Pastor Wendell Smith Preaching the Dragon Slayer Message! (2002 Session 2)

the book of Revelation chapter 12 was a revelation to me when the Lord showed it to me in 1986 and showed me that there was battle for a generation there was a battle and a struggle in a cosmic warfare that was taking place for the souls of a generation of believers and I want you to notice this in verse 17 the very last verse of Revelation chapter 12 says the dragon was enraged with the woman and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ this war that has been declared been a war that's been declared by the dragon by the devil you notice in in the verses here in this chapter up in verse 9 since the great dragon the serpent of old called the devil Satan the one who deceives the whole world it tells you exactly who it is no question who we're talking about serpent of old from Genesis chapter 3 called the devil Satan the deceiver and I want you to notice he's the deceiver he's the accuser and he's the persecutor these are all in Revelation chapter 12 and that's what he does he tries to come against you the reason he does look at me you need to understand this that when you sense some kind of opposition that is a good thing when you get the devil on your case that's definite proof that you got something that he considers valuable when you feel pressure and temptation and when you feel like the enemy's coming in like a flood it's because of who you are it's because you are a threat to the devil there's something in you it's powerful the devil would like to captivate it and take it away steal kill destroy but I tell you what our God is mighty our God is powerful and he's not going to allow that to happen if you put your trust in it amen come on just poke somebody next and say put your trust in the Lord hallelujah we're going to be fighters we're going to be champions the Lord has a great plan for his people now listen to me every nation has an enemy are you paying attention this morning do I need to tell my story again should I walk the aisles no I'm not going to do that no every nation has an enemy every military has an enemy and they focus and they train and prepare to fight against them even as our nation is doing as we speak every nation has some other entity that resists it fights against it every every issue in life has some kind of opposition every business has obstacles that they have to overcome amy is going you can't be you can't be picking up the 10-pound barn dumbbells you know just going very good you know I mean some of us start there but you got to start put a little more weigh in on the barn and you got to start pumping some stuff okay no pain and you got if you're going to gain and you got like your muscles are going to grow you've got to have an enemy you got to have a resistance every plant every seed that's planted in the soil has an enemy it's got birds that would like to eat it it's got rocks that would like to kill it it's got thorns that would like to choke it it's got the soil it would like to bury it but you're like a seed and God's going to water you and you're going to grow and against that resistance you will grow strong come on it works for everybody hallelujah every force of good is opposed by another force of evil to try to stop it but I want to encourage you today but the Bible says that Jesus declared I will build my church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it hallelujah I'm telling you you're destined to be a champion now when it comes to sports you understand something about the world of sports let me have my football up here we I played football in high school in college and it's a great game and I want to tell you something about it and there's some teams that are playing right now all across the country college football is a big deal this weekend you know professional NFL football and so forth all those things there's something I learned about team sports that when you're in the fourth quarter and you're either behind or the scores tied of the scores close you don't pull out your starters and put in your sub right never heard of a coach who did that if you did you never heard of the coach because he didn't coach very long like that it's stupid nobody would do that though you pull out all your substitutes and you put in all your starters you put in your all-stars you put in your all-americans you put in your best because it's the end of the game and it's you're saving your best for the very end of the game and I'm telling you God does the same thing he saves his very best for the last generations of time to raise up the strongest generation that has ever lived in the history of the Christian faith on the planet the Bible says better is the end of a thing in the beginning they're up and I tell you what if the beginning of the church was the book of Acts with all the miracles what is the end of the church going to be like before Jesus comes whoo Jesus is coming come on somebody say he's coming again but I want to say something he's not coming tonight I'm gonna get any amens on that one but you know he's not coming Frank the old pastor window you shouldn't say that because like he might come tonight no I can promise you he's not coming tonight I promise you he's not coming today he might come for you tonight so you better be ready he's coming again by hey he's not coming for the church they sail faster how can you say that that's awfully cocky of you no I'm just saying he's not going to come till he does what he said he would do first and what he said he would do first is he's going to raise up a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing so what pastor I believe that that would be in heaven in heaven will be a glorious if you don't need a glorious church in heaven like you don't need Church in heaven the church the word church means call out but nothing to call