Resurrection Power | Jeremiah Johnson

welcome to the watchmen's corner this is your host jeremiah johnson i'm excited today to bring to you a message broadcast live from around our nation you know in the midst of covet 19 god is seeking a radical remnant calling us to the front lines of the battle i know that you'll be blessed by today's message and i encourage you to hang in there after this message for a special time of prayer check it out well my heart is so full for you all thank you for coming it has been a unique year amen so important that we all follow what god is saying to us and if you're married you all and your family and it's important that we also give one another grace when god is saying one thing to someone and he's saying something to someone else and to give one another room this is a year where god told some to sit down and he told others to run this is a year where god told some to rest and others he said it's time for a full sprint so wherever that you are at in god as we conclude 2020 i want to encourage you to reflect on what god has said to you this year but i believe that god has sent me here to this region and has brought you here to these gatherings with a message and the message that the lord has given me for this gathering is called stand your ground we have traveled this year from the west coast to the east coast from the midwest even all the way up into canada and for us this year has been a run with all your might year i have secretly been very jealous of my brothers and sisters who have had a chance to rest this year god bless you very quickly we were on our way home from an event in canada in february called battle for canada up in kelowna and the lord had whispered something in my ear that i didn't have a context for and he said jeremiah in the time of silence i'm calling my people to engage in spiritual violence and in march when coveted 19 hit i knew that that that was the time of silence the time of quarantine and that god was giving me an assignment and a mandate to invite the body of christ into a year of spiritual violence and so i have carried different prophetic messages and different prophetic burdens in the various states and cities that we have ministered in this year but as i was praying about this gathering it was interesting to me in december i'm ministering here in pennsylvania and then next weekend i'll be in georgia and these meetings have have been booked way way in advance and so i feel because of the political climate right now in the united states that basically anything that i say turns political so i found myself just being really transparent and honest i found myself coming into this gathering this weekend just saying lord i don't want to preach a message where i have to give 16 qualifiers i honestly hate that we're at that place in the body of christ where if you say something like jesus is lord people want to say yeah have you given up on trump i mean so i'm not going to qualify what i just said because i literally thought about saying six different things right then however you want to apply the message tonight and tomorrow night you do that let me say that one more time i'm going to preach this message it's a message that i haven't preached anywhere else i specifically fasted and prayed for this weekend for this group of people for this region however that you want to if you want to go political fine if you want to go personal fine if you wanna whatever is that okay all right usually i would say grab the hand of the person next to you but so let's pray father we thank you for tonight we ask that you would come and glorify your son jesus in our midst lord we're here gathered because we have believed in the gospel of your son jesus that he came that he died that he rose again that he has made a public spectacle of the devil that he is seated at the right hand of the father far above principalities and powers thank you that in christ you have set us in heavenly places with your son thank you that you're teaching us how to live and act out of the reality of who we are in jesus god i pray that this message tonight stand your ground lord that you would give your people here tonight grace to place it wherever that you want us to fit it into our lives god i pray that we wouldn't make it more than it is but god i pray that we wouldn't make it any less than it is god i ask lord that our hunger and our expectation would meet your word tonight and that as a result power and faith and miracles and a prophetic anointing would flood through this place in the name of jesus amen if you have in your bibles would you turn to first corinthians chapter 15. i'm going to be reading out of first corinthians 15 tonight i'm also going to be reading out of ephesians chapter 6. this little book that i have is called a commentary i know a lot of prophetic people don't like them one of the things that i got going to bible college was a couple of semesters in the greek language i said that i probably wasted a lot of money getting a bible degree but perhaps the two things i got was an understanding of the greek and my beautiful wife morgan i do love god's word but i often times like digging deeper into the meaning behind it one of my favorite scholars his name is kenneth wiest i would highly recommend any of his expanded translations of the word of god and also several of the nuggets that we're going to read tonight as we look at these two passages of scripture and then i have a prophetic word and utterance that i have written down here on this yellow notepad i know very sophisticated and official i still write out my sermons it's why i hate writing books because i just like paper and writing and have a love-hate