1 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,880 First Peter, chapter 2, we'll start in verse 9 to 11. 2 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,760 It says this, but you are chosen race. 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:18,920 Come on, who we talking about this? 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,640 Who's that? Who's the chosen race we are? 5 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,120 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a 6 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,400 people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the 7 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,440 excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into a 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,720 marvelous light. Aren't you glad you've been 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 called out? For you once were not a people, 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,320 but now you are the people of God. 11 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:45,280 You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 12 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,240 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:54,600 fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul. 14 00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,800 So here Peter is reminding us as believers, he said, now listen, 15 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,880 we were away, but we're a different way now. 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,840 We were not with God, but now we're with God. 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,320 We were in a domain that was rebellious to God, but now we're 18 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:15,720 in God's Kingdom. We, we were not even a people, 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,480 but now we are people and we're chosen of God. 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,680 Now what we have to do is we have to make sure then we 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,680 abstain. Meaning we've been given the 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:34,280 power to now stop what used to control us when we were in the 23 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,080 domain of darkness, the things of the flesh or the lusts of the 24 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:42,320 flesh, right? Those things ruled us and we had 25 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:45,880 no weapon against it. But now that we're born of God, 26 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,640 in the Spirit of God lives on the inside of us, we can 27 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,720 abstain. Now, what does abstain mean? 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,040 It's a word called abstinence. Abstain. 29 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,440 It means don't. Do you understand? 30 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:09,199 There would be no sexual diseases if abstinence was being 31 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:14,240 practiced prior to marriage and when then when you were married, 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,120 husband, wife, male, female, according to Scripture, that is 33 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,040 a undefiled bed. And you know what? 34 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,320 There would never be any sex sexually transmitted disease 35 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:29,360 ever, right? Isn't that amazing? 36 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,080 One generation could come and say we're going to wipe out 37 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,600 sexually transmitted disease, We're just going to abstain. 38 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,840 Hallelujah. So you have to, he tells us to 39 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,440 abstain from this. That doesn't mean to dabble, 40 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:52,320 right? 10 percent, 90% abstain, you 41 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,400 know, don't do. But 10%, you know, it's like 42 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,240 what my aunt told my mom one time and she was wrong because 43 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,920 when I was a younger teenager she was saying. 44 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:05,960 Now she said now Peggy, look, it's OK if he looks as long as 45 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,480 he doesn't touch. No, it's not OK to look 'cause 46 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:15,800 looking gets you lusting and looking goes to touching, right? 47 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:21,800 Looking will go to touching it always moves that way all right, 48 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,040 and so it just says abstain. We are to maintain purity. 49 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,240 Now what does this mean the fleshly lest they wage war where 50 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,200 against our soul they're not waging in our spirit because our 51 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,120 spirit is born of God. We are the righteousness of God 52 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,960 in Christ. It's within our soul realm that 53 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,760 this war takes place, and in order for us to make sure that 54 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:45,400 we maintain a pure soul, continue to purify it, wash it 55 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,880 with a watering of the word, we have to abstain from some things 56 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,280 of which we have the power of by the Holy Ghost to do so through 57 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,560 the grace of God as we trust Him according to His Word. 58 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,200 So the things of the world are waging war against our minds. 59 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,160 The good news is, is that we can win that battle. 60 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,840 I said we can win that battle. That is really good news for the 61 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,280 believer. We can win that war, Hallelujah. 62 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,560 We do not have to just suffer like the rest and know we're 63 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,240 going to heaven when we die. No, we can win that war. 64 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:25,240 Have Peace of Mind. Oh my gosh, real Peace of Mind. 65 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,320 So in first Peter chapter 4, he goes on to say verses one 66 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,520 through 2. He says this. 67 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,800 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm 68 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,760 yourself also with the same. We're not yelling at you because 69 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,800 they're all caps. OK? 70 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,200 I'm like, why is it all caps? Mine are not all caps, but 71 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,240 sometimes in my translation, if it's referring to an Old 72 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,240 Testament scripture, it'll put in old caps, you know, So 73 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,640 obviously when I was reading the the other one, I was thinking of 74 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,640 that, but they're all, all, all caps. 75 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:58,040 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm 76 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,320 yourself also with the same purpose, because he who has 77 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:09,360 suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest 78 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,040 of your time in the flesh. No longer for the lust of men, 79 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,680 but for what? The will of God. 80 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:21,400 So before I was born of God, I lived in my body for the lust of 81 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,040 men. I was dead in my trespasses of 82 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,320 sin. It the the lust, the pride of 83 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,440 life, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes. 84 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,120 All those things control my life. 85 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,680 They were actually part of my nature. 86 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,560 I was rebellious to God. But God being rich in his mercy, 87 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,320 while I was still a Sinner, He died for me. 88 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,960 He gave me the opportunity to come over into His Kingdom, of 89 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,280 which I did. And that old spirit man that 90 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:46,120 could not obey God, did not want to obey God, was evicted out of 91 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,400 my skin, suit, this body or flesh. 92 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,520 And all of a sudden on the inside, a brand new creature in 93 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,720 Christ who is recreated or created in the image of the king 94 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:04,440 and made righteous, came inside, attached itself to my soul, of 95 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,920 which the Holy Spirit came in as well and bears witness with that 96 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,520 spirit. Now you're a child of God. 97 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,280 You function different, you think different, you perform 98 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:14,720 different, you behave differently. 99 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,520 And I'm going to train the soul realm that was disconnected or 100 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,760 was connected to a dead spirit and could not. 101 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:26,080 We have hooked up a live spirit unto God and now we're going to 102 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,760 go through and renew this mind. We are going to push out all the 103 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:34,240 junk that would keep you in bondage because it now has no 104 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,520 power over you ever again. So the Bible tells us here in 105 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,640 first Peter chapter 4 that Jesus, when he emptied himself 106 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,920 of his glory in heaven and came into a skin suit or the flesh of 107 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,440 man, he functioned as a man anointed of God. 108 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,080 Now Jesus was a man who knew no sin, yet He was tempted on all 109 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,600 accounts like we are. So in essence, when it says he 110 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:04,480 suffered in the flesh, that means that Jesus was tempted, 111 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,720 like all of us have been tempted. 