Where would you stand for the reading of the word?
I do want to thank you. You know, we have not had an
official staff meeting since Kingdom Rise.
And so again, I asked you to be patient with us that until we
can communicate this out, we all get in the habit that when that
first set of scripture comes out, we're going to stand and
I'm going to probably repeat this all month, you know, so do
not get tired of hearing it is to remind us.
The reason we are doing this is Apostle Morrissey referenced
this occasion when Ezra of the the priest did the reading of
the word after they had come out of Babylon and they were
rebuilding the walls in Jerusalem.
And when they read the word that said the people stood and the
Lord spoke to me and says you've done really real well at
teaching the students at Washington to honor authority,
that every time an adult comes in the room they stand up.
Don't you think it's time that we do that with the word?
Amen. Now, it's not that we were
lacking in respect. It's just some of these things
can become traditional. So what we have to do is
reminder this is not a tradition.
We are standing for the first reading of whatever, however
many scriptures we do. And you're imagining with your,
your faith eye that we have been transported, as Paul said, to
the 3rd heaven. And now we are standing before
the throne of which the Father is there.
And he has leaned over to his son Jesus at his right hand and
says, say this. And basically it's like, hear
ye, hear ye. The king is speaking.
And so we are in awe of the words that are coming out of the
King's mouth. And so we are setting an
atmosphere of saying, God, we honor you.
You are king. You understand Jesus is not your
homeboy. He's not your buddy, your pal.
He is savior. He's king.
He's Lord. He's to be respected.
Now that doesn't mean that he couldn't joke with you that he's
not has it would have one of the greatest personalities and easy
to get along. But he's not a chump.
He's not a chump. He's not someone you just kick
back when it's all he don't man. You fall on your face when he's
in the room. Are you hearing me?
There is protocol in a Kingdom and we've treated Jesus like he
just some back, you know, somebody that we just come in
and you know, I can just talk to him so easy.
I can talk always knowing He's on the throne with great honor
and respect. And I will not allow myself to
cross that line. Mark chapter 1, verses 21 to 27.
It says this. And they went to Capernaum, and
immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and began
to teach. And they were amazed at his
teaching, for he was, for he was teaching them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes.
Just then there was a man in the synagogue with an unclean
spirit, and he cried out, saying, What business do we have
with each other? Jesus of Nazareth, have you come
to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One
of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying,
Be quiet, come out of him, throwing him into a convulsion.
The unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out
of him. They were all amazed.
So they debated among themselves, saying, what is
this? A new teaching with authority?
He commanded even unclean spirits, and they obey him.
You can be seated. So today I want to start on
Wednesday nights to discuss God's Kingdom authority because
it's very important for us to understand authority if we are
going to be people of faith, meaning operate in faith.
You will not actually operate in faith until you truly understand
authority. At the end of the day, most
people that do not understand authority will say they're in
faith, but the reality is they are in hope and they're almost
not even in hope. They may be more in wishful
thinking because wishful thinking is they know God can.
They hope he does, but they already accept if he doesn't,
it'll be all right. We're going to praise him
anyway. Well, that's not knowing what
he's going to do. Hope is actually in Bible
definition. Hope is confident expectation,
which means then you can confidently expect that what is
being said will come to pass which then moves you over into a
firm persuasion. Faith is a firm persuasion
meaning what I have heard cause faith comes by hearing and
hearing from the word of God. That's where our firms
persuasion is to come from. We then become this unmoved.
No other option is going to enter my mind.
I will stay with the word that the King has spoken.
It will be that way. No other way, period, because
the King does not lie. God is not a man that he should.
He should lie. God is not a man and we treat
him like a man now. He came as a man, Jesus did, but
he's still not a man that we treat him like.
He's again a buddy in power. You're my buddy in power.
I mean, man, you don't want that, all right?
You want him as your king. So Jesus, he's here in the
synagogue, which is the Jewish church, OK, we can say it that
way. And he's ministering there.
He is ministering from the same Torah and the papers of the
prophets, both major and minor. And he would speak concerning
and he would teach things. And it says that when he did
this, that all the people were amazed at his teaching.
And they said this. He was teaching as one having
authority as one having authority, and they compared his
teaching to the scribes they were used to hearing.
