Bishop Wooden | "The Blessing"

[Music] bye father bless us now as we preach the word of the lord may we preach it with power and authority in jesus name amen on this wise shall ye bless the children of israel saying unto them i want you to bless them by telling them something i don't want you to bless them by giving them anything but i want you to tell them something you know the bible says that if you give a prophet a cold glass of water in the name of a prophet you shall reap the prophet's reward the prophet's reward is in his mouth the reward of the prophet is what the prophet tells you a prophet of god can speak a word that will change your life forever turner that's what happened to me when i heard your grandfather preach it was the word that he spoke and i heard it at the tender age of 16 that word that he spoke that came out of his mouth as he preached the gospel of jesus christ he spoke a word and i heard it here i stand at the age of 60 some 44 years later still operating in the strength of that word that came out of the mouth of the prophet it changed my trajectory it changed my life it changed everything he spoke it and i heard it he didn't give me anything that day he didn't give me any money he didn't give me um any he didn't give me a watch although in his life he did mother you remember the texas instrument watch that he had and um pastor got a new watch and he wanted to give his texas instrument watch to someone and he said he said to me i asked the lord god who can i give my watch to and he said the lord spoke to him and said give it to the one who helps you the most and he handed me that watch it touched me uh in ways that i shall never forget but that's not what happened to me the day i met jesus he didn't hand me a watch he didn't give me a dollar he didn't give me anything he spoke and the words that came out of his mouth changed me and i praise the lord for the blessing that was given to me as he said something the most powerful thing on earth is the preaching of the word one man said to jesus i am a man under authority i know how these things work you don't have to enter into my home just speak a word and my child will be made whole isn't that something so our text says on this wise shall you bless the children of israel saying unto them the blessing some refer to this and it's an accurate reference these particular passages as the priestly blessing or one could call them the spoken priestly blessings blessing or the spoken blessing one writer said concerning this particular prayer these words they're also termed the aaronic benediction ironic because the first priests in israel came from moses brother aaron aaron was the first priest and aaron's sons his descendants made up the priesthood it's called a benediction because the word benediction literally means spoken blessings been a well diction to speak to speak well that benediction is a spoken blessing this is why it is not good for members to leave a church service on a regular basis before you receive the benediction you want to get that last blessing spoken over you i don't know about you but i want every blessing that the lord has for me and if it means staying until the close of the service in order for me to get one more blessing i don't mind staying to get that blessing it is the benediction are you with me see so as another thing a sign of spiritual immaturity is when one cannot stay for the benediction now there are exceptions to the rule sometimes people have to leave early to go to work sometimes people have to meet certain deadlines different things people have to do but on a regular basis don't you be that person whom no matter how late or how early we get out of service you got to leave before the benediction service for some can start at 11 and end at 11 30. and they still leave at 11 29 they want to get a jump on the crowd don't let that jump mean that much to you you need that final blessing perhaps the most important or the most impressive aspect of this prayer is that it is a provision for god's desire to bless his people this prayer i want you to let that sink in is a provision it is a means it is a provision for god's desire to be manifested on his people it shows that god wants to bless us so blessing in this particular prayer is god's idea you know there is a notion that you got to pull on god beg him fast for the rest of your days and do all kinds of things practice all kinds of ascetics to get god to bless you but the truth is it is the lord's desire to bless his people it has always been god's desire to bless his people to bless and keep his people and in our text we see that blessing god's people was god's idea the blessing of this benediction walls and ears that it invoked and it invokes the power of god on the behalf of the people of god blessings that would bring things such as look at this numerous descendants i just made the abortion industry mad because they don't think having children is a good thing but but children are a blessing from the lord amen the fruit of the womb is his reward it's a blessing amen look at this uh these blessings uh they give numerous descendants look at this fruitful land you want god to bless your job to bless your employment whether you are uh a farmer and you're into agriculture or if you are working at research triangle park and you're into um the pharmaceutical industry or you may be into the computer industry you want the lord's blessings on what you do you want the land to yield for you these blessings give numerous descendants fruitful land how about this good health and long life deliverance from danger and oppression and they give the blessings of this particular benediction gives protection from one's enemies and the greatest blessing is that it gives us god's abiding presence you know our peru we do not make our boasts in ourselves because the bolstering yourself is a dangerous and a silly thing but to fail to boast in the lord is equally dangerous and when god gives you reasons to boast he expects us to do so i am grateful to god that throughout this pandemic god has watched over us i'm grateful that this is week 68 68 weeks of live services and anything you do for 68 weeks is not luck amen amen 68 weeks and uh in that time after the first few weeks the first five weeks or so we figured out that we needed to go to two services because the members got upset because the members would come to