1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:16,840 Now enjoy this message. Well, I'm on assignment tonight 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:21,120 and I'm thrilled to be with you. If you don't know me, my name is 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,080 Randy. They call me Reverend Randy. 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,960 And every now and then we'll have an opportunity to be 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,080 together. And I'm excited because like I 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,600 said, I'm on assignment. And I asked pastor, you need me 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,360 to administer on anything in particular. 10 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,440 And he looked at me and said yes. 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,800 And he gave me the subject. I think it's up. 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,560 Let's, let's see what it is tonight. 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,640 Are we ready? It's almost like a drum roll or 14 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,160 something. Don't leave home without it. 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,960 Kingdom faith. We're going to talk about faith 16 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,960 tonight. When he told me that, I said 17 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,320 that's one of my favorite subjects. 18 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:53,760 I want you to go with me as we get started. 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Let's go to Romans chapter one. That's where we're going to 20 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,240 start tonight, Romans chapter one. 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,080 I think it's important that as we discuss faith, we've heard 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,480 our pastor over the last several years talk to us about faith 23 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,720 being the currency of the Kingdom. 24 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,120 Anybody remember him saying that? 25 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,120 Have we heard that before? There's a few of you that were 26 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,600 listening. OK, that's great. 27 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,360 All right. When we talk about currency, 28 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,760 let's talk a little bit about that, because when a society 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,520 decides that they've become too big. 30 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,200 Is Lord trying to get in? He should already be in here. 31 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,840 What? Somebody's knocking on the door. 32 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,600 Go ahead and stand around. Where? 33 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,840 Where's where's my, my team at? There. 34 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,120 They they're all leaving. OK. 35 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,400 When we talk about currency, one of the things that we need to 36 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:50,280 understand is why do we we term faith as the currency of the 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,480 Kingdom. Everybody have currency. 38 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,640 You know what currency is? We call it money. 39 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,480 Money over the years has taken a lot of different things, a lot 40 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,880 of different changes, a lot of different values. 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,560 But when we talk about a currency, basically it's when a 42 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,680 society has decided that we're no longer gonna trade eggs for 43 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,680 wagon wheels. You know, not too long ago in 44 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,640 our country, they're they, you know, a community was specially 45 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,480 designed to have different people of different trades come 46 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,200 in and they would trade their products and the different 47 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,800 things to each other, whether it was the grain, whether it was 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,040 the corn with whatever it was for services and different 49 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,760 things that they had. But when we talked about when 50 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,200 America basically got into currency and it it happened way, 51 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,280 way back. But as far as the currency that 52 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,720 we now have, we have, we have plenty of it, OK? 53 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:48,520 And I like one minister hurt say one time he said money hadn't 54 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,040 left the planet. You know, he said the problem is 55 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,240 it's a lot of people. They don't have the money, but 56 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,360 it hasn't left the planet. And as a matter of fact. 57 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,280 The Federal Reserve is printing more of it every day. 58 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,840 I mean since you know, since the 2008 and some of the challenges 59 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,480 that we had in some of our markets, they decided, you know, 60 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,400 let's just print it unlimited, let's go and they have. 61 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,840 But when we talk about the Kingdom of God, we need to 62 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,520 understand one little word in the Kingdom that makes all the 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,080 difference. It's the word exchange. 64 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,680 The Kingdom is based upon exchange and we're going to see 65 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,960 several different places tonight where that is in the Bible when 66 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,120 we talk about being an exchange. But that's what we do with our 67 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,640 currency. We exchange it. 68 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,080 We have we have agreed and long before any of us in here were 69 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,760 born that currency was created as a medium of exchange. 70 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,160 You know when we and but here's the thing about this medium of 71 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,720 exchange, we don't think about the money. 72 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,040 We think about what it is we want for the money. 73 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,680 Well, in the Kingdom of God the same thing needs to happen. 74 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,720 All right. And and we're going to look at 75 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,120 this particular verse. This is Paul writing to the 76 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,800 church at Rome. All right. 77 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,600 And he goes into. And if you look at verse 16 with 78 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,320 me, all right, he said, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, 79 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,640 for it is the power of God unto salvation and to everyone that 80 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,360 believes to the Jew first also the Greek, he said, Therein is 81 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,200 the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. 82 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,120 As it is written, the just shall live by faith. 83 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,640 Now let me tell you, every time I see that it is written, I 84 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,040 always want to know where it's written. 85 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:40,800 Jot this down. It's Habakkuk 2, verse 4, 86 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,400 Habakkuk 2 and three. Talk about. 87 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,320 Write the vision. Make it plain. 88 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,480 Put it on a tablet or tables. That those that see it may run 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,640 by that. So in other words they're saying 90 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,520 make a vision of what it is you want to see. 91 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,160 But then the fourth verse says that it's someone that is high 92 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,080 and lifted up in their mind, in their soul, he said Their their, 93 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,640 their hearts. Not right, but he said the just 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,760 shall live. And in the King James it says. 95 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,680 By his faith. So he's telling us that what the 96 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,920 just is supposed to live by the righteous are supposed to live 97 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,000 by is faith. Could have said a lot of things. 98 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,480 The just shall live by going to church every Sunday. 99 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,800 He didn't say that even though you need to be here every 100 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,200 Sunday. He didn't say the just shall 101 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,960 live by treating your wife. Right. 102 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,120 You need to treat your right wife right. 103 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,560 Right. But he didn't say that. 104 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,240 He said the just shall live by faith. 105 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,720 Let me give you the definition of the word faith as you see it 106 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,160 in the In the New Testament, it's only mentioned. 107 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:51,480 The word faith is only mentioned a couple of times in the Old 108 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,320 Testament, but it it is multiple, multiple times in the 109 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,840 New Testament. It is the Greek word pistis, 110 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:03,520 PISTIS. All right, here's the definition 111 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,120 of that word, because it also comes from another word I'll 112 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,000 give you. But you need to know these two 113 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,800 words. The word pissed. 114 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:19,080 This means a firm persuasion or a conviction or convincing over 115 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,240 something you've. Heard. 116 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,600 So when God tells us that He needs us to live by faith, we 117 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:35,440 are to live and be convinced and and persuaded by something that 118 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:41,280 we've heard. Now the root OK of the Word. 119 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:48,520 Pisses comes from the word. Patho P/E ITHOPEITHO and it 120 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:54,280 means to persuade someone with words. 121 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,640 So there is something about faith that lets us know it is 122 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,600 going to be contained in. Words. 123 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:11,240 That's why we talk so much, preach so much, teach so much 124 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:16,640 about knowing God's words that if we will be people that know 125 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,120 his words, we will have faith when the time comes. 