The Authority of Scripture | Benny Hinn in Ghana

[Music] glory glory glory to the Lamb of God [Music] GL [Music] [Applause] for you are [Music] glor and worthy to be pra your [Music] [Music] you're the lamb [Music] you're the [Music] L to you belongs all the glory the honor the praise accept our worship accept our praise accept accept our service we give you all the praise Lord May our hearts be accepted in your sight in jesus' name that the words of our mouth our heart's meditation always be accepted in your sight in Jesus name and God's people said amen amen you may be seated for the next few moments I want to talk to you like your brother Jim thank you my burden today has changed I yes I still pray for the sick but I have two new assignments from heaven number one to strengthen the church number two to to prepare the young people for the next move of God and the Lord has given me the privilege in the last few years to speak to multitudes of young people because of my children's ministry that is quite remarkable a lady named Lois God Lois God is the wife of Ken God in England in Su Sunderland up there in the UK she's been friends with us for many years she and her husband her father used to work with Smith Wigglesworth my wife's father used to play piano for Smith Wigglesworth so we go way back my wife's family is very well connected with Smith and many of the greats that God used in the UK like the Jeffrey Brothers my wife's grandmother used to sing for the Jeffrey Brothers in the Royal Albert Hall in London she herself was a very popular uh uh you know singer in England before she was saved so Lois God uh was in in our home in the'80s and she looked at me and she said I had a vision of you and she rarely ever had said those words before or even after she said I saw you with with white hair you you had all white hair you walked slower you looked just about the same but thousands of young people were in front of you and I never forgot that and here it is it's happening now and what is so wonderful is I understand that a high percentage of of of use with people here are young people and 80% we hear 80% I think we were told of the population of of of Kenya now our youth I was told that by the first lady so it seems there's a new generation coming up and I pray God will use the this amaz look at all the hands look look at that all the young people [Music] wave look at this that's what 80% or more of this audience somewhere there 90% And I want to be able to help you young people because because I I I believe uh that I was born at the right time like 1952 was the year when God raised began to raise people like Billy Graham and Katherine kman and others and by the time I was saved there were already uh very wellknown people in the world and I came about the end of Catherine's Ministry because she passed away in 76 and in 1973 only 3 years before is where I went to our meeting so for three years I sat under her Ministry now I can talk about it uh people like Oro Roberts was my neighbor for 20 years I I I I saw him every week for 20 years because he was we were neighbors and and Rex humbard used to minister many of you maybe don't know the name of Rex humbard he was the first man to ever preach the gospel on television in the world from akan Ohio the Cathedral of tomorrow was the church in America that was the the church the only church on television on Sunday morning and he was Elvis Presley's pastor and he he ministered to every president would call on him and the three big names in those days in America were Billy Graham Ora Roberts Rex humbard in their order and they were dear friends all of them to each other and here Oro Roberts preached for me and ministered in our Crusades and Rex used to preach every Friday morning in every Crusade for years for me because he would he would bring the Salvation message and what a precious man of God he was and he's in heaven today and many others Derek Prince you probably heard heard the name of Derek Prince he conducted my engagement party he he he was the one who hosted and prayed and ministered when I get engaged so that's correct so I I I met him through the hardens when I was 26 years old and he and I took a a a trip to the holand together we joined and and before he died I went to be with him in Jerusalem so you know God has put me in the right place at the right time with the right people of those days and and many many others uh have you heard the name KY tboom how many heard of Ky tboom how many have not heard of Kit and boom watch her movie The Hiding Place kit and boom God used her mightily and people don't believe when I tell them that when I was 20 years old I was in her house dancing in with her I danced with Corey amazing you say how did you dance with Corey well I was a part of a group called sh in Hebrew or as you say sh in English it means Glory it was led by a couple called MV and Mera Watson Mera Watson wrote the song Jehovah Gyra my provider you know the song she wrote it and I was there in her home when she was working on the song I most certainly was because I taught I was the I was their first Hebrew teacher I taught them Hebrew that was this back in the 70s so they took a group to Europe in 1974 I was one of the kids and it happened to be that one of my roommates was Cory T boom's nephew Danilo was his name and she came in and we were in Holland we went from England to Holland from Holland to Switzerland six weeks we were on a double decker bus for six weeks going from Cathedral to Cath to Cathedral presenting the gospel in song in mime and it was a beautiful thing 66 young people they had violins and trombones and trumpets and a beautiful choir which I was a part of I was one of the singers thank God for that anyways and we traveled throughout Europe and it just happened to be that when I was in in one of the homes that youth with a mission they they would put us in all the homes where youth with the mission people were there and it just happened to be in Holland that her nephew was my roommate so she came in looking for him and she said where is Dano I said said well I don't know he was here a little while ago and she grabbed my I'll never forget this she grabbed my cheek like that she squeezed my cheek she said where did you get this face I said from Israel she said Shalom and then we were invited to go to home and she played all of us all 66 kids and they played Jewish music and she and she we had a big circle of kids and she was right next to me and her nephew on on the other side of her dancing in the garden and that precious woman that we preached on the glove I'll never forget the message as long as I live we went to a church in Ze Holland and I heard that precious woman of God teach on surrender to the Lord and she used the glove she said she said this is you and then she used her hand she said this is this is the Lord and then how you have to surrender everything her to Jesus before he can use you was a powerful message and and and she went through every little bit like she said if if you only surrender one finger the glove is still no good if you surrender to it's still no good and all five fingers she said must be in there before God can use you it left an impact on me so you know here I am 7 to1 years old these great people have are gone to heaven and may I even add before Cody passed away she was buried in California close to where I lived and her assistant called me to come and see her so you know it's been a wonderful life I've lived and now I can talk to the young people about the great of the past so I used to ask the Lord years ago in a crusade in a crusade I saw this lady under the part of God and she was just having glory and I said oh dear Jesus dear Jesus say how I wish I can be on the floor instead of her now because she was just beaming with joy beaming with the glory