But yet when the scribes use the same passages, it did not come
across the same way. And in this case, there just
happened to be another individual in the church that
had an unclean spirit that apparently had no problem
hanging out in the service when the scribes talked.
But when Jesus talked, when authority started to speak and
declare, all of a sudden that realm knows it must bow.
You understand demons do not attack Jesus.
There's nowhere can you find the scripture that the demonic
attacks Jesus. When they are in a human vessel.
They run to Jesus and then fall down and bow and then get into a
plead agreement. In essence, they beg, they're
begging. Not like the horror movies that
we, you know, not we, you like to watch.
All right, You know, because The Exorcist never would have turned
out that way. If somebody from Anchor Faith
Church would have been in the room, right?
You'd have been like, shut up, come out.
And then she would have been in her right mind and none of that
puking stuff would have been happening and the movie would
have been over, right? And people have been like, well,
that wasn't very scary. Well, if you the reason it
turned out like it is 'cause this guy in the movie, which I
never watched the movie, you understand, I'm just giving you
thought processes from what little clips that I've heard
about or seen, period. But this guy obviously was of
the line of the seven sons of Skiba, which is the only reason
he had problems, because they didn't know who they were and
they didn't know the authority. They knew Jesus had authority
and they saw Paul function with that authority, but they
themselves did not have that authority.
Jesus preaches and they're like, man, this guy is teaching as one
who has authority. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
So with that being said, look at Matthew chapter 15, verse 3,
Jesus saying to religious, the
Pharisees, he said to them, why do you yourselves transgress the
commandment of God for the sake of your traditions?
So some traditions have manifested and he's saying
there's an there's authority with the word that functions,
but you have created traditions that have no authority, no
power. He goes on in verse 7 to 9, he
says you hypocrites. He says you hypocrites rightly
did Isaiah prophecy of you. This people honor me with their
lips, but their heart is far away from me.
But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men. Are you seeing that?
So what can we learn from this? The difference between precepts
of men or religion and the Kingdom of God is authority.
It's authority. This is why every place that
calls itself Church may not be functioning as what Jesus
intended. Now I'm not here to judge that.
I have no say about any other church anywhere in the planet.
All I'm saying is, is that there are places that ascribe to the
name Church, and yet they teach as doctrines, precepts of men.
And in their teaching there is no authority, zero.
In essence, they're teaching leaves you in ambiguity.
It could, it couldn't, maybe it will, maybe it doesn't, but
we're going to follow him anyway.
We love God. It's a mystery, you know, His
ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our
thoughts. So, you know, maybe He'll heal
you, maybe he won't. Can he?
Yes. Can God deliver you?
Can God set you free? Does God do?
Yes. However, it could be your lot in
life. Now you understand all those
things sound genuine, but how do you attach faith to that?
Will you attach faith to that? If you see faith as basically a
belief of God, not bringing something from God's realm into
this realm, manifesting something that God has said.
Now, if we use faith, if, you know, if the church universally
is just using faith as we believe in God, that's faith.
Well, that's not Bible faith. That's just religious faith.
Because again, Buddhists have faith.
You know, Islam has faith. Zen is faith.
New Age is faith. They have a belief system,
right? But do they have authority?
I said, do they have authority? And so again, you know, if we
don't watch out, our teaching can become so concerned about
saying something that some it may challenge someone's ability
to believe firmly persuaded. So we leave layers of ambiguity.
But then no one has nothing to attach itself to.
Jesus left no layers of ambiguity.
He said this is how it is Now. Do you understand?
Jesus did not say my father could cast the devil out of
this, this unclean spirit. He could do it.
Now, whether he will or not, I don't know.
I don't know what it would have seen, what would have happened
in the synagogue that day. I mean, we probably could
surmise, but again, Jesus is just mere teaching.
Obviously there was something he was saying.
They're like this guy's talking like it can happen because
here's the word authority in this passage of Scripture.
It's the Greek word exusia and it means power to act authority.
In the new American Standard, it is translated 7 times
authorities, 65 time authority, one time charge, one time
control, 1/2 times domain, one time dominion, one time
jurisdiction, one time liberty, 11 times power, one time powers,
and 11 time right. Thayers says this.
Most of us when we hear authority.
I know I was taught this way because it is in a context and
there's a reality to that context which is authority or
this authority is delegated power.
And I have no problem with that because the Father has absolute
final authority, period, And he can delegate his final say.
