Charis Daily Live Bible Study: Turning Trials Into Triumph - Rick Mcfarland - March 12, 2021

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test and trial it's the same greek word and so we're going to find out there's one type of testing that comes from the enemy and it's always used of the enemy so let's look at that first the first enemy the first trial that comes from our enemy is as a trial and let me give you the greek word if you're taking notes it's peradzo p-e-i-r-a-z-o perazo and this word means to test in order to try to see if something can be done and so that's the way the enemy does is he doesn't have any authority but he's going to try to get away with what he can and so he'll try to sneak in he's a thief he comes to steal kill and destroy so the enemy comes in to see what he can get away with if you don't know your authority then he's going to come in and steal from you and if you don't stop him guess what he's going to come back put his hand in the cookie jar again yeah and so he's going to keep coming into your life getting a little bit more and a little bit more it's like a thief coming into your home coming in and stealing something small value yeah he got away with that so he said i'm going to get more so he comes in and starts taking things out and then finally you're like you know what that's when you finally have enough of those when he's taking the tv out he's like hey not the tv no you did it or the refrigerator right yeah you can't no no no why wait until he's taking your tv and refrigerator out so we need to take our authority and so perazzo means to try whether a thing can be done and it's also a type of trial he tests in order to cause to fail and so he comes in to try to cause us to fail cause us to be destroyed and so that's always from the enemy perazzo is always from the enemy and so god never tests us he never this type of trial matter look at james chapter 1 look at verse 13 it says let no one say when he is tempted that's the greek word perazo i am tempted by god for god cannot be tempted by evil nor does he tempt anyone that word tempt is again perazo and so he's never going to try to cause you to fail get you into sin or destroy you or hurt you that's always the enemy and so before we move on to the second type of trial i want to ask why do we have trials from the enemy why do trials come into our life and so religion always gets things backwards and so religion has an answer of why trials are in our life and religion says we have trials in our life because we're in a big classroom and god has us in a classroom and he allows these trials to come into our life to teach us lessons and he wants to teach us things so the hard things that come into our life and so that's absolutely not true it's not scriptural and so god is not bringing things into our life we just read a verse that he doesn't do that and so we're not in a classroom so why do trials come into our life it's not because you're in a classroom we have trials in life because we're on a battlefield as if god has left us here when we got saved we didn't get a private rapture and so the goal isn't just to get saved but also it's just to bring other people into salvation we have a call called a great commission and so god's called us out into the enemy's territory to bring people into the kingdom of god and so you have a target on your back when you go out in the name of the lord and start speaking up and start living the christian life and so that's why we are having trials in life so we're not on a carnal cruise line we're not on cardinal cruises here we're on a battlefield that's why he's giving us armor right right and so last time i noticed on a cruise you're not wearing armor and so you're wearing sun tan amen and so we have an armor so we have a battlefield that we're called out to actually your classroom is like right now and this is the time that you spend in the words but in prayer spending time with bible study this is the classroom the lord's showing you who you are what you can what you have and what you can do because you're in christ jesus and equips you to go out into the mission field as soon as you leave the front door you're in the mission field you're in the battlefield and so he's equipped you and he's given you everything you need to be successful and when the enemy does attack you he's given you his armor he's given you his word he's given you his spirit and he's given you his faith his own faith to use and so he never sends you out on the battlefield uh just with a helmet on your your head the helmet of salvation there are some christians that all they have on is a helmet and they're streaking you know they've got a helmet of salvation but god know he would put on the whole armor of god right and you have the word of god you have the spirit of god you have uh you have the faith of god to use when you go out there so god never sends you out ill-equipped and says well good luck with that oh sorry yeah god never does that no you know i think a lot of christians it makes them feel better to think that maybe this trial or temptation is coming from god um instead i i know a lot well before i came to karis before i'm in the carris circle that people were like they don't want to think that we're on a battlefield and i think a lot of people need to wake up to that fact of there is an enemy out there to steal kill and destroy a lot of people will believe in god and believe in jesus even but a devil now you're getting a little crazy yeah i think when we share the gospel with people we'd say you know just receive jesus and your life will be perfect nothing will ever happen and then all of a sudden you're getting attacked worse than you've ever had and so we're surprised by that don't be surprised by that is that uh in this in this world we're going to have tribulation but be of good chair god has overcome the world praise god and so let's look at the second type of trial or test in this actual