Wednesday Service - Looking Through the Lens of God's Word

praise God let's pray father we thank you for this another opportunity to minister to these your precious sheep thank you Lord that revelation knowledge will flow freely uninterrupted and unhindered by any satanic or demonic force in father I pray that you will speak through my vocal cords and think through my mind none of me and all of you and I thank you Lord that every ear is a knowing it to hear every heart is anointed to receive and what what we will get from you tonight Lord will make a mark that cannot be erased blessings on every household on on every relationship thank you for what you're about to share and use me Lord and I give you praise for it now in Jesus name we pray and everybody said amen well welcome to Wednesday night Bible study I want to welcome our Wednesday night crew and all of you who are part of our Wednesday night crew we are ready to have a Bible study tonight that is going to make a mark that cannot be erased so I don't know what device you're watching your phone your laptop whatever it may be but get ready I believe this is gonna challenge you I believe a mark will be made that cannot be erased so if you're near somebody give them a big hug welcome them to an opportunity to sit under the Word of God and sit under the teaching of the word of God tonight we love our Bible studies here at world changers church international and we love our each church we love all of you who are a part of the Wednesday night crew and baby within a rock and roll we are going to inflict some damage upon the head of Satan tonight in Jesus name now if you have your Bibles go with me to the book of 2nd Peter I want to set this up for you because this is so important the the issue the question tonight is how are you seeing a thing now that's a very important question because it's like you know I can see a situation here because I'm looking at it through through a certain lens you know if I had glasses that had blue tent and and an orange tent I can look at we can look at the same thing but through your lens you see blue through the other lens you see orange and so the question tonight is really going to come down to when you look at life and you look at circumstances and situations around you how what lens are you looking through and so we're going to talk about that tonight we're going to talk about looking through the correct lens and this is really a teaching on philosophy because that's what this is but there are lots of things that are going on in the world and people are looking at the same coronavirus they're looking at the same pandemic but what if they're looking at it through the wrong lens what if you're looking at situations in this life through the wrong lens if you're looking at something through the wrong lens then your response is always going to be wrong and so I want to try to tackle this tonight through the Word of God because Satan is trying to get us away from the godly way of looking at things and the godly way of looking at things is to look at things through the Word of God to look at everything that happens in life through the lens of God's Word and Satan's trying to get people away from that debt that people are not looking at things through the lens of God they're looking at things through the lens of the media they're looking at things through the lens of their own experience they're looking at things through the lens of somebody else's philosophy that doesn't line up with the word and he's doing his best to try to stop people from even considering looking at things through the lens of the Word of God so the way we respond to what happens to us determines the condition of our lives the way we respond to what happens to us determines the condition of our lives and the way we respond is I direct result of our philosophy the way I respond is a direct result of my philosophy it is a direct results of the lens that I am looking through it's the direct result of the filter that I am looking through so listen to this once again the way we respond to what happens the virus has hit debt fear the way we respond to what happens in our life it determines the condition of our lives so how I respond to you know being sheltered in place how I respond to being quarantined how I respond to a pandemic how I respond to all of these things it will determine my condition in my life so how what what's been your response see here's what I want you to see the way we respond is a direct direct result of our philosophy the way we respond is a direct result of the filter that you are taking everything through it's a direct result of the lens that you are you're looking through so what are the lens that you're looking through I mean all of these things exist but the response is different some people are looking at it and through the wrong lens and it's causing them stress and they're looking at it through the wrong lens and they're losing rest and they're looking at it through the wrong lens or the wrong philosophy and it's causing them to walk and abuse or to self-medicate this is a very very important question and a very very important issue that I believe that with the Holy Spirit we can get some answers to this now if we allow the world to seduce us into viewing life from an ungodly on biblical perspective then we won't experience the benefits of certain promises of God let me say that again if we allow the world to seduce us into viewing life from an ungodly perspective from an unbiblical perspective if we allow the world to cause us to look through a lens that is not biblical look through a lens that is something that is ungodly man we won't experience this some of the promises that that God has said in his word for example look at 2nd Peter chapter 1 verses 3 through 4 2nd Peter chapter 1 verses 3 through 4 you cannot allow yourself to be seduced - looking at life through the wrong lens or through ungodly lens or unbiblical lens or philosophies verse 3 he says according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness how through the knowledge of him through the knowledge of him all things have been given to us pertaining to life and godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue and in verse 4 says whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these promises you might be a partaker of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust man that says a lot that's a lot we are given exceeding great and precious promises the benefits of being able to obtain what has been given to us can be all messed up if we're looking at things through the wrong or the wrong philosophy