1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,800 You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,480 We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,840 cross. Now let's join the service. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,360 Bible says he the wind of souls is wise. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,960 You have a wise pastor he loves He loves you. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,000 They he and candy love you. They love, they love the Lord, 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,960 they love the work that God has called them to and the Bible 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:37,520 says it is a servant is worthy of his hire and everything that 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,560 you've said and shown appreciation for them about, 11 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,760 they are worthy of today. And I understand. 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:51,680 I understand how it is to be to be a pastor and to use this word 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,320 cautiously, but to endure days like today, it's not, it's not 14 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,240 easy, but it's necessary. And we understand that it's 15 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,160 necessary. It's necessary to show 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,960 appreciation and love. And you're, you've done a fine 17 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:09,160 job of that today. And I know you that you love 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,360 them And the Lord is the Lord is pleased with you today because 19 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:17,440 the Lord is pleased with his with his people today and be and 20 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,680 with his servants today. And, and Krista and I, we, we 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,400 honor, we honor you for honoring them and we honor them today. 22 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,360 And just so thankful that there were years ago, I don't know how 23 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,120 many years ago it's been now that our paths crossed and 24 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,200 connected and we just enjoy every opportunity that we have. 25 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Most of the time when I come, it's, it's because he's either 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,240 going to be out of town, out of town or, or whatever. 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 But I always, always look forward to the opportunity and 28 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:53,400 try to make it accessible to to come and to be here because we 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,120 enjoy, we enjoy being with you and worshiping with you and 30 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:02,920 seeing the progress that that God is caused to happen here. 31 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,040 And it's not, it's not by chance, but it's because you've 32 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,199 labored together and you work together. 33 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:11,720 Some come, some go, some stay, some don't. 34 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,160 And that's just the life of the church. 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,880 But those of you that have been here and you've, you've, you've 36 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,960 helped dig this out and and you're here and you've stayed 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,680 and God bless you. And there's just the best is 38 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,640 still yet to come. And until Jesus comes, we're 39 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:31,640 going to keep working. We're going to keep preaching 40 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:35,240 the gospel and and seeing lives changed. 41 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:41,400 And I didn't come today to preach about I'm not a I'm not 42 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:47,960 a, I'm not good when it comes to special days of just doing a I'm 43 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,160 not a pastor appreciation day sermon kind of guy. 44 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,720 I just preach what the Lord puts in my heart and you know that 45 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,760 and I don't make any apologies for that, but I am going to 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,960 preach about the church because that's it's, it's, it's 47 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,640 necessary, it's important and, and I believe the Lord's going 48 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:09,440 to help us today. But since it is pastor 49 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,280 appreciation, though, let me tell you a couple. 50 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,880 I don't have any funny stories to tell about your pastor. 51 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:19,480 You have them, he has them, Candy has them, the family has 52 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,800 them. Those of you that have known him 53 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,680 a long time, you have them. But I don't have any of those. 54 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:30,280 But but I can tell you about about preachers and a funny 55 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,240 thing happened. Funny things have happened to 56 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,360 me. But a young, young preacher came 57 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:37,560 to a. Little, little rural. 58 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:43,120 Community town his first time to to pastor church and he hadn't 59 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,920 been there but two or three weeks and the funeral director 60 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,520 of the really only one Funeral Home in the county and he called 61 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,800 he called the the young preacher and said, Hey, I need I need 62 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,720 your assistance. I've got a I've got a. 63 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,960 Full, full. Day of of a couple funerals and 64 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,240 I have I have a deceased man who who didn't have any family 65 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,720 living and no friends. And so if you would just meet me 66 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,760 at the cemetery and if you could just pray and and say some say 67 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,640 some kind words. And as we lay his body to rest. 68 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,600 And the young man agreed to do that. 69 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,400 And so so the funeral director told him when to meet him at the 70 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,880 Funeral Home, gave him the directions out in the country to 71 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,280 a little little country cemetery. 72 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,600 And the young man goes and and tries to find the cemetery, but 73 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,000 he got lost and it took him, took him forever to find, to 74 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,440 find the cemetery. And he finally found it. 75 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,720 And and funeral director wasn't there, but he saw, he saw plot 76 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,680 open and he saw the workers over under their tree. 77 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,440 Just they're having a little break. 