You Can Choose The Christ or You Can Choose The Crisis | Jesse Duplantis

I want you to turn with me today to the book of second Corinthians chapter five and I want to deal a little bit see I've come to bring your hope because I got hope because now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen and I want to ask you today and the time of my message you can choose the Christ or you can choose the crisis it just depends on which one you want you can choose the Christ Christ in you or you can choose the crisis the virus on you which one do you want it just makes total sense here when you understand what God is saying in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 a very familiar scripture and I want to read it to you right now this is therefore if any man that means any person be in Christ be in Christ not when you in Christ you're not in crisis you see what I'm saying therefore if any man be in Christ he's what a new creature now watch this old things are passed away what are the old things that sickness disease and the Bible says behold all things become new so graters he was in you then he was in the world that's what Jesus is saying today so ladies and gentlemen I have decided to choose the Christ over the crisis glory to God I'm not denying the crisis I deny it's right to touch me and the night's right to touch you if you believe God with me and if you've had device you and if you got device you'll be the ones that have my god that went through it but you see people think why did they have trouble in life don't want to walk through the valley of the shadow of death you may walk through it but you don't have to stop build a house and canonize the place and let me talk to some of the elderly here today the ones that are elder it may be compromise which I know you're in the very extreme part of this but you know what God is still more powerful than that virus God is still more powerful my lord I don't care about your age I mean I mean I don't deny your age my Allah I am in that age bracket they said you better be careful I'm careful for nothing the Bible said casting all your care upon the Lord for he careth for you that's what I'm talking about so I asked you today will you choose the Christ or will you choose the crisis therefore if anybody be in Christ I am in Christ the hope of glory he's a new he's a new creature not people said how can you be so exciting all the time ladies and gentlemen I must say this and I want you to understand something listen to me you are not a forgiving Center you always hear people I'm just an old sinner saved by grace no you not you're not a forgiving Center you are a new creature in Christ old things have passed away why are you bringing up your past when God doesn't even know your past he's not only he didn't blot it out he washed it away never to be remembered against you you see I decided to choose the Christ instead of the crisis so write this down a crisis has a time factor we're in Christ lasts for eternity God do you understand it's a time factor but when you choose the Christ that last is for eternity see when you understand that not in your eye and your intellect but in your spirit man see ladies in them you got to learn to be spirit if you learn to be spirit you stop doing some of these human things you understand what I'm saying your spirit house and a soul and clothe and a body glory to go you can tell on the side of this morning why cuz I've chose the Christ and so the crisis is of none effect I don't deny it because I'm saying people are recovering all over the place when I saw that I had to shout my own house I forego wreath at God Jesus and people have recovered come on medias thought I mean as much as you see as soon as the thing on Corona Corona Corona once you said recovery recovery recovery I want to say this right now publicly all over the world I am standing and believing with our president Trump that bless God we can start opening up America by Easter neither of us all gonna be open but you know I understand that but the Bible said have two of us agree mr. president I'll be you to hold Lord Jesus I know how to be your to please God Jesus is important I'm to and my god you three and just put your number in there I have decided to trust and believe God to chew and I've chosen the Christ so I have not chosen the crisis I am gonna stand with our leaders and I believe God come on that creates hope in people's lives and he maybe some places may not be able to open up and you know what God's Word says you can't I'm living for you in New York you understand my people in Italy I love the Italian people I was raised in an Italian neighborhood Chloe that God and I'm believing God for the whole nation of Italy in the whole world if I didn't name your your nation don't get mad at me man this thing is global but Jesus is more than global Jesus my Jesus only universe glory that God not just planet Earth that's what I'm saying so a crisis has a time factor where the Christ we're choosing the Christ lasts for eternity see when Christ is in you a crisis doesn't seem as big as it is you know people are said but you don't seem to be worried about that no no no no no no no you know when you understand faith Oh Lord Jesus when you understand faith it destroys worried that doesn't mean I'm not concerned as a vastly but you've been concerned and worried concern is what's going on over there worried oh god is gonna hit us Oh God we're gonna do this Oh God we're gonna