It Is Written - Bible Study with Pastor Kimberly Ray-Gavin

hello god bless you god bless all of the saints of god that are watching us tonight this is pastor kimberly ray gavin and i'm just so excited um to take this time to share in our time of bible study i would like to ask you to get your notes and those of you that have been watching with us for the last several weeks you know that we take notes and we we jot down scriptures so that we can go back and reference them at another time i would like to say hello to all of you that's coming on thank you so very much for supporting and i want to especially say to the church on the rock our membership i want to see each and every one of you tonight i truly miss all of you so very much and i am praying continually for you i praise god tonight for my companion i loose the love of god upon him and blessings of the lord upon all of you that are watching on tonight we're sharing in the word of god and i want to just um share with you all that because of the response of our teaching on last week that we're going to be doing a part two of the series it is written where we speak about the book of luke chapter 10. so i want you to get your bible and we're going to go straight to the scripture again we appreciate all of you and we pray that you will stay tuned if you're going to leave a lot subject line please let me know what city you're watching from it always means so much to me to know what area you're viewing our time together from i just bless all of you tonight in the name of jesus again would you just text tweet post tell somebody you have got to turn on this particular time of teaching it is written i can honestly say that the lord gave this to me so that i can go to the word of god i wanted to know what are the words of jesus what did jesus say you know when we look in the word of god we can see for sure what was written by men that were inspired by the word of god part of me and so let's go straight into our teaching tonight we're reading out of the book of luke luke chapter 10 verses 1 through 21 and the bible says after these things the lord appointed other seventy also and said unto them to set them two and two before his face into every city and place whether he himself would go therefore said he unto them the harvest truly is great but the laborers are few and yeast he therefore the lord of the pray he therefore the lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into the harvest go go your ways behold i send you forth as lambs among wolves and i just want to pause for a minute and just say um that during this time of the scripture in the book of luke of course you all that are reading the scripture we know that luke was noted as one of the disciples of the lord jesus christ and one of the disciples that jesus loved he was a beloved physician and according to the word of god i tell you he wrote uh and shared from his perspective the word of the lord jesus christ and observing his life from the time of his birth he wrote about it and so in the book of luke we find that the word of god is uh indicative that jesus had sent out 70 disciples and he had sent them out two by two and he told them to go into every city and to every place whether he himself would come and he told them that the harvest is truly great but the laborers are few and as the word of god shows us here that jesus began to speak to them and i love it when the words of jesus of course are printed and read in the bible i love the fact that jesus said to them go your ways verse 3 behold i send you forth as lambs among wolves and then the scripture says carry neither personal script nor shoes and salute no man by the way and into whatsoever how she enter first say peace be to this house and if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall return unto you and i want to just pause right there and then uh share with you all that as we note in the book of luke i really want to make emphasis on the fact that jesus sent them out the seventy he sent them together two by two into every city and so they went out for ministry doing the work of ministry and then the verse number seven says and in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the laborer is worthy of his hire so go not from house to house and i love this verse and let's go down now to verse number eight it says in into whatever city ye enter and they receive you eat such things as are set before you and i love this verse verse number nine it says and heal the sick that are therein and say unto them the kingdom of god is come nigh unto you and so jesus had sent forth the disciples to this group of seventy and he had told them to go forth he said that the harvest is ripe the laborers are few and so he was asking that this that they prayed that the lord of the harvest would send laborers into the vineyard and then i want to share with you all in verse number 15 if you will go down with me we're going reading out of luke chapter 10 and now we're at verse number 15 and the scripture says and thou capernium which are exalted to heaven shall be thrust down to hell he that heareth you heareth me he that despiseth you despises me and he that despiseth me him that despiseth him that sent me and the 70 returned again with joy and i really want to emphasize this saying lord even the devils are subject unto us through thy name and he said unto them i and this is our key verse and we're going to go back through this teaching one more time concerning what jesus saw and i really want you to put special emphasis here on verse number 18 in other words jesus observed he saw he witnessed he was a first eyewitness to what happened to the enemy and let's look at what jesus said now remember the disciples that 70 the group of 70 they were rejoicing about the demons being subject to them they were rejoicing that they were subject because they were calling them out in jesus name but then jesus said unto the disciples this is what he said he said i beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven and so he said i witnessed i saw i saw his crash to the earth i saw his collapse i saw his fall and so jesus goes on to say in verse 19 behold i give unto you power to tread on serpents and then he said and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you and