of God and I was so amazed looking at her I said oh dear Jesus I wish I could be on the floor now experiencing what she is experiencing and he spoke to me just like that he said you are my hose you know a hose you that you put water on flowers I said dear Jesus I'm your host he said yes I said said even the hose needs a little water sometimes and just about oh three four four four four years ago I looked up I said dear Jesus am I still your hose he said now you're my bridge that's what he said to me I said am I still your hose he said now you're my bridge and I'm thinking like wow how amazing I can talk about the great people I saw cuz I was there with them to the new generation that that you would know God will do more with you than he did with them if you will pay the price if you're willing to pay the price and the price is your life so today as I Minister on the Blessed word of God I want to say one thing the the message the message that I grew up listening to from these wonderful people Katherine kumman even all you know all of them all of them there was one theme in it the Crucified Life that's what we heard in in one way or another Lauren Cunningham who began who began ywam was the first man I ever heard preach in 1972 I still remember his message was on a Crucified Life all the great taught one thing only they had many messages but it was one theme one sermon basically the crucify life dying to self Jesus being all in all when whenever someone had a problem all you heard is give it to Jesus look to Jesus today the message in America and and other parts of the world is a message of Hope but it's not the gospel it's about feeling good about yourself you can make it because God is with you that message does not stand in times of tribulation it it Fizzles away but when you have Jesus oh you're on solid grounds because he is the rock of all ages and his word is is life his what is life and many people today don't know the Bible that's why they say things such as Jesus is one way to heaven no no Jesus is the only way to Heaven There is no other way to heaven but yet you you hear preachers today in America itself and other parts of the world that don't believe that and and and they accept parts of the Bible that they only believe in and they reject the rest well the minute you begin questioning the Bible you're in danger now God has given us incredible evidence and and and Powerful uh uh proofs like the proof that that God's word is his word in an amazing way so if somebody ever says to you what proof do you have that the Bible is the word of God you need to ask them one question how many prophecies are in any book of other religions zero there are Z zero prophecies you can look you can check it out zero prophecies in any book of any religion today how many prophecies are in in the Bible 2,500 now those religions have no prophecies in their books and and whatever they call their books because they know if one prophecy fails the whole religion collapses yet God gave us such tremendous guarantees that he gave us prophecy and prophecy the Fulfillment of prophecy is the guarantee that God's word is his word because you think about the chances of prophecies like that being fulfilled so 2,500 prophecies are in the Bible and 2,000 have been fulfilled already in detail in detail not not only about the life of Jesus himself 332 prophecies fulfilled the first time Jesus came to Earth in details hundreds of prophecies fulfilled about Babylon and other nations the rise and fall of all the nations at the time that existed and especially Israel in details 2,000 prophecies fulfilled there's a great there's a high chance then that the other 500 will be fulfilled when the Lord returns so this is amazing and when you look at the Bible think about this with me written now the Bible is a library of books it's not one book it's 66 books and now you have to think with me to see the incredible Miracle called the Bible written written by 40 authors over a period of 1,600 years that's like someone beginning to write a book 500 years before Christopher Columbus and just finished it last week the Bible 1,600 years that these 40 authors wrote it in three continents in three languages yet when the Bible came together it had one message Redemption through the Messiah one message what are the chances what are the chances if Jim suro and I or Pastor Joshua and I or Pastor den and I or pastor Michael and and I decided to write a book about any subject and we wrote it at the same time it would not be the same book if I said to Pastor Joshua you write a book on on faith let's say and I'll write a book on faith or or a book on healing or any subject it would not be one book because it' be two different men seeing it from their side but come on 66 books 40 authors most of whom never met each other lived at different times and if I said to you Pastor Dan or Pastor Joshua or Pastor Michael and we living in the same time and knew each other to to write one book on one subject it would not be one book but 40 others who did not know each other the majority of them never never met because they didn't live at the same time in different continents and now the Bible comes together as one book one message that means god is the author the word of God is remarkable so before I speak on the word of God I want to read what Billy Graham said about it it he said millions of people today are searching for a reliable voice of authority now this is Billy Graham this is not me I'm just reading what he said millions of people today are searching for a reliable voice of authority the word of God is the only real Authority we have his word sheds light on human nature world problems and human sufferings but beyond that it clearly reveals the way to God the message of the Bible is the message of Jesus Christ who said I'm the way the truth and the life John 14:6 it is the story of Salvation the story of your Redemption and mine through Christ the story of Life Of Peace of Eternity our faith faith is not dependent upon human knowledge and scientific advance but upon the unmistakable message of the word of God the Bible has a great tradition and a magnificent Heritage it contains 66 books written over a period of several hundred years by many different men yet the message divinely inspired by the holy spirit is clear throughout the 66 books become one the Bible is old yet it is ever new it is the most modern book in the world today there's a false notion that a book as ancient as the Bible cannot speak to Modern needs people somehow think that that in an age of scientific achievement when knowledge has increased more in the past 25 years than in all preceding centuries put together this ancient book is out of date but to all who read and love the Bible it is relevant for Our Generation it is in the Holy scriptures that we find the answers to Life's ultimate questions where did I come from where am I why am I here here where am I going what is the purpose of my existence one of the greatest needs in the church today is to come back to the scriptures as the basis of authority and to study them prayerfully in dependence in dependence on the Holy Spirit when we read God's word we fill our hearts with his words and God is speaking to us us William Phelps called the most beloved professor in America and at one time president of Yale University made the often quoted statement he said I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without out a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible That's powerful a man named William Leon Phelps the president of Yale University at one time said W I like to read that again he said I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible one of the greatest tragedies today is that although the Bible is an available open book it's a closed book to millions are because