What is the Exceeding Greatness | Pastor Tony Spell

so me um okay hey [Music] me [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] okay so [Music] baby uh [Music] [Music] me so got married [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] no no hallelujah we want to stand across this sanctuary this morning let's turn our hearts and minds together toward the lord jesus god we come before your presence in faith believing lord god that you're able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we're able to ask or think according to the power that worketh in us jesus we're asking for your divine presence to move in this house today may the rushing mighty wind of the day of pentecost sweep through this house i pray lord jesus god we're asking for your divine unction and anointing on each and every one of us lord god we worship you god in the beauty of holiness god with a spirit of liberty freedom emancipation god let the fire of a heaven set on our hearts i've made the breath of almighty god hallelujah hallelujah god made the power of the holy ghost have its own way in our hearts today jesus hallelujah god we hallelujah this way but once and live our lives as tales that are told so god let today be a day the god that we never forget let it be a day where you touched us with power and miracles god and anointing and favor the holy ghost of the heaven move and have your own way i pray jesus holy ghost of god we rebuke every foul and unclean spirit god a man woman boy and girl across our church today and let the breath of jesus christ breathe into them freedom and deliverance i pray god hallelujah almighty god hallelujah hallelujah let's give jesus a handcuff of praise today blessed be the name of jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] i woke up this morning with my mind i stayed [Applause] lord i woke up this morning with my mind [Music] i woke up this morning with my mind stayed on jesus said i woke up this morning with my mind staying until [Applause] hallelujah is [Music] this morning with their mind [Applause] this morning with their minds [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] is hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah the bible said to lift up your heads oh your gates and be lifted up your everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in hallelujah shall come in something beautiful when jesus looks over from the balcony of heaven and sees his people praising him and worshiping him in one mind and in one accord [Music] with lifting hands with lifted hands into [Applause] [Music] [Music] we come to give him praise [Music] the prayer [Music] in the morning in the middle of the night everything with breath it's all right you ought to praise him in the morning in the middle of the night and everything with breath [Music] [Music] [Music] in the morning in the middle of the night everything's regretting it's all right you are waiting in the morning in the middle of the night everything refreshes [Music] you ought to praise him in the morning in the middle of the night everything your breath gets sore now when we sing about it raise them in the morning we're not talking about anything we're not talking about something with a pm but we're talking about hardships and trials and tribulations the morning is supposed to be the good times when everything's going all right but the noon time things start getting hot and heavy and bothered and then the night time is when trials come but the bible said to let everything but have breath praise the lord no matter what you're going through bless him at all times here we go sing about it one two three sit pray them in the morning in the middle of the night and everything we breath out it's all right breathing in the morning in the middle of the night everything is breath it's all right you're on a break in the morning in the middle of the night everything [Music] [Music] in the middle [Music] it's all right we come together yes we do hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you jesus amen i don't know what you want to hear the lord saying on judgment day but i want him to hear i want to hear him say well done thou good and faithful servant enter into the joy of the lord i want to hear him say well done thou good and faithful servant enter into the joy of the lord here we go this hand clapping song now [Music] yeah what do you want the lord to say what do you want to say say where what do you want the lord [Music] i wanna know what do you want good and faithful servant that's what i want the lord to say that's what i want the lord just a little while to wait just a little more of trouble in this low and sinful state then we'll enter heavens sweeping through the pearly gates just a little while just a little while to stay here just a little while to wait just a little while to learn that's just a little more just a little more trouble in this low and sinful state it will entertain well in the hell just a little while to wait just a little just a little more trouble [Music] after a while it'll all be over after a while the sun will shine set up the wild the clouds will pass over and we'll [Music] the sun will shine [Music] oh hallelujah after a while come on let's put our hands together like that to cheat [Music] i want to know what some of you has got this morning if you got everlasting power i'm gonna give you a chance to sing it with me one two three say yes i've got it everlasting power yeah say yes i've got it yes i've got everlasting power everlasting power i said do you have it yes yes [Music] i said do you have it do you have everlasting power [Music] what do you want the lord to say no the joy of the lord i like this song to just a little while to stay here just a little while to wait just a little [Music] in this low and sinful and we're sweeping through the pearly gates i'll sing it just a little while to stay stand [Music] yes [Music] [Music] do you have it [Music] yes [Music] what do you want the lord to say what do you want the lord good and faithful [Applause] the lord entering the joy of the lord entering the joy of the lord somebody give jesus a hand half of praise enter in the joy of the lord is there joy in the sanctuary today said is there joy in the house of god today is there peace in the house of god today hallelujah hey man i feel the holy ghost how about you hey man i want you to get your song books out this morning and the song said bye and bye when the morning comes you'll understand it all better by and by when the morning when all the saints of god are gathering home now there's two reasons that we have a victory march number one we have the victory march because some of you need yes we do i said some of you need the victory this morning victory and the second reason that we had the victory march is because we got the victory in jesus name i've got the victory over the devil he's been defeated by the blood of jesus christ hallelujah here we go bye and bye when the morning comes help us sing it [Music] piles dark on every hand and we cannot understand all the ways that god will lead us to that blessed promised land but here god is with his eyes and we'll follow till we die and we'll understand it better by my singing how we overcome and we'll understand we will our cherished plans have failed disappointments have prevailed and we wandered in the darkness heavy-hearted and alone but we're trusting in the lord and according to his word we will understand it and we'll understand it better bye bye temptations hidden snares often take us unaware and our hearts