# God’s Embassy on Earth

Key Passage: Matthew 16:13-20
Date: June 7, 2024

Matthew chapter 16, if you would please. Matthew chapter 16 in God’s Word. I’m thrilled you’re here in church on the second Sunday of the decade. I’m thrilled. I was joking with them; I love them. I’ve known them for years. They said, “Hey, we’ll get you a visitor card,” and they said, “We’re trying to start the New Year off right.”

I said, “Praise the Lord, you are. That’s wonderful.” I love it. Glad to see everybody out this morning.

The title this morning for our message would be “God’s Embassy on Earth.” God’s Embassy on Earth. I’ve been really praying about January and what the Lord would have us focus on. I just felt the Lord kind of leading toward some fundamental, important things for Christians to do. One of those for sure is church. We just want to look at this subject briefly this morning—no longer than three hours, I promise you—but briefly this morning about the subject of church.

All right, we’re in Matthew 16. Jesus is meeting with his apostles, kind of his core group. He’s just having a meeting with them. Let’s see what goes on in this conversation. We’re in Matthew 16. We’ll start in verse 13. Would you please stand as I read God’s Word together, just out of respect to it, if you are able? Matthew 16 and verse 13. We’ll start in verse 13. The Bible says when Jesus—well, let me make sure you’re there, amen? Good deal. Anyone here haven’t found it? You just act like you found it. Anyone like that? I wouldn’t admit it either. Okay, so we’re good.

Here we go, verse 13: “When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, ‘Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?’” He often gave himself that title and referred to himself as a man.

They said, “Some say that you are John the Baptist.” Remember, he was the voice out of the wilderness crying. Some say, “You’re John the Baptist.” And some say Elias, that is the Old Testament prophet Elijah. Some say that, noting your boldness like Elijah. And others, Jeremiah. That’s Jeremiah. He was the weeping prophet. He had a burden for Israel and so on. It reminds me of Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

He saith unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” He said, “All right, that’s what everybody else is saying about me. I can take that, if you will, but what do you say about me?”

Verse 16: “And Simon Peter answered and said, ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’”

Now, that word “Christ,” or “the Christ,” it’s like a title. You’re the Messiah. You’re the Savior. You’re the one that we’ve heard all these years was coming—the Anointed One. You’re the Lamb of God that John the Baptist talked about. You’re God in flesh, God with us, Emmanuel. You’re the one that Isaiah prophesied. You’re the Christ. Notice, the Christ. You’re the one. We’ve heard all these years the title. You’re the Christ. You’re the Christ, the Son of the living God.

(My voice isn’t changing. I’m 50. Hopefully, it’s not changing anymore. It’s just our P.A. They’re going to get it right here in just a second. We’ll get there. If we get to that setting, you usually have Brother Marlon; it’s a good one. Maybe we’ll work on that. That’d be great.)

But he said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

And Jesus answered and said unto him, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Amen. Let’s get the last two verses, 19 and 20, in here. “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. You say, “Why that last verse?” Well, Jesus was for order. He didn’t jump ahead. He followed the plan, if you will. He came into his own, and his own received him not, but as many as received him, so on. He didn’t just jump ahead. He was willing to follow God’s plan and God’s order in events, if you will.

I just wanted to kind of help you understand there if you read that verse sometime.

That verse 18 is really the verse we’re going to focus on. Would you read that verse 18 out loud with me, please? Would you do that? We’re in Matthew 16, verse 18: “And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.”

I want to call your attention to two words when he says, “I will build”—here it is—“my church.” If you are reading your Bible through, this is the first time that “church” is ever mentioned in the Bible. It is so crucial the first time something is mentioned in the Bible. God is setting the tone for that word. This is the first time church is mentioned in all the Bible.

It’s interesting: the first time God mentions it in His Word, He puts that personal pronoun before it. He said, “That’s my church.”

Now, how many of us men are bad about having a place where you put your keys when you get home? I’m not talking about all over the house. I’m talking about where you put your change, your keys, your pocketknife, your wallet, and your comb. How many men have that? At least men? Yeah. The others aren’t raising their hands; you’re lying so you can come to the altar later. How many ladies have a place like that?

