1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,160 We welcome you to the We Are Zion sermon podcast. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,120 We are a church based out of Chennai, India. 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,800 We are thrilled that you tuned in today and hope that you will 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,480 be refreshed, revived, and energized by what you hear. 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,320 Our desire is that you will live life with a renewed sense of 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,960 purpose that stems from a vibrant faith in Jesus. 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,680 The year 2025 is 1 where we will be positioned by God to possess 8 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,880 our promise. We continue our sermon series 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,960 called A Recipe for Revival where we look at different 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,360 instances in the Bible where God poured his spirit out on His 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,760 people leading to reformation and restoration. 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,760 We hope that through this series, God will fill you with 13 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,000 the Holy fire so that you are blazing for Christ in a Dark 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,800 World. High Church, it's such a joy and 15 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,400 a privilege to bring God's Word to you. 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,200 And even as we take some time, we're going to go into the 4th 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,440 part of the series that we started called Recipes for 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,360 Revival. And one of the things that we 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,480 see in this entire series is that God wants to stir our 20 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,840 hearts. He just doesn't want to stir it, 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,640 but he wants to constantly keep stirring so that we won't rest 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,360 somewhere where we are comfortable because nothing 23 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,080 happens when we are comfortable. And that's the stirring that he 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,240 wants. It's it's not one where he 25 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,240 doesn't want us to rest. He wants us to be at rest. 26 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,160 But the the stirring is so that we'll be always dependent on 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,080 him. We'll always acknowledge him. 28 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,680 We'll always move towards obedience for him. 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,400 We'll always move to a place of understanding who he is. 30 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,440 And so even right now, I just want to take walk you through 31 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:44,760 some of the things we saw last week. 32 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,040 We saw from the life of Deborah, of how she rose up even as we 33 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,200 celebrated the women in our life, we believe and the mothers 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,320 in our life, we just believe that God has great plans for 35 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,680 them. And I pray that as we heard that 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,400 we're not fighting an enemy who's armed, we're fighting an 37 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,280 enemy who's disarmed. We also saw that we don't lead 38 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,640 and go for the heart issues of the enemy. 39 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,120 We really cut him off. And today, as we look into God's 40 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,840 Word, we also see that this battle that you're fighting is a 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,520 rigged battle. As we celebrated Easter, we know 42 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,240 Jesus is the one who is the victor. 43 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,360 We know Jesus is the one who crushed the head of the enemy 44 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,240 when he died on the cross. We know Jesus is the one who 45 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,200 reigns supreme. We know our future. 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,520 We know how this will end. We're fighting a battle that's 47 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,280 already won. And so today, with that in mind, 48 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,560 I would ask us if we can dwell deeper into God's Word today. 49 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:40,440 We're going to be looking at what it looks like to actually 50 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,360 sustain A revival. And many times, you know, when 51 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,040 we look into our lives, we see that revival happens. 52 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,000 It's momentum, it's it, it gets built up. 53 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,200 It's restricted to a place. But God saying today I've come 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,080 into the world, I've come and saved. 55 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,520 I'm here to save the entirety of mankind. 56 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,400 You are called to take my word across to the nations. 57 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:08,080 And as you do that, how will you create a place for revival to be 58 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,360 sustained? And as we look into God's word, 59 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,720 you're going to see, and I came across this one word as I was 60 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:17,040 meditating and preparing. This one word struck to me meant 61 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,360 what is our habitat? A lot of us today think a 62 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,920 habitat is exclusively only meant for animals. 63 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:28,800 You know, they need to have the right place where the water, the 64 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,520 weather conditions, and then that is their natural habitat. 65 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,800 So anytime you're talking about a creature that is waiting to 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,640 it's going extinct, they use the word habitat a lot. 67 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:43,040 But when I looked and I saw it is a place where organisms make 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,720 it home. A habitat meets all the 69 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,200 environmental conditions and Organism needs to survive. 70 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,600 We know plants, they need a certain kind of habitat. 71 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,520 Animals need a certain kind of habitat. 72 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,120 We as Christ followers, what is our habitat? 73 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,920 What is our habitat? There are three things that 74 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,040 forms or constitutes a good habitat. 75 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,920 The three main things are shelter, water, food, and space. 76 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,560 Shelter, water, food, and space. A lot of us today are thinking, 77 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,920 you know, if I can keep home, if I can make home my safe place. 78 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,480 Yes, physically it will be safe, but spiritually it can be dry. 79 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,440 And I want to ask you, wherever you are at, you can carry that 80 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,000 habitat with you as long as you're connected to Jesus, as 81 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,880 long as you're living according to what God's asking you to 82 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,840 live, as long as you're willing to make it an everyday affair 83 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:38,720 and not an occasional affair. You know, one of the things they 84 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,600 use in marketing, especially with paper boat coming and all 85 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,560 these other different things that they always take you back 86 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,520 to the time when you enjoy this in your grandparents place in 87 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,160 that house. And they want to relive that by 88 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,000 creating the taste. But the truth is when we taste 89 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,120 Jesus, we don't taste condemnation. 90 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,760 When we taste Jesus, we don't taste death. 91 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,320 When we taste Jesus, we don't taste rejection. 92 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,960 Whether we taste acceptance, whether we take we, we are able 93 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,280 to participate in repentance, whereas we're able to 94 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,400 participate in forgiveness, We're able to participate in 95 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,800 receiving true love. And this is what our habitat 96 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,840 requires us to be. It's an everyday thing. 97 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,800 Sinful nature and sin will trend to be the center and will make 98 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,320 that home, will make that comfortable. 99 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,880 And that's why today a lot of us have created a habitat of our 100 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,280 addictions, have created a habitat of our comfort, and we 101 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:36,920 are failing to allow Jesus in Jesus saying, can I come in? 102 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,480 Our natural habitat is when our inner being is free and is In 103 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,840 Sync with our makeup. It's when our inner being is 104 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,240 free. Today, what is our inner being 105 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,880 tied down to? Is it being tied down to guilt? 106 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,640 Is it being tied down to shame? Is it being tied down to the 107 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,440 works of the enemy? And I want to encourage you, 108 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,920 Church, for far too long we've lived within the bounds of the 109 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,040 enemy. We think that if he loosens the 110 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,040 ropes, we are OK. But eventually there is a rope 111 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,160 around. We need to set ourselves free, 112 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,040 move from the space. And I pray that we will create a 113 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,640 space where we'll allow God to reside in and work. 114 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:20,200 He has to work. He has to reside. 