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Now enjoy this message. We're going to talk about faith
today, right? And remember, do not dip.
Disengage this morning, just go over talk about something you've
heard. Maybe 100,000 That's because you
need to be strengthened by it. You need to grow in it and there
may be some capacities, you've never heard before, okay?
But this was our text last week and I want to go back to it
today and Galatians Chapter 2 verses 20 and I'm going to read
out the Amplified classic only today it says I have been
crucified with Christ in him. I have shared his crucifixion.
It is no longer I who live. But Christ, the Messiah lives in
me and the life. I now live in the body, I live
by faith in by here. It's too.
And we Reliance on and complete trust in the Son of God who
loved me and gave himself up for me.
So, In this passage of scripture, we see a few things
that are really important. Number one you need to
understand who is the, I that doesn't live anymore, it's no
longer. I who live?
What does that mean? Well, we will discuss that
because it says The life. I live 9 now live in the body.
So the body is not. You, you are not this outward
suit. You are somewhere deeper within
you are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body and
so the body's not you. But since you're in it, I said
since you're in it then you got to determine how you live and he
says, the life, I live this world life means to exercise.
The funk to live means to exercise the functions of life,
the life. I now, Live in the body, I hear
it is live that we're live, is the to exercise for the
functions of Life. How do you exercise the
functions of life? That's a great question because
many do not do it by faith. They do it on their own
thoughts. The Bible's very clear.
There's a way that seems right to a man but in the end lies
death, so he makes his own path. He directs his own steps but in
the end separation, separation separation.
He never lives up to the fullness of God, even if he gets
the fullness of the world. For the Bible says, what good?
Is it a man? If he gains the whole world, but
what does he do? Forfeit his soul.
Meaning, I never in my soul round where by emotions lie, my
feelings, my emotions. To lack my will and that area I
never transform it so that it conforms to God's word.
I only do my and no matter how much we seem to gain in the
natural, we are bankrupt and broke and every soul knows it.
They know it. So we have to understand, it's
no longer I who live, meaning it's not that you're not alive,
it means that you are choosing to say.
What does Christ say? Because if I'm gonna live this
life now in my body by faith, then what I'm saying is is I'm
saying? What would the king say?
How would the king respond? What is his Direction?
All right, and the reality is we've lived on our own thoughts
for so long. Some of us is very difficult to
let go of them but it's those very same thoughts as got us in
so many trouble, so much trouble and we should be quick and it's
amazing I don't care how long you been in the church.
You cannot live by faith. Coming to church does not
guarantee you'll live by faith. In fact you can come to church.
Quit living by faith and learn to start living by your own
actions, by using the word and you'll be coined by Jesus, a
hypocrite because who Jesus called a hypocrite.
We're not people who didn't hear his word.
But who would not apply is word. When not have the revelation of
that word, be what they govern their lives by and live by.
They like their idea of God, better than God's idea of God.
And I don't care how long you been in church, you can shift
from God's idea of God to your idea of God.
And the day you shipped, you're a hypocrite, you're a hypocrite,
amen. So Hebrews 11:1 then what is
Faith? It tells us here.
The Amplified says now, Faith is the Assurance as the title, deed
to confirmation of things hoped for divinely, guaranteed and the
evidence of Things Not Seen the conviction of their reality
Faith comprehends as facts. What cannot be experienced by
the physical senses. So faith, Is this firm
persuasion that What God Says, is the reality more than my
reality? Now, that's easier said than
done and it's easier to amen. But faith is not about just
acquiring something, although it seems as though, the church has
reduced Faith to believing for something.
I wish we would believe to keep our emotions together.
I wish we would believe for the fruits of the spirit in a moment
when it's required instead of just responding emotionally
because there's so many Believers that will not respond
in patients. Will not respond in self-control
will not respond. A long-suffering will not
respond in kindness, will not respond in goodness.
Will not respond enjoy. They'll absolutely cry whine and
complain about the situation and then talk about believing God.
You know, when Gods like, will believe me for the fruit that
you have joy in the midst of the problem, because I actually told
you to consider all joy. So why are you complaining all
the time? Why are you walking around on
both faced? Why you walking around and and
mad at you wife or your husband and beat them up with yours
because of the problems you're going through?
Let's operate in faith in that life.
But man will believe God for a boat.
Believe God for promotion. Believe God, for a bigger house.
Oh, Hallelujah. Amen, thank you.
Jesus Romans chapter 4, verse 20 and 21 again.
This firm persuasion. That faith is what is faith is a
firm persuasion. He says he staggered, not at the
promise of God through unbelief but was what strong in faith,
giving glory to God and being here.
It is. Fully persuaded that what he
said, that's God, what he had promised he was a also able to
perform. So Abraham was like, God said,
this thing, I'm not going to die.
It, I believe him at his word. In fact, I'm saying what he said
because I call myself Abraham now.
I'm a father of many nations, although, my wife is Barren.
