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Now enjoyed this message. Let's turn over to Matthew
chapter 3. Amen.
So I want to talk to you about being the being advantageous,
it's advantageous. Okay.
And we have the advantage, all right.
Just like you should have said, we have the advantage.
I don't care. What's going on, we have the
advantage, right? And it's all about the right
perspective with the word, OK? And again as the day draws
nearer and things get more dark are you know?
More difficult times are seen. I'm becoming a little more
convinced. It's not so much that it's more
because it will be more, but it's just that will hear it so
much. Okay.
It's kind of like things that happen in our nation.
Now if you really did certain polling, there are certain
things that we act like is, you know, everybody's doing.
But if you actually look at the percentage of people doing, it's
really not that much just like such a minority of people who
have certain Certain mindsets. But yet, when you push things,
it seems like it's huge, right? Okay.
You know, and that's typically how - news travels anyway.
So to speak, is that all of a sudden, you know, people pick up
on the negative and it seems way bigger than what it really is.
So there are going to be a lot of horrible things going on in
our world and we just have way more access to that information.
And if we're feeding on it or keeping our ears, then I'm
telling you, it's going to be very challenging.
Challenging for us, although it doesn't have to be but even in
that we actually have the advantage, we have the advantage
and so we must maintain that perspective.
Appreciate what Pastor Marcy ministered on last week about
help yourself. Right?
Because you have the helper and I'm going to deal with the
helper even tonight because at the end of the day we as a
church we are the church. Jesus is building and the
church. Jesus builds is a Spirit-filled
church. We're Spirit-filled church,
okay? And because we're Spirit-filled
church, it gives us the greatest access to the word of God,
because it's the spirit that reveals the word.
So if you have a church that preaches the Bible, but the
spirits not there, then it will lack Revelation which means then
the word they preach is actually religion.
Because man has to try to reveal it and the spirits not there to
do so That's good but being a Spirit-filled church then you're
saying Holy Spirit. We can't even understand this
word without you so please reveal Jesus Christ to us.
Who is the word? So that we can embrace it.
Do it, believe it, stand in it. Walk in it.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? And do it.
All right, so, in Matthew chapter 3 verses 13 to 17.
It says that this way then Jesus arrived From Galilee at the
Jordan coming to John to be baptized by him, but John Tried
to prevent him saying, I have need to be baptized by you and
do you come to me? But Jesus answering said to him
permit. At this time, for, in this way,
it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.
Then he permitted him after being baptized Jesus, came up
immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened,
and he saw the spirit of God descending as a dove and
Lighting on him. Now, that doesn't mean the holy
spirit is a dove. I don't care what all the logos
look like. The holy spirit is not a bird.
It's not a bird and he doesn't bring feathers.
All the spirit of God fell man. There's feathers in the room.
No. That's wacky.
Okay, I'm just going to be clear.
We got start dealing with bunch of wacky stuff.
We're gonna start calling out wackiness.
Okay, so it just descended upon him as a dove.
So as a dove would descend, that's what basically the Holy
Spirit came came upon him and behold a voice out of Heaven.
Said, this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased now.
Jesus up to this point has done, no public preaching.
Okay, now he is extremely knowledgeable so much so that
when he was younger younger than 30 when he was back, when he's
about 13 years old, he's in a synagogue teaching the Pharisee,
they're blown away at his knowledge of scripture.
But he's not publicly teaching anybody, right?
He's not publicly going out and doing Ministry because he knows
if you're going to do real Ministry from the father, you
gonna have to have the spirit the Holy Spirit period.
You need to have everything. The Holy Spirit offers.
And as a church, we need to understand.
We must Embrace everything, the spirit of God offers.
Now, I've actually ministered this message at the beginning of
the year to our staff. It was a leadership lesson that
I meant. Stirred called we are a
Spirit-filled organization because at the end of the day
whether we're preschool, private school Cafe are of the church.
Underneath this route, we are spirit filled We do things
Beyond Excellence, we do things with fullness, we're led by the
spirit. We cut stuff off.
We don't let things linger. Now we can have things accused
of us but I know that we are righteous and God always
vindicates us because the world comes against the righteous and
the world comes against the spirit of God.
I realize that but I so trust the Holy Ghost and I know he is
for me and not against me. Are you hear me?
That's why I got to stay close to the spirit of God.
Talking about the spirit of God that the Bible talks about, I'm
talking about the anointing of God, I'm talking about the
anointing that breaks the Yoke. I'm going at the anointing that
drives demons out. I'm gonna mine an anointing that
when an attack comes, will lift up a standard, it's a no
further. I mean I trust him the Holy
Ghost goes my natural things can only go so far.