do that I mean I see people mouth even it even if you're gonna take he out a restaurant you know when you go up to the drive-in window people that I see people going there almost scared to touch the bag and I understand that stuff is spread that way but I made up my mind my luck I've already been spread with the Holy Ghost I am greased all up with the Holy Ghost in power I believe the word of the Lord God ah and I tell you what if your mind gets to wandering on you start praying in the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost will show up and show out in your life it may go against your homily aquahama neuticle philosophical theological doctrine but brother when you pray in the Holy Ghost the Holy Ghost just comes in comes out and it doesn't have a crisis you understand what I'm saying so a crisis as a time factor where the Christ lasts for eternity when Christ is in you a crisis doesn't seem as big as it is so you know people say how do you do that look at me I stir up what is that gift of God in Christ therefore if any man be in Christ he's a new creature I stir up the gift of God in my life as if I said he hadn't given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of sound mind I have to talk to myself I talked to my oldest brother this morning behind look and I said how you doing I said he said well you know then he started talking about this I said he said yes you talk a lot to yourself I said yes I do I love to talk to an intelligent person once in a while praise God I stir up the Christ inside of me you understand he hadn't given me a spirit of fear fear you cannot touch me plus I had the helmet of salvation the virus can't go to the helmet I got the shield of faith I'm completely covered around my loins are girded about the truth I got a soul of a spirit my look my feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace come on won't you run around your house a little bit oh you understand what I'm saying you are a winner going somewhere to win if you will believe God's Word because this will last for eternity ladies and gentlemen the time of this message that I chose the Christ instead of the crisis oh Christ in me the hope of glory so I stir up that gift of God and when you step to get the guide people start feeling good about Nick it starts smelling you let me just right the point down actually say the point don't let the gift of God lie dormant in you the fragrance of it will go before you in other words my lord if you stir up that gift people say I want to be around that guy I want to be around that lady why why because there's a fragrance about your faith has a fragrance buddy I'm telling you it's just so wonderful you begin to say oh what changed that guy's mind well he smelled good boss she smelled good lord ain't it wonderful when you won't pass somebody in the ball can you remember one less time using mom can you remember I remember and somebody had a wonderful perfume on and they just left the trail of smell good but you went one time we were doing that me and gather and I turn around I said man that lady smell good guy said I know what it is went bought some God hallelujah so I wanted to put on a woman's perfume myself so I could leave a trail of smell good well ladies and gentlemen my faith hey I said my face smells good don't worry that God you understand what I'm saying and I'm gonna leave a trail everywhere I go why cuz faith will work for you not some of the time but all the time you see what I'm saying so don't let the gift of God lie dormant in you the fragrance of it will go before you if it's in Christ the hope of glory you can tell I'm not a religious man you can tell I'm a born-again if you don't like the way you is born try it again it's better the second time around I am so excited about how many people are recovering oh and New York let me tell you something I know you're in a crisis yeah I know that's what they say it and Louisiana and New Orleans you're on you're only about 17 miles from it you're in a crisis but you got a preacher bless God in a suburb called Destrehan Louisiana that's not in crisis but he is in Christ Lord I preached in New York City I'm believing God with you people bless God I like New York your instead New York New York like oh oh Sinatra used to sing I've made up my mind we can believe with you we can stand with you and no time for criticizing it's time for just working believing the Korean and declared the Word of the Living God the devil thought he would shut the churches up but he didn't realize that the church became technical people are live streaming all over the world today in that wonderful what a blessing the God it is today to know that I and you we have chose price instead of the crisis now I want you to listen to this point don't let your good thinking turn into stinking thinking there are a lot of people made stinking think it and then they let I'm gonna do I'm so scared scared of what don't let your good thinking turn in this thinking thinking because thinking stink it's hard to say it stinking thinking goes over to stink and saying and then when stinking think it starts thinking saying then you start stinking receiving in other words you stink yes so I don't let the Word of God in any way shape or form change what I believe change what I know to be true for I know in whom I have believed and I'm persuade my god I'm the only one in here and I'm join myself glory to God I've chose the Christ instead of the crisis my lord