are made to bleed parts and spotless word and we'll understand it better temptations hidden snares often take us unaware and our hearts are made to bleed fast and spotless word of deed and we wonder why the test when we try to do our best and we'll understand it better bye bye lord i'm singing by and by lord when the morning comes headwind [Music] [Music] and we'll understand we will tell when and we'll understand it better by and by i don't understand everything right now but i know jesus has got everything in control i know god's got everything in control today he is the author and the finisher of our faith hallelujah give glory to god saints give glory to god give glory to god change give glory to god give glory to god the change give glory to god give glory to god saints give glory to god give glory to god saints give glory to god keep glory to god's saints give glory to god give glory to god change give glory to god give glory to god saints give glory to god he's worthy of the presence give glory to god he's worthy of the presence give glory to god he's worthy of the presence give glory to god he's worthy of the presence give glory to god he's worthy of the praise give glory to god he's worthy of the praise give glory to god he's worthy of the praise the saints give glory to god give glory to god give glory to god give glory to god lord give glory to god give glory to god he's worthy he's so worthy he's so worthy he's so worthy of the praise hallelujah have everyone for the lord to take you back today do you remember the first time that jesus touched you see how many do you remember the first time that the lord touched you sister mary step out here sing this [Music] [Music] take [Music] take me back [Music] take me to the place first please [Music] but still i hear you [Music] the memories [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] take me back [Music] to the place take me back i tried to make it on my own to make it all right [Music] where i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] take me back [Music] take me back take me back take me back [Music] me [Music] [Music] hallelujah the lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the lord is there is liberty don't you feel liberty here take me back [Music] take me back dear lord [Music] to the place where i first received you take me back take me take me take me back i can't make it where i am so i need you to bring me back lord bring me back lord bring me back lord holy ghost of god [Music] let your spirit have its own way in the church house lord jesus hallelujah lord [Music] your lord i need you lord i need you lord right now oh i need you lord i need your lord right [Music] [Applause] oh i need you lord i need you lord right now hello i need you lord i need your lord [Music] i need you lord i need you lord right now [Music] [Applause] i need you lord i need your lord right now i love i love you lord i love you lord right now so very much i love you lord i love you lord right now [Music] i lift my hands [Music] i love you lord i love you lord right now hallelujah with everything inside of me lord i love you jesus i need you my tigger you are worthy of the praise sort of ashaya [Music] hallelujah god we praise you [Music] god we worship you hallelujah jesus amen why don't we give jesus a handclap of praise this morning isn't he worthy worthy of the highest praise hallelujah jesus we worship you lord god great is your name and greatness to be praised hallelujah amen the lord blesses we're making our way back to our places this morning in there a wonderful spirit of the lord that's in the sanctuary amen in him we live in him we move and in him we have our being god we live in you today jesus god we move in you today and we breathe in you blessed be the mighty name of jesus amen we want to say welcome to each and every one of our guests who are with us this morning in the house of the lord we say the lord bless you some from veroneer some from very far people here this morning from across the nation why don't we give our guests a good handclap of praise this morning amen god bless you in jesus name hallelujah amen so it's great to be in the house of the lord this has been a beautiful week many people feel with the holy ghost many people water baptized in the mighty name of jesus today is going to be a great day in your life because today you're going to leave change for having been in the presence of lord amen there's nothing like being in the house of the lord everybody said amen amen i don't know who jesus is to you but he's my everything he's everything that i need and so much more [Music] i need hope when i need hope [Music] and inspiration [Music] you're always there when i'm tired and weak i could search the whole world over and i could search the whole world over you still you would be everything that i need and you're my brain when i'm hungry [Music] in line but most of all you're my best friend sing it again lord you're my brain [Music] you're my anchor in life's ocean but most of all you're my best friend [Music] you took this clay and made a vessel you filled it up with your love and grace then you place me in your house of mercy and you proved to me that you could be my best friend and you're my brain when i'm hungry [Music] you're my anchor [Music] [Music] lord you're my bread when i'm hungry you're my shalter from the trouble [Music] you're my best friend and you're my anchor in life's ocean but most of all you're my best friend [Music] hallelujah hallelujah how many of you can say that jesus is your best friend today hallelujah is he your best friend hallelujah i don't know how many is free today but i'm free i said i'm free [Music] this song said thank god i'm free thank god i'm free anybody been set free by the blood of jesus christ hallelujah don't you remember that long dark road you traveled before jesus set you free don't you remember that prison cell you were locked up in before jesus set you free here we go for a long time i've traveled down a long lonely road my heart was so heavy and sin i sank low then i heard about jesus what a wonderful hour i'm so glad he brought me out he showed me with his holy power thank god i am free free free from this world of sin i've been washed in the blood [Music] [Music] found out he would bring me out and show me the way [Music] like a bird out of prison that had taken his flight like a blind man to god gave back his side i was like a poor wretched beggar who found fortune and fame i'm so glad that i found out he would bring me out and show me the way thank god i am free free free from this world of sin i've been washed in the blood of jesus i've been born again [Music] [Music] he would bring me out and show me the way second verse like a bird out of prison that had taken its flight like a blind man that god gave back his side i would like a poor wretched beggar but i found fortune and fame i'm so glad that i found out he would bring me out and shove me the way oh thank god i am free free free from the swirl of sin been washed in the blood of cheetahs i've been born again hallelujah i'm safe safe i'm so glad that i found out he would bring me out and show me the way that i found out i'm so glad that i found out he would bring me out and show me the way hallelujah somebody clap your hands to jesus this morning yes lord yes lord yes lord hallelujah has anybody been set free by the blood of jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus i feel the holy ghost this morning thank you jesus thank you jesus blessed be the mighty name of the lord there's