<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO <i>GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON GOD'S >> UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE. >> IF YOU ARE COOPERATING, IF YOU LOVE GOD AND IF YOU'RE OUT TO DESTROY THE DEVIL, IF YOU ARE LETTING GOD BE THE ONE TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE, THEN NOBODY IS GOING TO >> SUCCESSFULLY BE AGAINST YOU. >> AND NOW, HERE'S ANDREW. WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY'S BROADCAST OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> TODAY I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SEVENTH WEEK TEACHING VERSE BY VERSE THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND I TELL YOU I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW BOOK OUT ON THIS. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A THICK BOOK AND THIS HAS MY TEACHING VERSE BY VERSE THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS PLUS A COMMENTARY THAT I'VE WRITTEN. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS COMMENTARY FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, AND WE NOW HAVE A...A... RIGHT AT 26,000...IS THAT RIGHT, YEAH, 26,000 VERSES IN THE BIBLE I'VE WRITTEN COMMENTARY ON OUT OF THE 31,000 VERSES, AND SO, THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF THAT BUT THE PORTION THAT COVERS THE BOOK OF ROMANS I'VE PUT THAT <i>LIVING COMMENTARY</i> IN THIS BOOK ALONG WITH JUST NOTES FROM TEACHINGS THAT I'VE DONE AND ALL TOGETHER IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO STUDY THE BOOK OF ROMANS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER PRODUCT WE'RE OFFERING. WE'LL GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF OUR PROGRAM TODAY. ALRIGHT, SO THIS WEEK I'VE BEEN IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 8, AND ON MONDAY I COVERED TWO VERSES, ROMANS, CHAPTER 8, VERSES 26 AND 27, AND THEN YESTERDAY I COVERED ROMANS, CHAPTER 8, VERSE 28, AND I TELL YOU THE...THIS HAS BEEN SOME POWERFUL THINGS, THINGS THAT HAVE JUST REVOLUTIONIZED MY LIFE, AND THESE ARE VERSES THAT ARE OFTEN EITHER OVERLOOKED OR TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND WRONG THINGS TAUGHT FROM THEM. YESTERDAY I WAS TEACHING AGAINST WHAT I CALL AN EXTREME SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD TYPE OF THING WHERE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU IS FROM GOD AND THAT GOD HAS SOME REDEMPTIVE PURPOSE IN IT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. MAN, A BUNCH OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU IS JUST STRAIGHT FROM THE DEVIL AND IT IS INTENDED TO STEAL, KILL, AND TO DESTROY AND THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD IS IF YOU OPERATE IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND LET HIM INTERCEDE THROUGH YOU. IF YOU LOVE GOD AND IF YOU RESIST THE DEVIL, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD. SO, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THOSE THINGS. IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF THAT, PLEASE GO BACK. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE AND WATCH THE PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, BUT YOU CAN GET THESE MATERIALS AND YOU NEED TO GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT. THIS IS A MAJOR SLANDER AGAINST GOD THAT HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED FROM THESE VERSES. SO IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 8, AND IN VERSE 29, IT STARTS WITH FOR... AND THE WORD FOR IS A CONJUNCTION LINKING THIS TO WHAT HAD JUST BEEN SAID PREVIOUSLY, SO AGAIN, TO GET THE FULL IMPACT OF THIS, YOU NEED TO GET IT IN ITS CONTEXT. I JUST HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO GO BACK AND DO ALL OF THAT. VERSE 29, FOR WHOM HE DID FOREKNOW, HE ALSO DID PREDESTINATE TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. MOREOVER WHOM HE DID PREDESTINATE, THEM HE ALSO CALLED: AND WHOM HE CALLED, THEM HE ALSO JUSTIFIED: AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIED, THEM HE ALSO GLORIFIED. THERE'S A LOT IN THESE VERSES AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS, BUT LET ME POINT OUT, THESE ARE SOME VERSES AGAIN THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO MISREPRESENT GOD AND HIS NATURE, AND PEOPLE THROUGH THIS WILL TEACH PREDESTINATION. THE WORD PREDESTINATE, OF COURSE, TO DESTINATE OR TO DESTINE SOMETHING MEANS THAT YOU DETERMINE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO AND PRE MEANS THAT YOU DO IT IN ADVANCE. SO PREDESTINATION IN ITS SIMPLEST TERMS IS JUST SAYING THAT GOD ORDAINED CERTAIN THINGS TO BE THIS WAY AND IT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO CHANGE IT. IT IS PREDESTINED, PREDETERMINED BY GOD. AND THIS DOES SAY THAT GOD PREDESTINATED US. BUT THE KEY...THIS IS REALLY SO SIMPLE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU TO MISUNDERSTAND IT, BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HELP BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY MISUNDERSTOOD A LOT. IT SAYS FOR WHOM HE DID FOREKNOW, HE ALSO DID PREDESTINATE... YES, PREDESTINATION, GOD HAS PREDETERMINED SOME THINGS. BUT IS THIS FOR EVERY PERSON? SEE RELIGION HAS TAKEN THIS AND THERE IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE THAT TEACH THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE PREDESTINED TO BE SAVED AND TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND GOD HAS JUST PREDESTINED SOME PEOPLE TO BE DAMNED AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO HELL AND GOD ORDAINED IT THIS WAY AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. I ACTUALLY HAD MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, THIS IS JAMIE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO HIS GRANDPARENTS, THE WIFE WAS A WHAT THEY CALL A HARD SHELL BAPTIST I THINK IS THE NAME OF IT OR...BUT ANYWAY, SHE WAS A PERSON WHO BELIEVED THAT YOU WERE EITHER PREDESTINED TO BE SAVED OR PREDESTINED TO BE LOST. AND SO, BECAUSE OF IT SHE WENT TO THIS CHURCH. SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS PREDESTINED TO BE SAVED, BUT SHE BELIEVED HER HUSBAND WAS PREDESTINED TO BE LOST AND SO SHE NEVER WITNESSED TO HIM. SHE NEVER SHARED THE GOSPEL WITH HIM. SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING. SHE JUST THOUGHT GOD CHOSE SOME PEOPLE TO BE SAVED AND OTHER PEOPLE TO BE DAMNED. THAT'S COMPLETELY CONTRARY TO MANY SCRIPTURES. ROMANS, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 13, WHOSOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. I COULD GIVE YOU A DOZEN SCRIPTURES THAT SHOW THAT IT'S UP TO YOU. GOD MADE PROVISION FOR YOU TO BE SAVED. BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE LIFE, OR YOU CAN CHOOSE DEATH. GOD LEFT THE CHOICE UP TO YOU. HE DOES NOT FORCE SOME PEOPLE TO GO TO HELL. BUT THIS IS WHAT THAT CHURCH TAUGHT. BECAUSE OF IT, THIS WOMAN NEVER WITNESSED TO HER HUSBAND, IN LIKE 50 YEARS HAD NEVER SHARED THE TRUTH WITH HIM. AND SO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AS HE WAS VISITING WITH HIS GRANDFATHER JUST TOLD HIM WHAT THE WORD SAYS, ROMANS 10:9, THAT IF YOU WILL CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU SHALL BE SAVED. AND WHOSOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD... AND THIS MAN SAYS, YOU MEAN I COULD BE SAVED, I'M NOT PREDESTINED TO GO TO HELL? AND HE SAID, NO, IT'S WHOSOEVER WILL, AND THIS MAN GOT BORN AGAIN. AND THE REASON THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN WITNESSED TO IS BECAUSE THIS WIFE JUST BELIEVED SOME PEOPLE ARE PREDESTINED TO BE SAVED AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE PREDESTINED TO BE DAMNED. THAT IS WRONG. THI...THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING IT, IT SAYS, WHO HE DID FOREKNOW, HE DID PREDESTINATE. GOD DOESN'T PREDESTINATE EVERY PERSON. HE DIDN'T PREDESTINATE ANY LOST PERSON TO GO TO HELL. HE HAS NOT PREDETERMINED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE A FAILURE. HE DID NOT PREDETERMINE