they leave it unread or because they read it without applying its teachings to themselves no greater tragedy can befall a person or a nation than than that of paying lip service to a Bible left unread or to a way of life not followed and I conclude with this as he said the Bible the greatest document available for the human race needs to be opened read and believed one survey indicated that only 12% of the people who said they believe the Bible actually read it every day 12% only read it every day of those who say they believe it 34% read it only once a week and 42% read it only once in a great while now this is shocking because he's talking about Believers this book what the Bible is all about will help make the reading and study of God's word interesting and he gave that in a book that he was he was promoting and what I thought I said it'd be so wonderful for me to read just what he said about the Bible the word of God it's a library this Library and I'm adding to this this library is a light to direct you food to support you comfort to cheer you the Bible should fill your memory rule your heart and guide your feet it's a mine of wealth it's the source of Health it's a world of pleasure read it to be wise believe it to be safe and practice it to be holy now would you all say after me I want you to repeat what I wrote myself say it will fill my memory will fill my say say the Bible Bible will fill fill my memory my memory the Bible the Bible will rule will rule my heart my heart the Bible the Bible will guide will guide my feet my feet it is a mind of wealth it is a m of wealth the source of Health the source of Health a world of pleasure a I will read it I will read it to be wise to be wise I will believe it I will believe it to be safe to be safe and I will practice it I will practice it to be holy to be holy and now let's go to John chapter 10 with my message this was all Prem message now let me give you the [Applause] message I want you to become grounded in scripture amen because that is what will keep you tell you safe tell today can you take your mic please Jim can you come sit by Captain Pastor down on his side and Pastor Joshua sit right there thank you and Jim right there one of the main problems in the west which we hear about all the time is mental health mental illness I have an answer for those who want Deliverance great peace have they that love thy law great peace have they that love your law Lord great peace if you want peace the Bible will give it to you you don't need medication you just need the Bible for the Bible will fill your mind and heart with peace fill your mind with the Bible so there will not be room for devils right the reason people are oppressed by demons is the word is not in their life Jesus said in Matthew 12 that demons look for vacancies what are they looking for are they looking for the gifts of the Spirit no because many people today are gifted and have a devil bam was a prophet with with a demon balam balam could bless and curse and was a prophet yet operated in divination really there in numbers it begins there in Numbers 22 23 24 and in chapter 24:1 it said in in in the prophecy he gave in that chapter he did he did not deal with divinations see well there it is that girl back there is magnificent she really is I met her last night pra she is the fastest lady I ever had to work with in putting scriptures so fast I thanked her last night so what are they looking for are they looking for the gifts are they looking for power no they're looking is he full of the word or not because the word keeps them out when the Bible is in you no devil will be in you there will be no space for the devil in you because the word through the holy spirit will keep you protected but now let me add one more thing there are people who know the Bible that do not know the Lord because they are reading the scripture as logos they're not dependent on the Holy Spirit to reveal the word so they religious and legalistic because they don't have the life of the word in them so I said to the pastors on Wednesday I said if the word is in People they'll dry up if only the spirit is in them they'll blow up but if the word and the spirit are in them they'll grow up so we need the word and the spirit so if you only know the word you'll blow up sorry you'll dry up if you only know the spirit's power you'll blow up if you have both you'll grow up and it's time to grow up and that's why we need to say holy spirit Reveal Your word to me so in John 10 3435 36 Pastor then the Bible says something very important because Jesus there had said he's the son of God and they were questioning him on that so let's read the Gospel of John 10: 3435 36 please Jesus answered them it is not written in your law I said ye are Gods if he called them Gods unto whom the word of God came and the scripture cannot be broken say ye of him whom the father hath Sanctified and sent into the world thou Blasphemous because I said I am the Son of God now in answering the Jews if he's the son of God the Lord turns to the scriptures and says your law says in his amazing reply the Lord mentions the word of God and the scriptures and when the Lord called the Bible the word of God what he was saying was powerful he was saying that the truth revealed in it have no human origin for it is the word of God not the word of man so number one one the Lord says very clearly in this portion that the word of God has no human origin it comes from the Lord God himself and then he says that the scriptures cannot be broken meaning the truth of God's word are Eternal now this is very important because in the Psalms we read in Psalm 119 verse 89 it says forever O Lord your word is settled in heaven forever oh Lord Thy word is settled in heaven so the Lord Jesus said to us that the word of God has no human origin number two it is eternal like David said settled in heaven forever it cannot change it cannot change because what he's saying to us is that the Bible is not the product of time that's what Jesus is saying yeah the Bible is the product of Eternity because it contains in it the Eternal mind of God the Eternal counsel of God and what this means is when time and the world will pass away the mind and counsel of God revealed through scripture stands forever yes sir it cannot change Sir Matthew 24:35 the Lord said Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will bind by no means pass away why because I repeat the Bible is not the product of time the Bible is the product of Eternity it contains in it the Eternal Mind Of God his counsel Eternal Word the world will pass away the Bible will never pass away Jesus said in Matthew 24:35 Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away in Psalm 119 verse 160 we read the entirety of your word is truth everyone of Your Righteous judgments endures forever the entirety of your word Lord is true thank you Lord every one of your righteous judgments endures forever the entirety of God's word is truth now I I want to deal with something here that I wasn't planning on but I need to I need to in the early Church in the early church there there were two major attacks against the church Church number one the attack against the Lord's deity number two Humanity so John the Apostle John wrote the Gospel of John to prove the Lord's deity that's why it was written he said in the beginning was the word the word with God the word is God so the entire Gospel of John has one message the deity of Christ that's it in his Epistles he dealt with the Lord's Humanity he said if any say that Jesus did not come in the flesh is on the Antichrist because these were the the main attacks against the faith these attacks are happening against again whenever someone says Jesus is not the only way to heaven that attacking his deity attacking his deity a few days ago few days ago