126 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,520 Now, I think it's interesting when we take a look at the 127 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,200 different different parts, because look what it said, it 128 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,200 said from faith to faith, all right? 129 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,240 So it's telling us that we go from levels of faith to another 130 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,240 faith Every time you are in a faith project, and we'll talk 131 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,280 about that in a minute. It should strengthen you to get 132 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,520 you ready for the next faith project. 133 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:49,680 Believe me, we will never, ever be without a faith project. 134 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,200 I mean, if you've been going here any length of time, we 135 00:07:55,200 --> 00:08:00,400 celebrate 20 years in April the 11th. 136 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:07,840 I don't remember one time since I've been here that we haven't 137 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,400 had a faith project that we. Believe some words that we 138 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,440 heard, Pastor. Let us know what the vision is. 139 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,040 That's why we teach so much on vision, because that's what 140 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,200 you're really after. You're after the vision. 141 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,600 The faith will bring the vision. It is the currency that makes 142 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:32,440 the exchange in your personal life and in the life of our 143 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:33,520 church. Body. 144 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:37,320 It is faith that makes that exchange for what it is we're 145 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,640 trying to accomplish for him and we have to have faith. 146 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,440 So let's take a look tonight and and and what I does anybody have 147 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:50,320 a ADVD collection? I knew you would, Chris, for 148 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,960 sure, man. DVD collection. 149 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,400 Come on, Jesus comes tonight. Who's going? 150 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,760 Don't be lying. All right, You got ADV. 151 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:01,920 It's your favorite movies, right? 152 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,280 Well, we're going to look at some DVD opportunities here, 153 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:10,040 filmed in the Bible and it's the, it's the, it's the DVD 154 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,400 collection of faith. We're going to go to Mark. 155 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,120 Chapter 4. First, let's go there. 156 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,680 We're going to see what some of these different levels of faith 157 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:24,920 look like. Pardon me why I turn in my paper 158 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:32,140 Bible. There's way, way, way, way too 159 00:09:32,140 --> 00:09:33,180 much. Thread of the grid. 160 00:09:33,180 --> 00:09:35,620 Going down. Anybody heard any of that? 161 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:41,420 I'm I'm prepared right here. Don't leave home without it, OK? 162 00:09:42,780 --> 00:09:50,700 Mark chapter 4. Jesus has done a lot of 163 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:58,880 teaching, all right. And in Mark four he tells them 164 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,080 in verse 33 he had a great day in ministry and we start in 165 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,240 verse. Let's go 35 he said. 166 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,760 The same day when the evening was come, he said unto them, Let 167 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,920 us pass over to the other side. You need to mark that down in 168 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,600 your Bible. You need to underline that. 169 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,880 OK, I'll tell you why here in just a minute. 170 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,040 Remember, we're convinced we're going to be doing something 171 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,880 based on some words we hear, he tells the guys, guys, listen, 172 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,480 let's pass it over to the other side, Said when they had sent 173 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,680 the multitude away. They took him even as he was in 174 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:28,320 the ship. And there were with him also 175 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,160 other little ships. And there arose a great storm of 176 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,960 wind, and the waves beat into the ship so that it was now 177 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,200 full. And he was in the hinder part of 178 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,360 the ship asleep on a pillow. And they awakened him and said, 179 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,320 master carousel, not that we perish. 180 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:43,520 And he arose. He rebuked the wind. 181 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,520 And he said unto the sea, peace be still. 182 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,120 And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 183 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,960 And he said unto them, Why were you so fearful? 184 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,520 How is it that you have no faith? 185 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:05,640 So here we have a DVD of some guys going on a little boat 186 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,600 trip. And the first level of faith 187 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:14,840 that we see in here, Jesus tells them they have no faith. 188 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,480 So what was the story? The story was, hey, Jesus said 189 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,640 let us go to the other side. I'm curious, did do we have a 190 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,440 record that Jesus ever let him down? 191 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,920 I mean, it'd be indifferent if he just said, hey guys, what do 192 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,480 you say we go over tonight and see if we can make it halfway? 193 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,920 We might drown. But Jesus said, let us go to the 194 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,360 other side. And he was so. 195 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:43,000 Concerned about it? What did it say that he did? 196 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,120 Yeah, so they took him. When he was in the ship, there 197 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,600 rose a great storm of wind and he was in the hinder part of the 198 00:11:53,600 --> 00:12:00,920 ship asleep on a pillow. Now this this particular account 199 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,360 mystifies me a little bit because I'm thinking, all right, 200 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:10,000 you somebody is either exaggerating when they said the 201 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,920 winds and the waves beat into the ship so that it was now 202 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:22,520 full. So I got to thinking, well, not 203 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,440 only can he walk on water, he must be able to sleep 204 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,120 underwater. He was that concerned. 205 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:35,720 About it, though, you know why? Because he's God, The sun in 206 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,440 human flesh. And he speaks. 207 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,120 Things are created, things happen. 208 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,800 We have to depend upon what he says, he said. 209 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,640 Let us go to the other side. He had full intention. 210 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,200 His actions proved. It. 211 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,840 But in there notice what he said. 212 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,640 They they said, Master, carest thou not that we perish. 213 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,480 And he got up, took care of the situation and then looked at him 214 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,160 and he said, why were you so fearful? 215 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,760 How is it that you have no faith? 216 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:16,120 Let me tell you what no faith is the result of. 217 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:24,400 You need to jot this down. No faith is the result of 218 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:33,360 forgetting the word of God. You can't be a person that 219 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:39,840 forgets the word of God. He said, How is it that you had 220 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:44,040 no faith in the Greek? That's exactly what it no faith, 221 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:49,480 that's what it means. They forgot what he said. 222 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,880 Now I'm glad I wasn't in one of them other little ships because 223 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:55,760 they said there were other little. 224 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,480 Ships with him. I'm glad I wasn't in one of them 225 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,120 because I didn't have Jesus on my boat. 226 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,120 They had Jesus on their boat and they were scared. 227 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,200 I can't even imagine about the other little ships. 228 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,400 I mean, there's probably a lot of hooping and hollering going 229 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,360 on. Jesus calmed it all down for 230 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:18,400 everybody and then he turned back and asked them why they had 231 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,440 no faith. So we need to remember that 232 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,160 faith, No faith is a result of forgetting the word of God. 233 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:26,800 Let's look at another level. OK? 234 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,320 Let's go to Matthew. Chapter 14 seems like some of 235 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,800 the best tests. And the best instruction that 236 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,840 Jesus ever gave happened to be on the water. 237 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,200 When it comes to learning faith, I think I find that interesting. 238 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,600 All right. Let's let's start in verse 23. 239 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,040 OK? Now you got to understand this 240 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,720 is after they they came to him, he said this place. 241 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,120 Is and let. Me back up to 15, you'll say. 242 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,280 Bring them to me. And he took five loaves 2 fish. 243 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:07,440 Jesus had just fed over 10,000 people to be conservative, said 244 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,040 5000. Men, not counting women and 245 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,720 children, said that in and and in verse 23. 246 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,040 He said, when he sent the multitudes away, he went up into 247 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,080 the mountain part to pray, and when the evening was come, he 248 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,880 was there alone. But the ship was now in the 249 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,480 middle of the sea, tossed with waves, for the wind was 250 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,320 contrary. You need to make a note of that. 251 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,640 Said that in the midst of the sea it was tossed with waves. 