1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,960 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:16,600 Now enjoy this message. Well, we have the reigning 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,960 spirit. Amen, I said. 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,880 We have the reigning spirit turn over to First Timothy Chapter 4. 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,080 I want to continue in this vein. As I said, I can almost minister 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,479 every message in this context this year, and in some ways we 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,960 probably will, although you know we'll they'll contain different 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,320 subjects within it. We're going to be pretty 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,760 intentional of trying to keep the dots connected for you. 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,280 Amen. And so I'll I'll say a few 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,040 scriptures we said last week, but I'm not going to do a 13 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,800 massive review at all because the reality is, you know, you 14 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,320 just need to go online and listen to it for yourself. 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,840 But in First Timothy chapter 4, verse one, it says this. 16 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:03,760 But the Spirit explicitly says that in latter times some will 17 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,880 fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits 18 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,000 and doctrines of demons. Now notice it literally says 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,200 that the Spirit explicitly says this, which means that this is 20 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,160 going to happen. You can't pray this from happen, 21 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,000 not happening. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 22 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:31,960 You can't say, oh Lord, I pray that none would would turn away 23 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,360 from the faith. It's not going to, it's going to 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,760 happen. I said it's going to happen. 25 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,440 So we can't stop it from happening. 26 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,360 It's going to happen. But what you can do is learn how 27 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,200 you're not one of those who fall away. 28 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,400 I said, You're not one of those who fall away. 29 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,520 Amen. And then it goes on to say the 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,000 reasons why they will fall away from the faith. 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,040 Amen. And that is that they begin to 32 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,920 give their attention. One translation says this, one 33 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,560 here and others that they give their attention to deceiving 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,880 spirits and doctrines of demons. They're entertaining words that 35 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,280 are being spoken that are not in alignment with the word of God. 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,520 Now it will be extremely easy for anyone who does not have a 37 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,880 healthy diet of reading the word to be seduced. 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,360 Extremely easy. And here's the thing. 39 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,080 I really laughed the other day. I did. 40 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,640 I mean, I laughed when I saw this. 41 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,920 There was a little Instagram thing come through where a 42 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:42,040 person posted that if when people began in the church to 43 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:48,800 read the Bible at least four times a week, that depression 44 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:56,240 dropped 43%. Low self esteem was like 50 45 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,920 something. I mean it just and I'm like, 46 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:04,200 this is so stupid because again, it's obvious the word has life 47 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:09,680 and the fact that we as the church at large now have 48 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,600 believers, you understand within churches at large have no value 49 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,440 for reading the word none at all. 50 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,920 They just, they are basically. What's crazy is, is that we are 51 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:27,440 living in a new covenant, having the Holy Ghost in US. 52 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,600 Yet we're behaving like we're in an old covenant. 53 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,440 Because in the old covenant, when the Lord began to introduce 54 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,320 himself to the nation of Israel that I'm going to be your king, 55 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,400 that he comes down on the mountain, you know, with 56 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,080 Thunder, you know, and smoke. I mean it was quite the 57 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,800 spectacle. In fact he said y'all got to 58 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,240 consecrate yourself for three days. 59 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,960 Don't touch the mountain. Come when I come down, you touch 60 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,720 the mountain. Anything touches the mountain 61 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,880 going to drop dead. I'm that holy, OK? 62 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,680 And so there was great fear and trembling with them. 63 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,800 And when his voice boomed, the whole nation, said Moses, You 64 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,760 talk to him and then you come back and tell us what he said 65 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,440 and we'll do it Now. First of all, they were liars. 66 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,360 The lesson we will learn is this. 67 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,640 If you are doing it because someone else has said it, you're 68 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,840 not going to do it. So if you're following God 69 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:26,720 because I'm preaching to you, then I would probably say you're 70 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,920 not following God. Amen. 71 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:35,000 You're going to have to take the responsibility to grow in the 72 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:40,400 Lord or to read the Scripture and cultivate your relationship 73 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,800 with the Lord so you can understand your purpose and 74 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,400 assignment. That when I minister, you should 75 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,960 search the scriptures for yourself to see that it's true. 76 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,600 I'm quite confident that the majority of the time it will be 77 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,720 accurate by the Holy Ghost. Now, I'm not going to tell you 78 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,520 I'm perfect, so I cannot say it will always be, but I endeavored 79 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,040 for it to be. And if there's ever a time that 80 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,880 something's not exactly right, well, we can make that 81 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,640 correction really quick and do OK. 82 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,800 Because, you know, all of us have traditions that we've 83 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,800 brought. If you've had any type of 84 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,640 relationship coming through the church, many of us have some 85 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,080 types of traditions that when confronted with the Word, we may 86 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,200 say, I may need to change that it sounded holy or it sounded 87 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,560 right till all of a sudden we got the scripture realized. 88 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,480 Huh. So what do we do? 89 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:33,160 Are we like Pharisees where we hold to our tradition and ignore 90 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,280 the commandment of God, or do we change our traditions to be in 91 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,920 alignment with the Word? Can I get an Amen? 92 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,000 So it's very important that we we do that. 93 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:45,880 But what the reason why some? And I'm glad the Word is not 94 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:52,280 many, but it is some and it's that they'll fall away from the 95 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,600 faith because they're entertaining other things. 96 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,640 And if you'll have a a heavy diet of reading the word in 97 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:04,840 desire to not try to conform it to your thinking but allow it to 98 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:09,160 change your thinking, You know, one of the greatest dangers is 99 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,120 going into scripture to try to prove your point instead of, 100 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,000 well, I think this, let's see if it's accurate. 101 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,480 Let's determine whether this thought's accurate. 102 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,960 I'll give you case in point. Pastor Mike and I had the, I had 103 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,960 this thought and I said, you know, I'm curious, you know, 104 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,400 'cause everybody wants to use this, you know, those who don't 105 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,440 want to be born again, they're when you tell them they need 106 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Jesus as the Lord. And So what about the people 107 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,640 that are in nations that never heard, right? 108 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,480 And like, what about those people? 109 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,760 You understand? Like, again, if no one's gone 110 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,400 them, they don't get saved. Then how in the world could God, 111 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,440 you know, not, you know, let them in. 112 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,040 So then ultimately, if he lets them in for their kind of 113 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,960 behavior, then surely he's going to let me, even though 114 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,280 technically I'm having the ability to hear right now. 115 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:02,200 So we threw out this thought, Jesus is a man. 116 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,560 At least he came as a man, right? 117 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,760 He's in a skin suit. He's called himself the Son of 118 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,320 man. Man has been authorized to 119 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,480 preach, correct? It's our assignment to preach 120 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,400 the gospel. So I thought, well, I've heard 121 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,400 of testimonies that Jesus has shown up in other countries. 