THAT YOUR MARRIAGE IS GOING TO FAIL, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE POOR. HE DID NOT PREDETERMINE THAT YOU WOULD GET SICK AND HAVE SOME PROBLEM AND DIE FROM IT. GOD DOESN'T PREDETERMINE, PREDESTINATE THOSE THINGS. IT SAYS THOSE WHO HE DID FOREKNOW. AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO... I'M RUSHING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. THERE'S MUCH MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT I'M ABLE TO GIVE, BUT FOREKNOWLEDGE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CAUSATIVE EFFECT WHATSOEVER. IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN'T DETERMINE THE OUTCOME. FOREKNOWLEDGE JUST MEANS IT GOD IN...BECAUSE HE IS GOD IS ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. IT DOESN'T MEAN HE DETERMINES THAT FUTURE. HE JUST KNOWS WHAT THAT FUTURE IS GOING TO BE. AND THERE'S MANY SCRIPTURES, IF I HAD TIME WE COULD TURN TO THEM, THAT IT TALKS ABOUT THAT HE FOREKNEW US. HE CHOSE US IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. SO GOD IN HIS FOREKNOWLEDGE KNOWS WHO WILL ACCEPT HIM AND WHO WILL REJECT HIM. THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE CAUSES US TO RECEPT...ACCEPT HIM AND HE CAUSES THE OTHERS TO REJECT HIM. BUT JUST IN HIS FOREKNOWLEDGE HE KNOWS WHAT OUR CHOICES ARE GOING TO BE, SO THOSE WHO HE DID FOREKNOW THAT WOULD ACCEPT HIM, THEN HE HAS PREDETERMINED WHAT? PREDESTINED WHAT? HE PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. SO ALL THIS IS SAYING IS... IT'S NOT SAYING THAT GOD PREDETERMINED EVERYTHING IN OUR LIFE AND WE NOW HAVE NO CHOICE AND WE'RE JUST LIKE A PAWN AND GOD MOVES US AROUND. NO, THERE'S MANY, MANY SCRIPTURES. DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 30, VERSE 19, BEHOLD I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TO RECORD AGAINST YOU THIS DAY THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING: THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT YOU AND YOUR SEED MAY LIVE. GOD GAVE YOU THE CHOICE. HE DOES NOT FORCE YOU AND HE DOES NOT JUST PREDETERMINE EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. HE HAS SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH AND HE SAID YOU CHOOSE. AND JUST IN CASE YOU AREN'T SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT THAT LIFE IS BETTER THAN DEATH, HE EVEN GIVES YOU THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. HE SAYS CHOOSE LIFE THAT YOU MAY LIVE. HE WANTS YOU TO LIVE. GOD HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD PLANS FOR YOU. JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END. THE NIV SAYS A HOPE AND A FUTURE. GOD HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD PLANS FOR YOU, BUT HE LEFT THE CHOICE UP TO YOU. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO HIS WAY, OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO YOUR OWN WAY, WHICH IS THE DEVIL'S WAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN OUT-AND-OUT TOTAL REBELLION TOWARDS GOD. JUST DO IT YOUR OWN WAY AND YOU WILL FAIL. THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT UNTO MEN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH. CHOOSING YOUR OWN PATH IS CHOOSING TO FOLLOW THE DEVIL. THERE IS GOD'S WAY AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOUR WAY, ANY OTHER WAY, IT IS THE WRONG WAY. AND GOD GAVE YOU THAT CHOICE. BUT FOR THOSE WHO HE FOREKNEW WOULD ACCEPT HIM, HE HAS PREDETERMINED, PREDESTINED, THIS MEANS IT IS AN ESTABLISHED FACT AND IT WILL HAPPEN THAT YOU WILL BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON. NOW, IF YOU COOPERATE WITH HIM, YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT IN THIS LIFE AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO START LIVING IN VICTORY AND EXPERIENCING VICTORY OVER SICKNESS AND POVERTY AND DEPRESSION AND YOU CAN WALK IN VICTORY AND JOY AND PEACE IF YOU COOPERATE WITH HIM. BUT IF YOU DON'T COOPERATE WITH HIM BUT IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN, THOSE WHO HE KNEW WOULD