Jim Bakker Show - The Simeon Cry - Pat Schatzline
Aired: 2017-02-22
Duration: 08:44


=== Simeon's Wait (08:43) ===

[00:00:00]  What is the Simeon cry?
[00:00:02]  It's a personal cry that says, I will not depart till I see the glory of Israel.
[00:00:07]  Yes.
[00:00:08]  See, I've learned that when humanity meets divinity, that's an altar call.
[00:00:12]  And what you have to understand is, every morning there's an old priest by the name of Simeon.
[00:00:18]  Many believe he was 200 years old.
[00:00:20]  This old priest had been given a promise.
[00:00:22]  He was a part of the Septuagint.
[00:00:24]  Now, obviously, it didn't get called the Septuagint until later.
[00:00:27]  It means 70.
[00:00:28]  It means the writers.
[00:00:29]  But he was the one of the ones that would transfer the Hebrew into the Greek koine.
[00:00:34]  In other words, the scripture into the Greek so we can understand it today.
[00:00:37]  He was a writer.
[00:00:38]  It is believed that when he's translating the Old Testament into the Greek koine, he gets to Isaiah 7, 14.
[00:00:45]  Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign.
[00:00:47]  The virgin will give birth, will conceive and give birth to a son, and call him God with us.
[00:00:53]  At that exact moment, the Spirit of the Lord says to him, hey, Simeon, you'll see him.
[00:01:02]  The Bible says in Luke chapter 2, jumping back, it says this.
[00:01:05]  Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon who was righteous and devout.
[00:01:09]  I could preach all day about righteous and devout.
[00:01:11]  You know what righteousness means?
[00:01:12]  It means my character doesn't change when your mood does.
[00:01:18]  Righteousness means if they take his name in vain or they should do this or they do that, I'm walking out of that movie.
[00:01:24]  Righteousness means I'm not going to, I don't have to sit and be a part of the world.
[00:01:27]  I don't have to partake of alcohol.
[00:01:29]  I don't have to, I'm called to be different, not legalistic, holy.
[00:01:34]  And it had been revealed to him, he was waiting for the consolation.
[00:01:37]  I love this right here because it goes on to say, he was waiting for the consolation of Israel.
[00:01:41]  Now, I looked up the word consolation.
[00:01:42]  I thought it's what you get when you don't win.
[00:01:44]  You didn't win the car, so here's a teddy bear.
[00:01:47]  Do you know what consolation means?
[00:01:52]  The answer.
[00:01:55]  It means the awakener.
[00:01:58]  He was waiting on everything, the I am that I am.
[00:02:00]  And it goes on to say, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
[00:02:04]  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.
[00:02:11]  I love this because the Bible says, moved by the Spirit.
[00:02:16]  In Luke chapter 2, verse 27, it says, moved by the Spirit.
[00:02:20]  He went into the temple courts.
[00:02:22]  When they brought the child in Jesus to do for him what was custom of the law, can I just say this?
[00:02:28]  It's time we become moved by the Spirit again.
[00:02:30]  Not by crowds, not by lights, not by anthems.
[00:02:34]  I've learned that purity is the backbone of authority and authority is determined by brokenness.
[00:02:38]  I put me around somebody that's moved by the spirit.
[00:02:42]  He wasn't like those, those that treat God as some weekend warrior experiment every three or four months.
[00:02:48]  No, no.
[00:02:49]  He wasn't like those that thought the call of God is about a title instead of a testimony.
[00:02:53]  He wasn't like those.
[00:02:55]  No, he was different.
[00:02:57]  He had something inside of him.
[00:02:59]  It was believed he was 200 years old and the Bible said that he recognized his moment.
[00:03:03]  Now listen to me, those that are watching.
[00:03:05]  This is your moment.
[00:03:07]  This is the moment to clean your house.
[00:03:09]  This is the moment to be led by the Holy Spirit.
[00:03:11]  This is the moment where you walk in and say, I've had enough, devil, get out of my family.
[00:03:16]  God said there's an awakening coming into the land.
[00:03:18]  There's a wave of his revival that is coming to the land.
[00:03:21]  And he's going to bypass the churches that have locked out his spirit.
[00:03:25]  And I love this because it said, led by the spirit.
[00:03:28]  Come on.
[00:03:30]  You know what I've learned when God shows up, it isn't about me.
[00:03:35]  God's never going to walk into a church service where he thinks you're going to take credit for it.
[00:03:40]  Here's Simeon.
[00:03:42]  I imagine his body didn't feel like it used to feel.
[00:03:46]  It's believed he'd be 200 years old.
[00:03:49]  But every day he wakes up knowing that God gave him a promise.
[00:03:54]  Hello, morning side.
[00:03:57]  His body's beginning to break down, but every morning he knows God told him, you'll see the Messiah.
[00:04:03]  Yep.
[00:04:05]  Imagine he gets up one morning and he's getting dressed.
[00:04:08]  He puts on the tallit, puts on the prayer shawl.
[00:04:10]  Something feels different today.
[00:04:15]  Still is stirring in me today.