church on time for the 11 o'clock service they would come on time between 10 30 and 11 on time but the visitors would show up at 9. amen 8 30 and 9 and sit there until the 11 o'clock so the members found themselves having to sit in the overflow and they didn't like that thank god for the overflow we're watching it on television back there and so we had to shift and by the grace of the almighty god has blessed us and god have blessed yours truly to stand right here for 67 weeks nonstop and most of them preaching two son times on sunday god has watched over me god has watched over you he's kept us he's healed he's delivered and that needs to be told you know people try to make their reality your reality but what am i supposed to do ignore these six to seven weeks and pretend that god has not watched over me and that god has not watched over you and that god have not kept uh these mothers and kept the saints and yes saints have a contracted covert because the the virus is in the world it's in the world and we live in the world the problem with the thing is every time someone gets one whether they've been to church or not we want to put it on the church nobody nobody puts it on harris teeter walmart came on uh uh amusement parks and whole houses abc stores vape stores ball games they don't put it on these places but they put it on the church god has been good i told him the other day thank you thank you thank you you didn't didn't have to do it and it was his idea amen and have given us strength and we make our boast in the lord see because let me tell you something god blesses us to be a blessing the whole point of this see god wants to bring these blessings numerous descendants fruitful uh land good health long life deliverance danger from oppression and deliverance from danger and oppression protection from one god's abiding presence he gives us these things to make his people his instrument so that we can share with the world bible says in genesis 12 and 3 i will bless them that bless thee i will curse him that curse thee and through thee shall all the families of the church be blessed let me tell you something this is the church's finest hour if churches will take advantage of it the world is dark the world is afraid are you praying for me the world is down and out the world is visibly shaken by the things that are going on in the world and you know what they need to see they need to see strong competent confident christians they need to see people who know how to believe god instead of christians who are as afraid as they are [Applause] you all remember hurricane friend i'm going to preach to you in a minute because you all kind of spin you with your amens today but i remember when fran came through raleigh we were living in the weatherstone area pam you remember and uh when fran uh crossed over uh i had never been through the i never i knew about it but i never experienced the eye of a hurricane and uh the i came over i thought it was over i went out there and looked and everything was calm and you know i think when fran came through you know being the man of the house i wanted to protect my family but mother i think i kind of uh i i think i kind of lost it because i was determined to protect my family right so friend is blowing over this before the eye came so i told pam and my children crystal the pastor you all y'all getting a safe place and i'm going to protect the family and i went and sat on the steps of the house with my gun [Applause] i told you i lost it i was gonna shoot fran fran proved to be too much for any gun fran would blow his tank away there i here i am sitting there so when the eye came i went outside and i'm thinking the thing was over and how about this the backside came around that's when the wind really blew blew over trees and everything so when it was over the next day we came out and we had some wonderful neighbors in the neighborhood and they were not believers and everyone in the neighborhood knew that we were holiness you know sanctified church of god in christ save spirit fill love jesus god say holiness judge the god of christ sanctified it's because you know when you're sanctified people supposed to know it now if your neighbors don't know you sanctified there's a one reason because you're not because when you're sanctified you don't keep that to yourself you tell somebody i've been sanctified they said what does that mean you say i'm glad you asked did you begin to share the story so my neighbor when she saw me uh her husband they had a look on their face that really they were they were they were they were scared they didn't know what to think they'd never experienced anything like that and when they looked to us they looked in my direction his wife in particular she looked and her expression said what do we do what is this what she had been through something that clearly shaken i thank god that i was able to look at her and tell her god is good and to smile at until he has us and he's taken care of us and that everything would be all right well listen the whole world now is shaken marriage is being redefined wrong is being called right right is being called wrong we've got a virus that we don't know what to do with you're trying to figure out whether to take the job and if so how many all kinds of things are going on and the world is looking for somebody to who will show stability someone who's not afraid and jesus said to the church you are the light of the world [Applause] is that bible i understand that passage more now more clearly now than i ever have we're the light of the world we're supposed to be the ones who are showing the world how to get through times like these the born-again believer the spirit-filled believer you know before covert it was popular for everybody to talk about the atmosphere people don't like it when i jump on this stuff they think i'm picking on them and i am see because you can't take it back everybody's bold when there's no challenge god want to know what do you do when you get hit in the mouth praise the lord when when resistance comes everybody he's in the atmosphere he's in the atmosphere governor said close your church people say forget the atmosphere shut the church down and went home the new atmosphere was to stay home scared behind closer so much for atmosphere but the world needs to see strong positive hallelujah spirit-filled believers showing them that our god