What Are the Terms | Pastor Jesse Jernigan | 8.23.26 (Sermon)

Hey friends, it's Pastor Jesse from

Liberty Culture Church and I am glad

that you've joined us today for this

message. Listen, we believe that the

word of God is authoritative [music] and

the power of the Holy Spirit is active

and available right now in this moment

and I believe he's going to bring

transformation to your life. I believe

as you listen to this message, power of

the Holy Spirit is going to touch you,

minister to your life and you're going

to see God do incredible things in your

life. So listen, let's go now into this

message and be blessed

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>> by the word of God.

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>> And I don't know about you, but I'm

ready for the word today. Anybody else

ready for the word today? Come on.

I I I want you to go with me to Matthew

chapter number 19 and we're going to

read several verses there, but I feel

like the Lord's given me a direct word

for this house. There are two Greek

words uh that come to mind as I prepare

my heart for this. One of those is logos

and one of those is

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>> rhema. Somebody say logos.

And say rhema.

These are two Greek words that describe

a word.

What I'm about to do in this moment

right now. And let me give you a quick

definition. Logos is the written or the

revealed word of God. You hold in your

hand the logos of God. Somebody say

logos.

That's what you hold in your hand, but

rhema is another dimension of that same

thought process and it literally means a

specific spirit-quickened word from God

for a particular moment or situation.

And today I feel like I'm going to I'm

going to give you some logos. We're

going to get there, but I feel like God

has given me a rhema word for Liberty

Culture Church.

So you might better look at your

neighbor and say, "You better buckle

up."

Come on, shout it at them. Say, "You

better buckle up."

There's a rhema word on the way.

There's a rhema word on the way cuz

logos establishes

the truth. We're going to establish the

truth, but rhema brings the truth into

the moment that you're in right now.

So, if you got Matthew chapter number

19,

say, "I got it."

Now, one question before we read

because

I I want to start with the end in mind

this morning.

And the question is not just some random

question I'm going to throw out. It

demands an answer from every single one

of us. And we are a Pentecostal church.

Can I get an amen?

All right, that was okay for maybe like

a upscale Baptist, but how many know

we're a Pentecostal church? Come on. I

said, "We are a Pentecostal church."

All right. So, when I say it demands an

answer, it doesn't demand just an

internal answer, but it demands an

external answer. And that is by way of

verification that you really believe it

in your heart what God is about to do in

this place. And the question is this

this morning,

are you ready for revival?

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>> All right, that was okay.

That was all right.

And we'll dive deeper into this, but I'm

going to ask you one more time because I

want to [music] give you one more chance

uh and and prepare you for the end

because at the end we're going to have

to get rowdy and get crazy and all that

stuff. But the question this morning is

simply this, are you ready for revival?

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>> Oh, yeah.

So, we're going to jump right in to

revival this morning. But that is the

question I feel like the Holy Spirit is

posing to us today at Liberty Culture

Church. Are you ready for revival?

Matthew 19, start with verse number 16.

If you haven't got it yet, I gave you

plenty of time. You can jump on the

screen with us and watch there. It says,

"Now behold, one came and said to him."

Who is him? It's Jesus.

Said, "Good teacher, what good thing

shall I do

that I may have eternal life?" A A very

important question, wouldn't you say? If

we're going to make it to heaven, we

need to ask the one who can give us the

way.

So, Jesus said to him, "Why do YOU CALL

ME GOOD?" DIDN'T EVEN answer his

question. He said, "How dare you call me

good? No one is good but one, and that

is God or my father in heaven."

Said, "But if you want to enter into

life." He said, "Let's keep it simple.

Keep the commandments."

All right? Pretty straightforward. Most

of us, if we heard Jesus say that to us,

we'd say, "Got you. On my way. Here I

go." But no, that's not what he said.

Look at verse 18. He said to him, "Which

ones?"

He said, "What So, if we're going to be

IF WE'RE GOING TO TELL ME COMMAND ALL

RIGHT, GIVE give me a few that I can

follow and let's forget about the rest."

That's what he's really saying. He said,

Jesus said to him, "All right, fine."

And now, some people see this as Jesus

negotiating. No, Jesus is opening a

door.

He's not negotiating. He's opening a

door. Jesus don't negotiate. Come on.

United States of America does not

negotiate with terrorists, and Jesus

does not negotiate with people. Can I

get an amen?

There is a way, and we walk in it. But

Jesus said, "All right, here you go. You

shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery. You shall

not steal. You shall not bear false

witness. Honor your father and your

mother, [music] and you shall love your

neighbor as yourself."

All right, if keep the commandments

wasn't good enough, here goes a There's

a list.

But then the young man said to him, "All

these things I've kept FROM MY YOUTH.

WHAT DO I still lack?" Knowing good and

well that joker ain't kept all them

commandments.

He lied straight to Jesus' face.

And they're trying to say, "Well, I'm

perfect. I got it all." But Jesus knew

the intent of his heart. He said, "All

right. If you want to be perfect."

Somebody say perfect.

What he was trying to do was presenting

it as, "Oh, oh, I did that. I did this.

I did this. So, Jesus, I'm perfect. What

else do I need to do? I see your

disciples, they're not as good as me."

Come on, somebody.

He said, Jesus said to him, "If you want

to be perfect, go

sell what you have, give it to the poor,

and you're you will have treasure in

heaven. Then he said this, when you give

away everything, he said, "Don't go back

to it, come and follow me."

Mhm.

But one of the saddest scriptures in the

word of God, and we're not going to end

sad today, but I want you to see the

heaviness of this moment. Verse 22, but

when the young man heard that saying,

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>> or heard the terms that Jesus laid out,

he went away sorrowful, for he had great

possessions.

Great possessions.

He He heard the terms that Christ laid

out for him plainly and clearly, but

then he said, "Mhm.

I I I just can't accept those terms."

And so today, I feel the Lord's given me

a word for this house, and that is

simply this question, what are the

terms? Look at your neighbor, say, "What

are the terms?"

Let's pray together. Father, we give you

praise for your word. We give you praise

for your presence and your spirit. I

pray that you would quicken us, God, not

with just a logos word, but give us a

rhema word in this house. We give you

honor. We give you praise. In [music]

Jesus' name we pray, and everybody says,

"Amen." Amen. You may be seated in the

presence of the Lord

this morning.

What are the terms?

Now,

let me take everyone's mind to something

that you have done on multiple

occasions, and without thought, and

without consideration. And many of you

are thinking, "Wait a second. Hold on."

There are times in our life that we use

our brain, and we read papers. I I do

real estate, and and I every uh closing

that I get to, um

usually there is a very good person on

the other side of that, the title agent,

that will sit there and describe every

paper that we sign, and we put our name

on, and all that stuff. And And I've

never sat in a closing to where someone

literally read every line of every paper

they were given, especially whenever

they were signing for a mortgage.