saying to god i want us to really pause for a minute and let's talk about the fact that jesus noted for those that were kind of not not being so much boastful but but they were rejoicing that the demonic spirits were subject to them they were rejoicing and kind of sharing amongst themselves that even the spirits are subject to us but jesus had to kind of correct them in a way and let them know that not only are they subject to the name of jesus but i saw him when he failed i beheld him fall and so as a result of what he saw he saw his demise he saw the failure he saw it with his own eyes and this is what he's saying even to them is that behold i give you power over uh to tread or upon serpents to tread upon scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you notwithstanding and even though you have power over these spirits you have power over the demonic spirits that come i want you to know not to rejoice in the fact that you have power alone over demonic spirits because i've already conquered them i've already overcome them but i'm also giving you power that nothing shall by enemy any means hurt you and then he said notwithstanding and so here he and i need you to look at this notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven and so jesus is sharing with them listen let the emphasis not be on the fact that you know you're able to cast out spirits but let it be on the fact that your name has been written in the lamb's book of life i'm so glad to know that there is a record for the righteous people of god god has a record he has your name written in a book in the heavens now i want to say to those of you that are watching with us tonight that i want to revisit some of the reasons why the bible says jesus said i beheld satan fall like lightning and so i want to talk for a minute about why some of the reasons and in the context of the scripture that we've been reading and the the words to the 70 disciples that jesus had sent out to evangelize and to prepare the way in jerusalem he began to show them again not to rejoice about the spirits being subject to you but rejoice that your name is in heaven but then he references jesus says um he references isaiah chapter 14 as he's describing that i saw him fall from heaven as lightning and he says how art you've fallen how art thou fallen from heaven morning star son of the dawn you have been cast down to the earth you who once laid low the nations in his pride lucifer had lifted himself up but god cast him down out of his original place in heaven and so i want to talk about the fact that when the enemy fell there were five things that he said and i want you to just jot down a scripture and we'll refer to it a little later but we're going to go to ephesians 6 and 12 as soon as we're done talking about the i wills of the enemy and i need to share them with you because i really believe that this teaching will also cause a time of self-introspection to really make sure that you're not operating or giving any place to the spirits of pride to operate in your life and so tonight i want the saints of god to look really closely at the i wills that cause satan to fall from heaven as lightning again we're reading out of the word of god isaiah chapter 14 verse 13 and 14 and so the first i will is that satan said i will ascend into heaven so lucifer wanted to mount up on the scales of heaven he desired to occupy the highest heavens to probe and penetrate the kingdom of an infinite god and so he wanted to be the highest position available he wanted to be as god in fact he was so proud so arrogant so self-impressed that he literally wanted to replace god in his heart and then the bible says in the second i will he says i will exalt my throne above the stars of god now remember it is god that established the heavens and the earth it is god that made everything and he made it good and so when we look at this particular uh number two we see that lucifer's position and service before god's throne was just not enough for him he wanted a throne that was above all others he wanted to exercise the authority over everyone else he wanted to be above the stars of god he wanted to rule over all of the angels he he wanted to even though he had given had been given a a perspective as an angel where he was a morning star he was not content to just shine he wanted to be the most brilliant of all he wanted his brightness to cause all of the others to fade and so we understand that this is the plot of the enemy he wanted to exalt his throne and his stars above god number three it says i will sit also upon the mount of the congregation he desired to sit or be enthroned in the highest place having all the angelic assemblies in submission to him he wanted to be the center of attention he wanted to be idolized by all and i want us to as people of god let us deal with this strong man the spirit that wants to be idolized that wants to be seen wants to be heard wants to be the highest of the high and if you remember a couple weeks ago in our studies of bible study we even talked about the fact that when jesus was being tempted of the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting one of the first things that the enemy tried to tempt him with was after asking him to turn the stones into bread the second thing he wanted to do was the bible says he took him up to an exceeding pinnacle hot pinnacle of the temple and so we can see a common fiber with the enemy he is constantly in pursuit of being high the highest the first the most the most powerful and again we have here written in the scripture he said i will ascend into heaven number one i will exalt number two i will exalt my throne above the stars i will sit also on the mount of the congregation number four i will ascend there it is again reaching trying to go high trying to be above everybody above all of the angels above god then to put himself on the same level number four he said i will ascend above the height of the cloud and as we studied the word of god clouds are often used in biblical sense to speak of the glory of god but lucifer coveted the glory of god and he failed to acknowledge god he even failed to acknowledge that it was god that gave him his glory his beauty he was the one that had sinful pride in his heart lucifer wanted all of the glory