I have to trust that the Holy Ghost will disarm this and break
that down and do this because most of the challenges we even
have With a church or the preschool, or with Washington,
or even with a cafe for that matter or anything.
We even with them all, is that there are principalities and
powers that try to come against the word of God and the power of
God. And I'm like, Lord, I don't know
how to do it all, but when I can't do, you can do and you
shut it down. Because my trust is in him at
the end of the day, I trust in him.
This and I'm just going to be honest, you come against thank
of a church. You're coming against the
anointing. You're gonna have to deal with
God. Nothing personal on my end.
I just love Jesus. I serve him and we do it
according to the word period. Hallelujah, people have
opinions, but they don't mean nothing to me.
Are you hearing me? So Jesus doesn't even do
ministry till this anointing gets on him till the spirit.
Now we're talkin about Jesus, who is a Son of God and has
never sinned. This is a sinless son of man.
But a sinless son of man doesn't go out Minister until the Holy
Ghost gives him power. Are you hearing me now?
Jesus, it says this concerning and you know what?
Jesus said, he said in Luke chapter 4, he says, the spirit
of the Lord is upon me for he has what anointed me to preach,
which tells me until he came upon him.
He's like I don't have what I what you need to preach.
Which tells me this, if some of y'all are staying full, you
might need to keep your mouth shut.
Because there's nothing dryer or dead, or if that's the word, or
more dead than a person with the word without the spirit.
Because when you don't stay full of the spirit.
And you know what? I know someone's full of the
spirit. They got Joy about themselves.
You know, they can engage in conversation.
They're not touchy. They're not people can't like
get them all beat up. They can't.
They don't run out of the room. They don't wait till the last
minute. Smith.
I mean they're hungry for God, man.
They're not, I casually walking around, you know, and talking
here and doing here and doing that, you know, and it get it,
get all in a tizzy when something in the certain way.
I mean, I'm like, man, they need to get full of spirit, which
tells me then they become a Pharisee.
Gotta Stay full of the spirit and in these last days, you
better stay full of the spirit because he's the only one who's
going to navigate you through every situation, you encounter.
Hallelujah. But this is what I love about.
What Jesus said about the Holy Ghost.
He says this in chapter 16 verse 17.
He says his, but I tell you the truth.
So this is not Allah. Is this the truth?
Okay, so let's listen up now, right?
Let's listen up. It is to your, who's, who's,
who's to your advantage? That I go away for, if I don't
go away, the paraclete eyes, the helper the comforter, the an
advocate, the intercessor of the counselor to strengthen her to
stand by. To Pastor Mark.
She broke down so great. Last week, if you need some
help, some self-help, there's your help, right?
Will not come to you, but if I go I will send him the Holy
Spirit to you to be in close fellowship with you.
Now, let me tell you something, you ain't in close fellowship
with the Holy Ghost? If you don't have a regimen of
being intimate, with the word, wanting to read the word,
spending time in prayer and praying in the spirit, you're
not in intimacy. Okay it won't like what I you
know we all went to church three weeks ago.
And I listen to Christian music. Oh Jesus.
But I'll tell you, the truth is to your advantage, which tells
me, then I have the advantage. I have the advantage.
And because I will live righteous, I always stay in the
position of advantageous. Period.
I will not let my flesh show up. I will crucify it when it does.
I'm a you're gonna die. Don't even start talking to me.
Are you hearing me? This is why we got to understand
why when our flesh and our spirit battle daily.
We have to kill that flesh because we got to maintain the
advantage. We need the advantage because
there's a lot going on and know this.
The devil only comes to kill, steal, and destroy.
He's always looking for a way even when there's not a way in,
He'll pretend there is. Right, I mean couldn't get away
with Daniel so they had to make a law to get Daniel in trouble.
So they make up stuff. How about Jesus?
What do they got to do? Bring false accusers.
Said he was doing stuff. He wasn't doing mama, mama And
there's nothing worse than being a false accuser.
I'm telling you. I mean, God takes us to
personal. God takes when you accuse others
real personal. just remember what happened to Moses sister
running off at the mouth about the man of God, and if she shows
up with leprosy, But where was the heart of Moses?
Oh Lord. Please see.
That's righteousness talking, the heart of God.
He's like look if a child spitting her parents.
Do you know, there's going to be a consequence.
She going to have this for seven days period, put her out to
camp. And it was her problem.
Why? Cuz she's running off at the
mouth? Running off at the mouth.
Well, you better get under the blood fast.
They'll forgive me. Didn't mean to run off at the
mouth and he said, only reason a person is running off at the
mouth and accusing things falsely is because they're not
full of the spirit. Because people full of the
spirit, if a wrong is to actually taking place, they want
to see reconciliation, they're not there in the demand mode.
