The Same, But Different - Sarah Jakes Roberts

2:10 I'm in John 20, verse 17. my subject is the same but different the same but different to set the scene this is the evening of the Sunday morning when Jesus has been resurrected he's had an encounter with Mary in which he has revealed himself after coming out of the tomb when many were beginning to believe that all hope was lost and that Jesus was gone forever, he's been resurrected. And though he has been resurrected, there are yet some things that are not quite in alignment yet. So he spends 40 days on the earth getting things prepared before his ascension. And when we meet him in John 20, verse 17, he's talking to Mary coming out of the tomb. And he says to Mary, do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my father. But go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my father and your father and to my God and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had spoken these things to her. She went and told them exactly what he said. Then the same day at evening, beginning the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where their disciples were assembled for the fear of the Jews, the disciples are hiding.

4:03 They're afraid that what happened to Jesus is going to happen to them. Jesus came and stood in the mist and said to them, Peace be with you. They're in a shut room, afraid of what's going to happen. And Jesus shows up. And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his sides. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.

4:58 Spirit of the living God, I need you. I've got you. Stir up the gift of God that's on the inside of me. I have seen sides of your face that I have never been exposed to. Thank you for showing yourself to me. God, I now ask that you would give me wisdom, insight, prophecy to release the word that you have given me, to release the vision that you have shown me to the extent that these, your sons and daughters that their lives will be touched, changed, and transformed. That they would have an encounter with you that convicts them, transforms them, and places them spiritually and physically where they are meant to be. Have your way in this room as only you can do, God.

5:55 And I thank you that it is done in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen again. Let's go to work. Let me tell you, I'm talking about let's go to work. They changed the Wi-Fi password on me while I was gone. I came in this morning. I said, Lord, you break your neck and you can't get no Wi-Fi.

6:21 Got to get some things together in my return. Here's the thing. I don't know if I feel like I'm getting to this stage in my life where I'm starting to say, like, back in my day. But back in my day, you know, before the TVs was thin, before the TVs had Ozempic child, they was huge and they was on the floor. They were on TV stands. And you'd walk into a room, maybe your mother or father or family members were watching television and you would come in there as a child. And maybe want to share with them that you got some good grades on your report card. Maybe want to share that you know you're hungry and wondering where dinner is. And before the words could even get out of your mouth, they would ask a question. And we're going to see whose parents had clear, open communication and whose parents just wanted you to get out the way.

7:22 Because if you know where this question is going, it's going to tell me a lot about your childhood. Your family member will look at you and say, was your daddy a glass maker? Uh-huh. Sometimes it would be your daddy asking you, was your daddy a glassmaker?

7:45 See, I know some of you all didn't have the traumatic childhoods that the rest of us did. So I'm going to tell you this. If you have ever been asked if your daddy is a glassmaker, they are not asking about your ancestry. What they're trying to figure out is why you would bring your hips into a room stand right in front of the television as if I could see through you.

8:11 Had to, you know, they're watching all over the world, and I don't know if they say that over in Australia. Next time your child comes in front of the television, you just say, is your daddy a glassmaker? Confuse them. I've been thinking about that question a lot in my mind, primarily because I've been trying to see some things. And it's been difficult for me to see them because there's been some things standing in the way. I've been struggling with depression, struggling with worries, struggling with uncertainty. And I've been wanting to ask it, like, are you made of glass? Like, can you realize that I'm trying to see through you so that I can see where God is in the midst of everything that's happening in my life? I don't know if I'm the only one who's had a season like that where you're straining to see God, trying to look past what's happening in your life, trying to look past the headlines, trying to look past the bank account, trying to look past the lawsuit, trying to look past the contract, because I'm trying to see God right now. Sometimes life can become so overwhelming that we can't even see God anymore.

9:27 I know we're in church and we don't want to admit that, but because I'm coming out of a season where God has brought me down to absolutely nothing, I got to tell you that there were some moments where I couldn't see God, where I couldn't understand what he was doing, where I couldn't understand where his hand was. God, where are you in the midst of it all? and don't be fooled into believing that struggling to see God is something that is reserved for just when you're at the lowest moment in your life because there are some moments where you are on a mountaintop and you're still trying to look around to see if you can see God I'm reminded of Elijah after having one of the most powerful demonstrations of God's power, we turn into the very next chapter and he is literally having suicidal ideations. He don't want to live anymore.

