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Life Conference 2022 (1st service) - Bishop Tony Kemp (February 13, 2022) | Life Bible Church

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  1. the King Jesus to the Holy Spirit. Let's give

  2. God Almighty a big hand clap. We just love your

  3. pastor and his precious wife and all the kids

  4. too. Let's give them a big hand clap. We're very

  5. honored. We always look forward to being with

  6. you. There's such a... a presence, a glory, and

  7. a freedom that lives in this place. And if the

  8. truth be told, sometimes we just really don't

  9. know what we have. Sometimes we don't know. And

  10. so I'm going to teach In the second service,

  11. we'll probably do some personal ministry because

  12. we'll have time. The ministry that we'll do now

  13. will be in the Word. And so, you know, this weekend

  14. we've been talking about the Spirit of Revelation,

  15. you know, being able to see in the Holy Spirit,

  16. hear in the Holy Spirit, sense no things by the

  17. Holy Spirit. And it's possible that some people

  18. may... may associate all of that with just church

  19. or gatherings or, you know, God's people coming

  20. together. But it's much more than that. In fact,

  21. if whoever controls the screen, if you'll put

  22. the book of John up, chapter 10, verse 27, pick

  23. a version, whatever you prefer. Whatever they

  24. put up, essentially it's Jesus talking. Look

  25. at somebody and say, you know, you might want

  26. to listen to Jesus just a little bit. Jesus says,

  27. my sheep hear my voice. I know them and they

  28. follow me. So I've been married to Deborah who

  29. will probably be here the next service. She was

  30. resting and I let her rest. I mean, after all,

  31. she runs around with me all over the United States.

  32. We'll be home one day and then we go to Houston

  33. to do a firestorm conference. I like fire. Anyway,

  34. I'll try to behave. So we've been married 42

  35. years. And when I saw her, the Holy Spirit said,

  36. that's going to be your wife. This is why you

  37. need to hear the voice of God. And it was the

  38. only woman that the Lord told me, the only one,

  39. you know, because other people, you know, would

  40. ever look good. So, knowing Jesus and following

  41. Jesus can really be a blessing to you. You know,

  42. to see in the spirit, to hear in the spirit,

  43. to sense things in the spirit. Let me just ask

  44. this. How many people are not married here this

  45. morning? Raise your hands. Okay, I want the unmarried

  46. people to stand to your feet. I want to pray

  47. for you unmarried people. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

  48. If you don't want to get married again, sit down.

  49. No, no, no, listen, listen, listen, listen. I'm

  50. a teacher in a minute, but this is just like

  51. too much fun. Anyway, and I'm not, don't ask

  52. me the angel's name because I'm not going to

  53. tell you. But there is a category of angels that

  54. actually bring people together. Really. Look

  55. at somebody and say, I'm starting to like this

  56. service already. And I'm going to leave that

  57. alone. I'm just not. Okay, so if you're seated,

  58. let's pray for the people who are standing because

  59. they'll probably be a lot happier if they got

  60. a mate. And if they're happier, look at somebody

  61. and say, you'll be happier too. Okay, so bow

  62. your heads. So Holy Father, I want you to release

  63. an angel for everybody who is standing who wants

  64. a mate. Lord Isaiah 34, 16 says, none shall lack

  65. a mate. And so Holy Father talks about the Holy

  66. Spirit gathering. people together. And so Lord,

  67. as people follow your son Jesus and hear your

  68. voice, let people meet at the right place at

  69. the right time, providentially. And I thank you,

  70. Father, that you're doing it, that your angels

  71. are being released, that you're bringing people

  72. together in Jesus' name. Can we take about 20

  73. seconds to give the Lord a big hand clap? Amen.

  74. You may be seated. And, you know, all you women

  75. that are married, you should really pray for

  76. your husbands. No, I really mean for you to.

  77. So, you know, Deborah and I decided we wanted

  78. to get a house. And so she decided she wanted

  79. this one house. It was Victorian style house.

  80. I didn't like it and I didn't want it. Not my

  81. style. So this is why you sisters should pray.

  82. So she takes me to this house. And I'm looking

  83. at this house. And then all of a sudden, I see

  84. this really big angel on the right and the left.

  85. Big angels, chiseled, muscular. And all of a

  86. sudden, I'm reading the sign. You get in this

  87. house. Apparently, apparently, father loves her.

  88. More than me. This is why you sisters should

  89. pray the brother can see in the spirit. Y 'all

  90. think I'm joking, but I was serious as eternal

  91. life. So why do you want to hear God's voice?

  92. Well. Somehow Debra and I decided we wanted to

  93. get a new vehicle. And so we go looking and we

  94. get in this SUV. And as soon as we're in the

  95. SUV, all of a sudden I had the feeling, just

  96. came out of nowhere, that if we buy this SUV,

  97. we're going to have an accident. And then Debra

  98. said, you know what? I feel like if we get this,

  99. we're going to have an accident. We ain't getting

  100. this. Look at somebody and say, it can help you

  101. find a spouse. Everybody say the voice. It can

  102. help you find a spouse. Find the right vehicle.

