1 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,440 As you guys know, Apostle Earl this month has been ministering 2 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:16,720 on Kingdom Authority. And tonight I want to talk to 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,160 you guys about Unseated by a Whisper and talking about 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,720 Kingdom authority. We're going to continue and 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,440 finish this out for the month of May. 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,600 Unseated by a whisper. Now we're going to start in a 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,120 familiar scripture, OK, Genesis chapter one, verse 26, if you 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,760 guys will stand for the reading of the word. 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,600 And it says, then God said, let us make man in our image 10 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,960 according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,080 the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and 12 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,680 all of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:47,720 the earth. Amen. 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,840 You guys may be seated. So in the beginning, guys, I 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,960 know we listen to the Scripture a lot, but just like Apostle 16 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Earl encourages us and just like the Word of God encourages us, 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,760 just as Paul encouraged us, we can never get familiar with 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,160 Scripture. We can never think that we've 19 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,160 learned every single thing that there is to learn out of any 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,800 scripture. And as I was going through and 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,520 just studying on the subject of authority, this really popped 22 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,640 out to me that it was the very beginning, always God's intent 23 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,320 that man have authority. It's nothing's changed of what 24 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:22,000 God originally intended. And we know that God intended 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,320 that we would be part of his Kingdom, OK? 26 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:28,160 And we know that Adam and Eve lost part of that king. 27 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,440 They lost the Kingdom whenever they send and rebelled. 28 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:31,960 And we're going to go over that in just a minute. 29 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,640 But it was always God's intent that we have authority. 30 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,560 So in the very beginning when God gave man purpose, when he 31 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:42,200 said This is why I created you. It's to rule over the fish of 32 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,000 the sea, over the birds of the air, over every creeping thing 33 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,160 that creeps on the earth and over all of the earth. 34 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,440 That was God's intent, that we have authority over those 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,600 things. Now we know what happens and 36 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,800 we're actually going to turn over to Genesis chapter 3 and 37 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,400 we're going to read 19 of the 20 verses. 38 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,480 OK, There's one thing I've learned about inequity church. 39 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,560 We are not afraid to just read the Bible. 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,120 OK, so we're going to read the Bible tonight and it says here 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,800 in Genesis chapter 3, starting in verse one, it says now the 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,680 serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Lord God had made. Now is a serpent something that 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,360 creeps on the earth? It is. 45 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,560 Is that something that God said I made man to have dominion and 46 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,560 rule and authority over? Yes, it is. 47 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,840 So now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:27,960 field which the Lord God had made. 49 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,040 And he said to the woman, indeed, has God said, you shall 50 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,560 not eat from any tree of the garden? 51 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:35,360 The woman said to the serpent, From the fruit of the trees of 52 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,960 the garden we may eat, but from the fruit of the tree which is 53 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,200 in the middle of the garden, God has said, you shall not eat from 54 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,240 it or touch it, or you will die. Then the serpent said to the 55 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,720 woman, You surely will not die, for God knows the day that you 56 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,440 eat from it, your eyes will be open and you will be like God, 57 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,040 knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the tree 58 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,800 was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and 59 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,600 the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from it's 60 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,560 fruit and ate it. And she gave it also to her 61 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,600 husband who was with her, and he ate, he was with her. 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,320 He knew exactly what was going on too. 63 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,360 they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made 65 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,200 themselves loin coverings. They heard the sound of the Lord 66 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,160 walking, the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the 67 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,600 day. And the man and his wife hid 68 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,400 themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of 69 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,640 the garden. And then the Lord God called to 70 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,760 the man and said to him, Where are you? 71 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,680 He said, Oh, I heard a sound of you in the garden, and I was 72 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,800 afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself. 73 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,680 And he said, Who told you you were naked? 74 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,080 Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to 75 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,680 eat? The man said, the woman who you 76 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,520 gave me to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate. 77 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,400 Then the Lord said to the woman, What is it that you have done? 78 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,000 And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. 79 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,720 The Lord God said to the serpent, because you have done 80 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,160 this cursed are you more than all the cattle and more than 81 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,160 every beast of the field. On your belly you will go, and 82 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,760 dust will you eat. All the days of your life I will 83 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,720 put enmity between you and the woman, in between your seed and 84 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,360 her seed. He shall bruise you on the head, 85 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,000 and you shall bruise him on the heel. 86 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,640 To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and 87 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,800 childbirth and pain. You will bring forth children, 88 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,560 yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over 89 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,680 you. Then to Adam he said, Because 90 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,200 you listen to the voice of your wife. 91 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:18,720 And I've eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, 92 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,279 saying, You shall not eat from it. 93 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,800 Curse is the ground because of you, and toil you will eat of it 94 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,520 all the days of your life, both thorns and thistles. 95 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,480 It shall grow for you, and you will eat the plants of the field 96 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:32,280 by the sweat of your face. You will eat bread till you 97 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,880 return to the ground, because from it you were taken. 98 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,880 For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. 99 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,560 Now why did we read all of that? Because I want you guys to note 100 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,120 what happened whenever Adam and Eve sinned and what authority 101 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,440 was taken from them. They lost the Kingdom. 102 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:51,560 And in losing the Kingdom they lost the authority that came 103 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,560 with being able to rule and reign on the earth. 104 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,200 Because God said I'm going to stay in where I'm supposed to 105 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,280 be, which is in heaven. I'm making you, you're going to 106 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:01,080 stay here and you're going to do what I do. 107 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,760 Which is exactly why Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer. 108 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,360 Thy Father who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy 109 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:12,680 Kingdom come, thy will be. And on earth as it is in heaven. 110 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,440 He always wanted what was happening in heaven to happen on 111 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,600 earth. And so whenever Adam and Eve 112 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,880 sinned originally in Genesis 126, he gave them the mandate. 113 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,960 He said, I want you to rule. I want you to operate in 114 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,360 authority on this earth over the birds, the fish, the creeping 115 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,720 things that over the earth. And whenever Adam and Eve 116 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,400 sinned, what was part of the curse? 117 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,400 They no longer had any control over the earth over what grew 118 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,560 over the animals anymore. They didn't have any control 119 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:41,760 over their own bodies which were created from dust. 120 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:47,440 And we've seen, you know, we've seen Apostle Earl show us that 121 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,800 we God, Jesus came to get that authority back to us. 122 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,840 So praise God, he made a way. And we know if we keep breeding, 123 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,480 whenever he says this prophecy, this, whenever God says I will 124 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,720 bring my seed, if we read it in Genesis chapter 3, I will bring 125 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,240 my seed because he said I'm going to have to fix this 126 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,480 problem because authority needs to be on the earth and Satan 127 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,600 isn't going to have it forever. OK, but one thing we need to 128 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,600 know is Adam and Eve had dominion over the very thing 129 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,360 that was trying to speak to them right here. 130 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,360 They had authority over it. God had given them Kingdom 131 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,640 authority over the serpent, yet they chose to listen to that 132 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,000 voice instead of listening to what the king himself had told 133 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,160 them. This was something they already 134 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,760 had authority over, but yet they listen to that voice now. 135 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,840 It also says that she saw a hindrance to us using our 136 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,680 authority and operating on the earth is being led by our five 137 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,560 senses. Every time we start to limit 138 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:45,320 ourselves to be led by our five senses, it limits God being able 139 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,680 to operate in the spiritual realm. 140 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,120 We have to remember that the Bible says that the scene is 141 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,720 temporary and the unseen is more real than the scene. 