1 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,040 Luke chapter 12 verse 32 says this. 2 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,360 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen 3 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,200 gladly to give you the Kingdom. Amen. 4 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,720 Well, aren't you glad we have No Fear. 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,840 No Fear? That doesn't mean fear doesn't 6 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,360 come. But we know how to address it. 7 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,320 All right? We are not afraid in this life. 8 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,320 And no matter what we hear going on in the world, that doesn't 9 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,520 bring fear to us. OK, so he said, do not be 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,240 afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly. 11 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,840 It's his good pleasure to give us the Kingdom. 12 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,880 Now, the Kingdom is not something that we receive once 13 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,120 we die. The Kingdom is something we 14 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,960 receive once we're born and again that's why Jesus said now 15 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:03,080 when you pray, pray to us way our Father who art in heaven, 16 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:08,320 hallowed be your name, your Kingdom, what your will be on as 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:10,240 it is. Amen. 18 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,800 So the Kingdom allows us to be able to have the opportunity to 19 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,640 pull Kingdom into the planet. Right now. 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,960 It's not something we're waiting on. 21 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:25,560 So kingdom's not heaven, Kingdom is the the rule of the king and 22 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,320 his dominion. It's the government of God, all 23 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:32,760 right, and God sits on a throne. God the Father sits on the 24 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,920 throne, his son Jesus sits at his right hand. 25 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,360 And we've been raised up once we're born again and we're 26 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,720 seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 27 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,000 Now that just simply means that we, we are in the position of 28 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,560 authority that the King Jesus himself, right? 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,840 He, his authority has been delegated down to us. 30 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,840 All right? So praise God for that. 31 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,000 So we need to know that God is always in his Kingdom, cannot be 32 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,560 shaken. His Kingdom cannot be defeated. 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,640 His Kingdom will never be defeated. 34 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,640 Amen. His Kingdom will reign for 35 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:13,760 eternity and so we're already in that Kingdom today and its 36 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,920 benefits are towards His citizens, which happened to be 37 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:23,040 His sons and daughters, of which we all happen to be royalty. 38 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,640 Glory to God, so He's chosen to give us the Kingdom. 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,240 Well, in order for you to receive the Kingdom of God or 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,840 have access to it, it is knowing the will of God again, our 41 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,720 Father, not Jesus his Father, but our Father, our Father which 42 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,720 lives in heaven or art in heaven, hallowed be your name, 43 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,080 your Kingdom come, your will be on. 44 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,440 So God the Father's will in heaven can manifest in the earth 45 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,120 and in order for that will to to manifest in the earth, then we 46 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,320 need to know what he is saying. His word is his will. 47 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,960 I said his word is his will. And where Ecclesiastes 84 says 48 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,880 where the word of the king is, there's power. 49 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,000 And so we have the word of the king. 50 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,320 And that's amazing because on Sunday, you know, we touched 51 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,840 based about not wavering and that faith comes by hearing. 52 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,120 Now faith comes by hearing period. 53 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,880 Because everyone is developing A belief and firm persuasion in 54 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:32,480 life based on what they hear. So if they hear CNN and they 55 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,320 believe the experts and then they will model their lives 56 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,400 based upon those. Same thing with Fox News, MSNBC, 57 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,880 NPR, whatever source you're listening to. 58 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,680 Cheddar News, it doesn't matter. Same thing with entertainment. 59 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,880 Same thing with health. You go to your doctor, right? 60 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,080 And he begins to tell you some certain things. 61 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,160 You may have never studied it out. 62 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,320 You've never looked at any research concerning it, but yet 63 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:04,520 you trust them and their word concerning the diagnosis. 64 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,480 So much so that we will go and get a prescription of a drug 65 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,760 that we have. We're not at the plant or the 66 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,480 you know where they produced it nor know the credentials of 67 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:21,160 anyone who does on it. It will tell us what it is 68 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,440 supposed to do, but also will give us a list of side effects, 69 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:26,200 right? Have you ever watched the 70 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,680 commercials about what you can have, right? 71 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,920 And, you know, and, but you know that when they're doing the side 72 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,720 effects, everybody's laughing and smiling, you know, so you're 73 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,920 tuned into how happy everyone is, you know, because they're 74 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,960 not showing you during the side effects comments of what that 75 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,200 looks like, right? You know, you may have a stroke 76 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,080 that leads to death. You don't see that in the 77 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,200 commercial because if you saw that you like, I'm not taking 78 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,920 that so they don't demonstrate and I'm not making light of 79 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,240 that. What I'm saying is they're 80 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:11,200 giving you a picture of hope. Meaning if it functions as we 81 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,240 have designed it, it is there to help you. 82 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:20,880 However, they some people may have an adverse effect to it. 83 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:26,920 Now here's the good news. When God speaks on a matter and 84 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,960 you obey it, it only has good benefit. 85 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,880 There are no side effects but what his word says. 86 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,160 So we put our trust in words all the time. 87 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,640 So you, you go down, you get the prescription and then, you know, 88 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,440 they give it to you. And again, you're believing that 89 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:53,320 the right prescription is in that bottle. 90 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:58,800 I mean, you've never seen it before and we'll put it in our 91 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,720 mouth. Now, has there not been cases of 92 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,160 people who put prescription in that they, the pharmacist filled 93 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,240 the wrong thing and it for some it was fatal, right. 94 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,080 But yet even though we know that's the case, our firm 95 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,640 persuasion. And what do I mean by firm 96 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,840 persuasion? Firm persuasion means you act on 97 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:23,080 it, you open it up, it says take, you know, one time daily 98 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,200 or twice daily, you put it in, you ingest it and you're 99 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,480 believing that the positive aspects of this prescription is 100 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:37,000 going to affect my body positively and that is faith. 101 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,360 That's what faith is. Faith is not saying, well, I 102 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,920 believe the doctor in the prescription he gave me will 103 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,000 work, but then you never take the prescription. 104 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,720 If you never take the prescription, then you're not 105 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,480 actually in faith. It doesn't matter that you 106 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,160 purchased it doesn't matter that it's at the house because it 107 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,920 doesn't do what it was supposed to do unless you put it in. 108 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,360 Same thing is you can have the Bible at the house, right? 109 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,240 You can hear what God has said about something, but unless 110 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,880 you're acting on it, being a doer of that word, then you're 111 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,560 not in faith and you can have hope. 112 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,600 Well, you know what? I just believe what you're 113 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,960 really saying. I hope that what it says comes 114 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,880 to pass, but it will never get into coming to pass till you get 115 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,160 in faith. All right, So when you take 116 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,000 prescriptions, vitamins, whatever you, that's your faith 117 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,240 action that it is because you've put it in. 118 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,440 It's becoming a part of your system now, and the only way it 119 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,680 gets out is if you go to the doctor and they pump it out 120 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,600 because it gets in your bloodstream. 121 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,800 It goes throughout your body, OK? 122 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,680 It's a part of who you are. God wants the faith, our faith 123 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,680 in him to be a part of who we are. 124 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,720 It's it's our being because he said we are to live by faith. 125 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,840 So it's our being. It's how we function. 126 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:03,040 And the reason we can is because our God, the creator of heaven 127 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,280 and earth, the only God, is not a man that he should lie. 128 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,720 So he's never lied. He's light and there's no 129 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,440 darkness in him. He is not a liar. 130 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:21,520 So what he says he will do? Hallelujah, man, that's good 131 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,600 news. I said that's good news and that 132 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:30,120 strengthens me because I know that the King of all creation, 133 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,120 that when he speaks a word to me, I know it shall be and his 134 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:39,080 His word is trustworthy, is without fault or failure. 135 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:44,159 It is only for my benefit so that I can be all that God needs 136 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:48,640 me to do be and receive the benefits that he's called me to 137 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:55,000 be now because Adam, you know, disobeyed God in in Genesis 138 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,600 chapter 3 when he said you can eat from any tree of the garden, 139 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,000 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 140 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,720 You shall not eat for the day you eat, you'll die. 141 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,480 And did did what God say come to pass? 142 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,560 Because what he says comes to pass? 143 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,360 So but because that took place, God says, OK, in order for man 144 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,640 to have dominion, I'm going to have to send my own son to get 145 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,600 that back because I said man's going to have dominion. 