there there was a program on one of the major christian networks I don't have uh I I I cannot watch network television in my home because I don't have cable and I don't have satellite and I don't have Direct TV I cancelled all that I don't really care to see it so I can I can download what I choose to see not what I'm told to see so this group of preachers were sitting together talking about is Jesus God or the Son of God and I'm thinking what Bible do they read what is wrong with them have they never heard handles Messiah have they never read the Bible I know some of you don't understand what I say about handle's Messiah every every family in America knows of handle's Messiah and the world because handles Messiah is a beautiful musical that's all from the Bible all the Bible but they don't even listen to the words they're just listening to the music most people but I'm thinking what what's wrong wrong with them have they never read Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born unto us a son is given his name Shall be Called wonderful counselor Mighty God God makes it clear that that son that child is mighty God or Micah 52 and thou bethle of of the will arise the governor who is from Everlasting God the baby born in Bethlehem is God now listen careful to what I'm going to tell you right now you have to understand when people come to you and they will and question you about the Lord's deity you have to ask them five simple questions five questions number one and and you need to tell them that for God to be God God he must have five attributes and you need to remember these number one omnipotence that means all powerful number two omniscient that means all knowing number three omnipresent number four Eternal number five unchangeable these are the five attributes that prove that God is God because because you have to ask yourself you can you have to ask them is the devil all powerful no is he all knowing no is he omnipresent is he at the same time in all places no is he Eternal no is he unchangeable no do you know any Angel who is no any man you know no but Jesus is all five number one he is omnipotent because he holds all things by the word of his power number two is omniscient because in Colossians it says in him dwells the treasures of knowledge number three he is omnipresent for he said I Am With You Always number four he's Eternal he's the same yesterday today and for forever and he's unchangeable he's the same and he's the I am not the I was he's the I am Jesus never once introduced himself with I have he never said I have life he said I am life he never said I have a map he said I'm the I'm the way he is he said I'm the way I'm the truth I'm the life I shared all that with you last night but just in case somebody forgot Jesus is he is the I am so is the Holy Spirit and God the Father they fit perfectly with the five now here's Humanity they question his Humanity I'm going to ask you a question can you identify with Adam I cannot why how can you identify with with a man who just showed up all grown up how can you identify with a man who showed up or grown up and knows everything how can you identify with a man who did not have parents to depend on or lineage where did it come from but Jesus is the man because Jesus was born in Bethlehem Jesus was not created Adam was Jesus was begotten by the Holy Ghost God Almighty took upon himself the form of Flesh God In the Flesh God God became a man that we might know him somebody say hallelujah hallelujah I want to tell you what Billy Graham said about this I think it's it's it's it's profound it's profound he said for God to become a man think about if you were looking one day at a little ant at the little ant and you created that little ant so Billy Graham said let's suppose you were the Creator and you created a little animal little ant walking about and one day you're looking at the ant enjoying your creation and you notice that the ant was going into danger zone how would you communicate with the ant how would you tell the ant don't go there number one it cannot see you number two it cannot hear you if you try to speak it would be like thunder it doesn't have your form of communication if you put your hand on it you could kill it if you put your hand in front of it it'll just climb over your hand and keep going he said the only way you can talk to that ant is become an ant like it now that is remarkable because that's what God did how would we see him how would we hear him how would we know him so he became one of us now the distance between God and man the distance between God and man is much much longer than my distance with the anend we human beings are closer to the ant than God is to us and I have no desire to become an ant even though I'm closer to the end than God is to me as a man I don't want to be an ant but God so loved you that he disrobed himself of his Godly form and took upon himself the form of Flesh and was born as a baby to be be dependent on a family to be dependent on a mom to be dependent on Joseph her husband who was not his father for God is his father Jesus not only had a family he also had a lineage he came from the tribe of Judah from the nation of Israel Adam didn't have any of that so who can we identify with not Adam I I cannot identify with a man who who showed up all grown up and knew everything fully wise he didn't have to be educated but Jesus was educated he had to learn and grow in wisdom thank God Jesus came in the flesh he was born how do you how do you prove a man is a man well by two things birth and death what do they put on on people tombstones birth and death the the the date of birth and the date of death because that's how you identify a man or a woman they have to be born and they have to die and Jesus was born and he died but how but how can death hold life and he rose from the grave and he's alive forever more for for he is the son of almighty God he is God In the Flesh and God's people said hallelujah hallelujah to continue now with my message the entirety of your word is truth from the first verse of Genesis to the last verse of Revelation now let me add one more thing the Lord Jesus accepted the authority of scripture because when he was tempted he answered with scripture now I got to come down and really talk to these lovely people because I want to I want to tell you something very important very [Music] important I am telling you the tell us tell us I'm telling you now see see that scene like just kind of imagine it all right Jesus is in the River Jordan and he's baptized by John the Baptist and the voice of God speaks loud and says this is my beloved Son now when God spoke the devil heard that the Angels heard it the entire spiritual word heard it this is my son so the Devil comes a few days later and says if you are the Son of God turn that brck into bread cuz he heard that when God said this is my son the devil heard that if you are the Son of God turn these rocks into bread now Jesus could have very easily said weren't you there didn't you hear God say so he never said that he said it is written why because you cannot defeat Satan with your experience you only defeat him with the word the word Jesus could have very easily said weren't you there didn't you hear God say so no now here's what is more even more remarkable Pastor Joshua take your seats is that Satan accepted the authority of scripture he he he didn't argue with that when he said if you're the Son of God turn the Rocks into bread Jesus said it is written man shall not live by bread alone and with every Temptation he he came back at him to defeat him with scripture Satan never questioned the scripture not one time means he accepted the authority of scripture and if Satan accepts the scripture how dare anyone deny it shame on those who question it Satan accepted it yet some preachers