is still in control [Applause] at work rest and play they'll see you on fire when you walk up in there and you're just as afraid as they are you're not a witness and what could be uh hey what's going on i don't know i don't know y'all i don't know if we're gonna make it or not i i just don't know anymore what the christians saying they don't know anymore what kind of christian are you what kind of believer are you evangelists what kind of bishop are you bishop pastor the christian is built for adversity amen our god promised to never leave us is that what he said and lo i am with you always even to the end of the world i'll repeat it this is the church's finest hour if we take advantage of it but if we behave like the world behaves if we're just as afraid as they are if we praise the lord cower like they do if we don't speak up now uh eight a minister's mit class i have a dilemma tuesday god has spoken i'm not since we're streaming i'm not going to tell you who it is god has spoken to one of our uh members who is in the know about certain things and tuesday she is uh going to go downtown and face the authorities and make a stand for jesus now john you know i can't we might have to have our mit class downtown and stand with our sister who was going to lay out the facts and she said to me in eight o'clock she said you know bishop the word you preached today is exactly what i needed to hear because the enemy was talking to me and trying to talk me down but god has given me something and i know what i'm talking about and and satan don't want my voice to be heard and uh and so i asked what time and she told me i said praise the lord don't be surprised if i don't show up and and then she said something that really got me and she said well bishop it would just do me good it would bless me i'd really appreciate it i got my war clothes on i got my wall clothes out [Applause] i'm going see god didn't call us to just put on pretty suits drive big cars praise the lord and build a big church god calls us to fight the good fight of faith and to to to represent jesus in this world let me move on y'all don't like this kind of preacher but i ask christians today we have a right to claim this prayer to claim these blessings because of what our lord and savior jesus christ did ephesians 1 and 3 says blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in christ we have a right to these blessings because we are in christ the god of the bible gave me this blessing i'm going to pronounce it over you in a few minutes he gave me this blessing to pronounce over you i guess a week or two ago i i tracked it down the last time i had when we had our men's meeting the fourth tuesday and last month that's what it was that day that day uh the riders i know you're all sick and tired of hearing me talking about these bikes the riders and i i love because we have one wonderful prayer and uh we had prayed and while praying elder melvin uh was there and the guys i said bro i spoke in tongues that god have given me something and he gave me two messages at one time he gave me this one and he gave me the message that i've been preaching fighting the right fight the right way ephesians chapter six now we're going back to ephesians chapter 6 thursday night if it's the lord's will but god gave me this at the same time and the lord spoke to me and he said patrick the people have been standing firm the people have proven that worship is worth the risk the people have been standing on the word of god i want to bless my people and he said i want you to speak a word of blessings on the people and i'll tell you when to do it see because let me tell you you know you have to be revived you have to be revived i i can stand here and hold this pineapple for juice long time now i can't hold it like this for the rest of the day even though the weight of this juice and this glass will not change however the energy that i am using to uh hold this will dissipate over time it'll feel like this is getting heavier it's not i'm losing strength see but i'm still holding up the banner every now and then god knows how to put that strength back in you god knows how to send the word that will revive your soul [Applause] where you're able to fight again see man is not like god see the bible says this about jesus jesus christ the same yesterday today and forever christ never misses a step christ never gets weak christ never gets slow jesus is as powerful today as he was when he walked this this planet but human beings get tired human beings grow old human beings over time lose it if you live long enough you will outlive your ability to do what you're doing today humans lose it but god never loses that we serve a god who never sleeps we serve a god who never slumbers he said the son will not smite thee by day by day nor the moon by night and the lord knows how and when to come in and to touch you again somebody will throw up both of their hands and say bless me lord [Applause] yes i heard from him i heard from him the god of the bible have been faithful he has according to verse 25 a claude made his face to shine upon us during this season now as we grapple with covet and the various variants and weather to get vaccinated somebody said the other day i have my shots uh and i'm safe in my mind i'm saying say for what people still die of other things and uh people get they get bishop people getting nervous when i talk like this but we used to believe that our life and times was in the hands of the lord we used to believe that uh when the lord gets ready you still do what you're supposed to do to take care of yourself you know i'm a health nut i try to eat right drink i do i work out i do things to take care of myself but i realize that my no matter how much i prepare there are things out there that can get through my defenses and except the lord build the house they labor in vain that build it except the lord watch over the city the watchman wake it but in vain we used to believe that it was in the hand of god now we we don't we don't lean on every word that comes from the pastor we don't lean on every word that come from the lord we lean on every word that comes from fouchy that's part of the problem we're living in a time you don't like my preaching today we're living in a time hallelujah where the enemy has shaken the world we're grappling with these things we're grappling with an attack on our families an