Pastor Tolan Morgan - Lord, Open Our Eyes!

[Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] hello fellowship i'm mike dinkins and this is ship tv news be sure to like to share to comment throughout our worship experience in fact in the comments section we want you to let us know right now no i mean it right now let us know where you're watching us from if you're watching us for the first time and you want more information on what's happening here at the ship text the keyword connect c-o-n-n-e-c-t to 478-249-5426 we hope you remember to wear your pink today in celebration of breast cancer awareness month today we celebrate all of the women who have survived breast cancer if you're wearing pink right now we want you to take a selfie post it on all of our social media platforms and use the hashtag the ship goes pink exclamation point family hear me now we are only nine days away from election day we're thankful for the over 30 million americans that have already early voted here in the state of georgia this friday october the 30th is the last day to early vote now if you have not done so already please make sure you handle your civic responsibility i mean be absolutely positively sure that you're taking care of this responsibility and then understand that your vote is your voice so make your voice count also this friday october 30th from 5 30 to 6 30 pm our lit nation youth ministry will host a trick or treat andy drive in front of the chapel now because of social distancing guidelines we won't be able to do the traditional trick-or-treat as usual so parents you'll be able to pull up in front of the chapel and you will and your child will receive a bag full of candy right from your car now so again it's this friday october the 30th from 5 30 to 6 30 pm we look forward to seeing you from a social distance at our trick or treat and the drive ladies we've heard word has gotten around about how much you enjoyed our last women of worth book club discussion well we've got another book for you to read for the month of november you'll be reading chasing binds by beth moore this book is available for purchase on amazon books a million and barnes noble now details on when this book will be discussed a fourth time family it was awesome it was amazing it was so good to see all of you last week for our victory sunday 2020 now even though we had to worship from a distance in our cause for the first time in seven months we were able to come together as a church family and celebrate the goodness of our god that's a jerk saying me now in case you missed it here's a recap [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] one [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] on today faith international university will graduate several scholars from their divinity program one of which being our very own congratulations to pastor tolin j morgan for earning his master of arts in theological studies concentrated in apologetics from faith international university continue to strive for excellence and continue to be an apologist for jesus christ [Music] this wednesday at 6 30 p.m join us for wednesdays in the word on whatever your favorite platform is consider this your mid-week inspiration as we receive a powerful word that will push us forward through the rest of the week also on sunday november the 1st make sure you have your bread and juice ready as we observe holy communion also don't forget next sunday november the 1st daylight savings time ends be sure to set your clocks backwards one hour now to be honest you know this only applies to those of us who typically attend church on time so the rest of you that are late right rises leave your clocks exactly ready well my friends that's all for this week for more information on these and other exciting events visit us on our website at healthvbchome.org or follow us on your favorite social media platform so you can always know what's happening here at the ship well have a great week have a great week enjoy the worship experience and be [Music] blessed come on clap your hands hey come on lord i just wanna thank you you've been so good i just wanna thank you you've been so good to me you've been been so good to me this is it out as loud as i can you know you've been good you've been so good to me this is turn it down lord you know you'll be good because you've been good let me take this time to say thank you jesus i wanna thank you jesus you've been good to me i wanna thank you jesus i want to thank you jesus jesus thank you because you've been you've been good than me then i've been to myself thank you thank you lord thank you thank you right now thank you thank you lord thank you [Music] [Music] if you're on your job just take one second if you gotta sneak to the bathroom just take a minute and celebrate the lord if he's been good to you stand up in your living room and clap your hands with the joy of the lord right where you are come on come on you ain't had this kind of joy all week just clap your hands right where you are celebrate jesus right there in your house come on let the joy of the lord be your strength come on let the draw of the lord be your strength if he's brought you through another week celebrate the goodness of the lord get your joy on right there in the house so [Music] hallelujah this is the day the lord has made and we choose to rejoice and be glad in it for the lord is good he's been so good to us his mercy is everlasting and his truth endures unto all generations we celebrate jesus christ today our lord and our savior our king our redeemer the lover of our souls our creator and maker he alone is god and we give him glory today would you join me in a word of prayer father in the name of the lord jesus christ we rise today to exalt you to extol you to honor you to lift you to bless you to worship you to praise you we thank you for the power of the holy ghost that is resonating both in this space and in the places and spaces where your people are attending online thank you for the joy of the lord that is our strength thank you god for being our keeper thank you for being our savior our maker and maintainer we give you all the praise that is do your name for you alone are worthy of all of the praise we thank you god for the gift of life today and it more abundantly we thank you lord for being a forgiving father and not just a just judge and as a result of you being a forgiving father i ask that you'd forgive us of every sin by thought word indeed fill us up first