freedom in the house of god today yes amen isn't there freedom in this church be seated for just a moment amen god bless us all in jesus name amen music is the language of the soul and what you're going to do for jesus christ today you're going to do in song and worship praise and prayer that's your portion of the service to give to jesus christ and then god inhabits the praises of his people right here in the house of god psalm 26 and 8 david said lord i have loved the habitation of thine house and the place where vine honor dwelleth number one david said there's something that i love he was in love with god's house the house of god meant more to him than any other place on earth it was not just a place that was prioritized in order of greatest to least priorities but the house of god was his greatest value it was his asset it was his equity it was his habitation he flourished in the house of god yes sir he thrived in the house of god he was happy in the house of god there was freedom in the house of god he felt delivered from his enemies in the house of god and he said not only do i love the habitation of your house this is god's house this is god's house but this is the place where god's honor dwells where's honor dwells now america's got our priorities mixed up today eleven months ago the governor said nobody go to church and everybody complied 4.5 million people in the state of louisiana if the governor told everybody to go to church would they comply they wouldn't go if he can do one he can do the other he said don't go and everybody obeyed if he said to go would everybody obey i can tell you no but the governor's jurisdiction ends at the threshold of that door right there yeah slow so the devil he wears a hypocrite shoe he does and if you're not careful he'll slip it on you so if everybody would go to church today and show you're not a hypocrite then i'll give up my fight right now that's all right but the fact of the matter is this is the place where god's honor dwells yeah his honor dwells in this place yes that's why the devil wants to keep you out of this place because god's honor dwells in this place and the place god's powers in this place god's holiness is in this [Music] i love the habitation of the house of god [Music] several years ago we we spent thousands of dollars on palm trees from the lake okeechobee national forest and they dug them up early the morning put them on 18-wheeler tractor trailers and drove them to baton rouge and dug holes big six by six holes queen bomb put them in the earth out there those beautiful queen palms and they looked beautiful for about four months yeah and then when the winter time came severe they turned brown withered and broke in the middle overnight because this is not their habitation not indigenous they don't like this kind of habitat it's just a little bit too cool for them well you know what the devil doesn't like this habitation it's just a little bit too hot for him there's a little bit too much authority for him there's a little bit too much power for him and the devil will use anybody that he can to shut the doors of the church but this is where the honor of god dwells and and and in malachi 3 he said bring ye all of a tithe into into my storehouse because my honor is there and your treasure is your tithe and your offering he said your money is your treasure and where your treasure is there will your heart be also so when you put your money in the house of god where god's honor is he said your heart is with my heart and my heart is with your heart and together no foe can stand against us god's been good to life tabernacle in in in 2021 this is the final day of the month of january and this has been our greatest month in the history of our church god has been so very good to life tabernacle church i don't know if he if he gets better in the month of february how we're going to stand it but so many people have been born again of the water in the first 10 days of january 40 people were baptized in the name of jesus 31 days over 60 people who are averaging two per day we're averaging two per day so in your bible of malachi the bible said you prove me and he said and i'll rebuke the devourer for your sake how many of you want the devour rebuke today i want the devourer rebuked today god said i will rebuke the devourer for your sake i will opens heaven's windows and pour you out a blessing that you don't have room enough to receive in jesus name everybody said amen so as you make your tithing and offering ready god richly bless you in jesus name thank you for your faithful support toward the work of the lord and your goodness toward the house of god amen we're thankful for each and every one of you that are part of our church we have a great church and what makes it great not only because jesus is here but because you're a part of it so come and be a part of the blessings of god today by way of the tithe and of the offering god bless each and every giver open heavens floodgates and pour out blessings on them that they don't have room enough to receive it in jesus name pour out the fire of heaven on their hearts rebuke the devourer for their sake deliver them from strongholds in jesus name we pray amen as we march and give to the work of the lord today god bless you [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] good [Music] hallelujah hallelujah thank you lord jesus i want to say that this is absolutely beautiful day and this is the day the lord hath made i will rejoice look at your neighbor and say i'm going to rejoice not only that i'm going to be glad i've been sad and i've been glad and i'd rather be glad hallelujah because he gave her the joy of gladness thank you lord thank you lord and i i don't know why the pastor came over and said do you have a song i said yes i have a song i i didn't know he was going to ask me to sing and i uh the first time i was asked to sing when i was six years old and my daddy had to bribe me to sing he said if you sing i'll get you an ice cream cone now i want to tell you that wouldn't work with with my grandchildren or my children it starts with i you'd have to tell them i'll give you an iphone ice cream cone won't do so since he asked me to sing i want to sing a song and when i sing it i want you to help me also but i was thinking that look at your neighbor and say you are a natural you you're just a net somebody said you're a net but can i tell you something i'm not finished with that natural part ephesians chapter 2 and you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sin where in times past she walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air the same spirit that works in the children's disobedience watch the next verse among whom also we had our conversation in times past and the lust of our flesh fulfilled the desires of this spirit and body and word by nature oh no no you didn't get it and word by nature the children of wrath even as others look at your neighbor and say you're a natural-born sinner come on you you didn't you just said come on nudge them say i'm talking about you you are natural-born sinner the reason why i'm here today is because i'm naturally bad and i come to the house of god to get good if i keep on oh my lord have mercy now i got two or three stories i could tell you about that to kind of bring it down to where the rubber meets the road but out before i sing this i'm going to tell you a little story and it's a true story fella hadn't worked in six months and he went to the to the newspaper and looked into and the what you call the classifieds and he