122 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,080 People have said they've seen him. 123 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,000 So could it be that these unreached places, Jesus himself 124 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,400 shows up and preaches? Sounds good, doesn't it? 125 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,680 Right. And then you start thinking, 126 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,840 well, on the road to Damascus, who did the talking to Paul? 127 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,360 It was Jesus, man. It sounded good. 128 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,880 I'm getting you to think, wow, OK, that's good answer. 129 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,480 It's not true. I'm not saying that Jesus 130 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,720 doesn't show up in nations, because he probably does. 131 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,960 And I'm not saying because it's obvious. 132 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,560 According to scripture, Jesus definitely spoke from heaven to 133 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,000 Paul. But Jesus's testimony of himself 134 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,080 is not what caused Paul to be born again. 135 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:05,440 Ultimately, it's because he had already heard the gospel from 136 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,560 the church. He was putting people in jail 137 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,440 that were of the way he already heard the testimony. 138 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,840 In fact, the first time he I don't know if it's the first 139 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,400 time, but the first recorded time that we know that Paul he 140 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,040 ears were in hearing the gospel was at the stoning of Stephen. 141 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:27,400 So again, Jesus showed up and confirmed something man on earth 142 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,880 was already doing in essence. If Jesus could take our 143 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,480 responsibility, don't you think he'd just go ahead and come down 144 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,320 and preach to everybody? Because at that point Matthew 145 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:41,039 2414 would be over? He would preach the gospel of 146 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,360 the Kingdom because he's well versed in the gospel of the 147 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,240 Kingdom. It's the only thing he preached 148 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:52,320 while he was on the planet. And in doing so, then the end 149 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,000 would come because Jesus can pop in and out of any country. 150 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,520 He's in his glorified state. The reality is it does require 151 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,160 us. Amen. 152 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,800 The good news is, angels also know where people who carry the 153 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,040 gospel live. It's just as easy, like in 154 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,880 Cornelius's case, that we could conclude that somebody could be 155 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,440 trying to worship God the best they know how according to 156 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,960 nature, according to Romans. And as a result of that, an 157 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,360 Angel could so show up and say go find this person. 158 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:32,120 So it's kind of what we call a false premise that people are 159 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,440 concluding that there are people who are not hearing, but you 160 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:44,840 can't really prove that. I said you can't prove that just 161 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,320 because someone says, well, this is a people group that's never 162 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,320 heard the gospel. That may not be true. 163 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,880 It could be an isolated island island. 164 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,280 But the missionary who went, preached there, died, and never 165 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,560 told anybody. He made it. 166 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,040 OK. It's just as easy to conclude 167 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,920 that maybe something's been on an island, because we'll all be 168 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,960 without excuse. Are you hearing me? 169 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,800 My point is, is that I'm not going to be deceived because I 170 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,200 let the word decide what truth is, not my own opinion. 171 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,560 OK, so so the Spirit explicitly says in these latter times some 172 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,560 will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful 173 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:29,800 spirits and doctors of demons. Obviously latter times is the 174 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,160 days we're living in. Today there's coming a day of 175 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,160 what the Bible Jesus called the great falling away that the the 176 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,480 love of many will wax cold. That literally it is the word 177 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,480 agape, which means they have the love of God shed abroad in their 178 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,760 heart. It's those who are alive to God 179 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,080 that ultimately their love will grow cold. 180 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,320 And as a result of that, they'll become much like the Laodicea 181 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,680 Church, where they're lukewarm. I said. 182 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,200 Where they're lukewarm. You don't want to be lukewarm. 183 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:02,920 Amen. You don't want to be lukewarm, 184 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,400 OK? You want to be someone that is 185 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,280 fervent for the things of the Lord. 186 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,960 OK, so first John 41 says this and the passion, it says 187 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,680 delightful lead love. Friends don't trust every 188 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:21,400 spirit, but carefully examine what they say to determine if 189 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,040 they are of God. Because many false prophets have 190 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:28,680 mingled into the world. Now again, for people to fall 191 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:33,600 away, they have to hear what seducing spirits or doctrines of 192 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,800 demons are being said. But you understand this. 193 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,000 They are utilizing humans to carry out those words. 194 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,760 They're using people to speak to. 195 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,080 That in turn then speaks to you. And if you entertain, you pay 196 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,720 attention to it. You keep listening to it. 197 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:57,200 And in today's society, it is easy to go onto YouTube and 198 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,800 listen to anything you want. In fact, I guarantee you the 199 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,440 devil will set you up with someone to to to support you're 200 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:12,400 already thinking. Oh, already thinking, you know, 201 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,720 how many people are out there that are taking scripture to say 202 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:22,600 that the earth is flat? I'm just telling you, I mean, 203 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,800 there are scriptures out there that they are utilizing for 204 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,640 everything. I mean, you can do all kinds of 205 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,880 crazy things with scripture if you don't know. 206 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:36,200 OK, Jesus said go and do there likewise. 207 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,720 And then there's another scripture where Judas hung 208 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,240 himself. So we could say Judas hung 209 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,600 himself and Jesus said go and do their likewise. 210 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,800 Well. Now obviously we shouldn't do 211 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,640 that, but I mean you can manipulate scripture all day 212 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:56,120 long and if you're not trained nor have the Holy Ghost and then 213 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,280 trained by the Holy Ghost. I'm telling you it's amazing 214 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:05,800 that the the IT just shows the infancy of a believer when 215 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,360 things can be said and they just take it hook, line and sinker. 216 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,360 Now, I'm not asking you to be critical, but I am asking you to 217 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:18,880 examine, to examine. Because if you don't even go to 218 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,400 examining, you'll never discern, you'll never discern, right? 219 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,120 At the end of the day, there will be no discernment. 220 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,000 It's impossible. In fact, the Bible even says you 221 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,960 cannot in Hebrews discern good from evil unless you're trained 222 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,880 in righteousness. It means you have to come into a 223 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,240 training. It doesn't mean because you're 224 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,960 born of God. Being born again is not trained 225 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,360 in righteousness. Being born again gives you 226 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,880 entrance into the Kingdom that makes you alive unto God and 227 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,160 allows the Holy Spirit to be inside of you to now give you 228 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,440 training. But if you won't yield to that 229 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,720 training then you can't figure out between good and evil. 230 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,160 I find it interesting that there is a global church that is 231 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:09,400 blessing people in certain sexual acts that the Bible calls 232 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:14,600 in both Old and New covenant as an abomination. 233 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,680 Any sexual behavior outside of marriage between husband and 234 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:28,400 wife in that context is wrong. Some sexual interactions are 235 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,920 considered an abomination. And it's not just with humans, 236 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:38,600 it's with other animals. Are you hearing me? 237 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,720 But again, we're like, well, you know, they're so open. 238 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,200 That's just such wow. Because God's not open. 239 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:55,920 God's righteous. He's just he has a way for life 240 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,280 to manifest. Now again, just to let you know 241 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,840 you can do whatever you want to do because even God will let you 242 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,760 do whatever you want to do. But he's going to hold you 243 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,840 accountable, not to your thinking, but to his standard. 