Anybody ever seen somebody sign for a

mortgage? Come on. You got to put your

hand in a ice bath after it's done. Can

I get a witness? It gets wild and crazy.

But there was one closing that I sat in

and this young man on the other side of

the table

I thought he was joking. He said, "I'm

going to read every single word." I

said, "All right, that's cool, but we're

going to be here a while if you do that.

You know that, right?"

And Joker read every single line

of every paper

and lo and behold, it meant exactly what

we told him it was going to mean

anyways.

But he wanted to make sure that when I

put my name at the bottom of this thing,

hello somebody,

when I put my name at the bottom of this

thing, that I really agree to every term

that has been laid out in this paper.

But let me tell you let me let me let

you in a secret. Anybody have a iPhone?

It's all right. I'm not going to knock

you. It's all right. If you have a

Android, how dare you?

Come on.

He don't

What is wrong with you? Get a Get a real

phone. This is what Anyways.

But you know how it is whenever you your

your phone pops up and it says, "Listen,

uh your phone needs to be updated from

26.4.whatever

to whatever. It's going to fix the bugs

and all the problems and all this

stuff." And you say, "Okay, let's go

ahead." And you you put in your little

pa- passcode and it begins to download

and it gets through the whole process

and it installs. And sometimes even for

apps on the other side of that, there'll

be this page that pops up at some point

during the installation. And you know

how you do, it says that for you to be

able to continue to the download or to

the app, you have to accept the terms

and conditions that are in the contract.

Right?

Now, how many of you can be real this

morning

and say, "Pastor, I don't ever read

those terms and conditions." Come on.

Oh, yeah. If somebody in here does that,

God bless you. You're awesome. You will

probably not fight for the army of China

whenever it comes to Armageddon. Come

on. All the rest of us probably don't

realize it, but we volunteer for some

army overseas just sign I don't know.

Anyways, but you know HOW IT IS. WE SAY,

"WE AIN'T GOT TIME TO READ ALL THAT."

YOU KNOW, YOU SCROLL UNTIL the button

turns blue.

And say, "Just get it I got to get IT."

AND YOU ACCEPT it and you don't even

read the terms and conditions.

Y'all, I went back and read some of

those terms and conditions.

Hello.

We in trouble.

Come on. I'm not going to share them

with you right now because I don't want

to expose Apple. You can talk to me

later about that. But, we will go

through those things because we want the

update. We don't want our phone to be

buggy. We want the the app or whatever

it is. So, we'll go ahead and agree to

the terms because we want what's on the

other side of us clicking agree to the

terms and conditions. Now, that's with

the Apple device, no questions. We don't

ask it. But, let me say this. We'll

agree to Apple's terms without reading

them because we want the update, but

when God reveals his terms, suddenly we

want to negotiate.

Come on, somebody.

Oh, now. Can I preach for just a few

moments?

Cuz I want you to understand there are

times in life that the Lord lays out,

"THIS IS THE WAY I want you to walk in

it." But, then we're like, "Wait a

second, God. How come we got to do this,

this, and this? Can't we just get

through without having any kind of

responsibility on our end?"

Mhm. Oh, I'm preaching right now.

Cuz all y'all right now will listen, I'm

going to go back and I'm going to read

those terms and conditions.

I'm going to make sure next time I get

an update I'm going to read those terms

and conditions. But, can I tell YOU THAT

WE'RE GUILTY OF IT OF JUST SAYING, "AH,

I GOT to get through it and get done."

But, when God asks us to do something,

we got to know every little detail,

every little thing. And God, "What if

this happens? And what if that happens?

And God, what if I don't succeed? What

if I fail?" All these different THINGS

WHEN GOD IS JUST ASKING for our yes.

So, the question is this morning

for every one of us, do we want revival?

Can I get a witness in the house?

Now you're Now you're starting to

question be like, "Pastor, you're going

to put the terms and conditions on the

screen up front for us to be able to say

yes to that question at the end." But I

want you to understand, I love what you

said earlier whenever I asked you, "DO

YOU WANT REVIVAL?" WITHOUT ANY QUESTION,

WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, you said, "Yes,

we want revival in this HOUSE BECAUSE WE

KNOW THE EFFECTS OF REVIVAL are going to

be great and powerful." AND CAN I GET A

WITNESS IN THIS HOUSE? WE ARE RIGHT UP

IN the middle of revival at Liberty

Culture Church right now. It's not an

event, it's not a service. COME ON,

SOMEBODY. BUT IT IS AN ONGOING

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER THAT

CHANGES OUR HEART and our life.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS RICH YOUNG

RULER THAT JESUS is dealing WITH IN THIS

SITUATION. HE COMES STRAIGHT TO THE

FATHER IN THIS STORY AND HE APPROACHES

JESUS STARTING WITH A QUESTION, "HOW DO

I EARN eternal life? I want eternal

life, but what is it going to cost me?"

is what he wants to ask Jesus. Jesus

replied simply, we already did a minute

ago, "If you want eternal life, there is

one thing you must do. Keep the

commandments."

KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. BE FAITHFUL TO

THE WORD that our Father established

from the very foundation of the world

and I think that's a pretty good way to

start for Can I get a witness in the

house? IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO

UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS AND

GOD does call us to ANOTHER LEVEL. BUT

IN THIS MOMENT, WHAT HE WAS ASKING WAS,

"How do I get to eternal life?" And

Jesus said, "Keep my commandments."

But the young ruler came back with a

secondary question. He said, "All right,

which ones?"

WHICH REALLY BRINGS TO THE SURFACE A

REVEALING QUESTION FOR EACH ONE OF US IN

THIS HOUSE this morning. ONE THAT YOU

AND I HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH AND WE CANNOT

DISCARD. And that question is really

what he's asking when he says which

ones, he's saying what is the bare

minimum requirement for me to gain

eternal life.

>> [snorts]

>> What is the least amount I have to do

and still make it in the kingdom? Come

on, I want to get in by the hair on my

chinny chin chin. Can I get a witness? I

want TO GET ON BY THE SKIN of my teeth.

But can I TELL YOU GOD HAS NOT CALLED us

to get in by the skin of our teeth and

the hair on our chin? Come on, he has

called us to march INTO THAT KINGDOM

WITH POWER AND GLORY. MATTER OF FACT, HE

TOLD US TO TAKE TERRITORY WHILE WE'RE

HERE ON THIS EARTH SO THAT WE CAN

ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IS THERE

ANYBODY IN THE HOUSE THIS MORNING THAT

WOULD SAY I'M NOT INTERESTED IN JUST THE

BARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE MY

GOD BECAUSE HE'S DONE WAY TOO MUCH FOR

ME FOR ME TO SIT BACK AND BE SATISFIED

WITH WHERE I AM. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU

HE'S BLESSED MY LIFE, HE'S REDEEMED ME,

HE BOUGHT ME WITH A PRICE, AND WE SHOULD

BE WILLING TO GIVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO

OUR SAVIOR this morning.

