1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,920 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:16,720 Now enjoy this message. Pastor has been talking about 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:22,120 this is the year of the what the reigning spirit say. 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,840 I have a reigning spirit. Say it again like you mean it. 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,200 Maybe one more time. That sounds good. 7 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:39,480 That sounds good. So if you're born again, we know 8 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,960 that we have been given a reigning spirit, a spirit that 9 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,000 can always win. Come on. 10 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,280 A spirit that can always conquer Amen. 11 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,360 A spirit that is always in victory, no matter what it seems 12 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,960 like. Amen. 13 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,720 And so Pastor talked about that last week and I don't have time 14 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,360 to go through all of that, but you need to go back and listen 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:11,800 to the last few services on the reigning spirit because we are 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,120 going to have to realize that we. 17 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,080 Have. To walk in that reigning spirit, 18 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:25,200 for us to be able to navigate in this life to come, Amen. 19 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,520 In everything that's going on in the world, we need to know that 20 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,200 we have the victory no matter what's going on. 21 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,240 We have the victory because we have the reigning spirit. 22 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:37,160 Amen. Hallelujah. 23 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,800 And in Romans Chapter 5, I want to start, I want to talk to this 24 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:48,200 morning about how to maintain a reigning spirit. 25 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,080 We've been given a reigning spirit, but how do we maintain 26 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,080 that reigning spirit? Every day, every day we come and 27 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,800 we encounter circumstances, right? 28 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,120 We know that in this life we're going to have what? 29 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,720 Trials and tribulations. But what does he say about that? 30 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,520 Be of good cheer. Why? 31 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,080 Because you have already overcome. 32 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,400 Amen. Because you've already overcome. 33 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,040 So be of good cheer. So what does that mean? 34 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:29,200 That we can maintain a A rating spirit and be cheerful no matter 35 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,520 what we're going on, what's going on around us, what's 36 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,440 happening in the world. You know, the sky could be 37 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,400 falling and you know what? We could be in a place of 38 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:45,880 victory. We we we're not, you know, we're 39 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,120 not oblivious of what's going on, but we're saying we're going 40 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,520 to maintain the right spirit in what we do see going on. 41 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,160 Because we don't live by what sight. 42 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,760 We live by faith. We live by faith. 43 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:08,600 And so again, how? Do we maintain the reigning 44 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,640 spirit? Well, I already gave you one 45 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,440 point which wasn't in the notes. It just came up by the Holy 46 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,880 Ghost as we were worshipping the Lord, right? 47 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,160 We're going to have to build ourselves up on our most holy 48 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,280 faith. Praying in the spirit. 49 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,400 That's one way you can maintain a reigning spirit by making sure 50 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,880 that your spirit is remaining strong. 51 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,800 Your spirit is strong. Do you have a strong spirit? 52 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,280 Do you have a strong spirit? Amen. 53 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,840 And one way to do that is by praying in the Holy Spirit. 54 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,000 And we are a spirit filled church for some of you that may 55 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,640 be new and visiting. We believe in the Acts chapter 56 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,080 one. Acts chapter two. 57 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,400 We believe in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and that you 58 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,320 should receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 59 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,560 And evidence of that would be that you would speak in tongues. 60 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,520 Amen. Hallelujah. 61 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,800 And so if you need scriptures, you know you can see anybody 62 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,120 here that's been here, and they can take you through the 63 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,360 Scriptures to show you that what we are doing is actually in the 64 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,040 word of God. Amen. 65 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,960 And it hasn't been done away with. 66 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,240 And it's not fanaticism. Come on. 67 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,080 And it's not excitement. No, I pray in the Holy Ghost 68 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,480 when nobody's around and everything is quiet. 69 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,320 Not just when I'm in a service and getting hyped up like people 70 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,680 say. No, we're not here to hype you 71 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:51,560 up, but we are here to fill you up, to fill you up so that you 72 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,320 can walk full. Come on. 73 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,880 And at the new flow of the Holy Ghost is a flow of fullness. 74 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,760 A flow of fullness with a supply that will never run dry. 75 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,360 With a supply that will never run dry. 76 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,720 Hallelujah. Glory to God. 77 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,600 So Romans chapter 5 this is the scripture one of the scriptures 78 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,520 that Pastor used and I'm only well I did use two that he 79 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,360 brought up. But anyway, Romans chapter 5, 80 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,840 verse 17 it says for if by the transgression of one death reign 81 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,400 through the one much more those who receive the abundance of 82 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,000 grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign. 83 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:42,640 What in life? He expects his children to reign 84 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,120 in life. Amen. 85 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,960 As a Kingdom citizen we know that we are in a Kingdom and in 86 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,360 a Kingdom King's reign. Amen. 87 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,120 They reign and he expects. Us. 88 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:02,000 The King of Kings expects us to reign in life. 89 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,120 That means we don't have to fall in the traps of everybody else 90 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,600 in the world and what we see them doing. 91 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,200 Right. And how they're behaving because 92 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,880 we can reign over those things. Amen. 93 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,600 When you know who you are in Christ, you will be able to 94 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,560 reign. Amen. 95 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,600 So in First John, he did come out of this scripture in chapter 96 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,440 4. And this is where I actually 97 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,240 want to base the rest of my sermon from in First John, 98 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,960 chapter 4, verses one through 21, so that you can read it in 99 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,240 full context, Amen. Yourself as well. 100 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,120 If you're taking notes, and you should be taking notes, Amen. 101 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,640 He tells us that we are disciples and disciples are 102 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,400 students or studiers of the word Amen. 103 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:01,680 So when you go home again, if we're going to reign, we're 104 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,800 going to have to actually read the word Amen. 105 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,560 We're going to have to read the word for ourselves. 106 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,640 Look over our notes, look over these things and study the 107 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,040 scriptures out. Amen. 108 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,160 As a disciple and a student and a pupil of the word, we're here 109 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:26,400 to equip you and train you how to be disciples and students of 110 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,960 the word. So in first John chapter 4 111 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,320 verses one through 21 it says this Beloved do not believe 112 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:39,400 every spirit what but test the spirits to see whether they are 113 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,320 from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the 114 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,760 world and by this you know the spirit of God. 115 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,040 Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the 116 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,920 flesh is from God. And every spirit that does not 117 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,840 confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of Antichrist 118 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:06,160 and of which you have heard that is coming and now it is already 119 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,520 in the world. You are from God, little 120 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,160 children, and have overcome them. 121 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:16,080 Because what Pastor Red, this greater is he who is in you than 122 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,800 he that is in the world. They are from the world, 123 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,360 therefore they speak as from the world and the world listens to 124 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,040 them. In this, Pastor explained this 125 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,440 so wonderfully, right? Because he said out of Timothy 126 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,000 that in the last days many are going to what we've been 127 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,640 studying this, and this is part of what we're going to be 128 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,400 talking about this year, that in the last days, many are what 129 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,200 going to fall away from the faith. 