142 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,040 Let's stop and think about that for a moment because it honestly 143 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,400 can be very hard for us as humans to really grasp and 144 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:08,320 understand that what I cannot see is more real than what I can 145 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,880 see. But the Word of God says that 146 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,880 what you cannot see is more real than what you can't see. 147 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,720 So when Eve, first of all, listened to something that she 148 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,120 had authority over, instead of listening to what the King said, 149 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:26,880 then saw, she saw with her eyes, she started being led by her 150 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,320 five senses. She was unable to continue to 151 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,960 operate in the authority that God had placed in her and told 152 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,680 her to do whenever she started being led by her five senses. 153 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,560 And it wasn't just her, it was also Adam who was with her and 154 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:44,440 who had the original mandate. OK, So when she saw that it was 155 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,400 desirable to make one wise, because here is what Satan wants 156 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,960 to do. He wants to get right here in 157 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,800 the mind. And here's something that you 158 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,000 have to know and you have to be confident of and take 159 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,760 responsibility. In responsibility. 160 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,680 Responsibility, God gave it to us, is that you have authority 161 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,760 of your mind. But the only person, the only 162 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,720 person who can exercise authority over your own mind is 163 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,080 you. God can't do it or else Adam and 164 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,920 Eve never would have sent. If he had control over them 165 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,000 listening and then acting on what the serpent said, then they 166 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,080 never would have done it. But God says no, I've given you 167 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,800 authority, now you go do what I said and then they had to decide 168 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,600 it right here. God doesn't change, He's 169 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,760 unchanging. His word is forever and whatever 170 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,039 he established in the beginning is His plan and purpose forever. 171 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,880 So when He established in the beginning authority and for you 172 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,320 to right here make a decision to always obey him, that was what 173 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,600 He wanted you to do forever. It didn't change. 174 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,160 So when Adam and Eve saw that it would make one wise and they 175 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,760 would know the difference between good and evil. 176 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,320 The lust for knowledge caused them to lose their authority. 177 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,960 The lust for knowledge that God said I didn't even want you to 178 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,400 know that I didn't need you to know what evil was. 179 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,040 I need you to know what goodness was, 'cause I am good, I am 180 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,720 truth. I am the way, I am the life. 181 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,240 And if you would just had followed me and submitted to me 182 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,000 and continue to disobey me, you never would have lost the 183 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,760 authorities that I gave you. But the moment that they 184 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:35,960 decided, I think I want to know when they decided to not submit 185 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:43,240 here, then the authority that they had was lost and they no 186 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,520 longer exercise authority over the earth. 187 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,760 It was hard. And if we look throughout 188 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,600 history about all the different seasons and all the different 189 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,440 famines and all the different things that have come, even 190 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,880 today, I mean, I think I just heard that maybe parts of 191 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,840 Georgia are no longer under a fire ban. 192 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,480 But why have we been underneath a fire ban? 193 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,280 Because we've had drought, Because there hasn't been enough 194 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,960 rain, Because the dust is all on our faces every time we drive 195 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,320 and go somewhere. And it's hot in Florida and it's 196 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,440 dusty and it's humid. And so it just sticks to you. 197 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,520 OK, So why? Because the earth was cursed. 198 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,920 Now Apostle Earl has showed us throughout the last several 199 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,360 weeks that not only did Jesus get that authority back because 200 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,680 he was a sinless vessel, because he trusted his father and he 201 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,240 passed every test. And that the ones that Adam 202 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,320 fail, Jesus passed whenever he was led by by Satan into the 203 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,360 wilderness. OK, Whenever Adam and Eve 204 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,240 succumbed to that thirst and lust for knowledge and and 205 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,240 wanting to do their own thing, Jesus overcame it whenever he 206 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,720 said, Oh well, look at all these kingdoms. 207 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,440 I'll give them to you where they've been handed over to me 208 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,200 by Adam and Eve. They've been handed over to me. 209 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,960 I'll give them to you. And he said no, no, no, no, no. 210 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,880 I will only serve and submit to the Lord God. 211 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,520 Jesus passed those tests and and he knew the authority that he 212 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,840 was walking in. We learned that it was delegated 213 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,640 power. OK, because it's God's. 214 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,080 God is all power. He is all authority and he can 215 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,360 give it to whom he chooses. And guess what he chose to do? 216 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:18,040 Give it to us as humans, as men and women, if we choose to 217 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,320 continue to walk in his word and apply it. 218 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:24,720 So we also saw that he gave Jesus power of attorney and then 219 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,360 in turn Jesus said to us, now I'm giving you the power of 220 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,680 attorney. And what I love about looking up 221 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:34,040 that word authority when Apostle Earl was talking about power of 222 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,560 attorney last week, is it also means your jurisdiction. 223 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,560 OK, I've heard this before. You know, I, I, I've seen where 224 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,840 they say, well, there's nothing we can do because it's out of 225 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,400 our jurisdiction. We'd have to wait for somebody 226 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,440 else to get approval. Even across country lines, often 227 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,240 times people will flee to other countries where they know the 228 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,200 United States has no jurisdiction so they can try to 229 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,560 get away with it. OK, They're not going to 230 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:58,880 extradite them back to the United States. 231 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,520 They're like, we're not getting involved. 232 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,440 But here's the thing, God has jurisdiction over the entire 233 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,360 earth. There's not one country, not one 234 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,600 place, not one government that He does not have jurisdiction 235 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,880 over. Amen. 236 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,520 Hallelujah. So I love that whenever Apostle 237 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,800 showed us that the power of attorney is ours because of the 238 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,080 jurisdiction that he has, and he created the whole earth, of 239 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,560 course it's his. And then he said, now you go 240 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:26,760 therefore diamond. So when authority was lost, the 241 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,000 earth, the animals, the plants started working against man 242 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,760 instead of for man. Whenever it was all created for 243 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,800 us to begin with. OK, but the place that God 244 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,720 always intended for us was to have authority and continue to 245 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:44,360 have it. Now, God did give us that 246 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,600 authority over our own minds. And I want to go back to that 247 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:49,600 thought where he failed to take authority over thoughts and gave 248 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,840 into temptation. Remember, Jesus came back and 249 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,160 emphasized repent. What did John the Baptist and 250 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:58,960 Jesus both talk about over and over and over again in public in 251 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,880 front of people? What was their main message? 252 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,120 Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 253 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,280 Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is in your midst. 254 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,040 Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. 255 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,840 When we hear that word repent because we know it only in 256 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,760 English, honestly, and we don't always go back and look at what 257 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,440 words actually mean. And they're used even before 258 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,480 some of the writers of the Bible were using them. 259 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,040 These words existed before they used them. 260 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,520 They were using words that already existed in the Greek 261 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:28,200 language. OK. 262 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,120 But when we see that word repent, it means to change one's 263 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,480 thinking. It means, like Apostle Earl has 264 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,840 taught us before, to side with another party. 265 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,360 So it would literally be like you switching parties in the 266 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,960 United States, right? You used to think it like a 267 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,680 Democrat, and now you think like a Republican. 268 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:48,160 You used to think like a Republican, and now you think 269 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,800 like a Democrat. You've completely changed 270 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,680 parties. You've completely changed sides. 271 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,120 And that's what the word repent means. 272 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,160 And it already existed. It already existed and they use 273 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:57,920 it. And so Jesus came and he was 274 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,960 saying, and John the Baptist before him said, repent for the 275 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,480 Kingdom of God is at hand. Why did Jesus need to emphasize 276 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:06,840 repent? Let's look at Matthew chapter 3 277 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,200 verse 2 because I want you to see this. 278 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,000 What John the Baptist said, John the Baptist came, he said, 279 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,840 repent for the Kingdom. Heaven is at hand and he was 280 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,960 coming to prepare the way for Jesus to come. 281 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,440 So he was emphasizing to the Jewish people, you got to change 282 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,760 your thinking. You can't keep siding with the 283 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,720 party you've been siding with, which is so interesting when we 284 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,640 realized that especially the Pharisees knew the word, they 285 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,080 knew the Scriptures, they knew the prophets, they knew, they 286 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,680 knew the the writings of Moses. They knew what he said. 287 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,240 So why would why would John the Baptist and then Jesus come and 288 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,440 say repent, change your thinking? 