10:32 How do you go from being on the mountaintop where you know God's power, where you showed up in the fight where you got the victory and then the very next chapter you're wondering where God is in the midst of it all is there anybody in this room who knows what it's like to be looking for God Elijah was looking for God. And in that moment, he didn't get the answer from God. God didn't just remove him from the situation. God doesn't even come to him and tell him, everything is going to be all right. I've already gone ahead of you. God just gives him presence.

11:19 Yeah. Which helps me to understand that sometimes we're saying we want to see God, but that's not really what's happening. We want to be God. because sometimes seeing God means I have his presence even when I don't have answers and if I have his presence I should need answers because if I have his presence then I understand that whatever's going to happen it won't just happen to me it's going to have to happen in the presence of God I wish I could say that real good see because if I live with an awareness of his presence. No matter what is happening around me, no matter what is standing in front of me, I know that the presence being with me means I don't need to know how it's going to end to know that it's going to end. Oh, I wish I could say that real good. The presence is what makes the difference. But sometimes when we need answers, the presence isn't enough. So we push the presence to the side and we start demanding that God gives us answers.

12:22 And God says, I can't give you answers, but I can give you my presence. And if you can trust my presence, I'll give you the strength you need for the moment. I can't tell you what the end is going to be, but I can tell you if you have my presence, then you ought to know I got a history of making sure the righteous is never forsaken. If you have my presence, then you'll understand that I got a history of going ahead of you and making your crooked paths straight. If you got my presence, then you'll know that even though you stumble, that I will uphold you with my right if you got my presence. Don't discard the presence. We're not just singing out of emotionalism. We're not just lifting our hands because everyone else is doing it. We're doing it because we recognize that if I have the presence of God, as much as I would like the answers, as much as I would like to know what happens in five years, as much as I would like to understand what's on the other side of the custody battle, As much as I would like to have all the answers, right now he's only giving me his presence.

13:30 And if he's only giving me his presence, I don't have a choice but to soak in it. Because the presence may be all I have. The presence may be the strength that gives me what I need to walk through this moment. So you got to be honest with yourself. Am I struggling to see God? Or am I trying to be God? I got to be honest about that. I've had these conversations with myself. And the Lord revealed to me that I had to be honest about that because I could never be God. I don't even think the way he thinks. He told me that.

14:25 He said, child, me and you, we don't even think. Have you ever, you know, when you was talking to that person and you gave them some advice, and by their response you could tell we're not even talking about the same things? That's got to be what it's like when God talks to us. Because I'm asking him to solve this problem, and God is like, me and you, we're not even on the same level. Because in my world, that's not a problem. What we really need to talk about is that brokenness on the inside of you that puts you in a position where you think that's a problem in the first place. I don't see the way he sees. My thoughts are not his thoughts. My ways are not his ways. So I settle into his presence.

15:21 Because when I examine the way he thinks, and I look at the way that he acts, I realize that I couldn't even be him if I tried. If we really saw things the way that God sees them, then when we are having moments where we are experiencing chaos, we would not have doubt and we would not have fear. Because for God, chaos is an opportunity. Okay.

15:59 Chaos is an opportunity. When God sees chaos, God sees an opportunity. That word chaos, now when we hear the word chaos, we think too much is happening. It's a state of utter confusion. But the word chaos actually comes from a Greek word. It means a vast chasm, a gaping void, or an abyss. so when the creator of the universe introduces himself to us in scripture i feel my help coming i'm gonna be honest with you He wants us to understand about who he is. The scripture says, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. and the earth was formless it was void and there was darkness over the face of the deep you got to ask yourself when God wants you to understand who he is why is it that he wants you to know the first thing about him is that when I create I started from a state of chaos.

17:21 Oh, I wish I could say that real good. It's one of the first things he wants you to know about himself. It says he created the heavens and the earth. This is God. God could have created, he could have spoke one word and put everything in order. But he doesn't want you to know that he could do that in this moment. He wants you to understand that when he creates, he does not need a clean slate. the He wants you to understand that for him chaos is an opportunity. He wants you to understand that no matter how formless, no matter how void, no matter how dark a situation is, he can set things in order. chaos for God was the backdrop for creation this is what you got to know about your God that's why in Genesis 6 when the wickedness of men was great in the earth and every thought of them they had was evil continually God says that ain't no problem because this is an opportunity for creation. Oh, I wish I could say it real good. See, Genesis 6 is when the Lord tells Noah that he's going to send a flood on the earth because the earth is in chaos. And I'm not just going to completely throw it away and move on to the next venture. I'm going to set things in order. And in order to set things in order, sometimes God uses chaos to set things in order so he can create something new. I wish I could say that real good because you want the chaos to end so things can go back to the way they were but sometimes God uses chaos to introduce something new.

