to
00:24experience grief in various trials.
00:26Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire.
00:30The purpose of these trials is so that your trust's genuineness, which is far more valuable
00:37than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing
00:44of Yeshua the Messiah.
00:46In the powerful true words of J.C.
00:48Ryle, trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the
00:56Bible, to drive us to our knees.
01:00Tested and tried, unveiling joy and victory through life's trials.
01:06Want to know more?
01:08Hang around.
01:11Welcome, welcome to Lions Roar 3.8 Ministries.
01:16Amos 3.8 tells us, the lion has roared, who will not fear?
01:20The Lord God has spoken, who can but prophesy?
01:24My name is George Magalhães and we are an apostolic ministry with a prophetic teaching
01:29edge.
01:30It is our passion, our mission to reignite, equip and release Christ-like disciples both
01:35locally and globally.
01:37We do that through our itinerant ministry, but as well as providing with resources just
01:41like this one, to help you, to aid you in your God-given calling.
01:46Today we have a fantastic topic, a fantastic study, and that study is tested and tried.
01:57Unveiling joy and victory through life's trials.
02:01All right, bringing us to our main verse today.
02:05And I don't know why I put that roar there, but it's okay.
02:10Let the lion roar.
02:11All right.
02:121 Peter 1, 6-7.
02:16Now reading from the message version says, I know how great this makes you feel, even
02:21though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.
02:26Fewer gold put in the fire comes out of it proved fewer.
02:31Genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine.
02:37When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display
02:44as evidence of his victory.
02:48Amen.
02:49Amen.
02:50Amen.
02:51All right.
02:52We've got a beauty here today.
02:53Hello.
02:54Hello.
02:55We got Prophet Sabrina with us, which happens to be my wonderful, lovely wife.
03:01All right.
03:02Just before she starts, before she starts, as I said at the beginning, we're talking
03:07about tested and tried.
03:11Tested and tried.
03:12Today's word will be a powerful study covered by our very own Prophet Sabrina.
03:24And as usual, I'll be adding my own insights as well.
03:27So first we will reveal a much needed context before diving into our study.
03:34Now in our study, we'll be highlighting four, four key favorable outcomes that result in
03:43being tested and tried using the life of Gideon in the Bible as an example.
03:50The first, the first key favorable outcome is victory in life's open book test.
04:00The second, experience closeness to God.
04:04The third, breaking through from glory to glory.
04:07And number four, faithfulness unlock the rewards of trials.
04:11All right.
04:12So in our study, we have reaffirmed how trials refine us and draws us closer to God.
04:20They bring victory deep in our faith and unlock the joy of trusting him in every challenge.
04:28So I encourage you today to join us, be expectant as we explore how being tested and tried,
04:35which usually doesn't preach well, but guess what?
04:38It's going to preach very well today, transforms us into vessels of his glory, just like Gideon.
04:46All right, let's pray and we'll get right into it.
04:51Go for it.
04:52Lord, we thank you for this wonderful word.
04:54We thank you that you've already, you've already gone into this place, into this time.
05:00You've already prepared every heart and every mind to receive this word.
05:04Lord, as we dive deeper into your word, we thank you for this study.
05:07We thank you for a deeper revelation and understanding.
05:11We thank you that your spirit of wisdom and revelation is already moving in and through
05:15us and that lives will be transformed as they listen, as we all listen and receive from
05:23your living word.
05:24In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.
05:28All right.
05:29All right.
05:30Being tested and tried, right?
05:32It's an essential part of the Christian life.
05:36It testifies to our relationship with God, with our trust speaking loudly in our circumstances.
05:43What do I mean by that?
05:44Well, you know, when it's heat up, that's when you know where your relationship with
05:49God is, isn't it?
05:50It reveals both who we are, because that's when we, we, like I say, we know where we
05:56are in Christ and who we believe God is to us because it's in the trial that, that really
06:03speak louder when we can, we see God's hand at work and we're like, wow, you know, God
06:09is here for me.
06:10Who we believe God is to us.
06:13More importantly, being tested and tried brings joy.
06:17Yes.
06:18Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
06:19I don't know if people say that, actually people don't say that that often, but this
06:25is what I've experienced and yes, trials create joy.
06:31Now when we're talking about joy, I'm not saying happiness is a difference.
06:34I think a while back you did a teaching on joy and happiness and the difference between
06:41it.
06:42I forgot the title for it, but yeah.
06:44So yes, trials create joy.
06:47I'm not talking about happiness, but joy, which is eternal.
06:51We will unpack all that soon.