115 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,240 We will chew what is our food. We chew on His word every day. 116 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,000 That becomes something that we consume because we cannot do 117 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,520 that. We cannot live our lives without 118 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,000 chewing on God's Word water. We participate in the living 119 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 water wherever His Saints gather, wherever His people 120 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,560 gather, the river of God is there and that's why we can 121 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,720 participate in that water. Shelter is where we dwell in the 122 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,080 shadow of the Almighty. We acknowledge Him as King and 123 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,640 Lord over everything. So if he's King and Lord of all 124 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,000 over my work, I abide under the shadow of his wings. 125 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,400 That if he's Lord and King over my home, I abide that in my car, 126 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,560 I abide that we are love. We get so comfortable being 127 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:07,840 under the shelter of God, and so this eventually becomes our 128 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,200 natural habitat. I want to take our references to 129 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,160 1 John chapter 2, verses 18. And this is what it says, dear 130 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,360 children, this is the last star. And as you have heard that the 131 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,640 Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. 132 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,480 This is how we know it is the last star. 133 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,680 They went out from us, but they do not really belong to us. 134 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,560 For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with 135 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,040 us. But they're going showed that 136 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,280 none of them belonged to us. But you have an anointing from 137 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,720 the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 138 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:44,120 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but 139 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,960 because you do know it, and because you know lie comes from 140 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:49,720 the truth. Who is the liar? 141 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,040 It is whoever denies that Jesus is Christ, such a person as the 142 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,440 Antichrist denying the Father and the Son. 143 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,360 No one who denies the Son as the Father. 144 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,680 Whoever acknowledges the Son as the Father, also, As for you, 145 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,320 the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do 146 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:11,520 not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you 147 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,440 about all things, and as that anointing is real, not 148 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:19,600 counterfeit, just as it has taught you, remain in him. 149 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,560 And I want us to realize that when we are wanting to live in 150 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,520 this natural habitat, we need to come to a realization that we 151 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,280 are anointed. Anointed is not for a specific 152 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,200 group of people, OK? They're anointed to do God's 153 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,360 work. Now, anyone who's accepted Jesus 154 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,840 Christ is anointed. The minute I come to that 155 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,559 realization, anointing kicks at me. 156 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,880 I'm anointed because suddenly the clutches of sin is not 157 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,400 holding me. Suddenly I'm able to see with 158 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,320 clarity who Jesus is. Suddenly Satan doesn't make 159 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,040 sense anymore. Jesus starts making sense. 160 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,760 Suddenly peace. Lessness is not where I dwell 161 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,560 in, but peace is where I long for and I move towards. 162 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,840 And so suddenly I live in the anointing that is given to me 163 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,040 because I believe in Jesus Christ, because I believe in the 164 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,600 Triune God, because I believe that Father sent his Son, 165 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,040 because He loved the world so much that he died and He 166 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,320 promised that He will send and help. 167 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,840 And the Holy Spirit is here today helping with us. 168 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,120 When I come to that realization, it's that anointing which causes 169 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,080 me to go back to that habitat of allowing Jesus into my space, of 170 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,400 allowing to meditate on His. This word which becomes my food, 171 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:33,560 this water becomes my sustenance for every year because I'm 172 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:37,320 longing for that living water. And I move to enjoy the shelter 173 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,720 that I have with the Almighty and that teaches us every day as 174 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,280 long as I remain in Him. And so today, church, I want to 175 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,760 ask you, are you willing to be anointed again? 176 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,800 Because the Holy Spirit wants to move for us to see a revival. 177 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,760 Without us acknowledging the anointing, we won't be able to 178 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,440 participate in the revival. Without us acknowledging the 179 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,720 anointing, we won't be able to participate in the revival. 180 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,080 The Greek word that is used here for anointing is charisma. 181 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,160 The root word is Creole, which means to consecrate. 182 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,400 And so today, as much as you might not utter it with your 183 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,880 voice, the minute you say and say Jesus Christ is the Lord 184 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,760 over my life, you are being anointed to be set apart. 185 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,200 The enemy marks you out saying I'll attack you. 186 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,600 The enemy marks you out saying I'm going to pull you down. 187 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,720 The enemy marks you out saying I'm going to defile you and say 188 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,840 this is who you are. This is what you've committed. 189 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:36,960 But will you rise up so that he will be nullified, so that Jesus 190 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,120 will take center in your life? Today we see how God raised a 191 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,440 person from the Old Testament called Jehu. 192 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,640 Jehu was just another person walking in the Kingdom of Israel 193 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,160 who was working under the king, and he was one of the warriors 194 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,120 out there. But as he was met by the 195 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,520 prophet, Elisha sent one of his prophets out to go and anoint 196 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,640 him as king. Things changed. 197 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,560 It was the anointing that caused him to do certain things. 198 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,680 And today I want us to reflect on that and I want us to move to 199 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:12,720 a place of seeing what did Jesus really ask us to do? 200 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,160 Because you and me today are living in this world. 201 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,680 We are anointed, but we're also called to accomplish certain 202 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:21,480 things. What is it that his anointing is 203 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,680 causing us to do? When we see from the life of 204 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:28,960 Jehu, Jehu was chosen specifically by God to wipe out 205 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,520 Ahab. Why? 206 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:35,200 Because Jezebel had kept a hand on God's chosen prophets. 207 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,080 She had put to death many prophets who stood for the name 208 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,880 of the God of Israel. And so I would ask each and 209 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,240 everyone, if you, for those of you who are fighting battles 210 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,680 where you are innocent and where the enemies having the upper 211 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,960 hand rest in the shelter of the Almighty, let him fight your 212 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,400 battles. If there's one thing me and my 213 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,560 wife can tell you in the last 4-5 years is you've seen God 214 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:00,120 fight our battles. We've seen God, you know, 215 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,320 confuse the enemy. We've seen God, you know, move 216 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,480 the enemy's mouth to blabber and tell all truth. 217 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:10,240 Because when the Holy Spirit moves and fights, everything is 218 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,960 revealed because in Him is light. 219 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,080 And when the light shines, there's no darkness. 220 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,560 And so you will visibly see who the enemy is. 221 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:19,920 And so I love God to fight your battles for you. 222 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:25,080 I love God to fight your battles for you and I pray that we won't 223 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,800 take this anointing slightly. A lot of us are waiting. 224 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,520 You know what? I need to be anointed by that 225 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,000 person. You know Jesus came to this 226 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,560 world. He died for us once and not for 227 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,360 all. The deed is done. 228 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,720 If you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, if you declare it 229 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,840 with your mouth and believe it with your heart, you are 230 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,920 anointed. You are anointed. 