9.5.21 Faith Apostolic Church Sunday Morning Worship

[Music] [Music] for you god and god alone because of you my cloudy days [Music] i just want to say more [Music] [Music] oh [Music] i just wanna [Music] [Music] i just want to tell you lord i love you more [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so i just want to tell you lord [Music] me [Music] lord i love you [Music] yes i do [Music] so i worship and enjoy [Music] i [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm i love you [Music] [Music] is [Music] praise the lord everybody we've come this morning just to love on the lord and give thanks unto the lord because we know that he's good and his mercy endures forever [Music] [Music] rejoice take joy my king [Music] in what you hear let it be a sweet sweet sound in your ears [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh i love you lord to worship [Music] [Music] and everything you hear [Music] [Music] [Applause] we oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] we keep your name all of the glory oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is hallelujah hallelujah we exhaust the lord on this lord and hallelujah he's been a mind regulator he's been a bird enlister [Music] him [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah come on let's say it hallelujah praise the lord give him glory this morning we exhaust him this morning he's worthy he's worthy he's worthy glory to god oh we thank you hallelujah we about to go before the lord in prayer and i just want to say hallelujah we do exalt him the lord is giving me a word this week holy of a share of our heart head god and the word here be encouraged the blood still works hallelujah hallelujah be encouraged the blood still works hallelujah let us look to the lord father god in the name of jesus we come this morning hallelujah to tell you thank you to bless your name hallelujah we thank you jesus for all that you've done for us all you are doing and all you're going to do hallelujah just look what you've done at calvary hallelujah father we thank you thank you for your blood thank you for your death burial and resurrection thank you for being the only omnipotent omniscient i'm the present sovereign god thank you lord god you're the god of our comforter hallelujah you're the lifter of our heads hallelujah hallelujah we thank you jesus you're bow down head yes there is much depression all over the land grief hurt pain but then there's god hallelujah jesus has won the victory he knows every pain every hurt oh glory to god that's why we praise him we got to praise him we got to lift him up we got to look to him he's our hope for tomorrow he's our hope for today glory to god we thank you jesus father in the name of jesus we thank you we glorify you now lord god you said in your word that we can come boldly to the throne of throne of grace we thank you we are coming now father asking you you already know everything but we asking you how cos you said we ought to seek you ask you search for you look for your hope in you and we thank you for that now lord move all over this land all over this land yes there are spirits of grief but you are the god of all comfort you are average your holy genre you are i was your host in the sea you are with jehovah's second name you are with your holy ma you are how was was jehovah somebody you are what jehovah's above and we praise you for it we thank you oh god move now all over this land blessing your people everywhere lift up the bowel down heads lift up the broken hearted the blood still works the blood still works your healing saving delivering god lord god in the hospital room oh god behind the prison bars oh god our legislature oh god our government our mayor's governors hallelujah we need your jesus we need the lord in times like these and he said he would never leave us nor forsake us he would be with us always let's look to him let's call on him let's seek him with our whole hearts hallelujah hallelujah lord god we thank you now for all those that you are setting in place in this earth to bless your people and to bring people out of darkness and out of sin oh god you're doing it and you're going to continue to do it blessing people saving people delivering people oh god souls are at stake but we praise you we glorify we thank you proud pastor one that you said in this place oh god teach your word bless your people oh god we thank you we bless your name we thank you blessing his wife hallelujah thank you jesus you're a god of all country covering your deliverance healing god we can't say that enough the blood still works stay under the blood get under the blood blood over your family holy alive over your jaw over your situation oh please the blood of jesus father we thank you now come on in this room come on in this room come on in this room moving every view have reviews oh god sing deliverance sing healing oh god we praise you we bless your name we thank you now we glorify you jesus bless the word that's coming forth today lord bless all the worshippers praises young people everywhere lift their bowel down heads strengthen us oh god we thank you for it we thank you and we command all things into your hands and it's in jesus name we pray let us clap our hands clap your hands give god praise tell them thank you tell them thank you hallelujah bless your name jesus hallelujah amen the blood still works it will never lose its power our scripted this morning will be found in the book of first john chapter two we're going to read verses 9 through 17 i encourage you to go and read the entire chapter but 9 through 17 i know we look in the world we see a lot that's going on but we need to hold on to god like never before looks like it's a lot going on out there in the world stay with jesus first john chapter 2 verses 9 through 17 and will read 15-17 together first john chapter 2 we'll read the first the first few verses alternately and then we'll read 15-17 together if you have a say amen amen and the word reads he that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now but he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth because that darkness had blinded his eyes i write unto you fathers