If we're honest this morning, there are

many of us that have been right where

this rich young ruler was. I want

everything GOD HAS FOR ME. I WANT

ETERNITY, I WANT THE BLESSING, BUT I

DON'T WANT TO BE REQUIRED TO SACRIFICE

things for the kingdom. So in other

words, what are the minimal terms that

we can come into agreement with?

WHAT WHAT IS THE SIMPLEST

THING THAT I CAN DO TO GAIN FAVOR WITH

GOD SO I CAN BE blessed and I can be

highly favored?

But Jesus came back to that young man

after asked him which ones.

And he looked at that young man laying

out a plain path to the heart of Christ.

He said if you really WANT TO KNOW WHICH

ONES, he said I'll list out a few. You

shall not murder, you shall not commit

adultery, you shall not steal, you shall

not bear false witness, honor your

father and mother, and you shall love

your neighbor as yourself.

And that's let me say this is a pretty

comprehensive list and it touches every

part of our life. It touches exterior,

it touches our heart, touches our mind,

it touches all the roads that lead

straight to the Lord. And all he was

wanting that young man to do is say, "I

don't know if I can make it, but if you

help me, I'll make it."

I don't KNOW IF I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES,

BUT REALLY HE WAS HIDING AND DISGUISING

THINGS ON THE BACK END. AND WHEN HE CAME

BACK WITH THE ANSWER AFTER THAT, AND HE

SAID, "EVERY ONE OF THESE COMMANDMENTS

YOU'VE LISTED OUT, I kept them from my

youth." Liar, liar, pants on fire.

He done lied.

Any person that calls theirself perfect,

mm.

You better watch out.

Come on, I'm teaching. This is This is

the logos part. We're going to get to

the rhema here in a minute.

But I got to lay a foundation to let you

understand where the Holy Spirit is

taking us as a church.

But then, he came back and gave him a

follow-up question after his statement

said, "I'm perfect." But he said, "Now,

Jesus, what do I still lack?"

What do I still lack? And let me tell

you, there is a battle that IS GOING ON

BEHIND the question that the young man

is asking. And let's unfold that battle.

And it is the longest standing battle in

the history of mankind. The battle that

still wages on even this morning as we

sit here today inside of each one of us.

And it is the battle of the flesh versus

the spirit. Look at your neighbor say,

"It's flesh versus spirit this morning,

baby." This is what I want you to see.

These are two heavyweights going at it

every second of every day. Each one

staking claim to our eternal spirit

that's only inside of us. Because this

battle isn't for temporary pleasure or

for momentary victory. THIS BATTLE THAT

IS GOING ON THE INSIDE OF US is

literally OVER YOUR ETERNITY AND MY

ETERNITY AND THE ETERNITY OF YOUR

CHILDREN. WE'RE NOT IN THIS THING JUST

TO GO THROUGH LIFE. BABY, WE ARE AT WAR

this morning. Come on, somebody. LET ME

WAKE YOU UP AND LET YOU KNOW, YOU AND I

ARE AT WAR THIS MORNING. And the enemy

is playing for keeps. And I think it's

time FOR THE CHURCH TO RISE AGAIN AND

SAY I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE ENEMY TAKE

MY TEMPORARY AND MY ETERNAL, BUT I'M

GOING TO STAKE MY CLAIM RIGHT NOW IN

THIS HOUSE and say devil, YOU CAN TRY

IT, BUT BLESSED IS THE NAME OF THE LORD

AND GREATER IS HE THAT'S INSIDE OF ME

THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD. WATCH THIS.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO

GIVES ME STRENGTH. ARE THERE ANY

WARRIORS IN THE HOUSE THIS MORNING THAT

WILL SAY I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE THE

FIGHT? I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE ENEMY

WIN. MY FLESH WILL NOT DOMINATE MY LIFE.

I [screaming] WILL BE VICTORIOUS THROUGH

THE BLOOD of Jesus Christ.

I WILL BE VICTORIOUS. WATCH WHAT

GALATIANS 5 SAYS. Check this out. HE

SAID, "I SAY THEN, WALK in the spirit

and you shall not fulfill the lust of

the flesh. For the flesh lusts against

the spirit and the spirit against the

flesh, and these are contrary to one

another, so that you do not DO THE

THINGS THAT YOU WISH." WATCH THIS. What

you and I feed the most will be the most

dominant in our life.

Let me break this down. I preached this

for years to young people in youth

groups, in youth rallies, in

conferences. What you feed THE MOST WILL

DOMINATE your life. If you feed your

flesh, guess what? Your flesh will have

control over every aspect of your life.

But on the other side of that, IF YOU

STARVE that sucker and you feed the

spirit, you're going to walk in power

and you're going to walk in authority

that you've never had before. I want to

preach to a bunch of folk in the HOUSE

THIS MORNING. I'M LOOKING AT LIBERTY

Culture and letting YOU KNOW WE ARE NOT

GOING TO FEED THE FLESH. WE'RE GOING to

starve IT. WE'RE GOING TO CRUCIFY IT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT UNDER THE BLOOD

AND WE'RE GOING TO FEED THE SPIRIT IN

THIS HOUSE. I WANT TO TELL YOU WE'RE

ABOUT TO HAVE AN ERUPTION OF THE POWER

OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN THIS PLACE TO

WHERE MEN AND WOMEN ARE ABOUT TO GET SET

FREE. COME ON. I BELIEVE THOSE THAT ARE

BOUND BY DRUGS ARE ABOUT TO BE SET FREE.

THOSE THAT ARE BROKEN IN THEIR SPIRIT

ARE ABOUT TO BE SET FREE. I JUST NEED A

CHURCH THAT'LL GET WITH ME THIS MORNING

AND SAY I BELIEVE THE TERMS ARE GOOD.

LET'S GO FOR REVIVAL IN JESUS NAME.

I'm going for revival. I got a long way

to go. I got to I got to hurry.

If we feed the the spirit

then the flesh is automatically going to

be starved.

And the battle in our heart will not be

as intense

over eternity. I didn't say the battle

wouldn't be intense. I didn't say the

enemy wouldn't try to tempt you. I

didn't say the enemy wouldn't try to

pull you away. The Bible says we are

drawn away by our own lust and enticed.

There is something deep on the inside of

us, our flesh nature that has to be

crucified so it doesn't become dominant,

so it cannot control my actions, my

thoughts, my words. Come on, where I go,

my friendships, my marriage, my

business, my finances, my career. Let's

talk about all of it this morning and

let you know that if we don't crucify

the flesh, the flesh will try to gain

dominance in every part of your life.

Inside of our lives we have a choice

[snorts] this morning

and there is a clear tension in the

scripture that we have to grapple with.

And it's one that we cannot run from

and be able to walk in victory at the

same time.

Some people say, "Well, pastor, if I

ignore my flesh long enough, then it'll

go away." Ain't wrong.

If you ignore your flesh long enough,

you're actually feeding it.

Oh, yeah.