don't shame on them say shame on them for questioning the Bible when the Devil Himself does not question the Bible the devil is smarter than those preachers because he never question the scriptures take your seats so that devil accepted the authority of scripture otherwise he would have argued with the Lord but when he said it is written the devil was gone and you and I defeat the Devil with the word of God I am not afraid of the devil I really am not because I know exactly how to defeat him just like Jesus I said it is written get out the Bible says get out and and he leaves that's why we can resist the devil and he will flee but there's a bigger enemy than the devil the flesh the flesh you cannot resist the flesh teach oh that's right nowhere does it I love these young people my God sit down sit down so I can talk to you they are pulling it right out of me and Pastor Dan if you move here I'll come and stay at your place no because you see this is important the devil does not question the Bible so we can resist him with the Bible it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible resist the Flesh and it will flee it says resist the devil and he'll flee but it says crucify the flesh you cannot crucify the devil on you can resist the devil too too that's too much for those guys there I'm preaching it I'm telling you I'm telling you sit down sit down so how do we defeat the flesh we crucify it and we crucify it through scripture Paul said I keep under my body lest after I have preached to others I myself be Cast Away the Bible gives us great strength great power in our life because the more you fill your mind look I'm going to talk to you flat okay yeah you you now this is going to help you tremendously do not read chapters read thoughts thoughts meaning when you read the Bible break it into thoughts example example let's take Genesis okay or even Exodus I began doing that 10 10 years ago changed my life so when you read Genesis you take the first thought which is 11 chapters 1 to 11 is the story of man see that's a thought from chapter 12 to 24 it's the story of Abraham from 24 to 28 Isaac from 28 to 32 Jacob from 32 to 37 the sons of Jacob from 37 to the end Joseph so you break it up like that and then when you read the Bible when you read the Bible you take the the first first thought let's say 1 to 11 and you stop then you go back and meditate upon that and remember because you can remember that a lot quicker than the whole book so you go back and remember in Genesis chapter 1 God created the heavens and the Earth and the Earth was void without form and and because now you you you you can do that and nobody is born stupid nobody is born smart we have to train our mind to be smart so never ever think somebody is stupid there's no such thing as a stupid person it is simply trained or untrained are you listening if you train your mind you'll be brilliant it's it's the mind this is an amazing computer we have way bigger than anything you'll realize train it it says renew your mind mind but we have to do this very important because we we fill it with scripture and we take a thought and we go through the thought now maybe you cannot read from 1 to 11 all right you can read maybe just halfway like chapter 1 to 5 then 5 to 11 because you can break it down which is fine now I can read all 11 chapters and go right back and and and bang bang bang bang I can you know I can tell the whole thing okay now here's something that amazed me I began doing that in 2010 somewh there now there are people here I'm sure who understand the part of the mind so I was in the hospital in 2015 I had what it's called uh what's called apib where the heart beats faster than than it should and you can have congestive heart failure because your lungs can fill up with fluids that is what happened to me my ejection fraction went down to 14 bad are you are you a nurse doctor doctor now this doctor knows what I'm talking about so when the heart pumps see mine was doing this it was not pumping like that was it was just shaking so I could not walk from here to there I was I was completely out of breath couldn't even shower if I shower I thought I'm going to die so they rushed me to the hospital Dr tiansong was the man's name from the Philippines and he nearly wept and said I will not let you die and I thought oh my God I'm dying and they rushed me into emergency and they gave me lasic which began to pump she knows what I'm talking about began to pump all the liquids out of me now my children came Michael and Jessica who you all want to come here they spent two weeks with me in my in the hospital in ICU here was my Jesse and and my precious Michael and my own son joshu all three didn't leave me for a second that's why I love him so much well anyways now they are sitting listening to this they put me out the doctors went in with a with a wire to check my heart all that stuff I did not know that that while I was coming out now that's that's what they told me they were freaking out they said Daddy we thought you were dying I said why they said well we were crying thinking you're going to heaven because you were you were you were giving us the whole book of Genesis I said what they said dad while you were out and you were coming out of whatever they call Anesthesia you were you were giving every chapter of Genesis I said oh dear God I didn't realize the power of the Mind the subconscious was speaking up the Bible and when I'm out coming I was already knocked out as I'm coming back the Bible was coming out of my lips imagine the power take your seats imagine the power of the word that can capture your your your subconscious that grabs you on the inside with you not knowing think about the power of the word of God now meditation is how it happens how do we meditate well it's quite simple just like the cow that chws the cut you have to go through the scriptures and get all the nutrients out of it don't R never rush the Bible you're making a mistake you read it slowly asking the Lord to help you see and understand it and then it just gets right in there and as you meditate the nutrients of the word begin to go down in your spirit and that's how you hide the word in your heart yes it this is the entrance this is the door but then you meditate slowly as the word gets in there you'll feel the effect because it'll begin to change you change the way you see life the way you see God especially the the way you see the church Church it just changes everything because the that word is in you and you can do that every everybody everybody can do this you can break the word the same with Exodus so simple so simp the same with the gospels now I would not advise you to begin with a big book start with the smallest book there is okay in the in the New Testament one of the Epistles like first John or second John or just just being with us with the with the smallest you can and just go back and think and meditate and think and meditate I do that in the shower I do it when I lay in bed I do it when I drive I'm going through the word of God in my head and then it just captures it so I have hid your word in my heart that I might not sin against the there's such power in it it literally keeps you and protects you from from sin that's the part of the word of God and I'm telling you I pray that the Lord today will create in you such a hunger for the Bible such a hunger for the word of God that you'll never neglect the word again the price of neglect is very very high very high because the flesh the Flesh and the things of the flesh are attacking us with great speed great speed they're coming at us from all directions internet social media and on and on we are being bombarded by the filth of the world we protect ourselves with the word of God that hour with the Lord or a little longer if you can I spend at least two