there's a scripture I'm gonna look at this in King James in the New Living Translation mark chapter 7 verse 13 mark chapter 7 in verse 13 now this is so important because I think this really says what I what I'm really trying to get you to say I want to lay a foundation here so you can get this you're familiar with the scripture mark seven thirteen he says making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition which you have delivered and many such like things do you now notice what he says that the Word of God can be made of none effect because of your tradition the Word of God made none effect because and through your traditions now look at this same scripture in the New Living Translation in the New Living Translation he says and so you cancelled the Word of God in order to hand down your own tradition and this is the only this and this is only one example among many others that's powerful so you cancel the Word of God in order to to hand down your own tradition so one of the things you're gonna have to be aware of is when somebody cancels the Word of God in order to to hand out their own tradition basically what you're saying is the word has no effect but what you're saying is I'm not looking at things through the Word of God what you're saying is I'm not evaluating my life through the Word of God I'm canceling the Word of God ah the Word of God is being cancelled so I can so I can can walk in the thing that I want to walk in so I can walk on my own tradition and so they canceled the Word of God in order to hand down your own tradition and that's why in King James says your tradition has made the Word of God a no effect your own your ungodly way of thinking has made the Word of God of no effect your unbiblical way of thinking has made the Word of God of no effect you're thinking that was born out of your emotions has made the Word of God of none effect think about the things that that we are doing and and and and and the wrong way of believing and it's made the Word of God of no effect religion has made the Word of God of no effect I mean you pick up things in church and it's nowhere in the Bible it's made the Word of God of no effect you hear things like you know god helps those who helps themselves Benjamin Franklin said that that makes the Word of God of none effect and then when you go to school and you pick up other philosophies that make the Word of God of none effect I'm asking you to look in your life and and really examine your life and ask yourself what is it that I have taken upon my life what are the different lenses that are now in my life and I'm looking through those lenses and they're making the Word of God of no effect I'm cancelling God's Word in order to hand down my own tradition Wow and that's why this is so important if your philosophy is incorrect then your conclusions will be wrong if the way you're looking at things if that's incorrect then your conclusion will be wrong you're looking at things I had somebody say means they said you know how in the world can you go against the authority of the medical experts in order to say what God says that's real easy I'm looking at it through God's Word I'm not looking at this through the the lens of the medical experts I'm looking at this through the lens of God's Word I'm looking I'm not looking at this through the lenses of a computer model I'm looking at this through the Word of God I'm looking at I'm looking at how to handle fear through God's Word not through you know you know philosophy that came from from some expert I'm looking as far as I'm concerned God's the only real expert hallelujah he's the one that created heaven and earth he's the expert I want to look at things through through the same lens that that he's given us and it's the Word of God I don't want to you know and we get so tied up in it is we don't know the word so we start looking at things through other lenses because we hadn't picked up this and until you pick up the Word of God and start looking at things through the Word of God oh my goodness only then will you see the benefits that are promised but I'm telling you ladies and gentlemen if your philosophy is incorrect then all of your conclusions will be wrong that's strong if your philosophies are incorrect then your conclusions will be wrong and that's a whole lot of that going on now everyone has a philosophy everybody has a philosophy it's the lens through which they view the world and make decisions everybody has a philosophy the lens by which you view the world and you make decisions as a result of what you see philosophy is simply the basic set of ideas benefits and values that you live by let me say that again philosophy is simply the basic set of ideas beliefs and values that you live by it's it's your it's your outlook or it's the filter through which you view life it's your outlook or the filter from which you view life and so a wrong philosophy a wrong filter a wrong outlook causes wrong responses to circumstances and you know what that'll do it'll cause you to draw wrong conclusions about certain events you'll draw our own conclusions about information in life because you saw it through the wrong lens so Christians need a philosophy that is modeled F to Christ and not after the tradition of men not after vain deceit or the principles of this world our philosophy needs to be modeled after Christ we need to see things through the Word of God see things through Jesus Christ now look at the scripture in Colossians chapter 2 in verse 8 Colossians chapter 2 and and verse 8 so we're gonna we're gonna examine this subject through the lens of God's Word and you know you're gonna see some pretty strong things and I know there are some people well I don't agree with that well listen I understand but I will never see things like you see it if you're not looking at things through the Word of God we're never gonna agree because I'm looking at through the Word of God and you're looking at it through the Word of you know the flesh although you're looking at it through the lens of worldly thinking we're never gonna agree everything I see everything through the lens of God's Word now somebody might say well I I just don't know about that religion well I what I do know is that God's Word is true that God be true and every man a lie and so I can't afford for to have wrong conclusions I can't afford for things not to end up the right way and do what they needed to do and happen like it needs to happen I need to know that I've got the right lens you know I went to the eye doctor one time and and I got my glasses and it appeared like they they gave me the wrong lens I was listening