JESUS SAID IT, I BELIEVE IT, AND THAT SETTLES IT

if you have your Bibles tonight turned with me to the Gospel of st. John the Gospel of st. John chapter 4 beginning in verse number 46 as I mentioned to my young people and most of you know this if you have the right kind of Bob Lausanne 1848 go to that page you're right there John chapter 4 beginning in verse number 46 so Jesus came again indicator of Galilee where he made the water wine and there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum when he heard that Jesus was coming into Galilee he went unto Him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son for he was at the point of death then said Jesus unto Him except you see signs and wonders you will not believe the nobleman said unto him sir come down ere my child died jesus said unto him go your way go your way your son lives what a statement go your way your son lives and the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him and he went his way and I want to use for a subject ministering just for a few moments tonight the title of this message Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it you know what that means that despite what he'll has to throw you and throws your way despite what Satan tries to tell you you can always look him right smack-dab in the eye and tell him devil Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it come on give the Lord a hand clap of praise on that let's pray Heavenly Father we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ well we're ever grateful for your presence that we have felt in these services that this camp meeting and what we're asking that you would anoint us tonight to deliver your word anoint us but we cannot do without the anointing of the Holy Spirit and I ask it in the mighty name of Jesus Christ asking that you would ever increase as we would ever decrease we ask it in Jesus mighty name and everyone said amen in amen before I get into my text here tonight I just want to say something if I can just for a moment and I just want to go ahead and just tell the whole world that yes I am a young man 34 years of age but I believe in the message of Jesus Christ and him crucified it's amazing after the message that I preached last October entitled the new cart I was inundated and I have been inundated with rappers writing me asking me if they could come and rap at our services and they say I think you would enjoy it let me give you just a brief example of what I would do if I was having to listen to that nonsense first of all I would do this second of all it wouldn't get past the first beat where I would come out and say sit down because that does not work for anybody it doesn't even work for the world much less the church I believe in the message of Jesus Christ and in crucified that it will reach the young it will reach the old it'll reach the gray-head it'll reach the teenager it'll reach them to the slum and in the penthouse it'll reach all ages and it baffles me you would enjoy it no how can you enjoy the devil okay now odd how can you as a blood ball child of the Living God born again spirit-filled enjoy the devil you Kate because you don't belong to the devil anymore but you serve my new master you belong to Jesus Christ he taught you he purchased you with his own precious blood let me tell you something you cannot take the message of the cross and make it fit to what you believe let me stay here for a moment you cannot fashion the message of the cross to make it fit what you believe the cross and the message of the cross is a belief system all its own and it cannot and will not tolerate anyone taking away from it or adding to it Wow because we've got nothing to offer anybody in and of ourselves he has written it out in his work if we just hold fast and stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ has made me free that and that alone will reach down to the miry clay and pick somebody up and place them on the rock not my works you see we're not trying to take the message of the cross and make it fit what we believe the Holy Spirit's trying to take us and make the metro how do I say this right he is trying to take us to where we are conforming to the message of Jesus Christ and him crucified I'm not trying to take that message and conform it to what I want I want him to conform me to what he wants and it baffles me that so many youth pastors are telling me in writing we don't need all that old stuff anymore but what's even worse is the elders of the church who know better who will publicly declare what we did in the past is the past we need something new what new thing can you give the people that can change them what new thing let me better yet let me ask this question if you want something new what are you going to give them nothing works there's only one plan one path one way Jesus Christ and in crucified and if it's good enough for them it's good enough for this young man right here if it's good enough for the old timers it's good enough for the young folk if it's good enough for the doctor it's good enough for my new church he don't change the message won't change it's still working 2,000 years later now had to get that off my chest because it's been burning on the inside of me I mean for the last several weeks I could not shake that I believe in the cross I believe in the cross I believe in the cross I believe in the cross I believe in the cross I believe in the cross I believe in Jesus Christ and him crucified how do you pass a friend of mine I was telling somebody just a moment ago before service started pastor Dee was a youth pastor in the great state of North Carolina I've been friends with him for many years preached for many times about two years ago an elder of the church pulled him off to the side and told him we don't want you preaching on the cross anymore just leave it alone take them to the concerts and he looked at him he said do you hear what you're saying do you realize that this youth group that was dead before I