06:54It's like this quote from Rick Warren, the ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you
07:00praise God in happy times, but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
07:07Now, you know, I'll just give you a little, a little testimony, I wouldn't call it testimony,
07:14but something that really marked me and I didn't understand it back then when it comes
07:18to tested and tried.
07:19See, I remember there was a time in our lives where, when trials were so constant that we
07:24felt joy and I'm sure many of you have experienced this time where you're like, my goodness,
07:29I just finished one and I got into another one and to another one, when, when are we
07:33going to catch a break?
07:34You know, does that sound familiar to any of you?
07:38Right?
07:39So during this time, while, you know, while we were experiencing that, we attended a party
07:44a few, that was a few years back.
07:46It was a wedding.
07:47Yeah, it was.
07:48You remember then?
07:49Yeah.
07:50Again, because I, I did the main thing, so I didn't know you would remember.
07:54Yeah, it was a wedding.
07:55I still remember that time where we met another minister who was newly introduced to us at
08:00that time.
08:01So we didn't know him before and we began sharing our life experiences.
08:07And I remember I said to him in an almost, yes, pitiful way that there were too many
08:13trials and it felt like it was one after another, you know, he then smiled and replied, sister,
08:20what a joy.
08:21Man, I looked at him and I'm like, I did not expect that answer.
08:26You know, I expected a different answer, oh, sister, it's going to be fine, God's going
08:31to take you out.
08:32Maybe that's what I expected back then, but it was, sister, what a joy, praise God, though.
08:39I have to say, praise God that, you know, I may say that, that I got a godly response.
08:45This is a godly response that, you know, sometimes we get, oh, you're going to get there, you
08:50know what I mean?
08:52But it's very rare and, you know, it's very rare for you to hear someone say, what a joy.
08:58Because this is a person who understand that tested and trial brings joy, you know, it's
09:04that's a godly response, that's a biblical response.
09:06Truth be told, I did not understand his point of view until now.
09:11Well, I'm not saying now, now, but, you know, until later when I mature more.
09:17So today I want to encourage you all, I want to encourage all of us to rejoice in our trials.
09:23Although many aspects can be taught regarding tested and trial, you know, people, we can
09:28talk about why you're being tested and trial, why you're still going through it, why it
09:33happened, where is the root of it and all those things.
09:37We can, I mean, you can do a massive studies, but what I wanted to focus on is on the blessing
09:43that comes with it, right, on the result.
09:47All right, so what does tested and trial really mean?
09:51So I looked it up because we were going to do this topic today, this study, and I looked
09:57it up and I saw, first of all, there's two, I'm doing a little bit of a K,
10:04first of all, it's two things.
10:08Oh my God.
10:09Number one, tested.
10:10Number two, tried.
10:13Oh my goodness.
10:13And if you've been tested and tried, I think some of you will get that joke, who I'm trying
10:20to imitate here.
10:21All right.
10:21All right, let's keep going.
10:22Anyways, tested and tried.
10:25So what does tested mean?
10:27It means from a thesaurus point of view, it means examined, inspected, experienced, certified,
10:36reliable, tried, proven, faithfully tested and tried.
10:43What does tried mean?
10:45Now I'm talking, we are talking from a biblical point of view.
10:48That's right.
10:49Not from what the world considers it.
10:52It means time tested, judged, tried and true.
10:56Dependable, verified, tasted, investigated, faithfully tested and tried.
11:02Exactly the same thing.
11:04It actually means the same thing.
11:08Tested and tried refers to the process in which God allows or entrusts us with challenges,
11:18entrusts us like Job and so on.
11:23He doesn't come and say, oh, let me go and prickle George today.
11:27No, no, no, no, no, no.
11:28Compared to what some people think like, oh, God is, I'm going through it.
11:32I'm so bad.
11:33God is punishing me.
11:34No, no, no, no, no.
11:35That's not what I mean.
11:37So he entrusts us with challenges, hardships and trials to refine, purify and strengthen
11:44our faith, character and reliance on him.
11:48Now, this process is intended to develop perseverance.
11:52We've got several scriptures in the Word of God that talks about this spiritual maturity
11:57and deeper trust in God's promises, preparing us for greater purposes, molding us into the
12:04image of Christ Jesus and effectively refining our faith as pure gold.
12:12Now, someone wise said the tested and tried life is a testimony of faith purified through
12:20trials.
12:21Each challenge becomes the furnace where trust in God is refined like gold, leaving behind
12:30a dross of doubt and producing a faith that stands firm, bringing glory to the one who
12:37never fails.