112 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,560 And most of us, well really all of us have fallen to temptation 113 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,800 and gone into sin for all of it. For we've all sinned and fallen 114 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,520 short of the glory of God. Jesus, however, didn't. 115 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,880 He never sinned. He suffered because the 116 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,280 temptation came and it came against him at such a level that 117 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:32,440 he had to by faith stay with his Spirit and the anointing of God 118 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,560 on his life. Cast down those thoughts, those 119 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:42,680 actions, those behaviors that he never dealt with in heaven, but 120 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,720 when he yielded to only it is written and following the Holy 121 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:51,600 Ghost he sees from sin. Why because he did not allow the 122 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,440 temptations to overtake him and there's a suffering there. 123 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,560 Not only is there a suffering of the temptation to sin, but then 124 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:04,120 there's the suffering of the people as well because you 125 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,000 understand in heaven Jesus is glorified he they are talking 126 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,320 only well about him. It is well with his soul there. 127 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,600 I mean he is honored people bow to him. 128 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,960 I mean, he is, he is amazing. However, whatever on planet 129 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:25,320 earth, he was despised, right? And he's being despised knowing. 130 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,920 But I'm here to help. You're calling me a devil? 131 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,360 You think I cheat, Swindle. I mean, it's not even my nature. 132 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,280 I'm not doing anything like you, right? 133 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,159 What did Jesus say a couple times She was on his side. 134 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,039 How much longer must I suffer with thee? 135 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,960 You know, put up with your lack of faith, your inability to 136 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,240 recognize me for who I am. You know your stubbornness to 137 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,640 not yield and submit to my word. I mean, how much long? 138 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,360 But you know what? I do it as long as the Father 139 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,400 has me, because I'm suffering too. 140 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,960 But I'll do it without sin. So here Jesus suffered in the 141 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,600 flesh, yet ceased from sin. And he's telling us here in 142 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,120 first Peter, that we because we're living in our bodies, but 143 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,480 we are never to live for the lust of men, but we are here 144 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,720 only to live for the will of God, which tells us that I'm not 145 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,440 even connected to what man's doing. 146 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,760 I'm so disconnected from it. And we all as a church, as we 147 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,480 continue to progress before the return of Jesus, we want to make 148 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,680 sure our actions, our attitude are always connected to an 149 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,800 eternal purpose, not just a, well, I may die, you know, by 150 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,560 the time I'm 8090, a hundred years old, you know, and we're 151 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:40,880 kind of gauging how we live life based upon a time frame that is, 152 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:48,440 that is nothing compared to the eternal scope of our life, the 153 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,240 eternal scope of mind. And I'll be honest with you, I 154 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:55,200 could say some things that some people just think is crazy, but 155 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,680 you know, the kingdom's just different than the world. 156 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,360 It's just different. Now, I, we can say, you know 157 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,560 what, there are things in life that we do. 158 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:13,680 That's not a problem as long as it's not putting God second, as 159 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,520 long as his agenda is not the most important agenda. 160 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,560 OK, but yet we we think that you know, and how we're let you know 161 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,280 the way we live in as as U.S. citizens, people 500 years never 162 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:31,680 thought like this. I mean it wasn't even in their 163 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:34,560 psyche. The thing and we've not evolved 164 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:36,880 to such a a place of enlightenment. 165 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,160 I mean, you know, sins abounding. 166 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,320 I mean, honestly, sin is worse on the planet today than it was 167 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,920 500 years ago. Now what do I mean by that? 168 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,040 I'm just saying that God came to a point at the flood of Noah 169 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,920 that he's like, I regret I made man. 170 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,040 It has gotten so bad here that I'm going to destroy it with a 171 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,320 flood. Well, you understand when Jesus 172 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,120 is coming back, he's coming back to take the Church of which 173 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,240 that's, you know, according to scholars, 7 year period before 174 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,280 he comes back again. And during that period the wrath 175 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,560 of God will be poured out. Well, why is the wrath of God 176 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:16,560 being poured out? Then something's going on in the 177 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:20,880 earth that at this time God's not doing it, but he's going to 178 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,160 do it then. So things are happening on the 179 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:29,240 planet that is worse. So that God's wrath is like, I 180 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:33,760 cannot be merciful anymore. I must act on my word concerning 181 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,200 what I do, what I do for those who are disobedient. 182 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:45,440 Are you hearing me? OK, So we need to make sure 183 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,880 we're like, OK, let's continue to live in the grace of God that 184 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,040 He's given us, and let's be ever more present to be doing His 185 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,320 will in our lives every day, every day, OK. 186 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,680 And so let's turn over to Galatians chapter 5. 187 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,840 Galatians chapter 5, Look what it says here, verses 16 to 18 it 188 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,640 says, but I say walk by the Spirit and you will not carry 189 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,440 out the desires of the flesh. So let me read, let me finish 190 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,560 this passage and then I'll explain some things. 191 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,800 For the flesh sets its desires against the spirit and the 192 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,240 spirit against this flesh, for they are in opposition to one 193 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,840 another so that you may not do the things that you please. 194 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,720 Just the beginning part of 18 says, but it but if you are led 195 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,360 by the spirit or are we supposed to be led by the spirit. 196 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,560 Now that is if it's a conditional statement which 197 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:39,320 tells us that just because you're born again does not mean 198 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,640 you are being led by the Spirit. So the new birth experience 199 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:48,360 alone does not mean you are being led by the Spirit. 200 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,280 It gives you access to the spirit. 201 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,320 It allow it gives you the ability so that the spirit 202 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,040 within you can train you to follow him. 203 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,440 But you don't. You do not have to. 204 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:03,960 OK, I'll give you a case in point. 205 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,920 All right, Let's do an example. Simon Says Anybody ever heard 206 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,120 that before? Let's play a little. 207 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,440 Simon Says All right. Simon Says, Raise your right 208 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:16,960 hand. All right, Nick's finally done 209 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,440 it. He's he's about to prove my 210 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,520 point already. Right. 