got here we have seen so many souls brought to Jesus we've seen a baptized with the holy spirit freed from homosexuality freed from lesbianism freed from cutting free from drinking free from doping free from sleeping around with others and you want me to stop preaching that he said sayonara I'm out of here he said as long as I've got breath I will preach Jesus Christ and him crucified whether you like it or not and sir I got up just give you props as for me and my house we will serve the Lord Jesus Christ [Applause] it works I said it works I said it works now there are three types of people relative to Christ the first one are those who even though they may never see a sign or a wonder they believe God it is be constituted in the word as the highest form of faith that regardless they believe God if he told them something they believe it if it's found in his word they believe it they don't need it's our Pat well I don't know I'll leave it alone no the second group are those who need a tangible sign from the Lord for them to believe and the third our people despite the signs and the wonders they refuse to believe and many are in that second group and we're going to deal with an individual a man tonight who falls into that second category I want to take you back tonight for a moment to Capernaum the home as the Bible would call him a nobleman a man of position a man who had some authority in a man who had some power inside of his home there was his wife in his son this day of which we are speaking was just not another day because his son his flesh and blood his boy lied there on the bed body full of fever at the point of death dire circumstances have a way at times of bringing us to our senses not all the time but sometimes it has a way of getting us to where we need to be and here he is he didn't believe in God he didn't even know God and yet here was his flesh and blood lying on that bed and as a parent I'll be honest with you I don't know what I would do if that was one of my children it would hurt me to see you know as you saw our newest when Jill and I was newest child baby Karolina is what my kids call her baby Karolina she has gone through some colds and all this is the typical but when they can't tell you what's wrong and you don't know what's wrong your heart breaks because you're helpless and this man was helpless not knowing what to do he would call doctor after doctor and they would give him the same diagnosis there's nothing that we can do I can't imagine him trying to function with this weighing on his mind constantly maybe one day the Bible does not say but maybe one day he said he told his wife I've got to get out of the house for a moment and as you begin to leave and begin to walk around town this weight on his mind my son lying with fever on the point of death and not knowing what to do not knowing what to do but he was about to find out that man's extremity was God's opportunity oh you didn't catch that I said man's extremity is God's opportunity for as he would walk out maybe I have to believe it happiness way maybe as he was walking through the streets of Capernaum the city was buzzing people were talking with this weighing on his mind his head down looking at his feet looking at the ground as he walked where he needed to go maybe he began to hear in the distance right in front of him somebody begin to tell did you hear Jesus of Nazareth has arrived back at Cana you see there were about 20 to 25 miles away from Cana and yet word had already begun to infiltrate and begin to move into Capernaum Jesus is in Cana and somebody said Jesus you mean the same one that turned the water into wine yes he just it piqued his interest and maybe he kept walking and you heard somebody else did you hear Jesus has made it back to Cana Jesus has arrived in Cana it's the same one that turned the water into one he hid it again I heard it he kept walking and then another one Jesus had arrived at Cana the same one that can turn the water in the wine let me help you right here for a second but Jesus turning the water into wine he was telling all those that were around and everyone that would read that I'm the one that can change your circumstance I'm the one that can give you joy out of mourning I'm the one that can bring help out of sickness I'm the one that can bring salvation out of hell oh no no you're not getting this he's telling the world I'm the one that can break the bondage of sin I'm the one that could bring healing to your body I'm the one that can fill you I'm the one oh I think some of you are just reserved here tonight you think about where you were before you got saved nobody wanted you Satan didn't care anything about you but God saw you and he came to where you were and told you as I can change the water into wine I can change your world and your life I can change you no matter where you are I can change you no matter where you are I can find you case in point let me help you month and a half ago one of my closest friends was telling me the situation a relative of his was diagnosed with cancer but before he found his diagnosis he didn't know anything about the Lord didn't really have any interest in the world he would call my friend's mom they were all relatives and he would riff on her just a little bit nothing malicious but rib owner and say oh you're still a non alcoholic aren't you you still don't believe in drinking and she said no I don't she said he said well you know it's not going to hurt you we'll kick together we'll open up a bottle of wine I will drink a little bit nobody will say anything she said no no no my Bible tells me differently and this happened day after day week after week month after month but you see the ones that at times makes fun of you when faced with circumstances will be the one to come and find you because when this man was diagnosed with cancer one of the first ones he called was my friend's mama and said I don't know if you've heard but I just found out and I was diagnosed with cancer and she