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morning how's everybody doing this morning amen amen god is amazing he always is amazing all he knows how to be is amazing his word is amazing also his spirit is so good i'm so excited i'm so happy um god's been moving amazingly in our midst the last decade the last long while uh but we've been seeing some notable things happen in our midst and um it's just so cool to see what god does now when we decide to act on his word and to be led uh by his goodness amen amen um what i want to talk about today i have a lot of scripture to get through um because i want us to um see i want to see something see it's it's easy to just talk to to to make a statement and to talk and to talk and to talk about it but it's another thing to make a statement and show how the word of god completely backs up that statement because hopefully where you found that statement where you learned it was in the word of god anyway and so um we talked last week about the mind of christ having the mind of christ who all remembers we talked about that last week about having the mind of christ possessing the mind of christ and and that's something that we can walk in and that we're actually even called or even expected to walk in uh today and every day um and so there was something that i had touched on it's actually something that i had been meditating on for i want to say it's probably i don't think it's quite been a year yet but it's definitely been over six months and it's this idea of spirituality and what that looks like and what that what that is and how the bible defines spirituality uh or at least being spiritual and so let's start first by reading a passage of scripture which we'll come back and reference and then we'll get into a whole bunch of scripture then we'll define some terms because this morning is more of like a bible study bible class and so we're we're going to tend to get a little more technical with terms and or if i can use the word academic um with with some of our descriptions and and definitions and stuff like that but before we do that let's just thank god for this morning let's thank him for his goodness father we just thank you and praise you that every day lord that you made is a day for us to rejoice and be glad in it because you are good and the joy that we have in you is our strength because you are for us and if you are for us who could be against us we thank you that your word is spirit and it is life and as we read the words that have been written by saints of old moved by the holy spirit to right lord that that life permeates in us empowers us strengthens us has the ability to transform and change us change the way we think the way we see the way we speak the way we act lord and we thank you for that reality here and now in our midst in jesus mighty name amen would you turn to the book of romans chapter 8. and we're going to start in verse 16 verse 6. 2 16. so what's this for to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace because the carnal mind is enmity against god for it is not subject to the law of god nor indeed can be so then those who are in the flesh cannot please god but you somebody say me you are not in the flesh but in the spirit if indeed it is an if there's a qualifying factor if indeed the spirit of god dwells in you now if anyone does not have the spirit of christ he is not his so it's the spirit of god and the spirit of christ you see that and if christ is in you the body is dead because of sin but the spirit life because of righteousness but if the spirit of him who raised jesus from the dead dwells in you he who raised christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you therefore brothers sisters we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh for if you live according to the flesh you will die but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live for as many as are led by the spirit of god these are sons of god for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out abba father the spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of god you see how much this talks about the spirit of god the spirit of christ how much there it talks about our union and his his role in our lives it's by the spirit of god in us that we cry out abba father father god father god father father and it's by the spirit that that uh that dwells in us that the things of the flesh are put to death and it's by the spirit that's in us that bears witness that we are his children and it says if we don't have the holy spirit the spirit of god the spirit of christ that says that we are none of his so let's let's talk about what it means to be spiritual because it says to be spiritually minded as life and peace and to be carnally minded is death so what does it mean to be spiritual spiritual spiritually minded well let's just let's just talk about the word spiritual and you look up in the thayer's dictionary and also in in the um greek concordance or the strongest concordance um it has many different definitions let me give you uh uh several and but then we're going to focus on one and so it says one of the definition definitions for spiritual it's relating to the human spirit or rational soul as part of the man which is akin to god and serves as his instrument or organ belonging to the divine spirit another definition is of god the holy spirit pertaining to the wind or breath windy exposed to the wind blowing but this is the definition that i want us to really focus on this morning one who is filled with and governed by the spirit of god to be spiritual is one who is filled with and governed by the spirit of god you will not find anyone in all of the bible who was used by god mightily that the spirit of god did not come upon or fill i was even looking last night no it was last night yeah it was last night on my bed at all the different people in scripture and it talked about gideon how the spirit came upon him and jephthah how the spirit came upon him and saw how the spirit came upon him and david how the spirit came upon him and you look at the prophets how the spirit came upon him the spirit came upon them and then they did something with it one who is filled with and governed by the spirit of god beloved this is who we're called to be those who are filled with and governed by the spirit of god i was listening to some um i don't know if you can necessarily even call it a sermon but uh but there was a a gentleman i'm trying to remember his first name it might be george stormont i think that might be his first name george but um he was a personal friend of wigglesworth smith wigglesworth and he was just sharing some some testimony of his life and the things that he had done and and we know smith wigglesworth as a man of faith right he moved in an amazing faith um and one of the things that that stormont was was sharing was how yielded smith wigglesworth was to the holy spirit and there were times where he so this there's this one story where uh he um stormont arranges for him to go pray for this gentleman that used to be a part of his church because he was really sick and so smith comes into the house and he's getting ready to pray for the man and then he says to him i will not pray for you until you repent from the sin that is in your heart the wickedness that is in your heart and the man said i don't know what you're talking about and he says man i will not pray for you unless you repent for the sin that is in your heart and he says i don't know what you're talking about so smith smith turned around and left and walked out and the guy the pastor was standing there like oh snap like what do i do you know this is awkward so then he goes outside and and to find smith wigglesworth and find out that he had gone out and turned the corner and he's weeping he's weeping on his knees weeping and he's saying holy spirit why did i have to say that to him why did i have to say that to him and stormont was was moved he's like oh my gosh what's going on and stormont talks to to to wigglesworth and he says um brother i want to let you know that some time ago um that that man was the secretary for our church and he backslid and began to speak against pentecost and speak against the holy spirit and said that it wasn't for today and it's you know and begin to publish letters about it and ended up leaving the church because of it and he says why didn't you say anything why didn't you say anything smith was says that why didn't you say anything and he says well i wanted to give him a chance to to own it for himself stormont goes back a couple weeks later and and says man listen i know when you know what happened you know what what he heard from the lord was was right on you you must repent and he says i will not repent get out of my house. and i think within a week he was dead crazy but it would see and i heard that story i'm like wow like i don't know if i would have refused to pray for him i don't know but at some level smith believed he heard the holy spirit tell him to tell him to repent you see jesus he's playing for keeps he's playing for keeps man i'm reminded of the time where jesus probably says one of the most awkward things he said he can say to a crowd which is you need to eat my flesh and drink my blood for my flesh is indeed food and my blood is indeed drink you need to eat my flesh and drink my blood and if you don't you will not have life in you and it says they were all offended they were like this is a difficult saying and it says they they and it says that his disciples many of his disciples followed him no more and he didn't stop he didn't run after him he didn't go hey guys you know hey hey let me let me interpret what i meant so that he just let him go and then he turns his disciples and he turns to the 12 and he says do you want to go two wow do you want to go to he's playing i mean he he he wants all of you he's playing for keeps there's no you know 99.999 in it's 100 and i don't think he likes that people are 75 in or zero percent in or whatever percentage people might be but he knows he you have to be sincere he knows that you have to be all in he knows that you have you there has to be a yes in your spirit to want him a yes in your soul a yes in your heart to want him fully it amazes me and i read that and i'm like wow jesus i don't know if i would have just i would have tried to get him i would have tried to say hey guys let me explain it but jesus says he knows better he knows that your 100 devotion and your 100 yes is is ultimately what is required that's why he teaches a sermon called count the cost tells him to count the cost he doesn't want you to start weak and finish week he wants you to start strong and finish strong but thanks be to god that that he is merciful he is merciful and he is kind but the whole point of me telling that story was i was amazed by how smith was yielded to the spirit because it seems as though he did not want to say that when he's crying before the lord saying why did you why did you make me say that why did you have me say that even though it probably was not what he wanted to say because of his because he was fully filled and governed by the spirit of god he was willing to say what was incredibly uncomfortable to say he was willing to say what was incredibly uncomfortable to say and i think sometimes we do not realize how often these men of god all of us are being led by the spirit it says that those who are led by the spirit are sons of god and i think we're looking for some like you know spiritual fireworks some goosebumps and gold dust and no sometimes it's just as simple as you say what you you hear god saying and it's not like this like you know diana say this you know like that's i think that's what we're all expecting and hoping that's that's generally not how it comes because you're because you're filled with and governed by the spirit and because the bible tells us that he who is joining to the lord is one spirit with him sometimes it just feels like you and maybe in that moment smith just thought hey this is just what i need to do and then later he realized wow so what i want to do is is in one way demystify what it looks like to be led or what it looks like to be spiritual which means being led by the spirit constantly and continually but at the same time realize you have to have a yes in your spirit you have to there has to be a yield in you to walk in step with what the spirit wants and what he says and what he does jesus says this he's speaking to nicodemus he says truly truly i say to you that except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of god that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born as spirit is spirit marvel not that i said unto you that you must be born again for the wind blow us where it wants and you hear the sound but you cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes so is everyone who is born of the spirit so is everyone who is born of the spirit that which of born is born of spirit is spirit when you were born again you were born of spirit so you are spirit we read that in romans 8 right he says you're not in the flesh you're in the spirit and you need to you need to believe that you need to to pray that out so that it becomes your reality so when you see yourself you don't see someone in the flesh you see someone in the spirit walking in the spirit living in the spirit and we'll talk a little bit about that but remember we're talking about what it means to be spiritual why because the bible talks about those who are spiritual and i mentioned that last week and if being spiritual is one who is spilled and governed by the spirit of god then we need to understand how the spirit of god works in us and works through us we need to understand our communion our fellowship with the spirit of almighty god because if to be spiritual is to be filled and governed by the spirit of god we need to know and we need to know how he works in us and through us and there has to be a yielding and a yes in our spirit in our soul and our hearts and our minds to the things of holy spirit in first corinthians chapter 3 verse 1 it says and i brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal even as unto babes in christ think about that so you see paul wanted to speak to them as spiritual he wanted to speak to them as those who were governed filled with and controlled by the holy spirit but yet it was their choice do you understand that it's your choice whether or not you want to be governed by the holy spirit it's your choice and clearly the corinthians chose differently because he says i wanted to speak to you as spiritual but i could not i could only speak to you as carnal as a babe in christ so spirituality is a choice it's something you choose something you choose to believe god has given has granted to you by mercy and by grace to live and to walk in his spirit think look at it this way here's another translation for that that passage that i just read it says as for myself i also brethren was not able to speak to you as i would to those dominated by the holy spirit but as i would to those dominated by the evil nature so what's dominating you is god's spirit dominating you he's the spirit of truth he's the spirit of life i mean curry i remember curry taught uh i think it was during the faith conference and he and he in and and we actually did pray for people to receive the baptism the holy spirit but he was like man we need the baptism of the holy spirit i mean think of think about this jesus did not start his ministry until after he received the baptism of the holy spirit until the holy spirit came upon him and remained how much more we how much more we first corinthians chapter 2 it says this it says but a natural man does not accept the things of the spirit of god for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned but he who is spiritual appraises all things yet he himself is appraised by no one let's look at this maybe in a different uh translation it says but the unregenerated man of the highest intellectual attainment does not grant access to the things of the spirit of god man you think your book smarts you think your your earthly intelligence will grant you access to the things of the spirit of god isn't that what uh simon as the simon the sorcerer tried to do he says hey man i'll pay you that you give me the ability to lay my hands and impart the holy spirit and peter said man your your money perish with you ask that god will grant you a heart of repentance for the wickedness that is in your heart you thought that this the thing the gift of god could be purchased with money and sometimes we still think that maybe not with money but we think man the the things of god can be accessed through worldly ways through earthly knowledge no these things are spiritually discerned they're freely given by the spirit of god there's a free gift by the by god himself the unregenerated man of the highest intellectual attainment does not grant access to the things of the spirit of god for to him they are folly and he is not able to know them because they are investigated in a spiritual realm but the spiritual man investigates indeed all things but he himself is not being probed by anyone really first corinthians chapter 2 has really a lot to do with what it looks like or what it means to be spiritual looking at verses 2 through 12-13 it says now we have received not the spirit of the world but the spirit who is from god so that we may know the things freely given to us by god how do we know the free the things freely given to us by god by the spirit of god think about that now we have not received the spirit of the world but the spirit who is from god so that we may know the things freely given to us by god which things we also speak not in words taught by human wisdom but in those taught by the spirit combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words remember we talked about spiritual what that word spiritual defined is is being filled and governed by the spirit of god so our spiritual thoughts are those that are governed filled with and governed by the spirit of god i can think with the mind of christ which is the mind of the spirit of christ which is the holy spirit because in romans 8 it says that the holy spirit is called the spirit of christ so to be spiritually minded is to have a mind that is governed by the spirit of god and you might find yourself saying saying things that do not make human sense right because it says which things we also speak not in words taught by human wisdom but in those taught by the spirit combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words which is pretty amazing to me so i have the ability to think spiritual thoughts and i have the ability to speak spiritual words but there's got to be a yieldedness in me for the things that the holy spirit wants to reveal jesus himself says what about the holy spirit's role in our life he says the holy spirit will come and what guide us into and he said he will he will not speak on his authority but the things that which he hears he will reveal to us he will speak to us that amazes me that's awesome you know the the when you think about it the apostles and any of the disciples so i mean i don't let's look at stephen right stephen's testimony the testimony of stephen's life was that he was a man of full of faith and power he was a man full of faith and power and he did signs and wonders amongst them as a busboy a busboy doing signs and wonders and miracles i don't know if and there's nothing that would tell me that he was a part of the original disciples it seems as though he was a convert after the fact so what did he have that completely transformed and changed him he did not have this he didn't have paul's writings he didn't have the gospel of john mark he didn't have thessalonians he didn't have first corinthians but he had the spirit he had the spirit and at some level i think they were yielded to the spirit in a way that we weren't because that's all they had now be grateful that we have the words of the apostles and the saints but don't lose our dependence on the one thing that god said is most necessary that we would have in order to do what he had called us to do because the holy spirit's job is to reveal to us the words of god amen that's what he said that's what jesus said what i want to i think the the purpose of this this teaching this morning is for us to realize man we have everything we need there's nothing we lack if we choose to be dependent on the very thing that god commands us to be dependent on if we receive the very thing that god commands us to receive if we walk in step with the very person that god commands us to walk in step with because that's how they that's how the saints of old did it remember i mean just go through you know do a concordant search or whatever and look up the spirit of god or the spirit and you'll see that every man every woman that did anything amazing for god it was because the spirit was upon them so that is the difference the spirit was upon them and now grant god has granted a way for the spirit to be upon us and so what are we doing with that what are we doing about that man what you carry is the very thing the very person that created everything you know that's who you carry so the question is what are you doing about that amen amen now we have not received the spirit of the world but the spirit who is from god that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by god these things we also speak not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the holy spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual but the natural man does not receive the things of the spirit of god for their foolishness to him nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned i'm discerning that i'm not going to be able to get through all this um because they are spiritually discerned but he who is spiritual judges all things as he himself is rightly judged by no one the bible clear god wants us to be spiritual he wants us to be a spiritual people and i'm not talking about some false loose loosey-goosey whimsical whimsy flaky no that's not what i'm talking about i'm talking about spiritual in the sense like jesus jesus wasn't flaky he was spiritual he was filled with and governed by the holy spirit now to the world that might make you look flaky that might make you look flaky to the world because when you come up to somebody and you say hey listen you know do you have something going on in your back to them that may seem strange but that's normal in the kingdom of heaven where um brother nia and i we went uh to the um where do we go to the train station um i found the train station i was like yes these people are waiting for their train so they can't run so you got a captive audience well i mean not everybody's a captive some of them do run we certainly got cussed out um but it was awesome and um but you know we went and we're passing out some some flyers for the church and just wanting to minister to people and um met this this young woman and was talking to her just sharing to her about what god is doing and how good he is and say amy how can i pray for you and she said she has heaviness in her chest and she can't breathe and i was like okay i was like well listen check this out jesus is going to touch you he's going to take that away and you're going to you're going to be good so as i'm praying for her i'm just commanding this thing to leave and just releasing the life of jesus into her i i heard uh pray for her back you know and so if i was a little more yielded i would have just said hey something's going on in your back and and bam i would have hit it right but i didn't and um we finished praying and she was like wow that's amazing i said take a deep breath and she took a deep breath and she said i couldn't do that for a long time praise god i'm like because you're healed jesus healed you and i said hey is there anything else going on and she goes well my back hurts and i was like i'm sorry holy spirit never again never again never again and so i thought i was like yeah you know what i heard that but i i for whatever reason i just didn't say it i said so i apologize for my disobedience but jesus is going to heal your back right now so we pray for her back and jesus held her back um but and i had another similar situation was at home depot yesterday and another lady who should not be in a in one of those motorized scooters is scooting on by she's actually leaving and i was going in and i said hey i said you were way too young to be in this thing what's going on she goes oh i injured my knee and then you know had surgery and this and that and um and i said oh wow i said well when did that happen she goes it happened four years ago i'm like four years ago and i'm like uh-uh i mean even if it happened two days ago still like that's ridiculous and so i began to minister to her and um and then i heard again pray for her back i said well father in jesus name i could just command all healing you know you're healing into her back back be made whole and she says and she and she oh when when i was finished she said where did you come from and i said i'm from above no well i'm seated above uh with him i'm an ambassador of heaven and and um ambassador of christ and so and she goes well it's amazing because my both of my knees started getting really hot when you started to pray and she goes my and my back all the pain left she goes how did you know and i said well because god knows you he loves you and his spirit lives in me he lives in me and she was a a a christian and and i was like listen this is god showing you what's available and what's possible and and he wants he wants to go deeper with you in his relationship with you and she goes thank you so she goes i'm going to cry and she started crying i'm like well god bless you and she you know scootered off but there's this reality of what it means to be spiritual it means you're being governed you're filled and being governed by the spirit at all times and see i would i would think that well i just decided to to say hey but the bible tells us it says that it is god who works in us both to will and do according to his good pleasure so god is working in us both to will and do according to his good pleasure and the question is am i yielded am i yielded to the god who who who redeemed me am i yielded to the christ who saved me to the degree that his thoughts are my thoughts that his ways are my ways it really it has everything because listen everybody in this room and hopefully listening online hopefully everyone in this room and people listening online that have been baptized baptized with the holy spirit you have the spirit of god living in you and the difference between what smith saw and john saw and even even things with curry sees the difference is are you yielded enough to act on what you know you've received are you yielded enough to act on what you know to be true so it becomes like breed it just it's just like you know curry talks about it's not we're not living from event to event this is a life we've we've been born into jesus himself says we were born of the spirit well that makes us spiritual we are spiritual beings we have a soul we live in a body but we're spiritual beings so we need to accept the reality that we are spiritual people and if you're not spiritual then you're carnal and a babe in christ that's paul's definition he says i wanted to speak to you as spiritual but i can't because you're not so i have to speak to you like a carnal babe in christ we should all run from that our pursuit should be to be governed by the holy spirit in first corinthians chapter 12 paul is is speaking to the corinthians about spirituality you know one of the things that that really helped me when i first started out about eight years ago um and this i was just saying just it just what it really looks like to be a disciple of jesus christ um one of the things that curry said to me like he's speaking straight to me um i watched i was watching online but he said this to me he said when you read the word you know that there are some things that were added just to help with context and if you have a good bible it'll it'll it'll italicize them or bracket it or whatever and he says when you read the word he says read it with it and then read it without it so