relationship with computers so first corinthians 15 and then ephesians chapter 6 we're going to talk about standing our ground i believe that god is coming and speaking his word to this region he's coming and speaking his word to those who are gathered here that perhaps might be from other regions but as i prayed about our time this weekend god kept bringing me to the power of his resurrection and i could not stop giggling inside at how the worship tonight kept going back to the resurrection as if god was saying yes that's exactly what i want to root and ground my people in in an hour of uncertainty god wants to root and ground his people not in a political party or a candidate god wants to root his people in the power of the resurrection of our lord and savior jesus christ and so in first corinthians chapter 15 i want to begin reading in verse 10. paul says but by the grace of god i am what i am and his grace toward me did not prove in vain but i labored even more than all of them yet not i but the grace of god with me paul comes right out of the gate in the midst of this chapter on the resurrection almost boasting i imagine being in the middle of a room and him saying you all might have labored but i have outworked all of you but not i but the grace of god operating in me so in fact maybe he's giving us an equation for kingdom living hard work plus grace equals the manifestation of the kingdom of god you'll notice in the body of christ primarily we have groups that just like to pick one we like to emphasize the need for hard work or we get called uh works preachers when we talk about the labor that's required that paul demonstrated or we want to emphasize the grace of god right the divine influence upon our heart and paul in the context of the resurrection he marries them together he says i have outworked i have out labored every single person he said on another occasion i thank god that i speak in tongues more than all of you but his boast is revealed in the credit that he gives to the grace of god working within him and through him he says god's grace did not prove vain in me but i labored even more than them i want you to freeze frame this right now the labor and the grace of god as paul is talking about the resurrection let's read verse 12. now if christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead but if there is no resurrection of the dead not even christ has been raised and if christ has not been raised then our preaching is vain and your faith also in vain verse 17 and if christ has not been raised your faith is worthless you are still in your sins so according to paul where he ranks and where he sets the resurrection is like top priority pretty much if you don't believe in the resurrection if you don't live it out your faith your living is zero is that pretty plain tonight it's more than an easter service once a year it was the preaching of the resurrection that turned cities upside down in the book of acts it wasn't three steps to a better life six steps to a better marriage it was in another church series about the latest greatest movie it wasn't some rally about a political party you put in whatever that you want to put in but when's the last time you heard of you got around a group of believers who what kept them together what bonded them together in love what caused their city to be turned upside down was the fact that they believed that jesus christ really came and he died he really rose from the dead and because he's alive he has welcomed you and i into newness of life where we are no longer slaves to sin i wish i didn't have to preach in pennsylvania see we're we're yawning the resurrection when did that stop becoming the message when did we feel like we had to deviate from the centrality i want to read this again if christ has not been raised our preaching is vain your faith also vain if christ has not raised your faith is worthless you're still in your sins if jesus is still in the grave we might as well just hang out with muhammad there's a lot of hills that we can die on in the body of christ could god find a people in pennsylvania willing to die on the hill of calvary because if it's politics that divides us then it's the gospel that unites us we're already getting that glazed look i've been experiencing this fresh source of intercession and groaning deep in my belly over the last few days saying lord forgive me personally if there's something in my life where i have shifted away from the power of your resurrection if i have put my hope my trust my dependence and anything else besides you being alive please forgive me look at verse 32 it gets more interesting if from human motives i fought with wild beasts at ephesus what does it profit me if the dead are not raised let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die i'm looking at this verse with fresh eyes this week thinking wait a minute i've heard that before eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die it is the epitome of a worldly carelessness that says i don't really care what i do with my life what's it connected to if the dead are not raised so wait a minute the whole reason why we as believers should not operate in a careless worldly way is why jesus rose from the dead it should be the answer to 50 different questions that you and i have why does it matter jesus rose from the dead let me read you a quote from timothy keller if jesus rose from the dead then you have to accept all that he said if he didn't rise from the dead then why worry about any of what he said the issue on which everything hangs is not on whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead if jesus rose from the dead then you have to accept all that he said folks