Thanks for checking out the anchor Faith, Message podcast
from st. Augustine Florida.
Now, enjoy this message. So as I said back in May I
Endeavor the Lord spoke to me, that there is a leadership
vacuum. In the, the body of Christ
leadership, vacuum, not only in the body of Christ, but also in
the world, Jesus talks about how the world does leadership, and
he doesn't. And he literally says that's not
how the kingdom does it. All right, so we cannot learn
our model of leadership from the world, unfortunately.
The majority of larger churches. Do bring in Business Leaders,
which they in turn then communicate to the congregation,
how they have done leadership, according to a world standard,
and many churches are following that, okay?
And having a layer of success, but I would want to remind all
those churches, that Jesus said, what good is it a man to gain
the whole world and forfeit his soul?
So it's really important that we then dive into the Bible to see
what it talks about leadership. It's amazing how much money is
spent in every sector of society to get someone in front of their
group to talk to them about leadership.
It's really amazing. How much money those individuals
make. And then people want to complain
about pastors. People want to talk about
pastors, you know, and all there, just after your money, I
are paying hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to hear
somebody talk to them about leadership.
And they charge. Some hundreds of thousands of
dollars just to speak and they're getting it.
I said they're getting it. Are you hear me?
The Bible has a lot of principles that we can see in
the word of God. And through the years, I've
always had I've always taken the time in layers of leadership in
the church to be able to invest in those individuals leadership
principles, according to the Bible so that it would be raised
up across the church. Nobody in general, I typically
do not have these conversations. I do it more.
If you're involved in our Elevate supported Ministry, your
assigned somewhere, you're involved in the church, then
somewhere. Leaderships, getting trickled
out to you, or directly towards you threw myself, or through
others that are overseeing certain areas.
But the Lord spoke to me back in Maine.
He says, you need to start doing it from the congregation to the
congregation from the platform. So at that point, it seemed
right. With me in the Holy Ghost that I
would Endeavor the last Wednesday of each month, then
that we would purpose ourselves to make it a leadership type
teaching and we did it and may into June.
Then all of a sudden might have been April into May.
Yeah it was me June we didn't go to the end of June.
We did earlier one in June because I had some meetings at
the end. Then obviously had tons of
meetings in July and so here we are in August and we're going to
do a leadership, okay? Now, if you're on staff with
anchor, fate Church of which we have 70, something Employee 72
employees, not all of them have heard this because we've hired a
few since this was released but I sent it out to all of our
employees, on this particular leadership lesson called chain
of command, and I want to talk to you about that.
So, turn over to Matthew chapter 8, Matthew chapter 8, what gave
you some principles right now that it will cause you to be
propelled in any sector of society or in right now, okay?
So what I'm teaching is not Church stuff.
In the context, it only works here.
What I'm fixing to teach works everywhere.
You are Everywhere you are. Okay, this principle works
everywhere you are. All right well we consider Jesus
the greatest leader. Would we okay?
So if he really is the greatest leader then don't you think we
should listen to him more than anybody else.
So then I would encourage you right now.
Any leadership teaching you've ever heard?
You should probably throw it out right now.
They don't line up with where I'm going tonight.
You should just say I'm forgetting that.
I'll just get rid of that thought.
I'm no longer gonna hold to this author and I'm even talking
biblical, I'm talking Christian realm authors, Alright, so here
Matthew chapter 8, verse 9 and 10.
It says this for, I also am a man under Authority with
soldiers under me, and I say to this one go, and he goes into
another come, and he comes into my slave, do this, and he does
it. Now, when Jesus heard this, he
marveled. He what he marveled think about
that, the King of Kings, the third second person of the
godhead. Here's a human.
And not even directly from the human's mouth actually because
this is one gospel account. Another gospel account, is this
person sent people to him to give this message?
Are you hearing me? So he didn't directly hear this
statement out of the person's mouth and he marveled.
And said to those fought who were following Jesus.
At the time he says, truly I say to you, I have not found I've
not found it such great faith with anyone in my Covenant
Nation. The nation that I cut my father,
cut Covenant with and has had his word for centuries.
Now, thousands of years, And I'm not founded.
Wow. This nation should be somewhere
on the map in a totally different location as far as
leading should be a world superpower.
But they're not. and a centurion, who is a soldier in
one of the most tyrannical governments on the planet called
Rome, Has greater Faith than anyone in Israel.
Wow. Are you hearing me now?
What's very powerful about this statement?
Right here? And most people miss it, we've
said it here. So this Bears repeating to some
some gave all you've never heard this teaching.
So we want to look at this, just to give you the kind of
background on what's going on. There is a centurion, he is a
Roman soldier who has soldiers under him, okay?
And as a result of that, he happens to have a servant, okay?
Who's not a soldier. One of his slaves that is sick.
And this man has such compassion and care so much for this slave.
He has that he has heard from the Jewish people that, you
know, are trying to serve the Father, the way they want to.
This man wants to serve their God.
Recognizes he is God and has given literally to them.
Okay, from that heat, they show up to And say, this guy's worthy
for you to come and heal his servant.
I mean, he gives to us and our synagogues.
I mean, he values the God, we serve the coveted Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. So the Lord says, okay, I'll
come I'll come heal the guy. So as he's en route, the
centurions at his home. Realizes Jesus is coming sends a
couple of servants out to tell him that he's not worthy for.