252 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,200 The wind was contrary. In the 4th watch of the night, 253 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:41,400 somewhere between 3:00 and 6:00 AM, Jesus went unto them walking 254 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,880 on the sea. And when the disciples saw him 255 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,840 walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying it is a spirit, 256 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,880 And they cried out for fear. And straightway Jesus spoke unto 257 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,240 them, and said, be of good cheer it is I be not afraid. 258 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:02,720 Peter answered and said, Lord, if it's you really, Jesus just 259 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:08,440 told you who it was and Lord, if it's really you, notice what he 260 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,800 asked. He said. 261 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:16,360 If it's really you, bid me or allow me to come to you on the 262 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,200 water. Jesus said. 263 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,600 Hang on a second, Peter. You don't understand. 264 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:30,440 This particular little episode is only for the Son of God. 265 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,680 What was his response? Come. 266 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,280 Are you kidding me? He said. 267 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,320 Come. And they said. 268 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,720 And when? Peter was come down out of the 269 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,000 ship. He walked on water to go to 270 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,960 Jesus. See that period? 271 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,000 That was the end of the sentence, right? 272 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:58,720 Peter wishes they'd ended it right there. 273 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,520 Peter walked on water. And it does say he walked on 274 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,760 water. But notice what he says, that he 275 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,359 said. And when he saw the wind, 276 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,920 boisterous, he was afraid, and beginning to sink. 277 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,280 He cried, say, saying, Lord, save me. 278 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,640 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, caught him, and 279 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:27,440 said unto him, Oh you of little faith, wherefore did you doubt? 280 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,880 So when Peter began to sink. Now notice this. 281 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,440 The wind was boisterous before Jesus ever showed up. 282 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,640 They were having a little trouble before Jesus ever showed 283 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,080 up way early hours in the morning. 284 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,440 Jesus, you know, he said, Hey, listen, don't be afraid, It's I 285 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,000 said Lord, it's really you. He said, Come, that was the word 286 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,640 of God. For that man that night, he 287 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,120 said. Come and he said. 288 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:59,800 He got out and went to walk in on the water. 289 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,440 But notice what Peter did? He looked around and noticed 290 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,920 that though everything. Was a little. 291 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:10,880 Bit in turmoil and he began to sink and he said, Lord save me, 292 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,560 I don't know if I'd have been Jesus. 293 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,960 I'd probably let him go down two or three times just to teach him 294 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,880 a lesson. It's all right. 295 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:25,040 I'd have got him and he reached down there. 296 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:27,840 And he said. He he pulled him up and began to 297 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,240 talk to him. He said, oh, you of little 298 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:37,760 faith, anybody in my class in Kingdom Institute, remember that 299 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,880 word, little faith. What it You know what it is. 300 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,480 I know you know it. Yes, it is. 301 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:51,400 Oligopistas is the word. You know what the word? 302 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:59,400 Oligos means puny, said. You have puny faith. 303 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,920 Does anybody in here want puny faith? 304 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,880 I mean, of all the kinds of faith they talk about in the 305 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,120 word, puny would not be one. I would want it to be known. 306 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:13,200 For oh, that's Randy. He's he's got puny faith. 307 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,680 Just puny. Insignificant is another. 308 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,480 Word, he told him. Listen. 309 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:28,360 You were walking on water, man. Why did you doubt? 310 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,120 We're going to talk about doubt here in a minute in the arena of 311 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,120 faith, but let me give you the what? 312 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,680 That's a result of beauty. Faith. 313 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:43,880 Little faith is a result of getting distracted from the word 314 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,280 of God. See, he was doing pretty good 315 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,640 when he heard the word. Come. 316 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:52,760 And he kept his eyes on Jesus. But then when he took his eyes 317 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,320 off and looking at the surroundings, kind of like 318 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,800 doctor's reports, bills unexpected in the mail. 319 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:08,440 See all that can distract people of faith. 320 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:13,560 If we want to see the exchange that we can have, we have to 321 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,080 stay with the word. All right. 322 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,720 But let's look at the level I want. 323 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,000 I'm sure you're going to want it to. 324 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,320 Let's go to Matthew Chapter 8, back up just a couple of 325 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,840 chapters. Matthew Chapter 8. 326 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,720 This is the level of faith that I'm looking. 327 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:35,040 For. I want to be known as a person 328 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,640 with this kind of faith. You ready? 329 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,000 Notice what he says? He said, when Jesus was come, 330 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,200 verse five, chapter 8, verse 5. And when Jesus was entered into 331 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,480 Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, 332 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,880 saying, Lord, my servant lies at home, sick of the palsy, 333 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,280 grievously tormented. And Jesus said, I'll come and 334 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,160 heal him. This in Tyrion answer, and said, 335 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,320 Lord, I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof, but 336 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,320 speak the word only, and my servant will be healed. 337 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,800 For I'm a man under authority, having soldiers under me. 338 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,960 And I say to this man, Go, and he goes to another man, Come, 339 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,160 and he comes, and I say to my servant, Do this, and he does 340 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,000 it. And when Jesus heard it, he 341 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:19,400 marveled and said unto them that followed, Barely, I say unto 342 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,000 you, I have not found so great faith. 343 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:30,520 No, not in Israel. I still don't think Jesus was an 344 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:35,920 exaggerator if he tells you that he has not found so great a 345 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:42,600 faith in all of Israel. I would bet that he has not 346 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,520 found so great a faith in all of Israel. 347 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,280 But think about that. This guy was a centurion. 348 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:58,680 He was a heathen, unsaved, no covenant. 349 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,320 And yet. Jesus said he had more faith. 350 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,640 Then all of the children of Israel who were supposed to be 351 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,280 children of covenant and children of faith, this one guy 352 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,160 and you have to ask you the question. 353 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,960 What was it about him and this little account that we have? 354 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,280 That Jesus? And you know what another word I 355 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:25,800 love in there? The word marvelled. 356 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,280 I don't know about you, but I've often wondered, How do you 357 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,120 marvel? Jesus. 358 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,880 I mean, how can you say something that he is so taken 359 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,320 aback he could hardly believe it. 360 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,160 I said I want, I want to work on that, maybe 2024. 361 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,280 I just want to. I just want Jesus just 362 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,200 marvelled. Whatever. 363 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:50,440 Just. Shocking. 364 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,600 And this guy did it. But here's the key. 365 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,000 If you want to be a person of great faith, you have to do 366 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,240 exactly what he said. He said, Master, I'm not worthy 367 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:12,800 that you come under my roof, but speak the word only and my 368 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,360 servant will be healed. If you want to be a person of 369 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:19,960 great faith, great faith is a result of speaking the word 370 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,720 only. If you're not speaking the word 371 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,240 only, and you don't all three of these accounts that I just gave 372 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,360 you it. Seems to me. 373 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:41,000 That faith is tested in crisis. In fact, most of the accounts 374 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,600 where the word faith is mentioned, you're going to find 375 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:50,520 out that it was usually something going on that they had 376 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:54,840 to believe God and in some situations or die. 377 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,800 That's how. Important faith is to you. 378 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,600 When we talk about it being the currency, it is the one thing 379 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,640 that God has set up in the Kingdom. 