If you say, "Well, let's just put it in

the background. Let's just Hey, let's

sweep it under the rug. I know I've got

TENDENCIES THAT THAT DRIVE ME LATE AT

NIGHT TO LOOK on the internet for

pornography, BUT LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT

IT."

HELLO, SOMEBODY.

WOO!

I feel like preaching now.

I found my place.

Cuz here's what you don't understand.

We'll say, "I have I I know I have

tendencies to be ANGRY AND BE AND BE ILL

AND HAVE ANGER TOWARD MY WIFE, BUT I

DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT I DON'T WANT TO

DEAL WITH IT. YOU BETTER deal with it.

Come on.

Hello, somebody.

I HAVE TENDENCY TO TO TO SAY THINGS THAT

AREN'T MY BUSINESS AND RUN MY MOUTH

ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE. LISTEN, IF THAT'S

THE CASE, then you don't need TO BE IN

EVERY CONVERSATION on every corner.

Hello.

You say You say, "WELL, MY MY PAST

MARRIAGE FAILED BECAUSE BECAUSE I

STEPPED OUT ON MY WIFE, AND NOW I'VE GOT

A FRIEND, BUT SHE'S a girl."

Come on, somebody.

It got really quiet right there.

And that makes me nervous.

We We don't give place to the devil. Can

I get a witness?

Come on. Where my married folk at in the

house? Come on, I need some married folk

that'll give God some praise right

there. THAT IS YOUR CASTLE. THAT IS YOUR

QUEEN, SIR. COME ON. I DECLARE UNTO YOU,

YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND FIGHT FOR YOUR

WIFE IN PRAYER and reading. COVER HER

WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. Don't you

let the devil TALK YOU OUT OF THE

GREATEST BLESSING OF YOUR LIFE.

All right. I thought I had a few more

men. Thank you for standing up, fellas.

I I will put this microphone down. I'm

going to clap for myself cuz I'm going

to fight for my wife. I'm going to fight

for my family. And when I turn around,

there better be some men standing UP AND

CLAPPING.

>> [applause]

>> COME ON. WE GOT TO LEARN TO FIGHT FOR

WHAT GOD GAVE US.

>> [applause]

>> NOW,

I didn't anticipate going there, but

there it is.

Because the fact is, each one of us

battle flesh

every single day of our life.

And here's how we always Here's Here's

how the tendency is.

Instead of dealing with it,

we will either ignore it or we'll

mislabel it.

That's just the devil, pastor. No, it's

your flesh.

Hello, somebody. Can I preach this for a

little bit right now? We try to say,

"Oh, it's some It's the devil THE

DEVIL'S ON MY BACK, PASTOR. The devil

THE DEVIL'S TRYING TO GET me over here

and the devil's trying to get me to run

away on my wife and the devil's trying

to get me to look at pornography." NO,

THAT IS YOUR OWN LUST DRAWING you away

and letting you be enticed. There has to

come a situation and A MOMENT IN YOUR

LIFE ON YOUR FAITH TO SAY, "I REFUSE TO

LET MY FLESH STAY ENTANGLED." WHO SHALL

DELIVER me from this body OF FLESH? WHO

SHALL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF

DEATH? COME ON, YOU GOT TO CRUCIFY YOUR

FLESH EVERY SINGLE DAY. PAUL EVEN SAID,

"I DIE DAILY TO MY FLESH."

And if he CAN GIVE US INSTRUCTIONS ON

HOW TO FOLLOW GOD IN THIS PRESENT AGE,

THEN CERTAINLY WE CAN listen to that

instruction

and crucify our flesh. Look at your

neighbor and say, "Crucify your flesh."

Now, I I know Hey, hey, I feel you. It's

a little rocky right now.

I know it's bumpy. I know it's

uncomfortable.

I know we're in some turbulent air,

but I did that on purpose so we can get

to the good air later.

We're going to shout. We're going to get

excited. All that stuff's good, but we

have to deal with our flesh nature first

to be able to get to where God wants us

to be.

Cuz here's what I want you to

understand. The tension that's in the

scripture

is this. We can either walk in the

spirit

or we can gratify the flesh. You can't

do both.

All right? We can either cultivate the

fruit of the spirit or we can

accommodate the flesh to feel

comfortable.

All right? When you're cultivating, it's

work.

Hello.

Can Can we talk real for just a moment?

I I Is everybody with me so far?

Everybody with me? Everybody hanging

with me? All right, we're going to get

there. But, watch this. If you are

willingly and and actively with

everything you have cultivating the

fruit of the Spirit in your life, you do

not re- leave room to accommodate the

flesh.

Okay? Why you think David got in the

spot he did whenever he was at home

rather than being in battle?

Come on. He was up on his rooftop when

he should have been leading his men in

the battle, but instead he was on his

rooftop looked to his next-door neighbor

and said, "Ooh, she's taking a bath."

Hello.

I don't know where all this is coming

from.

But, what I want to tell you, if he

would have been out there cultivating

the fruit of his labors and being right

in the middle of the battle where he

should have been as the leader of the

nation, then he would not have been able

to cast longing eyes on Uriah's wife

when he should have been in battle and

pulling her over into his bed and

committing adultery, covering up with

another sin, putting Uriah on THE FRONT

LINE. CAN I tell YOU IF YOU ACCOMMODATE

THE FLESH, YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTINUALLY

ACCOMMODATE it every single DAY OF YOUR

LIFE. BUT, THERE IS SOMETHING SO FREEING

ABOUT CRUCIFYING YOUR FLESH AND SAY, "I

KNOW I STRUGGLE WITH IT THEN, BUT GOD,

I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU. I'M PUTTING IT

ON THE ALTAR. I'M CRUCIFYING IT." AND

THEN, GUESS WHAT? HE WHO THE SON SETS

FREE IS FREE INDEED. DO I HAVE ANY FREE

FOLK IN THE HOUSE TODAY THAT WOULD SAY,

"I'M THANKFUL. I'VE BEEN FREED BY THE

BLOOD OF JESUS. I'M THANKFUL. I'VE BEEN

FREED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF SIN." COME

ON. I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY THAT'LL GIVE

GOD A FREE PRAISE, A SHOUT UNTO GOD.

ONE, TWO, THREE, GIVE HIM GLORY FOR THE

FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN SET FREE.

WE DON'T ACCOMMODATE, we crucify.

And so, today we must make a de- de- the

deliberate decision, rather, to starve

the flesh and feed the spirits. We must

make the decision to READ THE WORD, PRAY

CONTINUOUSLY, STAY connected to the Holy

Spirit. WORSHIP, SERVE, AND WATCH THIS,

BE LED by the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:18 says, "But if you are led

Galatians 5:18

by the Spirit, you are not under the

law."

And so, the question, however,

from the rich young ruler still remains

and hovers over our life.

What he asked Jesus after Jesus laid it

all out,

and he said, "I've done all that."

And he said, "What do I still

lack?"