289 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,200 You cannot think the way that you do when the Kingdom comes. 290 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:52,480 You can't think that way, OK? That word repent again needs to 291 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,840 change one's mind, to change one's mind for better and to 292 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,600 hardly amend with abhorrence of 1's past sins or past way of 293 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,200 thinking. And I've seen this before. 294 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,080 I've seen people who have switched parties in the United 295 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,880 States of America, and whenever they switch parties, they abhor 296 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:12,720 what they used to believe in. Now we need to abhor what we 297 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,760 used to believe in. We can have no part of it. 298 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,560 We can't think of anything like it at all. 299 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,560 We have to abhor what we once believed in and we have to 300 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,120 completely side with God and His word and what He says. 301 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,320 OK, look over at Matthew chapter 4, verse 17. 302 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,200 We're going to see that Jesus said himself. 303 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,880 From that time Jesus began to preach and say repent for the 304 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,520 Kingdom of heaven is at hand. What was Jesus repairing them 305 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,600 for? He was preparing them for 306 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,360 authority. He was preparing them for the 307 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,480 Kingdom to come back to the earth and for them to walk as 308 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,000 kings and Queens on this earth because previously they could 309 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,080 not walk that way. They could not walk as royalty. 310 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,160 Whenever you know that you have the right to do something, 311 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,880 you're not scared, you're not walking in scared. 312 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,680 I don't get in my car and go. I really hope that the police 313 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,880 officers know that I'm allowed to drive. 314 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,880 I don't think that I have a driver's license. 315 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,920 I make sure it's on me and I know that if I get pulled over, 316 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,600 unless I'm breaking the law. Hey here, here's my proof that I 317 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,560 have authority to drive in the state of Florida. 318 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,800 I don't need to be scared. I'm not afraid of anything 319 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,240 because whenever I get in my car, I know that I've done 320 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,160 everything I could do. I've passed every test. 321 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,240 I've studied and I know what to do in the United States and what 322 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,280 the driving laws are. And as long as I follow them, 323 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,200 I'm not scared to get in. When you have authority over 324 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,160 something, when you've been given permission to do 325 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,480 something, it doesn't scare you. You go in with confidence 326 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,200 knowing I'm supposed to be here. This is what I'm supposed to do, 327 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,640 OK? I don't arrive at my own house 328 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,720 and think, oh man, I really hope that the bank's not here since 329 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,320 you know, I do pay a mortgage. I don't hope the bank's not here 330 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,480 and they're not going to like, no, it's my house. 331 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,200 I know I signed paperwork. I know I pay my mortgage and I 332 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,119 have a right to be at my house. I'm not scared of that. 333 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,839 So whenever you have authority, you should not be intimidated 334 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,640 and you should not think, oh, I really hope this is going to 335 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,160 work. I really hope that, you know, 336 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,640 I'm supposed to be here. No, I have authority. 337 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,280 And that's why Jesus said you got to repent because you guys 338 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,920 have previously not walked like royalty. 339 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,840 You have not walked in authority, You have not walked 340 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,280 like Kingdom citizens, like kings and Queens on this earth. 341 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,040 So hey, the Kingdom of heaven is in your midst. 342 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,840 And it's time for you to repent so that you can start walking in 343 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,480 authority. Because if you don't repent, 344 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,320 you're never going to understand who you are. 345 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,120 You're never going to be able to really walk in authority if you 346 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:48,840 don't change it right here. And again, the only person who 347 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,480 can do that is you. That's it. 348 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,000 Jesus never took away personal responsibility when we got born 349 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,240 again, He never said, well, I gave you a brand new spirit and 350 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,560 that's all you need. I'll see you, see you when you 351 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,160 get here. That's not what he said, what he 352 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,320 intended. He said repent for the Kingdom 353 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:12,000 of heaven is in your midst. So Jesus is preparing us for 354 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,040 authority to walk in our role as royalty, as Kingdom citizens. 355 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:19,520 And he knew that they had to change their thinking. 356 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,280 Let's look at Matthew chapter 10 verse one. 357 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:27,080 Now we see in we write in Matthew chapter 4, so we know 358 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:28,840 that Jesus had already started preaching. 359 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,120 Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is the hand. 360 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:31,760 Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is in your midst. 361 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,280 Later on. This means that we know that 362 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,800 Jesus must have been giving the word to his disciples for some 363 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,120 time. OK so in Matthew chapter 10 364 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,160 verse one, it says Jesus summoned his 12 disciples and 365 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,000 gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out and to 366 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,600 heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. 367 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,120 Luke Chapter 9 verse one and two. 368 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,160 Luke Chapter 9 verse one and two. 369 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,520 And he called the 12 together and gave them power and 370 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,240 authority over all demons and to heal diseases. 371 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,920 And then he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and 372 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,520 to perform healing. I want you to notice something 373 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,960 in Luke that I like that he put is that authority and power 374 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,760 always accompany each other. Our God is not a powerless God. 375 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,840 He's not a God. That's like, well, I mean, 376 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,040 sometimes it's my will for it to happen for you. 377 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,120 Sometimes it's not. Sometimes my power show up, 378 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:23,760 sometimes it won't. No, no, no. 379 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:27,520 Whenever Jesus came, how did they know he had authority? 380 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,840 Because remember, the scribes and Pharisees knew the same 381 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,560 scriptures that Jesus knew. The scribes and Pharisees could 382 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,840 preach the same scriptures that Jesus preached. 383 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,040 What was different? What did Apostle Earl show us a 384 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,200 few weeks ago? Wow. 385 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:42,320 He's teaching as if someone who has authority. 386 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,760 Obviously, you could see in note the effects of authority. 387 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,240 The effects of His authority were that He brought power 388 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:52,640 everywhere He went. And we know that it says in the 389 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,600 Word that wherever the Word is preached, then signs, wonders, 390 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,680 and miracles will follow. The preaching of the Word. 391 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:02,240 Power accompanies authority. If you truly are walking and the 392 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,880 authority that God gave you, if you're really operating in the 393 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,560 jurisdiction of what God gave you, then you're going to have 394 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:09,320 power. Follow it. 395 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,280 You're not going to be a broke Christian, you're not going to 396 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,840 be like, I hope it works. You're going to know your 397 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,880 rights. You're going to know the power 398 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,360 that you can operate in because whenever Jesus operated in 399 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,600 authority and then not just Jesus, then he told us, 12 come 400 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:30,360 here, you go and perform healing, not just OK, go tell 401 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:33,400 them, tell them to repent too. And we hope that they do. 402 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,640 No, there was always a sign and action that followed the 403 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,840 authority that Jesus gave them. And he said, I give you 404 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,000 authority. Now you go, you go and do it. 405 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,720 And Jesus, God does not respect her persons. 406 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,960 Like the 12 disciples were not like special people who only got 407 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,840 to do special things with Jesus. Even Jesus himself said it's 408 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,600 better that I go because I'm going to send you the Holy 409 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,280 Spirit. So they were in his presence and 410 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,880 that's awesome. And I know all of us have 411 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,200 thought like if I could only see Jesus presence, if I could just 412 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,120 see Jesus and talk to him face to face when Jesus is like I 413 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,160 already told you it was better if I send you the Holy Spirit 414 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,880 than me to stay here and talk to you face to face. 415 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,200 So everything that the 12 disciples did and that Jesus 416 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:17,440 did, then he said, now you go and do OK, let's keep going. 417 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,640 Mark chapter 3 verse 14 and 15. This is another scripture in the 418 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,440 Gospel where it says, and he appointed 12 so that they would 419 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,320 be with him and so that he could send them out to preach and have 420 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,200 authority to cast out the demons. 421 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:36,880 In Matthew 3/8 it says, therefore bear fruit in keeping 422 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,160 with repentance. Now I want to go back to that 423 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,640 word repentance because it means to change your thinking. 