She can't have no kids but we don't keep operating as if she
can. And I'm believing she will
because he called me a follower many Nation.
She's gonna have to have that child.
I said she's going to have to have that child.
Are you hearing me? So he knew the child was coming.
Fully persuaded means to fill one with any thought conviction.
It's an inclination is to know for certain last week.
We talked about what does a firm persuasion feel like in us, you
know? And even though we Go by our
feelings, but it lets us know how our mind is set.
That we are so confident. I talked to you about two plus
three equals. And I said, how many of you if
somebody walked in with a gun and put it at your head and
says, you have to answer this mathematical equation or you
will literally die what is two plus three?
How many you be like? Bring it on.
I am not afraid one bit, right. And you were confident.
So I said this week, I was going to bring a different equation.
Well, when I was in precalculus class this week, Because our
11th graders are in precalc. I was like, well, they ready for
Dad, will get that little bit later on, in the end, the series
will come back, bring that equation.
Are you hearing me? So, with that being said, again,
2 plus x equals 5 solve for x. How many of us will be confident
that equation? Now some of you for the minute
you heard at your life, huh? But if you some think about it,
long enough, you already really know the answer, but there is a
way to solve for that, not just knowing it.
There are steps and this is the thing of faith.
I know Faith. But when Iris know that I know,
there may be some steps involved in solving what I already know,
and I got to go through the steps for it, to come to pass.
And then I'll check my work to keep my confidence.
See, this is the difference between some people teaching
about faith and others is that people that don't understand
Faith, or what faith really is and how it functions.
They'll say all now, brother, you can't just sit there and say
it's going to be like that, you know, you got to keep got to be
humble. Like, we can't know what God
knows that's like. You know what?
Well, if the Lord's will, I'll know what two plus three equals.
Well, I already know what the Lord's will is 5.
Right? So if I'm like, I know the
answer all brother be humble now.
Well, if the king told me how to handle my situation, I said if
the king told me my situation, it would be arrogance for me to
be like, well, I think I know the answer, but, you know, I
don't act like I know more than anyone else.
I don't want anyone else to feel bad because they don't know.
It mean when you're taking a test, are you really concerned
that you're going to look better than anyone else in the
classroom? Have you like I got the best
great bam. Right.
Eli. What did you get?
I got 100. Now you know when you get your
hundred you're like I got 100. I mean like hey plus actually do
you gotta hate? That's cute.
I got a plus a plus. Oh you're so arrogant?
No, that's called confidence. There's a thing about confidence
in God's word. No, I know I have it because the
King has said it. Amen.
So we're fully persuaded. So then we saw this and we're
getting close to where we're going today.
Romans chapter 10, verse 16 and 17 New King James says, but they
have not all obeyed, the gospel for Isaiah says, Lord, who will
believe our report. I need to say this verse 16
because 16 qualifies 17 and Years.
I think the common thought concerning faith is that Faith
only comes from God. But by pure definition, faith is
a firm persuasion. Verse 16 actually is qualifying.
That faith comes. And there can be a faith, not of
God and a faith in God. I must say that again, there can
be a faith not of God. And if atha, you know, there are
some people that are firmly persuaded that when you die, you
don't go to hell. You just cease to exist.
They're firmly persuaded. And they live their life like,
that won't happen. There are people who are firmly
persuaded. That love is abusive.
Okay. That's why they keep going to
from one abusive relationship to another abusive relationship
because that's how they were introduced to love or what they
thought was love or what was told them was love.
And so they keep looking for it. Amen.
There are some that I never get out of certain living conditions
because they're convinced they could never go past that.
Because they've been told they'll never amount to nothing,
you'll never make it. They've been verbally abused.
When I say verbally abused, I mean they've been told who the
world says and the devil says they are in order to keep them
from their potential and they believe it, they're firmly
persuaded so 16 is a qualifier because what it's saying is
listen some some things have been spoken and Isaiah was
saying Got a word from the Lord that I'm talking, but they don't
believe my report. They actually believe a
different word. So that's why it says, so then
faith comes by hearing. So faith comes by hearing
period. But 1710 qualifies.
I how our faith should be heard or what word we should be
hearing and hearing by the word of God.
So faith comes by hearing guys, but you're hearing should be
from the word of God. You should put your firm
persuasion and what God has said, not in just any report.
I said not just any report which means than every one of us in
the room have to now stop, how we think we're thinking.
And question, literally should I believe that?
Does that line up with what God says.
Okay, and we learned last week, I don't have time to go through
it, but this was a very powerful Truth for me that I began to see
more clearly. Jesus only did what the father
said. He is the Pinnacle of a person
who lived by faith because he said I only do what the father
says, which means I'm only saying doing Moving in power
because it's required of dad for my life.
In fact, I would submit to you, his faith would have been
stagnant or of no effect if he was not operating in his purpose
and where most people Believers, especially in the church today
are missing it is because they are trying to believe God
outside their purpose. They're trying to live their
life and want God to bless it with his word.