hours with him you say I cannot well then at at least an hour or or begin with half an hour in the beginning just get the word slowly and shut your phone you you you put that phone on whatever or shut it or plain mode whatever don't let anybody call you and just get the word slowly it will have such an impact on you it will change the church it'll change the church and then and then you'll see the power of the scriptures that I'm talking to you about now Jesus said Heaven and Earth will will pass away not my word and he said something very remarkable in the Bible here's what what he said in Matthew 5 are you enjoying this good I have got I got to come back here again these people are they are stealing my heart the young people of Ghana have stolen my heart take your seats take your seats love you too please sit down thank you thank you love you too thank you Matthew 5 17 and 18 Mr Dam not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfill keep going for verily I say unto you till Heaven and Earth pass one jot or one tit shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled the jot in the Bible the jot is the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet now I told you I think two nights ago that I took a course in Hebrew uh from Hebrew University and I was a tough student thank God and and I I know Hebrew now thank God finally very very well and the thing that I found is and I found something I didn't even know about the titto read that again for verily I say unto you verse 18 yeah till Heaven and Earth pass one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law okay now the jot would be like the yod the yod is the smallest letter in the alphabet there's 22 letters in the alphabet and one of them is called the yod just a very tiny tiny letter and that's what it means by J but the titto is very interesting the title would be like a curl or a little comma you see now there are no commas in Hebrew there are musical notes yeah if you if you study Hebrew you will see the what looks like upside down commas they're actually musical notes in the Bible so one day I am asking my professor who was fabulous lady named seal Zohar and sigal Zar I loved my professor she and I became very good friends and I asked her many questions now she was not a Believer but my she knew the Hebrew language and the Hebrew Bible so I'm I'm I'm very puzzled by I see a dot in the center of a letter at the end of a word and I said Professor why is that there oh she said very important question she said with this dot it brings in the owner so what the owner I said please explain that she said well if you see the the word Seuss which is horse in Hebrew and you see the dot it's his horse so if I see the word horse sus is HEB word and if you see the dog not in the middle of the last word it is his horse so it brings the own of the horse into the word and I thought oh dear lord now I understand what Jesus meant but not even a title can be removed not a DOT can be removed not a Karma nothing can be removed now we all know you know in the book of Isaiah when the enemy shall come like a flood the spirit of Lord there is no listen in Hebrew cuz I asked her I said Professor I've always taught that the flood cannot be the devil she said what are you talking about I said well I'm I'm and I read her the portion from Isaiah well here it is that that girl is amazing my goodness she needs a good raise dear God so shall they fear the name of the Lord from the West and his glory from the rising of the sun when the enemy shall come in like a flood notice the comma there are no commas in Hebrew so I said Professor explain to me why oh she said she said well let me read it to you in Hebrew and in in Hebrew there is no enemy it doesn't say enemy the the word is tar for enemy that verse in Hebrew is completely different it's it says so shall the fear the name of the Lord from the West his GL from the rising of the Sun but it doesn't say when the enemy shall come in they put that in the translators because of the verse before that that mentions the same word but it it it B it what it really says in in Hebrew so shall the Lord surround His people as a flood that that one little thing just changed the whole message now I'm not saying go you know there are people that you know you need to go and join Hebrew University unless you want to it it'll bless you or even learn Hebrew but it's amazing how powerful what Jesus said is not even a title can be removed because it'll change the entire meaning of the scriptures so what the Lord is said here that the scriptures are so accurate full of authority not even one portion or the smallest letter can be altered or removed or changed now let's go to 2 Timothy 3 please chapter 3:1 16 and Jim you're going to read 2 Peter 1 oh I'm going to love that one sorry about that I just got excited okay well you're going to read 2 Timothy 3:16 first there uh Mr Dan Pastor Dan God love Pastor Dan all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for Repro for correction for instruction in righteousness I want Jim to go to Second Peter chapter 1 please and wow I want to show you something I'm I'm going to I'm going to go on on a little detour a little bit can we put uh verse 16 on uh my dear young lady back there 2 Peter 1:16 I'm going to I'm going to read for you from verse 161 17 1819 of that portion now this is remarkable this is remarkable Now read what you just read before I explain oh oh don't don't worry about don't worry about it it's okay because let's keep it like that we'll we'll go back we'll go back to it okay read that quickly all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine for Repro for correction for instruction in righteousness all right now so what it says here is that the scriptures are EMB breathed by the Holy Spirit mean he wrote them so let's put second Peter chapter 1 verse 16 up that again please if you don't mind like you did earlier okay just give me give me the whole now watch this watch how powerful the Lord is it says for we have not followed cunningly divised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but what I Witnesses of his majesty now what is he talking about is what happened on the Mount of transfiguration and he says in verse 17 it says for he received from God the Father honor and Glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent Glory this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased now let's just hold it a second here Peter James and John are on the mountain the glory of God is there they look and they are amazed by the fact that Jesus that had walked with them was changing his very image was being changed his clothing changed they became brighter than bright and whiter than white and they saw him in his glory now they see Moses now they see Elijah and now The Cloud of Glory covers them and from within that cloud the voice of God speaks but notice what they say what he says right after this right after this now now now keep verse 17 for for a while I'm going to just keep reading for he received from God the Father honor and Glory when he was transfigured there came a such a voice to him from the excellent Glory this is my son beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased Verse 18 look at this and this voice which came from heaven we heard the voice we heard dear God this is awesome when we were with him in the Holy Mountain now before you go before you go don't don't change it they heard the voice of God ad but then he says something powerful next verse we have also a more sure word word of Prophecy stop what he's saying is that the Bible is more powerful than the vision because he said we saw the glory we heard the voice but we have a more sure word meaning the word of God is more powerful than the vision they saw and the word of God keep the keep it up keep