What what am What am I missing?

And so, Jesus at that point says, "All

right, there's other people listening.

There's probably Pharisees and Sadducees

and all the C's. Come on, everybody

listening. And everybody standing

around, his disciples listening. And he

said, "Okay, let's get let's get down to

brass tacks right here." He said, "Watch

this. If you want to be perfect."

Somebody shout perfect.

All right. Now, we're going to unlock

that in just a moment. He said, "GO SELL

WHAT YOU HAVE, give it to the poor, and

you will have treasure in heaven." And

then he said, "Then come and follow me."

Now, many people read the word perfect,

and they think THAT JESUS WAS DESCRIBING

TO HIM TO be without flaw or without

blemish or without any kind of sin, but

that's not really what Jesus WAS SAYING.

IT DOES MEAN, HOWEVER, that Jesus was

saying if you want to be complete or

whole inside of me. If you want to be

complete in me. If you want to be whole

in Christ. And watch this, then you have

to come to me and be perfect. Now, let's

talk about perfection. Perfection and

the way our western mindset says, when

we look at it being without flaw, this

is how our mind works. Perfection speaks

not to relationship, but perfection

speaks to performance. Somebody say

performance.

And perfection cannot be achieved

through our performance or our own

effort. No one is perfect, and no one is

good.

Come on, you say, "Well, pastor, that

sounds really encouraging." Well, it is

because Jesus even said that.

HE SAID, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING GOOD?"

RIGHT? Read it. We just read it A MINUTE

AGO. HE SAID, "WHO ARE YOU CALL THERE'S

NOT ONE GOOD EXCEPT FOR MY FATHER."

SO, EVEN JESUS SAID, "Let's get on a

playing field right here where you can

UNDERSTAND ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW YOU

PERFORM, IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU'RE CONNECTED

TO."

OH, come on, SOMEBODY. I'M THANKFUL I'M

CONNECTED to one, and his name IS JESUS

CHRIST. I'M THANKFUL I'M CONNECTED TO

THE ONE WHO CAN BRING DEAD THINGS BACK

TO LIFE. I'M THANKFUL I'M CONNECTED TO

THE ONE WHO CAN TAKE A MARRIAGE THAT'S

SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL AND PUT IT BACK

ON A ROCK. I'M THANKFUL I'M CONNECTED TO

ONE THAT WHEN MY MIND GOES CRAZY AND

EVERYTHING'S SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, HE

CAN STAND UP AND SAY, "PEACE BE STILL."

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S THANKFUL WE'RE

CONNECTED TO THE ONE?

Understand this,

that we cannot achieve

perfection through performance because

we're not good enough.

We're not good enough.

And let me break this down

and give God praise, is that even though

perfection is what is required for us to

get to heaven,

hang with me for a second,

we can't be perfect,

but to get into heaven, we have to be

perfect.

>> [snorts]

>> Hang with me.

We cannot achieve this on our own,

and that's why Jesus didn't leave us

without hope.

He actually made a way for us to be

PRESENTED BEFORE THE FATHER AS PERFECT,

EVEN THOUGH OUR ACTIONS DID NOT BACK IT

UP. COME ON, SOMEBODY. Oh my God, that

means you and I are covered with

something called grace and mercy. THAT

COULD NOT BE EARNED, IT COULD NOT BE

BOUGHT. You can't even perform YOUR WAY

INTO IT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE

ANYBODY THANKFUL FOR A COVERING OF GRACE

AND MERCY THIS MORNING THAT EVEN WHEN I

MESS IT UP, HE STILL COMES BY AND SAYS

I'LL PUT MY BLOOD BACK ON IT AND I'LL

BACK COME ON SOMEBODY IN THIS HOUSE. THE

WORD OF GOD OVERRULED THE ENEMY'S

POSITION ON US AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT

YOU AND I OWED, THE DEBT THAT WE SHOULD

HAVE to pay. JESUS CANCELED IT ON THE

CROSS WHEN HE SAID IT IS ACCOMPLISHED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 2 verse number 14

Colossians 2 · chapter mention

SAYS HAVING WIPED OUT THE HANDWRITING OF

REQUIREMENTS THAT WAS AGAINST US, WHICH

WAS CONTRARY TO US, HE HAS TAKEN US OUT

OF THE WAY HAVING NAILED IT TO THE

CROSS. AND THEN LUKE 22:20 saying this,

Luke 22:20

Jesus said TO HIS DISCIPLES, "THIS CUP

IS THE NEW COVENANT in my BLOOD WHICH IS

SHED FOR YOU." AND THEN HE STEPS INTO

HEBREWS chapter 12:24. IT SAYS TO JESUS,

he is the mediator OF THE NEW COVENANT

AND THE BLOOD AND TO THE BLOOD of the

sprinkling that speaks better things

THAN ABEL COULD EVER SPEAK. In other

words, THROUGH THE BLOOD, THE

HANDWRITING THAT WAS AGAINST US WAS

KNOCKED OUT AND THE COVENANT WAS WRITTEN

IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST AND TODAY

his blood is speaking A BETTER WORD OVER

EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS HOUSE. I MAY NOT

BE PERFECT RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN THE BLOOD

GETS ON ME, ALL THE KING SEES IS THE

BLOOD OF HIS SON. IS THERE ANYBODY

THANKFUL FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT

WASHES ME WHITE AS SNOW? ARE YOU

THANKFUL FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT

TAKES THE HANDWRITING OF REQUIREMENTS

RIGHT OUT AND REWRITES MY STORY? ONE,

TWO, THREE, GIVE HIM PRAISE FOR THE

BLOOD THIS MORNING.

OKAY, I SAID GIVE HIM PRAISE FOR THE

BLOOD THIS MORNING.

The handwriting of requirements

was given

to Christ,

but he took it, covered in his blood,

and nailed it to

the cross.

There was a handwriting against us,

but at Calvary

or rather at Calvary, Jesus nailed it to

the cross and established a new covenant

that was written in his blood.

Now, for the new covenant though,

I want you to understand

that we may have some terms in the old

covenant, but when the new covenant came

along, there were some updated terms and

conditions. Can I get a witness?

Can we Can we talk real quick about

updated terms and conditions?

Y'all know when you get your iPhone out,

we talked about that before. You just

want it. Give it to me. But let me talk

about this. In the Old Testament,

whenever adultery happened,

they would take them if they caught them

in the act of adultery, it didn't really

matter. They stoned them. Come on,

that's just what happens.

But if they were accused of it, they

would take the lady and they would make

her go through what you call the trial

of bitter waters in the temple.

And they would make her drink dirt from

the temple floor mixed with water and

mixed with ink. And if her thigh swelled

at the end of that, she was guilty and

they would stone her and they would go

back and they would take care of

business with her husband, too.

Mhm.

Those are intense terms.

But that's the terms that God laid out

in the Old Testament and that sounds

very crazy and that sounds very radical

and it is very radical because if you

drink dirt mixed with water and tea,

your thigh would probably swell, too.