said this man was looking for employer employers employees and there's a big big big big citrus farm in florida he said i'm gonna go check on that job he walked in that office that morning and said i'm here to inquire about that job he said well i'm hiring he said when can you start he said right now i'm broke busted and disgusted hung up hung out who dude voodoo so poor i can't pay attention i'll work right now he said okay first thing in the morning you be here with your work clothes on and the fella started turning to leave and he just put his hand on the door and i believe in the and the guy said hold on a minute i got something to ask you first he said i want to know can you pick lemons the man stopped cold dead in his tracks and looked at him right in the face and said can i pick lemons he said man i've been married five times i guess i can [Music] hey can i tell you something when we when we make the decisions on our own we're gonna get it wrong two out of three but when you put god in the equation when you come to the house of god and you get it right look at your neighbor say i got it right this time i got it right this time [Music] so i want you to when i when i sing this you're gonna you're gonna see what i'm talking about while i testify that this is what it says falling in love with jesus falling in love with jesus [Music] fall in love which is this was the best thing i've ever ever done can you say it now falling in love come on stay with jesus [Music] falling in love [Music] with jesus falling in love with you was the best thing i've ever ever done let's take it up a half step brother noah in his arms in his arms i feel protected in his arms never disconnect [Music] in his arms i feel protected there's no place i'd rather i'd rather be i'm gonna say it one more time in his arms in his arms [Music] never disconnected [Music] there's no place i'd rather i'd rather be the lord take your swords in your hands hallelujah there's no telling what god can do if we'll just believe said there's no telling what god can do if we'll just believe there is no telling what god can do [Music] [Music] what god can do he'll save your soul [Applause] [Music] god can do [Music] that's the kind of service this is today no telling what god's gonna do opening your bibles to the book of ephesians this is chapter 1 and verse number 15 this is page 1250 to our old schofield readers this morning ephesians chapter 1 and verse number 15 it's good to have claston bernard with us this morning he and his family he is running running for office this morning and he needs your vote and we endorse him also just look for the tallest man in the church this morning amen good to have him in church with us today be sure that you support him get to meet him before the day is over on your way out today god bless good men that fight for our values religious civil liberties and for the freedoms that we hold so dear ephesians 1 15 wherefore i also after i heard of your faith in the lord jesus and love unto all the saints and as a conjunction connecting two thoughts so paul here writing to the church said i know that you have faith in jesus but he said not only do you have faith in jesus but it seems to me that you loved the saints as well evidently there were people that were guilty i know nobody in here today is but evidently they were guilty of having faith in god and saying you know i just don't love the saints i can't stand the people of god verse 16 cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers be sure that you pray for me today when you pray like i pray for you that the god of our lord jesus christ the father of glory may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him so those are spirits wisdom and revelation are spirits that make you to know jesus christ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints and finally what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us word who believe there are three things the hope of his calling the riches of his glory of his inheritance in the saints but finally preaching to you this morning out of verse 19 the exceeding greatness of his power to us word who believe god bless you as you seated in the fear of the lord this morning the exceeding greatness of god in genesis chapter 15 and verse number 1 the lord spoke unto abram and said fear not abram for i am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward god exceeds his own greatness god makes a record and then breaks his record god will always outdo himself from whatever level you have figured god to be at he has the ability to go above and beyond all of that in second peter 1 4 he said whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might become partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust and beside all this add to your faith virtue and to your virtue knowledge and to your knowledge temperance and to your temperance godliness and to your godliness breville of kindness and to your breville kindness charity and if these promises abound in you they shall make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the work of the lord but he that lacketh these things hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins he hath forgotten where he or she was whenever god found them too many people suffer from spiritual amnesia not only have they lost their hindsight but they've lost their insight and therefore have no foresight god give us the hindsight to see where we have been the insight to see where we are and the foresight to see where we are going but he said the promises that i've given to you are not only great they exceed their own greatness god is a great god he is the great god jehovah none like unto him ezekiel 37 and 10 after his equal it preached to a very dry valley of bones the bible tells you that they had come together and stood up on their feet an exceeding great army nothing will bring your life together like preaching of the word of god anointed unctionized holy ghost field preaching that god chose to save them who believe the jews sought after a sign in the greeks after wisdom but when the world by its wisdom knew not god god chose through the foolishness of preaching for how shall they hear without a preacher and how shall he preach except he be sent how shall they call on whom they have not heard and how can they believe on him in whom they have not heard but god said i've got something exceeding great for you that comes through the preaching of an anointed prophet in matthew 2 and 10 when the message came from the angelic host today i give you a promise this is an exceeding great promise that i have given to you that this day is born in the city of david a savior which is christ the lord he was born the mighty god he did not evolve into the mighty god uh he was he was not a second person in the trinity but jesus is the mighty god and there is none like unto him without peer he's incomparable he's great and greatly to be praised but god exceeds his own greatness and as paul is naming these three things here in the book of ephesus he says i want you to know what the hope of his calling is and i want you to know what the riches of his glory of his inheritance in the saints is and finally i want you to know the exceeding greatness of his power and number one the hope of his calling is the church of the living god that he could purchase a church with his own blood and secondly the riches of his glory of the inheritance of the saints is the church of the living god also it's all about the church and finally the exceeding greatness of his power to us word