244 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:14,840 Hallelujah. I'm telling you, when you stand 245 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,200 before the Lord, he will not be saying so. 246 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,640 Tell me. Tell me why you thought that was 247 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,240 OK. Maybe I should change. 248 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,040 I mean, one minister had the audacity to actually say to his 249 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,560 congregation, he said, you know, if I was there, maybe I would 250 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:37,040 have said, Lord, I mean, I'm thinking, wow, you're going to 251 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,280 tell the creator of heaven and earth? 252 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:47,320 Maybe he should reconsider. That's to fit society today. 253 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,600 Are you hearing me? All right, Well, that's fun. 254 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,080 Praise the Lord. You know, this thing's going out 255 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,760 on YouTube, so you might as well just get excited about it. 256 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:08,560 Anyway, John, Chapter 12, verse 31, says, now judgment is upon 257 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,200 the world. Now the ruler of this world will 258 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,960 be cast out. So in these first three verses, 259 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,480 what we're trying to show you real quick is that there is a 260 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,920 nut. There are other spirits than the 261 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,880 Holy Spirit or what we what we call the reigning spirit. 262 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,600 The reigning spirit is God the Father Son, the Holy Spirit. 263 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,080 They are one and they are the reigning spirit. 264 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,960 All other spirits are subject to them. 265 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,720 Do you understand? We are a spirit. 266 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,480 We have a spirit, OK? And then there's a spirit realm 267 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:45,080 we can't technically see, but you know there is even a realm 268 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,000 in the realm of light. You know, we see things on a 269 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,480 particular spectrum, but you understand there are places 270 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,240 beyond that that are visible, eyes can't see. 271 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,840 But it still exists nonetheless, right? 272 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,200 And so there are things in the unseen that exist that we can't 273 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,119 see. But if we were given the ability 274 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:06,760 to see, we could see them, right? 275 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,520 And there are beings that exist in a realm right now that though 276 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:13,440 we can't see, they exist. In fact, right now in this room, 277 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:17,000 there are other beings besides us. 278 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,599 They're called angels, ministering spirits, and they 279 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:25,599 are here. And then God himself is here, 280 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:31,040 called the Holy Spirit. He's here in the room. 281 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,760 Amen. I don't just seem to know that. 282 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,600 Because you're a carrier of him. Are you the temple of the Holy 283 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,160 Ghost? Then he's in you. 284 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,120 Amen. So we see then that their 285 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,440 spirits are going to communicate, obviously. 286 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,080 He says test every spirit, which means there's more than one 287 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,240 spirit. But then we see here in John 288 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:57,840 that Jesus came, so that because judgment was coming on the ruler 289 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,160 of the world. I want you to understand when 290 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,200 the whole context of the Bible is about establishing the 291 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:09,520 reigning spirit. Now again, I want to say this. 292 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,840 When we talk about reigning, we're talking about Kingdom. 293 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:20,720 Reigning is not religion. Reigning has to do with someone 294 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:30,480 overseeing it all. And Jesus says in John that 295 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,520 judgment is upon the world. Now that's not upon earth in the 296 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,720 context of planet Earth, it's upon the systems and the one 297 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,640 who's operating all the systems of the world. 298 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,160 And it says now the ruler of all the systems. 299 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,720 The way things function, the way you see it, the way they 300 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:55,880 operate, is that particular ruler is going to be cast out. 301 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:01,680 In essence, there's a ruler in this realm that I've come to 302 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,960 displace. Are you hearing me? 303 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:11,240 And the reason we're going to see here is that this person has 304 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:20,040 or this entity spirit has had been at one juncture able to 305 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,200 reign freely because of a a challenge. 306 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,000 In Luke chapter 4 verses one and two. 307 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,640 It says Jesus full of the Holy Spirit. 308 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,600 Full of what? Jesus full of what. 309 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:34,560 The reigning spirit returned from the Jordan and was led 310 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,440 around by the Spirit in the waters. 311 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:43,000 Notice Jesus is yielding to the direction of this Holy Spirit. 312 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,920 Now why is he doing this? Because Jesus is the Word. 313 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,400 He is the one Supreme. There is nothing more exalted 314 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,120 than the Word, which is then more exalted than Jesus. 315 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,880 However, Jesus has emptied himself of his preeminence. 316 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:04,240 He's left the heaven realm came into the earth as a man and as a 317 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,200 man. The A man is dependent on the 318 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,240 connection between the reigning Spirit and heaven. 319 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,840 Jesus no longer is in heaven. Meaning the Son or the second 320 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,840 part of the Godhead is not residing in heaven. 321 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,320 He's on the earth and he is limited. 322 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:29,000 I'm going to say it again. He's limited to the confines of 323 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:34,120 a human body. So in order for him to hear the 324 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:37,600 Father, he has to have the Spirit. 325 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,600 Without the Spirit, there's no way he can hear from his Father. 326 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,360 That's why Jesus said I only speak what I've and what did he? 327 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,600 Who did he hear from or through the Holy Spirit? 328 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,240 So here's Jesus only want to do the Father's bidding. 329 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,560 And in doing so, the Holy Spirit says, OK, let's go into the 330 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,040 wilderness. And he says that's what Dad 331 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,000 wants me to do. I'm going. 332 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,520 And so he's led by the Spirit into the wilderness. 333 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,880 It says verse 4, verse 2 for 40 days, being tempted by the devil 334 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,640 and he ate nothing during those days and when he had ended he 335 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,000 became hungry. Now drop down to verse 5. 336 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,040 Verse five is the temptation I want us to look at. 337 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,240 It says and he that is the devil. 338 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:24,120 Satan LED Jesus up and showed him all the what what he's 339 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,920 showing. Come on, what he's showing all 340 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,600 the kingdoms. Now I understand that I'm. 341 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,680 I'm ministering a little bit today and teaching, you know. 342 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,080 But, you know, stay with me and stay connected with me, OK? 343 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,960 Because there's nothing worse than us to try to go into some 344 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,240 things because you don't understand, We have guests here 345 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,200 that I'm going to unload some stuff they've never heard 346 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,520 before. And when you first heard some 347 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,440 things, you know, you were like, what? 348 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,160 So you better always maintain that because the minute we 349 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,640 don't, we're in trouble because then we won't value our king 350 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,800 properly and we'll fall right back into religion ourselves and 351 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,280 just wait to die and go to heaven. 352 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:07,360 OK, so he showed him. That's Jesus all the devil 353 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,360 showed Jesus all the kingdoms in a moment of time. 354 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,440 And the devil said to him, I will give you all this, what 355 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,000 domain and its glory? For it has been what? 356 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:20,240 Hand it over to me and I can give it to whomever I wish. 357 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,120 Now notice the devil did not show him different religions. 358 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:30,680 He did not try to convince Jesus to worship an idol, to worship 359 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:35,240 some other doctrine, but showed him what the whole Bible's 360 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,480 about. It's about reigning. 