attack on our morals an attack on our children yes even an attack on our lives and god said to me says i want you to speak my desire upon my people and here at the close of the first section of the book of numbers you know the book of numbers is said to be divided into three sections and the three sections are based on locale mount sinai kadesh baniya and the plains of moab at the close of this sixth chapter funny thing uh district missionary you love the bible this this just between me and you it's you know it might be boring to everyone else but i like these little things it's just amazing to me how in this chapter the chapter only has 27 verses but verse 1 through 21 deals with the nazirites and the requirements of the nazirite which you got to go through to be a nazirite i find it odd that at the end of that he switches from the nazarite and switches to this blessing it's almost vicky like it don't fit the chapter because moses god takes a sharp turn praise the lord and he moves from uh the nazirite to blessing his people and he takes a sharp turn in verse 22 it says and the lord spake unto moses saying speak ye to aaron and to his sons that is i know that for 21 verses i was talking to you about the nazirites and nazarites are non-priestly israelites who could take the vow that would get them closer to god and he gives an extensive uh description of the requirements in verses 1 through 21 but god is saying so that my blessing will have the full effect this blessing that i want to give to my people i can't count on the nazarites because uh they're they're not ranked high enough god said for this uh uh blessing to have full effect the lord says i want to tell moses to leave the nazarites alone now and go and speak to the priests go speak to the sons of aaron we're going up now a little higher this is why as you climb in god you got to let god anoint you you can't have a praise of lord a powerful title with a weak man's anointing you can't have a powerful title but you're just a scared little girl you got the longest title in christendom but you're afraid you all talk see there comes a time when the our metal get tested the devil knows how to test these chains praise the lord is to see if there's something to it other than uh a decoration and he said now in order for my uh i feel something in order for my uh blessing to have full effect i'm going up a little higher and he says i want you to speak to the priest now he said in other words god said now here's how i want you to say this and this is how you will invoke my blessings upon the people and notice what he said he said in the text on this wise shall you bless the children of israel saying so god said now when you speak to the priests tell the priests don't add anything to it tell the priest don't add that personality to it tell the priests don't deviate i want them to say this to my people if the priest says this to my people my people will be blessed but it takes the priests to say it you know this kind of reminds me of uh the prayer that we pray the least and we've relegated it to nothing but uh funerals and form and fashion and that is the lord's prayer and some of these prayers that we're praying i think we would move god much quicker if we would actually pray the prayer that he taught us to pray jesus said in matthew's gospel chapter 6 and verse 9 he says after this manner therefore i pray ye he says here's how i want you to pray he said pray this our father which out in heaven hallow be thy name here's what you pray tell the father thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven then ask him give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debt says we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power to do this and the glory forever amen sometimes we pray everything but that but i want to tell you if you want to move god if you really want to move him now you can go to him with your own words but nothing moved god's like reciting what he said nothing moves god like reminding god of what the lord has told him that the lord have told you what came out of his mouth so jesus said when you pray learn how to recognize me first of all you say our father got to know who he is put y'all in heaven and then once you get started the first thing you ought to do is give god a praise hollow be thy name acknowledge to him i don't care what kind of trouble you're in tell him that his name is holy he already knows it but he want to know if you know it see sometimes when we get in a little trouble we act like god's name is not holy but how many know that his name is still holy when it's raining on the outside it's still holy when the devil is coming against you the name is still holy so he said when you pray call me my father which out in heaven hallowed be thy name and before you ask me for anything pray that what i won't happen pray thy kingdom come thy will be done high on earth as it is in heaven but how is the will of god of being carried out in heaven well ever since he kicked the devil out and his demon followers heaven's been a perfect place and you ought to pray that the same way it is up there that god let it take place down here the king that will be done thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven and then you can go on and ask them for what you want give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and then ask them for help lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom you notice you open with a prayer and open with a praise and you're close with one for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever amen i want you to go home sometimes i challenge you to go home sometimes and just pray this prayer since it was the one that jesus crafted since this was the one that he said pray and uh in our text we see the lord giving the priests some instructions telling them how to pray are you praying with me the first thing i want you to notice is the repetition of the name the divine name lord yahweh jehovah you see in verse 24 the lord bless thee in verse 25 the lord maketh his face to shine upon thee and verse 26 the lord lift up his countenance against thee notice in all three verses they mention the lord they utter the divine name which is fitting for us because as christians this is where we begin to get our revelation of the trinity the threefold use of the name of the lord suggests that our god is a god he is a