who believe is the church of the living god this is the arena in which god exhibits his supernatural power among the people of god now there isn't there is no restraining to the lord there are no barriers unto god there is no borders that god cannot go beyond but there's something very special about the house of god so special that david said i had fainted unless i had believed to see the goodness of the lord in the land of a living and the one thing that i desire is that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life it's been a long time since my family david said was able to go to church if you go back to the 38th chapter of the book of genesis you'll find out that david's hair david's lineage was not able to go into the house of god for a 10 generation period but when they came to him and said let us go he said i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the lord because it's in the house of the lord that i've heard things that i've never heard before and felt things that i never felt before i saw things that i've never seen before is there anything quite like going to church is there anything quite as great as being together with god's wonderful people is there anything quite as beautiful as coming together amen and seeing just the power of god and the supernatural power of the almighty god move in an individual's life the god that stopped the sun on high and sent the manna from the sky laid flat the walls of jericho and put to flight old israel's foe can god still answer prayers today and chase the stormy clouds away he turned the water into wine and healed the helpless crippled spine commanded tempest peace be still the hungry multitudes did feel his power's just the same today so let us labor watch and pray he conquered in the lions then raised lazarus back to life again he heard elijah's cry for rain and healed the sufferers from their pain why if god could do those wonders then let's prove our mighty god again why can't the god that raised the dead gave little david goliath's big head cast out the demons with just one word yet sees the fall of one wee bird do signs and miracles still today in the same good old-fashioned way he did he can he will he's just the same today what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us word who believe the problem is not with god but the problem is with me and the problem is with us god is still able to open the blinded eyes and unstop the deaf ears make the dumb the what the dumb to talk and the lame to walk if god can do it then he can do it now there is no restraint under the lord what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us word who believe according to the working of his mighty power in genesis 18 and 10 the lord appeared unto abram on the plains of memory and said sarah sarah thy wife shall bring forth a son sarah is 89 years old and abram is 99 years old and the lord is telling them that she is going to have a son and she's back in the back of the tent cooking and laughed at the lord don't ever laugh no matter how impossible you think it is don't ever don't ever sneer or mock no matter how improbable you think it is when god says you're gonna have a baby it doesn't matter if you're 89 59 or nine it's it's gonna happen god is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we're able to ask or think and would you know it that nine months later she has a little baby boy and they name him isaac how great is god that he can give an 89 year old woman a baby boy and a 99 year old man a son and and and god would call his seed in isaac that's what god chose for them but if you think that that's something the bible said in isaiah 7 and 14 therefore the lord himself shall give you a sign a virgin shall conceive hi if you thought 89 year old woman having a baby was something you hadn't seen anything yet a virgin is gonna conceive and bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name emmanuel what is the exceeding greatness god said if you thought that was great watch me exceed my own greatness and behold that virgin conceived and they called his name jesus christ they called him the son of god he was the mighty god the everlasting father the prince of peace that he was alpha and omega the beginning and the end the first and the last which was which is to come the almighty god there's nobody like jesus christ nobody was ever born like jesus nobody ever lived like jesus nobody ever died like jesus nobody ever raised from the dead like jesus nobody's ever coming back to earth again like jesus he's he's the mighty god exceeding his own greatness and he said not only am i going to be born of a virgin but in john 2 and 19 he said destroy this temple and in three days i will raise it up again you think that me being born of a virgin with something i'm gonna let them take and nail me to a cross and then they're gonna put me in a borrowed tomb and i'm only gonna be in there three days and three nights but when i get good and ready i'm going to come out of that grave you can destroy this temple but i am going to raise it up again i want to serve notice to the devil today that you might try and destroy the church that is the body of christ that is the temple of a living god but let me just put you on notice today devil we're going to rise up again we're going to rise up again death can't keep us in the ground troubles can't keep us down problems can't dissuade us persecution can't detour us mockery cannot turn us out of this out of the way for god he's an able god he's the power for god he's the everlasting god and he's able amen and in three days in john chapter 20 and verse number one the bible said that mary having come to the garden sepulchre while it was yet dark jesus had already gotten out out of the grave jesus got up while it was still dark some of you are waiting to get your life straight before you come to jesus you can forget about it you don't get good to get god you get god to get good some of you are trying to get your act together to come to church you can forget about it you don't get your act together to come in here you come in here to get your act together some of you is waiting to get your life straight before you come to jesus you can forget about it you gotta have jesus to get your life straight jesus said while it is yet dark he he comes to you in the night time of your life and the bible said in genesis that the evening and the morning was the first day the evening and the morning was the second day god doesn't measure time like you and i measure time we start in the morning and go to the evening but he starts in the evening and goes to the morning he said you were dead in trespasses and sins you all walked according to the course of this world you were all on the course of the prince of the power of the air and we're by nature the children of wrath even as others natural-born liars and natural-born murderers and natural-born thieves but something happened to me but god who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved me for by grace are you saved through faith god took a supernatural gift called the baptism of the holy ghost and he saved me he saved me from my past he saved me in my present he saved me in the future he brought me out of in horrible pit he set my feet on a rock to stay he established my goings hallelujah amen some people have what they think is a visible image of an invisible church and the reason they won't go to church is because the visible church doesn't meet their invisible uh guidelines or standards so they are invisible in the visible church they just