you out up in heaven you're in you call in come on enter in to the joy the Lord no you don't need to be called out in heaven there's no church in heaven no call out people in heaven and you don't need an overcoming Church and anybody can overcome on streets of gold Jesus on one hand angels on the other hand the Apostle Paul right behind you going need you no I mean come on you can overcome then we're talking about now don't want some champions some overcomers some tenacity some in some endurance long range runners who know how to run this race and win it in the end and I believe God saved his best for the land now listen to me well this is some pork as a lot of people praying for the rapture who Jesus please come take its home al-qaida is after it well you know it's been a few students who've prayed you know like on a Friday morning right before the final exam oh Jesus come quickly come quickly or just come today rapture rapture in Jesus name I believe it I believe it I believe it I think you're going to have to stay and take the ten raise God we'd like to escape sometimes we'd like to escape the pressure you don't want to escape the pressure pressure is what you were born for you you come to the kingdom for such a time as this marnik I goes to Esther's Esther you got to tell the King you've got to go into the king and you got to tell them that there's a plot against God's people and it's your people and if you don't do it if you don't stand up honey and if you don't say something I'm telling you God raised up deliverance from another source but who knows maybe you came to the kingdom and you became queen just for such a time as this go tell him just look at you fast off fast we'll all pray fast and I go in fast and you know well just you know if I perish I perish she goes in swings the doors wide open into the throne room and walks in and which was against the law anybody who walked in on a king man today unless he extended the scepter the Queen comes in of course he's pretty gorgeous but you know she comes in hi and the King looks at her just for a moment all the guards flinch man and they got the spears and thus wards in his breast and they're ready to here's the Queen the Queen's going off her King and he extends the scepter and she lives and she's able to approach him he says what is your request up to half my kingdom what do you want his line I need to well we need to have a party and then I'll tell you and she throws the party then she exposes the whole plot and saves her people no you live for such a time as this otherwise it's boring what what are you doing I'm a Christian and we're out here in the mall today and we're just sharing with people about the joy of the Lord and if you get saved and come to our church even but you can look like me people are just going and they're out of it no youyou weren't born to just walk this this apathetic casual comfortable easy lazy little life and when the devil come hope police coming against me Jesus rush Kimmy oh yeah a damsel in distress you know well I'm he's gonna rescue you and he's going to come down be beside you and he's going to come and be inside you come on and he's going to empower you and you're going to overcome in the midst of your enemies come on come on he prepares the table before me in the presence of my enemies you know he's my head with oil my cup runs over who goodness and mercy are following me all the days of my life come on no no no no no no you resistance is good the pastor I've been having a horrible time I've been having a really rough week and even today last night I couldn't sleep and this morning somebody ripped my manual oh baby it's going to get tougher hang in there no no no you can handle the pressure and God didn't put you you know he didn't put you in the NFL to start with he just played Pop Warner I mean you know you play with the Little League he just played with the you know the neighborhood kids I remember when to to first place in football first put a helmet on the helmet was bigger than him put the little helmet little shoulder pads and little kids I mean they're about this big you know and and they run up against each other and they go and you know if the guy had the ball and somebody hit him and he goes go oh and he'd fall down you know call the next play get some kid in there who won't cry you know and I mean it was just really wimpy God doesn't start you out in the NFL how many are glad you don't have to face some 350 pounds six foot eight giant the community you know no just this little league you can do it and it starts out these stretches yeah just like you start out with a few little light weights and then you're good heavier and then pretty soon my pastor dude okay Peter go ahead and stand up just stand up Peter Delarosa this is my trainer my personal trainer good no no we need a little flex come on we just need a little flex just a little bit go ahead yeah all right there we go it can be done it took me years to train him get him ready like that I'm telling you there's a lot of work now resistance is good turning somebody poked them again and say resistance is good so we weren't born to escape Jesus says to want to come down can you imagine God looks down and it's just like it didn't work out didn't quite work out the way he thought oh my oh the poor little church is getting beat up oh the devil oh jeez tougher than I thought a lot tougher than I remember and oh my poor note sir I tell you what I better get him out of there before there's nobody left before they all backslide okay angels rupture rapture I'm outta there let's let's just forget this this isn't working get into heaven quick before I don't have anybody hello kind of God do you serve come on I mean this devil is not going to do this and your God is going to empower you strengthen you you're going to go from strength to strength from glory to