Now, here’s the thing: men tend to be very territorial. Don’t mess with our stuff over there. Ladies, you’ll agree with this: if a man loses anything, who’s been messing with my stuff? Man, my wife raised her hand on that. Thanks a lot, babe.

Or maybe you saved a little bit of that dessert at the restaurant—you didn’t eat all the cheesecake. You save that little bit for tomorrow morning when you wake up, bring it home, put it in the fridge, and tell the kids, “If you touch that in the fridge, you’re grounded for the next year.” Because that’s mine right there.

With that same mindset, Christ says, “That’s my church.” From the very beginning, He is the one that created; He is the one that shed His blood. It was His idea. The very first time He mentions church in the Bible, He says, “My church.” It’s His.

Can I just say, very briefly here, I don’t want to take up too much time: It’s not the pastor’s church. It’s not the deacon’s church. It’s not even the member’s church. This is God’s church. From the very get-go, He wanted everybody to know, “This is my church, friend. Mine.”

Now, the word “church”—what does church mean? That’s the place where you go on Sunday morning and a guy talks for a long time and you sleep, right? Is that it? Well, maybe for one or two.

No, church—the Greek word ecclesia—it means a called-out assembly. It is God’s people that get saved—God’s people. Can I get a little help on that? God’s people who are saved. The ultimate of it will be one day when He raptures us out of here. That’ll be the final bride; the church will all be united in the air. That’s the church, the ultimate of it. But right now, I can only jump about six inches off the ground.

So now we have local assemblies, local churches, where God’s people are called out of the world, and they come into the Lord’s house and actually make up the Lord’s house, and we assemble together. That’s the church. God says, “I want churches, local churches, all over my earth.”

My world that I’ve created, Satan somewhat has taken some strongholds in this world. Jesus will take care of that one day, amen. One day He’ll put His feet on the Mount of Olives and He’ll say, “This is my world.” He’ll thump the devil in the back of the head and put him in the bottomless pit and say, “This is my place, buddy.” But for the time being, Adam and Eve somewhat signed over some things to the devil here. It’s a sinful world. Satan is the little ‘g’ God of this world. He’s got a lot of power in this world. He’s a prince of power there.

Anyone out there ever get tired of the media? Tired of Hollywood? Can I say this nicely? Get used to it. It’s not going to change. Satan is the prince of the power of the air. And here’s the thing that is amazing to me about us Christians: we get shook up on what the world’s doing. That’s the world. They’re going to do that. Satan is their God. Satan is their father, in fact, John 8 tells us.

But here’s the thing: God says in my world that I’ve created, that Satan has some temporary power and has such a great deceiving influence, God says, “I have a plan for my people to make it in that sinful world.” And here’s what it is: It’s a called-out assembly. It’s a place you come separate from the world, and God’s people come together in God’s house. We say, “Hey, we don’t want all the worldly influences here. This is part of heaven’s kingdom here on earth.” We want to come and get together in God’s house—the church. That’s God’s plan. It’s a wonderful, wonderful plan. It’s God’s headquarters here on earth—the church.

I’m going to compare it a little bit. I think it’s a great comparison—maybe not perfect, but it’s a great comparison—to an embassy. Let me just read you some facts about embassies. An embassy is the headquarters of another government on foreign soil.

So let’s just all say we’re in Sweden, all right? If you’re in Sweden, it’s cold, man. My sister-in-law married a fellow from Sweden, and she said she doesn’t like to go over there because the sun doesn’t shine a whole lot, only a couple of hours a day during the wintertime, and when it does, it’s very overcast. Picture we’re in Sweden right now, so you’re all cold. But you need to get your driver’s license updated. You need to do some American business in Sweden because your American license is back in Hillbilly, Tennessee. You got me? You would go to the United States Embassy in Sweden.

God said, “I want churches, I want local assemblies, kind of like God’s headquarters here on earth.” Though the land and the buildings are in another country, they are actually owned by the United States. Brother Jimmy back there was in Germany for years and years, military police over there. He understands how this works: that the American embassy in Germany, that small section of land, is actually America in Germany.

