Guilt-Free Living | Pastor Jentezen Franklin

good morning we bless you Jesus we bless you boy you sound good today tell your neighbor I must be I must be by the right person you sound good today can we sing one more can we sing one more just just just keep standing I'm gonna take you all the way back to something that existed when they first came off the ark it's called Sunday school yes Jesus you're not in the right key bill that can't be the right key I'm after let me here that's the right key I was in the wrong key yes jesus loves me oh yes jesus loves me yes jesus loves me [Music] [Applause] tells me so sing it everybody oh yes jesus loves me whoa yes jesus loves me yes jesus loves me the bye who tells me so if you believe it give him thanks this man that's an important message you may be seated so thankful for all of you and all of our campuses that are joining us I've got to say as we are celebrating and asking you to get involved with the Heart for Campaign really what we're asking is that you move out of the bleachers and onto the field and begin to get involved in hands-on ministry that happens on a regular basis in our community through the church through the campuses that are there in seven communities and I really want to encourage you to consider saying yes I can be a part I can help I can serve I want to go a step deeper in a commitment to the church and I want to begin to serve in some capacity and I just want to take a moment before I preach and say this church is a great church because of the amazing volunteers because of the people out in the parking lot parking cars and all the people downstairs taking care of the children and all the people behind the cameras who have spent hours and hours of training learning how to do ministry all the people behind the scenes all the people who do so much ministry in youth ministry and in outreaches and answering the telephone ministry when the television program is on 200 and something nations of the world and people are calling in there's a voice of compassion on the other end literally thousands of volunteers at free chapel make this ministry happen on a weekly basis and it's remarkable that all thirteen uh sure let's hear it for the real shirts the heroes that make small groups and all kinds of ministry happen in such remarkable remarkable ways thank you thank you thank you thank you and I left one group out the givers thank you I also appreciate the givers right because we couldn't do what we do huge announcement next Sunday next Sunday morning I'm going to break news with a brand new announcement of something very very exciting it'll be history-making and you don't want to miss it next Sunday first John chapter 3 and verse first John chapter 3 and I'll read verse 20 this week we were somewhere and Charisse bumped into a rockstar I don't know if you saw what's his name Tyler he's with Aerosmith what's his name he's a heathen what's his name Steven Tyler is that right Steven Tyler and she fell in love and and were you actually she's somewhere in this building she was supposed to be on the front row but she didn't she's too scared amen but but she's somewheres wish she had our grandkids we've had them the last two days and she had to get them ready and bring them to church but she fell in love with Steven Tyler he started talking to her and kissed her on the cheek she doesn't light up like that when I kiss her on the cheek Jesus and and just then he they just started having the biggest time going on there and I'm like what in the world who is this person that's like an all you holy people relax just a little bit my god and then she I'm gonna tell you no more you're too religious you're too religious I wouldn't want to go nowhere with you first John chapter 3 and then we witness any guy said no that didn't happen that didn't happen yet but we she showed him love I know that that's not it and I've heard that story told about 1,400 times to everybody she knows on the planet so and I told her I said you live with a superstar what's your problem she didn't receive that she didn't receive it in the same reaction my feelings are hurt first John chapter 3 and verse 24 if our heart condemns us God is greater than our heart and knows all things beloved if our hearts if our heart does not condemn us we have confidence toward God and whatever we ask we receive of him because we come we keep his Commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight that's important okay so what is pleasing in his sight what is his commandment and this is his commandment that we should believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ and love one another as he has commanded us I want you to focus in for just a moment on verse 24 if our heart condemns us God is greater than our heart and he knows all things I want to preach to you today some good news I'm preaching to those of you in all of our campuses and online in the overflow wherever you are I want to preach on guilt free living guilt condemnation a sense of failure will gnaw at you if you allow it but in Jeremiah 17 and verse 9 the Bible said that your heart is deceitfully wicked and you are not to believe the report your heart constantly tells you about your relationship with God your heart can only register write or own your heart knows when you do right and you do wrong and you get an emotion and a feeling about it