that you can get the proper understanding of what it's what's what it what's saying what it is saying and so in first corinthians chapter 12 and he says now concerning spiritual gifts brethren i do not want you to be unaware but you know the word gifts was added because it's in italics so we could look at it this way now concerning spiritual or concerning spirituality brethren i do not want you to be unaware or ignorant so concerning spirituality i do not want you to be unaware and ignorant and what does he go on he goes on to talk about the manifestation of holy spirit in our life concerning spirituality why because he who is spiritual is one who is governed by the holy spirit so he goes on to talk about how the spirit manifests and how he he pours out his manifestations which one of them is the gifts of healings and tongues and interpretation and prophetic words and words of wisdom and words of knowledge this this should be the natural outflow of a born-again believer because we are those that are spiritual so concerning spirituality concerning the manifestation of a spiritual life i don't want you to be unaware so i'm explaining to you the reality of have holy spirit the one who is one with your spirit manifests himself if you're willing and if you're yielded so let's read it this way he says concerning being filled and governed by the holy spirit i do not want you to be unaware concerning being filled and governed by the holy spirit i do not want you to excuse me by the spirit of god i do not want you to be unaware see paul is even saying here i want you to be spiritual remember a few chapters remember we wrote a few a little earlier in in the letter he says i want to speak to you as spiritual but then he gives them the road map and the pathway to what it looks like to be spiritual that's a good teacher he doesn't just say listen you're not where you you need to be and i can't talk to you like the way i want to no he says listen i'm going to give you a road map so that you can be what god desires you to be who god desires you to be those who are governed by the spirit of god because it's i mean it's so true god is working in us birth both to will and to do according to his good pleasure so when you're walking down the supermarket and you see that person who's in need and the first thought that comes to your mind is like oh man i'd love to pray for that person that's god working in you both to will to do according to his good pleasure and then the voice of the stranger then comes and goes oh what if nothing happens what if they freak out what if they cussed you out what if they make a scene what if what if what if but you know what someone who's spiritual says it's irrelevant i was born for this i was born for this and you proceed because we're yielded we're yielded to that spirit that god said it is necessary that you have it it's we're yielded to that spirit that god says if you do not have it you don't belong to me man i got three minutes because there's so much here let let me um let me go to what paul talks about about being in the spirit in galatians chapter 5 verse 16 through 18. i had to skip over i'm skipping over quite a bit to really get this just see how often he talks about us being spiritual um and first well let me let me hit this real quick in first peter 2 5 peter talks about us being built up as spiritual houses right being built up as spiritual houses for the lord right so if we can read it this way we are being built up a house filled and governed by the holy spirit and it you're so one i'm telling you like we're so one that you're like was that me or was that holy spirit and then the answer is yes did you did you catch that you're so one with the spirit you go man was that me or was that holy spirit and the answer is yes it's us because we're one and his thoughts become my thoughts his ways become my ways so it's not enough for god to just show us his ways he wants us to live his ways ephesians 5 1 commands us to be imitators of god as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love impossible without the spirit of god galatians 5 16-18 paul is urging us he says i say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh for the flesh lust against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish but if you are led by the spirit you are not under the law walk in the spirit walk in the spirit you're coming when are you allowed to not walk in the spirit answer me that so because you're spiritual the walk in the spirit is an every moment daily walk filled with and governed by the holy spirit of god verse 25 tells us if we live in the spirit let us also walk in the spirit if we live in the spirit let us also walk so you're called to live in the spirit live in the spirit of god that means everything you do remember that the poets in uh i think it was in ephesus around that that they they had the inscription to the unknown god and he says listen in him we live and move and have our being in him god by his spirit we live and move and have our being to live is christ in him we live we live in the spirit and we walk in the spirit i have a ton of scripture to talk that talks about in the spirit how many times it comes about us or it speaks about things that are done in the spirit that's it's really good jesus himself talks in matthew chapter 12 about casting out demons and he says i cast out demons by the spirit so you see there's language about doing things in the spirit and doing things by the spirit why because of that union because of that fellowship because of that yieldedness because of that desire to be fully governed by the spirit you're governed by god see i mean listen don't don't allow the the distinctions between father son and holy spirit get you all mixed up to be governed by the holy spirit is to be governed by god and nobody would ever argue that you're to be controlled or when i say controlled meaning you've given up your control to god nobody would argue that that's a bad thing we would actually say it's a very good thing to say to be man i'm being led by god i live in god i have my my being in god i move in god i think in god i speak in god i sleep in god i sing in god it's the spirit of god so when when paul says here to walk in the spirit he's saying walk in god when he says the thing in the spirit he's saying to sing in god you know god is searching he's looking for those that would worship him in spirit he's searching for those he's looking for those that would worship him in spirit because our spirits are one and we have to see that there is no distinction so i'm i'm out of time here's here's here's the point the point is we need to be those that are yielded submitted to the spirit of god he was given to us not just as not just as a guarantee not just as a seal but as one in whom will guide us and lead us empower us take the things of the that belong to the father and revealed to us and when you every day yield to his voice you're yielding to the voice of god when you ever every day yield uh to to to to the truth you're healed you're yielding to the voice of god you're yielding to god himself because it says that holy men of old wrote as they were moved on by the holy spirit they were moved on by god to write so we're called to be those who are spiritual we're not carnal babes we're spiritual we desire the spiritual meat we desire the spiritual milk by which we grow we walk in the spirit we live in the spirit we sing in the spirit i share one one last quick uh story about smith and i'm just it's amazing how i remember one time i'm sorry i'm jumping around i remember one time tl osborne was asked to share his personal relationship with the holy spirit and he you know his answer was that's none of your business they were like share it share with us your personal relationship with the holy spirit he says that's none of your beeswax because he had something with the holy spirit that was special to him it was intimate to him it's his friend his helper his paraclete but last story um smith was speaking at a church and he gets up to speak and he asked the congregation um how did you come in did you come in praising the lord and they were kind of looking like what i don't know he said all right everybody get out and he kicked everybody out of the church everybody get out and he says now when you come in come in with hands lifted up praising the lord and so they all left went out and then they came back in with hands lifted up praising the lord and they said that was and actually one lady said that was the greatest move of the holy spirit that she's ever experienced in a church ever since the greatest move of the holy spirit i'm like who does that who does that one who is yielded to the i mean i i i would half the people probably would leave but because they're offended but see you see what happens when you're when when you trust god when you know god you know his heart and you do things that people might think you know that's weird or that's rough or that no man it's sometimes it's how the holy spirit moves sometimes it's how god speaks that's how he does what he does amen so we are spiritual people we walk in the spirit we are yielded to the spirit and we are governed by the spirit amen and you're going to see if if there's a yes in you you're going to see that those thoughts that are coming to you they're him they're him and you you when it as it aligns to the word of god you're gonna see why because right now we decided that we are those that are gonna walk in the spirit live in the spirit and be yielded to god's spirit in us amen amen well god bless you um we got about eight minutes say hello to somebody love on somebody encourage somebody maybe share something that you thought was interesting or weird and we'll we'll get back together just gonna get going good morning good morning having a few technical difficulties if uh if you don't know the person next to you just greet them this morning introduce yourself to him if you do know them then just begin to speak life over them in jesus name healing and wholeness peace and joy over them in jesus name okay [Music] it's a great day to be a christian [Music] father we come to you this morning to worship you in spirit and in truth [Music] you are the reason that we've gathered here [Music] not for guitars and drums loud music but for you jesus we're not up here putting on a show we're just up here worshiping jesus [Music] giving him all the thanks glory all the praise all the honor he deserves it all [Music] hallelujah we thank you jesus we thank you jesus just raise your hands up and just say we thank you jesus just begin to sing we thank you jesus we thank you jesus however that looks for you just begin to sing we thank you jesus we thank you jesus yes we thank you jesus oh we thank you jesus oh we thank you jesus you are worthy yes you are worthy is you are worthiest you are worthiest [Music] yes we thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah are you guys awake this morning hallelujah lift your voices thank you jesus hallelujah you are worthy you are worthy you are worthy you are worthy to be praised yes [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] drink of the water come to his table he will satisfy us [Music] is [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] is forever defeated [Applause] [Applause] [Music] blessings [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] praise god [Music] for the wonders [Music] praise [Music] me is [Music] blessings [Music] [Music] give you praises [Music] can we praise [Music] all the wonders of this [Music] amazing [Music] [Music] we love you jesus [Music] we love you jesus we love you jesus [Music] you are the light song of my life you always lead me [Music] made by you [Music] oh i was made for you and i am full [Music] through our communion [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Applause] [Music] from [Music] spain [Music] [Music] [Applause] my i was made [Music] for i am [Music] [Applause] you're my [Music] hold of me since your love gotta hold [Music] since your love got a hold [Music] [Applause] [Music] hold on [Music] i'm forever new creation [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm creation [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i am [Music] [Music] thank you g [Music] thank you [Music] you're my [Music] you're my everything [Applause] [Music] everything [Music] [Applause] you're my everything [Music] you're my everything [Music] [Music] you're my [Music] all that i need [Music] you're all that [Applause] [Music] all that [Music] [Applause] [Music] all that i jesus everything everything and jesus be the jesus [Music] it's all about you yes it's all [Music] it's all about you yes it's [Music] it's all about you it's all about you from my heart [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] cause it's all about it you're the only thing we [Music] need the only thing we need no one else nothing [Music] we else no one else nothing else [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus jesus [Music] we adore you giving praises [Music] me [Music] his mercies are new heavy more [Music] so we lift you up forever [Music] within us [Music] baby please [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh i won't let the rocks cry out in my place [Music] you gave [Music] give you praise [Music] [Music] [Music] oh we give you praise [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you [Music] gave me [Music] [Applause] you gave me [Music] [Applause] yes [Music] [Applause] this morning [Music] [Applause] [Music] give me praise [Music] everything bless you [Music] jesus jesus [Music] jesus february of every breath [Music] he lifts your name upon jesus [Music] that's the lord on my soul everything that's in me bless his holy name everything that's in me this is [Music] everything that's in me [Music] [Music] [Applause] everything that's in me that's his holy name everything that's in me that's his holy that's name me bless his holy name everything that's in [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] this [Music] this is we bless your name jesus [Music] [Music] well shame is a prison as cruel as the grave shame is a robber and