God's Love - Part Five: Love Works

You're listening to the Anchor Faith Church message podcast

with our senior pastor Earle glisten, enjoy the message.

I want to let you know that we are continuing this series or

this context of love, you know, not everything in the Bible is

as large and it's information or context.

What do I mean by that? You know, we wrote a book years

ago called the forest and what we release the kingdom of God.

In fact, we're about to have we're going to put in print.

Second edition of that particular book, we've gone back

through it, you know, modified a few things said, a few things

and so way to get be a reprint, but to be a second version of

that particular book and we've said that too, often many people

are they miss the forest for the trees?

Meaning, there's a truth within God's word and it is a truth,

but they love that one truth so much.

They miss the rest of the trees that are located in the forest.

So what I mean by that is that you could You know, go and be

around a Healing Tree in the force and always stay in a

context of healing. But miss things like

forgiveness, miss things like and again, sometimes healing

will be hindered if you don't cooperate and forgiveness when I

say sometimes, I mean it will it you can be healed and have

unforgiveness because of the gift of the spirit and operation

concern and God's, you know, showing his goodness to you, but

you won't maintain that. Healing, unless you deal with

unforgiveness in your heart. Now if you don't go over to that

subject as we call it, then you're not learning about that

subject, okay? So there's a lot of trees in the

Kingdom. The whole Forest is the kingdom

of God, because he lands, and the kingdom forgiveness is in

the kingdom deliverances in the kingdom prosperities in the

Kingdom. Okay?

Well, there's another aspect of God's word.

That's very large, okay, that all the trees grow out of and

that's God's love. So, when we talk about the

kingdom, you can't separate the Kinkos Kingdom, just simply

means Kings Dominion, and God is King.

All right, he's the ruler of all he's supreme authority.

He has all Dominion, amen, but you can't separate his kingdom

from his nature because the nature of God is reflected in

his kingdom. See, we have a big fallacy in

the United States. And it's huge and we've even

adopted it in the church. And that is a separation of

church and state. You understand, the nature of

man cannot be taken out of government period.

So if you're not following God, your policies will reflect your

nature. If you're following God, your

policy should, if it does not then your yielding to a

different nature. Okay.

And God doesn't look at his government separate separate

from his nature. So, you know, when I saw some

pillars in the faith, concerning the kingdom of God, I had one

say, well, you know, when you preach the kingdom to actually

says, you definitely want to be able to minister on God's love

because the minute you deal with the kingdom in and of itself,

people can receive it or perceive it as being legalistic.

Though, there are legalities in the kingdom and you better be

sure. You want legalities in the

Kingdom, you do? Because again, if you do not

have a righteous judge who will make sure the law of his kingdom

does not come to pass. Then I'm telling you right now,

people can do anything they want to and get away with it, but you

can't get away with things in the Kingdom.

Are you hearing what I'm saying? Because love will not allow it.

Law. Love enforces.

The law of the Kingdom. Hallelujah.

And so you know, love is one of these in exhaustive

opportunities that we have because it's so large it

encompasses. All these other subjects within

the word of God is what I'm saying.

With that being said, it seemed right with me in the Holy Ghost

that we continue along these lines on Wednesday, so Monday, I

believe It's Monday or Tuesday. They will release Wednesday's

message online on a video. We are actually filming our

Wednesday night services, as long as I'm in this particular

God's love. Okay.

So you'll be receiving two if you are subscriber to us on

YouTube and so that also lets me know that I encourage you to be

here on Wednesday night because I will not review Wednesday,

night stuff on Sunday. So there will be an element of

God's love. That you will not have heard, by

the time you come to the next service.

You understand what I'm saying? So again, if you weren't here

Wednesday, you don't know what we said.

Good news is, I actually did a review so that, you know, you

wouldn't be entirely behind for today's service.

It gives me this service to communicate be here on

Wednesdays, okay? But if you were here on

Wednesday night, you know, our review added new stuff.

So it's not like it's just saying the same things for the

last three Sundays, Days. We actually Incorporated some

new things even within the review itself.

All right, because God's word is, there's so much truth to it.

Hey man, it's alive, does same em.

Okay, with that being said, let's jump right into this

morning says this. WOW.

Matthew 15:13. I just three.

Matthew 15:13

I just saw what time it was and I thought, geez, that's not

enough time. Matthew, 15 3 says this and he

answered and said to them, why do you yourselves transgress the

Commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

You might have tea. A little bit today, probably not

going to run around a whole lot. Okay, I'm gonna kind of Step

into the office of the teacher this morning, all right.

And so I please don't check out because I'm not, you know, where

I got bangs kicking. I'm an I'm not saying I won't,

I'm gonna, you know, try to teach this morning, I believe I

need to teach this morning because what I'm talking about

today is really important and he answered and said to them, not

that it's not all important. I'm just there's a lot of

confusion Fusion here. And I'm not even in the toughest

spot yet and he answered his said to them, why do you

yourselves transgress the Commandment of God for the sake

of your tradition? All right.

We have developed Traditions, even in the church, because what

we've done is we've tried to fit our life experiences and try to

have God adjust to them. We try to take God's word and

get, you know, basically gain understanding all Why this

happened in my life? And a lot of times, we can

create a tradition out of that. Sometimes we can actually hear

from God, and God, really speak to us.

And then, because of the lack of seeking him, we only looked see

him the way we first experienced him.