test it comes from a greek word documentzo d-o-k-i-m-a-z-o the first one is perazo this is documonzo sounds italian i guess it does but documents so d-o-k-i-m-a-z-o and this test is to test the genuineness of something in order to use it in a greater way this is a test that you when you would bring gold in and so you don't know if it's fool's gold it's real gold and so you want to find out if it's real gold because if it's real gold you want to be able to use it in a greater way you can make coins you can make jewelry something of greater value you want to use it for a greater greater way and so documazzo means to test the genuineness of a thing in order to use it in a greater way to see promotion through this trial and so actually this type of test god does see a lot of christians don't understand this they think well god will never test us well we just read a verse that he'll never perazo he'll never do a test to cause you to sin cause you to fail cause cause harm in your life but this type of test god does this type of test well how do we know that because the word says so look at first thessalonians first thessalonians 2 look at verse 4. first thessalonians 2 4 says but as we have been approved by god to be entrusted with the gospel even so we speak not as pleasing men but god who tests our hearts right here we see that that god tests our hearts but it's not the greek word perazzo it's the greek word dakimazo and so what is god doing he's bringing us through a test in order to approve us and promote us and so what kind of test is this god doesn't test us with bad things he tests us with his blessings he tests us with opportunities what are we going to do with the opportunity and blessing he gives us are we going to do it well we're going to use it well so they can give us more that we can he can trust us with more and so this is the type of test that actually when you first start out in church leadership that you are to be tested so that you can be used in a greater way look in first timothy chapter 3 look at verse 8. this is speaking about church leadership if you want to be in church leadership you need to be tested first and so that's called character first timothy 3 8 says likewise deacons deacons is the lowest starting position in the church it's just a server it says likewise deacons must be reverent not double tongued not given to much wine not greedy for money holding the mystery of the faith in the pure conscience but let these those that are a candidate for deacons but let these also first be tested documonzo not perazzo documonzo let them be tested then let them serve as deacons being found blameless and so you give someone that wants to be in church leader give them a little assignment give them an opportunity how do they deal with that and if they do well then they get promoted they get to be used in a greater way and so that's the way god does is he gives us his blessing just his opportunities in order that we can be tested in order to be promoted in life and so actually this is a test that jesus gave one of his disciples look in john chapter 6 look at verse 5. john 6 verse 5 says then jesus lifted up his eyes and seeing a great multitude coming towards him he said to philip where shall we buy bread that these may eat in verse 6 but this jesus said to test him that for for he himself knew he would do look at that word test it is the greek word documents so he wanted to test him in order to use him in a greater way and so he wanted to philip could be used to actually perform the miracle now philip doesn't pass the test before he says you know what costco is closed and we can't find anything for enough food and so jesus says okay i'll do that but he wanted philip to be able to to perform this miracle yeah and so jesus performed that miracle and so god tests us with opportunities blessings and gifts in order to promote us and use it in a greater way now let's talk about how these two will often times work together and so uh there's a technique called uh martial arts it's called judo okay and so there's karate and then there's judo and so judo well you know i watch out along with your interpreter i'm dangerous judo one thing about judo is judo actually is an art where it uses the momentum of the opponent against them oh really that's what's the main thing in judo okay and so when when when someone comes at you you're trained to use their force against them and throw them off their balance and so that's the way god loves to he's a judo master and so satan will come at you but he'll use that against them and actually for your good praise and so actually there's a couple verses we want to look and see how god will judo the enemy and so when the enemy comes at you with a perazo he will document. and he will actually promote you through it look at james chapter one look at verse two my brethren counted all joy when you fall into various trials dakimazo knowing that the testing dakimazo of your faith produces patience but let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing here we see the enemy comes at you with trials that's perazzo he wants to destroy you he wants you to fail he wants to see what he can get away with but in verse three god used i said okay since you're gonna do that i'm gonna turn this around against you and this is going to be a test that actually will prove the genuineness of what i gave them and in this case it's faith because the faith that you're to use god gave it to you it's his faith and so really in a trial it's not you under trial it's your faith yeah and so god's faith will stand if you'll just stand in faith that faithful will pass the test and god's faith has passed many a trial before you and it will keep you in this one and every other one you have and so this trial is your faith is going to be approved and then you're going to get promoted god's going to use you in a far greater way more than if the enemy had never attacked you god turns it around he