that belonged to god he wanted to impress and to dazzle all creatures and to receive the praise the honor that belonged unto god and number five he's uh the word of god teaches us in isaiah chapter 14 and 13 he said and here's the most critical he said i will be as the most high i will be like the most high he wanted to be equal with god and to take god's place as possessor and ruler of all he wanted to be completely independent and responsible to no one and so when we talk about the five i wills of the enemy we understand that the five i wills are a sign of haughtiness of arrogance of ego it's a sign of narcissism a self-worship and i want to talk to you all tonight because i want to ask the saints of god do you have any of the ingredients of the spirit of pride and again i'll share this with you that often whenever we teach on the subject many people dismiss the subject of pride and they say immediately i am not proud i just have confidence i am an overly competent person well you've got to make sure that your confidence is not lying within yourself your abilities your flesh but that your confidence is in god it's in christ jesus and if you look into the scripture as we've read in isaiah chapter 14 and verse 16 and we also want to share in isaiah i'm sorry in proverbs chapter 16 and verse 18 and you all i'm giving you straight scripture this is what the word of god says it says that pride goeth before destruction and a hearty spirit before a fall and so if you look at proverbs chapter 16 it's a warning it's a warning to show people that it's not of god to be lifted up in pride if you're lifted up in pride you're giving place to the enemy and the place that you're giving is going to cause a fall eventually and i wanted you to turn with me to first corinthians chapter 10 verses 6 through 12 and please hear me this is another teaching and we've got to go into the scripture the word of god here it is wrong in first corinthians chapter 10 verse 6 through 12 it says now these things were our examples to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted neither be ye idolaters as were some of them as it is written and let me say that again and neither be idolaters as were some of them as it is written the people sat down at to eat and drink and rose up to play the scripture says in first corinthians chapter 10 and verse 8 neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed and fell in one day three and twenty thousand neither let us tempt christ as some of them also tempted and were destroyed of serpents and so i want to share with you all in verse number 11 now all these things happen unto them and it is written for our admonition upon whom the end of the world are come saints of god i want to tell you all something and this is very very critical that we must walk in humility verse number 12 is another critical verse for us tonight it says wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take he lest he fall let's talk about that listen if you've been saved sanctified filled with the holy ghost you have the anointing of god in your life you are a vessel of honor you're a child of god i want to say to you that this message is for you because it is critical that you stay in the spirit of humility and the word of god teaches us that god resists the proud but he gives grace unto the humble he resists those that are arrogant egotistical filled with themselves i want to say to you that there are some people that are self-righteous to be self-righteous is to be convinced of one's own righteousness and it causes one to be superior narrow-minded even in your moralistic views and so sometimes when a person of god has been saved for a period of time you must check the spirit and make sure that you're not giving place to the spirit of pride and self and even though you may have been blessed you may have been kept god may have kept you from a young child maybe for decades but we still must stay in a place of humility and not walk into the spirit of pride the bible says that a man's pride will bring them low and so we can't be here's another trait of a person who is full of pride they are often judgmental lofty too quick to criticize and they form opinions quickly especially when they don't approve of someone and so again we want to look at the the fall of satan so that we can understand the end result of the spirit of pride he said i will be as god i will possess god's glory i will have all subjected to me i will exercise my authority i will occupy the heavens and so we we find that when jesus spoke to the disciples that had returned in the book of luke chapter 10 that's why he said unto them listen don't you be impressed by the fact that you have power to cast the spirits out don't you be impressed by uh the fact that they come subject to the name of jesus but i want you to be impressed by this or to be blessed by this that your name has been written in heaven and i want to say to those of you that get uh or have this mindset that you can continue in sin and you think your name is written and it's gonna stay there forever but do you know that there are times that names have been blotted out of the scripture blotted out in the heavens because of sin people of god i share this with you i submit this to you humbly that sin separates us from god sin causes us to be a grief to the heart of the holy spirit sin is the thing that causes us to grieve god so if you're walking in sin you can't walk around with your head high saying i'm saved and sanctified and you're still committing blatant known sin but you gotta humble yourself and repent and ask god to listen even if you are practicing salvation and holiness and living right do you know that you still have to repent daily why because we have to not repent for sins known and unknown sins of commission sins of omission and so i want to point you to one more verse of scripture that is found in first peter chapter 5 and verse 5. it says likewise you young younger submit yourselves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for god resisted the proud and give grace to the humble humble yourselves therefore under under what the mighty hand of god that he will exalt you in due time casting all your cares upon him for he cares for you be sober come on here's another warning