231 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,600 You automatically are being set apart. 232 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,360 As I said earlier and today, that anointing sets us to do 233 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,960 greater things like what Jehu did, and even as we learn from 234 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,680 his life, I pray that we'll be able to live it out to its 235 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,080 fullest. The first thing that we learn 236 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,320 from Jehu's life is we anointed to fulfill God's Word. 237 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,160 Jehu had a specific anointing over his life to fulfill God's 238 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,120 Word. What was God's word? 239 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,640 God has spoken 20 years back to Elijah that he will do certain 240 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,480 things to Ahab. He also said that his sons will 241 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,080 be, you know, killed in the field which he had stolen. 242 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,040 Jezebel's body will be completely eaten by dogs and 243 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,720 only certain the bones alone will remain. 244 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:30,800 We see that God used Jehu to fulfil God's word as as graphic 245 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:35,000 it is, as you know, as unpalatable it is. 246 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,560 This is the God of justice. God raises his people up. 247 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:41,280 He anoints us to do certain works. 248 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,640 And so today, if we see people who are doing certain works in 249 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:48,640 society, who are doing it because they love Jesus, because 250 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,320 they are anointed for it, they have found out what God's called 251 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,400 him. That's why for us, as much as we 252 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,840 find a purpose here on this earth, we also need to find a 253 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,160 purpose why God's created us, because each and every one of us 254 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,960 have a unique call that God's placed over us, our lives. 255 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:07,520 Let's read from 2 Kings Chapter 9 verses 6 to 10. 256 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,880 This is what it says. Jehu got up and went into the 257 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,080 house. Then the prophet poured the oil 258 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,800 on Jehu's head and declared, this is what the Lord, the God 259 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,480 of Israel says. I anoint you king, O the Lord's 260 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,120 people, Israel, you are to destroy the House of Ahab your 261 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,640 master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants, the 262 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,200 prophets, and the blood of all the Lord's servants shed by 263 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,640 Jezebel. The whole House of Ahab will 264 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,240 perish. I will cut off from Ahab every 265 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,080 last male in Israel, slave of free. 266 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,440 I will make the House of Ahab like the House of Jeroboam son 267 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,520 of Nabat, and like the House of Basha son of Ahijah. 268 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,640 As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at 269 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,800 Jezreel, and no one will bury her. 270 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,880 Then he opened the door and ran. Then he opened the door and dry. 271 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,000 And so I want to ask you today, for those of you who are 272 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,800 seasoned Christians who've been reading God's Word, who have 273 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,200 been, who've been meditating on it, and yet who are staying 274 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:10,440 confused, I pray and ask that you would open your eyes to see 275 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,120 what God's anointed you for to fulfill. 276 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,600 You cannot fulfill God's anointing from a place of 277 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,720 comfort. You cannot fulfill. 278 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,280 You. See, his immediate response was 279 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,280 to open the door and run. He received it and he went. 280 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,640 Today you are anointed. What are you anointed and called 281 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,760 to do? What have you been waiting 282 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,520 saying? God, for a lot of us, we've we 283 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,640 failed to take the very responsibility that God's called 284 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,240 us and some of us are giving up on our marriages. 285 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,800 We have not risen up in our roles as husbands in our roles 286 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,960 as wise we are, we are we are failing in that. 287 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,200 God's asking. I've anointed you for that going 288 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,880 to why don't you take that up for those of you who are giving 289 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,840 up on being parents. Your pursuits of your heart are 290 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,800 far bigger than what it is to be right now. 291 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:01,160 God saying I've put you with children do what's enjoy the 292 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,120 responsibility and anointing that is needed. 293 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,160 We need anointing and grace for everything today. 294 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,720 You and I cannot function just with the partial anointing here 295 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,640 and that I can't function today with the partial anointing of 296 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,960 being a partial husband, a partial father and a past 297 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,600 partial leader. No, I have to walk in the 298 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,240 fullness of his anointing because there's an overflow. 299 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,200 There's an interconnected thing that happens. 300 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:29,960 If you see how these wheat or even gasoline storages are 301 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,280 happening, petroleum, diesel, and all that happens is they 302 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,880 have these huge reservoirs and there's this. 303 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,720 They are all interconnected. And so at one point there'll be 304 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,480 one point of entry and they can fill all the three at the same 305 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,200 time or they can choose what to fill at that time. 306 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,640 And I believe that's where God's calling us to be anointed. 307 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,920 A lot of us are lacking anointing specific area. 308 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,960 Take a step back and say God work in this area. 309 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,400 I'm sorry I'm over controlling this area and what we see here 310 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:03,080 in Jehu's life is he found his ultimate purpose that God had 311 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,359 called him to do. He was a warrior. 312 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,319 God said rise up when you read through the entire story you see 313 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:12,640 that is his characteristics stands out as who he is. 314 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,400 This anointing that happens in US in the according to the New 315 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,720 Testament, helps us identify between the truth and the false, 316 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,160 helps us identify between what is right and what is wrong. 317 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:28,560 When we live out of our anointing, we're living in a 318 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,840 heightened sense. It is a verb which causes us to 319 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:35,560 do something. Charisma causes motion in us, 320 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,680 which causes us to move. Take the next step. 321 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,240 We no longer just are people who respond, but because we have 322 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,600 anointed, because we realize we're anointed, we respond to 323 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,520 the call and we take a step forward. 324 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,400 James one verse 22 says do not merely listen to the word and so 325 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,800 deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 326 00:17:56,120 --> 00:17:59,520 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is 327 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,880 like someone who looks at the face, at his face in a mirror 328 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:05,720 and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately 329 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,400 forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into 330 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,720 the perfect Lord that gives freedom and continues in it, not 331 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,880 forgetting what they have heard, but doing it, they will be 332 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,960 blessed in what they do. Anointing causes me to step out. 333 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,200 Why does anointing causes me to step out? 334 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,760 Because you're not stepping out out of your own strength. 335 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,480 You're stepping out of the strength that God's given you. 336 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,480 And so even as I mentioned that time that we should operate out 337 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:38,040 of a place where we are anointed across all our sections, across 338 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,920 all our sections, there's there's this beautiful way God 339 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,440 brings about expansion in everything that we do. 340 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,280 Yeah, last week we heard about 10 pigs. 341 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,600 And one of the things I've been realizing is when we take the 10 342 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:55,080 pigs and when we put it, when we say, glor, enlarge our tent, he 343 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,240 allows us to go fix those 10 pigs ourselves. 