trinity he's one god in three persons one god manifested in three persons god the father god the son and god the holy spirit you know when he got ready to make man i had him say and let us make man in our own image and we see a little bit of the godhead in genesis chapter 1 for it tells us in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth and then it tells us that the earth was void and was empty and became void and it was dark but the spirit of god moved upon the face of the deep and then i heard john say in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god and the same was in the beginning with god and without him was there not anything made that was made and down around the 14th verse of john 1 it says and the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us and then i heard paul write that in uh ii corinthians 13 and 14 the grace of our lord jesus christ and the love of god and the communion of the holy ghost be with you all look at the trinity and then i heard jesus yes in matthew 28 and 19 he said go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father in the name of the son and in the name of the holy ghost thank god for the trinity thank god that we know that there is one god manifested in three persons and the last thing one other thing i want to tell you before i close and pray though i want you to see the repetition you school teachers out there the repetition of the singular pronoun the in verse 24 thee is mentioned two times and verse 25 the is mentioned twice and it's mentioned twice and verse 26 the lord bless thee and keep thee the lord maketh his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee the lord lift his countenance upon thee and giveth free peace what is the what's behind the use of the word v six times in three verses a good bible student knows that repetition is emphasis in the bible when they keep using a thing they're trying to emphasize something and here's what they're emphasizing while the words are directed to the entire community the pronouns are singular that is the lord blesses he blesses the whole by blessing individuals and he blesses individuals by blessing the whole so if the lord bless thee and the lord bless thee and the lord bless thee and the lord bless thee and if he if he bless enough of us individually he's blessed us all and then if he comes in and he blesses us all that means he's blessing every one of us individually and i'm just like the song that said while on others thou art calling don't pass me by how many want to be blessed if you want god to bless you lift your hands and say lie bless me real good and then point towards your neighbor because you want god to bless everyone else and just ask god to bless everybody in this house yeah [Music] i see the lord passing out blessing i see him blessing over in this section i see him over in the amen corner i see him blessing everywhere but you gotta reach up and grab your blessing oh lord bless me my neighbor love bless my friends online lord bless our whole church yeah yes somebody praise him right now thank you jesus thank you jesus the lord bless thee he said the lord bless thee and keep thee let's go home brother rayford the lord bless thee and keep thee and verse 25 24 the lord bless thee and keep thee that is cause good to come our way and then preserve us to enjoy that good thank you jesus how many know that he knows how to bless you and in the face of covet cancer and everything else he's able to keep you alive where you're able to enjoy his blessings he can give you a home and then give your help where you can enjoy he can give you a good job and then give you strength to be able to do the job he'd allow him to fill your refrigerator with all kinds of goodies and then give your help to be able to enjoy your food oh lord thank you for your blessings and love thank you for your keeping power if you know you've been kept if you know you've been kept if you know you've been kept if you know you've been kept you want to praise him for not only blessing you but keeping you right where you are [Music] [Applause] gotta look at your neighbors and he's keeping me he's keeping me yeah yes hold on you know that's why mr white in this church we've never had a brother's keepers auxiliary you see because i don't want to name anything after the words of a killer a friend a murderer the man who committed the first act of franticide in the bible franticide is when brother kills brother cain kill abel and god walked up to him and said where is your brother abel i had cain say to the lord i don't know where he is am i my brother's keeper well if you know cain was wrong because all throughout the bible the word keeper the word keeper is only referred but don't refer to your mama they don't refer to your daddy they don't refer to the government they don't refer to the cdc they don't refer to the republicans nor to the democrats it doesn't refer to a welfare check but it only refers to the lord god is the only keeper aren't you glad that you have your faith in the lord aren't you claims that you know that he's able amen able to keep you able to hold you up now unto him who is able to keep you from falling i'm so glad that in these six or seven weeks god's been good to me god has kept me he's made me strong he's giving me power i'm gonna preach him i'm gonna pray i'm gonna run i'm gonna jump power he let me live he'd let you live you ought to thank god for his goodness for his kindness for his keeping power [Music] [Music] [Music] look at some matters that he's keeping me [Music] he's keeping me oh lord not only will he bless you but he'll keep you that's one blessing the next blessing is and the lord maketh his face to shine upon me time is running out but when you get home i want to give you an assignment read exodus 34 29 when you get home i said when you get home exodus 24 exodus 34 29. through 35 and then go to second corinthians chapter 3 verse 16 through 18. exodus will tell you that when moses came down off the mountain after being in mount sinai in the presence of the lord when he came down he was glowing but when the bible says he makes his face the shine upon you that is the lord glorifying you you see jesus want to give you a claw jesus want to give you joy jesus wants to put an expression on your faith by the world will be able to look at you and tell that you got something different tell that you're not afraid they