Jesus says, I'm only doing what I was sent to do.
I wasn't sent to build a mansion.
I wasn't sent to build a business.
I was see he stayed in his purpose.
See, if you look at all the people in the Bible that did
great exploits by faith, is because they were doing the
assignment. They were called to do.
I said they were doing the assignment.
The reason why Daniel and Joseph had such great faith is because
they were in the position. God ordained for their lives,
not trying to do their own thing and we've got a gospel in the
United States that we tied to the scripture.
That most Believers are actually running after and trying to act
like it's God's best. When it's really just the
American gospel or we call it, the American dream, have a good
job. With good benefits, making
plenty of money and helping your kids get a better one than you.
That's not the Bible. The Bible is not like that's
that's all that matters. And we won't follow, God will
move places for a job but not for church.
Church is just something that we do.
Which is a very big problem because Jesus is actually the
head of the church, which means of me.
We're actually the body of Christ.
And his church is what you do. Then you're actually not a part
of the church. You just want to be associated
with the church. Which means you don't draw your
life from it. Jesus was Unapologetic about
things. He said concerning his kingdom
seek Not listen, I know you're working a lot.
I know you working. I mean, I know you're working.
And I know you put a lot of hours this week and, man,
seriously, you should have the weekend.
I mean, who am I to ask you to come and sit around life?
I mean God forbid, write that Jesus.
The head of the church will require you to show up where he
can feel you. And give you the answers to all
life's problems and how to overcome and conquer.
Surely. Because again, this is how you
want God to be. Surely God understands that I
worked hard this week. Well, first of all, Jesus, never
told you to work hard. Okay?
He said this, he said, if you love me, if you love me, you're
gonna love me with all your heart.
When our Lord, I gave you my heart.
I love you. I asked you to come my heart.
Say me, I love you. You know, I love you.
I didn't stop there. All your heart, all your soul.
I want your feelings mind. I want them all.
I want him to be director. I want you intellect.
I want you to sijin make it then he goes on and goes beyond that
all your your heart soul mind. Then he says this and strength.
He never asked you to go work, 40 to 60 hours, laboring.
So you'd so tired that you think church now has an option and he
understands No, you're weak. Should be an outflow of your
assembly? Because if your week is an
outflow of your assembly, then you're not calling telling me
how tired you are. But will believe God for more
jobs, more contracts where we can tell God.
Oh man, I'm meddling I guess what we can tell God.
You know how hard I've worked this week?
The Lord's light. Well, I mean, why are you giving
it to the Man? Lord, I'm doing this so that I
can give to you. Well, you need to give to me
because it's you given to me lies me to give to you, but I'll
never give to you. That takes you away from me
because you understand what I told my nation.
When you get into the land where you in houses you didn't build
and being as you didn't plant. Don't forget me.
But you done forgot me. Why?
Cuz you tired, you need your your own self Tom.
Myself died with Christ. I don't live.
I don't have a self life. I have a in him life.
Am I in lie in him? Life is like empowering.
It's like purposeful. It's like oh I breathe while I
sleep while I drink. It's where my fruit comes from.
Its where minor nourishment. I mean, he is the bread of life.
And he empowers me. and Jesus said, you know, if anybody could
have been talking in the garden, Dad, you know how many people
have healed, because you've asked me do this, you're not me
Demons of cast out. And how many times we fed
people? And now I got to go get beat up.
I'll get Stripes. Put on my back.
I need a day. Now, Jesus had days, you know
where his days were? He said he would often get up
early long before anybody else. You won't self-help.
Get up early before everybody else, get in the word, pray in
the Holy Ghost and you'll finally get some help.
Sometimes he pray all night. Why?
Because impact, he would say to his body, shut up, shut up.
You're not going to stop me from doing my purpose.
He tell his mind. Shut up.
He tell his emotions, shut up. When Peters like me, it never
be, I will kill. Whoever tried to kill you,
Jesus, he was like, shut up the emotions.
You're not getting emotionally attached here.
You just go ahead and speak it. Like it is get thee behind me
Satan for you. Set your interest on answer some
man. Not only interest of God.
You trying to play with my emotions right now.
You're trying to act like this relationship so important that I
can't do the will of God. No no I'm a man of faith.
Let me just say this way. When we all get to heaven.
Many are going to be utterly shocked at what that actually
looks like. Close, it will not be vacation.
Where's my house? Lord, I'm just go and put my
stuff in. Whatever you give me.
Right? You know, I'm just happy with
the shack up there. You know, you don't have to give
me any big strap again stuff. Now, we gonna lay up in our
mansion. The Lord's running the universe
Hall. I made it.
Man, you need to read the back of the book.
So faith comes by what hearing hearing from the word of God.
Look what it says in the Amplified says.
So, faith comes by hearing, what is told and what is heard comes
by the preaching of the message that came from the lips.