146 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,880 I'm going to give him a pathway back to dominion. 147 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,520 I always do what I said. Now man's free will. 148 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,840 And if he doesn't want what I have for him, he could choose 149 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,880 different, but he'll have the result of a difference. 150 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:33,280 Because my design for man is that he would be my child, He 151 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,520 would be of my nature, and he would rule and reign with me. 152 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,560 If you want to do a different path, you can. 153 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,920 But that different path leads you into the prison system of 154 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,760 the Kingdom, which is rebellion. And ultimately you're cast into 155 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,440 the lake of fire. And that's never where God 156 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,400 wanted you to be because obedience brings life. 157 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:57,040 Disobedience brings death. So God has to bring Jesus so 158 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,160 that he can redeem man. And now that the world has 159 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,840 fallen, there's this attack on the Word. 160 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,280 Now let me, I'll even go this far without a fallen earth. 161 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:12,560 There is attack on God's word. Because in the garden, before 162 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:18,040 sin entered the earth, the one who fell from heaven, the 163 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,160 morning star, the King James calls him Lucifer. 164 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,760 We call him Satan or the Devil. He came into the garden to tempt 165 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:32,560 Eve to, to, to get him, her and her husband to disobey the word 166 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,240 of God. Once he found out what God's 167 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,600 word was, he needed to know what God's word was. 168 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,080 He says, has God said because he's looking, because he knows, 169 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,360 he knows he was in heaven, he was there. 170 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:48,040 He knows God does what he says. So when he found out that God 171 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,720 said you can eat any tree, but not this one or you'll die, he 172 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,400 said you're not going to die. So he's the liar. 173 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:59,000 He is the father of lies. And so he lied to the to her and 174 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,960 convinced her to eat the fruit of which Adam just totally 175 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,600 rebelled. And now the devil has the 176 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,240 dominion that Adam once possessed. 177 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,120 He's carrying that dominion and God's going to have to come back 178 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,080 and get that dominion back. But now that the world has a 179 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:24,840 fallen state to it, those there is a constant attack on the word 180 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,440 of God. But when you know God's word and 181 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,600 the attack comes, you know it's just a test. 182 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,480 It's only a test. Remember that. 183 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,440 Now I'm going to date myself a little bit and some of y'all 184 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,240 going to get really excited that I do this. 185 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,480 But remember you back in the day, you'd had that little beep, 186 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,960 beep, beep, come on, you know. And then they go, this is a test 187 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,080 of the National Broadcasting system. 188 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,320 This is only a test. If it had been a a real 189 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,520 emergency, right, then they would have communicated further 190 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,120 that, you know, Russia's come and bombed us or China or 191 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,840 whatever the case may be, right? But it was only a test. 192 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,000 All right, well, let's look at James chapter 1 verses 2 through 193 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,160 8. It says now consider it all joy. 194 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:14,080 Just go ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. All right, do it again, OK, Now 195 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,480 that is not joy, that's laughing. 196 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,800 OK, All right, Because joy is actually a fruit. 197 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,680 But joy will produce laughter, OK? 198 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,160 So consider it all joy, you know? 199 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,440 So again, make sure you're laughing with the actual fruit 200 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,120 of joy, not just laughing. So consider it all joy, my 201 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,280 brethren, when say, when, when you encounter various trials. 202 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,920 So when you encounter various trials is letting us know grab 203 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,880 the fruit of joy. Don't get depressed, don't get 204 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,280 upset, don't get mad. Grab the fruit of joy. 205 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:50,880 OK? And Jesus said this, in this 206 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,440 life you're going to have trials and tribulations. 207 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:58,320 But be of good cheer, for I have now that's the word of the King. 208 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,840 Your king said that. He said, now be of good cheer. 209 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,720 I've overcome the world. It doesn't matter what they say 210 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,200 to you. What I've said to you is all 211 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,720 that matters. All right? 212 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,320 So consider it all joy, my brother, when encounter, when 213 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,800 you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your 214 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,720 faith produces endurance, stay here. 215 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,600 So the testing of your faith produces endurance. 216 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:28,160 So there is a testing of your faith, and God has no problem 217 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,240 with your faith being tested. You know why? 218 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,360 Because He's not intimidated with a test. 219 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,680 Now I'm going to some of you've heard this before, but I am 220 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,960 going to cause it to come to your remembrance again. 221 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,920 All right. And so for those who've heard 222 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,960 it, just say Amen. For those who have it, listen 223 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,120 and learn. So when I was in high school as 224 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:55,800 a test taker, OK, in order for me to test, well #1I studied. 225 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,720 Can I just say that I study. And there's a biblical principle 226 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,840 that the Holy Spirit will cause things to come to your, not come 227 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,080 to your mind that you don't know about. 228 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,800 Unless you're standing before authorities at that point, then 229 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,880 you don't have to worry about what to say cuz He'll give it to 230 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,400 you. But when it comes to tests, you 231 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:17,840 should have something in the tank. 232 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:22,520 So I would study all right. So in order to not allow all 233 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:27,360 that I studied the night before to get logged up in my mind to 234 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,320 to go poof, gone. You know, some people have 235 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:38,200 stress when it comes to tests. They've done it on in paper, but 236 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,800 they also do it in faith stress when the test comes. 237 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,640 But again, if you have knowledge, what's the problem 238 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:52,520 with the test? A test is only to find out what 239 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,200 you know. Now, if you don't study, then 240 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:00,160 you need to stress. I mean, it's your fault because 241 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,840 again, you know, you know as well well as I do that we 242 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,680 receive these things called pop quizzes. 243 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,360 And again, that's, you know, one of those like really, you going 244 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,360 to give me a pop quiz where I've not even had an opportunity? 245 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,800 Now, typically they go and stuff they assume you've learned at 246 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,360 some juncture. And is it? 247 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:21,600 Can you recall it to your mind? That may be true. 248 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,800 Sometimes they're just mean to let you know. 249 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,240 You don't know. And that's why you need to let 250 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,720 me teach you right now. Like, man, I've never seen this 251 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,400 before in my life. Well, This is why I'm teaching 252 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:30,720 you. OK, pop quiz. 253 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:31,800 Guess what? You don't know. 254 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,200 You're not so smart, are you? OK. 255 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,200 That's why I'm the teacher. So sit down and take some notes. 256 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,640 All right. But most of the time when the 257 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,000 test came, it's after we have been giving the given the 258 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,040 opportunity to study. So what I would do so that I all 259 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:51,240 this stuff that I had in my mind did not disappear through 260 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:56,120 stress. They would give us the test, you 261 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,400 know, about 2025 students in the class. 262 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,440 Here's the test. I have my pencil, not a pen, but 263 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,400 we're just for example, I'll bring it back to her. 264 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,200 Stacey, you're so sweet. Stacey's like, you know, he 265 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:11,880 stole Pastor Marcie's. OK, I just pulled from my my one 266 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,440 flesh. You know, I'm going to give so. 267 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,000 And it's pink too. I would never keep this. 268 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,400 And it's kind of bulky too. With that being said, I have the 269 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,080 test. Everybody. 270 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,360 I did this with the SAT exams, any college interest, it didn't 271 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,040 matter. I did this and they said, OK, 272 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,200 begin. I put my pencil down and then I 273 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,040 would look around in the room. Now, it's not because I'm trying 274 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,080 to get people's answers. I'm waiting for every person to 275 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,040 start. It's my way to say I got this. 276 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:48,680 I've studied, I'm confident. I man, the minute I open this 277 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,000 thing up and start, I got it. I'm not going to sit here and 278 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,080 allow anxiousness to cloud my judgment. 279 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,160 I got this. So that was my way of saying I 280 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,840 got this and I waited till everyone started. 281 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:06,359 Then I would pick up my pencil. I flipped to that first page. 282 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,000 I read that first question, if it happened to be a question 283 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:19,000 that was like that did not faze me because this is, it was never 284 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,040 a one question test, people. It's never a one question test. 285 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,880 So I'm like, fine, I'll go to #2 I would go till I found the one 286 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,320 I like. Booyah, there it is. 287 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,480 Bam, I got that. I know that's right. 