The church is a little bit like that in this sinful world, this day and time where sin is rampant and the world beats you down. There are so many depressing, draining things on Christians. In this world, God says, “I want a little bit of heaven here on earth.” That’s what church is supposed to be like. That’s why when we come together, we’re supposed to talk about the things of heaven and encourage one another and be excited for one another, provoked unto love and good works, because that’s supposed to be a little heaven on earth—the church. It’s God’s plan. It’s His embassy.

I like this: An attack on an embassy is considered an attack on the home country. I thank God this time that our embassy got attacked—this one in Baghdad was a little bit different than was it Mangaja over there. This time we had a president that said, “I’m going to back up our people in a foreign country,” and he said, “Hey, that right there is an attack on America because America owns that.” And he said, “We’re going to back him up.” Praise God. This right here is the Lord’s church. I’d be careful attacking it. It’s God’s embassy here on earth.

Citizens of the country where the embassy is located cannot come inside—not supposed to come inside the embassy—unless they are invited. They have to have permission to come within those embassy walls because it’s not their country; it’s owned by another country, and so they have to have permission. By the way, I’m glad God’s in control of His church.

The embassy is for the protection of its citizens on foreign soil. You’ll see some movies or stories about someone in a foreign country who was fearful for their life, and so they’ll run until they can get inside the walls of the United States Embassy because they know they have the United States of America backing up their protection.

The church ought to be a place where God’s people say, “We’re not bringing the world in here. Leave that outside. Don’t bring that ill attitude in here. Don’t bring that critical spirit. Don’t bring that gossip. Leave that all out. Let’s come inside and be protected by the Spirit of God and the grace of God and the Word of God. Let’s get fed because we have a home church.” That’s God’s embassy here on earth. That’s what church is supposed to be all about. Boy, I’m glad I’m part of the church. How about you? It’s a blessing to be a part of the church.

The embassy has an ambassador who is appointed by the President of the United States to represent him. He has authority in that country because he is appointed by the president.

Someone asked me why I have been twenty years at [unclear church name]. It doesn’t matter. All I am doing is following orders. Years ago, a man in another church, where I was youth director, was joking with me. His name was Dennis Jones. He used to drive a bus for me. He said, “Hey, watch it, bud. I pay your salary.” I told him, “You don’t pay my salary. God pays my salary.”

I appreciate people giving, but God is the one who puts a pastor there. That is God’s man. God appoints them there. In fact, Revelation says that man is in God’s right hand. He walks in the midst of the seven candlesticks and has those seven stars. It’s just God’s business.

It’s the church. It’s God’s plan. Nobody made the plan up. By the way, we don’t let an organization—whether it be Independent Baptist or Southern Baptist or Assembly of God—dictate the same thing. We let God be in charge, amen. We follow His plan.

Let’s get a couple other things about the embassy. If a citizen of the foreign country goes to the United States Embassy, they should get a little taste of the United States in that foreign country. If they are in that foreign country and they say, “Man, I’m just missing America,” they should have the right to go to the United States Embassy. They say, “Man, I feel like I’m walking back into America, though I’m on foreign soil.”

The church ought to have a little flavor, a little taste. Man, I feel like I’m leaving the foreign soil; I feel like I’m entering into church, getting a little taste of heaven. That’s what church ought to be.

Can I say this when we talk about church? Someone said this, and when they said it, I thought, “That is so true”: The world has become so churchy, and the church has become so worldly, it’s hard to tell the difference between the two. But when you come to church, things ought to be different. When you walk inside the doors of the church and you hear the music, it ought to be different than the world’s music. When you walk inside the church, the conversation ought to be a whole lot sweeter, a lot different than the world. The motives ought to be different. The dress ought to be different than the world. Say amen there. There ought to be a little taste of heaven on earth. You ought to be able to walk into church, and there’s just love and encouragement going around all over the place. Why? It’s a little taste of heaven on earth—the church, God’s plan.

I remember a church I went to up in Northwest Indiana, a little bit south of Chicago years ago. A man had come in off the streets—a lot of street people still had a lot of Chicago influence there, though it wasn’t a big city influence. Brother Richard, don’t mute me after saying that; he’s from Chicago, but he knows the church we are talking about.