Him to even come under his roof. Not worthy and his statement
prior to this said, this just speak the word only and my
servant will be healed. Because I'm not worthy for you
to come under my house. He knows, I mean he does not
want to get the presence of God because his sin is super
exposed, right. He knows he's not worthy for you
know this guy that he is recognizing as basically God In
the Flesh, there's something about Jesus.
He is, are at minimum a holy man, a powerful prophet of God
that God's hand is on his life, period.
I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof and he says, just
speak Word only and my servant will be healed.
That's the condition wherein. And then he says, why he
believes that? If he just says, something, it
happened because of this first statement I am for I also
there's an identification Here Am A man.
Also a man. So he identified as you're a man
and I'm a man and I'm a man like you.
And the first thing he saw about Jesus was not the authority.
Jesus was in, But the authority Jesus was under.
Very powerful. That he didn't look at Jesus's
Authority. He looked at Jesus is under
Authority. The first thing he recognized
about Jesus was his submission. Okay, I must say that again, the
first thing he saw about Jesus was Batman submitted now, in our
society today, nobody wants to be known as the guy that submits
We don't want to be known as that guy.
We don't want to be seen. Oh, you know you I see you do
what people say? What?
Well if you have that then you don't have what God has.
I'm just gonna tell you right now.
So the first thing he sees them because it doesn't use this word
but it's there I said, is there For, I'm a man also submitted to
Authority. And because I submit to
Authority, I have authority. so again, if you can't submit Okay,
if you can't see yourself as a submitted person first than any
Authority, you have is worldly Authority and you do your
Authority, like the Gentiles leader, and they Lord it over
their people. and Jesus addressed that concept not
because the disciples were asking for Authority, they were
asking who's the greatest And he says oh you know how to Gentiles
though. These worldly, these guys of the
world how they lead, they Lord it over people, but it's not
like that with us. And then he goes on to explain.
Now if you want to be great You're going to have to be what
the servant of all you better identify with your submission,
way more than you had identified with your leadership.
Well, you better learn to identify with your submission,
way more. In fact, you better look for
opportunities to be doing something for someone instead of
walking around trying to get somebody to do something for
you. Hallelujah, it's not popular.
Will write a book anyway. One day dismantle, all the you
know, Christian believing, you know leadership Doctrine right
for. I also am a man under Authority
and because I have I know what it means, which really this is a
principle of seedtime and harvest.
So an in reaping in essence, why can this synturion expect that
the ones? He's over to go when they when
he says go to come? When he says come to do this
when he says do this. Why would he expect that?
Because when his Commander says come, Yes sir, go.
Yes, sir. Do this.
Yes sir. Not man, I fell in it today.
See, now, I can identify with this because I was in the
military myself right now. And, and man, man, when I saw
the kingdom of God, like the Bible is about a king as Kingdom
in his role Offspring. When I recognize that my savior
has always been Lord and he's King and he has a final say, And
that simple principle. Then yes sir.
And it's not like yes, sir. I hate that.
You're my king. I wish I could take over your
throne. We'll get to that.
It's yes, sir. I'm talking to love right now
and your command to my life is life and I am just jacked
excited to serve you and your calls man.
Come on, give me another order a command, give me something to
do. God, please.
Are you hearing me? And so the reason why this man
says, listen, I'm a man under Authority, just like you, but
I'm also a man in Authority. So I understand how this works
because when I give a word in my authority, it is to be carried
out. So all I need you to do a speak
it You do you have to show up at the house?
Your word has enough power to accomplish the task.
Oh my gosh, in Jesus. Like, let it let it be according
to your faith, man, and he that guy was healed right, then, that
moment, I said in that moment, Because when the guys came back
to the century and told what he said, he said, well, he said to
how long ago, you know, I mean, obviously they didn't have, you
know, Apple watches back them, you know, maybe they can't
around a sundial on their wrist, I don't know.
But, you know, it took us about whatever time to be.
He says, you know what? That same time, my servant
started to turn and was be and was healed his its whole
situation turned because it was, it happened to many.
He said it. I said the many said it Or hear
me. So then this scripture lets us
know that there is a thing called chain of command.
It is a Biblical principle because it's not just a worldly
principal. He said, well okay, the
Centurion when he was with the Roman government, this is what
wrong did know. He identified that Jesus did
this, and Jesus didn't say, right?
I'm not submitted to nobody. Okay.
Jesus is submitted. In fact, the godhead has a chain
of command. Even in the godhead which is
like, almost mind-blowing but we know that God is one but yet
three, he's three and one. Triune God, the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit, Jesus talks about the father in John chapter
12 verse 49. Look what he says he says is
for. I do not speak on my own
initiative, but the father himself who Who, what, who sent
me? Which means Jesus didn't come
because he loved you. Okay.
Jesus would have stayed in heaven and never emptied himself
of his glory, if Dad would have never said.
So for I did not speak on my own initiative, or I do not speak on
my own initiative, but the father himself who sent me has
given me a command as to what to say, and what to speak.
So, Jesus, who is called the son of God?
Is submitted to the father. Jesus only does what the father
says. So we need to understand this.
The father is the top of the chain.
There is nothing higher than the father.
He is all authority. Oh, now when I was taught at
Rhema because a, how, the Greek says, when you get into these
passages, talking about Authority in the Greek, it
literally means delegated power. And I remember a particular
instructor, you know, would talk to us about that word, you know,
you know, you have authority, which is delegated power.
You don't want to make sure we had it, delegated power,
delegated power, delegated power, delegated power, and it
was always kind of ingrained in us.