don't show up but what you need to recognize is is if you do find a perfect church please don't go because you'll mess it up the first step through the door you're trying to stay away because nothing is meeting your your expectations and nothing measures up to your par so to speak but what you need to realize is you're just like the rest of us we were all sinners saved by the grace of god we all had trouble we all had problems we all were sinners but we've been saved by the grace of god god took a nobody and made us somebody out of him i'm just a nobody trying to tell everybody about somebody that can save everybody and everybody needs that somebody called jesus jesus if you think if you think sarah having a baby at 89 was something and if you think jesus being born of a virgin was something and if you think jesus getting up of his own virility on sunday morning was something you hadn't heard anything yet but what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us were to who believe according to the working of his mighty power for when he rose up from the dead he walked on the earth for a 40-day period and in that 40th day he ascended from mount olivet and he stood and said terry ye here in the city of jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high and he told him go wait in the city right over there it was just a few hundred yards from the olivet mount to the upper room of john mark's mother's house 500 people were there and saw jesus go up on the clouds 500 of them went to the city of jerusalem but only 120 of them stuck with it because 380 of them didn't want it bad enough to stick with it i want you to know if you want what you'd want from god bad enough you will get it i said you will get it but you gotta want it bad enough i said you just gotta want it bad enough i have in my possession right now i've got some beautiful neckties up here oh look at those beautiful neckties hey man this one right here has got a picture of bugs bunny on him somebody needs that tie and if everybody be seated for just a moment if you please we like to run things decently in order in our church and keep everything prim and proper and nice and quiet if you know what i mean but if i were to ask you a question this morning men how many of you like this necktie right here man oh look at the hands go up isn't that a beautiful necktie how many of you want this necktie you see what i mean how many of you want this necktie you see what i mean how many of you want this necktie you see you see what i mean that's the one that wants the necktie right there you wanted it but you didn't want it bad enough isn't this a beautiful tie how many of you would like this necktie right here how many of you would like this necktie right here how many of you would like this necktie right here if you don't want it he'll take it she said i like this necktie you see she wants it bad enough that she'll come get it isn't this a beautiful tie look at my lord have mercy look at that beautiful tie pierre cardin how many of you would like that she wants that necktie how many he wants that necktie he wants that necktie he wants two of them he got on the platform you see the difference is it's in how bad do you want it i want a life change i want to be delivered i want to get set free well your actions don't speak louder than your words because if you want to be delivered if you want to be set free then god is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you're able to ask or think i don't know about you but i got sick and tired of living for the devil one day i got fed up with being fed up i got angry with being angry i got tired of being tired and i made my way to the house of god and i said jesus have mercy on me and the lord said what is it that you want son he said god i need a miracle jesus was passing by one day i said jesus was passing by one day and blind bartimaeus heard that jesus was passing by and he cried out jesus thou son of david have mercy on me and the disciples said shush the disciples said be quiet the disciples said the master don't have time for you be quiet your blind wretched beggar a son of timaeus we know who you are you've been begging here for year after year why don't you hold your peace son and bartimaeus said i don't think you understand you boys can see the sun rise and the sin the moon at night you can see the stars out on like diamonds on black velvet across the midnight sky but i've never seen the things that you've seen so while you're telling me to be quiet i i heard that god has exceeding greatness i heard that he was born of a virgin i heard that he gave sarah a boy at 90 years old i heard that he's gonna get up out of the tomb on sunday morning and if god can bring a virgin's womb and create a baby boy then god can give me my sight i'm going to cry out louder i'm going to cry out louder jesus thou son of david have mercy on me [Music] hallelujah i know that god he exceeds his own greatness and while they were in the upper room they were there for a 10-day period 120 of them were missing 380 friends if going forward is predicated upon who's going with you then you might turn out of the way brother and sister but you got to make up in your mind that if my mama don't go i'm going with jesus anyhow if daddy don't go i'm going with jesus anyhow if my brother sister mother whoever i've got to make it all the way with jesus hallelujah hallelujah and if you think i said if you think an 89 year old woman having a baby boy is something and if you think isaiah prophesied in 700 years before the virgin birth of jesus christ was something blessed art thou among women oh mary the lord is with you blessed art now among women oh you having high favoredness about you and he wasn't just talking to mother mary but he was talking about the church the church is highly favored the church is blessed among all women among all churches and the lord is with us the lord is with us the lord is with us i wouldn't give you a dime for a religion but i couldn't feel i said i wouldn't give you a dime for a church that wouldn't change me if your religion don't change you it's time to change religions if your church doesn't change it's time to change churches if your preacher never rubs you the wrong way you need to go the other way but god has a word for you and that word says i want you to be delivered i want you to be set free they were tearing they were waiting on the promise of the spirit 42 43 44 45 day 46 day 47 day 48 day 49 i know back in leviticus 23 and 3 there was the feast of the passover where the blood was on the doorpost of the house and he said number seven sabbath seven of seven is forty nine and add one you got fifty and on that fiftieth day i want you to throw a celebration and call it the feast of fifty that's what pentecost means penti means 50 the 50th day after the passover feast and he said i want you to know that's just a type and a shadow of what's going to happen 50 days when i come up out of the grave but if you wait there in jerusalem the bible said when the day of pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord and in one place how the devil hates unity the devil hates unity he don't like it that there's black folk in here and white folk in here and brown folk in here and rich folk in here and poor folk in here and educated folk and uneducated the devil don't like that but i'll just tell you that's the will of god if you can't go to church with a white man you can't go to heaven with a white man if you can't go to church with a black man you can't go to heaven with that with a black