Of the Christ, the Messiah himself.
This is where our faith should come from.
But faith comes from what's being told, you know, there's a
lot of things being told out there told how you're supposed
to respond to a pandemic told how you're supposed to raise
your children told how you're supposed to educate your kids
told how you're supposed to do. Practice is with your kids at
such a young age, that it keeps them out of church because they
won't make it. Told lot of opinions out there
that people are basing, their belief system, on their firmly
persuaded, they governs their life.
I said it governs our life. Do you understand?
We can have a natural faith and don't need God involved with it
in one sense. You can develop enough of a firm
persuasion, I remember one time I was firmly persuaded in a
competition firmly persuaded. I was lifting my senior year in
the 132-pound class weightlifting.
We did bench and clean and jerk. You have three lifts and Ben's
three lifts and clean and jerk you started at a particular
weight. We jump up to the second lift,
it had to be at least 10 pounds. If it was a 5-pound jump is your
last lift period. You can only do a 5-pound jump
between at your last lift per se.
So you always had to go higher. You could go 20, 30 50 pounds,
it didn't matter, you know but if if you're going to do 5 that
next lift your last lift so you know, we had this a
weightlifting competition and us at Santa Fe High School in
Alaska, Florida. It was a countywide competition
so you had six eight schools, like beautiful.
Holds, you know, big school and then you have this little
schools, you know, that were in the county.
Probably PK young would have probably the smallest one at the
time. I think we were to a Newberry
was too at the time. And so I left it in the 132
until County because when County come, I drop.
Now I've never weighed 130 pounds of high school.
It never happened. I never made the Pinnacle.
I didn't get there. I was about 126 so I had a shave
off three. Pounds to get into the 123 pound
class during the regular meats and showed up and all of a
sudden, here's a guy that all the 123s don't know about
because they've not followed on the paper.
They don't know I exist. But I exist So we got down and
we finished our bench. And at the end of the bench, I
was in third place. The guy from Santa Fe or the guy
from Eastside. I believe was actually in first
place and then a guy from Santa, Fe was in second place and I was
in third. Well, you know, it's kind of,
you know, competition there's a little banter that begins to
happen, you know, you side to side yourself up, you know, you
begin to ask questions, you know, like what are you going in
and what do you, what's your starting weight?
What are you going to put on the bar that you're going to start
your competition with and you know, and strategy is don't tell
them. So you know, I'm the guy from
Eastside. Obviously he's in first place
but he don't know nothing about me.
He can't look at my records, he don't know what I've done in the
past and typically, you know, in high school most of the time the
bench is the strongest of all the athletes the clean and jerk
typically is way less than what they bench.
Okay? We're not just talking dead
lifts here. We're talking clean and jerk,
you got to bring it up and he get over your head at the same
time or we're not same time but over your head ultimately.
Okay. And so I want Telly.
Well if your weight that you're coming in passes you can't go
back. Once it hits 135 and then if
someone goes to 140 will you don't get it goes to 0.
Sorry. I want to do 135 too bad, you're
doing 140 now, that's how that is.
So you got to go sign in with the judges, your start.
Wait, I didn't sign in. So the boy from east side is
like 135 each then I think maybe 145 145, he's in well, then he
did the traditional jump of Ten, 155, I'm not even signed up,
which means I can't go back. So he knows I'm going in a
weight that you're already doing.
I'm not even started. I think he end up doing us.
The 5-pound jump from there, maybe he did attend at 160 165,
he's finished and I haven't even showed up yet.
Are you hearing me now? Why is this?
Because what he doesn't know is that I have confidence.
See I have faith in my ability to perform because I put in the
work and I know what I've already done what I've already
done. I've already won.
I'm not want to meet because I was in a higher weight class.
And those boys were pushing weigh more than me, but I'd be
like fourth place, you know, you don't even make papers on Fourth
Place. and so, The guy from Eastside went in at 165.
He jumped up. I think the 175 and that's where
I jumped in at at 175. I hit the 175 good lift dropped
it. The next guy jumped five pounds,
did 180, and my coach came over and says Earl.
If you do 195, you win the whole thing.
That's a 20-pound jump. 195 win the whole thing.
Now, here's the thing. I've done 200.
So how confident you think I am right now?
How firmly persuaded. Do you think I am?
Do you think I was sweating? Do you think like, Lord?
I don't know, man. I don't know if I can do it
today. I just don't know.
I was like, 120-pound 195, second lift.
I was confident I had Faith. This had nothing to do with God
in once that. You understand, I'm saying
because there's a lot of people who are firmly persuaded about
their abilities and what they're doing and God is not even in the
equation and they were winning. I mean, I show you a lot of
athletes that Jesus Christ is not their lord and they have
championships. They cuss like crazy.
They drink like crazy, they woman.
I their whole lifestyle is not of the Kingdom culture.
And I say, praise God. All they wanted her mama but
they live in, right? There's no faith in God there.