130 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,560 Because they're listening to what doctrines of demons, 131 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:50,400 deceitful spirits, right, and all of these false things. 132 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:58,320 But he lets us know here the key to maintain a reigning spirit 133 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:03,240 and being able to hear the difference between what's real 134 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:08,600 and what's false. Right here he says this we are 135 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,520 from God, and he who knows God listens to us. 136 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,880 He who is not from God does not listen to us by this say. 137 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:26,960 By this we know the Spirit of truth and the Spirit of. 138 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,960 Error. If we are going to walk and 139 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:37,200 maintain a reigning spirit, we must get proficient and knowing 140 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,440 who. The Spirit of truth. 141 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:46,200 Is and the spirit of error is right and he lets us know. 142 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,960 The key for us that know God is that we will know the. 143 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,760 Spirit of Truth, The Spirit of truth. 144 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,040 Say I know the spirit of truth. Hallelujah. 145 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:06,320 Then if you drop down to verse 7, this is the second. 146 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,400 The first point is we must know the truth. 147 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,840 We must know the truth. The second point is, and 148 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:20,760 hopefully we'll be able to cover both, is that we must know that 149 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,080 love is from God and that we're born of Him. 150 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:31,240 It said, beloved, let us love one another, for love is from 151 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:36,320 God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 152 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:43,240 Now we know it says this, let us love one another for love is 153 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,320 from God. Say love is from God. 154 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:54,120 Love is not from this world and their opinions of what love is. 155 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:07,160 Love is from God. Love is from God, not what the 156 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,120 world is saying Love is. Amen. 157 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:15,800 So his love is a pure love. Amen. 158 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:21,080 His love is what we call agape love, and it's from him. 159 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,040 And those who are born of him know this love. 160 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:30,640 And this love is the truth. It is not figuring out your own 161 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,920 truth. No, this love is truth. 162 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,520 It's not determining your own truth. 163 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,040 His love is truth. His love is truth. 164 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,800 And if we're going to have a reigning spirit and maintain 165 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,840 that spirit and know the difference between the spirit of 166 00:11:53,840 --> 00:12:00,360 God, the truth, and the spirit of error, and we've got to be 167 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,800 able to recognize it. And if you don't, you're going 168 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,760 to see. This is why the Church has even 169 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,040 fallen into the. Trap. 170 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:14,440 Isn't it sad? That even the church is starting 171 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:24,560 to believe their own truth other than what God said truth is Come 172 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:27,720 on. So he said, Beloved, let us love 173 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,840 one another, for love is from God, and everyone who loves is 174 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:37,880 born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does 175 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:42,880 not know God, for God is love. And by this the love of God was 176 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,720 manifested in us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the 177 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,440 world so that he that we might live through him. 178 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,840 And in this love, not that we love God, but that he loved us 179 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,440 and sent his Son to be a perpetuation for our sins. 180 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:05,520 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 181 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:10,240 We can still love people the way God says to love them without 182 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:18,920 accepting their truth. This is not about that, But it's 183 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:26,520 good, right? And then he goes on to say, no 184 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,800 one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God 185 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,760 abides in US and his love is perfected in US. 186 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:41,080 And by this we know that we abide in Him and he in us, 187 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:49,360 because he has given us of His what spirit He's given us his 188 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,640 spirit. And his spirit is a spirit of 189 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:58,800 truth and a spirit of love. And if we are going to not fall 190 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:06,000 into doctrines of demons and deceitful right spirits and all 191 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,480 these things, false prophets and all these things that are going 192 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,480 to be rampant and are rampant right now in this last day. 193 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,000 And you can see it because it's already infiltrated in the 194 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,880 church. But that goes to show you how 195 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,360 ignorant Christians are of the truth. 196 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,600 And it's sad. It's very sad, right? 197 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:35,480 Because they were not able to see the difference between the 198 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,240 spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 199 00:14:43,540 --> 00:14:48,260 But we have a reigning spirit, and our spirit is the spirit of 200 00:14:48,260 --> 00:14:52,920 truth, right? And our spirit is a spirit of 201 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,480 love because we know Romans 55 says when you get born again, 202 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:03,080 the Holy Spirit what his love is, what shed abroad in our 203 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:07,160 hearts. So pure love is shed abroad in 204 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,680 our hearts. But not only that, we know that 205 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,360 Corinthian tells us that when we get born again. 206 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,960 And pastors quoted this last Sunday, the Holy Ghost comes and 207 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:23,080 what dwells and takes up his abode on the inside of us. 208 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,160 So we have the Spirit of Truth, which is the Holy Ghost, which 209 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:32,400 we're going to show you. And we have the proper, you 210 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:38,080 know, definition of the love of God already in our hearts. 211 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:45,000 So we can't buy the lies which we know. 212 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:50,560 Who is the father of lies? Satan. 213 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,240 Amen. So we must be people that want 214 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:02,960 no truth and walk in that truth and not decide we're going to 215 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,880 change the truth to fit what we want. 216 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:15,080 And then we must be people that actually know him and his love. 217 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:21,760 That is not perverted because we know that the enemy's number one 218 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:26,560 goal is to come in and pervert and twist everything that God 219 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,680 has said and everything that God has done. 220 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,600 And he did it from the very beginning. 221 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,680 In Genesis. He twisted God's word and 222 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,440 manipulated it, right? And he's been doing that every 223 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,600 since. And that's how that the church 224 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,600 and Christians have even bought the lie because it's been 225 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,560 twisted and manipulated and you didn't realize. 