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(ROARING)
- GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. GOOD EVENING, LORD OF
HOSTS CHURCH. I ALWAYS SAY THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ARE FOR THE
WILD AND THE DANGEROUS. NOT ONLY THAT, THESE ARE DEMON BUSTERS
THAT ARE UP IN HERE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GIVE JESUS SOME PRAISE.
SAY HALLELUJAH, SAY PRAISE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE
LORD OF LORDS. COME ON, LET'S ENTER IN.
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- WE LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS. THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
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EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY TONGUE
CONFESS THE NAME OF JESUS.
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JESUS, JESUS, SAY THE NAME, SAY THE NAME, JESUS,
JESUS. SAY THE NAME, SAY THE NAME, JESUS, JESUS. THERE'S
POWER, THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME, JESUS, JESUS.
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THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. TO BREAK EVERY CHAIN.
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- THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHANGE COMING.
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CHANGE IS IN THE AIR, CHANGE IS IN THE AIR
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REVIVAL'S IN THE AIR
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- WE WORSHIP YOU LORD!
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YOU'RE THE GOD OF REVIVAL.
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- POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT. GOD OF... POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT
POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.
POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT.
POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON
US. COME ON, SING POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,
POUR IT OUT, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.
COME ON! POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,
POUR IT OUT, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US. OH! POUR IT OUT,
POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,
POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.
- WE ARE CRYING OUT FOR YOUR SPIRIT. WE ARE CRYING OUT FOR
YOUR SPIRIT, O GOD. POUR OUT YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR MERCY.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
POUR OUT YOUR HEART OVER THE PEOPLE, O LORD. RELEASE YOUR
SPIRIT IN ABUNDANCE OVER THE PEOPLE, OVER THE CITY, AND OVER
THIS NATION, OH GOD. WE ARE CRYING OUT, NOT JUST FOR AN
ENCOUNTER, NOT JUST FOR A VISITATION, BUT FOR A DWELLING
OF YOUR PRESENCE, OH LORD. LET THIS BE THE HOUR OF
YOUR DOMINION TAKE OVER. POUR IT OUT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- WE COMMAND THE SPIRIT OF DELAY TO BE
LOOSED OVER THE PEOPLE NOW. WE SAY THAT THIS IS PROPHESIED
THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE. SO WE ARE STEPPING INTO
SOMETHING NEW. WE ARE STEPPING INTO
SOMETHING NOW. NOW, NO MORE DELAY. WE SAY THAT
THE PRAYERS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND THERE'S SOME OF YOU
WATCHING ONLINE THAT YOU HAVE HAD PRAYERS, YOU'VE HAD THINGS
YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING FOR IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. YOU KNOW,
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING AS A NATION GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF
THIS DECADE, BUT IT WAS PROPHESIED FROM THIS MINISTRY
THAT THIS WAS A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE. THAT MEANS NOT JUST
IN AMERICA, BUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. CLAIM THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU
KNOW, I WAS LED TO 2 CHRONICLES 20, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT
JEHOSHAPHAT AND THE ARMY. IT SAID, "IF THEY STOOD FIRM ON THE
LORD THEIR GOD, WATCH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM." AND IT
SAID, "BELIEVE YOUR PROPHETS." AND NOTICE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
THEY DECLARED AND THEY SANG, JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING AND
SINGING JUST NOW AND DECLARING THE DECLARATION. THE ARMY OF, IS
IT AMMON AND MOAB, TURNED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY
KILLED EACH OTHER. GOD DELIVERED THE
NATION, AMEN? GOD DELIVERED, ALL THEY
HAD TO DO WAS DECLARE. THEY HAD TO SING. LOOK AT JERICHO, THEY
MARCHED AROUND. SEVEN DAYS, BUT ONCE A DAY FOR SIX DAYS. YOU
THINK THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THERE LIKE, ARE WE IN THE LINE
OF FIRE HERE? HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO ALSO SIT AROUND AND
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AM I IN THE LINE OF FIRE? THE BATTLE LOOKS
TOUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST THE LORD. THOSE SOLDIERS PROBABLY
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN, THEY MIGHT HAVE SPEARS, THEY
MIGHT HAVE ARROWS, BUT THEY MARCHED AROUND, THEY TOOK THE
RISK, THEY TRUSTED THE VOICE OF GOD. GOD MOVES IN INCREDIBLE
WAYS, WE NEED TO LEARN TO TRUST HIS VOICE. SOMETIMES PROPHECY
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT WHEN YOU STAND IN THE GAP AND SAY, "NO,
I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE PROPHETS "AND THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS."
JUST LIKE JESUS DID IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, HE
BELIEVED WHAT ISAIAH 53 SAID. AT FIRST IT WAS, "LET THIS CUP PASS
FROM ME "IF ALL POSSIBLE," BUT THEN HE SAID, "NO, NOT MY WILL
BE DONE, YOUR WILL BE DONE." AND A NATION AND THE WORLD WAS
SAVED, OKAY? WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AMERICA WILL BE SAVED
WHEN WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETS. WHEN WE START DECLARING OVER
OURSELVES, GUESS WHAT, JUST LIKE IN 2 CHRONICLES 20, OH, DO YOU
THINK MAYBE HELL COULD FIGHT AGAINST ITSELF? WHERE HELL, THE
GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL. AND GUESS WHAT? WE CAN CONFUSE
THE ENEMY'S CAMP WITH OUR DECLARATION. AMEN. AMEN, THAT'S
WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES, DON'T PRAY IN ENGLISH, GET IN
THE SPIRIT AND PRAY IN TONGUES. PRAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE. LET'S
TAKE A SECOND, JUST PRAY IN THE SPIRIT TOGETHER. COME ON,
THIS IS STRATEGIC, THIS IS STRATEGIC.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, YOUR PRAYERS ARE GETTING ANSWERED, I'M TELLING
YOU, THERE'S SOME OF YOU THAT ARE STILL UNBELIEVING FOR YOUR
VICTORY. GOING BACK TO 2020, YOUR VICTORY'S COMING, COME ON.
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- CAN YOU GUYS PULL UP EXODUS 34:5-6?
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER. I FEEL LED TO REMIND PEOPLE. PASTOR
MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT 2020 AND SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
WAS, 2020 WAS AN INTERESTING YEAR BECAUSE MANY OF YOU LOST
LOVED ONES. MAYBE YOU LOST A JOB OR A CAREER. MAYBE THERE WAS
FRIENDS THAT YOU LOST. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SHIFTED AND IT
WASN'T NECESSARILY GOOD. BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED AFTER 2020 AS
WE'VE HEADED INTO SUBSEQUENT YEARS. AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE CARRIED A SPIRIT OF DOUBT,
A SPIRIT OF, “WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN.”
- SAY THIS, COME ON.
- A SPIRIT OF, “WELL, I HOPE SO."
- YEAH.
- SO I FELT LED TONIGHT WITH PASTOR MATT TO REMIND YOU OF WHO
GOD IS. BECAUSE JUST A SIMPLE MESSAGE, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE
DEALING WITH SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CYCLE
THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING THAT IS GONNA BE BROKEN, AND IT IS. GOD
LOVES YOU. HE'S FOR YOU. AND HE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORKING ON
YOUR BEHALF. EXODUS 34:5. "AND THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE
CLOUD AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE AND
PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD."
VERSE 6. "AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM AND PROCLAIMED, THE
LORD, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS." THE NLT SAYS,
"YAHWEH, THE LORD, GOD OF COMPASSION AND MERCY. I AM SLOW
TO ANGER AND FILLED WITH UNFAILING LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS
FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS." THAT NUMBER 1,000, IT'S NOT JUST
A NUMBER THAT YOU GLAZE OVER. WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THE
PERFECTED FULLNESS TO COMPLETION OF WHAT GOD SAYS. SO WHAT AM I
SAYING? DON'T LOOK BACK AT 2020. SHIFT YOUR FRAME OF REFERENCE TO
WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN EXODUS 34:5-6. AND RIGHT NOW, IN THE
LAST COUPLE MINUTES WE HAVE HERE, I WANNA BE ABLE TO PRAY
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST BELIEVING FOR A CYCLE TO BE
BROKEN. MAYBE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR, THAT'S ME.
I'VE HAD SOME THINGS THAT I'VE CARRIED WITH ME FROM 2020, SOME
BITTERNESS, MAYBE SOME SORROW. COME DOWN TO THE FRONT, WE'LL
PRAY FOR YOU REAL QUICK. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GONNA BREAK
SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. DON'T BE SHY, COME ON, COME ON.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. EDDIE WAS JUST SINGING. SOMETHING IS
SHIFTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE. IT'S SHIFTING, IT'S SHIFTING.
BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW AND TRUST AND STOP QUESTIONING GOD'S
CHARACTER, AMEN? PASTOR MATT, I'M GONNA GO PRAY DOWN
THERE WITH THE PEOPLE. WOULD YOU MIND PRAYING OVER THE VIEWERS
AND THE E-MEMBERS? 'CAUSE I FEEL THIS ONLINE TOO.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- COME ON, LET'S PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE DECLARE RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, WE
SAY A SUPERNATURAL GRACE. WE SAY YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED. WE
SAY MOUNTAINS MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THE SPIRIT OF DELAY IS OVER. WE
SAY YOU'RE STEPPING INTO THE NEW SEASON, THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE
THAT WAS PROPHESIED. GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. SO RIGHT NOW,
WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING, STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND AND
CLAIM, CLAIM, CLAIM, CLAIM THE NEW SEASON, THE NEW, THE NEW,
THE NEW, THE NEW, THE NEW OVER YOUR LIFE. MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING
IN YOUR LIFE. I SAY FAMILY MEMBERS COME TO THE LORD. I SAY
PRODIGALS COME BACK. I SAY THOSE THAT ARE STEPPING INTO NEW JOBS,
INCREASE WEALTH. WE SAY LORD THAT, THAT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN
FAR FROM YOU, THAT HAVE, HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS, THINGS LORD,
THAT IN THEIR BODIES LORD ARE BOTHERING THEM. WE SAY HEALING,
SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY NOW. WE SAY THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH
MENTAL DISEASE OR DEPRESSION, WE SAY A SUPERNATURAL HEALING COMES
OVER YOU FOR YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST AND WE SPEAK IT OVER
YOU NOW IN JESUS NAME. THE DAYS ARE OLD, THOSE OLD DAYS, DON'T
LOOK BACK FOR YOU'RE STEPPING INTO SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN YOUR
LIFE. GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU, GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU, YOU
KEEP FIGHTING, YOU KEEP FIGHTING, YOU KEEP FIGHTING. AND
WE SAY FIRE UPON THE ENEMY'S CAMP, WE SAY FIRE UPON THE
ENEMY'S CAMP AND A VICTORY OVER YOU IN JESUS' NAME.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THANK YOU, JESUS.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- SO JUST REMEMBER, YAHWEH, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, GOD OF
COMPASSION, MERCY, LOVING KINDNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS FOR A
THOUSAND GENERATIONS. THIS IS YOUR NEW BEGINNING. NO MORE
LOOKING BACK. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN? AMEN.
- AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL, GREET SOMEONE
IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TONIGHT, AMEN. TELL
SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM, AND YOU'RE GLAD THAT
THEY ARE HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. AMEN?
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- WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. ARE WE
READY TO SEE A FEW MORE CHAINS GET BROKEN? ARE WE READY TO
CONTINUE TO LEARN WHAT THE LORD HAS FOR US? THAT'S A YES OR NO
QUESTION. YES, YES. WELL, I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH
YOU ABOUT GIVING. THIS IS TONIGHT'S OFFERING MESSAGE AND
I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THREE SIMPLE SCRIPTURES, BUT I THINK
THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THERE MIGHT EVEN BE
PEOPLE ONLINE THAT LIKE ME IN THE PAST HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE
EVERYTHING OUT. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND HOW HIS WORD WORKS, THAT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN UNLOCK
THOSE TRUTHS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT. AND YOU'RE
READY TO HAVE SOME FUN. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS. I'M
GOING TO SHARE A SCRIPTURE FROM NEHEMIAH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO
INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS SCRIPTURE. BUT
THIS IS WHEN NEHEMIAH I THINK IN THE LAST YEAR OR PROBABLY THE
LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT NEHEMIAH AND
HIM REBUILDING THE WALL AND HOW THAT PARALLELS WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND OUR WORLD. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS
OUR STRENGTH IS HOW THIS SCRIPTURE ENDS. AND I JUST WANT
TO READ IT REAL BRIEFLY. "AND NEHEMIAH CONTINUED," IN NEHEMIAH
8:10, "GO AND CELEBRATE WITH THE FEAST OF RICH FOODS AND SWEET
DRINKS AND SHARE THE GIFTS OF FOOD WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOTHING PREPARED." THERE'S A SERMON IN THAT RIGHT THERE.
"THIS IS A SACRED DAY BEFORE THE LORD," THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT,
THIS LAST PART. "DON'T BE DEJECTED AND SAD, FOR THE JOY
OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH." THE JOY OF
THE LORD. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO JOY
IN A FEW SECONDS. I WANT TO TIE ANOTHER CONCEPT TO
THIS, AND IT'S CHILDLIKE FAITH. LIKE I SAID, WHEN I STARTED, FOR
ME PERSONALLY, OVER THE YEARS, WHEN LIFE WAS BUSY, AND I WAS
TRYING TO CLIMB THE CORPORATE LADDER, AND I HAD CHILDREN IN
SCHOOL, TASHA AND I WERE RAISING OUR KIDS, I LET THE BUSYNESS OF
LIFE TAKE OVER MY BRAIN. AND I HAD TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.
CHILDLIKE FAITH FROM MATTHEW 18:1-4, EXCUSE ME. “ABOUT THAT
TIME, THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED, WHO IS GREATEST
IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN? SO JESUS IS SITTING WITH HIS
DISCIPLES, AND THEY ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION. WE'VE PROBABLY
ALL HEARD THAT, BUT I WANNA BRING THAT BACK RIGHT NOW. JESUS
CALLED A LITTLE CHILD TO HIM AND PUT THE CHILD AMONG THEM.” SO
PICTURE THAT IN YOUR MIND. HERE'S JESUS, OUR SAVIOR, OUR
LORD, AND HIS 12 CHOSEN PEOPLE, HIS 12 CHOSEN APOSTLES,
DISCIPLES, EXCUSE ME. AND JESUS GRABS A SMALL CHILD TO MAKE A
POINT. THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, UNLESS YOU
TURN FROM YOUR SINS AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL
NEVER GET INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. CHILDLIKE FAITH. MY
BRAIN SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT. THOSE
LITTLE CHILDREN, WE'VE GOT SOME SMALL CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM.
THERE MIGHT EVEN BE SOME SMALL CHILDREN ONLINE THAT ARE SITTING
THERE WITH YOU. SO ANYONE WHO BECOMES, JESUS CONTINUED, SO
ANYONE WHO BECOMES AS HUMBLE AS THIS LITTLE CHILD IS THE
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I'M GONNA PLAY A BRIEF
VIDEO FOR YOU. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME JOY IN THE ROOM AND I'M
GONNA TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH THE
LAST SCRIPTURE. PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO.
- THIS MORNING WE HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND AS HIS
LORD AND HE WILL DEMONSTRATE HIS FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
BY WILLINGLY BEING BAPTIZED THIS MORNING. HE'S BEEN WAITING ON
THIS DAY A LONG TIME. AND SO, JORDAN, UPON THE PROFESSION OF
YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I NOW BAPTIZE YOU IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON.
- I'LL DO IT!
- AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN COULD HAVE MADE MORE CLEAR WHAT
CHILDLIKE FAITH IS ALL ABOUT. AND LITERALLY JUST GIVING IT TO
GOD. IF YOU COULDN'T HEAR HIM AS THE PASTOR WAS ABOUT TO BAPTIZE
HIM, HE SAID, "I'LL DO IT." AND HE DOVE RIGHT IN. WITH THE
OFFERING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN AND THE USHERS IN THE
AISLE, I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS LAST SCRIPTURE, IT WON'T BE UP
ON THE BOARD. GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. SO LET'S TIE ALL
THIS TOGETHER TONIGHT. LET'S BREAK CHAINS ACROSS THIS ROOM
AND ACROSS THE GLOBE AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE. 2
CORINTHIANS 9:7 SAYS, "YOU MUST EACH DECIDE IN YOUR HEART HOW TO
GIVE." HOW MUCH TO GIVE, EXCUSE ME. "AND DON'T GIVE RELUCTANTLY
OR IN RESPONSE TO ANY PRESSURE, FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON WHO
CHEERFULLY GIVES." THAT'S TONIGHT'S MESSAGE. REMEMBER
JORDAN IN YOUR FAITH. REMEMBER TO LIVE LIKE THAT SMALL CHILD
AND JUST TRUST GOD. I'M GONNA LIFT US UP IN PRAYER RIGHT NOW.