So I got up underneath the weight coach bass was on one
side. My friend childhood friend.
Chad was on this side. There's a spotters.
I got down and there's three lights, right?
Because the judges do lights, they hit the lights and got to
get two out of three to be a good lift.
You got to bring it up to here, right?
You can't roll it up, you can't Can't do that, it's got a hit
here and then you drive it off. You can't press it.
You have to drive out from underneath it.
My suits, a little tight. So I'm not going to perform I
think today. Amen.
So I got down to get my second lift.
This wins the whole County competition.
I go to, you know, put my butt down and get my back straight.
Look at all of a sudden Behind the Lights.
Was that the the Santa Fe God? Stand in like this.
Staring me down. So, I got it.
Hold it right here. But why was Jack?
I mean, the testosterone, the adrenaline.
It's all like kicking right now. You know, cuz I got this bro.
So I'm here, right? And I boom through it.
I threw it up so hard and so fast dropped out of it, that it
actually got behind me. And I knew that's the problem.
This is problem. So in Ms, I decided I'm coming
out. I'm not going to try to win it,
on this lift. I just let go and walked out.
Now, Chad didn't spot, right? We about snatched coach bass all
the way across the mat because he caught his and Chaz, hit the
ground, you know. And so, you know, second lift,
no good. Now, it's down to my last lift.
Coach bass came over there and you can't do this now in school
because people get, you know, all tied about it.
But he want, he said, come on man.
You know, you got this new pop me on the, but you got this now,
so I got back up underneath now, here's the thing.
I didn't let And experience. Hinder my belief.
Cause I got it. I've done more and I push this
thing so hard already is. So like to me it got behind me,
I just got to have a little more control so I got back down and
you know who's staring? So it's not pulled it here and
this this is it, you win or lose.
So I winked and I won the lift, why?
Because I was firmly persuaded I got it.
Which means adversity the taunting of a the enemy so to
speak. Didn't hinder me, didn't mess me
up mental, that's all he was doing.
He was only are trying to get in my what, trying to get my head.
He's trying to intimidate me. You trying to say, you really
can't do it. Then he actually had something
to say was like bro. You blew the last when he didn't
say that. But you know his body language
like right? I got this one.
I'm thinking of, if you think I got it.
Won't you sit down? Cuz you know, I got this, bro.
Amen. We gotta be like this with the
Enemy, we have to be like this when it comes to God's word that
were so firmly persuaded. Then we're not going to let you
know, we're believe in and maybe we didn't do everything right in
our faith, right then? But I'm going to gain my
composure because I know I got it and I don't care how many
times the enemy staring at me, trying to intimidate me and I
like I can't get this, I got the word and this lips happening is
happening period. Now, with that being said, look
at Matthew, are the message side of this?
Scripture says the point is before you trust, you have to
listen. But unless Christ word is
preached, there's nothing to listen to.
Nothing to listen to. I can guarantee in this room.
There are some still today that there's some that have already
overcome that. Your biggest problem is you keep
listening to a parent talk to you.
You had a parent that said things to you that you still
have plan in your mind. You have a classmate, you have a
experience. Something is telling you. some
have a people group talking, Reminding you of your past,
where you came from, make sure you don't ever forget all your
problems. And what you didn't have.
And once you have been afforded, not recognizing that really, I'm
dead to all that I've been crucified with Christ.
I'm in a whole new kingdom. My kingdoms.
Never lost a battle. I'm part of a species of being
that have never been enslaved. Anymore.
Never been defeated. Never been overcome.
Will always conquer will always Triumph.
So, I put on the new man because the old man's dead.
And when I put him on I don't let no other voice dominate my
thinking in any situation in life, listen, what it says here
in Matthew 16 verse 13 to 17 Jesus.
Again, trying to get to the mines of the disciples says,
now, when Jesus came into the District of caesarea Philippi,
he was asking his disciples. Who do people say the son of man
is, why does he want this? What is your faith in me?
Because faith comes by hearing and faith comes by hearing.
Period. So you either gotta get your
hearing in God's word because somebody's talking I said
somebody's talking so he says who do people say that?
I am they say some say, John the Baptist.
He was a great guy. Others say Elijah.
He was pretty powerful. Some say, Jeremiah he was an
awesome profit to he said or one of the prophets and then he said
what he said, but who do you say that?
I am then Peter says, you are the Christ, the son of the
Living. God, Jesus said to him, look
what he says. Now, he said blessed, are you
Simon bar-jonah? Because flesh.
And Blood did not tell you that. When he says revealed me you
didn't you're not hearing what flesh-and-blood saying.
You're not believing in what they say about me.
But my father who is in heaven has said something to you and
you are believing that So you got to ask yourself the
question, what is your father saying to you?
What is your father saying to you?
Now, let me just go ahead and say this, if you're not in his
word, dad's not talking. Because God talks through his
word. Now, he can't speak to you by
his Spirit things. That's true, but you'll always
be limited to his voice. If you're not in the word, and I
tell you, there's a lot even in this room light.