211 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,720 Right. Simon Says raise your right 212 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,880 hand. Simon Says Put your right hand 213 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,200 down. Simon Says Put your left hand 214 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,960 up. Simon Says, Put your left hand 215 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,200 down. Simon Says. 216 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,240 Raise your right hand again. Wave your white hand. 217 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,960 Ah, now you know you weren't supposed to do that, so you're 218 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,600 out. Let's just be honest. 219 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,680 Come on, come on. Just come on and repent. 220 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:45,400 Just put your hand down. You're out of the game. 221 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,960 OK, All right, now I'm going to do Simon Says again. 222 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,240 Put your hands down, everybody. I'm going to say. 223 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:52,520 Simon Says, put your right hand up. 224 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,200 And I want all of you to put your left hand up. 225 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:59,280 OK, well, I said, I'm going to say Simon Says put your right 226 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,680 hand up. But I want all of you to 227 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,560 actually put your left hand up. OK, Simon Says put your right 228 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:10,680 hand up. Does anybody have their right 229 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:13,640 hand up, actually? Oh, that's fine. 230 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,040 I knew there would be someone. Sure. 231 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,560 I got it. Because he's like, I refuse to 232 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,280 disobey. Look at the rest of these 233 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,880 rebellious people in the room. Thank you, son. 234 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,480 I appreciate it. Because the rest of them are 235 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,840 rebellious. And when I give an altar call, 236 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,280 you can stay in your seat, but the rest need to come down 237 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,000 tonight. OK? 238 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:41,700 I'm not Simon, people. OK, yeah, this is really. 239 00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:44,540 I'm not Simon. But I was able to convince you 240 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:49,780 to do something against Simon and everyone did it but my son 241 00:14:49,780 --> 00:14:53,060 Sean. And y'all thought he was being 242 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:56,020 rebellious. But this is what it's like when 243 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:59,800 you actually follow God and not the world because the majority 244 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:04,080 can go in a different direction and one say, you know, I heard 245 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:11,840 what he said, but I'm going to stay with Simon because the rest 246 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,680 of the world has already been given permission to raise the 247 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,720 left hand. Even though Simon's saying raise 248 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,080 the right by some other authority or somewhere, 249 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:28,720 something which means God cannot make you follow his spirit just 250 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,360 because you're alive to His spirit. 251 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:40,000 So it is a lie to believe that because I'm born again, I only 252 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,600 follow the Spirit. Paul would not have written to 253 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,040 the Galatian church if being born again was the only 254 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,720 qualification to be able to be led by the Spirit. 255 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:58,680 He's actually telling the church, do not go and live the 256 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:03,160 old nature that you were delivered from because you're 257 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:08,720 still, you can if you choose, but it's never what God 258 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:13,240 intended. God did not save you and because 259 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,160 there was nothing you could do to be saved, so now there's 260 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,120 nothing you can do to stay saved. 261 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,640 That is not scriptural. That is not scriptural. 262 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,560 We'll talk about these things later because I think as we get 263 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,760 closer to the return of Christ, I'm just going to have to get 264 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,000 off into more and more stuff that is unfortunately 265 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,560 controversy only to tradition, but not to a believer who 266 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,480 actually takes time and reads the scripture. 267 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,760 Because if you do, it won't be controversial. 268 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,000 You'd be like, well, that makes that's perfect sense, but the 269 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,320 religious will hate it. I'm telling you they'll hate it. 270 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,760 So here we see that he's telling us, look, your flesh and your 271 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,360 spirit are in opposition. These are born again believers. 272 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,920 He's talking to a church. He's saying, listen, your flesh 273 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,160 is fighting against the Spirit of God in you and your spirit 274 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,960 that's made of God. So here's the thing, Jesus has 275 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,440 already stripped the devil of all of his power. 276 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:11,560 So the devil is not your problem. 277 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,760 He's not your problem. Your biggest opposition in the 278 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,000 earth is your flesh. Now I'm not going to tell you 279 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,200 that you cannot arrive to a place in the Spirit, meaning 280 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,880 growing in the Spirit, being led by the Spirit, having revelation 281 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,800 of by the Spirit concerning things of God, and being used of 282 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,880 God in great clarity of His Kingdom, that the devil himself 283 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,680 will show up to try to destroy your life. 284 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:48,280 However, he is defeated and he can make your life miserable 285 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:52,560 because he has plenty of people following his voice, even 286 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:59,880 believers, even believers because they've not learned how 287 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,280 to discern the voice of the Lord. 288 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,960 They're still being led by how they feel. 289 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,800 I remember a particular believer, Pastor Mike, and I met 290 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:17,000 with them and they were just beside themselves, that I wasn't 291 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,400 saying we're going to heaven forever. 292 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,760 And so we pulled the Scripture out, read the last two chapters 293 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,280 of the book. New Heaven, New Earth, Jerusalem 294 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,880 coming down to the earth, God being on planet earth within the 295 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:36,800 New Jerusalem. I mean, what's this word? 296 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:41,600 EARTH? How do you say that word? 297 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,440 Because it, it doesn't say heaven. 298 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,360 I mean, this individual stepped back and said, I, you know, I 299 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:48,800 just believe it to be heaven on earth. 300 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,480 I said I, I don't disagree that it's heaven on earth, but it's 301 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:58,400 still earth. It's still earth. 98% of all the 302 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:06,160 church does not say this. I mean, I, so I mean, what, what 303 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,920 am I supposed to do? Side with the religious 304 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:14,760 tradition or read the actual back of the book instead of 305 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,920 saying, I've read the back of the book and we won and we'd 306 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:21,680 have actually read it, right? And again, what I said, what's 307 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,520 it matter? You'll be with Jesus. 308 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,800 I mean, really, what are you, what are we doing right now? 309 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,640 If Jesus is here, what's the problem? 310 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,680 And if he calls it Earth, what's the problem? 311 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:46,480 But religious tradition, we want to hold on to certain things 312 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,440 that we think we're right the whole time and sometimes find 313 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,160 out it was wrong. And the reason why we hold on to 314 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,880 stuff because we weren't studiers anyway. 315 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,440 Are you hearing me? So again, your biggest challenge 316 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,240 in life or your biggest opposition is your flesh. 317 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,960 But here's great news. You can just, you can beat your 318 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,440 flesh. No problem. 