i believe you're here tonight because god wants to recalibrate you you are here tonight thinking that you were coming for something else and god is saying in pennsylvania i'm looking for a people that are going to head into 2021 that are rock solid that are steadfast that are firm that are unwavering and the reason why behind the behavior and the thinking has nothing to do with exterior circumstances it has everything to do in a belief in a hope in the resurrection of jesus christ i want to i i want you to hear the spirit of god he's calling out to his people saying root yourself in that which is eternal not in that which is temporary the world that we're living in is passing and fading away but we can set our sights and our feet on the finished work at calvary verse 33 more interesting stuff do not be deceived bad company corrupts good character you ever heard that your mama said it your daddy said it they all said it but wait a minute the context of that verse is literally while he's talking about the resurrection bad company corrupts good character could bad company be those who don't believe and live out the power of the resurrection we just have used that verse like hey don't hang around people that drink and smoke and you know stay away from those people what if in its context paul is warning the church at corinth beware of people who are rooted and grounded and that which is temporary they will corrupt good character become sober minded as you ought and stop sinning for some have no knowledge of god i speak this to your shame i know that's not in the seeker-friendly bible today and he write jesus's resurrection is the beginning of god's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven that after all is what the lord's prayer is really all about in a generation looking to go up to be raptured what if god is saying grow up it's a good thing we already took up the offering what if much of the american church because we're so given over to temporary cycles and what's happening in the news in the world around us the bad company what if we're so given over to those kinds of realities where we're constantly wanting to escape that if god could find a people rooted and grounded in the eternal reality of his resurrection if they would rise up if they would mobilize if they would stop fearing death i know it's just yaya yeah jesus but when you apply this when this becomes manifested when the literal resurrection of jesus christ becomes practical and manifested in our lives it literally changes everything it changes our actions it changes our thoughts what if this year was all about arising and shining and where now we're just running and hiding and saying oh god come back what if coveted 19 has exposed the lukewarm church in america i mean it's as if like we've been caught and we ain't wearing clothes baby i mean it it i went and got a coffee this morning in charlotte and the the gal that you know they start doing this weird thing now where it's like they're trying small talk just like just here's my coffee and let me leave this lady says what are you doing today i said i'm flying to pennsylvania she said have you watched the news there's a coveted spike there i mean i'm telling you it went from casual serving coffee to like 15 out of 10 fright terror shares with their co-workers i mean you know they're already handing you the food in the tray i mean she was like with a six-foot pole she said well what are you gonna talk about i said the power of the resurrection there wasn't time for a conversion but i'm telling you i took the coffee and she was just like [Music] when we learn how to live in him when when we get gripped with eternal realities and you're surrounded by a world who literally they're tossed back and forth and it's the next highlight reel it's the next thing i mean you know anybody like that i mean it's like this year i mean they were probably already there but it's just it's cranked my heart has wept saying lord why is your people's reaction to this virus the same as the worlds i've not been given a spirit of fear [Applause] or is that just some good catchphrase leonard ravenhill used to preach that christians don't lie they just sing them in church i'm asking the lord god would you get real eternal realities inside of your people god would you deliver us from a culture of feelings truth is not dependent upon how it makes me feel it's why we're losing millennials and young people because if i say you can't sleep with whoever you can't lift up your hands on one day and pull down your pants on you can't do that and be a christian well that doesn't make me feel good well they're in love just let them do whatever they want the truth of god's word regardless of whether it makes me feel good or not folks the the recent statistics this year in 2020 over 60 percent i believe it was 62 of surveyed christians said they do not believe the bible is the source for truth and morality i'm asking the lord as we head into 2021 would you deliver me would you deliver us would you deliver your church from temporary satisfaction and even disappointment telling people home school moms are the greatest disciplers in america what if this whole coveted 19th thing was really about shutting down american church busyness that produces no fruit and it forced families under one roof for us to recognize i'm really not in love with her she's just a roommate what if god cut off the access to pulpits not so that you could get addicted to your youtube stars but so that you as a father could learn how to disciple your own kids what if this whole year has been a divine setup what if god has just given the last nine ten months as a gift to the church but the only way we