424 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,160 When you bear fruit in keeping with repentance, that means 425 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,120 there must be an action that can be seen that you've repented. 426 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,360 Your thinking is not the same anymore. 427 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,360 Now there are fruits of the spirit and gifts of the Spirit. 428 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,000 OK, fruits of the Spirit is our character, and absolutely your 429 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,120 character better show out and prove that you are his. 430 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,920 And the fruit of the Spirit are we know in Galatians 522 431 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:09,480 Lovejoy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, 432 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,640 faithfulness and self-control against such thing. 433 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,040 There's no law OK, but there's also the gifts of the Spirit and 434 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,160 the gifts of the Spirit are his power are how the Holy Spirit 435 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,960 comes and he shows his power through us on the earth. 436 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:27,280 And so understand that whenever he said repent and bear fruit in 437 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,000 keeping with repentance. We need to make sure that our 438 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,760 actions are showing that we've repented, that our mind is not 439 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,040 the same. Now again, we cannot. 440 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,200 You've got to stop thinking that repentance just means I've came 441 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,960 down to the altar, I've admitted all my sins, I was doing 442 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,480 something really wrong. I've been caught in a sin and I 443 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,680 got to tell somebody that's not what repentance means. 444 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,760 Only that is does apply. When you do those things, you 445 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,680 are repenting, but you need to remember that repenting means 446 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,680 we're making these adjustments in our mind. 447 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,200 We're changing our thinking. We're making sure that where I 448 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,120 previously was not exercising authority in an area of my life, 449 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,320 I've said no, I've got to change my thinking about that. 450 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,320 I've got to find out what does the Word say so that I can 451 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,800 repent and I can walk in my authority that God's given me in 452 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,680 this area. OK, so repentance, I'm bringing 453 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,120 the Scripture back up because we have to make sure that we're 454 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,120 keeping with repentance. In Acts chapter 26, verse 20, 455 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,680 Paul says it again, performed deeds in keeping with 456 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,880 repentance. God expects us to use our 457 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,280 authority and he expects it to see it manifest on the earth 458 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,080 through power. OK, because every time that 459 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,400 Jesus was exercising his authority, he always had 460 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,640 something that showed that he was exercising it. 461 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,440 Now what am I saying that every single time you speak the word, 462 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,000 then some miracle sign and wonder is going to happen? 463 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,760 I'm not saying that we're going to see these, you know, oh, the 464 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,520 every single time the blind person has to see, but the power 465 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,000 is the ability in you and you have to understand, just like 466 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,400 Pastoral says, sometimes we discount miracles everyday that 467 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,320 God's doing. Whenever God has has taken 468 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,440 someone who was in addiction and supernaturally delivered them 469 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,360 and they never ever went back to it, never had a desire for it, 470 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,400 never even had to go and think about it ever again. 471 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,200 That's a miracle. Whenever God saves someone, you 472 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,320 know, I've heard so many testimonies of women who were in 473 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:23,040 labor, even my own third child. She was breached her, she 474 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,720 turned, she was head down and then she turned. 475 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,120 And I did not want AC section. If I felt peace to do AC 476 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,840 section, I would have done it. But I felt to stand on what I 477 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,520 had believed and prayed for the whole time in my pregnancy and 478 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,920 whenever it's funny, I just told this story to Cassie the other 479 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,720 day, but I just felt, no, I'm going to stand and believe. 480 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,200 And I was 6 centimeters dilated in active labor. 481 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,280 I was having contractions like I'm in and apart. 482 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,320 Like there was the doctor's like, I'm sorry, just get over 483 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,560 it. You're having AC section. 484 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,400 It'll be all right. I do 6 sections everyday and I'm 485 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:58,640 like, I, I feel like I need to stand, you know, and I, and 486 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,120 again, that's what I felt on the inside. 487 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,840 I had peace stand. And so a midwife that I'd only 488 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,840 met one time who was on call that night, and she came in and 489 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,000 she was like, let's see what we can do. 490 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,960 And I was like, OK, let's see what you can do. 491 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,120 She's like, you know, you're hooked up to monitors. 492 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,240 You know, I felt peace about it. She felt peace about it. 493 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,400 And I believe she was being led by the Spirit because of my 494 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,120 husband and I's faith. And Indiana turned and I was 495 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,240 able to have a natural labor, and that's God. 496 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,800 That's a miracle that doesn't happen, especially not in the 497 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,600 United States of America in our healthcare system. 498 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,400 But that was a miracle because I believe God for that. 499 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,400 I prayed for that and I knew that God came through. 500 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,760 So we cannot just discount that I took authority over my body. 501 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,320 I took authority over my situation, and God came through 502 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,600 to perform with power and authority. 503 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,360 Amen. But again, I had to exercise my 504 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,000 authority and my power. So we can't think that these 505 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,600 little things are not power and authority. 506 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,920 Even I'm, I teach kindergarten at our private school at 507 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:03,920 Washington and I've encouraged some of our, our, my fellow Co 508 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,440 teachers before and we've encouraged each other with 509 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,760 stories where we are ministering to children every day. 510 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,480 OK, because it's not just teaching children, it's taking 511 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,120 care of them in so many ways. OK, We have to give them hugs, 512 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,320 they fall down, they get hurt, they feel sad, their feelings 513 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,920 are hurt. There's so many things we have 514 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:21,920 to minister them too, But we also have to be led by the 515 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,880 spirit because sometimes I can have a word of knowledge or a 516 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,760 word of wisdom for that child. Like, no, your heart wasn't 517 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,080 right there. I know it wasn't right. 518 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,960 You're saying this to my face, but your heart's wrong with your 519 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,240 friend. You need to repent. 520 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:39,840 And that is using authority and walking in it and seeing God's 521 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,320 power show up. So we can never discount these 522 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,640 little things as in any role that we have in life as a mom or 523 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,840 a dad, as in your job and your role that God's assigned you, 524 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,360 you cannot think that these are not you exercising authority 525 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:53,880 now. You have to consciously do it. 526 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,800 You have to have repented right here and say, I'm gonna, I'm 527 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,000 gonna operate in authority today. 528 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,640 Lord, use me. You know the gifts of the Spirit 529 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,720 as the Holy Spirit leads and desires. 530 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,600 But you should expect to be used in them. 531 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,840 You should expect for that power to show up on you. 532 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,520 You should expect that you can lay hands on that child and they 533 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,160 will recover. You should expect that they will 534 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,880 feel better because you pray for them. 535 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:16,920 And that's something that we have to do every day. 536 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,920 So we can't discount these little things. 537 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,920 We need to make sure that we're thanking the Lord in in being 538 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:27,680 conscious of places that he has LED us to use that authority. 539 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,920 And because we've repented in our own mind now something that 540 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,520 hinders our authority is ignorance. 541 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,520 Something that hinders us to being able to use authority is 542 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,720 ignorance. OK, In week 1 when Apostle Earl 543 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,440 was preaching about authority, he talked about wishful thinking 544 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,480 because he says unfortunately a lot of believers are not even in 545 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,200 biblical hope. OK, Biblical hope was a 546 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,520 confident expectation. I confidently expect that God's 547 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,760 going to do something. I don't know what it is yet, but 548 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,080 it's a confident expectation. And we know that Hebrews 11 549 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,640 chapter 1 Chapter 11 verse one says that our our hope fuels our 550 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,680 faith. OK, so it is something that 551 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,800 fuels our faith is hope. Now most Christians are not in 552 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,720 biblical hope. It's really just wishful 553 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,360 thinking. Like maybe if I rub the genie 554 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,960 and he gives me 3 wishes, God will give me 3 wishes and I'm 555 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,280 hoping he'll do what I ask him to do. 556 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,560 Or you know, like when I wish upon A star, that's what they're 557 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,280 in. They're not really in biblical 558 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,360 hope. OK, but that ignorance of not 559 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:31,640 knowing what hope is is going to keep us from able to operate in 560 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,320 authority. And Isaiah chapter 40, verse 31, 561 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,960 it says, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their 562 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,320 strength. They will soar on wings like 563 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,800 eagles. They will run and not grow 564 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,200 weary. They will walk and not be faint. 