said he said would you pray for me she said do something better than pray for you let me introduce you to somebody let me introduce you to somebody let me introduce you to my best friend Jesus Christ the one that could save your soul and in a matter of moment she led him in the sinner's prayer he got saved but cancer had taken over his body at the base right there never heard he found himself on a hospital not able to talk with a tube in his throat just hours away from passing and my friend walked into the hospital room and he saw my friend he couldn't speak but he pointed to his heart he pointed above and not in his head and just a matter of hours he slipped off into eternity but guess what guess what that's one man that Satan thought he had but Jesus Christ found him Jesus Christ changed him whoa he can take you he can change you he can change your poverty into prosperity how do I know let me give me an example Monday I get in from the sheriff on Jill tells me do you have a $5 bill I said well yeah she said I promised Sam that she was a helper to me today helping with Caroline she didn't have school this week that I would give her babysitting money she said it so I walked into Caroline's room where Sam was playing with her and I said and said honey mommy told me to give you this she looked at it she don't know what five dollars is she just knows it's cash and she shot out the door like a bolt of lightning and running down the house with that five dollar bill in here said I'm rich I'm rich I'm rich I'm rich what's the point of that people may look at you and say all that stuff that's just not worth it but what you could say is that I'm rich I'm rich I'm rich I'm rich in Jesus I'm rich in Jesus and I've got a mention waiting on me on the other side with my label he can change your situation and this man was about to find out firsthand who can change his situation as he begin to hear this he turned the water into wine he said I don't know who this man is but if he can do that if he can turn water into wine I think he can touch my sick boy and he made haste and went to Cana 20 to 25 miles this was not a 30-minute trip God said getting in a car thirty minutes - then there was an all-day affair and when he arrived it was late but he didn't have time to sit there and wait - the morning he had to find Jesus then let me tell you something this man heard of a man who can touch that's why we're breaking our backs each and every single day to get television on all over the world for someone else for just one more soul for one more person who's in a dire circumstance and don't know what to do but they'll soon turn on a television set and they will begin to hear oh man they would hear about Jesus and let me help you thank God they won't see no hip-hoppers thank God when they turn on this network they're not going to see somebody with pants hanging out of here with the drawers showing them but when they turn on that television set they gonna find somebody whether whoever it may be telling you there's an answer that's hope that's a chance for you that's hope for you it's not fun in a bottle but it's found in a person Jesus Christ he gets to Cana and he begins to ask people I need to find this Jesus of Nazareth where is he where is he and maybe somebody pointed and he saw a crowd and he walked right in the middle thinking that his position would get Jesus to turn around and follow him back to Capernaum because he came to him and asked him would you come back with me almost well let's read it put it back on the screen if you can he asked him thinking of his position besought him verse number 47 that he would come down and heal his son thinking his position had granted him the right to ask this question of Jesus Jesus doesn't work based upon your position he doesn't work based upon who you think you are he works on the basis of faith he doesn't work based upon what your position is will bless God on the pastor across for our youth ministry so what he doesn't look at that he looks and responds only to faith jesus answered him except you see signs and wonders you will not believe you see Jesus knew his heart but at the same time every time that Jesus would speak to someone who was in need he would speak to them in such a way to draw out the faith in them and to bring them to a place where their need can be met he brings them into a position where their need can be met he knew the man's heart he knew what was inside of him and he tried to bring out even though he didn't know who this man he was speed and know who he was speaking to he didn't know Jesus but all the sudden it turned to worry to use the best of my words it went off of him and unto the situation at hand his boy and said Lord my boys on the verge of dying just come just come to Capernaum my boy is laying on the bed he's died and all of a sudden Jesus looked at him and his answer was very simple go your way your son lives now listen this man thought he had some authority but he didn't realize he was speaking to the authority he thought he had some authority but he didn't realize that this man that through this man's lips would be the same one that would speak let there be light and light sprang forth it would be out of the lips of this man that when he would speak world's would be created the universe would be created heavens would be created we would be created he formed us and but you get the point it was through this man's learned through this work go your way six words that's all this man heard go your way your son lives who what manner of man would just speak a word and then I can return home and expect my boy to be alive what manner of man is this he just said go your way he had a word okay go your way I'm gonna get to some good stuff here in just a moment just hang with me and as he turned around I could imagine what was going through his mind go your way thy son lives Satan may have been beating him up on the inside saying that you look like a fool you came here to get him and your boys