226 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,360 Or know the truth even though he's in you. 227 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:04,079 You can be born again, but if you don't know the truth, if you 228 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:10,720 don't, study out the. Truth, you can get caught in a a 229 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,119 lie, you can get caught up in a lie. 230 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,520 And so as believers that's why we say in this church and we 231 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,040 challenge everyone with the Bible reading plan. 232 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,560 I have known Christians that have set in denominational 233 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:31,960 churches and have been in it for 2025, thirty years and never 234 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,960 opened the word of God themselves to read it. 235 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,000 I know them. They've admitted it. 236 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,000 What does that tell you? That they're illiterate of 237 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,280 truth. And This is why many of those 238 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:51,880 denominations now have accepted a new kind of love. 239 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,320 OK, so this is how we're going to know. 240 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,800 The difference is we have to be two people of truth. 241 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:10,040 We'll tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, 242 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:16,440 so help us. Amen. 243 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:23,640 Hallelujah. So the love of God, the truth of 244 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:28,600 God are two things that we must understand to maintain the 245 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,440 Spirit. Let me finish reading because I 246 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,480 didn't finish reading all of those scriptures in John. 247 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,160 It says by this we know that we abide in Him and He and us 248 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,240 because He has given us of His Spirit. 249 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,240 We have seen and testified that the Father has sent the Son to 250 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,560 be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is 251 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:56,000 the Son of God, God abides in Him, and he in God we come to 252 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:00,320 know and believe the love which God has for. 253 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:06,200 Us You see that? We will come to know and believe 254 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:11,520 the love of God to us. So just because you get born 255 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,880 again does not mean that you actually fully know the love of 256 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:23,680 God. That means we have to grow in 257 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:30,280 the knowledge of His love. We have to grow in the knowledge 258 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:35,560 of His truth so that we have complete understanding of His 259 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,600 love and of His truth. Amen, because it doesn't just 260 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,760 happen the minute you get born again. 261 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:48,520 Jesus had to grow and discover who He was, he said. 262 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:54,440 When he was reading the What scrolls, he began to what see 263 00:19:54,440 --> 00:20:00,760 himself in it, Discover himself. And we know Corinthians tells us 264 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,680 that we're to behold the word of God so that we can what? 265 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:09,240 Look in the mirror and see the reflection of who God is and who 266 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,760 he wants us to be. So this is a process. 267 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,400 Amen. This is a process of truly 268 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:22,560 discovering who we are in Christ and knowing Him. 269 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,880 It says we have come to know and believe the love which God has 270 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,600 for us. God is love, and the one who 271 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,360 abides in love abides in God and God abides in Him. 272 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:36,160 By this love is perfected with us. 273 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:41,240 You see that love is perfected. That means it's maturing. 274 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,000 That's what that means. It doesn't mean you're perfect. 275 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:50,280 It means that you're maturing when that love can mature in 276 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,320 you. When that love can grow in you. 277 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:59,320 OK, It says this so that we may have confidence in the Day of 278 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:04,400 judgment, because as he is, so also are we in this world. 279 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:10,720 There is No Fear in love. There's No Fear in love, but 280 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,120 perfect love cast out fear because fear involves 281 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:19,600 punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 282 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,560 I don't have time to teach my love class. 283 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:27,360 So it says we love because he first what loved us. 284 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:32,040 If someone says I love God and hates his brother, what is he? 285 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,160 Say it again. God's God will call you a liar 286 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:44,320 straight to your face. Because you're beholding the 287 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:50,400 word, and when I behold it, my face is in it, and he called me 288 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:55,680 a liar. If I don't, you see that you 289 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,600 need to start calling things a lie. 290 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,360 Because if you don't, you'll start believing it. 291 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:12,800 You'll start believing it. And the reason you'll believe it 292 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:17,040 is because you're not in the truth and you're not receiving 293 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,440 the truth. Because you can read the truth 294 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,840 and not receive the truth. You can hear the truth and not 295 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:31,000 receive the truth. You can have a deaf ear to what 296 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,080 the Spirit really is saying to you and to the churches, because 297 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:40,120 you don't want to hear that. Amen. 298 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,720 So he says we love because he first loved us. 299 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,240 If someone says I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar. 300 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,880 For the one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, 301 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,400 cannot love God whom he has not seen. 302 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:59,360 And this commandment we have from him that the one who loves 303 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:06,840 God should love his brother. He commanded us to love one 304 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,480 another. A brother is a brother in the 305 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:14,960 church we're not talking about. We're commanded to love those in 306 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:19,320 the world, though we do because we are of God and we love 307 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,800 people. We love humanity. 308 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,640 But the number one thing is here is that we are commanded to love 309 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,760 the brethren one another in the body. 310 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,520 And it's not a suggestion, right. 311 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,040 We've said this before, it's not a suggestion. 312 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,400 It's not a well, you don't know what they said about me or you 313 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,840 don't know what they did to me or you know, blah, blah, blah, 314 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,400 blah, blah. No, it's a command. 315 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,800 And I think it interesting and we've said this before, it's a 316 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:57,000 command because he knows we are not going to want to do it. 317 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,000 So he says I command. You to do it. 318 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,680 Amen. I command you to do it. 319 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,840 Command is a little bit different. 320 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,720 You know when you're talking to your kids and you suggest, well, 321 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,200 maybe you want to? This is the new philosophy with 322 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:19,040 parenting, right? Mine were commands at all times. 323 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:25,560 Well, maybe if you feel like it today that you might want to do, 324 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,600 you know, go and make up your bed. 325 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:37,760 Or maybe you know if you might have a little bit of time in 326 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:42,840 between all your ball games that you might want to do your 327 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,400 homework. They give them all these 328 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:52,200 suggestions instead of get in your room and do your homework 329 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:59,160 instead of get in your room and make up your bed instead of get 330 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,080 out there. And take out the trash. 331 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,920 Sometimes they need a command, not a suggestion. 332 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:11,760 Most of the time, the first time you suggest it and they know 333 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,720 that it's a suggestion, What are they going to say? 334 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,280 I don't want to do that when they're little. 335 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,400 I don't want to. That's their first response. 336 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,440 So then what? I don't care if you don't want 337 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,040 to. This is what parents should be 338 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,600 saying. I command you to get in your 339 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,040 room and you got 3 seconds to do it. 340 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,560 Or. There's going to be a punishment 341 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:52,440 unto death? No. 342 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,480 But come on, they should be responding. 