judo's the enemy that's good and so look at first peter 1 see the same thing first peter 1 look at verse 6 it says in this you greatly rejoice though now for a little while if need be you've been grieved with various trials perazo that the genuineness of your faith again what's being what's being seen here what's being tried here is your faith and so the genuineness of your faith being much more precious than gold that perishes though it be tested by fire look at the word tested it's documonzo and so the enemy comes at you with a parazzo to destroy you and says no no no what what what's going to be proven in this is the faith i gave them they're going to use that faith and then my faith is going to be proven that this is genuine it's for me and then in the end guess what happens it may be found to the praise honor and glory at the revelation of jesus christ and so jesus this is talking about ultimately jesus is going to come back one day and he's going to reward us for standing in each trial but actually this is not just speaking when jesus comes back one day but every time you make it through a trial it's jesus is manifested and every time jesus is manifested what is it it's found to praise honor and glory not so much the lord but he brings that to you he brings you honor and glory and promotes you in the at the when jesus is manifest at the end of your trial and so it's found to the praise honor and glory and your elevation so you can be great greater used ever than ever before and so again when when the devil brings a perazzo god does a document so and so i want you to see several examples in the apostle paul's life three or four examples of this of how the enemy came at him and so god turned it around to promote paul and use him in a greater way so let's look in philippians chapter one philippians 1 look at verse 12 it says but i want you to know brethren that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel well what has happened to paul well he's been he's been put into prison and so paul was in prison for preaching the gospel and so he's in in jail in rome he's in chains and it says that what's happened to me actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel look at the word furtherance it was used of a roman troop woodcutter troop and so the roman army would travel instead of traveling around the forest they would actually send a woodcutter troop in front of the army and they would just cut down the forest so that they could go straight through a shortcut right to where they were going wow and so this greek word for furtherance means a woodcutting troop that actually goes and opens a way that wasn't there before wow and so paul says you know what what's happened to me me being in prison me putting been changed the devil thought he shut me down shut the gospel shut the main guy that was leading the gospel that he was shut down and says no the devil the devil thought he was shutting me down but actually it turned out for the advancement of the gospel and so god does that when the devil comes against you he actually advances what he's doing in your life and actually promotes you in a greater way verse 13 says so it's become evident in the whole palace guard and to all the rest that my chains are in christ and most of the brethren the lord having become confident by my chains are much more bold to speak the word with fear so paul was actually preaching to the praetorian guard and so this was the most elite army guard in the roman empire and so paul every six hours was chained to two new guys and and then the soldiers thought well i got paul we're chained to paul and paul says no they're chained to me i got them chained amen and so he preached the gospel to him they were getting saved matter of fact nero's household was getting saved wow and none of that would have happened unless the devil started messing in paul's life and so matter of fact other people outside the presence started becoming more bold and preached the gospel even more yeah and so the devil turned uh came and did a perazo and god did a document though look in also acts 28 love this story acts 28 paul is uh is in chains again so he got released and so now he this is the second time he gets arrested and so he gets put in chains and gets sent on a ship to send from uh jerusalem where he was and they're going to send him to rome and so he's on a prisoner ship and so on his way to rome they have a storm a storm hits them for three weeks it's a huge storm matter of fact no one can they're throwing up and they're all sick they haven't eaten for three weeks and so look at acts 28 actually the ship's going to break up and actually the whole ship's going to break apart and they're just going to float and they end up on an island look in acts 28 verse 1. it was a it wasn't a three-hour tour so they were acts 28 verse 1 says now when they had escaped that's from the prison from the ship that was broken up and they're in the water so when they had escaped the ship that had broken up they then found out that the that the they then found out that the island was called malta they landed on an island called malta and the natives showed unusual kindness for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome because of the rain that was falling in because it was cold and so paul's on this ship it's a storm then the ship breaks up and then he's in the water he finds himself in the water he swims to shore and then they find out that they're on this island called malta and it's raining and it's cold and so it's got worse you know you ever in your life it was it's bad and it gets worse all right so he's in chains then the ship he's on breaks apart and then he's in the water and then he's swimming and he gets there and then it's raining and it's cold but it's about to get worse but wait there's no way there's more but verse 3 says but when paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire a viper came out of the heat and fastened