I, you know, I really want to read a baba.
Me. God talks to me.
I'm telling you a lot talks to you and you're too proud to
admit it because you do more testing of faith in.
You do actually living by faith. What you do is you start on a
path and you go and it falls apart.
And eventually when Comes you give God credit for stuff.
That some things. God's not even doing some of you
are getting jobs that God never ordained but the devil did he
just keep setting you up. Because you can't distinguish
between the voice, why? Cause you're not in the word,
you cannot know what he's saying, without being in the
word. Well, I'm not great reader.
Well then go to God and ask him to continue to teach you, or go
ahead and get a tutor to help you, learn how to read better.
Because at the end of the day, God is not well, that we do not
become proficient at reading and studying his word.
We must become people that get in the word, read the word.
I'm talking cover to cover now. So we get context of our
heavenly father that way when he does speak to us by the spirit,
we can go back to his rig documents.
Say that is exactly how he would say that.
That is exactly how he is. Just like Pastor Marcus one
time. When we were over at another
location, a guy showed up and said to me, hey, Pastor Earle.
I'm here, you know, I told you I would come back.
I'm like, well, praise God, good to see you.
You know, I mean, first of all, I don't remember.
You telling me you were coming back to the other time but
whatever. I'm glad you're here because I
know what I'm fixing to say. Well that individually
immediately went over to Pastor Marcus and said, I'll be doing
worship with you today. I just The pastor I told him I
would come back. You know, when the Lord told me
to come and I'm here and so he knows.
And I'm going to go get my guitar out of the car, and I'm
gonna do worship with you today. Now, I'm glad that Pastor Marcus
was around me. He's been in my Leadership
Lessons. He's been in my staff meetings.
He's been in all the meetings that Define my voice.
That he didn't go well okay, praise the Lord.
Come on up brother. He knew immediately that sorrow
don't sound like that. He does not sound like that.
He said, no, no, you're not doing worship today.
Know what happens is you're going to have to come to the
church. You'll partner with the vision.
And then you'll go through our support of ministry class.
Then if you want to get on the worship team, then we'll do an
audition. And man, we would love for that
to happen to be awesome. He was encouraging but just like
no, bro, you ain't up on here because that's not the voice of
the pastor. Now, you know, how many people
would be like, well, who's a pastor think he is?
If God really told him? First of all, God did not tell
him because if God did tell that he would have told me and I
would have allowed e. But he didn't he let me stay
with protocol because God did tell me you let him be a vision
partner. You cast The Vision because if
they don't know the vision they perish.
That's biblical then. You're going to teach him how to
do ministry because they're not doing it for you.
They're doing it for me. Then you will allow them to be
able to be in an area and if it happens to be music, we're gonna
have to find out their quality. Because we're not going to train
you on the platform. Meaning, I don't even know where
gcd is. You're not playing.
Right, we got to determine. Where's the skill?
Set at where we at? Then we've got some other things
to say to you. Like God's not impressed with
your talent. God doesn't care that you can
play good God, don't care. If you can sing and peel paint
off the wall. Because if you don't have an
anointing in a heart for God, you are a clanging cymbal.
Because we know the heart of our father.
Never seen that person again, well, because that person can't
function in his church. Now, he can function in other
places that do God, their idea. I mean, I know people who are in
Ministries right now that have failed miserably but the minute
they arrive at those churches because I know they failed
miserably. And they have not repented.
I know this. The minute, they go to those
churches. They're already on platforms.
I'm Blown Away by that. Oh wow.
What's wrong with these pastors? I guess it's their church and
not his All right, to say him in any way.
Mark chapter 4 verse 23 to 24 says this.
If anyone has ears to hear, Let Him hear then he said to them,
take heed what you hear with the same measure you use it will be
measured to you and you will hear.
And to you, who hear more will be given look how it says in the
passion. If you understand what I'm
saying, you need to respond. Then he said to them, be
diligent to understand the meaning behind everything you
hear. For, as you do, more
understanding, would be given to you.
And according to the depth of your longing to understand much
more will be added to you. Now, this is obviously in
context of the parable of the sower and this is where the word
are. The seat word of the kingdom are
the word itself is being sewn and based upon how a person
hears will determine how it produces.
Right now in this Sanctuary with all the people that are here,
everyone is hearing the message different every one of you
because you're hearing it through your paradigm.
You're hearing it through your Paradigm.
Some of you are hearing it through your issue.
Some of you are hearing it through your past, some of you
are hearing it. While something else is speaking
to you. About what you're hearing right
now. So how you hear?
Well to be will determine what the word can do?
Well, I wish they preach better. I wish you hear better.
Because Jesus was the best preacher.
And they crucified him. So, how would they hearing?
You know they heard they heard this guy is going to give
everybody the opportunity to be in their own power yet, then
walk in love and unity with one another where nobody is going to
be higher than anyone else. I don't think I like that.