343 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,200 In your first command. Because isn't that how you want 344 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:05,560 them to respond to God? I don't want my kids. 345 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,360 Well, they're grown now. I don't want my grandkids. 346 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:13,680 I want them that when they hear what God says that they say, 347 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,760 yes, Lord, you're my commander and my chief. 348 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,400 Yes, Lord, I'm going to do it so that they don't have to go 349 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:30,840 through and have consequences of disobedience and go through the 350 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:37,080 pain and the suffering, right? Because how many of us said, 351 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,880 well, if you just would have done what I, then you wouldn't 352 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:47,560 have had this result. Amen. 353 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:51,880 I don't know how we got on that. Oh, commandment. 354 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:57,800 Yes, commandments. So he commands us to love. 355 00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,800 So let's look at a couple of things. 356 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,320 We have to know Truth, right? Who is Truth? 357 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,960 Is the world's opinions. Truth. 358 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:14,600 Come on. Is is Hollywood Truth is a 359 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,600 movie. You watch Truth. 360 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,720 How about this one? Is social media truth? 361 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:30,160 Give me a break and even. If they try to throw a little 362 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,840 truth out, you know you shouldn't believe it. 363 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,880 You actually should go and investigate it. 364 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,120 Which is what we're supposed to do with the word. 365 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:49,840 Hey man, we're supposed to search the scriptures out, not 366 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:57,000 just believe what we hear. Like a bird with our mouth wide 367 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,040 open and and listening to everything. 368 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,600 Come on. So he says we're to no truth. 369 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,440 If we're going to maintain that reigning spirit and know the 370 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,880 difference between his spirit and the spirit of error. 371 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,520 Let's go to John chapter 844. It says you are of your father 372 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:22,560 the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. 373 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:28,160 He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in 374 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:33,760 what truth. There is no truth. 375 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:40,160 In him, whenever he speaks, it is a lie. 376 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,800 It's a lie straight from the pit of hell. 377 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:53,080 It's a lie. He is a liar and he is number 378 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:59,800 one goal we heard last week is to come steal, kill and destroy 379 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,320 your life. And it starts by you buying a 380 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,640 lie. That is the opposite of the 381 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:14,040 truth buying the lie. He speaks from his own nature, 382 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:23,560 for he is a liar and the father of lies, and he knows that he 383 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,240 can get Christians off if they are ignorant. 384 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:34,400 My people what perish due to what lack of knowledge or truth 385 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,920 of God's word. And he knows if he can keep you 386 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,680 out of the truth and start listening to the truths of this 387 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,080 world. And by he can get you to hook. 388 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:54,040 Into one little lie, one little bitty, right? 389 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:59,440 It's the little foxes that spoil the if he can get you to hook 390 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,800 into one. Philosophy of a thought of the 391 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:10,880 lying systems of this world. He can get you off because it 392 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:15,800 doesn't start out blatant. Remember, he comes as a what? 393 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:22,400 Angel of light. So he can get you twisted and 394 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:27,320 hooked up on one little thought or one little truth of this 395 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,880 world or one little opinion. It's the the, you know, 396 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,960 philosophies of this world and the imaginations of this world. 397 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,200 One and John, he talks about the courses of this world, are 398 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:47,480 swayed, are swayed. What are they swayed by the lies 399 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,560 of the enemy. And so you must always back it 400 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,760 up with truth. That's why he says in 401 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:02,800 Corinthians that we're to what take every thought captive and 402 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:08,680 what line it up to the truth, to the word of God. 403 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,800 We are to line it up with truth. Because I I take every thought 404 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,520 captive because you know what? There are some good. 405 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,640 Thoughts that come my way. They're not all evil, but is 406 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,760 that good thought? A God thought. 407 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:29,360 It sounds good. It makes my flesh feel good and 408 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,840 easy. Oh well, that would be easy. 409 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,920 Why am I working? Why am I serving the Lord so 410 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,680 much when all these other people get to listen to their own truth 411 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,720 and decide when they want to serve and when they don't? 412 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,200 See that one? If he can get me hooked. 413 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:58,080 On that he can take me down a road that is not in his. 414 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:06,480 Truth. Come on, it's the little things. 415 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,520 It's the little things, because he's a liar and he wants to get 416 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:17,320 you off of the truth. Of God's Word, John 1417 That is 417 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,200 the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive. 418 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,800 This is talking of the Holy Spirit because it does not see 419 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,360 Him or know him. But you know him because he what 420 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:35,200 abides with you and will be in you the working of the Holy 421 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,000 Spirit. That's why he said it was more 422 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,680 advantageous for him to go read John 14/16/17. 423 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,400 I don't have time to teach on the Holy Spirit, but I have a 424 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:51,640 good over a month worth of teaching on line that you could 425 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,440 go and listen to on the Holy Spirit will help you become 426 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,640 familiar with Him and know Him as a. 427 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,360 Person. Not as a thing. 428 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,360 We'll help you know him as who he is instead of how you feel. 429 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,640 Oh, I don't feel the Holy Ghost. Well, you don't have to feel him 430 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:16,720 because he's in you, right? So he is the Spirit of what 431 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,160 truth and he where he lives what in us? 432 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,320 He said it's more advantageous for me to go. 433 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:29,200 Jesus said so that he, the Spirit of truth, may come wise, 434 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,160 so that he can live in you, the Spirit of truth, so that you no 435 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,840 longer have to listen to the lies of the enemy, and so that 436 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:41,240 you can discern between the Spirit of truth and the Spirit 437 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:47,560 of error. And in these last days we must 438 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:52,480 get into the truth of God's word first. 439 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:59,800 John 519 through 20 It says we know that we are of God and that 440 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,960 the whole world. This was the scripture I was 441 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,680 quoting earlier. The whole world lies in the 442 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:11,440 power of the evil 1 The whole world. 443 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:20,639 Lies in the power of the evil 1. All this world's systems, these 444 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:26,159 world's philosophies, these world's teachings, they all are 445 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:30,840 rooted from the Father of. Lies. 446 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,960 Amen. And so we have to be wise and 447 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,880 know that I'm not going to listen. 448 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,520 To this person, just because they're a psychologist and I'm 449 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:51,520 not going to listen to this person on social media because 450 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:57,160 they have a certificate that was emailed into them and call 451 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,640 themselves prophetess or and call themselves this or that. 452 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,720 You ought to know the truth better than that as a believer. 453 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:13,560 And I'm not going to listen to you know this person about you 454 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:19,080 know, self help and self-care when they're not even a believer 455 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,840 because they have their own truth. 