because ye have known him that is from the beginning i write unto you young men because ye have overcome the wicked one i write unto you little children because ye have known the father verse 14. with one unified strong voice verses 15 through 17 read love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passeth away and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of god abideth forever god bless you in jesus name amen praise the lord everybody praise the lord again it's just good to be in the house of the lord on this morning to be able to give him glory in his house to be able to lift up his name on this one and if you know this song you can join in with us and sing it let's have some corporate worship on this morning amen [Music] my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you [Music] my hallelujah belongs to you [Music] my hallelujah belongs to [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] sing my hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah it belongs to [Music] [Music] deserve all the worship [Music] [Music] [Music] sing all of this [Music] all of the glory is [Music] [Applause] i think you desire [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] and you're such an awesome king jesus [Applause] oh hallelujah [Music] sing hallelujah sing hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] it's hallelujah hallelujah [Music] lord we love lord we love you because you first loved us lord we love you sing [Music] [Music] we love your name [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] you deserve it king jesus you deserve king jesus you deserve it my king jesus [Music] all of my [Music] [Music] mighty king jesus you deserve me my strength and my shield you deserve [Music] my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you just give him your hallelujah this morning because he deserves it because he's mighty because he's awesome because he's strong because he is jesus his name is jesus we left up the name of jesus in this place we lift up the name of jesus in this place we love your name we honor your name we will speak the name of jesus hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's them all over the church wherever you are let's praise him if you can stand let's praise him if you can open your mouth let's praise it if you can lift your hands let's praise it oh yes everything that we got every area of our life that we have let's praise us praise has come a little praise is continually is all we have that we can do for it so let's praise it i come to lift him up this morning i come to praise him this morning with everything i got with everything my big mouth can say i come to praise it somebody help me praise it somebody help me lift him up [Music] oh yes when i think of the goodness of jesus all i have to do is just think of his goodness and all that he's done for me oh yeah that makes me happy for now when all that when i think of the goodness oh yes not what he's doing not what he's gonna do but when i think of the goodness when i think about what he brought me from when i think about how he brought me out when i think about how i felt yesterday all the sunrise [Music] wish to have some thank you praises out there this morning some thank you jesus and thank you jesus so thank you jesus but thank you jesus for turning my life around thank you lord i ain't where i was yesterday thank you where i was last month thank you lord i ain't where i was last year i said some thank you praises [Music] [Applause] six years ago i was recovering from cancer i thank you lord i thank you lord i thank you lord i thank you lord could have been there six years praise him praise him praise him praise him praise him praise him praise him please [Music] jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] don't you feel better this is why we come to the service station to get our refill [Music] the songwriter said i can't contain my praise i thank god for the refill [Music] so [Music] [Music] praise the lord i once told my pastor i said i can start the fire but i can't put it out see when you start a fire down on the inside and holy ghost take over you can't put it out let god do it somebody shout glory [Applause] [Music] amen amen we bless that wonderful name this morning [Music] we bless that wonderful name [Music] [Applause] no other name i know no other name i know no other name i know no other name i know i'm trying to contain myself but no other name i know [Applause] hey man amen hey man hey man [Music] so [Music] so y'all help me out saints couldn't help but get up this morning [Music] thinking about laying in a hospital bed couldn't happen but i thank god for remembering me this morning our announcements before we say i've announced we'll give honor to our power of this great church his wife and her absent sister betty bennett we see how good god is doing we see miracles right before us and we forget to give god the praise miracle is right before us our pulpit announcements remember your thought and prayer sister leo savage and family her youngest son mr jonathan rowe passed away on yesterday pray also for sister anna lockett and family whose mother passed yesterday as well we are praying for brother larry johnson and family as his wife and our sister linda pearl johnson passed wednesday sister johnson's celebration of life will be held here at faith apostolic church this saturday september 11th at 11 o'clock am let's pray for those families we trust god to comfort and strengthen these marine families as well as our church families during this time the ice region 4 virtual convention begins this thursday september 9th through saturday september 11th service can be viewed via facebook at i-c-e-a-p-a-w-i-n-c registration is now open and is eight dollars per person see sister christie christian to register these are your announcements please govern yourselves accordingly and may god bless you on this day amen at this time it's offering time [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] so do [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] maybe about hits lord thank you right now lord for what you have given us to give thank you for the opportunity