319 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,280 This is really not an issue because the spirit in you is 320 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:13,160 greater than your old nature or the flesh that is always 321 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,720 opposing the spirit. It's not the devil coming after 322 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,200 you. It's just your old nature, your 323 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,480 old flesh, the things of the world that you used to practice, 324 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,520 but now you've been delivered from Hallelujah. 325 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,240 So let's look at this verse 17 from some other translations 326 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,080 real quick. The amplified says it this way. 327 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:35,560 For the sinful nature has this desire which is opposed to the 328 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,120 Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit opposes the sinful 329 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:43,640 nature. For these two, the sinful nature 330 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,160 and the Spirit are in direct opposition to each other 331 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:51,960 continually in conflict so that you as believers do not always 332 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,280 do whatever good thing you want to do because the Bible tells us 333 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,160 there's a way that seems right to a man. 334 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:03,680 So again, you, it can seem right, but it's not. 335 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,240 I'll, I'll give you a great example of my own personal life 336 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:12,320 where I was dead wrong. I used to dip tobacco crazy. 337 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,600 My dad smoked and you know, he had major health issues as a 338 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,160 result of that and die. So you would think that, you 339 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,480 know, when you have a father who smoked and drank and they die as 340 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,080 a result of those things, you would want to abstain from 341 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,200 those. But you know, the same spirits, 342 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,280 you know, and things in the world are your flesh that kind 343 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,920 of attack you and pull on you, you know. 344 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,360 So instead of smoking them, I decided I would just dip it. 345 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,760 Stupidity, right? OK. 346 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,680 And it is. So, you know, I used to do that. 347 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,520 And the day I realized I was addicted, I was in Gainesville, 348 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,920 FL at on Archer Rd. about to turn left onto 34th St. and it 349 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,800 was early in the morning. I think it's about 7:20. 350 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,600 I had to be at work at 7:30. And I was in my truck popping my 351 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:05,480 dip can like this. And I looked over and somebody 352 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,280 pulled out a cigarette and was lighting it. 353 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:09,960 And I said, man, you know, you got to be addicted to smoking 354 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,880 the cigarette to be smoking this early. 355 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,520 And then it hit me. It didn't hit me that I had cans 356 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,800 from a full size GMC truck that was from the one side of my seat 357 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,840 all the way to the other side of the bent seat holding up to 12 358 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:32,920 inch subwoofers that was in a box behind the seat. 359 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,280 I mean, they were full butt to butt. 360 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,960 I mean, that should be enough to let you know you have a problem. 361 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,840 You have a problem. OK, so I realized then I have an 362 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,080 issue. I have an issue. 363 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,000 Met my wife, decided I probably should quit all this because 364 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,200 we're going to follow God, but then saved me going to church. 365 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,360 Want to be an example, you know of God had a friend I used to 366 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,680 run with when I was saved, but live like the world. 367 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,920 He never would have known I was born of God because the things 368 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:12,000 he did, I did right. You know, I had the same goofy 369 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,800 theology. Well, at least when I die, I go 370 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,680 to heaven. Craziness. 371 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:22,960 Not helping him one bit. My Jesus has no power because he 372 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,760 lives this way. I'm living like him and we think 373 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,360 we're having a great old time. But now I'm changed. 374 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,280 I've decided I'm following Jesus. 375 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,240 Well, he worked. We ended up working together in 376 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,520 the guard and you know, so I'm wanting to witness. 377 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,640 And so here's the thought. I don't want him to think I'm 378 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:44,200 better than him. Ain't that a good thought? 379 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,120 That's a good thought, right? That's a good thought. 380 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:48,880 I don't even think I'm better than him. 381 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:54,160 So I would go out to talk with him and if he pulled out the can 382 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,880 to dip, I would take one. Why? 383 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,200 I don't want him to think I'm better because this dipping is 384 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,960 not going to put me in hell. You know? 385 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:12,520 I just want to be relatable. See it sounds right, sounds 386 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:17,520 good, but yet all the while I'm like this is stupid. 387 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,240 I'm wrong. I sure not telling my wife 388 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:28,080 brushing teeth before you get off work right because I'm being 389 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,480 relatable. I mean surely she would 390 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,800 understand. I just want to bond so that we 391 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,840 can get him right with God. And honestly, my thinking was 392 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,840 not, I wish I could dip again. My thinking was I don't want him 393 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,160 to think I'm better than him now. 394 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,840 But you know what? I God made me better. 395 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,240 God delivered me and God wants him better and God wants to 396 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,760 deliver him. So why am I going back to 397 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,400 relate? Because if I go back, he's like, 398 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,720 you're not different. And why would I follow your 399 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,840 Jesus? I mean, I had to repent and tell 400 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,360 him to forgive me and, and had to do all kinds of stuff. 401 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,960 I've done it to some of my schoolmates, you know, that I 402 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,200 graduated from, you know, I say mates, they're not friends 403 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,520 because if they were friends, they would show up here. 404 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,680 What Eric did anyway, They're acquaintances. 405 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,800 But I remember calling and talking to some through the 406 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,000 years and I'm like, I'm sorry, what for What? 407 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,440 I was not good in high school. I was a bad witness. 408 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,440 And they were like, Earl, no, not you. 409 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,400 You were great guy. No, I was not. 410 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,280 I was evil in my actions. My fruit was bad. 411 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,560 I did not live right. I need you to forgive me. 412 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,320 Yeah. Because popularity meant 413 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,760 nothing. I was wrong. 414 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,480 And So what he's saying here is that these things are in 415 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:44,920 conflict. Why? 416 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:50,040 Because there are times you'll want to relate for the desire to 417 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,680 see them changed. But if you're not trained in 418 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,440 righteousness, you'll compromise righteousness and the Spirit is 419 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,760 in opposition to those things and say, wait, you don't have to 420 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,200 go that. No, no, no, you don't have to do 421 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,640 that. Don't do that. 422 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,920 I'm going to be honest with you. The world wants you to not do 423 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,920 what they're doing now. They're not going to tell you 424 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:16,280 that because it eases their guilt when you participate in 425 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,480 things that they're guilty of. And what you don't understand is 426 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,240 when you ease guilt by participating in things that 427 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:28,760 aren't what the Spirit would have you do, then you actually 428 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,440 create a stumbling block. Say Amen. 429 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,520 Anyway, this is a very fun, great message. 