And as a result of that that in and of itself, becomes a

tradition, I mean, I give you a multiple examples in the Old

Testament, this taken place, you know, when I get He and

delivered everybody, you know, as a judge from the midianites

will eventually, you know, they began to worship His ephod, his

little whatever he had on, right?

Same thing, Moses is staff that had the snake on it, it became

an object of worship at some point.

That one, king cut it up, got rid of it.

Okay, they he got rid of something, what we would

consider historical or Geology, you know, we love in our world

to hold onto archaeological pass some of these things.

We should tear down, grind up, and get rid of Because it's a

distraction to God, I don't care.

How beautiful is made, it's ungodly.

And here's a thing that was an object that actually God told

them to make and healing manifested as a result of it.

But then they began to worship the object instead of the word

spoken, instead, we're going to see these are key things that

take place. A lot of times we want to.

I mean, it's why people come in and want to have a worship

experience once they were Skip seeing you know because they

experienced God at some point, you know?

But they missed it wasn't the singing.

That's not what, what what God says is?

What's the most important thing? You know, whether he speaks it

in a song, whether he speaks it through the gifts of the Spirit,

whether he speaks it through, you know, manifestation of his

healing, whether he speaks it through, whatever, you know,

some complete, stranger coming up to you write all these

particular things. You know, people get stuck on

what What the object was that brought the word instead of the

word itself and this is where the failure comes into play and

so we can develop these Traditions along these lines.

So we want to be able to, you know, stay with the command of

God. Right?

He said, why do you forsake the command of God?

Why you keep forsaken what I'm saying?

Because you love what? I may have said through

something more than what I'm saying.

Y'all get them. All right, so today we're going

to talk about. Love works.

Look at your neighbor and say, love works.

You know, love works. It works.

Okay, now when I say love works, you know, I think most of you

received that statement as love, gets it done right?

I mean love doesn't fail, right? Love Never Felt love works

right? The love of God works.

Yeah but I mean it more like love is working like it's on the

job. Love is not some passive, sit

down, you know, feeling that flows through a service.

Love is employed, love is deployed.

Love is doing things to manifest things and love doesn't manifest

unless it's working. Alleluia.

So we see here in Galatians, why is this important for us to

understand God's love? Because your whole life on

planet Earth and for eternity depends on it, but more in this.

Dispensation, I mean, cause we're in it.

It's the one we're in, okay, Galatians 5:6 says, is for in

Galatians 5:6

Christ? Jesus, neither circumcision nor

uncircumcision means anything but Faith, what?

Working through love. Now you say Pastor Earle faiths

working, not loves working. Okay, let's keep reading in

Amplified, classic translation, says it this way.

If for if we are in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor

uncircumcision counts for anything but only Faith,

activated and energized and expressed and working again.

How through love. Now, let's look at the youngs

literal translation. All Alright, because I like this

one because this one really puts it in a great context.

Look at this for in Christ, neither circumcision availeth,

anything nor uncircumcision but Faith through love.

Now that's how it works. Faith, how through love and what

are they doing? They're working.

Jesus said, don't you know, I'm about my father's.

I'm working, I'm working now, the problem is, I'm using a word

that has become an absolute heresy word in the church.

And that's because they fail to truly read.

The Bible. When you fail to read the Bible,

cover to cover and desire to understand it, then you will

allow others to dupe you into laziness and because of that,

you will end up finding yourself not arriving to God's greatest

expression of himself. Because you're waiting for him

to do everything while you do nothing.

All right. Again, you had to do something

in order to be born again in the first place.

Now, what did you do? You did not get your life

together. You did not clean yourself up,

you did not circumcise yourself. What you did is you heard God

say believe that Jesus Christ came that he died on the cross.

For your sin, repent of your wickedness.

I'm going to call it that. Because again, we say sin and

people don't recognize its wickedness, repent of your

wicked sin. Right and call Jesus Christ,

your lord ass receive, the Forgiveness he has done for you.

Now I said this on Wednesday, night is very important that we

mentioned this one more time, okay?

Has and I'm again, when I make these statements, I am, they're

loaded. So don't be quick.

Listen C'est, la, think on these things has God forgiven, every

sin. Chew on that for a moment.

Okay. Because that statement is not

true. Now that hooks that messes with

us a little bit and am I being semantic?

Very much so because we have taken thoughts and we run them

in a course that is not in connection with the love of God

has God forgiven all sin. This is where you're going in

your mind. Already know your lip.

Wait a minute now, says that he poured out his blood once and

for all for all sin, that's true.

His blood has And made available so that all sin.

Can be forgiven. If he has already forgiven all

sin and sin, no longer is there. Then there's no way there can be

a great white Throne judgment. So blood is on The Mercy Seat in

heaven, and it has power to forgive any and every sin ever

committed. But until you call on Jesus,

Lord, it does not come off the mercy seat and laid to your

account. So that your name can be written

in another book because at the great white Throne judgment,

they'll pull out a book called the Lamb's Book of Life and

they'll find people's names not in it.

So they'll close that book. Then they'll open up some other

books and what are in these books.

It is all the sins that reason the rebellion of all those

individuals that he will be at a justify and just lie to cause

them to be cast into the Lake of Fire.

Although the Blood On The Mercy Seat was enough.

To forgive them of all that transgression.