344 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,280 He causes us to take ownership about the enlargement that he's 345 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,640 giving. What does enlargement mean? 346 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,880 Enlargement means dependency. And so today, if you're being 347 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,040 anointed to do God's work, you're like Geshum. 348 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,640 I have so many things on my plate. 349 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,240 It is God who's anointing you. Geshum is not anointing you. 350 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,560 It's not man who's anointing. It's God. 351 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,760 God knows best. God knows how much you can 352 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,200 handle. If God wants to increase your 353 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,120 endurance to do his work, He will enlarge you. 354 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,960 If God wants to increase your capacity to do far bigger things 355 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,640 than what you've imagined, according to Ephesians 320, He 356 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:38,080 will enlarge you, put your 10 pegs, and live out the calling 357 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,240 that God's called you to do. A lot of us are failing to live 358 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,200 out what God's called us to do. We're living out other people's 359 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,880 things. We're living out others other 360 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,720 people's lives and living out other people's imaginations and 361 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,280 things that they are telling. Live out what God's asking you 362 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,160 to live out, because today we have to live that. 363 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,360 What does that live out? We be faithful in the little he 364 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:02,160 gives us more, we be faithful in that and he gives us more and we 365 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,360 see that in that. I also get a revelation of what 366 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,800 his Kingdom looks like. It's no longer my Kingdom. 367 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,240 Anything that I do the, the, the marriage that give that God's 368 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,120 given is purely what God's given. 369 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,920 You know, yesterday me and Tina were off for a shoot. 370 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,400 And as we are coming back, we have to go to the other part of 371 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,720 the city. And as we are coming back in 372 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,920 Vatapani, this is Vatapani is in other locality in. 373 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,640 In Chennai, that's pretty much the whole filming community. 374 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,480 In fact, a lot of the movie studios are all there. 375 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,080 And as you're coming there, there's this one particular mess 376 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,760 called Kumar Mess. And as we were just crossing 377 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,680 that, I, I was reminded the day I discharged, we discharged Tina 378 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,760 from the hospital after her treatment for the brain 379 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,160 aneurysm. We had to have lunch and she had 380 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,400 to take her medicine. And so we stopped there at Kumar 381 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,600 Mess and we walk in there and you know me, you know, I was 382 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,920 just belting it. It's meals and you know, you 383 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:04,840 just enjoy it. Tina just got scared looking at 384 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,320 the way people are eating around her. 385 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,080 You know, she just got scared and she she was just this 386 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,520 overwhelmed, I think emotionally as she was walking through. 387 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:17,640 But I was just realizing that those those those markers that 388 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,400 are placed as you're passing. We were just recollected that 389 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,400 and as we were driving, I was just reminded how far God's 390 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,680 brought us seven years, what God's brought us seven years, 391 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,600 what God's done. The anointing causes you to look 392 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,920 back to give thanks. You see, God's fulfilled what he 393 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,040 who has kept you. And so today, if you're 394 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,560 fulfilling anything in your life because of the anointing and all 395 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,120 the glory goes to God, you and I can't take credit. 396 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,760 You and I can't take credit for our kids. 397 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,960 You and I can't take credit for the family and the extended 398 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,960 family. You and I can't take credit for 399 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,200 our generation. It is the Lord because so we 400 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,560 pursued the Lord, and the Lord was with us in everything that 401 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,400 we did. So I pray that we will move in 402 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,880 the anointing to fulfill and do all that God's called us to do. 403 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,360 That you would rise up. If you've been doubting all 404 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,040 along, you would rise up. The second thing, you're 405 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,800 anointed to be ruthless with the enemy. 406 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,320 You're anointed to be ruthless with the enemy. 407 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,680 One of the things Jehu realized God has raised him was to put an 408 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,480 end to the rule that God had placed there. 409 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,240 He rose up in courage and in strength. 410 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,680 He took up. In fact, if you look, there are 411 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,600 four or five things that he's taken up and he's dealt with 412 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,240 meticulously. And I want us to concentrate on 413 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,320 that because many a times I want you and I to realize that this 414 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,680 anointing that comes is a journey in itself. 415 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,560 We move from one. It might feel from a battle to a 416 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,000 battle, but that's where God's grace is. 417 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,080 That's where God's strength is. That's where God's purposes lies 418 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,880 for our life. The first thing we see is God 419 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,000 asks Him to put Joram, King of Israel to death and we see her 420 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,160 in 2 Kings Chapter 9 verses 20 to 22. 421 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,360 This is where where he's heading towards them. 422 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,280 The King of Israel and the king of Judah both are meeting. 423 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,520 In fact, our alliances also matter. 424 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,400 Even as I mentioned this, it's very important every time we 425 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:15,000 align with those who are evil. Every time we need to be very 426 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,280 clear. When we are anointed, our 427 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,320 associations matter. When we are anointed, who we 428 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,960 allow into our inner courts matter. 429 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,800 When we are anointed, we need to know who is seated at our table. 430 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,800 Who is seated at our table? Let's read from 2 Kings Chapter 431 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,280 9, verses 20 to 22. The lookout reported he has 432 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,720 reached them, but he isn't coming back either. 433 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,760 The driving is like that of Jehu's son of Nemeshi. 434 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,760 He drives like a maniac. Hitch up my chariot, Joram 435 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,360 ordered. And when it was hitched up, 436 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,560 Joram, king of Vizir, and Haziah, king of Judah, rode out, 437 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,480 each in his own chariot to meet Jehu. 438 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,520 They met him at the plot of ground that belonged Nabat. 439 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,680 The Jezreelite was 22 when Joram saw Jehu. 440 00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,880 He asked, Have you come in peace, Jehu? 441 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:03,800 How can there be peace? Jehu replied, As long as all the 442 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,360 idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound, What do 443 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,560 we see here? We see here Jehu's going to the 444 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,520 very place where God's word has to be fulfilled. 445 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:19,360 He's standing in the vineyard which was snatched away by Ahab 446 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:22,080 and Jezebel. Jezebel snatched it, killed the 447 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,120 entire family of Naboth, and gave it to Ahab as a gift. 448 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:29,280 And we see here, he's fulfilling the prophecy of Ahab's son's 449 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,640 blood flowing and he pursues and he kills him right there and 450 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,560 they throw him in that vineyard. God's word has been fulfilled. 451 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,120 Today. I want to ask you, there is a 452 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:42,320 recurring team that comes here. Are we so comfortable with the 453 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,280 enemy that our anointing is of no worth when they're around? 454 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:54,000 Our anointing should be so, so rich that when they are there, 455 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,080 it shuts their mouth. When they are there, they're 456 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,880 like, what is it that's causing them to have this peace? 457 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,360 What is it that's causing them to have this joy? 458 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,840 What is it that's causing them to have this comfort? 