recognize the gift is if we're rooted and grounded in eternal realities it doesn't matter what's going around me it doesn't matter who sits in the oval office i'm connected to the one who sits above the circle of the earth [Applause] we're going somewhere help us lord verse 55 o death where is your victory covid where is your sting the sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law but thanks be to god who gives us the victory through our lord jesus christ therefore can you say therefore it means because of this my beloved brethren be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the lord knowing that your toil is not in vain therefore he's giving us a charge tonight the spirit of god is speaking to us about being steadfast about being immovable but what's he talking about what is it based on the immovable the unshakable the rock solid is based on jesus is alive he just lays out for 57 verses the power of the resurrection the eternal reality oh death where is your sting what god would do with an army in america who got delivered of fear and would grab hold of love power in a sound mind who wouldn't run away from the battle lines but who would run right to them who would recognize there's a harvest of souls like never before people want to get saved more than you want them to get saved the harvest is ripe there's a lost a dying a sick a helpless a suicidal world this is more than a virus it's a trojan horse it has opened up the gates to demonic principalities and powers in this nation and how about rather than asking god to come down you and i stand our grounds how about you and i as his ambassadors put on our armor and act like man [Applause] brother how dare you are you sexist i found out something new this week i never seen this before keep reading first corinthians 16 13. be on the alert stand firm in the faith act like men remember i said i wasn't going to give any qualifiers so i don't have to tell you how much i believe in women act like men be strong why are there so many girly men in the church there's a sissified spirit men wearing dresses jezebel has to have a host a passive mail if you if you if you get our emails you know that i'm prophesying that amy coney barrett has opened up a new esther in deborah era in america [Applause] you're you're going to see me go wild for the ladies in 2021 god has given me a real mandate i'm going to be a champion of our ladies i've got three daughters but i've been counseling with the lord lately and he's saying to me jeremiah you've got to talk to the men you've got to call them out of the shallows and out of the shadows of shame and guilt and condemnation when i was a child i acted like a child i thought like a child but when i became a man i put childish ways behind me i want to tell you that the lord has been revealing to me the power of righteous men in pennsylvania i believe that god wants to seat and establish many men in this region and in this state that are not going to give up their father's inheritance [Applause] there is an interesting passage of scripture we don't have time to go there but jezebel wants a man named nabith n-a-b-o-t-h she wants his vineyard and she goes to ahab and starts complaining and manipulating saying i need to get that guy's vineyard it's a good piece of land and his response to her is how could i give up my father's vineyard and like the lying manipulating woman she was she conspired against him they lied on him they killed him and she stole that piece of land here's what god is saying to many men that are here tonight you must avoid the better deal there is something that god has put in your heart something that he has called you to do and there is going to be a trap there is going to be an offer there is going to be something jezebelic coming into your life that's going to try to get you to give up what god called you to do it could be that god called you to ministry and you're going to live a life of what it means to trust and put faith in god and boy that 401k and that nice salary looks good for my family and i'm prophesying to you tonight under the anointing of the holy spirit don't you sell out don't you give up what the father promised you there are barren women in this room and you as a husband have been called as an intercessor to your wife don't you give in to doubt in fear take a stand i'm here to make war tonight i'm here to declare tonight but i'm here to stand in the power of the resurrection and rally a group together tonight saying let's be immovable let's be unshakable let's not waver to the left or to the right let's believe god this city has special significance to me i wasn't sure if i would ever make it back 12 years ago i flew into harrisburg pennsylvania and as i was on my way to this city and at the time i had heard about a conference that was going on and there was a man named james gall that was speaking at the conference and as a young man i admired him i followed his prophetic ministry but the problem was i never had any money but i knew that god had called me to this region to receive something and so i mowed grass and i did paint jobs whatever i could and i bought a one-way ticket from tampa florida to harrisburg pennsylvania 12 years ago i sat in that airport with literally a sign i wrote on a marker and the sign said looking for a ride to the prophet's conference these are the days where you just pray and fast not because god told you to but because you have no money i mean i'm talking poor as poor and i show up on this airport that we flew in today knowing that god had called me that it was time to leave childish ways behind me that if god said it i was going to do it and i knew that god's will is god's bill i believe