James Wilson - An Oath Greater Than A Sign

[Applause] oh [Music] hallelujah welcome to the first night of zion music conference and we're going to get started with our regular service in just a moment but we will not go any further in praise until we spend some time in prayer amen i don't want to be a people that knows how to praise but no it doesn't know how to pray amen and so the strength of our experience tonight will be in our consecration to the lord so we're going to take just a few moments i'm asking you if you can shut off everything around you and let's take just a few moments i'm asking every holy ghost field believer in this room to lift your hands and let's just praise our way into his presence right now father we love you thank you lord for your goodness another opportunity that we have of coming into your house today lord i thank you jesus for this service i thank you for all that's happened today you have blessed us abundantly god you've been so good to us lord you've protected us on our journey to arrive here god we're gathered together in your name lord we're here to give glory to you lord to learn and to improve our service and praise i i'm asking you lord i have your way here tonight we surrender to you this is all about you god it's not about any one individual god it is all about you i'm asking you lord to interrupt this service with your presence right now in the name of jesus god renew every heart god revive every spirit i want you to take your hand and put it on your mind right now there are people that have come and they're weary in their mind they're overwhelmed they're afraid they're worried let's pray right now that god would give us victory in our minds god i ask that you would cast down every stronghold that the enemy is attempting to set up in our life god give us victory in our minds tonight oh lord i pray that there would be a renewing god a reviving in our thoughts god any thought lord jesus that would exalt itself against the knowledge of you cast it down right now lord help us to have victory in our minds god above all else help us to see you and keep our minds stayed on you tonight in the name of jesus amen stretch your hands up to heaven lord we dedicate our hands as instruments of praise tonight god we're here to give you glory lord yes we're here to learn but god above all else we want to give you glory i dedicate my hands as instruments of praise god i'm going to clap my hands in your presence i'm gonna raise my hands lord freely lord without wrath or doubting god i will lift up your day for you are worthy god is we lift our hands you give us the victory so god we will praise you god i'm gonna praise you with my hands hallelujah i want you to pick your feet up just start stomping your feet god i will praise you with my feet tonight god i'm gonna dance in your presence god i dedicate my feet to you lord i'm gonna respond to your presence lord tonight god i'll move when you want me to move god anoint my feet as instruments of praise tonight god i will not be careless or casual in my praise but i'll give you the very best that i can god i dedicate my feet his instruments of praise hallelujah you anoint my feet tonight in jesus name you touch your lips oh god i pray that you would have known our lips lord as we lift up your voice got it lift up our voice and praise to you god we gonna we're gonna offer to you a loud praise a high praise lord use us tonight god i pray that you would receive our worship god let it come from our heart not from our head i pray that your word god would get up lord in our spirit lord to the point that we would respond in praise let everything that we do tonight let it be done with fervor with passion oh god you deserve the very best that we can offer tonight in jesus name now reach out amen and take the hand of someone next year i want you to lift it up some of you are sitting beside or standing beside someone that has come to this conference discouraged and worried amen their church isn't a crisis let's pray for one another right now god i don't know what the issue is but i pray that you would bring victory to my brother and to my sister god whatever they may be going through let tonight be part of the answer let tonight be the night they receive a word a miracle god i'm asking to send revival back home to their local assembly god i pray that you would give them revive the lord jesus in their church god give them a miracle let it start tonight hallelujah jesus god give us a miracle tonight more than anything else lord god give us victory give us victory in this house tonight lord in jesus name in jesus name god give us victory hallelujah hallelujah amen their needs special needs represented all across this church right now burdens people have come to this conference and you've got situations waiting on you at home i want you to hold your hand out right now amen and i want you to imagine whatever form it takes i want you to imagine that problem that's causing so much turmoil in your mind right now i want you to imagine it resting in your hands i want you to understand first of all god knows exactly what that need is and he cares about you and he cares about this issue amen in just a moment we're going to lift that up to the lord and surrender it to him believing that god's going to perform miracles not only here but back home in your local church when you get home this weekend you're going to see a difference by this simple act of faith are you ready you feel the weight of that how much turmoil and division has has the enemy been using to to bring into your life over that issue are you ready to give it to god come on now all together in unison lift that up to the lord and say god i surrender it to you god you know what the issue is you know the problem god we turn it all over to you lord have your way in this place now i want us with a loud voice to begin to praise him for the miracle he just performed oh god we prayed [Music] everybody clap your head [Music] oh [Music] higher and and higher [Music] and deeper [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] here [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] big [Music] your [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] foreign [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] i wonder if we can lift our hands and declare that one more time jesus you reign god you can take reign over our lives we let you in tonight god we surrender everything that we have to you jesus [Music] this one's familiar [Music] in his presence [Music] can we sing that together say all to jesus [Music] i will [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] everything i have everything i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm [Music] [Music] everything i am [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] we give you everything [Music] everything i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] part of me [Applause] is [Applause] is [Music] i surrender all i surrender all to thee my blessings [Music] and i will make room for you i will [Music] please cry tonight [Music] whatever it is [Music] it is [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] that i have you'll be moving over jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] be [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] in me [Music] and i surrender all i [Music] i surrender [Music] from [Music] can you make that your prayer tonight [Music] my [Music] i [Music] we love you lord we love you lord we love you lord we love you lord we love you your way in this place we can't make it another day without you jesus we can't make it another day without you lord we will make room for you in our lives nothing else matters nothing else matters oh [Music] one more time i surrender all [Music] [Music] i surrender i swear [Music] right now [Music] right now [Music] my [Music] [Applause] close your eyes lift your hands and sing it i surrender all right i feel the presence of the lord here tonight [Applause] [Music] i [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] let's lift our hands and tell him in our own words right now lord we surrender god if there's anything in me that's unrighteous idiot pure thing in me god i surrender to you now i give it up to you right now lord every motivation god every desire god we surrender it all to you hallelujah hallelujah amen amen such a sweet touch of the holy ghost here tonight god bless you as you make your way back to your seats amen thank god for what we're feeling here tonight i'm going to ask our executive pastor dr eugene wilson to come here in just a moment but i do need to take care of a bit of house keeping if you have a yellow towel i believe we've collected most of those already but if you have a yellow towel unless somebody on the platform is coming to sit there if you can go ahead and take those out have those just kind of lift them up the ushers will come and pick those up we want to open up all seating at this time make it available i do believe we've got a few seats over here for those that are singing on the platform but we want to make sure that we get seating for everybody and we have a lot of folks that are coming in if you our ushers will typically do this tomorrow night i won't do this but if you have an empty seat beside you and nobody's sitting there if just for the sake of our ushers could you just lift up your hands and you got an empty seat kind of keep it up in the air ushers take a look around tell you what why don't you hold up how many seats there are give us two fingers three fingers uh all right if you would be willing to let someone sit in your lap if you could hold up both hands now i'm just all right um i want to make sure that everybody's covered all right i think ushers hopefully um if you see the ushers walking up and down the aisle that's what they're looking for so you can you can help them out we want to make sure that we can get everyone seated amen are you having a good time at zion so far amen on behalf of the pentecostals of katie we are just honored that each of you have come here in the midst of a pandemic and we're just praying god covers us all we're all good and uh just out of curiosity just well if you're not if you're ashamed to admit it i will tell you i had the coronavirus and i'm a recovering corona man amen uh some of you are recovering from a different kind of corona but that's part of your testimony thanks to calvary we don't go there anymore uh but if if you survived it just as a shout of praise hallelujah why don't you just if you survived it all right amen hallelujah amen thank the lord we we made it through and i have the antibodies some people got the t-shirt i got the antibodies but uh thank the lord and i hope certainly hope that it has not hit your church and we're praying that nobody here has it so we don't send you home with a pardon gift amen but uh at this time we're asking dr wilson to come and he's got some special things to talk about man we are going to receive our offering tonight and this is uh our wednesday night service taking place on thursday night so for all of our um pok family members don't forget your tithe and offering the ushers are coming at this point in time i want to say how much i am thankful for all of you that are here with us can we give all of our guests a hand amen thank you so very much being with us i know our those who have registered to be a part of zion thank you for being with us and we know that you have already uh given but you might want to participate in an additional offering and that's fine for those who do not know you want to give there are kiosks at the very back if you're watching by the way of the website you can give online and of course uh you can give me the offering the ushers will be placed in the offering place on the steps here to the side in here in a few moments we're going to stand and we are going to pray and then we are going to go into a song and as we are singing feel free to make your way up the front and give let's stand we're moving forward how many are excited about what god is doing in your life amen i i i just gotta say this and there's a lot of our pok family that is uh here tonight kind of helping make everything come together and running around the building and i just want to simply say thank you thank you thank you for all of you who uh do not know and i think you pretty much do know we have been under a major remodel the last several days and uh the last couple weeks actually the last four weeks and uh thank you for uh putting up with some of the things that we have failed to uh to complete and some of the issues we ran into today thank you for being patient with us but for all of our pok family a huge thank you for making all of this happen amen we get through all of this next week everybody gets a week of vacation how's that sound yes the ladies restroom for those who the ladies that were here today you know the restroom was out of order it is back in order so the ladies restroom is now working and for all the pok family that you haven't stopped by to see the bathrooms they're pretty cool actually they're really really nice a major major remodel for us so we are excited can we lift our hands to heaven right now and just thank the lord for his blessings his goodness god you've been so good to us we give you praise and glory we magnify your name we exalt you tonight we thank you lord for the opportunity to get back to you in our offering in our tithe in jesus name everyone say amen amen let's come and give to the lord [Music] who knew no sin that we might become his righteousness yeah his body was broken for our transgressions but i'm so glad that's not where the story is [Music] [Music] alive [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah [Music] is [Music] [Music] he's [Music] gave me a reason to [Music] me a dance to dance together not available [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] he is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hey man i'm glad i know he's alive the bible says that he rose early on the third day you know there's something about the nature of the lord he just he doesn't like to dwell in things that are dead in the old testament the bible says he didn't come to dwell