Get ready to see wonders

Joshua chapter 3 verse 5, and Joshua said to the people sanctify yourselves, and Joshua said to the people sanctify yourselves, for the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow, sanctify yourselves, for the Lord will do wonders tomorrow among you. My brothers, I have been sharing this Word that the Lord has preached to me for a few weeks, I would say a few months now, and I feel like, I don't know if you feel that way, I know that many brothers these days that the pastor has been preaching about definition since the beginning of the year, we live with the feeling that we are approaching an invisible barrier just like the Jordan represented for this Joshua generation, and perhaps there is much we can learn from them.

Well, the Lord has been speaking to me, speaking to my life, ministering to me, challenging me, I have not been able to shake off this Word, because I have shared it with my brothers who minister with me in the academic resource center, and later in Vale Esperar and Alpha, I have also shared with them. We feel the same way, I know that we have heard for years that a special visitation from the Spirit of God is coming, that something special is coming, but this time, this season there is something different, there is something in the air that tells us that something good, something great , something wonderful, something amazing is within our reach, that we are on the edge of something invisible but great and powerful, and irremissible. And today I share this with you because I believe that my brothers.

I believe that I have learned a lot from this journey and from this generation of Joshua, and perhaps it is something that we will be going through together, because we believe that God has been leading us on a journey with a purpose, that we already have a vision within our reach. promised land although we have never been there, it is a town just as the Lord had revealed to Joshua and his people, it is a town they did not know but in a mysterious way the Lord tells them this is yours, like the house he gave to the sister, promises that the Lord has set aside for them beforehand, although our feet have never set foot on that place, we know that it is already ours.

And the question at this moment is this, if we have reached this Jordan, this invisible barrier, what is it that prevents us from crossing it, what is it that awaits us on the other side, what is it that the Lord expects of us? ?, or in other words, as a people, will we be ready to cross the Jordan? And even more, why us? And brethren, I am not merely speaking of the congregation of Judah, I am sure that the sisters that you have just shared are part of that town, and there is a Town with a capital P that the Lord has been preparing for a divine visitation that American history at least in this century, but perhaps even in its beginnings it has not been registered, I believe that, but why us?

Do you know why the Lord dealt so much with these, what distinguishes this generation that Joshua led? This generation that arrived here on the banks of the Jordan, I would give this generation this name, the generation of radical faith, to this generation that Joshua led, and what do we mean by that? For years, forty years in the desert, the Lord was training this people, pruning them from their weaknesses, revealing to them, one moment or another, a portion of His Glory, they, and they came to see ways in which the Lord moved that their ancestors perhaps they saw but they did not listen, water gushing from the rock, manna coming down from heaven like rain to sustain them, their clothes did not wear out, the cloud of Jehovah, a constant presence before them covering them from the sun, the fire of God going in front of them.

And when the time of battle came, because it was for battle that the Lord was training and separating this people, they saw that their weaknesses were covered and sustained by the power of Jehovah, and one people after another, one king after another fell before them. of the Presence of Jehovah, and this people became distinguished by two things, first, they lived convinced that there was nothing that Jehovah intended to do that He could not do. They came to believe that this God was a God of wonders, they came to believe that God was capable of doing wonders, even today, and not only that, they lived in anticipation, that there was more, than what God had shown them. It was no longer compared to something, they still did not know what, but something marvelous, mysterious, without comparison, something that they had yet to see, they believed in a marvelous God, and they believed that this same marvelous God was just beginning his dealings with them, you ain't seen nothing yet, you haven't seen everything yet, they were missing something that the Lord was going to show them.

Do you believe that the congregation is already going to be 30 years old? I would have to be an infant, right, with my arm, you won't lie Samuel. Notice that you have been here since the days of Cambridge, 20, 30 years in this congregation, a long time ago, I am speaking to you the lifers who are here, is this the same congregation that was in Cambridge?, I am not talking of numbers, we are not perfect, we have our potholes that the Lord has to iron out, beginning with the one who is preaching and all my fellow believers. But the Lord has been forming a special people, it is okay that you create a special people, that is biblical, what is more, you are not special, you are a royal priesthood, you are not special, you are a people chosen by God to announce the wonders of God to a town that is in darkness, more than special.