78 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,600 So he walks up, walks up and, and opens his Bible and says 79 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:55,520 prays and says some some kind words and preached a few few 80 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,840 minutes about the love of Jesus and committed, committed this 81 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:02,080 body, you know, to the to the earth and to the hands of God 82 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,160 and to the loving God and, and said a man and begin to walk 83 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,120 away. And as he walked past the 84 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,160 workers, he overheard one of the workers say, he said, I've been 85 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,840 in, I've been in this business for 30 years. 86 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,920 And he said. I've never seen a preacher pray 87 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:35,680 over a septic tank. Pastor was in his deathbed and 88 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:43,560 elderly pastor and was he was dying and he called two men from 89 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,920 his church to come visit him and they both showed up. 90 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,360 They showed up the same time. And the wife escorted him into 91 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,160 the pastor's bedroom and he's laying in his bed and, and his 92 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,360 eyes were closed And he's, he's just laying there quietly. 93 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,000 And he summons the sees the the two gentlemen come in. 94 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,480 He summons him to his bed, one-on-one on one side, 1 on the 95 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,560 other. And he reaches out and takes 96 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,000 their hand. They hold his hand. 97 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,280 He didn't say anything. He just laid there with his eyes 98 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:14,840 closed and he held their hands for several minutes. 99 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,320 Several minutes went by seemed like long minutes. 100 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,920 And finally, one of the one of the men said, Pastor, is there, 101 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:29,160 is there a reason that you, you, you called us to, we're happy to 102 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,360 be here. And but is there a reason that 103 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,440 we kind of find it a little odd that you, you asked for us to, 104 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,280 to be here? And the preacher opened his eyes 105 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:42,280 and said, he said, Jesus died with two thieves on each side. 106 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:47,080 And he said, I wanted to go. 1 was a car salesman, 1 was a 107 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,040 lawyer. He said, I want to, I want to go 108 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,360 to heaven just like Jesus between two thieves. 109 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,080 All right, that's enough of that. 110 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,880 There's no greater passage in Scripture in the Gospels about 111 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,520 the church than Matthew 16 familiar verses of Scripture. 112 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,480 If you want to turn with me, if you have your Bibles, you want 113 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:13,840 to stand. Let's stand for the reading of 114 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,160 God's Word. Matthew 16. 115 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,440 Begin with verse 13. When Jesus came into the coast 116 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:33,880 of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, whom do 117 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,920 men say that I am? I the Son of Man AM. 118 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,000 And they said some say that you're John the Baptist, some 119 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,120 say that you're Elijah, some say that you're you're. 120 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,560 Jeremiah or one of the. Prophets, but he said unto them, 121 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,880 But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said, 122 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,320 Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 123 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,000 Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon 124 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,160 Barjona, for flesh and blood? If not. 125 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,000 Revealed this unto you. But my Father, which is in 126 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,160 heaven, and I say unto thee, that you're Peter, and upon this 127 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:18,720 rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not 128 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,440 prevail against it, And I'll give to you the. 129 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,480 Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. That whatever you bind on earth 130 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,760 will be bound in heaven and. Whatever you loose on earth. 131 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,800 Will be loosed in heaven and they charged he and his 132 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,400 disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the 133 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,559 Christ Father. I thank you for this occasion 134 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,559 that we've gathered today to celebrate Pastor Lance and Candy 135 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,360 for their incredible work and labor of love. 136 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,680 Or we just speak blessings upon them. 137 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,120 We speak blessings upon their their home, their health, their 138 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,560 life, Lord, And we just pray that you would just refresh 139 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:56,400 them, renew them, encourage them today. 140 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,520 And Lord, we just thank you for this church that you have raised 141 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,760 up. Thank you, Lord. 142 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,720 For the for the people. Here that have. 143 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,960 Stood. With this pastor and stood 144 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,440 beside him and behind him and around him and covered him in 145 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,960 prayer and love and support and I pray, Lord, that you would 146 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,720 just. Continue to do a great. 147 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,720 Work in this, in this area, in this community, in this county, 148 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,720 in this region, Lord, that you would cause this church to be a 149 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,520 lighthouse, that you would cause this place to. 150 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,000 To be filled with lives. That have been transformed and 151 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,080 changed. Disciples of Jesus Christ and 152 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,640 Lord, we thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit that is at 153 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,000 work. Here, Lord that. 154 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,720 Anything can happen today. Lord lies. 155 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,920 Can be touched and transformed, saved, delivered. 