glory from faith to faith from level to level and you're going to get stronger and stronger some of you if the Lord Jesus carries will be the preachers of the last generation and you will have an anointing unlike any anointing in the history of the Christian Church fine we'll follow the demonstration of the proclamation that comes out of your lips that's what you're called to do and you'll be given up and women out too soon Jesus comes back and I coming back for a week wimpy backslidden Church he coming back for champions he's coming back for powerful overcoming passionate dedicated Christians men and women who know how to serve God coming back for a glorious church and when he comes back he was excellent well done good job gentlemen ladies thank you so much come on get on your horses let's go he rides in and he just cleans up and he takes the devil and just throws him in that leg afire and we say the dragon and you can't slam you can't slay the dragon without him without the Dragons there how many no capital D we know where he's at look come on little D it's right here I'm a dragon stare that person next to you don't turn to them but just whisper out of the side of your mouth in case they didn't know it God saves his best for the last throughout the Bible story after story you got over comers God God's oiled I mean he's just he's used to winning he's never lost a battle I mean it's tough when you're undefeated you know and all the other little gods and all the other little demons and all the other little critters you know try to come up against you year after year century after century millennia after millennia and you just you know and you know you just defeat them all he's on a roll he's on our heating's this guy he got a string of victories going on and he's expecting the same out of you are you ready want to be part of the team I mean God's always done this and in almost every situation where there was a great victory they were on the verge of a great defeat it appeared as if they weren't going to make it it appeared as if this thing was over Moses leads the children of Israel out of Egypt this is a million people marching out into the desert follow me Moses said and they get out and they go to the edge of the Red Sea ah Moses let's see Egyptians Wow I mean they're freaking out what do you raise out here to die Moses said look shut up I mean stand still and see the salvation of the Lord your God what if he do Charlton Heston lifts up to Moses lifts up his rod out over the Red Sea the water stand up on either side Moses has got his hand stretched out he's looking at joseline hurry up get him over there quick I got the rod you get the people and it start marching across and he imagines a wall of water on this side of wall of water on that side who fish swimming up against the wall you know kind of looking at them honestly if you'd have been a teenager in those days we don't just walk along the wall of water and just go I know you would have done that they get across on dry land the Egyptians try to come after him and and what happened was Moses just got tired man he just couldn't hold that rod up anymore no just kidding he puts the rod down he commands and here comes the water back over the Egyptians and their enemies are buried and God wins the great victory come on come on now they do Lord you're powerful you're mighty the generation later under the leadership of Joshua and they're going into the Promised Land it cross over the River Jordan and very similar way and it stands up in a heap and they all those people cross over and they go to the plains of Jericho there's a man with a sword drawn and he comes and he meets Joshua tells them what to do because you shall march around the city seven days in silence on the seventh day or march around seven times and they blow supper shout like crazy and I'm going to give you the city so Joshua tells the people they start marching seven days around Jericho it's silent it's marching around seven days in silence March and random Jericho I'm buddies you know they've done ancient digs on the side of ancient Jericho they found little pieces of papyrus notes that have been passed between peoples because you know that's a long time did not say anything and some of the girls were having the trouble with that and they just they needed to just say something and so they found all these little just kidding and on the seventh day seven times they blow trumpet shout yeah I'm going to shout like I never said his before and they shout and the walls fall down flat now the walls of Jericho we're so thick you could have chariot races around the top eight chariot to breath beside one another so that you know that's at the thick wall so the wall didn't fall over it didn't like you still couldn't get over it whip it one more time God the Bible says it fell down flat they went into the ground and they have done gigs on that site and it appears as if there was some kind of earthquake or the earth opened up in the walls actually went down into the ground except for this one section where a prostitute lived now overwhelming odds walled cities Giants seas oceans all these things and God overcame in every in every situation Gideon is approached by an angel what he's pressing some wheat and doing some stuff secretly and the angel comes up kind of shocks him and speaks to him and says well mighty man of Valor he goes I'm you talking to me says yes you will deliver Israel ah I'd rather not no I didn't say that he seems like so where's the miracles and how is this going to come to pass and he shows him a couple of miracles and he says I'm going to deliver you and I'm going to deliver the people of Israel out of the hand of the Midianites through you follow me let's go so he rallies everybody he calls everybody so everybody like show up because we're gonna we're going to go fight them the middie