  103. And get the house. Look at somebody and say,

  104. you need to know Jesus. Because this is what

  105. people do. Sometimes people look at the gifts

  106. of the Holy Spirit as something for the gatherings.

  107. And the grace of God can save your life. I was

  108. in college, and we were going to go to a collegiate

  109. basketball game. I was in Bible College. And

  110. I showed a dollar, so I went to Tom Hufty, and

  111. I said, borrow the dollar. And I was going with

  112. Joel and another friend of ours. Her name was

  113. Dawn. And I go up to Joel's room, and he's looking

  114. for his keys. And all of a sudden, I go into

  115. a vision. And in the vision, I see the spirit

  116. of death walk up behind me. Immediately, I became

  117. sick. And then... I had a vision, and in the

  118. vision, we had already been to the game and we

  119. were returning, and Joel and I were in the front.

  120. And Joel was going to pass late, and I told him

  121. not to, but he was going to be stubborn and do

  122. it anyway. And we were going to crash, and they

  123. were going to survive, and I was going to die.

  124. So I'm standing there, and all of a sudden I'm

  125. sick. I sit on the bed. And I turned to Joel,

  126. and I said, hey, you got any problems with your

  127. driving? To which he says, yeah, sometimes I

  128. pass late. I said, we ain't going. Now, Dawn,

  129. who was not spirit -filled, thought I was nuts.

  130. I don't care. My life. We go back to the student

  131. union. Tom Hufty, who is a Baptist. A traditional

  132. Baptist says, Tony, I have a feeling you shouldn't

  133. go to that gang. Even the Baptist can hear God.

  134. No, no, please understand, I got saved in the

  135. Baptist church. I went to a Baptist Bible college.

  136. You know, I understand. You know, they believe

  137. stuff I don't necessarily believe. You know,

  138. like I don't believe once saved, always saved.

  139. I think you got to follow Jesus to the end. At

  140. least that's what the Bible says. He that endure

  141. to the end. Okay. But anyway, this Baptist brother

  142. heard God. Look at somebody say, that's why you

  143. need to know the voice of God. It's very practical.

  144. Okay. So now. Let me mess with you before I teach,

  145. just because, I don't know, I'm in the mood.

  146. So, one of the persons I saw in heaven was Noah.

  147. Can I drop a little something on you concerning

  148. Noah? Okay. What if I was to say to you... That

  149. all the animals on the earth, not all of them

  150. happen to be living where Noah was. What if I

  151. said to you that God would translate the chosen

  152. animals, the two by twos and the little ones,

  153. the sevens, right in front of the ark? What if

  154. I was to say to you, God's temporarily manifested

  155. Eden and all the animals became obedient to Noah

  156. and went into the ark? What if I was to say to

  157. you that as soon as each one came in, even the

  158. creeping things, that each one, when they got

  159. in their place, that God put them into a supernatural

  160. hibernation? What if I was to tell you that Noah,

  161. once he got in his place, he and his wife and

  162. his whole family went into supernatural hibernation?

  163. and they were all frozen in place. God shuts

  164. the door. The rain falls, the water comes up,

  165. and the ship rolls. Haven't you ever wondered

  166. how Noah would stand the noise? Have you ever

  167. wondered, how is Noah going to feed all these

  168. animals? Have you ever wondered, where is the

  169. waste going to go? Look at somebody and say,

  170. the Lord took care of all of that. So when everything

  171. rests, and then you got motion, the whole thing

  172. of motion. So then when everything rests, the

  173. Lord wakes Noah up, and then there's a raven.

  174. And listen to me. Here's my point. The assignment

  175. of the raven was to go out and find land and

  176. return. You know, the raven did not fulfill its

  177. assignment. Look at somebody that said, don't

  178. be a raven. The dove goes out and comes back.

  179. Look at somebody that said, be a part of God's

  180. dove company. Because when Jesus gets baptized,

  181. at the waters of baptism, he lives, he dies,

  182. he's resurrected. And at the waters of baptism,

  183. you have the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Heaven

  184. opens, Spirit falls, Father speaks, you're the

  185. Son in whom I find pleasure. When the Holy Spirit

  186. falls, he appears in the form of a dove. Look

  187. at somebody and say, are you part of God's dove

  188. company? You can be if you follow Jesus in John

  189. 10. 27, my sheep hear my voice. I know them.

  190. I know we say stuff like I know the Lord, but

  191. yeah, but does he know you? They follow me. So

  192. then the Lord wakes everybody up. All the animals

  193. walk out and they get translated to their various

  194. places. Look at somebody and say, very interesting.