They are there in a, how can we get this right Moe?
Are you hearing me? I think God's for me and not
against me. So what happens to us in Acts
1:8? But you shall receive what power
when the Hulk went. The power s ability efficiency
and might when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall
be my Witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
And To The Ends the very bounds of the earth and Ephesians, 5:18
says be but be filled with the spirit.
He meant be filled with the spirit but be filled Old with
the spirit. Are you hearing me?
Now, let me just say something. If you're just reading the word
You can be filled with the spirit, reading the word.
If your heart is teach me, Holy Spirit, what's there to do the
work, the spirit of God is going to fill you in that moment.
Now, if you're just reading the word and you're disconnected,
well, then you're not allowing the spirit to absorb that word
their into your heart. Give you a revelation and
something else. Are you hear me?
You've got to go to that word by faith.
In the spirit will be there because the word in the spirit
of actually in Both we are the ones who try to separate that.
Now, when we separate it, then we make the word religious and
they, anything spirit is demonic.
Almost say it again, is demonic. Because the devil will talk like
God and so will familiar spirits, meaning they'll use
scripture but out of context to manipulate.
So what we have to be wise in us as keep them together, That's
why we always read the Bible. We keep it foremost as our
foundation. We're always saying, you got to
read it. You have to keep under.
You got to do it, you have to do it.
And that's whether we're checking in on you or not.
The audacity that you would check with, I read the Bob or
Not The Audacity Of you be offended.
I check. Aren't you?
Glad you check your checking account?
All right. Yeah, that is good.
Christopher you bet that's good. May not, you know how many
husbands be mad at their wives? They want checking account?
We went in a - again. Well I didn't check it.
You got to check the account. Well let me check your Bible.
Okay first John 4:4 I'm look I got a little Central America
coming off me right now. Right.
A Little Mexico. I got a was it way way.
Go way goes happening right here.
They were shouting that out while I was preaching.
So I'm like, is that was, I'm assuming that was good, wiggle
wiggle. I had once a a chihuahua.
Straight up said I Chihuahua. I was pretty sure I now it was
when I made a statement about some things and lean like a
chola. Sure death.
And then I made another state because they asked a question.
What what do you do with the leader who wants to attend
meetings? But then when you need them to
attend the event they won't come.
That was a question. I said, well, I would do
however, meaning meetings they came and the events they missed.
I would go to them and say, hey based upon your action you come
to the meetings but you know, actually produce the fruit of
meeting. So you're no longer invited to
the meeting and they went whoa whoa like That's bold.
Well, that's what you should do. Are you hearing me people want
to be at like they doing something without doing
something? All right.
Amen. First job.
One first, John 4:4 says, it's you are from God little children
and have overcome them because greater is he, who is in you
than he who is in the world? Are you hear me now?
I don't have time to go all the way back to this past month
where I talked about knowing your why got to examine your,
why remember I talked about that and talk about these selfish
ambition member If you go back online, which maybe that was a
Sunday that I did that one. But anyway, I kind of went
through scripture then talked about how people were saying,
Lord, Lord, you know, didn't we do this?
And all these particular things, but the problem is, they made it
acknowledgement with God, but they weren't followers of God.
And I made the statement you have to do, more than
acknowledge God, you have to follow him, okay.
And then I said, how do you avoid this way?
He's becomes really, Lord of your life, okay?
It's not like you're just trying to get Jesus to Except the way
you do him, okay? And you have to be very
conscientious as a lot of people that are trying that A lot of
people are trying to do him like they want to do and him accept
it. And then what's worse?
Is they try to put that on us? They try to put that on us,
like, they're doing Jesus. But you understand heart and
motive always manifests especially when your spirit
filled, When your spirit filled, you'll be able to discern those
things. And you'll be at a pray about,
and you'll be at a stand against them.
And most of that is not a personal confrontation, although
that can be a lot of times that is a job, take this to prayer
because you know, God really wants in those ways.
A lot of time. Let me just say that the
majority of the time. God really wants to fight those
battles for you. Say is God, fighting a battle
for me. Yes, and it's this one vengeance
is mine. Thus saith the Lord.
I will repay. That's New Testament was tells
That if I say, I don't have to defend my character.
I'll just make room for the Holy Ghost now.
And I long as I handle this thing exactly.
As the spirit tells me then vengeance is mine, saith the
Lord. I will repay and you don't want
to be on the side when vengeance is showing up from the Lord.
New Testament. Are you hearing me?
Okay? But we are a church that's full
of Advantage is that we are? We have advantageous.
We are advantageous. Okay, it's advantageous.
We are at the advantage because the Bible's clear of the spirit
that we have and there's quite a few statements concerning it.