But Thayer's points out another definition of authority that I
believe is really more fitting when you understand that Jesus
is not just the one who saved the world, but is King of all
creation. It is the power of rule or
government, the power of him whose will and commands must be
submitted to by others and obeyed.
I'm going to say that again, this is a definition of the
Greek word authority, the power of rule or government, the power
of Him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others
and obeyed. Now we said this forever because
God's doing this. He will let you do whatever you
want to do. However, He will hold you
accountable to whatever you do. Now, how will He hold you
accountable to your word, to your mama's word for you that
you've been following, to your daddy's word for you that you've
been following from your auntie's word, to your grandma's
word, to your boss's word, to your president's word, to your
spouse's word, or to his word? You understand, it's really easy
when you have conversations with anyone it, it all comes down to,
well, whose word are you believe in?
Are you believing your take on it or his take, your take or his
take? You know, there's a lot going
around right now with the book of Enoch, a lot going around.
It's not in the canonization of, of the Bible.
But yeah, there's a lot. And you know, I have no problem
that people have interest. But if we're not even going to
master the 1st 66, you know, some are going to the Book of
Enoch, which we call Enoch. That's Enoch.
I say Enoch, but whichever one it is, OK, right.
The man lived and went with the Lord.
Pretty amazing. And there was something out
there that Jude communicates about it.
So there's something there. However, it's not what we would
major on in order for us to live a life fully submitted to the
word and Lordship of Jesus. Because you understand it is
very significant based upon these particular right?
Because again, you understand God, God has to make sure his
word is in the earth that all could have access to.
He's not holding a book out that would all of a sudden bring off
all the missing. He's not doing that because he
could not rightly judge you. Like if we only would have had
that book Lord Lord's like bro, but he wouldn't say bro, you
understand because he's not your buddy in power.
He's the Lord would say I have given you the word.
These canonizations or these writings are refute irrefutable.
And if you there, there's so much trues in just the letter of
Ephesus, the book of Romans, we wouldn't be able to mine out in
our lifetime. And then we want to get over to
1st and 2nd Maccabees and all these other, you know, extended
ones, if they they historically can help us understand some
things. And most of this is 'cause, you
know, we're just digging a little deeper.
But the reality is, are we really submitted to his
authority now? Because at the end of the day,
what does the Bible say concerning Jesus's authority?
How many knees going to bow? Every knee, every knee will bow,
every tongue will confess. And that's not a Earl Glisten
statement. That is a word of God statement
Jesus his authority into the realm of the fallen.
Had them obey that unclean spirit.
Didn't say I'm not going right, right, right, right.
Didn't say, has no authority, none to say you can't make me
Hallelujah, Ecclesiastes, this sets you free.
I mean, at the end of the day, the majority of the struggles in
the world today is a submission issue.
Husbands have a hard time submitting to the Lord and
walking in the right relationship with their spouse.
Wives having a hard time submitting to in the marriage
relationship. Employees to employers
submission issues. Children to their parents
submission issues, government submission issues.
Right, All these issues, but the biggest one is submitting to the
Lord, yet it is the one that brings life.
Because He is life, all right. So again, Jesus is not asking
you to be born of Him without submission.
In fact, salvation alone is literally addressing submission.
You have to acknowledge your choices and what you thought was
right must bow to God's way. You have to admit you were off.
Then in order to be saved, you must call on the name of the
Lord, supreme authority or the power of the government that
communicates His will that he expects.
Or he says you must submit and obey you.
Now that is, and it's happening now in our society.
People are saying Jesus is a narcissist.
Jesus is love, but Jesus is the ruler.
Hallelujah. And you know what?
He's not making you at all, but he is offering.
I said he is offering because again, it's our rebellion that
says I'm going to do it my way, but it's God's way that is life.
Are you hearing me now? These statements that I'm making
are pretty emphatic right, because there's nowhere with the
Lord saying, well, maybe you're right.
What do you, what do you think? I mean, I've heard minister say,
well, if I was at the beginning, maybe I ought to talk to the
Lord and said, you know, maybe certain sexual orientations
would have been a big deal. Well, you can say what you want,
but he's Lord and he's life. And really who do you think you
are to question now why do I say that?
Look at Ecclesiastes 8 and verse 4.
It says this for the word of a king is authority and power.