361 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,160 It's about a king, his Kingdom and his royal offspring. 362 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,640 And so here Jesus is being tempted by the devil, the 363 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:47,560 devil's light. This is. 364 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,720 Is this what you're after, 'cause it's mine. 365 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,720 And you know what? I'll give it to you. 366 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:00,160 I'll give it to you. I don't know what the plans are 367 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,160 for you thinking you going to come get this thing. 368 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,720 Because he doesn't know it. He just knows it's coming. 369 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,080 I'm going to show you that he knows it's coming. 370 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,520 He just don't know how he's going to get it. 371 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,240 So he's like, you know what? Why go through all the trouble? 372 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,280 This be really easy. You want this? 373 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:19,320 Fine, I'll give it to you. But all you have to do is bow 374 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,520 down in essence. Bend your knee to me as the 375 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,960 ruler. I'll be your king. 376 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:34,600 And as your king, then I'll let you rule this boy. 377 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,240 You know how many people Christians today are bowing the 378 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:42,160 knee to the world's way? They're bowing their knee to the 379 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,560 world's way. They want promotions. 380 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,160 They want jobs. Just that, the other. 381 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,720 And you know what they won't even ask if there's a church in 382 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:54,160 the area. They don't seek a church. 383 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,880 They don't seek a move by God. They only seek a move by 384 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,040 promotion, retirement. What's better for my kids? 385 00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,560 Which is not better for your kids if you don't have them in a 386 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,840 great church that's growing them into things of God. 387 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,840 And we'll bow our knees, man. This is it. 388 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,960 This is our moment. Because the devil will give you 389 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,520 the world at the expense of your soul. 390 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,240 Because if he can have your soul back, meaning he can direct your 391 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,960 thinking, He doesn't care that you're born of God, because 392 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,520 you'll never rise to your power, I said You'll never rise to your 393 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,240 power. You'll always be submitted. 394 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,920 You know how many believers are anxious, worried, concerned, 395 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,480 struggling situations going on in the world? 396 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,400 And they're acting like the rest of the world. 397 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,600 And we're not even of this world anymore. 398 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,520 Why? Because we've lost the fact that 399 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,920 we have a reigning spirit. And instead we are just in the 400 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,200 religion of the world of where am I? 401 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,880 Where am I going to go when I die? 402 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,520 So all we think about is I can't wait to get to heaven. 403 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,200 It's so bad down here. It's so hard. 404 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,800 It's so tough. And all the while you have the 405 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,480 third person of the Godhead on the inside of you that wants to 406 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,800 talk to you, wants to guide you, wants to direct you. 407 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:07,360 But we have deaf ears and don't understand. 408 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,800 We have a reigning spirit that this Bible is not about you 409 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,280 going to heaven, It's about heaven coming to you. 410 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,360 It's about you getting back in sonship. 411 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,240 Now again, that doesn't mean you won't go to heaven when you die. 412 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,600 Because currently speaking, if any of us drop dead today, we 413 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,160 are going to be present with the Lord. 414 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,880 Where is the Lord presently? He's in heaven. 415 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:31,040 So we're going no problem. No problem at all. 416 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,560 But Jesus Christ himself is going to return to earth, and 417 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,760 we're coming with him. I said we're coming with him. 418 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,960 Praise the Lord. So he showed him all the 419 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,080 Kingdom. He said, I give to whomever I 420 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,200 wish. Therefore if you worship me, it 421 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,120 will all be yours. And Jesus said, it is written, 422 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:51,160 You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only. 423 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,640 Only my Father is the ultimate King. 424 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,280 He's the only one I yield to. He's the only one I'm submitted 425 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,920 to. He is the creator of heaven and 426 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,080 earth. And this which you have, I've 427 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,520 come back for. But I won't take it your way. 428 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,880 My Father has a plan, I said. My father has a plan. 429 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,160 Now, again, I love the Luke account, because the Luke 430 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,120 account lets us understand that this is something that the devil 431 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,280 received a lot of times in pulpits. 432 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,800 We say the devil stole, but the devil did not steal. 433 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,840 The devil received through manipulation. 434 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:26,920 He manipulated a situation. He lied. 435 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:36,480 He deceived, He seduced, He's called the deceiver. 436 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:42,360 So when he comes into the garden where there's Adam, Eve without 437 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:46,720 sin, perfect environment, God would come down in the cool of 438 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,640 the day and spend time with them. 439 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,480 And heaven's realm was without sin, at least the 3rd heaven. 440 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,120 And then the earth itself is without sin. 441 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:59,680 God created man, put him in it and it says in Genesis 126, let 442 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,680 us make man in our image according to our likeness, and 443 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,840 let them have what dominion or rule over the fish. 444 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,840 See birds of the sky. It was rulership. 445 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:10,360 And he says, Adam, you can eat from any tree of the garden, but 446 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,480 of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, 447 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,240 for the day you eat you will surely die. 448 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,720 And we asked this question. If Adam had never eaten the 449 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,840 fruit, where would he be today? So Adam wasn't trying to go to 450 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,280 heaven because God showed up on earth all the time. 451 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,520 But Adam ate the fruit. Why? 452 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:33,480 Because he listened to his wife, who was deceived by a serpent, 453 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:39,280 and the serpent wanted to reign. Because the serpent wants to 454 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,720 reign supreme, he wants to be the reigning spirit. 455 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,080 I said he wants to be the reigning spirit and because of 456 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,440 that in exchange took place in the garden. 457 00:27:55,360 --> 00:28:00,480 Notice Jesus or Paul talking about Satan says this concerning 458 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,600 this temptation that he had in Second Corinthians 4/4. 459 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,040 He says among them the God of this world. 460 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,960 Satan has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them 461 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,680 from seeing seeing the illumination of the gospel of 462 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,440 the glory of Christ who is the image of God. 463 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:22,120 Now honestly, in this context, what he's what's being said here 464 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:27,360 is that the devil does not want humanity to know the image of 465 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,640 Christ, which is really a reflection of what you were to 466 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:37,280 be from the beginning. He doesn't want you to discover 467 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:42,040 that God originally designed humanity to reign. 468 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,520 Humankind, both male and female, were to be reigning in the earth 469 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,240 as God is the reigning spirit over his children. 470 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,680 But when Adam fell from dominion, he gave that dominion 471 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,360 over to the devil of which now he's like all I got to do is 472 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,920 keep humans from ever knowing why they are originally here. 473 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,920 And yet we've bought into low level thinking concerning God. 474 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,640 And it's that all that Jesus offers us is the destination of 475 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:18,200 heaven and an absence from hell. When the reality is Jesus's 476 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,360 message was not about destination, it was about you 477 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,600 becoming a child of God now, where God lives in you today, 478 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,160 where God's Kingdom can begin to function in you. 479 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,440 Because again, as far as the sin of the world, He's already taken 480 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,720 care of that he's already taken care of the He's already already 481 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,400 done. He's just letting he's letting 482 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,480 the things play out so that humans can decide which side 483 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,360 they want to run with. This is not a God problem. 