So as a church Spirit-filled we have the spirit of Truth.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? We have the spirit of Truth.
John, 15:26 says it this way, when the helper comes whom I
sent to you from the father, that is the spirit of Truth, who
proceeds from the father, he will testify about me.
He'll what, what will he do? What will he do?
I remember a long time ago this long time ago.
A couple of our church long before I was ever in this
building, had them in a particular area of ministry and
and, you know, one of them to oversee it.
There was some training that they had had so, you know, the
the ability to do was there, okay?
Again, the talent 5 to 1 is given by a bility.
So the ability for them to do this assignment was there
however, they weren't doing it for the church.
They started kind of doing things on their own, like a
personal deal. Well, in the realm of
accountability as pastor and because they oversee, a brought
them in had the conversation. Why are we doing this?
Well then they were newly married, and you know, there's a
blending of merging that takes place over some challenges in
general there, as well. So, you're working those things
out. But again, if you're really
going to help people, you let me say it this way, I can only help
people who are honest with themselves.
Because if you're not honest with yourself, can't fix you.
If you don't want to fix yourself, you're not gonna get
fixed. Jesus is not going to fix you.
Geez, now, go renew your mind. You have to do it, right?
Jesus won't even make you born again, you have to pray the
prayer faith and then you have to work diligently to get your
mind right, right. Okay.
So again if you're not going to be honest to be really wanting
to grow, but that doesn't mean that God will not give your
pastor to sermon a where you at because once the advantage of
the spirit is to help pull the truth of a situation to the
surface because truth is just not God said this.
That's true. Truth is I know what you're
thinking. cause truth can show up to a word of knowledge, which
is a gift of the spirit will talk about that a little bit
later, which means then Jesus got in a room and he's like, get
up and be healed. This blind, you know, man that
came through the roof or he says your sins are forgiven.
Well, he hears by the spirit, not because they were audible to
his ears. But I only God can forgive this
man is blaspheming and he says, why do you say in your heart?
Now the mini makes that statement.
He's making a truth statement by the spirit of Truth.
He's exposing Their condition of their heart.
The callousness and the Rebellion instead of them being
like what is this? You know and wanting to Rejoice
that God is doing something and maybe we're somewhere else but
get indignant because it's threatening them because they
want to keep them like them. They want to stay like they want
to stay. So in turn he ends up saying to
let you know I have authority in both get up walk and he did
which was letting them know. I can forgive the sins too.
Now They didn't accept that obviously, right?
And notably, they had him murdered.
But who wins in the end? What's his name?
Jesus? Right.
And they'll stand trial. They never repented.
That's all. I'm just saying.
There's nothing that they're doing that won't go to an
account. But, you know, so here's this
whole young couple, we're dealing with stuff and, you
know, you're realizing man. You're like, man, there's some,
we got some walls, we got some issues, we got some past hurts,
we got some things, we gotta let go up, you know, so you're a
shark talking to you start seeing how one spouse is being
pitted against the church now, because This spouse doesn't
want. To change.
So one time after Wednesday night, they called me into the
office said, pastor want to talk to you super sweet, okay, sit
down pastor and it Starlight past.
We really appreciate you, so they always start really
appreciate you. Appreciate all that, you've done
for us. That's at the other bit, you
know, we really believe the Lord has called us to leave and go
somewhere in this is our last night.
Right now, you understand. Here's the car.
They're playing. I heard God and you can't
challenge that. So they do.
Here's a card, can't challenge it, unbeknownst to them.
I did. I said, well, I don't believe
that's God. I said, because what I don't
understand is why in the world they get a two week.
Notice, you have a major leadership oversight and you're
just abandoning it in his church like that.
Yeah, then the husband said, well, we're going because I'm
starting to see my wife. Like, you've been saying, well,
I'm not saying maybe you're seeing what the problem is and
you need to rise up and meet a husband and help your wife to
the next level. But didn't left six months
later, a note was left at the home by the wife that they left
them. They got divorced.
I ended up saying that individual later. 30 pounds
lighter. I mean, went through hell.
But you know why? Because once spirit-led, And
what willing to say, you know what, I love her enough to help
her pass this issue. Now, the end of the day.
They were in the best environment for that to happen,
but the minute you disconnect from the church.
Right won't do it. I mean at the end of the day you
can't make the other one do it anyway, right?
I mean God we ain't going to make you change because if you
don't want to change you don't want to change.
What I'm saying is this Spirit of Truth revealed things in the
meeting but they wanted their way instead and it resulted in
marital Separation. Now here's good news because you
know I want you to have good news the husband because
ultimately though they made the mistake and left never wanted.
Decker always wanted to stay married.
Alright, got restored has. Another wife has children and
gods bless them. The other one.
I have. No.