So when someone says Jesus Christ has forgiven, everybody

of all their sin, Jesus Christ, blood has made atonement and has

the power to forgive all sin and has done it once and for all,

but it does not come to you until Until?

And this one statement can mess up a lot of people.

Hallelujah. So Faith through love working

because love has died and risen. But Faith through love, working

causes the salvation of man to take place.

Are you with me? Okay, so if we're going to talk

about faith through love working then let's deal with works

period. Can we do that for a moment?

Let's deal with Works in general.

So Romans 3:21, Romans 3:21 y'all.

Romans 3:21 Romans 3:21

Ryan. I mean I feel like I'm having

I'm seeing Peters out there and the spirit you know you got

locked up on me. You're locking up on me, don't

lock up. You know Jesus said I'm gonna

die, Peter's like emotionally involved and he's locked up.

He won't listen to nothing else in Jesus like right after that,

but I'm going to be raised from the dead.

They're going to kill me. And Peter stops says, it ain't

going to happen. I won't let it happen and he

missed it, amen. So you know stay let's stay with

the word. Let's study it out for

ourselves. Amen.

Okay. Romans 3:21 231 says this.

Romans 3:21

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been

manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

Most people miss this whole thing about the law.

Because again, the Old Testament is not a null and void thought

process because there's more to the Old Testament in just the

law of Moses, there's the law and the prophets.

So there were things that were said outside of Moses, writing

things for a nation that God desired people to obey.

Okay. Alright says even the

righteousness of God, what through faith in Jesus Christ

for all, who believe there is no distinction for all, have sinned

and fall short of the glory of God.

So sin hinders the Manifest weight of God's presence.

Because God resides in his word in the beginning was the word

and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

God. Okay, so you can't separate God

from his word because God is his word.

Are you hearing what I'm saying? So, when you obey his word, then

God's there, if you are sinning, meaning you're not obeying God's

word, then Glory, you're falling short.

Of God's presence being there with you.

Alright, verse 24, being justified as a gift by his

grace, through the Redemption which is in Christ, Jesus whom

God displayed publicly as a perpetuation in his blood

through faith. Now, catch that through his as

perpetuation in his blood, how through faith again, Jesus is

only shedding blood because Dad says to We've already clearly

communicated this in previous times together that the highest

form of experiencing God's love is obedience and Jesus says, I

don't do anything on my own initiative, but only what I hear

I do and he talks with his father in a garden said that

there's any other way for this cup to pass pass.

If we this cup can pass. If there's any other way, let it

pass. But not my will, your will being

done. So again, it's not the cross.

That's the most important thing. It is the obedience to go there.

That is the most important thing.

Are you hearing what I'm saying? Because if there was another

form of execution in the time that Jesus was on the earth,

then he would have used that one.

Again, the many have died on a cross.

But Jesus went willingly in obedience not just obediently

going, he willfully obediently went.

Okay, there's a difference there.

Alright, so again this blood that he's a perpetuation that he

displayed publicly was dad told me to go here.

Are you hearing what I'm saying? This was the dead to demonstrate

his righteousness, because in the forbearance of God, he

passed over the sins previously committed.

So this demonstration Jesus demonstrated the highest love of

the father because he was always in obedience to God the Father.

All right, okay. So, 25 goes on to say this in

26, for the demonstration, I say of his righteousness, at the

present time. I'm so that he would be just and

the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

So as Jesus believe, God, we can believe Jesus.

Okay, verse 27, where then is boasting, is it excluded?

But what kind of law of Works? No, but by a what's that word,

what is it? What is it by a law of?

So faith is law. So again traditionally what do

we say the law has been done away with.

There is a lot of laws from the kingdom still in play today.

So the minute you pick up this thought, I'm not under the law.

Well you better be under the law of Faith.

You better be under the law of spirit and life in Christ.

Jesus. So please don't hold to these

falsehoods. That people are putting out

there that Nest that puts you in a position.

Where it hinders you from experiencing God's greatest.

Love because you feel like you're incapable of living by

faith. Faith faith has a law associated

with it, which means god is legally obligated.

Legally obligated. To cause his word to come to

pass but his word does not come to pass outside of his love.

This is very important because this is where we miss this law

done away with idea. We miss this, look at verse 28

for. We maintain that a man is

Justified, how by faith apart from the works of the law.

So what is he literally saying? Here?

There was a time that man hurt God's word.

But he did not do God's word because God was saying it, he

was doing God's word based upon how he wanted to do it.

If you hear something about God say well, I'm going to do that.

Because I'm just gonna do it now.

I'll give you a case some point. Some people have said, you know

what, the Lord spoke to me and told me to give, you know, my

car to someone. And that's a true statement then

because they obeyed. God gave their car at a

different time frame because they sewed that seed in

obedience to God. What God told them to do,

someone gave them another vehicle.

That was better than the one. They so.

So then they testify here's the testimony, you know what?

God spoke to me and told me to give away this car and I sow

that seed and then God calls someone to give me this vehicle

and it was better and everybody hears it gets excited.

And then what do they do? I'm going to go get my car away.

Now. Did God tell you?

That's the proxy. You're working a long now that

is still in play, but not because God said, so it's not by

faith Because unless God tells you to give the car away even

though he could do that, Are you hear what I'm saying?

So, if we don't watch out what we'll do is, we'll go into the

word, there's all these principles, but we're never

actually seeking the Voice. Who speaks it.