380 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,760 Telling us if this is what you want, if this is what you see, 381 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,080 in my word, is my will. If this is what you desire, all 382 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,080 right. In in the In the course of my 383 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,320 plan for your life, you are going to have to have faith to 384 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,840 get it. It's important. 385 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,040 I mean, it is the currency. It is the Great Exchange. 386 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:35,560 You know in in Luke 1818 is a parable that Jesus told and you 387 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,280 get down to about verse 8 and he he asked the question. 388 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:43,640 He said when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith in the 389 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:49,240 earth? I'm thinking to myself, when you 390 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:54,280 come back, you're telling me that's all you're looking for 391 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,800 because it asked the question. It said if you're coming, he 392 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,640 said. And he's asking the question, am 393 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,960 I going to find faith in the earth? 394 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,560 Faith is so important. And you know, I, I, I, I've 395 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,200 heard this and I've taught it for years. 396 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,880 That, you know, unfortunately, most believers. 397 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,560 Teach. Treat their faith like their 398 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,960 spare tire. Anybody check their spare before 399 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,200 they came? Do we do that every day? 400 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,760 You get up and do you get ready to go? 401 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,080 You go check that spare, right? Because you know what is the 402 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,600 most important thing in your life? 403 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,800 When that's fair, I mean when your tire goes. 404 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:35,320 Flat the spare. I don't know about you, but I 405 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,920 have pulled the spare. Out, only to find out you don't 406 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,840 have any air either. I remember one time Melanie and 407 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,240 I were we were in town in midtown Tulsa and and I had a. 408 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:53,080 Flat and we limped over into, unfortunately, a Ford 409 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,400 dealership. I'm driving a Chevy. 410 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,480 Them dudes in there. I can see them all licking their 411 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,520 lips. This guy's going to need a Ford, 412 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,280 I said. I'll change it. 413 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,680 Don't worry. I didn't have anybody come out 414 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,200 and heal me. Got underneath that thing, got 415 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,080 that little spare out only to find out the spare didn't fit. 416 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,320 It was for a four wheel drive and we had. 417 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,800 A2 wheel drive. Had to call tow truck at the 418 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,920 Ford dealership. But, you know, a lot of people, 419 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,600 they treat their faith just like that. 420 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,040 You know, they're not concerned about it at all until something 421 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,440 goes wrong. And then all of a sudden it's 422 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,960 where's that Bible? Oh, oh, oh, there it is. 423 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,320 You can't. You can't receive the things of 424 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,480 God. I I think Smith Wigglesworth was 425 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,800 the one that said this. He said if you have to get 426 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:06,920 ready, you're too late. So you need to be strong in 427 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,760 faith, need to be a person of great faith, so that when the 428 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,760 trials come, you know, you need to remind yourself, what did 429 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,440 Jesus say? Sermon on the Mount, Chapter 5, 430 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:22,560 Chapter 6, Chapter 7 of Matthew, End of chapter seven, he said. 431 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,400 This is the person that hears my word and does what I say. 432 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,000 He will be like a man that builds his house on a rock and 433 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,760 when the storms come, the rain comes, the crisis comes, the 434 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:45,480 house will be standing because of the foundation, the other 435 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,320 house, he said. They built upon the sand. 436 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,960 Same storm, same rain, same wind came and leveled that house. 437 00:27:55,080 --> 00:28:00,880 Those are people that hear the word and they forget it or 438 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,400 they're distracted when things happen. 439 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:11,080 So we have got to be people that take our faith extremely serious 440 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,320 and not treat it like the spare tire I've. 441 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,520 Often said this, I've said that you know, once a person is born 442 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,200 again. You know one of the the most 443 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:27,880 important subjects to them is faith, because faith will do 444 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,080 anything for you according to the word. 445 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:34,000 Of God. Anything you have need of it can 446 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,280 be gotten by faith. All right. 447 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,800 So when we take a look at the those, let's go, let's go. 448 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,640 Over to Jesus's teaching. I mean these were responses that 449 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,640 Jesus had. The DVD series that I just gave 450 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:52,000 you picture in all of these. OK, these were Jesus responses 451 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,240 when people should have had the faith and only one of them did. 452 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,800 But think about that. He understood the authority. 453 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:01,600 What was it? Again? 454 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,440 What did I say? The definition was a firm 455 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,120 persuasion or a conviction or a convincing based upon something 456 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,080 you heard. What is he telling me when the 457 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,160 centurion told Jesus said Listen, he said. 458 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,400 I am a man under authority like you. 459 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:20,640 I recognize that you are following somebody's words, he 460 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,600 said and gave the illustration. He told us right there, this is 461 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,600 how it works, he said, Listen, I tell this centurion, go and he 462 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,800 goes, I tell this one, come and he comes. 463 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,920 I tell my servant, do this, and he does. 464 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:36,960 It with what words, he said. So when we come to. 465 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,480 God, we have got to be a. Person that understand and 466 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:40,880 here's the thing you need to understand. 467 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,960 About God. He's still talking today. 468 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,280 Yes, we have the record of the things that he said, and yes. 469 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,120 We are supposed to learn. From that. 470 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,480 But he's still talking today and we need that. 471 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,480 We need to put faith in the things that we hear him say 472 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,160 today. But let's go over and see some 473 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,360 of the teachings that he thought the guys would probably get 474 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,880 before they started dealing with the boat issues and the. 475 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,280 You know, healing issues and everything like that. 476 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:18,880 Let's go to Mark, Chapter 11. Let me give you the back story. 477 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:24,560 Jesus is walking through, you know, town, and at particular 478 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,880 time he says he was a little bit hungry. 479 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,800 Saw a fig tree, had leaves on it. 480 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,160 He went up to the fig tree, noticed that there was nothing 481 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,840 on it. Walks up to that fig tree and 482 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:43,240 it's interesting because Jesus, it says in here that he saw the 483 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,920 fig tree having leaves in verse 13 and then in verse 14 is 484 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,120 interesting, he said he answered. 485 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:59,320 And said to it I go, well, most of the time you don't give an 486 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:04,800 answer unless somebody says something or makes a statement. 487 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,840 But it said Jesus answered this fig tree and said to it. 488 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,440 No one will. Eat fruit of you hereafter, 489 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,160 forever. And said the disciples heard it. 490 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,360 So it wasn't just a thought Jesus had. 491 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,360 Jesus spoke it out, talked to this tree. 492 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,200 And we call it the. Cursing of the fig tree. 493 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,240 Now it goes on to say it says, you know that the time of figs 494 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,560 was not yet that tree said something. 495 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,960 Now if I'd have been in his fig tree. 496 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,480 And if I didn't even have one pig on, I'd have been popping 497 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,520 figs and tossing them to him. He didn't even have to come. 498 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,360 But he says in here that he cursed that tree and he said the 499 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,280 disciples heard it and wasn't till the next morning. 