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE SOUND
OF MY VOICE. GOD, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND
YOUR ANOINTING THAT DESTROYS EVERY YOKE. FOR EVERY PERSON OUT
THERE, LORD, THAT STRIVES TO FIGURE IT OUT, I PRAY THAT THIS
SIMPLE VIDEO AND THIS LITTLE BOY, JORDAN, WHO DOVE INTO THAT
BAPTISMAL, LORD, WILL BE A CONSTANT REMINDER TO US TO HAVE
CHILDLIKE FAITH AND THAT THE WORDS OF JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES,
BUT AT THINKING AND BELIEVING AS A CHILD, WE CAN BECOME THE
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. LORD, I ASK YOU TO
MULTIPLY THIS OFFERING. LORD, MULTIPLY IT BACK TO PEOPLE A
HUNDREDFOLD AS THEY GIVE TO YOU AND GIVE UNTO YOUR KINGDOM.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, LORD, AND WE ASK THAT
YOU WOULD RETURN THAT TO US RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOB, AMEN, AMEN. MAN, I LOVE SEEING VIDEOS
LIKE THAT WITH LITTLE KIDS HUNGRY IN THE SPIRIT, AMEN. THAT
CHILDLIKE FAITH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. BUT SPEAKING
OF THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR OTH THIS
COMING SEPTEMBER? COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. I THINK WE CAN DO
ANOTHER ONE. ARE YOU EXCITED FOR OTH? THERE YOU GO, THAT'S
BETTER. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU HAVE REGISTERED,
PLEASE COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT, THIS IS THE TIME. AND SHARE THAT
WITH SOMEBODY TOO. GUYS, YOU KNOW, PASTORS SEND THEIR
GREETINGS, BUT HERE'S THE THING. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS OTH IS
GONNA BE A PIVOTAL THING FOR US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED
AND PRAYED SO HARD FOR THE SHIFTING, THE CHANGE, OKAY, THE
NEW REGIME CHANGE, OKAY, GETTING PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK IN OFFICE,
BUT IT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE, OKAY. COMPLACENCY SEASON'S OVER,
GUYS, OKAY. IF THIS IS THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, LISTEN,
2025 IS ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH. LAST I CHECKED. I DON'T LIKE
MATH, BUT THAT'S THE LAST I CHECKED, IS 2025 IS HALFWAY
THROUGH. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS. PASTORS WANTED ME TO TELL
YOU GUYS THAT THEY'RE GONNA REALLY MINISTER IN HEALING, AND
THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS NATION, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM, YOU
AND YOUR PERSONAL LIVES, WATCHING ACROSS THE WORLD IN
THIS ROOM, OKAY? WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A BATTLE. THAT'S WHY
WHAT WE JUST DID UP HERE IN THAT TRANSITION, PASTOR ANTHONY,
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRAYERS OF A NATION AND THE
PRAYERS OF A PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR A WHILE
NOW. 2019, 2020, OKAY? HERE'S THE THING. DON'T LOOK BACK AT
THE OLD TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, BUT ALSO DON'T FORGET YOUR
PRAYERS AND THE THINGS YOU'RE STANDING FOR, AND LOSE HOPE AND
LOSE FAITH, OKAY? AND I BELIEVE HEALING IS COMING TO THIS
NATION, AND I BELIEVE HEALING IS COMING TO YOU PERSONALLY. AND WE
NEED TO SORT OF GRADUATE NOW TO LISTEN. HOW BAD DO WE WANT THE
NEXT MOVE OF GOD, OKAY? I DON'T WANNA BE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WHERE I JUST STOPPED AFTER THE RED SEA AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO FOR 40 YEARS. AND I JUST STAYED IN NEUTRAL, KINDA JUST
HAD GENERATIONS COME AND GO, BE LOST. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CYCLE
TO ME. AND I BELIEVE THAT OTH 2025, SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE
14TH IS GONNA SHIFT SOMETHING AND START BREAKING CYCLES IN
THIS NATION AND IN YOUR LIFE. AMEN. SO IF YOU ARE NOT, LET ME
SEE A SHOW OF HANDS. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE REGISTERED? HOW MANY OF
YOU ARE REGISTERED? OKAY, IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED, NOW IS
THE TIME. AND I'M GONNA BEG THE QUESTION TO YOU IN THIS ROOM
THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HANDS AND THOSE ONLINE THAT MAYBE YOU
HAVEN'T COMMENTED OR YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, 'CAUSE I MENTIONED
EARLIER, IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED, COMMENT. SO IF YOUR COMMENTS
AREN'T THERE, WE'RE WATCHING YOU. BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU
GUYS, THIS IS THE QUESTION I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH BEFORE
PASTOR DOUG COMES. MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IN THIS ROOM AND
THOSE ONLINE IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THE
PRESENCE OF GOD AND THOSE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN STANDING FOR THAT
JUST MAYBE HAVEN'T COME QUITE YET, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. YOU'VE BEEN
STANDING FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW AND YOU WANT THAT
SHIFT. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? GET REGISTERED
TODAY AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE ARENA, AMEN.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- YES, GOD BLESS YOU. HALLELUJAH. GOD IS GOOD.
OH, I GOT A TABLE TONIGHT. I CAN, I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE
DINNER HERE TONIGHT WHILE WE'RE, THANK YOU, LES. YEAH, I'VE GOT
DINNER AND LET'S SEE, WE GOT ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF TONIGHT, SO
WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF THE BAG THERE TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA DO THINGS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT. IT'S OKAY TO CHANGE IT UP, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- AND YOU GUYS ARE THE SELECT FEW THAT CHOSE TO COME SEE, AND
IT MAY BE A FLOP AND IT MAY WORK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ANYWAY IN ADVANCE. PRAISE GOD. WELL, LAST
WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT, OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS, PASTORS ARE
HAVING A GREAT TIME ON VACATION, AND THANK YOU FOR JUST PRAYING
FOR THEM AND BEING WITH THEM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY
WHILE THEY'RE OUT, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE A BREAK. I MEAN, IF YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEY DO, THE PROGRAMMING, THE PULLS
ON THEM, THE PULLS THAT WE DON'T EVEN ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT THAT COME
IN THE NIGHT AND OFF HOURS, AND IT'S CONTINUAL. SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM THE GRACE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THAT BREAK, 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE ENJOYING THAT,
AND THEY JUST NEED THAT EXTENDED TIME SOMETIMES TO DO IT.
SOMETIMES YOU TAKE A WEEK OF VACATION. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
YOU TAKE A WEEK, AND ABOUT THE TIME YOU KIND OF GET RELAXED AND
READY, THEN IT'S GONE AND YOU'RE BACK. SO GIVING THEM THAT PERIOD
OF TIME, A LOT OF DENOMINATIONS OFFER THEIR PASTORS A SABBATICAL
TIME WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A FEW MONTHS
SOMETIMES, AND JUST TO GET WITH THE LORD, SO I THINK, AND BE
REFRESHED, SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. BUT LAST
WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT ZECHARIAH 4:6. WE DISCUSSED THE VISION
THAT ZECHARIAH HAD AND HE PASSED THAT ON TO ZERUBBABEL TO HELP
HIM IN BUILDING OR REBUILDING THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. AND IT
WAS A BIG FEAT AND IT WAS A DISCOURAGING TASK FOR HIM AND
ISRAEL, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS VISION AND
PROPHETIC WORD AND THAT WAS NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY
SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD. SO THE LORD OF HOSTS THAT IS ACTUALLY.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POINT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IN FROM THAT
WHOLE SCRIPTURE WAS THAT ANY WORK OF ETERNAL VALUE IS DONE BY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND IT CANNOT
BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HUMAN STRENGTH OR HUMAN RESOURCES
ALONE. SO WE CONCLUDED LAST WEEK BY TALKING ABOUT THREE WAYS TO
PUT ZECHARIAH 4:6 INTO PRACTICE IN OUR LIFE. WE TALKED ABOUT
ACTIVELY PURSUING FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT ACCESS IN YOUR LIFE, AND THEN SEEKING
GOD'S WILL, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WISDOM
CONTINUOUSLY. SO TONIGHT'S MESSAGE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE
ON IN THE THEME OF THE POWER OF DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND CALL THIS PART TWO, IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES. SO I'M
GOING TO STICK WITH THAT THEME, BUT I FELT THE UNCTION TO KIND
OF GO BACKWARDS AND LAY SOME FOUNDATION AND BASICS CONCERNING
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES AND GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
GOD CREATED US IN THE BEGINNING, WHY THE SPIRIT OF MAN THAT'S
WITHIN US IS KEY TO OUR CONNECTION TO THE HOLY GHOST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ELEMENTAL AND MORE
FOUNDATIONAL THINGS, BASIC TEACHING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE
DEVELOP FAITH BY HEARING AND HEARING AND HEARING. SO
SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU
ALREADY KNOW. AND MANY OF YOU PROBABLY WILL SAY, I'VE HEARD
THIS BEFORE, BUT THE WORD OF GOD NEVER GETS OLD. SO SOMETIMES YOU
HAVE TO GO BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO GO FORWARDS OR FORWARD. AND I'M
GONNA GO BACK TO BASICS TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, EILEEN,
THINKS SOMETIMES THAT I GO TOO SLOW IN CERTAIN THINGS. AND SHE
SAY, HURRY UP. YOU NEED TO HURRY UP AND GET THIS DONE. BUT
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO SLOW TO GO FAST. BECAUSE IF YOU GO TOO
FAST AND MESS UP AND HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE GOING
SLOWER THAN YOU WOULD'VE IF YOU'D JUST GONE SLOW AND DID IT
METHODICALLY. AND I'M A VERY METHODICAL PERSON. I THINK SHE
GETS TIRED OF THAT A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
LIKE IF I'M PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER, I'M READING THE WHOLE
INSTRUCTION MANUAL FIRST, I'LL READ IT ALL, AND THEN I'LL GO
BACK STEP BY STEP AND DO IT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA MISS A
POINT WHERE SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST POUR THE PARTS OUT AND JUST
START, THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTIONS. SO THAT'S JUST
THE DIFFERENCE THERE. THE ENGLISH AUTHOR LEWIS CARROLL
SAID THIS, "THE HURRIER I GO, THE BEHINDER I GET." SO, WE'RE
GONNA TAKE TIME TO GO BACK AND REVIEW SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE
LEARNED BEFORE PROBABLY, MAYBE EVEN RIGHT AS YOU BECAME A NEW
CHRISTIAN. BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
NATURE OF MAN AND HOW WE ARE CREATED AND THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SOUL OF MAN AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN. SO I WANNA TALK
ABOUT THOSE POINTS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AND HOW THAT WILL BRING
US TO SOME DIRECTION FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. SO,
MAN WAS CREATED BY GOD IN THREE PARTS, A BODY, A SOUL, AND A
SPIRIT. IN FACT, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 IS A VERSE WHERE PAUL
ADDRESSES THESE THREE PARTS OF MAN. HE SAYS, "NOW MAY THE GOD
OF PEACE MAKE YOU HOLY IN EVERY WAY, AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT
AND SOUL AND BODY," THREE PARTS, SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY, "BE KEPT
BLAMELESS UNTIL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN." NOW, HE
ADDRESSES THOSE THREE PARTS. BUT PRIMARILY, MAN IS AN ETERNAL
SPIRIT BEING. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WE POSSESS A SOUL AND LIVE
WITHIN A BODY. AND IF YOU PUT UP THE NEXT SLIDE THERE, THAT KIND
OF ILLUSTRATES 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 THERE. WE SEE THE BODY,
WHICH IS FLESH AND BLOOD AND BONE. AND THEN WE SEE THE SOUL,
WHICH IS OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTION. AND THIRDLY, THE SPIRIT
MAN, WHICH IS WHAT PART OF US THAT ACTUALLY COMMUNICATES OR
CONNECTS WITH THE SPIRIT REALM, WITH GOD. AND THEN THE
CONSCIENCE AND THE INTUITION OR THE LEADING OF GOD. PEOPLE SAY,
"I FEEL LED BY MY HEART "OR I BELIEVE IN MY HEART TO DO
SOMETHING." THAT'S INTUITION AND COMES FROM THE SPIRIT MAN. IT'S
EASY TO DISTINGUISH OUR BODY FROM THE SPIRIT. IT'S EASY TO
DISTINGUISH OUR BODY FROM OUR SOUL BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PHYSICAL
PART THAT WE CAN TOUCH AND FEEL. THE BODY HAS CONTACT WITH OUR
PHYSICAL, TANGIBLE REALM OF EXISTENCE. BUT THE BODY IS THE
THING THAT MOST PEOPLE SPEND TIME TAKING CARE OF. THE AVERAGE
PERSON IS SPENDING TIME WORKING OUT, EATING RIGHT, TAKING
NUTRITION, GETTING THEIR HAIR DONE, GETTING THEIR NAILS DONE,
WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODY. MANY PEOPLE
ARE FAIRLY GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF THEIR SOUL, THAT OTHER
NON-MATERIAL PART THAT WE ARE CREATED WITH. THAT'S THE MIND,
WILL, AND EMOTIONS. YOU CAN LEARN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF AND
EXPAND YOUR MIND, AND YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD
EMOTIONAL HEALTH. YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND WE USE OUR
SOULS TO CONNECT WITH THAT INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL REALM
OF OUR EXISTENCE. WITH OUR SPIRIT, WHICH THE BIBLE ALSO
CALLS THE HEART, WE CONNECT WITH THE SPIRITUAL REALM. SO THIS
DIAGRAM THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP NEXT KIND OF EXPLAINS THAT
DIFFERENTIATION ON THE THREE PARTS OF MAN IN A LITTLE
DIFFERENT WAY. YOU SEE THE BODY THERE WITH THE BRAIN, THE CELLS,
OUR MINDS, THE ORGANS, NERVES, LIMBS, BONES, ALL THAT. AND THEN
THE ORANGE PART BEING THE SOUL, THAT'S A CONSCIOUS MIND AND A
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. AND THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS RENEWED WHEN WE
ARE SAVED. THE SPIRIT MAN COMES ALIVE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A
SCRIPTURE ABOUT THAT, WHEN A MAN IS SAVED OR A WOMAN IS SAVED,
THAT SPIRIT MAN IS DEAD UNTIL THEY ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND
THEN IT BECOMES ALIVE. AND THEN THAT'S OUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING
WITH GOD. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
OUR SPIRIT AS A BELIEVER IS WHERE GOD AS THE SPIRIT DWELLS.