565 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,840 If we're truly hoping in the Lord and exercising our 566 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:53,160 authority, then even whenever we feel like we should be weary, we 567 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,040 won't. This scripture says even 568 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,400 whenever we feel like we should faint, we won't even whenever it 569 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,840 seems like we won't be strong, we will be strong. 570 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,480 And I love, I don't know if you guys were here, but a couple 571 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,440 Sundays, maybe about a month ago, Apostle Marcy got up, was 572 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,200 talking about the joy. And it says in the word that the 573 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,480 joy of the Lord is our strength. Maybe joy doesn't always look 574 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,440 like laughing and running around. 575 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,640 Not that you can't do those things, not that God can't lead 576 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,920 you to say, you know what, just laugh at that situation because 577 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,640 it's going to be OK. Maybe joy looks like strength. 578 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:28,360 OK, so but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, 579 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,560 which means you must have some joy. 580 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:35,920 Hosea 46 says My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. 581 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,240 Because you have rejected knowledge. 582 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,320 I also will reject you from being my priest. 583 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,920 Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget 584 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,360 your children. So again, whenever we are 585 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,080 ignorant of what the Word says, then we will not be able to 586 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,120 operate in the authority that God's given us. 587 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,520 In fact, whenever not just that, you're ignorant. 588 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,080 Maybe you've read that Scripture before, maybe you knew it at one 589 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,280 time. But Paul says it does not bother 590 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,200 me to stir you up by way of remembrance. 591 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,800 Let me tell you again what I said. 592 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,120 Jesus repeated the same message over and over and over and over 593 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,320 and over again in public. Repent for the Kingdom of heaven 594 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,560 is a hand. Repent for the Kingdom of heaven 595 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:12,800 is in your midst. Repent, for the Kingdom of 596 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,280 heaven is a hand. Apparently God has no problem 597 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,400 with saying the same thing over and over and over and over again 598 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,000 to us. Obviously we need it. 599 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,920 Obviously we need to be able to get it. 600 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,640 OK, so it's not a problem for him to repeat it, but are you 601 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,920 going to get it? Are you going to continue to 602 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,000 apply that repentance to your mind so that you can walk in 603 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,480 that authority? That ignorance will hinder you 604 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,960 from being able to walk in authority. 605 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,640 And sometimes it's that we've forgotten. 606 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,840 We as human beings forget too easily. 607 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,400 God knew that. That's why he's like, all right, 608 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,920 I'm going to write these on stone tablets. 609 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,840 And then I want you to take the my law and I want you to like 610 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,840 write it in your house. And whenever you're washing 611 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,520 dishes with your children in the morning and making the 612 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,480 breakfast, I want you to talk about my laws and precepts. 613 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,600 And whenever you're making the Nune meal, I want you to talk 614 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,200 about my laws and precepts. Whenever you're getting your 615 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,880 children ready for bed, I want you to talk about my laws and 616 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,280 precepts. And whenever you're doing things 617 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,120 in daily life and you're harvesting and you're going out 618 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,880 and you're buying things and you're going and doing errands, 619 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,040 whenever you're doing your groceries, I want you to talk 620 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,480 about my laws and precepts. Because He knew we forget way 621 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,880 too easily. We can easily go back to giving 622 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:20,040 to the flesh if we don't continue to abhor, abhor, abhor 623 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,840 with repentance our past life and our past sin. 624 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,680 We have to continue to apply the Word. 625 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,240 We have to continue to walk on our authority. 626 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:35,960 And first, Peter chapter one, verse 14 and 15, it says, as 627 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,920 obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of 628 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,280 your former ignorance. Your lack of knowledge and moral 629 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,040 blindness is what that word ignorance means. 630 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,880 But as he who called you as holy, you also be holy in all of 631 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,400 your conduct. Now again, this contact does 632 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,440 mean your behavior. It does mean your character. 633 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,800 It does mean how you interact with people, but it also means 634 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,440 what you do and what you say. No, I know the authority I've 635 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,320 been given and I'm going to operate in it. 636 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,880 What comes out of our mouth the moment that you feel a little 637 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,480 symptom come on. What comes out of our mouth the 638 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,040 moment that we get a bill in the mail? 639 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,360 What comes out of our mouth the moment that we have conflict 640 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,560 with a friend or a Co worker or a boss? 641 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,280 What is the first thing you say your go to? 642 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,080 I'm going to tell him my own self. 643 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,400 Apostle Marcy got on to me very sternly one time. 644 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,760 I remember I used to be the director at the preschool and we 645 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,280 had changed DCF oversight people. 646 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,840 I don't the the the word is escaping me at the moment, but 647 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,640 we have, you know, the preschool is underneath DCF and so we have 648 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,080 to have surprise inspections. We have them once a quarter. 649 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,040 We know they're coming and we previously had a really good 650 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,200 rapport with one of the DCF inspectors. 651 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,560 He was born again, a retired pastor. 652 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,520 He was just doing this in his retirement. 653 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,680 He was loved what we were doing, spoke the word over us. 654 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,200 It was great. Well, he got, you know, assigned 655 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:02,720 to a different area and we got a new DCF inspector and she did 656 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,400 not love the things of the Lord or the word or any of those 657 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:07,760 things. She recognized what we were 658 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:08,640 doing. We're trying to do with 659 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,120 integrity and that we, you know, our, our endeavour was to do 660 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,760 everything right and to do everything the way we're 661 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,920 supposed to be. However, she was very, very 662 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,720 strict whenever it came to things. 663 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,360 There was no getting away with anything. 664 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,200 And I remember I was just really frustrated and I was like, I 665 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,560 mean, we, we try everything. You know, we read through this 666 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:28,720 handbook. We're doing everything that we 667 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,760 know we're supposed to do. And she just would kind of be 668 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,680 like, well, I hope you can get this type of Band-Aid in your 669 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,320 first aid kit. Hurry or else I'm going to cite 670 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:37,320 you, you know, I'm going to write you up. 671 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,440 I'm like, Oh my gosh, a Band-Aid, Literally, it was 672 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,240 something, it was a bar soap. Actually, it was a bar soap. 673 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,360 And the first aid kit, remember, Miss Mary was a bar soap. 674 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,200 So we had Pastor Chase running all over the building looking 675 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,080 for a bar soap somewhere so we can get in our first aid kit 676 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,160 because it had to be in there. And I was just like, oh, I was 677 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,640 so frustrated. And I called Pasta Marcie. 678 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,920 She was in her office and I called her from my office phone 679 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,200 to her office phone. I said, you know, this lady just 680 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,760 doesn't like us. She just, you know, obviously 681 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,720 she just, she just finds a problem with everything and she 682 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,880 walks into my office and she's like, what are you even talking 683 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:07,840 about? What are you speaking out of 684 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,080 your mouth? Why are you complaining about 685 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,080 this woman instead of praying for her? 686 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,320 Obviously she's lost. And I was like, yes, ma'am, I 687 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,360 knew better. I knew better. 688 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,840 But I was frustrated. And in my frustration, I spoke 689 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,480 out against this woman who was not even born again, who really 690 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,639 asking you to speak blessings over and be like, you know what? 691 00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:27,760 Thank you for making us better. Thank you for making sure that 692 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,159 we have a bar of soap on our first aid kit. 693 00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:31,840 I appreciate that. I know that I need to follow 694 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:36,480 every rule, every dot, every I and, and cross every T Thank you 695 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,199 for helping us. And, you know, whenever I, I 696 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,520 left and started teaching kindergarten at Washington, she 697 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,920 was still there. And I don't think she's there 698 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,719 anymore. But the last time I saw her, I 699 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,360 gave her a big hug and she's like, Oh, I hope you're doing 700 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,080 really well. She was chatting with me and 701 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,080 she's she was able to know and see what we've done. 702 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,360 But I had to change my own heart. 703 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,000 I had to repent and say, whoa, what am I saying? 704 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,840 Why am I allowing something other than authority to come out 705 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,920 of my mouth? Why am I allowing something 706 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,120 other than the word to come out of my mouth about this person? 