459 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,880 How is it that they're able to see these things come through? 460 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,920 We need to be anointed to be able to pull everything down 461 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,160 face head on today. One of the things when we see we 462 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,680 have to be ruthless with the enemy is to face them head on, 463 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,040 face them head on. The second thing we see that as 464 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,840 Jehovah faces Joram, he kills him. 465 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:29,120 Then he also goes ahead and Hertz Ahaziah king of Judah. 466 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:33,120 We read that in 2 Kings Chapter 9 verses 23 to 29 it says Joram 467 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,480 turned around and fled calling out Ahaziah treachery Ahaziah. 468 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,760 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. 469 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,080 The arrow pierced his heart and he slummed down in his chariot. 470 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,040 And then we see when Ahaziah king of Judah saw that what has 471 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,680 happened, he fled up the road to Beth Hagen. 472 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,360 Jehu chased him, shouting kill him till they wounded him in his 473 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:56,480 chariot on the way to go near Iblam. 474 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,520 But he escaped to Megiddo and died. 475 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,600 That his servants took him by charity to Jerusalem and buried 476 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,040 him with his ancestors in his tomb in the city of David. 477 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,040 In the 11th year of Joram, son of Ahaziah had become king of 478 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,760 Judah. We see her. 479 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,880 It just didn't stop with that. He finished Ahaziah, he finished 480 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,560 Joram, and then he heads to the Queen Mother. 481 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,520 He goes to take on Jezebel. And when he takes on Jezebel, 482 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,400 this is where it's interesting. The enemy always, when he looks 483 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:31,280 at the anointed, wants to handle things at peace, handle things 484 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,560 at peace. You see here when Jordan comes, 485 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,360 when Jehu is going to meet, Jordan says are you coming in 486 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:39,720 peace? You'll see the same thing happen 487 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,120 when he is meeting Jezebel. Let's read 2 Kings Chapter 9 was 488 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:47,400 30 to 2030 onwards. It says when Jehu went to 489 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,640 Jezreel, when Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, 490 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,600 arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 491 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,880 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, Have you come in peace? 492 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:00,880 You Zimri, you murderer of your master? 493 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,640 He looked up at the window and called out. 494 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,760 Who is on my side? Who? 495 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,880 Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 496 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,280 Throw her down, Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some 497 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,960 of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled 498 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,320 her under foot. Jehu went in and ate and drank. 499 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,400 Take care of that cursed woman, she said, and bury her, for she 500 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,960 was a King's daughter. But when they went out to bury 501 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,160 her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her 502 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,120 hands. They went back and told Jehu, 503 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,480 who said this is the word of the Lord, that he spoke through his 504 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,760 servant Elijah the Tishbite on the plot on the ground of 505 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,480 Jezebel. Dogs will devour Jezebel's 506 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,200 flesh. Jezebel's body will be dunk on 507 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,880 the ground the plot in Jezebel so that no one will be able to 508 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:53,480 say this is Jezebel. So today when you meet the 509 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,880 enemy, when you and I has this anointed meet, he will ask, are 510 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,000 you coming at peace? How careful we must be because 511 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,840 many a times we are trying to keep peace. 512 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,680 And today when we say we have to keep peace, we don't have to 513 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,880 keep peace with the enemy. God's asked us to. 514 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,760 Blessed are the peacemakers with His people. 515 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,760 What did Jesus he said Blessed are the peacemakers, for they 516 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,360 will be called children of God. Don't make peace with the enemy, 517 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,880 because whatever we make peace, there will be a season in which 518 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,560 things will shift. He will trample us because we've 519 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,200 made peace. We won't have room to move. 520 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,880 So today, rise up, take the enemy, be ruthless, face them 521 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,880 head on. We see when you continue on 2 522 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:39,360 Kings chapter 10, verses 6 to 8, we see He goes on to take on the 523 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,120 entire lineage. He sends word to Samaria where 524 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,280 all the King's sons are, the 70 sons. 525 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,680 He sends word and he says, now that I'm sitting on the throne, 526 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:53,920 whose side are you on? They decapitate all 70 heads of 527 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,720 the children and they send them and they say we are on your side 528 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,360 today. You and I have to be ruthless 529 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,440 with the enemy. Why? 530 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,640 Because we'll have times when we'll be seated with them. 531 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,600 We'll be seated with them. We can't entertain them. 532 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,640 We can't negotiate with them. We can't. 533 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,240 For the sake of keeping peace, we can't say it. 534 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,080 Let God deal with everything that has to be said. 535 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,760 If it's according to His word that you're standing by, God 536 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,800 will stand with you. If you're standing by your 537 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,840 flesh, that's when you'll be having doubts. 538 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,120 You'll have fear. You'll want to hold peace. 539 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,440 I pray that we will stand according to what His Word says 540 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,520 we'll be. People will be able to take that 541 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,400 stand. In 2 Kings chapter 10 verse 17, 542 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,680 it says when Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were 543 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,000 left there of Ahab's family. He destroyed them according to 544 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,240 the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah. 545 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,080 Interestingly, when we read from Psalm 23, a lot of us know it by 546 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,200 heart in the passion it says even when your path takes me to 547 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,920 the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me. 548 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,000 For you already have. Your authority is my strength 549 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,160 and my peace. The comfort of your love takes 550 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,480 away my fear. I'll never be lonely, for you 551 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,440 are near. And I pray that what Joram and 552 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,080 Jezebel said, are you coming in peace because the enemy after 553 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,280 everything that they do, they want you to come in peace. 554 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,440 I pray we would rise up. Revival is not when we are 555 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,200 making, when you're keeping peace. 556 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,360 Revival is when we peacemakers go in the name of God and pull 557 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,680 the enemy down. We pull the enemy down. 558 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,520 We strike and crush the enemy under our feet. 559 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,480 Satan has no room. Satan has no room. 560 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,240 Every day we fight this battle, one day at a time. 561 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,360 We ask Jesus to come. Whatever addiction is, we don't 562 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,520 make room for him. We say, Lord, I've had enough. 563 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,520 This is not who you've created to be anoint me again to stand 564 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,320 against the enemy. Rise up, maybe come clean with 565 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,440 God and confess and maybe live with the authority God's given. 566 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,760 A lot of times we come clean with God and confess. 567 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,640 We fail to come clean to the people that God's placed around 568 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,440 us. And James, it's very clear, if 569 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,760 you need healing, come to the elders of the church, confess, 570 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,880 repent and ask for forgiveness and as they lay hands, you will 571 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,520 be healed. Many a times we are so caught up 572 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,000 in the fact that what will people think? 573 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,200 God is the one who's important here, not people. 