288 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,320 And this flood of confidence and all of a sudden, you know, 289 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,840 because a lot of times Tess would you'd answer a few things 290 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,840 and you're like, oh, that's eliminated some stuff. 291 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,840 So I can go back here. And now I'm I'm there now I'm 292 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,480 wanting a big multiple choice person. 293 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,760 And I really hated true and false because if I did not know 294 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,400 5050, I had 100% chance of always getting the wrong 50%. 295 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,160 I don't know why that was 5050 chance to get it right. 296 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:06,680 I typically was 100% wrong at that guess anyway. 297 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,560 And I would just go through and man, I did so good on tests, 298 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,440 never did stress, no problem at all. 299 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,080 Why? Because you know what I 300 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:20,080 considered something prior I would not let the the challenge 301 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,000 rock me to where now what's in me can't come out. 302 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,840 And you know, a lot of times when it comes to believers that 303 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,160 the minute you like Woo, you're in a service jump and shouting, 304 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,560 hey, Woo, you know God's this and you're saying all that he 305 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:34,920 is. And then you get out and get 306 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,360 tested with that. You know, I'm going to go to 307 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,480 Bible school. Well, you're coming to test. 308 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,160 You're coming to test schools. What you're coming to. 309 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,520 Can I get all my FCU students to stand up? 310 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,800 Welcome to the test, right? And test is not this week. 311 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,960 What you have this week. Test is every day now because 312 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,800 everything you're learning, you're going to encounter it 313 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,000 somewhere else outside. Am I not right? 314 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,120 And you're like, man, what I just learned in class is like in 315 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:04,320 my face right now and I have to apply this deal because that's 316 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,240 where you succeed. You can be seated. 317 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,800 Success does not come by getting a multiple choice question. 318 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,360 I have never taken one of my exams from from my Bible college 319 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:17,000 and waved it in the devil's face and say, ha ha, ha. 320 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,840 I've never taken my degree off and put it in his face and say, 321 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,880 do you see that I have a doctorate at Faith Christian 322 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,600 University? Why are you even having a 323 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,800 conversation with me right now? You've been cast out, bro. 324 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,720 No, that does not intimidate him. 325 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:39,320 It does not. Those things are there so that 326 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:44,480 what's in me can come out in situations, you know, again, as 327 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:49,600 a believer, Jesus never promised you easy life. 328 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:56,520 He did promise you an easy yoke. He did do that. 329 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:02,720 He said my yoke is easy. It's light, you know, Cast your 330 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:08,240 care on me. He never promised you a a life 331 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:13,200 free of conflict. But he did offer you a life 332 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,920 where you do not have to worry and actually told you not to 333 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,320 worry. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 334 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:21,360 Heaven. You're in here. 335 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,480 Were you in here with my announcement? 336 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,120 What? Yeah, I've been in here. 337 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,800 OK, I didn't see originally Heaven stand up. 338 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:28,880 This is coastal nutrition right here. 339 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,560 Give it up. All right. 340 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,760 OK, I didn't see you during the big announcement. 341 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,280 You were hiding behind Miss Mary there. 342 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,360 I see how it is. OK, so with that being said, so 343 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:44,200 you have to consider it joy. So you understand when you enter 344 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:50,200 into faith on God's word and conflict, which is guaranteed 345 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,800 coming, let me just say it this way, I've never conquered 346 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,160 something in faith without conflict. 347 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,160 There's never been a time, never been a time that I believe God 348 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,920 for something He spoke to me and there was not an issue prior to 349 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,280 it coming to pass. Now, when I first started, it 350 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,320 was, you know, less of a conflict. 351 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,280 It seemed like not a whole lot showed up. 352 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,400 It seemed like almost like, wow, whatever I'm saying just comes 353 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,720 to pass, but there was a few issues, but it would come to 354 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,200 pass so fast. And God's trying to build 355 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,800 confidence. I look, I, I do this, I do this, 356 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,200 I always do my word. Then I get into season where the 357 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,760 Lord's like, you know, I'm not intimidated how long they want 358 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:36,360 to attack you or are those contrary thoughts come towards 359 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:38,320 you. Just stay with what I said 360 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,040 because there's times in certain aspects of the faith walk that 361 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,640 patience is required because it's through faith and patience 362 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,320 that we inherit. Some things that God says to us 363 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,440 we can have immediately, period. Other times it's through faith 364 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,560 and patience. And again, I do not apply the 365 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,080 faith and patience to my immediate stuff. 366 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,280 What I know I can have immediately, I have immediately. 367 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,440 I'm not patient for that because I know God will give it to me 368 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,800 immediately. However, there are aspects of 369 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,960 this walk with the Lord that does require faith and patience, 370 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,880 and I can't expect it immediately. 371 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,080 This is why I don't get discouraged when it doesn't come 372 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,040 immediately because I understand this aspect of faith takes some 373 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,560 time. Specifically your purpose in 374 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,080 life. OK certain things. 375 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,680 Because again, God doesn't give you everything that you're going 376 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,480 to do right out the gate. It is a walk of faith and then 377 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,280 when you get into, you know, things you're assigned to do and 378 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,040 you're believing God on that assignment. 379 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,320 Well, there's faith thing journeys you do along the way 380 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,200 and that you get to look back and say, wow, God was faithful. 381 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,800 Look how faithful he is. So you got to consider it all 382 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,960 joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 383 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,800 knowing that the testing of your faith, it's only a test produces 384 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,880 endurance. And here's the thing, you cannot 385 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:04,680 be tested for faith that you do not have, OK? 386 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,600 It's impossible. So when they were testing me and 387 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,640 I didn't even know I was in, you cannot be tested in faith unless 388 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,280 you have faith because faith comes by hearing and hearing 389 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,280 from the word of God. And if you're in faith, that 390 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,920 means you're a doer of that faith. 391 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,720 You're acting on it. So if you actually have faith, 392 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,440 then you're you're you're, you're participating and being a 393 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,840 doer of what you have heard from the King. 394 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,960 You're active in that. Then the test comes. 395 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,480 The test isn't coming prior to your because again, your faith 396 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,480 is being tested. You're not being your faith is 397 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,800 being tested, which means what you have firmly said in the name 398 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,760 of Jesus. I have that God, he's, he's 399 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,920 doing that what he said concerning me. 400 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,320 You're in faith. Then here it comes. 401 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,760 You're not getting it ain't going to happen. 402 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,680 Ain't going to be that way. All you still feel worse. 403 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,920 Oh, you're going to feel worse now. 404 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,280 Oh, you think you're going to try? 405 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,560 That's what's it doing. It's testing. 406 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,960 So the minute you get the test, what you should do is say, oh, 407 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,320 thank you devil, for letting me know I'm in faith. 408 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:11,120 It's another indicator I'm actually being firmly persuaded 409 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,640 and I'm standing on what the king said, and you don't want me 410 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,840 to have what I know I can have and already do have because of 411 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,040 what he has done. Hallelujah. 412 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,680 So he said, let endurance have its perfect result so that you 413 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,960 may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing. 414 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,440 Don't you want to be that? Now, what that just means is, is 415 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,760 that every time you stay with faith and you do not fail the 416 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,800 test, then you're going to lack nothing. 417 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,280 You're going to have exactly what was spoken to you. 418 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,680 Glory to God. It will come to pass just as it 419 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:49,440 has been said. All right, but verse 5 but if 420 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,960 any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all 421 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,440 generously and without reproach and it will be given to him. 422 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,200 Why would the attack comes and you start getting these other 423 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,120 thoughts to try to get you to abandon your faith. 