500 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,880 That our good old buddy Peter always wants to be the first to 501 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:07,120 respond and to say things, and he called to remembrance. 502 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,840 And we start in verse 21, Peter calling to remember, and said 503 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,120 unto Master, Behold, the fig tree which you cursed is 504 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,720 withered away. And Jesus uses this particular 505 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:22,600 event to give us one of the most profound teachings on faith that 506 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,200 we need to pay attention to. Verse 22 Jesus answered and 507 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,080 said. Have faith in God. 508 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,440 Let me give you a better translation. 509 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,160 I have studied this out in the Greek. 510 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,160 I have heard Reverend Kenneth, the late Reverend Kenneth E 511 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,960 Hagin say have the God kind of faith. 512 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,160 That is exactly what the Greek says. 513 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:49,720 In the tense that it's used. In the word theos, it means God. 514 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,920 In the Greek it is the word Theo and Theo means of God. 515 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,800 So he said, have the faith of God. 516 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,360 Now, Jesus wouldn't tell us to have something if we couldn't 517 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:06,200 have it, but he's going to begin to tell us what that kind of 518 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,320 faith looks like. So let's look at the next verse. 519 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,440 For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say to this 520 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,560 mountain, be thou removed, be cast in the sea, and shall not 521 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,520 doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which 522 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,000 he says shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he says, 523 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,680 Verse 24 Therefore I say unto you, what things so ever you 524 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,840 desire, When you pray, believe that you receive them, and you 525 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:33,520 shall have them. Now when Jesus told him, he 526 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:39,160 said, he, he lets them know. He said that whosoever shall say 527 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:43,440 in your Bible, if you've got a little program in your phone or 528 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,360 your iPad, whatever you're doing, and you can make a little 529 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,440 highlight, make a little highlight on the word say. 530 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,400 Because he goes on, whosoever say to this mountain, be thou 531 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,440 removed, be cast in the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, 532 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,440 but shall believe that the things that he says. 533 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,120 Shall come to pass, he will have whatsoever he says. 534 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:13,440 So a major part of faith is ability to speak it out of your 535 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:17,280 mouth. Why is that important? 536 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:26,400 Because in Genesis chapter one verse 26, he said let us make 537 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:33,080 man in our image and he says and in our likeness. 538 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,400 The first. Introduction that we have of 539 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,480 God. Genesis 11 says in the beginning 540 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:46,000 was God created the heaven and the earth and then it goes on 541 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:54,880 you get to about verse 3 on and it says and God said first thing 542 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:59,520 he created with his words was light. 543 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,680 Then you guys said the evening and the morning were the first 544 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,480 day. Next three words you check me 545 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:17,120 out it's in there. Next three words and God said 546 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:25,280 every day God got up, he spoke into existence what he wanted to 547 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:33,240 see happen on that day. Which makes me think, what are 548 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:38,520 we saying when we get up? Oh my aching back. 549 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:48,240 Oh, got to go to work today. Oh, I got to go put up with so 550 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:57,200 and so today. Oh God spoke into existence. 551 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:04,920 All the things that we would ever need before man ever got 552 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,400 here. He said we were made in his 553 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:13,160 image and likeness. Likeness tells me 554 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:17,120 characteristics. If God has ability to speak into 555 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:22,120 existence the things that he wants to see, we have the same 556 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,600 ability. That's where faith comes in. 557 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,680 What did Jesus just say? Whosoever shall say to this 558 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,160 mountain be thou removed, and be cast into the sea, and shall not 559 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,880 doubt in his heart, but but believes that those things that 560 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,440 he says shall come to pass, He will have whatsoever He says, 561 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,640 that sounds like creation. To me, that sounds like speaking 562 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,520 and changing situations in your life by just your words. 563 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,360 But I don't always choose my words. 564 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:56,600 I want to choose his words, cuz somewhere in his recorded words 565 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,480 is something that'll fix the situation you find yourself in. 566 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,360 But let's look at the next verse. 567 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,280 In verse, he says. Therefore, what does that mean? 568 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:19,240 Therefore, because of what I just spoke to you about, he 569 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:25,800 said, I say unto you, that what things so ever you desire, when 570 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,440 you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have 571 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,720 them. I want you to listen to it 572 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:36,880 again. Whatsoever things you desire. 573 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:45,480 When you pray, believe that you receive them and you shall have 574 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,400 them. Now. 575 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:52,640 I have taught this subject Kali, over 30 years now. 576 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,040 I know I look like a young man, but I've been round. 577 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:06,600 OK, this verse is the difference between. 578 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,440 Life. And death. 579 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:13,880 Any of you all know I've been pretty close to death. 580 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:23,880 I held on to this verse like a life preserver, because he says, 581 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,560 and therefore I say unto you what things so ever you desire. 582 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,680 When you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have 583 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,600 them. I just got through teaching 584 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:37,000 first year students for seven weeks on the subject of faith. 585 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,920 I want you guys to calm down. All right? 586 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:47,520 I'm going to ask a question I never fail to ask when I read 587 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:52,080 this verse, and I want you to answer me out loud, OK? 588 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:57,360 Not my first year students. Because if you say something 589 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,560 different than what I taught you in that class, I'm going to get 590 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:05,080 you stand up and you're going to go right on the board 10,000 591 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:09,520 times the answer. Listen it therefore, I say to 592 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,880 you what things soever you desire. 593 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,240 When you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall ask 594 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:14,200 them. I'm going to say it one more 595 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,200 time. Therefore I say unto you what 596 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,560 things so ever you desire. When you pray, believe that you 597 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:25,000 receive them, and you shall have them according to that verse. 598 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:34,960 What did Jesus say? You would have what sounds like 599 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,080 tongues up from up here. I don't get one. 600 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,920 I don't get one of them interpreted. 601 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:42,960 Give me a. Come on, give it to me. 602 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,560 What you believe. I heard that. 603 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,480 Who said that? Way to go, girl. 604 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,400 All right. What? 605 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,440 Who else? Any others? 606 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,280 What things soever you desire. When you pray, believe that you 607 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,720 receive them and you shall have them. 608 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:59,520 Miracles. Miracles. 609 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,000 Guess. That'd be in the things. 610 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:11,440 Well, so far none of those answers are right. #1 answer on 611 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:16,680 the board if we are playing Family Feud Bing #1 answer board 612 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,040 that I get from everywhere I teach it except here, right now, 613 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:25,080 this moment. Is the word desires Ding. 614 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,720 Next answer on the board is what you pray for Ding. 615 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,800 Next answer is what you believe for. 616 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,640 Somebody got it. Third answer on the board. 