We are determining how to apply it ourselves and the many you do

that. You're working alone.

All You're working alone and that's why when he laid out the

law, most of the law, Moses was not ungodly.

It came from the father. What he was letting them,

they'll know in the old Covenant is that your spirit man is not

alive to be able to want to hear this voice and follow it.

But I'm gonna bring a new one. Better Covenant.

The new and better, Covenant doesn't eliminate a law in its

entirety. What it does is it strengthens

and ability in you to be any here, God himself for yourself

to do what he says by faith because you love him and he

loves you and when you act on it, work that because you love

God, how would I not do? What you said, Dad.

Then you'll have those things, very important.

So he goes on and says this. In verse 28, for we again have

maintained that man is justified by faith.

Apart from the works of law or is God, the god of Jews.

Only is he not the god of Gentiles also?

Yes, of Gentiles. Also, since indeed God who will

justify the circumcised by faith because Again, if there was a by

faith with his own Nation, they're going to live righteous.

If they are doing it by faith, Abraham is the father of Faith,

the father of us, all, what did he do?

He believed God at his word and acted on it, that's why he was

made righteous and that's before I law come down from Moses ever

showed up. Okay, so again, we do not say

I'm going to determine how to do this, and God is going to have

to accept me because if I do his word, like, how can he argue

with me about doing it? He can always argue.

If you're doing it for yourself on your own terms, this is the

whole context of the Rich Young Ruler.

Great teacher. What must I do to inherit

eternal life? He says, keep the Commandments.

As he said, I've done that since my youth.

He said, yeah, but there's one thing, you lack, in essence,

you're wealthy and you're choosing how to do the word.

You're not actually following the one who wrote it, because if

you were, I'm going to put the test to you right now.

Sell everything you have give to the poor and come follow me.

Now, was that law the king required him to attend this

discipleship? He this is the 13th disciple.

I said it's the 13th disciple. It is the call he gave to Peter

J. Andrew and John he said come

follow me and what did they do? They left since sell everything

you have give it to the poor and come follow me.

Now if he would have by faith obeyed that word we probably

would have hurt. There might even be a book that

has his name on it. He may have touched Nations but

what did he do? And said no, I'm going to, I'm

going to do what Adam did the first Adam, when he fell.

I'm going to make a demand that God has to accept me the way I

am stew using him to accept me and I'm going to use his own

words against him. It doesn't work, it doesn't

work. See the Pharisees had the

biggest challenge with Jesus, not because they didn't know the

word, but because they turn the word to benefit themselves only.

They were working the word themselves, instead of obeying

the word and working it, it's difference.

It's a difference, that's why your hearts involved.

It's why your hearts involved. Amen.

Okay. Let's go on.

He says this. He says Cindy God who will

justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through

faith is one, do we know nullify the law through faith Y'all look

at it. Now, I'm not saying this and

these are the scriptures that people stay away from that

Priests of the law is done away with that were under a Grace and

we don't have to do nothing. We are under grace that empowers

us to hear God and do God's word, that's what we're under,

and it's awesome. And I don't understand why this

is such a big hang-up to be honest with you because, you

know, I'm so excited that I can actually hear God.

I mean, we have a living God, we get to here.

I mean how exciting Ting. Is this that you're like, God

just spoke to me. I mean, that is so awesome.

I'm like, wow, God, just talk to me.

He just asked me to participate. It is so amazing, right.

The only time there's odds is, if I want to hold to myself, the

only time there's an odd, but I feel like I don't want to

forgive and God speaks to us and gives us his word in a

particular situation or moment. Amen.

You know, because you can do a checklist and get it right.

But never hear God. So do we then nullify the law

through faith. What's the next four words?

Say it. Say it, everybody say it may it

never be. Now, am I putting you in the old

Covenant know? I'm bringing you into a new and

better Covenant, because what listen Les would have died in

the wilderness. If their Spirit man had been

changed if they would have went through the Red Sea and they too

became a new creature in Christ. They would not debated with God

as much now, I say that, but why are we in this new and better?

Covenant still debating. We God.

May it never be on the contrary we establish.

So what is he saying? Faith is stablish.

Has that whatever the king says there's power Faith has

established that the King has spoken has decreed.

And we believe and therefore, we receive because we're an

obedience to that word. It's not what I'm doing.

It's what he says I should do, and I willfully and obediently

do that expression and I get the results of what that is even

when I can't see it. I know his word can't fail and

then if I step out and do what he says, I'll have what he says

and I do it because I love him, I keep his command because

again, what we've done is we've relegated everything God's ever

said here. In the word.

Now, the word of God the printed pages is what allows us to

discern what we hear in our spirit Because, you know, God is

Not the Only Spirit out there, there are other spirits that

first John, which is a good chapter, a whole book on God's

love says, test the spirits that there is a spirit of are out

there. So the reason why he lives a

hard copy of context of his nature, his ability his way of

doing it, so that when he speaks to you about a very specific

situation, You're in and lead you on how to do it.

You'll be able to go back and do a case study of others that have

been tempted in that account, went through that particular

account, may be experienced something of a like similar and

how God delivered them out of all their trouble.

Hallelujah. So, again, we relegated, while

we got to do this, do this, we are to do the word.

But you understand there are certain aspects of taking

territory today, that aren't Actually, in these pages, but

there's principles that I applied.