OUR SOUL IS WHERE OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS DWELL. AND
OUR BODIES IS WHERE OUR PHYSICAL SENSES DWELL. NOW, THROUGHOUT
BOTH THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, SCRIPTURES REVEAL
THAT MAN HAS BEEN CREATED WITH THOSE THREE BASIC PARTS.
THEOLOGIANS REFER TO THAT MAKEUP AS A TRICHOTOMOUS MAKEUP, OR
DESIGN OF MAN. THE TERM TRICHOTOMOUS REFERS TO SOMETHING
THAT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. AND WE SEE THIS IN GOD'S WORD
EVEN FROM THE MOMENT OF MAN'S CREATION. LET'S LOOK AT GENESIS
1:26-27. GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, "ACCORDING TO
OUR LIKENESS. "LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE
SEA, "OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, "OVER ALL
THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING "THAT CREEPS ON
THE EARTH." SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE. IN THE IMAGE
OF GOD, HE CREATED HIM, MALE AND FEMALE, HE CREATED THEM. SO HERE
WE CAN SEE THAT GOD CREATED THE FIRST MAN AFTER HIS IMAGE AND
LIKENESS. NOW, IN THIS HOUSE, THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS, THIS
CHURCH, WE BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY OF GOD. IT'S CENTRAL AND
FOUNDATIONAL DOCTRINE TO OUR FAITH. GOD IS ONE BEING BUT
EXISTS IN THREE CO-EQUAL, CO-ETERNAL PERSONS, THE FATHER,
THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THOSE THREE PERSONS OF THE
TRINITY ARE DISTINCT, BUT THEY'RE INSEPARABLE. THEY SHARE
ONE DIVINE NATURE. THE TRINITY IS NOT A BELIEF IN THREE GODS,
BUT RATHER ONE GOD IN THREE CO-EQUAL AND CO-ETERNAL PERSONS,
EACH FULLY GOD. ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ON
THAT IS A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL ROPE. WE HAVE A ROPE HERE. IT'S
A VERY STRONG PIECE OF ROPE. THE REASON THIS IS STRONG IS BECAUSE
THIS COMMERCIAL PIECE OF ROPE HAS THREE STRANDS. MOST GOOD
SOLID ROPES HAVE THREE STRANDS. AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
GOD, THE FATHER, THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE SON, ALL THREE
IN ONE, WORKING TOGETHER. AND THEN WE HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL
PIECE OF ROPE BECAUSE ALL THREE STRANDS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. AND
THE SAME THING IS TRUE ON THE HUMAN BODY, THE WAY WE WERE
CREATED, BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. WE'RE A TRICHOTOMOUS BEING,
BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. BUT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN ONE
FUNCTION, WORKING TOGETHER IN THAT BODY, THROUGH THAT BODY, TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT GOD'S CALLED US TO DO. FIRST DEMONSTRATION'S
OVER. YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. WE GOT ONE MORE.
HALLELUJAH. SO GENESIS 2:7, WE CAN SEE HOW MAN WAS CREATED.
"AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND
BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. AND MAN BECAME A
LIVING SOUL." SO GOD FORMED MAN WITH THE DUST OF THE GROUND.
THAT WAS THE ACT OF HIM, GOD, CREATING OUR PHYSICAL BODIES.
AND THEN THE VERSE CONTINUES, "AND HE BREATHED INTO HIS
NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE." BREATH IS DERIVED FROM THE
HEBREW WORD “NESHAMA,” WHICH IS THE SAME WORD TRANSLATED AS
SPIRIT IN PROVERBS 20:27. LET'S LOOK AT PROVERBS 20:27 REAL
QUICK. "THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD, "SEARCHING
ALL THE INWARD PARTS OF THE BELLY." SO THE SPIRIT OR THE
NESHAMA OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OR THE LAMP OF THE LORD. SO WE CAN
CONCLUDE THAT GOD'S BREATHING INTO MAN, THIS BREATH OF LIFE,
WAS HOW GOD INSERTED HIS SPIRIT INTO MAN, INTO THE PHYSICAL
BODY. GENESIS 2:7 CONCLUDES, "AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL."
THERE'S THE THIRD PART RIGHT THERE. THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE
MOST FUNDAMENTAL PART OF WHO WE ARE. MOST PEOPLE ON EARTH, LIKE
I SAID, FOCUS THEIR TIME TAKING CARE OF EVERY OTHER AREA OF
THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY NEGLECT THE SPIRIT MAN, THE ETERNAL ONE. OUR
BODIES AGE, AND THEY'LL EVENTUALLY DIE. BUT THE SPIRIT
MAN IS ETERNAL. IT'LL NEVER DIE. THERE'S A SPIRITUAL BEING INSIDE
EVERY PERSON. WE WERE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE AND LIKENESS
ACCORDING TO GENESIS 1:26. AND BECAUSE OF WRONG TEACHING OR
MAYBE NO TEACHING AT ALL, MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. SO WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. THE FIRST THING A SINNER NEEDS
IS A SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION. WHEN AN UNBELIEVER PUTS THEIR
FAITH IN CHRIST, THAT DEAD SPIRIT INSIDE OF THEM IS
RESURRECTED OR MADE ALIVE. WHEN A BELIEVER IS BAPTIZED IN WATER,
LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT ON THE VIDEO, THAT'S A DECLARATION THAT
THIS TRANSFORMATION HAS HAPPENED IN THEIR SPIRIT. THEIR SPIRIT
WAS DEAD IN SIN, BUT IT'S NOW BEEN RESURRECTED TO LIFE. IN
ROMANS 6:4 SAYS, "THEREFORE, WE WERE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH
BAPTISM INTO DEATH, THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD
BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO ALSO SHOULD WE WALK IN THE
NEWNESS OF LIFE. SO WATER BAPTISM, BY IMMERSION BY THE
WAY, NOT SPRINKLING, BECAUSE BAPTISM ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE
GREEK WORD BAPTIZO, WHICH MEANS IMMERSION, THAT SIGNIFIES THAT
THE BELIEVER HAS DIED TO THEIR OLD LIFE OF SIN AND BEEN
RESURRECTED TO THAT NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. AND THE ACT OF BAPTISM
IS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD TRANSFORMATION THAT'S
TAKEN PLACE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE, LIKE THAT LITTLE BOY THAT
WE SAW TONIGHT. AND THAT'S A PLUG FOR BAPTISM. BY THE WAY, ON
AUGUST 24TH, WE HAVE ANOTHER BAPTISM COMING UP. SO IF YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION, THE BIBLICAL WAY, OR
YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY SAVED AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED, PLAN
ON AUGUST 24TH. LET US KNOW. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FLY IN FROM
OTHER STATES THAT ARE E-MEMBERS OR WATCHING US JUST TO BE
BAPTIZED HERE. AND I DON'T MEAN JUST AS IT'S INSIGNIFICANT, BUT
I MEAN THEY MADE THE EFFORT TO DO IT. I THINK ONE FAMILY, IT
WAS LIKE SIX PEOPLE THAT CAME AND DID THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT.
GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER AND SIGN UP IF YOU NEED THAT
INFORMATION. AUGUST 24TH, THAT'S COMING UP. AND WE DO A LITTLE
CLASS THAT MORNING AFTER THE OFFERING IS RECEIVED AND THE
MAIN SERVICE WILL DISMISS YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN GO BE BAPTIZED
THAT DAY. AND WE DO THAT UP IN THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM. BUT THE
BIBLE TELLS US THAT UNBELIEVERS COME ALIVE IN THEIR SPIRIT WHEN
THEY BECOME BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. LET'S LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE
REALLY QUICK HERE. EPHESIANS 2:1-2. IT SAYS, I'M GONNA READ
THIS OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A
VERY GOOD WAY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS. AND IT SAYS,
"AND YOU, HE MADE ALIVE "WHEN YOU WERE SPIRITUALLY DEAD "AND
SEPARATED FROM HIM BECAUSE "OF YOUR TRANSGRESSION AND SINS. "IN
WHICH YOU ONCE WALKED, "YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE WAYS OF THIS
WORLD, "INFLUENCED BY THIS PRESENT AGE, "IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PRINCE OF POWER OF THE AIR, SATAN, "THE SPIRIT WHO IS NOW AT
WORK IN THE DISOBEDIENT, "THE UNBELIEVING, WHO FIGHT AGAINST
THE PURPOSES OF GOD." SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WHEN WE COME
TO CHRIST, WE RECEIVE SALVATION, WE BECOME A NEW PERSON IN THE
SPIRIT. HE MAKES US ALIVE WHEN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY SPIRITUALLY
DEAD. NOW WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THIS WORLD AS SINNERS. WE ALL
HAVE THE SIN NATURE. OUR SPIRIT MAN BECAME NEW AND IS TOTALLY
BROUGHT TO LIFE WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST. AND WE SEE THIS ALSO
EXPLAINED IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17. IT SAYS, "THEREFORE, IF ANYONE
IS IN CHRIST, HE'S A NEW CREATION. OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED
AWAY. BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW." ANOTHER PROOF THAT
YOUR SPIRIT HAS BECOME NEW AND ALIVE. THIS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT
YOUR BODY. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LAY A FOUNDATION AND KIND OF
SHOW THOSE THREE PARTS OF HOW MAN WAS CREATED. IF YOU WERE A
MAN OR A WOMAN BEFORE YOU ACCEPTED CHRIST, YOU'RE STILL A
MAN OR A WOMAN. YOUR BODY REMAINED THE SAME. JANET, BEFORE
YOU WERE SAVED, YOU WERE A WOMAN AND YOU'RE STILL A WOMAN.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE TRANSGENDER PUSHERS ARE SAYING
ABOUT CHANGING YOUR SEX. IF YOU WERE BORN WITH MALE PARTS, EVEN
AFTER YOU GOT SAVED, YOU STILL HAVE THOSE SAME MALE PARTS. SAME
THING IS TRUE WITH A WOMAN. YOU STILL HAVE THAT SAME BODY. YOUR
BODY DIDN'T CHANGE. GOD'S WORD SAID HE CREATED THEM MALE AND
FEMALE. THERE'S NO IN-BETWEENS. IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
HALLELUJAH. THAT WASN'T EVEN IN MY
NOTES, EILEEN, BUT I THREW IT IN.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
I'M ALWAYS DOING THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE. BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE OUR
SOUL, WHICH IS THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL PART OF US, OUR MIND,
WILL, AND EMOTIONS, AGAIN, DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE
EITHER. OUR SPIRIT WAS MADE ALIVE WHEN WE ACCEPTED JESUS
CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR. IT BECAME NEW. BUT THAT DID NOT
CHANGE OUR SOUL. THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOUL AND SPIRIT AS INTERCHANGEABLE.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE. SO YOUR
SOUL IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE MUST RENEW OUR MINDS TO
EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGE IN THE SOUL. THE MIND, WILL, AND
EMOTIONS HAVE TO BE RENEWED. WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW THE HOLY
SPIRIT'S LEADING IN OUR SPIRIT MAN BY CONTINUALLY RENEWING OUR
MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. ROMANS 12:2 SAYS, "AND BE NOT
CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT YE BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING
OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE
AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD." WHEN OUR MINDS ARE BEING RENEWED WITH
THE WORD, WE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO GOD AND THE THINGS
OF GOD. GOD CHANGES OUR NATURE WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN. EVERY
BORN AGAIN BELIEVER HAS A BUILT IN DESIRE TO LIVE HOLY. IT'S
PART OF US WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD, IT CHANGES
YOUR NATURE. YOU HAVE A DESIRE THEN TO LIVE HOLY. YOU MAY NOT
KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT. YOU MAY NOT AUTOMATICALLY DO IT
QUICKLY. IT MAY TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT
STAGES. BUT YOU HAVE A DESIRE. LET'S LOOK AT 1 JOHN 3:3 AND
AMPLIFIED AGAIN. IT SAYS, "AND EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE
CONFIDENTLY PLACED IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF JUST AS HE IS
PURE, HOLY, UNDEFILED, AND GUILTLESS." SATAN IS THE ONE
THAT ATTACKS AND USES DECEIT AND ANY TACTICS THAT HE CAN TO LIE
TO US, CONVINCE US THAT WE SHOULD MOVE INTO SIN. SATAN'S
DESIRE IS TO BRING DEATH INTO YOUR LIFE ANY WAY HE CAN.
SICKNESS, DISEASE, POVERTY, SHAME, DEPRESSION,
DISCOURAGEMENT, ALL SORTS OF NASTY THINGS COME ABOUT BECAUSE
SATAN IS COMING TO ATTACK AND DECEIVE AND HE'S THE ONE THAT
JOHN 10:10 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. BUT WE
ARE DISCERNERS OF THE TRUTH AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THE DEVIL
ANY OPPORTUNITY TO COME AGAINST US. WE'RE CLOSING THOSE DOORS
RIGHT NOW, AMEN? NO DOORS ARE OPEN FOR THE DEVIL IN OUR LIVES,
AMEN. SO BEFORE WE WERE SAVED, OUR OLD SIN NATURE PROGRAMMED
OUR MINDS ON HOW TO BE SELFISH, HOW TO BE BITTER, HOW TO BE
ANGRY, RESENTFUL, HOW TO MOVE INTO LUST. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TEACH A TWO-YEAR-OLD HOW TO BE SELFISH. HOW MANY OF YOU
HERE HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD IN YOUR HOME? THEY JUST KNOW IF IT'S
THEIR TOY THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO PLAY WITH IT. ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT BECOMES VERY PRECIOUS IF YOU TRY AND TAKE IT AWAY.
WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN ACCORDING TO JOHN 3:3 WE BECOME TOTALLY
NEW IN OUR SPIRIT. PAUL CALLED THAT THE RESURRECTION LIFE. IN
ROMANS 6:5-6 HE SAID THIS, I'M GONNA READ THIS OUT OF THE NEW
LIVING. “SINCE WE HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH HIM IN DEATH, WE
WILL ALSO BE RAISED TO LIFE AS HE WAS. WE KNOW THAT OUR OLD
SINFUL SELVES WERE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST SO THAT SIN MIGHT
LOSE ITS POWER IN OUR LIVES. WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO SIN.” HE
MENTIONS IN THE PASSAGE THAT OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED IN CHRIST.
OUR SIN NATURE'S DEAD, BUT IT LEFT BEHIND A BODY, AND THAT
BODY INCLUDES THE CARNAL MIND, THE SOUL. THE SOUL, OUR MIND,
WILL AND EMOTION STILL FUNCTION AS IT WAS PROGRAMMED UNTIL WE
REPROGRAM IT, WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS RENEWING THE MIND. WE JUST
READ THAT SCRIPTURE. OUR MINDS OR OUR SOULS CAN BE COMPARED TO
COMPUTERS. JARED, YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE. JARED'S OUR COMPUTER
MAN HERE. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS. BUT THEY CAN BE
PROGRAMMED. AND WE GET SAVED, WE HAVE TO REPROGRAM OUR MIND, OUR
WILL, AND OUR EMOTIONS. AGAIN, ROMANS 12:2, I'M GOING TO READ
IT TO YOU AGAIN. "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE
TRANSFERRED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE
WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. OUR LIVES
ARE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDS. AND VICTORY IN THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE COMES TO US AS WE RENEW OUR MINDS AND WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIST HAS REALLY DONE FOR US, WE RECEIVE
IT, AND THEN WE BEGIN TO MANIFEST THE CHANGES IN OUR
ACTIONS AND OUR LIVES AS WE RESPOND TO WHAT WE'RE LEARNING
AND RENEWING OUR MIND WITH. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THEN BECOMES
EVIDENT IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE SEE WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST. WE BECOME
LIKE HIM. SO TONIGHT, WE'VE COVERED SOME GROUND, SO I WANT
TO REVIEW IT QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO PUT A SLIDE UP HERE. LET'S DO
A LITTLE REVIEW. THREE PARTS OF THE CREATED MAN, BODY, SOUL, AND
SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT MAN IS ETERNAL. THE SPIRIT OF MAN COMES
ALIVE WHEN WE BECOME A BELIEVER. NUMBER FOUR, GOD CHANGES OUR
NATURE. THE OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR.