484 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,440 It's the patience of God allowing man to decide. 485 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,440 And it's not about get up here. Can't wait till you get up here. 486 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,240 All I wish you were here. The Lord's life. 487 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,480 Go ahead and make me Lord. I'll come and live in you. 488 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,920 I'll come down to you. I'll come to you. 489 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:06,040 I'm going to come to you, and I'll be with you, and I'll walk 490 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,680 with you, and I'll talk with you, and I'll train you and I'll 491 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:15,760 cause you to overcome. Now, man, how awesome is that? 492 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:20,600 So Satan did not receive the image of God the day adamate the 493 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,400 fruit, but he did receive dominion. 494 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:30,680 In essence, he became the God of the systems of the world, and he 495 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,960 reigned and he reigned over people. 496 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:40,240 Isaiah 1412 through 15 lets us know that all he wants is to be 497 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,280 the reigning spirit. He says How you have fallen from 498 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,440 heaven, All Star mourning, Son of Dawn. 499 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,000 You have been cut down to the earth. 500 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,000 You have weakened the nation. But you said in your heart, I 501 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,400 will ascend to heaven. I will raise my what? 502 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,760 Throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the 503 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,400 Assembly in the recesses of the north. 504 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,320 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. 505 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,880 I will make myself like the Most High. 506 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,520 Nevertheless, you will be thrust down to shield to the recesses 507 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,320 of the pit. Thrones are in kingdoms, not 508 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:15,320 religion, and the devil knows this is not about religious 509 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,640 worship to a God that you decide what you want it to be. 510 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,640 I'm telling you, the simplicity of idolatry, or what we would 511 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:32,040 call religious worship, is it is having a firm persuasion that 512 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:39,800 God is who you've made him to be, that God is who you've made 513 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,560 him to be. Because again, we think of 514 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,680 idolatry because we have the context of Bob. 515 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,680 We think of little statues. Well, man made statues, you 516 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,000 know, and they're worshipping those things. 517 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,960 And I know I've been to the countries where they've done 518 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,760 just that. They believe deity is within 519 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,360 these particular. But not every culture believes 520 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,200 that deity is limited to a statue. 521 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,840 In fact, in some societies, especially in the Society of 522 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,680 Rome, the emperor or the king, the sea, or Caesar himself, 523 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,160 believed he was God. He was a God. 524 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,000 Are you hearing me? And so really in simplicity, if 525 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,360 you want to know whether or not you have idolatry, if you form 526 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:27,720 Jesus in your image, how you want him to be, and you worship 527 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,920 him that way, then Jesus himself has become your idol. 528 00:32:40,270 --> 00:32:43,830 Hallelujah. You don't think idolatry runs 529 00:32:43,830 --> 00:32:48,590 through the Christian religion? Yeah, they have a little idol 530 00:32:48,590 --> 00:32:50,310 too. It's called a cross. 531 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,960 Now, I'm not against the cross, but the cross is not the 532 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:00,200 ultimate issue here because you understand, was Jesus the only 533 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:06,400 one on a cross? Multiple people have died on a 534 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,800 cross. In fact, the day Jesus died, two 535 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,000 others died with him. So the cross isn't holy. 536 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:18,280 The cross is a form of execution that the Romans used. 537 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,120 Are you hearing what I'm saying now? 538 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,120 Again, I don't mind you wearing a cross if it reminds you of the 539 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:27,680 price he paid. But are you worshipping a cross 540 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:32,320 and not worshipping the king? Does the cross keep you in 541 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,240 remembrance of all your sin and you don't go to the place of 542 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,280 raining? Because again, our kings no 543 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,880 longer in the grave, he wrote he. 544 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,000 The stone is rolled away. I don't have seen many people 545 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,280 with a stone. Well, what's that? 546 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,800 It's the stone that rolled away my kings alive. 547 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,400 I mean, I don't see people wearing crowns because I would 548 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,160 wear a crown before I would wear a cross. 549 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,320 I would put a throne before I would wear a cross. 550 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,320 I know my Jesus died that way because whatever it would have 551 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:02,320 been the form that the Roman government would have used in 552 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,600 order to kill at that time, as long as it didn't break his 553 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,239 bones, although they use that The other two, their bones were 554 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,400 broken, but Jesus gave up the spirit before then. 555 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,159 Whatever that would have technically been been, he would 556 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:22,040 have died that way and as a result of that, let go of his 557 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:26,440 life so that he could be in the grave, conquer death, hell in 558 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,560 the grave, but be raised up. Amen. 559 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:35,120 Now I think, thank God the cross reminds me of the price my dad 560 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:40,320 would pay so that I could get back in the Kingdom, that my 561 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,199 payment was so big that it required his blood. 562 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,159 But I look more to the king now. I look to that. 563 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,159 He seated on the throne, and he's raised me up and seated me 564 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,040 in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 565 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:54,400 He's redeemed me from the law of sin and death. 566 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,400 And then he gave me his spirit. Oh, we're going to see that. 567 00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:02,440 Are you hearing me? So the devil has always had this 568 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:07,120 aspiration when sin was found in him that he and because of his 569 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,720 pride, he decided, I want to be the reigning spirit, I want to 570 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:16,440 sit on the throne of God. And do you understand this is 571 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:22,680 going to happen during the tribulation period as well, that 572 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,880 the Antichrist is going to manifest? 573 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,640 And what's he going to do? He's going to get on the Temple 574 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Mount in Israel and proclaim himself God. 575 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,040 He just wants the throne. I said he wants the throne. 576 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,960 I said he wants the throne. Ah, but we have the reigning 577 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,760 spirit. I said we have the reigning 578 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,760 spirit. So Isaiah tells us he desired 579 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,480 the throne, but in turn he got thrown down. 580 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,960 Jesus says it this way in Luke 10/18, he said. 581 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,640 And he said to them, I was watching Satan fall like 582 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:02,240 lightning from heaven. I don't have time to go into 583 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,680 Revelations where Revelations talks about this particular 584 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,920 conflict that took place in the heavens and the devil and his 585 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,920 angels were cast out, cast down, Amen. 586 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,200 But we see this imagery constantly as every time he 587 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,240 tried to come and take the seat of of throne that he was put 588 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:23,840 down every time because the devil knows the Bible's about a 589 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,240 king, his Kingdom and his royal offspring. 590 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,320 He knows it's not about going to heaven. 591 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,440 He knows it's about identity. It's about sonship. 592 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,720 It's about being a son and daughter of God. 593 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,080 It's about being in the image of God where you can reign like he 594 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,640 does, like God does. Again, Genesis 315. 595 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,600 He knew this was coming when this conflict took place the 596 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,840 minute he received the dominion and now has the power to 597 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:53,000 orchestrate how the earth flows, how it functions in essence. 598 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:57,720 I'm the ruler now of the earth. He did not get the image of God 599 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,960 which creates life because he is death. 