he's come to take my name [Music] love is my redeemer lifting me up from the ground love is the power where my freedom song is found there ain't no grace gonna hold my body down [Music] he's always telling me [Music] gonna hold my body down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] gonna hold my body [Applause] [Music] [Applause] between death and life there on a tree the lamb of god was crucified [Applause] he went on down the hill he took back every key he rose about the lion now he's free there is no grace gonna hold my body [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my down down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] gonna hold my body down no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no oh you walked out the grave so i'm walking down too since you walked down the grave oh i'm walking out too since you walk down the grave while i'm walking out i'm walking out [Music] since you walk down the grave [Music] [Applause] [Music] gonna hold me down no grave gotta hold me down [Music] hold me down gonna hold me down [Music] gonna hold my body down [Music] [Applause] [Music] hold my body down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] gonna hold my body [Music] since you walked out the grave [Music] [Music] since you walked out the grave [Music] [Applause] gonna hold my body down [Music] [Applause] [Music] gonna hold my body down [Music] [Applause] [Music] gonna rise above the ground [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you jesus you defeated the grave [Applause] yes i'm gonna hold my body down [Music] thank you jesus [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you father thank you lord hallelujah we love you jesus we worship you lord we thank you father for everything that you have done for us that you're going to do for us lord we are here to serve you lord we are your hands and feet father thank you for equipping us lord and sending us forth here we are lord we are here son is father we just thank you lord we worship you this morning there ain't no grave that's going to hold us down right in jesus name we worship you lord we praise you and we just give you a shout hallelujah lord hallelujah [Music] i praise you in jesus mighty name father amen well good morning everyone welcome to dominion life church at this time if your kids are in kids ministry if you sign them up for the children's ministry they are dismissed and you can pick them up before the healing line after the service and we just want to welcome anyone joining us live and if it's your first time joining us welcome we're here every sunday 9 10 a.m so thanks for joining us how many first-time guests with us this morning awesome welcome so glad to have you guys with us full house love it so if you missed our announcements um before the service uh we had the video announcements you can find all of our upcoming scheduled events at jjlm.org we do have an upcoming annual conference that happens every year in october so be sure to check that out register it's absolutely free but seating is limited so we want to make sure that you do register every person that plans to attend in your family um and we had um i don't know if we have local events um i think brother aaron is still doing the um end and end injustice meetings so if you have any questions about that you can talk to brother aaron in the back we're getting ready to receive this morning's offering so if you would like to give you can make checks payable to dominion life church or john g lake ministries you can also give through our jglm app and if you haven't downloaded it please download it it will make sure that you're up to date with all of our events and you'll be able to do everything from this app you can also give at jjlm.org so father we just thank you for this offering we thank you that it's already blessed and will do so much to advance your kingdom in the mighty name of jesus amen and while the offering is being received i have two awesome testimonies that i'm going to share with you this morning so we've been getting a lot of testimonies lately so i encourage you guys to fill them out at dhtraining.com testify if you have testimonies and so this is the first one this is from north carolina from the live team leaders in north carolina it says our son-in-law was hospitalized due to oxygen levels that were continually dropping and his heart rate was 134 as he struggled to breathe the doctor explained to us that he needed to be put on the ventilator so his body could rest we agreed with peace in our hearts so we left the room as we were in the family room a doctor came in and said that she was so sorry but that they lost him jeff jumped up immediately and ran into where they were still doing cpr as he had flatline and laid hands on his legs commanding him to come back his wife also ran in commanding him to live about a minute or so went by when they said we got a pulse praise god we got him back he's currently stable and his heart rate is getting normal and his oxygen levels are in the high 90s we just know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's coming out of here alive and well thank you all for fighting with us amen god is good and we also receive this testimony and we will have a picture as well with it it says a this one's from kentucky and a nicu nurse who has been watching curry blake and studying the dht was assisting a doctor who did an emergency c-section on a woman per the doctor the lab test and other nurses all labs were not compatible with life they spoke death to this baby renee stood over the body and commanded life to come back into the child others in the room told her to let it go but she said no and she continued speaking life into this baby the baby gagged and the doctor said it is only his gag reflexes that isn't working renee continued to speak life over the baby and the baby smiled at her and here's the picture thank you brother curry for what you do amen god is good the baby's alive praise god so so good so we're so encouraged by these testimonies please send them in we are having a monthly newsletter out now if you haven't picked up an issue of september it's out there and we want to include these testimonies into our newsletter as well so you guys can be encouraged by them so once again dhtraining.com testify but without further ado my sister marie is going to be teaching the word this morning so here's sister murray amen well welcome to the house of the father right how are the sons of god today doing good praise the lord and you at home i hope you're doing good um i hope everything's well and if it isn't we're here to change that amen by the word of the lord the word of god has power and the sons of god are eager and willing to receive it and pay attention now how you listen how you listen to the scriptures that i'm about to read to you is going to determine what you receive how you receive so be be very attentive like pay close attention to i'm sure they're going to put them on the screen too pay close attention to what the word of god says to what jesus said to apostate to what david said to johnson all these people said okay and we are going to dive right in because um the message is not hard to understand it is written in a way that we're supposed to understand it as sons and we're supposed to walk in these things and we're supposed to get better and brighter according to the word we're supposed to get stronger better and brighter we should never backtrack we should never default we should never back off we should never faint we should never be failing all the time you know like are there failures when we're walking okay but we're supposed to fix them by the word of god amen and we're supposed to um you know as we walk with god know him better know him better to the degree that we see more of his goodness these songs that we just sung were powerful really powerful you know last one there's no grave that's going to hold us down how do we know that by the word of god how do we trust that how do we put our full confidence in that and our high expectation on that by the word of god because he said it has he done it yet no he's done it to himself you know he has risen from the grave but we're expecting that to happen with full face full faith full confidence because he said it it was said we received it and we walk in it and we walk as though it's done already right in that same manner every other part of the word of god needs to be received one of my favorite um lines and one of the songs that we just sung also was that i'm fulfilled by my communion with him i'm not fulfilled by my communion with you i'm fulfilled by my communion with him now my communion with you makes my fulfillment in my communion with him complete because he's we're here for each other amen you know this we're a family in that sense we're a body we're knitted together in a in a special way we're knitted together in a supernatural way where each part does its part and there is a a collaboration you know of efforts of edification the word of god says about itself that it comes out in a form of instruction direction and righteousness instruction it comes for edification for exhortation and for comfort right that's how the word of god comes edification what to build us up to be stronger to be brighter to get better as days go by encouragement for what encouragement so that we do not faint we do not grow weary we do not back off we do not quit amen and comfort for what comfort so that our hope is always renewed that our hope is always in high expectation the proverb says that hope deferred makes a heart sick right so you can't defer your hope you got to put on that hope what kind of hope is the bible does the bible talk about the bible talks about a hope with high expectation with supernatural expectation with with expectation for good never evil expectation for for strength expectation for moving forward amen that's what comfort does comfort doesn't just comfort for the sake of us feeling better comfort comforts us the comfort of god through the word through the spirit through conviction through everything comes so that we can move on so we can go higher with with the things of god amen so i want you to open your bibles to matthew 7. and we're going to start on verse nine okay kind of have it here and here okay good okay so in matthew 7 the word of god says or what man is there of you whom if his son asks bread he will give him a stone or if he ask a fish he will give him a serpent if you then being evil know how know how to give good gifts to unto your children how much more shall your heavenly fathers your i'm saying heavily i added heavenly there your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him how then us being evil in the time that jesus was talking to us there which was pre-resurrection pre-new creation right so how can he say that well first of all i want to qualify these two things that he's saying here let's go to romans chapter 5 real quick and then we're going to come back to matthew 7. so hold your place in matthew 7. we're going to stay in matthew 7 but we're going to qualify some of the things that are said there with more of the new creation revelation okay so how many of you know as sons that when you go into the word of god you call you go into it from a completed state you go into it from a already completed state in christ jesus as a newborn you know as a new creation in christ jesus all things have passed away all things have been made new so you look at things no matter where they're at even when it was jesus walking on the earth that's why you can only identify with jesus because no other person but jesus in the gospels lived this new creation out and set an example for us you can't really identify with peter in the gospels you can't identify with john you can't identify with a sick person you can't identify with any other person but jesus because he's the only one that set the perfect example to what the revelation of him was after he was raised from the dead when he sent his spirit and the work was done so jesus is always our example what he said what he did how he did things how he responded to god how he responded to the religious people how he responded to the sick what he did is our example in every aspect amen amen because that's the truth anything else is a lie anything else that they try to water it down with is a lie jesus is our example him and him alone in that sense amen okay so in romans chapter 5 and i appreciate what brother of neil brought out of romans chapter 8. romans chapter 8 is a chapter that really requires you know days long of reading slowly word by word and meditating on because it's so rich with with truths and with the things that that help us walk this newness of life amen so in romans chapter 5 though and i'll probably be quoting out of eight two today i have a lot of scripture to go over so hopefully we'll get this done it says in starting in verse nine says much more than having now been justified by his blood we shall be saved from the wrath through him now our salvation our salvation is secure in the sense like we we receive christ and the thing that we're saved from right now in our hope too is the wrath to come it hasn't come yet but it's to come amen so the bible says that there and in several places that's why it matters how we live it matters what kind of consciousness we have it matters what kind of fear we have too because we're not supposed to fear man we're supposed to fear god in a reverential respectful form that we open our ears our hearts and we yield ourselves to receive what he desires that we receive his plan and his will for our life and that we help others connect to that plan and will as well that there's a caring on the inside of us to live holy to live right that there's a reverential fear in the sense like i don't want to be i don't want to do wrong to people i don't want to be manipulative i don't want to be a type of person that tries to get away with stuff i want to have a mindset and a consciousness that i belong to him he made me for himself we sang that i was made for you if i was made for him it's going to be on his terms his terms are righteous they're holy