And who can say to him, what are you doing?
I mean, did the demon say, what are you doing?
You know how many times I've been in this synagogue with all
these other scribes teaching the same passage as you've been
doing? Don't be bothering me.
I have found a house and I'm comfortable here, and I've got
this human to submit to me. And he does what I want and I
don't want to leave. So you just go ahead and roll up
your scroll and head on out the door.
Pretty good teaching you had today.
No, that's not what it sounded like, did it?
No, he started to teach. And whatever he was teaching
that day, it caused the spirit, that unclean spirit to squirm.
And he was like, this is it, this is the guy.
This is the guy, this is the one that the devil's been talking
about, that anointed cherub that fell.
He said that a cease coming through a woman.
We have been killing kids for generation.
This is the guy. I'm telling you, this is the
guy. This is the guy.
You hear how we go? That's the guy right there.
He's it. That's the one.
I know who you are, the holy one of God.
That's the one he says shut up and come out and the vocal cords
of the human stop and the unclean spirit as he went
through the guy down he went into like epilepsy episode and
then boom, gone Hallelujah and everyone, which I love, at least
in the synagogue, they didn't run away like that would
probably happen in most American churches today.
Somebody started you'd be like get your kids, you got to get
your kids. I I don't know what's going on
at that church right there. I don't know what's going on,
but I am out of here. We are out of here.
No, that church just took authority over an unclean spirit
and freed somebody. But you're so ignorant in the
word you don't know what's going on.
What you should do is bring all your other devil with possessed
friends and say we going to church, we have found a place
that you cannot be comfortable there.
That thing that has got you in bond is going to have a hard
time sitting in that service. Right?
Say Hallelujah. I mean, when the authority of
the King manifests, everything stops.
Say Amen. Look at Matthew chapter 8, verse
five through 10. Then we'll jump down to 13.
It says this. And when Jesus entered
Capernaum, a centurion came to him.
Implore him, saying, Lord, what do you say?
What do you say? What do you say, Lord?
Let me say it in the definition. Supreme authority, whose
government is above all, and your will must be obeyed.
My servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.
Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.
But the centurion said, what? What he calling?
Come on, what he calling not savior, not buddy, not homeboy
Jesus. There was honor definitely with
the centurion. I mean some of the greatest
displays I've ever seen are military exercises because
there's a level of honor there, yet the civilian be like big
deal because you don't understand honor.
This is deeper then just you thinking you walk in and do what
you want to do. There's a respect and honor and
atmosphere that is larger than you.
You're not the center of attention, right?
He said. Lord, I'm not worthy for you to
come under my roof, but say the word and my servant will be
healed. For I also am a man under
authority, right? With soldiers under me.
One translation, I'm a man under authority and in authority.
The first thing you recognize, Jesus was not his seat of
authority, but the seat he was under, because Jesus has always
been under authority and will always be under authority.
He said I, I do nothing on my own initiative.
Why do we struggle with being under?
Because Jesus doesn't struggle with being under.
Why do we struggle with being under?
It's your old man, It's your old nature.
It's your dead man. The minute you struggle, well, I
just don't want to do it. That's your old man talk.
Because Jesus is not struggling with being under authority at
all. So he recognized, he says,
listen, I am a man also under authority with soldiers under
me. And I say to this one, go and he
talks back to me. And then we have to debate.
It's an argument. And eventually, because I'm a
centurion, I've been in many wars and I've killed many men, I
take them down and I let them know I'm the man.
And then they finally do it. That's not what happens, does
it? No, I say come and he said I'll
be there in 5 minutes and he comes to my slave do this.
I don't feel like it. I don't want to do that All
right, shout Amen. Now, when Jesus heard this, he,
you know why Jesus is not marveling over many believers is
because most believers want Jesus to be a genie.
Lord, I wish you would do this for me.
I don't know if you will, but I want you to do it.
Really, I want you to do it. And I'll say, if you don't do
it, I'm probably going to be upset because I know you can,
because you can do anything, because I know the scripture, it
says all things are possible with you.
So this is how I want this to be resolved.
So I'm praying and I'm going to have what I say.
See, that's not submission. That is telling God your wish
list. He says.
And the centurion is not even coming for his own interest.
He's thinking about somebody else.
He's like, Lord, I have a servant.