on his hands how would you like that you know you've been chained you're on this ship you're throwing up for three weeks and then finally it all breaks up you find yourself in the water you're swimming to the shore not knowing where you're going you lined up on this beach it's cold it's raining and it's cold and now a snake is bitten me and you're like i'm just serving you jesus and this where is it going right right and after a while the snakes hang on his hand and it's pumping venom into him at the moment and he has a decision what am i going to do am i going to give up in despair and receive the poison of the serpent or am i going to trust god and paul says you know i'm going to trust god verse 4 says so when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand they said to one another no doubt this man is a murderer whom though he has escaped the sea yet justice did not allow him to live verse 5 but he shook off the creature into the fire he shook that serpent off into the fire and so he could have got into fear he could have got into bitterness why is this happening to me right i'm just trying to help out i was just getting some sticks helping out and now snakes bit me and you could have gotten mad at god you could have got into unforgiveness and bitterness that's the poison of the serpent when the trial hits your life that serpent bites you but he wants that poison to take over your your your system bitterness unforgiveness self-pity anger envy all those other things that's the poison of the serpent you have a choice what are you going to choose you're going to choose the poison or you're going to choose promotion praise god and how you can do that shake that serpent off into the fire the fire of the holy ghost and so how do you do that and so you do that by faith and so i want you to see something paul shook that serpent off he refused to cert to receive that poison and matter of fact they thought he was going to die and nothing happened to him and then the word got around about what happened and look at verse 7 acts 28 verse 7. in that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island whose name was publius why would you call your kid publius anyhow anyway there was a man named publius who received us and uh and entertained us um let me get down here it says publish who received us and entertained us courtesy for three days and it happened that the father of publius laid sick of a fever and dysentery and so paul went into him and prayed and laid his hands on him and healed him and so then through this miracle about paul the word about paul came out to the whole island yeah africa the leader of the island came to meet paul yeah and then found out hey you know what can you pray for my father my father's sick and so when paul said and and so paul went in and prayed and laid his hands on him and healed him he laid his hands on him but just think about this the hand that he laid on publius was the hand the viper bit wow and so he healed the man with a snake bitten hand wow what are you going to do when you're dealt a bad hand in life the enemies come and bit your hand is it going to stop you you're going to receive the poison you're going to shake it off and you're going to allow god to use you to flow your power through that snake bitten hand and so he was used by god and look at verse 10 verse 10 says and they honored us in many ways and when we departed they provided such things as was necessary see the enemy came and did a perazo but the guy says no i'm going to do a documentary i'm going to i'm going to i'm going to to flow through that snake bit in hand but i'm going to actually in the end i'm going to bring honor he was honored in many ways and he was provision came wow honor and provision that would have never came if the enemy hadn't come in see when the devil starts messing god starts blessing praise god he loves to do the judo technique on the enemy amen and the devil may be attacking you in your life right now and your choice he may have bitten you but you need to decide are you going to be bitter or are you going to get better and so i'm not going to receive that poison i'm going to receive promotion today put your faith in the lord the lord wants to turn that around and actually use it for his glory and actually use and promote you give you honor and provision through it and so look at finally look at paul in colossians 4 look at verse 18. so he does make it to rome he's in chains so he's in prison for the second time actually in colossians chapter 4 look at verse 18 and in prison paul is writing a letter to the to the church of colossians where we have the book of colossians and let's look at the last the last line of colossians colossians chapter 4 look at verse 18 it says this salutation by my own hand paul remember my chains grace be to you and amen he says remember my chains paul has change on his hands but look what he's doing instead said the enemy said well i'm going to put shackles on his hands i'm going to stop paul i'm going to shut him down it's all over for paul and paul says you may have shackled my hands but guess what i'm going to do i'm going to write scripture wow with a shackled hand he wrote scripture and this scripture of the colossians have been read by millions and millions and millions around throughout the ages and through the times and god is blessed through a shackled hand the enemy thought he'd gonna do a perazo but god does a donkey monster praise god hallelujah he loved the judo technique in my own life this has happened in my life as prior to me coming to karis and i worked for a for a ministry organization and i was over a christian school i was over a bible school the education director of it and so the christian school actually there was some difficulty with the christian school and actually had to close the christian school and because they closed the christian school i got laid off for my job and so i was a director of education but