617 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,360 Let me tell you verbatim, if you're taking notes, you need to 618 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,920 write this down, OK? Because it's a difference 619 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:45,400 between life and death. The only thing Jesus said? 620 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:46,160 You would have? Let me. 621 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,920 Say it again. Therefore I say unto you, what 622 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,720 things so ever you desire. When you pray, believe that you 623 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:56,160 receive them and you shall have them. 624 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,960 The only thing Jesus said you would have according to that 625 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:06,040 verse is what you believed you received at the time you asked. 626 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:14,880 Did you hear me? The only things Jesus said you 627 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,440 would receive according to that verse is what you believed you 628 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,920 received at the time that you asked. 629 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,160 Listen to it again. Therefore I say unto you, what 630 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:26,080 things so ever you. Desire When you pray, believe 631 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,640 you receive them, and you shall have them. 632 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:42,800 There are so many people that are believing God for healing, 633 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:54,280 for better job, help to raise their children, wives help to 634 00:41:54,280 --> 00:42:06,600 raise their husbands, he said. In there, the things that you 635 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,440 desire when you pray, you have to believe you received the 636 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,640 moment you asked for it. That's why so many people don't 637 00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,760 get it. They'll come down to a prayer 638 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:16,920 line. I've seen it. 639 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,760 I've been in on the. Prayer side of the prayer line. 640 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,520 And then I see him in the next prayer line and I see him in the 641 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,640 next prayer line. Oh, what are you saying, Brother 642 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,400 Radio? You know, I'm saying, I'm saying 643 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,760 this, the reason we don't, we don't get what we're looking for 644 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,160 is that we don't believe we received it the time we asked 645 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,680 for it. We thank God's just playing with 646 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,560 us. You know, I have a a a a little 647 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,320 manuscript that I'm working on and one of the chapters in it is 648 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:52,000 the what to do before, during and after the prayer line 649 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,680 because I've seen so many people and they. 650 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,920 Talk, and they're not talking this verse. 651 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:07,280 All right, going back to 2007, I was diagnosed with cancer and 652 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,120 moved down here in 2009. I thought me and God had it 653 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,800 whipped, and only to find out I had some issues that I brought 654 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,160 down here with me, which I'll get to in this scripture here. 655 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,600 In a moment, and I had been greatly offended by someone in 656 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:29,360 Oklahoma and root of bitterness kind of sprung up, but I thought 657 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,680 I was good. Thought I was justified. 658 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,240 In the way I felt, didn't hate anybody. 659 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:40,960 I was disappointed. And I'll never forget, you know, 660 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,360 coming down here. The cancer kept growing, had a 661 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,120 place in my back I couldn't explain. 662 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,400 I thought I was out. I said give me a chiropractor, 663 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,160 he can pop me back in. Chiropractor wouldn't touch me. 664 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,120 Finally, after months and months and months and here. 665 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:57,640 Was the deal. I had the whole staff. 666 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,680 Mr. Barry, you're at the house. You two were at the house, 667 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:03,920 Pastor asked me a question, said Randy. 668 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,080 We've done everything that the Bible says to do, and it's 669 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:11,040 obvious that whatever's going on is not helping you, All right, 670 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,360 As far as prayer and believe in God and praying for you and and 671 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,960 everything, he said. Is there anything in your life 672 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,320 that you can think of would keep the healing power of God from 673 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:23,200 coming to you and manifesting? I said yeah, I said I have a 674 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,840 problem with and I had some other words and you know that I 675 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,400 was, I was talking, but I said the main thing was, is that I 676 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,040 had an offence with someone back in Oklahoma. 677 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,120 And it was it. Was interesting. 678 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,080 He looked at me and he said, you think we ought to get that taken 679 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:42,440 care of? Yeah, you ain't kidding. 680 00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,000 It was one of them. Every head bowed, every eye 681 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,160 closed. Moments, everybody hold hands. 682 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,760 And I repented, and I absolutely knew that I was set free from 683 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,080 that, that night, that moment. It doesn't take that long to get 684 00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,040 right. It was just. 685 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:03,560 Seconds, I gave God something to work with and he started 686 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,720 working. First thing that happened after, 687 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:09,560 Melanie said I can't take it anymore. 688 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,560 You know, all this pain that you're going through, I know 689 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,160 you're in great pain. And she said I'm taking you to 690 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,120 the ER. Well, deep in my gut I knew what 691 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,920 was going to happen once I got there and they started doing 692 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,920 tests and they started bringing the reports. 693 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:28,080 One of the reports was is that Mister Clay your your cancer is 694 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:32,120 metastasized into a mass between your kidneys and also it is 695 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,240 eating the front. Part of your T3. 696 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,280 In your back. That's why your back was 697 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:40,400 hurting, all right. And so you know, it just was 698 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:44,240 test after test, test after test, no good news. 699 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,480 And then the day came. After I'd had four cycles of 700 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,760 chemo. Melanie and I went into the 701 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,440 office. They wanted to talk to me, knock 702 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,320 on the door. Man comes in, has a business 703 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,640 card in his hand. They introduced him using the 704 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:05,920 life counselor. I thought I was in a full body 705 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,640 brace as far as well from from here because of my back. 706 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,120 And I was in a wheelchair because I couldn't get around 707 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,840 real fast. And sometimes you need to get 708 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:20,320 around real fast, especially when it's time to go to the RR 709 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,440 and see. I didn't know that we're going 710 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,800 to be in a church that had a bathroom 2 miles down the hall. 711 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,560 People said you can't walk. I said I can walk. 712 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,240 But not fast enough to get to the RR. 713 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,320 So I had, I sat back there where my son's standing right now, 714 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:41,120 That was my seat and that my wheelchair was right behind 715 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,000 that, that first chair on that aisle. 716 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:51,600 Well, I knew what they were talking about, and I believe 717 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,280 that I'd received my healing back in 2007. 718 00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,800 I did this verse. Nothing came out of my mouth. 719 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:05,440 Contrary, I did not say I have cancer, Not one time I tell 720 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,040 people I say, what's the matter with you? 721 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,240 I look like I had cancer for sure. 722 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,360 But I said, listen, I've been diagnosed with cancer, but I 723 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,440 don't have it. See, that's the problem with a 724 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,120 lot of people. They'll come to the prayer line 725 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:25,520 and said I have diabetes, I have, I have, I have. 726 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:27,240 And they'll list all the things they have. 727 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,560 You know why you have it? Because you said you had it. 728 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,920 Quit saying that. Start saying what God said. 729 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,360 I believe that I received my handling at the moment that I 730 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:38,120 asked. For it. 731 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:43,080 And didn't manifest in a minute. It took ten years. 732 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:51,240 Some people ain't got 10 minutes you can't quit, but the Lord 733 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:52,840 did. Some amazing things. 734 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,400 I mean when you get the card from the end of life counselor, 735 00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:58,360 you know what they're telling you? 736 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:03,040 I remember Melanie's pushing me down the hall and crying. 