Informational. None.
This is what I know when you're
righteous, you recover when your unrighteous we don't hear about
you anymore. Are you hearing me now?
I'm trying to teach you something.
Because in the last days, what's so difficult for me, as your
pastor is I've been here which means then you know you always
run the risk that people like trying to figure out who someone
is. All right.
Now, you know, if I feel like this is going to become a
problem, I'll just say another church then you won't know.
Well, pastor at a certain time. I'll just keep it so vague about
is he talking about, right? It's the principle.
It's not about you. Trying to look across the
island. Figure out who somebody is.
Okay, they're not here at all. So you don't have to worry about
that anyway. My point is, it's the principle
in the matter because at the end of the day, do you think I
wanted that to take place? Do you think God wanted that to
take place yet everything that we're saying if they only would
have heated the spirit of Truth? Have changed.
Because the spirit of Truth is not here.
Just to give you Bible Revelation, the spirit of Truth.
Say the truth is your hearts wrong.
The truth is you're offended right now with so-and-so because
you'll go and listen to such and such preach, but anytime someone
else preaches you hang out in the lobby.
So let's just get real now because if you can't listen to
every person that comes up here to speak, then you might have a
problem with somebody which is really you and you need to get
that, right? All right, because the spirit of
Truth talking, it was so great about having the spirit of
Truth. Not only will he reveal God to
me so that I can accept it as truth and in stand in the truth
of God's word but he'll reveal truth about me, he'll reveal
truth about situations. So that I can say, okay, this is
really what's going on here. Now, how do I navigate that?
All right, I understand that that text looks like, but that's
not what they meant. Why is the spirit of Truth tells
me that if I just read it I think they hate me.
Wow, I thought they loved me. Most of y'all have really bad
days over at X because you filter any Motion in the words.
That's not even there but the spirit of Truth tell you, okay.
John 16:13 says but when he the spirit of truth comes, he will
guide you into what Ultra. That's why that's so important
not just Bible truth but all truth I said all truth all truth
when the world starts to shut down because of things.
Are they begin to tell you these things are occur?
You can say once the What? Maybe we won't get down to.
I know the person's name and when it started and where it
occurred and I'm going to call the CIA and the FBI and let them
go find out about it, right? I'm not saying that, although
that could happen and that means they would have to believe you
had that. And I'm not saying they will,
they may show up at your house because you know that much
information and at that point, you better have enough anointing
like Elijah. Or Elijah that you can say there
are more for us than there are for them. you might not want to
come in here, because Fire might fall.
I'm just warning. You okay?
If we go, we go right? He will guide you into all
truth. He will not speak on his own
initiative, but whatever he hears he will speak and he
disclosed it. Now, let's key on here real
quick. Maybe I'll just break this up to
two more Wednesday nights. Yes, I probably will.
But when he the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into
all truth, right? Not just Bible Truth for he will
not speak on his own initiative, which means when you hear him,
he's getting this from somewhere.
Why is it that we resist? That not like mine.
I can't be. When look, I'm just telling you
what the king is telling me he's seeing about you.
I'm just telling you what the king knows about this situation.
You don't know, it's amazing how quick people jump to judgments
about stuff. My wife and I was talking about
this situation, I won't talk about it here.
Okay, that's happening in the world.
Okay? And and I was like I said, this
is what God has. I said, I don't understand why
people jump on the bandwagon. I said, we have a Biblical
scripture that says be quick to hear slow to speak.
Speak and slow to wrath because the Wrath is, they're really
just saying how they can't believe they're doing this, that
the other. And yet, you may not have enough
information for you to declare just because a majority of
people agree with your opinion, doesn't mean they just truths
about it. That we've got to be people to
say, there's a lot going on, a lot of information.
And if I need to tune in by the spirit of God, to get something
really more specific on, what's happening there, guess what?
I have the advantage. I don't have to go to the FBI
and go in there. See all their secret top secret,
super, super secret file, to determine what's going on.
Seriously, we don't have to do that.
We already have the advantage because the spirit of truth
knows the documents by heart. he could translate us into the room
if you needed to know for some reason, The reason why.
Most of us don't know that Reese, it is because we couldn't
handle that information and then we look like a lunatic.
We start talking about mine. I know I was there.
Translated. He's got to have wisdom, right?
But not in that, I mean if God is telling you to do that, then
there's a platform Hill and the anointing a show up in that
deal. But most people are trying to
get their own platforms and that's the problem.
Okay? The only platform I want is
whatever he gives me and I just want to lean my ear into him
because whatever I'm hearing is coming from a higher source.
Hallelujah. And my decision-making is based
upon a chair that's not in the Earth.
I said, my decision making is based upon a chair that's not in
the earth. It's the Throne of God.