Can I get a witness?

But something happened in that transfer.

If they were not telling the truth, they

would be found out and they would be

stoned to death in the temple and it

would be taken care of because they had

to purge sin from the camp.

Come on. Sin was the enemy back then to

our flesh and sin is still the enemy

now. So, let's pass it through the

cross. That was old covenant. Now, let's

go to the new covenant and now we see

what Jesus said. He established

something even more intense than that.

You say, "What you talking about?

There's still bills of divorcement." I

see that and that was written to to

appease and to get us to a place where

we could still live and not be bound by

things contractually from our old law.

But watch this, Jesus amplified it from

what it was in the Old Testament. He did

not reduce it, he amplified it. He said

this, "If you look at a woman

and you look at her with lust in your

heart,

the Bible says you have already

committed adultery with her in your

heart."

No touchy,

just looky.

Come on, somebody.

That's much more intense

than getting caught. If you got caught,

boom, you guilty, you going to die. Come

on.

But now, if you look with lustful intent

in your heart at another woman when you

are married, sir,

it is amplified and guess what? Whether

you believe it or not, you agreed to

those terms and conditions.

When you came and said yes to Jesus,

"Well, I had never read that before."

Well, I just read it to you.

It's in there.

IT'S CUZ UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE CALLED

TO BE RIGHTEOUS IN THE EYES OF GOD.

You say, "Well, WELL, LET'S JUST THERE'S

THE BLOOD. IT CUT THE GRACE. OH, LET'S

THE MERCY OF GOD, PASTOR." YEAH, YOU'RE

RIGHT. ALL THAT IS THERE FOR THE MOMENTS

THAT WE MESS UP AND WE WE TRIP UP AND WE

DO THINGS WE SHOULD NOT DO, BUT THERE IS

STILL A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO LIVE in a

righteous STATE WITH OUR FATHER IN

HEAVEN.

WE CANNOT ESCAPE THESE THINGS. MATTER OF

FACT, PAUL SAID, "SHOULD WE ALLOW GRACE

TO BE THERE AND JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

IT?" NO, HE SAID, "GOD FORBID. We don't

do those kind of things. We live right,

we live holy according to this WORD AND

ACCORDING TO WHAT WE KNOW. WE ARE

RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE KNOW."

And so, if you didn't know that coming

in, now you can know it going out.

And so now, we have the terms that have

been accepted and they've been updated

and it's called the new covenant. Look

Look neighbor and say, "The new

covenant."

But watch THIS. IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO

ACCEPT THE TERMS and understand the the

terms that God has given us to be able

to embrace revival in these last days,

we have to understand that biblical

surrender is relinquishing complete

control to God.

Ooh, look at your neighbor say,

"Surrender."

Ooh, we're going to talk about the

Here's the terms. Are you ready for the

terms of revival? Let me go ahead and

let the cat out of the bag. The terms

for revival is full surrender. Look at

your neighbor say, "Surrender all." You

got to You got to surrender all.

Biblical surrender is relinquishing

control, giving your life entirely to

Christ's authority. This requires living

in a constant state of surrender, and

our desire to control things in our

lives must be crucified.

Ooh.

I am preaching this morning.

Somebody say, "Crucify the flesh."

Because we are in a spot in our heart in

our life that we must crucify the flesh.

And let me add this caveat.

When we crucify the flesh and we get rid

of the flesh, that doesn't mean we can

come to God and negotiate.

We should not try to negotiate with God.

How do we negotiate with God? God asks

us to do something to say, "Well, I I I

know you said to do this, but but what

if I did this?"

I I GOD GOD, I KNOW YOU'RE CALLING ME

FOR TO TO GIVE MY LIFE COMPLETELY TO YOU

and to turn this THING OVER, THIS VICE

THAT I'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO. I I I'VE

BEEN I'VE BEEN RUNNING DOWN THIS ROAD

FOR LONG ENOUGH, AND I KNOW you want me

to let GO OF IT, BUT WHAT IF I HANG ON

TO IT FOR ONE MORE

WEEK?

WHAT WHAT IF I HOLD ON THIS

UNFORGIVENESS ONE MORE WEEK? YOU DON'T

KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO HURT ME.

HELLO, SOMEBODY.

You don't KNOW HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT ME

THIS PAST WEEK. SHOULD I HUG THEM?

SHOULD I KISS HIM? SHOULD I HOLD on to

him or should I punch him? Come on

somebody.

And we have TO STEP INTO A PLACE WHERE

WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOD AFFORDS US GRACE

SO THAT WE DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH HIM, BUT

SO WE CAN BE EMPOWERED BY HIM TO

OVERCOME THE flesh and overcome anything

the enemy brings against our life. TIME

AND SPACE WITH GOD IS NOT SO WE CAN

NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT or the terms.

TIME AND SPACE WITH GOD IS SO WE CAN GET

OUR HEART RIGHT AND DO WHAT HE TOLD us

to do.

Oh, come on somebody.

And oh, you better go ahead and give God

praise. That's y'all I'm preaching

better than y'all letting on today.

Hallelujah.

Because the truth is many people in this

house you have been guilty of it just

like I have. You've taken space with God

and you said, "God, now let's really

talk about this.

You know, last time I tried to make

things right with them, this is what

happened.

You know, you know, last time I tried to

really dive into the word, this is what

happened. You You know, LAST TIME I

TRIED TO WALK away from this type of

lifestyle, this is what happened. People

abolished me and they tried to attack me

and people looked down to their end of

their nose at me. Let me tell you

something, if you're in this house and

you are struggling in any kind of

alternate lifestyle, you are struggling

with addiction, you are struggling with

brokenness, you are struggling with a

life just spiraling out of control, we

are not going to judge you one bit IN

THIS HOUSE. AND IF SOMEBODY DOES, I WILL

take care of them and I'll deal with

them. But I'm going to tell YOU YOU HAVE

FOUND YOURSELF IN A SAFE PLACE where

there is A SAVIOR WHO HAS TERMS READY

FOR YOU TODAY AND ALL HE'S SAYING IS

COME TO ME AND I'M GOING TO BLESS YOUR

LIFE. COME TO ME AND I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED OF. COME TO

ME AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU FREEDOM

FROM EVERY ADDICTION AND EVERY BONDAGE.

WOO.

And the fact is all he's waiting on us

to do

is surrender.

Just surrender to him because the fact

is surrender

is not just mere intellectual agreement

that Jesus is Lord. Not just here, it's

got to go from here to here.

It's a deliberate choice to make Christ

the governing force over every dimension

of our existence. Romans 12:1 says, "I

Romans 12:1

beseech you therefore, brethren, by the

mercies of God that you present your

bodies a living sacrifice, holy,

acceptable to God, which is your

reasonable service."

And let me say this, this is not just a

one-time transaction, either.