be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour and as we look into this particular scripture i want to give you one more verse to study in your time of free time to study ephesians 6 and 12 as i mentioned earlier the bible says that we of course the believers are still in a spiritual battle but we have to remind ourselves as jesus said i be held satan fall from heaven as lightning he said for we wrestle not ephesians 6 and 12 we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places with god's spirit we do not need to be afraid of the tactics of the enemy rather depend upon the lord's strength for victory in every one of the struggles that we face and we must remember that god will preserve us for heaven's inheritance those of you that are walking according to the word of god and i love this scripture first john 4 and 4 it says ye are of god little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world people of god we've got to walk in humility walk in the power of god and understand that we have been given power do you believe that god has given unto you power he's given unto you of the overcoming power of god and as we prepare to conclude for tonight's teaching i want you to just kind of revisit some of the scriptures that we have shared with you tonight and i want you to just do just something called self-introspection and ask the lord lord if there be any pride in my life lord the the word of god has come forth to us tonight if any man think that he's standard let him take heed lest he fall i remember dr angie ray our late uh pastor and founder of angie ray ministries one of the greatest vessels and most powerful uh instruments in the hand of god of our time uh one of them that was uh i note her as just one of the most gifted women of god but i remember her talking about spiritual warfare and she had had some people coming to our prayer services and they would come in and they would be railing against the enemy and you know uh saying things like i'm gonna get that devil and i'm gonna do this and i'm gonna do that and she warned them and told them not to rail against the devil in your flesh but to speak the word of god say what is written that's what jesus did he's our perfect example when he was confronted by satan in the wilderness the bible says it is written thou shall serve the lord and him only shall thy serve it is written get thee hints it is written come on he wanted him to turn the stones into bread and listen satan was even trying to appeal to see what's there any pride in jesus by saying if thou be the son of god that was a challenge if thou be listen in other words if you gotta prove yourself and let me tell you all something i discovered in the scripture that satan was so angry that he had been cast out of heaven violently thrown out violently cast out and that one of the first things that he offered to jesus when he was even after 40 days and 40 nights of fasting of praying of weakness he tells jesus cast yourself down but you know the angels have charged over thee and they shall bear thee up lest thou dash thy foot against the stone he's still in retaliation mode he got cast out of heaven he got cast to the earth he wants to tip jesus the son of god to try to cast himself down from a high pinnacle no he was already cast down the devil was already defeated and jesus already knew that and so that's why the enemy was so angry that god ousted him out of the heavens and cast him down to the earth and i want to say this to you all tonight that even in the midst of the enemy being cast down to the earth the bible says in psalm 24 that the earth is the lord and the fullness thereof so we still have dominion power and authority no weapon formed against you shall prosper even the tongue that rise against you in judgment thou shalt condemn listen we are the light of the world we are city set on a hill that cannot be hid and we don't have to walk in fear but we can walk in the power of god and i will reference one more comment that dr ray said to my sisters and myself and that was these words and they were kind of a warning in the area of becoming self-righteous lifted up being proud getting into yourself getting to being impressed with yourself like the traits of the enemy she said you are no match for the devil in your flesh so you can't rail against the devil in your flesh with carnality the devil is not moved by your much speaking that's why you need to get what the word of god says in prayer we need to pray the word in warfare we need to pray the word we need to speak what thus saith the lord it is written this is what the scripture says and when you say that you're standing in a position of power no for the lord has not given us the spirit of fear but of power of might and of a sound mind that is what the lord has given unto us so again i pray that you are being blessed as we teach our lesson tonight on it is written and my last point i want to make about what jesus said in the book of luke chapter 10 he said he said i saw him fall like lightning and lightning indicates the judgment of god it is swift and it is obvious and that is what happened to the enemy and so remember let's conclude with the words of jesus that says however do not rejoice that the spirits are submitted to you but rejoice that your name is written in heaven if you're a born-again christian remember that you don't have to be afraid because jesus christ has paid the price he paid the debt that we could not pay he satisfied god for our sins amen by dying on the cross and he gave unto us power amen gave us power to heal the sick raise the dead and to cast out devils god bless you i pray that you've been blessed tonight in our time of teaching i'd like to just make mention of a very very important announcement that you all are that are watching and that are following the ministry i want to mention to you all that we are having an international virtual uh intercessory fellowship i want you all to join us on september 3rd through the 5th and you can log on to our our website andrew ministries in order to find out all of the details i want to mention that it is free of charge there is no registration fee to come and be a part to watch from your home from your living room from your kitchen this is a virtual fellowship we want to spend time with the saints