in temples made with hands but unto this man will i look he that is lowly of heart and contrite of spirit god has no intention of moving in to a brick building that doesn't express his nature for the first time when we see the spirit of god the bible says the spirit was moving upon the face of the water amen some translations say it was fluttering on the face of the water amen throughout the old testament israel was led by a moving pillar of fire there's something about the lord he just likes movement he likes growth he likes action so it's no wonder when that great and holy god of action got ready to invest himself in a human body and he submitted to a cross at calvary and they put him in a tomb it is no wonder on the third day he didn't sleep in he didn't just take it easy but when the last second ticked away he got the stone out of the way and he came out of the grave somebody here tonight needs to roll the stone away and just let the jesus in you [Music] have his way in this house [Music] so [Music] he's always with me [Music] he was right by my side and he's always with me he's always working on things [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] him [Music] is the holy ghost will give you power [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] if you know that you've got the victory [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] jesus i didn't have that type of power that says i said how do you have the total power i come to tell somebody in the building if you've got the holy ghost in your life you've got the victory you want to give god a great big place for the holy ghost that's a living inside of you you want to testify to your neighbor and say the holy ghost [Music] how about this how about this i want you to let your praise testify for just a moment in here and let your feet testify for a moment right here and give god some crazy undignified praise in this [Music] you want to tear this place up with your greater praise victory belongs to jesus come on if you came to praise him just give him 30 more seconds at this house [Music] come on this is what some of y'all came to desire for right here you don't have to wait till tomorrow get it right come on all the stuff you came in here with you want to shake it loose right now all the things you brought into this building you want to shake it loose right now yes jesus [Music] [Music] that's it sister get the victory [Music] the scripture said to praise him on the high side and symbols so that's what we're going to do in the house tonight you want to praise with the symbols and say our praise until the shackles come off i'll praise until the chains come up [Music] i praise [Music] victory we're gonna get the victory we're gonna give them entry [Music] lose your mind if you don't have a holy ghost you can get it right now if you want the holy ghost you can get it right now [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] two [Music] me [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] right here [Music] [Music] [Music] without anybody [Music] can't nobody your testimony the only one that knows it is [Music] [Music] hurry one more foreign [Music] [Music] and for all the things holy ghost holy ghost yes jesus yeah [Music] [Applause] hallelujah you know we take a lot of time praising god for all he's done god's been good psalmist wrote that we ought to praise him for all of his benefits it's a lot of benefits in serving the lord but you know i just believe that that every service ought to be reserved for a particular type of worship sometimes we ought to praise god not for what god has done for us but we need to take just a few moments and praise god for the things that didn't happen because had not god not come through some of you wouldn't even be here tonight had it not been for the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah amen amen well brother james wilson all the way from is it great lakes maryland is that right great one great mills all right now great lakes great meals amen it is great to have brother james wilson he has blessed our congregation several times before he has blessed our conferences meetings all across the united states and he is a tremendous preacher of god we're honored to have him here at zion tonight the choir just let me make this one note the choir was scheduled to sing what are the song tonight what song was it what was the song release the sound and so they're going to sing that uh tomorrow during the previews part of service and we're going to move on into the preaching we're so honored to have brother james wilson here with us could you put your hands together let's welcome to the pulpit today good to have you why don't you keep that hand clap going for jesus in the room come on somebody give the lord some praise right now if you know that he's worthy hallelujah jesus come on all across the room for a few more seconds why don't you just lift up that name that is above every other name come on northern name given amen whereby we must be saved we worship your name jesus we worship your name jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah amen such a tremendous honor and privilege to be in the house of the lord why don't you turn to your neighbor and say it's good to see you tonight don't you tell them you're looking real good some of you are like bro i can't lie in that in the church house what you doing what you doing i'm so excited to be in the house of the lord tonight and i believe that god is just gonna do some incredible he's already done incredible things but i believe that he's gonna do even more incredible things before the night is over we're gonna sing a song really quickly [Music] amen i'm so thankful for the presence of the lord that we feel tonight amen i'm so grateful that we serve a god that didn't give up on us when he could have aren't you grateful for the mercy and the grace of god that found us right where we are right where we were amen we're just going to sing a song really quickly i wonder if you would just lift your hands in the room right now and let's just worship him jesus we thank you for your presence today come on lift up your voice and worship right now we love you jesus we love you jesus there's not a mountain too tall there's not a problem so strong [Music] that jesus can't resolve in time he'll get involved cause our god he cares about us so wait [Music] the lord [Music] for yourself [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] he's [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] jesus i'm going to wait on you jesus and i'm going away to you [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] you my trusty [Music] i'm [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i've already [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] do you cheat no matter what it comes [Music] yes [Applause] i trust you so i will wait on you lord [Music] oh [Music] i will trust you father [Music] come on somebody if you believe that he's a renewer of strength come on if you believe that his strength is made perfect in your weakness i wonder if you would give god a praise in this