I was looking at things through a lens that was just too strong and difficult for me to see and and and from my perspective everything just seemed just you know out of whack why cuz I was looking at it through the wrong lens maybe that's the problem in your life right now maybe it's not maybe maybe your conclusions are wrong because you keep seeing things the wrong way now look what he says in Colossians chapter 2 and verse 8 beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ that's a Warner right there now that worth spoil because he says beware lest any man spoil you to spoil means to carry off the plunder of of war or to carry on a person off as captive or as a slave he says because Satan wants to take from you some of the things that God has given to you and so he says beware that that-that-that-that less any man spoil you through philosophy or takes take things from you that God has given to you look at this in the amplified let's read this in the amplified Colossians chapter 2 and 8 don't let the devil carry things off that God has given you he says see to it that no one carries you off as spoil you know the Old Covenant in the Old Covenant when they would win a battle all of the spoils of that battle all of the the things that were left over the jury the goal or whatever they had in the battle whoever won the battle had a legal right to the spoils to take it off to take it to take it with them he said so see to it that no one cares you office spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy don't get captive by somebody's so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit idle fancies and plain nonsense no he says following human tradition men men's ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world says don't don't be misled you following men's ideas of the material and not the spiritual world just crude notions following rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding the teachings of Christ the Messiah so he's like dude don't allow somebody to rob you of what Jesus has made available to you because you decide to follow something that's not the teachings of Christ you decide to follow some intellectualism but it's not in a word you decide to follow somebody's philosophy that they got in a dream because they have some bad chitlins or something that night instead of following the teachings of the Messiah and the teachings of the Word of God what happened you'll be looking at life through the wrong lens and your conclusions will always be wrong beware that means to be on guard beware that literally means to be at war we are being bombarded with negative philosophies and negative thoughts of this world more than any other generations of Christians that has ever lived on the planet and so we must be on guard we must be ready beware be ready be on guard be aware be ready be on guard their philosophy is coming from from all over the place you you've got the internet a bunch of philosophies you got you've got television a bunch of philosophies you got print stuff a bunch of philosophy you got media a budget you don't never know who telling the truth there you you you you you turn on television you go to one news station and base reporting it one way you go to another news station and they reporting it one way then you got all of these philosophies and he says be on guard so what do you do when one news group says that this happened and you turn over and another one says completely contradicts that what the other one said and said that this happened well the Bible Bible says be on guard be aware what what do you do you get in the Word of God you say listen I want to view this through God's Word you know I'm trying to challenge you tonight in Bible study to get in God's Word we spent so much time in front of the television to see everything that's going on and it'll be informed but you don't have to just drench yourself in that word because Wow become rotaviruses going on and shelter-in-place has going on and and Quarantine has gone on and all the pain and the heard of loved ones dying and all of that stuff is going on ladies and gentlemen I tell you the place that we need to begin to go we need to go to the Word of God we need to look at everything through God's Word we need to view everything through God's Word we need to see what God has to say about it and we need to trust because listen to me there's something that's gonna happen after all of this there is a Great Awakening that's getting ready to take place there's a great revival that's getting ready to take place there's a great coming to the Lord Jesus that's getting ready to take place people are gonna get born again people are gonna get healed all kinds of great things gonna be take out you do you actually think that God's gonna let the devil get away with all of this so I mean you get yourself ready man I'm looking at this somebody says how you know cuz I'm looking at this through the lens of God's Word and I'm in great expectation of what is about to come amen praise God praise God amen now let's look at some of the scripture when it talks about beware beware be on guard look at proverbs chapter 4:23 beware and be on God you see the enemies after your heart because the heart is the source of all external expression the heart is the source of all external expressions in other words if the enemy can get some of these unbiblical philosophies in your heart then it will be the source for unbiblical ex kernel expressions in your life look what it says in proverbs chapter 4 23 keep thy heart with all diligence for out of your heart are the issues of life look at there your heart is responsible for the forces of life or the issues of a man's life flows out of his heart so if you look at the issues of people you know it came from their heart out of the abundance of a man's heart the mouth speaks you know why he talked like that look at what's in his heart you wonder why so mean look at what's in his heart wonder why so perverted look at what's in his heart a man's heart is the source of all external expression so we've got to guard our heart we've got to be aware so that vain philosophies won't come and get in our heart and then we begin to express them through external things look at what else he says proverbs chapter 23 and 7 proverbs chapter 23 and 7 this is you know this is something when I was looking at this other night and I thought man is as simple as this is it's a matter of focus and we cannot lose our focus praise God now look at this proverbs chapter 4 excuse me proverbs 23 I apologize proverbs 23 verse 7 and if somebody you're trying to keep up with me on your