Well, you know, as I got out of Raymond started, doing different
Ministry, was youth ministry for three years and they came here
and planted acre features been here, 18 years now, you know, as
Continue to stand and study and I'm talking about Authority and
I kept giving that definition of authority is by definition is
delegated power. Eventually it messed me up.
Because I'm like that can't be the definition of authority.
It just can't. Now it can be the definition in
the Greek in that scripture because In this passage of
scripture, this Authority has been delegated power.
This Authority was delegated power to the individual.
Because again, it Jesus received his power from the father
because Authority is delegated power.
Then where did the father get his power?
If it literally just means delegated power.
Well, no one delegated the father, any power?
So true Authority. In definition would be the final
say. It's the final say so when you
understand that Jesus has given, he's has been given all
authority and then he tells us to go therefore in that
Authority. He has delegated us Power.
What is that power? He's delegated us.
That when we say what we hear from him, it'll be a final say
on the matter. Boy, that's a help somebody
because again we're talking about you have authority over
the devil. Well, you will go through the
chain of command, ain't get to the father's voice. and that
trickle down to you, which means when you say it, It is a final
say on that deal. And the father always does what
he says. The only way the father's word
does not happen. Is if you Rebel It's the only
way it doesn't happen. You Rebel, you Rebel.
Jesus literally told the Pharisees he says, why do you
transgress the Commandment of God for the sake of your
Traditions? He says you make the command of
God. Null and void by your
traditions. In essence, you love your way of
doing God more than God's way of doing himself.
Because if you would do it, his way you would get his result.
So, let's go to the next shame because there's the father, we
know the sun only listens to the father.
Well, who's the Holy Ghost? Listen to look at John chapter,
16. John 16:13 says this, but when
he the spirit of truth, that's the Holy Ghost comes, he will
guide you into all Truth for. He will what not speak on his
own initiative, but whatever he hears he will speak and he will
disclose to you. What is to come now over in
John? 14 when Jesus says, when he
comes that, he'll calls all things to come to your
remembrance that I said, the Pastor might find that verse in
John chapter 14, I think it's 23, but verify that John
chapter, 14, maybe twenty three or twenty six, probably 26.
I just want to verify that as Truth where it's literally at,
because he says he will cause things to come to your
remembrance. That I said, so the Holy Ghost,
it speaking on his own John 14:26.
Okay, John 14:26 and write down for yourself.
So the Holy Spirit when he speaks to your spirit is because
he's heard from Jesus. Now, Jesus, when he talks to the
Holy Ghost, whatever he says to him is only what he heard from
the from the father. So, what's the chain of command?
Whatever the father says, goes to, the sun, whatever the son
says, is revealed by the spirit revealed by the spirit to our
spirit. And when we hear that, That is.
God's final say on the matter. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
So, this caused me to have this thought process.
How long has God been around? Good question, right.
I think we can all answer that always, we can't fathom that
mentally, but he's always been And if God's always been has, he
always been father, son, Holy Spirit.
Wouldn't argue with that. He's always been the Triune god
father because again, we can see it in the Book of Genesis,
right? God said, in the beginning God
created the heavens and the Earth, God that's a plural term.
By the time you get down to Genesis 1:26.
He said, God said, let us make man, in our not in mine alone,
I'm the father. No, in our image.
Because his father son, holy spirit.
So father son, Holy Spirit has always been God.
Jesus has always been the second person of the godhead which
means Jesus for all eternity has always been in a submitted roll
Jesus has never. Never.
Been on top or in the role of the father.
And Jesus has never wanted it. Okay. so if Jesus has, never
wanted to lead, Then where does the desire to lead originate
from? Well, Isaiah 14 tells us where
it originates from. Isaiah, Chapter 14, verse 12 and
15. It says this oh how you fallen
from Heaven o star of the morning, son of the Dawn.
You've been cut down from the Earth to the Earth.
You have weakened the nation's but you said in your heart ah
will Ascend to Heaven, I'll raise my throne above the stars
of God so he had a throne He was in a submitted role as a created
being, and when Pride was entered into him, he decided I
want to lead. Jesus has never wanted to lead.
Okay, Jesus loves Receiving the command.
The Holy Spirit has never wanted to lead.
Even though he leads. Because we are led by the spirit
but is he leading, which is why my leadership book is called
lead. Follower in the earth.
We are the Holy Ghost is the. I am the lead follower of the
Holy Spirit when it comes to the church.
I'm just following the holy ghost in your life.
You should be the lead follower in.
Whatever that circumstance is. Whether you're the head of the
family or head of the organization, whatever the Holy
Ghost should actually be leading you.
But Jesus is the lead following the godhead.
And the Holy Spirit following Jesus who's following the
father, and then we're just getting right in line.
And the Holy Spirit. Never said, I could do a way
better job than this than the father.
But the Morning Star did. King James calls him, Lucifer.
Jesus calls him, Satan the devil.
Prophet called him an anointed cherub.
So then if you have this like boy, if I could just run this
company. Oh, You might, you might not
know what Spirit your of right now. well, now if I was pastor
of that church who you might not know what Spirits your of right
now, 10, Jesus didn't have a problem with them wanting to
lead. He didn't have a problem with
them wanting to be greatest. Then have problem with them
wanting to Aspire to layers of oversight.
And positions that had a that had Authority associated with
it. But Jesus literally says, don't
call anybody a leader. You only have one is Christ
meaning because I empty myself and became a man.
God In the Flesh. Then I received back or I walked
in the Dominion, the first Adam lost and demonstrated.
How as a man anointed of the Holy Ghost, you can pull Heaven
into Earth and operate in that realm of Dominion.