AND NUMBER FIVE, THE SOUL NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE CHANGE OR BE
REPROGRAMMED OR HAVE OUR MINDS RENEWED TO EXPERIENCE A CHANGE
IN THAT MIND, WILL, AND EMOTION OF OUR LIFE. NOW, I WANT TO
FOCUS THE REMAINING TIME ON UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE HUMAN SOUL. I PROMISE YOU I'LL
GET YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK. THIS WON'T TAKE THAT
LONG. THIS WILL HELP US IN OUR DEPENDENCY IN THE SPIRIT. IT'LL
HELP US TO DISCERN THE VOICE OF GOD SPEAKING TO OUR SPIRIT. AT
TIMES, WE'VE ALL HAD THE PROBLEM OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE
VOICE OF OUR RECREATED SPIRIT AND THE VOICE OF OUR SOUL, THE
MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS. THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL, AS I SAID,
ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GOD'S WORD CAN SEPARATE
THOSE TWO ENTITIES IN OUR LIFE. AS WE BEGIN RENEWING OUR MINDS
WITH GOD'S WORD, WE'LL POSITION OURSELVES TO FOLLOW OUR SPIRITS
WITH CONFIDENCE IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE. UNDERSTANDING
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUL MAN AND THE SPIRIT MAN IS KEY TO
LIVING LIFE ON THIS EARTH AND REALLY FULFILLING WHAT GOD'S
CALLED US TO DO. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY FULFILL GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE. IT DOES AUTOMATICALLY HAPPEN. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE
GETS SAVED DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.
IT'S A CHOICE YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO MOVE ON IN THE THINGS OF GOD.
IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND MADE
HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIM, THE SIN
QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED. IT'S SETTLED AND YOU'LL GO TO HEAVEN
ONE DAY. HOWEVER, IT'S POSSIBLE, AND MANY CHRISTIANS DO THIS, TO
LIVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OR FOLLOWING GOD'S
DIRECTION OR HIS PLAN FOR THEIR LIFE, AND THEY MISS THE FULL
PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM. AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING MORE
IMPORTANT THAN FINDING OUT WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO DO WHILE
YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, UNDERSTAND THAT PLAN AND MOVE INTO IT. YOU
HAVE A LIMITED SPACE OF TIME ON THIS EARTH. WE ALL HAVE A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE. AND IF WE DON'T
WALK OUT THE PLAN OF THE DESTINY THAT GOD HAS FOR US AND WE MISS
THAT ALTOGETHER, WHAT GOOD HAVE WE BEEN? THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU CAN DO IS TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. HEAR THE SPIRIT OF
GOD AND MOVE IN THE DIRECTION AND THE DESTINY THAT YOU'RE
CALLED TO ACHIEVE. WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND IT'S DIFFERENT FOR
EACH ONE OF US. WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLED TO DO IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT AS WHAT PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA ARE CALLED TO
DO. WE ALL HAVE A PART. WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER IN THIS EARTH TO
ACCOMPLISH GOD'S WILL. OKAY. WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SCRIPTURE
USES THE HEART AS A METAPHOR FOR THE NON-PHYSICAL SPIRIT PART OF
A PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK AT MATTHEW 5:8, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, BUT IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN
HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD." WELL, WE UNDERSTAND WHEN IT
SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART," IT'S NOT REFERRING TO
THE PHYSICAL ORGAN IN YOUR BODY THAT'S PUMPING BLOOD. IN FACT,
THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 REFERENCES IN THE BIBLE TO A
MAN'S HEART. AND VERY FEW OF THEM REFER TO THE PHYSICAL HEART
IN THE BODY. MOST OF THE REFERENCES IN THE HEART THAT ARE
IN THE BIBLE REFER TO THE UNSEEN CENTER OF MAN'S BEING, THE
INWARD SPIRIT OR THE SPIRIT MAN. AND SO WHEN WE SAY, "LISTEN TO
YOUR HEART," OR, "WHAT HEART ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?" EVEN IN THE
WORLD, PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, "I MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART." YOU'VE HEARD THAT. OR YOU'LL SAY, "THAT MAN HAS A BIG
HEART." WELL, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ORGAN THAT'S PUMPING
BLOOD. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT "LISTEN TO YOUR HEART," WE'RE
REFERRING TO LISTENING TO OUR SPIRIT, THE INWARD MAN. WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS LISTENING TO OUR HEART OR OUR
SPIRIT. AND IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS
FOR WHICH THERE MAY BE NO SOLUTION IN THE NATURAL OR IN
THE PHYSICAL. OUR PHYSICAL SENSES MIGHT TELL US, RUN FROM
THAT PROBLEM. OR OUR MINDS MIGHT SAY, THERE'S NO WAY OUT. IT'S IN
THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS THAT WE NEED TO RECEIVE THE GUIDANCE
FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT, HIS DIRECTION TO STAND ON GOD'S WORD
WITHOUT WAVERING. SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND WE HAVE A
CHOICE TO WHAT WE CAN LISTEN TO. WE CAN LISTEN TO OUR PHYSICAL
SENSES OR WE CAN LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD AND THE LEADING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT. I MEAN, IF YOUR BACK IS BOTHERING YOU AND ACHING
AND YOU HAVE PAIN, YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT AND SAY, OH,
PASTOR ANTHONY, MY BACK IS REALLY KILLING ME TODAY. I CAN
SAY THAT, OR I CAN CHOOSE TO SAY, I AM HEALED BY THE STRIPES
OF JESUS. I RECEIVE MY HEALING. MY BACK IS HEALED. HE'S
QUICKENED MY MORTAL BODY, JUST AS HE QUICKENED JESUS CHRIST TO
RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD. BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, I AM HEALED.
AND WHAT YOU SPEAK AND WHAT YOU CONFESS WILL BE WHAT YOU ARE. IF
WE ONLY LISTEN TO OUR PHYSICAL SENSES OR OUR MINDS, WE'LL
EVENTUALLY LOSE OUR PEACE AND OUR JOY. THEN WE CAN MISS THE
VICTORIES THAT GOD INTENDS FOR US. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ONLY
FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON WHAT WE HEAR ON THE NEWS, WE CAN REALLY
QUICKLY BECOME DEPRESSED ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD.
IT'D BE EASY TO WONDER, ARE WE GOING TO EVER MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS? BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OUR MIND OR OUR
PHYSICAL SENSES TELL US. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT FOX NEWS OR
THE COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK SAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
CIRCUMSTANCES LOOK LIKE, THE WORD OF GOD IS STILL TRUE. ONCE
WE DETERMINE TO GET QUIET ON THE INSIDE AND BEGIN LISTENING TO
WHAT OUR HEART OR SPIRIT IS SAYING, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
MINISTER THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD TO US. I THINK BROTHER ROBERTS
SAID IT SUNDAY ABOUT, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MAN IN DALLAS, I
BELIEVE, JANET, THAT HE SAID, PRAYS FOR A HALF AN HOUR IN THE
SPIRIT, AND THEN HE LISTENS FOR A HALF AN HOUR AND JUST TO SEE
WHAT GOD'S SAYING. SO HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH OUR SPIRIT, OR WHAT
THE BIBLE MANY TIMES REFERS TO AS OUR HEART, FROM OUR SOUL?
THAT'S THE QUESTION. SOME DENOMINATIONS, LIKE I MENTIONED,
BELIEVE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE THE SAME, AND THEY GET ALL
CONFUSED ON THAT, AND TALK ABOUT THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT LIKE
THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE, AND THEY'RE NOT. THE BIBLE MAKES A
CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO. WHY WOULD THE BIBLE SAY
THAT OUR BODIES ARE MADE OF SPIRIT, THAT SOUL AND BODY, OR
THAT HUMANS EXIST IN THOSE THREE AREAS, THREE EXISTENCES COME
TOGETHER IN ONE, IF THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL WERE THE SAME, IT
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED THAT WAY TO US. IT'S NOT. MANY
PEOPLE USE THE WORD SOUL INTERCHANGEABLY WITH THE WORD
SPIRIT. THEY DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S A COMMON THING
FOR THE WORLD TO TALK ABOUT SELLING THEIR SOUL,
BUT MOST LIKELY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
THERE WAS A MAN IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THAT USED AN INTERNET
AUCTION SITE. YOU CAN PUT UP THE PICTURE THERE. HE WAS TRYING TO
SELL HIS SOUL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, AND AS IT TURNED OUT,
THE TOP OFFER THAT HE GOT WAS $400. AND SINCE THE SOUL IS NOT
PHYSICAL, IT CAN'T BE EXTRACTED FROM THE BODY LIKE A PHYSICAL
ORGAN SUCH AS THE HEART, THE MAN HAD TO ADMIT, "I DON'T THINK THE
HIGH BIDDER IS GONNA BE ABLE TO COLLECT ON MY SOUL." REMEMBER,
WE LOOKED AT THE APOSTLE PAUL'S WORDS IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23,
"MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE KEPT BLAMELESS UNTIL
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST RETURNS." HE DESCRIBED THREE PARTS OF MAN
IN THAT VERSE. IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN HOW TO
CORRECTLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL. IF WE
DON'T, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LISTENING TO OUR
SPIRIT OR OUR HEART AND TO BE LED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE
THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE DIFFICULTY
DISCERNING BETWEEN A SOULISH EMOTION AND SPIRITUAL STIRRING.
THE EXCITEMENT OF A BIG CROWD CAN FEEL SPIRITUAL WHEN REALLY
IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN SOULISH ENTHUSIASM. GO TO A FOOTBALL
GAME. PEOPLE GET ALL EXCITED AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND THEY'RE
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. IS THAT SPIRITUAL? NO. HOW ABOUT A
TEAR-JERKING STORY? SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL SPIRITUAL. A WELL-DONE
SONG CAN STIR EMOTIONS WHEN NOTHING SPIRITUAL IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING. A CARNAL CHRISTIAN CAN EASILY INTERPRET THOSE
THINGS AS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THOSE THINGS
ARE WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DISTINGUISH
SOULISH EXCITEMENT FROM SPIRITUAL EDIFICATION. AND IT'S
NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO. THE DISCERNMENT BEGINS WITH SIMPLY
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. AND YOU HAVE AN EDGE
TONIGHT BECAUSE NOW YOU KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT, I'M SURE. BUT MAYBE
THERE'S SOMEONE ONLINE, MAYBE THERE'S A NEW CHRISTIAN, YOU
DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS REVELATION TO YOU. WE'RE
DEPENDENT ON BIBLICAL REVELATION TO TEACH US THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. HEBREWS 4:12 SAYS THIS, THIS IS
A KEY SCRIPTURE TONIGHT, I WANNA READ THIS. FOR THE WORD OF GOD
IS QUICK AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED
SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER," LISTEN TO
THIS, "THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT AND THE
JOINTS AND THE MARROW." AND IT'S A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND
THE INTENTS OF THE HEART. BIBLICAL REVELATION, THE WORD OF
GOD, RIGHTLY DIVIDES OUR SOUL AND OUR SPIRIT. REPEAT THIS WITH
ME, BIBLICAL REVELATION, RIGHTLY DIVIDES MY SOUL AND MY SPIRIT.