computers and phones and stuff like that but look at what it says very familiar scripture proverbs 23 and 7 he says for as he thinketh comma in his heart so is he Wow now this is important someone says what you just do well we normally we read the scripture for as he thinketh in his heart so is he and what you're saying you know your thinking is done in your heart no for as he thinketh , as a result of his thinking in his heart so is he he is in his heart based on how he's thinking a man is in his heart based on how he thinketh so if we're gonna be on guard for vane philosophy then you got to be on guard with the way you think you cannot allow your life to be seduced by wrong thinking wrong thinking he's going to produce wrong believing and and wrong believing is going to produce wrong living and wrong living gonna produce wrong conclusions you can't do that he the Bible this is a principle as a man thinketh in his heart so is he and so if we're gonna guard our hearts we got to guard the way we think we got a guard what we think about you got to be careful not to allow a vain philosophy to make the Word of God of no effect and you're thinking more in line with the vain philosophy than you are thinking in line with the Word of God you've got to be determined in the Word of God is gonna have effect in my life am I thinking I'm gonna think on that word I'm gonna think on what the word says and meditate on that word so that my heart will be governed by right thinking amen praise God now look at 2nd Corinthians chapter 10 4 through five now the devil is not just gonna roll out a red carpet and just let you do this you're gonna have to learn how to take authority over over bad thoughts over thoughts that are not biblical over thoughts that came to you out of religion over thoughts that came to you out of humanism you you got them you got to govern your thought life verse 4 says for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal the weapons of our warfare are not carnal he says but they're mighty through God in other words the weapon of our warfare it's it's not based on our physical senses what you can see and hear and touch the weapons of our warfare are not based on our senses Wow and and and and you know what there are some philosophy that bases all truth on what you can see and feel and touch amen what we don't understand there's a difference between fact and truth okay you can have certain facts Amen but it might not be the truth see the word is true Amen it might be a fact that you have cancer it might be a fact that your body has been inflicted with some kind of pain but the truth is with His stripes you are healed so what happens there's a phosphor that says you know you got to live by the facts know the facts of life no no no no I'm not gonna live by the facts of life I'm gonna live by the truth of God's Word why because truth will change facts the truth of God's Word that that we're already healed will change the fact that you have sickness blow over to God and if you get on the truth the truth will make you free from the facts hallelujah you might be it might be a fact that you're in in insufficiency right now it might be a fact that you're in debt right now you it might be a fact that you're depressed or addicted to something but that's not the truth those facts that can be picked up through the senses through what you can see feel touch everything that is seen everything that you can pick up in your sensory mechanism is subject to change if you can see it it's something to change if you can hear it it's subject to change if you can smell it if you can comprehend it through your senses it is subject to change how through the truth of the word of God and the truth will make you free from your facts amen praise God now for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds verse 5 casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God so they're going to be things that are gonna try to exalt itself against the knowledge of God they're gonna be things that you see things that you can touch things that you feel that are gonna try to exalt yourself against the knowledge of God it's a fact that pandemic has hit the world but the truth is that Jesus Christ is greater than that pandemic and so the facts of life are going to try to exalt itself against the knowledge of God's Word and at the neck let me tell you and this just came to my spirit there are two powerful weapons that God has given to Christians the first weapon that God's given to Christians and it will work and the devil will run in fear is the name of Jesus in our boy I tell you you look at things and you begin to declare the name of Jesus against those things and things will have to change at the name of Jesus everything that is named he said it'll change because the name of Jesus is greater than every name that will corona virus that's a name a kovat 19 that's a name where there's a name that's greater than kovat 19 there's a name that's greater than sufficiency there's a name that's greater than dead there's a name that is greater than all of those issues in your life all of those facts in your life and that name is the name of Jesus and you need to use it in the name of Jesus I command Kovac 19 to stop in the name of Jesus I speak to death and tell it to disappear in the name of Jesus I speak to that cancer until that cancer to go exactly there's a name that's greater than everything that's named so that's a that's a powerful tool for you to use as a Christian the second powerful too is the blood of Jesus you remember doing the Passover when they put the blood over the doorpost and the death angel had to go pass every house that had the blood over the doorpost well that's exactly what you do you plead the blood over your children and the devil's got to go pass them you plead the blood over your house in the middle of a storm and the devil's got to go past it you plead the blood of Jesus over your finances and the devil's got to go past it you plead the blood of Jesus over your relationships over your marriage and the devil's got to go past it I'm telling you plead the blood of Jesus listen someone says the I just don't know what to do really I plead the blood of Jesus over everything I don't want the devil to be involved in I plead the blood of Jesus over everything I don't want him to touch and so it's it's almost like that MC Hammer song wherever you plead the blood of Jesus I can hear the devil saying you can't touch that why because he can't touch what the blood has marked and I speak to those of you who are in Bible study with me tonight I plead the blood of Jesus over your life I plead