they're right they're true they're effective you know they are for other people not for ourselves so selfishness does one of the biggest parts that needs to be kicked out of our mindset is our selfish ambitions our selfishness this the things that we just want to amass for us the way that we want to preserve our life you know it's like we're always trying to preserve our life guard our life and all that stuff and the fact of the matter is if our life is god's he knows how to preserve his own life he knows how to do that you know so we just have to pay attention to the instructions that we have in order to walk righteousness out and understand it all he wants us to understand it his paul's revelation john's revelation peter's revelation you know even the book of revelation is a revelation of himself because once you start to see him and you see yourself in him then you're able to say okay i understand this and i have no problem with it the complexity comes when you have a problem or when people have a problem with what is written with what is said with what is repeated pay attention to the things that are repeated more the things that are just singled out one or two times that happened it's no big deal if it's just one or two times the bigger deal is the things that are repeated and this salvation from the wrath to come is repeated over and over again so pay attention to that because you embrace that with hope it comforts your life and it encourages you to move on and to keep on keeping on as we say right so now but i want to get to the verse that ties in with matthew 7 it says for if when we were enemies we were reconciled to god through the death of his son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by his life there it says we were enemies so if we were enemies of god there was evil in us that's why jesus was saying you being evil without my spirit you are evil you being evil can do good things so that's why the goodness in itself the goodness of humanity in itself does not save his life saves you know and i don't care how they cut it i don't care how the world system cuts it i don't care how they beautify it i don't care how they dress it up there is no goodness but that from the life of christ period there is no other name amen and we have to be able to say that mean it and have conviction with it constantly and continually in our own lives and in the lives of others how are we gonna how is the holy spirit gonna use us to convict the souls how they need to be convicted into the life of god if we keep agreeing with them at some point you have to say i don't agree with you because that's not the truth and i can't lie to you and have a god consciousness within myself and feel right i can't put my head on the pillow and think i let that person go into thinking this hyper grace message and they're you know they think they're saved and they're talking like they're not and there's a problem there and i'm gonna go go to bed and and lay my head down in peace about that there is no holy spirit in this earth that would let me do that you know we have to be able to speak the truth in love because we care because we want to take people out of bondage they have to see that passion in us in that sense you know not in a condemning way now if people receive it in a condemning way then we have to pray and cry for them and say holy spirit convict them that what i'm saying is true that what you want for them is what i want for them because you and i are working together i'm collaborating with you let them see that that my words are not my words they're your words and that you want to bring them out of bondage bring them out of fear bring them out of the things that keep them confused and in a dark place amen okay so now let's turn to colossians one because what i want you to see with these scriptures is that yes there was we were evil we were evil at the in the nature that we had before coming into christ there was evil works there was evil nature in us there is none good no not one there is not one the bible says that does the perfect will of god except jesus christ right and so that's what we were but look at what god did through the life of christ amen now in collages chapter one it says the same thing only in different words and that's why i want to bring it out because i want you to see where was this evil located it says in verse 19 for it please the father that in him all the fullness should dwell right clear as day it please god that in christ all the fullness of the godhead should dwell and by him to reconcile all things that's not all word that absolute word all things to himself by him whether things on earth or things in heaven having made peace through the blood of his cross now this is a perfect this is a perfect passage that goes with second corinthians 5 17 through 21 and the scriptures in ephesians also that talks about the reconciliation you know that talks about how he made out of the 2-1 and that's in chapters two through four you can you can read those later now here here's here's the one and verse 21 and you who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works you see that we were but that's past tense you who were once enemies where in your mind how how how is he able to say that well remember the incident with peter you know get thee behind me saying because you don't savor the things of god you are savoring the things of the earth you're an earthly man thinking with earthly thoughts you're just human you have no you have no hope and no trust in the things that god is able to do and continue to do you don't savor you have no affection for the fullness of god's plan right and here it says we were enemies in our mind you know the bible says the bible says that there was one time when these things were a mystery but god has revealed them all in christ jesus that's why when we read scripture one of the key things that has to happen in everything that we read and study and devote to is to see jesus glorified and to see ourselves in him amen and it says enemies in your mind by wicked which yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death he has reconciled us there's been a reconciliation for a cooperation it's not reconciliation for selfish living it's reconciliation for a cooperation that cooperation requires understanding that cooperation requires wisdom requires knowledge requires everything that he has given but we have to read it there's people in there's people 10 let me tell you 9 out of 10 people that i meet don't like to read and i tell them you know what i tell them force yourself to because if you don't read you're going to die if you don't read you're going to be separated from all the plan god has for you you need to read and you need to read your bible more than anything else you need to spend well over 75 of your time in the bible and then you have the luxury of listening to other things but if you spend 75 listening to other things and 25 or less in the bible you're gonna be confused that i just prophesied something that's true you'll be confused you'll always wonder you'll never attain and you'll never fulfill the fullness of what your life is here for god wants every aspect of your life the father and the lord as a whole as he was talking about look at they're all one it's one oneness there's oneness father son and holy spirit there's nothing different about them they want there is a there is an aspect of the fullness of your life that they want but it's a cooperation and a collaboration with the fullness of his life it's a working together god is not going to do it all for you that we understand from you know from our ministry here we teach that a lot god is not going to do everything for us he only he will help us to a certain degree if we are you know new to things he's going to help us and how he does that is he sends people that love people that are mature in his understanding and he helps those he helps those untangling things but you know what the majority of people do where they make a mistake they don't listen what does the bible say in james be eager to listen be eager to listen to really listen be eager to examine be eager to note things down be eager to take note and make connections amongst things don't let just things pass you by why you know i i feel like i need to i need to say this i really need you to listen to me as a big sister like if i was even if i'm even if i'm younger than you i need to you to listen to me as i am in the father my father our father's house and i'm a big sister who's taking a lot of responsibility that loves you that wants to see you grown up that wants to see you doing great exploits for the father that wants to see you working in his vineyard that wants to see you saving souls that wants to see you effective that wants to see you you know just doing greater than than i'm doing that's how that's the attitude that i want you to hear this with because the word of god is this is there for that and no it doesn't matter who the vessel is if it's the truth and if it's coming with the heart of the father if it's coming with the with the desire of jesus to carry out his mission on the earth just like he wants it to be carried out in and through you amen so let's go to ephesians with that said remember the bible says that there's two witnesses there there was a time when we were evil enemies evil in our mind in our heart in our desires in our ambitions but no longer is that an existence toward us if we're born of the spirit you're born of the spirit you no longer have an evil nature you have a nature that wants out that is so good that the earth needs it in order to keep going and in order to thrive for god the bible says that the word of the lord and his presence will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea right how do the waters cover the sea the waters make the sea if there's no water there's no sea you got dry land right so the word of god and the word working through you is his presence on the earth it's not his presence appearing in a blue light or in a red light or in a in a you know in a cloud it's his presence in through out of your life emanating out of your life that's why we have to be careful how we live and what we do with our time amen now let's turn to ephesians chapter 2 and we're going to read from verse 11. therefore remember that you once gentiles in the flesh who are called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision made in the flesh by hands that at that time you were without christ being aliens from the commonwealth of israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no hope can you imagine having no hope nothing to expect no good to be expected nothing nothing to be you know to be rejoicing over because hope makes you rejoice if you have hope you will be rejoicing you will have smiles more often you will you will have a spring in your step where there's hope there is faith where there is faith there is truth where there is truth there is god where there is god there is everything he is righteousness holiness purity you know soundness of mind power love right and so it says here having no hope and without god in the world but now in christ jesus in who in christ jesus whom we put our trust our life and we whom we've given our life to whom has saved us already from the wrath to come in our hope now it will be fulfilled but in our hope he has saved us from the wrath to come and not only that but he has raised us in christ jesus already in his mindset he has raised us from the grave we sang that there's no grave that has a hold on me why because i'm already raised that's how we think we are not enemies in our mind anymore we are friendly in our mind now towards god we are sons in our mind towards god and being sons in our minds towards god how do we see our walk how do we see our talk how do we see our life how do we see our thinking how do we see our our being how do we see it we see it raised in christ jesus seated in heavenly places just like the word says amen that's how we see ourselves that's how we envision ourselves and that's how we envision others getting to to re to realize that that's where we're at amen and it says there but now in christ jesus you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of christ and we've been brought near and close as near as near can be we have been joined to the lord as one spirit amen that's what the bible says now let's go back actually now let's talk let's go back to matthew 7 where it says the second part now you saw our part us being evil it's no longer that that's no longer in place now we're on the side where he says how much more shall a father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him right now here he's referencing you know the goodness of god you know god superseding anything that humans can do and being willing and able to give right good things just like we read in james he is the father of lights everything good comes from him right okay so in the goodness of god what do we have let's go to acts 10 38 what do you see there you know you see there how god anointed jesus of nazareth with the holy ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that are afflicted of the enemy right because god was with him in him through him working working in his life so what do you see him everywhere he went he did good yet he himself said who is good but god you put that together and now you're joined to god you're in it because you're identified with him so now our goodness is god's goodness it's not like it was before where you know we didn't savor the things of god it wasn't like we that's why we can't identify with peter you can't identify with peter not knowing the plans and not having the will of god in your life because it's no longer that way for us because he's made it available now if we don't attain that if we don't cooperate with that then it's on us not on god but see he has made it so that we can savor his will we can set our affection on things above and not on things of the earth right we can we can put everything that we have an affection for on his plans on his will and get that moving forward and that be the essence of our life because the essence