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Full Sermon Receive Restoration As You Walk With Jesus - Joseph Prince

Are you with me? watch this, watch this, ok watch this. Everything is about restoration. Back to the garden, better than the garden of course. But the garden is a picture of the first day He appeared to Mary Magdalene right? And she thought He was a gardener. Because God made Adam a gardener. Restoration restoration, are you with me come on? The second Adam has come. Now, what is the restoration here? He took bread, blessed and gave it to them. Their eyes were opened! And they knew Him, and He vanished from His sight. Now the word "Vanish" means He was still there, but unseen by their physical eyes. Why? Because they knew Him already! It's accomplished! Once... the word "knew" is Epiginosko alright? Which is full knowledge.

We call it revelation. It is not just Ginosko. It is "Epi". Once you put "Epi" it is complete. It is full. Ginosko, full knowledge. When they took the bread, they ate it their eyes were opened and they had full revelation of who He was. And then He says, "No need for Me to be seen anymore in the flesh." What's the restoration? What does that remind you? Their eyes were opened. Their eyes were opened. Come on come on come on...

I don't want to tell you.. You tell me the revelation.. Their eyes were opened. What has that got to do with the garden of Eden? Their eyes were opened! Garden of Eden come on... The tree of the knowledge of good and evil! They partook of the wrong tree. Here it says their eyes were opened they knew Him! Now let's look at Genesis 3. When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, a tree desirable to make one wise, she took its fruit and ate. She gave also to her husband with her! Hey the dude was there! The man was there! Adam was with her. He wasn't somewhere picking smooth durians. He was there! And she gave it to her husband and he ate, then the eyes of both of them were opened. But what did they know?

And they knew they were naked. That tree opened their eyes to their nakedness. The Lord's supper must have been in God's mind, the tree of life! But it will open your eyes to know Jesus! Not your nakedness, hallelujah. Not your nakedness but you will know Jesus... you will know Jesus. Wow I've always been on the search for the tree of life. Now I got scripture for it. You see when God made Adam and Eve, understand this. God made them complete. Full. Fully grown with every faculty intact. But one thing though, their spiritual eyes were not opened. Their eyes were not opened. Adam and Eve. Obviously their eyes were not opened, because they partook from the tree, the wrong tree their eyes were opened. But God wanted them to open their eyes by the right tree.

The tree of life. That was their choice. God says, "Which tree will you partake?" To open their spiritual eyes. You want to go into New Age? You want to learn the Secret? Which is not The Secret? Because all secrets, true secrets is in Christ, who is the key and the treasures of God's wisdom and knowledge. Which one? Which tree will you choose? They chose the wrong tree and their eyes, their spiritual eyes were opened but opened to their nakedness.

To their lack. To their shortcoming. Are you with me? But here, back to Luke. Hallelujah. They knew not their nakedness, they knew Him. Full revelation... Hallelujah! And then after they realised they were naked, they heard God's voice. And what happened to them? They hid behind the trees, and they said, "I heard Your voice, and I was afraid." But look at the response, restoration. Look at the response. Verse 32. And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burned within us?" Adam and Eve became cold with fear, here their hearts burned with love for Jesus. They wanted to be in His presence. They want to enjoy Him even more. Restoration.

Textual Sermon: Why Are There Calamities In This World If God Is Love? - Joseph Prince

Now God made man last, on the last day alright. On the sixth day. God made everything on the first five days and then man on the sixth day. Why did God made man last? Why was man made or created last? Well one thing we know that man cannot take glory in creation. Like right now they are trying to create like God. Number two, God wanted man to enjoy the finished work. So everything in Earth at that time was finished already. Not only finished, it was finished well. It was good. So everything was right for the plucking, everything was perfect for man's enjoyment. To tantalize his senses. The flowers give off their aroma, the sound of the breeze was like music, like Beethoven. Amen? The fruits were luscious and huge. Man's every need God did not create a need in man's body that did not have a corresponding answer in God.