with the holy ghost sanctify us now use us to worship you use us to walk for you use us to witness for you use us to work for you we live our lives for your glory father let today be the day of somebody's breakthrough let today be the day of somebody's healing in their minds in their spirits in their bodies in their families god i pray today that you were men broken relationships between parents and children between husbands and wives between family members god i ask today lord that you would allow your people to experience an outpouring of your glory your presence even though they're not here in the physical sanctuary but you we are living temples we are holy temples for you so spirit of the living god pour out afresh on us allow us to have an encounter with you father we thank you for those men and women who have survived breast cancer any kind of cancer we thank you god that there are those today who are testimonies that you have the last word and even lord those families who may have loved ones who may have succumbed to this disease we give you glory that there is life beyond the grave and we thank you god for giving us eternal life through jesus christ despite whatever the cause of death may be and so father i agree it by faith in the name of jesus that today would be somebody's day of healing somebody may be wrestling with a physical challenge a disease a chronic disorder and i speak healing into your life today in the name of the lord jesus christ that today would be your day to be healed by the bomb in gilead and we give you praise for it now lord let somebody's soul be saved today let them be transformed by the power of your word and the influence of your holy spirit we give you praise now bless every assembly all over the world where people are gathered today to worship your name online and or in person in jesus name amen how good the lord is and we praise and bless him for his goodness his grace his glory his love is longsuffering in our lives we thank him for jesus christ we thank him for his spirit we thank him for his word that is a lamp into our feet and enlightened to our path let me say good morning to all of you who are attending uh here at fellowship online it's a good day to worship jesus it's a good day to be alive it's a good day to celebrate the minor minute things of life that we often overlook and thank god for the small simple things amen amen i want us to take this time now to greet each other if we haven't had the chance to do that uh through our digital handshake let's speak one to another whether you're a member of our church or not member to member member to guests if you are visiting with us today you're not a member of our church we consider you to be a guest we're excited that you chose this church to be your place of worship today or one of many places of worship for you today would you identify yourself let us know your name where you're worshiping from if you're in another city another state anywhere in this country even overseas if you're in another country all together we welcome you to the fellowship bible baptist church we praise god that the holy ghost has led you to this church to worship jesus christ on this day let me be god's grace and peace to be your portion today let's greet each other we are so grateful and thank you we will not allow uh this fracture of fellowship to stop our love for each other even if we have to do it technologically so we greet you all in the name of the lord jesus christ very quickly i want to thank all of you who were here last week for our victorious victory sunday drive up worship it was an absolute stupendous experience if you were here i praise god that you were here if you attended the worship online i pray that the spirit of god bless you as much where you were as it as he did here on the on the premises of our campus and listen though it was outside it felt like natural church it felt like real church and the holy ghost blessed us in a great great way so i want to thank again all of our teams who undergirded the execution of that worship all of our ministry teams all of our personnel all of our staff all of our volunteers thank you so very much uh for continuing to make fellowship a great church with great people thank you so much i also want to thank the lord for our fbc clergy who have preached the last three weeks uh in our midweek inspirations our wednesdays in the word reverend matthew hudson reverend john jackson and minister kara watson brought a word from the lord these last three weeks so we celebrate them and we praise god for their callings to preach the gospel of jesus christ and sharing the word of the lord with us these past three weeks today is breast cancer awareness sunday here at fellowship i want to ask everybody everybody whether you're a member of our church or not whether you're a member of our church or not we want to lift up breast cancer awareness today so if you're wearing pink uh would you post a picture of yourself on any of your social media platforms and hashtag it the ship goes pink hashtag it the ship goes pink whatever social media platform you're on we want to lift up awareness we know that this disease is particular in a unique way in the african-american community and we want to also recognize all of those who may not be african-american but you're watching this worship you may have had a family member who has had to fight this fight we're praying for you we consider you again to be a part of the human race and god has his hand on you just like he is on all of us and so we are loving you today and appreciating you and praying your strength in the lord as well we are one in the lord and we always want to uh be sensitive to the fact that any and everybody are part of god's race of people amen and so we lift up the love of jesus christ to you if you're in this battle my prayer today my prayer today is that god would heal you that god would use you as another sign of his healing virtue in the earth as a matter of fact uh we have several survivors we have several breast cancer survivors who are members of this church if you're watching which i know you are would you make yourself known again on any social media platform let the world know that you are a breast cancer survivor that this disease does not have the last word my own sister my oldest sister her life was taken by this disease but she died in the lord and so while there are others who were in god's will that their lives were transitioned there are others