I know that wasn't that was not a spirit of are telling me that

that's the Holy Ghost. Well, I heard the Lord say that

so-and-so was going to be my spouse and they're not even born

again. Well, the Holy Ghost didn't say

that because he says, do not be unequally yoked with

unbelievers. So, two things are going to

happen than either one you missed.

It's the spirit of are trying to get you off.

Or number two, you're going to have to wait around until they

actually get born again and they just let you know that they're

going to come and Into the kingdom but you don't get Todd

to them it with an I do until they manifest what you heard.

But why do we do a lot of times? We get ahead of the game.

A lot of times are, we've missed it entirely and then we apply,

but God loves people. And he accepts people, you know,

and I believe that they're going to make it and love bellezza

baptized in here, you are working the word without the

voice of the Holy Ghost. Now you're being under a law.

That's not even God, although he said it but you're doing it for

your own personal self game. Now, who's really being

legalistic? No, the freedom comes.

What did the king say? What do you say today?

This is why we have to seek him so while we have to seeking, so

while we have to seek him everyday, seeking talk to him,

spend time with him, pray in the Holy Ghost, a lot.

Yeah, pray in the Holy Ghost a lot, amen.

Okay, so again, this is the law were talking about when he says

faith is not nullify. The law faith has actually

established it because what faith did is what, What you

couldn't do in an old Covenant, we can do in a New Covenant.

We can hear God. We don't need someone to go up

the mountain for us. He came down and lived in US.

Amen. For some of you I think you want

the fire smoke to come down a mountain.

Oh I'm preaching because don't think in this dispensation

people ain't hungry. They desire, they are so

Desiring. Oh Covenant manifestation.

Oh, I just want to see the glory.

That was old, Covenant manifestation, but we want it to

happen here. I just want the smoke to fill

the Tim. That's old Covenant

manifestation. Oh, I wish God would just have a

lie. I was I went by the church and

there was like a fire. I mean, you don't need that

stuff in this new covenant. Now if it manifests fine, But

there's nothing greater than this still, Small Voice on the

inside of me, telling me I'm the child of the king.

And when he whispers to me in these intimate places, I can

attach my whole being to that, we do greater exploits.

If we quit trying to get it, calling me legalistic.

But then we want to wear in a miracle where, you know, y'all

workers and then people aren't even in faith.

Well, God is going to do what he does.

Anyway, Well, if that's true then why isn't everybody saved?

Why are people going to the Lake of Fire?

Man, I'm grieved in my spirit, man.

And I've been struggling for a lot a little while.

Now honestly. Because you know, I'm just I got

grief in me. Now, when I say that, it's not

me personally, it's just the condition of the world and then

also of the church, because of the lack of knowledge and

revelation. I give you a homework

assignment. I'll give it to you now because

I'm gonna have to quit. You need to read psalms one

night 119 and I encourage you to the passion translation.

He's the greatest worship song I've ever heard in my life. it's

a very, very daunting task for in now, because of the

superficial and the Soul connecting of God.

No spiritual connection. Site driven instead of Faith

driven. And I want to get us to another

level as a church. But I'll be honest with you, I

don't know if everybody's going to go I mean, I realize that not

everybody goes. You know, so don't be that one.

That don't go. Go.

Let's go together. Let's obey.

All right. Romans 9, 32, 33.

So what shall we say, then Gentiles who did not pursue

righteousness attain righteousness.

Even the righteousness, which is by faith.

So, again, an 8, a group of people who didn't even have the

law was able to attain right standing with God, how cause

whatever God was saying, they did.

I mean, that's the key here. But Israel pursuing a law of

righteousness, did not arrive at the law.

Why? Because they did not pursue it

by faith. They did not seek the one who

spoke it. They wanted him to stay away.

In fact, they told Moses, we don't even want to, we don't

want to hear him. You go and talk to him for us?

That's why the grace message, and it's Error is so appealing

to people because Pastor, you go to him for us and you're calling

us legalistic. When that's real legalism that's

old Covenant living Pastor, you going get that word because I'm

under grace, I don't have to do anything.

Because there's nothing I can do enough.

I didn't do anything to get what I'm in and I can't do anything

to be where I'm at. Well, why is God even talking

then? So you seek Him, you deliver and

I'm going to go and live life know when I die, go to heaven.

Become guilty and under condemnation because the worst

trying to elevate you to obedience.

The we want to be in the cycle of for fail and forgive this.

Get out of it right, okay, why? Because they did not pursue it

by faith as though it were by works, they stumbled Over The

Stumbling Stone. You see what it was.

That's very, I mean, I hope this is clear.

God did speak it. It had power but they didn't

seek the voice of what was written the person they like

just stay away from us will do this without you.

Well, you're not capable of doing his word without him.

The many you do you do a work of his word without him and that's

faith without love. Faith through love working.

It's an epidemic. I mean, people are in churches,

they shouldn't even be a part of.

Well, I go to the church because it provides something for my

children. I don't get anything out of it,

but, you know. So you want your kids to be

entertained? While you die spiritually

because you think the pastor has the ability to train up your

child the way they should go. So they don't depart from it yet

that's actually your responsibility. and so, when

your kids come out and be twice, a son of hell, Instead of going

to a place that figs your spirit so you could be led by the

spirit. now, that being said, we minister to your children to

their Spirit here, We definitely don't entertain their flesh.