430 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,440 I need more smiles. Hallelujah, Amen. 431 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,960 I need somebody maybe to run a couple of times because this is 432 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,400 really good stuff, right? You know, woe is me. 433 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,360 And again, if Reverend Randy's got you all jacked up from the 434 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:55,120 communion, you know, just repent now, OK? 435 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,800 I mean, he let he's let you suffer long enough. 436 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,640 Hallelujah. The God's Word translation says 437 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,240 this. What your corrupt nature wants 438 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,000 is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants. 439 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,680 And what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your 440 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,800 corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. 441 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,720 As a result, you don't always do what you intended. 442 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,200 Hallelujah. Aren't you glad you can talk to 443 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,360 the Spirit about how to handle every situation? 444 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:27,120 Glory to God. The remedy says it this way. 445 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,720 For the selfish nature desires to promote self at the expense 446 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,400 of everyone and everything else. And this is exactly opposite of 447 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,840 the spirit of love, as the spirit of love desires to 448 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,400 promote the good of everyone else at the expense of self or 449 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,560 two self. The selfish nature and the 450 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,320 spirit of love are diametrically opposed to each other. 451 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:53,720 So if you follow the spirit of love, you will no longer do what 452 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,480 your selfish nature wants. Hallelujah. 453 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,320 I'm so glad I've been born of the Spirit of God and the Holy 454 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,720 Ghost lives in me. Amen. 455 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,160 Amen. Because I'm renewing my mind. 456 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,600 See, the opposition is trying to wage war against my soul. 457 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,960 But the good news is, is I can't protect my mind. 458 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,200 Helmet of salvation is a protection for me. 459 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,880 I've been saved. That's one of your first ways to 460 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:26,760 combat the selfish nature or things of the flesh is I've been 461 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:31,400 saved. I'm a different person. 462 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,320 I've been blood bulb, blood washed. 463 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:42,000 I'm alive unto God and Jesus would not do these things. 464 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,600 So I'm not doing these things because I'm of his nature. 465 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,040 I'm saved. The message says it this way, 466 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,840 for there is a root of sinful interest in us that is at odds 467 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,880 with a free spirit. Now that doesn't mean that your 468 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,720 spirit man has sin in it. We have to be very clear here. 469 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,640 This is not a yin and Yang stuff. 470 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,040 When everything that's good, there's a little bit of eve on 471 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,480 everything that's even there's a little bit of good. 472 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:14,200 No, in your spirit that's created in Christ is only good 473 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:21,520 period where residual of sinful nature exists is unrenewed mind 474 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,120 and then your body that's attached to the things of the 475 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,000 world. But your spirit is so alive and 476 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,080 so powerful and has God on the inside of you that these other 477 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:38,800 two aspects of who you are can even compete or hold a candle in 478 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:43,320 opposition to the Spirit. When you yield to it and let it 479 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:49,960 have its work, it dominates. It dominates and the church is 480 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,200 to dominate. The spirit within you is a 481 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,840 dominant spirit. It is not. 482 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:03,600 It doesn't cower to the flesh. If flesh rises up, it puts it 483 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:09,120 right up underneath its heel immediately, No problem. 484 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,640 We just have to yield. If really, if we were like 485 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,600 looking at this from a natural perspective, we in our soul and 486 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,600 body are down there trying to pull the foot of the spirit off 487 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,680 the flesh and release it. I mean, we're fighting against 488 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:28,080 the spirit to let this thing of flesh come back on us. 489 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,000 That's what we're doing. But we don't do this. 490 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,120 Hallelujah. We're different. 491 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,000 Amen. Galatians 524 and 25 says this. 492 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,800 He says now those who belong to the to Christ Jesus have 493 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:46,040 crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 494 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,120 If you live by the Spirit, let us also walk, walk by the 495 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,040 Spirit. Now, living and walking are two 496 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,160 different things because he's saying now if conditional 497 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:58,880 statement, you're born again, since you're born again, are you 498 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,800 allowing this to happen? You're deciding are you doing 499 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,920 this? If you're living by the spirit, 500 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,440 if you're saying that, then your walk, meaning the fruit of your 501 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,840 life is going to demonstrate that. 502 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,440 My wife and I were having a conversation about something 503 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,000 earlier today and she had made a comment and I said that's just 504 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,560 not a true statement. Now, not that she was. 505 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,760 She was given an analogy of something I said. 506 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:24,760 That's just not a true statement when someone says that because 507 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:30,280 their walk is not what they say. So, you know, I said, sometimes 508 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,000 you just got to call it for what it is. 509 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,560 Sometimes people say, well, I, I mean, you're like, you're saying 510 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,680 something, there's no walk in it. 511 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,040 Don't say something that there's no walk in it. 512 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,720 Because if you're living by the Spirit, you're walking by it. 513 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,200 Because anyone can say they're living by it and yet not walk by 514 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,040 it. But you can't walk by it unless 515 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,680 you're living by it. You're not walking by the Spirit 516 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,800 by accident. It's intentional. 517 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,680 Isn't that right? It's intentional. 518 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,480 You're like intentionally saying I am doing this. 519 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,920 You make a conscious decision, you cast that down, you take on 520 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,360 God's thought, and then you act on it. 521 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,120 Intentional, so you know, don't blow me around. 522 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,080 Don't blow your hot breath on me with words that your actions 523 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,720 aren't following right. Hallelujah, say, well, let's see 524 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,440 some evidence. That's why John the Baptist 525 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,840 says, why don't you keep alive, have a life in keeping with 526 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,000 repentance. You're telling me that you've 527 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,920 repented? Well, how come I'm not seeing 528 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,880 it? Amen. 529 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,760 And listen, God is the least fooled. 530 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,320 He's fooled how many times? Zero. 531 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,920 He knows it all. Hallelujah. 532 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,120 Now love believes the best, but Love's not ignorant either. 533 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,480 Thank you Jesus. So crucify the flesh. 534 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,120 Again. This is the opposition we have. 535 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,120 It lets us know now those who belong to Christ Jesus have 536 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:10,280 crucified, which means we have the power to crucify the flesh. 