600 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,280 He has rebelled from God. He wants nothing to do with God. 601 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,120 He will. Don't ever feel sorry for him. 602 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,920 And please don't be like so many misguided believers that thank 603 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,800 God God should give the devil an opportunity to repent. 604 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,680 He will never repent. He doesn't want to repent. 605 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,360 So quit trying to act like your more holy and compassionate and 606 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,480 merciful. Thank God the Father that is 607 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:27,280 asinine thinking, that is seduction by spirits trying to 608 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:35,520 get you to side with the enemy. He has one agenda when he chose 609 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,520 to rebel. He wants to be. 610 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,520 He wants to be. He never wants to turn. 611 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,280 He is not in one bit regretting the fact that he became the 612 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,880 opposite of what God is When I say the opposite. 613 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,680 It ain't opposite in power. This isn't some like equal power 614 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:56,160 on one side. He just wants nothing to do with 615 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,360 life. He is death personified. 616 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,160 Period. That's all he cares about. 617 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,080 He does one thing, and that is to seduce you so you'll feel 618 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,200 sorry for him, so that he can kill you. 619 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,400 He can destroy you. He can trample you, because he 620 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,960 hates the fact that you could become like God, because he 621 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:23,040 hates everything about God. Amen. 622 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,920 And he uses flattering words. He himself uses scripture. 623 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:32,720 If we went on to the Luke account and the next one, he 624 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,680 actually throws scripture at Jesus. 625 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,520 So it lets us know that you hearing the word of God is not. 626 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,560 Don't accept the fact that you heard it, that that whatever 627 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,360 someone said about it was accurate. 628 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:51,800 Hallelujah. So when Adam fell from dominion, 629 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,280 ate the fruit, gave his authority to the devil. 630 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,320 Genesis 3:15. I'm going to read out of the 631 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,280 Good News Bible. It says it this way. 632 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,240 He says I'll make you talking to the serpent or the devil, who 633 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,160 now has authority. He said, look, I'll make you and 634 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,000 the woman hate each other. Her offspring and yours will be 635 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,440 enemies. Her offspring will her offspring 636 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:15,440 will crush your head and you will bite her offspring's heel. 637 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:20,960 In essence, he's saying I'm going to bring my seed Cannot 638 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,560 come through man now because man has fallen. 639 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,720 I'm going to show you this here in a second. 640 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,800 He's lost dominion. I cannot come through his 641 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,400 bloodline. I can't use him in the 642 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,800 reproductive process. I'll have to come myself. 643 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,360 I'll have to let my Holy Spirit come across upon a virgin so I 644 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:44,040 can implant my son in her womb and put a skin suit. 645 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:48,400 This is why Isaiah Chapter 9 verse six is so awesome. 646 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,720 And I love that we quote the scripture often because most of 647 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:57,200 the, you know, church body at large doesn't even look at this 648 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,040 particular verse. And that is a child will be 649 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,800 born, a son will be given, and we always say a child's born, 650 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,000 but a son's not born because the son always existed. 651 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,720 But then it goes on to say a child will be born, a son will 652 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,760 be given, and the government not Christianity. 653 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,720 But the government will rest on his shoulders. 654 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,880 It is his Kingdom. He will come and establish his 655 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:28,360 throne on David's throne. His Kingdom will have no end. 656 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,240 There'll be no end to the increase of his government. 657 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,400 Jesus shows up in the planet and says repeat calls. 658 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,400 The government of God is now in your midst. 659 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,120 It's accessible. It's right here. 660 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,320 I'm going to demonstrate. I'm going to show you what you 661 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,920 could have done if Adam had never fallen. 662 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,680 And I'm going to make a way so that you can get back in it. 663 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,920 Amen. So that the Kingdom of God in 664 00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:01,080 its purest form can begin to function at greater levels on 665 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:02,720 the earth. And ultimately it's going to 666 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:05,520 take over the planet. I said ultimately it's going to 667 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,320 take over the planet. Amen. 668 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,920 See, This is why if you understand the context of the 669 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,800 Bible, then you'll laugh at stuff. 670 00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:15,600 Because the Bible says the Lord sits in the heavens and laughs. 671 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,360 What's he laugh at? He laughs at nations. 672 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,920 Why's he laugh at nations? Because nations that are under 673 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,800 the sway of the devil, who wants to be the reigning spirit, He 674 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,960 wants to be the one that takes control and that everyone would 675 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,560 yield and submit to him. And so what's he do? 676 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:36,680 He uses the same tactics because he has no creative thing on his 677 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,400 own and he's like, I want to take over the planet. 678 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,800 So when you see nations invading nations, I'm like, yeah, they're 679 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:48,480 just trying to be like God, because Isaiah tells us or 680 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,800 Daniel does that a rock will be made without hands. 681 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:57,280 Who is that? Oh, that was weak, man. 682 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:01,720 I need you to have my intensity. There is a rock made without 683 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,080 hands. Who is that? 684 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,920 Jesus. And that it will come to the 685 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,440 earth. It's going to crush every other 686 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,080 government because it was dealing with the idol that King 687 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,800 Nebuchadnezzar had. All the other forms of 688 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,520 government, they're all going to just blow away. 689 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,440 And then this rock made without hands will become a great 690 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,080 mountain and will take over the whole earth. 691 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,440 So you understand when you're here in Russia's moving here, 692 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,640 China's doing this or Iran's doing that, Or, you know, other 693 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,440 nations, you start hearing about they're trying to move into 694 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,320 other territory. Like, why can't you just be in 695 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,720 the border that you're in? Why? 696 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,440 Because the devil wants to take the planet over, and he's going 697 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,280 to use people to try to do it, but the Lord will do it in a 698 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,200 moment. He himself will take over the 699 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,720 globe. And I'll be in that nation 700 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,800 'cause I'm a part of that nation, that nation that can't 701 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,040 be shaken, that Kingdom. And it can't be shaken even now. 702 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,760 See, This is why you can be bold when you have a reigning spirit 703 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,960 and say, what can man do to me? You killed me Today I'm showing 704 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,320 up in your future. I'll show up in your future. 705 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,280 You think you're getting rid of the our government? 706 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,880 You think you're going to get our government out? 707 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,120 We can't. We're here. 708 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:21,120 You can't take us out. And I'm coming back. 709 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,360 And I'll be at the seat when you're judged. 710 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,960 All right. Yeah, I'll see the avenging of 711 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,400 my blood. Glory to God. 712 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:33,880 I say. Glory to God. 713 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,640 So we see. Then there's this conflict. 714 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,600 So look what it says in Romans chapter 17. 715 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,920 We have the reigning spirit say I have. 716 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:46,840 The reigning spirit. Say I have the reigning spirit. 717 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,080 Now that's true to those who are born of God. 718 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,000 That goes on and says this in Romans 517. 