WE NEED THIS UNDERSTANDING. THIS VERSE EXPLAINS THAT THE SPIRIT
AND THE SOUL ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES AND THAT THEY CAN BE
DIVIDED OR DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER. THE WORD OF GOD
DIVIDES ASUNDER OR SEPARATES THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN
BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE, DISTINCT ENTITIES. THE NEW
LIVING TRANSLATION CALLS IT CUTTING BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE
SPIRIT. HEBREWS 4:12 IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION SAYS, "FOR
THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND POWERFUL, IT'S SHARPER THAN THE
SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD, CUTTING BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE
SPIRIT." I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT IN YOUR MIND. IT'S CUTTING
BETWEEN THE SOUL AND DIVIDING IT. AMEN. THERE'D BE NO NEED TO
DIVIDE THEM IF THEY WERE THE SAME. YOU CAN'T SEPARATE
SOMETHING FROM ITSELF. THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES US THAT THE SOUL
AND THE SPIRIT BEING TWO DISTINCT ENTITIES CAN BE
SEPARATED. SO LET ME DEMONSTRATE ILLUSTRATION NUMBER TWO TONIGHT.
LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. WE PRETEND YOU'RE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
WE'RE JUST DOING A SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION HERE. BUT IT'S
GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS ETERNAL
VALUE. SO WHAT I HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS A PICTURE OF BLUE
OCEAN WATER. IT'S REALLY NOT OCEAN WATER, IT'S JUST WATER
THAT'S COLORED BLUE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
WE DIDN'T REALLY IMPORT IT FROM THE PACIFIC. I ALSO HAVE SOME
GRAVEL HERE. AND THIS IS SPECIAL PEA GRAVEL IN HERE. SO, THIS
ROCK OR THIS PEA GRAVEL I WANT YOU TO PRETEND IS YOUR SOUL.
THIS IS YOUR SOUL. THIS GLASS IS YOUR BODY. THIS IS THE THING
THAT HOLDS YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT. SO TONIGHT, IF I POUR
SOME SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WATER, LET'S PUT SOME SPIRIT IN THAT
BODY. YOU'RE CREATED WITH THE SPIRIT. SO WE HAVE A NICE
CONTAINER OF BODY AND SPIRIT HERE. CAN YOU SEE THAT? OKAY,
THAT'S GOOD, IT'S SHOWING UP GOOD. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD
OUR SOUL TO THIS. THAT'S THE INDICATION OF THE ROCK HERE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA PRETEND THAT THIS ROCK IS OUR SOUL. NOW WE'RE
GONNA MIX THOSE TOGETHER. AND HERE WE HAVE BODY, SOUL, AND
SPIRIT ALL IN ONE CONTAINER. HERE'S THE KEY THOUGH. HERE'S
THE KEY TO THIS. THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS MY STRAINER, THIS
IS THE WORD OF GOD, CAN BE A SEPARATOR. SO I CAN SEPARATE MY
SOUL AND MY SPIRIT. HERE WE GO. I HAVE SPIRIT AND I HAVE SOUL.
THEY'RE SEPARATED NOW. WHAT DID IT? THE WORD OF GOD. THE WORD OF
GOD SEPARATED IT BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, THE
SOUL, THE BLUE WATER, AND YOUR SPIRIT, THE ROCKS. THEY CAN BE
DIVIDED OR CUT ASUNDER BY THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN ROCKS AND
WATER ARE MIXED TOGETHER LIKE I DID THERE, IN THAT ONE BODY,
THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER AS OUR BODIES DO, OUR
HUMAN BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT WORKING TOGETHER. BUT THEY CAN
BE SEPARATED. THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER
THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING
ASUNDER OR THE CUTTING APART OF THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. SO EVEN
THOUGH THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE INTERTWINED WITHIN THE
NATURE OF EVERY PERSON, JUST LIKE THE WATER AND ROCKS WERE
MIXED, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. THEY CAN BE SEPARATED
BY THE WORD OF GOD. BY RENEWING OUR MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD,
WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT'S LEADING IN OUR LIVES.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE TONIGHT. ROMANS 12:2 AGAIN. “BE
NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING
OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND
THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD.” WE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO GOD AND
THE THINGS OF GOD WHEN OUR MINDS ARE RENEWED WITH THE WORD. SO IN
CLOSING TONIGHT, EDDIE, YOU CAN COME. WE'RE GONNA BE DONE BY
ABOUT 8:15, I BELIEVE. REMEMBER, WEDNESDAY'S ICE CREAM NIGHT, SO
YOU DON'T WANNA BE TOO LATE. PASTOR MATT TOLD ME HE WANTS AN
ICE CREAM CONE TONIGHT, SO WE GOTTA GET HIM OUTTA HERE. THERE.
BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU THREE METHODS IN CLOSING TONIGHT
THAT'LL HELP YOU CONTINUALLY FILL YOUR MIND WITH GOD'S WORD
SO THAT YOU CAN DIVIDE YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT YOU CAN
COME TO A POINT WHEN YOU CAN DISCERN THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT
IN A GREATER WAY. HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD
IN A CLEARER WAY? YOU DO THAT BY RENEWING YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD
OF GOD. IT SENSITIZES YOUR SPIRIT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND
UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN. SO I WANNA COVER THOSE THREE SIMPLE
THINGS. HOW TO FILL YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD. READING OR
HEARING THE WORD. JUST SPEND TIME READING. TURN ON, IS RUDY
HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T SEE RUDY, HE MUST BE HOME. BUT HE WAS
TELLING ME, HE JUST SENT ME A TEXT THIS WEEK AND HE SAYS, "I'M
LISTENING TO THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT EVERYWHERE I GO. I JUST HAVE IT PLAYING AND I'M
LEARNING AND HEARING." SO HEARING AND HEARING IS GOOD.
THEN MEDITATE, MEDITATE OR CHEW ON GOD'S WORD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S
MORE THAN JUST, IN FACT, LET'S PUT UP THAT NEXT SCRIPTURE,
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 IN THE AMPLIFIED. THAT WAS THE NEXT ONE
I WAS GONNA GO TO. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA CHEW ON A SCRIPTURE AND
MEDITATE ON IT, YOU WANNA JUST NOT READ IT. THEREFORE, AS
ANYONE IN CHRIST THAT IS GRAFTED IN, JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH, YOU
KNOW, YOU HEAR IT, BUT LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO CHEW ON IT,
DISCERN IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE FOOD INTO YOUR BODY SO THAT
YOU CAN DIGEST IT BETTER, IT FIRST GOES THROUGH THAT PART OF
THE MOUTH THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHEW WITH YOUR TEETH, DOESN'T
IT? YOU'RE BREAKING IT UP, YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING IT BETTER,
THE SAME WAY IS TRUE AS YOU LOOK AT THE WORD. THEREFORE, IF
ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, OH, SO THAT IS SPEAKING TO ANYONE THAT IS IN
CHRIST. THAT MEANS SOMEONE THAT'S BORN AGAIN, THAT'S SAVED.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S GRAFTED IN. HE'S JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH. OH,
OKAY, SO THAT MEANS IT MUST TAKE FAITH FOR ME TO RECEIVE CHRIST.
I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE. AS SAVIOR. HE'S A
NEW CREATURE. OH, OKAY. THEN WHEN I CAME TO GOD, I GOT SAVED
BY FAITH. I BECAME A NEW CREATURE. I WAS REBORN AND
RENEWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. OH, AND THEN I SEE THE OLD THINGS,
THE PREVIOUS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION THAT I WAS IN, HAVE
PASSED AWAY. OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S CHANGED IN
MY LIFE. SO I DON'T HAVE THE SAME DESIRES THAT I USED TO
HAVE. I'M CHEWING ON THIS SCRIPTURE AS I GO. AND BEHOLD,
NEW THINGS HAVE COME. OH, THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE THE SAME
DESIRES AS I HAD BEFORE. I'M LOOKING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE NOW.
BECAUSE I'VE HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING THAT BRINGS A NEW
LIFE. HMM. THAT'S HOW YOU CHEW ON A SCRIPTURE. DON'T JUST READ
IT OR HEAR IT AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING. YOU'RE BETTER
OFF TAKING THAT SCRIPTURE AND SPENDING 10 OR 15 MINUTES ON IT,
CHEWING ON IT, THAN YOU ARE TO READ 20 VERSES AND NOT GET
ANYTHING OUT OF IT. NOT THAT YOU’LL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT
THAT WAY, BECAUSE HEARING IS BUILDING FAITH. YOU'RE ALWAYS
GOING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD, BUT WHAT I'M
SAYING IS YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO A DEEPER LEVEL IF YOU MEDITATE
AND CHEW. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER THREE,
SPEAKING THE WORD. SPEAK IT. WHEN YOU DECLARE THE WORD, YOU
BRING IT INTO BEING. SOMETHING THAT'S SPIRITUAL IS THEN
BECOMING MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL IN YOUR LIFE AS YOU
SPEAK IT. AS YOU SAY, I AM HEALED BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS,
THAT MANIFESTS THAT SPIRITUAL THING. WHEN YOU JUST READ IT OR
YOU JUST HEAR IT, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SPEAKING IT. AND I
SUGGEST THE WAY TO RENEW YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD IS
WRITE DOWN FIVE SCRIPTURES AND PUT THEM ON NOTE CARDS IF YOU
HAVE TO AND SPEAK THEM OVER YOURSELF. PEOPLE WILL THINK
YOU'RE NUTS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT. THAT'S WHY
PEOPLE CAN GO ON FOR YEARS AND NOT RECEIVE SOMETHING FOR GOD
THAT THEY'RE BELIEVING FOR, WHETHER IT'S HEALING OR
PROSPERITY OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE THEY NEVER SPEAK IT.