the blood of Jesus over your family I plead the blood of Jesus over your finances I plead the blood of Jesus over everything you don't want the devil to touch and we overcome in by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony praise God amen so you pull those spouts down you don't sit there and let somebody convince you that's what it means beware be on guard don't let them talk to you out of what God has already given you the name of Jesus the blood of Jesus let me give you one more with me and praying in tongues praying in the spirit now I know that just irks some people praying in the spirit what are you talking about when you pray in the spirit you pray the perfect prayer and the Bible says to build yourself up your whole spirit your soul your a body build yourself up praying in the Holy Ghost that means you're gonna build your spirit up that means with you're depressed you're gonna build your soul up and your emotions up that means when you're sick in your body you're gonna build your physical body up I just gave you three weapons now and I mean to tell you their philosophy alone of the world will try to take that away from you ah well we don't believe in the name of Jesus har har har we don't believe in the blood I tell you what you will you will every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord I tell you what every system starts falling around you when things start happening and they don't have a cure and they don't have a way to get you out of it I tell you what you'll believe then you'll believe somebody says I don't believe in miracles you will win need one then and I'm telling you systems are failing right now things are failing right now but the name of Jesus he won't fail the blood of Jesus he won't fail praying in the Holy Ghost it will not fail you can have to make your side you got to get on the Lord side now you get you have to get on the Lord side now I don't know what philosophy or intellectualism you've been walking in but it ain't working and I will tell you what will work it's this philosophy of God's Word it's the blood the name the Spirit of God it's looking through the lens of God's Word and have the right conclusions about what's really true and what's just fact look at Romans chapter 12 because listen if if the heart if the heart is the source of all external expression and as a man thinketh it determines what's in his heart you've got to take authority over what are you thinking what what do you find yourself thinking about most of the time you've got to ask yourself how much time am I putting too into thinking about what am I thinking about now Romans chapter 12 verse 1 let's look at 1 through 3 and just examine what he says here and I'm excited man we have victory we have victory but dude I'm I'm not thinking about looking at something through the eyes of the government or looking at something through the eyes of some intellect I'm I want to look at it through the eyes of Jesus because when everything fails that's the only thing that remains in the beginning was the word hallelujah in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god I'm gonna stick with what was in the beginning hallelujah praise God I'm gonna stick with what's in the beginning and the beginning was a word now nobody said verse 1 I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service now watch verse 2 and three and be not conformed to this world well how does somebody get confirmed conformed to this world through philosophies B we're through looking through the wrong lens or the lens of the world B where he says don't be conformed to the world through to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so it says maybe you've been looking at things to the wrong lens you can be transformed by renewing your mind and God's word that you may prove once you renew your mind and once you get in that process of renewing your mind because renewing the mind is not a one-time event renewing the mind is a lifetime process and once you get involved and ruin your mind you will be able to prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God oh my the will of God can be proved when you begin to look at things through the right lens you you're never you're never going to be able to prove the will of God looking at things through the wrong lens not gonna happen I don't tell you my church said well if your church said something that went into work you're never going to be able to prove the perfect will of God for your life looking at things through the wrong lens we got to renew our mind and look at things through the lens of the Word of God verse 3 says for I say through the grace given unto me to every man that is among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith and that's my lens that's what I'm that's what I'm looking at that that's what I'm looking through look at the features chapter 4:23 let me let me look a couple more in then will I'm telling you man this is this is good stuff this is stuff you need to use right now praise God stuff you need to use right now well you know brother dollar I don't know well you know I do uh-huh I know what the word says I'm gonna believe word and I'm gonna receive the wisdom of God praise God and you know I'm having a ball man I'm I know you guys out there now I got a bunch of chairs in front of me but man I just imagine that you sitting in those chairs praise God I I'm just I'm just imagining you just shouting in your house you just you just given god praise in your house praise God Amen now now look at this Ephesians 4:23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind be renewed in the spirit of your mind now there is a slight distinction between renewing the mind and being renewed in the spirit of your mind you're not gonna renew my mind in exchange my way of thinking for God's Way of thinking the way I believe to start believing what God says believe I can renew my mind but then he says be renewed in the spirit of your mind I think of the illustration you remember the cars with the with the clutch and the stick and and I remember learning renewing my mind learning how to operate that car but it didn't quite come automatic when I was on a hill and a car behind me I'd get extremely nervous then I wanted to hit everything right way because I didn't want my car to rolled back and hit that other car but you know after spending time with that just spending day after day going through that process with the clutch and the brake all of a sudden I could do that without even giving it real focus or attention what happened I went into automatic I had renewed my mind to the point where it got