537 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:16,320 The flesh doesn't have the power to crucify the spirit within us. 538 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,960 We have the power to crucify the flesh. 539 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,600 We're the ones functioning with the power. 540 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,480 That's just such good news. This is such good news because 541 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,400 it eradicates this idea of sin consciousness in in us as 542 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,880 believers because you're like, sin has no dominion on me. 543 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,200 It cannot dominate me. The law of sin and death is not 544 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,160 for me. I've been delivered. 545 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,920 I have the dominant nature, and that which opposes me is a 546 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:52,160 conquered thing in Christ. And I have because I'm in Him. 547 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,080 And so we're going to dominate the flesh. 548 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,600 So I'm not a sorry Sinner saved by grace. 549 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,760 I was a Sinner. I've been saved by grace through 550 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,520 faith, and now I'm a believer that dominates my flesh. 551 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:13,320 I dominate, I crucify it, I do not let it gain an advantage at 552 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:17,280 all. Praise the Lord, I said. 553 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,760 Praise the Lord. Galatians 220 says it this way. 554 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,320 I've been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but 555 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,840 Christ lives where in me and the life I now live in the flesh, 556 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,880 which is your body. I live by faith in the Son of 557 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,800 God who gave who loved me and gave himself up for me. 558 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,360 Look what it says in Romans 1314. 559 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,840 These are some awesome things because there's an opposition 560 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,400 when it comes to our flesh. The devil's really not our 561 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,440 problem. Although he can mount an attack 562 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,360 and amount and and the attack the enemy can put against you is 563 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,560 a lot is different than the carnal attack. 564 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,000 No different. They are way different. 565 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,920 How? And the reason they're different 566 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:04,680 is because the spirit uses carnal man and he's, you know, 567 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:10,400 very tactful and he has them lined up to where it's like, 568 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:16,640 will we ever get a break here? However, carnal people, it's 569 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,400 different. They don't have the same 570 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:23,800 tenacity, but the enemy, he knows he's defeated and he has 571 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,160 great tenacity because he knows his time is short. 572 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:36,880 But even him can only go so long because if the Father somewhere 573 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,560 along the line, Jesus himself is like 40 days. 574 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:48,320 Is it bro, we're done. And it said he left him and look 575 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:54,600 for another opportunity later on of which he infiltrated his own 576 00:35:54,600 --> 00:36:01,840 staff in order to bring this. But Jesus was not ignorant of 577 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,320 that. He wasn't ignorant of the fact, 578 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:09,240 however he did that. But he was able to say we're 579 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:13,600 done and we're finished. And that tack was so bad that 580 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,920 angels manifested to be able to minister to Jesus in that 581 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,320 moment. Hallelujah. 582 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,640 And none of you've had an attack that angels have shown up, that 583 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,760 you're aware that they're there to help you. 584 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,600 Because most of us don't get past the opposition of the 585 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,600 flesh. Hallelujah. 586 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,480 But not here, not at Anchor Faith Church. 587 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,880 We dominate the flesh. This is why we've said for years 588 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,800 we are not a flesh friendly church. 589 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:43,400 And that's not being negative, that's being rise to the 590 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:50,200 occasion of your spiritual walk. You should, honestly, you should 591 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,920 feel extremely uncomfortable if you're living fleshly sitting 592 00:36:54,920 --> 00:37:00,360 here, if you are comfortable. I'm not preaching the word of 593 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,320 God, right? And it's not a condemnation, 594 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,440 it's that the Spirit and the flesh are in opposition. 595 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,320 So if I'm not preaching the Spirit of God in his Word, 596 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,360 anything you're going got going on in the flesh should be should 597 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:21,680 be feeling attacked and it and the Lord wants to attack it. 598 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,080 The Lord wants to crucify it. The Lord wants it beat down. 599 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,880 He's not he's not friendly to it. 600 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,160 Didn't I say now I know you've had a hard day, brother, I know 601 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,640 that hurts. I know that hurts. 602 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,040 That hurts. Let's talk about the hurt for a 603 00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,240 while. Let's just talk about it. 604 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:47,600 How's that make you feel? And then what do we do? 605 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,440 I feel so much better because we talked about it. 606 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,480 Well, you just talked about what you feel, but you never had an 607 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,640 answer because Jesus say, how's that make you feel? 608 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:02,040 You want to quit feeling that because we can stop that feeling 609 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,440 right now. We can move to a different 610 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:08,840 feeling, a feeling of the spirit, a feeling of freedom, a 611 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,120 feeling of no more bondage, a feeling of you know it's, it's 612 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:17,440 no longer a part of your life. It cease to be a part of you. 613 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:23,240 It's not your identity. The reason why many people do 614 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:26,760 not openly crucify their flesh is because they've identified 615 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,560 with it too much. It's it is their identity. 616 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,120 Amen. So again, we're not a flesh 617 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,880 friendly church now we are friendly church, but we're not 618 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:42,280 friendly to the things that the Spirit is in opposition to say, 619 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,360 Amen. I wish I had some born again 620 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,000 people in here. I tell you, I need some of my 621 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,160 leaders to learn how to stand up in these moments and like bring 622 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,280 encouragement to those that are just here in the church. 623 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,920 I mean, listen, we got to do some training. 624 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,680 I need all my staff to shout, stand up and shout right now. 625 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:03,480 Seriously, I need y'all stand up, shout. 626 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,440 Thank you. I mean seriously. 627 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,200 I mean, have you not crucified your flesh? 628 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,200 You cannot sit around on your booty when there's people trying 629 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,320 to overcome it and you're not giving any doggone testimonies 630 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:23,080 that has happened in your life. So I'll correct you and let them 631 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,320 know that this is unacceptable behavior for someone who's 632 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,680 overcome the flesh as much as you have and not have a better 633 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,040 testimony. But sit down on your booty. 634 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:37,200 So let's fix that. Hallelujah. 635 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,000 Now you can be seated. Thank you, man. 636 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,560 We, we have people that are on the verge. 637 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:48,520 I mean, they are between two places and if we don't have some 638 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:53,840 kind of demonstration of victory, why are we not? 639 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,840 I mean, again, they'll just go back to the drugs, go back to 640 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,480 the women, go back to the men, because you sit there and go 641 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,240 glory to God. I mean, are you religiously vein 642 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,080 washed now 'cause we've heard it for so long? 643 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:14,800 No, don't let it happen again. I mean, let's give God praise. 