who are still witnesses that god has the last word this disease does not have the last word and so let's lift up our survivors let's lift up a good report all across the world today that breast cancer can be beaten and that there are survivors by the power the healing power of god make yourself known if you're a survivor and let's lift up the power of god today and take victory over this disease in jesus name then finally i want to remind everybody you saw earlier this friday will be our trick-or-treat candy drive here at the church from 5 30 to 6 30. i don't just want our youth to come i want youth and adults to come this is always a good opportunity for us to see each other uh here at the church and so it's gonna be drive-through style you don't have to get out of your vehicle we're gonna just drop a little gift in your vehicle uh and uh let's take this opportunity uh with our lit nation youth ministry here at our church let's take this opportunity to uh one come to the church two to see each other uh three to have a brief pass by time of fellowship it'd be great to see you just to know you're doing all right just to know you that god is keeping you and that and that uh life uh has not gotten the best of you all right so come by for this time of fellowship uh this coming uh october the 30th from 5 30 to 6 00 to 6 30 uh here on the campus of our church we'd love to see you during that hour amen i thank the lord today for our men that have blessed us in a great way amen this one of our one of the other expressions of our music and arts ministry our uh representation of our mail course has come by and blessed us today we thank god for them the brothers in their pink shirts amen lifting up breast cancer awareness we just thank the lord for them encouraging us in worship today i want to summon your senses and invite your intellect to the book of second kings chapter number six second kings chapter number six and it is there that the holy spirit has highlighted for us this context of scripture beginning with verse number eight second kings chapter six beginning with verse number eight while you're landing there uh let me appreciate uh all of you who have uh sent forth uh salute or a recognition in honor of clergy appreciation month uh the month of october is clergy appreciation month and i want to thank god for those of you that have sent salutations my way your various expressions of appreciation thank you so much for your encouragement uh this month and uh as you saw earlier today the lord blessed me to uh earn my master's degree in theological studies and our graduation was today later on today is going to be virtual and so i appreciate all of you again for uh again your encouragement uh in this stretch many of you did not know i was uh in school um still trying to pastor still trying to maintain my schedule still trying to serve god's people still trying to do all of my pastoral responsibilities so god be praised for his strength in this season it's been a long journey but thank the lord he's allowed us to accomplish that let me say a degree does not say that you're smart or dumb for that matter a degree simply says that you can start a project and finish it it's just a piece of paper that proves you can start a project and finish it so i want to encourage all of my brothers and sisters if you have educational goals it was a personal goal of mine so i know so many of you may have personal goals if you have personal goals go for it don't allow challenges in life to stop you from your personal goals any goal that is meant to improve you personally is a goal worth going after so i want to encourage all of my brothers and sisters whatever your personal goals are go forward go for it god will give you the power and the resources uh to get it done for his glory amen second kings chapter six uh beginning with verse number eight second kings chapter six verse number eight the bible should read then the king of syria ward against israel and took counsel with his servants saying in such and such a place shall be my camp and the man of god sent unto the king of israel saying be beware that you do not pass such a place for there the syrians are come down and the king of israel sent to the place which the man of god told him and warned him of and saved him there not once nor twice therefore the heart of the king of syria was so troubled for this thing and he called his servants and said unto them will you not show me which of us is for the king of israel and one of his servants said none my lord o king but elisha the prophet that is in israel tells the king of israel the words that you speak in your bed chamber he said go and spy where he is that i may send and fetch him and it was told him saying behold he is in dothan therefore sent he their horses and chariots and a great host and they came by night and compassed the city about him when the servant of the man of god was risen early and gone forth behold a host com compassed the city both with horses and chariots and his servants said unto him alas my master how shall we do he answered fear not for they that be with us are more than they that be with them and elisha prayed and said lord i pray you open his eyes that he may see and the lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots a fire round about elisha and when they came down to him elisha prayed unto the lord and said smite this people i pray you with blindness and he smote them with blindness according to the word of elisha i want to snatch our subject out of verse 17 tag this text lord open our eyes lord open our eyes ladies and gentlemen it is clear that one of the objectives goals intents of the enemy is to scare us he works overtime he studies us to understand to discern to identify either what our fears are or what our fears can become because he understands the power of fear to prohibit the progress of life and if the progress of life is prohibited the plans of god for our lives are prohibited and so therefore you and i must resolve as we transition towards a new year we have a lot on our plate presently that can scare us pandemic news racial injustices political upheaval got a lot on our plate that is designed to scare us as a matter of fact many of us have to be very careful and cautious that we do not become negativity junkies always communicating the negative never the positive or quick to be the reporters of bad news because what it does subconsciously is that it spoils your spirit and you end up becoming