Like, what do you even care about the servant?
And he's a gentile, he's a Roman soldier.
He's not even in. He is the occupying government.
Wow this is so awesome. When Jesus heard this he
marvelled and said to those who are following, look what he
said. He said truly I say to you, I
have not found such great. Which tells me great faith is
directly connected to understanding, submission and
authority. You will not function in great
faith if you fail to have revelation of submission to
authority. And the authority, you have to
understand, will do exactly what it says.
We are so conditioned in our world where people who have had
authority failed to do what they said.
Man, we're humans and unfortunately that happens.
It does happen sometimes. It happens not because you want
to. Sometimes it happens because you
forget, but somebody remembers and doesn't remind you of what
you said you would do and you sure would have done it.
They remind you because you didn't really not want to do it,
you just forgot, got busy or something.
But then they get offended and now we have a problem submitting
to authority because the authority said they were going
to do this and they didn't do it.
But see, God says this put me in remembrance of my word.
Now that's not because God's a forgetter, it's because God
wants you well versed in understanding His Word and
knowing His Word and you keeping His Word in front of you.
Because time will sometimes rob you of what God is moving
towards you. Time will open up the door for
doubt and you'll begin to question the authority.
See, when you have a lack of faith, what you're really doing
is you're questioning the authority of God.
You're saying God won't do what he says.
No, God will do what he says every time without fail, say
Amen, Amen, Hallelujah. So Jesus marvelled.
He marvelled and he says I have not found such great faith with
anyone. And he's saying among those that
are I am in covenant with, it is my covenant nation I cannot
find. I mean, they have a history of
me conquering, delivering, healing, providing, overcoming
realms of darkness. I mean, they've seen the gamut.
And then this guy that's a Gentile in an occupying
government that is inferior to my nation, if they would only
obey, they never would have been at a conquer has more
understanding of the authority I possess than my whole nation.
So experience with God will not keep you staying with the
authority of God. Just because some God has done
something in your life doesn't mean the next time you will
maintain he functions with authority.
He will always do what he says. You have to keep that in your
own mind. That's right.
All right, y'all doing all right.
OK then you go to verse 13. Jesus said to the centurion, go,
it shall be done for you as you have.
And what was his faith in the authority of Jesus word?
That's what his faith was in. His faith was not in He's God.
His faith was not in, you know you could take me to heaven when
you die. His faith was in you have
authority. Speak the word, it will happen,
period. And I understand taking orders.
Now here's the crazy thing, He's wanting Jesus to speak to
symptoms. This guy has enough revelation
of understanding God that he's like I'm not asking you to talk
to my servant. I'm asking you to speak to the
symptoms that are tormenting my serve and they will leave his
body and you do not even have to be present for that to occur.
Just make the command because those symptoms will hear your
words and will release itself from the from the cells on a
Monette molecular level of his body and leave it and look what
it says the servant was healed that very by the time he got
back, he's completely healed and he says, how long you been like
this? And he said, well, actually,
I've been like this for about whatever that time was and that
time the centurion says that's exactly when Jesus said go come
on, say Hallelujah, Amen. Say you want to shout about
these things. You want to have an
acknowledgement of Amen, or so be it.
Because again, you know, you go through season and season and
season and season of certain things that you'll get dull and
all of a sudden medical science and all this stuff and you will
fail to remember that he's the healer, the Lord that healeth
thee, and that he actually has the final say about everything.
And he shouldn't be the last say.
He should be the first say in the process of anything being
said because I'm not against you doing things.
Sometimes the Lord will say, go tell them to cut that out.
Go and find out what it is so that you can speak to it.
Because God's already healed everything, but He needs your
mouth submitted to His authority, believing like the
centurion and say it is this way.
Now you understand for the servant, he can stand in the
gap. As you grow in faith, you're
going to have to stand in your own gap.
God will allow people to function in faith for season for
you, but you can't maintain ignorance and expect someone
else to believe for you. You need to understand His
authority yourself. Is he still the healer?
Come on, I said, is he still the healer?
Is he healing still today? Amen.
And again, faith comes by hearing.
So again, if you are not the authority of his word is that
way, then guess what, keep hearing because of all the other
noise is talking and it's not just healing.
Could be provision, could be a plethora of things, right?
Because God's authorities over everything.
There's no situation. His name's not above.