456 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:28,760 We're not saying that everything, but listen to what 457 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,920 the Holy Spirit is saying above everything. 458 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:41,400 Else. Above everything else, that's 459 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:47,760 what I weigh my decisions upon my thinking upon. 460 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:53,560 Well, what does the word? Really say about that before I 461 00:35:53,560 --> 00:36:00,600 just take it hook line and what sinker sinker? 462 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:09,480 Because that is a sinker. It's a stinker and it's going to 463 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,760 sink you and your walk. With the Lord. 464 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,200 Amen. Hallelujah. 465 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,560 This is the truth. Say. 466 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,280 It's the truth. Say it's the truth. 467 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:25,000 Say I want to receive the truth. Hallelujah. 468 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,360 You want to have ears to hear the truth, no matter how hard it 469 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,280 may sound. I want to know the truth. 470 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,920 And you know, one of the worst things I hate is when people lie 471 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:42,200 to me. That's what I hated. 472 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,880 With my children lied to me. They, you know, just don't. 473 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,200 Just don't lie to me because your father is not the devil. 474 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:55,880 You can do some crazy things, but don't you lie to me. 475 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:04,480 You should hate lying that bad. Don't you lie to me and you 476 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:08,760 going to get double If you lie, you think you going to get some 477 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,880 whooping. You lie to me and see what's 478 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,080 coming double for your. Trouble. 479 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:20,960 Don't lie to me. Don't lie because we don't want 480 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:26,400 anything to do with lying. A lying spirit because it comes 481 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,600 from the devil, the father of lies. 482 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,120 And as a believer, you ought to hold to your word, and you 483 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:38,720 ought. To not be lying to people, Lying 484 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,960 to people and you going to lie to yourself. 485 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,200 And that's how you become deceived because you lie to 486 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:52,160 yourself. OK, so where were we at? 487 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,040 What scripture were we on? Did anybody take a note? 488 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,840 Did I finish it? No. 489 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,920 Verse 20. And we know that the Son of God 490 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:11,080 has come and has given us understanding so that we may 491 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,960 know him who is what. True. 492 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,720 Aren't you thankful? That you are not bound by Satan 493 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:23,160 anymore, and that you don't live according to the courses of his 494 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,960 directions. That you actually heard the 495 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,440 truth. You came to the truth, and you 496 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:36,000 should continually embrace the truth and be thankful for the 497 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,360 truth. Oh, I'm so thankful for the 498 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:43,480 truth of God's word. Where would we be if God had not 499 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,920 arrested us with His truth? Think about your life and where 500 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,720 you would be if God had not put the Spirit of Truth on the 501 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,080 inside of you. You would still be buying those 502 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,040 old stinking lies that you were unworthy, that everybody hates 503 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,680 you, that you were rejected, that you're a victim of your 504 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,000 reality. Come on, That no man wants you. 505 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,040 Hallelujah. And that every man abuses you. 506 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:13,960 And come on, all the lies that he told us before we actually 507 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,920 knew the. Truth about who we really are. 508 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,560 Hallelujah. And that he has a purpose and a 509 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,760 plan for our life. And that we weren't just a 510 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,480 mistake. Come on. 511 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,000 Come on. And that you don't have a daddy 512 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,120 in your life, so you ain't going to be no good to nobody else. 513 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,560 Come on. All the lies that the enemy told 514 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,960 us, we. Bought them all. 515 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,000 We bought them all, but thank God. 516 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:50,160 For the truth of God's word that we know the truth it says and. 517 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:55,360 We are in him who is true in his Son Jesus Christ. 518 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,600 This is the true God and eternal life. 519 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,120 What did Jesus say about himself in John 1416? 520 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:07,440 It said, Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the 521 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,640 life. No one comes to the Father 522 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,320 except through me. Hallelujah. 523 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,840 Glory to God. Now let me just keep reading 524 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,920 these because they're good. You just need to hear it, John 525 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,480 1837. Therefore Pilate said to him, So 526 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,200 you are a king. That's right, we serve a king. 527 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,920 And Jesus answered and said, you say correctly that I am king and 528 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,920 for this reason I have been born and for this I have come into 529 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,560 the world. What did he come into this world 530 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:45,240 for? To testify to truth, to say here 531 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:49,560 I am, the father said he was going to send me come on to 532 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:55,600 redeem the world, and I'm here as a testimony and to testify to 533 00:40:55,600 --> 00:41:01,280 the truth of God's word that he is true and every man is a liar. 534 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:06,880 Hallelujah. He came to testify the truth to 535 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,560 let you say, to let the devil know. 536 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,440 No longer do the people have to buy your life. 537 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:16,440 Because I am truth. I am truth. 538 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,240 I'm. Truth Hallelujah. 539 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,440 He came to testify of truth and listen what he said. 540 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:28,880 Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice. 541 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:37,280 You want to not stop listening to truth because you're locking 542 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,560 up his voice in your life and some. 543 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,520 Of you have. Listened to lies. 544 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:47,760 And you're wondering why you're having a hard time hearing him. 545 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,400 Because you've locked up listening to truth. 546 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,320 You've locked him up. You're not listening. 547 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,280 You're not hearing him. Come on. 548 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:03,200 I don't ever want to be in a place where I can't hear his 549 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,360 voice. And hear his truth. 550 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,040 But if you quit listening to truth? 551 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,080 You won't hear him. You won't hear him. 552 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,280 I don't care that he lives in you. 553 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,360 You've closed your ears off to him, and your heart has locked 554 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:22,360 up to him because you don't want to receive the truth any longer. 555 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:28,640 Hallelujah. John 424 says God is spirit and 556 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,520 those who worship him will worship him. 557 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:36,200 In what spirit and truth? Because you can't have the 558 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,920 Spirit of God without the truth of God. 559 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:45,840 You can't have the Spirit of God without the truth of God. 560 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:53,240 They are inseparable, inseparable, and they work hand 561 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:55,480 in hand. Amen. 562 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,720 Now John 1526 says this when the helper comes, said, I have a 563 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:03,840 helper whom I will send to you from the Father. 564 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:09,680 That is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father. 565 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:16,600 He will what testify of me? You see that we have the Father 566 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:20,920 who is truth. We have the Son who is truth and 567 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,160 testifies the truth, and then we have the Holy Spirit come on, 568 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,720 That is truth. And all three, all three are 569 00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:33,040 going to be in agreement. All three are going to be in 570 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,680 agreement that I am. Truth. 571 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,680 This is truth. This is the word. 572 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,160 I don't care what you're hearing. 