to give and thank you for the many benefits that you have given us lord lord when we come to our giving lord we can't give enough lord thank you for each and every one that have participated lord lord we thank you on this day lord in the name of jesus we lift you up in jesus name we pray and the church said praise the lord praise the lord how many came to bless the lord this morning we're going to praise the lord this morning [Music] hallelujah come on put your hands together [Music] [Music] i love jesus and he loves me everybody i i [Applause] so good so very good very good [Music] come on and bless that wonderful name of jesus why don't you bless that wonderful name [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus oh oh jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus [Music] keep that tree [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] she [Music] together [Music] [Music] she's [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] she's [Music] [Music] [Music] jubilee pin number the jubilee she is [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah something about that name something about that name something about that thing something about that dang does anybody in here love the name the name jesus jesus jesus jesus is the heel of the body jesus healer of the mind jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i couldn't kill him waters couldn't drown him the name jesus the name jesus is a strong power righteous run in and save from the name by the name jesus the name jesus [Music] lord check out something about the nature something about the name cheese it is the sweetest names i know help me say something something something about the name [Music] ain't nobody [Music] is [Music] [Music] used to say like this some people say i'm crazy but [Music] they don't understand the power that i feel hallelujah when i call his name [Music] y'all shut up in my bones and when the holy ghost gets to moving it gets to move it believe me [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] yeah yeah yeah yeah [Music] one more time [Music] [Music] she's jesus jesus jesus jesus [Music] something something happens [Music] jesus jesus jesus something happens when we call [Music] i love the name jesus [Music] no other name but jesus [Music] listen he can sue your dancing calm your fears [Music] you gotta remember that he's always need whatever you need our god can't supply don't you ever forget he's standing right now something about the nature something about the names it is the sweetest sweetest name [Music] no wait a minute wait wait wait wait just a few little while ago my wife could barely talk and all the things she was going through i don't know how she feel right you feel like saying it a little bit come on say just a little bit for us [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm talking about the miracle working healing power of the almighty god hallelujah hallelujah thank you something else oh something about jesus i just wanna call his name [Music] and he comes oh my fear yes he does [Music] i can call him [Music] sometime in the midnight hours [Music] i'm never alone y'all he's always right there with me yes he is [Music] i love jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] too yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] can you help me say it something about [Music] [Music] is he sweet [Music] is he sweet is he sweet hallelujah hallelujah there was a time i couldn't even turn over in the bed my my husband had to help me pull me turn me do everything couldn't step up couldn't do nothing but look at me today and it's all because of jesus i take no credit for it hallelujah god is a good god all you gotta do is wait on him all you gotta do is talk to him all you gotta do is believe him don't stop praying don't stop trust him don't stop believing wait on the lord wave over the lord and be of good courage he shall come he will come look what he did for me he's no respecter person come on and praise him i want somebody to praise him hallelujah god is good thank god is real god is real healing is real hallelujah i love him today i bless his name hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah don't tell me god won't heal don't tell me god won't deliver [Music] thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah his name hallelujah we serve a miracle working god tell somebody we serve a miracle working god tell them tell them with some authority with it we serve a miracle working god [Music] thank you jesus oh lord hold on all right hallelujah we give god all the thanks and all the praise today he's worthy of all glory he's worthy of all glory he's worthy of all glory hallelujah we bless the lord for all of you who have come today thank god for all of our visitors who are here as well amen we bless the lord for you good to see amen sister jackson has had surgery and back we thank god for you being back amen amen brother dobbs stand up back there brother dog y'all don't even know this is our new member here brother duff amen brother dog was just in the accident you see his arm he was just an act the devil is mad but we're so glad that god is the savior and the keeper and the healer glory hallelujah hallelujah brother dobb was in an accident amen i tried to call him the other day couldn't reach sister dog but i tell you what look at the lord i thought he was in a in a better place where he couldn't become but look he's here this morning good god almighty thank god for his love hallelujah hallelujah whatever you need god's got it i said whatever you need god's got it [Music] yes sir all right i'm gonna stop i'm not the speaker this morning amen we thank the lord i feel like it but amen we got a preacher amen we just did the funeral uh uh celebration for pastor lee's son on yesterday had to do the eulogy for that funeral on yesterday and uh amen our very own we have the lord has blessed us with so many wonderful preachers here at faith apostolic church amen amen so we are blessed beyond measure amen and at this time would you stand to your feet as we are about to hear the word of the lord amen from a fine young man who is faithful dutiful amen he the