This is where uh there's some doctrinal

differences between me and some of my

brothers and sisters in Christ that it's

a one-time transaction. Let me tell you

something, it is a heart posture that is

continual and it has substantial cost in

our life.

Because it requires us to crucify our

flesh rather than to accommodate our

flesh. Jesus taught it like this, that

if you're going to follow him, you have

to deny yourself.

Taking up your cross daily and following

him. We must be willing to give up

everything to be his disciple.

TO FOLLOW HIM IS NOT SELF-CARE, it's

self-denial.

Did y'all see that?

Self-care says all about me. Self-denial

says all about him.

And so that's what he's looking for.

Luke 14:33 says, "So, you cannot become

Luke 14:33

my disciple without giving up everything

you own."

Pretty plain, right?

So, not only is there a dangerousness

negotiating with God in those spaces of

grace, but there is also a danger when

we stop crucifying the flesh and

allowing it to do what it wants to do in

our life. Because then, watch this, we

start negotiating with our flesh.

Well, listen, I know I know you're

tired.

It's been a long week.

And everybody's been coming against you.

One cigarette ain't going to matter.

Come on, somebody.

Hello.

>> [clears throat]

>> Okay, it is on. Okay. Just making sure.

It's been a long week.

One glass ain't going to be too big of a

deal

until it turns into two and three, and

then it turns into fighting and

adultery,

and a life that has drifted away from

God.

Hear my heart this morning.

The enemy wants us to stop fighting and

have no fight left in us because watch

this, he knows if we step into the

fight, we're not stepping in the fight

by ourselves.

Oh, man. He can handle our little

idiosyncrasies, but the moment we step

up and we say, "No, devil."

Oh, come on. Can I get some folk in the

house that are get with me? The moment

that you'll step up and say, "No,

devil." And you put your foot down and

just take a stand, can I tell you the

spirit of God will raise up a standard

against the enemy so quick that he don't

even have time to blink, and that's why

the enemy wants to take the fight out of

you. Cuz when you get in the fight,

Jesus steps in the fight with you. Come

on. I GOT CONFIDENCE AND WHEN I BATTLE

MY FLESH, I AIN'T BATTLING BY MYSELF,

BABY. I AM BATTLING WITH ALL THE

AUTHORITY OF HEAVEN RIGHT BEHIND ME, AND

THE DEVIL BETTER WATCH OUT BECAUSE

WHENEVER GOD'S WITH ME, WHO CAN BE

AGAINST ME? I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE

ANYBODY IN THE HOUSE THAT SAY, "I'M

THANKFUL I DON'T FIGHT BY MYSELF, BUT I

FIGHT WITH THE POWER OF THE KING. I

DON'T FIGHT BY MYSELF, BUT I FIGHT WITH

MY ELDER BROTHER. I FIGHT WITH THE GLORY

IN ME. I FIGHT WITH power in my family,

AND GUESS WHAT? I'M GOING TO [screaming]

WIN IN JESUS' NAME."

LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR SAY, "I'm going to

win."

I'm going to win. I'm going to win. I'm

going to win. Cuz when we choose to

fight, the Lord will fight on our side.

I'm going to tell you we aren't called

to compromise spiritually. We are not

called to negotiate with the devil. Oh,

I feel like preaching this morning.

We're not called to negotiate with our

flesh. Let me say it three times cuz

it's nice and it's beautiful. No. No.

No. I was raised like this. No is not a

absolute option, but no is a complete

sentence in Jesus name. When I tell the

devil no, when I tell my flesh no, I

mean what I say, and I'm going to say

what I mean. That means no temptation

that got me in the last season is going

to come and get me in this season, but

I'm going TO STEP IN FAITH AND SAY

GREATER IS HE THAT'S in me than he

that's in the world. I KNOW YOU GOT ME

LAST SEASON, DEVIL, BUT NO, NO, NO, NOT

THIS SEASON. I KNOW YOU GOT MY FAMILY

LAST SEASON, BUT NO, NO, NO, DEVIL,

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ME THIS SEASON.

I WISH I HAD SOME FOLK IN THE HOUSE THAT

WOULD GET A NO IN YOUR SPIRIT AND SAY,

"DEVIL, YOU MESSED with my family LAST

SEASON, BUT NOT TODAY, [music]

NOT TOMORROW, NOT THIS NEXT SEASON, CUZ

I AM STEPPING IN TO A BRAND NEW SEASON

IN JESUS." COME ON, IF YOU'RE READY FOR

A NEW SEASON, I DARE YOU TO GIVE GOD

ABOUT 15 SECONDS OF PRAISE IN THE HOUSE.

COME ON, DO I HAVE A CHURCH THAT'LL SAY,

"GOD, LET me step into a new season."

I'm stepping into a new season, and I'm

going to say it like this, "Stop

negotiating with what God told you to

crucify."

>> [music]

>> Uh-huh. Oh, yeah.

Hallelujah, cuz watch this, every

negotiation you have with the flesh

comes at an expense of something in the

spirit realm. So, my question to you and

I this morning is this, what are we

missing from God because we keep

negotiating with what God told us to

crucify? What does God have for us in

THE HEAVENLIES THAT WE'VE GOT our

attention off of that and trying to

negotiate with a flesh to make our life

more comfortable. No, baby, it ain't

going to be comfortable. You're going to

have to GO THROUGH SOME FIERY TRIALS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH some

hurt. You're going to have to go through

some pain, BUT YOU WON'T GO THROUGH BY

YOURSELF, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU'RE

NOT GOING TO BE LESS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE

GREATER IN JESUS NAME. SOMEBODY HOLLER

GREATER.

COME ON, HOLLER GREATER.

In Jesus name, I'll be greater.

Galatians 5:

24 says it like this,

and those who are Christ's have

crucified the flesh with its passions

and desires.

That means you don't just crucify the

hand.

Hit it in the heart.

Come on, somebody.

Hit the enemy in the heart,

and don't let him come back,

and don't let him try to take advantage,

but you step up to who he is. Come on,

close me outside.

Here's what I want to tell you.

To some,

crucifying

and saying no to the flesh sounds

destructive.

And let me tell Let me be honest with

you, there is a destructive part of

this.

That means you have to destruct

everything in your mind

that is a thought that brings itself

against the knowledge of God.

Watch this.

And it's not even taking it captive,

it is killing it.

Like, if I've got a captive

and I'm in the army,

like, I would be that guy

that would kill him when nobody else is

looking. Come on, somebody.

I don't want that jerk coming back.

That's where the children of Israel got

into a a bad situation

because they allowed the things to stay

alive that God said kill.

They allowed certain people to live.

Oh, I just feel that's brutal. No,

listen, if it's a flesh nature, crucify

your flesh.

I know this is not the most popular

message. Everybody's like, well, I'm not

coming back next week. Please come back.

Who knows? Next week I may preach one

where we'll just swing for the rafters.

It'll be all right.

It'll be It'll be seven steps to your

best blessed life. Come on, somebody.

I don't know.