574 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:38,480 We need to come to a place of realizing that God is the one 575 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,880 who has to be glorified. I pray that we live out the 576 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,280 gospel in boldness and be ruthless with the enemy. 577 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,320 Romans chapter 8 verse 13 says, for if you are living according 578 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,240 to the impulses of the flesh, you're going to die, but if 579 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,280 you're living by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are 580 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,040 habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body. 581 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,600 You will really live forever. You will really fall. 582 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,360 Jehu was anointed for a specific task. 583 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,320 We as Christ followers are anointed for the everyday. 584 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,640 So today what you and I are putting are not putting to death 585 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,520 something that is just occurring once in six years. 586 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,440 Now we are putting to death everyday issues, my anger, my 587 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:25,520 resentment, my underneath apathy for people, dislike and dislove 588 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,800 for certain groups, for certain castes, for certain socio 589 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,160 economic groups, everything we put together. 590 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,680 They say, Lord this, if this is your purpose, I will get into 591 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,840 loving it because you have loved me. 592 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,880 We start realizing it. Let not the enemy have a seat at 593 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,200 your table. Don't negotiate with him. 594 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:50,040 Don't go there and talk peace. Be clear about your stand. 595 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:54,600 Stand for what the Word of God asks you to take a stand on and 596 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:59,520 see God come through. I believe God wants to disarm 597 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,400 the Church of all the Jezebels. Lot of Jezebels have risen up 598 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,000 and they're asking would you contend with peace? 599 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,280 Honestly, you can't. You just have to be cut and 600 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:11,560 right. If this is what the word of God 601 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,760 says, if this is what I'm here to protect God, to have the 602 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,920 courage to say what you have to say, give me the courage to say 603 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,520 what your word is asking me to say. 604 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,920 Give me a courage to live by what your word is asking me to 605 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,960 stay. The third thing we see is 606 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,240 anointed to continuous learning and abiding. 607 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,160 We saw we are anointed there by the Holy Spirit to habitually 608 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,280 put to death. Here. 609 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,120 The same thing is we are anointed to continuous learning 610 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,480 and living. What happens many a times when 611 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,280 you're anointed? In this case, we suddenly become 612 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,880 complacent. We see here what Jehu realized 613 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,120 was just to get rid of 1 idolatry. 614 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,840 He didn't want to get rid of every idolatry and that became a 615 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,080 problem. We see the next thing that he 616 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,240 started as he started killing Joram, Haziah, Jezebel and he 617 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:07,400 killed the entire lineage of Ahab. 618 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,280 He put to death anyone who followed Ahab. 619 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,560 He killed so many people. Then we see he goes on to kill 620 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,199 the Baal worshippers. 2 Kings chapter 10 verses 25 to 28. 621 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:20,040 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he 622 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,639 ordered the guards and officers go in and kill them. 623 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,360 Let no one escape. So they cut them down with 624 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,280 sword. The guards and the officers 625 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,280 threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the 626 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,719 temple of Bal. They brought the sacred stone 627 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,280 out of the temple of Bal and burnt it. 628 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,639 They demolished the secret stone of Bal and tore down the temple 629 00:34:38,639 --> 00:34:42,679 of Bal and people and have used it for a Lantern for this day. 630 00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:44,760 So Jehu destroyed Bal worship in Israel. 631 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:51,239 Jehu killed the worship of Pal but could not stop what Jeroboam 632 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,320 had started. He could not stop what Jeroboam 633 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,680 and said what did Jeroboam and start Jeroboam had started the 634 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,040 worshipping of calf of calf in 2 Kings chapter 10 versus 29 to 635 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:02,760 31. It says. 636 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,160 However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, son 637 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,120 of Nabat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 638 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,440 The worship of the golden calves and Bethel And Dan. 639 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,400 The Lord said to Jehu, because you have done well in 640 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,760 accomplishing what is right in my eyes, and I've done to to the 641 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,600 House of Arab and I what all that I had in mind to do. 642 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,160 Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel up to the 4th 643 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,080 generation. Yet Jehu was not careful to keep 644 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,240 the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. 645 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,400 He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam which he had 646 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:38,200 caused Israel to commit. So this is where we learn. 647 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,440 This is where we learn we need to receive the full assignment 648 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,240 from God. God doesn't reveal it entirely 649 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:51,160 as we complete one thing after that, after he completed Ahab's 650 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,360 assignment and all that he had to do with Baal worshippers, he 651 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,960 should have gone back to God and saying God, what else do you 652 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,440 want me to do? God, what else do you want me to 653 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,800 do? Our heart is deceitful. 654 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:08,720 Our heart is deceitful. So this is where we can be 655 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:12,400 anointed and yet not walk like how God's calling us to walk 656 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,520 because more than the love for God in his law for getting out 657 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:21,800 of for getting rid of Ahab, he had certain affections, a heart 658 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,800 affections matter. He forgot who made him sit on 659 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,160 the throne. He forgot to enquire what God 660 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:32,040 wanted of him. And so today, when our response 661 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,480 to revival is to welcome the King of Kings, the King of Kings 662 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:43,880 has has requested us to move and fulfill his purpose one step at 663 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,920 a time. We finish that, we go back. 664 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,280 God, what are you calling me to do? 665 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,160 God gives us Shalom, equips us and sends us for the next task. 666 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,960 God is not a taskmaster here. He wants us to thrive. 667 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,520 He wants us to build us up as generations. 668 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:09,360 And so today, as much as God used Jehu to cleanse that 669 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:13,360 bloodshed, he was man at the end of the day. 670 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:16,840 In 2 Kings Chapter 9 verses 11 to 13, the minute he's anointed, 671 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,880 when he goes out and his friends see him, they all take his 672 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,240 cloaks and they laid at the floor and they anoint him as 673 00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:26,160 king. They declare him, this is king 674 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:30,000 of Israel, Jehu, king of Israel. But there's an interesting thing 675 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,880 when we look at the New Testament, when someone walks 676 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,920 into Jerusalem like that, riding on a donkey, they removed their 677 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,560 cloaks and put and said, this is the Messiah in Jehu's life. 678 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,040 He saved them from the tyranny of Ahab and Jezebel and all the 679 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:48,000 Baal wash. Here Jesus walked into Jerusalem 680 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,880 and saved the entirety of mankind. 681 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,760 You and I are redeemed today. So what is it that God wants us 682 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,040 to do? What is it that God wants us to 683 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,560 do? How were we anointed to carry 684 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,800 this revival? How are we anointed? 