negative and pessimistic subconsciously as a matter of fact most of us probably need to check ourselves and ask ourselves what is the mood and nature of most of our conversation are you always communicating something negative every time you have a conversation you have something to talk about because there's something negative to talk about or do you have something worthwhile and exciting and positive to share that can influence and encourage others more than it does spoil others i think we have to be careful in this season that as we are living in the world we do not become a microcosm of that world for the god i serve ladies and gentlemen has the power to lift us up and allow us to accomplish great things even within a negative context but it all is contingent upon what you're looking at such as the discipline discovered in the discourse of second kings chapter 6. when we read this story we have to begin by understanding the historicity of the book of second kings in the original hebrew canon first and second kings was one book it was split to reflect one united monarchy in sec in first kings and second kings reflects a split kingdom israel to the north and judah to the south but from a theological perspective it reflects documentation and evidence that god had just right to inflict judgment on his people for their idolatry because their kings went away from the wheel and word of god what we discover in first and second kings is that when the king obeyed the word and will of god the people prospered but when the king walked away from the word and will of god and began to embrace pagan idols and ungodly practices the people suffered you and i cannot help today but to understand what john maxwell put so well that everything stands and falls on leadership when you've got good leadership the people prosper when you've got bad leadership the people suffer and in the book of kings this was a record of how god intended to extend his will and kingdom through politicians and since he did not come himself he sent prophets to speak to kings to reveal and remind to these political authorities god's way god's will god's preference you and i pick up this history in in the life of god's people through the ministry of elisha elijah's pupil mentee elijah's protege who has been anointed to be the continuation of elijah's ministry he unfortunately is raised up as a pre-classical prophet who spoke truth to power during a time when the people were experiencing dire straits and inhumane socialization injustice idolatry and here rises a voice of god to speak truth to power his name is elisha and by the time we get to chapter six he has made his presence known he has had several miracles that give witness and evidence to him being god's prophet and when we get to chapter six of second kings now there is warfare that has been raised against god's people from the king of syria the king of syria has plotted these secret ambushes that were designed to be sneak attacks on the people of israel and every time the king of syria plotted a sneak attack elisha would go and tell the king of israel not to go to such and such a place because that was the place where syria had set up a sneak attack and because of elisha's intel elisha was able to help the king of israel avoid these attacks not one time not two times but multiple times so much to the point that the king of syria said this is too suspicious how are they avoiding attacks they don't know about how are they repeatedly avoiding attacks that nobody knows we're planning but my inner circle these are sneak attacks there are no announcement of these attacks how are they continually avoiding these attacks he believes and resolves that the only way that israel could continue to avoid these sneak attacks was that there was a traitor in his camp he calls a meeting and questions his members of his cabinet which one of you are a traitor one of the servants speak up and says to the king of syria sir it's none of us this is not an issue of treason this is an issue of espionage by which god is the spy there's a prophet in dothan by the name of elisha and he is receiving intel about the things you speak in your bed chamber and he is going to relay that information to the king of israel therefore this again is not an issue of treason it's an issue of espionage and the spy is god god knows what you have resolved in your bed chamber he is informing his prophet elisha and elisha is going to tell the king of israel every sneak attempt that you are trying to launch against his kingdom the king of syria gets mad and sends out a strike force to apprehend and arrest elisha in dothan the bible says this force surrounds the city and the next morning when they wake up they discover that the city has been surrounded and one of elijah's servants who the text calls him a young man wakes up early the next morning and to his surprise the city has been compassed with this strike force they are there to arrest and apprehend elisha he goes and tells elisha man there's an army out there what are we going to do elisha looks at the servant and says don't be scared for they that are with us are more than they that are with them and since you don't know what i'm talking about let me intercede for you and ask god to open your eyes so that you can see that you are a part of the majority and not the minority the young man gets his eyes open he looks up into the mountains and around the mountains is an army of horses and chariots that are on fire a young man's fears are were subdued and then elisha looks at this army and prays to the lord and said now lord for this army strike them blind so that they cannot see and the bible says in verse 18 and they were stricken blind according to the word of elisha church that's the story lord have mercy today let me back up and share some things that are pertinent to our walk with god and we'll go celebrate together ladies and gentlemen if you got a bible like it and can read it you'll discover that this whole story is built on this one sermon in a sentence here is this whole story in a sentence ladies and gentlemen fear lives or dies based upon how you see god lord have mercy today that's the little thesis of this easter speech at any given time during this this little talk we're having this morning that point is the summation of this whole story fear lives or dies contingent upon how you see god if you can't see god fear will live if you see god fear will die in your life how does this play out in this