573 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:40,160 I don't care what that person said. 574 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:44,720 This is truth. Because the Father said it, the 575 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:48,720 Son testified of it, and the Spirit of God is the Spirit of 576 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:50,920 truth. Hallelujah. 577 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:57,280 So we have them all. Three, glory to God to maintain 578 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:04,520 a reigning spirit. Now look at this in First 579 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:10,120 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 15 says this. 580 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,920 But in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how 581 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:19,160 one ought to conduct himself in the House of God, the household 582 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,520 of God. Do you know this is a house? 583 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:28,240 We're a family. Come on, we're family. 584 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:32,040 We're part of one another. We're one with one another. 585 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:37,160 And he lets us know how we ought to act in the household of God. 586 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:44,600 And he says this which is what The Church of the living God the 587 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:51,160 pillar and what support. Of that was the Church's 588 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:57,680 assignment to be a pillar of truth in this world that is full 589 00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:01,440 of lies. And to be what? 590 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:07,200 One that would support truth. And what has the Church done? 591 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:12,400 Not been a pillar of truth, backed off of being of support 592 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,160 of what God's word really said because they want to please man. 593 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,400 And that was the church's goal, not to win the lost. 594 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:28,440 The Church's number one assignment is to uphold truth in 595 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:33,040 a world full of lies, and the church has failed tremendously. 596 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:37,360 Of in whole, in a whole, not this Church. 597 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:46,880 A pillar and a support of truth. That means my responsibility as 598 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,400 pastors and those that are equipping the Saints is to 599 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:54,520 always speak the truth to you, even when you don't want to hear 600 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:59,760 it. Because I am responsible. 601 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,400 You are responsible as the Church to uphold truth at all 602 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:12,200 cost, at all cost, no matter how bad it hurts your little 603 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,760 feelings. In a counseling session, I can 604 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:19,880 only speak the truth in. Love. 605 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:27,560 But that truth we know, will What set you free if you receive 606 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,800 it. If you don't, it's on you. 607 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:37,640 It's on you. But we are to uphold and be a 608 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:40,000 pillar. A pillar is something that's 609 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:46,240 strong, just like this pole here, you know, this lovely pole 610 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:51,200 that we've had for now, what how many years we've been in this 611 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:57,720 facility, maybe what, 15 years in this theater. 612 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,560 And believe me, we wanted to take this big pillar. 613 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:05,360 Out. But it was going to cost a. 614 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:13,920 Lot of money to take one little pillar out to reinforce it, but 615 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:19,480 what it's. Upholding this, this roof, it's 616 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,560 upholding it. It's strong. 617 00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:24,600 I mean, it's not going anywhere, right? 618 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:26,800 Come try to bounce up against it. 619 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,720 It's not like you going to knock it over. 620 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,520 No, it's there. It's a support. 621 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,360 It's upholding. Come on. 622 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:39,760 And that's what that we are to do as the Church of the living 623 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,960 God. We are supposed to be a pillar 624 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,920 of truth in a world that is full of lies. 625 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,160 And when people come to us and say, well, you know, I really 626 00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,400 want to be in this relationship, but they're a female. 627 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:55,760 I'm sorry, the truth of God's word is that he loves you, but 628 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,320 that will not be acceptable in his Kingdom. 629 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,840 And you know what? He can take that away from you 630 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:10,120 if you just yield. We're upholding the truth of 631 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:15,200 God's word when somebody comes and says, you know, I, I I want 632 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,040 to be with this other woman and I'm married. 633 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:24,800 Oh, well, truth of God's word is not to be committing adultery. 634 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,280 Come on. So when you have to make those 635 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,640 hard calls, you know, people don't like to hear it all the 636 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,640 time and they have talked bad about. 637 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,000 You, you know, slander You. Why? 638 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,800 Because all you're trying to do is uphold truth so that they 639 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:50,680 won't buy the lie and be in a place of destruction in their 640 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,800 life. Because we all know that it 641 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,920 leads to destruction. Amen. 642 00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:02,120 So the church was to be the pillar and the support of God's 643 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:06,960 word, God's truth, no matter what is relevant. 644 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:12,560 For today, no matter what, we're going to uphold truth. 645 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:16,800 Amen. So look what he says about this 646 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,280 truth. Listened. 647 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:23,600 He says this in John 1613, but when he, the spirit of truth 648 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:27,160 comes, what's he going to do? He's going to guide you into all 649 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:30,320 truth. For he won't speak on his own 650 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:35,080 initiative, or what is that his own opinion or what he thinks 651 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,200 about the situation? No. 652 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:44,720 He's going to guide you into all truth and but whatever he hears, 653 00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:47,800 he will speak and then he will disclose it to you. 654 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,600 What is to come? Aren't you thankful that the 655 00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:54,240 spirit of Truth lives on the inside of you so that he can 656 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:58,240 begin to lead you and guide you into what? 657 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:04,560 All truth, the whole truth, Nothing but the truth, so help 658 00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:08,240 us. We want the truth of God's Word. 659 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:12,360 Look what happens when you receive the truth of God's Word 660 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:20,280 in John 1717 through 19 Sanctify them in Thy truth. 661 00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,880 Your Word is truth for their sakes. 662 00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:29,160 I sanctified myself that they themselves also may be 663 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:30,800 sanctified. In what? 664 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:38,680 Truth sanctification comes to your life by actually being in 665 00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:41,320 the word of God and the truth of God's Word. 666 00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,480 And not only that, what receiving it you've there's 667 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,800 there's multiple ways for you to say that. 668 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,080 I'm a doer of the word. You've got to hear it. 669 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:55,760 You've got to receive it. You've got to believe it, Come 670 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:57,720 on. And then you've got to do it. 671 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,760 That's when it's actually a part of your life. 672 00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:06,360 That's when truth is revealed. And a part of your life is when 673 00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:10,320 you're actually walking in it, because you can hear it all day 674 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,360 long. And there's people in this room 675 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:14,160 right now. I heard by the Spirit saying I 676 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,360 disagree with that. Well, I don't care that you 677 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,560 disagree with it. The Word of God says it. 678 00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:21,560 So you can. Do whatever you want with your 679 00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:23,960 disagreement. Just know you're listening to a 680 00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,960 lie and you are listening to the Father of lies. 681 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:33,760 Amen. So he says this. 682 00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:39,040 The Word will sanctify us. John 11 In the beginning was the 683 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:44,120 Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God and the 684 00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,320 Word. What made flesh and dwelt among 685 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,960 us and we? Beheld his glory, the glory of 686 00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:55,000 his only begotten of the Father. Full of what? 687 00:51:55,320 --> 00:52:01,280 Grace and truth? So he didn't just save you by 688 00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:05,240 his wonderful, Amazing Grace. Come on. 689 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:09,200 He wants you to operate in truth as. 690 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:16,560 Well, and truth has to be received Hallelujah and acted 691 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:24,960 upon for you to actually do it. John 831 through 32 So Jesus was 692 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,320 saying to the Jews who had believed in him. 693 00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:32,320 If you continue in my word, then you are truly disciples of Me, 694 00:52:32,560 --> 00:52:39,000 and what happens you will know. The truth and the truth will set 695 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:43,240 you free, make you free, one translation says. 696 00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:51,400 And Marcy's translation says, We'll keep you free, we'll keep 697 00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,720 you free. It will set you free. 698 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,800 Come on, it will make you free. And it will keep you free. 699 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:05,080 If you remain in His word, if you allow His word to take first 700 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:08,880 place. Dominance in your heart, above 701 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,920 everybody else, above everybody else's opinion, above your 702 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,240 husband's opinion, Above your spouse's opinion. 