And what makes us special is that through time God has done so much, he has been so gracious to us, he has shown his power in so many ways, he has gotten us out of so many troubles, we have gone through so many tests, we have not stepped on the calluses , and at the same time the Lord has visited us with his grace, and here is a sea of faces of lives transformed and polished in this process that you already reach the point that there is no one who can convince you that God cannot do the impossible, we live waiting for it, we live waiting no matter how much they want to tell us something else, that the God we serve is capable of rescuing us from Nebuchadnezzar's furnace if they throw us there, that is already part of the DNA, I do not have to convince you this morning that my God is a powerful God, worthy of glory and capable of wonders, I believe that we believe that.

And you know what, my brother, my sister? Even if you arrived recently, a sister approached me after this first service, the first Sunday that she came to this congregation, and she told me amen, brother, I am part of that generation, the first Sunday that she just arrived, and I believe, my heart tells me that the reason you are here is because you long for such a God. You are here my brother, although you have just arrived, perhaps because you have arrived here, it was not a coincidence, you were called, you were called, you were drawn here. I don't know everyone's journey, but I have heard many testimonies like this, perhaps praying in silence before the Lord, perhaps you are not even very sure how to pray, perhaps in a moment of crisis, it does not matter if you arrived as a Protestant, if you arrived evangelical, if you arrived presbyterian or if you arrived catholic, or if you arrived by miracles and you had never stepped on the door of a Church, but the Lord in a mysterious way, perhaps listening to a message in the 93, perhaps in your living room, perhaps Once in the factory, there was a visitation from the Holy Spirit ministering to your spirit, there are some here like this, the Spirit spoke to your spirit and revealed something to you about his face, his personality, that no one had ever preached or said to you.

The Spirit of God interceding with your spirit with inexpressible groans, and perhaps you did not hear a palpable voice, but you did feel something that told you I am your creator, I am real, I am real, I am real. I already know how tired you are of ordinary religion, the ordinary church, empty rites without the presence of the Lord being tangible, I want to reveal my Glory to you and show you my reality, I want to intervene in your affairs, I wish be your God Or God heard you, you heard Him, there was that boom moment, the Lord brought you. Those people who have been here for 20, 30 years have something in common with the people who have just crossed the street from the projects to be here and it is this, 1, the priority of seeing the glory of God, of seeing his face, of to be witnesses of something powerful, because we believe that He is capable of that, and 2, the expectation that for some reason God in his mercy has chosen us to see it, to be witnesses of these great things that the Lord is going to do.

If that is you, I am going to tell you who you are, if I have just described you, if that is your background, if that is your journey, I shake your hand and identify you in the name of Jesus, you are the generation of Joshua . You are the generation that has arrived here at the edge of the Jordan, eager to cross once and for all because the Lord brought you, you are part of that generation of faith, that is you to the glory of the Lord. We still have a lot to do, the Lord has a lot to do in our lives, but I can guarantee this, God can use a generation of radical faith, that is why we are here.

People of God wherever you hear me from, I am not only talking about the León de Judá congregation, although it is my Church, I love it and I know why I am here, and because I have been here for almost 30 years and I will be here until God reveals his glory the way you want to do it. But there are peoples that live with that same anticipation, you are not a crazy pastor wherever you are, nor your congregation, you are part of that same generation, if that is your heart, the Lord is about to give you the land where you are, my brother. , my sister. There is a people who share this vision with us, and God can use such a people, do you know why? Don't be scared, but when we crossed this barrier that was invisible to us, it was very visible to them, it was a river, and beyond the river they saw cities, for us when we crossed the river there are structures, entire walled cities that resist the lordship of Jesus Christ.

This has been embodied in laws, this has been embodied in culture, this has been embodied in teachings to our children, this has been embodied in the way the people beyond the Jordan entertain themselves, this has manifested itself in the desperation that they have, they don't even know why, this is also manifested in the lack of a people directed without the direction of the Spirit of God, this is what awaits us on the other side of the Jordan. And the Lord tells us, I want you to go my people, people of faith, I need a people of faith that go in my name, be strong, be brave, get up from where you are, because I need a people that represents me, that represents me, that executes the purposes of my divinity on that side of the Jordan even though they are surrounded by a culture that apparently goes to the contrary.

