Steeled For Victory

All right, let's get our Bibles and wave them.

Lift them up, wave them around, make Jesus glad and the devil mad.

Let's say this together say, heavenly Father, I've tuned in on Wednesday night because I am one that's hungry and thirsty for more, more of your spirit, more of your word, more of your revelation, so that my faith can be built to a higher level.

I am determined to have success in this life and in the next, in Jesus' name, amen.

Let's look at our Bibles.

I'll read you Psalm 11, verse three, and I'm gonna read it in the Passion translation, and also get Second Chronicles 32, verses one through eight.

Psalm 11, three in the Passion says what can the righteous accomplish when the truth's pillars are destroyed and law and order collapse?

That's pretty much up to date.

What can the righteous do?

Well, I tell you, we can do plenty.

We can overcome evil with good amen.

And then I wanna read to you out of Second Chronicles 32, and this was my reading today in my normal reading, and we'll start with verse one.

And in chapter 31, it talks about Hezekiah and when he became king, he brought in, he brought in a revival, he started repairing the temple, he restored the tithe and they celebrated Passover for the first time since Solomon.

And so here in chapter 32, after these things, these things that I just said, after these things in the establishment thereof, what happened?

Sennacherib, king of Issyria, came and entered into Judah and encamped against the fence cities and fought to win them for himself.

And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains, which were without the city, and they did help him.

So there was gathered much people together who stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying why should the king of Assyria come and find much water?

Also, he strengthened himself and built up the wall that was broken and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without and repaired millow in the city of David had made, had made darts or swords, and shields or weapons in abundance, and he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together in the street and Of the gate of the city and spake comfortably to them Saying be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him, for there be more with us than be with him.

Hallelujah.

Then verse 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord, our God, to help us and to fight our battles.

And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and my, my margin says they leaned upon the words and I like the message.

Listen to the message Bible.

Hezekiah's words put steel in their spines.

So that's what I wanted to speak about tonight steeled for victory, stealed for victory.

Yes, that's my job is to encourage and strengthen you, to put steel in your spine to be able to stand up and keep your head up when you're facing all of the things that we are facing right now.

And Dr Jackson I'll address some of these issues on Sunday morning.

He talked about 25% of the people have not been deceived.

Another 25% of the people have been basically hypnotized masses, mass hysteria, and then you leave about 40% of people.

That kind of go back and forth between the two.

With the 40% or our right Parfaits, there are people that can be persuaded, and so you know, we, we, we must keep our chin up and we got to have steel in our spines.

I Reminded.

You know, like Judah, we're facing overwhelming odds.

It looks like overwhelming odds, you know, but hey look, there's more with us than they were then.

With them, are with them.

I like what?

What the?

You know the prophecy that we delivered almost two years ago, back in September of 2019, about the greatest year yet, and and and and.

That prophecy came forth in such power and it said you know, no matter what, you're looking in the face of what you face, say nothing else, but this is the greatest year of my life.

Don't say anything else.

And so 2020 was one of the worst years for most people.

I think most people, most people on the face of the earth, would say 2020 was their worst year yet, but not at glorious way.

Church, we had a word from God and most of us have said no.

We seized and we said no.

This is our greatest year yet, no matter what the circumstances were, and it continues unto this day.

You know God is still building on that word.

Nothing's really changed for 2022.

We have we have such an opening of Opportunity for great things to happen.

So, in the face of what we face, let let that be steel in your spine to give you the courage it takes to keep.

Keep your head up, be strong and very courageous.

Be not afraid of the multitude of communists and and Socialists and Democrats and fake news media and and all of the the University experts and Washington elites, non-elected bureaucrats, billionaire globalists, just on and on and on and on.

All of the the Craziness that's going on right now, all of the calling evil good and the good evil.

Listen, we, we're clued in, we know what's happening.

And then, of course, they have persuaded a large number of people.

They are deceived, and it's just, it's really bad, but there's more with us than there is with them.

Amen, there's more with us.

We have a multitude of angels on our side.

So you know, the enemy likes to talk.

You know, if you keep reading here in chapter 32, the son of the king of Assyria.

He had captured the northern kingdom, the 10 tribes, and taken them away and had captured all of their cities and all of their wealth, and so he was.

And he had defeated other kingdoms, and so he was boy.

He was really high and mighty.

He said, oh, your God's not able to, don't be deceived.