A street man had come in from the outside doors and was walking around the hallway outside the auditorium, looking in those little doors that are locked with a glass slot. The pastor reached over to Assistant Pastor Pan and said, “Hey, go tell that guy he’s welcome to church. Tell him to come on in.”

He came inside, sat down in the padded pews, and it was warm inside. The choir was singing, everybody was singing, everybody was shaking his hand, and he just loved it. The preacher preached, he gave the invitation, and man, he came forward and got saved. This was awesome. In fact, he followed the Lord in believer’s baptism right there—that’s the Bible plan. He got baptized. It was a great day for him.

Everybody was leaving. In fact, that night service, everybody kind of cleared out. The pastor came to lock the doors and close everything down, and that man was still sitting in his seat. The pastor went to him and said, “Sir, I’m so glad you came. I’m thrilled you came to church today. I’m glad you got saved. I’m glad you got baptized. That’s wonderful. But we’re closing everything down. We have a rescue mission over there. We’ll be glad to house you at the rescue mission if you need a place to stay, but we’re closing everything down.”

This is what that street man said. He said, “Hey, you don’t understand. It’s cold out there on those streets. A lot of mean people out there on the streets. A lot of hatred going on out there. A lot of bitter words and hard things going on. I don’t want to go back out there.” He said, “Inside here, there’s beautiful singing. People are so warm and friendly, padded pews. I hear about Jesus.” He said, “This is like heaven in here compared to that out there.”

That’s the way church ought to be: a little taste of heaven on earth. It’s God’s embassy.

Let’s look at another thing real quickly here. We’re back over there, Matthew 16, verse 18. He says, “And I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.” And what’s the next word? “And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Can I just note for a second: gates, plural? Not just a one-time thing. I believe it has several meanings. It’s very interesting how Scripture interprets it. It has a literal interpretation, but then it has many spiritual applications.

I believe God is pointing out here, first of all, that a gate in Old Testament Bible times represented government. It was where they did their business. It’s a little bit like in our day and time, the courthouse. The gate represented authority or government.

Now, with that thought in mind—are y’all with me?—He said, “This is my church,” and He said the gates—more than just one—I think one of those gates represents the authority of Satan. I’ve already mentioned he’s the God of this world (Ephesians 2:2); he’s the prince of the power of the air. He is saying, “Listen, Satan will not have a stronghold.” The gates are the authority; Satan and his demonic world power will not have the prevailing force over you. Why? Because you are involved in a church. Thus, the importance of the church.

What is going to push back the tide of Satan’s influence in the world? The church does, through the Spirit of God flowing through His church. God said, “Hey, my church, the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Think for just a second. Think about the old devil watching someone lost, on the way to hell—a sinner who can’t pay for their sin and will have to pay for them forever, burning in a lake of fire. That’s why hell is forever; they never fully pay it off. Satan sees an old soul winner from a Baptist church or some church somewhere, and they go tell that old sinner, “My Jesus Christ loves them and died on the cross, paid their sin debt,” and they give them salvation. That’s good news.

That person Satan has had in his kingdom all these years, his child by way of the Adamic nature, gets saved. Oh, Satan! “Man, I lost one! Man, I had a hold of that fellow. He’s not mine anymore. He’s adopted into Jesus’ family. He’s born again. I lost his soul for all eternity.”

Satan says, “Well, I tell you what, as long as they don’t grow and influence anybody else to change kingdoms…” Watch old Satan as he sees a New Testament church: “Man, praise God, you got saved? That’s wonderful. I’m glad you’re saved, the only way to heaven.” Nothing can change yet. But the next step you need to make is baptism.

Baptism is a little bit like that child, that baby. One day that child is going to take her first step. That’s exciting. They take the first step, right? Same thing when a child of God, a baby Christian, gets baptized—one of their first steps. All God’s family is there to watch them. Man, they’re growing in the Lord. They got baptized. Everybody claps and cheers them on. They’re taking the first step. We write it down.