this is a lot as I think I've been in this church of my life ain't nobody in here praise God what a blessing but there's billions of you out there millions my god you're gonna recover and not only will you recover your body you're gonna recover your finances I don't care what the world says Thank You mr. Trump Thank You mr. president Marga let's set a goal and stop believe it Marga come on who's the first state they're gonna say I'm shutting down restricting we're gonna believe God who is the first person who say hey I'm choosing the Christ instead of the crisis or you hear what I'm saying that's God's Word today so don't let your good thinking turn into stinking thinking who that's good because from there it would progress to speak and say it and then there to progress again distinct and receiving and for you know what you just stink yeah I'm saying if you ever had somebody come in your house up the shoes off and my god you wish they wouldn't stunk up the place while walking in the wrong way sweating all the time I made up my mind to smell good smell good ha Wow smell with that faith now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen now watch that next verse - as he brews up verse 2 for by it Jesse obtained a good report for by it you will obtain a good report the scripture says for by it the elders obtained a good report see when you choose the Christ over the crisis you're going to get a good report are you hearing what I'm saying listen to me I don't deny listen I mean I I'm praying for all the families that have lost a loved one I mean that that's a terrible thing unless somebody just wanted to go to heaven if you want to go to heaven you know you shouldn't have to go sick you know we said that all our lives you know well you know when you get old you know what I'm saying those think I know well how about this Lord into your hands I commit my spirit if you want to go to heaven handsome okay Lord a guy ain't nothing wrong with that but how about just saying Lord I've had it here I'm finished here into your hands I commit my spirit you got an example of that and his name is the Lord Jesus Christ they tried to kill him they beat him enough to kill him but he just wouldn't die because he fought a good fight he finished this course and he kept the faith and he said father into your hands I commit my spirit oh well let me take that a step further if you've got the virus right now commit your body to him how do I do that brother Jesse by His stripes I am healed my lord of you on a ventilator but you can hear you can hear just say it inside yourself by His stripes I am I am that I am I've the Jewish people know that that's the name of the god yah where I am that I am you see what I'm saying so when you understand that that's good thinking it doesn't go in this think and thinking it doesn't go in this think and saying it doesn't go in and distinct and receiving no because you've already received see when you're so full of in Christ crisis don't fit did you get that when you're so full of in Christ crisis don't fit write this down if you're taking notes the Christ in you is far more powerful than the crisis around you are you hearing what I'm saying the crisis in you is far more powerful than the crisis around you who in the midst of all that's all right man 24/7 yesterday there's 135 thousand people worldwide has recovered Marga and how about a million how about two million I heard someone say that of all the people that attested only 10% is positive am I correct in a 10 percent Maji now that's bad that I mean that's bad Dom I sense them but what about the 95 90 percent they hadn't got it oh come on come listen I believe you a good journalist just report the whole story come on Milo's you can report how many died if you want to you can report how many have it report how many recover I'll guarantee you more people to start looking at you why it'll bring hope glory that God and it's time I got to heard him say there was 13 million people in the food business in the restaurant business they need to go back to work why because my wife don't cook yeah I need restaurants to be open right I'm a good tipper hallelu I want to be a blessing I missed my waiters I missed the waitress the people that are in the restaurants that I go to come on man we can do this thing come on let's offset ourselves an agreement bless God the less yeah how about east wouldn't that be something Easter Sunday all the churches would be full that's impossible no it's not I believe they are unbelievable I receive the impossible why because it's doable yet we do with the government asked us to do you know where my god man you know they fighting like they doing everything they know to do my yeah I understand understand that oh but I can't help myself say it again I have chose the Christ instead of the crisis you see God's Word tells us what to say so say what it says he tells us what to say but Jesse what are you doing when you when you feel it itchy something I don't deny Isis here oh oh you've touched something you don't have a right to touch because before I ever got sick by His stripes I am healed let me say it again before anybody ever got sick God had an answer your answer is older than your problem you understand I don't deny the problem but you notice something about me I don't I don't speak the problem let me give me an example I've had a lot of medicine call me say who brother Jesse you know we're in those people that are shut down so