He put people out there to holler at the Israelites as they were building the walls and preparing for battle and said oh, don't be deceived by Hezekiah, don't let the God of Hezekiah can't save you from us, we're too strong.

And they basically just blasphemed the God of Israel, just on and on.

They're just.

You know what we'd call in modern parlance.

You know they just trash talk and that's what I hear all the time.

I hear that from the resident of the wine house and his vice resident.

That's about all they can do is trash talk.

They don't, I mean, have no wisdom at all.

I mean, one of their experts said the other day he says, oh, there's nothing we can do about gas price.

We can't increase production.

That won't do anything with gas price.

Really, if you produce more oil and get it up out of the ground where we have it, you mean to tell me that oil would not come down.

You know he doesn't even know basic economics.

I think they know.

If they just keep lying, that's all they can do.

Praise God.

You know what.

I'm not intimidated by the record that I set yesterday filling up my truck.

I filled up my truck it's a personal record $121.

Fill up my truck with regular gas.

You know I.

You know I'm not intimidated by it.

You know what I did.

I looked at that figure and I was last.

I said praise God, my God supplies all my need.

I'm not even gonna feel this, you know.

I just you know, look, we just have to realize that we've got God on our side, amen.

So so they threatened you to, they blaspheme God.

And so here in chapter 32, verse 20, let's look at it.

And for this cause has a chi, the king and the prophet, isaiah, the son of Amos, prayed and cried to heaven.

You know, we do a lot of praying around here.

We pray and cry.

We cry against these forces.

I tell you I don't spend any time praying for them.

Oh, the Bible says, pastor, we're still to pray for the, our leaders, their ministers to us of righteousness.

Well, they're not ministers of righteousness, they're ministers of evil.

You wouldn't pray for the devil.

Nobody prayed for Herod, nobody.

You know bar Jesus.

You know Paul took one look at bar Jesus and said you, enemy of righteousness, you, son of the devil, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the of the Lord?

He didn't pray for him, you know.

I think it's time for us to cry against these people.

You know, these evil doers will soon be cut down as the grass and wither as a green herb.

You know, I just quote Psalm 37 against them and I know they're not on God's side.

So why should I be on their side?

No, I cry against the evil things they're doing and they will not prevail in the short run.

We still we're gonna as long as the church is on the earth.

We have authority.

Let's not, let's not forget that.

So they prayed and they cried to the God of heaven.

And you know, they didn't even have to fight against the knock, or look at where it was 21, the Lord sent an angel which cut off all the mighty men of valor.

One angel, one angel destroyed his army.

If you keep reading, he limps back and goes back home and his own sons kill him, go into his house and kill him, his own sons.

So I mean, god knows how to deal with the enemy.

Amen, especially those who blaspheme and those who dishonor the blood of Jesus.

Well, pastor, you should be praying for the soul of Biden, I mean, and Harris, you should be praying.

Listen, they have rejected the gospel.

They are in America.

They have heard the gospel over and over again.

They've had every opportunity to get saved.

I have no obligation.

They don't get a second chance.

You know, most people get one chance to get right with God and after that, you know, they can go to hell if they want to, and evidently that's what they want.

They want power, they don't care about eternal life.

So, no, I don't have that obligation and I would do that if the Holy Spirit put it in my heart to do it.

But otherwise, you know, let's get rid of evil and evil doers.

Amen.

Let's make sure they're defeated at the next election, praise God.

So in the previous chapter.

Well, let's keep going.

So, after the enemy was defeated, I mean the other country started bringing gifts to Hezekiah.

They honored him, they tried to make peace with Judah, and it said in verse 27 here, chapter 32, I want you to read this and Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor, and he made himself treasuries for silver and gold and for precious stones, and for spices and for shields and for all manner of pleasant jewels, storehouses also for the increase of corn and wine and oil, and stalls for all manner of beasts and coats, for flocks.

Moreover, he provided him cities and possessions of flocks and herds and abundance, for God had given him substance.

Very much.

God had given him substance, very much.

See, I believe that's still on the way for the church, you know, and just before that, before Sennacherim was defeated, he was going around trash talking and trying to get everybody convinced that there was no hope and no use in resisting.

That's where we are right now.

Listen, we are gonna resist this evil that's going on in this world.

It's not just happening here in America, it's happening globally.

We are going to resist, we're gonna rule and reign over the spirit of Antichrist and we are gonna be rewarded.

See, god always rewards those who diligently seek him.