we want to love on you guys and share the love of christ although we are separated in different places because of the coronavirus we want to take a few days and just worship together praise together no matter where you are i want you to join in with us and this year our special guests include uh representing the united states is bishop michael blue we also have a mighty man of god who will be preaching the gospel of the lord jesus christ preaching and praying his name is bishop john francis and he amen is from the ruach city ministries in london england and we also are so blessed by god to have and one of the most anointed men of god a profound and prolific teacher of the scripture bishop tudor bismarck from zimbabwe africa and also i'll be sharing in the word of god and i want to thank god also for our guest intercessors listen we have along with my sister cheryl and denise you who you all know are anointed prayer warriors we also have a special guest intercessor his name is apostle leon wallace and he is from nassau bahamas saints of god i just tell you i want you to mark your calendars mark the dates and be a part of one of the most profound virtual uh fellowships that you will have an opportunity to be a part of we also have anointed singers and those that will be worshiping in song but listen don't forget to mark your calendar and be a part of our international intercessory virtual prayer fellowship alrighty i love you listen i've got to say hi before i go i want to speak to some of the saints all right i just get so happy you all know how i am when i see your names i want to say god bless you to uh the saints of god that are reaching out to us from jackson mississippi from dallas texas from lithonia georgia from atlanta georgia from california from north carolina from fort worth texas god bless you all i want to thank god for those of you that are watching in the bronx new york god bless you all of my family in new york also in new jersey in austin texas and minnesota praise the lord i want to give god special glory and praise to some of the saints of god i see a name sister b mays one of our supporters we love you sis sister melissa sands may the lord bless you candace davis god bless you brother chris bolton from california blessings to you man of god sister johnson from chicago i love you bless you thank god for you and the names are coming and we're scrolling praise the lord but i just want to just thank you again sister candace and also we appreciate every person that has tuned in to this time live all right god bless you i wanted to see some more of our names and i just want to tell you all that we honor god for you all and we appreciate you if you've been blessed by this teaching tonight i want you to take a minute and just go to facebook right now and just put in the words it is written it is written tell me where you're coming in from and just let me know just say it is written blessings to you sister nichelle greene oh bless you sister pat sister misha sister janet sutton may the lord bless you my dear sister my assistant pastor j denise ray is watching god bless you pamela amen blessings to you to demesha one of our members oh it's so good to see all of your names oh i miss hugging you all praise god evangelist sauls bless you so sister uh bridget uh butts blessings to you sister linda bless you sister christy rice williams praise the lord to you and brother clark god bless you sister nanny louder milk oh it's so so good to to see all of your names listen those of you that are on youtube i want to say hello to the youtube family god knows we appreciate your love and your support you know i i thank god that he placed so many of you all in our pathway and i thank you also for sewing those of you that have been giving and sewing to the ministry i appreciate you going to angierainministries.com and going to giblify and sewing to help us to support this global ministry i am just so deeply thankful okay i've got a few more people before we go i gotta say hello all right hi sister alicia so nice to see your name sister renee johnson amen bless you lauren winston bless you from dalton i just thank god for you courted brooks brother arthur tinch bless you man of god brother james z washington it is written thank you for your support and your love amen i praise you i appreciate seeing the men of god uh letting us know that you're watching it is written i want you to share let someone know that you've been blessed by the teaching if you've been blessed would you do us a favor will you share it with someone so that they can be blessed as well all right our time is far spent i see sister trina bless you sister trina sister rachel felix i love you god bless you sister dawn ray we honor god for you today i praise the lord for velanda harris oh my it is so nice to see sister rosa smith thank you sister rosa for tuning in with us amen and also i want to thank god for sister pamela sister shea sister shonda praise the lord i want to see some more brothers too man of god come on brother derek look it god bless you man of god thank you for studying in the word of god with us blessings to you sister lisa m hall it is written from manchester mississippi oh yes that's god's country down there praise the lord we thank you sister dorothy brinson brother willie knowles he's one of the members god bless you brother willie we're so good so nice to see you i see someone from ingleside california brother demon cottrell uh one of our media men men of god bless you brother demand thank you so much for logging in and for her watching us tonight sister nissa lisa chisholm we thank god for you and your support i loved your card your card on my birthday was so beautiful i'm telling you all right thank god for you brother neil we thank god for you and we're just appreciative to all of you that have tuned in with us tonight i just want you to know we thank god for each of you well i will see you all again very soon you all stay in touch with us and remember if you've been blessed would you kindly share post or tag let someone know that you've been blessed by it is written i shall see you next time be blessed and be encouraged in the lord you

Channel: Angie Ray Ministries - Pastor Kimberly Ray-Gavin

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