But, what I'm going to tell you is

if we really want to walk in victory

and we really want to see revival in

this house, and I feel like we do.

Anybody want to see revival? Come on,

I'll ask you one more time. Yeah, I I

want to see revival. Like so much so

that we don't have room enough to put

people in this room. Can I get a

witness? I I want it so much so that you

are bringing your friends that are sick

with cancer, that they're stage four,

and they have no hope, and they come

here, and they go back to their doctor,

and they say, "Where is the cancer at?"

Let me tell you, "I went to Liberty

Culture, and there's a revival of

healing has taken place IN THAT ROOM."

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HIM DO IT TOO MANY

TIMES. AIN'T THAT RIGHT, SISTER SHEILA?

IF HE DID IT BEFORE, HE WILL do it

again.

But, the truth is in our western

mindset, we see this and we say, "God,

why so destructive?

Why is it so destructive?

If the terms are surrender

and I've got TO GIVE IT ALL TO THE Lord

and I've got to trust him with the

outcome even though I don't see it

happening.

God, what where are we at? What is going

on? What is happening? Can I tell you,

it looks destructive, but I'm going to

tell you, surrender isn't destructive,

it's transformation.

It's not destruction, it's

transformation in your life, and it's

transformation in

my life.

>> [snorts]

>> Cuz that means the dominant force that

used to be the flesh, guess what? When I

destroy that flesh and tear it down

in the next season, the spirit is being

fed, and I'm walking in power, and I'm

walking in victory, and I walk in

authority, and people will say, "Wait a

second, last season you looked like you

was about to throw in the towel, but

this season you're leading people to

Christ. This season you're leading the

charge. This season you're stepping up."

Can I tell you what DOES THAT MEAN? I

DESTROYED THE FLESH, AND I RAISED UP THE

SPIRIT, AND I'VE BEEN TRANSFORMED

because of the goodness of God.

I'm transformed by the renewing of my

mind

that I may prove [music] what is

acceptable, perfect

will

of God

for my life.

And today I want to tell you

the fact is the Lord has brought us to

this point on purpose today

to crucify the flesh, to say no to the

enemy, to surrender.

Watch this.

is not an option in the kingdom of God.

Surrender is a must in the kingdom of

God. We cannot be halfway in and halfway

out. We must be all in, surrendering our

body, our soul, our spirit, our

marriage, our children, our finances,

our health, our career, our business,

our friendships. You can fill in the

blank. Whatever area of your life, if

you need to surrender to the Lord today,

today is the day to surrender to the

Lord.

And we must be willing to give up

everything to take up our cross

and to be his disciples.

Let me tell you, what are the terms?

What what are the terms this morning?

The terms are

full surrender.

The terms are surrender.

And so the question is, again does

anybody want to see revival in these

[music] last days?

Come on.

Does anybody want to see revival at

Liberty Culture Church? Come on. If you

do, I dare you to jump to your feet and

give God the most radical praise of the

day and say, "Lord, I want TO SEE

FULL-ON REVIVAL every time we come

together."

Revival in the sanctuary,

revival in every home that hosts a

Liberty Group in this next season,

revival in Families Count tonight. Come

on. I'm believing we're going to see it.

Revival in the follow-up class in

Families Count. All these beautiful

parents are coming back. It's going to

be incredible.

We're going to see God do incredible

things. Revival in kids church.

Right behind us, Liberty Culture kids.

Revival in Liberty Culture youth.

Revival

in our salt.

Come on.

Revival in every area. Revival in our

media ministry.

Revival

in every part of Revival is already

breaking out through the worship

ministry, but Lord, fan the flames in

Jesus name. It's already happening.

So, the question of do we want revival?

Oh, I I do.

What does revival look like? It looks

like families restored,

lives transformed, and generations

launched into their purpose.

That's what [music] revival looks like.

And so, the Lord has brought

Liberty Culture

to the, if you will, the table today.

We're at the closing table, if you will.

And we're sitting here today,

and the Lord is on one side, and we are

on this side.

And the question remains for each one of

us in this house.

Do we want revival? And the answer is

yes.

But, let me say this, individually,

am I willing to pay the price for the

revival that is coming?

And that's a question that you have to

answer for you and your home.

Are you willing to pay the price for the

revival that's coming? Not just any

revival, the revival that's about to hit

this house.

I'm not preaching for any other church,

I'm preaching for this house today.

Because what I believe is I still feel

like the answer is yes.

But, then let's talk corporately.

Are we, as Liberty Culture Church,

willing to pay the price [music] for the

revival that is coming?

And so, the word from the Lord [music]

to Liberty Culture today, and I I to

read it cuz it's the word the Lord

landed me. Is do you want revival?

Are we willing to sell all that we have?

Are we willing

to give to the poor in spirit?

And the poor

in flesh.

Are we willing to leave our comfort

zone?

Are we willing to leave our comfort and

follow the Lord with everything we have?

Because I'll be honest, we're about to

step into some waters in this house that

we have yet to tread.

And all I need to know, is there a

church in this house that says I'm

ready?

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>> Come on. I'm ready for what God has.

And what he desires to do in me.

And what he desires to do

in our lives. So here's here's the

question.

The contract has been drafted this

morning.

Both parties are at the table.

And the only thing left for us to do

is sign away.

And say, "Lord, I surrender everything."

Because I want what you have.

Whenever I

if I can scroll through an iPhone as

fast as I can and never read one of

those and click accept the terms and

conditions,

certainly this morning if all you ask me

to do is surrender all,

I can say yes to that.

So if you're in this house and you say

yes, then I want you to raise those

hands to heaven and just thank God for

the moment of yes. Oh God, I thank you

for yes because Lord, on the other side

of my yes, I believe revival is going to

come. Lives are going to be transformed.

Families going to be restored. God, I

believe generations are about to be

launched in their God-given purpose in

this house by your power and your grace

and your mercy.

So Lord, we say yes.

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>> We say yes to you, your will, your way.

Yes to your truth, yes to your purpose,

yes to every part that you have for us

in this house, God. We hold no reserves

in this moment, but we say yes to you.

>> Listen, thanks for joining us for the

message today, and I believe the power

of the Holy Spirit begin a

transformational work in you through the

word of God, and we want to help you

walk that process out. We believe in the

power of the local church, discipleship,

walking together in our journey with

Christ. So, we invite you to come,

connect to this beautiful family of God

at Liberty Culture Church. If you'd like

more information on how to connect and

uh different ways to take next steps,

even how to give, you can do that simply

by visiting our website

libertyculture.church.

Listen, all the information's there.

It'll help you connect, and you can be

part of a beautiful family where the

power of the Holy Spirit is here. And

listen, freedom is seen, and freedom is

evidence in every single life. Listen,

we simply believe at this house that

families are going to be restored, lives

are going to be transformed, and because

of that generations are going to be

launched. This is Liberty Culture

Church. Come be [music] part of the

family right here, built on presence,

bound by love. See you soon.

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