room right now because i believe you're molded i believe you're working even when i can't see you're working you're working even when i can't see you're moving i [Music] amen i want you to turn your neighbor give him a high five and say god is moving [Music] god is moving god is moving i'll be honest with you i've been a little torn tonight about what i'm going to speak but i feel like lord has given me some direction and a word for us tonight why don't you turn in your bibles to luke chapter one and we'll start reading at verse number five as you're doing that i want to give honor to the leadership of this house i honor pastor rob and sister sharon mckee why don't we give them a hand clap [Music] amen such a high privilege high honor to be here i i'm just overwhelmed today god's so good such a high honor for me to be here honor the entire pastoral team the wilson everyone that comprises this team here is such a tremendous honor to be with you all and this is just a cool moment i see so many familiar faces so many friends and people that i've had the privilege of uh connecting with over the past few years and so to everybody that is here i honor you so many friends that are helping out with the music and the worship team and i tell you what this is type of stuff as a kid you dreamed about just being here with your your friends and people in the body of christ that love god and love truth amen there's nothing better than that than getting together with people of like faith that are like-minded i just honor so many people in the house too many to name so i won't start naming people but it's such a tremendous honor to be here amen we'll start reading luke chapter one verses five through seven tell somebody we're gonna have a little christmas in october i know i'm breaking all the rules right now brother mckee i know you're not supposed to preach anything that has to do with the christmas story until december but i i feel i feel the lord leading me this direction today so we're just gonna talk a little bit about jesus today amen luke chapter one verses five through seven the bible says there was in the days of herod the king of judea a certain priest named zacharias of the course of abaya and his wife was of the daughters of aaron and her name was elizabeth and they were both righteous before god walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the lord blameless and they had no child because that elizabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years skipping down to verse 11. and there appeared unto him an angel of the lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense 12 and when zacharias saw him he was troubled and fear fell upon him but the angel said unto him fear not zacharias for thy prayer is heard and thy wife elizabeth shall bear thee a son and thou shalt call his name john and thou shalt have joy and gladness and many shall rejoice at his birth skipping down after all this was said to zacharias down to 18 after the word of god has been spoken over zechariah zacharias replies in verse 18 whereby shall i know this for i am an old man and my wife will stricken in years zechariah said i appreciate all you're doing for me brother angel it's a really nice cute word that you've spoken over my life but here's the thing i need a sign [Music] can you give me a sign that the word of god spoken over me is really true but i've come to preach to somebody tonight that there is an oath that is greater than a sign turn to your neighbor and say there's an oath that's greater than a sign tell them there's something that you can have from god that is greater than a sign i wonder right now if you would put your hands together lift them in the air why don't we just pray god i pray that your spirit lord will move in this place speak oh god we want to hear a word from you we don't want to hear a word from man but god we want to hear whatever you have to speak to us speak in this place we give you praise and we give you glory for it in jesus name one more time why don't you clap your hands to jesus you may be seated [Applause] an oath greater than a sign i want to start out this sermon tonight by saying that i believe we serve a god of miracles signs and wonders lest anybody leave the house tonight and say brother james wilson preached a message about how signs were not great and signs were not awesome i need you to get at the very onset of this message that there is nothing that could be said that it uh is further from the position that i hold on signs than to say that we should not have signs in the church no i believe in signs i believe in a god that is willing and able to prove himself i believe in the supernatural i believe that god proved himself to ahab and jezebel and all that were gathered on mount carmel when fire rained down from heaven and consumed everything on that altar i believe that god caused the fleece to be wet and the ground to be dry and the ground to be wet and the fleece to be dry for gideon to give him a sign that he was with him i truly believe that god let abraham know that he was with him when he caused a deep sleep to come upon him and darkness to fill the land i believe in the new testament that jesus christ healed the sick a sign i believe that jesus raised the dead a sign i believe that he opened blinded eyes a sign all to prove that he was who he said that he was and i don't believe that jesus was the only one that demonstrated signs but i believe that same authority that he had to work miracle signs and wonders he gave to his apostles and they worked miracles uh i really believe that peter and john said silver and gold have i none but such as i have give i thee in the name of jesus christ rise up and walk but not only do i believe that god gave the power to the apostles but i believe on the day of pentecost we were endue with power and that same power come on somebody that same power that the apostles have if you have the power of the holy ghost coursing through your veins you have that same power to lay hands on the sick and they will recover come on somebody we're not the days of signs and wonders and miracles are not over no no no god can heal you right here right now he's the same yesterday today and forevermore and if he did it back then he can do it again come on is there anybody that can testify i was sick in my body there was no way that i should have been healed but somebody laid hands on me and the power of god failed and miraculously i was healed that's a sign and a miracle that jesus is still god come on somebody i'm talking about when you called on the name of jesus i'm not talking about when you called on buddha i'm not talking about when you're called on your grandma i'm not talking about when you're called on your best friend but there's somebody that can testify when people laid hands on me in the name of jesus something happened and that's a sign that jesus is alive jesus is on the throne and jesus is god come on somebody i'll come to tell you you're in the right house if you need a miracle tonight you're in the right place sir if you need a breakthrough tonight because he is a god that does miracles signs