night everybody come so like he gets thirty thousand guys thirty thousand guys not very many really but he got thirty thousand guys god says too many tell anybody who wants to go home they can go home ah god like it took me a long time to get to students and guys you tell him that anybody who wants to go home can go home oh really would be that is really wimpy okay guys anybody who wants to go not answers not many of you but anybody who wants to go home you go home two-thirds leave he's left with 10,000 I told you I told you I had 30,000 guys took me a lot of work and now I got 10,000 are you trying to say I'm trying to tell you still got too many many nights like grasshoppers gods are sitting down did this Creek and everybody take a drink and the guys would drink in a certain way I'll show you set them aside and some guys are slipping and surfing slurping and down on their knees and some are staying and some are watch and everything else and he sits 300 aside this is now sent everybody else home I will deliver the Midianites into your hand with the 300 Gideon says I hope you have a plan so you know the story and they surround the Midianites on the hillside gideon's is what i do you do and notice in every battle it's always different and you're going to find in your life it's going to be different in somebody else's life your church is going to be different in somebody else's church your ministry is going to be different than somebody else's ministry don't worry about that but here's the key you do the ridiculous he does the miraculous you do what he tells you to do John chapter 2 write it down in your notes I am getting to your notes write it down in your notes in fact what page am I on I'm on page 32 write it down in your notes John chapter 2 recipe for a miracle somebody find the verse for me whatever he says to you do it John chapter 2 Mary speaking to the servants the water turned into wine they said he said whatever he does whatever he says to you do it can I make a recommendation come on believers come on where's the dragon slayers this morning whatever he tells you do it just do it do it in obedience do it in faith God will be with you hallelujah and here's gideon and 300 guys around the mountaintops around the Midianites in the Midianites it must have been like millions certainly hundreds of thousands of Midianites that had come against them they were totally overwhelmed they had 300 that's like come on pick a section here this morning here's what you do you take a torch and you put a picture over it and you hold horn in your other hand and when I tell you you break the pitchers hold up the torches and blow your horn and then and shout as loud as possible so here's Gideon and when the hour comes and it's just at the end of the evening why the night time watching just before the morning watch he breaks the pictures holds up the torch and blows the trumpets that's worn on the hand get in [Music] so kind of wimpy I don't know I didn't know if this is going to work and the Bible says the many nights turned on each other they all killed each other while the guys are standing there with their torches and the trumpet and screening the Lord and get in well yes and they win I mean they just flat-out won now I don't think they had a party afterwards and there's slapping high-fives and going way to break your picture man you know I think the torch thing is like all in the wrist buddy i'm sonia manic you play a mean trumpet man i mean he is houses that were killed every time you breathe it blow that trumpet i was powerful you you are the Schauder of shouters way to shout i don't think you could take a whole lot of credit like gosh we shot it so loud it killed them cool I don't think so I think you'd kind of go go to your knees put your torch down put your trumpet down say Oh God thank you for delivering us with just 300 guys in a couple of torches and some trumpets and screamers Oh God hallelujah because you recognize what the power is is that right Old Testament New Testament you go right through the history of it so it's got to be my favorite story David and Goliath and you got the children of Israel on one mountaintop and you got the Philistines over on the other mountaintop and for 40 days they have the champion of gasps the giant Goliath who comes out and taunts the armies of Israel they'd come out in battle array the children of Israel come out on their little hillside Europa the Philistines would come out go we got a giant yes we do we are giants how about you they're coming at each other you get Saul and the Israelites over here and they're dancin and all of a sudden I mean these guys are this is going back and forth and all of a sudden here he comes out of the tents of the Philistines a champion over eight feet tall Goliath of gas the largest man never walked the planet he comes out to the edge of the hill he begins to top the army Zion stop Superman ha ha Giants taught me this is for 40 days these are lights were going oh my gosh he's big oh my god you see how big is I'm seeing how big he is man let's go like let's go tell Saul Saul oh there you are he's big so it goes man I know man I thought I was big he's big and they're all carrying so were you guys going we went hiking why not fighting that that that for 40 days you know they'd come back and forth and you know they'd sleep on it and they'd get up the next morning and chanting whoo come on come on Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah Philistines would come out we had a giant yes we did we got you know they'd come at all sudden here he comes out of the tents of the Philistines he came the largest man has ever lived over eight feet tall Goliath of Gath a champion of the Philistines and he'd come out to the edge of the hill and he began to tompa the Israelite surely such Giants top and he intimidate him for 40 days Saul's paced