THEY BELIEVE IT. THEY MAY KIND OF INTERNALIZE IT BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEY NEVER SPEAK IT OUT AND DECLARE IT. AND
AGAIN, IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, DON'T SPEAK THE
PROBLEM, SPEAK THE WORD OVER IT. NEVER SPEAK THE PROBLEM. THE
FACT IS I MAY HAVE CANCER IN MY BODY, BUT THE TRUTH IS I'M
HEALED. THE TRUTH IS I'M HEALED BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, SO I'M
NOT GONNA SPEAK THAT I HAVE CANCER, EVEN IF I HAD IT. IT
WOULDN'T COME OUT OF MY MOUTH. UNLESS BY ACCIDENT I MOVE INTO
NEGLIGENCE AND JUST MOVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT HAPPENS
SOMETIMES. AND THEN YOU GOTTA SAY, "FATHER, FORGIVE ME. "I
SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT." TAKE THOSE WORDS BACK, AND YOU CLAW
'EM BACK. YOU DON'T WANNA SPEAK THAT INTO YOUR RESISTANCE. THE
THINGS THAT YOU SPEAK TODAY ARE SETTING UP YOUR FUTURE. IF
YOU'RE A NEW BELIEVER, IT'S A NEW WAY OF THINKING. YOU NO
LONGER THINK LIKE YOU DID BEFORE. AND LET'S LOOK AT
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 IN THE AMPLIFIED AS WE CLOSE HERE
TONIGHT. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST THAT IS GRAFTED IN,
JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH, IN HIM AS SAVIOR, HE'S A NEW CREATURE,
REBORN AND RENEWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE OLD THINGS, THE
PREVIOUS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION HAVE PASSED AWAY.
BEHOLD, NEW THINGS HAVE COME, BECAUSE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
BRINGS A NEW LIFE. HALLELUJAH. AS WE LEARN TO STAY FAITHFUL AND
RECEIVE THE WORD INTO OUR HEARTS AND MINDS, IT'LL BECOME EASIER
AND EASIER TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART OR YOUR SPIRIT MAN, IS
WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN I SAY HEART, WITH CONFIDENCE.
FOLLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT'S LEADING IN ALL SITUATIONS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR LIFE IS WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO. AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT TRICHOTOMOUS BEING, I LIKE THAT WORD
TRICHOTOMOUS. IF YOU DON'T LEARN ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT, YOU CAN
GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND SAY, I LEARNED A NEW WORD,
TRICHOTOMOUS. ALEC, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT WORD, BUT SOME
OF US DIDN'T. BUT IF WE'RE NOT RENEWING OUR MIND, WE CAN END UP
RESPONDING TO SITUATIONS IN THE WAY THAT WE DID BEFORE
SALVATION. THEN IT'S HARDER TO RESIST SIN. AND AS WE RENEW OUR
MINDS WITH THE WORD, WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN
FOR OUR LIFE. A RENEWED MIND MAKES YOU MORE SENSITIVE TO THE
THINGS OF GOD AND WILL ASSIST YOU IN HEARING GOD'S VOICE. AND
THEN YOU'LL BE LESS LIKELY TO RESPOND TO CIRCUMSTANCES FROM
YOUR EMOTIONS OR REASONING. JAMES 1, I’VE GOT ONE MORE
SCRIPTURE. I TOLD YOU I WAS ON THE LAST ONE, BUT I DO HAVE ONE
MORE, I GUESS, HERE. JAMES 1:21 SAYS, "GET RID OF ALL
UNCLEANLINESS AND ALL THAT REMAINS OF WICKEDNESS. AND WITH
A HUMBLE SPIRIT, RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS
IMPLANTED," OR ACTUALLY, "ROOTED IN YOUR HEART, WHICH IS ABLE TO
SAVE YOUR SOULS." THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO STUDY AND PRAY
DAILY. SPEAK THE WORD OVER YOUR LIFE. KEEP CONNECTED WITH OTHER
BELIEVERS. COME TO PRAYER TIMES. ASKED PRAYER IS IMPORTANT,
RIGHT, JANET? IT'LL SHARPEN YOU AS YOU'RE AROUND OTHER BELIEVERS
THAT PRAY WITH YOU. AND WHEN YOU ARE HEARING OTHERS PRAY, YOU'LL
HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. SO THEN YOU'RE RECEIVING MORE, AND
YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR FAITH. JOIN A 242 HOME GROUP IF YOU'RE PART
OF THIS LOCAL CONGREGATION. IT'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR FELLOWSHIP, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU SOME ADDITIONAL
TEACHING THAT YOU WON'T GET ON SUNDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS. IT'S
IMPORTANT. TAKE A LIFE EMPOWERMENT CLASS. WE HAVE THOSE
GOING MOST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I MEAN, JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME OF
THE YEAR. WE HAVE LITTLE BREAKS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE LIFE
EMPOWERMENT CLASSES THAT WILL HELP SHARPEN YOU. DON'T FORSAKE
YOUR ATTENDANCE ON SUNDAYS. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, BE
FAITHFUL. WHEN YOU'RE HOME AND YOU'RE TUNING IN, FOCUS ON THAT.
RESERVE THAT TIME FOR GOD. DON'T TRY AND DO ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD
CHORES WHILE YOU'RE LISTENING. FOCUS ON IT JUST LIKE YOU WERE
IN CHURCH. SOME OF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH TO ATTEND
BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE PREACHING TRUTH IN YOUR AREA. AND YOU NEED
TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE. JOIN THE CONFERENCE CALLS
THAT ASK PRAYER HAS AND START HOOKING UP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.
DO WHAT YOU CAN WHERE YOU CAN TO BE AROUND THINGS THAT WILL
STRENGTHEN YOU AND MOVE YOU FORWARD IN YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE IF
YOU DETERMINE TO PUT YOUR SPIRIT MAN FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, IT'S THE
VERY THING THAT CAN MAKE YOU THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE
ENDEAVOR, FULFILLING THE DESTINY OF GOD FOR YOU, AND THEN IT'S
THE THING THAT WILL MAKE YOU MOST SUCCESSFUL ETERNALLY.
BECAUSE THE REASON THAT GOD WILL SAY, WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND
FAITHFUL SERVANT, AND YOU'LL GET A REWARD IN HEAVEN, IS NOT JUST
BECAUSE YOU ACCEPTED HIM AS CHRIST AND BECAME SAVED, IT'S
BECAUSE YOU DID HIS WILL WHILE YOU WERE ON THE EARTH. AND
THAT'S HOW YOU GET REWARDS, WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIS PLAN. BUT HOW ARE
YOU GONNA FOLLOW HIS PLAN IF YOU CAN'T HEAR HIS VOICE? SO THAT'S
WHY I WENT BACK TO BASICS TONIGHT, TO TALK ABOUT THE BODY,
SOUL, AND SPIRIT, AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIVISION
BETWEEN THEM, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF
GOD. AND WE JUST KIND OF TOUCHED IT TONIGHT. THERE'S SO MUCH
MORE. WE'LL PROBABLY GO INTO THAT AGAIN NEXT WEDNESDAY IN A
DEEPER WAY, SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. STAND WITH
ME IF YOU WOULD. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN
YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE MOVE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE ANOINTING, THE GRACE,
THE MERCY, ALL THAT YOU GIVE US. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAD A
DIVINE PLAN FOR US WHEN YOU CREATED US, BODY, SOUL, AND
SPIRIT. AND NOW WE'VE HOPEFULLY REMEMBERED OR WE'VE LEARNED SOME
THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME, LORD, THAT WILL HELP US WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE DIVISION OF THAT AND HOW WE CAN RECEIVE IN OUR SPIRIT MAN
AND THE TRUTH OF GOD, THAT YOU GUIDE US AND YOU DIRECT US, YOU
SPEAK TO US CONTINUOUSLY. WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO HEAR. AND
WE WANT OUR MINDS RENEWED, LORD, SO WE COMMIT TO YOU TO HEAR YOUR
WORD, STUDY YOUR WORD, MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD, CONFESS YOUR WORD,
AND SPEAK YOUR WORD, SO THAT WE CAN BE SHARP AND WE CAN RECEIVE
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR US. WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE
UNCTIONS, THE VOICE OF GOD, THE DIRECTION, THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU
GIVE US. EACH ONE OF US WANT THAT, LORD, BECAUSE THAT
GUIDANCE, THAT DIRECTION, THAT WISDOM CAN HELP US TO AVERT
ACCIDENTS, TRAGEDIES, CALAMITIES. ANYTHING THE DEVIL
HAS INTENDED FOR US, YOU HAVE A WAY AROUND IT AND THROUGH IT. SO
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT DIRECTION. WE RECEIVE
IT TONIGHT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT WEEK I PROBABLY WON'T DO THE SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS, BUT I THOUGHT WE'D DO IT FOR FUN TONIGHT.
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