that god wants to release faith into this atmosphere i believe god wants to give many of us a backbone it's time to stop running away and cowering under what you can see in the natural god wants to release eternal perspective here tonight that we would get our gaze off of what we're seeing in the natural and we would learn the secret of tapping in to the unseen realm i sat there for six hours in that airport and a man named dave came and picked me up now i would not recommend this to anyone but i got in the car with this guy and he gave me a ride to the conference i didn't have the money to register somebody came up and gave me the money to register i didn't have money for a hotel and listen i wasn't begging i wasn't going around telling some you know sorry story supernaturally god literally provided and made a way for me in that moment 12 years ago and i don't believe it's by mistake or coincidence that god brought us back here 12 years ago for me to prophesy to somebody here if god could do it for me 12 years ago he can do it for you tonight i believe that god wants to break off fear and unbelief from your life i believe god wants to start those windshield wipers tonight and clear off that windshield i believe in 2021 you don't have to walk through crippled ridden wondering what's coming next why because jesus christ is alive come on i said jesus christ is alive born of a virgin the firstborn among the dead the king of kings the lord of lords the bright morning star just bow your heads with me for one second god i'm asking i just want to pray the scriptures god we're asking that you would make us steadfast god we're asking that you would make us immovable god we're asking for grace that we would always be abounding in your work oh god i pray tonight lord for those of us who have been lazy and apathetic and lethargic lord i prophesy this is the hour to get off the sidelines and get on the front lines this is the our pennsylvania for those under the sound of my voice this is the hour to get off the sidelines and to get in the game god we're asking for your grace to come upon us i have outworked all of you paul said but not i the grace of god in me god let us be always abounding in your work knowing that our toil is not in vain can you say amen this toil refers to a beating it refers to wailing it refers to beating your chest it refers to weary some effort the places of our greatest warfare are the places of our greatest inheritance the devil is going to fight you can i just give you a little secret to the kingdom you might think i'm cuckoo that's okay join the choir there are times in my life where i have not been able to hear the voice of god and i have realized what he's doing by what satan is trying to lie to me about i've found a way to win either way there have been times in my life where the voice of god has been so clear everything i touched prospered i was given incredible favor there were other seasons of my life pioneering planning a church so much of what we've done the last decade it was like there was an iron wall between me and god and satan would begin to lie to me he would begin to try to oppress me and i knew in that moment the power of an opposite spirit i knew the place of my warfare was the place of my victory i knew he was coming with unbelief because i was called to operate in faith i knew he was coming to discourage me because i was called to walk in courage i knew he was coming to dry up the finances because i have a gift of finance on my life to be generous towards the people of god when we talk about the work of the lord folks i believe that there are people here tonight god is calling you to plant he is calling you to start he is calling you to step out in faith he is calling you to dream again and i'm here to tell you you better roll up your sleeves you better buckle up your pants and get ready for a battle i know this stuff doesn't preach anymore because we just want to be handed what men and women have spent their entire lives laboring for we have young people that just want in an impartation line what many of our heroes have paid for with their life if we're going to see the kingdom of god established in this generation we need some folks especially some young people that are not afraid to step up to the line and say i don't care what it costs me i don't care what the price is god i'm willing to make any sacrifice required for the calling let's go are there any davids in this room [Music] who have heard the philistine in 2020 who is shouting from abortion clinics who is shouting from liquor stores who is mocking the church saying i'm essential and you're not are there any davids that are going to wander around a battle line and say you know what i might not be the best known i might not be the most influential but i know who my god is my god is able to do abundantly more than i can ask for or imagine like what in the world is going on the devil is raging in america and saul in the religious system in this nation are scared sitting about a virus this is about their comfort and their convenience from their lazy boy where are the davids where are the pioneers where are the warriors we don't need any more wimpy preachers this is not about folks this is not about cockiness or arrogance or oh look at me this is god is looking for a people who know him who know the power of the resurrection who don't care about their life even to death go ahead pull the trigger you know i'm thinking in corinth it was one of the i believe the third or fourth largest city in the roman empire right around the time of emperor nero what was their political climate like paul preaching the resurrection and being immovable and folks this was a man who