And as a son of man, he is the lead.
I said he's the lead but he is listening to the father by the
spirit. Come on.
You hear what I'm saying? Okay, so he said I'll send my
throne above the stars of God, I'll sit in the mound, the
Assembly of the recesses of the north, I'll send above the
heights of the clouds, right? I will make myself like the most
high. Nevertheless, you'll be thrust
down to Shield to the recesses of the pit, right?
Or hear me. So in that context, then anytime
we engage anything, if you're in business, right?
Where Sector Society you function in and they pay you to
be a kingdom citizen there, right?
If you want to go in influence, I would rather call it that way
and even then I use that term loosely, but if you want to be
able to have capacity to serve have the responsibility to serve
more. Then if you serve he will
continue to exalt you. now, the world will call you a brown,
noser They'll call you all kind of names, you know, because you
know, you're just trying to look impressive.
No, I'm just serving everybody. And I'm definitely going to
serve those over me. Because if I wants people to
serve under me, one day without an attitude.
That that managers they are such a jerk.
Well keep saying it. Wait till you get what become
one? I mean, you're going to already
have conflict even if you do it, right?
Because we're in a fallen world. But you you just call it on.
When you talk about, you know, who's overseeing the parking lot
or guest relations, who's overseeing, the district manager
of your company, or in your school?
You're an employer and you work for somebody.
Let's see my I mean I'm doing all the work here, okay?
Hallelujah. I could do it but I'm gonna do
it on my own. What did the Lord tell you to do
it on your own? He tell you to leave, we know
how they're cheating me, let them cheat you because God had
taken account. Jacob did not leave, Laban until
the Lord said, son, it's time to go.
And he'd already told it, he was like, you know, your dad changed
my wages ten times. I mean he was a horrible by All
rights and you understand he did all and man when a law one of
his sheep got messed I would replace it with my own.
I stayed up on. I mean, I served this guy and he
but he served him. And because of that, the Lord
says time to go And he says, now he owes you some wages.
I know that oh, you don't want to hear this, we don't want to
hear this while because we want to be leaders.
Like we want to be leaders on our term.
We're not going to put up with somebody's unrighteous Behavior
around us, because by God, we're Christians and we know they're
crooked manager, crooked owner. And I'm not going to serve that
thing. Well, you may be fixed, God May
transfer their whole company to you.
Oh, I thought that he would see who I am and that he would allow
me to be able to beat the person who could take this thing over.
Well, it may come a different way just like it did with Jacob.
Jacob served 27 years for the wage of one woman and got a
different one. And then in a week's time, got
the one he wanted but had to get another 7 years.
Well, you already paid for her. What do you Heather?
So barely is really paying seven years for the first one.
He didn't want in the first place.
And that was just the first 14 years, not the other six where
he was constantly changing and and doing things.
And but yet, we did you hear that guy goes, you know how I
did you? This, it is like your liar even.
It's even as other sons and servants new That they were
wealthy because it's Jacob. And then the Lord said, Jacob is
time to go home. So here's the plan.
Tell him, you want the spotted? Sheep.
That's what you want. Now, you understand, when he
said that and Laban looked out at the flock, what do you think
he saw? A bunch of nothing, but solid
color sheet. That's a good deal for me, but
he didn't know that he had a plan a way to feed that would
produce a flock of such strength that all the ways that he had
messed with 10 times. We know, for sure, and then done
him wrong with the his daughters, he transferred all
that wealth. Why?
Because a man wasn't trying to take over the company, he was
just serving. Oh yeah.
Servant he was serving. You understand, you cannot take
worldly leadership and expect to get as high as you can.
Taking Kingdom leadership, you can get a level of prosperity.
Don't get me wrong and the devil will absolutely give you enough
money. So that you'll become So
Satisfied. And yet when you stand before
the Lord and he shows you what you could have had your going to
be like I was broke. And you're not going to be like,
well, it doesn't matter. I had enough when I was there
though, you won't be like that in front of the king.
It won't be that kind of encounter.
All right. So you have to understand, there
is a chain of command. In fact, when we pray, there's a
chain of command. Look at this.
In scripture in John chapter 16, verse 23 and 24 liquid.
It says Jesus said in that day, you will not question me about
anything. truly, truly, I say to you if you ask who If you ask,
who not Jesus. You know, I mean people saying
Jesus would you do this for me, just like why you talking to me?
Jesus said this now he says you're not going to ask question
me about anything truly. Truly I say to you.
If you ask the father for anything, how in my name, what
is Jesus, his name show up in prayer.
It's at the end, it's the power of attorney.
You're invoking the power of attorney father, I'm asking
according to the Covenant of quarter, what you said that I
have as a child of God. I'm speaking to you on these
terms of concerning this. According to your word, and I
asked these in the name of Jesus.
Now, you say, and then he goes until now, you've not asked for
nothing in my name, ask and you will receive.
So that your joy may be made full until now you've not asked
for nothing, how? In my name, not asking Jesus for
it. You're asking the father in the
name of Jesus. Now here's the thing.
The reason why you're asking the father is because the father
told the To tell the Holy Ghost to reveal to you.
What you are to say in the first place.
Then you go to the father with his word that was revealed to
you by the spirit because the things of God are not naturally
appraised but they're spiritually discerned.
So when you go to God, you're going to him with a revealed
word. Father, your word says the Holy
Spirit revealed to me that these symptoms in my body although
they are factually here and by All rights.