there's the finance you don't say most people giving off or things of that nature does it look like I'm worried and I don't mean that pridefully why because my god oh Jesus I'm gonna get excited here I said my god or let me get black with it my lord my god as if my god sure what supply how much how much oh oh why how can he do it brother Jesse according to his riches in glory have you just ever thought how rich God is for you to don't believe in prosperity you ain't gonna like heaven is flat rich gold streets diamond Barrow Jasper are only grouping but you don't see people going around saying I want a big nugget you don't see angel the tan up the street to put it on the neck I said what I'm saying is God wants you blessed in the city blessed in the field bless going in and bless going out right but you got to choose the Christ over the crisis let me say it again God's Word tells us what to say so when something tries to attach yourself to my body I said the Lord said by His stripes I'm healed Gradius he was in me then he was in the world if God be for me who could be against me I'm more than a conqueror I say to that mountain be thou removed cast in the sea and I don't doubt in my heart I believe those things but I say she'll come to pass I'm gonna have whatever I say why cuz in the beginning God created the earth near it without form and void and darkness on the face of the deep and God said light be so I pushed the light you heard me say that before I pushed that light turn on your heart light you see what I'm saying he said if two of us agree on earth as touching anything well bless God I'll beat you too come on maybe maybe you having some financial worries right now I'll be you - I'd be you - you understand how do you meet you by faith my god I'll imitate some the best time to sow a seed is when you don't have much oh Jesus because what no one seen what is a big huge oak tree but an acorn that held its ground think about that ladies and gentlemen when you understand this see that's the whole key to these things that's what we do that's how we live you see it's a waste of spiritual energy to say what you see or have everything in the natural world would change with your faith it is a waste of spiritual energy to say what you see or have God already knows what you have why do you tell them you tell God this Lord you know what I'm going through you know that tell him say what you want you've heard me say thousands the time say what you want instead of what you have hmm you that have been tested pearls to do see there's two ways to be tested you can be tested positive for the virus or you could be tested positive for the faith I just prefer to be tested positive for the faith I don't I don't tell God the trouble I'm going through why I know I don't need to say that I say what I want I say what I want I want to say I want to enter this thing I want this finished come on Jesus you understand what I'm saying I don't deny what I have I just deny it's right some of you have noticed that as I've been preaching you know I had a big black eye starting to get better now they got a little makeup on it it's almost it's about 95 percent better because I knew every time I saw myself I didn't say Oh gloom and despair and agony on me deep dark depression and excessive misery I sound like hee-haw yo I made it my mind every time I looked at my eyes in the name of Jesus this bruising this hurting will suddenly and completely stop and it has I mean Leahi don't hurt it all he didn't hurt from the very beginning now it sure looked like it hurt didn't it who did it look like it Lord Jesus but you should have seen the other guy I beat the devil up so bad he ain't going nowhere today he just beat up bad you only both his eyes closed what's that God's Word is true why cuz I chose to Christ instead of the crisis you can tell I'm in Jordan myself here hallelujah mind let me just hug myself a little bit so no anybody hugged me know why I want a little so sure this the big I don't want to hug myself thank you deed is my wife here Cathy we still clear you can hug me if you like we're in the same house you ain't got no virus Wow watch this people somebody gonna hug me come on just hug me a little bit there go another okay thank you very much you see what I'm saying oh Jesus are you so happy I know the end result I know in whom I have believed and I'm persuaded I'm not just trying to put a show on here ladies and gentlemen people that know me you know what they're gonna say about this message that's classic Jesse no that's more than classic Jesse that's classic Jesus has Jesus saying hey I'm here let me say it again it's a waste of spiritual energy to say what you have just say what you want see now I want you to write this down and I'll slow down a little bit faith knows no crisis faith knows no crisis or problems why because it's designed to only bring answers all faith does is bring answers and yet God said we have to fight the good fight of faith but you see the problem with the church world they fight faith instead of fighting the good fight of faith don't fight faith fight the good fight of faith in his design let me say to get me well let me just say the whole point so you'll get it faith knows no crisis mm-hmm hmm it's designed to only bring answers I have an answer for you today not a problem choose the Christ instead of the crisis stand with somebody believing with something with some hope in it stand praise God hallelujah glory that God don't