That's why not all teenagers. Come here.

Because pizzas an idol. Man, you see how many people we

had here? We brought a bunch of pizza and

brought them all in. Well, they led by the spirit.

Or did you give them God's word and say now you keep it by

yourself, you don't need to hear the voice to keep it.

Okay. Just as it is written behold I

lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

Sorry that things broke up there and he who believes in him will

not be disappointed. Reason you won't be disappointed

because you'll be pleasing to God if you believe him at his

word, Galatians 2:16, 2:20 says, nevertheless.

Galatians 2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by The Works of the

law, but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in

Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified.

Divided by faith in Christ and not by The Works of the law of

since we Since By The Works of the law.

No flesh will be justified. But if while seeking to be

justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found.

Sinners is Christ, then a minister of sin may it never be

for if I rebuild what I once destroyed.

I proved myself to be a transgressor.

Meaning you in this dispensation can apply God's word without

him. And be found a sinner.

This is very important because I'm a tell you where you do it

the most You love believes the best in this situation that

love. Does it take in account the

suffered wrong? And then Contra, man because of

that are not that you love believes the best, at the time,

that love does not rejoice in unrighteousness. so, we continue

to rejoice in a place because we have that word When God's

actually saying I'm not laughing.

The reason why I love has so many elements to us because God

is speaking to people on. So did so many different levels.

I mean, this is not like that's the problem with working the law

yourself. It's not a cookie cutter

response. God knows what's been going on

with people. I mean if you've been at anchor

Faith Church for more than you know, five or six years and you

have partnered with the vision. Gone, through support of

ministry, been a part of some form of leadership.

And through the, you know, accountability that's associated

with that. And the meetings that come with

that you've gotten involved with one of the call her blessed book

clubs and gone through more than one maybe or you're a gentleman

and you've gone through the Mighty Men 318, you've become a

kingdom Institute student and graduated.

And if you expect me to apply love in your life, when you are

walking and send the same, I would for a person who just

first comes in the door. You are sadly mistaken.

I am obligated by the king. to minister to you at the level you

attain to So when you try to come at me and say well how come

you letting that go, what about well how come you're not doing

what? You know?

How come you're not living by faith?

How come you're not putting your flesh down?

How come I'm begging you to come to knowledge, Junior and serve.

I mean, everybody wants to grow to spiritual maturity.

But you understand when you get to a place God doesn't tolerate

certain things. How can Moses hit a rock twice

after all the mercy? He's demonstrating stood in the

Gap when God himself wanted to move in a different posture of

Wrath, which was love. And God says, you're not getting

in. Let go let Joshua go.

May it never be verse 19 for the for through the law.

I died to the law so that I might live to God.

Now, in the reason I brought this in all that because here's

context. Now, here's verse 21 and verse

20 say I have been crucified. So before Paul, which we use the

scripture all the time, we all know, you know, Galatians 2:20

Galatians 2:20

right for. I've been crucified with Christ

is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life,

which I Live Now in This skin suit, the flesh.

I live how by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave

himself up for me. He loved me why.

Cuz he, oh, he through obedience went to the cross and died for

me. So, the reason why I Paul who

live the law and according to the law found blameless, but

when I got around the voice, And realize I supposed to follow the

voice of that law. When I heard the voice of the

law, speak to me on the road to Damascus, all of a sudden, it

upended everything. I thought I knew about God and

it made me change my position and realize I'll do whatever you

say when you say it. So I Gotta Die to self cause

don't think that I'm going to be like, I know enough about God's

word that I don't need God around to do it.

And there are many Believers today, that think they got

enough a God's word around them that they are good going to

heaven. Now, I'm not saying they're not

going to heaven. I'm just saying they're not

living to the full Glory of what God wanted his church to

express. Because we're not daily living.

By being led by the spirit. Now, how are you being led by

the spirit? The spirit is talking to you

based upon what he hears. You see how it all ties

together, all right, James chapter 2, James chapter 2 will

James 2 · chapter mention James 2 · chapter mention

try to close this down because I need to move into prayer.

He said, what then what use is it?

My brethren talking to the church.

Now, we're not talking to the Lost.

Okay. You hear what?

I said? What use is it?

My brethren? If someone says he has Faith but

he has no works. All right.

So quit Association. The word, work to Old, Covenant.

There's always been a work is called obedience.

All God did through all of his dispensation was lay a word out

so that man could obey it and it even happened in the garden with

Adam. I laid my word out so he could

obey it. and again, obedience to God means that it inevitably a

choice is going to have to manifest That's why he gave him

everything in the garden. That was good and put one choice

to do wrong. Because I want you to love me.

I want you to love me, like, I love you.

Because God does not by late as on Word.

Can Faith. Save him?

That's the question. If a brother or sister is

without clothing, he gives a natural example and in need of

daily food. And one of you says to him, go

in peace, be warm and be filled and yet, do not give them.

What is necessary for their body.

What use is that here? It is.

Ready. Ready?

Here's a tradition. Well, you know, I was going to

do this for you. I was going to get.

I was but you know, it's the thought that counts.

I thought not acted on. The demonstrate love is useless.

Now, there are some thoughts you should never act on because

their ungodly you should take them captive and cast them down.

But if there is a true brother in need, now this is not a

generic statement. You can't take this one

statement. Again, this is where we fell.