707 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,920 Why am I choosing, grumbling, complaining in my heart instead 708 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,720 of choosing, oh, let me submit. Let me make sure that I'm 709 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:14,560 honoring and respecting and praying for this very lost 710 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,880 person who just needs the Lord. And, you know, we offered to 711 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,440 pray for her and she's like, I mean, you can pray for me, I 712 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,840 guess, you know, And so we were able to minister to her. 713 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,920 And I don't know, it's not like she got born again in our 714 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:30,040 presence, but I believe that we did plant something in her heart 715 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,200 and the Lord can call on that and she will be able, if 716 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,520 anything, stand before him and know that we ministered to her 717 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,400 and we loved on her. OK, So again, we have to make 718 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,400 sure that we arrest ourselves and say, what's my first 719 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,640 response? Am I speaking the word first in 720 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,720 every situation? Because sometimes we want to 721 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:53,040 limit these things to very specific categories, healing, 722 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,080 prosperity. But it should apply to 723 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:01,200 everything in our lives. My children, right before I came 724 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,440 here and was studying and trying to get ready to come, broke a 725 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:09,040 giant glass jar in their room and it was huge and there was 726 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,520 glass everywhere. And their room was not clean, so 727 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,200 there was glass on things. So I was just like, I can get 728 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,960 really frustrated. I was frustrated, but I can get 729 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,040 mad at them. I can yell at them, or I can 730 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,040 just clean it up and help them. What is going to come out of 731 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,800 your mouth? Because it indicates the 732 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,000 repentance that happens here and allows you to either operate and 733 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,360 speak authority, speak the Kingdom, or speak death. 734 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,920 I mean, the Bible's very clear life and death are and the power 735 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,680 of the tongue and those who love it will eat it's fruit. 736 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,280 And here God's telling us, hey, your fruit, you better have some 737 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,320 performance with it. You better have some evidence 738 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:54,960 that you know the authority you have and you're operating in it. 739 00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:00,440 And that evidence and that fruit comes from us, every situation 740 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,840 that comes into our lives. And guys, all of us can do 741 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,600 better. All of us can continue to always 742 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,680 advance. All of us can continue to say, I 743 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,560 got to cut that off. I got to prune this off. 744 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,000 I got to stop saying that because I'm going to operate in 745 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,040 the authority that God's given me in Acts chapter 19. 746 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,560 Let's turn over to Acts chapter 19. 747 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:27,440 We'll start in verse 11 it says God was performing extraordinary 748 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,480 miracles by the hands of Paul so that handkerchiefs or aprons 749 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,960 were even carried from his body to the sick and the diseases 750 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,600 left them and the evil spirits went out. 751 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,960 But also some of the Jewish exorcists who went from place to 752 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,920 place attempted to name over those who had evil spirits the 753 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,480 name of the Lord Jesus saying, I endure you by Jesus whom Paul 754 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:47,200 preaches about seven sons of 1 Skiva, a Jewish chief priest 755 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,760 were doing this. And the evil spear answered and 756 00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,440 said to them, I recognize Jesus and I know about Paul, but who 757 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,320 are you? And the man in whom the was the 758 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,960 evil spirit leaped on them and subdued all of them and 759 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,360 overpowered them so that they fled out of that house and naked 760 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:06,000 and wounded Ignorance hinders you from using authority. 761 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,880 These people were like, I've heard that it works for them, 762 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,600 but I don't really know. I'm ignorant of who he is. 763 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,840 I'm ignorant of a relationship with the king, but I've heard it 764 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,280 works and I kind of want to see if it works. 765 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,480 So I'm just going to say it. Ignorance will hinder you. 766 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:26,200 Now, that's pretty embarrassing to literally be naked, beating 767 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,160 seven of them against one and running out. 768 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,760 That's embarrassing. OK, But that's because they were 769 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,600 ignorant of the authority. They didn't really know him. 770 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,160 They didn't really know the authority that had been given 771 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,840 them. Ignorance will hinder your 772 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,760 authority. And so we have to make sure that 773 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,080 we're not choosing to be ignorant. 774 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,440 Because here's the thing, If you're ignorant, whose fault is 775 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:50,800 that? Ours guys, even today in this 776 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:55,640 time that we live in, we have the Bible in every single 777 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,440 version ever made in this tiny little computer pocket computer 778 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,680 that we can put right here. We have millions of printed 779 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,520 versions is it is the most printed book of all time. 780 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,800 It over double every other book that's ever been printed. 781 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,520 The word of God has been printed. 782 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,640 We have no excuse and no reason to be ignorant. 783 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,160 And God said, I'm giving you that responsibility to know my 784 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,440 word, to not be ignorant of it, to renew this mind so that you 785 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,120 can operate in authority. In Ephesians chapter 6, verse 786 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,200 16, actually, we're going to start in verse 10. 787 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,920 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His 788 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,760 might. Put on the full armor of God so 789 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,120 that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the 790 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,200 devil. For our struggle is not against 791 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,840 flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, 792 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,000 against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual 793 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,040 forces of wickedness in heavenly places. 794 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,600 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able 795 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,560 to resist in the evil day. And having done everything to 796 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,240 stand, stand firm. Stand firm, therefore, having 797 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,040 girded your loins with truth, having put on the breastplate of 798 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,440 righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation 799 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,240 of the gospel of peace. In addition to all taking up the 800 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:11,600 shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all 801 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,720 the flaming arrows of the evil 1 and take the helmet of salvation 802 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,760 and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. 803 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,760 Now Paul's telling us here to put on the armor of God. 804 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,040 I I know that those who've taken an FCU class for me know like 805 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:29,000 it's a pet peeve of mine whenever I see either a picture 806 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:35,080 a painting or a show where Jesus just like oh excuse me could you 807 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,360 please move? That's not who my Jesus was OK 808 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,000 he was polite, he was kind the kindness of God draws men to 809 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,840 repentance. He was good, but he also knew 810 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,480 his authority. He also went to a temple and 811 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,360 started turning over tables and took out a whip. 812 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:53,760 OK so the armor of God does not portray to me some weak not know 813 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,840 who I am authority. If someone in military, full 814 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,800 military uniform comes in here and has all the I'm really 815 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,840 ignorant of the ranks, but if they had all the patches and 816 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,440 things and they said ranks, I know, I know Mr. or Rain would 817 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,760 know what to do. I know he would know how to 818 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,040 honor that person who walked in the room and realize, hey, that 819 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,560 he has authority. I'm gonna honor that. 820 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:21,200 So when we put on the full armor of God, guys, it's not like God 821 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,520 is scared you're gonna get defeated. 822 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,000 He's like, no, no, no, you have authority. 823 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,360 So put on your armor. Come on, get up, go walk in what 824 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,000 I've told you. Now I kind of want to focus in 825 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,120 in here on verse 16 where it says in addition to all taking 826 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,760 up the shield of faith, which you will be able to extinguish 827 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,160 all the flaming errors of the evil one. 828 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,920 That phrase to be able is the word power. 829 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,520 The same word power that Jesus was using when he said now go, 830 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,760 I've given you all authority and power. 831 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:52,040 I'm going to say it wrong. Dunamis power, Dunamio. 832 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,240 I don't know. I'll look at my father-in-law 833 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,160 because he knows and I don't, but it's that word that means 834 00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:00,480 dynamite power. OK, so he says you will be able, 835 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:05,000 you will have dynamite power to take up your shield of faith now 836 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:11,360 to be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil 1. 