156 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,720 Healed, set free by the. Power of God because all things 157 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,440 are possible today and we'll give you the praise and the 158 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,400 honor and the glory for it in Jesus name, Amen and Amen. 159 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,680 You can be seated. I want to talk to you this 160 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:54,800 morning for a few minutes if you'll help me preach. 161 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,680 On the church that. Hell can't stop. 162 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:06,200 Say that with me, the church, that hell can't stop. 163 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,640 You know Hell's. Always had a strategy. 164 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,360 From the moment that Lucifer. Was cast out of heaven. 165 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,080 He's been on a mission to undermine, undermine God's 166 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:22,560 purpose, to oppose God's people, to obstruct God's power. 167 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,840 He couldn't stop God's plan in heaven, and so he's been trying 168 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,680 to sabotage God's plan. On the earth and his. 169 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:36,040 Favorite target is the church. And when we talk about the 170 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,640 church, we're talking about God's people, the the church 171 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,040 today. The church is not a building. 172 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,360 The church is a living Organism. We are the Church of the Lord 173 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,640 Jesus Christ. If you're here today and you're 174 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,720 born again and you're a citizen of the Kingdom of heaven, you 175 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,480 are the church. You are the Church of the living 176 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,200 God. The church wasn't man's idea, it 177 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,600 was God's. The church was birthed by the 178 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,680 blood of Jesus Christ. It was built on the rock of 179 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:08,880 Revelation, and it's sustained by the power of the Holy Spirit. 180 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,920 You see, Satan knows he can't dethrone God, so he tries to 181 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,960 deceive God's people. He knows he can't destroy 182 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,040 heaven, so he tries to divide the church. 183 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,280 He knows he can't stop the plan of redemption, so he tries to 184 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,480 silence the redeemed. I believe the enemy would say, 185 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,920 he said. If I can't defeat the Creator, 186 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,920 I'll try to corrupt. His creation. 187 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,880 So the enemy strategy today is this. 188 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,960 He tries to attack the message through false teaching. 189 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,360 There's a lot of false teaching in the world today. 190 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,200 There's a lot of false, false teachers in the Bible. 191 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,320 The Bible warns about in the last days that there would be 192 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,080 those who would come with false teachings. 193 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,560 Aren't you glad that you do have a pastor who preaches the word 194 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:01,760 of God today, man? And so he attacks the message, 195 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:06,080 but he also attacks the mission through distraction and 196 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,200 division. He attacks ministers through 197 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,320 temptation and burnout. They say that some 3700 198 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:17,840 ministers quit the ministry every, I believe every month 199 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,280 there are, there are over 3000 ministers who say, I can't do 200 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,680 this anymore. I quit. 201 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,680 I can't, I, I can't take the stress. 202 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:28,360 I can't take the the heat and the pressure and, and they quit 203 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,840 the ministry. Aren't you glad you've had one 204 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,880 who may have wanted to quit? But he said, I'm not going to, 205 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,000 I'm going to keep persevering now I'm going to keep, I'm going 206 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,840 to keep striving for Jesus Christ. 207 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,840 But he also not only attacks the message and the menace, the the 208 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,760 the message and and the mission and the ministers, but he 209 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,040 attacks members. He attacks us as the body 210 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,680 through fear, through compromise, through confusion. 211 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,440 Demonic deception is on the rise in this day. 212 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,240 Spiritual warfare, We sense it. It's intensifying. 213 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,440 And darkness is trying to dominate every dimension of 214 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,720 society. And the church is no exception. 215 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,400 The enemy wants to shut the doors of the church because it's 216 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,880 not the government that gives us hope today. 217 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,280 It's not. It's not Social Security that 218 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,800 gives us hope today. Hope comes through the message 219 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,720 of the true Church of the living God, the message of Jesus Christ 220 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,280 and him crucified. So warfare's intensifying 221 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,800 darkness is trying to dominate, but the church is meant to 222 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,480 survive the attacks of hell. We were built to survive. 223 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,000 We were built to to survive the Hell's attacks. 224 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,160 And we we weren't, but just meant to survive Hell's attacks. 225 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:52,920 We were meant to to overcome and to dominate Hell's attacks. 226 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:57,000 You see, we don't, we don't, we're not supposed to get backed 227 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,520 up into a corner and then try to come out fighting. 228 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:04,720 We've been given every weapon that is necessary to come 229 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:09,240 against all the powers of the enemy that comes against the 230 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,720 church. You've heard it said that the 231 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,400 church is not a cruise ship for entertainment, but the church is 232 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,240 a battleship to engage the enemy. 