of christianity is in the being and out of the being comes the doing amen now in romans chapter 8 let's turn there verse 27 and 28 this is a popular scripture now he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of god speaking of the holy spirit that is in you he is the holy spirit that abides that's first john 2 22-21 and he abides with truth he abides with the counsel of god he abides in you with the will of god the anointing that remains is a position that remains you remain in a position of sonship with the will of god in mind with the reverence to his plan in mind meaning you can say the same thing that the apostles said am i going to obey god or am i going to obey man i would rather obey god you know in all things now what is man doing what is man saying when they don't agree with god when they don't agree with his life i have a right i have an inaniable godly right to oppose that no matter who it's coming from all right because god said it because that's my purpose in life to fulfill his plan fulfill his will and to give him bow my knee to him there's a lot of you know there's you could do a study on this bowing knee thing in the bible it's so cool you know because we bow our lives to him not just our knees our whole entire lives according to the word if we're sons we our whole entire lives are bowed to him for the use of him amen and in that sense we have to take account to what is being required of us wherever it comes from we have to be able to say what's being required of me and is is this right you know is it tainted is it shady is it you know unreliable what's being required of me you know is is there a possibility that it can kill me is there a possibility that it can take snuff my life out snuff my strength out is there a possibility of that then i don't want any part of it because i need to be strong and i need to be able and i need to have a sound mind and i can't take a risk with my mind because if you get start getting me to think differently you're using trickery and you're plotting against the ways of god and i can't listen to that amen now in um here it goes on to say and we know that all things work together we know this all things work together for good to those who love god do you love god okay so your things are working together for good so don't look at those things as something that's going to remain look at those things that are in your life right now that are trying to make its way in as things that have to change and speak to them just like that speak to them in that fashion you have to change because i love god and i am working towards his purposes like it says here to those who are called according to his purposes to his purpose amen so this is the good part of us in that sense because we love him because we do care about his purposes his plans and because we do give ourselves to the word of god things are going to work out for our good how that happens and in the timing that those things happen that can be complicated sometimes but the hope sustains us in strength remember we talked about you know um encouragement exhortation and comfort and comfort brings that hope that that ties all these three things together right and it keeps us in a walk of faith in a walk where god is glorified where our consciousness is no he'll be glorified through my life because that's why i'm in him there's i'm not in him so that he's not glorified i'm in him so he can be glorified if not why be in him you see what i'm saying so all my direction of thought and all my expectation and all that i receive is towards the glorification of jesus christ through my life and that's why i lay things down that's why i put things off not for selfish reasons it's for him i lay things down i do away with stuff i say no to things for him not necessarily for me and even if i don't like it i still do it out of obedience towards him and then later i find out that it was towards my benefit it was more profitable for me to put that aside to let that go to cut that off it was profitable maybe it was grievous to do it but once i did it i found out wow there's power here i'm so glad i got rid of that because that was powerless it was taking my power it was defusing my strength but now i'm in a place where i'm a better person in christ glory to god all right now let's turn to romans chapter 12. and actually i'm going to start in verse 9. look at this let love be without hypocrisy abhor what is evil abhorrent any form of evil see over there we were told in matthew 7 that there was being evil could do good things here we're telling we're told you know you're you're supposed to abhor now all that is evil so that everything you do is good and it says cling to what is good now look at verse 21 do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good what good is that the good of the lord the goodness of the lord the goodness of his word the goodness of his truth the goodness of what's right even if what's even if it's wrong is being done we push back with the goodness of what's right and sometimes that can go good it can go well and sometimes it could put up it could make a fight happen it could put up resistance it can put up a thing but remember we don't we don't wrestle against flesh and blood we wrestle against principalities and power so we have to speak to the powers that are behind that flesh and blood and we have to continue on and say the same thing over and over again no matter what amen and not get tired of it amen and then it says um now turn to verse 20. wait what do we say verse 9 verse 21 okay now turn to hold your place there for a second turn two because i need you to see this first corinthians i really need you to see this this is a scripture that i wanted to say the other day and i didn't because we didn't have time but look at this scripture first corinthians 13. now we just read let love be without hypocrisy in that for love to be without hypocrisy you have to abhor what is evil and cling to what is good you have to overcome evil with good according to the scripture and the context of it right now in first corinthians 13 verse 5 it says do not behave rudely now rudely and boldly are two different things boldly means that you're not going to be budged you're not going to be moved you know what the truth is you've settled into some things really is is you know attacking a person in a way that puts them into condemnation that's rudely if we do attack in a way that is bold it has to be an attack with truth and saying i'm not changing the thing here that needs to change is the conversation that's coming this way and i'm not talking about you as a person i'm talking about you as a mindset you know the mindset that's coming out is not the mindset of god and so i can't i'm not going to tell the person get behind me satan but i am going to say that in other words where it could be understood i'm not budging the word of god is true let let man be a liar but god be true i'm standing with god i'm this is the only way i know how to stand see that's the thing about the narrow way there's only certain things you know how to do and those few things that you know how to do good you do them and that's all you do i don't know how to stand any other way and i don't know how to bend my life any other way and i don't know how to bow my knee any other way and i don't know how to set my mind any other way the only way i know how to do it is by what the word of god has told me and instructed me because i trust the word because i trust jesus and he is the word amen and so it says here does not behave really does not seek its own selfishness is the thing that gets kicked out completely when you see yourself in christ jesus that's why you will take more responsibility when you listen when you put selfishness aside when you kill selfishness in your life you know you're free actually you are free to cooperate with god and to take on more responsibility for other people and then your life stays in a state of freedom because you are setting others free and you're needed in the kingdom of god to set the others free so you get busy and you get busy with people and you get busy with calls and you get busy with reaching out and it's almost like you become i hate to use this word but you become addicted to like serving like you become addicted to finding people to to having to pour yourself out because it is in you it is for it is for god and it is in you to do and you can't you don't want to stop that flow amen and so it says here look at this is not provoked and thinks no evil thinks no evil that can go with philippians chapter 4 where it says think on these things right and it has a list of all the things you think does not this is the this is the kicker does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth love rejoices in the truth so if love is going to rejoice in the truth and not in iniquity you can say that truth opposes iniquity truth is the opposite of iniquity and we're going to define iniquity in just a second iniquity is lawlessness it's being a transgressor of the laws of god the perfect law of liberty as james calls it and he who looks into the perfect law of liberty guess what kind of walk they're going to have and doesn't forget he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and doesn't forget what he's looking into but walks in it what kind of walk are they going to have one of truth one of freedom one of admiration from heaven for sure you know one that people are going to want to draw near to because there's goodness there where god is there's going to be all goodness amen and then it says regarding iniquity that it's the same as working against god's will god's plan god's purpose it's the same iniquity is the same as working against the truth and the bible says paul said we can't do nothing but for the truth we can't work against the truth that's in corinthians we have to work for the truth right and so iniquity when you see the word iniquity when you see the word transgression it is basically opposing and pushing off everything that is right and true and good that is from god and we don't want to do that because love doesn't do that see that's the form of love love is a commitment it's not a feeling it's not little hearts being sent to you through text messages you know it's not little hugs little emojis with little hugs that's not love love is a commitment to what is right to what is true to stay to nothing that has to do with iniquity or evil to the goodness of god to the to the words of jesus to the words of paul to the words of john amen that's what love is love works it works it works through you and you work it too you work love into people's lives amen and it all depends too because it's also a cooperation from heaven to you and from you to them and so it's a cooperation from them back so right so you need to know if things are settling with peace or if there's strife there that needs to be kind of chipped away so let's move on now go to now with all those things in mind everything in mind that we just read in matthew 7 ephesians colossians romans 1 corinthians now let's go to romans chapter 12 again all right now i want you to see this and i hope that the light switch goes on when it comes to this aspect of the scripture because we read this all the time and people have you know they embrace in a certain way but how you hearing this right now with everything that has been said is very important romans chapter 12 verse 2 and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is good acceptable perfect mature will of god and that word perfect mature will of god is the fulfillable will of god the will of god that can be fulfilled basically when it's mature it's because it could be fulfilled it's ripe for the fulfilling amen so what is that saying do not be conformed do not be do not be compressed by the things that the world puts on you you compress back by the will by attaining to being able to bring out the perfect acceptable fulfillable will of god into the world you you the compression isn't this way the compression is this way your narrow life is the compression this way the compression it and the only means for the transformation of the being in the soul area in the area where there's an outflow of all that god is and all that you are in him is through the renewing of your mind that's why once we were in colossians it says we were enemies in our mind but we're no longer enemies in our mind we are sons in our mind and being sons in our mind and being able to say that in truth and not lying not just saying it because there's an aspect where people just say things but there's no substance to it and god sees it it doesn't matter if i see it it matters if god sees it that's where the fear of god is at that's where the beginning of wisdom is at wisdom tells you listen you live right you you put pressure on your life to live right before god and everything else will take care of itself in that sense you know if people like it or don't like it that's that's on them but you make sure you're pleasing to god right don't just don't we can't just say these things these these scriptures and not have any substance to it in our own life because at some point it will show up and you don't want that we don't want to be ashamed you know the bible says not to walk in shame it says to walk in authority says to walk in power and you know you understand power when you understand authority authority is a big deal to god it's always been and following through with the right kind of authority is important for the christian especially the days that we're living now let's turn to ephesians chapter one real quick but you're still holding your place in matthew i know i'm telling you to hold your place in a lot of places but you know follow along okay hold your place still in matthew chapter seven let's turn to ephesians chapter what do i say one ephesians chapter one okay ephesians chapter 1 starting in verse 3 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessings in heavenly places in christ according as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world so this plan was before the foundation of the world we know that he carried it out he fulfilled it