[00:04:20]  And as he walks out to the temple courts, everyone says hello to him.
[00:04:23]  See, understand, when a Jewish woman gives birth, to a male child, they have to go through a purification process.
[00:04:32]  They get circumcised on the eighth day, and on 40 days, they have to go into the temple.
[00:04:35]  And there's a purity process that takes place for the woman that gave birth to a male child.
[00:04:44]  Mary's is called Candlemas.
[00:04:46]  It's celebrated on February the 2nd in the Orthodox Church.
[00:04:50]  On February the 3rd, they celebrate the God receiver's death.
[00:04:54]  Simeon, you're not getting it yet.
[00:04:56]  Well, he died the day after.
[00:05:02]  I can see him, Mondo, as he walks out into the courtyard.
[00:05:06]  Something feels different today.
[00:05:09]  And all of a sudden, as he's sitting there, the Spirit of the Lord overwhelms him.
[00:05:14]  And I imagine as he's shaking hands and there's all these people to see, Pastor Simeon, Pastor Simeon, but he sees this couple.
[00:05:20]  And all of a sudden, as he begins to, hello, good to see you.
[00:05:24]  Welcome to church today.
[00:05:26]  This is the way I imagine it, by the way.
[00:05:28]  Go on vacation up there.
[00:05:32]  And all of a sudden, as he gets closer and closer, he sees this couple and they're holding something.
[00:05:40]  Could it be that God is not a liar?
[00:05:46]  Could it be that our kids will be saved?
[00:05:49]  Could it be our marriage can be restored?
[00:05:51]  Could it be that there's priests and kings watching right now that will launch businesses this year?
[00:05:56]  And all of a sudden as he starts walking towards them, they wave at him.
[00:06:01]  Hello, Pastor.
[00:06:04]  I mean, everybody knows him.
[00:06:04]  He's 200 years old.
[00:06:06]  He's married him and buried him.
[00:06:08]  And all of a sudden he says, welcome to church today.
[00:06:14]  Mary looks at him with a tear rolling down her eyes, down her cheek, because this is the day.
[00:06:20]  He knew him.
[00:06:21]  He's heard all the gossip prayer requests.
[00:06:25]  And then all of a sudden he goes, um, welcome.
[00:06:29]  Um.
[00:06:34]  Can I hold him?
[00:06:36]  Oh, you're not getting this yet.
[00:06:41]  Because the Bible says Simeon took him in his arms and he praised God saying, sovereign Lord.
[00:06:46]  You're not getting this yet.
[00:06:48]  At that exact moment, he wasn't saying, can I hold a baby?
[00:06:52]  He was saying, can I hold glory?
[00:06:54]  Can I hold the one that is and was and forevermore shall be?
[00:06:58]  Can I hold the lion of the tribe of Judah?
[00:07:00]  The I am that I am, the lily within the valley, the bride of my.
[00:07:03]  Can I hold glory?
[00:07:05]  And as he stretched out his hands, it was a circle of life moment.
[00:07:08]  All of creation stopped because a king was being introduced.
[00:07:12]  And at that exact moment, it was supernatural because he took, he was saying, can I hold your Bible, the word made flesh, you tabernacled among us.
[00:07:20]  Now, you ready?
[00:07:21]  Stretch out your hands if you're watching.
[00:07:24]  When's the last time you said, excuse me, Lord?
[00:07:26]  See, you're a temple.
[00:07:27]  You're not a shack.
[00:07:28]  Take down the first sale sign.
[00:07:29]  You're a mobile upper room.
[00:07:31]  When's the last time you said, everybody hold your hands?
[00:07:33]  Excuse me, Lord.
[00:07:36]  Can I hold your glory?
[00:07:37]  You ready?
[00:07:37]  Say this.
[00:07:38]  Excuse me, Lord.
[00:07:39]  Excuse me, Lord.
[00:07:40]  Can I hold?
[00:07:41]  I'm warning you now.
[00:07:42]  I need to stop you because we have crazy stuff happening in our services at this moment.
[00:07:46]  I need to warn you.
[00:07:47]  You got to realize this would be his last sermon.
[00:07:49]  The religious would string him up for this because they were so used to preaching.
[00:07:52]  He was coming.
[00:07:53]  They didn't realize he had arrived.
[00:07:57]  You have to understand, he would hand the baby back.
[00:07:59]  He would run for his life.
[00:08:00]  He would disappear, most likely, the next day.
[00:08:02]  So you need to understand this is a heavy moment.
[00:08:05]  You have to understand the very next day he would see Isaiah the 6th chapter in full motion, God's glory.
[00:08:12]  So I want to warn you: if you're watching right now, simply say, Excuse me, Lord.
[00:08:16]  Excuse me, Lord.
[00:08:17]  Can I hold your glory?
[00:08:27]  Thank you, Louise.
[00:08:33]  You are called to be the Simeon.
[00:08:37]  You are called to rise up and lead.
[00:08:40]  This is your moment.
[00:08:41]  God says, I haven't forgotten you.
[00:08:42]  The greater the anointing, the greater the isolation.