Are you hearing me another thing that we have?
Because we're spirit filled church.
As we have the spirit of power, we have the spirit of Truth.
We have the spirit of power. Okay, now look what it says here
in second Timothy 1:7. Man, we should like put this on
our, you should put this on your mirrors at the house and on your
refrigerators because you go there enough and your
dishwashers. All right, so that's your see.
Cuz you're brushing your teeth is your refrigerator cold, you
feeding your face. And it's your dishwasher because
your To clean the clerk dishes that you can feed your face
again. That you need to brush your
teeth, okay, I'm not going to say put on the toilet because I
was corrected in that Doctrine, long ago, all right?
I used to talk like that, but then I realized that God, always
had that stuff way outside to Camp.
So I'm not asking you to read scripture on the toilet.
Now, if you read scripture on the toilet that's between you
and God, I'm just saying I don't put it on the toilet.
No more. That's all I'm saying.
All right, but you need to get this for God, has not given us a
spirit of fear And if there's anything prevailing in planet
Earth today, it's that spirit. so, if there's anything in your
life that gives you fear, You need to know right now that is
not of God, because the fear of God isn't fear, it's all its
this. How could I ever do anything
that would dishonor, my key. How can I ever respond?
That would dishonor my king. How can I ever speak something
contrary? That would dishonor, my king,
that's the fear of the Lord, but so many people are afraid of So
many things, it was amazing. How many people are still stuck
in fear in Mexico? We talked about it, stuck
terrified and that's the spirit. A spirit but God has not given
us. Which means we should not accept
it, we should not accept it. And if there's something, if you
just can't seem to get a thought of something, that's fearful you
need to go beyond just reading scripture, you need a rebuke it
in the name of Jesus and then keep reading.
Don't let the fear take you, but what Spirit did he give us?
So he's not given us a spirit of fear, but meaning than he's
given us a spirit of power. Right and of love and of Salman.
So we have a spirit of power. Now, you're at the advantage and
I know often when we talk about David and Goliath right?
And the in our world it's always the little guy against the giant
but you understand from Davis perspective he was always the
Giant So the analogy only, I mean, if you're going to do it
in real context is that it appears that?
This is way bigger than this, but this really was always the
mightiest when it came on the field.
Period and I'll never see myself at the disadvantage ever.
Ever, the only way I could ever since disadvantage, if I was in
sin, if I knew, I would my heart's condemn me, because
something ain't right, but by God, no, I'm not going there.
I love God too much. I'm like, fleas the appearance.
I mean, I'm gone so far as flee, the appearance.
They all cost the best you can do, flee the appearance.
Because at the end of the day, I want to maintain walk in my
righteousness. I mean, I made in the
righteousness of God, I cry, but I want my mind to be in
righteousness, with God. I want to be walking in step
with him. Why?
Cuz I want the power all the time.
The power to deliver. The power to overcome.
Right acts 10:38, you know, of Jesus of Nazareth, how God
anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power.
And he went about doing good. And healing all who were
oppressed of the devil for God was seeing what God is with.
You, you got power. I said, you got power.
I said you got power. You have power.
Power. Now, that doesn't mean you don't
have trials, but you are the powerful one in the trial.
Anka life will screaming out, like, you going to cut your head
off and do all these nasty things but you just say, no, I'm
in Covenant with God. And your attack against me will
not prevail. It's not going to happen.
See, I have to maintain my psyche on how powerful the holy
spirit is with me. And I know when he's with me.
and when he's for me because the Bible tells, What I have to do
to maintain the advantage. Are you hearing me?
He said pastor roles that mean. No sin comes in aggravate
Church. Sure sin comes in Ankeny a
church but there's power to set it free because at the end of
the day if they want to maintain it they can't stay if Deception
comes into the church. There's power here to confront
it but if they don't want to change, they won't be able to
stay. Lies gossip.
Can't stay. Can't happen either repentance
because there's power. To push it away and it's but
Powers there to change. But at the end of the day, if
You Wiz, xizt power will push out.
Are you hearing me? We have power, we have the
truth, we have the power because the spirit of truth, and the
spirit of Paris, I'll give you one more tonight and then we'll
come back and do this next week, okay?
We have the spirit of wisdom. The spirit of wisdom.
Oh, I love this. I love this.
Not only do we have our wisdom. We get to know what the Devils
doing. Whoo, this is where I'm in an
advantage, right? Because not only will the Lord
give me the wisdom to come out. He'll give me the what's
happening with the Enemy? What's it say?
We're not ignorant of the devil's devices, which means the
minute he reveals to us the truth of what the devil is
trying to form against us that he's already told us this
scripture. The, this is the Formed against
you but it can't prosper. Now I can talk it.