man don't you try to segregate god's church the bible said i have faith in jesus and i love the saints [Applause] don't you tell me you love jesus but you can't love your brother don't you tell me that you love god and you can't love your brother you're a liar and you listen to me i mean you you listen to me any ungodly any ungodly politician that wants to shut the doors of a church but keep the abortion clinics open and keep the retailers open and keep the malls open he is not a god-fearing governor he is an ungodly governor i said he is an ungodly what do you do do you pray for him you better believe i pray that god have mercy on him god have mercy on do you pray for him yes first i pray for the saints god keep the church open god keep the church coming to church and god whatever you got to do keep the church open because i can't make it without the church hallelujah hallelujah i hear a lot i said i hear a lot of good christian folk talking about pray for our president that's no longer in office and pray for the president that's in office oh we got to intercede for our government leaders oh we've got to fast and pray that for washington d.c and you was glad the day they carried me out of here in handcuffs don't tell me you love god you got more faith in the godless governors evil men and seducers are waxing worse and worse it's not getting better in america you got more faith to pray for godless governors and and leaders in our nation but you won't pray for a preacher that's been arrested 33 different times you need to get your act together you need to pray through to the holy ghost i pray for everybody the bible tells me to pray for everybody and i know what y'all were doing y'all right now y'all on the bandwagon we got to pray for washington we got to pray for the senate we got to pray for the congress go ahead and pray for him all you want but the bible said first pray for the saints you better first pray for the saints and if you hadn't wore your knees out praying for this preacher that's going to go to jail for his convictions then your priorities are messed up it don't matter who's in office if there ain't no church it don't matter who's in washington if there ain't no church hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah exceeding greatness hallelujah hallelujah jesus christ is warming up right now after the seven year trip he's going to set his kingdom up on the earth for a thousand years in that day there's going to be one god his name is going to be one everybody's going to speak one language hebrew everybody's going to go to one church and worship jerusalem the animal natures are going to change the wolf is going to be led by a child the lion and the lamb are going to lay down together we're going back to the garden of eden everything's going to be perfect and do you know what the antichrist spirit is trying to do in america today he's trying to make everybody want he's trying to do what jesus christ alone can do that's why he wants us to mask our faces to where we all look identical and we're all bricks in the bower tower of babel and instead of having unique identities like jesus christ we were made in god's image and after his likeness whom shall you liken me to who are you going to make me equal to i'm in a league all by myself and when i made casting bernard i made him like nobody else and when i made brother willie i made him like nobody else and when i made sister natasha i made her like nobody else and i don't want any anti-god anti-christ coming in here and trying to make you all look like eggs in a basket we are not all that way but we are unique individual creatures that are made in the image of god and after his likeness hallelujah i am what i am by the grace of god i don't want to be you and you don't want to be me for sure i don't want to be like nobody else and you can't be like nobody else i i heard about a tombstone that said here lies the body of mary poppy she was born an original but died a copy she was just a copy she was just a copy she was a a mirror image of somebody else and isn't that what's happening to america's churches today the governor said shut down everybody's shut down they fold it like a cheap deck of cards they folded like a one dollar goodwill suit they folded like a donald trump haircut in the marine corps barbershop can i tell you that this is a church that won't never fold this is a church it will never close this is a church that's filled with people that love god that love freedom that love worship come on man hallelujah come on man hallelujah come on man come on man come on man if you don't know you'll know come on man i'ma have a fun four years he said when i fill you with the holy ghost fire is going to sit on your head you're going to have languages divided you're going to speak in a language unlike you've ever talked in before tongues like as a fire and it's sat on them sit down for a minute please the holy ghost sat down on them the holy ghost sat down on them oh i don't know if you've ever been in a church before when the holy ghost sat down on you i said i don't know if you i was going to sit on your lap but i ain't that way but i can sit on her lap the holy ghost you stand up the holy ghost set down on you oh i feel my anointing coming now the holy ghost sat down on them hey hey the holy ghost sat down on them when you get the good dose to the holy ghost the way you ought to have the holy ghost you won't just get it in your head you won't just get it in your feet you'll get it all over you it'll sit down on you it's so heavy it'll push out everything that ought to not be in you the holy ghost say why do y'all run the aisles and why do y'all leap for joy and why do you all dance and clap your hands because the holy ghost sat down on me if you think an 89 year old woman having a baby with something if you think a virgin birth was something if you think the holy ghost descending with something let me tell you about a church that is able to hold back the antichrist when the holy ghost sat on them it filled all the house from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet and the bible said they were sitting when the holy ghost gets on you it'll change your posture it'll change your posture hallelujah we was in bible class the other night sister yasmin was she said i gave a testimony she said i went to the pentecostal church and people were running and dancing and rolling on the floor and and flopping their hair and high heels was a flying she said she met she said i laughed i said i'll never do that she lied be careful what you say you won't do because when you when the holy ghost sits down on you when the holy ghost sits down on you it changes you from the person you were to the person that god wants you to be he changes your nature not only not only is it he can heal your body y'all wonder why the sister's always up in the front you could tell the original party animals because they got to get close to the stage and the bouncers got to push him back but when she first came to church she couldn't walk she was a but now not only is she walking she's dancing and running you wonder why some of these people run the aisles because god healed him of cancer god healed him god healed him of incurable diseases can i tell you that god exceeds his own greatness god is great and greatly to be praised jesus if you think the holy ghost is something it got you off of a thousand dollar a day crack cocaine habit it healed smokey of lupus wave at me smokey she said she went to the doctor and doctor said i don't know why you're here ain't