keep that scripture up and the word of God is more powerful than the voice they heard they said we heard the voice Israel heard the voice of God and rebelled God gave them the Ten Commandments and said I am the Lord Thou shalt have no other gods before me Thou shalt not make unto thee any Graven image thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain he gave them the Commandments and within days they said let's forget about God and build an animal and call it Jehovah meaning the voice of God doesn't change you only the word of God changes [Applause] you you can tell me God told me and God told me and God told me till your face turns blue my brother no voice from heaven will change you but the word of God will change you that is his voice yeah that is his word who is the who is the voice of the Lord his son the word they rejected the voice they rejected the voice in the Old Testament they said to Moses we we don't want to hear that again and Peter says we heard his voice but we have a more sure word a prophecy because the Bible is the word of prophecy you and I have heard Christians say well the Lord told me this and the Lord told me that that and and they don't even know what they're talking about the Lord tells them this one day and changes his mind the next day because they don't even know that the voice of God spoke it was their head the word of God is all look look God speaks through his word you you don't need to hear his voice you you already have it in the Bible stop looking for Supernatural voices to talk to you and stop looking for prophets who are not prophets there's a big difference between prophets and prophecy we all can prophesy but we're not all prophets I got to say it if it's outside Redemption it is not the word you have to ask what has this got to do with my Redemption when they start giving you information about God showed them this and God what has this got to do with my Redemption if it has nothing to do with it dismiss it prophecy is for what edification exaltation Comfort not fear and confusion no a lot of Prophecy today gives you fear oh you're going to die that's not the Bible dismiss that nonsense dismiss it that's not the word no that's not the word God doesn't do that he gave us his word and we need prophecy we need prophecy it's a blessed wonderful gift wonderful gift take your seats I am preaching it you have to understand if it's outside Redemption it's not the Bible it's not the Bible Hallelujah but the Bible is clear that the word of God is stronger than any Vision he said we had a vision we saw the glory we heard God's voice we saw Moses we saw Elijah but we have a more sure word of Prophecy where unto ye do well that you take heed take heed as unto a light that shines in a dark place that's the word the Bible until the day Dawn and the day star meaning the Lord arise in your hearts see how the word will arise will cause the Lord to arise in your heart and my heart with such power Hallelujah now the psalmist wrote Thy word sorry the word of the Lord I'm I'm actually Psalm 12:6 the words of the Lord are pure words like silver tried in a furnace of Earth purified seven times the Lord's word has know please listen I've heard people say I found the mistake there are no mistakes in the Bible it's only translation no contradictions translations I'll explain that to you my professor wonderful L seigal I said to her one day I said Professor why does it say that absum was gone for 40 years I said we all know that's not accurate because was he was gone for four years most likely but I said the Bible says 40 arim ah she said great question you're asking I said now we all know that the kingdom of David went for 40 years so how can abson be gone for 40 years she said that's because of the septu I said explain that she said well she said the original of The Originals had to be translated into Greek because of the helenistic influence in that part of the world Greek became like English today she said when they translated the Hebrew Bible during that period they translated that Hebrew Bible into Greek that is where the mistakes were made because he said all bibles are now or all Hebrew Bibles come from that translation the septu aent she said I'll send you for a price I'll send you for a price the original of The Originals I said please how can I get the the original Hebrew she said well it's going to cost you money I said I don't care and you cannot find it on your iPad I said I don't care Hebrew University sent it to me and I saw the pure translation it said AR not AR him so I heard clearly from her it's not a question of contradiction it's a question of translation there are no contradictions in the Bible imp it's impossible to even to to even think that that way because the Bible says that the word of the of the Lord is tried in a furnace purified seven times so I want to add that both Old and New Testament are equal in Authority in second Peter 3 verse one 2 please Dan second Peter 3 I'm almost done verse one verse two well if you look if you if you want me to go on I'll I'll have to come back we can only digest so much in one night that's it I I'm giving you a big dinner I'm not done yet I'm not done second Peter 3 verse one verse two because in this verse we see we see that both Old and New Testament are scripture all right let's go The Second Epistle beloved can we there we go okay The Second Epistle beloved I now write unto you in both which I stir up your pure Minds by way of remance so he says I'm writing to you the second time to remind you remind you what keep going that ye may be mindful of The Words which were spoken before by the holy prophets now when he said holy prophets he means Old Testament the word spoken by the prophets Old Testament and and and of the Commandment of us the Apostles of the Lord and aha well you should know that prophets old and the apostles new simple so he says be mindful of what the holy prophet spoke that's old Covenant and what US Apostles spoke New Covenant keep going please knowing this first that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lust keep keep going cuz this is important and saying where is the promise of his coming for since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning so they were questioning the second coming and they are questioning it again yes sir there's a big question about the Rapture lots of confusion about premid and post but I'm here to clear all clear it all up God never never has judged the righteous and the unrighteous at the same time in fact the angel said to lot we cannot judge till you're out we cannot judge it till you are out Abraham knew it for he said the judge of the of the whole world will not do wrong he will do right he knew it never do we see God judging the righteous and the wicked together wow in fact in Isaiah 26 oh that is such a glorious portion that's such a glorious portion I wasn't planning on saying all this but I think you all need it in Isaiah 26 God clearly says that he will take us to a place of hiding for it says say in verse 19 that's and and that was fulfilled in Matthew 27 but let's just keep reading the whole thing thy dead men shall live together with my dead body shall they arise that was fulfilled when the saints of the old Covenant came out from the graves awake and sing ye that dwell in dust for thy dos as the D of herbs and the Earth shall cast out the dead that already has been fulfilled when the saints of the Old Testament came out of the Grave come my people that's the Rapture verse 20 come my people enter thou into thy Chambers and shut thy doors about thee hide thyself as it were for a little moment why until the indignation be overpast come hide till the indignation the wrath is gone and what is that indignation for behold the Lord cometh out of his place to punish who the inhabitants of the