Can threaten It can even hire an attorney that will lose.
Because I have the greatest advocate.
And my Advocate will give wisdom to my natural advocate.
Are you hearing me now? I would just assume people not
be embarrassed and just deal with the spirit.
That's they're talking to and listening to any way.
Get that thing bound up where it quits talking and quit, you
know, motivate them so much and then it just let it go.
And let's go on. But if people resist and guess
what, it shows up in certain cases, and here you go, Walking
in wisdom. I'll never forget when I we
moved over to 312. Remember that for the how many
who are there in our 312 location.
Raise your hand. I got a total of Washington,
Washington has a science fair tomorrow so it means a lot of
parents are at home. Finishing their children's
science projects tonight. It's going to be my speculations
so new rule new rule no science fairs on Thursdays.
They will be on Fridays from now on since I'm a part of the
school board have just officially changed that it's to
their advantage. They're here.
And stay up later tonight to finish her science fair.
If they procrastinated so long to get it done, okay?
Back to 312. So I called about, could we be
there? We could signed a lease.
Okay, then all of a sudden as we are remodeling it and we are on
a Thursday night before the Sunday morning, we're going to
be in the news thing. The County Inspector showed up,
and shut down our whole thing and said we weren't even allowed
to be there. I mean, he had to badge.
He had to pink paper. Stop work order.
Yeah. So when I was confronted with
that wisdom manifested, Wisdom and some other things.
The spirit gives us, we'll talk about, you know, next week.
But wisdom came on me. And I went to the individual and
I said, you know, sir being respectful because matters our
Authority, you better be respectful.
I've been telling my son, chase a travel in a few times.
You don't smile enough at TSA and immigration says, son, you
got a smoke Don't be going through immigration on me, not
smiling. Don't do that man.
We Happy People how you doing. I'm not talking overly happy
like you're on drugs or something.
I'm talking just happy cheerful you know, Pleasant not assuming
right. But I was a little questionable
but how my son took his hat off going into Mexico.
Take your hat off and my bro smile smile.
When they ask you to take the hat off, I mean say, yes, ma'am.
I mean I told him we love. I said say yes ma'am.
Next time and smile. Get off as say, yes, ma'am.
Because I'll let you sit there for day to learn your lesson and
I'll get you out. I didn't tell you that, I
wouldn't do that Alyssa, I get him right?
But teach your husband, a smile at immigration, okay.
All right. I don't care how hungry are
smile. Okay, how early we got up, How
you doing? It's great to be in your
country. All right so I said sir you know
what's the problem. So he communicate I said wow so
well you know we called the county and I had a different
response. He goes well I'm just the
messenger. Don't shoot us so that's all
right. I said you're just doing your
job, I get it. I said you know is there a point
of contact or somebody I can do and he goes well you sure are
taking this. Well, I said sir, you're just
doing your job, I get it. I'm just a little confused right
now, so I'm obviously going to need to get in contact with
someone who's going to be at a point me in a direction.
He says, man, I've gone into a lot of other churches and they
don't handle this as well as you do.
Now, see that buzz? A very derogatory statement
against a lot of other churches. But I'm glad I had the spirit of
wisdom. I'm glad I didn't come out
there, I'll panic when we gonna turn your shutting us down.
Oh my God! What, what?
Cause I have the Holy Ghost. I mean, it's not like, God
doesn't know these things are going to occur and he trains us
for these moments. I mean, when you're getting a
trial, say, I've been trying this is all right, let's let's
handle this thing. Let's go ahead handle it with
joy. And I got about a 15 things
going on right now and I'm like, laughing a half of them.
What am I supposed to do? Cause the joy of the Lord is my,
so I'm getting strong. I'm getting strong.
So in the end it gives me a number, right?
So I said I saw, I said sir, let me ask this question because,
you know, by All rights we were bringing our church here Sunday.
And I said, you know, I there's no way I'm going to be at a
contact all of them before Sunday.
Could we still? Can I get your permission to
still meet here? He said sure he's so we don't
work on Sunday anyway. Y'all can come here and tell him
but because he gave me permission.
To assemble. Now, you understand the next
day? I went to work went down to the
county, had a conversation, you know, got their stuff found out
why they thought what they thought went to my attorney that
point close, you know, just because someone says it's a way
doesn't mean it's the way. But again I didn't argue with
the person who gave me the thing.
I said, this is what it meant. I said, thank you, I didn't run
them down. Just I can't believe you did
that. I can't believe you're doing
this to us. Like thank you, appreciate it.
I said hey I'm at a particular situation.
I've sounded you know, three-year lease, you know.
And they're telling me I can't be here.
Now, can I send you, you know this, so I sent it.