see the glory they see the anointing they see the power operating in your life what is it why are you so happy why are you so clear-eyed why are you so excited you're on the heel stood it all right how many his glory i'm gonna walk the clouds [Applause] [Music] shine on me shine shine on me shine let the light let the light from the lighthouse shine on [Applause] me me hear you use your preaching voice tell the lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] me let the light from the lighthouse ah let it shine shine on me i don't want to be no sad christian i don't even like hanging around christians who have no joy for complaining ain't never got anything good to say let me tell you something i'm just like the prophet isaiah i heard him say in the years king is i died i saw the law and he was high and lifted up and his train feel the temple and the seraphim were flying around shouting holy holy holy lord god almighty the whole earth they've said the whole earth they said the whole earth is filled with his glory and as i look around with everything that's going on in the world i can see the glory of god i see the power i see the anointing i got something to shout about i got something to get excited about can you say yeah can you tell us [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you've got something to be excited about if you can see the glory of god given praise [Music] do you have joy are you happy in jesus are you saved and glad about it are you saved and got the joy on the inside i'm talking about in the midst of covet in the midst of death in the midst of struggles in the midst of strain there's still something that's steal something to shout about wave your hands and you've gone free [Applause] [Music] [Applause] on his countenance on me and then he said the lord the lord make his face rock are we doing all right come on make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee you know what gracious is brother pals says pal let me tell you why you're standing there today survive cancer look like you've never been sick let me tell you why [Music] i feel like hollering [Music] honey let me tell you why i'll tell you why it's because of god's graciousness brother henry let me tell you why it's because god's been gracious and what is god's gracious god's graciousness is god's favor it's god's favor and that favor is god it's when god directs his full attention to you the earth is the home of over 8 billion people but god knows how to make you feel like he ain't looking at nobody he ain't working on nobody he ain't touching anybody but you because he's taking care of you he's blessing you how many have you experienced his favor if you've experienced his favor you ought to thank the lord [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] nobody in the world for you have you ever been there have you ever felt his love have you ever felt his love when he wraps his arms around when he whispers in your hair in the midnight hour something's humming y'all get rid of that home so i can finish preaching [Music] got it now he knows how to just make you feel like ain't nobody in the world but you have you ever experienced it have you ever been down and you felt the power of the lord come in it was his favor and then he said and in addition to his being gracious he said the lord lift up his countenance upon you what is that talking about what is he saying when he has god that's the way god says i want to lift up my countenance upon you i want to pretend i'm not the lord ain't nobody god but jehovah i want to pretend to be the lord for the sake of trying to explain this verse to you and our brother because a woman well terry come here i'm the lord and you're in need i want you to call on the law jesus call jesus you know what happens when he said the lord lift up his conscience upon you call him again jesus that means when you call him he'll do this i'm so glad he looked my way [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] no way [Applause] [Applause] [Music] and got a busy signal i've never called him and it went to voicemail i've never called him and found out that he deleted me but every time i called him ah he looked my i'm so glad he looked my way i'm so glad he looked my [Music] but i'm so glad i'm so glad i'm so glad he looked my way i could have been sick in my body going down for the last time but i'm so glad what i'm [Music] i'm so glad [Music] my way when i call him he causes he lifts the lord left his countenance upon thee and look at the end result the end result is peace somebody said peace peace good god almighty peace in the hebrew vocabulary means more than the absence of war more than the absence of trouble and storms but peace involves uh quietness of heart on the inside our church mothers were not theologians they were not great writers they were not great orators so they didn't know how to talk about quietness of the heart on the inside they just said i've got a feeling that everything is going to be all right i wonder how many today with everything that's going on do you feel that everything i'm talking about everything is still gonna be all right that's the large piece it's the peace that passive all understanding god will just have spiritual health spiritual prosperity and look at this look at this look at this this is peace adequacy for all of the demands of this life that is whatever comes up whatever happens life death sickness health financial problem you name it god knows how to give you peace you have peace because you know that whatever happens the god you serve is adequate how many know that god is the god of him who's more than enough and he's up for the job [Applause] man it gives me joy it makes me want to run it makes me want to shout when i think about how good he is and then not only is there adequacy for all of the demands of life but a kind of spiritual well-being that rises above all of the circumstances of this life see some of us people you know people have been saying we're in denial they call us arrogant and uh but we had a feeling we had a peace the whole time we we didn't all the time we were really disturbed and i'll be honest with you when i felt that i was in danger it when they made me close and only a few of us could come and have service and i had to preach the empty pews and pretend y'all were in here i made you up in my mind i could because you know people