19:22 I'm going to use the chaos. And while you're praying for things to go back to the way they were, I'm going to be laying the foundation so that things can never go back to the way they were. They're going to be better than they could have ever been. Because for me, chaos is not going backwards. For me, chaos is a step into the next dimension of what I want to do in the earth. Okay. that's why Pharaoh had to let his people go because Pharaoh thought he was letting go slaves but God knew he was letting go a nation I'm going to use chaos to create a nation so he sends plagues and it's all chaotic but God is moving into chaos it's chaotic but God is creating in the chaos I'm not talking about Exodus no more I'm talking about what's happening in your world is chaos but God is creating in the chaos he got a history of that that's why you need to know what Genesis 1 and Genesis 6 and hop on over to Exodus because he's used chaos as a backdrop for creation.

20:46 Maybe you say to me, that's Old Testament. What about the New Testament? That same God, same God, that used chaos as a backdrop for creation in the Old Testament. We see him doing it again in the New Testament. if Paul had to say it, he would say it like this. But God demonstrates his own love towards us. And that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. See, see some of y'all, we look real nice right now because we saved-ish. Some of us saved-ish. saved adjacent, let's be honest.

21:41 But if you could have seen what he brought me from. if you could have seen the chaos I was in, if you could have seen the way that shame wouldn't even let me lift my head up in this church, if you would have seen the way depression and addiction had a hold of me, I was in chaos. But because he creates from a state of chaos when I was yet a sinner, he sent Christ to die for me because he knew he could create. From my chaos. God help me to say this real good. When God looks at chaos, he sees something that he can put in order because he's all powerful and he's all knowing. When he sees chaos, he knows how to organize. I said, let there be light. And he separated the firmament. He knows how to put things in order. So when I say in the New Testament that when we were sinners, he saved us, you have to have a revelation of how chaotic your life was before you had a revelation of who Jesus is. And then you have to understand that your sins separated you from God. But see, that's out of order because you were created to dwell in the presence of God. But because your sins separated you from God. God says, I've got to put things back in order. Jesus died for our sins, which means he died for the thing that separated me from God. When Jesus got on the cross, he was putting things in order. Oh, I wish I could say that real good. I need you to understand that technically speaking, we should have no access to God. Isaiah 59 and 2 says this, but your iniquities have separated you from your God and your sins have hidden his face from you. We needed Jesus

23:55 so that we could be reconciled with God. I need to talk. I'm sorry. I can't talk to the saints. I need to talk to the sinners for a minute. I need to talk to the people who almost lost their mind. I need to talk to the people who understand that I was a mess on the inside. I was broken and the enemy was having his way with me. But thanks be unto God who sent his only begotten son. He set things in order. I have no business being who I am, but God set things in order. I have no business dreaming. Please turn me up in the monitors. I have no business dreaming the way that I dream, but he came and he set things in order. I have no business having the vision that I have, but my God came and he set things in order. He loved me too much to allow me to stay separated from him. So he sent his only son and he nailed him to the cross so that everything that kept me from him was moved out of the way now i'm seated in heavenly places with christ jesus now it's no longer i who live but him who lives on the inside of me death should have had the final say but he set things in order the addiction should have had the final say but he set things in order He restored my place.

25:38 He restored my place. Now I have the spirit of Abba Father because he restored my place. I can call him Father. I can call him God. I can come boldly to the throne of grace because he restored my place. I don't have to have my head held down. And I don't care. You may come in here and feel like you need to have your head held down because if people really knew what you'd been through, they say you don't belong here. I want to tell you about a place where it doesn't matter what you've gone through, where it doesn't matter what you did, that the moment that Jesus became your representation. That's why we say in Jesus' name I pray. That means I slid up underneath.