earth why for their iniquity how severe will it be the Earth will dis the the Earth also shall disclose her blood meaning there'll be not enough place for the blood to flow and shall no more cover her slain meaning there'll not be Graves enough Graves to bury them the judgment will fall so massive Millions will die but my people are in a hiding place for a moment so verse 19 the Saints of the Old Testament verse 20 Rapture of the church 21 Great Tribulation it's all in the Bible it's all in the Bible so we have to know when when they scoffed at the at the coming they're scoffing again they're confused all over again now the Bible makes it clear makes it clear that everything Paul the Apostle wrote is scripture because I wanted to read same chapter verse 15 and 16 please of the same chapter because people also question Paul's apostleship well what he wrote is holy writ it's scripture it says so let's go and account that the longsuffering of Our Lord is salvation even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you keep going as also in all his Epistles speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable rest as they they challenged they arrested they don't want to believe it but now he says as they do also the other scriptures as they do also the other scriptures meaning what he wrote is scripture old Covenant the prophets New Covenant the apostles and he adds in there that Paul's writings are scripture now what's going to happen to you ah this is important the minute the word of God gets in you because the word of God is living powerful energetic intense vibrant full of activity it says so in Hebrews 4:12 and it's life John chap 663 the words that I speak are life that word of God cannot take hold of your heart if there's sin because in James 1:21 he says you have to be free read that for us let me do it wherefore lay apart all filthiness superfluity of naess rece receive and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls now that word filthiness and naughtiness and wickedness is is is a very interesting word in the Greek it combines basically a sinful a sinful life so he says very clearly put that scripture back on lay apart put it aside Let It Go all filthiness all naughtiness Let It Go you don't need it stop entertaining it stop looking at it and it's very simple you say no you have the power to say no the new nature in you is alive to say no and you wonderful people of God the more you fill your mind with the Bible the more you're able to say no loudly but if the Bible isn't in you fully your know is weak because those Temptations are strong they come from every direction but be strong in the Lord and the part of his might let the word of Christ dwell richly within you and the word of God like Jeremiah says is a hammer because what happens is when the flesh the mind fills with the garbage of the world that filth becomes hard like a rock but the Bible can smash it that's it the more you read the hammer is working that's it the hammer is working it's not only Hammer it's a fire that purifies your hearts take it from me I'm a witness of the part of the word hallelujah that Bible has kept me alive to this day without it I would have been gone a long time ago I would have been gone and forgotten but the scriptures keep you I don't read the Bible to teach it I read the Bible to live I'm being honest with you I read this I read the word of God four times a year I I read my Bible four times a year I challenge you to do the same and you can do it if you if you will do what I told you earlier read the thoughts not the chapters you can read all of Genesis in less than a week in less than a week there are less words in the New Testament than the New York Times on Saturday in New York less words in the New Testament than the entire New York Times on the The Weekend Edition and many people in America read the entire newspaper on that weekend there are less words in the New Testament than that newspaper you can read the whole Bible in the whole new testament I should say in one day so what are you waiting for get to know the word amen I challenge you read the Bible once every 4 months you can do it I'm doing it how many of you have not read the whole Bible yet I'm glad I am talking to you you see why I I'm bringing that message it's like this in many places because I know you probably don't realize that okay there are things probably that we don't understand Billy Graham tells a beautiful story Jim please thank you a man challenged him that Charles templon was a man from Canada friends with Billy at one time Charles Templeton was a preacher used to pack stadiums and he and Billy were friends and Charles Templeton went to Princeton and when he left Princeton he became an atheist and wrote a book against the resurrection of the Lord and challenged Billy Graham he said how can you believe the Bible and Billy had a tough time from what we heard him say himself he he he he took his Bible went into a forest laid the Bible on on the stump of a tree and got on his knees and said Lord there are things in your Bible I don't understand but I accept them by faith and that changed his life there are portions of the Bible I still don't fully understand but it doesn't change anything because one day we shall know as we are known but I know way more now about the Bible than I knew 10 years ago 5 years ago because I see the beauty of scripture the beauty of the even the genealogies because every genealogy is leading to the Messiah it has to do with the Messiah that's it my son-in-law Michael asked me a question one day he said Bob that's what he calls me he said what is the secret to longevity in Ministry I said three things number one build a reservoir of the word of God in your heart so when the troubles come you'll know where to go number two cling to Jesus for only the Bible can give you the power to cling to Jesus number three never leave leave your call he said why is that important I said because in your call is protection if you leave your call there's leprosy out there when Uzziah left his call he became a leper when Saul left his call he was rejected he thought he was a prophet and a priest he was to be the king not the priest or the prophet he he thought he was Samuel and God rejected him you stay in your call you pastors you only have one sermon in life many messages but one sermon what is your sermon I know what mine is but this is the key the word of God when the word of God gets into your your hearts three things will happen number one faith will be alive number two it's powerful here Psalm 11 1911 will happen in in your life you'll have victory over sin Thy word have i hidden my heart I'll not sin against you and then something else you'll be cleansed from within because Jesus washes the church with the water of his [Music] word in John 15:3 he says cleanse them with your truth Thy word is truth Lift Your Hands to Heaven and thank him for for his blessed word his gift to us his gift of love to each one of us I worship you Jesus let's thank him oh Lord my God God when I awesome Wonder consider all the world thy hands have made when I see the stars when I hear The Rolling Thunder thy power throughout the you Universe everyone standing let's bless His holy name then sings my song My Savior [Music] God great let s my soul My Savior God my God to thee how great Lord how great and when I think that God his son not sparing sent him to die I scar can take it in there on the cross my burdens gladly bu he bled and died to take away my sin then sings my soul I God to the how great th that seeks my soul I saor [Music] God how great how [Applause] great when Christ shall come we shall and take me home what Joy shall fill my heart then I shall bow in humble adoration and there Proclaim my God how great

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