There is no name higher than his name.
Glory to God I said glory to God and he's the Redeemer.
Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, Amen.
Whoo again, you can get around people that do not believe and
can be like, you know, the 10 lepers and the one guy like Lord
or the one leper, you know, Lord, if you're willing, you can
heal me. And the Lord says I am.
So again, you get around and say, well, you know, I know the
Lord can he will you got to keep but he will.
But he will because he has. So it's not that he can, he
will. And what is your assignment to
help them or at least be honest and say listen, if why are you
not wanting? Because again, most people,
guys, our whole society, we'll go to a doctor, a dentist or a
real estate, all these transactions and we'll believe
the person across the table at their word.
Seriously, show of hands right now for all of you who own a
home and have a mortgage. When you went on the day of
closing and the document showed up, you read every word
yourself. Anyone.
No, I did not do this. What did you do?
Sign here now. This form is about next form.
When I went in the army, this form is, I mean, I could have
gave my kidneys away, my liver, my eyeballs.
If you get shot in the shoulder, we will kill you and harvest all
of your organs. I mean, I didn't read it.
It could have said that. I mean, it's stacks of paper
people. This one's, you know, your
credit. This one's means that if there's
anything that we didn't do, you give us power of attorney.
Let me read that one. But you don't read it, Doctor.
Say, you know what? I think it's this.
We're going to give you this. What's wrong?
I need. Can you get my prescription?
I mean, we. You didn't go to the lab.
You didn't want. You don't understand the
chemicals. You sure aren't reading the side
effects unless they show up. Come on.
I mean, you see all the plethora because if you watch any Fox
Nation, any Fox Show, there are so many prescription being
advertised on a Fox channel and everybody's smiling while
they're giving you the long list, which is more than half of
the commercial of the side effects thoughts of suicide.
There have been serious case where people have actually died.
But maybe it's right for you. And everybody's fine the whole
time. I'm free.
Yeah. We just heard a whole bunch of
people that got cancer. They had heart issues, livers,
you know, the eyeballs fell out, Their tongue fell out.
They lost all their teeth, right.
Their stool looked like coffee grounds.
Why you look at me like at Arnell Arnell's like, I know
coffee grounds, right? I mean, we just, and we're like,
I mean, there are people who will go, you know, I saw a
commercial and yet Jesus says, why do we only believe him at
this word? I came through a virgin and I
died on a cross and I shed my blood for the forgiveness of
your sins. That if you accept me as your
savior, you'll be saved. Why do we believe that alone?
Why is that the one that if I, I mean, I could walk around, say,
Gil, you born again. Do you know?
Gee, how do you know? Maybe you don't.
What? How do we know we really came,
bro? I mean, you would argue red in
the face, even get mad at me. I don't even think you're safe,
bro. I mean, you would get upset
because that's how firmly persuaded you are that you're
saved. Why are we not that way?
With healing or a sound mind or a plethora of everything else?
I'll take that wave. Yeah, right.
Why not? Because when you know, he
doesn't just have authority over the grave, He has authority over
every device of the devil. Hallelujah.
Come on, shout Amen. All right, can y'all handle one
more? Matthew Chapter 9 verses one
through 8. Getting in a boat.
Jesus crossed over the sea and came to his own city and they
brought him a paralytic lying on a bed, seeing their faith, Jesus
said to the paralytic, take courage son, your sins are
forgiven. And some of the scribes said to
themselves, This fellow blasphemes Jesus, knowing their
thoughts said, why are you thinking evil in your hearts?
Which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or to say get up
and walk, but so that you may know that the Son of Man has has
what not faith authority on earth to forgive sins.
Then he said to the paralytic, get up, pick up your bed and go
home. And he got up and went home.
And when the crowd saw this, they were awestruck.
Glorified God who had given such authority to men.
Come on, are you hearing what I'm saying?
I just used the Scripture that in Jesus's time is the reverse
of what's happening today. In Jesus time everybody had seen
him healed so they believed he would heal and they were not
surprised at him healing. So no one in the crowd would
have been surprised for the paralyzed guy to get up and walk
because Jesus is healing all who are Press of the devil.
But Jesus steps over into a whole nother realm of authority
and says you sins are forgiven. And then he gives it this, which
is say the word, which is which is how hard was it to get you
saved, Gil? Did we have to pull you down and
wrestle with the Lord? Come on, Lord, get inside him.