12:39Perfect.
12:41Now, the following scriptures, you can look up yourself later on and you can study even
12:46more, but the following scriptures are just a few of the many in the Word of God that
12:51encapsulate this biblical principle, that tested and tried.
12:58That's, look up James 1, James 1, 2 to 4, Romans 5, 3 to 5, Proverbs 17, very important
13:09verse 3, Job 23, verse 10, Isaiah 48, verse 10, Psalm 66, 10 to 12, and James 1, verse
13:2012.
13:21Again, these are just some, there's many in the Word of God.
13:24It's a very big subject.
13:27Now, if we take Peter in the Bible, right?
13:30You know, he wrote letters of encouragement to the elect exile in 1 Peter 1, right?
13:37So basically there were certain people that was exiled because of their faith and they
13:42went to different, we can say cities, right?
13:45And he wrote letters of encouragement.
13:47The key word is encouragement.
13:48He encouraged the saints to be glad in the trials they were facing.
13:54So if we read, we read that in 1 Peter 1, 6 to 7 from the AMPC, verse 6 says this, you
14:04should be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be
14:11distressed by trials and suffer temptations, verse 7, so that the genuineness of your faith
14:18may be tested.
14:19Your faith, which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold, which is tested
14:25and purified by fire.
14:28This proving of your faith is intended to rebound to your praise and be sorry to read
14:37down to your praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the anointed one
14:44is revealed.
14:45All right.
14:45So in the message version, and I think we heard this at the beginning, but I really
14:51liked the way they put it in the message version because it's very down to earth.
14:561 Peter 1, 6 to 7 says, I know how great this makes you feel.
15:01Even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime, pure
15:06gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure.
15:10Genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine.
15:16When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold that God will have on
15:23display as evidence of his victory.
15:27Amen.
15:28Amen.
15:28I love that version.
15:30Again, like we say, we both do things differently.
15:33So some of the verses he used is now I'm seeing this version.
15:38So I like, if you go up for a second, I like one of the last videos.
15:44It says that God will have on display as evidence of his victory.
15:50That's a key point.
15:52His victory.
15:52So whatever tested and trial you're going through, you're not going through it alone.
15:58When you receive the victory, it's his victory.
16:01Why would he not be with you and walk you through to victory when it's his victory?
16:09I hope you get the point.
16:11Anyway, in today's study, we will be highlighting four favorable outcomes that result in being
16:17tested and tried using the life of Gideon as an example.
16:21The first one is, like we said before, victory in life's open book test.
16:26Second one is experience closeness to God.
16:29The third one is breaking through from glory to glory.
16:33And the fourth one, faithfulness unlocks the reward of trials.
16:38Now let's go to the first one.
16:41First one is key favorable.
16:43The first key favorable outcomes is victory in life's open book test.
16:49Well, let me start by stating that.
16:51How cool is it when God was talking to me?
16:56Let me say it like that.
16:57God was talking to me about it and he showed me something.
17:00And I said, man, that is so cool.
17:01Let me state that we have a test that has already been graded A+.
17:07What do you mean by that?
17:08Well, we have an open book test where we can take a reference at all times regarding any
17:16aspect of our trial.
17:17It's not like, you know, you've learned it all.
17:20You have to be perfect, George.
17:22You've learned it all.
17:23You have to be perfect.
17:23Now learn all the key things.
17:25Be perfect.
17:25Now go and take the test.
17:26No, you are going through the trial.
17:29You are in your test.
17:30You're sitting there.
17:31But you have an open book and you already received the victory.
17:34So you're already being graded, right?
17:37All you're doing is filling the blank while you're looking at what's already been set
17:42for you in the Word of God.
17:44Do you get the scenario?
17:45Is that how you say it?
17:46Scenario?
17:46You get the scenario?
17:48In the case where we do not know where to turn to find the answer, Holy Spirit, our
17:52teacher, points it out for us even in the exam.
17:55I don't know what to do, Holy Spirit.
17:57Oh, here's the answer.
17:58Turn to this passage.
17:59Then look at this verse, right?
18:01It's just a simple matter of asking and trusting that He is our shield and salvation.
18:08I mean, that's another thing.
18:09He's our what?
18:10Shield and salvation.
18:11The more trust you have in God, despite your qualification or frustration, the easier the
18:18test gets.
18:19Why?
18:20Because you are relying on God.
18:22So what you're doing is you're going to the teacher.
18:24I mean, how cool is that?
18:25You're in the test.