story first of all ladies and gentlemen this young man who is elisha's latest or newest student has to have a release from fear walk with me again through this story he wakes up the next morning sees the city circled about now i want to argue something ladies and gentlemen uh they came to arrest elisha because elisha is exposing the secrets of the enemy and profiting the god's kingdom at the same time they they they consider elisha to be an enemy of the state they are threatened by elisha because elisha is exposing the secrets and the sneak attacks and the military stratagems of the enemy simply put ladies and gentlemen they attacked elisha for what elisha knew which means elisha is in trouble because of his gift lord have mercy today god allows him to flow in the anointing of the word of knowledge and prophesy to the king of israel every attempt of the enemy that he's trying to attack on god's people and elijah's life is threatened because of the gift he operates in i don't know who i'm preaching to today but i want to ask you a question how do you handle life when your gift gets you in trouble what do you do when all you are trying to do is flow in the anointing the calling the gifting that god has on your life and your anointing your caller your gift is a threat to the enemy's kingdom and therefore you get in trouble for flowing in your own gift you are under attack because of the gift god has given you often times ladies and gentlemen you got to be careful when you covet people's gifts because coveting people's gifts may mean you will also get other people's troubles come here when you look again at this text you discover they came to attack elisha but elisha is not the one scared it is elijah's servant who watch this elise's servant's life is also threatened because of his attachment to elisha i don't know who i'm preaching to today but some of you need to slow down trying to get close to gifted people because when you get close to gifted people you may benefit from their gift but you also got to accept their troubles you also got to deal with their hazardous you also have to deal with the trouble that their gift brings because you now will become subject to the very challenges that may be on their life ladies and gentlemen i don't know if you got to reevaluate your friendships today but you don't need friends who don't want your troubles and they just want your triumphs if you are attached to the gift and the anointing and the call that's on somebody's life then you also got to deal with the troubles that come with their gift elisha's servant has his life flashing before his face because he's attached to one of god's unique gifts in elisha and this is a rare situation because it's not just elisha who's in trouble it's also he who is attached to him it has to bear the burden that comes along with being associated with gifted people may we discover here that he is scared because number one this is an unexpected problem verse 14 says they showed up at midnight in the middle of the night in darkness supposedly presumably elisha and his servant have already went to bed the enemy is up working in the dark while they are resting and sleeping they wake up the next morning and see and notice that there's an army all around them this is an unexpected problem but number two it's an unguarded position verse 15 says because it's unexpected it's unguarded because they've never had time to prepare a defense against that which they did not know was coming ladies and gentlemen you can't prepare for what you don't know is coming this is an unguarded position that results from an unexpected problem and then he looks at the master in verse 15 and says what are we going to do i think we need to stop and stick a pen there because at least it's elijah's problem but he's not leaving his boy stranded he didn't say what are you going to do he says what are we going to do in other words sir they came here for you but i'm not going to let you fight this battle by yourself i'm in it with you and maybe you and i need to take some time to thank god for those people in our lives who loved us so much that they would be a part of our battles and not just our victories what are we going to do he suggests to them that there is an undetermined plan an unguarded position and an unexpected problem preaching here tolling morgan and these three elements produce fear when i don't know what i'm going to do when i'm vulnerable in responding to what is happening and i didn't anticipate what was going to happen it produces fear and the first thing elisha says to his servant he says fear not good god almighty he says fear not i know you feel vulnerable i know you don't know what the next plan is going to be i know something hit your life that you didn't expect to happen and i know it left you unguarded and defenseless but fear not let me pause and tell you church that elisha has to minister to the young man's fears because if there was a plan the young man was not going to move with the plan because he's too scared you see church god did give you i need y'all to write this down god gave you the emotion of fear but he did not give you the spirit of fear preach toll and morgan god gave you the emotion of fear because fear is a warning system in your body built in by god to let you know that there is danger ahead of you fear is a built-in defense mechanism that god gave us to protect us so the emotion of fear protects but the spirit of fear paralyzes it won't let you move in the things that god has for your life it's okay to have healthy fear as a matter of fact stop being impressed by men and women who walk around talking about i ain't scared of nothing i ain't scared of nobody that's somebody you need to be scared of because if they don't have a fear of anything they are a hazard to themselves and everybody else around them god gave us fear as a defense mechanism against the threats that may come against us but we do not have the spirit of fear the emotion of fear protects the spirit of fear paralyzes can i tell you what paul told timothy he told timothy in second timothy chapter 1 verse 7 but god has not given us the spirit of fear but of love and a power and a sound mind y'all missed what he said so let me preach it he's saying god did not give you the spirit of fear because the spirit of fear paralyzes your thinking numbs your thinking that you will not make rational decisions you are not designed not to make rational decisions you are designed to make logical