424 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,640 This in those moments you're like, OK, Lord, how do I 425 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,520 continue to stand? Because what's the Bible say 426 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,960 when you've done all the stand doesn't say when you've done all 427 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,680 the stand sit down when you've done all the stand then just 428 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,800 abandoned retreat when you've done all the Stan tell God he's 429 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,880 a liar. No, when you've done all the 430 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,360 Stan What Stan. So in those moments like what 431 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:28,040 else should I do Lord? How well should I respond? 432 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:31,760 What else do I do Lord? And you're seeking wisdom to to 433 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,400 receive all that he needs to give you so that you go through 434 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,560 that faith battle, that faith fight victorious. 435 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,360 Because again, you're not, you're not fighting for victory. 436 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,280 You're fighting from victory because what you're doing is 437 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,840 you're believing for something that in God's eyes is past 438 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:53,000 tense. It's past tense period. 439 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:58,440 It's it's no different again, it's no different than a letter 440 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,520 I received from Rhonda to give to my mom. 441 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,640 OK. And so she would got her address 442 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,400 was going to mail. And I said, honestly, Rhonda, my 443 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,480 mom's not walking up the hill to get her mail. 444 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,120 I will get it when I get there. So save yourself a stamp and 445 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:13,680 I'll just deliver it to her. OK. 446 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:17,640 But using mail, you understand, if Rhonda did call my mom and 447 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,120 said, hey Peggy, I am sending you a letter. 448 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,680 I put it in the mail today. And you know what? 449 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:28,960 She and she has always done what she said she would do. 450 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,800 So my mom then would have confidence. 451 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,000 Well, Rhonda has placed a letter in the mail and it's coming. 452 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,640 Now she could figure based upon where she lives, well, it may 453 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,680 take a couple of days. So the first day or the next day 454 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,360 she goes out, opens the mailbox and it's not in there. 455 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:48,120 She's not disappointed because naturally through processing it 456 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,040 may take a couple of days, right. 457 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,760 So the next day she, she would be in what we call hope or 458 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,920 confident expectation. Oh, which means I have a 459 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:03,240 confident expectation today that letter can be here. 460 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,920 Glory to God. So she goes with expectation to 461 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,280 open it up to see that letter. Well, if it's not there, she's 462 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,600 like, well, it will come tomorrow. 463 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,160 Because at this point, you know, it's, there's no way it won't 464 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,080 come tomorrow. Well, if she goes the third day 465 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,320 and don't see it, she's like, there's no way it won't be here. 466 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,320 Why she keeps having expectation. 467 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,000 She won't go and say I guess she didn't send it. 468 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,640 In fact she'll be so confident she could call and say when did 469 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,440 you do it? I'll call the post office. 470 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,080 It must be somewhere because you know, sometimes mail can get 471 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,960 lost. My wife and I watched the whole 472 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,720 series called Sign Seal Deliver. Have y'all seen that? 473 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,560 Anybody hallmarkers in here? I got some hallmarkers right 474 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,640 there. Anyway, you know, I do have to 475 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,040 do chick flicks with my wife guys, you understand? 476 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:57,080 And so the sign still delivers about the the post office that 477 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,240 they deliver mail that gets lost in mail, even if it's 30 years, 478 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,560 they figure out who to get it to, you know, kind of the 479 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:09,640 mystery with mail. OK, it's cute, clean obviously. 480 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,440 And you know, we watched a whole bunch of series, you know, let's 481 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,520 watch that again. OK, we're going to see where 482 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,400 this mail's going, right? You know how they going to 483 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,760 figure this one out, OK, Because the guys real smart. 484 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,960 Anyway, my mom may go down to post office. 485 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,760 My point is though, most of the time right within that second 486 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,640 day, 'cause she's expecting it, she goes to the mail and she 487 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,160 gets it and then she's like, oh, I received your mail. 488 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,160 I was so nice. The letter was so nice, the 489 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,840 picture was so nice. Da da, da da da. 490 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,080 Right? OK, same thing. 491 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:45,000 When God speaks, we should have this expectation period. 492 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,280 If I have it cause for God, it's in the mail, it's past it's 493 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:56,200 done, it's done and the thing about us staying in faith is it 494 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:00,280 gets to us if we move into the next thing. 495 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,880 Verse 6 though, but if we add if we if we must ask in faith 496 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,920 without any what doubting for the one who it's like the surf 497 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,800 of the sea and man, if anybody should know about the surf of 498 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,960 the sea, it's us. We're in Saint Augustine, the 499 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,360 surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind for that man 500 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,040 or woman for that matter, ought not to what expect that he will 501 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:26,080 anything from now. Is it the Lord who doesn't want 502 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,920 you to have it or is it your doubt keeping it from coming to 503 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,160 pass? You know, well, the Lord just 504 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,480 didn't want. I guess the Lord changed. 505 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,880 I guess the Lord had a bigger plan. 506 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,400 I guess his way. And the Lord, the whole wow, may 507 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:43,600 be saying, man, you doubted. You doubted. 508 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,480 Now I will caution you and I'm not going to go down this road 509 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,280 very long because I don't want to go this far. 510 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:57,400 However, there have been times with people that they are 511 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,960 believing God and if I said Are you sure you're in faith? 512 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:03,160 They're like, I believe God, I am not doubting and they're not 513 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,560 seeing a result. Then I follow up and say there's 514 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,320 something that you don't know that God knows and you need to 515 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:17,280 ask him what does he know? Period. 516 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,160 So we won't receive from God. Two reasons. 517 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,800 Doubt, well it could be more well that was connected doubt 518 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:31,240 which means we are no longer believing we're we're letting go 519 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,720 of a confident expectation and a firm persuasion that is going to 520 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,480 come to pass. The second has a 2 fold 521 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:43,560 ignorance, which then because of ignorance it puts you in 522 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,880 unbelief. So you're not actually believing 523 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,600 for something because you're unaware. 524 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,800 So if I know God's word concerning a matter and I'm 525 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,160 standing, but I'm not seeing the results when at a particular 526 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,520 time frame that I'm convinced it would come to pass, then I go 527 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,640 back and say, Lord, what do I not know? 528 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,960 This is one of the most powerful testimonies that Kenneth E Hagin 529 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,880 had concerning when he was on a bed of sickness at 16 years old 530 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,360 of incurable heart disease that he himself when he came across 531 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,640 Mark 1123 and 24. And it talked about him having 532 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,720 faith and that you, you believe you receive once you prayed, He 533 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:26,080 said, I believe I've received or he's saying to him to the Lord. 534 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,320 He said, Lord, if you told me that I didn't believe, I would 535 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,600 have to call you a liar. And the Lord says, son, you do 536 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,440 know based upon what you know. Do you understand? 537 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,200 Many of us have faith-based upon what we know is what we don't 538 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,720 know that can hinder us from receiving something totally 539 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:48,000 coming in. And again, the enemy's sly, you 540 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,480 know, sometimes he doesn't mind you knowing a little bit so that 541 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,760 you get confident with what little bit that is truth, but 542 00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:00,360 not enough to get a result and then to convince you that God 543 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,880 doesn't do what he says. And that's a lot. 544 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,720 If anything, I always conclude if I'm not seeing it, number 545 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,800 one, was I doubting? And if I was, I repent. 546 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,800 If I'm not more, what do I not know? 547 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,240 And I seek you, so you'll let me know. 548 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:16,000 That's why we ask for wisdom. What do I not know to get the 549 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,360 results? Because with you, you get it 550 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,800 done, period. And I will never take the 551 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,960 testimony of a human over God. So if someone said, well, my 552 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,360 grandma, she believed and she really believed, but this still 553 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,720 happened in this, I would have to conclude there's something 554 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,480 that grandma didn't know that you didn't know. 555 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,880 She didn't tell you because God's not a liar. 556 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,200 And I'm way more comfortable calling my Mama a liar than God. 557 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,680 And I'm not disrespecting my Mama, but my mama's not God. 558 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,880 She may have given birth to me, but she did not save me. 559 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,600 She did not die on a cross for me. 560 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,320 Are you hearing me? God made her so I could be made. 561 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,040 But before I was even in my mom's womb, God knew me. 562 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:10,640 Come on now so again, I love my mom at the end of the day, God 563 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:14,960 has never lied. All right, so we go on so but if 564 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,520 but if you must ask in faith without the doubting right 565 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,160 you're tossed like the surf of the sea. 566 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,960 Verse 7 for that man ought to expect that he would receive 567 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,400 nothing from the Lord. Verse 8 being double minded man 568 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,480 unstable in all his way. So if you go from I believe God, 569 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:35,040 I got it to man, I don't know that is you riding the surf and 570 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,480 as much as you may like to surf, that does not get you the 571 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:43,480 results of faith. You have to stay the minute you 572 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:49,240 disconnect, you put what you're what you can receive at jeopardy 573 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,800 in jeopardy. You need to stay in firm 574 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:57,040 persuasion double minded people excited in service but 575 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:02,920 complaining on in the trial. God's not bringing it to pass 576 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,760 and it's not because God won't. It's because you're hindering it 577 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,880 through being a double minded person. 