18:27You're looking at the teacher and you're saying, teacher, I don't know this answer.
18:30It's okay.
18:32We have a different type of test here.
18:33Turn to this page.
18:34This is the answer.
18:35You just need to take the pen yourself and write it down.
18:38You've already got an A+.
18:40I mean, there is no other easier test.
18:42Yes, you might be saying, but Sabrina, it's easy to give me a factual answers for tested
18:49and try.
18:49It's not easy to go through with.
18:52Not when you surrender.
18:53Not because when you surrender, that's why we talk about permanent joy that is eternal.
18:58Why?
18:59Because yes, you can see the problem is here.
19:01You're not like stupid, like you can't see that the problem is in front of you.
19:05It's not like you're denying that there is a problem.
19:07But you're looking at the teacher.
19:09The teacher is giving you the answer.
19:11And because you are assured of the answer that the teacher gave you, you know, you will
19:16get through it.
19:16You will pass.
19:17So you have this peace of mind that surpasses all understanding.
19:21Right?
19:21And because you have the peace of mind that surpasses all of the understanding, you have
19:25that joy, that contentment in you.
19:27I'm not saying you're going to be, you have happiness.
19:30You get it?
19:31Let's keep reading.
19:32Let's read Judges chapter six, verse one to nine in the AMPC version.
19:37We're going to talk about Gideon, the life of Gideon.
19:41Verse one.
19:42Well, the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19:46We're giving you a context, right?
19:48And the Lord gave them into the hand of the Midian for seven years.
19:54How many years?
19:55Seven is a very key point.
19:57That's two.
19:58And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel because of Midian, the Israelites made themselves
20:04dense, dense, dense, not dense, dense, D-N-S, which are in the mountains and the caves and
20:14the strongholds.
20:16That's three.
20:17For whenever Israel had sown, what is up with my tongue today?
20:22Sown their seeds, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came up against
20:30them.
20:31Now let's read from verse seven.
20:35And when they cried to the Lord because of Midian, the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites
20:41who said to them, just say the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt and
20:49brought you forth out of the, out of the house of bondage, verse nine, and I delivered you out
20:55of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all those who oppress you and drove
21:00them out from before you and gave you their land.
21:05So here we see the trials during this period for the Israel.
21:09They had been in this situation for how many, I say the key point, seven years.
21:13And finally, they remember that only God had the answer to this trial and they cry
21:19out to God.
21:20So God decided to use Gideon to bring salvation to the Israelites, a fearful man who, while
21:26the angel appeared to him, was hiding from the Midianites while beating the wheat, which
21:32is what they need to do for their food, a task usually done in the open so that the
21:38wind would blow over the chaff, which is a husk of the wheat, so that it's easy for
21:43them to collect it while they're harvesting for their food.
21:48But because he was so afraid, he would do it in hiding.
21:51And here we see in this context, what's happened is the angel of the Lord appeared to him and
21:56is watching him, right?
21:58Let's keep reading.
21:59Let's read Judges chapter six, verse 12, and then chapter six, verse 14 to 16 in the
22:06AMPC version.
22:07All right, verse 12.
22:08And the angel of the Lord appeared to him, like we said, and said to him, the Lord is
22:13with you, you mighty man of fearless courage.
22:18I know, I wonder how he will have thought about it, right?
22:21Continue to verse 14.
22:23The Lord turned to him and said, go in this your might and you shall save Israel from
22:32the hand of the Midians.
22:34Have I not sent you?
22:35Verse 15.
22:36Gideon said to him, O Lord, how can I deliver Israel?
22:39Behold, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
22:48Verse 16.
22:49The Lord said to him, surely I will be with you and you will smite the Midianites as one
22:55man.
22:55These are the key points.
22:57See here, Gideon understood that there was a trial.
23:01If you actually get a time to read Judges chapter 6, 7, and 8, you will understand and
23:07you will have a full scope of the whole story, which of course will help you more in understanding
23:13it.
23:13So we understand, he understood there was a trial, and he also understood he was not
23:18qualified.
23:18That's why he said, we are among the poorest in the clan, right?
23:22And you're seeing me, I'm already hiding.
23:25But in this test, God said, I will give you the solution.
23:29This is an open book.
23:32So God is effectively saying, trust and obey me, and you will walk in victory with an A
23:37plus grade.
23:39So tested and tried, there is a victory in life's open book.
23:45We will, we will unpack his life as we keep on going.
23:48So you guys would be able to understand how he walked into, sorry, how he walked in being
23:57tested and tried and how he, what required of him in order for him to receive the blessing
24:05of the test and try.