it is finished it is done and it is ours for to embrace it is ours to receive as our inheritance amen it says that we should be holy and without blame before him in love having predestined us how many of you know that the greek did not have punctuations so the english put punctuations there but i could tell you the truth it doesn't read well it doesn't read in in cooperation with the other scriptures when you say without him before him in love no in love starts a new sentence you see that okay pay attention to it it says that we should be holy and without blame before him we should be holy and without blame before him in love he predestined us unto the adoption of children by jesus christ to himself according to the good pleasure it brought pleasure this this plan before the foundation of the world even though it mutilated his son it brought pleasure to him it was a good pleasure of his will all right which is to bless us to bless us with all spiritual blessings you read that in verse three right and to adopt us as sons his adoption as sons was the good pleasure of his will and now that we've been adopted as sons and all spiritual blessings have been given to us from heavenly places from himself look at um turn to second thessalonians chapter one don't forget what we just read there now turn to second thessalonians chapter one and we're going to read what that goes along with and starting in verse 11 we're going to read another thing about his good pleasure remember the good pleasure of his will what did that good pleasure do it it formed a plan before the foundation of the world that we can see in genesis chapter 3 verse 15 right and it's carried through the whole entire old testament you know through psalm 107 verse 20 through isaiah 53 brought all the way to matthew 8 verse 17 and then carried about through you know first peter 2 24 acts 10 38 we are all that's all in there the plan of god is throughout scripture and it all pointed to jesus as we sang being the center of it all the center at all from heaven to our heart and from our heart to the world amen okay so having said that ii thessalonians 1 11-12 wherefore also we pray always for you that our god should count you worthy of his calling what's the prayer what's the request what's the desire that when god sees you he will count you worthy of his colleague god is looking he is looking and he wants to see the worthiness of the calling in him with his stuff to put it blame to put it bluntly he wants to see his stuff in the calling not a calling of selfish ambition and doing whatever we want and you know you know going going halfway with the world system halfway with god's system doing things mixed he doesn't want to see a the worthiness of his calling is not a mixture the worthiness of his calling is a purity there's a purity in that and it goes along with with what has been written for us to follow our lives have been destined for us and it has been laid out for us already we don't have to figure it out if we're trying to figure it out we're in error we have to we don't have to figure it out we just have to receive the revelation that's already given it's figured out for us and walk in that that's what worthy of our calling means okay so then it goes here and it says um that he may count you worthy of this calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with weakness with double mindedness with unbelief with oh um i i believe help my unbelief type of thinking no with power and assam and let's add timothy in there with power love and a sound mind see you can connect the scriptures and make sense of it it's when you change the scripture and twist it to say something else that you're in error but if you if you connect to second thessalonians with second peter you know one seven and you put it together and added to that with power love and a sound mind you're not an error you're just adding to what the scripture already says amen so you're not adding to the scripture you're cooperating with it you're connecting it rightfully and you're bringing it into context so with power with love with a readiness of mind with with a sound mindedness you're going to fulfill the good pleasure of his will and be counted worthy is that what the bible says and then you connected with for with ephesians chapter one what does it say he started this good pleasure of his will and then he's finishing it with you we are the finished product of the good pleasure of his will work walking worthy of our calling walking as worthy as as he walked walking in the manner that he walked walking in the manner that he shows us to walk and if you do a study on walk just the word walk in the new testament all those scriptures will pop out and give you a beautiful lesson of what what our walk has and what it doesn't have so when you know what the walk has then when you know when the infiltration of what it's not supposed to have you know to just say get out get out get out get out of the way laziness out undisciplined life out you know a desire for other things out you know a desire for to vegetate out you know you know an r r without god out i can r and r but with god see everything we do with him you know if you're r with him if you're spending time in fellowship with him you know not spending you know a hundred percent of the time talking about other things and not even spending five minutes talking about the things that so what i admire about smith wigglesworth 30 minutes didn't go by you know and i've been i've been i've been changing some things in my life with regards to that now i have my bible app open and it's like anywhere i'm at you know every time a certain level of time goes by i look i look at it whether it's the proverbs whether it's the new testament whether it's a book i'm reading whatever i look at i just stare at it for a second read a couple of scriptures and then just think about it while i'm fellowshipping or while i'm doing something else you know i'm looking at it for a second getting it in you know it takes about a second you know to put our eyes to it amen and so um in verse 12 it says now here says and the work of faith with power right good pleasure of his goodness the word the call worthy you know the the call his call that is worthy right and then here says why all these things are necessary that because when you see the word that it's answering a why it's saying this is why we just said this okay this is the why coming in that the name of the lord jesus christ may be glorified in you and you in him is that what that says so there's a cooperation there's a two-way thing here that the name of the lord may be glorified in you and you in him you in him so you count how do you count your calling worthy you in him and him being glorified through you in you out of you amen a collaboration and cooperation according to the grace of god and the lord jesus christ do you see that you have to go back and write the scriptures down and go back and read them again for yourself in context so you can see it clearly see it how i'm seeing it because it's so awesome you know it energizes you in the holy ghost you know it puts you on it puts you like yeah it settles you it gives you peace all these scriptures actually give you peace you know just because god tells you you need to do this you need to do this you need to do this it's not supposed to be it's not supposed to be it is like that sometimes but it's not supposed to be ugh so tired i'm wearing i'm you know no what's supposed to happen is like you know what jesus you said that your yoke is easy and you're burning his light what i'm fixing to do what you've given me to do what you want me to do is going to be light and easy watch i'm just going to go i'm going to go after it it's not supposed to be toilsome in a way where where it burns my life down it's supposed to be where i keep running because i'm energized by it but it it has to do with a change of mindset it has to do with the attaining of scripture and the receiving of scripture you know and the receiving of it for real not just saying oh yeah yeah i know you know that to me it's like a slap in the face to god when you're when you're trying to read a scripture to a person that you know they're not seeing and they say yeah yeah i know that i know that i'm like come on just listen for a second okay let me take you to james let me let me take you to nursery school first james says to listen to be eager to listen you know listen to me i'm here you know who's the stronger one here you're coming to me you're you're in a weak state and i'm the stronger one and i'm trying to help you okay change your attitude because i'm trying to help you and build you up in the most holy faith and get you going amen okay let's go back to matthew 7. make sure i can stay right here matthew 7 we left off in verse 12 therefore all things whatsoever you shall do you would that men do to you right that should do to you do you even sow to them that's what i'm doing today this is the kind of message i want to hear you know the message that you know gets me on the right track wakes me up you know settles me in in the will of god not the will of man that settles me in you know in the word of god this is the kind of message that you know that i want to hear you know like slap me around a little bit yeah yes you know i want i want i want hebrews chapter 12 in my life i want he you know god to discipline my life in the form of pressuring me with his word you know i want his word to pressure my life into what i am in christ jesus so it says here do you even sow to them for this is the law and the prophets what's the law and the prophets do unto others as you want done unto yourself didn't jesus say that you know didn't jesus say to love god with all your heart mind soul and strength you know and then do unto others what you would want done unto you with that in mind though those things working together not do unto others as you know you will run down unto you and you know make you a lazy couch potato no you know do unto others and say unto others what you would want unto you with the essence of worshiping god with all your mind soul and strength with all your heart minds holding strength coming out of that that's how you do not just add whatever you know there is a prescription in the word of god and how these things are done amen now let's keep reading enter you in the straight or narrow gate depending on what translation you have either or is going to be the same straight or narrow um enter you into the straight or narrow gate for white as a gate and broad spacious is another word you can use for that very spacious very open-ended very you know like coexist with everything right in the way that leads to destruction and many according to what jesus said many there be which go in there at many through this spacious gate right because now he's giving you the reason why because straight and narrow is the gate and narrow actually that word is compressed the more appropriate word there would be compressed and compressed is the way that leads onto life why is it compressed because it's laid out for us and all we have to do is receive it with a yield and an open heart and adopted us to ourselves god adopted us the sons we adopt his word as our will as our way of life right and in that there's not a lot of stuff that he's put in there that we have to be walking out in that sense all right um which leads to life and few there be that find it so many find the spacious gate few find this narrow one so you we're the few according to the scripture we are the few that find this and walk in it now in luke 13 24 it adds a word to this and it's the same account right it's a strive to enter through the narrow gate strive to enter now that word strive is g75 and it's agony zomai sounds like agonize i guess strive it means to struggle literally to compete for a prize all right figuratively means to contend with an adversary strive to enter into that narrow gate is that preaching to you from other scriptures okay endeavor to accomplish something is what that word means fight labor fervently to endeavor with strenuous zeal the bible says right in other words strive to enter into that gate now is there going to be a fight of faith yes there's going to be a fight of faith now do you have are you fully equipped with everything that you need the bible says that we're equipped with everything that we need according to you know his nature that pertains to life and godliness he's given us all in christ jesus he's given us the mind of christ he's given us the wisdom of christ he's given us quickness to make decisions that are right that are holy that are pure that are true that that work for us he's given us this holy spirit that when we are weak in in romans chapter 8 it says that when we are infirmed or sickly in our thoughts or in our petitions he is able to intercede for us with groanings that cannot be uttered and he does that according to the will of god that's why you want to pray in the spirit as much as you can and if you don't have the baptism of the holy spirit and pray in tongues you want that you want to hurry with that you want to get that on you say no you you know you give good things i'm asking you for a fish give me the fish you know it's like i'm not i'm asking you for the holy spirit you know i'm asking you for what is right for you for us for this cooperation not so that i can speak in tongues but so that i can have the power to witness of your word the inner witness and the outer witness so that i can be free in doing the things that you have called me to with the power of the holy spirit and so that in speaking in tongues i can edify myself and by edifying myself i edify the body and by edifying the body everything gets stronger to edify the world to bring this message and this witness to the world right and he does it according to the will of god to the plan of god at hand now to the plan of god that's already been fulfilled to the plan of god at hand to the plan of god in future sense in now sense amen there's a plan right now in your life for the things you're supposed to be doing today there's there's you know divine appointments as they say there's there's