back and forth and he's like his king tent you know and he's walking back and forth to go my gosh he needs somebody I need somebody in the meantime here's Jessie which is David's father and he's back home at the ranch and he calls David little David who's taking care of the sheep and he and he calls him in and he sends his servant out in sir and says hey your dad wanted David and I think he wants you to vote take some lunch to your brothers okay so he goes ugly too bad what do you want he says look I want you to take these he's 10 cheese sandwiches and his popcorn up to your brothers on the front line and see how things are going on this is all in the Bible and he says cool okay well what do I do with the sheep's no you just leave them with you know some little caretaker or something and and you go on up and see how your brother's doing and give him lunch okay dad goes up and he just stops please agree got his little bag cheese sandwiches and popcorn got his food TV just about the time David arrived to deliver the bag of sandwiches children of Israel on one Hill children of the Philistines are on the other and all of a sudden Audie comes I have a tenth of the Philistine largest man who's ever lived over eight feet tall Goliath of Gath a champion since he was a youth he comes out to the brow of the hill they begin to intimidate the armies it is [Music] a giant stock symbol and to play with me ha if you got one he wins with here service fly win Yuliya ha ha ha ha thought David hears this now lined up got his brothers bearing some of the Warriors and I was going oh my gosh she's big he's huge David goes hey who's he we mean who is this that's not such a Goliath of Gath gas to know about gas you never heard a guy Goliath of Gath is big and and and we just haven't found anybody to fight with him she you gotta be kidding I go fight with him baby would you lead the Sheep with that I let the sheets with one of the guys and dad sent me out here with the sandwiches and I just came out here I mean like like what did i do i mean is there not a cause you got this uncircumcised philistine over there needs yelling at you guys you really ought to do something about it David summit men you going to duty some trimble somebody here's David Kenna I'll fight with him they take it back to Salt soul we found a sucker volunteer sir who's willing to go out against Rua or their sausage bring him in and bring him in David walks in to Foster [Music] - stand over here for a minute okay I'll bring in the champion who's going to fight with over there bring him in please sir no no I'll bring him in sir ah I think it's on just a minute I'll be right with you please okay bring in bring in the warrior where's the champion we need the we need the killer where is he Oh sir it's what's your name David Dave David sir King fire your honor ah is this a joke no no no Joe no Joe so what do you think he's gonna do well I came out of my mind my brothers were out on the front line and I and then there's this big guy you know out there and I just thought and somebody needs to do something smart kid uh I heard I would be willing to fight the Giant you've won the fight Ruth he's been a champion since he was a you you look at you you are oh you skinny strap lling then sideways I can't see you what are you talking about sir ah back home I take care of my dad sheep and and this one time there was this there was this bear big big bear and he came again he he got he got one of he got one of my lamby I got I got so mad so I I went after him and I and I I grabbed him by his bare beard and I am I I salute him i slayed him it I he's dead and I got my lamb back and and then there was this lion big lion he came and he and he came after my dad's sheep and I was so I was so mad at him Nassim be like the bear and I went after him and I grabbed him by his I grabbed him and I and I slew him - so this uncircumcised philistine would be like one of them what do you think son you got a lot of guts uh let me put some I'll put some armor on you and we'll just send you out there and do your best here try this on third ah I can't see ah I think I think I will y'all won't use that armor because you're big I haven't tested it I'll just use my weapon and what's your weapon slingshot why do I get kids why do I get slingshot all right David son of Jesse god be with you he goes out Frank's King goes out to the edge with a hero just about that time out of the tents of the Philistines he comes largest man has ever lived Goliath of Gath the champion of the Philistines it comes out to the brow of the hill he begins to intimidate the armies of Israel such Giants fought some a man to play with me uh David says here I come and he begins to run down the hill at the giant he's got five smooth stones he just dug up out of the creek he's got five smooth stones put some in a little pouch not because he thought he'd missed with the first one but because he knew Goliath had four brothers and so he put him in a pouch takes one puts it in his sling and starts swinging his sling come on everybody swinger sling here we go and and on and he goes running down the hill run it at him and glass coming ha ha what is this my dog isn't a little boy to play when they brew that giant pot come here good feed you to the birds oh yeah yeah well you you defy the armies of the Living God and and and you this day I will take your head from you and I'll I'll feed you to the birds sir [Music] Goliath starts moving toward him and here comes David he's swinging the sling and he releases it is the holy ghost heat-seeking guided ballistic Patriot missile meanwhile glass sees it coming hits him in the most vulnerable spot right between the eyes [Music] Falls of the ground david runs up and leaps up on top of the body of glass pull that Goliath own sword we got the sward picks it up and with one fell swoop cut his head off picks