be afraid fear tolerated his faith contaminator I got that statement from Kenneth Copeland my lord what a blessed what a great prophet of God that man is and there's so many great people out there so I tell you what I just enjoy the answers to problems that's why I live by faith and not by sight I walk by faith I live by faith I don't walk by sight Marcus faith knows no no crisis or problems it's designed to only bring answers see the answers to your problems come out of watch this not I gotta say it again let me slow down the answers to your problems come out of the promises of God and all the promises of God or what yay and amen which means yes and so be it how many promises do we have over 7,000 which one you want to use today by stripes you were healed that's one my gosh I supply all my needs according to the riches and glory that - I say into that mountain be thou removed that's three what else you want I mean what do you what do you want notice not what you need he already take care of it what do you want so I just pick up a promise and I say this promise sure come to fruition in my life see where there's a crisis there's always a Christ but it's depends of what you choose I've chose the Christ over the crisis so when you understand that the crisis doesn't have effect on you that doesn't mean you don't walk through the valley of the shadow of death but you don't stop you just keep walking through see I'll taste about me and Cathy when we walk at the mall Cathy like the walk go in the stores I like to walk the mall that's what men do if you know as most men I per say out of 100 men 90 of them just like to walk the mall women like to go in the store okay what's tough is yeah but we just like to walk the mall why so we can pray that we don't buy to my stuff No let them do what they want to do because the women are controlling the world Lord ladies and gentleman it's our you know it not know it God's Word is true I just appreciate what Jesus is doing I tell you all the kids that are out of school I never thought I would hear kids say I want to go back to school kids are ready to go back to school my god and so I want them to go back to school I don't like to disturb their little world you see what I'm saying so if you choose the Christ instead of the crisis they'll come back a president Trump I took a lot of guts to say that I know you took a lot of heat on that they don't make no difference you setting the goal you set the standard and like I said it may be all over the world but it in there it's not just everywhere so this place it can be open up what people can go back to work and and just get out of the house a little bit Lord I've never seen so many people jog and ride bikes I've got people losing fat but the only thing bad about they go home and eat ice cream I tell you what the fast food places I'm making a fortune out oh Jesus God's Word is truth hey I tell everybody I finally got to eat one of them Popeye's fried chicken sandwiches I'd heard about that but I sure wasn't gonna stand in line somebody killed before you a few months back people going slap crazy over a chicken sandwich now you don't lost your ever-loving mind over a chicken sandwich but I find out what guy said I didn't walk in a drawer I said I'll take one named chicken Sam yes sir and so me and Kathy got a chicken it is pretty good I really enjoyed it it's absolutely I like a chick-fil-a sandwich I mean I thought where can I go let me help you know there's a go shop here where can I go that I can be a blessing you see what I'm saying and I'm noticing there's been people in man I win this we went to Wendy's the other day wind is you know and the lady that waited on us in the window right there she gave it all I said she said you got everything she said I've been working here 15 years I thought what a hard-working woman 15 years at Wendy and she said I'm believing God I thought Lord oh it's wonderful somebody that just knows the Lord that can wait on you even if you're in your own vehicle you know what I decided that she chose the Christ instead of the crisis there was hope and her voice hope in her life faith in her action see the answers to your problems come out of the promises of God who what a blessing of the Lord so I tell all the governors I know you guys in or you guys and girls are in a rock and a hard place my guy I mean if you think about it they tell you the food you can't stop it about it from assembling Constitution says that but you know what I understand why you're doing what you're doing good you're trying to you're trying to put health and everything above everybody I understand all that I mean you know so we need to pray for our leaders that's what God said so we can live a peaceful gentle quiet life now in the midst of all this stuff out of the bad of the bad you don't have to do your taxes to jail out of 15 what a blessing to God I can't wait for April 250 imma go because I always pay taxes I pay a lot of taxes they need help they need that what you're gonna do but my we got a three months extension praise the name of Jesus I mean I just look at the good things just passed a two trillion dollar stimulus package who or I never thought I'd ever see any President signed something with a letter T on it has a lot of money ladies and gentleman I just some of it then it counting all of it Lord Jesus think about that and yet just few weeks back my god it was such dissension but people coming together I still got a little bit of