24:06Number two, experience closeness to God.
24:11Trials bring us closer to God.
24:14Now they are what I call face-to-face encounters with the reality of the Almighty.
24:19Like we said before, you know, you know who God is when it's hot.
24:23You know, when all the situation around you is like, well, there's only one way out, and
24:27that is God.
24:28And when God comes through, you're like, whoa, God Almighty.
24:31It's funny that even so-called atheists, you see them driving and all of a sudden they're
24:36about to crash.
24:37What do they say first thing?
24:38Oh my God, oh God, oh wait, wait a second.
24:42I thought he didn't exist.
24:43All of a sudden God shows up.
24:47Hmm.
24:49So where his grace abounds and his love, which has been ever so present is displayed ever
24:55so brightly to us.
24:59When we experience that peace that surpasses all understanding, we come to a place to
25:03surrender and the joy of the Lord takes over.
25:06That's what we were talking about, the joy before we have contentment in trials, knowing
25:11that we are not alone.
25:12And God, whose word is yes and amen is on our side.
25:18See, let's reread Judge Judges chapter six, verse 14 from the New King James version.
25:24Can you read it?
25:24Okay, Judge Judges 614 in the New King James, then the Lord turned to him and said, go in
25:33this might of yours and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites.
25:39Have I not sent you?
25:42Well, for me, this verse is very touching.
25:44Why?
25:45Because as God told him to go with the strength he had, like George just read, go with the
25:50might that you had.
25:51I mean, how many times we like, oh, we can't do it.
25:54We can't do it.
25:55You know, this is such a heavy trial on us.
25:58We are not equipped to do it.
25:59You know what I mean?
26:00But what did God said to Gideon, a guy who was so full of fear, right?
26:04Go to go with your strength you had.
26:08This verse did not say qualify yourself first, but instead go and I shall qualify you.
26:14And many, many times in our life, because of the system of the world and how we've been
26:19brought up, we are like, you cannot work in this position because you're not qualified
26:25yet.
26:25Where the kingdom of God is like, you need to depend on God and he will qualify you.
26:31Where you do not have the qualification, he will supernaturally qualify you.
26:35I mean, if you look at the Old Testament, you know how he had the Israel had to build
26:40stuff and all that.
26:41And the Bible said, God qualified them.
26:43You know what I mean?
26:44Even if it's a trial that will bring you into qualification, like in the life of Joseph,
26:51you know what I mean?
26:53God qualified.
26:54Even in the life of Job, with all the issues he went through, right?
26:58Because he went through in the end, understanding who God is, who God is to him as at the end,
27:05it's like, oh, now I know God.
27:06You know what I mean?
27:08God has qualified him for double portion.
27:11These are the goodness that comes out of trials, right?
27:15So he was drawing Gideon to him, encouraging him, right?
27:19Not putting him down.
27:20See, God is not in the business of putting you down or else he would not give you solution.
27:24Who gives you solution to put you down, right?
27:27God saw and knew who Gideon was.
27:30So you know how the angels came and said, oh, you know what I mean?
27:35You mighty man of valor, right?
27:38I'll tell you what.
27:39Most of us, if we were in Gideon, would say, oh, you're being sarcastic right now.
27:42I'm hiding.
27:43I'm doing all those things.
27:45You're saying you're a mighty man of valor.
27:47But that's not how God sees things.
27:49God knew who he was.
27:50And he encouraged Gideon to see himself, right, through God's eyes.
27:56Listen to Judges 6.22 in the New King James Version.
28:00Can you read it?
28:01Judges 6.22 in the New King James.
28:04Now Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord.
28:09So Gideon said, alas, oh Lord of God, oh Lord God,
28:15for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
28:19See, as the conversation between Gideon and the angel progresses,
28:24he became more reliant on God.
28:26That's why I said, please go and read Judges 6 to 8.
28:32And his speech pattern, if you start reading it, you will see there's a change in it
28:38from being coward to having boldness.
28:41It wasn't, oh, now the angel of the Lord talked to me and I'm bold.
28:45Do you understand, right?
28:47There was a progressive change in him, having the realization, wow,
28:53God is on my side.
28:54And we have to sometimes realize and not put ourselves down.
28:58Oh, you know, this person gave a testimony and suddenly the person realized
29:02not everybody is in the same level or the same understanding.
29:05God doesn't even talk to everybody the same way.
29:08I mean, God doesn't talk to me the same way he talks to George.
29:11But the result is there.
29:13His word is still applicable to each of us.