This is where you'll go back to the law.

Aw look what it says in my brothers in need, I gotta do it.

We'll wait a minute. Why are they in?

Need there are conditions here. So there's other things we have

to ask besides just taken one scripture and all of a sudden

through that script to decide if I for hear anybody's in the I'm

Gonna do that thing. Well, God may say don't do

nothing for them. Because did the prodigal son

have a need? Did the father, go?

Run him down when he found. No, no.

So there are some that God can say, I know, they haven't eaten.

I appreciate That's why you got to listen to him.

This is the law of Faith. Oh Dad they don't have anything

now. Lord I know your word says that

if my brother sister has a need I need to meet that need and the

Lord said yeah but you're not the one to meet at so don't do

it. Or, you know, they've been in

Rebellion for so many years. Now, you're not going against

the word, he's telling you how to apply, because there's a

whole lot of other scriptures. I can show you.

That can cut you off from individuals and love does that.

Love gives people what they want.

Don't look at me like that. I just refuse to be driven by

law. In the context that I'm working

the law myself. So if somebody comes in here

with any and tells me about to cut off their house and they

bout to, you know, evict them, I'm not going to allow myself to

be emotionally moved by that. Because I don't live by the way,

I feel. My first inclination is I want

to do something, but I'm constrained because I'm led by

the spirit. But what do you do is you'll

hear that so-and-so came by the church and ask for something and

we didn't give it to him when I ever asking I wonder what God

was saying about that. But instead hon, hey don't do

the word a bunch of Hypocrites. They don't care about people

over there, they don't get nobody of Second Chance.

Bro, if you're not here, 50 billion chances, most likely

have already happened. We've gone through a plethora of

chances. A plethora.

So you go ahead and pull that person right up here in front of

the church, and let's have that conversation.

Alleluia. And some of y'all like Amen to

that. Because, you know, that's a true

statement. And the one who says going

piece, right? Okay.

Verse 17, even, so if it has no works, oh, excuse me, Allah.

Ya. First 17, even so if it has no

works is dead being by itself. But someone may say well you

have faith, you have faith and I have Works.

Show me your faith without the works and I'll show you my faith

by my works, you believe that God is one.

Now, this is really important here because again, context, you

Believe that means you have faith.

No one is questioning that faith has come.

Faith comes by hearing. So faith is present, but that

doesn't mean it's active. Right?

Because we could do a funeral today and a body can be present.

But they're dead and we can honestly say, so.

And so was a tanker pay church today?

Yeah, in a casket Now, some will say you have it, it really

wasn't him. It was a skin suit and that was

the name given to them on the in the earth.

And so they were there specifically all fit in physical

form and that is not a lie. But without their spirit is

dead. Which means you can have faith

hear God's word about it, but not be doing it based upon his

voice specifically. Or not acting on the voice, you

just heard he goes on and says, you believe that God is one you

do? Well, the demons believe, also

believe and shudder. Now, that's a sad indictment

right there. If you really let that soak in

in essence. What James says, I got a bunch

of demonic Faith among the Brethren.

They believe as much as demons do.

Demons believe God, but they can't act on it.

They know what God's word says and they have to obey that now

meaning obeying this point. No demon wants to leave a

person. But if a child of God full of

authority by being led by the spirit cast that demon out, it

has to go. Now the demon wanting in faith,

the demon was in response to the word of God because the demon

can never believe God for anything.

Yeah, but it is required to follow whatever was said.

And even demons know that God's real but they can't exercise

what they know about him. And there are people in the

church that have demon faith. I mean that's what the Bible

says, right? I mean all you do is like, that

is not me and is very easy for it.

Not to be you be a doer of the word, right?

Just be a doer of the word, no problem.

Alright, verse 20, he says but are you okay?

But are you willing to recognize you foolish fella that faith

without works? Is useless was not Abraham Our

Father justified by works when he offered up, Isaac his son on

the altar now why did he take Isaac in the first place?

God, daddy said it. I would submit to you that if he

had actually acted on it completely, His son would have

died. Because Abraham knew God said

this, this is your Covenant child.

Now, he tells me to sacrifice him so in the course of taking

him, he concluded. That God must be able to raise

the dead. Because how would he cancel out

that word with this? So in essence, as he's going up,

the hill, he has convinced himself that God will raise my

son up but God never said are our promised him a resurrection.

He never said it. You could conclude that that

sounds, right? And he put his entire trust that

I will do what he says, but I'm convinced he has to be able to

raise now. Can God raise the Dead?

Lutely. But did God promised Abraham

that he would resurrect his son. Did he speak?

It never did. So when God says in the moment

he's about to drive that knife down.

If God had not if When God says stop, if Abraham would have

said, I refuse to listen to anything.

But God, Then around would have been in a Thicket.

And he would have said, but God raised him from the dead and God

says, I never had that for him. You're believing something I

didn't say. In this situation, my word was

always for Ram. That's why you can't live by

what you heard. You got to live my what you're

hearing. And many of us have sacrificed.

and we felt like we were close to God about something because

again some of our first experiences with God was through

a sacrifice instead of understanding something higher

than sacrifices there and it's called obedience.

Aren't you glad Abraham listen though?

Aren't you? Glad that he was into, although

he had a thought and a belief system in him.

That Hebrew says he believed he was so convinced that what he

was believing more than killing his son, was that this is the

Covenant child. His faith resided in.