578 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,960 This is why mine renewal is very important. 579 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:14,159 All right, let me show you some other translations of these 580 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,760 latter verses here in James chapter one. 581 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,800 Look at the amplified classic verses 7 and eight. 582 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,000 He says it this way. For truly, let not such a person 583 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,719 imagine that he will receive anything he asked for from the 584 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,520 Lord. For being as he is, a man of two 585 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:37,199 minds, hesitating, dubious, irresolute, he is unstable and 586 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,600 unreliable and uncertain about everything he thinks, feels and 587 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,800 decides. So it's very important that if 588 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:49,960 you're a person of faith, cause again, your faith will be tested 589 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,960 and the reason why it's there to test you is to create doubt. 590 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,159 This is what happened in the garden. 591 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:03,760 Has God not said and she said, no, he did not say He said this. 592 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,760 The minute the devil knew what he said, he knew God will do 593 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,160 what he says. So what's he do? 594 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,360 You're not going to die. That's a lie. 595 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,240 But then he gives him the next thing, because God knows that 596 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:18,400 the minute you eat the fruit, you'll be like him, knowing good 597 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,000 and evil. Now they're already like God in 598 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,200 nature because they've been in His likeness. 599 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,280 They were made in His likeness, but God never wanted them help 600 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:30,920 them to know evil at all. He didn't want them experience 601 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,520 it. He didn't want them to live in 602 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,280 it. He didn't want any outcome from 603 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,240 that at all. He wanted them just to stay with 604 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:40,200 Him, which is life, and it will pull out. 605 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,680 Who they are and what they've been created doing is the best 606 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,280 life ever. So what did He do? 607 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,720 He created in Eve this reasonable doubt. 608 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:57,200 Well, maybe this Creator God who gave us all this stuff isn't who 609 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:02,960 we think He is. And that's the devil's tactic 610 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,440 all the time. If he can't convince you God's 611 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,360 words off, he'll get somebody to get you offended. 612 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:16,560 So you get away from God's Word. He'll bring a pass to trial 613 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:22,440 something someone from the world from the church because the 614 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,840 church is growing people in the church are growing people are 615 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,160 renewing their mind. I mean not everybody's on the 616 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:32,320 same plane in their their mind renewal when I say spiritual 617 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,280 walk. They're all the righteousness of 618 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,360 God in Christ in their spirit, but their minds and how to allow 619 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:42,280 that character to go the the lady that we've we talked to 620 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:46,080 today to help clean my mom's house and come in, you know, and 621 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,520 help continue to be there since she's still, you know by 622 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,680 herself. She was talking to us about a 623 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,800 situation that occurred. She said, you know, I'm a 624 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,120 believer. So I had to keep, I had to stay 625 00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:02,520 in character, right? She knew I can't respond like 626 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,720 the world in this situation. There's a different character 627 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,480 about me because I'm a believer. Well, you know, that takes 628 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:12,040 faith. You have to put your flesh down 629 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,480 and allow the fruits of the Spirit to come out. 630 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,800 That takes faith. And so she recognized, but it's 631 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,800 a test to her. Will you only be who you've 632 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,800 been, you know, created to be in Christ, and nothing stops that 633 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,360 but you. No one can stop you but you, all 634 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,880 right? No one can stop your faith but 635 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,480 you. The New Living Translation 6 to 636 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,400 8 says it this way. But when you ask Him, be sure 637 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:45,000 that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with 638 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,000 divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is 639 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,360 blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to 640 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,840 receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between 641 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,920 God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do. 642 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,720 You understand? It's really easy to be a 643 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:06,880 believer when your full allegiance and loyalty is to the 644 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:11,360 throne of God, to the Creator of heaven and earth, to the Creator 645 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,360 of the one who's given life and life more abundantly, Who is 646 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:20,760 life, who is light, who is truth, Who is the way you 647 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:27,120 understand? When I acknowledge that Jesus is 648 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,800 Lord, he, he is supreme in authority. 649 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:37,960 And so he has that in my life to dictate and call the shots in my 650 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:42,440 life because I know his words always come to pass and I'm not 651 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,720 wavering from that. I'm not wavering. 652 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:51,480 So you don't want to be this person that has a a loyalty 653 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,640 that's divided where you're trying to convince God to do it 654 00:38:56,440 --> 00:39:01,480 that's comfortable to your flesh to your you know where you're 655 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,520 renewed in your mind or not renewed how your old thinking to 656 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,760 be able to keep old habits that God's trying to call you up out 657 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,280 of things so that you're different from the world. 658 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,400 Another translation says it this way from six through 8. 659 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,560 It says that when you ask remember to trust in God. 660 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,400 Don't have any doubts. Someone who douses like the 661 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,400 crashing waves of the sea tossed about and driven by the wind. 662 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,800 Nobody like that should think they'll get anything from the 663 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:32,120 Lord their their minds think every which way and they're 664 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,800 unstable in everything they do. The message says that this way 665 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,280 in verse 8, keeping all your options open. 666 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,840 You know how many believers have options? 667 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,440 Well, I believe God, but if this doesn't work, I'll well, that's 668 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:50,560 a that's already an issue. I mean, you're not actually 669 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,560 firmly persuaded. You know, I had a minister when 670 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,840 we were, you know, standing and believing to purchase the 671 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:04,280 property, how much it was, how little we had, all that I have 672 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,640 said and declared and decreed in front of so many people. 673 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,760 And he looked at me and he says, man, I like you. 674 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,800 I like you. He says, you're out there. 675 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,280 He said if this thing doesn't happen, you're going to drown 676 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,760 and die. You're so far out there right 677 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,640 now that there's only two options. 678 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,840 It comes to pass or you're dead. Amen. 679 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,520 Hallelujah. Well, I don't mind being out 680 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:30,120 there. Why? 681 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,640 Because what I'm standing on actually is only life. 682 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:38,320 It's impossible for me to die, just like it was impossible for 683 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:43,720 Jesus to die even though he died, because he said on the 684 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:47,000 third day, I'll come up. Hallelujah. 685 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,640 So that's it. I'm going to let go, but Dad's 686 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,880 going to get me. The Holy Ghost is going to pull 687 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,840 me up out of here and I'm going to deliver people with me. 688 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,800 And then I'm going to set all kind of people free. 689 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:01,600 And the enemy is going to be so sad he ever messed with me while 690 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,160 I was on the planet. Hallelujah. 691 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,960 So we must not keep options open. 692 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:16,160 Thank you Jesus. Another translation 7-8 says it 693 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,040 this way. If you are like that, unstable, 694 00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:22,880 unable to make up your mind and undecided, and all you do, you 695 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,400 must not think that you'll receive anything from the Lord. 696 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,760 Hallelujah. It's only a test, which means 697 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,080 you were firmly persuaded that it was going to be as God said, 698 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:37,840 going into this thing. Do not allow anything to take 699 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:42,240 you off that thought. Another translation says it this 700 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:45,920 way. If you are like that, it is like 701 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,960 you are thinking two ways at the same time and you will not and 702 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,080 you will not be sure about anything. 703 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:56,680 If you are like that, you can't think that God will help you at 704 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,880 all. And the last translation I'll 705 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,800 use, contemporary English version of seven and eight, says 706 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,840 if you are that kind of person, you can't make up your mind and 707 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,680 you surely can't you and you surely can't be trusted. 