decisions even in the face of threats the spirit of fear paralyzes you it won't let you move forward he said god didn't give you that i know what you see but you won't be able to get past what you see as long as you are paralyzed by fear fear not i know this world is crazy i know this pandemic continues to ravage the land i know the politics of this country have left us all in an enigmatic state of wondering what is going on but ladies and gentlemen if you continue to just stare at the negativity you will be paralyzed and you will not move in what god has for the rest of your life that's if you believe you got life after this so let me talk to the people who got faith in the midst of this mess that i got life after this mess this is only a temporary stoppage in human progress but it is not going to permanently paralyze me where i am he says to his servant fear not because we can't move forward until i release you from fear he said now after i release you from fear you need a revelation about resources that are that are beyond your flesh i'll try it again he says after you get a release from fear you need a revelation about resources that are beyond your flesh he said son i know you're scared lord have mercy i'm about to run right along here he said i know you're scared i know you see things that scare you but the only reason why you really scared is based off what you don't see the stuff you're looking at is producing fear but there is something else that you don't see that will take your fear away come here uh i want to wrestle with a conundrum that is captured in the context because something leaps out at us in this text uh did y'all notice that god told elisha what the king of syria was doing to attack israel but we have no evidence in the passage that god told elisha the attacks that was coming against himself oh lord have mercy let me see if i can help you again because you didn't think that through with me so i got rewind in my mind how is it god that you can use my gift to help other people with their attacks but you're not using my gift to help me with my own attacks i got somebody watching me today you are frustrated right now because your gift helps everybody else but it don't help you what do you do when your gift is an asset to everybody else but it's a liability to yourself it brings victory to other people and vulnerability to yourself hey god you can tell me what's happening in other folks life and leave me vulnerable to the attacks that are coming in my own life you weren't going to tell me they trying to they outside at night you weren't going to tell me they circled the city you told me about everything else but you didn't tell me that see only real people can mess with this challenge in this text because sometimes church your gift works for everybody else but god won't let it work for you your question to me brother minister says why is that why didn't god tell them that they outside you can see attacks far away but you can't see a tax right upon you come here come here lean in child of god sometimes church who i'm about to run in this church sometimes church god withholds information to set you up for revelation good night church sometimes god will not tell you what you think he ought to tell you so he can let you know what he wants you to know because withheld information is the prelude to revelation all right you still missed it hey hey elisha and young servant i didn't tell you that they were outside around the city because had i told you they were out there you wouldn't have never gotten a revelation about my army sometimes y'all will withhold information cause you getting ready to see something else about god that you did not know before you had the situation all i'm trying to tell you is there are some things you get educated about but there are other things you got to have an experience with and when god wants you to have an experience he'll leave out certain information so you can experience him in a whole other way god left the information out because he's ready to show off his army preach toll and morgan might i tell you ladies and gentlemen god will leave some stuff out of your life because he's getting ready to show you something else about him that you didn't previously know okay let me see if i can grab the bible uh uh uh exodus uh chapter 15 exodus chapter 15. uh the children of israel are walking through the wilderness and they got a little thirsty there no there are no water fountains out there so the bible says they led them to the place called maura they get tomorrow y'all in exodus chapter 15 and the waters are bitter in morrow and uh the bible says that the lord told moses to take a stick throw it in the water and the waters became sweet and after the waters became sweet moses had a revelation it's in verse 26 of exodus 15 he says and he called the name of that place jehovah rapha because god said i will not allow the diseases of egypt to fall upon you and i am the lord that heals you you didn't know that in egypt you had to learn that by experience in the wilderness all right exodus 17 they're trekking through the wilderness and the bible says the lord leads them to refer them the bible says the lord leads them to refer them and when they get the referendum they encounter a fight with the children of amalek and the bible says that that they had a military strategy hey moses you go up on top of that mountain you aaron and her go up there joshua you take the army down in the valley and you fight the bible says as long as moses held up that that rod the bible says that joshua got the victory down in the valley with the amalekites and when they got done fighting moses had a revelation he called the name of that place jehovah nisi it translates god is my banner because as long as i held up the banner he brought us victory when my arm dropped we would lose it but when i held up the banner we got victory because you couldn't learn that in egypt you had to go through the wilderness and get a revelation because there was some information that was being withheld ladies and gentlemen genesis chapter 22 god tells abraham to take isaac upon mount moriah and sacrifice him unto god but by the time he got up there there was a ram caught in the dick in the thicket listen ladies and gentlemen god did not tell moses that that realm was up there he didn't tell abraham that ram was up there he found out after he got up there and abraham had a revelation he called the name of that place jehovah jireh god