and wonders some of you are like you don't understand what's going on in my church you don't understand what's going on in my music department you don't understand what's going on in my youth group no i may not understand it may not make sense to me i don't know what you're going through i don't know your situation but let me tell you something right now i don't have to know all this i have to know is that jesus is on the throne and as long as come on somebody i said jesus is on the throne and as long as he's on the throne there's nothing too hard there's no mountain too big there's no situation too great come on somebody he can still reach down right where you are and do a miracle in your life come on somebody i said he's a still mir he's still a miracle working god he's still a prayer answering god he's still away making god he's still a mountain moving god i serve a god that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ever ask or think he's a god of miracles a god that do does wonders and a god that does signs i really want you to grasp this because whenever i get to my point tonight i don't ever want anybody to say brother wilson doesn't believe in signs because let me tell you something signs we need signs signs serve a very unique purpose in the kingdom of god and that signs are god's avenue to prove himself to humanity the bible lets us know in acts chapter 2 verse 22 that jesus was a man approved of god among them by what miracles wonders and signs jesus proved who he was by signs but can i tell you all those signs are powerful and they serve a purpose there is something that is greater than a sign all those signs are awesome all those signs have a very unique role in the church of the living god can i tell you there is something that is greater than a sign and that thing that is greater than a sign is the unadulterated pure word of god i want you to turn to your neighbor and tell them the word the word is that oath that is greater than a sign i've come to tell you one word from god is more valuable than a million signs from god if i had to pick between having a sign from god or having a word from god can i tell you i would take a word from god every single day if given a choice between having every sign in the world and never hearing a word from god again or never sing a miracle and yet having a word from god i will put pick having a word from god every single day if i find myself in a dilemma and i have a choice between putting my faith in a sign that god is on my side or a word that god is on my side can i tell somebody i'm going to choose the word every single time i will trade every miracle in this world all the signs and the wonders in this world for just one word from god i've come to tell you today that all those signs are awesome although wonders are awesome although miracles are awesome there is nothing that is greater than a word from god there is nothing more precious nothing more valuable than a word from god oh some of you are looking at me like i lost my mind right now because you put your faith in a sign but can i tell you you don't need to put your faith in a sign you need to put your faith in the one that is able to speak a word and if you spoken a word i don't care there is no sign of life i don't care if there's no sign that you're going to get your breakthrough if he's given you a word you can take it to the bank you can count on it it will come to pass come on come on somebody his word is forever settled in heaven heaven and earth shall pass away but my word miracle signs and wonders are going to fade away but the word of god is going to stand forever the word of god it's going to remain forever why you're shouting right down there's no sign of life i'm shouting because i got a word why are you giving god praise right now your family doesn't seem like they're coming out i'm shouting them because i got a word why are you giving god praise your youth group seems to be taken over i'm shouting i'm dancing because i got a word i don't need that any life i don't need to see any side of my situation changing i've got a word and that and that enough alone is for me to believe jesus put it this way i've exalted my word even above my name just give me a word just give me a word come on somebody i don't need to see him working i don't need to have proof that he's working all i need is a word and that is enough for me oh i'm preaching to somebody that's downtrodden in their spirit right now you feel like giving up you've come to this conference downtrodden you've come to this conference depressed you've come to this conference wondering is god still moving in my life is god still moving in my music ministry i feel so depressed i feel so defeated there's no sign of life i try and i try and i try and nothing changes but i've come to preach to somebody god has given you a word some of you know god has spoken to you and you've been you've been wondering god are you still going to do that which you have spoken i've come to tell somebody it shall come to pass i don't care if it's been 20 years i don't care if it's been 30 years i don't care how long it's been if god has given you a word his word is settled he cannot break his word it's a note that's greater than any sign it's a note that's greater than any wonder come on somebody let your faith arise that in the midst of what i'm going through i'm going to believe in the midst of where i am i will have victory because i've been given a word from god come on somebody clap your hands and give god praise if you believe that no matter how unresponsive heaven seems if god has given me a word it will happen hear me you're not going to understand and i'm hurrying i know i i feel already i'm going to take a long time and i'm going to try to hurry there's this weird thing that starts to happen to you around age 30 brother mckee you start preaching for hours and you don't even you don't even realize it used to struggle and now it's just so preached for hours don't even realize it but you're not going to understand this message if you don't understand what a sign is hear me a sign has no authority a sign merely points to the source of the authority but when you have a word you are plugged directly into the authority a sign is good for proof a sign is good for assurance but a sign doesn't have any power the word has the power come on somebody god is bound by his word i said the word has authority the word has power i'm not putting my faith in a sign i'm not putting my faith in fluff but i'm putting my faith on the word of god that will never change in my life come on somebody i wonder right now if you would just stand in this place and say in spite of what i'm going through i will not be dismayed i'm going to stand on the word i'm going to stand on the promises of god [Applause] god is bound by his word hebrews 6 17 says wherein god willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his cancel confirmed it by an oath that's good old king james ease for those of you are like what did he just say that's good old king james east for saying it this way when god wanted to guarantee his promises he gave his word