If I went naturally to a doctor they would say, I have whatever,
you know, it is. It give it a name and my God
find out what the name is. I don't care.
Whatever symptom sickness disease you have.
But by his stripes, the stripes of Jesus because what he did,
I'm Healed, it's the healthcare system of the Kingdom.
So father, I go to you in the name of Jesus whom.
The holy spirit is revealed to me.
That I can receive healing because of what he paid.
And so I'm Healed in Jesus name and I haven't now.
Hallelujah. Amen.
And you know how many people have more faith than appeal?
Right? They get the bottle, it has a
prescriptions got words on it. It's got somebody somebody's
authorized got their Authority name on it.
Has the doctor's name? That's the authority that
released this prescription from a drugstore to you.
That gives you instructions now of how you're supposed to take
this one three times a day. So you've never met the doctor
or it is your doctor you met but you don't know a great.
See Maiden You don't know where they cheated his way through
whether he was privileged through.
You're not checking their essays.
You didn't go to their clinicals.
You didn't go and hang out in their residency.
Let me see you do open heart. Because you ain't touching me
till I've seen, you do it, but we're like that.
What? God until I see it.
I can't believe it, but you'll lay down go under and let
somebody you never met. Open your heart.
Kill you. Right, stop your heart.
And thank God, they could do all this.
I'm just saying you see, what kind of trust we have in, man.
And we take the first one, you know, going to do this for 30
days, you take the first one. And you're instantly already by
the first one. Why you saying?
Well because this will make me better.
So you have a faith and that it'll make you better and you
know, as well as I do, because everybody can testify to this,
you get about, you know, couple days in five days, in seven days
in you're like, man, I feel great and you're like you don't
even want to take the rest of them.
Now, it's either actually helping or it's masking your
symptoms, one way or the other. Are you get the side effect?
That's listed somewhere else and so fine.
Fine, fine print. That's usually maybe not even
there. You have to go research where
it's at. And then you go to the doctor
because you got indigestion now and you're like what in the
world? They're like you know what?
Let me just write you a prescription but it's a side
effect of the other one. Now you're on another one.
Now, you got leaky gut. I got dry eye sockets, next
thing, you know, you're 50 and you're on 10 prescriptions here
and you're like, well, praise the Lord.
All right, the Bible says the word does good.
So why don't we take it now? Am I against prescription drugs?
I'm not against anything that will keep you in a position so
that you can get the word in you.
That's what I'm saying. Because at the end of the day,
if you're letting anything take precedent over the word, you're
already in a deficit, but I would much rather if you are in
a position that you just can't firmly be persuaded that, you
have it already and let the power of God do it.
Then please by All rights be Something so that it can keep
you in a place so that you can get to that place.
Right. But we won't miss one of those.
But well I well I'll read I'ma watch Gunsmoke right now.
Why are you watching Gunsmoke? I've never understood that
cancer patients man they come out of chemotherapy and they're
watching you know Hallmark or or are the TLC.
I'm like you need to be in the word.
Right. Hallelujah.
Well, there's a chain of command to church guys.
Okay. Some that have heard it.
We're a little more vocal, almost say that again.
There is a chain of command in the church.
I didn't set this up the Lord did.
So really, if you have a problem with it, you have problem with
the father Although you'll blame me but that's fine.
Let's look at this in Acts and Acts chapter 20, verse, 25 and
228. Paul's talking to the minute
from Ephesus, the elders and says, Now Behold, I know that
all of you among whom I went about preaching, the kingdom
will no longer see my face. Therefore, I testify to you to
this day, that I'm innocent of the blood of all men y for.
I did not shrink from declaring to you, the whole purpose of
God. So I'm the innocent of the blood
of all men. Preach the whole gospel,
everything, the truth, my preach it.
Okay. Then he goes on and says, in
verse 28, be on your, be on guard for yourselves.
And for all the flock, now, our he is, he talking to Natural
Shepherds and real sheep. No, he's talking to Elders or
pastors and the flock is actually the congregation So be
on guard for yourself and for all the flock among which the
Holy Spirit, third person of the godhead has made you overseers
now, let me stop right there. Well let me go on to Shepherd
the Church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
Okay, we got two people in the godhead right here.
So if the holy spirit says, I've called you to pastor this flock,
He didn't say it on his own initiative.
He heard Jesus say, holy spirit, tell pastor Earle to oversee,
the flock called anchor Faith Church.
So what he said, well where did Jesus?
Get that from the father? The father said Jesus, you lay
down your life, shed your blood, so the church could exist and
the church exists in local places all over the globe.
There's a particular legislative assembly because that's what the
church is. It is actually more government.
It is government. It is not religious at all it.
And when Jesus first said, I'll build my church.
He used a government word. We hear it.
King James said it put it in his church says it as Church.
Recognize it as church. Because again, there was such
conflict with Kingdom. And by that for that matter, you
know, there was trying to be a little bit of a separation but
it literally means called out ones.
It was it was already a word ekklesia or at least yet,
however you pronounce it and it was already a term that Rome new
because it's the same term Rome used for their Senate.
So Jesus didn't use a new Greek word.
He used a term that everyone identified.
Here's my legislative assembly. Here's my government.
I'm going to build my government because I'm the head of it and
I'll build that and we call it church.
So it's really an embassy. We're all the ambassadors come
To hear about the policies, right?
So, again, an ambassador in the embassy, that's in a foreign
territory is only speaking to its region concerning the
position of the Kingdom by, ah, and I write the kingdom.