837 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:16,640 Now those fiery darts are what thoughts that come right here. 838 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,160 And This is why it's so important that we take authority 839 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,840 right here that God's given us in our mind that we take 840 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,680 authority because whenever he shoots that fiery dart, if we 841 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:32,560 don't have our shield of faith up, and if we keep in Ephesians 842 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,640 chapter 5 verse 26, it says that he might sanctifies and cleanse 843 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,080 her with the washing of the water of the word. 844 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,400 Paul here is referring to he talks about husband and wives 845 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:43,880 and he says, now Jesus does this. 846 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,480 He does this because it's a type and shadow husband and wife 847 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,920 relationship is a type and shadow of Jesus relationship 848 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,320 with the church, with the church, not with an individual 849 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,120 with the church. OK, I just want to say that with 850 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:56,320 the church so that he might sanctify and cleanser with the 851 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,320 washing of the water of the word. 852 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,040 If you don't have the word, if you don't know your authority, 853 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,040 if you don't know what the word says, how are you going to 854 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:08,560 extinguish a fiery dart? This is why sometimes if we 855 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,920 don't have our Shields up and our Shields are down, something 856 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,600 happens, a thought comes and we kind of are bothered by it. 857 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,920 We get tempted to take up an offense, which is also a 858 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,560 hindrance to your authority. I won't go into that, but it is 859 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,920 a huge hindrance to your authority taking up an offense 860 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,760 are kind of bothered by it. It messes with your emotions. 861 00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,120 You keep thinking about it and replaying it in your mind 862 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,080 because you haven't taken captive that thought, thrown it 863 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,320 down, compared it with the word of God and spoken out of your 864 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,800 mouth. Not thought, but spoken out of 865 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:42,600 your mouth what the word says. If we are not washing ourselves 866 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,400 with the Word constantly and we put our Shields down at all, 867 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:48,240 then those fiery darts are coming. 868 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:52,800 Now, I don't want you to imagine a red guy with horns and a tail 869 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,920 that's just over there going all the time, OK? 870 00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:01,840 But there is a spiritual realm that is more real than this 871 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:07,160 realm that is very real. And there are forces that are in 872 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,120 the Kingdom of darkness that do roam around looking, just trying 873 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,240 to fire these little darts, seeing if something can catch. 874 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:18,880 Well, if you're saturated with the word and it's nice and your 875 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,200 grass is nice and wet, it doesn't matter. 876 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,840 You can try to throw a flame into my very, very saturated wet 877 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,760 grass and it's not going to catch on fire because the word 878 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,280 immediately extinguishes it. But if you're a little dry in 879 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,120 some areas, if you haven't been washing your mind with the word 880 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:38,120 of God, it's going to be really easy for that dart to take fire. 881 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,480 And then you're wondering, I don't know why I, I just been 882 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,120 feeling like this. I don't know why I just keep 883 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:43,920 thinking about that. I don't know why I, I just keep 884 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,280 replaying that in my mind. And then I'm going back to this 885 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:50,080 old habit or, or it's because you haven't been washing and you 886 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,200 haven't taken authority over that fiery dart whenever God, 887 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,360 Jesus says I've given you all authority to tread on all 888 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,720 serpents. Wait, you mean like the serpent 889 00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:02,280 that was in the beginning who came in to see the Yes, like 890 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:06,160 that serpent who's trying to come in and be crafty and say, 891 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,840 oh, I think this might be a little dry over here, you know, 892 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,840 no, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna douse it with some 893 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:15,160 word. OK So in Luke chapter 4 verse 36 894 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,240 and amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with 895 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:20,120 one another saying, what is this message? 896 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,920 For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and 897 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,160 they come out. His authority always showed 898 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,320 power. It always had that washing of 899 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,320 the word. Now Jesus spoke the Word and 900 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,360 noticed His pattern. Always whenever He was 901 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,440 ministering, He would preach and teach them. 902 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,920 And then he would say, all right, bring to me the ones who 903 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,240 are sick. Bring to me the ones who need to 904 00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:46,400 be healed from their diseases. He always gave them and taught 905 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,240 them the word. In fact, whenever they started 906 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:52,680 only wanting to see something, a sign, he said, no, no, no. 907 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:53,880 Obviously, I have to do some more teaching. 908 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,960 I gotta get you some more word. I've gotta get you some more 909 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,760 water because you're not ready for that. 910 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,960 If I try to just give you this, then it's gonna be real easy for 911 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,840 the enemy to come in and put those fiery darts. 912 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,320 That's why he looked at some people and he said healed them. 913 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,160 And I said, now go and sin no more because he knew you're 914 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,800 gonna have to take up that authority right here. 915 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:17,240 Always. OK, now all those pieces of 916 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:20,360 armor work together. OK, so we have this shield of 917 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,160 faith and then he says and wield the sword of the spirit, which 918 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:28,720 is the word of God. So if you're struggling right 919 00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:31,680 here in your mind, you're like, I, I'm struggling. 920 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,520 I, I feel like I don't have authority over my mind. 921 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,840 I feel like I'm just constantly this battle. 922 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,160 Well, the Bible says, guess what? 923 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:41,200 The mind is the battlefield. But you have to know that Jesus 924 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:44,760 says, I've given you everything you need in my word for you to 925 00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,600 overcome it. So it sounds to me like you need 926 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:53,200 to get into the word, not try to numb it with shows, not try to 927 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:58,160 binge a Netflix show, not try to scroll 'cause we all do it. 928 00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:59,720 Sometimes I just want to numb my mind. 929 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,120 You can numb your mind and then you can also have it on fire. 930 00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:07,320 So I would say don't do that. I would say go ahead and turn on 931 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:10,640 the sprinkler system 'cause you're going to need it. 932 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,120 I need to turn on my own sprinkler system at my house, 933 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:16,280 but I don't. It's why my grass is dry. 934 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:23,000 OK, but armor does not depict a weak, powerless Kingdom. 935 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:27,760 The armor says this is a strong Kingdom and we have authority. 936 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,160 And the Kingdom of God suffers violent, and the violent take it 937 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:32,680 by force. And we're not gonna just lay 938 00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,200 around and let's say and just run all over our minds. 939 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,520 We're not gonna start thinking like we used to think. 940 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:41,240 We're gonna continue to operate and the authority he's given us 941 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:43,720 and choose to take mind here. Now, how can we do this 942 00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:44,960 practically? How can I do that? 943 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,400 How can I take authority? Well, you're gonna have to find 944 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,240 out what the Word says. If you're struggling with 945 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,640 forgiveness, then you need to go look up scriptures or 946 00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:54,480 forgiveness. And again, guys, never been 947 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,920 easier, never been easier. The concordance is right here. 948 00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,920 You don't have to get out the giant concordance anymore and 949 00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:03,480 bring it out as like 10 lbs. My parents had as a kid, the 950 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,880 strongest accordance. You don't have to do that. 951 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,680 You can look it up right here. It'll tell you every place that 952 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,600 forgiveness says in the Bible. And you can look at all those 953 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:11,160 scriptures, you can write them down. 954 00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,040 You can copy, paste, print a Word document, paste it on your 955 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:15,560 mirror. It's super easy. 956 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,640 It's never been easier than today for us to know the word 957 00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,240 and be able to operate in it. So we practically do that by 958 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:24,720 finding out what the word says. Now, another way you can 959 00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:26,680 practically do that is to surround your people. 960 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:28,560 Surround yourself, people who are going to give you the word. 961 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:33,400 Don't go hang around the people who are like, I know I it's 962 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:34,440 really hard. I know. 963 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,640 I mean, it's just like one thing after another. 964 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:42,000 Is it one thing after another or is it like I get to wake up and 965 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,800 do my Kingdom purpose today? I get to wake up and be a mom 966 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:46,440 today. I get to wake up and go teach 967 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,680 children today. I get to wake up and be a wife 968 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,680 today. I'm so excited to do my role in 969 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,960 my assignment in the Kingdom because I'm going to use the 970 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:56,000 authority he's given me and I'm not going to think it's too 971 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,920 hard. It is a doctrine of demons to 972 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,920 just I love this anxiety thing that goes on. 973 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,880 It gives me the heebie jeebies and makes me very frustrated to 974 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,800 read all of these believers. They're like, well just I'm 975 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:10,360 really dealing hard with anxiety today. 976 00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,960 I know that anxiety comes, but Jesus said be anxious for 977 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,960 nothing. So again, if you're dealing with 978 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,920 anxiety, it sounds to me like you need to get into the Word 979 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,960 and say, what does the Word say about anxiety? 980 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:23,640 How can I cast that care upon the Lord? 981 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,800 Because He cares for you. He does not want you to operate 982 00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:28,200 that way. He says I've given you all 983 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:30,760 authority, go operate it and use it. 984 00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:34,000 All right, let's look at Romans chapter 8 verse 5 through 8. 