would literally crucify christians and light them on fire and they were the light posts for the roads going into rome brother what happens december 13th january 12 ah what were paul swords to the church at corinth what was the message he brought in the midst of if you don't believe in the resurrection your faith is useless bad company corrupts good character i want you to hang around people of faith and distance yourself from people of fear you're hanging out around the souls still trying to make you wear their religious armor i'm trying to tell you there's a call on your life and it's not going to come from some bible seminary degree it's going to come from prayer and fasting trying to tell someone in this room that your god is able to do abundantly more than you can ask for and imagine and even in the midst of famine and a nation god will cause his people to prosper there's there's going to be an anointing that's going to be visible that's going to rest on the last day's army in the earth they're going to emerge with righteousness and truth they're going to be other worldly because they don't bow their need to an earthly king they pledge their allegiance to jesus christ on the throne they're going to be a little spooky a little weird they're not always going to say stuff that you like but god hasn't sent them to you to stroke you but to provoke you they're not just gonna encourage you and fill you with sugar and lollipops and call it church they're more than a hospital for sins for sinners they're a training center for saints folks it's time to train to reign it's time to rediscover the faith of john g lake and smith wigglesworth i don't i don't know why we don't have dominion over this virus but i ain't giving up not waiting for some stinking vaccine where's the fight tonight is about you getting your wind back in daniel chapter 7 he prophesied it he said and satan will speak out against the most high and wear down the saints it's 2020 has been about the devil the lying media is the most anointed false prophet in the earth the lying media is the most anointed false prophet in the earth it's time to shut them down come on it's time to fight people are not looking for titles they're not looking for degrees they're not looking at how many facebook likes and followers you have they're looking for courage my god is able daniel goes on in chapter 12 they will know their god and they will find strength in him and they will do great exploits folks you might see dry bones in america i see an army [Music] i see resurrection power unlimited unhindered full steam unafraid locked and loaded ready to light us up i'm talking about tongue talking demon busting i mean i'm talking about the power well i don't know is he saved maybe i'll date him is he saved folks i'm not looking for some fair weather boyfriend fan of jesus i'm looking for a man on fire these days it'll be great if he knows how to work [Music] started a ministry school a couple years ago it was like the all these young guys called to the ministry me they they they couldn't wow man she's so hot and i'm like in your so not [Applause] because you don't have a job you don't have a car you don't what in the world since when did we divorce hard work and responsibility from the gospel all right i'll get a few a few amens god i'm i'm hungry i came to pennsylvania hungry in search of a davidic army i came up here looking for a stronghold in this region there are remnant fires that are burning all over this nation i heard somebody drove here like 17 hours we preached in colorado earlier this year there was a group from las vegas nevada that drove 12 hours the meeting was packed out they watched it on a screen we're shaking hands with people who woke up during covet it's like all of a sudden they snapped out of drive-through veggie tale christianity that's obviously not working god is looking for lions and lionesses not kitty cats this little pussycat christianity there are so i'm gonna go on a tangent i'm sorry there are people in this room you serve the devil way better than you have ever served god you were out at the club till 2 30 in the morning and church has to be an hour it's not add it's idolatry i-d-o-l-a-t-r-y i have been gripped by the power of the resurrection i have been rewired i have been born again what i once craved i don't crave any longer i was formerly a son of darkness now i am a son of the light i live my life as a believer to make the devil pay for every day i wasted in deception i have been born into the kingdom of god as a wild one religion wants to domesticate you they want to polish you many of you that were radically delivered from alcohol and drugs you got saved and now you've been rotting on the back of a pew for years and god is saying it's time to wake up i'm raising up an army and i want you in it oh there's more folks i'm telling you so many people oh there's definitely more than american christianity i've been telling people you might have tried church but you haven't tried jesus yet so many of these people they're burned out on church programs because they've never tried christ i got some fire in my bones [Music] i believe some of you came just for me to make you mad it's okay to leave meetings jarred it's okay to hear the gospel and examine if you're actually in the faith it's okay to feel conviction and discipline it's a sign that god loves you it's okay to have a pulse it's okay to act saved i want to give you permission to act like you're really born again when peter wrote to people that are born again he says to aliens to strangers we're just passing through what's up weirdos so in other words we just banned any form of christianity that wastes any more time trying