We represent our ambassador in Nicaragua that's in an embassy,
does not go to the government of Nicaragua One say, I don't know
what's going on with President Joe Biden.
Right now, this is really what I want to do about it.
They do not do that. Well, they do is say here's the
official position of the United States of America and our
president. And they do that in order to
maintain a layer piece. Some of those ambassadors are in
country saying, the position of my country, because when you
mean an ambassador, you meet a country is, it's not, their
opinion, is if you continue to do this, this is their position
here. Are you hearing me?
So then the holy spirit says, to the elders are the pastor's of
the church that they were overseeing.
They a, I made you the overseer. Notice overseer, meaning I've
given you charge of people, you are going to constantly serve
And first way to serve is serve them, the word rightly divided.
Okay, but by All rights, they now become the established chain
of command. Which means you don't do what
you want to do in the church. Because Jesus doesn't do what he
wants to do in the godhead. And how many congregation
members while I don't? Like, what a pastor doing?
You do not know what spiritual of right now.
I don't even, I don't even care. If the pastor is ungodly, I
don't even care. You want me to give you another
one. I'll give you another one
chain-of-command. God anointed King Saul!
Why? Because they rejected God, we
don't want God anymore as our King.
We want a man, fine. I'll put an Oni on Saul.
This is what they're looking for anyway, but I'll do I'll help
him out best of can, but he's not me at the end of the day,
and he's definitely not him, because he was physically what
they wanted. And his heart showed up.
And when his heart showed up how through Disobedience, the Lord
took the anointing. And then he tells Samuel, he
said, listen don't be crying over saw.
I'm looking for a man after my own heart and then he comes in
and says I found him You need to go anoint, the boy he goes, saw
will kill me. He said, this is how you going
to do it and he did it. And then, David, a Shepherd boy,
shows up the least likely candidate in Samuels, mon based
upon the last king but he anoints him David in, turn ends
up serving that King that throw Spears at him and wants to have
him killed since them into war. Hoping he'll die, but internee
ends up getting his daughter. Right.
And when David who's being constantly pursued, by this,
stripped of his anointing King who by, all right, now is an
unrighteous leader, comes into a cave to relieve himself.
And and all of David's men are saying, God has surely brought
your enemy into this place so that you can finish this once
and for all be done and he went up there and he end up cutting
his Any hated that even touched his dog on garmet?
Now, if he comes out, you know, he talks to him said, man, I
could have done it, you know, and there was another time he
could have done it as well, right?
He had ample opportunities actually killed a man who was
constantly putting pressure on him, but by All rights, he
served him. Why cause he knew, who am I to
touch God's anointed, which was not anointed anymore.
Now, you know what happened when Saul died, right?
That a guy shows up and reports to David Saul's dead.
The King's dead. Well, how do you know what I was
there and I killed him. And what did what did David say,
how could you not have the fear and not in touch God's anointed
and killed a man? And then we go around and talk
about pastors. Hallelujah.
I am not a soul though. I can tell you that, it's always
identifiable who saw is Who David is and who Absalom is.
Those guys are always identify Bible.
Hallelujah. I'm telling you it's chain of
command in your business. There's chain of command, how
are you? Honoring and respecting the
chain of command? Are you hearing me?
Look what it says here and a Hebrews. 13:17 go ahead and say,
Amen. Anyway, say it anyway.
Why? Because at the end of the day,
I'm only here because I was called Right?
The Lord sent me here and call me to do this and I'll Stand in
that position period. I'm confident that, but I'm also
just as comfortable or says, hey, you need a hand this over
to so-and-so. I'm done.
See you. And I've done this before when I
was in Oklahoma and was the overseer of the youth ministry
and the young adults with Pastor David.
I serve the man. Period.
But when the Lord says it's time for you to plant that church,
I'm like as much as I love all these people.
I'm done. I'm out of here, I'm gone
because I refuse to stay in a place.
I'm not anointed For an assignment won't do it.
Will not do it. Not going to do it and then we
were at that time we were living our best life.
At that time, it seemed like it was our best.
Like I'm it, there was a natural things that would keep me just
in that location. But you got to obey the king.
At the end of the day. Hallelujah.
So, I mean, I can be like David man.
Absalom want to come in and try to take over.
That's easy. That's just step back for a
second. Watch this thing.
There's some things you can do like that.
There's other times that, you know, Kings, try to come and
Conquer your life, you've come to the wrong place, right?
And the anointing take over and do some things that point.
Look, what it says here. He was obey your leaders again.
How the writer of Hebrews says this was he saying those that
oversee because again you only have one leader is the king and
he submitted to the father. Right.
And the Holy Spirit submitted to him.
And I'm submitted to the Holy Ghost.
And I endeavored to not speak anything on my own initiative.
I mean, I do it, come on, if you've been in a meeting with
me, you know, I'm saying these words.
So let's go to Bob. What's Bible say?
I mean, because at the end, and we don't have an opinion on the
passenger? I don't know.
I mean, I don't really care what you've been in, what you've gone
through. What's happened to you, or what
you did, the blood has a the ability to forgive everything
and for you to walk in a way. So we're going to examine that I
met with husband's. They won't talk to me about
their wives. I said, I don't care.
What's your wife doing? I don't care if everything
you're telling me about your wife is actually correct.
What does the Bible say you are to do?
Now, it's assumable that you're correct and everything that
you're saying about your spouse right now and most likely you're
not right. But for the sake of just
pretending you are that doesn't relieve you from the
responsibility. To love your wife as Christ
loved the church. so, you'll have to get some You don't have
to get some to show her attention.