737 00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,560 I can't turn around and say here I'm all messed up here. 738 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:07,880 And I said what are you crying about, baby? 739 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,560 And she says. That was the worst report since 740 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:14,640 we've been here. I said, Oh yeah, I know that was 741 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,120 bad. I said, but here's another 742 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,720 report. I will not die. 743 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:25,320 I will live, and I will show forth the glory of God and we. 744 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,680 Will come back to every appointment and tell their 745 00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:34,640 report Lines up with my report. So me standing here tonight 746 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:45,360 should tell you what happened. See. 747 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:52,400 Faith is always to be active. I remember, I mean, when they 748 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:56,680 declared me cancer free, they said it was nothing that we did. 749 00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:00,760 Said the chemo does not do what happened in your body. 750 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,200 I said that's great. I told him. 751 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,960 I said I've been believing for that for quite a while now. 752 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,440 All right. And see, here's the thing I 753 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,800 heard learn from Pastor Mark. Everybody know Pastor Mark can 754 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,040 tell us he preached one night one, I guess we were there in 755 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:19,280 the morning and he talked about what is the opposite of faith. 756 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,160 Somebody give me what do you what do you think the opposite 757 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:24,080 of faith is doubt. It's not a doubt. 758 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:34,800 It's sight. Now, when he first said that, I 759 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:35,840 said. What? 760 00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:39,280 And then I got to thinking about it. 761 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:42,600 Faith is what you do until you see it. 762 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:47,840 So if you see it, guess what? You don't have to have faith. 763 00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:53,120 And I remember we finally, eight months after I went into the 764 00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:56,600 hospital, eight months later, I finally got to see neurology 765 00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:58,720 about my back. But you know what? 766 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:02,880 My back wasn't hurting anymore. And they said and and everybody 767 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:04,160 thought it was because I was on drugs. 768 00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:08,160 And man, I was on some drugs. Was pastor call me slobber an 769 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,000 idiot. That what he called me. 770 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,120 He said he was a slobber, an idiot. 771 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,160 I said, listen, man, I said I just. 772 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:19,680 Wish you'd you know. Sit down and had an interview 773 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,400 with me when I was on drugs. First thing I thought. 774 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,440 I'm getting off these drugs. OK, because it. 775 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:29,240 Does make you see stuff and thank the Lord every time I saw 776 00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:30,560 something, I said. That ain't real. 777 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:35,360 Not go on. And then you know what I saw? 778 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,720 I always saw it out of the. Peripheral running along the 779 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:40,840 baseboard and I didn't go no. Did you see that? 780 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:45,600 I never did that. Not one time, because I in in my 781 00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:46,760 spirit, man. I knew it wasn't real. 782 00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,720 So I decided I got to get off these drugs, man, and I went 783 00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:53,720 cold Turkey. And I'm telling you, it's worse. 784 00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:58,800 12 days of my life, I mean, sweating, changing sheets. 785 00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,440 I mean, it was horrible, all right. 786 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:06,480 But it got off them. All right, I know I I'm not 787 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,320 living like this. But it was strange. 788 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,400 My back didn't hurt. I get in the I get in the office 789 00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:14,760 with the neurology. 8 months later they'd already talked and 790 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:20,280 he walks in and I looked at Mel and I go, I looked at him. 791 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,360 I said, man, I probably said Sir, didn't I, Sir? 792 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:27,960 How old are you? He goes. 793 00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,960 I'm 35. I looked at Mel and I said he 794 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:38,640 hadn't shaved a day in his life and he said he said Mr. Clay, he 795 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,440 said, I see you're not on any painkiller. 796 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:42,880 And I said no, Sir, He said your back hurt. 797 00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:48,600 And I said no Sir, not at all. He said, Well, he said that can 798 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:50,440 you do a few? Did you dress yourself this 799 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,440 morning? Look at Melanie, I said. 800 00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:58,280 Don't look that bad. He said how about he said he 801 00:51:58,280 --> 00:51:59,880 said did you come in here unaided? 802 00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:01,640 And I said yes, because I wasn't in a wheelchair. 803 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,920 They'd already taken the brace off because I didn't know what 804 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,280 was going on. But they said, hey, yeah, he can 805 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,360 take his brace off now. And I thought, that's weird. 806 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:14,280 OK, so I get in there and they show me the MRI and I see the 807 00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,560 first one. I recognized it my the front of 808 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:21,760 my T3 was eaten completely out and my T2 and my T4 were 809 00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:25,360 touching. And it's excruciating. 810 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,520 I'd get up at. 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning before all this 811 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:32,280 started and I just let hot water until I ran the tank out, just 812 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,800 hit me in the back looking for relief and and and and that's as 813 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:39,120 long as it lasted. And so when he said, Mr. Clay, I 814 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:45,160 want you to see your next MRI so we can't explain it, he said. 815 00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:47,040 Your back is completely grown back. 816 00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:54,400 We've never seen this before. They said, and there's no 817 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,440 surgery we could do to make you any better than you are. 818 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,400 Thank you very much. I got to go. 819 00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:07,120 But it seemed like miracle after miracle. 820 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:09,280 That he was. Performing. 821 00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,720 But I know what it is because people had asked me, you know, 822 00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:18,120 they said, did you ever doubt? I said no, I did not doubt. 823 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:21,040 I knew my purpose. I know why I'm here. 824 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,280 I've said for years, if cancer ever attacks your body, you 825 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:25,800 better have a purpose for being here. 826 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,560 Stronger than that. Cancer. 827 00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:29,120 Or guess what? You're going. 828 00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:35,000 I said I'm not leaving. I'm not done. 829 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:38,520 I'm just got down here, you know. 830 00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:41,640 Devil tried to rip 10 years of my life off. 831 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,840 I'm behind, man. I am 10 years behind. 832 00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:47,760 But he said he can make it up for. 833 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,920 Me he did. And let me give you that you 834 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:53,560 know. We read this verse. 24 Therefore 835 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,560 I say unto you, what things soever you desire, when you 836 00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:57,800 pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. 837 00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:03,280 But look at verse 25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if 838 00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:07,840 you have anything against any, that your Father also which is 839 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:10,520 in heaven, may forgive you of your trespasses. 840 00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:13,920 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father, which 841 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,680 is in heaven. Forgive your trespasses. 842 00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:18,160 And it did not say unless you're born again. 843 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,880 Now I gave you some results tonight. 844 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,200 Result of little, you know, little faith and all. 845 00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:26,720 I don't even want to know what the. 846 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:30,600 Result of that is when it says that God will not forgive you. 847 00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:31,960 I don't want to know what that means. 848 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:35,840 I'm going to walk in in forgiveness for anything, 849 00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:40,040 anything anybody says, anything, anybody does, anything. 850 00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:44,560 I'm walking in forgiveness. It's that that that verse is 851 00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:50,840 spooky. Because what is the result of 852 00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,920 God not forgiving you? I don't even want to know. 853 00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:56,240 I'm going to do what he says. Forgive, forgive, forgive, 854 00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:59,600 Forgive as best as you can. Let it go. 855 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:06,640 Don't be bound up. So he tells us in there, he 856 00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:07,840 says. He says in there. 857 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:11,160 But let's go over to James Chapter one, because I want to 858 00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:14,480 talk to you about the the doubting quotient that you 859 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:18,400 cannot have and expect to receive from him. 860 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,280 James is 1/2 brother of Jesus. His mom and dad was Mary and 861 00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:31,840 Joseph didn't know if you knew that or not, could have said a 862 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,520 lot of things. When he introduced himself, he 863 00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,320 said hi, I'm James Jesus half brother. 