to fit in you and i were not born to fit in we were born to stand out the church is not a subculture for the world the goal is not to create environments in the church that look like a club and we don't know who's saved and who's not saved the goal of the ecclesia the called out ones is to be mantled for revival it's time to pick up the stones i'm telling you i'm ready for goliath to fall down in this nation it's time for the giants to fall but for many of us it's time to stop telling god how big your giants are and it's time to start telling your giants how big your god is if this doesn't transfer to monday to tuesday it's just a pep rally folks we've had so many pep rallies and called them conferences shot in the arm another famous speaker you were born for more than conference christianity you were born to make a difference in the world around you christianity should not be boring it should not be miserable it was designed to be an adventure it should be the most exciting scary thing you've ever signed up for oh hallelujah turn to ephesians 6 and we'll close some of you drove too far to drive home tonight praise god you have to come back tomorrow it's time to get off the cruise ship and come on the battleship telling you there's an era of american christianity that has been judged it's over how long will you mourn for saul ephesians 6 10 finally finally what does it say be strong in the lord the greek says to be constantly strengthened in the lord and in the active might that is inherent in him here's the greek finally beasts constantly strengthened in the lord and the active might that is inherent in him says to put on the full armor of god literally put on every single weapons in the classical greek the word was used of the full armor of a heavy armed soldier says put on the full armor that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles the schemes of the devil the emphatic theme here it says is the idea that we not only have divine equipment but the equipment is complete without the lack of any part how is your armor tonight are there any missing pieces if the devil has come and attacked you and discouraged you if you're here tonight and you know that you're not where you need to be with god i've got great news for you jesus christ is alive and he's going to come and mantle and restore and everywhere where you're lacking he's going to fill every blind spot that you have he's going to make you aware give you a chance to repent and then he's going to restore what the devil has stolen says that you may stand firm the phrase to stand firm it means to stand your ground i close with this because the prophetic utterance that god gave me for you tonight that i'm going to read is called stand your ground i believe that god has gathered us here this weekend with a message of stand your ground whatever way you came in this door if it's timid if it's fear if it's unbelief if it's a lack of faith i believe by the power of the resurrection and the blood of jesus you do not have to leave here the same way that you came in it says to clothe yourself with the full armor of god to the end that you will be able to hold your ground against the strategies of the devil i want to tell you and prophesy over you it's time to hold the line do not give up one inch do not back down do not be discouraged by things that are temporary this is the hour folks how about bible studies how about getting back in the word of god how about gathering marriages and families together saying no matter what happens around me i'm not going to be swayed to the left or to the right i'm going to meditate on the word day and night i'm going to be like a tree planted by streams of living water i'm not going to sit in the council of mockers i'm not going to stand in the way of sinners i'm going to get planted what if that was our goal going into the new year to get planted to stand firm for our struggle our wrestle is not against flesh and blood it's not your mother-in-law sir it's a joke sure many men didn't laugh because their wife was next to them [Applause] we're fighting a spiritual battle in this nation you're fighting a spiritual battle in your life but the weapons of your warfare the bible says they're not carnal they're mighty for the tearing down of strongholds that anything that exalts themselves against the nature of god shall be destroyed it's time to pull down strongholds tonight it's time to stir yourself up and your most holy faith it's time to stop asking god to get you out of here and it's time for you to get in here and get mantled for what god has for you but this armor analogy paul has in mind a roman soldier but when he says wrestle we know that roman soldiers didn't wrestle listen to this paul uses a greek athletic term to wrestle when we consider that the loser in a greek wrestling contest had his eyes gouged out with resulting blindness for the rest of his days we can form some kind of conception of the ephesians understanding and reaction to paul's illustration when it says that our wrestle is not against flesh and blood this is not play fighting this is not casual christians create casualties folks an alarm is sounding in this building an alarm is sounding in america be on alert be vigilant get your hope and your future in that which is eternal but you must know that there is an enemy that's not a kitty cat he is a roaring lion he is seeking to devour he is seeking parts of your armor that you don't want to address but are wrestle with him folks the loser like samson goes blind i wonder how much spiritual blindness there is in the american church how much calendar time we have forfeited this year just hoping for 2021 i wonder how much territory how many victories