ACCEPT HIM YOU WILL BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON. IF NOTHING ELSE WHEN WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD. IT SAYS OVER IN 1 JOHN, CHAPTER 3, BEGINNING WITH VERSE 1, IT SAYS, BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HATH BESTOWED UPON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED THE SONS OF GOD: THEREFORE THE WORLD KNOWS US NOT, BECAUSE IT KNEW HIM NOT. BELOVED, NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD, AND IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE: BUT WE KNOW THAT, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS. THOSE VERSES ARE SAYING THAT IF YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE THE TRANSFORMATION POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THIS LIFE, IF NOTHING ELSE, WHEN WE SEE HIM, WHEN WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD, WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED INTO THAT SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY. WE WILL BE LIKE HIM BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HIM. THAT WILL BE COMPLETE WHEN WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD IN THIS NEXT LIFE. BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT TO THAT DEGREE HERE IN THIS LIFE. JESUS TOLD US IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 6, IN WHAT'S COMMONLY CALLED THE LORD'S PRAYER, HE SAID TO PRAY THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR HEAVEN TO BEGIN TO START EXPERIENCING HEAVEN. YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT HERE ON EARTH. HE TOLD US TO PRAY THAT WAY. THAT WE WOULD EXPERIENCE GOD'S WILL BEING DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. WELL IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO SICKNESS, THERE'S NO DISEASE, THERE'S NO MORE SORROW, THERE'S NO MORE CRYING, THERE'S NO MORE PAIN. TO THE DEGREE THAT WE COOPERATE WITH GOD, RENEW OUR MIND, TAKE OUR AUTHORITY AND USE IT, WE CAN EXPERIENCE HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH. BUT IT'LL NEVER BE COMPLETE BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. NONE OF US HAVE OUR MINDS TOTALLY RENEWED AND SO IT WON'T BE COMPLETE. BUT WHEN WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD, WHEN WE SEE HIM AS HE IS, WE'LL BE CHANGED INTO THAT SAME IMAGE. AND SO THAT'S ALL THIS IS TALKING ABOUT. PREDESTINATION IS ONLY GOD PREDESTINATING THOSE WHO HE KNEW WOULD ACCEPT HIM. HE DIDN'T PREDESTINATE THE LOST. HE DIDN'T PREDESTINATE PEOPLE TO JUST GO TO HELL. NO, IT'S ONLY PEOPLE WHO HE KNEW WOULD ACCEPT HIM, HE HAS PREDESTINATED THEM TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON. IT WON'T BE COMPLETE UNTIL OUR NEXT LIFE WHEN WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD. BUT TO A DEGREE WE CAN EXPERIENCE THAT COMPLETENESS RIGHT HERE. SO PREDESTINATION DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THE LORD. PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE LORD HAVE NOT BEEN PREDESTINATED TO ANYTHING. GOD IS WOOING THEM AND DRAWING THEM AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT...TO DRAW THEM INTO THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. BUT HE GAVE THE CHOICE TO THEM. SO HE DOESN'T FORCE ANYBODY TO GO TO HELL. IT IS NOT GOD'S WILL FOR SOME TO BE SAVED AND SOME NOT TO BE SAVED. IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE OUT OF 2 PETER, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 9, GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. THAT IS GOD'S WILL. IT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR. GOD DOES NOT WILL FOR PEOPLE TO BE LOST. BUT THESE VERSES ARE SAYING ONCE YOU ACCEPT THE LORD, THOSE WHO HE KNEW WERE GOING TO ACCEPT HIM, HE HAS ALSO PREDESTINED, PREDETERMINED, IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON. IN ETERNITY, FOR SURE. IN THIS LIFE, TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU BELIEVE AND COOPERATE. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE WORD PREDESTINATE, PREDESTINATION IS ONLY USED FOUR TIMES IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE? TWO OF THEM ARE RIGHT HERE AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER TWO ARE OVER IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 1, AND AGAIN, THE EXACT SAME POINT IS BEING MADE. AND FOR YOU TO MAKE A DOCTRINE. THERE...THERE IS A DENOMINATION, I WON'T MEN...MENTION WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL PLANKS IN THEIR THEOLOGY THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND JUST HAS PREDESTINED SOME PEOPLE TO BE SAVED, SOME PEOPLE TO BE LOST. GOD PREDETERMINES EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS. YOU HAVE NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER. YOU WERE JUST A PAWN THAT GOD IS MOVING AROUND AND EVEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL'S PEOPLE IT'S GOD DOING ALL OF THIS. AGAIN, THAT IS SLANDER AGAINST GOD. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES. GOD WOULD BE UNJUST TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS IF HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE YOU ACT THE WAY THAT YOU ACTED. THAT JUST DEFIES LOGIC. WHY WOULD HE SIT THERE AND JUDGE YOU IF YOU HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER AND GOD JUST MADE YOU LIVE A CERTAIN WAY? DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS DEFIES LOGIC? NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE THAT KIND OF STUFF UNLESS YOU'RE RELIGIOUS. ONLY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WOULD EVER FALL FOR THIS THING THAT GOD CONTROLS EVERYTHING. AND DID YOU KNOW WHEN I TEACH ALONG THESE LINES, I GET RELIGIOUS PEOPLE REALLY UPSET AT ME. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CRITICISM OVER WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT I'M TEACHING WHAT THE WORD SAYS RIGHT HERE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CRITICIZED ME... AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP BEFORE AND SAY YOU'RE OF THE DEVIL! HOW DARE YOU SIT THERE AND SAY THAT GOD ISN'T SOVEREIGNLY JUST CONTROLLING EVERYTHING AND MAKING EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENS HAPPEN. YOU'RE OF THE DEVIL! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT? I'VE TAKEN THEIR OWN LOGIC AND USED IT AGAINST THEM, AND I SAID, HEY, IF GOD SOVEREIGNLY CONTROLS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITHOUT GOD CONTROLLING IT, WELL THEN, I COULDN'T TEACH THIS UNLESS GOD WANTED ME TO TEACH IT. AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL JUST GET MAD LIKE NO, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. YOU'RE OF THE... WELL, HOW CAN I BE OF THE DEVIL? EVERYTHING... GOD CONTROLS EVERYTHING. THAT'S ILLOGICAL. GOD DOESN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. DOES GOD CONTROL EVERYTHING YOU DO? IF YOU WOULD BE HONEST, I GUARANTEE YOU EVERY PERSON WATCHING THIS PROGRAM, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT GOD TOLD YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW GOD TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT AND YOU WENT AHEAD AND DID IT ANYWAY. DID HE FORCE YOU? DID HE KEEP YOU FROM DOING IT? AND THEN AFTER YOU DISOBEY GOD AND AFTER YOU MESS UP, YOU COME BACK, GOD, I'M SORRY. I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. IF GOD ISN'T CONTROLLING YOU, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE CONTROLS EVERYBODY ELSE? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE JUST CONTROLS EVERYTHING? NOW, I DO BELIEVE THIS, THAT GOD IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BRING EVERYTHING TO THE END RESULTS THAT HE HAS PROPHESIED. EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN THE WAY THAT HE SAID IT WOULD. BUT HE IS NOT JUST SITTING THERE CONTROLLING EVERY INDIVIDUAL THING. YOU KNOW AGAIN THIS IS AN ANALOGY THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT RELATE TO, BUT TH...THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RELATE TO AND IT'S... IT'S HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND IT. YOU KNOW I...WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS JUST A REALLY SMART GUY AND HE WAS A COACH AND STUFF AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER TEAM. LIKE IF THEY WERE JUST RUSHING SO MUCH THAT YOU KNOW A PERSON COULDN'T PASS, THE RUSH WAS TOO MUCH, WELL THEN WHAT YOU DO IS USE THAT AGGRESSIVENESS AND YOU THROW A SCREEN PASS. YOU LET THEM THROUGH, AND YOU THROW IT RIGHT OVER THEM AND ALL... AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU GAIN YARDAGE. AND WHAT THAT DOES, THAT WILL MAKE THEM START TEMPERING THEIR RUSH. THEY HAVE TO START STAYING IN PLACE, SO YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER THEY DO AND USE IT AGAINST THEM. AND IF THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR OPPONENT AND WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING YOU CAN USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE CONTROLLING YOUR OPPONENT. BUT YOU JUST KNOW THAT IF THEY DO THIS, WELL THEN, I'M GOING TO DO THAT AND THAT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEAKNESS. GOD IS INFINITELY SMARTER THAN THAT, AND GOD CAN TAKE WHATEVER THE DEVIL DOES, ANYTHING THAT HE THROWS AGAINST YOU OR AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE AND HE CAN...HE CAN WORK IT TOGETHER FOR GOOD. WE DEALT WITH THAT ON YESTERDAY'S PROGRAM. AND SO GOD IS SO AWESOME THAT HE CAN GUARANTEE THAT IN THE END RESULT, HE WINS, AND THAT THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THE ANTICHRIST THE ANTICHRIST. HE'S NOT THE ONE WHO MADE THE ANTICHRIST GIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. HE JUST KNOWS THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. HE FOREWARNED US ABOUT IT. HE WILL TAKE IT AND WORK IT TOGETHER FOR GOOD, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD CONTROLS IT. AND IF YOU HAVE HEARD PEOPLE MISUSE THESE SCRIPTURES AND TEACH THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGNLY MOVING AND DOING THINGS, WELL THEN, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S GOING TO RENDER YOU PASSIVE. YOU WILL WIND UP SUBMITTING BECAUSE YOU THINK WELL GOD HAD A PURPOSE IN THIS. AND IF GOD HAS EITHER CAUSED IT OR ALLOWED IT, THEN THAT MEANS THAT GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF IT. WHETHER HE JUST ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN OR WHETHER HE CAUSED IT TO HAPPEN, NONETHELESS IT'S GOD'S WILL THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THAT RENDERS YOU PASSIVE, AND AGAIN THIS VIOLATES A VERSE THAT I QUOTED A NUMBER OF TIMES, JAMES, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 7, WHERE IT SAYS, SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE UNTO GOD. THAT MEANS SOME THINGS ARE FROM GOD, YOU SUBMIT TO THOSE, AND RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. SOME THINGS ARE FROM GOD. SOME THINGS ARE FROM THE DEVIL. THE THINGS THAT ARE FROM THE DEVIL YOU HAVE TO RESIST. THAT MEANS TO ACTIVELY FIGHT AGAINST IT. NOT PASSIVELY SUBMIT TO IT. IF YOU COULD IMAGINE A MILITARY THING AND IF THE ENEMY COULD SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER CONVINCE YOUR TROOPS THAT THEY ARE REALLY FOR THEIR GOOD, AND SO IF YOU SEE THEM ATTACKING AND COMING AGAINST YOU, YOU EMBRACE THEM BECAUSE, OH, YOU'RE SENT HERE TO HELP ME. NO, THAT ENEMY IS TRYING TO STEAL, TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY. AND THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD IS IF YOU FIGHT AGAINST THEM AND RESIST THEM. BUT RELIGION HAS COME ALONG AND SAID, OH, THIS SICKNESS IS FROM GOD. THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY IS BORN WITH A BIRTH DEFECT, WHERE MARRIAGES FALL APART, WHERE FINANCIAL RUIN, GOD DID THIS TO YOU BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU. THAT'S TERRIBLE. YOU'LL EVEN HAVE IT WRITTEN IN CONTRACTS THAT YOU'RE INSURED AGAINST THIS AND THIS AND THIS EXCEPT ACTS OF GOD SUCH AS FIRE AND FLOODS AND TORNADOES AND THEY THINK THAT GOD...THOSE ARE ACTS OF GOD. THOSE AREN'T ACTS OF GOD. THOSE ARE ACTS OF THE DEVIL. AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S JUST SOME NATURAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGH THIS WORLD... BEING IN A FALLEN STATE AND THIS CREATION OUT OF WHACK BECAUSE OF THE SIN THAT MEN BROUGHT INTO IT. BUT IT'S WRONG TO SAY THAT THESE THINGS ARE ACTS OF GOD. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, IT'LL MAKE YOU PASSIVE AND THEREFORE SATAN WON'T... WON'T HAVE ANY RESISTANCE. WE HAVE TO RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM US. NOT FLEE FROM GOD BUT FLEE FROM US. NOW IT'S GOD'S POWER WORKING THROUGH US BUT IF YOU ARE SUBMITTED TO AND EMBRACING TERRIBLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT'S GOD THAT BROUGHT IT ON YOU, THAT MAKES YOU PASSIVE, THAT MAKE...THAT EMPOWERS THE DEVIL TO STEAL, TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY. IN ORDER FOR GOD'S GOOD AND PERFECT WILL TO COME TO PASS IN YOUR LIFE, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE THINGS THAT ARE FROM HIM AND RESIST THE THINGS THAT ARE FROM THE DEVIL AND NOT GET THE TWO CONFUSED. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, GOD ALREADY HAD DETERMINED A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE, >> A GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE. > GOD HAS A PURPOSE TO TRAIN YOU IN WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO, AND I TELL YOU, CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE > IS THE PLACE FOR THAT. >> MAN, IF YOU WANT A LIFE-CHANGE, >> COME TO CHARIS. > COME ON TO CHARIS! > THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS COULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL TIME > OF YOUR LIFE. >> IF YOU SIT UNDER THE WORD FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY, FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE GOD SPEAK TO YOU AND START REVEALING PURPOSE TO YOU. EVERY ONE OF YOU WERE CREATED FOR A PURPOSE. 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YOU CAN BECOME A GRACE PARTNER OR ORDER RESOURCES THROUGH OUR WEB SITE AT AWMI.NET. WHILE THERE, YOU CAN DISCOVER MORE PRODUCT DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL FREE RESOURCES. YOU CAN ALSO ORDER RESOURCES OR RECEIVE PRAYER BY CALLING OUR HELPLINE AT 719-635-1111. OUR HELPLINE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 24 HOURS A DAY, AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 7:30AM TO 6PM, MOUNTAIN TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU >> TODAY. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ANDREW'S UPCOMING SPEAKING SCHEDULE. MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO COME MEET ANDREW AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS AND LET THE WORD OF GOD TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, COME TO WOODLAND PARK FOR THE TRUTH & LIBERTY COALITION CONFERENCE. SPEAKERS AT THIS EVENT INCLUDE ANDREW WOMMACK, RICHARD HARRIS, DUANE SHERIFF, MARIO MURILLO, E.W. JACKSON, CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT, AND CONGRESSMAN DOUG LAMBORN. NEXT, ANDREW WILL AGAIN BE IN WOODLAND PARK FOR THE DESTINY CONFERENCE WITH GUEST SPEAKER DUANE SHERIFF. AND FINALLY IN SEPTEMBER, ANDREW WILL BE SPEAKING IN CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA. AND IN OCTOBER, ANDREW WILL BE HOSTING LIVESTREAM EVENTS TO ZIMBABWE AND UGANDA. NEXT, ANDREW WILL BE SPEAKING IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THEN, COME TO WOODLAND PARK FOR THE ANNUAL MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE WITH SPEAKERS ANDREW WOMMACK, BOB NICHOLS, BOB YANDIAN, CARRIE PICKETT, GREG MOHR, DUANE SHERIFF, AND JESSE DUPLANTIS. LASTLY IN OCTOBER, JOIN US FOR THE WOMEN ARISE CONFERENCE. PLEASE NOTE: ANDREW WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AT THIS EVENT. FOR MORE DETAILS ON ANDREW'S NEXT MEETING IN YOUR AREA, VISIT OUR WEB SITE >> AT AWMI.NET. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> [END]