26:26 I wish I could say that real good. I don't have no reason to be in the presence of God, but when I say in Jesus' name, I covered myself. In Jesus' name, in Jesus' name. That's why he is the way, the truth, and the life. In Jesus' name. I couldn't come to God unless I came through Jesus. I had to go through Jesus. He had to clean me up. He had to get me ready to go to see the king. He had to help prepare me so that I could go into the presence of God. this ain't a part of my message but let me tell you how good our God is that he didn't just send his only son to die on the cross and then be resurrected that same God when he got finished going to the cross when he walked the earth for 40 days when he ascended in Acts.

27:24 He then took his seat on the right hand of the Father where he then sits and makes intercession on our behalf. He says the things I don't know to say. He prays the things I couldn't pray in my own strength. He's still making sure that things are in order on my behalf. He's on the other side of heaven taking my prayers and translating them. he's praying right now you better give God a praise you may not have the praying grandmother you may not have the pastor that you want to have but baby it's okay cause you got a big brother named Jesus who was the first boy a mini brother I you I I the I the the the the the the the

28:36 When you see me, you have to see him. You got to that's just how it works now Because it's no longer I who live But it's him who lives in me I made it in by the skin of my teeth But baby I made it in That's why ain't nobody gonna beat me praising them Because I know that I know that I know I don't have a reason to be in the presence of God but he saw fit to come see about me he saw fit Let's go. He looked at my mess.

29:38 He looked at my chaos. He looked at my confusion. He says, I can set that in order. Huh? And so he's transforming my mind because I'm walking out what he said in order. I was separated from God.

30:07 If I didn't have any other reason to praise him, that's enough within itself. I was separated from him. but he came to see about me before I was checking for him he had already gone ahead of me when I was in the middle of my sin he said I still got a plan for you so the moment you finally come to a realization that you serve a God who comes to see about you it changes you. You don't take the presence for granted when you realize you shouldn't have had access in the first place.

30:57 So I don't see anything in my life without looking at it through the lens of the presence. There's nothing in my life that I should have access to. It was God. Oh, I wish I could say it the way I feel it in my spirit. who allowed me access to this. He allowed me access to the type of mentality. You can say, well, it was my idea. It was my heart pressure. No, no, no. He allowed me access to the type of mentality that could have that type of idea and the ability to execute. The presence did that. Some of you already know because of your environments, you were raised in certain environments and places where you shouldn't even be thinking and acting and praying and believing the way that you do.

31:51 But he came to see about you. And anything that's in you or was in you that could separate you from him, he highlighted it so that it could be removed to create a new bond where a counterfeit bond once existed. But we know this now because we get the privilege of seeing the life of Jesus and the ministry of Jesus from the outside looking in. We know how the story ends. we understand the fullness of the plan in a way that the disciples in John 20 didn't When we enter the text in John 20, there is chaos happening around the disciples.

33:00 Jesus has gone to the cross. He has died a shameful death. And his disciples, who journeyed with him for three years, have regressed to a version of themselves that are governed by fear.

33:25 Three days undid three years of work. I need you to understand that because they were literally walking with Jesus. They saw the miracles. They heard him say the things that were going to happen. They knew it was coming, but still, when they were standing in the moment, you can be walking with faith and courage, and you can have one moment, one instance that takes you all the way back to a place of questioning, that takes you all the way back to a place of worry. That's why you can't let church people fool you into thinking that they got it all together. Because if the disciples who walked with Jesus hand in hand could revert in three years, you're one phone call away from wondering where God is in the midst of it all. If the disciples could go through it and they were meant to be our examples.

34:25 Don't be ashamed when you go through it too. Get hungry when you go through it too. because that hunger, that separation is meant to reveal a deeper revelation of who God is. Help me, Lord.

34:46 Three days undid what three years of work has done. And for all intents and purposes, life has backed them into a corner. They're afraid. they are concerned that what's on the outside of that door is something that they cannot stand something they can't survive and so they do what we all do when we're afraid that we're going to face something that we don't have the ability to withstand they go on lockdown

37:01 maybe it's not in a room but somewhere in our soul we go on lockdown can't afford to feel can't afford to worship can't afford to let anybody in i'm on lockdown i'm going through a depression i'm on lockdown i got too much uncertainty i'm on lockdown You see a room full of people. God told me there was going to be a room full of locked rooms in here. A room full of people who are on lockdown just trying to survive because they don't think they can take another blow. They don't think they can take another situation so they're on lockdown. I'm going through the motions, but I'm on lockdown. I wish I could explain to you what it's like to keep showing up, but I'm still on lockdown. I don't know if I can trust God the way I once trusted God.