685 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,480 We are anointed, but how do we make revival a daily occurrence 686 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,320 in our lives? How do we stay revived every 687 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:11,160 step of the way? We welcome this new King, the 688 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:17,600 real Messiah into our lives. Jesus wants us to live revived 689 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,160 life so that we can stand up to the Jezebels of our times, the 690 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,440 Jezebels of our times. You know, this couple of months 691 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,280 back during our open heavens, we started praying specifically 692 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,520 against spiritual forces. We prayed against spirit of 693 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,320 Jezebel. The spirit of Jezebel is not a 694 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,520 gender specific spirit. It can be both either a man or a 695 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,160 woman. And we started seeing 696 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:42,240 manifestations of this and the beauty that I have seen in my 697 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:44,720 life and the reason why I'm, even as I'm speaking the sermon, 698 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:49,280 I realize is I had to confront these spirits, these these 699 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,640 manifestations head on, head on. Have you left me? 700 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,600 If you know me personally, you'll know that I can avoid all 701 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,600 of these things. I can, you can just go in the 702 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,160 grey and, you know, be OK with it. 703 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,000 But God didn't allow me because I believe that's what revival 704 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,760 does. That's what God brings in, a 705 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,840 strong conviction in your heart of what you're called to do. 706 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:17,080 And today I believe he's raising up us as a church to stand up to 707 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:22,200 this spirit of Jezebel that is mentioned in the last days. 708 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,320 We'll read about it in Revelation in some time. 709 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,800 And even before we read about it, I wanted to go back and 710 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:30,160 think about God. What is it that you're calling 711 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:35,320 us to do today as we think about this sermon, Lord Jesus, as we 712 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,600 think about how Jehu lived and what he missed out, how can I 713 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,560 live out in the fullness that you're calling me? 714 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,240 You know, there's this particular verse in Deuteronomy 715 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:45,800 which Moses writes. Moses wrote the first five books 716 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,720 of the Bible, and I believe what he saw up there in the mountains 717 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,680 was just a glorious videotape of God showing it to him entirely 718 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,880 that he put it down. Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, 719 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,560 Leviticus, Deuteronomy. And as we see that in 720 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,000 Deuteronomy, he mentions one thing, and it's interesting that 721 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,160 scribes, those who write what God's telling them are 722 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,600 prophetic. They write into the future. 723 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,320 They write about how we need to deal things in the future. 724 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,200 So all those of you who are listening to God, who've been 725 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,000 writing, who've been putting things down, I pray you would 726 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,000 value the anointing God has created and called you for. 727 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,480 It says here in Deuteronomy chapter 17, verses 14 to 20. 728 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,680 When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, 729 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,960 and you possess it and dwell in it, and they say, I will set a 730 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,680 king over me, like all the nations that are around me, you 731 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,600 may indeed set a king over you, whom the Lord your God will 732 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,760 choose one from among your brothers, who you shall set as 733 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,360 king over you. You shall not put a foreigner 734 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,040 over you who is not your brother. 735 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,560 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself, or cause the 736 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,880 people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many his 737 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,000 horses. Since the Lord has said you, you 738 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,080 shall never return that way again. 739 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,680 And he should not acquire many wives for himself, lest his 740 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,080 heart turn away. Nor shall he acquire for himself 741 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,320 excessive silver and gold. And when he sits on the throne 742 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:12,840 of his Kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of 743 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,880 this law approved by the Levitical priest, and it shall 744 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:20,360 be with him, and he shall read it in it all the days of his 745 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,400 life. And that he may learn to fear 746 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:26,360 the Lord his God by keeping all the words of his law and these 747 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,200 statutes and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up 748 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,760 above his brothers, that he may not turn aside from the 749 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,680 commandment either to the right or to the left, that he may 750 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,560 continue long in his Kingdom, he and his children in Israel. 751 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,600 What we see here is God gave clear instructions to Moses to 752 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,800 write if they appoint him as king. 753 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,440 He told them specifically don't get horses. 754 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,160 Horses were bred in Egypt. They were beautiful to look at. 755 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:58,560 We see Solomon acquiring a lot of horses from Egypt. 756 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,480 When you read God's Word, we see Him acquiring a lot of wealth. 757 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,160 It came time and again, but we see over the period of time, 758 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,000 wealth is what caused all the kings of Israel to really 759 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,120 dissuade and discount God. We see wives coming and we see 760 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,720 from Saul, we see from David. It just gets magnified as it 761 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:19,680 goes. Solomon was at its peak. 762 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,640 They moved them away. The one lesson that was told to 763 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,880 them was to write the law of the Lord. 764 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,400 They were asked to write on it, meditate on it, and learn. 765 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,800 He the king was supposed to write, and so that when you 766 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,720 write and committed to writing, you learn. 767 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:39,120 None of them did it. From Saul till the end of King 768 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,080 of Israel, we see none of them did it. 769 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,640 They never took God's word seriously. 770 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,440 And I believe if you and I today have to live in this anointing, 771 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,120 and if you have to face the enemy, if you have to be 772 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,600 ruthless with the enemy, if you have to live out what God's Word 773 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,760 says, we need to know God's Word. 774 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,600 Otherwise, the enemy will come and say, come in peace with me 775 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,040 because I'm coming to you in peace. 776 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:08,080 We should know where we stand in God's Word, and I pray that our 777 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,840 hearts will be open to see God through that. 778 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,040 In Revelation chapter 2, verse 20, this is what it says. 779 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,160 Nevertheless, I have this against you. 780 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:20,240 You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. 781 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:24,240 By her teaching, she misleads my servants into sexual immortality 782 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,440 and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 783 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,720 I wanted to read specifically from message and this is what it 784 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,160 says. But why do you let that Jezebel 785 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,520 who calls herself a prophet, mislead my dear servants into 786 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,360 cross denying self indulge religion? 787 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,040 I gave her a chance to change her ways but she has no 788 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,640 intention of giving up a career in the God business. 789 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,800 I'm about to lay her low along with her partners as they play 790 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,720 their sex and religion games. The bastard offspring of their 791 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:56,360 idol Horning. I'll kill them. 792 00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:01,680 Then every church will know that appearances don't impress me. 793 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:07,080 I X-ray every motive and make sure you get what's coming to 794 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,320 you. And that last two lines. 795 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:14,480 Then every church will know that appearances don't impress me. 796 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:19,480 I X-ray every motive and make you get what's coming to you. 797 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,400 Jehu was called to cleanse the land of Baal worship. 798 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,680 Yes. Was called to cleanse of Ahab, 799 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,080 Yes. Not specifically of Baal. 800 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,200 He was God. If he had enquired, God would 801 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,600 have asked him to remove every idol. 802 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,440 He would have asked him to pull down every stronghold. 