233 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:23,600 We are to rise up and engage the darkness in this world. 234 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,840 Satan opposes, but he can't overthrow. 235 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,400 He roars, but he doesn't reign. He may fight, but he can't 236 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,760 finish what he didn't start. Jesus started this church. 237 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:43,720 He said I will build my church. It's his church, it belongs to 238 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,440 him. We are the Church of the Lord 239 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,800 Jesus Christ. Paul said in Philippians one 240 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,880 sick being confident of this very thing. 241 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,480 He which hath begun a good work in you. 242 00:14:55,720 --> 00:15:01,040 And can I just tell Cross Power Church, God has just begun a 243 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,120 good work in you and he's going to complete it. 244 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,600 He's going to finish what he started. 245 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,800 Can you give God praise for that this morning? 246 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:16,640 The church may be pressed, but it's not powerless. 247 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,720 The church may be attacked, but it's not abandoned. 248 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,680 The church may be oppressed, but we are not overcome. 249 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,000 Even today, as we face a generation of moral confusion 250 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,440 and spiritual compromise, the church is not fading, it is 251 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,080 flourishing. The darker the night, the 252 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,160 brighter the light. The heavier the pressure, the 253 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,680 greater the power that God sends into His church so that we can 254 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:48,360 be overcomers and come against all the powers of the enemy. 255 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,320 Several years ago there was a a movie. 256 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,960 That that came out. Called Unstoppable and it's it 257 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:59,000 was based on a true story it's about a runaway train some. 258 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,400 Of you may have seen it, it came out about. 2010 But it's based 259 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:07,920 on on a true story of a train in Pennsylvania freight train that 260 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:13,400 was barreling down the tracks and it it it had several cars 261 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:19,240 full of a biochemical or, or or very toxic fluids and liquids on 262 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,080 it and it was out of control. It was, it was, it was a 263 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,240 barreling toward through a city and they knew was going to was 264 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,760 going to derail and it could have potentially kill thousands 265 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,680 of people once that liquid became exposed and it crashed. 266 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,120 And, and so they, they tried to stop it and it was called the 267 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,920 CXCS XA8888 and they called it the crazy 8 train. 268 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,800 And they, they tried everything they could. 269 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:53,200 Finally they, they found an engineer who was who they found 270 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:59,840 a, a, a, an engine that is designed to to track down a 271 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,560 runaway trains and an engineer that that got on this engine, 272 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,440 the train engine and, and was able to catch up and, and latch 273 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,440 on to that train and finally able to get it stopped. 274 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,319 But it but it was called the unstoppable train. 275 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,839 You see, the church is unstoppable. 276 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,319 The Church of Jesus Christ is unstoppable. 277 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,319 It is a force that is unstoppable. 278 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,960 And just like just like the church, the world may try to 279 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,240 derail us and distract us and detain us. 280 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,360 But hell can't stop what heaven started. 281 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,280 God has started a good work here and hell can't stop it. 282 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:45,320 God has started a good work in your life and hell can't stop 283 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,920 it. All the powers of hell that come 284 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,040 again. It's your life and your marriage 285 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,960 and your family. Hell can't stop what heaven has 286 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,280 started. There is no power in hell. 287 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,280 Hell thought they had Jesus when he was in the grave, but they 288 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,880 found hell found out. They couldn't stop Jesus because 289 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,000 all power, all power was given unto him. 290 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,920 All power belongs under our Lord. 291 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:14,080 And resurrection power raised up Jesus from the dead. 292 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,760 And that same resurrection life is what's here today that is 293 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,400 working and is ministering to us and lives on the inside of us. 294 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:29,040 Aren't you glad for that today? So Jesus, Jesus made this 295 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,640 statement at a place called Caesarea Philippi. 296 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,120 It's very important that you understand the, the location of 297 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:37,320 this. Where was that? 298 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:45,280 Because it, it, it actually was previously called Pineus after 299 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,080 the Greek God Pan. The, the, the mythical Greek God 300 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,720 Pan was half goat, 1/2 man God. That, that, that was worship. 301 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,440 It was an idol that was worshipped. 302 00:18:55,440 --> 00:19:00,560 And, and, and, and so this was this is what that area was 303 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,200 called. And it, and was at a a very 304 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,960 rocky high Cliff area. And it was believed that there 305 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:12,080 was a, there was a, a, a, a opening in that Cliff that was 306 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,520 believed to be the opening to the, the underworld. 307 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,040 And so literally it was called the gates of hell. 308 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,720 Jesus didn't just happen to go there. 