and that's that's good but your heart is not the final authority over your life it can only register right or wrong it can only register you've been good or you been bad but I know a higher court according to this test and he said if our heart condemns us there's one who is greater than our heart and he knows all things he knows that you didn't mean it he knows that you still love him he knows that in your heart of hearts you will to be like him he knows that in a moment of weakness that's not who you really are and that's not what you're really about and if your own heart condemns you there is one who is greater than your heart and he knows all things he doesn't just see the deed he knows the intent of your heart and it's a powerful thing when you understand that the scripture I just read I used to read it and think you know if your heart if our heart condemns us God is even greater than our heart his standard is even higher than her heart and he knows all things and that's not what that verse means this is not a verse of condemnation this is a verse of encouragement that even if your own heart is registering to you that you have done wrong God who saved you when you were a sinner still loves you when you're a son or a daughter that has done wrong and he says this is not some loose message were you live wild and crazy it's not what I'm preaching that I am preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and if your heart condemns you God is greater than that voice and that heart that condemns you and he knows all things he knows you to please him ultimately your heart says bad your heart says hypocrite your heart says failure your heart says quit but he who knows all things says hold on grace is coming forgiveness is coming romans 5 and verse 8 said God commanded commended his love to us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us he loved us when we were sinners how much does he love us now that we are sons and daughters of Christ and if our heart condemns us we need to understand that he's greater but his voice is greater his cross is greater here's the important thing in 1st John 3 and verse 21 he then goes on and says for if our hearts condemn us not notice this word then we have confidence toward God he's really correcting us and he's saying I don't want you to just approach me when you're feeling like you're having your best days because there's a tendency in our kind of human love to base it upon performance my approval over your life is according to your performance and if you keep my rules and if you keep what I tell you to do and if you do everything I ask you to do according to the way that I ask it then I approve and you can come with confidence toward me but God said that's not how I want you to be I don't want you on your good days to act like you can come because of what you have done and be confident that I'm going to answer and hear your prayer but Hebrews chapter 4 puts it like this we are to come boldly before the throne grace in the time of need oh we come boldly before the throne of grace that we might obtain mercy that's the time when I don't feel like coming this one I need mercy when I need grace usually when your heart condemns you your head goes down usually when your heart condemns you you're ashamed usually when your heart condemns you the last thing in the world you feel like doing is going into the throne of grace but God says I will use then to lift up your head and to come boldly into the throne of grace and stand on a bloody welcome mat that I'll lay out in front of my throne of grace and you'll stand not in your performance but your acceptance will be predicated upon my performance on the cross and when I shed my blood and rose from the dead I don't want you ashamed I don't want you condemned I want you to lift your head up and in your time of weakness in your time of need in your time of failure come boldly we don't believe what I'm preaching we believe that we're supposed to go around but he said I want you in your time of weakness and need come on in come in with boldness and if your heart condemns you I'm greater than your heart and I know all things I see beyond your fault and I see what you will become by my grace hallelujah as long as you perform correctly you feel like you can have confidence toward God it's kind of like the teenager who wants to borrow his dad's car to go out on a date and what he's gonna do is he's gonna go through the little checklist get a clean the room up there to cut the grass like daddy told me to do that I take out the garbage but got any thing going on with mom that happy happy mom happy life happy wife happy life and if if I got some going on with her that's attend during him I know what his answers gonna be but sometimes all of them line up and so he'll come boldly to the Father and you'll say dad can I borrow the keys to the car this Friday night and the dad will check with the wife if he's a smart man and once he's done that he will release the keys but what he's saying here is I don't want you to just come boldly on your perfect days when you've checked every box but I want you to come into my presence when you've had a rotten week when you are in real need of mercy and grace and I don't want you to come in with your hair down ashamed and embarrassed but I want you to come ask me for the keys to the kingdom because it never was