God created... whether it's fruits or whatever it is. So everything that we desire God gave us that desire. Sin is but a perversion of that desire. Amen. Everything you have is not from the devil. The devil never gave you any "needs". He perverts the needs that you have. Needs are a sign that there is an object out there, a gift out there from God that is meant to meet that need, whether it is a fruit, a luscious fruit alright to tantalize your taste buds, and to nourish your body. Alright? Whatever it is, it is to show you more of the goodness of God. Can I have a good amen? So God made the first man and then we have all the trees and God said of every tree, say, "Every." "You may eat of it, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it for the day you eat of it you shall surely die." Alright. Why? Why did God made everything good and the bible says God saw everything He made and God made trees before He made man. Plus the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which He said do not eat from. He made that tree and He pronounced it as good. Inclusive of that tree. That tree was called by God good. But it is not good for man. Can I have a good amen? Just like the law. The tree is the knowledge of good and evil.

The law is the knowledge of good and evil. God gave the law. But it is not good for man. It cannot but only curse, for man. As far as man is concerned. When Jesus came it cannot but bless Him because He was fully obedient. You follow me? Alright? So God did not want man to find his fulfilment in the law.

Knowledge of good and evil, and now we understand that. So in other words, man was the federal head of the human race at that time. There was no descendants yet, but man - Adam that is, was the federal head. Say, "Federal head." I'm going to share with you some things you will understand why the tsunami, why earthquakes, why this why that? People ask these questions but you must start from the beginning. Ok are you with me? This is going somewhere. Now, God made man with a free choice. People say if God knew Adam was going to take from the wrong tree why didn't God stop him? Well if God stopped him, God is intervening into something He Himself would not. Because He is a just God. Alright?

If God gave man everything good, and gave man a free choice to exercise but man is not able to choose anything but good, free choice is not free choice. Someone asked a question, "Why did God put that tree down there?" I'm answering you. If God gave man free choice, and everything... all the choices in front of man, all the creation in front of man is all good, wherein lies the free choice? Wherein lies the exercise of the choice? So God gave man one option. Alright? As a sign of man's respect and reverance for God, God said, "Don't eat from this tree."

Which represents the law, don't be in My position. Don't assume to be Me. Alright? You can never be God. Alright? You cannot handle the law the way I can. Alright? You need to be subject to Me, and then you will find the law fulfilled in you. But man became arrogant because of the snake talk. Alright you know the... All creation spoke at one time. You know when Jesus comes back your cat will talk to you. "You see I've been keeping this for a long time, but there is something I want to say." Alright your dog have been saying. Your dog will start talking again, "You know I've been telling the other dog next door. Alright? I hate it when you let me drink from the toilet bowl. Alright? You don't know how it feels like. Ok?" So all creation could talk. We saw this in the picture of Numbers where we find the donkey was talking to the half-past-six prophet Balaam. So one day when all creation will come to that, we'll end with that, all creation will be restored. Alright?

Right now creation is moaning, creation is in pain, creation is groaning. God is not fully in control. If God is in control, we'll have streets of gold. Everybody will be fully supplied. There will be no sick child, no sick person amongst us. Nobody will grow old and nobody will die. No animal will die. So the bible says in Romans 8 all creation is crying out for something to happen. Before we come to that, Adam and Eve took that fruit. They exercised their choice alright? Albeit it was a wrong choice, and by choosing the tree they are telling God, "God, we don't want Your world, we want our world." A world that is born out of our own knowledge, of good and evil. We can decide on morality, we can decide on what sort of approach to You. We don't want You to have all the say. We don't want You to do everything for us, in us, through us. We want to work. So God says, "Ok." They partook of that and God says, "Remember I told you the choice?"

You cannot exercise your choice and don't expect the consequence. If you put your finger in the fire, your finger will burn. You cannot say, "I don't want to be burned, but I want to feel the fire." You cannot do that. You cannot say, "I want to commit adultery, but I don't want the consequences." You cannot do that. Alright? God has worked the system in this world in such a way that there will be consequence. So the consequence is this alright? The whole creation fell, because its head fell. Are you with me?