all on the inside of me he got in my heart he got in my spirit I could do it without really being conscious of doing it that's what it means we're new in your mind renewing your mind the Spirit is the spirit of your mind which means I can renew my mind to love you but I can renew my mind to love you automatically without thinking about it you do something wrong to me I don't go to thinking about all these other five things I've renewed my spirit the spirit of my mind to walk in love and when you're moving automatically and walking in love that's how you can tell you've renewed the spirit of your mind that's how you can tell when you don't have to think about a thing to move to get there that's when you know you have renewed the spirit of your mind praise God now let's look at we got a few minutes left here second Corinthians chapter 4 second Corinthians chapter 4 and verses 8 through 9 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verses 8 through 3 man now this is going to show you the way we respond to what happens and the conditions look at this verse 8 says we are troubled on every side yet not distressed we are perplexed but not in despair verse 9 we are persecuted but not forsaken we are cast down but not destroyed man that's powerful look at verse 8 and 9 again now the way we respond to what happens to us determines the condition of our lives the way we respond to what happens to us determines the condition of our lives and the way we respond is a direct result of our philosophy this is a perfect illustration of this all right so we're troubled on another on every side how are you gonna respond to trouble on every side I'm sure that there are some of you I mean really who can really say man I am troubled brother Dahl on every side but how do you respond yet not distressed yet not distress so how you gonna respond to that trouble on every side how are you gonna respond that's gonna determine the condition of your lives that's going to determine what's gonna happen how am I gonna respond to the trouble that's on every side well here's how I respond the Bible makes it very clear that in this world you'll have tribulation but be of good cheer that's the first thing so now I'm looking at through the lens of where I'm troubled on every side but I'm gonna be a good cheer jesus said because I already overcome the world well praise God that's what I'm that's how I'm gonna respond I'm gonna be a good cheer because Jesus has already taken care of it the way you respond he's gonna determine your condition in life we are troubled on every side he said yet not distress he said we are perplexed he says but I'm not in despair I'm not in despair how are you responding to the trouble he says he says we're persecuted but here's what he knows a promise that God said I'll never leave you nor forsake you but I'm not forsaken so when persecution comes I'm gonna look at I'm gonna look at through the Word of God what does the word have to say about people who are persecuted he says God won't ever leave them they're not forsaken see when you begin to look at things through the philosophy of God's Word then you'll respond the right way and your conditions are gonna be right he says cast down but I'm not destroying boy that's something when when the devil's done all he could do casting you down and here's what you know because you're looking at it through this lens I'm not destroyed I can get up I can move forward all good things will happen to me because I'm looking at this thing through the lens of God's Word amen amen say Amen loud enough for me to hear you through the internet praise God amen now let's look at a couple more scriptures here first John 4:18 how to handle the fear of life all right well you know there's definitely the fear of life in our world today well how do you handle that well here here's what I here's I handled it I'm looking at things through the Word of God so he says there is no fear in love oh okay well first thing I'm gonna do is wait a minute if there's no fear in love I'm gonna have to trust and believe the love that God has for me and every time fear comes up this is what I say I know God loves me and every time fear shows up I know God loves me oh boy see I'm responding based on the philosophy of the word there's no fear in love but perfect love will cast out all fear oh yeah my confidence and his love for me man my my belief in his love for me will cast out all fear why because fear has torment and I'm not gonna allow fear to come over me without me responding to it and saying to fear I believe God's love for me I walk in perfect love I cast you out fear God loves me glory be to God I don't have a thing to be afraid of he says and he that feareth is not made perfect in love so if a guys walking around in fear you've got to wonder do you believe the love do you believe the word not the Word of God the word that talks about the love of God do you believe it or somehow you've taken on some other philosophy or you're seeing things through the lens of you know this doctor or that person there and and you're not looking at through this land you're not you're not paying attention to that lens anymore and the fear stays there and it gets bigger and it gets greater because those systems are not gonna work like the Word of God works amen now look at this in John 14 and 1 and I've already shared this but this is something for you to look at this is how you handle fear by making sure you have the right lens that when fear comes it's like well you're here fear but I know God loves me I know God loves me man I tell you when when my body was inflicted with cancer and certain things what happened my life that that that sometimes was the only prayer I prayed father I know you love me I know you love me and because you love me I will not fear I know you love me and because you love me I will not die father I know you love me cause you love me I have provisions for everything that I need in life because you love me and look what he says in verse one let not your heart be troubled did you notice that he says the implication is you you don't let your heart be trouble you you you accept the responsibility let not your heart be troubled so when trouble comes this is what I've decided I'm not gonna be trouble I'm not gonna be trouble and in fact instead of being troubled by trouble I'm gonna trouble trouble I'm not gonna be trouble you gotta make your mind up if he said let not your heart be troubled that means he has given you the god-given ability to accomplish that for him to say let not your heart be troubled and then you walk around in trouble something's missing let not