309 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,280 Jesus didn't just say, well, this, you know, no, he 310 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:31,680 specifically went to the region that the people knew as the 311 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,120 gates of hell. And that's where Jesus first 312 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,880 introduced the concept of the church. 313 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:43,000 For he said, upon this rock I will build my church and the 314 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:51,560 gates of hell will not prevail. Jesus declared that the church 315 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,120 is going to prevail over the powers of darkness. 316 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,880 He didn't say it in comfort. He said it in confrontation. 317 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:01,200 He didn't whisper it in a sanctuary. 318 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:04,400 He thundered it in Satan's territory. 319 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,160 That's the kind of confidence that the church has to have 320 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,440 today that we stand in the darkest hour of that's that 321 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,520 we've been in and the darkest place. 322 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,800 And we declare we still have the advantage because what heaven 323 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:24,160 started, hell can't stop. That's why you can go to dark 324 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,280 places. That's why you can be in this 325 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,240 world and live in this world, but you're the light of the 326 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,680 world. We're a light in a dark place. 327 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,480 And we're not to hide our light under a bushel. 328 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,560 No, we're to let our light shine because we have the power. 329 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,400 We have the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ. 330 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:46,800 And it's, it causes hell to tremble when a child of God 331 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:52,160 understands that the church, that the body of Christ, that 332 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,000 hell can't stop it. Is this all right? 333 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:06,200 That savage incident a month ago, 3132 days ago, Hell thought 334 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:12,120 that it would silence the voice of a young patriot, a father, a 335 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,480 husband, a young man. You know what I'm talking about. 336 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,920 You know who I'm talking about, Charlie. 337 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,120 Hell thought we're going to. We'll silence, we'll stop this 338 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,280 movement. But you see what's happening 339 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,560 just in 30 days, the explosive growth, hell thought it could. 340 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,320 And you see, that's what hell thinks it can do to the church. 341 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,760 That's what hell thinks it can do to a believer. 342 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,280 That hell that the, that the, the try to silence the voice. 343 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,400 But I'm here to tell you, you can't stop the voice of God. 344 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,400 Hell can't stop God's. What Hell can't stop what heaven 345 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,920 starts. Hell can't stop it. 346 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:53,600 And it's the church Hell can't stop, the power and the movement 347 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:58,200 of the Church of Jesus Christ. So what kind of church is it 348 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,720 that hell can't stop? Well, I'm glad you asked because 349 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,760 I'm going to tell you this morning. 350 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,680 Hell can't stop the church that knows its author. 351 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,920 Jesus said I will build my church. 352 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,280 He didn't say Lance is going to build a church. 353 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,280 Lance. Lance may have started the 354 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,680 church. Lance may have had an, a vision 355 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,520 and A and a mindset to to begin a church and call people 356 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,640 together, to have a place of worship and to and to and to buy 357 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,520 a building and to and to tear down walls and to expand. 358 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,080 Yes. But you see, this isn't Lance's 359 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,680 church. This is God's church. 360 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,800 Jesus said, I'm the author of the church. 361 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,160 I will build my church. He's the author. 362 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,080 Hebrews 12/2. Looking unto Jesus, the author 363 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,560 and the finisher of our faith. Hell trembles when the church 364 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,880 and the believers remember who writes the story. 365 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,600 Do you know who's writing your story today? 366 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,440 Jesus isn't just the founder of our faith, He's the finisher of 367 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,160 our fight. The church didn't begin in a 368 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,320 boardroom, it began in the blueprints of heaven. 369 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,720 The church is a man's idea, it's God's idea. 370 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,240 We're not a human organization. We're a divine Organism that is 371 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:33,160 alive, and we've got the DNA of God in our midst today, Charles 372 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,720 Spurgeon wrote. If Jesus is the builder, no 373 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,000 bulldozer in hell can demolish his work. 374 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,840 Well, I like that because Jesus the author holds the copyright. 375 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,640 Hell can't rewrite the script. If Jesus is the author of your 376 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,080 story, he writes better endings than the enemy has planned. 377 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:01,400 If Jesus is the author of grace, he can turn our disgrace into 378 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,240 Amazing Grace. If Jesus is the author of peace, 379 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,440 he can calm storms that doctors can't diagnose. 380 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,920 If Jesus is the author of power, he gives strength in your 381 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,320 weakest hour. If Jesus is the author of faith, 382 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:22,240 he strips victory when fear tries to edit out your destiny. 383 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:28,960 If Jesus is the author of mercy, he rewrites chapters in your 384 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,880 life that you thought were ruined. 