703 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,160 Come on. Above your parents opinions of 704 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:22,880 what the word says. No, I want to hear the spirit of 705 00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,120 truth. I hear what you saying. 706 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:30,440 But what's the spirit saying? Because it's the spirit of 707 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:33,400 truth. And many of women been taken out 708 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:37,440 of the church because they listen to the husband's doctrine 709 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:42,120 and vice versa. Instead of what did the Spirit 710 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:45,320 of truth and the word of truth say? 711 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,200 Come on, do you know him? Do you know him? 712 00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,560 Yeah, all the time. It's happening. 713 00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:00,680 And the number one reason is because we don't know the Spirit 714 00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:05,680 of truth because we are not abiding in His truth, in His 715 00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,280 word. His word is truth. 716 00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:17,080 John 15-7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall 717 00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:22,480 ask whatever you will and it shall be done for you. 718 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:27,920 So we must be people, students of the truth of God's Word. 719 00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:32,520 We must continue to be people that put ourselves in a position 720 00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,120 that we are studiers of the Word. 721 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,000 We're reading the Word. What did he say the Word would 722 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,440 be to our lives. Life, he said. 723 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:47,040 It was daily bread, Daily bread. It's our life source and if 724 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:51,200 we're not in the word and in Our Daily Bread, receiving the 725 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,960 truth. Then we are easily going to be 726 00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:57,720 swayed in these last days, he said. 727 00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,560 Many will fall away from the faith. 728 00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:07,400 Many will be seduced, deceived by doctrines of demons. 729 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:12,560 Many. And we have to say we are going 730 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:17,920 to position ourselves to be in the word and be in truth, so 731 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:22,920 that we don't ever buy a lie of the enemy to get us off. 732 00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:26,000 Amen. Hallelujah. 733 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:31,080 Because we want to be people of the word, students of the word, 734 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,480 hiding the word. Psalms 119. 735 00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,760 Hiding the word in our hearts so that we won't sin against him. 736 00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:40,600 Do you know when you deny truth, you sin against him. 737 00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:46,760 So we want to hide the word of God in our hearts so that we 738 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,400 don't sin against him, so that we don't listen to a lie that is 739 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:53,640 not his truth. That's somebody else's truth. 740 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,520 Come on. We don't want to buy the lie. 741 00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:02,840 We want to be those that know the word of God for ourselves. 742 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:09,880 Colossians 316 It says Let the word of Christ dwell in you 743 00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:17,080 richly, richly. That's what you need to position 744 00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:19,720 yourself to do this year. To say. 745 00:56:19,720 --> 00:56:23,720 I'm going to put the word of God in me so that it dwells in me 746 00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:27,600 richly what it just like I'm full of the Holy Spirit. 747 00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,960 I build myself up praying in the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit of 748 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:35,240 Truth is speaking to me. But the Spirit of Truth cannot 749 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:39,480 remind you or reveal to you anything if you don't have the 750 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:46,720 word richly dwelling within you. The Word of God, Steve, you've 751 00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:49,160 been a student of the Word for 32 years. 752 00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,840 You ought to be full of the word that anytime a situation 753 00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:57,480 happens, No, the Word says this. I don't even have to think about 754 00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:01,640 that because that's so foolish. It's a lie because I have the 755 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:03,120 Word. And what is the word? 756 00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:09,080 Many scriptures that can come up on the inside of me as the Holy 757 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:15,560 Spirit is what? Speaking to me, reminding me of 758 00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,800 the word of the. Truth. 759 00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:24,080 That's been put in my heart because I've hid it in there. 760 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:28,680 If you don't have anything hiding in there, then you're 761 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:33,000 going to believe every lie, you're going to believe it, and 762 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,400 then you're going to. What in the world have I been 763 00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:46,480 doing if you ever come to? Come on, just that easy. 764 00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:52,640 So Proverbs 4 says this and 20 my son, Attend to my words. 765 00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:57,600 Incline thy ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your 766 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:01,720 eyes and keep them where? In the midst of your heart. 767 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:06,920 Keep them in the midst of your heart so that truth can always 768 00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:10,440 speak to you. Truth can always cause the word 769 00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:14,560 to come up when a lie or a word from the enemy is there. 770 00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:18,280 No, the truth is popping up because the Holy Ghost is truth 771 00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,440 and he's reminded me of the truth that's in the word of God. 772 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,200 Amen. It's not just about feeling 773 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:27,320 goosebumps with the Holy Ghost. I'd much rather than have the 774 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,520 Spirit of truth living on the inside of me and feel nothing. 775 00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:36,880 And feel nothing. But thank God. 776 00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:40,560 We can sometimes feel the presence of God and that 777 00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,760 tangible presence. That's awesome. 778 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,800 But I'd much rather have the Spirit of truth living on the 779 00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:49,240 inside of me, and the word of God richly dwelling on the 780 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:51,440 inside of me. Come on, then. 781 00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:54,720 Feeling a thing. I don't care if I don't run 782 00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:58,200 around this building one more time, or if I don't shout one 783 00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:00,600 more time. As long as I have the spirit of 784 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:05,200 Truth and the word of God richly dwelling on the inside of me, I 785 00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:09,800 can be assured I will have a reigning spirit. 786 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:15,000 A reigning spirit. Hallelujah. 787 00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,360 But guess. But guess what? 788 00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:22,080 We can. Experience him and feel him. 789 00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:25,520 But it's not all about that. And I when I. 790 00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:27,480 See people, that's all about that. 791 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:31,640 They're wacky, they're kooky, and they listen to deceiving 792 00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:37,560 spirits and they get off. I'm telling you, I have seen it 793 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:44,840 now. For 32 years when they don't 794 00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:46,600 have. The. 795 00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:52,400 Word of God. To keep them balanced by the 796 00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:56,680 spirit of truth, because that's what the Word will do. 797 00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:03,160 The Word will pull you in and say, come on now, keep you 798 01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:05,720 straight. All right, we're not going to 799 01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:09,720 get to my love. My second point, but I want to 800 01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,840 read this last scripture before we close. 