based upon your performance we don't believe the gospel but it's amazing grace that we have it's amazing mercy it's unlimited in what it will do for you if you'll just trust in here and not in your own works and performance it's about grace bad thing about condemnation is it crushes your soul condemnation will gnaw at you and the devil is such a con artist that he'll put on the robe of temptation and hold it and dangle it out there and say come come and he seduces and temps and and people in a weak moment do something they shouldn't and then he runs into the dressing room and changes his wardrobe and while you're doing what you shouldn't he comes and starts accusing you he's the one and so he begins to put condemnation on you now listen to me condemnation is hell's evil agent to drive you away from conviction is the Holy Spirit's agent to drive you to God but condemnation if you listen to your heart it says guilty guilty bad bad quit quit give up give up you got drunk again you're an alcoholic you're a drug addict you did it again you salt it again you said it again you are bad you are no good and God says I want you in that time when you have struggled and you need mercy and grace I want you to come and ask me ask me for the keys come and stand in my presence and let me give you grace to do what you can't do on your own Satan is the accuser but God says I'll drop I won't drop you because you dropped the ball as long as you measure up I love you that is not what this book teaches how many of your parents let me see your hand parents how many of you have kids who stole and lied they lie and you know why don't ask your second question how many of you put them up for adoption when they did I'm if you wanted to you didn't as a matter of fact the worst things they did in reality made me love them more may my heart go to him their God is the same way and when you understand that and you understand if our heart condemns us God is greater than her heart he does not love me less because I failed God doesn't condemn he convicts the devil condemns listen because he gives what's inside of him he's condemned he messed up and God didn't send a fleet to redeem him I messed up and God bankrupted heaven and sent his son to redeem me all he can do is condemn but the Holy Spirit convicts and draws me to Jesus he condemns and tries to drive me away from me by the way that devil that condemns you and attacks you the moment you fall for the temptation is the same one I just want to remind him every once in a while nobody's been a loser longer than Satan he couldn't even live right in the throne room of heaven he couldn't live for God when there was no devil he could live for God when there was no temptation he couldn't live for God when there was no curse and I'm in a curse world I'm in a temptation world I'm in a sinful world but I follow Jesus and when I slip and when I fall don't you accuse me you couldn't live it when you were in heaven and I'm living it down here on earth and when I do fall I'll come boldly into the throne of grace in the time of need somebody shout grace grace grace grace is saying I know all things I'm greater than your mistakes grace says I know you didn't mean it I know you're better than that I know deep in your heart you you're ashamed sorry hey y'all just keep looking real holy but I don't have time to play little preach little stupid sermons at like everybody in here so holy that you don't ever need God's grace since you've been saved I want to tell you that just like he came when he found me and my sin he comes now that I'm a son and he loves me with the same fervency and the same grace and the same mercy when you understand that you can live a guilt-free life I don't have rules and and and legalism or standards that I have to keep I have them not so I'll be saved if I don't I won't be saved if I don't keep them I have them because it is my way of saying you mean everything to me and anything that hinders my walk with you I don't want it in my life anymore and I may have to fight some things but you know what I will fight it because I love you and I wanna be like you and I made in your image and a little saddle until I am like you that's all God needs from in so I want to show you the condemnation says you're disqualified you're guilty you're guilty your heart the heart's beating and when you do something guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty unqualified unqualified and watch this in John 21 if anybody had to deal with condemnation it was Simon Peter he's the one that denied Jesus three times and the rooster crowed and he made this statement at some point in just the heart condemned him so bad every time a rooster would every time a rooster with crow don't you know his heart condemned him traitor denier liar pathetic so-called preacher but God knows all things God didn't see that God saw a Pentecostal preacher in Acts chapter 2 he saw the man who would preach the message that would birth the church but Satan was condemning the Roosters all every morning all afternoon just crowing and every time his heart and qualified unqualified watch this he finally had all he could take John 21 he says I'm done I'm I go fishing I'm going fishing I'm going back to what I used to do and here's why this message is so important because if you start listening to the voice of condemnation that says you failed