now all of a sudden i find myself without a job and i supernaturally could not find a job i mean i look for everything applied every day i even tried to do the walmart the target and all the other places and there's like well you're overqualified it's like you know you're going to start working here and you're going to find a better job so we're not going to hire you and so for 11 months i couldn't find a job finally the lord opened the door i had a dream job delivering pizza we love pizza your favorite favorite pizza and so i did that for a year and it's like you know what i had already been through uh i had a bachelor's degree from oklahoma state university i graduated rhema i already graduated bobby indians bible school and so i had all this time and now i'm delivering pizzas and so the enemy came and bit my hand and so i had the opportunity to get bitter over that why did this happen to me and get angry at god but no i shook that serpent off in the fire and i still said praising god god i know you're going to turn this around for good and it wasn't too long right after that that god called us to come out here to go to karis bible college and so when we came out here the lord just has blessed me and joanne and so he came on staff got promoted eventually to become dean of education and now also the dean of faculty now and so i'm an instructor in the bible school we've started a church down in colorado springs but you know what what would have happened if that serpent that bit my hand that i got it i received its poison yeah the doors wouldn't have opened up and so he the name of me is maybe a bit in your hand but what are you gonna do when you're dealt a bad hand today you need to trust the lord and shake that serpent off in the fire you need to worship god praise god thank you jesus and you know what god's going to turn around the enemy did a perazzo but god's going to do a document so he's going to promote you bless you today in the midst of what's happening right now amen praise god and i think a lot of people don't maybe you don't think that you have a choice in the matter but you do and that's the thing and you you are limiting what god can do in your life and you know if once you start to grab a hold of god's goodness and this documazo that he will do on your behalf then you can look at situations say like when you lost your job and you're delivering pizza you can look at that as almost an opportunity of wow god i know you got something better for me yeah it's not this isn't the end i know there's something better that you're leading me into amen praise god that's just not that bad either no yeah exactly did you snag pieces while you were doing it there's two types of trials there's the type the trial the enemy does the perazo there's a type where god does that just to promote you that's the documents though and so god will use the enemy's attack against us and turn it around against them and actually promote you and then what will you do when you're dealt a bad hand it's your decision you make a decision that day are you going to receive the poison are you going to believe god and receive the promotion so let me pray for you guys father i just thank you for those that are out there lord those that have the enemy has bitten their hand and they're sitting here now they can receive that poison of bitterness and unforgiveness and anger and self-pity and and blaming but lord they're going to worship you they're going to shake that serpent off into the fire of the of the spirit of god and lord i thank you that they're going to pray in tongues they're going to worship you they're going to trust you and lord you're going to turn this around you're going to do a judo technique against the enemy and throw that enemy right onto his face and lord you're going to prove the genuineness of the faith and the armor and the promises and the word you've given them that's going to prove genuine but father you're going to use them in a greater way you're going to promote them and lift them up in this situation i speak that over your life promotion is coming your way god's lifting you up you cannot be held down any longer in jesus name amen amen so we got some great questions coming in you guys keep uh keep them coming this is going to be good uh i have a personal question though like because i know uh after speaking with a bunch of a lot of people i feel like a lot of people think that there's a testing from the lord or even from the devil and it's actually themselves that have gotten them in this trial right so um you can have a trial from the enemy or you can be having the consequences for your piece of stupid yeah something that you've done wrong right and so oftentimes we make fleshly decisions it says in galatians 6 it says that when we sow to the flesh of the flesh we reap corruption that's negative consequences it didn't say from god right it says from our own flesh but so often times a christian we'll we'll do we'll be the source of our problem and then we'll say well the devil's attacking me i know it's the devil's fault no it's your fault but you know what even if it's your fault then god loves to help you and so you come to the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace mercy is when you blown it yeah when you did it mercy means when you don't get something you don't deserve and so mercies for when you've blown it and so come to the throne of grace it gives you mercy and then gives you grace the resource and the ability to do it right amen amen praise god okay so let's get into the question so wakuna on youtube says outside of trusting the lord during trials what else can we do to overcome the tests that are from the lord uh testing from the devil we can rebuke with our authority in christ right but how about overcoming tests from the lord you don't have to overcome trials from the lord because they're not bad right so he gives you blessings i'm going to give you that opportunity that door