719 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,480 It says death once held us in his grip. 720 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,400 OK, Young's literal translation says it this way. 721 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:04,280 For if by the offence of the One death did what reign through the 722 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,800 one much more, those who the abundance of grace and of the 723 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:13,400 free gift of the righteousness are receiving in life, shall 724 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,440 reign through the one Jesus Christ. 725 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,280 I'm going to read a couple different translations, because 726 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,800 it's really good. The Passion says it this way. 727 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:25,200 Death once held us in its grips, and by the blunder of one man, 728 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:30,280 that's Adam, the first Adam. Death reigned as king over 729 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:36,680 humanity. The devil comes to kill, steal 730 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,000 and destroy. And he reigned over us. 731 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,560 He reigned over us. I said. 732 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,520 He reigned over us. Didn't matter what you were 733 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:45,320 trying to do. Good. 734 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,880 It wasn't good. You're always condemned. 735 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:52,520 Guilty, full of shame. You ran after all the stuff he 736 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,400 promised you would make you feel better, only to find out that it 737 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,680 didn't. It made you worse. 738 00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,680 You couldn't get rid of it. You couldn't. 739 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,720 You couldn't take a bath and get clean. 740 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:07,360 You couldn't do something good and feel good enough because it 741 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:11,040 rained over you. But now, how much more are we 742 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,880 held in the grip of grace and continue reigning? 743 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,320 Come on, continue reigning as kings in life. 744 00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:22,040 Which life? This life right now, enjoying 745 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,840 our regal freedom through the gift of perfect righteousness in 746 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,200 the one and only Jesus, the Messiah, we can say he's the 747 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,080 king. Look, the contemporary English 748 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,960 version says it this way. Death ruled like a king because 749 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:39,680 Adam had sinned but that cannot compare with what Jesus has 750 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,560 done. God has been so kind to us and 751 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,440 has accepted us because of Jesus meaning because of what Jesus 752 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:50,160 did. Oh, pathway has been made now so 753 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,920 that when we accept Jesus, listen, He has not accepted us 754 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,200 as we are. He notices as we are is not 755 00:45:58,200 --> 00:45:59,800 right. It ain't good. 756 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,960 It won't. It will not allow us entrance 757 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,840 into his Kingdom or it it can anyway reflect his nature. 758 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:13,480 So he says because I took on what you are, when you declare 759 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:17,560 me as Lord, I'll evict that dead spirit out of you. 760 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:22,160 I'll put a new spirit on the inside of you that has entrance 761 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,720 into this Kingdom becomes a son and daughter of God. 762 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:29,880 And then I'll put my Holy Ghost on the inside, the reigning 763 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,720 spirit to let you know you're a child of God. 764 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,480 You're a whole new species of being. 765 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,760 You're a new creature in Christ, it says. 766 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,160 And so we live and rule like kings. 767 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:47,040 The problem is, is we always try to compare kingship to man 768 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:51,480 kings. Where's my castle? 769 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:58,440 No, Our king served, so we serve. 770 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:01,920 And here's the thing. I don't get caught up in trivial 771 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:03,880 things like how big is my castle? 772 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:07,560 How many cars I have. I don't get caught up in trivial 773 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,560 things. Why 'cause my daddy owns the 774 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,720 planet. All the silver and gold is his. 775 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,960 He keeps the accounting and at any time he says here I'll just 776 00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,360 transfer a little wealth over you for your purpose. 777 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,360 Dad foots the bill. Glory to God. 778 00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:30,520 Woo Ma, Ma Ma. So we are to reign now are you 779 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,800 hearing me? Why can we reign? 780 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,880 Colossians chapter one, verse 13, The Passion says it this 781 00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,760 way. He rescued us completely from 782 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:42,920 the tyrannical rule of darkness and has transplanted us, 783 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,600 translated us into the Kingdom realm of his beloved son. 784 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,240 Jesus. Said the Kingdom's in your 785 00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:49,600 midst. Now you don't see it. 786 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:53,280 You can't see it, but it functions. 787 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,960 Jesus said if I cast out a devil with the finger of God, his 788 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,000 pinky, he said. You know the kingdom's here 789 00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:00,440 'cause we are the reigning spirit. 790 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:04,800 Don't you know that sorry devil that all he has wanted is our 791 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,280 seat? When pride got in him, all he 792 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,200 wants is our seat, but he can't have it. 793 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,440 He's not powerful enough. That spirit can never amass 794 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:17,400 enough weapons of mass destruction to take us out. 795 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:20,080 Can't do anything. It doesn't matter how many 796 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:23,200 humans he assembles. Oh, y'all, don't want to hear 797 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,600 this. Do you understand? 798 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,040 In the millennial reign of Christ, once they release the 799 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,440 devil for a time, he will go to the known nations in the earth. 800 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,880 He will deceive them. They will pick up an army and 801 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:40,000 come after Jesus in Jerusalem and it will be of no avail. 802 00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:46,760 Wow, are you hearing me? Because we have the reigning 803 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,200 spirit. I said we have the reigning 804 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:53,440 spirit, so there's no reason that we should fall away. 805 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,560 We should fall off. We should fall down. 806 00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,440 We should turn aside because we have the reigning spirit now. 807 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,560 I love this Colossians. I'm going to read some excerpts 808 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:06,640 out of Rick Renner, Sparkling Jim, Volume 1 concerning 809 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:10,840 Colossians 215, which has to do with having small principalities 810 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,160 and power. He may a show of them openly 811 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:16,080 triumphing over them. He said this. 812 00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,240 He said this is extremely graphic verse. 813 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:21,640 It is a picture painted for us by the Holy Spirit. 814 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,880 He says it is a glorious, vivid illustration of what happened 815 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,200 the day Jesus defeated death hell in the grave. 816 00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,560 He said the word spoil in the Greek means to strip off or to 817 00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,400 put off as one put off his garment. 818 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,760 This word would be depicted as disarming the enemy, literally 819 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:41,320 stripping his weapon, tree, and artillery from him, leaving him 820 00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:44,200 without any weapons with which to respond. 821 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:48,520 One scholar says it this way, stripping one to the point of 822 00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:52,880 complete nakedness. Using this word, the Holy Spirit 823 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:56,360 tells us when Jesus rose from the dead, he thoroughly 824 00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:00,320 plundered the enemy. I mean, what problem do you have 825 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,840 when Jesus has thoroughly plundered the enemy? 826 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,600 He goes on to say this, that Jesus sacking and plundering 827 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,680 Hell's power was complete and his mission was accomplished. 828 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:16,640 And that's pretty awesome. But that's not all, because the 829 00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:20,600 word show means this. It means to display or expose 830 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,680 something. So in the classical Greek 831 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:26,080 writing, it means to display a display of captives, weaponry, 832 00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:30,800 trophies that were seized during war on foreign soul soil. 833 00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,920 Once the war was finished and the battle was won, the reigning 834 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:38,440 emperor would return home victoriously, display and expose 835 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,760 the treasuries, the trophies, the weaponry and the captors 836 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,840 that he had seized during his military conquest. 837 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,160 This was a grand moment of celebration for the victor, but 838 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:51,960 it was humiliating experience for the defeated foe. 839 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:55,160 But wait, there's still more. In Colossians, he said, he made 840 00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,680 a show of them openly. The word openly means this is 841 00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,280 that it denotes boldness, confidence, or something that is 842 00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:05,320 done blatantly or in publicity. I'm telling you, if some of the 843 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:08,080 Christians that are so religious and they're thinking saw our 844 00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,920 king in this moment, they would call him arrogant. 