things that are in the works that you need to show up at you know and all that stuff if you're not walking with the lord if you're not really giving attention and setting your affection to the things we're missing opportunities and when you miss opportunities you miss the strengthening of what god wants done on the earth we can't have that we can't have that we have to strive to walk in that narrow way and walk in the way that god has set for us and not look for any other way there's no other way for us you have to set it in our minds we have to declare that to ourselves no other way for you marie there's no other way for you and if you if you get it bent a little bit you've got to get back on track you can't do that you can't find any other way there's only one way and you have to put your eyes to it your mouth to it your mind to it your hands to it your output to it on a constantly daily basis in your own family that's where it starts with my own grandchild with my husband with my mother-in-law with my with my family with my kids that's where it starts that's where my ministry starts i give it there and then i move it towards the outside world with my team surround yourself build yourself a team surround yourself with a team of responsible people people that have a heart for the things of god that have a heart to do things moving forward you know if sickness is in your midst get it out kick it out drive it out you know with your word the bible says in in matthew chapter 8 verse 16 that with a word he drew he drove all the enemy out he drove all the devils out with a word with a word in your mess don't allow it don't isolate yourself surround yourself build yourself a team a family team a military family team because you know that's what we need in this world that we're living in you know get together work out all the quirks yeah there's times you're not gonna like each other so what so what does is christ living in there is christ living in them okay they'll change because they're working towards it there's you know there's times that you'll be disappointed in each other who cares you know get over it you know be the stronger brother sister in that sense be the more mature you know raise the hands that are feeble correct the minds that are thinking wrong help the people that are that are around you that that need that strength if you have the strength don't create don't put your energy in criticizing them and bringing them down put your energy in trying to figure out how to fix that thing and bring it up higher lift how do you how do you exalt the name of jesus we sing it we lift up your name we lift up your name how do you do that by doing by doing what pleases him you know by by helping by by lifting things up not bringing things down now what do i bring down those strongholds those thought patterns those things that rise up its ugly head against the will of god yes i say no that's not gonna it's not gonna be that way no it's not gonna happen that way no i'm not going under no they're not going under i will stand and i will stand for them they're not going to go under you know no this world is not going under no the economy is not going under no the gas prices are not going up uh yeah they are no they're not watch you know no i'm not gonna lose everything no you know i got god they can't take god away from me i got everything you know they can't take what they don't have access to you know they can't take from me what they don't have access to they do not have access to what i have access to right so how the bible says that we are rich in god we are rich in christ jesus you know you know one day the bank can say zero and the i say you can say ten thousand dollars according to the scripture because if i ask i know i receive and if i need it for what i'm doing because my life is his it's gonna be there so that's not an issue what about health and and and you know and a roof and all that stuff the same thing same principle the same principle that we use to to to um bring down and drive away sickness we bring down those thoughts of in you know of being needy we're not needy sons of god we are provided for that is our narrow path you know you walk in this god just god oversees it you have to believe and have a hope that he is overseeing these things and yes these things work together for your good if you're in him and these things these simple thoughts matter in the everyday life not just here not just here saying amen in the everyday life when you catch yourself saying something contrary to what you know to be true catch it fix it and say i'll never say that again and say it out loud what i just said i'll never say it again that is wrong that is wrong thinking that is error and i will speak the truth you know i had three more pages i had to finish this one okay so what he just said in matthew chapter seven that we read right we read from verse 9 to verse 14. what he just said the rest is how the how to of what he just said in matthew 7 still verse 15. remember when jesus talked he talked in context because if not he wasn't the god of wisdom right he wasn't just randomly throwing things out there and we can cookie cutter it to you know to fit other things this is all in his mindset as he was speaking so he's speaking to you and he's telling you look god god gives good things right and then he's telling you but there's a narrow way that you need to strive to be in right and then he says then he says but to be in that narrow way this is how the how-to of being in that narrow way this is just a little bit beware of false prophets and according to the new testament beware of false teachers right and look what it says which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves now you can turn there if you want but or you can write it down in romans chapter 16 verse 17 through 20 it says this now i beseech you brethren mark them that cause division and offenses contrary what kind of division and offenses because there's going to be division and offenses but it's not going to be contrary what's the what's the opposite of contrary along with joined with right so if you're joined with the right doctrine of god and there's division and offenses it's it's their division and offense not yours and it's pleasing to god that you that you stay for the doctrine right but here says that mark them that cause division and offense contrary to the doctrine which you have learned learned and avoid them mark them and avoid them avoid listening to them avoid their influence avoid them they got mixture they got their their sheeps in their ravening wolves and sheep's clothing as the bible says right and it says in verse 19 for no verse 18 for they are such that serve not our lord jesus christ they are not serving the lord jesus christ they are serving their own ambitions they are serving the world system right but their own belly and by good words listen to this this is why they're sheeps this is why they're revenue wolves and sheep's closing because they use good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple for your obedience is come abroad unto all men and i am glad therefore on your behalf but yet i would have you wise unto that which is good for real not these good words that are coming out of falsehood right out of false propheting or false teaching wise unto that which is good and simple concerning evil right and the god of peace shall bruise satan under your feet shortly the grace of the lord jesus christ be with you amen now let me clarify something that word simple concerning evil is the word g185 and it's of the mind without a mixture of evil flee from guile innocent harmless when it comes to evil so when it says there simple concerning evil meaning that you abhor it just like we read in in the bible in in um corinthians or in romans right and then bruise there where it says bruce saying under your feet i love this word you know what it means it says to break in pieces to tear down to break down to crush and this is my favorite one to tear one's body and shatters one's strength that's being wise to good you tear down one's strength the strength that is coming out of evil works tearing it down that's actually doing good that's why what do you need you need grit you need to be tough you need to be strong in god the bible says in the old testament that he has made us his battle axe that he has strengthened our arms for war and then he tells and paul tells timothy you know war a good fight you know you're a soldier now you know don't concern yourself with the things of the world be in the world do the things that you need to do but war a good fight of faith amen and then it says here the word shortly is actually mistranslated that actually should say under your feet quickly swiftly speedily and in acts 12 7 and acts 22 18 that same word is translated hastily or speedily so people think shortly that's like time passing by no in the moment as soon as you act on the word of god as soon as you do these things as soon as you put good and you combat evil with it he's he's shattered his strength is shattered as soon as you do that that's why it matters what you say and how you process what comes out of the mouth it matters whatever state you're physically or mentally whatever in it still matters what you say even if you're in a weak mental state if you're in a weak mental state and you're not thinking properly keep your mouth shut when people talk to you say [Music] how you doing i mean that is a very very that's an extreme because you ought to be able to say how am i doing me i'm doing great by the stretch of jesus i'm healed i got all things pertaining to life and godliness you know everything is working together for my good god is with me god is for me god is in me god is on the throne he's never been removed and he still does things the way he's always done them so i'm good but i see you at your body oh yeah oh you well that was like curry says oh you're talking about my body oh yeah my body's that's what i own and i'm getting it fixed it's in the shop you know it's on its way it's running its course i don't know how you're gonna say it you know or just say you know what it ain't none of your business right now it depends on who you're talking to it depends on who you're talking to you know if it's somebody that pesters me a lot i will pull out it's none of your business if i know that it's a pestering loving pestering type of person and they'll understand they'll just roll their eyes oh she's in that mood again praise the lord i had a little bit more but let's leave it there for now now remember you have learned a doctrine and that's the scriptures that i have for you the doctrine that you have learned it's all in the new testament that doctrine which you have learned where it says here you know um you have learned a doctrine that is for the goodness of god to bring out his good pleasure amen and there is okay here's how i'm going to end this i dare you to read matthew chapter 7 and matthew 13 all right and then go to romans chapter 13 which they're using so that you can cower down so that you can bow down to the things to the things of man right so that you not be a son after god's own heart who was who was that set of a god's after god's own heart david okay would you if if if he's after god's own heart would he say things that is after god's heart okay before we go turn quickly to ii samuel 24 14. because i had a little bit more to make my case but let me tell you i wanted to end with combating what people are saying out of romans 13. write this down read matthew 7 read matthew 13 first take into consideration everything we've spoken today right now read second samuel 24 14 a man after god's own heart from the old not even from the new from the old right and david said to god which was a prophet i am in great distress please let us fall into the hand of the lord for his mercies are great and do not let us fall into the hand of man with that essence with that statement in mind with matthew 7 everything jesus said in matthew 7 everything he said in matthew 13 put it on top of romans chapter 13 and tell me i dare you after you read all that anybody anybody even watching to tell me that i am the one that's wrong for standing with god with everything that's happening in the world i dare you because it won't fit you will have you will have to twist and i will find the twist and i will say no that's wrong this is right what you're saying is wrong this is right so romans 13 is not something for christians to bow their knee to turn themselves to man it's what jesus what david said here i'd rather be in the hands of god and take my chances here than ever take my chances with the hands of man so the plans of god will stand for my life and whatever my head to toe has to go through that doesn't defy the promises because they can't defy the promises that have been given to me right whatever my body my life has to go through in order for me to succeed in god's plan and in god's vision for my life so be it but i would rather fall into god's plan into his hands than anything the world system or man has planned for this life that we're living as humans amen so matthew 7 matthew 13. read them clearly then layer them on top of romans 13 and nobody will be able to attack you with that anymore nobody will ever be able to tell you no but you got to obey this you gotta obey that and go i gotta obey jesus in his word [Applause] david was smart enough and he didn't even have the infilling of the spirit to say what he said in second samuel 24 14. i'm smart enough and quick thinking enough to know that my chances are better to stand up to things than to bow down to them amen right well god bless you that's all we got for now and if you need ministry if you need ministry we will minister to you we will have some music playing we will minister to you we want to kick the schemes of the devil out of your life and we want to do so quickly and swiftly just like romans chapter 16 says right now in this moment so if you want ministry just come up and the brothers and sisters will will line you up and we'll minister to you amen be blessed [Applause] you

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