385 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:35,360 If Jesus is the offer of healing, Oh my goodness, been 386 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:39,960 signing his name where sickness had the last word. 387 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,760 If Jesus is the offer of deliverance, he breaks chains 388 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,520 and rewrites generational history. 389 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,320 If Jesus is the offer of hope, he pinned resurrection where the 390 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,080 world wrote. It's finished. 391 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,760 If Jesus is the author of love, He inscribes compassion upon 392 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,800 every line of my life. If Jesus is the author and the 393 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,840 finisher of my faith, He started it, He'll sustain it, and He'll 394 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:18,080 seal it with His glory. I know I'm preaching a little 395 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:23,680 different than I usually do. I might be. 396 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,840 Reading a little more than I normally do that you notice me 397 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,080 doing, but there's something here you need to hear today. 398 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,960 I'm taking my time is. That all right? 399 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,600 You see, Hell can't edit what heaven authored. 400 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,120 The pen of grace has already signed your victory. 401 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,600 Aren't you glad you know the author of your story? 402 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,240 I think somebody wrote a song about that. 403 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:54,160 He's the author of your story and it doesn't matter what hell 404 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:55,400 says. It doesn't matter what the 405 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,800 world, it doesn't matter the lies that the enemy comes to try 406 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,080 to bring condemnation on somebody here today, that the 407 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,320 enemy is telling you you're nothing, you're nobody, you're 408 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,160 no good, you're not going to make it. 409 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,160 You will never amount to of anything. 410 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,120 But I'm here to tell you, the author of your story says grace 411 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:16,240 is upon your life, Mercy is upon your life. 412 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,600 I start what I finish, and I finish what I start. 413 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,120 He's the author and the finisher of our faith. 414 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,520 So the church that hell can't stop knows its author. 415 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,000 But not only the church that hell can't stop knows its 416 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:36,560 author, it knows its authority. Do you know your authority? 417 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,480 Today? Jesus said, Behold, I give you 418 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,760 power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power 419 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,880 of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall harm you. 420 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,640 Jesus gave authority. He talked about, he said I give 421 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:55,160 you the keys of the Kingdom. There's two parts to this 422 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,920 authority and access. We'll get to access in a minute. 423 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,920 But if you have keys, you have access and you have authority. 424 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,880 If you've got keys to a building, that means you've got 425 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,320 right to enter it and you got a right to be there, right? 426 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,080 You don't give somebody keys to your home if you don't want them 427 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,560 to have access. You don't give them passcode if 428 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,120 you don't want them to have access. 429 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,400 So if you give somebody keys, you are authorizing them to have 430 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,760 authority and access. And that's what Jesus said. 431 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:35,600 He said, I am giving you authority, authority, Authority 432 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,040 over the enemy, Authority over darkness, authority over the 433 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,200 works of the enemy. The church doesn't. 434 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,000 We don't. We're not here begging for 435 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,160 authority today. We're not here praying. 436 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,880 Oh God, oh God, give us. Oh God, give us. 437 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,840 Oh, no. If you understand that when you 438 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,840 are born again, you have been given authority. 439 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:01,440 The blood of Jesus Christ, the name of Jesus that we sang about 440 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,560 this morning, that name gives you an eye. 441 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,360 Authority. We have authority. 442 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,880 We've been bestowed authority. Authority means legal right. 443 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,160 It means jurisdiction. It means endorsement. 444 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:19,000 When the church operates in that awareness, demons have to 445 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,760 recognize the command. Darkness has to has to respect 446 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,520 the decree. Doors have to open. 447 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,240 You see, Hell's greatest fear is that you begin to understand who 448 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,600 you are when you begin to know your identity. 449 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:38,240 If you don't know your identity, you don't have any authority. 450 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,600 Some walk they they walk in defeat because they don't know 451 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,120 their identity. And because they don't know 452 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,720 their identity, they don't have authority. 453 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:53,680 Hell has limited power, but the church has legal permission and 454 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,720 the church has unlimited power. I love the story in Acts 19. 455 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:04,520 In Acts 19, there was some, some, some guys, some they're 456 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,640 called the sons of Skiva. And they had been, they had been 457 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:13,280 watching Paul. They had been watching disciples 458 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,920 of Paul and disciples of, of Christ. 459 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,160 This is many years after after the outpour of the Holy Spirit 460 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:23,480 in Acts chapter. 2. And, and there was a man who was 461 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,880 demon possessed and, and these guys tried to, they thought it 462 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,960 was a formula. So they tried to cast this demon 463 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,400 out of this man. Well, the demon spoke and said, 464 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:40,920 Jesus, I know Paul, I know, but who are you? 465 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:46,880 Who do you guys think you are? And nothing happened. 