is going to open to you how long can you endure blessings you're right i can't be blessed anymore well see god's gonna you know you pray for prosperity gives you a job how but or how well are you gonna do with that job yeah amen you know you're praying for a car you want you want to have that corvette but he but he gives you you know a honda first but are you going to treat that honda well you're going to take care of that you're going to trash it out or what are you going to so he gives you a blessing so that you can be used in the greater he can bless you in a greater way and so god gives you opportunity gives you blessings they're not something to overcome there's something to be faithful in amen and so the enemies is the one that's of the negative side oh that's awesome so this is a really good question i would have never thought of it so jeff on youtube says can failing uh uh dakimazo yeah i was gonna mess it up i had to talk stop for a second the good side so yeah so can failing a test from god um affect your salvation no salvation is a gift right and so uh salvation is by is a vertical thing by accepting jesus as your lord and savior we're talking about the horizontal thing just in life yeah and so living as a christian and so if you fail a documentzo guess what you get to take it again have you ever had to retake the test over again in school retake third grade all over again i don't want to say that i did that hey i was going to say right but you know what sometimes when you fail a test you get to go around the mountain again and so many people are going around and round the mountain failing the test but but you know what god wants you to get past that and just keep trusting him through your trial so many christians like trial hits they just bolt they just they they don't stick in they just run every time that gets difficult and god wants you to you know stick it out where you're at trust god stop running and trust what he's given you the armor he's given you his spirit he's given you his faith he's given you everything to stand right there don't run you know there's no armor on the back side on the back side of you you know so there's a lot of christians with darts on the rear end you know because they've been running you know exactly and there's nothing there's no armor on the back side and so stand so no root no fruit you need to bare put roots down where you're at and say devil you're not gonna move me off of where it is and so so many people's called to a church and all of a sudden they're not appreciated someone but sister bucket mouth says something brother flip a lip says something and then all of a sudden they bolt them out of here and they're going from one thing to one thing every time the enemy comes with the paradise though they run or they buckle instead of using the faith using what god gave them and so use what god gave you stay where you're at and god will promote you and bless you where you're at and you can be usable amen and you know those same people will go to another church and um then it's going to be somebody else in that church and then they'll go to another church and that then it's going to be another person and my thing is is to lovingly remind people who's the common denominator in all of these situations because chances are that's that going around the mountain again and again and listen i've done that numerous times where i'm finally like oh i'm getting it now like i'm supposed to change in this situation it's not everybody else it's me because everywhere you run you go with you you can't get away from me right so if there's a common thing over again that's you're the common denominator and so maybe the lord wants to deal with you amen that's god i know right that's a aha moment for some of us so leah on youtube says how can we show someone who doesn't like to be wrong that how can we show them that god doesn't cause or allow bad things to happen yeah you can't really argue someone into the point of truth you need to live the truth and be be a source of blessing they're always saying you're honest you have such joy all the time why do you always have joy you're facing the same bot you have the same boss i have you have the same the government the same thing's happening but you have peace you have joy and so they're seeing the fruit of that and partaking the fruit of that and so you need to share the love and goodness of god but arguing them trying to debate with them because they'll bring out job well what about job well what about joe brown exactly and he got abundantly blessed yeah he got blessed right but they want to focus on the boils and stuff like that and so don't try to get in debates with with uh those just being an example of the believer bearing fruit so that they so they they'll say what what is it about that and you can minister to him and don't be job's wife right just yeah curse god and die and then a great wife so he'll so he he lost everything else but he kept the he had the same wife keep him humbling yeah [Laughter] a new palma on youtube says how do we know a test is from the lord or from the devil which i think you covered extensively in the teaching so this is a later question but just in layman's terms just to summarize that once again because i think there's such a miscommunication and wrong idea that religion has twisted what comes from the lord and and i love how in james you read right there james says do not error my brethren so that error was even happening back then he says every good gift and every perfect gift comes from above so um in layman's terms how can we decipher what's coming from the lord what's coming from the devil right well let's just take uh john uh john 10 10 yeah it says it says the thief cometh to steal kill and destroy but god gives life and that more abundantly and so god gives his life more abundantly the steve the thief comes to steal kill and destroy and so you need to you need to understand if it's bad it's