nothing wrong with it what no medicine that did it but jesus medicine what no doctor that did it but dr jesus did it he said the holy ghost is just that good but the bible said the day of the lord shall not come except there'll be a great falling away remember not that when i was with you i told you take heed lest any man deceive you because that day is coming men are going to be deceived but he said only he who now letteth will let until he that's us be taken out of the way god is going to rapture the church out of the earth before he raptures the church out of the earth he says i've got a purpose for you in the earth i want you to withhold i want you to build roadblocks i want you to build blockades against the antichrist spirit that's trying to take over my earth he's trying to keep people from being saved he wants people to die lost and go to hell he wants people to make shipwreck of their life and wind up on the wreck pile of humanity the antichrist is a deceiver he is a wicked evil one world dictator that wants everybody to obey him but the church is hindering him from doing what he wants to do that's what that spirit is taking over political systems it's taking over educational systems it's taking over religious systems but there is a people i know a people and we'll never change for we're the ones that's been baptized in god's holy name if you think that 89 year old woman giving birth to isaac it was something if you think a virgin birth was something if you think jesus raised him from the dead was something if you think the holy ghost fallen in the upper room at pentecost was something the bible said you just wait therefore the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and the dead in christ shall rise then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up in the clouds [Music] what is the exceeding greatness he just keeps it seeding himself he just keeps exceeding himself [Music] and one of these days i'm gonna defy gravity the dead in christ are coming up out of their tombs but a thousand and seven years later john said i saw something unlike i'd ever seen before i remember pentecost i remember the virgin birth i remember the stories of shadrach meshach and abednego and daniel in the lion's den i remember the stories of the virgin birth i remember fire falling out of heaven and licking up water out of the trenches but he said this time i saw something unlike i've ever seen before i john was in the spirit on the lord's day and i saw the heavenly city coming down out of heaven it was transparent gold the walls were made of jasper the gates were made of pearl there was no night there it didn't need a sunshine it didn't need moon and stars for the glory of the lord delight in that house it was the city of heaven john talked about the city of god [Music] john john john what's the matter with you john they just balled you in a pot of hot oil and through your own patmos with a sledgehammer exiled breaking rocks for roman rose and with your body peeling from hot oil boiling you nearly to death you said i stood up and instead of crying about my problem and situation i heard a voice behind me say john you're here for the testimony of god and for the word of god not for what you did wrong but for what you did right yeah monday morning at that courthouse there was a silver tongue oratorical lawyer and that lawyer papillon was his name getting paid seven thousand dollar an hour by the governor to prosecute me and and we got up and stated our case and we did a beautiful job our attorneys and that lawyer got up and said everything that man just said was a lie and he went on beautiful or it was drama it was like something out of hollywood and he lunged forward and he said every preacher in this state and every church except for one man complied with the governor he might have thought he was upsetting me when he said that but i was as happy as could be when he said that i heard about a man by the name of jehoshaphat jehoshaphat said to ahab my horses are your horses my swords are your sores my soldiers are your soldiers let's go to war ahab said let's see what the prophets say there's 400 prophets that told ahab you're going to be all right ahab you're going to defeat your enemies isn't there anybody else i just don't feel right but there was one prophet that said king you're gonna die today king you're gonna die today king said i don't like that man i want him put in the dungeon that's why the devil wants you away from this church because there's power in this church there's liberty in this church there's deliverance in this church and we're not going to lie to you we're going to tell you repent of your sins repent of your sins [Music] john said i heard a voice behind me why do you keep on doing what you're doing pastor spell because i got a voice behind me his voice is daniel daniel said keep going pastor shadrach meshach and abednego said keep going pastor i heard some saints in the grave i heard brother harold o'reilly and say keep going pastor i heard from the perkins say keep going pastor i heard some saints say keep going keep going [Music] hallelujah the spirit called me to a high mountain john said in revelation 21 and 10 i was on a high mountain i said you got to get up on that high mountain church you got to get up on that high mountain you can't worry about your 401k stocks and bonds and oil and gas i heard a politician say this week oh there's just no words in the english language for what our president is doing to our economy oh shut up why don't you take care of what's happening with the churches you don't care about the church why should they care about you can i tell you something today we need help in america the help's not in washington but the help's in jesus christ the help's in jesus christ [Music] god god can exceed his greatness if you think god touched you yesterday god wants to do something for you today god wants to deliver you completely delivered you from so great at death he will deliver and you need to trust that he's going to yet deliver you this altar is open today for somebody that needs a touch of heaven god have mercy there is no telling what god can do what god can do if you believe there is no telling what god can do if you believe [Music] make you whole there is no telling what god can do if you believe there is no telling what god can do [Music] what god can do if you believe heal your body save your soul change your mind there is no telling what god can do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] i'm gonna say it again there is no telling what god can do if you believe [Music] there is no telling [Music] what god can do if you believe [Music] he'll heal your body save your soul make you happy and make you home there is no talent what god can do if you believe [Music] this [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] oh [Music] dog [Music] do [Music] so [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] so one more time no telling what god can do [Music] if you believe [Music] there is no telling what god can do if you believe [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] when the saints go marching in when the saints go marching in i want to be in that number when the saints were marching when the saints were marching when the saints got marching [Music] [Music] or watching in when the saints go [Music] marching [Music] well when the saints go marching in when the sane [Music] welcome to saint you are marching in [Music] [Music] [Music] number [Music] you

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