801 01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:15,440 Pastor did let me know that he's assigning me some Wednesday 802 01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:19,040 nights in February, so maybe we'll finish this out second 803 01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:26,960 Thessalonians 2/1 through. 12 Hallelujah, 2nd Thessalonians. 2 804 01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:31,080 One through 12 says this now, brethren, concerning the coming 805 01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:35,240 of the Lord Jesus Christ, and are gathering together in him, 806 01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:41,480 We ask you not to soon shaken in your minds, or troubled either 807 01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:46,680 by spirit, or by word, or by letter, as if from some of us, 808 01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:48,720 as though the day of Christ had come. 809 01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:53,200 Let no one deceive you by any means, for that day will not 810 01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,640 come unless the falling away comes first. 811 01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,760 This is Speaking of what Pastor was saying about the falling 812 01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,400 away in Timothy, that many are going to fall away from the 813 01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:03,280 faith. So this is what he's saying, 814 01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:05,360 that great falling away will come first. 815 01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:09,920 And the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, right? 816 01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:14,280 Which is the Antichrist who opposes and exalts himself above 817 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:20,280 all, above all that is called God or that is worship, so that 818 01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:25,160 he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is 819 01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:28,480 God. Do you not remember that when I 820 01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:33,360 was still with you I told you these things, and now you know 821 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:40,200 what is restraining that he may only is restraining that he may 822 01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:44,720 be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness 823 01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:48,360 is already at work. Only he who now restrains will 824 01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:51,600 do so, until he was taken out of the way. 825 01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:58,120 And then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will 826 01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:02,480 consume with the breath of his mouth, and destroy with the 827 01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:07,680 brightness of his coming. The coming of the Lawless One is 828 01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:14,200 according to the working of who with all power signs, and what 829 01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:22,640 lying wonders, and with all unrighteousness and deception. 830 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:27,920 Among those who perish, what happened because they did not 831 01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:38,920 receive the love of the truth that they might be, And for this 832 01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:42,800 reason God will send them strong delusion that they should 833 01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:49,760 believe the what, that they all. May be condemned who did not 834 01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:54,560 believe the truth, but had pleasure in what? 835 01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:01,520 Hallelujah. Say thank you for the truth. 836 01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,480 Aren't you thankful that you're sitting in a body that's 837 01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:11,000 speaking the truth? Aren't you thankful that you are 838 01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,240 receiving God's word and? Truth. 839 01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,320 So that you're not one of them that's going to be condemned 840 01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:22,440 because they did not love the truth, nor what believe the 841 01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:26,360 truth means They didn't want to hear it. 842 01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:29,640 They didn't want to hear the truth. 843 01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:35,440 They were stubborn, stiff, necked against God, Hate God. 844 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:37,760 Come on. And there's people like that 845 01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:47,120 right now in our world that hate God and hate when you even 846 01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:54,320 mention Jesus Christ his name. They don't want to hear the 847 01:03:54,320 --> 01:03:57,280 truth. And they're going to be 848 01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:02,960 condemned for it. But we need to recognize that if 849 01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:08,320 we're going to have a reigning spirit and be able to walk in 850 01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:12,640 the rest of the time that we have still left on the earth, 851 01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:18,120 then we are going to have to be people that love the truth. 852 01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:20,960 Of God's Word. We are going to have to be 853 01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:25,320 people that say yes, Lord, speak the truth to me, even if it 854 01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:29,320 hurts. Speak the truth to me, even if I 855 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:36,760 have to radically change my whole life, my whole purpose, my 856 01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:40,880 whole destiny. Because my truth is this is what 857 01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:45,120 I wanted to do with my life. But I'm hearing you say, but 858 01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:49,000 this is what you want me to do. And that means. 859 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:54,120 I would have to radically. So what are we going to do? 860 01:04:55,480 --> 01:05:03,640 Are we going to deny truth and not do what it is we know the 861 01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:10,640 truth of God's word is saying and be one of those no that 862 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,720 reject truth? No. 863 01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:21,400 We want to always be a person that hears truth, receives 864 01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:27,760 truth, understands truth, studies his truth and answers to 865 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:32,200 truth. Answers to truth. 866 01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:36,120 What does that mean? Whatever he says, the truth is 867 01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:40,240 my answer. It's my answer to people in the 868 01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:43,120 world. It's my answer to you and the 869 01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:46,120 body. It's my answer to me. 870 01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:56,000 What is his truth to me? Hallelujah individually. 871 01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:03,520 And so now is the time that if we're going to walk and maintain 872 01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:08,000 this reigning spirit, we've got to be those that love. 873 01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:12,360 Truth I was reminded of. Remember when they were stoning 874 01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:17,000 Stephen? Anybody remember reading that 875 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:23,160 they were stoning Stephen and all he kept speaking forth was 876 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:28,080 what? The truth of God's word and what 877 01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:31,920 happened? They wrenched their ears and 878 01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:35,000 cover. They covered their ears and and 879 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:41,480 and gnawed at themselves because they just hated to hear truth. 880 01:06:44,120 --> 01:06:53,480 Isn't that what it says? And we and he saw Jesus standing 881 01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:58,040 up and looking over because you know what? 882 01:06:58,040 --> 01:07:03,560 He was being a support and pillar of truth in the midst of 883 01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:11,480 being stoned and killed for what he believed, for speaking the 884 01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:15,880 truth. And they didn't want to hear it 885 01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,920 one bit. But guess what? 886 01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:25,560 It's the truth nonetheless. It's the truth nonetheless. 887 01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:31,160 And we are living in a day and in an hour that we must be 888 01:07:31,160 --> 01:07:38,000 people of truth, no matter what the cost, no matter what we're 889 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,760 facing, no matter what we're standing before we are going to 890 01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:44,720 release truth into people's lives. 891 01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:45,840 Because. You know what? 892 01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:49,400 It's literally. The only thing that can set 893 01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:54,120 people free. It's. 894 01:07:54,120 --> 01:07:58,240 Literally the only thing that can set people free is the truth 895 01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:03,360 of God's word. All the programs, there's tons 896 01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:08,320 of programs to help people and their addictions, all kinds of 897 01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:12,760 stuff in this. World psychologists have to 898 01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:17,760 offer all these things, but it's the one thing that they need, 899 01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:22,200 and that is truth, because it is the only thing that's going to 900 01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:29,399 set them free from themselves. From themselves, Hallelujah. 901 01:08:35,319 --> 01:08:37,439 Thank you so much for listening to this message. 902 01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:40,920 If you want more, subscribe to our message podcast on iTunes, 903 01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:43,080 Google Play, Spotify, and SoundCloud. 904 01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,680 Rating and leaving a comment will go a long way with helping 905 01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:47,399 our messages get better circulation. 906 01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:50,200 If you'd enjoy watching our weekend messages, visit 907 01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:53,439 youtube.com/anchor Faith. 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