we have forfeited because we would rather lay back on a lazy boy than wrestle you know what i know as a parent the wrestle's never about you it's always about your kids you know sometimes you don't feel like wrestling for yourself do you know why you wrestle for your kids for your grandkids it's part of the gospel it's not about you the gospel is not about self preservation the gospel is about self sacrificing i wonder what would happen in communities in america if the ecclesia the army would rise to wrestle principalities and powers and rather than getting their eyes gouged out we gouge out the eyes of the media brother this is the kingdom suffers violence and the violence take it by force folks i'm talking about wholehearted obedience to jesus i mean i'm i'm talking about people in this room coming unglued feeling robbed by candyland christianity the cruise ship is not working i invite you on the battleship to stand your ground to fight to declare in this room this day we fight i'm not backing up any longer what if we're ju what if what we're just experiencing is tremor tremors let me read you what god said to me and we'll pray the lord came and met me this week at about midnight as i was praying for this gathering i believe that everything i said to you tonight was what god sent me here to say but the lord gave me this prophetic utterance maybe you want to stand you want to sit you want to close your eyes you want to open up your eyes i'm going to read it twice but i believe by the power of the holy spirit that something is going to be released in the atmosphere by faith as i'm obedient to the lord i started off this meeting by saying you fit however you want it or god says to you to fit it but this is what god sent me here to say the ground you are standing on is precious in my sight it is valuable it is needed it is desired by me it cannot be forfeited or handed over to the enemy of your soul even now i am establishing the works of your hands a sword in one hand and a tool to build an another perseverance endurance and character building is needed in the days ahead i will make this place and oasis as in the desert a place of salvation deliverance and equipping i have destined this place to be more than a hospital for sinners but a watering hole for my horses [Music] many are here that have run with the foot men but here i will teach them to race with the chariots the pace must never be slow but always in step with what my spirit is saying know this there is a spirit in this land that seeks to keep my work delayed unfinished but nonetheless i will give you a contending fighting spirit the mark of an overcomer is yours will you receive it one more time the ground you are standing on is precious in my sight it is valuable it is necessary it is my desire it cannot be forfeited or handed over to the enemy even now i am establishing the works of your hands a sword in one hand and a tool to build in another perseverance endurance and character building is needed in the days ahead i will make this place an oasis as in the desert a place of salvation deliverance and equipping i have destined this place to be more than a hospital for sinners but a watering hole for my horses many have come tonight that have run with the foot men but here i will teach them to race with the chariots the pace here must never be slow but always in step with my spirit know this there is a spirit in this land that seeks to keep my work delayed and unfinished nonetheless i will give you a contending fighting spirit the mark of an overcomer is yours will you receive it i want to thank you so much for joining us today on the watchmen's corner i pray that the message that just went forth was a blessing to you that you were strengthened and encouraged we're going to go into a time of prayer but before we do that i want to ask you to consider sowing into the watchmen's corner television program the ministry of jeremiah johnson ministries we are impacting lives on a daily basis we're witnessing salvation miracles and deliverance be the portion of this generation there's going to be a prompt that's going to pop up on your screen you can follow the directions be sure to check out our website jeremiahjohnson.tv let's pray now father we just thank you for this opportunity today to gather and hear what you're saying to the churches we lift up every need to you those that are sowing financially into the program god we just ask lord for greater blessing to be ours today in the name of jesus christ amen thank you so much for joining us in the watchmen's corner we'll see you next time bye-bye hey friends i'm here with lauren sanford a good friend a father in the faith we have come together and put together this brand new e-course on growing in prophetic purity you know there's such a need in today's prophetic movement really for reformation we have moral failure we have inaccurate prophecy we have echoes emerging in our nations being labeled as voices there's concerns there's questions that people have and lauren and i have tackled this subject head on we've pondered it for a long time you know if you you get into this series you're going to get more than just teaching about the prophetic that you're going to get it there's going to be some challenges to be to purity to holiness and to transformation in your own heart and whether or not you're prophetic it's going to benefit you because it's going to go to your heart so we want to encourage you get this e-course get a notepad your bible get ready to be challenged at a heart level we're going to answer some questions some people have been asking for a really long time register today you

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