29:16Through test and trial, our faithful surrender and trust in God
29:20guarantees like Gideon, we will experience closeness to God.
29:26Number three, breaking through from glory to glory.
29:31Another good aspect of trials is that they usher us into breakthroughs.
29:38See, we are moving from glory to glory, both in our identity and the trials we are facing.
29:44Why?
29:46Because trials bring forth an awareness of pattern that is a reoccurring issue in our lives.
29:55For example, if you keep doing the same thing and the same thing keeps happening over and over,
30:00I mean, you will surely start realizing, oh my gosh, every time I keep doing, it's the same thing.
30:05So that trial will also show you that, hey, I need to be close to God.
30:09I need God to give me the answer so that I can move from glory to glory.
30:13The other thing that trials do is also show you where your relationship with God is.
30:22From glory to glory, even in our relationship with God, there is a change, there is a closeness.
30:29And even in the trial, I'll tell you what, babe, the first time you had to believe for something,
30:35it took you quite a bit of faith for it.
30:39Now, if I tell you to believe for the same thing, would it press on you heavily the same way as the
30:45first time? No, that's what Tested and Tried does, because you're going from glory to glory.
30:52Again, going back, in a way they highlight it so that when it comes to reoccurring issues,
30:57so that we can break through it and walk in the blessing of the word of God.
31:01It also brings forth boldness through Jesus Christ,
31:04and we start to experience our authority as children of God.
31:09Before you were drinking milk, like the Bible says, now you are a mature Christian,
31:13where you are standing and taking authority, understanding who you are in Christ, right?
31:18You will have more boldness and more assurance to cast out and say to that mountain,
31:23you know, move away from here. You will have more assurance. Why?
31:28Because of Tested and Tried. Before, you're like praying, Lord, let the mountain move,
31:32let the mountain move, let the mountain move. You've gone through that test,
31:35and you've got an answer from God. You're rejoicing. Another Tested comes, another Tried
31:41comes. You're not going, Lord, let the mountain move. You know what you did last time. You know
31:45how God came through for you last time. Now you're like, I'm telling you, mountain,
31:50I know that my God's word is yes and amen. Now move, right?
31:55It says that there's a big difference. In the case of Gideon, he went from
31:59threshing wheat in hiding to taking his first step by destroying an idol,
32:05which is in his own backyard. Listen to it from Judges 6, verse 27, from the AMPC version.
32:12Okay, Judges 6, 27, in the Amplified Classic.
32:16So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord has said to him.
32:22But because he feared his father's household and the men of the city too much to do it by day,
32:29he did it by night. See, we notice here that Gideon did
32:33what God told him at night because he feared his father's household.
32:38Then he became bolder and went from glory to glory. In Judges 7, verse 25, that's where we
32:46see he actually defeated what he was called to defeat, the Midianites. But listen to it anyway,
32:52from the New King James version. Can you read it?
32:55Judges 7, 25, New King James.
32:59And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeb.
33:03They killed Oreb at the Rock of Oreb, and Zeb they killed at the Winepress of Zeb.
33:10They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
33:18Through tested and tried, boldness and transformation is breaking through from glory to glory.
33:27Amen. And finally, number four, faithfulness unlocks the rewards of trial.
33:36When we read the story of Gideon, one important aspect we notice is that he's faithful.
33:41Once he identified the Lord was with him, he did not rely on his feeling,
33:46even though he was fearful more than twice. I put in there more than twice,
33:49because he kept being fearful. And God said, go. And he goes, if you are fearful,
33:54you know what I mean? First he destroyed the idol at night. And then God is like,
33:59if you're fearful, take your servant to go with you. You understand he was still being obedient,
34:05even though he was fearful, he was faithful, right? So even though he was fearful more than twice,
34:11you know, he still did what he needed to do. He was fearful. So I would encourage you all
34:15to read from Judges chapter six, right to eight. Gideon's faithfulness started in his household
34:22where he built an altar for God before he was able to tackle the trials that Israel were facing.
34:32See, our times with God, our time with God brings the benefit from our trials.
34:39So what I'm saying is our times with God, when we are in trial, we will see that benefit comes
34:45out because of the trust and all those other aspects, key favorable aspect, as it will come
34:51out naturally, right? Not only that, like George was saying, there's that boldness in it that he
35:00then go and put an altar in his house. And what you do in your private time with God will reflect
35:07for what mandate God has for you to do during that trial as you represent him. Does that make sense?
35:16Sorry? In public. Yes, in public. All right, listen to it from James chapter one,
35:24verse 12 from the AMPC version. James 1, 12, Amplified Classic.