therefore you don't earn and you don't have the approval of God because something you've done doesn't allow you to have that and you instead of running to God's you run from God you'll say I'm going fishing I'm going back to what I used to do and the thing I want to show you is that's exactly what Satan wants to do with condemnation so that you'll quit and give up on everything God's promised you I'm going fishing I'm going back to what I used to do before I met Jesus and then notice this part and they said with him we're going with you also if you go back there's some people that are gonna go back with you if you go back to who you used to be and what you used to do and you start picking up stuff that you were doing before you met Jesus and now that you've failed him and you've listened to the lie of the enemy that you're not to come to God when you're weak in the time of need but you are a father and father in damnation drives you a conviction is always drawing you nearer and you listen to that voice not only will you go back to what you used to do but you're gonna take some people in your family some people in your sphere of influence you're gonna take some people with you and watch this they go out and they fish all night and they catch nothing the next morning as the Sun is rising they're getting their nets their empty nets in and about to call it a night and they see a silhouette as the Sun is coming up behind him of a tall lean Galilean and he calls out over the water did you catch any fish and your Bible said that John laid his head on Jesus chest turn to Peter and said I know that voice oh I know that's him that's him how do you know it's him and they're sitting in the text but it's between the lines can you say John saying who else would ever ask you to try again where you failed before because he said cast your net on the other side but we tried before and we failed only Jesus would tell you to try again where you failed if you failed try again if you messed up try again if you drop the ball try again if you mess get up and try again cast your net in the same water in the same lake in the same spot but do it my way and the Bible said their nets were overloaded and then when John said that's yeah I know that voice that's him the Bible said that Peter took off his coat and jumped in the water naked that one takes one of the writers said jumped into the water and just don't know nothingness hold me back I got to get to Jesus and swam to the bank got out of the water and went over and Jesus was cooking had coals that were hot and was cooking bread and he said I need some meat he gave him some fish cooked some fish and as he's eating Jesus does something strange he says to him do you love me he says I believe at that moment that heart of condemnation starts saying oh he's gonna bring up your past he's gonna ask you why did you deny me he's gonna remind you how bad you've messed up you liar you denier do you love me yes I love you Jesus ask him again do you love me yes I love you Jesus asked him a third time do you love me but this time he Peters the Bible said his heart or his he was sorrowful his heart smote him he's sorrowful and then he makes this statement he was grieved and he said Lord watch this you know all things Jesus says that's exactly the answer I was waiting on I believe John was sitting over there with an ink pen saying you know all things I'm all right a book about that one day if your heart condemns you God is greater than your heart for he knows all things in other words Jesus was saying I wanted you to get the revelation that I knew you didn't mean it I knew you didn't mean to lie I knew you didn't mean to deny I knew deep in your heart of hearts even though you did a deed that failed me I don't throw you away because I know in your heart of hearts you want to be like me I know ultimate listen he knows all things which means he knew that the failure that everybody else saw would be so strong one day that he would refuse to be crucified bright he would request to be crucified upside down your Bible says that but he was not going to deny Jesus he said I'm not worthy to be crucified like he was crucify me upside down Jesus knew all things Jesus knew you're not a piece of trash that's not who you are I'm gonna use you on the day of Pentecost now watch this go forward we're almost done you move into Acts chapter 2 the Holy Spirit feels the Upper Room that feels a hundred and twenty they spill out into the streets and Simon Peter begins to preach under the anointing and he says to the people who crucified Him and who were screaming crucify him he says to the same people you crucified him but God has raised him and made him Lord and Christ and the Bible said in acts 2:37 and they were watch the wording pricked in their heart they felt condemnation condemned in their heart we killed him now it's one thing for us to say I failed him but III don't have his blood on my hands literally I I don't they literally had his blood on their hands they said his blood be on us and on our children we want to crucify him and they were pricked in their heart and their heart began to scream guilty guilty guilty you crucified him you killed him and they are saying to Simon Peter is there any hope for somebody like me Peter says hole if you only knew the guy who's preaching had a heart that condemned him let me introduce you to