it up and God wins the victory Oh [Music] [Applause] hallelujah God's always won the battle you might feel like a puny little David you got a little inexperience you got a very little you know you know you just don't feel like you really got what it's going to take I'm telling you got everything it takes you've got God on your side against the devil hallelujah is what we believe in we believe in a great big God and a little bitty devil don't get it mixed up there's too many Christians who believe in a little bitty God and a great big devil devil that for me doubled that to meet Devils after me if the devil's after you you had to be proud glory to God you must be dangerous if he's after you and the Bible says so simple resist him and he will all it takes you got to learn how to fight him now I want you to go with me to page 33 and we're going to conclude this we're going to go into our final session she's going to be so good I'm telling you God is speaking to us and he's setting us up he's setting us up for victory look at page 32 look at those scriptures I want you to sit right in the middle of page 32 I want you to read these with them with me Romans 8:37 we are more than conquerors Daniel 11:32 those who know their God will be strong and do exploits 1st John 4:4 greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world 2nd Corinthians 2:14 he always leads us in triumph revelation 2:26 he who overcomes I will give power over the nation's and Philippians 4:13 I can do come on I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me somebody give him a shot this morning hallelujah hallelujah there are two very important things and you need to understand this morning because most people many many Christians live their whole life playing on one level there are two levels of the Christian life and you got to learn them both one is defense from the others offense some people play they live their whole life playing defense just trying to guard themselves from the devil the imagine going home from the seminar like this you get together with your youth church you know you got 14 you got 20 you got 30 whatever and you get together in your little youth group room someplace and you huddle up and sing a little pastor let's pray because the devil is really on our case everywhere we go being tempted there's problems all around us the pervert oh my gosh I go to school and there's perverts at school all right I go to the ball oh yes let's pray they will hang in to Jesus come when you get a little holy huddle and we join hands and we play a little holy huddle prayer oh god help us in a holy huddle Jesus help us he's going please get up do not don't don't get them just go take some territory go win some souls go do something for me but we've never learned how to play offense here's the defensive cycle check it out first John chapter 3 verse 5 circle these underline a mark I'm highlight them whatever you do if you want the girl with the pink and yellow highlighter she's right over here okay the forgiveness cycle are you still with me I know I'm going a long time today but you're just doing great and we're going to we're going to do something really different here in just a minute the forgiveness cycle is this check it out first John 3:5 he was manifested to take away our sins everybody say it away our sins as forgiveness how many are glad Jesus forgives you of your sin hallelujah that's a wonderful thing but that's not the only reason he was manifest look at first John 3:8 three verses later the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil there's the forgiveness cycle and then there's the power cycle one is defense and one is offense if you live your whole life in the forgiveness cycle someday you will get to heaven and we do the DVD replay of your life at the great white throne and you're standing before the judgment and they say Wendell Smith roll the tape and they play back your life 2002 went to Seattle and we were there at that seminar and then I went home and on Saturday night and so Sunday morning before we went to tried to oh god please forgive me I'm so sorry I went to that seminar then I blew it I went home and then i standed on it I had a bad attitude everything else about Jesus please forgive me so he forgives you and when he forgives you he races the tape and everybody I mean you're thrilled because we're not going to see a replay of that hallelujah it's under the blood he's casted in the sea of his forgetfulness it's over its history thank you Jesus only one problem a lot of people going to stand at the judgment and the tape almost all of it is blank Oh God forgive me Oh God forgive me Oh God forgive me oh Jesus please my mercy Lord Oh forgive me again I did it again and we all we all got to watch this but we're just going yeah I mean like he didn't do anything no but he's clean he got in that's your goal yeah my goal is like I just want to get in the gates just sneak in the gate just barely get in the gates get in the gates please I'm gonna get usable we try to get in you know by the skin of your teeth hmm powerful life wouldn't exactly call it fulfilling your destiny it's the forgiveness cycle and if you want to sneak in and just get in the gate just get your ticket to heaven well go ahead you've been forgiven but you got nothing nothing zero to show for your whole life I don't think so I don't think that's the way I want to live so you get the power cycle the power cycle is different my sins are forgiven hallelujah praise God well my sins are forgiven and so now because they've been forgiven I've also been given some authority and I've been given some power and I've been given the blood of Jesus and the authority of the name of Jesus and I have a Bible and I put a hot church and amen I got brothers and sisters around me or just as passionate for Jesus as I am and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me