708 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,080 So don't expect the Lord to give you anything at all. 709 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,720 It is not what God says he can do alone, but it's what you 710 00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:19,800 believe He says he can do without doubting. 711 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:25,920 It's not what God says he can do alone, but it's what you believe 712 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,720 He says he can do without doubting. 713 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,480 Because all of us hear what God can say do. 714 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:40,840 Many of us say God can do that. Yet when we say I believe God 715 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:46,000 will do that for me, and then something, a test comes or an 716 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:56,280 attack to try to to get us to abandon that firm persuasion, we 717 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,840 have to say no. I heard him. 718 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,240 I know he'll do it and I have no doubt about it. 719 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,160 I have no doubt about it. And don't you know, in our 720 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,920 society today, especially with all the algorithms and the 721 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:15,680 social medias platforms to get you to give you information 722 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:19,720 that's contrary to what you believe, but also give you 723 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:24,440 information that's that size with what you're already 724 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,160 believing. Because the enemy is going to 725 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,680 accommodate his, his truth, which is not truth. 726 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,640 Anything the devil says is a he's a liar. 727 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,680 Now, I'm not saying he cannot communicate truth, but he will 728 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:45,840 turn it. He can quote a scripture, but 729 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:50,880 he'll take it out of context. All right, So you need to 730 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,720 understand this. To take doubt is to be in 731 00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:56,000 rebellion to the king and his Kingdom. 732 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,440 The minute there's options, you're really saying to the one 733 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:06,840 that is sovereign, supreme and authority, my way is better. 734 00:44:13,050 --> 00:44:20,650 Really, you should listen to me. The minute we are like, I don't 735 00:44:20,650 --> 00:44:28,200 think that can happen. You're saying the creator of 736 00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,680 heaven and earth cannot, will not and cannot do what he says, 737 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:40,080 but we're not going to do that. Say Amen, we won't do that. 738 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,640 You just have to recognize, you say, well, how do I recognize? 739 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,640 You're going to recognize why? Because you are a child of God 740 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:53,560 and a child of God who is in the Word, hears the shepherd's voice 741 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:59,320 and another, they will not follow Hallelujah, Amen. 742 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:03,440 We're not following another voice said Corinthians 10/5 says 743 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,520 it this way. We are destroying speculations 744 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:11,640 and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, 745 00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,800 and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of 746 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:16,400 Christ. How many thoughts do we take 747 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,600 captive Now? That's the key. 748 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:22,840 That's the key. It's every thought. 749 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:28,160 There's not a thought that you should give permission to freely 750 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:34,760 wander without checking it. The security system in your 751 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:40,160 brain should go to a whole nother level right now. 752 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,120 What? What did you just think? 753 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:49,960 Does that line up with the word? Because if it's not, this is 754 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:58,000 This is an immediate eviction. We take every, every thought 755 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,200 that's coming, we are to raise it up against the knowledge of 756 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:02,360 God. Now here's the problem. 757 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:05,240 If you do not have the knowledge of God in your mind, how can you 758 00:46:05,240 --> 00:46:09,560 raise it up to it? The only way you're going to 759 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,600 raise up a thought towards God is to actually have God's 760 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,360 thoughts. And the only way to have God's 761 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:18,560 thoughts is to be in the word. This is why I'm always like, you 762 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:24,960 know, in awe of Christians. They label themselves this as 763 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:31,560 Christ like, yet Christ knew the word, quoted the word, studied 764 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:41,520 the word and anyone who was to be a child of his, Paul told 765 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,360 Tim. You need to study to show 766 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:47,160 yourself approved. And study is not like the 767 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:51,200 education system of the world where you study the information 768 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:56,080 only to pass the test and you're not really concerned about the A 769 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,680 as much as just getting through the class. 770 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,120 And it's studying through memorization, not through actual 771 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:08,440 assimilation, because many of you know that you do not know 772 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:12,880 the subjects you passed in high school or college anymore. 773 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,160 I'll give you 1. I took two years of a foreign 774 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,760 language, two years. It was required in order for you 775 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,240 to go to college. So I took two years. 776 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:28,160 Now, Spanish was a Gimme. And, you know, if I had been 777 00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:32,800 listening to the Lord and knew about my destiny in life, I 778 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,720 would have done something like take Spanish. 779 00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,680 But I was in rebellion as a teenager anyway. 780 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:44,680 And so it's it, it bled over into the foreign language that, 781 00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:46,720 well, everybody else is taking Spanish. 782 00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:49,600 I'm not. I'm going to take Latin. 783 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,520 They offered Latin, which is a dead language. 784 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:04,360 OK, Now it's a route. There are, you know, benefits if 785 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:12,560 it would have been a part of me. I know porquito, which is 786 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:19,560 Spanish for little about Latin today, but I knew enough to pass 787 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:24,120 the tests to get through. There's a few things, but at the 788 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:28,680 end of the day, I really do not know that subject at all. 789 00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:36,440 It is become dead to me because I study through memorization to 790 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:42,680 pass a test that I would forget. And in that like a believer, oh, 791 00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:44,640 I'm in trouble. Let me find some. 792 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:46,920 Oh Lord, Lord, the Lord's like man, I'm so gracious. 793 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:48,120 I love you. I'm merciful. 794 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,960 Listen, look, I want to show you my word works, right? 795 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,320 And now that you're looking at that and you're in this little 796 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,320 situation here, stand right here. 797 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:56,920 Stay right here. Now see, I did it. 798 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,200 You see, I did all the Lord came through and then we don't get in 799 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:00,560 the word anymore. Don't think about it. 800 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:02,120 We've forgotten. We living like the rest. 801 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,640 We're doing the stuff that causes chaos to come to our 802 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,600 lives and they're like, oh God. And we run back to him and he's 803 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,560 very merciful, extremely compassionate. 804 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,720 We get in there and he's like, OK, here again. 805 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,560 Now stand on this and I'm going to show you always, and you can 806 00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,200 live this life all the time. You can always overcome you. 807 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,320 You don't even have to get back into those situations like that 808 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:27,280 ever again. But it just leaves our mind 809 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:33,280 because we don't actually read the for people who confess that 810 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:39,840 they love Jesus and he's Lord of their lives, they do not read 811 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,200 his book. And The thing is, is that the 812 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,360 word is Jesus in the beginning was the just John 11 in the 813 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:52,320 beginning was the and the word was with God and the word the 814 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:56,840 14th verse and the word became and we beheld his glory. 815 00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:58,960 What's his name? Jesus. 816 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:05,080 So if you want to be close to Jesus, read the Bible, just read 817 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:08,760 the Bible and you you should try it with some of your friends 818 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:12,360 that are believers say, Hey, have you read the Bible ever all 819 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,560 the way through and see how many now this don't work with us, you 820 00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:18,960 know, because we we've done it a lot, right? 821 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:20,760 You know, that's why I challenge you. 822 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,480 I'm like, if you're if you're representing Jesus, how can you 823 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:27,720 represent him and not know what he has said, not understand how 824 00:50:27,720 --> 00:50:31,760 he's handled situations, overcame things. 825 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,760 I mean, he's left us a whole history book and documentations 826 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:38,920 of how our lives are to be governed in his Kingdom. 827 00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:43,480 This is amazing and it works all the time, but unless you're in 828 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,560 it. So again, you cannot raise a 829 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,560 thought up to the knowledge of God if it's not in there. 830 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:52,400 But once it's in there, then you can raise it up and say, wait a 831 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:56,960 minute now. And if it fails the test to be 832 00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,680 of God, that thought, it says, take it. 833 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,440 What? How many do you take captive? 834 00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:07,000 Every one of them. You don't let anyone. 835 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:13,360 Well, you know, OK, maybe I'll keep that one because I'm a 836 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:18,400 single guy and she looks pretty good, so maybe I'll keep that 837 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,040 one there. And that's why they fall into 838 00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:24,960 lust and fall into fornication, because they kept that thought 839 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:30,080 that they should have said Nope. Jesus name, I cast that down. 840 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,640 This is a woman of God. One day I would believe she's a 841 00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:34,400 woman of God. She's going to be somebody 842 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,240 else's spouse. I am not going to think of her 843 00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:37,840 that way. I'm not going to pursue her that 844 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:39,280 way. I'm not going to go after her 845 00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,360 that way. No, I'm going to keep myself 846 00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:45,160 moral in my thinking towards her because Jesus has already told 847 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:47,760 me if I lust after someone in my heart I've already committed to 848 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,000 sin even though physically hadn't even gotten involved yet. 849 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,760 Say Amen anyway. That's how you died. 850 00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,520 Take them all captive, every one of them. 851 00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,880 And when we do that, man, it's good. 852 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:01,640 Another translation said it this way. 853 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:05,520 We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and 854 00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:09,800 break and breakthrough every arrogant attitude that is raised 855 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:12,280 up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. 