37:56 I don't know if he's going to show up for me the way I saw him show up in the past. I don't know if the power I once had access to is available to me in the moment. So I don't put myself in a position where I can be further disappointed because I'm already going through enough discouragement that I can't afford to be vulnerable to life anymore. And Jesus does what only Jesus can do while they're on lockdown, thinking that he can't show up, thinking that he's moved on to the next thing. He steps into the locked room. I know you heard about him knocking on the door, but I want to tell you about Jesus who doesn't even need you to unlock the door. He steps right into the space where you didn't think he was coming. He steps right into the room. There came nobody. Your lover can't get into it. Your friends can't get into it.

38:49 Your pastor can't get into it. Have you ever had Jesus pull up on you? Have you ever had Jesus meet you in a way that only he could meet you? He invades the room where they've been locked down. It doesn't tell us how we got in. They didn't open the door for him. He just appears in the locked room. That's my prayer for you. When I was praying this weekend, I was praying that he would just pop up in the locked room. That he would just pop up in the area where you have given up. that he would just pop up in the situation that you think is untouchable, that he would just pop up in the area where you're willing to just go with the motion, that he would just pop up and introduce himself to you again. And to say, I know you've been on lockdown. I don't know who you are in this room. I know you've been on lockdown. I know you've been going through a depression.

39:43 I know you've been going through grief, but I came here to let you know that Jesus can get past that locked room i came here to let you know the best part of the whole text i'm sorry i'm excited the best part of the text is that they don't even realize it's jesus at first jesus just shows up in the locked room and he says peace be with you oh god help me you gotta understand you gotta read the text that i jacked it up If you go back, you'll see that Jesus told Mary Magdalene to tell his brethren that he is ascending. So she goes back and she tells them he's ascending. So when they're in the locked room, they have no reason to believe that he's coming. I don't know what room you're in where you have no reason to believe that he's coming because you think if he was going to show up, he would have showed up by now.

40:56 So I guess he's not coming. And I guess I'm in it by myself. Then Jesus shows up in the locked room and they don't even know it's him. Could it be that he's standing in a room with you right now? And you don't even know he's in the room. Because you were expecting for him to come a certain way.

41:26 He's in the room. Right now. you just don't know it's him, but he's in the room right now. He's getting ready to show you it's been him in the room all along. He's getting ready to show you that he didn't leave you nor forsake you. He's getting ready to show you that he had to go ahead of you to get some things in order before he could let you out. He's getting ready to show you That I don't pull backwards Unless I'm going to shoot you forward He's getting ready to show you That weeping may endure for the night But joy comes in the morning He's getting ready to show you That though I slay you You can trust me

42:18 He's getting where I sell you. Okay. All right. So. the s,a! t V , , , ' ' ! ! ! ! ! !

43:16 Yeah, but I'm afraid he's in the room. He's in the room. Yeah, but I'm anxious. He's in the room He's in the room, but I don't know what the ends gonna be. He's in the room. He's in the room. He's He has to come into the room.

43:42 Because when the disciples locked themselves in the room, they didn't just lock them in the room. they locked everything that God placed in them in the room too so he's got to go into the room because if I don't go into the room what I placed in you is going to die in that room I'm coming to get what I placed in you. I'm coming to get what I have prepared for you. Because when Jesus said, I am ascending, it should have been a signal to them. To step into position.

44:27 But because they're so afraid of what's happening outside of them. They can't get their heads straight. So he comes into the room in the midst of the chaos to set some things in order. and he realizes that the disciples are not in position because when you put yourself on lockdown the fullness of who you are is not available to God and if the fullness of who you are is not available to God you're out of position So he comes into this locked room because he sees an opportunity for creation in the midst of their chaos. But this time the creation is not going to be geography.

45:29 This time the creation is going to be them. He's going to create a version of them that can step outside of the room. I got like three points. We'll be out of here. He. you got to understand that when the book of John first begins, it's very similar to the way Genesis begins.