845 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:20,280 He goes on to say this by using this word when when this whole 846 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,160 celebration took, Jesus boldly, confidently, loudly, blatantly 847 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:28,000 and publicly explode, exposed and displayed his now defunct 848 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:32,680 foe to the heavenly host. When Jesus came out, he let all 849 00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:37,160 the realm of heaven know your rebellious leader that you fell 850 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:38,680 with. I've stripped him. 851 00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,080 I've beat him. I've destroyed him. 852 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:45,200 I've taken all this stuff. I am the reigning spirit in 853 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,880 heaven and earth and under the earth. 854 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:54,920 Glory to God, my mom, it says the fact that Paul goes on and 855 00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:58,800 says he made a show of them openly triumphing over them. 856 00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,560 It says the phrase triumphing over them. 857 00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:05,480 In it is a key verse because this is a technical word used to 858 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:09,280 describe a general or emperor who was returning home for a 859 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,920 grand victory in the enemy's territory. 860 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,800 The word triumph, are you all right? 861 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:18,240 Is when news reached the city. That means we're going to have a 862 00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:21,600 triumphant parade. You know, right now, Michigan, 863 00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:26,800 the the football team, the Wolverines was paraded in Ann 864 00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:33,720 Arbor as the Champions. Now, if this was Jesus, he would 865 00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:37,360 have made Washington be in the parade. 866 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,800 Oh y'all. Don't want to hear that as 867 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,880 they're going down the streets and everybody's saying they're 868 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,920 holding up the trophy, which would have taken place in Jesus 869 00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:50,080 when the spirit is, then the Washington team would have been 870 00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:52,760 on another one and it would have said losers. 871 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:03,640 Oh, that's so unsportsmanlike. Jesus was extremely 872 00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:07,360 unsportsmanlike. The day he defeated the devil, 873 00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,240 he drunk him through the heaven realm. 874 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:16,000 Glory to God, it says. When news reached the city, the 875 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,880 enemy was defeated. Plans for a triumphant parade 876 00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,520 would go into a celebration. Are you hearing me? 877 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,600 In order to flaunt great victories, returning victors 878 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,560 would parade behind him the foreign king, the defeated folk 879 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,760 taken in captivity and bound in heavy chains of bondage. 880 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:35,560 Behind this now defunct enemy would walk the defeated ruling 881 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,240 men and leaders bound in chains along with their ruined king. 882 00:53:39,720 --> 00:53:44,120 Oh my gosh, are you hearing me? I said. 883 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,600 Are you hearing me? Further back in the procession 884 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,360 would be oxcarts loaded with over to, overflowing with the 885 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:54,600 booty taken by force from the enemy's homeland. 886 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,160 Once these goods have belonged to the enemy, but now they 887 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:02,160 belong to the conquering king. Amen. 888 00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:03,960 I said. Amen. 889 00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:06,360 We could say this verse, this way. 890 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,760 Then the Rick Renner interpreted version would be this way. 891 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,720 He completely stripped principalities and powers and 892 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:16,520 left them utterly naked. Nothing was left at their 893 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:20,800 disposal to which to retaliate. He boldly, confidently, loudly, 894 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:25,480 blatantly and publicly exposed and displayed this now defunct 895 00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:30,680 foe, leading a gallant, triumphant parade in celebration 896 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,440 of the enemy's defeat and his victory. 897 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,040 That's what happened when Jesus come up out the grave. 898 00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:46,320 He tells in all the realms that I am the Supreme Spirit. 899 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,800 There are none greater than I am. 900 00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:55,120 My name is above every name. Glory to God. 901 00:54:56,040 --> 00:55:00,840 So First Corinthians 1545 says it this way. 902 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:03,640 My Mama, the church has got to rise up. 903 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:04,720 I'm talking the church he's building. 904 00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:05,760 This is what we going to look like. 905 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:08,360 I mean, This is why we were a spot without wrinkle, because we 906 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,760 are so confident in what Christ has done. 907 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,040 I mean, I am who I am not because of who I am, but because 908 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:19,600 of who he made me to be. I am who I am because I am. 909 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:23,080 Made me that way. He made me that way. 910 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,960 He made me that way. He made me that way because of 911 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:30,200 the blood, because of the victory, because of the triumph. 912 00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:35,800 He rescued me, delivered me, blow me out. 913 00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:44,680 So it is written, the first man became a living soul. 914 00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,360 You know what that means? When we read this, we think 915 00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:50,240 about creation. But that's not creation. 916 00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:54,400 In the beginning, God created man out of the dust of the earth 917 00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,560 and he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. 918 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:59,240 And it says he became a living soul. 919 00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:04,000 Soul. But in the Hebrew there's no 920 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:06,560 separation between soul and spirit. 921 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:12,320 But yet, obviously he was a spirit man, and he had a spirit. 922 00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:19,160 But when he ate the fruit, that spirit died, and he became only 923 00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:20,800 a living soul. Soul. 924 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:27,120 He now had to function in the earth by the five senses. 925 00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:35,200 So Adam became it. He wasn't originally created 926 00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:40,440 that way. He died in his spirit, cut off 927 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:42,880 from the things of God. The voice of God. 928 00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:46,360 The spirit of God. But the last Adam. 929 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:52,560 Woo, I said the last Adam. I said the last Adam. 930 00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:54,960 I said the last Adam. Come on. 931 00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,480 What's his name? What's his name? 932 00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:06,440 He became a life giving spirit. My gosh, he gave made our spirit 933 00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:10,360 alive unto God and gave us the reigning spirit. 934 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:13,080 Come on, let's see this First Corinthians 212. 935 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:17,320 It says now we have not received the Spirit that belongs to the 936 00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:22,560 world, but the Holy Spirit who is from God-given to us, that we 937 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:26,920 might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts of divine 938 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,600 favor and blessing so freely he lavished upon us by God. 939 00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:34,600 Second Timothy, 17, says, For God has not given us a spirit of 940 00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:38,640 fear, but a power, love, and sound. 941 00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:43,120 Mod Romans ain't one The beginning says, but if. 942 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:48,640 But if the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead 943 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:58,600 dwells and in closing first John 4/4 you are pro God little 944 00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:11,200 children and have overcome them because because because is He 945 00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:15,560 who is in you, then He who's in the world you have the reign, 946 00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:22,360 spirit, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 947 00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:28,640 We rule and reign in this life. Woo. 948 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:36,000 What an awesome creation we are, what an awesome being He has 949 00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:42,400 made us, how He delivered us, how He set us free and He has 950 00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:49,200 defeated our foe. He cannot function in our life 951 00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,480 unless we give him permission. That is the devil. 952 00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:56,840 And if you never give him permission, if he shows up 953 00:58:56,840 --> 00:59:00,760 knocking, you can say I'm the reigning spirit. 954 00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,320 The reigning spirit lives in me and I'm in the image of God. 955 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,880 I cannot be defeated. I cannot be defeated. 956 00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:15,040 God made me without defeat. I have No Fear. 957 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,800 I have No Fear because God is with me. 958 00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:23,960 We have the rainy spirits and what a life that is. 959 00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:31,680 Amen. 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