35:29Blessed, happy to be envied is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation.
35:37For when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive the victor's crown of life,
35:44which God has promised to those who love him. All right, through tested and tried,
35:52our faithfulness unlocks the rewards of trials. Again, if you're interested in diving deeper into
36:02this topic, I encourage you to go and check out those scriptures that we mentioned at the beginning.
36:08James 1, 2-4, Romans 5, 3-5, Proverbs 17, verse 3, Job 23, verse 10,
36:20Isaiah 48, verse 10, Psalm 66, 10-12, and James 1, verse 12.
36:28So in today's study, we highlighted four key favorable outcomes that result in being tested
36:35and tried using the life of Gideon as an example. The first one was victory in life's open book
36:41test. How cool is that, right? Open book test. Number two, experience closeness to God. Number
36:48three, breaking through from glory to glory. And number four, faithfulness unlocks the rewards
36:53of trial. I'd like to finish with this powerful quote from J.C. Ruhr. Trials are intended to make
37:01us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees. Amen?
37:10Amen. All right, just before we start our second part of the program,
37:16if you're new here today and you heard this word, you're probably wondering, I've never heard
37:20Christian word like that before. Well, that's because most of the stuff that is said out there
37:25is a bunch of baloney. And I mean, rotten baloney. It's absolute garbage. Because that is not
37:32Christianity. Christianity is a person of Jesus Christ and he's real and he's alive. And guess
37:38what? It's very simple. You're not here by accident. It's a divine appointment. 1 John 5,
37:444 to 5 in the word of God tells us, for whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
37:50And this is the victory that has overcome the world. Our faith. Who is he who overcomes the
37:57world? But he who believes that Jesus is the son of God. John 3, 16 to 17 goes on to say,
38:06for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should
38:12not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn
38:19the world, but that through the world, through him, that the world through him, that is talking
38:27about Jesus Christ, might be saved. So what do you have to do? All right. 1 John 1 verse 9 is
38:35very clear. If we confess our sins and sins in the most basic definition is when we live our lives
38:42without God. You know, in all creation, we, humanity, were the only creation that God created
38:50in his image. Everything else, nothing else was created in his image but humanity. There's a
38:55reason for that. He loves you that much. And God himself is above all things, is first and foremost
39:03spirit. So we are not human beings with a spirit and a body and all that sort of nonsense. No,
39:08we are spirit beings beneath the image of God with a body for a purpose here on earth and a soul.
39:16So if you confess your sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us
39:23from all unrighteousness. What do I have to do then, George? Very simple. Look at the screen
39:30and you'll see that in Romans 10 verses 9 to 10 tells us very clearly that if you confess with
39:37your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
39:42you will be saved. Don't try to better yourself. Don't try to go out there and but you don't know
39:46what I've done. It doesn't matter. Come as you are. He'll receive you as you are. If you mean it,
39:52you declare it as I am speaking to you right now and you can hear my voice. Do the same thing.
39:57Confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus. Believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead
40:01and you will be saved. For with a heart man believeth unto righteousness and with a mouth
40:08confession is made unto salvation. Now it doesn't end there because in Titus 3 verse 5, Ephesians
40:132 verse 8, Acts 1 verse 8 amongst others, it goes on to say then he saves us. So you give your life
40:19to Jesus. Declare with your mouth out loud the Lord Jesus. Believe in your heart that God's
40:24raised him from the dead. You are saved from that moment forward. You belong to Christ Jesus
40:30forever and he saves you. But then it doesn't end there. He's got a gift, an amazing gift.
40:36Look what he says. By grace, through faith, the gift of God washing away our sins and giving us
40:41the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit. That is the very Spirit of God and you will receive power
40:49when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere.
40:56What does that mean? He's got a spiritual gift. Once you've done your first bit and you can do it
41:04right now wherever you are, whether you're in your house, in your car, in your workplace, in your office,
41:09in your garage, doing workout, whatever it may be. Who cares what people think? He wasn't embarrassed
41:15to go on the cross for you on your behalf. Why should you be embarrassed? Call out to him right
41:21now. The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart. If you mean it, declare the Lord Jesus.
41:29Call Jesus into your life. Call him. Repent of your sins. Choose to believe that God raised him
41:35from the dead. That is a gift by grace and you'll be saved by faith. And then invite him. We're going
41:44to do that together in a prayer. Invite the Holy Spirit to come and you will receive that joy of
41:50the indwelling Holy Spirit. What that means is he's going to come and baptize you with Holy Spirit.