864 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,040 But he didn't verse one. He said James the servant of God 865 00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:45,840 and of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a servant of Jesus. 866 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:54,520 All right, so let's take a look at verses 5 through 8, James 867 00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,680 says is if any of you lack wisdom. 868 00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:58,040 Oh, no, no, no. Back. 869 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,520 I'm backing up. Bear with me, we'll get to that. 870 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:02,600 Let's just look at this. It said my brother and counted 871 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:04,080 all joy. When you fall into divers 872 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:07,440 temptations, testings and trials, knowing this, that the 873 00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:10,360 trying of your faith works patience. 874 00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,280 But let patience have it's perfect work that you may be 875 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,320 perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 876 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:20,680 I heard a man say this one time, he said. 877 00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:25,520 If you're prepared to stand forever on any issue, you'll 878 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:26,880 find out it won't take very long. 879 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,120 I'll be honest with you, 10 years is a long time. 880 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,040 But when I look back. At it, it, it just seemed like 881 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,280 that, he said. Let patience have his perfect 882 00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,120 work. That you may be imperfect and 883 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,520 entire wanting nothing. That you know the lack of 884 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:47,320 patience is an enemy to faith. You can't have it. 885 00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,160 You cannot have that Notice what he says this. 886 00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:51,480 All right. Verse 5. 887 00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,400 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that gives us all 888 00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:57,680 men liberally, and a brave do not, and it shall be given him. 889 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:03,040 But let him ask in faith nothing wavering for he that wavers like 890 00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,680 a wave of the sea driven with the wind and toss. 891 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,200 For let not that man think he will receive anything of the 892 00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:12,280 Lord. A double minded man is unstable 893 00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:16,840 in all his ways. So he's telling. 894 00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,360 Us right here. The number one way to not get 895 00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:25,360 your prayer answer is to doubt, said. 896 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,920 Don't expect to get anything. That's why people ask me, did 897 00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:29,680 you ever doubt? I said. 898 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:35,080 No, you can't doubt and get it, he said. 899 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:39,040 Do not let that man think he will receive anything from the 900 00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:42,840 Lord. So if you know one minute you, 901 00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:44,880 you know you, yes, I you know me and God. 902 00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:47,960 And then the pain hits, or a doctor gives you a bad report, 903 00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:51,200 or something happens to the car, or you know something's going on 904 00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:54,560 at. Work or whatever you When you 905 00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:59,280 make that request unto God, you have to stay with it in the 906 00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:02,560 arena of faith. It's the thing that gets the 907 00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:07,920 exchange. Now when we talk about, you 908 00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,600 know, that particular passage, he said. 909 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,120 Don't be like the wind. And I and I love as you go on 910 00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:16,320 down there, you get down to verse 2122 in there, he said. 911 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,640 But be doers of the word and not hearers, only deceiving your own 912 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,640 self. A lot of people blame stuff on 913 00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:23,440 the devil, and it ain't even his fault. 914 00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,080 He said be a doer of the word. Here's the deal. 915 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,120 The word doer in the Greek is the word poetase, which means a 916 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,360 poet in other. Words. 917 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,680 He wants us. And and that definition of that 918 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,880 is to write with a creative flair. 919 00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:42,640 So sometimes we may not know exactly what the steps are, but 920 00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:46,200 he's going to give us the creativity to see it through 921 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,440 that it because, you know, sometimes it's not explained 922 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:52,520 exactly what the word says to do. 923 00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:56,000 He said Man be a doer. He said seek the Lord for 924 00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:59,040 creativity. Seek the Lord for wisdom that 925 00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:00,760 upbraids not. In other words, God don't make 926 00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:02,280 fun of you because you don't know. 927 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,000 He said he gives it to you liberally. 928 00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:08,080 But he said. But don't ask. 929 00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:12,680 Without having faith, All right. You got to have it all right, 930 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:14,280 you know, and and again, you know. 931 00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:18,960 One of the points that I want to make in closing is that again, 932 00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:21,400 scripturally speaking, it seems like faith is the thing 933 00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:26,720 necessary when crisis happens. All right, Jesus promised us 934 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:31,400 tribulation is coming. Not the great tribulation for us 935 00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:34,760 it is coming. OK, but he said in John chapter 936 00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:37,680 16 verse 30. 3. All right. 937 00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,360 And you can look at it, on it, guys. 938 00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:42,360 I don't think I gave it to you. But he he said he, he, he in 939 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,320 there told us, he said to be of good cheer. 940 00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,040 He has overcome. Basically he has overcome the 941 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:49,440 world. He said in the world you'll have 942 00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:52,640 tribulation. But be of good cheer for I've 943 00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:55,400 overcome the world. And then you go over to 1st 944 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,800 John, chapter 5, verse four, and he said, and what is this 945 00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:05,200 victory that overcomes the world, even our faith? 946 01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:11,840 So is faith important or not absolutely important? 947 01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:17,040 You know, you and this next year I just encourage people start 948 01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:20,040 finding out what God said about you and believe it. 949 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,400 You know, we do it every day. Anybody ever phone commercial? 950 01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:27,680 Commercial airlines? None of y'all's flown 951 01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:31,280 commercial. Let May I see your hand? 952 01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:36,040 Goodness gracious. These. 953 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,720 I can't see the whites of your eyes with these lights in mind. 954 01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:42,640 But let me ask you a question. You. 955 01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:44,640 You now, it's all digital, right? 956 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,640 You get online, You know you get on there. 957 01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:47,960 You're going to get your tickets. 958 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:49,320 You're going to get your tickets early. 959 01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:50,840 You're going to take your tickets with you. 960 01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:53,640 Let me ask you a question. What proof do you have? 961 01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:57,920 That you're going to fly from here, Let's say Tulsa. 962 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:01,520 OK, That's a destination all of us know about. 963 01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:04,120 All right. What does Tulsa look like, 964 01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:05,640 30,000? Feet in the air. 965 01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:13,800 You believe them at their word. They produced a document. 966 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:18,920 They said if you get on the plane at this time at this gate, 967 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:21,360 we're going to take you to Tulsa. 968 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:29,200 You were convinced based upon something you heard or basically 969 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,120 something you. Read. 970 01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:38,240 But don't we have documented evidence that people got on a 971 01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:40,520 plane thinking they were going to make it to a destination and 972 01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:47,800 did not? Same thing we we have faith. 973 01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,960 We are convinced and persuaded by the words that are spoken to 974 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:55,920 us. How in the world could we not 975 01:01:55,920 --> 01:02:00,600 believe the one that hung in the sun, the moon, the stars created 976 01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:04,040 everything that you can see with your natural eyes and say it's 977 01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:05,920 too hard for him? We sang that tonight. 978 01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:09,160 Nothing. It's too hard for our God. 979 01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,760 And the currency to make that exchange with him. 980 01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:24,200 Thank you so much for listening to this message. 981 01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:27,640 If you want more, subscribe to our message podcast on iTunes, 982 01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:29,840 Google Play, Spotify, and SoundCloud. 983 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,440 Rating and leaving a comment will go a long way with helping 984 01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:34,160 our messages get better circulation. 985 01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,960 If you'd enjoy watching our weekend messages, visit 986 01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:41,000 youtube.com/anchor Faith. 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