your heart be troubled you believe in God yes I do well let not your heart be troubled you believe in God yes I do he said believe also in me so that's real simple how to defeat trouble I'm not gonna be trouble because I believe God I'm not gonna be trouble because I believe is word I'm not gonna be trouble because I'm looking through the lens of God's word I'm looking through the filter of God's Word I'm a trouble you trouble because of what I see in God's promise and what I see in God's Word man stir yourself up man stir yourself up in the name of Jesus don't you let this ungodly world talk to you out of what Jesus has given you through his word and get in his word and get in his word go man make sure you've become a part of a church that's giving you the word I mean we've been shouted at and moaned and groaned at and I ain't got no problem with your shouting and moaning and groaning but make sure you learn something make sure you get a hold of what the word says make sure the word of god is is is educating you and enlightening you where his wisdom is concerned so that when when trouble comes and when you're cast down and when you're persecuted and when you're perplexed you will know the philosophy of God's truth you will know the truth and the truth of God's Word will make you free from all these other things that's all I'm saying that's all I'm saying praise God amen you know humanism rejects God totally but many aspects of humanistic philosophy has found its way into the hearts and the minds of many Christians belief system now I wanted to do this let me give you before I go any farther here I want to give you the definition this is how I define humanism so that you can see what it is that I'm talking about humanism is an Outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to humans rather than the divine or the supernatural matters let me say that again humanism is an Outlook or it's a system of thought attaching prime importance to humans rather than to God or supernatural matters the humanists beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of a human being emphasize common human needs and seek solely rational ways to solving those human problems they're not seeking supernatural ways to solving those human problems they are strictly seeking the rational ways of solving human problems I tell you one day we don't learn one day we're going to learn that it's gonna be good to one day just fall on your face and say God help one day we're gonna learn that there are gonna be some problems too big for your rationalization one day we're gonna learn that God is the only help that you have and I believe that's happening right now I believe people are going to have to come to a place where they acknowledge that God is real that is word is real and it's true and that the only sure thing to hold on to is his word what happens when another system Falls what happens when you come together and it's just amazing to me people don't even think about giving God the glory anymore well I defeated Khurana all by myself you think you think you did that all by yourself honey every good thing that happens comes from God and I think it's time for us to recognize that give God some glory man but humanism says no I ain't giving no attention to the supernatural I'm not giving attention to the divine I'm giving attention to to what I have been able to do that I met my knees through my own rational mindset and and I did it I did it that's the greatest sin in the world is trying to be like God without God honey even if you don't deserve it God's been showing up and doing things that you didn't deserve even when you deserve something bad happen to you his mercy showed up and the bad you deserve didn't happen to you you need to take a flashback and you might not have figured it out but the wreck that should have killed you but you're alive that was God hallelujah there are things that could have happened would happen should have happened that was God and I know something you're thinking yeah I know that's God but but I mean well we'll explain why this person died and explain why that happened and explain why the pandemic hit oh that's easy there's a devil loose we like to blame God for everything that happens but there's somebody else in this motion picture the devil is loose there's a devil loose it's you it's your bad decisions that you make it's not just God in this thing but we love blaming God for everything God does not punish his children God does not hurt his children God does not kill his children God does not inflict disease on his children but the Bible says Satan comes to kill and to steal and to destroy Jesus says I have come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly please God so don't give God to blame for that he doesn't want it he don't want it but I'm telling you in the name of Jesus there's a god that's alive waiting on you to switch systems waiting on you to see things through the lens of grace to see things through the lens of his word and I guarantee you when you do that your conclusions are gonna be right your conclusions are gonna be godly you'll be perplexed but you'll respond the right way and the condition of your life will be good and so I'm saying it loud and clear God is my refuge and my fortress he's my high tower I can't do anything without him I don't dare take credit for any good that's happened in my life I give him the honor I give him the glory you got it you got to come to a point one day in your life will you recognize I can't do this by myself I didn't do this by myself [Music] you could have been dead buried so many people are dead today and yet we still don't know how to give God the glory that's due to his name why don't you change that today why don't you change it today there is a God there is a heaven there is a Satan there is a hail change it today give God the opportunity to show himself strong in in your life so instead of filtering life from from God's perspective many Christians are filtering life through mental reasoning but you remember what he said in Proverbs three and five and I'll close here he says trust in the Lord with all your heart lean not unto your own understanding but that's what we're doing we're leaning to our own understanding we're leaning to what we understand about everything that's going on right now I trust God I trust God amen I trust God and I think that the number one reason why sin is so prevalent is because people don't trust God in fact I'll say this the root to all sin is not trusting God the root to all sin is not trusting God I trust him what else am I gonna do what if I go out and public and