the Savior that if your heart condemns you he's greater than your heart and he knows all things he knows you really want to be free from that thing he knows you really want to stop he knows you really want a new life he knows he doesn't see you as you are he sees you and he puts out a bloody welcome home mat and he says come boldly for mercy and grace not when you're doing good not if you've had the greatest week and your willpower has carried you without one time touching that thing become in the time of need boldly that's the key boldly with full confidence in the blood of the Lamb and I close with this verse but Psalms 51 said when my heart is overwhelmed guilty guilty guilty quit quit quit condemned condemned condemned when my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock the one who's greater than my heart and knows all things lead me to the rock that is higher than I Romans 8 said there is now there for no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh listening to the heart but according to the spirit what Jesus has done by his blood and his name did you catch it did you catch it in my text he said they said he said if you keep my Commandments you can ask boldly and then he says what is my commandment that you believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and that you love one another and you fulfill the law that you believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and that you love one another and you fulfill the law it's pretty powerful isn't it we have put so many things on the gospel when the truth is that is the gospel and we are to receive his amazing mercy and grace and love because when your heart is overwhelmed with guilt failure condemnation you can go to the rock that is higher than your heart and his name is Jesus you believe that you receive that and that good news that's the truth stand to your feet all over this room and in the overflow wherever you are watching this at all of our campuses every head bowed every eye closed everyone still and just standing in the presence of our mighty God he's here today he's here today listen carefully very steel very quiet there is no doubt in my mind that the Lord gave me this message today because someone desperately needs to hear that his voice is not a voice of condemnation that says you've gone one time too many I'm done with you condemnation is hell's agent to drive you away from God conviction which is what you're feeling is God's power to draw you nearer to the precious blood of Jesus and if your heart condemns you God's greater than your heart and he knows all things he knows you didn't mean it he knows you want to change he knows you're frustrated he knows you've tried and failed he knows all things and he says I just need you to keep coming to my presence because I promise I'll set you free I'll help you I'll deliver you how many of you look at me just a moment how many of you were bound with alcoholism I mean you could if that bottle was killing you and you could not get free and Jesus through His grace set you free can I see your hand just be honest so many hands how many of you had a drug addiction and it had lasted and almost ruins your life but today you stand drug-free because of the grace and the mercy of Jesus Christ because you came in the time and you didn't probably do it just one time you might have fell off the wagon you might have had some bumps in the road you might have failed and got embarrassed and went back and had a bad night but did you keep coming in did he set you free if so so your hand up let me see it let me see it thank God you didn't listen to condemnation thank God you didn't listen to the voices said don't go back to church you hypocrite that's condemnation you come I don't care how jacked up your life is I don't care what's going on in your little marriage your family everything looks so anti looks like the Antichrist and the battled Armageddon is going on in your house you come with that crazy little family and sit on the Pew and say you said come in the time of need and we never need you Lord and God's grace will come running God's grace will come after you God's grace won't let you go God's grace will not let stay where you are if we had bound every eye closed I feel joy in my soul today for what's about to happen you're in this room or any of the rooms you say pastor Jensen I want to live a guilt-free life I don't wanna walk in condemnation fear a sense of failure all the time I'm tired of it I've got weakness I'm in time of need but you said God said in Hebrews 4 that he would have mercy for my time of need grace for my time of need and I need God's help like never before I want to get right with God I want to get cleanse I want to get forgiven I want condemnation to break off I want to leave here full of God and full of His Spirit pray for me I want to get right with God if that's you boldly raise your hand right where you're standing right now I want to see it all over this room and wherever you are lift it high lift it high lift it high wonderful amazing hands all over the strength every one of you from the top balcony to the overflow wherever you are get out of your seat and come down here as quick as you can come as quick as you can come as quick as you can come this is so important this is so important this is so important come on come on come on don't listen to condemnation