644 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,440 I mean, I'm not here to lecture you. 645 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:21,200 I'm here for you to participate in a service where God has 646 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:26,040 delivered us and set us free. This is not a lecture time. 647 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,720 This is participation time. This is where we get ready with 648 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,560 the Spirit. Because if you would have this 649 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,800 kind of response on Sundays when guests are here, they'd be like, 650 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:41,000 what in the world do these people have, right? 651 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,880 Hallelujah. Thank you, glory to God. 652 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,880 Now again, if I was a coach and I just made you run another wind 653 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,760 Sprint, you know, it'd be like you'd hate it, but you'd be more 654 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,600 conditioned at the end of the fourth quarter. 655 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,520 You'd be like, thank you coach, so you can thank me on the way 656 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,240 out. Hallelujah. 657 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,400 All right, so Romans 141314 says, but put on the Lord Jesus 658 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:14,720 Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regards to its 659 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:20,000 lust. May none 0 come on. 660 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,720 So who has the power to make no provision? 661 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,960 You can't say man, man, it's tough. 662 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,560 It's what it's not tough. You have the power to say no, 663 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:30,760 no, no, no, we ain't putting that on. 664 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,960 No, no, no, we ain't letting that no provision. 665 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,320 No, I'm not letting you around. I'm not doing this. 666 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,320 I'm shutting that down. I'm doing this. 667 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:42,720 I'm doing that, yeah. I have deleted so many apps at 668 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:46,280 times, especially through social media, that because you know, 669 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,640 there's just algorithms out there and you would you're going 670 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,040 through and the next thing you know, things are popping up and 671 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:59,680 you're like, what is this? So you know what I do delete, I 672 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,560 can keep it off for a while and then all of a sudden something 673 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,560 I've saved on that particular app, I need to go back and get a 674 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,600 recipe so I can go. But guess what? 675 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,280 All of a sudden it's not bothering me. 676 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:15,360 But then all of a sudden it'll try to drop another little and 677 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,320 you're like, I make no provision for you. 678 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:26,240 Delete no provision 0 because you're in a world that is 679 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:28,160 attacking you. There's always going to, 680 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,400 especially men. You're things are always going 681 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,960 to be vying for your eyeballs, but you got to be able to learn 682 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,560 how to say I make no provision for that. 683 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,920 I make no provision for that. I'll cut that off. 684 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,600 I cut that off, I'll do this. I don't understand why a man 685 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,400 would want to even entertain alcohol. 686 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,520 Because you want to get your mind messed up, then your eyes 687 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,880 are gonna get messed up. I mean, you'll slow down all 688 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:52,400 kinds of senses. I remember 1 particular guy long 689 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,880 time ago, marriage wasn't great, but he said I desire the finer 690 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,480 things in life. Next thing you know, found out 691 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:03,000 the guy was in Las Vegas. Love these big cigars. 692 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:08,520 He loved this, you know, fancy bourbons and, and, and vodkas. 693 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,680 And I'm like, and he's supposed to be a believer. 694 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,360 The fine, the fine. These are not the finer things. 695 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,680 There's nothing fine about that. I can show you where it's 696 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:25,400 destroyed lives. It always starts with a sip. 697 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:31,520 But when you make no provision, I mean, don't come up here and 698 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,400 preach to me about moderation. Don't come up in here and try to 699 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:38,040 preach to me about I understand that in the whole grand scheme 700 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:41,000 of things, because of the blood of Jesus, that if you get drunk 701 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,240 one night that and you died on the way home, that it's all of a 702 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:45,840 sudden you're not going to heaven, I understand. 703 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,000 But that's not the living that God wanted us to live. 704 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,320 We were delivered, set free, something different. 705 00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:01,840 I mean, I don't want the Lord to say, well, Pastor Earl, you're a 706 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:08,440 little early. If you wouldn't have been drunk, 707 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:19,040 you wouldn't have died, son. I mean, I don't want a prison 708 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,120 ministry because I killed somebody while I was drunk. 709 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:28,640 Yeah, it didn't make me go to hell. 710 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,080 I get it. But now I'm having a confined 711 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:36,080 ministry just because I wouldn't put myself with no make no 712 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:41,240 provision. I say Amen. 713 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,440 Come on, say Amen. Glory to God. 714 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,080 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 715 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:53,000 So, you know, we just we beat the, the opposition. 716 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:59,920 We are we put on the Lord Jesus. You cannot make no provision for 717 00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:04,960 the flesh without first putting on 'cause if you're not putting 718 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:10,120 on the Lord, you are naked when you go out to battle. 719 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,520 The Bible tells us to put on the full armor of God. 720 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,640 So you put on the armor you put on Christ. 721 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,560 That way you make no provision for nothing else. 722 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,160 That's how you do it. And if you're here today and 723 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,240 say, man, I've got some flesh challenges, guess what, repent. 724 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:32,320 It's so awesome that God will will let you repent, wants you 725 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,720 to repent. It's telling you to repent and 726 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:37,080 then we'll look at you and like, I don't even know you did it and 727 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,360 you'll be like you don't even know I did it. 728 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,120 I don't even know you did it. It's done. 729 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:42,760 It's like you've never done it before. 730 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,840 What are we even talking about right now because I've removed 731 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:47,440 your sin as far as the east is from the West. 732 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,120 I've thrown them into the sea of forgetfulness. 733 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,960 I don't even know what you're talking about right now. 734 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,320 Closes the blood. All I know is that you're the 735 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,720 righteous of God in Christ now. You're more than a conqueror 736 00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,880 Now, the next obstacle you have, don't worry about it. 737 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,200 You'll be overwhelmingly conquer. 738 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:01,840 I'm going to cause you to triumph in Christ. 739 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,080 The next time temptation comes, you're going to dominate that 740 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,120 thing. You're going to dominate it. 741 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,160 You're going to know how to beat it because I'm in you. 742 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,400 I train you. I'm with you. 743 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,280 You got this thing. I said. 744 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,120 You got this thing. Whoa. 745 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:21,320 Glory to God, you have it. Thank you, Jesus. 746 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:22,840 I mean, close with this. I'm not even going to finish 747 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,280 this whole message. I'll just stop right here in 748 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,800 Ephesians 4. Ephesians 422 to 25 says, Is 749 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,640 that in reference to your former manner of life? 750 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:37,160 Oh Jesus, you lay aside the old self who lays it aside. 