I need a people that will never deny me because they cannot conceive of denying a God who represents everything for them, that is a people that I want to use, and the Lord tells you, if you accept this call, if you cross the Jordan, if you are circumcised in the jilgar, I am going to visit you, I will visit you with power, I will visit you with authority, they will be seen between your means, look, this is not new, we have heard this over and over again, since Cambridge we have been hearing this, but brothers, get ready because the Lord says wonders await you people of God, things that will amaze those who see them, healings that many considered impossible, transformation of minds and lives, and not only minds and lives, but entire families renewed by power of God in an instant, not only families but entire sectors of the city delivered from the power of Satan by the anointing that I am going to pour out among you, says the Lord.

There is coming a visitation of the power of God that will amaze all who see it, there is coming a visitation of the power of God that those who will come will melt in their resistance to the lordship of Jesus Christ, and the closed cities like Jericho, the cities that have resisted the Lordship of Jesus Christ, those same cities will arrive. And I'm speaking prophetically but I'm talking about civil government, I'm talking about the school system, I'm talking about the philanthropic community, I'm talking about the financial community, they will come and say, as they are already doing, talk to daddy, talk to those who have had the privilege of dealing with them, they see Your Excellency, and you have no idea why because we don't have a dime to drop dead on, they see effectiveness, they see there is something indescribable about this community and they still don't understand why but they say, can you fix this matter?, can you fix the desolate cities?, can you bring healing to a generation that is lost?, can you use that same anointing here?.

And from the inside out the walls that resist the power of God will crumble, and Jericho will fall, in the name of Jesus. And if that is not enough, the Lord says, in addition to that I am going to bless you, in addition to that people of God I am going to prosper you, in addition to that people of God, when you cross the Jordan and you hear fears around you, fears of economic crisis, fears of academic crisis, fears of generations of young people getting lost, fears of death in the street, your house and yours will prosper, says the Lord of Hosts. You will walk under the strong hand of a powerful God who covers you and guides you, and who will be a shadow for you, you will walk under a bubble of blessing although everything else around you does not understand why your house is blessed and the others are suffering, and they will draw near to you to know the secret of joy and blessing that is upon you.

My brother, even if one in four graduates from college, even if one in four manages to get a worthwhile job, even if one in four manages to escape the chains of ignorance and poverty, says the Lord, that one will be yours. son, that one will be your daughter, it will be the exception, yes, you will lend to many and you will not borrow, your people of God will be the head and not the tail.

That is what Jehovah of Hosts promises us if we dare to move from where we are, move from this comfort where we are and cross the Jordan. But this comes with a price, this is beautiful, and in this way the name of Jehovah will be exalted, but this is accompanied with a price my brothers, there is a transformation and this is what the pastor has been saying since the beginning of the year , exploring these truths many times in uncomfortable ways, but I would say what the Lord wants to do now is transform us from a generation of radical faith, starting with me to a generation of radical obedience, starting with me. A generation of radical obedience because if not, it is preferable that we stay where we are.

What we are receiving is a divine invitation, the Lord is going to raise up in this town the true wonder of León de Judá, and of other towns like that, it is when the Lord turns us into a generation of radical obedience, and that day arrives. And the Lord has left us two examples, two symbols of what this is. The first thing has to do with our treatment, our links with the culture of this world, and that is found in the story of crossing the Jordan. The other has to do with the state of our hearts when we get to the other side of the Jordan, and that symbol is found in circumcision.

Let's start with crossing the Jordan. You know my brothers, the true miracle of crossing the Jordan, brothers you understand, the Israelites could cross the Jordan without the Lord dividing the waters, it was not physically impossible, the spies had skirted the Jordan a few times, two had just come from the other side of the Jordan, that was not the miracle, the miracle is this. An entire people cross the Jordan without touching the waters, the true miracle is that the people of God cross from one side to the other without mixing with the waters of the Jordan, and that is what the Lord is waiting for. I am hearing this, high definition technicolor, because brothers this has been a problem for the people of God, for the Church, there have been many organizations, many Churches, many denominations, many movements of the power of God that have crossed over this truth , who for lack of vigilance get wet, mix, the Lord is looking for a people willing to go through the culture of this land, go through, walk through the midst of the waters of this town without touching them, without touching them.