Okay, obey your leaders and submit to them for.
They keep, watch over your, not just Spirits because Jesus made
your spirit in him, you're the righteousness of God in Christ
period, but your soul. We've got a lot of work to do,
right? To keep watch over your soul as
those who will give an account. So I'm going to give an account
of how I Minister the word by the spirit to help renew your
mind. I'm going to give an account.
Oh man. And I'm way more concerned about
that conversation than I am about whether you like me after
our meeting. Way more concerned about that.
Well, now, if you're telling me how to do that, I'll just leave
man. I this Vision was here before
you came. This Vision will be here after
you leave at the end of the day, if that's how it's gonna be,
that's how it's gonna be, . It's nothing personal.
I want you to stay, I want you, but I want you to repent and do
what God says because I want you anointed.
I want you in the will of God. I don't want you doing your own
thing, having your own opinion doing your own idea.
I want you like Jesus under the authority, so you can thrive
Instead of bowing your chest up at like you have something.
Which means you actually have nothing.
Now. Let them do this with joy and
not with grief for this would be unprofitable for the overseer
know. Now people can say well I'm just
going to make their life a living hell.
Now you're not going to make my life a living hell.
It's not you're not going to do it because number one you can't
steal my joy. When the scripture says let them
do this with joy. What is that?
I go to Matt right here and I'm in Mass have a conversation
about something he's going through right now saying that
what's up? Say, so we get with that and
then he's like, okay pastor, I see that I'm going to yield and
submit to the word. Well, that gives me joy because
I'm like, wow look he's doing it, he's a doer, right?
If I tell him he's like man, I just can't do it, I can't do it.
I'm like man, I'm just telling you.
That's how you got to do it and then I see him not doing it.
Well, that's grief, man. I mean I gave him the word, he
knows what to do is just choose not to do it.
Now my own personal Joy is still fine.
Hallelujah, thank you. Lord.
You're so good to me, you know, you've held my body of done.
All these look how great account my many blessings.
I mean, my life is still full of joy.
I'm not walking around depressed because this individual is not
applying the word, but when I seem not live up to his
potential, It's like, geez. I just ah, it doesn't have to be
like that. As a pastor that is the biggest
grief I have is watching wasted potential.
Look and seeing God drip all over their lives.
And they just want you to the word.
It's like a jolly where we can be, but who won't profit because
they don't do it. Won't do it.
See a chain of command is the establishment of responsibility.
The minute the father said now he's responsible to have what he
said. A chain of command is an
acknowledgment of abilities. I gave someone 1215 based upon
their ability, so they have the, it one had authority over five.
Another had authority over 21 had authority over one.
They all had ability to have authority over it.
But the one who didn't exercise his authority properly because
to him leadership was do nothing.
That everything serve you. I I'm the guy he's gone.
But the five and two is like I'm serving the one gone.
Write a chain of command is the releasing of gifts.
So releasing of gift and a chain of command is the reward for
character and faithfulness. So this is what gets me, you
know, how many people in the church want leadership, but
they'll come to a church and they don't want to talk to any
layer of leader. They only want to come to the
pastor. So my associate pastor, Mike
stand up, he's my associates and up Pastor Mike I'm say you know
listen you got a challenge I got no problem.
I'm going to set up a meeting with my associate.
Pastor Mike. Oh no, I can't be with him or
the receptionist, you know, they they call the church and the one
working the desk. Like okay, what's going on?
I need to meet with someone about my marriage, okay?
You don't you're not going to be a pastor Earle he's going to
have you meet with Pastor Mike he takes care of those
particular things. Oh no.
I've got to talk to the pastor. Are you guys out of the bastard?
Well, you are. The one delegated with the
responsibility. No, but I got to talk to the
guy. I mean, I need to talk to the
pastor. Right.
And then they like, they want power.
Now, you know, have you ever get around that person?
Like I'm going to leave. You won't even respect other
people in their positions where they lead.
So you're really the devil? My I might as well just say just
tell him the devil. Walked it tell him I don't meet
with the devil. They maybe I'll just start
selling our ministry. Tell him.
I don't meet with the devil. I kick them out.
I tell him to shut up and leave, right?
I mean what disrespect? To the overall leader.
When we won't listen to the one, he's given his truck, me
thinking of the disrespect right now, in many churches that don't
honor the Holy Ghost. Oh, now you just teach the word
now we don't have that. Holy ghost stuff.
The father sent the holy ghost stuff.
You're disrespecting the Holy Ghost and if you don't have the
Holy Ghost, you're not even saved.
If he wasn't a talk to your spirit about Jesus, you wouldn't
even have the ability to have a confession. come on here, when
I'm saying, And we see lack of Honor all the time.
I don't care if the corporation's corrupt, I don't
care if the sports coaches are corrupt, I don't care, whatever
if they've been appointed in layers of leadership, then at
the bottom line is, you need to honor the position period and
serve Cut, it will guarantee you. that when God exalts, you
Because you honored it. Well, I got to talk to the man,
I'm a chain of command, gah. I mean to purchase this mall, I
went through the chain of command Went through the chain
of command because I'm like if I could have kept working with the
ones underneath out of work with the ones underneath.
But when the ones underneath I'm like and I have talked to the
guy once twice actually. But and I and I really believed
we could get there and then I'm just, you know, I mean have you
ever gone you've you talk to the server or they don't do
something right? You're like me, can I talk to
your manager? Right?
What you're going up chain of command?
They don't resolve the kind of chain of command.
Because people are in this chain for a purpose.