He can't really leave the Earth. But I'll do whatever God says

even though it doesn't make sense to me.

So he began to conclude God must be able to do some and even

though he can that was never what God spoke to him, God had a

different plan coming up the other side of the mountain at

the same time. Shot up by C Theta by, cos

Theta, and many of us are missing what's coming up the

other side of the mountain, because we live God's word,

according to how we want to live it.

And if you live by the law, you'll die by the law.

I live by faith, but faith is law because faith is hearing

God's word and then acting on it because my faith is not going to

be dead. All right, let's conclude with

this Hallelujah. He goes on and says where we at

verse 22, 22. You see that Faith was working

with his works and as a result of the works, Faith was

perfected. And the scripture was fulfilled

and says, Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as

righteousness and he was called the friend of God.

And you see that Man is justified by works and not by

faith alone in the same way, was not Rahab the Harlot.

Also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent

them out by another way, don't you think James who walked with

the Lord, as one of his own personal disciples if he is and

he's Jewish, you understand, our he's of the nation of Israel.

Don't you think that if he understood this revelation of

God's, Grace through faith that here he is.

Talking to the church. That we still do something.

If doing something. Was legalism.

Are ya legalism, right? You're trying to put me under

bondage. How can I put you under bondage?

Whatever Jesus says Freedom comes cause it's the truth that

sets you free. How can I ever put you under

bondage? If I says the word says the Lord

says, And if you act on that, then the power contained within

that word will come to pass when you crucify your flesh and live

my faith. He says, I'm so he uses to one.

That's not even Old Testament. I mean, in the context of old

Covenant, neither one of them are actually in the law, Moses.

So what's he doing? He's predating this whole

context. That you know what?

You don't live by what is written.

We do live by what is written and what is spoken.

We act on it. He says verse 26 for just as the

body without the spirit is dead. So also faith without works is

dead. Why?

Cause Faith through love working causes things to come to pass.

This is why so important for us to understand how does this all

tie together because the greatest expression of God's

love is obey man has word. Well, the minute you obey him at

his word, you heard it was. Faith is activated.

Faith comes by hearing Faith shows up and now you act on that

word. Now, it ain't whether you're

good enough to act on it. That's not the point although

you've been made righteous and you are good enough, right?

But it's not you doing it. Is you doing what he said and

his saying is, what does it? But it's not independent of you

acting on trusting that what he says is, got enough power in it.

You can't take your workout You can't take your part of the

equation out. It says that Jesus worked with

them confirming. The word didn't say Jesus work

for them while they got to enjoy watching him.

Do everything. They got in some pretty rough

spots. That if what they said didn't

manifest, they look like a bunch of idiots or they would die.

But God I said, but God will see the deliverer because he acted

with him. So with that being said,

LastPass is I close with this Philippians 2:12 through 16

Philippians 2:12–16

says. So then my beloved such, as you

have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more

in my absence work out your salvation with fear and

trembling Now, this is not salvation to be born again by

itself. You understand, God wants to

deliver you out of all your troubles.

So, salvation is not a born-again experience, only

salvation means to be safe from any problem, you encounter.

So how do you work it out? You go to God, you seek him

about what to do and then you say what he says, Say what he

says are you hearing what I'm saying, okay, so you work it out

with fear and trembling right, verse 13 for it is God, who is

at work? Who's working in you.

He's at work in you both to Will and to work for his good

pleasure. So you understand the Holy Ghost

in you is not there to make you feel good.

He's not in you to make you feel good to give you Goosebumps.

To make you want to pass out and get a vision, a dream, he's not

in you to catch you up to the third heaven, he's not in you so

that you can see angels. He's in you.

At work, for these two things, both to Will, and to work for

his good pleasure without faith. It's impossible to.

So he's in you to work faith. And him in you is love, cause

God is love. So Faith, through love working.

He says, do all things without grumbling are disputing.

Oh My My My wait till we get to Wednesday.

So that you will prove yourself to be blameless.

Wait a minute, I don't have to do nothing.

Really must be some kind of Amber Alert.

That's annoying. My service.

Hallelujah. So he says you all things about

so that you will prove yourself to be blameless and innocent

children of God, above reproach in the midst of a crooked and

perverse generation among whom you appear as lights to the

world. Notice, if you let Faith through

love working in your life, this is how the world will actually

begin to see God not because we just feed them.

Because the world can feed the poor.

The world can build houses, the world can pay off mortgages.

And people are in emotional AA and very thankful yet, God's not

in any of it, God's only in it, if God spoke it to be.

So and we acted on it. And as a result of acting on it,

then light will actually show up.

You can't do something of God in and of yourself and expect God's

likeness show up in only shows up when you do it in obedience

to his word. Holding fast the word of life,

so that in the day of Christ, I will have reason.

I will have reason. I will have reason to Glory

because I did not run in vain or toil in vain.

I think that's like my prayer to you.

Is that you would allow love to work in You by faith through

faith believing God seek any warning to raised to the highest

so that at the end of my life, I won't feel like I've laid my

life down for a congregation in a community for no reason.

Because God wants so much for you because he loved you so

much. He gave his son for the express

purpose. That you could be born of his

spirit and he could put his spirit in you.

So love could manifest in you and you could hear the voice of

love and act on it. Willingly.

I'm not going to neglect so great, a Salvation by staying

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