856 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:16,240 We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought, and insist 857 00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:18,720 that it bow in obedience to the anointed 1. 858 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:23,920 Isn't that good? Bow to the obedience because 859 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:25,880 everything's bowing to Him anyway. 860 00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:30,160 Every knee will and every tongue will glory to God. 861 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,360 Last verse is this first John chapter 5 verse 14 and 15. 862 00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:38,560 This right here will get you in a lot of trouble with the 863 00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,800 religious. OK, those bound in tradition. 864 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:46,920 Now I say that because I could have started the service tonight 865 00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:50,920 out with Matthew 15 three where Jesus said why do you forsake 866 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,880 the commandments of God for the sake of your tradition? 867 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,480 Because there are a lot of times we can get in these situations 868 00:52:56,480 --> 00:53:00,760 that we have a tradition of words of how they've been 869 00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,720 explained to us or we've seen them modeled in front of us. 870 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:06,320 And it's formed a thought process of that's what a 871 00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:09,120 believer is. Faith is whatever the case may 872 00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:12,920 be, when it may just really be a tradition and not really what 873 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,680 God says. OK. 874 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,200 And so, so then the religious that they hold to a tradition, 875 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,600 they will attack Jesus because Jesus is talking to religious 876 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:21,880 people. He said, why are you holding to 877 00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,480 a tradition and you're breaking the command of God. 878 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,360 And in essence, the religious, he always called them 879 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,440 hypocrites. This verse is problematic for 880 00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,560 the religious, for those who say they're following but they're 881 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,440 not. OK. 882 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:39,640 They talk a talk, but they don't live it. 883 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,360 They don't walk it. All right. 884 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,560 This verse becomes problematic because when you know that the 885 00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:51,560 King always does what he says, and I will believe him, period. 886 00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,080 And anything that comes to my mind and tries to attack and get 887 00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:58,280 me off the course of what I am firmly persuaded that the King 888 00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:00,960 has said will come to pass. And I will not doubt. 889 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,440 And I'll cast down every thought that tries to get in here and 890 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:10,720 tell me it won't happen. I'll cast it down no matter 891 00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:13,080 what. When we went to purchase them 892 00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,560 all, I cast down thoughts. They'll sell it out. 893 00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:18,040 You don't have the money. You're not going to get it. 894 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,240 You'll be the laughingstock of the whole community. 895 00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:22,400 You're going to have to resign as pastor and go pastor 896 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,240 somewhere else when you fail to get this property. 897 00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,520 I mean, I could tell they they have somebody. 898 00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:30,760 Did you see who showed up with the owners? 899 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,000 They're going to sell it to them instead. 900 00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,640 I mean cast it down. And how did I cast down? 901 00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:39,240 Thank you, Lord for 2121 US One South. 902 00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,440 You said that we it's ours. It's our and I just confess what 903 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:46,320 he said instead of rehearsing what I'm hearing from an outside 904 00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,200 source. Same thing when sickness comes 905 00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,120 on my body, you know, at different times. 906 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,480 I'm like, thank you Lord that I'm the healed of the Lord and 907 00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:55,320 I'm quoting scriptures and yet my body's saying, man, Are you 908 00:54:55,320 --> 00:54:56,880 sure? Cuz man, you feel a little 909 00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,400 worse. And I've learned how to actually 910 00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:04,400 recognize healing that the enemy has tried to and convince you 911 00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:08,040 you were sick. You want me to give you 1 now? 912 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:11,840 I will work against this at all costs. 913 00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,200 Just to let you know, I prefer if if something's coming out of 914 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:21,280 me, I don't want it in my face. I am not a person who likes to 915 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:23,440 throw up. I can believe it can leave 916 00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:30,000 another way. You know, because I'm a violent 917 00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,440 person. When it comes to that, I scream. 918 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:38,280 You know my wife, she can, you know, throw up and wipe her 919 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,200 mouth and you don't even know nothing happened. 920 00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,440 But she's like what is happening? 921 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:48,920 Are you dying in there? Cuz you're like, how many? 922 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:50,160 You're like me. You screamed. 923 00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:53,520 Yeah, come on, man. Yes, I got some ladies got got 924 00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:54,960 some screamers too. This is good. 925 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,920 I don't know why that is. It's just like better to get it 926 00:55:57,920 --> 00:55:59,720 out. Same thing like with a roller 927 00:55:59,720 --> 00:56:02,760 coaster, you know, you can hold it in, but it's a lot better if 928 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,840 you scream when you're going down 'cause you don't get as 929 00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:11,080 like jacked up in your mind when you're you just let it out, 930 00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:13,040 scream, right? So I, I'm a screamer. 931 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:16,120 My point is, is that you understand if something is 932 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:22,320 coming out, that's actually healing, not sickness, because 933 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,040 your body was designed to get what's in you, hurting you out 934 00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:27,640 of you. So when so you say, well, you 935 00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:29,000 know, I threw up. I was sick. 936 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,560 Well, throwing up was my healing. 937 00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:37,920 Getting it out was my healing. Sickness is when it's in 938 00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:42,600 healings, when it's out. And sometimes it goes out just 939 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:45,840 by supernatural. It's like I feel and then boom, 940 00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:48,200 I'm gone. This family gave a testimony to 941 00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,800 our staff Monday. She said hey, I'm staying home. 942 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:52,600 I have symptoms. I said well I believe they'll 943 00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,720 leave quickly in Jesus name. And then because she said I 944 00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:58,800 won't be at the meeting today, then she's at the meeting. 945 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:00,800 She said I'm coming to the meeting. 946 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,960 All the symptoms are gone. I'm like, praise God. 947 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:05,080 I mean, it was an hour. It wasn't even an hour. 948 00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,320 She was like headaches gone. It's all gone. 949 00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:09,480 Well, she was believing, confessing. 950 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:12,360 She knew it was hers. It manifested. 951 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:16,000 And then in its manifestation, she's like, well, I'm not going 952 00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,680 to stay home and rest and now act like I still have something. 953 00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:24,160 I know it's gone and it just left. 954 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:28,560 Sometimes leaving is a little more natural with your belief, 955 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:31,440 but that's still healing nonetheless, is what I'm saying. 956 00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:39,600 OK, so this is the confidence which we have before Him, that 957 00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:45,440 if we ask anything according to His will or His word, He hears 958 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:48,080 us. Notice God always hears His own 959 00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:50,760 word. Suppose His word will not return 960 00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:54,600 unto Him void, but it shall accomplish that which it was 961 00:57:54,760 --> 00:57:56,680 sent to do. So this is how faith works. 962 00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:00,680 You are in a situation, or or maybe you're just reading, and 963 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,680 God begins to reveal to you how you can believe Him in these 964 00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:07,080 particular scenarios. And all of a sudden you hear 965 00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:11,240 from God now that you've heard. And then a test comes against 966 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:13,880 this. I know that I can have this or I 967 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:17,040 can stand in this situation or I can act like this. 968 00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:20,720 If this occurs, then all of a sudden it occurs. 969 00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:25,760 Then you say that back to him now Lord, you said, and he's 970 00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:33,360 like I told you that that's my word coming back to me and it 971 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,640 will not come to back to me void. 972 00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:39,200 It's going to accomplish that which I sent it to do. 973 00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:43,600 So if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, then that's 974 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,240 according to his will. We know that we have the request 975 00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:49,280 which we have asked from Him. Because when you're really in 976 00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,120 faith, you have confidence. That's why the Bible says to 977 00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:57,000 boldly come before the throne of grace, not crying, not 978 00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:02,840 sheepedly, not beggarly, but to boldly you come before because 979 00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:05,320 you're a child of God and you're in a situation you need the 980 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,760 grace of God to help you in your time of need, of which you're 981 00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:11,640 seeking God for that word. And then he gives you that word 982 00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:14,200 and then you tell him his word back and that gives you 983 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,080 confidence. And when you're confident, no, 984 00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:18,400 it's going to be this way, then the religion will say, well, 985 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,840 aren't you being arrogant? You need to humble yourself, 986 00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:25,840 brother. Confidence is not arrogance. 