will provide ladies and gentlemen i'm talking to y'all out there you've had some revelation that did not come with information because you had an experience and you found out something about god that you did not know had you not experienced it god will leave information out because withheld information is going to lead to revelation i held out the information to tell you that they were outside because i'm getting ready to reveal my army i'm getting ready to show you that i'm with you even when you don't know i'm with you i'm getting ready to show you that you got angels all around you watching you by day and night i'm getting ready to show you that i walk with you i talk with you i tell you that i'm your own and i'll never leave you nor forsake you but you'll only discover that not through information but through revelation god says i got an army i got heaven backing you up all you need to do is trust me and open your eyes and not be paralyzed by what you see he said listen i've got revelation beyond the flesh the revelation is there's an army up there watching over you so listen you will stop being scared of what you see when you open your eyes to what you don't see you're not by yourself it all depends on how you see god it all depends on how you keep your eyes focused on god in light of what you see in light of what you hear i was always with you i've never left you by yourself now watch this church i'm done here's the close of the passage the young man's eyes was open and the bible says he looked up and saw chariots of fire around the mountains maybe that's why you were scared because your focus was down god has a revelation for you to look up so you can look unto the heels lord have mercy which comes your help your help comes from the lord you've got to keep your eyes upward unto god despite what is happening around you open your eyes and see god if you can look past what scares you god will give you peace god will give you victory that wasn't the whole of the story if y'all read this text this text y'all is a play on vision elisha asked god to open the eyes of the young man but he turns around at the end of the text and asks god to make the syrian army blind i'm gonna try it one more time he asked god to make to give one person sight and to give the other people blindness that there is a theological truth here that both blindness and vision come from the same source but the good news is he prayed to god hey god make my enemies blind to me in other words here's the revelation y'all god stopped the intentions of your enemy because he took away their vision for you your enemies had a vision for your life and god took away their vision because they had intentions on doing things to you that god didn't let be so because he took away their sight and now they can't see even how to attack you therefore their plans have been brought to naught you're it so let me help you he gave sight to the one that was blind and gave blindness to the ones that can see which means church that their fear was taken away because god reversed reality god reversed it because they thought it was going to go one way and god switched it to go a whole nother way ladies and gentlemen i don't even know why you're still sitting there in your house not rejoicing because you only can celebrate god for the stuff you saw coming lord have mercy today but i want to tell you if i'd be not a man of god that god has stopped some stuff that you didn't see coming because it was his plan to take away the vision of the enemy who had intentions on your life he reversed it he he reversed it and god be praised that this verse says in verse 18 he did it according to elisha i'm done i bid you all farewell he did it according to elisha can i tell you what that means he did it in the name of elisha i mean verse 18 god gave one sight and gave the other one blindness according to elisha now y'all already know if it's there it's there for a reason so your question to me is why is that there it's there ladies and gentlemen because elisha's name in his hebrew etymology translates jehovah my savior it is the historical reason why the mantle of elijah fell on elisha because elijah's name translates jehovah my god but elisha's name translates jehovah my savior oh you also sleep elijah was the old testament physical preview of god but elisha was the old testament physical preview of the savior who happens to be god's son who walked in the same mantle as elijah which means y'all in 2nd kings chapter 6 this young man was saved from the attack of the enemy by the savior does that sound like somebody y'all know that same savior in 2nd kings 6 and 18 decided he would do the exact same thing from you to save you from the works of the enemy by sacrificing himself and shedding his blood on calvary's hill jesus christ ladies and gentlemen was god in flesh and he brought vision to a world that was in darkness thank god for amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me i once was lost but now i'm found blind but now i see the savior brings vision for those he wants to save so that you and i can see god but he has shut down the vision of the enemy to throw it out his plans all together god be praised that he will open your eyes so you can move past your fears and see god might i encourage somebody and tell you oh my weight in my seat the lord is your light and your salvation whom shall you fear the lord is the strength of your life whom shall you be afraid when the wicked and the enemies come upon you to eat of your flesh they'll stumble and fall it depends on how you see god and your fears will live or die keep your eyes on jesus i know there's a lot going on in the world keep your eyes on jesus don't allow yourself to become a negativity junkie keep your eyes on jesus he is the light of the world and by the way he is not dead he is alive he rose from the dead to grant us victory over sin and death today is your day to open your eyes [Music] let me pray father in the name of the lord jesus i've got some people looking and listening but they're not seeing you i asked you this week to open their eyes and let them see you in a convincing undeniable way they've been circled about with negativity and pessimism trouble fear anxiety but god i speak peace to every spirit i speak vision to those that are blind and let them see you even when they don't see a way out let them see you even when they don't understand what you're doing or how you're doing it let them see you and even now god call