Now, imagine old Satan. He said, “Man, I lost their salvation. Now they’re starting to grow. I’ve got to do something about this thing.” Satan says, “Well, if I can just get them out of church…” They got saved, they got baptized in church. “I can just send some friends by. Say, ‘Hey, thank you for coming to church. We’d love to have you back. Why don’t you come to our Sunday school class? Won’t you come to the Foundations class?’”

And that person says, “Man, that sounds pretty good. I think I’ll go.” And Satan says, “Oh, man, I got to get him out of the church!” Because every time they come to church, the Lord, through His Word and through the one He has there, feeds them. They get their vitamins. They get some food. They get some nourishment. They get a little bit stronger. They come to Sunday school, they hear a little bit about the world, they get some truth, and boy, they’re so used to being up and down, but truth doesn’t change. Truth gives them some stability in their life. They realize, “Wow, man, I’m secure in Christ. He always loves me no matter what. I think I’ll just keep living for Him.” After a while, Satan says, “Boy, we’ve got to do something about this church.”

But here’s the good thing about it: The gates of hell shall not what? They won’t prevail against the church. Now, that church keeps being His church and doing what He wants. That’s why Satan attacks the church. But he can’t prevail.

Satan never will destroy your church. A church can destroy itself if we stop serving and stop obeying. But the gates of hell can’t destroy it. That church is so vital. And God said, “Hey, listen, let me tell you, that’s my church. And if it’s my church, the gates of hell won’t prevail.”

Let’s talk about a gate. Has anyone ever seen a gate attack anyone? A gate typically is closed to keep something in or keep something out. The gates of hell—Satan says, “I’m trying to keep people in there. Misery loves company.”

A gate doesn’t attack anyone; it stands there. But the Bible is talking about the gates of hell not prevailing against the church. Let’s add another thing into the equation here. On the gospel, as far as the Great Commission or giving the gospel out to people, what is often the first word? “Go ye therefore and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Over in Matthew 28, He divides the Great Commission up in three parts. But here’s the thing: what is over there in Psalm 126:5? “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed.” Did you notice one of those first words almost every time? A little two-letter word: “Go.”

So we’ve got a gate that keeps people in or out—the gates of hell. Then He says it shall not prevail against the church, but a gate doesn’t attack anybody. But the Lord tells His people, “I’m supposed to walk. I’m supposed to go on the gospel.”

Let’s put the equation together. This is what it means: If a church will get busy going out with the gospel to get the gospel out, that gate trying to keep people in hell will not prevail. Somebody’s going to get saved somewhere. That’s what it’s talking about. A church that is not doing God’s Great Commission is not prevailing against that gate as it ought to.

When it’s all said and done, friend, whether someone is going to heaven or hell is what’s important. When I get those phone calls that so-and-so passed away, the thing that comes to my mind is always, “I wonder if they were saved or lost.” When it’s all said and done, that’s what matters, folks. A New Testament church following God’s plan ought to be busy attacking the gates of hell with the gospel of Jesus Christ. And the Bible says the gates of hell shall not prevail against that. Somebody is going to get saved. Somebody is going to be changed from Satan’s territory and be born again, born of the family of God, going to heaven forever. That’s God’s plan for the church. It is wonderful to see God’s people out just passing out gospel tracts, telling people about Jesus.

In our day and time, we hear a lot about rescue dogs. I’m not against it; I think it’s a wonderful thing. But if a church keeps going out with the gospel, they’ll have some rescue people. Praise the Lord, they got saved. They asked Jesus to save them. Think about Ms. Teresa, who is in Colorado with her family. She got to tell her mom, her and her sister about Jesus Christ, and her mom prayed and asked Jesus to save her.

The Bible says the gates are not going to prevail. Somebody’s going to get saved. That’s God’s plan. That’s God’s promise.

Now let me add a thought to that. We’re going to move on and get one thing in here briefly. He said, Peter. Now, Peter is the guy who just said, “Hey, Jesus, you’re the Christ.” He said that’s like a little piece of a rock. “Upon this rock, I will build my church.”

What is the rock? Jesus saves. He is the Messiah. Upon this rock, I will build my church. I’m saying all that to say, here is the right philosophy: We don’t build this church; God does. We go tell people about Jesus. We get the rock out. We tell everybody, “Jesus saves, Jesus saves.” The more we get busy telling people how to go to heaven, He tells them how to go to the church.