46:01 John begins, it says, in the beginning was the word. That's Genesis language. That's creation language. It helps us to understand who Jesus is, that he's here to create something. And what we see in John 20 is a creation story. he's getting ready to create within the disciples the identity that they will need to possess in order to step outside of the room that's what's happening to you don't be distracted by the chaos ask God what he's creating in you. I know there's chaos outside of you, and I know there's chaos inside of you, but I'm telling you that if you allow yourself to be consumed and distracted by how disoriented and disorganized and how chaotic everything is, you will miss out on the opportunity to ask God, what can you create out of this chaos? So Jesus does something remarkable. In John 20, he doesn't say, let there be light, though this is a creation story. Instead, he shows them, I am the light.

47:31 How does he do that? He shows them his hates. these hands that the last time they saw were being nailed to a cross. But you see, death didn't have the final say because I am the light.

47:58 As I was studying this text, I was blown away by the fact that, yes, he's showing them his hands. but God show me Sarah it's not just the hands that were on the cross because these are the disciples that walked with Jesus and he's trying to bring back to their remembrance who he is and in showing them his hands he didn't just show them the hands on the cross he showed them the same hands that touched the leper trigger the memory these are the same hands that took Jairus's daughter by the hands these are the same hands that gathered clay and took spit and rubbed them together these are the same hands that you've been following for three these are the same hands that took the little boys lunch blessed it and broke it and multiplied it when these hands show up in the room you don't have anything to worry about because these hands have a history of showing up and showing out these hands have a history of doing the impossible these are the same hands oh that's why sometimes it feels like he You have a Y-5'-0!

49:24 I-0!

49:54 There's another hand in the room. There's another man in the fire with you. These are the same hands. But now, these hands are different. The same, but different. The same hands that broke the bread, now it's got holes in them.

50:23 They're different. these same hands when they were breaking the bread became different because they took a trip to hell and took the keys from Satan these are the same hands but they different these hands now have all power in their hand that's why you can't touch me cause they the same hands but they different if I had my voice real good I would take about 10 seconds to give God a good praise for having the same hands, but different hands. The same hands that brought in somebody who got their full voice and their full neck shouting to this place. Thank you, God, for having the same hands, but different hands for what I'm up against now.

51:21 The same hands but different enough to walk me through the never been walked through before. The same hands are different enough to see me through this uncharted territory. So, when those hands say peace be with you, it's not a greeting. It's an introduction. And the moment you get a revelation that peace is with you, it'll change your form. Where you were scattered, you'll start coming together again. Where you were feeling confused, you'll start coming together again. All it takes is one touch from God, one memory being jogged.

52:18 And you'll be reminded, I've been depressed before and I laughed again. I've been broke before, but I had abundance after. I've been weeping before, but I had joy after. I've grieved before, but I managed to laugh again. It doesn't make this unreal. It just means that I remember what's possible with these hands. And that changes my mind about what I'm up against. And it changes my mind about what's scary. Because peace is with me. And peace changes my form.

53:05 So, if you trust me and you follow me that this is a creation story, it's one thing for him to set their mind in order and bring them to a place of remembering who he is and what they've been called to do. He says, I am sending you in the same way that I've been sent. I'm sending you. Peace will be with you. get back into the shape that you're supposed to be in but creation itself is not complete just because they've been formed because in Genesis 2 it tells us that God reached down into the dirt and he formed mankind can I just tell you the parallels between Genesis 2 and John 20 they're endless but I see in John 20 that the disciples are crumbling it look like dirt but he's getting ready to form them so he does what he did in Genesis 2 but this time we're in John 20 and he forms their mind peace is with you the only thing I can promise you is peace and that changes their form, but it's not complete until he does what else happened in Genesis 2.

54:37 He's got to breathe on it. yeah so he says okay I'm gonna send you as the father has sent me also I sent you and when he says this he breathed on them okay he breathes on him now that you know who I am him that's what's about to happen in this room god is reminding you who he is he's reminding you what he's capable of because he's showing you his hands okay now i've been reminded i've got form but the form is not complete until he breathes on me he breathes on them in the Greek Old Testament the same word used for breathed is the same word in Genesis 2 but it's also the same word in Ezekiel 37 I know.

55:49 I know. I haven't always been a Bible thumper myself. So when you say Ezekiel 37, you're going to break it down for me because I don't know what that is. There's a passage in Ezekiel 37. When a prophet is looking over.