466 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,960 You see, you see, there's a lot of counterfeits today. 467 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,640 There's a lot pretending that they're Christians, pretending 468 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,560 they have authority, pretending they have they have access. 469 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,120 But if you are a child of God today, if you'll become born 470 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,200 again, if you're not and you'll become born again to, you'll 471 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:14,680 have authority over the enemy. And so, so Jesus, I know Paul. 472 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:19,480 I know you see, You see, Hell knew Jesus and Hell knew Paul. 473 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,920 But they didn't know who these guys were because they weren't 474 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,480 walking in true faith. They were showing off a fake 475 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,720 badge. When you know who you are and 476 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,000 when you know who's you are, Hell won't ask. 477 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,800 Hell won't say I don't know you. Hell knows you. 478 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,040 Hell knows who you are. Hell knows you when you when you 479 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,760 begin to call on Jesus, when you begin to say the name of Jesus, 480 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,960 when you begin to speak Jesus over your children, when you 481 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,280 begin to speak Jesus over your needs, when you begin to call 482 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,760 upon the name that is above every name. 483 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,320 Hell knows who you are because you've got the blood of Jesus 484 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:05,480 Christ on your life. And you see, it's that blood 485 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,480 that not only that gives you authority, but His blood gives 486 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,680 you access. We can't approach the Father 487 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,200 without the blood of Jesus. You can't, you can't approach 488 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,240 the Father and ask for your needs to be supplied. 489 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,160 You can't approach the Father and, and, and, and receive the 490 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,480 benefits and the blessings of heaven. 491 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,080 If you haven't already, come through the name of Jesus and 492 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,400 through the blood of Jesus Christ that forgives us of our 493 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,800 sin. It's the blood that made a way. 494 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,440 The veil was torn not from the bottom up, but from the top down 495 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,040 so that access can to be made by you and I. 496 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,240 The Bible says let us come boldly to the throne of grace 497 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,080 that we may obtain mercy and find help in the time of need. 498 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,200 The church that that that hell can't stop. 499 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,960 It's the church that knows it has access. 500 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,840 And let me tell you something, every one of us has access right 501 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:06,520 now into the throne of God. You don't have to beg for 502 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,800 access. There's some places you and I 503 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,160 would go today. We could go today and we 504 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,280 couldn't get, we couldn't get through the front door because 505 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,160 we don't have an access pad. We don't have a keypad, we don't 506 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,640 have a key fob. We don't, we don't have access 507 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,440 into this building or we couldn't get past security. 508 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,120 We couldn't get on an elevator, we couldn't get up the 509 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,960 escalator. We couldn't get past this 510 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,200 secretary. We couldn't get past this floor 511 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:34,440 because they've got restrictions and it would say access denied. 512 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,520 But for the child of God, there is no denying of access for you 513 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,120 and I to come boldly to the throne today. 514 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,720 So whatever your need is, you can. 515 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,560 You've got access. You've got access to approach 516 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,560 Him. If you need deliverance, there's 517 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,800 access for you today. If you need healing, there's 518 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,280 access for you today. Into the surgical room of 519 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,160 Almighty God where He can perform healing on your mind, 520 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:09,000 body, soul, and spirit. Today, Churchill can't stop. 521 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,400 Knows its author, knows its authority, knows its access. 522 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,000 And here's I'll stop with this one knows it's anointing, 523 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:24,560 anointing, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 524 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,640 You want to prevail, You want to overcome. 525 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,880 You got to have the Holy Spirit. You got to have the anointing of 526 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,480 the Holy Spirit because the Bible says the anointing breaks 527 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,160 yokes. The anointing destroys bondages 528 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,280 and breaks yokes. It takes the anointing of the 529 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,760 Holy Spirit, the anointing, the power of God that anointing 530 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,640 heavens. The anointing is heaven's 531 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,640 empowerment for earth's assignment. 532 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,880 It's not just oil on your head. It's God on your life. 533 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,680 The oil is symbolic there, there, there's there's 534 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,920 physically no power in this, in this oil, but it's a 535 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:09,159 representation. It's symbolic of the anointing 536 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,000 oil of God, the anointing of God's power. 537 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,480 And spirit of hell fears the anointed because the anointed 538 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,520 operate in a realm where flesh can't function. 539 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,600 When you're anointed, you speak and heaven confirms. 