things they do behind the scenes amen you would not believe all the things they do and he's an assistant principal at his school and we're so honored today to have and bring to the to the to the podium at this time our very own minister eldridge bennett stephen [Applause] praise the lord everyone can we shout unto god with a voice of triumph in this house come on let's do that was a practice round let's try one more time shout out to god with a voice of triumph in the house today glory to god glory to god we just saw a miracle happen right here god was strengthening our first lady right before eyes don't tell me that god can't do it because he's doing it right now hallelujah glory to god that ought to be encouragement for somebody's situation let's turn to the word of the lord i don't want to be before you alone we thank god we thank god we thank god luke chapter 4. [Music] we'll look at a couple verses in luke chapter 4 very familiar passage of scripture i'm going to start with that first verse of luke chapter 4. i'm going to find this accounting mark and in matthew but we're going to look at luke's account this morning verse 1 of that fourth chapter and we're going to skip and jesus being full of the holy ghost returned from jordan and was led by the spirit into the wilderness skip to verse 14 and jesus returned in the power of the spirit into galilee lord we thank you and we bless you we honor you for your worth of all praise now lord speak to us the words of life oh god we pray now that you will get the glory we honor you and we bless you now in jesus name amen as you have your seats i would like to speak from the main topic of good news in the wilderness and the sub-topic of it's time for a comeback uh y'all know i like to tell stories i'm going to tell one real quick when i was a kid i was a huge wrestling fan i don't know if anybody else watched wrestling but my favorite wrestler growing up was hulk hogan amen during my childhood you couldn't convince me that wrestling was not real most of all the matches that i saw with him wrestling he would come out all excited and yelling and hyped up he would he would rip his shirt off you know the hoaxer would do that and and start wrestling usually his matches would start by him winning and winning but then the opponent would gain some type of advantage this advantage would then turn the tide of the match and the hulkster would get hurt and get beaten up but there was a point in every match that hulk hogan if you're a wrestling fan you know what i'm about to say we're beginning to hook up the opponent would continue to throw punches punch after punch attempt move after move but every move was thwarted because the holster had tapped into a power that was going to push him to the next level i can only imagine what was going on through his mind as a child maybe he was saying enough is enough i've had it up to here i'm not going to let this opponent just beat me up any longer and i've got good news for us today enough is enough we can't just allow the devil to victimize us and make us pitiful creatures that are pathetic i vividly remember that the opponent would not stop fighting hulk hogan is not that the enemy will stop being the enemy it's just that i've got a revelation that's given me my confidence to fight back now i want to say to someone it's time for a comeback god has a blessing another level that he wants to release to you but many times that blessing is on the other side of a test on the other side of some type of circumstance it's in an attempt to move you to spiritual perfection or what the bible calls sanctification it is in this process of progressive sanctification that the child of god experiences spiritual crisis spiritual battles and even testing one must understand that serving god has levels to him it is the lord's desire that we bear fruit bear more fruit and bear much fruit first peter 1 6-7 says wherein ye greatly rejoice though now for a season if need be ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations that the trial of your faith being much more precious than that of gold that perishes though it be tried with fire be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of jesus christ you got to go through some things in order to grow with god the world's influences have to become smaller and smaller and all god needs is a heart and soul that is willing to be conformed and consistently yield to his will our prayer and our aim should be that we are daily conforming to the image of christ jesus one surefire way to become more christ-like is to experience hardness jesus provides us with a clear example what it looks like to go through the process of being tempted and tried since we are not above our lord and master we should be expecting nothing less in our lives it is here in our text in verse 1 that we see jesus full of the holy ghost returning from jordan jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness you must understand that the wilderness is necessary repeat after me the wilderness is necessary we should never allow the prospect of going through to dissuade us from the journey second timothy 3 and 12 says yea and all that shall live godly in christ jesus will suffer persecution wilderness wilderness moments are meant to bring out the real you you won't realize the real you just shouting you won't realize the real you by dancing you need to be delivered you won't realize the real you uh while you're shouting and you're still shackled you have to have a trying experience the wilderness can yield some of the most crucial moments of the believer's life the wilderness was never meant to crush you but to align you it is where god removes the hustle and the bustle of everyday life and gets you alone with him three things i would like to mention about the wilderness number one the wilderness is god designed repeat after me the wilderness is god design you remember reading in the book of job job was from the land of us job was perfect and upright feared god and eschewed evil the sons of god and satan himself came and presented themselves to god saying the only reason why job serves you is because you have a hedge of protection around them if