a rock solid guarantee god can break his word and because his word cannot change the promise likewise is unchangeable i said the promise is unchangeable i don't care how silent heaven seems right now you can stand on the word of god i said you can stand somebody needs to be encouraged in their spirit right now you're not going to go down you're not going to go under why because you have a word i know what it seems like right now but i'm not putting my faith in a sign i'm not putting my faith in fluffa but i've decided i'm going to stand on the word of god and in that i proclaim my family shall be saved i proclaim my church shall have revival why because i'm standing on the word come on the devil is a liar you will be revived come on the devil is a liar your family shall be saved come on i'm standing on the word i'm standing on the word i'm standing on the word some of us need a fresh revelation of how much stock god places in his word when god gives you a word god is literally giving you an unbreakable oath this isn't some light-hearted thing see some of us are doubting because we don't understand just how powerful a word from god is god sent a young preacher today to let you know that god's word has authority his word has power his word is unbreakable you can count on his word i gotta hurry i gotta hurry we find the story of zacharias you know the story zacharias and elizabeth can't have a kid but god gives them a sure word god speaks to zacharias and says zacharias you're going to have a baby you're gonna have a little son and after god speaks a word directly to him after god gives him a an unbreakable oath after god gives him the most valuable thing that this world can offer zacharias looks at the angel and his response is how will i know translating that zacharias was simply saying give me a sign why because zachariah didn't understand quite the power that was released when the word went forth i believe that when that angel spoke that divine word from god that something in the atmosphere changed what that angel spoke changed everything around him but zacharias missed it in his carnality and said god i'm thankful for that word that was a real cute word you gave me there i mean i love the way that you said that in your angelic voice added a little fluff and a little flair to it that was really cute thus i mean i like that angel but you know uh i really if i'm really going to believe i i need a sign i need you to show me something and the bible says when he utters this the angel says you're not speaking until this baby is born you're done now i don't know about you guys but this is the way i think whenever i read the word of god sometimes i thought to myself now lord that's a little bit of an overreaction by mr angel all my dude did was ask for a sign he didn't he didn't come to you god with sin he didn't come to you with all these horrible things all my dude did was just say god can you give me a sign and you shut his mouth that's a bit of an overreaction don't you think all of this because he asked for a sign can i tell you though why god responded to zechariah the way he did because god understands that that that there are signs that are necessary sometimes but also signs can be fickle signs can be dangerous you start putting your trust not in the authority of god's word but on signs that are fickle you better be careful when you start demanding that god give you signs i'm not saying that you can ever ask for signs i'm not saying that and i'm not saying that god won't ever give you a sign but what i am saying is that there is a great danger in putting your trust in signs when signs have no authority dude you are just overreacting you actu you really are you're overreactive am i listen to what jesus said then in matthew 16 4 a wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a a sign a wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign he goes on to say and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of the prophet jonas and he left them and departed you see jesus is sitting there with the pharisees and they asked him to give a sign now you have to get this this is the guy this is jesus christ in the flesh the guy that had been going around healing folks and delivering them so you know that jesus had no problem giving people signs jesus had no problem with signs and wonders in miracles that was not the problem that jesus had but you see jesus understood and did have a problem when people put signs above him and when people exhausted exalted signs because jesus understood that anyone that demands a sign is one step away from crucifying the promise you see these same men that demanded a sign didn't really want one their only motive was to trap jesus in a lie so that they could crucify him that promised child that isaiah spoke of in the old testament but jesus knew the real people the ones that are plugged in to what i am doing the ones that really put their trust and their faith in me they don't need a sign all they need is a word from me [Music] you know the story in matthew 8 and 8 jesus is standing there with the centurion and the bible says that jesus is there with the century and the centurion says to jesus speak only the word and my servant will be healed jesus i don't need you to make me a sign in the heavens i don't need you to make the stars align i don't need you to give me some weird thing for me to know that you've done the work all i need is for you to speak a word and if you speak a word i don't need to see any signs i don't need to see any life i know if you speak the word it shall happen come on somebody i would to god that somebody would get that tenacity in their spirit up for their music team god you've given me a word that we're gonna have revival and i'm believing we shall have revival i don't need a sign i don't need everything to lie now if you give me a word i have exactly what i need come on somebody can you clap your hands and give jesus praise right now come on somebody lift up your voice if you're thankful for the word of god i wonder if somebody would give him praise right now come on if you're grateful for just the word i wonder if somebody would magnify the lord [Applause] all i need is a sign all i need is a word i don't need a sign all i need is a word i don't need theatrics all i need for you to do god is see some of you right now you want god to show you something you're like now some of you are like me you just talk to god like he's your best friend okay now i know some of y'all super spiritual people y'all speaking king james when you pray and i do that sometimes but sometimes i'm like god i just got to get real okay listen you've given me a promise and i don't see a side of what exactly are you doing some of you are there right now god has promised you some things and you don't see any sign of life and your faith is wavering right now because you think you need to see something you think if you can't see something happening that nothing is indeed happening but i've come to tell you right now beneath the surface although you can't see come on somebody the bible likens the word of god to a seed [Applause] and