540 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,480 When you're anointed, you worship and change, shatter. 541 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,520 When you're anointed, you pray and prisons shake. 542 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,159 The anointing makes the the ordinary unstoppable. 543 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:34,679 That's why the Church has to operate in the anointing of the 544 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,360 Holy Spirit. That's why we lay our hands on 545 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,320 the sick and we anoint with all because we believe they shall 546 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:46,520 recover. The anointing breaks chains and 547 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,639 Samson's hair was restored. So was his anointing. 548 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:52,600 The anointing wasn't in his hair. 549 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,679 It was symbolic of the covenant. It was symbolic of the 550 00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,440 relationship. But even in his weakness, Hell's 551 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:05,840 house fell because the anointing was restored. 552 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:16,600 When the anointing is present, Hell can't prevail, so Hell 553 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,640 can't stop. What the blood covers, what the 554 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,000 Spirit feels, what the Word sustains. 555 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,840 What the name empowers and the hope that anchors. 556 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:32,120 US. You're part of a church today 557 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,440 that hell can't stop. You're part of a movement today. 558 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,880 You're part. You're part of a living thing. 559 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,880 Be thankful for the church. Be thankful that God, God has 560 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,840 God has established the church. It's a place of refuge. 561 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,800 It's a place of. Healing it's a. 562 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,440 Sanctuary, it's a, it's a place of it's a place of communion. 563 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,320 It's a place of restoration. It's a place of renewal. 564 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,120 It's a, it's a place of laying down. 565 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:03,960 It's, it's a place of burying where we bury our, our, our sins 566 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,600 and our past and, and when we get resurrected to new life. 567 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,720 Are you thankful for the Church today? 568 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:19,080 Because if you're a part of the church, hell can't stop it. 569 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,840 Hell can't stop the strategies. Hell can't stop the church 570 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,640 because the tomb's empty and the throne's occupied. 571 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,600 I'm done. Hell can't stop the church 572 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,320 because it's marching under orders from the King of Kings. 573 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,560 Hell can't stop the church because its weapons are not 574 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,880 carnal, but they're mighty through God till the pulling 575 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,480 down of strongholds. Hell can't stop the church 576 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,600 because the Lion of Judah roars within her walls. 577 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,840 Hell can't stop the church because her foundation is 578 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,040 unshakable and her future is unstoppable. 579 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,360 Hell can't stop the church because what's owned by God 580 00:36:53,720 --> 00:37:01,960 can't be overthrown by Satan. Tell your neighbor Hell can't 581 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:06,680 stop this. He's tried to stop. 582 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,600 He's tried to stop some of you. He's tried to. 583 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,480 He's tried to stop you from coming to church. 584 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,720 He's tried to stop you from confessing Jesus. 585 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:20,360 He's tried to stop you from giving up and laying down sins 586 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,360 and habits and addictions and hang ups. 587 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,600 He's tried to stop you from. Progressing in your faith, he's. 588 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,560 Tried to stop you from receiving healings and miracles. 589 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,640 He's tried to stop you from from putting your life back together. 590 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,440 He's tried to stop you from having your marriage restored. 591 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,880 He's tried to stop you from having peace in your mind. 592 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,600 He's tried to stop you from walking. 593 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,600 But I'm here to tell you, Hell can't stop. 594 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,360 Hell can't stop what God's put in motion. 595 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,600 Hell can't stop what what God has planned for you. 596 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:52,800 I'm glad today that I'm in an unstoppable. 597 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,600 Thing today. The Church of Jesus Christ, 598 00:37:55,600 --> 00:38:03,450 would you stand please? Is this all right? 599 00:38:05,810 --> 00:38:13,920 Did you receive anything today? The word encourage you today. 600 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,280 Because that's the power of God's Word. 601 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,200 It strengthens us. It encourages us, but even. 602 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:31,200 Now the powers of hell try to distract somebody, try to 603 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,320 distract somebody from saying. I need to. 604 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,000 Give my life fully to. Jesus. 605 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,120 Powers of hell try to distract somebody from receiving a 606 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,120 miracle that you. That you were designed and 607 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,000 intended. To have today the powers of hell 608 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,040 will distract. You even now from trying. 609 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,200 From keeping you and hindering you from opening up your life 610 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,800 and allowing the power of the Holy Spirit to just come in and 611 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,400 touch you. So would you just lift up your 612 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,400 hands toward him? Let's just. 613 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:01,560 Praise him for a moment. Thanks for listening to the 614 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,880 Cross Powered Church podcast. May you know that true hope, 615 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,920 peace, and salvation can only be found in Jesus. 616 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,160 If you're near Campbell, TX, we would love for you to join us in 617 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,640 person. You can find service times at 618 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,240 crosspowerchurch.com.