you but just move that hedge he'll curse you to your face uh god with his permission god gave the enemy a chance at job he destroyed job's life he tried to destroy his body oh but job can't you hear him say in the midst of his affliction for i know that my redeemer lives and he shall stand in the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin worth destroy this body yet in my flesh shall i see god that's a wild in this moment uh not only is the wilderness god designed but say this after me the wilderness is god approved said one more time the wilderness is god approved you remember reading in the story of david in first samuel saul was king in name only over israel but saul disobeyed god and refused to carry out orders like he was given god gave samuel the charge to go to jesse's house and anoint one of his boys to be the next king you know the story that that son was david god used david eventually to fight the giant goliath and to chase the philistine army the bible says that an evil spirit from god came upon saul for the next several years david would be on the run from saul david hid in caves pretended to be mad directed a ban of men all while he was on the run from song saul was attempting to take the life of david through this time huh oh this is a wilderness moment huh can you imagine david anointed to be king but on the run from the current king that my friend is a wilderness experience huh but those sequence of events were approved of god and david would eventually become king of united israel third thing i want to tell you about the wilderness uh repeat after me the wilderness is god timed again the wilderness is god-timed you remember reading in the book of first kings about the story of elijah elijah was a prophet of the lord during the days in the reign of king ahab where the lord came to elijah there shall be no dew or rain upon the earth according these years but according to my word the lord designed it so that a raven would bring elijah food and bread twice a day elijah was to drink water from the brook cherith after the brook ran out because of the drought god told elijah to go down to zarephath and be fed by the widow the widow woman that was there huh elijah the woman the widow woman and the widow's son drew from a barrel of meal that did not run out the woman's son dies one day and god answers the prayers of elijah and resurrects the son the bible says that in the third year that the word of the lord came to elijah saying go show thyself to ahab and i will send rain upon the earth after ahab hears the message from elijah elijah challenges his false prophets by saying he tells the false prophets let's have a challenge huh you choose a bullock and i'll choose a bullock huh cut it into pieces and lay it upon wood and don't put any fire underneath it and who's ever god answers by fire that will be the real god huh well they said let's do it the prophets of baal dress that sacrifice and call on their gods elijah mocked them because they had no success he said maybe he's on a far away journey huh call a little louder huh the prophets of baal began to cut themselves up the prophets of baal began to act crazy all of a sudden trying to reach their god but it was of no success they did this for several hours uh your bible says when it was time for the evening sacrifice that elijah said let me take over now elijah said let me call her elijah dressed the sacrifice up elijah put the bullock upon the altar elijah poured four barrels upon the water of water upon the sacrifice do it again he drenched the sacrifice up knowing that it would be too hard for a man to light this thing huh all the water filled the trenches that were running huh but oh can't you see a lie something standing in confidence before his god and before these false prophets uh i can see elijah as he turns and lifts his head to heaven and say oh lord huh you've told me to do this huh you told me to be a prophet huh you gave me instructions and i'm going to stand up on this word that you've given me huh now oh god send fire from heaven huh can i pause real quick this is not a part of my notes but i'm gonna say it anyway huh we ought to just take a second real quick and look up towards heaven and say lord sitting down the fire burn it up lord everything that's not like you burn it up lord burn up that pride huh burn up that ridiculousness burn up that lust burn up those eyes burn up that mischievousness huh burn up that lion huh burn up that false flame burn it well [Applause] oh god [Applause] [Music] well you know what happened next huh as he was standing there praying to god it's something about praying to god and he answers your prayers right then and then oh god began to send fire from heaven or burned up the sacrifice burn up the wood lapped up the water and then the prophets of baal they had to be ashamed i don't even know why they wouldn't want to try it anyway they ought to know that their god wasn't real it wasn't going to work but they tried it anyways huh but the our god answered by fire and consumed the sacrifice elijah then says we're going to kill these prophets oh can i tell you you got to kill those false things in your life elijah then says that i hear the sound sounds like the abundance of rain and not only rains but it pours elijah was on such a spiritual high that he outran ahab's chariot to jezreel my point in saying all of that is that elijah was operating under the power of the spirit of god he was declaring the word of the lord but jezebel sends one message to him after all that he's experienced with god and seen him work jezebel sends a message to him saying i'm going to kill you elijah goes into a tailspin a state of mental depression a mental wilderness if you will trying to pick up the pieces he thinks he's the only person who remains to worship the one true and living god i'm so glad that in the wilderness god can still send a small voice and say i have left me a remnant of seven thousand in israel who have not bowed their need to bail [Applause] that should be good news for someone that no matter what stage of the wilderness you're in god has it set up to be designed approved and timed you have to understand that the