Now, talking about diligently seeking him, the whole chapter 31, the chapter before this one, when you read where Hezekiah took over from his father.

His father was an evil king.

He did evil and Hezekiah took over and he did good and, as I mentioned earlier, he spearheaded revival in Judah.

He repaired the temple, he cleansed it.

They broke down all the altars to bail and the false gods.

They restored the tithe and offerings and they collected so much of that that they had heaps and heaps and heaps.

And then he said what are you gonna do with these heaps?

And so the priest started gathering all of it up and they began to bring all of the worship back to the temple, all of the basins and the tables and the showbread and all of that kind of thing, and they restored sacrifices.

They started sacrificing by the thousands and they had to gather up the priesthood and they had to put them to work because there were very few that were sanctified, and they kept the Passover for the first time since Solomon's day.

And so what do you call that?

You call that revival.

See, I just believe there's coming another revival, but it has to start individually.

It starts with each person and in this case it started with the king.

He had to realize that Israel and Judah had sinned and departed, and they actually sent messengers to the rest of the remnant, of those that had not been taken away to Assyria, and they said you all, come back to Jerusalem and get back right with God.

You celebrate the Passover with us.

And some of them laughed them to scorn and mock them.

And some of them came and they brought their tithes and offerings and there were heaps and heaps.

I mean there was revival in the land and then, of course, right after that, then came the enemy sea to try to destroy.

I mean, you know, we have to expect that anytime there's a move of God, the devil's gonna come and try to steal, kill and destroy.

I mean, it shouldn't be to surprised.

So in that other chapter there was great joy and rejoicing and I mean people were so thrilled and when they were able to worship God with the Passover they sang their songs.

It was just an amazing thing.

So now this is what was able to fuel them to stand against Samachurib in his army.

They went ahead and prepared.

I mean, they built the walls and the towers, they gave, they got the weaponry, the chariots and the horses and all they prepared.

But guess what?

They didn't even have to use it.

I mean, one angel went out and wiped out the army and here goes Sennacher sneaking out of town, you know, trying to remain anonymous, you know and going back home.

And then as soon as he got home in his own house, here comes his sons and they kill him.

So I'm telling you we have a lot to see compared to today.

And I'm not talking about physical violence, I'm talking about the fact that there are more with us than there are with the devil.

The devil is not more powerful than God, and especially not the church, the bloodbought church that has the name of Jesus.

We have authority, we have angelic help.

Are you with me now?

I mean, you know, the church is the pillar and ground of the truth, and so we got encouraged Sunday morning to share the truth that we have.

Let's be witnesses and let's do what we can to help people.

They might be part of the 40% that are kind of swinging back.

You know they still wear a mask, but they don't want to.

They're tired of it.

They're tired of this whole drill.

They know that there's something not right.

They just don't seem to have the courage to speak up.

Well, let's encourage them, let's be an example to them.

You know I had to go to the ear, nose and throat doctor last week to get my ears cleaned out.

I don't want to be gross, but I mean, every six months I've got to do that so I can hear.

And you know they just insisted I wear a mask.

And I said, look, I don't wear a mask.

My doctor told me not to do it.

It's not good for my health, I don't even have to.

I said, well, all right, I'll do it because I need this appointment.

So I'll wear it.

But I said, just tell your boss that I won't be back till he gets real.

This is ridiculous.

And there was a couple that overheard me and boy, they were giving me thumbs up.

They were wearing their mask.

I put my mask on under my nose, then, when I got to my seat, I pulled it all the way down under my chin.

See, I just don't care, I resist, I'm just going to resist.

And you know, we need to learn how to be less cooperative with a lie.

See, and that's what I call a witness.

And so that couple, we spent the whole time waiting for my name to be called, talking back and forth about what this church has done, how we sued the governor.

We opened up, we didn't comply, we didn't do any of that, and we wound up being declared essential.

Well, we already declared ourselves essential.

We don't need Lena to tell us we're essential or Governor Abbott to tell us we are essential.

And so you know, that's what you know.

When you're waiting around for government to tell you what the Bible already told you you're in bad shape.

And so you know.

That's what I'm talking about.

Listen, I'm so proud of this church and the membership of standing in this time.

This reminds me of this testimony, and I believe it's going to wind up being just like that.

I believe we're going to have wealth.

I believe we're going to have plenty of wealth to preach the gospel and get the end time harvest in amen.