Lord God, please save this guy. Help this man be born again.
He's calling on you. He's saying you're.
Oh, please, would you do it? God, please.
I don't know if you are. Come back tomorrow.
No, we hear him say. And we lead them.
Just repeat after me, say I believe, I believe.
And we go through the whole sinner's prayer and they say in
the name of Jesus, and then what do we do?
Whoa, you're saved. That's the easiest thing ever.
We will tell them you don't know what I've done, don't matter
what you've done. Don't matter what you've done.
You don't know how many bath, doesn't matter.
He's paid the price, man. All you have to do is believe.
And we're like, see how easy that was then?
Why now? My life's so changed.
How many you got born again? And you're like, man, my life is
different. Was that hard?
I mean, did you have like, was your old man going?
Who's this new creature coming into this house?
No, you're not. No, you're not.
You get out. I have been in here all these
years and you think you're going to come?
And he fixed me, right? Didn't look like I did it.
It was like poof, gone. I mean, you went down, you came
up. You're like man light.
You felt like a whole way to guilt condemnation.
You fell off your shoulder and you can't explain it, but you
were different. You are seeing new colors.
I mean it was like wow, a freedom.
You've like what is going on and Jesus says which is which is
easier because his word is authority on all subject matter.
Last verse Matthew 2818 woo and Jesus came up and spoke to them
saying how much come on how much, how much, how much, how
much all. Now This is why places that
preach precepts of men. This is a hard sell.
Now you can say it, but you always give excuses why it may
not happen. Like sickness can tell Jesus no
depression. In fact, we, because his
authority is obscure in our mind, we know he's supposed to
be final, but we've concluded because we don't actually
believe that, that he's using those things to teach us
something. So we turn it all around.
And that way when a person has a problem, they're like, well, I
don't know, I really hope God does something, but if he
doesn't, I'm going to love him anyway.
And yet the king saying, what do you mean?
But do you understand this was a rebuke Jesus gave to one person.
He said, Lord, my son, I took him to your disciples, couldn't
do nothing. You know, he's possessed and his
demon throws him in the fire, you know, thrashes around if you
can do anything. And what did Jesus say?
If I can, If I can, wow. You don't know my authority.
And Jesus did something with his authority, not because he had to
prove, but he's trying to continue to teach his disciples
some things. Because when I get translated
and go up to heaven, I need you to know that all authority has
been given to me. Most of churches are preaching
the authority he possesses in heaven.
No one's going to argue that he has all authority in heaven, but
on earth there's the debate. And that's the difference
between preaching with authority or the precepts of men.
Because when we know he's going to reign there and reigns there
but not here, you know, there's, you know, it's like a yin and
Yang effect instead of all I need to know is a word from my
king on the situation I'm going through.
Because I'm telling you right now, it will be as he said.
And the minute I hear that, no one's going to talk me out of it
because he'll do exactly what he said he'd do, period.
And I'm not asking you to believe because I don't need
your belief. I just need the word myself.
Now, I would love for you to touch and agree with me.
Be awesome, it'd be great, but if you choose and you think that
his authority does not extend here, then let's don't have a
conversation because I know it extends here and I can have his
will on earth as it is in heaven.
Cause all authority. All authority over sickness,
disease, all authority over poverty and lack, all authority
over your mind, all authority over any circumstance, situation
you're going on, every relationship He has, all
authority. If you just go to Him as the
centurion did, a man out of covenant.
How much more us as believers, Lord?
Lord, that's what I'm going through.
What's your word on it? Because you have the authority.
Just speak the word only and I will believe it.
Period, He said. Well, I haven't heard.
Well, there's an answer for that.
Keep seeking. Why did you get up?
Why are you watching TV? Why are you going on vacation?
Why are you going through the routines of life if it's that
bad? Why?
Well, God can do whatever He wants to do in heaven.
He's got all thrown. If He wants to do it, He'll do
it. If you don't, I'm going to love
him anyway. And the Lord's like, wow, I do
want to do it. I just want you to ask because I
know what you need before you even ask.
But I need you to ask so I can tell you, so that you can
declare. And I will work with you to
accomplish My word, because my word will not return unto me,
Boyd, but it shall accomplish what that which it was sent to
do. Amen.