wilderness is a dry rough or too rocky to be cultivated place it is not suitable for farming but it was suitable for grazing in other words because the terrain of the wilderness was so bad you shouldn't expect to farm there please understand that if you are a farmer you are expecting to stay in that spot of land for a long time but because the wilderness you can't farm there god never intended for you to stay in the wilderness alone [Applause] but thanks be under god that the wilderness is suitable for grazing that means that there are pockets of provisions already made available by god meaning that while you're in your wilderness he still will meet every one of your needs [Music] good god of mine [Applause] the wilderness was never designed to be permanent but the promise was designed to be permanent [Applause] let's go back to our tech notice jesus was led by the same spirit that filled him you see in chapter 3 jesus steps on the scene john the baptist was prophesying about jesus and his coming he said saying unto them all i indeed baptize you with water but one mightier than i cometh the latch of whose shoes i am not worthy to unloose he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his garden but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable not only did he prophesy about the lamb of god but jesus was baptized by john in order to fulfill all righteousness the bible says that a dove descended upon him in bodily form and the voice declared this is my beloved son not only that but the lineage of jesus is this chapter 3 again was given through joseph's side all the way back to adam most individuals would say look at my pedigree that's enough for me to be excused from a wilderness experience but there's a point when you must realize that god is more interested in your character than he is about your stock uh god is more interested in your integrity than you being just happy all the days of your life huh god is more interested in what you how you go through your situation than what folks say about you in your situation please realize that god gave you the holy ghost to win not to whine your faith has to be tested in order to see if it's real or has any value no wonder why the hebrew writer says for we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like we are with yet without sin now here's our charge let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in the time of need these are some needed times and i need some help is there somebody in the house that can testify i'm living in some needy times and i need to save up [Music] [Applause] repeat after me while going through you have to make up your mind as in luke 4 we see jesus fool and jesus laying the only way you can be successful in the wilderness is to be full of the holy ghost but while in the desert you don't just expect to be left alone look at how the enemy approached jesus through the lust of the eyes the lust of the flesh and the pride of life the temptation you you know these will go through them quickly the first one is thou be the son of god he's questioning the enemy is questioning the validity and identity of jesus command that this stone be made bread have to understand that the devil tempted the son of god he tries to take advantage of you in your most vulnerable moments but jesus response is classic jesus denies all the desires and pleasures of the flesh for us to be an example it is written that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word good god almighty of god huh ah doesn't the enemy know bread doesn't grow in the desert the bible never commanded us to make bread in the desert huh how do you tempt the one who rained down manna in the wilderness huh how do you tempt the bread of life with bread huh i am the bread of life how are you going to tempt me with bread huh that's what i am i don't need no bread huh i'm so i'm thinking about the passage where jesus says i have meat that you don't even know about [Applause] [Music] the devil wanted to instill doubt into the mind of jesus but we must realize that jesus as a hundred percent man exhibited human frailty but as a hundred percent god he didn't have a fallen nature to give into the second temptation took jesus into a high mountain huh you got to be careful about all these promotions that folks are getting because it might be from to jesus to jesus that's a word for another time took jesus into a high mountain showed him all the kingdoms of the world and told jesus to worship him he's coming the enemy's coming at you faith he's coming at you with high hopes of you falling low huh he wants to throw you off but jesus response he comes back again and says get thee behind me satan for it is written thou shalt serve the lord thy god and him only shalt thou serve huh oh saints are the most high god we don't have time to go back and forth with the enemy huh you got to shut him down shut him down anytime you try to operate huh out of the realm of reasoning with the enemy huh you'll lose every time but when you try to operate out of the realm of faith you'll be victorious every time oh god huh oh what we must be careful about huh and what this particular temptation shows us is that making a move out of season can be costly the enemy has a tendency to try and lay claim to things that really don't belong to him in the first place it is in this third temptation that he took jesus to the pinnacle of the temple you know the temple is the holy place huh you know the devil comes to church i'll say that again huh the devil comes to church and has a good looking suit and dress onto [Applause] if thou be the son of god cast thyself down if you be a saint why don't we just talk about the pastor a little bit y'all got quiet on me now let's talk about the programming of the church let's do it our way if if you be a saint of the most high god that's how the enemy will come after you he took him to a pinnacle of the temple if thou be the son of god cast thyself down from hence and the angels will bear thee up huh oh jesus's response thou shall not tempt the lord thy god you have to watch and be careful of how the enemy uses the word of god he takes that particular passage out of psalm 91 that means