It’s amazing how it works. We were in Lower Alabama when I was a youth director down there. After a while, my wife and I started kind of tracking it. It was amazing: every week that the pastor and I went out witnessing extra, telling people about Jesus, we always had visitors. The weeks that we did not go out witnessing, we never had visitors. We were there over a year, almost two years, I believe. We watched it without fail. That was always true.

When I get busy getting the rock out—“Jesus saves, Jesus saves”—He builds the church. Can I say that’s how this church was started? Somebody said, “You’re going to start a church?” No way. I can’t start a church, but I can tell somebody about Jesus. And we just went everywhere trying to tell people about Jesus, and He built the church. That’s God’s plan.

Let me give you that one last thing. We’re just briefly going over to verse 20. Verse 19: “And I will give unto thee”—notice “thee.” If it was “ye” or “you,” that’s plural. If it’s “thee” or “thou,” that’s singular. That’s talking about Peter as an individual—“the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Let me just give you a brief thought on that. Peter, I’m giving the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Peter, whatever you loose, be loosed; whatever you bind, be bound.

Somebody help me out. Who was it that preached the gospel on the Day of Pentecost? Peter. How many people got saved at least? About 3,000 got saved. A little bit later on, who was the man when Ananias came in and they were lying, trying to get credit—“Oh, we gave all this money to the church”—and tried to act like all that? Who was the man that said, “Hey, Sapphira, the men that buried your husband are here to bury you”? Who was that man that said all that? Peter.

Who was the man that was over there in the house of Simon the tanner in Joppa, and he had that vision? He said, “Hey, the things that God says are clean, don’t you call it unclean any longer?” He said, “I’ve got a mission for you to go tell the gospel to the Gentiles. I’m going to open the door in a great way.” Who is that man? Peter.

Let me just say this, shortening it up: Jesus is saying, “I’m going to back up in heaven what you do on earth.” You have some authority through Jesus Christ and His shed blood in His church. Some power there. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Peter, I’ve used you to open the gospel up in a great way—3,000 people saved. I’ve used you to give some authority. People who want to play around the church, mess around the church, they’ll be very careful. And it says later on, “I’ve used you to open the keys of the kingdom of heaven to the Gentiles in a great, great way.” Some power there.

I say that just to try to encourage you: there is authority, there is power in God’s church. We can go out into this kingdom of the devil and the kingdom of the world with some power because we are in a local assembly, God’s church, to represent the Lord—not to make us look good, but to make Him look good.

Let me use a comparison. The Titans and the Ravens both had 53 men on the roster—106 men total. They represented two different cities here on Earth: Tennessee, Nashville, and Baltimore. They had uniforms of their earthly kingdom, and they knew what they were supposed to do.

But can I say this? There was another team on the field last night: seven individuals called officials. They had their uniform too. Now there are 106 of them, but only seven of them, but those seven had some power. Those seven didn’t represent a city per se; they represented headquarters up in New York. They were appointed by that; they owed their allegiance to that place.

When Derek Henry hit that pile on the goal line there, and it kind of knocked it over, they were trying to work on the microphone, the TV camera, and somebody said, “New York’s going to have to look at that.”

Here’s the thing: those 106 men, those football players, were a whole lot bigger, stronger, and faster than those officials. For the most part, they are younger than most of those officials. But man, those officials had some power. Those officials had some authority. Those officials had a rule book they followed. Those officials pulled that little flag out and threw it on the ground. Everybody in the whole thing stops. Why? Because of authority from headquarters.

When God’s people realize, “Man, we got some power, we got some authority,” you say, “They’re more of them than us. They’re bigger. They’re stronger than us.” That’s all right, friend. Our power doesn’t come from some earthly thing down here. Our power comes from headquarters. We have someone we’re representing. We have His rule book. Listen, we’ve got His power. It is mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

God says, “I want a team in that world, in the middle of all the fussing and fighting in the world. I want a team called the church. And I’m going to back that team up right there—authority.”

Original File: God’s Embassy on Earth - Pastor Paul Chisgar Sunday 11220