987 00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:29,240 Confidence is not in me, it's in His word. 988 00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:33,240 And then you're not, you're not going to shame me into pride and 989 00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:38,320 act like I'm not humble. Cause true humility is to stand 990 00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,800 on the word. And you'll stand on that word no 991 00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:44,600 matter what. You'll die standing on that word 992 00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:49,840 in obedience. Cause true humility is I didn't 993 00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,320 say this, He said it and I'm standing on what he said. 994 00:59:53,480 --> 01:00:00,320 I'm submitted to that word that brings confidence and man when 995 01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:01,880 you're like, no, the Lord said this. 996 01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:05,000 Well, brother, all they're doing is trying to do what? 997 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,720 Bring doubt to what you know. Now again, if you're saying 998 01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:11,200 something that God said and I can show you in Scripture, it's 999 01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:16,960 not well then you need abandoned your perceived God thought. 1000 01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:22,040 However, and I'll, if I don't have to hear it, if Brian came 1001 01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:25,280 to me and said, I believe the Lord said that, you know, I'm to 1002 01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:28,200 leave this job and go to this other one, He's going to give me 1003 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:32,080 a promotion there. Well, you know, I could go, man, 1004 01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:35,120 I hope I didn't hear. But you know what I would say, 1005 01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:39,320 brother, I'm telling you right now, if the Lord said it, stand. 1006 01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:42,720 Don't ever come off at the end of the day. 1007 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:48,320 Just stay connected to hearing. Stay with it because at the end 1008 01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:51,920 of the day, if something doesn't come to pass, hopefully he'll 1009 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:53,480 say, you know what? I missed that. 1010 01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:55,560 You know what? I would much rather you miss 1011 01:00:55,560 --> 01:01:00,960 something wanting to actually be hearing God then to never step 1012 01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:10,120 out because if your intent is to hear, even if you missed it, God 1013 01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:13,120 will be like you're trying. I got you got a little zeal 1014 01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:15,760 there will work and you know what got to work that out no 1015 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,920 problem. But the majority of time most of 1016 01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,560 you are kind of here are hearing things and it's that boldness 1017 01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:24,840 and confidence to go ahead and step and do so. 1018 01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:28,680 You know, at the end of the day, when I hear and I know what it 1019 01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:34,000 means to hear and I know what it means to not have heard. 1020 01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:40,040 And I don't take hearing from you, even if you're right, I 1021 01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:43,280 need to know from him. I've had a lot of people tell 1022 01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:46,080 me, have a preschool, never started a preschool till I heard 1023 01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:48,720 him. I had people say, well, let's 1024 01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:51,040 buy them all. That's great, sounds good, would 1025 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:52,800 love to do that. But I need to hear him. 1026 01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:56,200 And when I hurt him, well then it didn't matter. 1027 01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,920 And this gives you confidence. And when you have confidence, 1028 01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:02,120 you'll walk different in the world. 1029 01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:04,480 And when you have confidence, then guess what? 1030 01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:09,360 It's only a test. In fact, the minute the test 1031 01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:18,480 comes, I know what I have heard is correct and we could say it 1032 01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:24,000 this way, but you know, I'm not. I don't want you to think and 1033 01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:31,360 grand Dioso thought processes cause again, mustard seed faith 1034 01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:33,760 does some really amazing things. You understand. 1035 01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:37,400 But the Bible does talk about, you know, no faith, little 1036 01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:44,440 faith, great faith, all right. And when the Lord speaks to you, 1037 01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:56,860 something that is so entirely impossible and it's so much 1038 01:02:56,860 --> 01:02:59,380 bigger than you that it requires so many others to be a part of 1039 01:02:59,380 --> 01:03:04,260 the process, Attacks going to happen. 1040 01:03:07,140 --> 01:03:11,620 It's going to happen, but you just have to stand. 1041 01:03:11,620 --> 01:03:17,400 You just stand anyway. You'll you will not see the 1042 01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:22,560 things that happen in Scripture without confidence. 33 gentlemen 1043 01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:29,080 are thrown into a furnace because they were confident that 1044 01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:34,360 I will not bow to another God. I'm confident in who my God is. 1045 01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:37,200 I'll die before I bow to your God. 1046 01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:41,080 But if you're questioning his ability, he is able to save us. 1047 01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:44,920 And did he save them? Now, many of us don't want to 1048 01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:49,520 get to the place that we're tied all bound up and getting closer 1049 01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:54,120 to the door, right? We love to watch it in movies. 1050 01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:57,520 We just don't want it in life. You know, the train's coming 1051 01:03:57,520 --> 01:03:59,880 about to run you over. You ride the last second. 1052 01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:01,640 None of us. But you know what the life of 1053 01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:03,160 faith is a little bit like the last second. 1054 01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:08,480 You know, Daniel, I believe God. I'm wrongly accused. 1055 01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:11,000 They wrote a law to trick me. Now you realize that. 1056 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:12,920 But you have to stand with your word, old king. 1057 01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:15,880 So put me down in the den. I trust God. 1058 01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:22,800 Everybody wants to sing about, you know, chains falling off, 1059 01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:25,880 but that means you have to put some on. 1060 01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,640 Now most of us use it from the analogy, you know, when we were 1061 01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:33,040 since in and bound. I understand. 1062 01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:35,560 But you can be right with God and get bound. 1063 01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:39,200 Just ask Paul. Many of us talk about, you know, 1064 01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:42,560 the doors opening and wide, but do you want to go to prison in 1065 01:04:42,560 --> 01:04:46,000 order to get the doors to open? Most of us don't want to be in 1066 01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:50,280 the trial to have the kind of faith victories we read about. 1067 01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:54,720 I mean, we want to be great people of faith, but no trial, 1068 01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:04,080 no trial, It's not going to happen to be great people of 1069 01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:05,840 faith. You're going to have great 1070 01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:14,160 trials, great trouble, but you can have joy in the process 1071 01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:16,480 knowing that God's going to bring it all to pass. 1072 01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:20,120 And you're going to look back and say, but God, and he's going 1073 01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:22,400 to receive the glory. And everybody's going to be 1074 01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:26,120 seeing how God functioned and how his word did not fail. 1075 01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:28,160 And they'll know. They'll say, my gosh, you didn't 1076 01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:29,680 do that. That's right. 1077 01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:34,880 But God, but God, but God, because I really do not want 1078 01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,280 people to say, well, you know, you could have done that on your 1079 01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:43,040 own. Listen, our faith has to grow 1080 01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,960 beyond what the world can do. I'll close with this. 1081 01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:49,120 Moses had an encounter. He's heard the Lord go to 1082 01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:50,720 Pharaoh. Tell him to let my people go. 1083 01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,440 Well, what if you don't believe what you got in your hand? 1084 01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:56,040 Throw it down, right. So he shows up. 1085 01:05:56,040 --> 01:05:57,760 The fairy said, the Lord said, let my people go. 1086 01:05:57,760 --> 01:05:59,480 He said, I don't even know who your God is, man. 1087 01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:00,920 I don't even know why you're asking this question. 1088 01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:04,840 He's like do a staff down turns into a snake. 1089 01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:10,040 Pharaoh doesn't even flinch. He looks at his witchcraft guys 1090 01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:13,720 and they threw a stick down and it turns into a snake too. 1091 01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:17,720 And then he's not even impressed when Moses eats theirs and it 1092 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:19,880 picks his snake back up and turns into a staff. 1093 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:25,000 Now the guys they're like, how did he make that magic like 1094 01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:29,480 that? So the next little think of God 1095 01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:32,320 comes, but what? They work their little magic and 1096 01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:36,280 they reproduce the first couple of signs, but then all of a 1097 01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:40,400 sudden signs started showing up. Now signs didn't start showing 1098 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:45,200 up until more trouble came. Those signs that the magicians 1099 01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:49,560 could not reproduce did not come till more trouble showed up. 1100 01:06:49,720 --> 01:06:53,480 Because after the first one that they could, Moses goes back to a 1101 01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:58,520 hostile nation now that wants to kick him out because now they 1102 01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:00,760 have to get their own straw for bricks. 1103 01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:03,760 And they're like please leave, let us stay as slaves. 1104 01:07:06,280 --> 01:07:12,360 But Moses, like I didn't. I came for you, but I'm not 1105 01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:16,800 staying for you. I'm here because he told me to 1106 01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,640 come. I didn't come for you. 1107 01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,360 I came because he told me to come to get you. 1108 01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:24,720 Now, whether you want to come or not doesn't matter. 1109 01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:26,920 I'm going to do what he said to do. 1110 01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:29,200 And if you are part of the process, so be it. 1111 01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:35,320 If you're not, that's on you. The opportunity is there for you 1112 01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:41,240 to come whether you get up and drag your slavery self up out of 1113 01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:43,160 here. When we go, that's on you. 1114 01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:46,920 But we going to deliver people nonetheless. 1115 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:53,880 And it became very challenging. But then all of a sudden that 1116 01:07:53,880 --> 01:07:59,040 faith and those signs started showing up to where the 1117 01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:02,040 magicians were like this is the hand of God, man, you need to 1118 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:03,360 let these people go. We can't do this. 1119 01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:05,680 I don't even know how this happens that you can't even 1120 01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:09,280 fabricate this stuff. There's it is humanly impossible 1121 01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:14,080 to do that kind of trick. Are you hearing me? 1122 01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:18,200 And God wants us in these last days to be doing things that are 1123 01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:22,160 humanly impossible. And with man things are 1124 01:08:22,160 --> 01:08:25,680 impossible, but with God all things are possible.