So let's all be steeled for victory.

You know, when Hezekiah stood up and he told the people of Israel, he said don't be afraid of this number, there's more with us than them.

And said you know, he put steel in their spines.

The only anointing that was in the Old Testament was the priest, the prophet and the king.

So when the king addressed them, the Holy Spirit was the one that brought the Word to them.

Now they were spiritually dead people.

They don't have the Spirit of God on the inside, but that anointing benefited them.

It went into them and strengthened them.

And I think about one of the meanings of the word paraclete, which translated comforter, in John chapter 14, 15 and 16.

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The Holy Spirit is a comforter.

Really, the true meaning of comforter is helper.

But another meaning is what happens when a general comes to address the troops right before battle and he is able to encourage them and give them strength and courage.

Without that they would collapse and see that was what they needed.

They needed an anointed Word from their leader, and it buoyed them, it lifted them and it gave them strength and courage to face the enemy.

And that's what this Word will do to you, with you tonight.

It'll help you face what you have to face in your own life.

And so there's three things.

Number one lean on and depend on the Word of God.

See, that's my job is to give you that Word that's anointed and with the anointing that I have on my office, it will go into you and strengthen you and lift you up.

You know, romans three, four says let God be true and every man a liar.

Listen, I don't accept what the world says about much of anything.

I never go to the news to look for the news.

They'd have a narrative.

They don't have any news.

They have a narrative, they have something that's designed to carry their message.

There's very little news available and you know, look, we just need to know, kind of generally, what's going on.

And let's just, let's just lean on the Word of God, let's depend on the Word of God.

It's our ultimate source.

And, uh, and so you know, the Bible says that the church is the pillar and ground of the truth.

So you know, that's why we we hang around church to hear what we need to hear, to, to keep us strong.

So lean on and depend on the Word of God.

Secondly, stay full of the Holy Ghost.

And talking about revival, revival always starts individually.

It it it starts personally.

I know people you know we can pray for revival oh God, send revival in there and we're dead.

No, that won't work.

We've got to get.

We've got to get filled with the Holy Ghost Personally.

You've got to stay full of the Holy Ghost and that takes effort.

It takes Ephesians 5, 18, be not drunk with wine where's an excess, but be being filled, be continually and habitually filled with the Holy Ghost.

And so when you are, when you have personal revival, then you're more likely to be contagious.

Just like, listen, hezekiah was passionate, he was filled with the Holy Ghost.

He, he wanted his nation to serve God.

He wanted the excellency of God's power and God's love to be manifest, and so he, he communicated that to his people.

Stay full of the Holy Ghost.

And then the last one let your light shine.

Let your light shine.

Don't hide your light under a basket or under a bushel, but put it on a candlestick for everybody to see.

Be be a bold example.

Be a bold example of love and faith to others.

Don't, don't be one of these that just kneels to government, kneels to politicians, kneels and bow and scrapes and holds people you know up in high esteem.

I mean, these people are not, these people that have been lying and have and have gone along.

And you know, I tell you, even the medical system I I've lost a tremendous amount of respect.

I find it hard for me to respect some of my doctors anymore because I see how that they've been and bowed and didn't use their, their influence to do what they knew was right Just a handful of done it.

By the way, dr Jackson is standing up for his what he believes and he's you know he got suspended from his hospital.

I told him the next hearing, let us know we will definitely pray for him.

But he's standing against them and he said look, I want you to.

You know what you did.

You didn't use the right procedure, you didn't follow procedure.

He's suing them and he's got lawyers.

He said I'll tell you what I'll do.

I will resign my position if you will take that suspension off of my record.

And they won't do it.

See, they are lawless.

I mean the American Medical Association lawless, the owners of these hospitals, these big, big corporations that own all the hospitals now lawlessness.

So we have to understand that.

Let's not, let's not lift these people up.

Let's I know sometimes we have to go for medical attention, but let's not.

Let's always know that God, jesus, is the great physician, amen.

So let your light shine.

That's my point.

Let's let our light shine and be examples, a bold example of love and faith.

Be steeled for victory.

Come on, lift your hands and receive tonight.

Hallelujah, glory to God.

I pray that this message is just short and to the point.

I hope it, I trust it will, I hope I trust that it will strengthen you and remind you of who you are.

I'm telling you one one spirit Phil Christian has a tremendous amount of influence.

You never know how much, how many people are watching you, and so be an example.

Amen.