And my brothers I want to warn you, there will be many opportunities to get wet as we cross the Jordan. There will be many opportunities, Achan, don't forget him, the man crossed the Jordan, he participated in the battle in Jericho, who knows who Achan was? He was a man that God used, he entered Jericho together with the people of God , he got there, his eye fell on a place, he saw something that the Lord told him, do not touch it, that is an abomination, all of that, of that place, of that culture, all of that I have set aside to destroy it, you You do not want anything in your house that I have set aside to destroy it, it will contaminate your home, it will contaminate your Church, it will contaminate your community, you do not want it.

I have heard the Lord saying, wherever the Lord puts you, forget about any compliment you hear. When you enter the halls of power, precisely because of the anointing that resides over the ministry, they say come, talk to us, but look, don't let yourself fall in love with it, don't let yourself be fascinated by it, don't stay there.

You know there are examples of this, I despair. We see the Catholic Church in the 400s, the moment the Roman Empire falls at the feet of Jesus should be a great victory, unfortunately that was the moment the Church began to be corrupted by the things of this world, and don't worry because I am not throwing stones at the Catholics, because the Protestants have done it too, the Evangelicals have done it too, churches that prefer their comfort and their buildings, and their salaries to the biblical truth. That's what we're living in New England these days. And I despair and say Lord, is it possible?, and the Lord tells me boy, of course it is possible, there are models, what I need is a Neemías, what I need is a Daniel, what I need is an Esther What I need is a Joshua, someone willing to enter the system in there, someone willing to be my servant there, my servant there, my secret agent there, and with the anointing that I have on them and that I will pour out on them. they, they will delay that system from the inside out, and the kings of this world will acknowledge that the Lord is Jehovah through them.

Here are Daniels, I declare in the name of Jesus. Here among the little kids the Lord is raising up Josués, he is raising up an Esther, someone so fascinated with the glory of God that he will not exchange it for all the gold in the world. Those people God is separating them.

And do you know how the waters of the Jordan were divided? The Levites, the priests (boy: amen), amen, there is a Joshua, glory to God (applause). The Levites took the Ark of Jehovah and they went down into the waters and as they stepped on the Jordan, when the waters made contact with the Shekinah glory of God, they fled before the Presence of Jehovah and crowded on one side of the river, do you know why? what?, because God has always been a God of definition, that is the difference between the holy and the unclean, you are a priest, did you hear? They stopped dead, the people marched ahead of them, they crossed the river without getting wet, and the Lord told them, I want the chief of each tribe, the one who leads each family, to go there again before the gates close. waters, choose a stone for each tribe, we are going to make an altar with the stones that we took from the bottom of the Jordan, so that you do not forget what is at the bottom of the Jordan, that you passed through those waters without touching them, and that We are different, different. That is what holy really means, sanctify yourselves, let us make ourselves different, consecrated, set apart, made for a purpose, there that altar will represent and remind us that you are different, that even if others get wet you managed to pass the waters without being touched in the name of Jesus.

And there is another powerful symbol here, this one is uncomfortable. When they crossed the Jordan, the Lord tells Joshua, the men of war age who crossed the Jordan have not been circumcised, the sons of those who died in the wilderness, chosen for the battle that is before them, but the Lord He told Joshua, before they enter to claim their inheritance, they have to be circumcised, why do they have to be circumcised? My brethren, there is no more radical Biblical symbol of more radical surrender and obedience. Let's talk for a moment between men, now ladies I'm going to explain why this is so serious. If you are a man, you know that what the Lord is asking for now is a piece of you, a piece of you that at the moment you cut it off and give it to the Lord is irrecoverable, you can never recover it again, when you give it to the Lord it's forever, boom they can't hit you, they can't give it back.

And it's not just any piece (laughs), it's not just any piece. My brothers, they are in the Bible, I am still preaching the Bible, it is not just any piece. My brothers, it is from an area that defines our manhood, it is from an area that is not anywhere in our anatomy, the Lord chose what defines who you are, the source of your pride, the source of your emotions, of your appetites , of your pleasures, that place so close to you, hidden, but we do know that it is there, and when we lose it, find it, we bleed and it hurts, and when we hand it over to the Lord it is already His, it is serious.