985 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:39,320 It says those who live according to the flesh have their mind set 986 00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:42,200 on what the flesh desires, but those who live in accordance 987 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:46,040 with the Spirit have their mindset on what the Spirit 988 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:47,480 desires. The mind governed by the flesh 989 00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:51,400 is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 990 00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:54,240 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God. 991 00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:58,320 It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 992 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:02,160 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. 993 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,560 Now what does it tell us in Hebrews 11? 994 00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:06,640 What pleases God? Faith. 995 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:08,440 Faith is the only thing that can please God. 996 00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,080 So if you are setting your mind according to the flesh, then 997 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:12,440 obviously you're not operating in faith. 998 00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:15,560 You cannot be put in your mind and continuing to side with your 999 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:17,400 flesh and be operating in faith at the same time. 1000 00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,760 Because right here it says those who are in the realm of the 1001 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:23,440 flesh cannot please God, which means they cannot be in faith in 1002 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:27,320 that area. Faith pleases God, and we have 1003 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:29,760 to be able to know what His Word says to be able to operate in 1004 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,040 that faith, to be able to exercise that authority that we 1005 00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:36,800 have. Submission and faith are 1006 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,520 required for authority, just like Apostle Earl showed us with 1007 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:44,280 the centurion, OK, He came to Jesus and he said, my servant is 1008 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:47,480 at home, he's being tormented and he's dreadfully ill. 1009 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:51,400 And he said, Jesus said, OK, I'll come, I'll come lay hands 1010 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:52,680 on him. And they said to her, he said, 1011 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:55,120 no, no, no, I'm not worthy for you to come underneath my roof, 1012 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:59,680 but speak the word only, for I also am a man under authority. 1013 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,200 I tell this one come and he comes. 1014 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,120 I tell this one go and he goes, I tell this one to do this and 1015 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:07,960 he does it because the centurion And then Jesus said I have not 1016 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,320 found such great faith in all of Israel, in an entire nation with 1017 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:14,760 millions of people. This Gentile man had more faith, 1018 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,160 and it's because he understood authority. 1019 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:21,160 He understood I had to submit in order to be an authority. 1020 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,680 I've told my children, and I encourage my kindergarteners and 1021 00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,760 I encourage adults. You're gonna have to submit 1022 00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,240 forever. Get over it. 1023 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:33,720 Don't allow the independence and rebellion of the United States 1024 00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:38,600 of America become your creed. Become who you are because 1025 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:40,800 you're going to submit forever. The people who don't want to 1026 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:42,560 submit and think they aren't submitting, one day they will 1027 00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,920 submit. It'd be better just to go ahead 1028 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,000 and do it now. Just learn I have to submit. 1029 00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:51,360 And if you will submit, you get to walk in freedom. 1030 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,080 If you submit, there's so much more available to you. 1031 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:56,680 If you could submit, then you'll understand the authority that 1032 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,680 God's given you. So whenever you submit to God, 1033 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:01,880 then you can be able to walk in authority. 1034 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,720 But if you're submitting to your flesh, then you're acting 1035 00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:08,720 hostile to God and you cannot please him. 1036 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,160 Submission and faith are always required for us to be able to 1037 00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:16,760 walk onto authority. Romans chapter 12, verse 2, it 1038 00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:20,200 says, and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed 1039 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,640 by the renewing of your minds, that you may prove what the will 1040 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,920 of God is, that which is good, acceptable and perfect. 1041 00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,440 We have to renew our minds. It says you renew your mind, not 1042 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,920 God's going to do it for you. He did what you couldn't do, 1043 00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:35,360 which is give you a brand new spirit man. 1044 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:36,560 He took out that old Stony heart. 1045 00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:38,640 He gave you a brand new heart. You couldn't do that. 1046 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:40,920 You can never have been reconciled to him through your 1047 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:43,560 own actions and words. But now he said, now you go 1048 00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:45,800 renew your mind and make sure it matches up with what I said. 1049 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:49,400 So we have that responsibility. And the only way for us to 1050 00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:52,640 continue to operate in full authority is for us to continue 1051 00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:54,320 to renew our minds. I'm going to give us a couple 1052 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,120 more scriptures here before we close on renewing our minds. 1053 00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:01,000 And 2nd Corinthians chapter 10 verse 3 through 5 and says, For 1054 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,520 though we walk on the flesh, we do not war according to the 1055 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,680 flesh, for the weapons of our war flare are not a flesh, but 1056 00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:09,120 divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 1057 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,440 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up 1058 00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:15,120 against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought 1059 00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:17,960 captive to the obedience of Christ. 1060 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:23,760 Ephesians 417 through 24 says, So this I say and affirm 1061 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,600 together with the Lord that you walk no longer, just as the 1062 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,080 Gentiles also walk. Don't walk like the world. 1063 00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:35,960 Don't identify with them and their reels and their trends and 1064 00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,240 their Tik Toks. Stop identifying with them, 1065 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,720 being darkened in their understanding and excluded from 1066 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:45,760 the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, 1067 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:47,840 because of the hardness of their heart. 1068 00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,440 They've become callous, have given themselves over to 1069 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,840 sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with 1070 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:55,280 greediness. But you did not learn Christ in 1071 00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:58,520 this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught 1072 00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:01,160 in Him. Just as truth is in Jesus, that 1073 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,760 in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside 1074 00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:05,760 the old self which is being corrupted in accordance with the 1075 00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:08,240 lust of deceit. And that you be renewed in the 1076 00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:12,200 spirit of your mind and put on the new self which is in the 1077 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,360 likeness of God that has been created in righteousness and 1078 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:20,200 holiness of the truth. Second Timothy 17 says For God 1079 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:25,600 has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, power and of 1080 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:30,240 love, and of a sound mind. That means that we have His 1081 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:35,160 power, his authority, his love, and the ability to have a 1082 00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,960 renewed and sound mind to walk in authority. 1083 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:43,560 Colossians 32 says set your mind on things above and not on the 1084 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,520 things of the earth. Guys, whenever we do that, 1085 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:50,400 whenever we say I'm not going to be like Eve, I'm not going to be 1086 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:55,480 like Adam, where I allow Satan to come in and to whisper to me 1087 00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:58,400 right here and to take my authority. 1088 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,600 Because here's the thing, really he can't. 1089 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:02,560 He has no authority to take your authority. 1090 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:07,560 You give it, you give it away, just like Adam and Eve. 1091 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,320 You choose not to operate in it. You choose not to walk in it, 1092 00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:15,000 but the only way for us to continue to make sure that we're 1093 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:20,160 operating in it and knowing that Jesus came, He was the only one 1094 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,080 who could give that authority back to us, that we could 1095 00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:25,280 operate as royalty in the Kingdom so that we could 1096 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,240 continue to be kings and Queens on the earth, to rule and reign 1097 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,840 over every circumstance over all of the earth. 1098 00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,200 You guys remember, as Apostle Earl told us, our bodies are 1099 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:36,960 made out of the dust. We have authority over them. 1100 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,200 I don't have to follow every single whim of my flesh. 1101 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:42,640 I don't have to follow everything that it wants to do 1102 00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:44,880 because I have authority right here in my mind. 1103 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,680 I have authority over every scheme that the devil tries to 1104 00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:51,240 bring against me. And the only way for us to die 1105 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:54,000 is to for us to take authority over our mind. 1106 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:57,440 Jesus did what we couldn't do. He came back and he died. 1107 00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,720 He gave us a brand new spirit. He took back the keys to death 1108 00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:03,280 town in the grave. And then he said, I give you the 1109 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:05,680 keys of the Kingdom. Now go. 1110 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:09,240 And we have to continue to operate in that authority if we 1111 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:13,600 continue to renew our mind so that we can please Him, so we 1112 00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:15,880 can operate in faith, so we can do all the things that He's 1113 00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,680 called us to do here on the earth because He has purpose for 1114 00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:21,440 us here right now. It always was His will that we 1115 00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,240 operate in the earth and on the earth. 1116 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,240 And he says, I want you to keep operating in the earth and on 1117 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:27,080 the earth. Amen.