They said, oh Pastor Earle. And then she told me legally,
how I could take a stand until the church Sunday that, hey,
I've called our attorney good news.
You know, based upon what our attorney said, this is how it
is. I'll go back to that, you know,
department and will resolve this Monday.
So, when I went down there again, nice, hey met.
Well, you know, I called our attorney, you know, I realized I
said, but you know, Based upon this.
We meet it and they're like, well, we've never interpreted
that way. I said well that's okay because
I'm you know in the business of changing people's thinking right
now I love to say they were like, thank you Pastor.
Oh my mind's changed stay. They didn't, they didn't want
that fight because typically and that government system, nobody
wants to be the one to do it. They want to push it up to the
authorities. So they're like, well, we've not
but what you could do is do this here.
So I'm like well I could do that fine.
If that's what you're telling me to do.
So I went through their steps but never not met in the church.
Because I knew legally, I can be here, even though they're not
seeing it that way today. Are you hearing me?
And my attorney said no Pastor. I can't guarantee you.
They wouldn't put you in jail. He told me that I said.
Well, that's all right. This one's worth fighting.
This was worth fighting. And so I stood went through the
steps and at the end we never left, stay got our name, put on
free, didn't cost us anything. Amen.
And at the end of the day, Four Commissioners to one gave us the
approval. But the one who didn't.
Six months later was thrown into prison for embezzlement.
And within two years killed himself.
I'm telling you right now, you don't want to come against the
church. I didn't do that but the minute
he said a vote. I don't believe that church
should be there. God saw his heart saw his motive
and exposed his sin. And it was a sitting county
commissioner. In st.
Johns County. Six months after he voted no
against anchor, Faith Church. Is that coincidence?
Would you well, we want this to happen?
No. But we had a legal right to be
there. Now, it's just cuz you don't
like the church. Okay, wanted his opinion instead
of siding with the spirit Ephesians 1:17 will close with
this Spirit of wisdom, scripture for the Lord, Our God, Jesus
Christ. The father of Glory may give to
you a spirit of wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of
him. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
So Paul prayed this for the churches that they have a spirit
of wisdom, which means we can have the spirit of wisdom, the
Holy Ghost gives us wisdom. Wisdom, how to navigate
situations, relationships, trials, tribulations.
Things with our own spouse, right?
Things that are businesses things with employee.
I mean, no matter what's going on, if we would just slow down
enough, get our eyes out of the scene, get out of all the chaos
of the world, get out of everything that's going on.
It's just say no Lord. You really know what's going on
here. I need some wisdom.
And James tells us if a man lacks wisdom, let him ask God.
My wife has had great wisdom from God.
And Steve spoken to me at Toms about things.
God have said and it resonates with me so quick and I'm like
that's the Holy Ghost. Yes, but sometimes she'll make a
statement and it doesn't resonate and I got to go I got
to hear from God myself. It doesn't matter how much she
wanted to convince me or communicate or whatever.
The matter that we're just married, I got to know that.
I know God is saying that. Because I love my wife, and
she's a God-fearing woman, make no mistake about it, but her and
I both could not be hearing God about something.
But if we stopped with purity of heart.
Even willing to face discomfort and being corrected.
And personally have to change. With that kind of humility.
We always hear the voice of God. Without fail.
Without fail.
I know when our marriage that I because the Bible tells me love
your wife as Christ loves the church, which means I got to be
first to respond. Not wait on her.
I gotta be first because Christ was first, which means there's
conflict. Be the first to say I'm sorry.
Not because you want to but you won't be christ-like.
Are you hearing me? But also I got to be first to
say, I'm not sure. That's right, even though it can
create conflict. Now I loved it.
You know, honestly at this stage of our mayor's, this is like
easy stuff for us, but when we had like baggage is bit more
challenging But because we were willing to take those same steps
in our baggage years. She's made me a better man of
God and I know I made her a better man woman of God.
I know it. She's made me a better man of
God because she challenged processes with me.
She knew she heard the voice of God about things in my life.
And I was willing to say, it ain't just my wife, trying to
nag me, she's heard the voice of God but vice versa.
When she had low self-esteem about her life and her abuses.
And y'all know about the thing, she just would not allow that.
We're not going to let that determine who you are.
You're a mighty, you're a woman of God Mass call it, call it.
And she is. She is but then she confronted
herself. Right.
Spirit of wisdom does this? Because we're spiritual
organization. Wow.
So thankful to God. So thankful to God.
Oh, he's good. We don't want to go anywhere
without Holy Ghost. Do not leave home without it,
right? Don't wake up without him.
Don't take a breath. Without him, right?
And when you do something without him, repent fast.
Repent fast because the only way you're going to always be in the
advantage position. Is to be being filled with the
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