there's a god who's greater than your condemnation he knows everything he knows your heart he knows your intention he knows that you're Walda change he knows you really want to stop he knows you really need help and he says please come please come in the time of trouble not when your fix not when you've got it all together not when you're doing good I need you to come boldly boldly in the time of trouble here they come cup your hands a miracles happening a miracles happening unreal rituals happening a miracles happening somebody else needs to come and somebody else needs to come somebody else needs to come that'll tell you what this little sermon all to do and I know a Sunday morning you got to get to the buffet before the Baptist but just relax just relax if you can leave here without giving a hallelujah to God hallelujah I am saved hallelujah I mean only is I can be nothing can separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus so I ask them for me you don't have to but for me I actually I'm gonna sing is this that second song because boy it was speaking to my soul they're gonna sing this we don't pray and they're gonna sing this and then you can leave when you want to leave we're gonna sing this little song from the beginning to the end I like it all and we're gonna rub it in the losers face the one who couldn't live it in heaven we're living it down here in that sphere hallelujah to the lamb that takes away the sins of the world all right let's pray let's pray you ready he promised he'd take you sins away are you ready pray this prayer everybody in the room say it out loud Lord Jesus I give you my life I come boldly before the throne of grace to obtain help and mercy in the time of trouble I need you right now I have weakness right now I have problems right now and I need your grace and I need your mercy and you promised you wouldn't turn me away so I am forgiving I am cleanse I am healed I am blessed I am an overcomer by the name of Jesus I will put my faith name of Jesus I believe therefore I receive in Jesus name can we shop a mighty shout on the God raising somebody sing it together total we're done [Music] biggest church [Music] Saphir [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ooh yes [Music] Thank You Jean [Music] [Music] [Music] lottie's didn't freezing [Music] [Music] [Music] neglect your hands Wednesday night I get the honor of baptizing a bunch of people who found out who they are in Jesus and if you pray this prayer this morning the most important thing you can do now that you're a child of God is settled I mean your name is is written in the book of life it's settled the most important thing you can do now to walk in victory is to go back to the connection lounge and get signed up for next step three weeks that will change your life and the little class that we'll have right before the service that will bless you immensely and then you'll get signed up to get baptized in water and I'll hold you under extra long if I need to but you will not be the same in some of you this is a commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ to be baptized and tell everybody if you don't know what it is come check out what happens here this Wednesday night at 7 o'clock we allow people an old-fashioned baptism service to tell I keep it short keep it on time but we allow people to tell enough and it's the most miraculous services sometimes we ever have around here our baptism services really remarkable no planning we don't sit around and I don't get a list of people who I'm gonna be baptized into what's their testimony none of that it's just we just are land of the Lord and lives are changed in miraculous ways don't miss it if you get a chance to be here you're ready for the blessing and now I'm gonna run to the back only shake hands so proud of your son so thankful for what God's done for you today dear lady and God bless you son proud of you bless you beautiful couple bless it Lord now may the Lord bless you and keep you may the Lord make his face shine on you may the Lord be gracious unto you may he lift up his countenance upon you and may he give you peace in Jesus name god bless you we'll see you have a great week as believed in here today I want to encourage you if you have not yet register for the outreach taking place this coming Saturday go to free chaplain RG and you can join any one of our campuses as we do a collective outreach together as a church near every single one of our campuses so again go to free chaplain dot o-r-g register today and it's an amazing time for us to unify our efforts to love on this community but not only that ladies if you haven't registered free on divine conference coming up just a few short weeks go to divine conference da ho RG register today but don't just register yourself register a friend or family member to join you in this amazing weekend where we are touched and impacted so many women thousands of women from across the world are coming together right here in our Gainesville campus and in Orange County the god of divine love news conference I'm sorry divine conference dot o-r-g and registered today your life will never be the same but thanks so much for joining us here today and we'll see you next Sunday morning [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 51min 21sec (3081 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 19 2019