going to die when you get home because he's not with you let me stop here when God gives you a word I said when God gives you a word I said when God gives you a word when God gives you a word don't expect the devil to just back off that's when the devil is going to put your faith to the test because he's going to tell you all you've got is that word that's all you've got and nothing else to show for it your boys going to die or he's telling you you're going to die you're not going to make it your kids ain't going to make it your family's not going to make it sickness would do you in you're a fool but something on the inside of him begin to stir as we tried to find lodging that night and I'll promise you he didn't sleep a wink because that word was going over in his mind go thy way thy son liveth he got up early the next morning put on his clothes he took that journey of 20 to 25 miles back to Capernaum with the devil beating him on the brow with every step he wasn't saved yet but now I have to believe according to the word the Bible says that he believed in other words when he turned around that day and that night and he began to make that journey back home the next morning with every step that he took I have to believe it that he said jesus said jesus said it jesus said it I believe it and that settles it and safety kept hitting them no you fool Jesus said it I'll believe it and that settles it some of you God's given your word and Satan as beat you brow over the brow time and time again but it is time that you rise up and you tell the devil devil Jesus get it Jesus gave me this word I believe that and double that settled it jesus said it Jesus said it Jesus said he said it by His stripes budget strike but his stripes budget stripes I am healed [Music] Jesus day for sin shall not have dominion over me you may be in bondage now but Jesus spoke it I believe it and that settles it that means this I could care less what anybody else has to say about what we're doing here because jesus said he said you're going to touch the world no he said you're going to touch the world oh I wish had somebody that believed in he said Jimmy Swaggart ministry the church I've written you off the world written you off but guess what ha he said I believe it and that sells it let us a tale of a shake I don't care what of that little jerk has to say Jesus said I believe it and that settles it we're going to touch this world Jesus credit get this in your spirit that means this your boy is running but God has spoken to you and said he's coming home and yet he's living like the devil himself and Satan will tell you it's no use in your prayer time you just filled in Jesus said I believe it and that settles it Jesus said it I'll believe it and that settles it Jesus said I believe it and that settles it but I'm bound by drugs jesus said who that the son has set free and it's made three he that the Sun has made free is free indeed Jesus sick I believe it and that settles it glory to God Jesus said it Muhammad did not say it because Muhammad is a dead person running in a tomb but my fever my Savior it's easy for the right hand of the Father and Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it somebody oughta shot in this place Jesus said I believe it and that settles it Jesus said I believe it and that settles it Oh glory to God glory to God glory to God Jesus dance I believe it and that settles it my lord that's good stuff that spillin might take right now because my God's promised me some things so let me help you this man just did not have a promise it was a word God's given us a word he's given you a word and you've got to realize if he said it it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks it doesn't matter what your family think we doesn't matter what you Church thinks it doesn't matter what anybody else says it doesn't matter what anybody else may think if he says it I believe it let's gentle Dickie you can take it to the bank God is going to do it if he's told you he's going to hear you if he's told he's gonna heal you just believe it sit down just for a moment there are spam do whatever you want Church whenever God gives you a promise understand there's going to be a distance between the promise and the reception of that promise where your faith will be tested in God the Holy Ghost will make you mold you into the place where you're ready to receive it God has been molding this ministry for such a time is this through dangerous halls and snares we've already come let me tell you he has he's molded us and he's making us and everything that we have gone through and done has led up to this moment right here right now to where he has said I'm about ready to open up the windows of heaven as he has opened that door just had kept it open just a little bit he said I'm about ready to fling it open wide I'm about ready to fling it open wide which means this Asia we're coming your way Australia we're coming your way the Middle East we're coming your way Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it he travels all day all day he believes that this man has he spoke it it's going to happen he gets in just within a mile or so from his home he gets a little closer about half a mile he can see it but he sees something he sees a figure running his direction yelling something but he could not quite hear it and I have to believe as a parent if he saw that figure coming that he picked up the pace just a little bit he was tired no sleep but he said something's up something's up I see someone in the distance he gets a little closer he sees hands waving and he hears something in the distance just a little bit he can't quite make it but all the sudden he gets a little closer he realizes it's one of his servants waving his hands and shouting thy son liveth the same words twice spoke this servant was running say thy son liveth can you imagine as a blow can you imagine what you would have done my lord I would have picked up so much speed I don't run every horse