751 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,920 Do not tell me that you can't help it. 752 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,400 Don't tell me you can't help it. That's not true. 753 00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:49,720 And quit saying the devil's after me. 754 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:52,480 Devil's not after you. If you can't lay yourself, if 755 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,720 you can't lay your old self, the devil doesn't have to show up at 756 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:56,360 your house. He doesn't have to know your 757 00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,480 name. In fact, he's not omnipresent 758 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,760 and he's not omniscient. He's not all knowing nor all 759 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:08,200 present. I mean Christianity has put the 760 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:14,240 devil as if he's everywhere. He cannot be after someone in 761 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:19,200 Saint Louis and simultaneously be after someone in Florida 762 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:31,120 because he is 1 being that cannot be in two locations and 763 00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,040 he's not all knowing. I'm just to be honest, he don't 764 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:36,440 even know your name. I do not believe the devil even 765 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:42,360 knows your name. Doesn't have to. 766 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,600 He's done such a work in the flesh. 767 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,480 Simple man has such a work by itself. 768 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,800 But God says I'm here to fix it all. 769 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,320 I'll give you a new spirit then. I'm empowering you now to clean 770 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,560 the rest up. You can do it. 771 00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:04,320 And all you have to do here, it is in reference to your former 772 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,720 manner of life. You lay aside the old self, 773 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,560 which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of 774 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,680 deceit. It's deceiving you that it's OK 775 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,560 to do what you used to do and God's OK with it. 776 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:23,520 It's deceiving you and that you be renewed in the spirit of your 777 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:27,040 mind and you put on the new self. 778 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,920 Now that's not in the Spirit because God gave you that spirit 779 00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,240 that is putting on the new self in your mind. 780 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:36,960 That's you waking up every day and saying I'm a child of God, 781 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,320 my daddy owns the planet and heaven. 782 00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:45,600 My dad created everything. I'm of his nature, I'm of his 783 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,400 being. And my father and my brother 784 00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,000 Jesus have never sinned and neither has the Holy Ghost. 785 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:59,520 They are perfect in nature and in love and in righteousness. 786 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:04,600 They are pure. They are holy and there it and 787 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:09,800 that is in me and I put it on. I put on the new self, which in 788 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,920 the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and 789 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:14,800 holiness of truth. Therefore, laying aside 790 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,640 falsehood, speak truth. Each one of you with his 791 00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:20,760 neighbor for we are members of one another. 792 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,040 This is why as the body, we're like, hey, hey, what's going on, 793 00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:25,160 man? That's not you. 794 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:29,680 Instead of going, don't judge me, no one's judging you. 795 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,960 We want to be in opposition to the flesh. 796 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:34,840 That's in opposition to your spirit. 797 00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,920 Because if I'm talking to you about something of the flesh, 798 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:43,040 I'm not talking to you anyway, because you're born of God. 799 00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:48,320 That's not the real you. That's the old you. 800 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,360 As David Mackie would say, the old man, that's the old man, and 801 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,280 the old man's dead. The old man has no right to you. 802 00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,040 And you know what? Not only do you have a new 803 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:05,760 spirit and the Holy Spirit, but you actually do have the 804 00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:12,240 willpower connected to those to dominate the flesh and the old 805 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:17,880 way of living. Wow, isn't that awesome? 806 00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:22,600 That is such good news. Praise the Lord, because you 807 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:28,000 know what I'm telling you? This generation coming up that 808 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:32,360 we do not have tons of in here, Generation Gen. 809 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:39,680 Z, they're tired of fake, honestly, you know what they're 810 00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:43,200 actually tired of? They're tired of religious 811 00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,040 meaning. I'm right with God, but I still 812 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:50,360 live like they're like really. I mean, I don't know that I want 813 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,520 that there's, there is something in them saying there's got to be 814 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:54,800 something better. And you know what? 815 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,160 That's in that generation because that generation is, is 816 00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:01,720 is one of the largest generations now on the planet 817 00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:05,480 that God put in the earth for the end times. 818 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:11,200 And he's put a generation in the end times that is not going to 819 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:16,960 allow the flesh to rule them. So they are already opposed to 820 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,880 places where the flesh still rule believers. 821 00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:28,080 And the problem is they can't always find these locations on 822 00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:33,520 medias because those types of places typically are not having 823 00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:39,400 the platforms, they're not being pushed by the principal power of 824 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:41,760 the air. They, they're not preaching in a 825 00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:46,880 way that there's popularity to where flesh is OK in the room. 826 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,040 So they've got to seek it. But that's good because if 827 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,600 they'll come seek it, they'll find. 828 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:01,280 And when they walk in here, we don't want to say we've 829 00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:12,960 abdicated our spiritual walk. We want them to say I have found 830 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:18,120 the group. I have found them It's and you 831 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,520 know what I I don't mind that they're skeptical. 832 00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:23,320 I don't mind that they sit 4 minutes ago. 833 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,000 Let's just see if these people are the real deal. 834 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:29,160 Something's different here, You know, they, they, they ain't 835 00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,640 acting like, you know, living like the rest of the world, you 836 00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:33,680 know, and going to heaven when you die is OK, Dad, there's 837 00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:35,400 something different about these people. 838 00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,400 And I'm looking for something that really looks like a holy 839 00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:46,880 God. And you're just like, just let's 840 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:49,600 just be bold. Like Paul, look at him and say, 841 00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,080 because I'm going to look at one right now. 842 00:52:51,880 --> 00:53:00,000 Imitate me as I imitate Christ. Now, most believers aren't going 843 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:05,200 to make that confession. Imitate me as I imitate Christ 844 00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:09,160 because to a younger generation, you want to see what God just 845 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:16,840 watch me because I'm dead to myself and you watch me get in 846 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,000 conflict. You're going to see how God 847 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,760 would respond. Just stick around. 848 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:25,160 You're going to find out. In fact, there's things that's 849 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:28,080 going to be happening that you won't even know about because I 850 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:34,600 won't even let it be known. And then when you find out later 851 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:37,680 on by the Holy Ghost or something, a manifest that the 852 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:41,040 Lord says this person was going through this and this attack 853 00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,400 happened. You're going to be like what? 854 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,200 What? And you're going to know we were 855 00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:44,920 authentic.