it you know you know what I mean they just getting shot down the dissensions getting shot down my lord people saying it's time now to think about the American people instead of the party instead of this and that who ever thought we'd see we'd see people delay primaries you just don't do that in an election year huh but you know it's happening it's happening and I and and I don't want it to happen well how do we get back on target bread that's a very simple statement choose the Christ instead of choosing the crisis that's what I'm talking about when you understand it so let me go over to over this again real quick faith knows no crisis or problems it's designed to only bring answers and the answer to your problems come out of the promises of God I'll tell you one thing wherever you are viewing this today God's Word is true so help man and so help him God hallelu what a blessing of the Lord it is to know that you know the end result now I'll tell you what what about the people that have died well I heard somebody say this not only noticed it to be true or not they say if you die something if you died in the hospital the flu or something like that and in the coronavirus of it they don't they'll put you down as one of the people that died at the coronavirus I'm I don't know if that's true and I don't think that could be true but who knows you know but you know what for the first time in my life we've got some drugs out there they hadn't ran the big test but they got enough sense now to know my lord well let's try some of this stuff well ladies and gentlemen I'm preaching you today you don't have to try it it's been proven it's had a track record for millenniums and Jesus is coming back now some people want Jesus come back now I wanted to come back to but I want him to come back for a church that's healed I wanted to come back from a church that's completely full o Lord Jesus you understand what I'm saying and some people I don't believe he's coming back with you stay here Jesus is coming back I believe that whatever fiber of my being I know that doesn't sound intellectually correct but you know what I'm not dealing with my intellect see faith goes beyond the inner like that's what a lot of scientists can't understand you see what I'm saying they say well III understand that but you know I have to see it I understand well there's a lot of stuff that's out there in that universe I did you really can't see it so you make an opinion on you just call a theory until it's proven and I understand that I yeah I'm with you man I'm not against you but I tell you when you know the God who created the planets when you know the God who created the moons when you know that God who created the universe when you know the God the multiple universes but you know the God that's created all the stars who what is a virus but nothing you see what I'm saying so I decide that choose the Christ the Anointed One in his anointing instead of the crisis the crisis belongs to Satan the Christ belongs to you did you enjoy this today I hope you did I know I went kind of fast I had one more scripture I just got to tell you and it's in first Timothy and I'd like you to turn where the first 10 days right before second tip feel a little bit I loved it all right of the church writing to Timothy his friend and one of the greatest verses is verses 18 19 and 20 of first Timothy chapter 1 look what Paul says to Timothy this charge verse 18 this charge I commit unto you the son Timothy according to the prophecies which went before on thee that thou by them might us war a good warfare you've heard people say we're in a war now verse 19 this is what I've done doing this sermon holding faith holding faith and I notice the next statement and a good conscience which means the mind which some have put away concerning faith have made shipwreck that has happened you've seen that verse come to pass doing this Korona crisis but why is this I'm holding faith and I'm doing it in a good conscience I'm holding in faith in my spirit I'm holding faith in my intellectual activity my solace room I'm holding faith in my body which I will not put away because I don't want to shipwreck then he gives examples of people in verse 20 of whom is hymenaeus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme I decide to deliver the coronavirus back to Satan let's deliver to those sick boy yes let him call let him have fever I don't care why I'm holding faith and not only am i holding faith in my spirit how do you do that I chose the Christ over the crisis but in a good conscience so when I give a thought in my mind that ain't right that wants to make me worry that wants to make me afraid I say that's not my thoughts my thoughts are lovely just good report pure and virtuous I think on these things see I don't say those things see you let those thoughts die if you don't say them they die they abort themselves they die unborn do you understand that but when you say something you create something right there with your words think about that you can create it with fear when you start saying me you start speaking fear my god fear will come you start Peak speaking faith faith or override it and destroy it why would you want fear about severe torment but perfect love casteth I'll offer what's perfect love the Christ what's perfect fear the crisis which one do you want I decided to choose the Christ the perfect love

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Published: Mon Mar 30 2020