that the enemy knows how to use the word but he flips it and twists it and puts sprinkles and icing on it to make it more palatable before he sends the poison down your throat [Applause] he tries to use it out of context just like he did with eve but i'm so glad later on in this same book that jesus would stand and say that the law the psalms and the prophets are written about me huh you can't use my word against me because i am i am how you gonna use me against me and i'm what you saying is me [Applause] [Music] how the enemy gonna use the word against you huh god almighty he's speaking the word huh i'm going to accept what god says out of his mouth do you see jesus how jesus's mind was made up i'm almost through you have to fight the devil with the word the devil knows what's in us and knows how to push our buttons and how to get a reaction out of us but i got good news we got to fight i'm gonna say it again to this side huh i got good news to my left side we gotta fight you wanna fight i gotta fight can i tell you this faith without a fight is a fantasy [Applause] if you're gonna have faith in the lord jesus you're gonna have to fight it reminds me of the story of the three hebrew boys that refused to bow down at the sound of the music their minds were made up before it didn't matter if they were in jerusalem or babylon my mind is made up that i will not bow throw me in the fire you cannot intimidate me heat it up seven times like none other you still cannot intimidate me my god not only can be a liberator in the fire but he can be an air conditioner in the fire do you remember reading in esther when haman made the plot against all the jews huh mordecai told esther you've been made queen for such a time as this esther said i'm going to king a hazarist to tell him about the plot that haman has against the jews and if i perish i perish i'm here to let somebody know huh that you've got to adopt the mindset huh that i'm going to fight her the devil on every hand huh i'm tired of how he's messing with my community i'm tired of how he's messing with my children huh i'm tired of how he's messing with my spouse i'm tired of how he's messing with my family huh i'm tired of how he's trying to get up in my finances i'm tired of demons thinking that they run the place huh but i got a fight on my hands i'm ready to fight i've been down here in the wilderness for the last how many years the last how many months i've been in the wilderness huh but i got good news from the wilderness what's the good news from the wilderness the good news is it's time for a comeback look at somebody and say neighbor i know you've been fighting her i know you've been fighting huh i know your feet huh are getting a little weaker but i got good news for you the lord just said huh it's time for a comeback look at verse 14 14 says he says in verse 14 and jesus returned in the power of the spirit huh i'm here to let you know how you can't return in your own thinking huh you can't return in your own persuasion huh but you got to return and the power of the holy ghost is there's somebody up that wants to tap into a place called the holy ghost call the holy ghost i got rivers of living water huh flowing out of me i've got rivers that will cover up the dry places in my life i'm not afraid of the enemy no more i'm not tucking my tail and running no more i hear the words say huh that the righteous are as bold as lions i dare somebody huh to get your aurora back huh for so long huh you've been a meagle huh a mediocre house cat but god says huh you are a lion huh now get your roar back up get your roar back up don't just look at me huh but get your roar back up tell that enemy huh tell that devil huh i'm back here not because it's me but greater is he that's in me than he that's in the world in all these things we are more than conquerors what shall have separated me from the love of christ jesus not death not life not peril not famine not disease i got good news from the wilderness that i'm back you didn't see me for a while you haven't seen me her post in a while but you haven't seen me huh like you wanted to see me huh but i still got some good news huh that even though i was in the wilderness i still had the victory huh is there anybody that has victory in jesus victory in jesus message forever he bought me and salted me with his redeeming blood he loved me here i knew him huh oh i got victory i got victory victory in my job i got a victory at my household i got victory in my mind that victory may not look like it but i got that [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm through i don't wanna be long i wasn't gonna be long i'm not coming out this wilderness just any old type of way 14 says and jesus returned in to power we don't have to walk around here scared and timid because somebody's trying to push their social agenda out there in the streets we don't have to be afraid of these street killings and stuff we serve god and his name is jesus [Applause] [Music] that's all i got but the lord impressed this upon me so much pastor that i don't have to go through this wilderness and come out the same way i've got good news in the wilderness let not your heart be troubled even in the wilderness the lord is my shepherd and i shall not even in the wilderness [Applause] the name of the lord is a strong tower even the endo got good news in the wilderness good news church 2020 last 18 months have been tough for everyone but it's time for a comeback now on this rock i build my church up on this rock i build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it they may come up but they're not going to win against it [Music] there's a comeback in the house you don't have to be intimidated you don't have to be scared we come come on you don't have to be frightened [Music] confused all out of sorts [Music] the lord has given us the victory by christ jesus church of the living god you might be in a wilderness moment now and you need some strength you need someone to pray with you and pray for you we invite you to to meet us at the altar now don't go through this wilderness moment getting beat upside to head by the devil when god has given us the victory to win [Music] hallelujah [Music] god has given us the victory not that doctor report [Music] not that bank statement god has given us the victory and we stand on blessed assurance knowing that our god is faithful to his children hallelujah thank god we bless god hallelujah [Music] hallelujah come on church [Music] formed against me shall prosper [Music] it won't work no more [Music] it's time for come back the word was outstanding today broke down to us so we can understand the plan of god for our lives [Music] he gave us [Music] many scenarios in the bible different things that occurred throughout the scripture good news is that we win jesus is our victory and as long as we're in him we win i want to just say to somebody who's listening to me right now if you are not in the ark of safety you're living beneath your privilege jesus is soon to come i said jesus is soon to come [Music] you must be in him the bible speaks about the dead in christ the bible says that we are to walk in christ if we're going to be victorious we must be in christ how do you get in him you must repent you must be baptized in jesus name for that is the only name that remits sin and then you must have the power of the holy ghost on the inside jesus will pour that into you all you have to do is say i want it i want it and if you say i want him amen that's the first thought of believing scripture that tells us and some people use it as their salvation scripture it says that all you have to do is believe that is true that's what you start believing but if you believe then do what he says he's saying to you right now come unto me all who labored a heavy laden i'll give you rest rest is available for the non-believer for the unbeliever come come come come come don't let it be said too late we're at the close of the day jesus could come any moment and say come my people could i tell you the scripture said he knows those that are he is you must be his if you're going to go back with him you must be his [Music] how do i become his i have to obey his word he's calling you today no weapon formed against you [Music] shall prosper it won't know [Music] come on don't let it be said too late he's still calling you today he's still calling you today [Music] you're talking about all the things that are happening and if you look around you right now the world is in chaos the world is in chaos wars rumors of wars nations against nations governments against governments corona different variances but out of all the things that are happening the church is secure let me say i said the church is secure and as long as you stay on board stay in the house stay in the house hallelujah amen we win god bless you let's thank god everybody for the word come on let's thank god for the word hallelujah hallelujah amen such an awesome word today a from minister l bennett amen we thank god for him and his lovely wife who's in the sound booth now amen it was in the back in the room just they're always working and doing things i was past amen somebody told me i didn't know but i do know now amen amen sister turner and her daughter and and i think brother turner too oh i'll stand up we're so glad to have them here [Music] my god come on saints amen amen amen we thank god i didn't i didn't see you but i'm glad somebody passed me a note amen let me know you were here you wanna you wanna say something about put your spot okay amen we're so we want you to know we love you amen and we've been praying for you for all the time amen amen we thank god for even the legacy amen of suffragette bishop kelvin turner amen maestro himself from the lord amen has taken home to be with him amen but the things that the lord used him and accomplished amen even right here we are grateful amen he was a a dynamic talented gifted amen preaching amen and so we are we are honored to have amen his wife and son and daughter here amen today i don't think i'm sure i don't let me miss anybody else amen we just thank god for everybody amen we bless the lord amen uh elders you would like to say something amen all right we're glad to have you today all right in the family here all right i'm folk here with him today all right we bless the lord for you as well being with us today if nothing else we're going to stand don't forget amen now there will be prayer tomorrow evening at 6. uh uh so that's monday night is our normal prayer i know we're having the labor day and you're having the barbecue and you're going to be eating and everything but take our hour out amen now some of y'all made a little way out but amen it would be take a hour out and five eight i was going there dick i was gonna leave you out i was i was just talking about that evening prayer amen but 5 a.m so okay for y'all to can't make it at six tomorrow evening come on in come on and meet us at 5 a.m all right monday morning amen god will honor that amen you still can have some bobby candy i can see some of y'all face mm-hmm that's the time i'm gonna be roasting those uh uh uh hot dogs and all amen take some time out to come out let's talk to the lord together if there ever was a time to praise now is the time amen let me say that again if there's ever a time to pray now is the time amen it's praying time it's praying time it's praying time amen to you good to see you daughter bless you all right all right thank god for all of you shall we stand praise the lord we are so happy that you decided to worship with us today we pray that there was a song a smiling face or something preached through the word of god that penetrated your heart we ask that if you have any questions about the precious gift of the holy ghost and the water baptism in jesus name that you heard us talking about through the service that you would contact us you can contact us at 205-925-6098 leave a comment at the bottom of this page you can also visit us at faithapostalichyphenal.org we want to see you join us weekly at 7 pm via our youtube channel for our weekly bible class we don't want you to forget about us come back and see us we hope that you have a blessed week we love you and god loves you too until next time thank you for joining us and it's jesus read

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