let me ask you a question when a seed is in the ground do you usually see any sign of life yeah when you put that seed in the ground you don't see any sign of life but just because there is no sign of life does not mean that there is no life but when that seed is put into the ground that thing even beneath the surface begins to grow and begins to develop roots and all of a sudden out of nowhere there springs forth life i've come to tell somebody the seed of the word of god has already been planted come on somebody i wonder right now if you would stand up and say the seed it's in the ground therefore i'm gonna believe come on somebody the devil is a liar the seed is already in the ground you've already been planted therefore there shall be something that will spring forth come on somebody give jesus a praise in this room if you believe it right now [Music] come on somebody give jesus some worship right now come on the seed is in the ground and life is gonna spring forth it may not be tonight it may not be tomorrow but one day the word will bring forth fruit can i preach to someone today that some of us are in that same position as zacharias god has given you a sure word about your situation you're like thank you god for that awesome word but can i have a sign can i tell you today that all you need is a word i got to hurry but i really i really want to help somebody today the bible the bible lets us know that signs don't bring faith some of you are like well i feel like i'll have faith if god you give me a sign if you'll just show me a little something i'll have faith can i tell you that's carnal faith and yes that faith certain yes that sign will serve a purpose for people that are far from god to reveal that this is real to them but can i tell you it's not real faith that's not biblical faith biblical faith exists whether there is evidence or not signs don't bring you faith there is only one thing that is the ultimate source of faith now faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word i said by the word of god faith cometh by hearing and hear come on the reason i have faith today is not because of a sign the reason i rejoice today it's not because i see some moving but the reason i have faith is because i've been given a word the reason that i stand is because i've been given the word the reason that i shout is because i've been given a word i said i've been given a word and i'm standing i'm standing on the word come on somebody let your faith arise come on if god has spoken a word if god is spoken a word it will happen and when your faith begins to grow your eligibility for a miracle begins to grow people get so fixed fixated on the sign that they start discrediting the word i'm gonna hurry i know i gotta hurry man this i just feel this today people get so fixated on the sign that they start discrediting the word let me tell you something you know what the bible says the antichrist is going to do and lead people astray with signs he's going to start having signs and wonders and miracles and people will think that he is god and completely discredited the word that says that this very thing is a sign that he isn't god you better be careful when you start discrediting the word and relying on signs because you're one step away from losing it all come on somebody but there needs to be a fresh reliance in this place on the word of god because let me tell you something the devil is real good at doing signs you say bro you are you are i'm telling you're off your rocker you're crazy i can prove it to you we find janice and jambrace you know who they are they come before moses and what do they begin to do they begin to do every single sign that moses does and you see if moses had put his faith and his trust in signs i don't know about you but i wouldn't believe that the i am was really the i am but you see moses had an undeniable encounter with god on the backside of a wilderness somewhere and god had spoken hit spoken a word over him and when the signs tried to prove that he was wrong his faith was not in a shine his faith was in a word come on his face was in the i am that had sent him his faith was in the one come on somebody don't put your faith in a sign don't put your faith in what you can see but let your faith be in a god that has spoken a word in closing mary said in musicians and singers you guys can come we find a very contrasting story you guys know it the same exact angel that appeared to zacharias and to elizabeth shows up on the doorstep of mary mr angel walt's sister and y'all y'all just got to excuse me i just have a weird imagination okay mr angel walks through the door brother chavis announces himself and says mary i have great news i have good tidings for you mary mary you're going to have a baby mary looks at the angel and says i'm going to have what you see uh mr angel that's pretty cool the the the cool you know little wings that you have there and like you're really bright and you have a really big booming voice and that's really cool really great special effects you got there uh but let me break i don't know how things work where you are from uh but the way things work down here is uh in order for you to have a baby you kind of gotta do some things to have a baby and uh mr angel i hadn't done those things to have a baby so i don't know how this can exactly happen maybe things happen a little bit different for you up there in the heavenlies but the angel turns to mary and says mary no no no you don't understand this this baby that you're having is going to be of the holy ghost and right there mary is faced with the same decision that zacharias has the same exact scenario the same exact situation has occurred in mary's life mary is faced with the same crossroads and the same decision that zacharias has mary does something very different than what zacharias did after the word of god has been spoken i could see as tears begin to well up in mary's eyes mary could feel the atmosphere change she could feel the presence of god come into the room and in spite of how impossible it seemed in spite of how unlikely it seemed in spite of how ridiculous it could seem that god could use her and do a miracle through her something wells up in mary and instead of asking for a sign look at what mary says in verse 38 and mary said behold the handmaid of the lord be it unto me according to thy word mary said i don't need a sign i don't need for everything to get better in my life i don't need for you to show me how it's all gonna work out i don't need you to show me how it's all gonna align if you've given me a word that's all that i need to believe and i've come to tell somebody right now that's been struggling in their spirit i don't know what it is that you've been facing today i don't know what it is that the enemy has been beating you up with today but i can tell you this there's enough words in this word for you to leave out of this place with victory tonight i know what you're facing right now seems as if you are in over your head but there's enough word in this building right now for you to leave with complete and total victory but the choice is yours