creatures i have it everybody said pretty much in the same place so i brother i saw you but you couldn't come so i pretended you were here but i knew i would come i would come in i would come in um on my work day john you know you caught me we'll come in and sit in the sanctuary and tell the lord god we got to get back you got to do something lord good governor shut us down now you know we were now we never stopped coming to the church but the saints couldn't come and look at god the lord got in it [Applause] and ah sense of peace haven't come from staying home i'm safe no there's a peace that we gain by just being able to walk up in here somebody told me the other day said bishop it was just good to be in the service he said to me the smell of the wood the feeling of the pews the saints of god churching in real life you know folk watch you on tv and all that they they and thank god for especially for those who can't get here but you know most people watch you on tv they watch you and four other things at the same time it ain't the same [Music] even your favorite movie you don't just stay glued to it but it's something about being in here and when god opened the door it changed everything my peace came back hey hey burials i'm gonna do you like jesus dude here it is jesus is my peace i leave with you i give it to you see not as the world give peace but but i leave you my peace and i thank god today says for the peace of god i thank god for it i thank god for peace and and the lord says and they shall put my name upon the children of israel you know why because the power is in his name the power is still in his name amen the power is in his name we identify with that name we don't apologize for the name the power is in the name of jesus christ we represent jesus he's going to bless you today he's blessed you already but he's going to bless you it's blessing you sister young to be a witness he's blessing us to share it oh my god to let the world know it's still true can't nobody do you like jesus nobody okay nobody nobody nothing nowhere no kind of way wait wait i'm not changing [Music] and uh and when my time's up and i go home the next man operate in the same spirit good god almighty because the lord is our keeper he's our strength i want to read this blessing and i'm not going to deviate from it i'm going to read it the lord said pronounce it over the saints and and and tell everybody you're all right tell everybody who wants it it's for them it's the blessing see this is not a blessing this is the blessing this blessing blesses your offspring it blesses you generationally his blessing gives you god's presence god's favor and god's attention what do you need from god if you have his presence favor and attention what else do you need nothing because if you have his faith presence and attention that's it that's it this blessing he said i can't let the uh nazarites they it's got to come from the priests and tell the priests to do it read it like it is you remember that song god don't need no matches full of full of double negatives god don't need no matches he's foul by himself but you get the point he does and he is and as i read this to you those who are spiritual you receive it and begin to praise the god of the bible and praise and as you move out of your self and you move into this because the lord is going to use you he's blessing us to be a blessing your nation your community your family and the world in which we live needs you and they need me but they don't need us behaving like them they need us showing forth the praises of him who call us out of darkness into his marvelous light glory to god glory to god and i'm looking at people i'm looking at people that god's going to use i'm looking at people that god's going to use now somebody today the law going to sure you up because this message came to you right on time because the pineapple juicing got heavy you've been broken because the church world the church world found clever ways to disguise fear [Music] the truth is they were afraid and many still uh did you all see the victory god gave john macarthur the governor of california i hope he get recalled um um what's his name gavin newsom went against john macarthur the john mcarthur and and tried to shut his church down what was john's crime they wanted to worship he wanted the same right that the whole houses had the vape stores the abc stores the rioters you know it's just all when they were rioting and burning things down in the name of george floyd didn't nobody say anything about cove not one word folk out there screaming hot spittle no just us no peace george floyd calling all that all that but but in california they told churches that the choirs couldn't sing because you know and notice this ain't nobody talking about that no more because you know when you sing and when you praise it the the spittle the the moisture from your mouth travels about 13 feet notice all the stuff they've been telling us that you don't hear anymore now so all of a sudden singers stop singing we didn't what what man the bible says sing unto the lord now man say don't sing and god's word says sing now whose word you gonna take y'all ain't saying that because some of you took man whose word you're going to take i uh god says forsake not the assemblings of yourself together ain't no asterisk in the bible that says except for covey there's no asterisk in the bible that says in order to stay safe christianity wasn't built on the backs of people who wanted to stay safe christianity is built on the backs of mortise now what makes you so special [Applause] people died peter died john was dipped in all they tried to kill him more importantly jesus died he did all that can i get a witness macarthur won and the government they got to pay him his church hundred thousand dollars [Applause] but you know what i won the mother i wonder if any holiness churches any collegiate churches stood with him where are we what kind of church are we where are we when it counts where are we where when when do we now let our voice be heard is the only thing that we can speak up on is racism that took place in 14 16 19 is that it i won't talk about sin in 2021 all right we're going back because ain't nobody in here no one in here is suffering from anything that took place in 16 19. nothing you're not suffering from anything that took place in 1960 you're not suffering from something