from the devil if it's good it's from god and so if it's a trial to get you to sin or to get you to fail or get you to to destroy you to hurt you to harm you that's always from the devil never from god the blessings god gives you opportunities god gives you that's that's got opportunity in a job situation in a relationship situation finances he gives you finances blesses you with a finance what are you going to do with that you're going to keep it all on yourself right are you going to honor him in the tithe you're going to honor him with how you use it with prosperity so god gives you the good things but the good things he wants you to be a good steward over so he can prosper you in the book of matthew it says that the the ser the master gave the servants talents yes some one five one two one one and to see what they would do with it when they came back and the the two that actually used it well they actually got promoted well done that good in faithful servant the third one came and they never used it weren't faithful with it and he says well you're done yeah i want to hear well done though good and faithful servant it says you have been faithful over a little a few things be ruler over many things and so lord tests you with stewardship with good things and so again it's very easy if it's bad it's from the devil if it's good it's from god yeah praise god that's awesome so john on youtube says how do we deal with a multitude of trials that come to you all at once seeking to overwhelm you how do you deal with that you know sometimes it's like uh all the all the demons left africa because they're all here on your front porch right all of the enemy it's coming they'll throw in the kitchen sink everything's hitting you it's all at you it says when the enemy comes in like a flood the lord raises up a standard against them praise god and that standards the word of god amen and the holy spirit and so what you do you you pray in the holy ghost and you and you speak god's word and so so it says greater that's he that's in you than he's in the world i don't care how many devils have have camped out on your front porch but god the greater is he that's in you than he that's in the world and so are you going to run you're going to get into fear are you going to but are you going to stand in faith you're going to speak god's word and you're going to see those enemies go down supernaturally amen and so god's going to set ambushments against them they'll all fight one another and you'll see yourself standing at the end and god's going to be able to promote you and use you in a greater way amen praise god so we had another question on here so how long is long enough to stand against these tests and trials until until it's long enough [Laughter] stan doing all the stand stand keep god off your time clock right and so some tests go longer just on a natural storm we're about to have a winter storm right now and so sometimes we may have a storm that comes in blows in one it's a one hour storm sometimes it's a three-day storm sometimes it's a week-long storm paul had a three-week storm in that ship and so the but the storms are going to go every storm has come to pass amen you know what i love about that so he was a prisoner on that ship right and after a certain amount of time he stands up and he says fear not he tells the whole ship and the whole ship listens to what he has to say that tells me there was a behavior in him there was a confidence and a surety within him that they saw yeah it doesn't because like he's a prisoner on the ship yeah uh how how do you know i mean how many times have you heard like the entire ship heeds what he says because they're they're trying everything and he's like no and then they're like let's get off the ship and he's like no if you want to be saved you got to stay on the ship a sinking ship a ship that's going to crash actually at the beginning of the voyage paul told them i i perceive this voyage is not going to go well and says they didn't listen they actually listened to the owner of the ship versus what paul said but it was something about how he acted in the midst of the trial that's it they saw there's something different about this guy yeah and they heed it and he says this night an angel stood by me saying that all the lives are spared but the ship will be lost and be cast on a certain island amen and so yeah it's how how you react in faith it speaks in witnesses to the multitude around you and they're willing to listen to you and you get promoted it's a platform for the for the lord and so again it's your choice today are you going to get bitter you can get better you're going to choose the poison or you're going to choose promotion today amen and i would challenge you if you were in the midst of a storm is there anybody around you that would listen no condemnation they're falling apart like a two-dollar suitcase exactly like oh no let's not listen to her so praise god well we're just gonna go ahead and end it right there you guys are such a blessing i want to make sure and encourage you to jump over to uh the men's advance we have the men's advance going on right now it started last night we have tony dungy we have james brown we have andrew womack all sharing and it is going on all morning this morning until after noon and then this evening it will start back up i think at 7 00 pm and then it's supposed to go tomorrow morning as well and all of it's being live streamed so we are we were joking around before we went live this morning that is probably majority women just watching us this morning they want to hear what the guys are learning thanks for tuning in make sure tune in on monday once again for live bible study at 10 a.m mountain time pastor rick this was an awesome message thank you for sharing it thank you for having me yes you're welcome and you guys have an awesome weekend you're blessed you're loved if you need 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