touch the wrong thing or go out in public and somebody's costs on me and and I got trust god man I know that doesn't mean do foolish and stupid stuff but in my life even if there's not a pandemic going on I have to trust God you're gonna have to trust God after this after Pope after the post repeal pandemic after this is over you got staph just got something you got to trust him for a job some of you gotta trust him for food some gotta trust him for a place to stay some I've got to trust him too to not be so stressed out and worried why don't you trust him today why don't you trust him today all is well for those who will trust God with everything that they have amen praise God let's pray father we thank you today tonight we've heard some things that if nothing else I pray that it'll cause us to think you know it'll cause us to reconsider what we've been seeing and it caused us to either clean our filter or replace it with a new filter with God's Word I pray for everybody there I know it's been hard for some people Oh God the pain and the hurt and the grief oh I pray that you would wrap your mighty arms around them show your love and may your presence and be wherever they are right now thank you Father for being a father thank you for still being a god that sits high and looks low and I declare that all is well with your precious people all is well it's in Jesus name we pray just lift your hands up at home wherever you are lift your hands up and just worship God just thank God according to his word for him being good thinking for His mercy thinking for His grace and thank him that all is well with you and your house Jesus name we pray and everybody said amen praise God well I hope you got something out of that let's worship God with our finances you know it's a great time to to worship God with our finances you guys know we don't give to get bless Jesus through his blood has already made sure that we're blessed and so with faith we take hold of the blessing well if you don't give the get blessed well why do you give what I give because I'm already blessed I give because Jesus has blessed me I received that blessing I'm already blessed and my giving is a worship to God the Bible says don't give out of necessity for God loveth a cheerful Giver my giving is because I'm grateful for what he's already done I'm grateful for him taking us through this pandemic and he will bring us out in great victory I'm grateful for his love I'm grateful that we didn't lose our mind I'm grateful that we have technology where we can be fed the Word of God I'm grateful for the Word of God you're giving should cause you to remember all the good that God has done in your life all the mercy that God has shown you you're giving is an act of Honor it's honoring God man it's not bookid plunking it's not trying to play a game it's it's it's doing what the Magi did when they finally found Jesus and and they walked in and they saw Jesus and the Bible says they fell to their knees as they opened the treasure and begin to worship Him your money is used to worship God we're not trying to get anything from God if you if you spend time worshiping God with your finances then all these other things will will come but that's not my motive I'm in it for the relationship and so prepare your gifts right now if you're texting to give you can text world changers space and amount to seven four four eight three it's on the screen we want to call you can dial eight six six four seven seven seven six eight three two give and you can also go online Creflo Dollar ministries org and you can give online and somebody asked me a while back will pastor can we mail our offerings in absolutely 2500 Burton Road College Park Georgia three oh three four nine all of that information is on your screen now worship them just for a moment take what you have and worship Him father we praise you that we give for gratitude and Thanksgiving it love thank you for all that you've done all that you are doing and all that you will continue to do in Jesus name we worship you with our offerings we worship you with our gifts thank you Jesus and everybody that agreed said amen amen well you can go ahead and give your offerings hit your buttons call the number and thank you world changes this is to our each church it's to all the members of the church here in Atlanta and New York and all of our satellite locations thank you all thank you so much for not forgetting our mission not forgetting to worship God I'm so grateful to you and I thank God that all is well with you in your house I plead the blood over your finances I plead the blood over your house I plead the blood over your family what am I just what am I saying the devil can't touch that he can't touch it now for those of you who are born again born again you've never named made Jesus Lord of your life I want you to repeat after me heavenly father come into my heart be my Lord and Savior I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he was raised from the dead and he is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty I believe that all my sins are forgiven and I believe that all is well with me Jesus saved me so by faith I declare that I am saved in Jesus name Amen praise God you know they gave me some instructions on how you can get some digital downloads and I forgot it I'll bring it with me on Sunday but for right now if you can just call that number on your screen we have a way you can respond right there on your laptop or your phone and please forgive me I left it on my desk but I bring with me on Sunday and congratulations for those of you who just prayed this prayer with me and welcome to the kingdom of God I love you guys so much god bless you now for the final blessing and since we talked about the blood tonight the final blessings I plead the blood of Jesus once again on everything that you don't want to deal with the touch now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the Almighty God be glory Majesty Dominion and power both now and forever and everybody said amen god bless you have a wonderful wonderful night I pray that the message you just watched that it really blessed your life and I want us to stay connected so you can continue to grow and flourish into God's best for your life visit us online at Creflo Dollar ministries org for the latest conference updates partnership information and global missions campaigns we are sharing the gospel of grace all around the world and none of this would be possible god bless you remember understanding grace you'll be empowered to change [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Published: Wed Apr 15 2020