Because I want people to depend on me.
And they can't Champion with somebody else's being used or
whatever and can't step aside. So, how you here?
But here's the thing. What about your natural hearing
Why is it that the doctor can say something about you and you
believe it? Because this words we have but
they took a blood test they said this was it, I don't care that
cancers in your body, doesn't matter.
Got a testimony before service today if someone who went
because there was a lump in their breast, but the word of
the Lord came through, such a saint in the church that called
out tumors gross in a service. They had a growth, they knew it
because they felt it but they have not got it tested. so, when
they called them up, They had to make a decision.
Do I go? They of their own emission said
didn't want to come but yielded anyway, And then the one, which
was the st. Not me.
Not a pastor, not a fight for Minister.
Not a gas Minister but the one who delivered the word of
knowledge by the spirit laid hands on them.
And they went did a biopsy and his banana Hallelujah.
When are you know, the naysayers say, well it's probably benign
all this all the while. Well who says that, see how
quick we want to believe to not believe God, we would much
rather write it off as if they never had it.
Instead of God knew ahead, what they had got to healing power on
them before they ever got a different report.
But what if they had gone and got the report?
They could have been said no it's dying and has to die
because Lord you called it out. I commanded it and it must be
gone, who's report? Whose report will we believe
faith comes by hearing so we have to pay attention to what
we're hearing. We have to question, I'm not
talking being critical, I'm talking about okay what are they
saying? Because Laura, what are you
saying? And let me tell you these last
days, you're gonna have to become very proficient at.
Hearing the Holy Spirit, speak to you more so than the experts.
Let me just ask this question. Who declared them experts
anyway? Who's given who has the say that
they're experts? there's Financial experts
Health, experts education, experts, Who gave them the
title? What body of work have you
research to find out? They're actually an expert.
That's what we going to be careful.
What we hear are, how we here. Because today's social media,
we're here, and all kind of stuff.
Who says they are the legal expert of something that just
occurred. I mean there are body language
experts They will watch a person's demeanor and then get
on TV shows and breakdown, who they are, just by how they
respond through their body language.
You know, how many people believe that those people are
like that? Just because someone said,
because faith comes by They are 76 million people in our nation.
That have heard and believed that President Trump is still
president. There are 76 million other
people that have heard that Joe Biden, is the president and is
doing a phenomenal job. Don't laugh.
Because I don't care about your opinion of either.
My point is is you're firmly persuaded about either one only
based on what you're hearing and the source of what you're
hearing, Because I can find fault with all of it. because my
faith is not in a man, but in Christ Oh, I would love to get
around both of them and let them know I have no opinion on the
matter, but my king says, and it do you well to govern, according
to my king. Cuz you're not my savior.
You think your economic policies?
Help me, I'm in the Kingdom economic system because your
system rust and thieves, come. But in mine Moss.
Can't touch it. Russ can't get it and fees can't
still. Are you hearing me but how many
of us have gotten uptight about what we hear?
I've actually been accused during election cycles that I
was supporting Trump. I'm like what's wrong with these
people? I support Jesus Christ.
I support policies that are favorable for the church and I
don't care what their name is as long as they're doing that.
Because at the end of the day, somebody's going to get in
there. So who in the world, can we
hope? Would yield to God some.
And they don't have to be a believer.
I don't care whether they're believe or not, I just need to
know, will they yield? To the world.
The Lord. Hallelujah.
But we've become so sensitive. And our little groups.
Right. Leo.
Stand up, Leo. Leo.
Come down here, actually. Raphael, come down here.
I usually do this, you know, few times during my cycle of Bank of
a church and I lose people every time I do it but that's okay.
It's true. I do.
It's just because they're so shallow.
I'm just gonna call it for what it is.
Do we look alike? But are we the same if you know
your word? You know, we are, I wasn't
raised like Leo, I have no idea what's been bombarded in his
mind. I don't know about it, don't
know his childhood, don't know his upbringing.
Right? So I have no concept of that.
I don't know about his either. Don't know about it.
Now he's not authentic. Puerto Rican.
It's a joke between him and his wife, his wife was actually born
in Puerto Rico, so she's authentic, he was born in
Boston, Boston, these are actually Connecticut,
Connecticut. So he's a con Rican.
All right man, when people see this they're going to get so
mad. I don't rely.
Oh my gosh, they just called us. Ecause, you identify?
What's wrong Nation? That's your problem.
And I'm not going to apologize that you're all uptight about
your little bitty Island somewhere or your little plot of
land somewhere. We got a kingdom.
My dad actually owns the planet. He may rename it when it's all
said and done. At the end of the day but all I
know is Leo. He's born again.
Oh my gosh. And Raphael is born again.
Which means. Now we in the same family.
And he's required us no matter where we came out of
geographically. Economically socially, right?
That we got to change this to reflect our for where's your
daddy live at No, I'm talking about your spirit.