And you know, the Lord and here ladies, this is where neither you nor anyone escapes, through the centuries the rite of circumcision did not represent anything, what's more, here at Boston Medical Center I'm sure they commit, practice hundreds, perhaps even thousands of weekly circumcisions, perhaps daily, that same thing happened with the people of God, you know why the Lord was never interested in our loins, the Lord's target is always our heart. The apostle Paul says true circumcision is circumcision of the heart, through the spirit and not through man's covenants. Now I ask my brothers, how is a heart circumcised? That is difficult, do you know why? Just like physical circumcision, my brother, my sister, we all have hidden areas, we all have areas that we treasure, which are part of our identity, of our pride, that they give us pleasure, that we believe we have a right to them, and the Lord tells you if you want your inheritance, before I give you your inheritance you have to deliver that thing, you have to deliver.

And my brothers, what have we not handed over, from which the Lord has not delivered us, there are many living miracles, people that the Lord has freed from chains of addiction as my sister testified, people that the Lord has freed from violence, from adultery , from fornication, people that the Lord has freed from criminal life and not so criminal, serious sins. But those things don't require circumcision, there are other things. An ordinary day at work, what is it like, what is it like? At this moment, if you ask the Spirit of God, if it is as the Apostle Paul says, that it is the Spirit of God that does this, ask Him, Lord, what do I have to cut? And the Spirit of God will come and say maybe it's your genius brother, maybe it's that little lie that you tell from time to time because you think you have the right to this thing, maybe it's a debt that someone owes you or you owe them. , and I am not talking about a financial debt, a debt of honor, that they call you pride, perhaps it is a resentment, brother the Lord is going to stop you dead, before entering your inheritance the Lord is going to say cut that.

And I am going to tell you something beautiful about my God, He is a God of mercy, He is a surgeon, He knows precisely where and what, and in what way and how far to cut, that does not mean that you are not going to plunge.

Reveal to me your glory says to the Lord and through the light of his glory, and He will say this this, this here Samuel, and my brother, it may be that we live, are we his human beings?, yes, will we sin?, yes . The question is this, do you live accustomed to your sin? Do you feel comfortable attached to your sin, this sin being part of you? The only thing the Lord is looking for is this, give it to me, even if it takes weeks, years, even if I deal with you until we see each other in glory, submit to my treatment, to my scalpel, commit yourself to be the people that I want you to be, that is the only. And look, I am a God of mercy, I know what you are made of, but look, do not deny me that it is there, do not hide it from my Presence, show it to me, give it to me and allow me to sanctify you, and if you do that people of God, that's a price.

Look, it's so common sense, so common sense, there are so few people who say we are going to live in holiness, that there is not an area of our existence that does not belong to the Lord, and we will obey him without thinking twice. And the Lord tells that people, if that is you, no weapon formed against you will prosper. If that is you, the gates of hell will flee from you and will not prevail against you. If that is you, you will be the rod in my hands, you will be the channel of my power, I will clothe you with power as I clothed Gideon, an army will rise against you in one direction and they will run in seven, but I am looking for a A people of obedience, of radical obedience, is a high price, but the Lord promises you, when we get there, and taste the fruit of the land, the price will be worth it. Let's stand up, hallelujah.

Whoever wants to accompany me in this prayer, we have heard of your great works Lord, God we have heard of your great deeds, Lord we have heard of your anxieties, things that You have done with other peoples, Father works that we have seen that Your Word register, Lord we declare that You are the God of the Word and that You have not stopped doing great things among us, Lord our heart desires to see it, Lord we want to see it, we want to see that day, we want to see Your Glory, we want to participate in Your renewal We want to be there when Your Glory descends, we want a visitation from Your power, we want to be there, Father now we ask You to search us, search our hearts, help us cross this Jordan without touching our toes without getting wet Master .

Cover these ministries in the name of Jesus, Father, each leader, each pastor Lord, cover their hearts in the name of Jesus, Father, each ministry that is represented here are mere devices, cabling, cabling, that You have been preparing so that Your power Master, be channeled through them. May a network of power open, be launched, overflow through this city, Master, may You glorify Yourself because You find among Your means a people set apart for You that You know as Yours, Lord. Lord, we look for all unleavened bread, we throw it out of our means, we only ask that You show Your Glory, show us Your Glory, show us Your Glory, cry out to the Lord.