are you gonna wait for a sign are you gonna come and say god in spite of what it looks like i'm making a choice to believe your word if you feel that way i wonder if you would come down to the front right now and say god i'm putting my faith in your word come on somebody why don't you come right now [Music] hello i'm a sign now because everything is working out but because you've been given a word come on all across the room somebody begin to worship the lord come on all across the room somebody begin to thank him for a word come on somebody begin to rejoice in the i'm words [Music] uh now is i know what it's like i was a music director worship pastor for six and a half years and i know what it's like to come to a conference like this on e you're dealing with family situations you're dealing with situations working with your team and it's easy to get discouraged but what we're getting ready to do right now is i want us we're going to sing this song again and this time i want you to begin to worship and praise god for victory in your life i don't know what it is that you're facing i don't know what mountain it is right now that's in your way but i want you to begin to praise god like god has given you the victory over whatever it is that you're facing what would you worship life what would you praise like if god did that thing that you've been asking for him to do i've come to tell you right now if god is giving you a word it's already happening you may not see anything above the surface but the seed is already in the ground and it's getting ready to bring forth fruit i said the seed is already in the ground and it's getting ready to spring up come on somebody i wonder right now if you would give god praise like it's already [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] it's already happening so i like this happens [Music] it's already happened it's already happened it's already happened [Music] [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you know as i look out across this room some i know have come from churches maybe it's a brand new church plan maybe your music team isn't what you want it to be maybe it's just you and somebody else but i want to give you a word as he was talking about this i just felt impressed to come up here here's your word if you don't have a word here's your word genesis 12 i believe verse 2 the lord spoke to abraham and said i am going to bless you and i'm going to make of you a great nation and i will bless you but he didn't stop there he said and thou shalt be a blessing did i say that right i got most of it right thou shalt be a blessing abraham not only am i going to bless you but the blessing that i put on you is so powerful that you cease to be you and you become the the blessing of god that sounds that sounds good for the patriarch abraham but galatians 3 and 29 says if he be christ then ye be abraham's sea and heirs of the promise so whatever works for abraham works for you if you've got the holy ghost so that means when you go back to your church and you walk into that music practice and it's just you and one other person you need to know that's all it takes because i am the blessing of god i what god needs to turn everything around here [Music] i don't need to wait on anybody else if i'll just surrender to the holy ghost god will use me [Music] me me oh amen now you know what it's both good and bad thank god for good music and i think i think brother wilson touched on this a little listen i thank god for good music but it's possible to hear a message like you heard tonight and it really not be buried deep within us i just feel like god is trying to get across to somebody who wish you you just i wish i had this person i wish i had this ministry i wish god would just give us a promise and give us something supernatural i just want god to do something and god wants you to know you've got enough word in you to square your shoulders and be used by the lord you know i i don't want to try to re-preach this this was a masterpiece tonight i think everybody needs to hear this message amen you know god the way that god designs the church he custom makes a plan for every congregation god's not taken by surprise by what your church needs he knows exactly what your church needs and what your church needs is you not to believe in yourself but to believe in the god that's working through you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen amen there's power in this place amen in in uh exodus 40 when god gave the tabernacle plan you ever wonder why he expected israel to come up with all these strange items i mean when moses came down came down from the mountain he gave a litany a long list of all the unique things that were required for building the tabernacle now as preachers and teachers we often type the tabernacle plan this is what this represents the church this is this is all about the church it shows what the church is going to be the body of christ here on earth but if you could just take a step back and consider that even god's plan is is pertinent for the church today even the way he came up with the plan because you know he's speaking to a wondering nomadic people at this point how can they find a you know a stone or or are all the gold that they need i believe that god knew what israel already possessed and so god knowing what they had designed a plan that would represent the church oh those folks over there they got some white linen i'm going to use that to to circle the tabernacle those folks over there they've got some brass they've got some some looking glass some mirrors and made of brass and i'll have all of the ladies that have those bring them and they'll melt them all down and use it for the labor of water he knew what israel possessed and he custom designed a plan based on what the people already had there was no walmart no amazon he had to depend on what the people already possessed and sometimes you can come to a meeting like this and be consumed by what you don't have but god has a mission for you in your city in your church and he would have never given you that mission had he not known what you've got you've got a word amen you've got a word from the lord that whatever you have need of god will will provide it amen again i i don't want to re-preach this but i could i enjoy this that was good tonight amen thank you thank you brother wilson that was powerful that was a we need that word amen when you got a word from god that's all you need amen everybody can hide but if you've got a word you'll march out in front of goliath and say listen you come at me with a sword and a shield but i come at you in the name of the lord i've got a word i i know god is with me amen amen nine o'clock tomorrow zion continues and so i encourage you go home get something to eat get some sleep and be back here at 9 00 a.m tomorrow god bless you we love you thank you for being at zion this year amen so good to see everybody here god bless you [Music] the cafe is open it'll be open another 30 minutes we've got all kinds of merchandise out there god bless you [Music] you

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