Yeah, where's he at in heaven? Where's your daddy live at?
my dad lives in heaven too cuz he said our father Right.
Our father. So his dad, he talks to just
like I'm talking to the same dad, not talking to a different
Daddy. I'm not talking to a different
daddy. So don't put me in a corner and
say I can't identify with I totally identified now.
I can't identify with someone who only identifies what he
outside. I can't identify because I'm not
supposed to dignify. I'm not supposed to regard Any
Man In the Flesh. I'm only supposed to regard
because God said, I don't look at man on the outside, I look at
his heart. I'll just be quite honest which
I'm totally offended when you call me white anyway cuz I tan I
mean, I'm definitely mocha. Easy, I can bring you up some
white people. We have a few, they're white may
they never let their legs CD daylight ever.
It's like ooh right so this true there are some but very few Our
faith is not predicated on our site. so, at the end of the day,
Anything against the kingdom, regardless of who it affects.
I have a problem. Because I'm not identifying with
the people. I'm identifying with my dad.
And I'll do anything to bring Liberation, then I should bring
a female up right now because Jesus was the greatest female
Liberator on the face of Planet. My gosh, was he a liberator of
women? And why woman went love Jesus?
I have no idea because he is the Liberator of women.
Because in some places women are still considered property in
today's world. Geez, that's hard to even
fathom, but it's true. Are you hearing me?
Thank you, young. Be seated.
Let me close with this passage. I'll pick up next week in this
concept of hearing. James said, and 122, he said but
prove You sure? Would you come just come on down
now? You should have come down now
Usher's down we get some things moving real quick.
Come on Joe get don't get on the line, he'll come down and I
don't mulch a team to come down to Okay, I just want you to get
ready to distribute any, offer not offering but communion here,
okay? But prove yourselves doers of
the word. Who was that person?
They actively and continually obey God's precepts and not
merely listening listeners who hear the word, but fell to
internalize its meaning. We can say this way internalized
it to the point that we say Lord we're doing your will because I
don't live anymore, I'm letting you live through me and my will
is your will. So I'm doing it, they delude
themselves. They by unsound reasoning.
Contrary to the truth, meaning, but the doctor says, I have
cancer. but the doctor says, but my account says, but Lord, don't
you know what she said to me? How can I stay in this marriage?
but Lord, you know what that manager did And yet, he's saying
do this in this circumstance, prove yourself a doer of the
word by acting on what I say ain't quit reasoning out of
another hearing. That's contrary to what I'm
saying. Quit doing it quit.
Keeping your thought. Just go ahead and make yourself.
I'm just really not that smart. But God is and he loves me so
much. He has a word for me.
That is the final say about this situation.
If I act on it, it will be this way.
Period. Prove it.
Believe is a day or so sensitive.
Well, prove me that you believe that.
Let me see you to watch Ali, Walk In Love, prove it.
Because if you were, you wouldn't be talking behind
somebody's back. You wouldn't be gossiping.
He wouldn't be making it an excuse for your actions as if
it's okay based upon all that you're going through.
I mean, I know we all go through stuff and I'm not saying you
can't converse with someone in the realm of being tied about
it. But the problem is most of us
are trying to get counsel. Most of us are just complaining.
Because we feel this way, you know, they did to me.
And half the stuff that's been done to you.
Honey. Been done to you.
You just perceive it is It's not even reality.
It sure, unsound reasoning contrary to truth.
That's fortifying your thinking that's keeping you in this
stronghold. Just like Joseph, if anybody
could have said Lord, you know what they've done to me and now
I'm going to tell this guy how to get his Nation.
Had a famine. Rod, I got this truth the other
day about Joseph's not my book callous grows in constellation
Joseph gave the king to answer the answer to all of his
Foreseen economic problem. That would have devastated his
Nation. Yet his Nation never changed
from hit their Prejudice of him. Any still serving?
Because when his brothers came into the house to eat, the
Egyptians would not eat with Joseph, although he was the
second, most powerful man in the nation because they loathe
Hebrews and the Pharaoh never did a policy to eradicate that
racism. But Joseph didn't let that
bother him. He didn't let it Define him.
Because he was in a kingdom not of this world.
Wow. Talk about a man of faith.
I said what a man of faith. We got to be doers of the word.
Because what you're hearing? Is how your?
How you living? Are you living under fear of
another pandemic? Are you living under fear of
man? It collapsed economy or living
under fear of our government going under?
Are you living under fear? That was going to be such, you
know, racial Injustice. Are you living on a fear of
that? Because these all could be out
there. But are you living under fear?
Because you hear it so much that you don't know that in Christ,
you've already conquered? And that you already been found
with favor. And that he's always already
called you to Triumph. And that he already has a way of
Escape for you and they had gives you the capacity to love
those who don't love you. Because of the way you look, He
has it. Will you live by faith?
You got to choose. You got to choose.
Because how you here? Will dictate what you believe.
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