on the Kentucky Derby and I know that he was running what master my son liveth he grabbed him what your son is allowed bring me to him they ran and a sight met his eyes before his boy was laying in the bed sick fever but he did see him in that position when he got home for when he saw him I have to believe he was standing up screaming getting I don't know what happened I can't explain it but one moment I'm sick and the next moment I felt something on the top of my head welcome to soles of my feet and I've got a surge run through my veins and all I can say is Jenny I'm healed now listen this is where it gets real good because they asked him did you find that man you were looking for did you find that man Jesus was his name did you find him he said I found him all right he found him a more ways than one because they asked them he said what happened tell us please what happened he said I got us attention I asked him to come and at first he kind of told me rebuked me a little bit and I didn't really like it but it hit me I wasn't there for me I was there for you who what did he say he said go your way your son limbs what time I tell me servant what time did this healing take place well looking back at it it was about 7:00 p.m. wait a second you blew my mind you said 7:00 p.m. yeah that's the same exact time that's the same time that's the same time that's the same time that Jesus spoke and said go your way and guess what I believed it and that settles it let's get it right that man said it I believed it and family that settles it I got a close cigarette sisters make your way back up the Bible tells us that the moment that happened in the moment he shared that story that the whole house the whole house not just the dad but the mom the boy the servant and if there was anybody else I was in the house they all got saved and let me help you the whole town knew about this boy and they heard that he's no longer in the bed and they had to just come and see for themselves and what did he tell him Jesus said it I believed it and that settles it and tonight let me tell you no matter what Satan has done to you are done for done against you if God has given you not just a promise but a word then you've got to look the devil right now and say devil jesus said it I believe it and that settles it that settles it that settles it that means no matter what comes your way if you hold to that nail-scarred hand as long as you hold to that old rugged cross he will never let you go and no matter if it may take 20 years 30 years 40 years 50 years my god said it I believed it and that settles it stand your feet come in destroy the church that crap is what I showed you where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty with enemy comes in like a flood god is ministry for time such as this i appraise them up just read the standard which is my son Jesus and him crucified says the Lord God our little raise double standard get ready church if I were to avail the heaven as a scroll and show you that which I already spoke expansive of God you cannot believe it with the natural mind get ready church is calling in the Herman and Gabriel the Tucker building is your saith the Lord God of hosts and I will fill it with your people and they will spread the gospel across this whole earth hallelujah glory to God praise God that's what I've been seeking for because God told me 11 years ago that building belongs to you and I want to fill it with young people guess what Jesus said it I believe it and that settles it if there's a need right now I want you to come to this front we're going to sing a song whatever it is they feel led to sing it I want you to start claiming it that need met right now sing it and come around this one if that's you there's a need start claiming it right now jesus said of promise in that centers every promise in the book is mine [Music] just stop raising your hands right now no matter where you are start claiming it that it's not every promise is mine [Music] start pulling into it right now stop believing it right now such layman it jesus said it I believe it in dr. get to you Kansas but Bishop is not be here stretching out those hands as Sonny Labor's Andy's right now in the name of Jesus every promise in the book is why [Music] claiming it is a night of cheese [Music] thank you Jesus just believe in it right now say it right now [Music] Pappas's ha [Music] [Music] just one more yeah [Music] respond as we [Music] talked about you [Music] before I dismiss I want to leave you with something here this tonight those watching by television by radio by the internet you serve a God of the impossibility did you get that you serve a God of the impossibility that whenever he tells you something it may not be right in front of you but he's wanting to stretch your faith to believe him for the impossibilities to believe him for that which is greater than what you can think or imagine and when you start claiming this right now start believing because not only will he give you what he told you but it'll give you so much more on top of that you give you more than what you can ever ask or think you'll give you more than what you can ask a think so as we come to a close and I want to sing it one more time I want you to raise your hands and I want you to start claiming it right now every promise in the book is mine every promise in the book is mine as they sing it right now start believin out letters bring restoration let him bring healing delivery [Music] try ah everyone top every promise is mine [Music] every lovely [Music] turn around tell your neighbor Jesus said I believe it and that settles it as we dismiss counselors are claiming that need I'm claiming it isn't we better tomorrow brother take a hug bless you one more time ah [Music] and Andy [Music] they [Music] every time [Music] you [Music]

Channel: Gabriel Swaggart

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Length: 55min 55sec (3355 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 03 2017