41:55We call that baptism of Holy Spirit and fire. He'll come with fire. He'll come with weapons,
42:03spiritual weapons, tools, equipment to equip you as a soldier of God. As the word of God says that we
42:11are kings and priests, Christ ambassadors, living epistles, soldiers of the kingdom of God. So he
42:16comes bearing gifts because in the spirit world, there is a war going on between good and evil.
42:23And even though the war has already been won, that victory is being manifest throughout time.
42:29But which side you take, which side you land on, depends on you. Depends on the decision you make
42:37right now. So let's do it together. We're going to pray together. We're going to invite Holy Spirit
42:41to come to baptize us afresh. And he's going to come and some of you may feel some weird stuff.
42:47You're going to feel like a massive weight just lifted off you, like you're not feeling heavy
42:51anymore. Some of you are going to get healing and are going to receive healing. Others are going to
42:55be delivered from all the sicknesses and the nightmares you've been going through. Others are
43:01going to receive like a heat. Others are going to feel like electricity is running through your
43:06body. It's the very power of God. And others will start going, what is going on? What is that,
43:14George? That sounds like you're speaking Korean. No, it's a spiritual language. Hallelujah.
43:20It's a spiritual language. One day we'll go there and we'll preach in Korean. Amen.
43:25But it's not Korean. I don't think so anyway. No, it's not. I can't say actually,
43:29because I don't think it is. No, it's not. She's seen so many Korean movies. She'll know.
43:36All right. Lord, I thank you in the mighty name of Jesus. We are hungry and thirsty. And right now,
43:43as we pray together with our brothers and sisters, Lord, we say come. Holy Spirit,
43:48fill us afresh. Baptize us with fire. Let your fire fall. Your word says that our God is a
43:57consuming fire. Let your fire come and consume everything that is not of you. Set us on fire.
44:04Set us alight that the world will come and watch us burn for you, Lord. We say revival. We speak
44:12revival in and through us. And we thank you from this day forward that our lives will be spent
44:21for you. Yes. In Jesus name. Amen. And amen. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Congratulations.
44:30Heaven rejoices over you. I encourage you. We encourage you. Get connected with a Bible
44:36teaching Holy Spirit filled church. You need a community of believers around you in person.
44:42That's so important. The Bible talks to us about that. If you can't do it in person,
44:46because there are countries out there in the world now that are going a little bit loony and
44:50well, it's the devil. He knows his time is running out. So he's putting a lot of pressure.
44:54Nevertheless, there is churches online. You can get connected with the church online as well.
45:00Community. And if you need help, you can send us an email. As you can see on the screen,
45:05you can send us an email. We'll do our best. Let us know where you're at, where you live. And we
45:09can definitely look up a church that can help you and guide you and provide that safe environment
45:17for you to grow, for you to serve, to be served, for you to grow in that relationship and in the
45:22word of God. Amen. Amen. And if any of you, you know, not any of you, I'm sure you guys have been
45:29blessed by the message today. I would really encourage all of you to see all those social
45:36media out there, you know, evangelize. You can't go out and evangelize on the street. That's another
45:41form of evangelism is to share the gospel in every means that there is. Right. So share it on your
45:48Facebook. If it's blessing, it's a blessing onto you. We are meant to be a blessing onto others.
45:54Bless others with it. Right. If you know someone needs help, you will see we have a website. One
45:59of them is a website, right? Yeah. It's on the screen. Right now. Yes. So you got the website
46:06down here, right? You got the website. Share it, you know, encourage other people. If it's not
46:14from this message, we have tons of message. If I can say it in that way, in that English,
46:20there's tons of message online that will be a good encouragement for you guys. Listen to it.
46:26You know, guys, the more you remain in the word of God, right? The more what you will manifest is
46:31the glory of God, the presence of God and life because out of our mouth shall come out life.
46:37And what you're taking is what comes out. Amen. All right. So before we go on to a second part
46:42of the program, which is called The Collective, where we spend time praying, prophesying,
46:46whatever the Holy Spirit leads us to do. And I encourage you, if you have specific prayer
46:50requests, write them down already on the Facebook live chat section. But before we do that, just
46:56before we do that, I encourage you, if you were blessed by this word, type in right now, because
47:00that will help improve the algorithms and all that sort of stuff that goes behind the scenes so that
47:05this video gets seen more and more throughout the world. Type in, if you were blessed by this word,
47:11test it and try it. Type in. Amen. Amen. All right. This brings us to The Collective.
48:11Amen.
48:41Amen.