all of a sudden you get into the power cycle you determine I am going to live for Jesus Christ hallelujah come on amen think of it Seattle Seahawks coach comes into the locker room guys look we're having a bad season anyway I tell you what we're going to do from now on got a new strategy got a new prayer it okay yeah what is okay from now on we're just going to play beep it yeah hey coach I'm on the offense what do I do don't worry about it we're just gonna play defense oh thank god god I got a question like what if we get the ball we give it back yeah we should play defense get the ball put it get rid of it we don't play that game we just play defense and there we go hey coach see ya nice knowing you last job you'll ever have what kind of dumb coaching is that can you imagine Jesus just telling his church hey guys just hang in there I'm coming I just been delayed a little bit I got a few things I still got to do up here hang in there I'm on my way please one thing you'll never hear God say oops gosh I didn't think about that oh that's the devil thing oh my gosh she taunted me hmm I've had a tough time with him too one guy's prop sign in a church one time since hey say it's the Lord you were going through a tough time he save the Lord even I'm going through a tough time I don't think that was the Lord God doesn't have tough times nothing bothers him he's fully and completely in control come on think of it now think of it now we're gonna play off him we're going to play off him I want you to turn to pages 34 and 35 how do you overcome this dragon here's how you do it I'm just going to say it you can read it I'm going to conclude this here in just a moment how to defeat Satan the Bible says they overcame in by the blood of the Lamb say with me by the blood of the Lamb by the word of their testimony and number three by not loving their lives unto the death I want you to write this down the blood of the Lamb deals with my past the word of my testimony deals with my present are you writing number three not loving my life run to the death deals with my future my past my present and my future the power of a clear conscience come on get your sins forgiven and keep them that way in the power of faith confession don't be a whiner don't be you know you know II or you know how's it going here not too good I've been having a bad time has been having a horrible time it ain't just you're just down in the mouth I went to that seminar but I don't think it helped me I think the devil's tougher than ever you know you and everybody Reggie's just going yeah yeah I mean kids somebody talk like blob talks come on come on hold your Bible up say I love what were they God God's Word in my mouth is this powerful as God's Word in his mouth come on hallelujah you got to start talking like God tops and you got to talk that way to your enemy listen to this scripture I wish we could just I wish we could piece all of this stuff we need to believe a couple more days this is Jimmy Costas is so important some people think that you know the devil is going to walk down the middle aisle and you know and he's going to walk up here and red tights with a pitchfork in his hand they hello I'm your local neighborhood devil and I'm in the neighborhood today tempting people I just only give you fair warning and so cos here goes tip tip tip and you're so discerning you look at every go I knew is you devil how'd you know he's the red tights and that tail little horns I'm going to know the devil didn't come up to you that way you're not you're not an obvious devil he's sneaky if you're a guy he can look like a girl he'd hear a girl he can look like a guy if you're a businessman he can look like success you know what I'm talking about he doesn't come out on fronts out on the stage himself in the life he's behind stage and he sends his singing groups out before him and they sing his numbers and sing his lyrics and they inspire his people and they cloud the minds until we're not sure where's the devil where's the devil he not obvious he's a deceiver he is a deceiver and you're in a battle where it's kill or be killed you've got to fight and resist the devil comes to steal to kill and to destroy Jesus came to give you life abundant come on it's very clear plan and we're going to have to learn how to fight now I want to I want to share one last thing with you and it's found on page 35 of your notes and I want you to underline this Scripture Jeremiah 48:19 it's the last Scripture on page 35 Jeremiah 48 verse 19 listen to this cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood you pastor I don't like that scripture will they bring out the package you guys bring out the package from the back please thank you now the Bible says that the sword is the word of God can I hear name in God's Word has got to be in your mouth and you got to use it and if you do not use it to destroy the works of the devil please make this really clear we're not talking in natural terms here and you're not supposed to kill anybody and we're not talking about killing people here we're talking about destroying the grip of principalities and powers who have control over the hearts of people some of the people you go to school with and in here to take your sword and your to dip it in the blood of your enemies and the blood of your enemies are principalities and powers and you speak that word in prayer Ephesians chapter 6 verse 18 you put on the full armor of God we do not wrestle flesh and blood but principalities and powers and the forces of wickedness in high places and you put on the whole armour of God including you take up the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God and lift up the shield of faith by which you'll be able to quench every fiery darts of the wicked one amen praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit being watchful