803 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:43,080 What Jehu did was God used him to bring to serve justice. 804 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,040 But Jehu didn't give his heart fully. 805 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:52,240 Today you and I are called to live in this anointing which 806 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:55,080 Jesus has called us that we should be cross denying. 807 00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:57,560 We that we won't be cross denying. 808 00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,720 We won't be self indulging religion. 809 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,160 What is self indulging? Lord? 810 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,280 I'll come to church. I'll just do what is required so 811 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,720 that it satisfies me. I will come to this church 812 00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:07,080 because the air conditioner is good. 813 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,240 I'll come to this church because they give me good snacks. 814 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,680 I'll come to this church because people are saying what I like to 815 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,680 hear. Be where God wants you to be 816 00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:21,000 because God will cause us to be anointed where we take a stand. 817 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,080 The Holy Spirit will work in our lives where we'll be habitually 818 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:28,600 be able to put to death things that the enemy is throwing at 819 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:32,600 us. Our teaching of the Word to 820 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,520 ourselves personally should be strong. 821 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,520 If it's not strong to ourselves, we won't be able to stand 822 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,400 strong. We will be making alliances with 823 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,520 the enemy. I want to read Psalm 23 verse 5. 824 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,360 It says you prepare a table before me in the presence of my 825 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,800 enemies. You anoint my head with oil, My 826 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:54,760 cup runs over. If you are not willing to know 827 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:58,440 God's word, you will be making peace with the enemy, and God 828 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,800 cannot anoint your head. One of the beautiful things 829 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,320 about anointing the head when the shepherd does that to a 830 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:07,080 sheep is to make sure things don't go into the ear. 831 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,720 The seeds of the enemy don't go into the earth. 832 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,040 When flies and other things go into the sheep, what happens the 833 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,960 IT makes them go crazy. Their head hit their head 834 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,080 against hard surfaces and they cause injury. 835 00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,360 He anoints our head so that we don't head butt with other sheep 836 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,720 and break our skulls. We learn to live in unity. 837 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,360 He anoints our head in the presence of our enemies so we 838 00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,840 know our enemy. We are not at peace with our 839 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:33,640 enemy. When he says here you prepare a 840 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,520 table for me in the presence of my enemies, you are able to 841 00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:41,400 encounter the enemy, Call it at his name, call him and pull him 842 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,440 down. And I pray we'll be able to 843 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:50,080 create a habitat first within ourselves, within our families, 844 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,280 and it extends to the larger community. 845 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,960 In Psalm chapter 23, verse 5, in passion, it says you become a 846 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,320 delicious feast. Even when my enemies dare to 847 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:05,320 fight, you anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit. 848 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,000 And so church today, I believe you're anointed to fulfill God's 849 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,840 word. We are anointed to be ruthless 850 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,560 with the enemy. We are anointed to be continuous 851 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:20,040 learning and abiding. A learning should be continuous. 852 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:23,520 A learning should be continuous. Abiding should be continuous. 853 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:26,680 And I pray as we're living in this, as we're living in this 854 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,000 anointed phase of our lives, we live strong. 855 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,240 We will live purposefully. We will be clear with what God's 856 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:36,080 called us to do. Can I just pray and ask that 857 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:39,200 God's anointing rest over you in the season, that He'll keep you 858 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,080 safe, He'll keep you strong. Lord. 859 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:42,400 I just thank you, Lord, for this time. 860 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:44,000 Thank you, Lord, for all that you've been doing. 861 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,160 Lord Jesus, we thank you, Lord, for your grace, for your 862 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:49,240 strength that's been over our lives. 863 00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:50,440 I pray even as we heard your word. 864 00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,200 Lord, I pray we won't just blindly just do your work for a 865 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:55,720 season. Lord, many of us have been like 866 00:47:55,720 --> 00:47:58,640 Jehovah, we've just accomplished 1 feat and we've thought we've 867 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,840 done great. But God, you're calling us to a 868 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,320 lifelong journey, Lord Jesus, and I pray we will live in that 869 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,400 lifelong journey. Lord Jesus, I pray we will abide 870 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,960 in your truth. Lord you to ask kings to write. 871 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,280 I pray we will not take your word lightly. 872 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,360 We won't just be content with a little. 873 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,640 We will give. We will learn of much. 874 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,080 Lord Jesus, we thank you. Go before us, be with us. 875 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,080 Thank you for all that you're calling us to do. 876 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:27,880 Lord Jesus, I believe you are calling us, Lord Jesus, to face 877 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:30,320 the enemy head on. Lord Jesus, to be ruthless with 878 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,640 the enemy. I pray we will learn from your 879 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,120 word. We will be able to put it into 880 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:37,600 practice. We will be constantly abiding in 881 00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:39,280 you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. 882 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,320 I pray even right now you would anoint our heads, Lord. 883 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,320 Anything that's already entered, Lord, into our noses, into our 884 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,320 very breath, into our very hearing. 885 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,160 I pray you will cleanse it out, Lord Jesus, our minds will be 886 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,160 set free. Your anointing will be so rich 887 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,640 that it will break every yoke of the enemy. 888 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,120 Go before us, take charge, strengthen us, Lord Jesus. 889 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,800 Be with us Lord, we ask that we will be glorified. 890 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:05,040 You will be honored in your most holy name we pray, Amen. 891 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,440 Amen. I pray that as you step out this 892 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,320 week, God will be with you, that you won't just go alone, you'd 893 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,640 go anointed. You would receive His word. 894 00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,280 I pray you will have a deep relationship with God through 895 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:16,920 His word. You would have a deep 896 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,680 relationship with God through prayer. 897 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,720 You would have a deep relationship God through 898 00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:23,000 worship. Acknowledge him in any season 899 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:24,840 that you're in and lift your hands and surrender to say, 900 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,360 Jesus, you are King. You are Lord over me. 901 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:31,480 Lord Jesus, go with strength and every step of the way. 902 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,080 Take courage in everything that God's calling you to so that 903 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:39,720 you'll be glorified in the days to come to fight the battles 904 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:41,880 God's called you to fight in boldness. 905 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,920 Be ruthless with the enemy. Don't give him do when he says 906 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,280 come, are you coming in peace? Tell him, I'm coming with the 907 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:53,720 word of God, with the word of God, because he will run. 908 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:56,200 He will shudder, go in the name of Jesus. 909 00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,960 Let's be conquerors today in his Kingdom. 910 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,680 So we will see a revival not just in our lives, not just in 911 00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:04,840 our homes, but in our cities and in our nation. 912 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,480 I pray you have a blessed week. God bless you. 913 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,720 Thanks for listening to this message. 914 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:14,560 We hope you were blessed to hear more messages like this. 915 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:18,880 Make sure to subscribe and check out our podcast channel for past 916 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,240 episodes. 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