So don't get sideways with Nursery.
They're doing what they've been told to do.
I want to go back and see my kid.
You're not coming back here. If that's what, if that's what
we've established. Right.
Hallelujah. Okay, let me close this thing
down. And I want to leave it on a high
but I do have to say a couple of other things, acts chapter 20,
verse 29 and 30 this is what happens when you do not respect
chain of command Acts chapter 20, verse 29 and 30 says, I know
that after my departure Paul says, wolves will come in among
you not sparing the flock and a Frog and from among your own
selves men will arise speaking perverse, things to draw away
the disciples after them meaning they won't followers.
Okay, so the first thing we learn In this passage of
scripture, a violation of chain of command, is an act of a
Savage wolf. The minute.
You don't want to submit layer in a chain of command your
acting like a wolf. Hallelujah.
Shepherds do not like wolves. Don't like them.
Because wolves only come to destroy the flock. so, the role
of the shepherd then is, To get rid of the Wolf.
Okay. A violation of the, of the chain
of command is a lack of Honor. It is a lack of Honor.
Oh, I just want to be next to the pastor.
If you can't be, can't honor the chain being next to me is a
waste of Tom Because you sure don't honor me even though you
tell me I'm great. Alleluia, a violation of the
chain of command will reap Rebellion.
From those under your oversight. So when I speak to my staff
about this, I want them to know that.
At the end of the day, I'm not going to violate my chain of
command. I have people pass you can I
talk to you will have you talked to the one in the area first
because you're wasting your time, having this conversation
with me. I'm not going to violate the
person I put there. Because here's the thing, I
don't care if you think that I would have the answer.
I'm empowering them to have an answer.
At the end of the day, if they make a wrong answer, you're
probably not going to know. I'm correct them in private and
say probably wanted a good response unless it was a really
bad one. Then I would have to come back
and say they made the wrong answer and I stepped in, but I
have not really had to do that. Because again we train them
period how to function with the vision so that it can again, you
want to do something phenomenal. I know the reason why I'm
surrounded by great people calling and I'm talking to you.
Is because with Pastor David imai.
I served the man's Vision. Eight eat, breathe drink.
I didn't go to be his buddy. I went to serve his, the vision.
God gave the man And I never would have left us odd.
Never would have left Assad. What has stayed there, the rest
of his life. He's going on to be with the
Lord now but I just serve the rest of his life.
Because I'm there to serve the vision not become as buddy,
although I did things with him. Personally, I worked out with
him. I did certain things that some
of the other staff didn't do, and as a result of that, I was
categorized. But I don't care what they
think, because I have biblical precedent, that tells me how I'm
supposed to respond. And before that I serve Pastor
Hagen while I was in school. Before that I was serving
somebody else some other pastor and now pastors allowing me to
serve him again in another capacity at Rhema of which I
jacked about and I love talking about that even more than the
oversight that I have not because I don't love the vision
of a curve. A church, I love that.
I'm under Because it guarantees me a curvy Church's Vision will
be successful. Guarantees me because Ramos
Global. Now my submission to Rhema baby.
The very thing that causes anchor Faith Church to go
global. Not that I'm seeking Global.
I just want to do the vision. Are you hearing me and the same
thing with you wherever you're at, if you'll recognize shoes
and Authority their righteousness or
unrighteousness? Is he relevant see relevant?
Because your king says serve. You serve them faithful.
You serve on without talking about them, your generous, even
your enemies, your supposed to bless.
And if you do those things, God can have capacities to begin to
remove unrighteous people that are in your, I know with the
mall. There were three owners, right?
Pastor Marcy three owners. And there were two that were
blocking it. Two.
And God removed them. One, I thought was an easy pick
off, be honest with you. Well, as easy pick off the other
one had been entrenched with this individual for 20-something
years, in Partnership, and out of nowhere, shows up one day and
says, I think we're going in different directions.
Let's separate and left. The only man standing, who
looked at me and says, I'll work with you.
You know, how I serve that man and that organization when they
wouldn't fix our air conditions? We have water coming down and
running down the sanctuary walls.
I didn't when I was summoned to a deposition because another
tenant was suing them. And for the record they were
asking me about my relationship with the owner.
I said I have no problem with the man.
Although they didn't do everything that they said they
would do. I said, anytime I've talked to
him, they've been very cordial. I listen, I've just not had a
challenge. Because any challenge I had I
put it in his hands. oh, y'all Just think about a ran that guy
through the wringer in that deposition and talked about all
the issues and challenges I had and then he pulled up and public
records. They would have came, it would
have been in the records. You think you'd want to work
with me? David says, I shouldn't even
have touched this coat. And do not tell him.
The owner was unrighteous, I mean, you know, he had other
people around him that were really doing stuff at the end of
the day. Sweet God.
All right, but we need to, we are in a culture that chain of
command means nothing. And you're not going to thrive
in God's kingdom that way and God's kingdom, you're going to
have to get under the chain of command.
Amen. Father with every head bowed,
every eye closed. And I was looking around, I
thank you, Lord, for your word. I think it's live and active
sharper than any two-edged sword.
I think you for leadership in your kingdom and I thank you.
Lord. We just can yield submit walking
love because if we're serving You, by doing your word and then
serving those that have oversight over, Us, no matter
who they are, and what positions are in demand, you'll always
take an account what we've done and will be blessed by it.
We thank you and praise you. If you're going to walk in this
kind of leadership, do you must be first submitted to Jesus?
The only way that you're really submitted to Jesus, you make
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