somebody to see you that they might be saved open the eyes of their hearts let them see you high and lift it up so your train can feel their temple in the name of the lord jesus [Music] amen somebody watching me today says pastor my heart has opened my i've been looking but i haven't been seeing god i see him now the bigger you make god the smaller your fears become [Music] just see him and one of the most vivid ways we see god is through the life of jesus christ the love of jesus christ for god so loved the world he gave his only begotten son whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life jesus said i am the way the truth and the life no man comes unto the father but by me the clearest vision of god is through jesus christ to my brother my sister wherever you are if you have not opened up your heart to receive jesus today is your day today is your turn and your time to see him high and lifted up in your life pastor how do i see him number one you've got to see him by faith by your confession of faith pastor how do i confess faith in jesus number one you must be willing to accept him as lord number two you've got to be willing to believe that he died for you he shed his blood to remit to cleanse to wash away your sins and then thirdly he rose from the dead to give us victory over sin and death that when it's our time and turn to exit this life we will have eternal life with god and live with him forever if you're willing to believe those three things in your heart and confess that out of your mouth today's your day to see god clearly in a magnified and exalted state so that your fears are subdued so that you will not be paralyzed by fear he is your light and your salvation open your heart now give your life to him don't wait next till next sunday because it's not promised to you this is your day this is your time to respond with your life to jesus if you want to give your life to the lord jesus christ we have two options of responding by phone or by email you can email us at membership fbchome.org or you can text us at 478-2270 either one of those platforms and express your desire to give your life to the lord our staff stands ready to receive you into the body of christ let them know i want to get saved i want to give my life to jesus christ i want to do it today i don't want to wait [Music] open the eyes of your heart allow yourself to see god he's ready [Music] he's waiting on you to see him so that all your fears are subdued come on we're waiting to hear from you come on [Music] [Music] come on we're waiting to hear from you allow the holy spirit to minister to you [Music] [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus one more time hallelujah the holy ghost is moving on your heart to receive jesus christ again would you reach out to us by email reach out to us by text our staff stands ready to receive you into the body of christ and we would love for fellowship to be the place where you go and grow in god in your walk with god that he'll pull you out of darkness into his marvelous light amen amen amen church it's giving time let's prepare to give unto the lord it's giving time on your screen you will have five options of giving this is the part of our worship where we share our tithes and offerings we share our times and offerings and uh you already know tithing is the first tenth of income to god and when god blesses us he says sheriff a tenth of that you and i live off of the 90 and in addition to the 90 he says when we do it god's way malachi chapter 3 verses 10 through 12 says he will open windows of heaven pour us out a blessing we won't have room to receive it he will rebuke the devourer for our sake and all nations will call us blessed [Music] on your screen now you can pick one of these five options to give unto the lord but i want us to pray now that the holy spirit will lead and guide our giving for his glory father in the name of the lord jesus i pray now that your grace and peace will abide with your people and that the direction of your spirit will lead us for your glory god bless those who are giving obediently god bless those who stand on the premise and promise of your word in jesus name amen we praise god for those of you who are members of our church are faithful in your giving and those of you who are visiting with us as the holy ghost leads you we pray the favor of god will continue to rest on your family on your home in your business as you're obedient to the lord if you have not had a chance to give let's give now unto the glory of god [Music] amen again you can pick any one of these five options that you see on your screen and we want to be obedient to the lord in the area of our giving amen amen i pray that the word of the lord has blessed you today and i pray that god's grace will continue to abide with you that he'll continue to keep you in perfect peace i want you to join me this coming wednesday for our wednesdays in the word i will be back this coming wednesday uh to share with you the word of the lord and so that's going to be wednesday uh october the 28th at 6 30 p.m eastern standard time for our wednesdays in the word let's learn the word of the lord together and then again on friday we'll be back here inviting you for our trick-or-treat candy drive on friday october the 30th from 5 30 p.m to 6 p.m [Music] this coming friday come on by and let's fellowship together very quickly in a drive-through style very safely and let's fellowship with our lit nation youth ministry uh in this outreach uh for this weekend and then i invite you to be back with us on sunday november the 1st we're going to be celebrating communion together uh as the lord's church set aside your bread and your wine or juice or water to consecrate unto the lord and we'll celebrate holy communion together during our worship on next sunday please remember we fall back one hour next sunday we fall back one hour so you you'll gain an hour of sleep so nobody should be late to church hey amen amen i praise god for you i pray that this worship experience has blessed you and that god gets the glory out of your life so the lord god bless and keep you the lord make his faces shine upon you and be gracious unto you the lord lift the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace may he open your eyes to see him in a most convincing way and may all of your fears be subdued in jesus name amen god bless you have a great week see you on wednesday you

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