that took place in 1970 unless you made some bad moves back then [Music] yes i'm struggling because of systemic racism what does that mean i can't even tell you these are just terms that people embrace because it excuses in many cases their lack of willingness to work hard and to fight to do what it takes to get ahead there ain't gonna never be a perfect world but you know what the biggest you know the biggest remedy i got to pray you know the biggest remedy for racism is for us to quit get fall out with give up our love affair with planned parenthood and grow our numbers the hispanics have come over here and outgrown us and now they're bringing in afghans i told somebody the other day blacks just got moved down a little further because they're going to bring him they're going to bring them in and give them houses and give them jobs you got people right out there right now homeless we won't give them a house we'll give them a job so we're gonna bring these people in and they found out that most of the afghanis that uh the biting administration brought in weren't even the ones who helped us so women beware because they come from a society where you are nothing [Music] so you have to be careful that's a good word right there that's good word right there amen [Applause] it's time to read this to you it's time to bless you it's time to bless you it's time to bless me oh god oh thank you jesus the world needs to see us blessed with these spiritual blessings our women strong our men strong don't get me started on that i think i will get on it i got to meet with a little girl next week she's about this tall she's a little girl she's a little girl she might be in high school or junior high she's a little girl and her mama brought her to me after the 8 o'clock and she requested a meeting patricia i told him to call he put move whatever i need i need to meet with her she said in her class several her teachers are homosexuals and here's a little black girl and she says um i stood in my class the other day as they made fun of christianity and i stood for christ and you know she want she want to talk to her pastor won't talk to me to get reinforcements i was so proud of her see see some some of you girls all y'all doing y'all calling these sisters they ain't studying them they got the devil in them and anytime anytime they got christians outnumbered this little pretty little girl gonna get her in the class and just just throw off on her and make fun of her faith and she just a little girl younger than you a little girl and she see power and example begets an example good don't get me i i need about 40 more minutes but you see some of us you know why this don't move some christians some christians have cave why just keep my religion to myself you know it's a private thing just between me and the lord anyway one of the biggest lies that's ever been told on christianity is that it's a private thing it's never been private did jesus keep it to himself [Music] did john the baptist keep it to himself did paul keep it to himself and peter matter of fact you're not even saved till you tell somebody that if thou shall confess with thy mind the lord jesus and believe in thy heart that god has raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession that ain't talking to the lord or talking to someone else confession is made in the salvation you got to tell somebody i can't wait to meet with her i'm going to give her some some of my best talking points and send her back in there you fight for jesus and her mama's standing right there thank god she ain't got to fight her parents her mama's standing right there beside her [Applause] and her mother brought her to me and her mother wasn't bringing her to me saying tell her to be quiet thank god for that [Music] but tell her to stand her ground and she's gonna do it see the devil want us to change i'm not changing they try to make you think that the problem is we don't understand we're not the ones who lack understanding we understand and god ain't never told no man to be with no man we understand that no woman to be with a woman all right let me give you the blessing you're ready for your blessing amen lift your hands to him as as the pastor and leader of this church as the ranking officer in this church i want to read the blessing hallelujah in this church i represent aaron and the presbytery the elders and all represent his sons but the pastor is at the top [Music] so from the position that god has given me in this church the lord bless thee and keep thee the lord make us make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto fear the lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace [Music] [Applause] in jesus name receive it right now [Music] our friends online receive it right now receive the blessing [Music] god's blessing your children god bless in the ground god's blessing your job god's blessing your health god's blessing your well-being god's keeping you from danger and oppression god's blessing you with his presence he's blessing right now he's blessing right now he's blessing right now receive the blessing receive the blessing oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you for your favor thank you for your attention thank you for looking my way thank you jesus thank you thank you [Music] thank you for keeping me he told me patrick tell them i kept you up until now and no matter how many variants no matter how many different strains no matter how many things come out i am the lord i am the lord i am the lord who have blessed you i am the lord the lord bless thee and keep thee the lord maketh his face to shine upon thee the lord be gracious unto thee the lord lift up his countenance upon thee the lord give thee peace the lord bless thee and keep thee the lord bless thee and keep thee the lord bless and keep i've kept you until now i can continue to keep you were not lucky you were not fortunate it was not happenstance it was not by coincidence but i kept you [Music] i recovered you i revived you i restored [Music] [Music] wow [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] uh [Music] oh [Music] jesus oh [Music] [Music] hallelujah jesus christ hallelujah jesus we're transitioning to our communion yay [Music] do me like the [Music] nobody like jesus [Music] like [Music] told me to run told me

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Published: Tue Sep 14 2021