to this end I mean you've got to be on watch you got to be on guard and you're using your sword to destroy the works of the devil amen dragon slayers use swords God has one for every one of you if you hold it back the curse comes on you you weren't meant to just play defense you're meant to score to push the ball down the field and score win the ballgame come on God's got a plan for his church in the last days and honey you are right in the middle of it God wants to use you today I want to do something very different and I have a gift that I could present to my son Judah before he comes to preach and finish up this seminar and he doesn't know about this but you to come up here and I want you to unwrap this and I'd like to present to you the sword of the Dragon Slayer and what this represents is a whole new generation that I believe God wants to raise up to do exploits for the name of the Lord God has a sword for every one of us amen God has a word for every one of us God has a weapon for every one of you to put in your hands and to overcome your devils and overcome those things that would torment you and come against you in the name of the Lord but we're going to we're going to believe that God is going to help us and he is going to he is going to use us to torment the devil come on amen hallelujah we're going to turn it around in the name of Jesus hallelujah praise God you take that get rid of that I'd like to present this to Judah as a token of what I believe God wants to do in handing off this message and handing off a new authority to the next generation God wants the young people of this generation to step up and do what he's called you to do this has an engraving on it I want to read it to Judah it says his truth in doors to all generations Psalm 100 verse 5 do to Elwood's smith from your dad and it's got the date on it also got the Lion of Judah at the head and a few dragons that are being slain on the shaft I believe that there's going to come a whole new anointing on this next generation can I hear an amen [Applause] once you kneel down Pasi to dinner hallelujah I'd like to I'd like to anoint Judah in an unusual way without the oil and be careful this is a real sward okay pastor dude come stand here with me and hold this microphone if you would I don't you can turn this on - hallelujah I like at the same time as I just put this anointing on Judah I would like to ask several if you would come and stand in the front and I want to do this in a very unusual way this morning I'd like to ask for several of you who are the children second or third generation of preachers now it's not that they're any more special than any and the rest of us but they are going to represent all of us and what God wants to do is raising up a new generation of preachers amen the wonderful things that God has in store and planned come on just step up closer everybody can get in look at this Pastor Jude look at this hallelujah would y'all stand with me please I'm going to lay this sword on Judas shoulders I'd like to lay it on a few other shoulders I'll try to be careful it is a real sword and I'm going to pray this now I'm gonna ask pastor Jude to pray that's rebecky would you come up here also please Pastor Ginny would you come up here because I want to pray I want to pray also for the women as well as the men as we've already said here this morning I believe God wants an anointing to come on all of you to preach the gospel to preach the gospel in your generation to your cities on your campuses and to the ends of the earth amen say him yo Steven you had a was it your grandfather's name was Samuel and he was a circuit riding preacher and so this would be his great grandson great great-great grandson is Samuel Stephen carpenter why don't you bring him up here on the platform weekly hallelujah beautiful thank you Jesus would you agree together with me for an anointing that will come upon your generation and this morning many times we lay hands on people sometimes we anoint people with oil I'm going to touch you with a sword this morning and when I touch you with this sword I'm going to believe that there's going to come a mighty powerful anointing upon your life like you have never known from this day forward hallelujah Judah didn't know I was going to do this and very few did but I want to do this in the name of the Lord and I'm believing right now for a Holy Ghost impartation come on lift your hands let's begin to pray in the spirit hallelujah father in the name of Jesus yeah in the name of Jesus we lay this sword representing the word of the Living God upon the shoulders of a new generation yeah we pray an anointing that will come upon you spirit of Revelation in the knowledge of God an anointing of the Holy Ghost with signs and wonders for the last day shirt boy may that anointing come upon you now in the mighty name of Jesus in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ we anoint you this morning we anoint you this very day with this sword in the name of Jesus representing what you are going to do in your generation we anoint you in the name of the Lord Jesus let that Grace and that power and that anointing come on you and come upon your life and come upon your generation both men and women the anointing of God may come upon you and anoint you with a power and a grace that your father greater than your father's knew greater than your grandparents knew in the name of Jesus receive this anointing receive this anointing today in the name of Jesus your parents preach the word you will preach the word you will preach the word you'll preach the word with power it'll be sharp sharper than any two-edged sword the anointing of God will come upon each one of you in the mighty name

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Length: 67min 55sec (4075 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 15 2017