  195. Anyway, that's enough of that. Doesn't matter

  196. whether you believe it when you get to heaven,

  197. you'll find out. Noah was, let me see if I can

  198. see a guy who looks similar to Noah. Do we have

  199. any tall guys here? Wave your hand if you've

  200. got tall guys. How tall are you? You're tall.

  201. Stand up. Noah was similar to you, but he was,

  202. He had a really, really long beard. Yes, I'm

  203. sorry. Sit down. Let's give that brother a big

  204. hand clap. So anyway, that was fun. You know,

  205. some of you, your wheels are still turning. It's

  206. okay. So let me teach my lesson. I got about

  207. 40 minutes, 30 minutes. you'll get the abbreviated

  208. version. Turn to the book of John chapter, nah,

  209. I'll start with 20. Verse 30. Chapter 20, verse

  210. 30. And truly, Jesus did many other signs in

  211. the presence of his disciples. Look, somebody

  212. say, the signs of Jesus. Jesus did many other

  213. signs in the presence of the disciples which

  214. are not written in this book, but the purpose

  215. of the signs, but these are written, verse 31,

  216. that you might believe Jesus is the Christ, the

  217. Son of God, and that believing you might have

  218. life through his name. Look at somebody say,

  219. signs, Jesus, eternal life. Now, signs, signs

  220. show you where you're not. Signs show you where

  221. you are. Signs show you where you don't want

  222. to go. Signs show you where you do want to go.

  223. Signs set up boundaries. Signs say no admission

  224. or you have permission. Signs point to something

  225. else in the future. Signs tell you what's beyond.

  226. Okay. Okay, you ready? Look at somebody and say,

  227. are you sure you're ready? Okay. Signs point

  228. to Jesus. So where does Jesus stand in relationship

  229. to you? He stands outside of the edge of your

  230. present. to call you into the future he has for

  231. you. Where does Jesus stand in relationship to

  232. you? He stands just outside the border of your

  233. present. And so from the future, he calls you

  234. into the future he has for you. Look at somebody

  235. and say, Jesus is in your future. And he's calling

  236. you into the future with him. I like how Kim

  237. Clement said it. He said, somewhere in the future,

  238. you look a whole lot better than you do right

  239. now. Let's see if this is true. I like John.

  240. I'm not going to tell you about that. You're

  241. still trying to get over Noah. John chapter 2.

    John 2 chapter mention

  242. Verse 1. And by the way, I'm not going to be

  243. able to finish the message. I may be able to

  244. finish it in the second service. Maybe. I never

  245. get done. On the third day, there was a wedding

  246. at Cana of Galilee. Very interesting. Third day.

  247. Now, if you really look, you should look at third

  248. day scriptures, particularly in the Old Covenant,

  249. and see that there are signs sometimes that point

  250. to Jesus, sometimes in ways that are quite obscure.

  251. That's for the theologians. And the mother of

  252. Jesus was there. Look out, somebody say, Mama

  253. of Jesus. Okay. The mother of Jesus was there.

  254. Verse 2, and both Jesus was called and his disciples

  255. to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the

  256. mother of Jesus says to him, they don't have

  257. any wine. Look at somebody, say, Mama's in action.

  258. Now, Context determines meaning. In that culture,

  259. you know, you had your best wine out and you

  260. want to make sure you had enough wine for all

  261. of your guests. And if you didn't have enough

  262. wine for all of your guests, it resulted in public

  263. embarrassment for the father of the bride in

  264. the community. And so the mother of Jesus saw

  265. what was coming and she went to Jesus and said,

  266. hey, you got to fix this. So, well, his mama

  267. was something. See, I think, look at somebody

  268. and say, you need to believe in the Virgin Mary.

  269. I'm going to tell you why you should later. You

  270. ought to deal with Catholics sometime and say,

  271. do you believe in the Virgin Mary? You really

  272. believe in the Virgin Mary? Do you pray to the

  273. Virgin Mary? I pray to the one the Virgin Mary

  274. prayed to. Just thought I'd pass it along. So

  275. Jesus says, watch this, woman, why are you involving

  276. me? And by the way, it was a term of endearment.

  277. In fact, Before the female was called Eve, she

  278. was called woman. Do you know that sin dehumanizes

  279. you? And the only way that you could be fully

  280. is by knowing Jesus through the word and by the

  281. spirit? Maybe John was telling us something when

  282. Pilate brought out Jesus and said, Ecco homo,

  283. behold the man. What if Jesus was saying, woman,

  284. referring back to a state before the fall where

  285. God could be perceived. He was giving his mother

  286. a compliment because you see what's really going

  287. on now. Did you know that in Hebrew history,

  288. When the Messiah would come, one of the signs

  289. of the Messiah was to turn water into wine. Jewish

  290. history. But I'm not really camping on that.

  291. He said, my hour's not yet come. You know, it's

  292. funny how your mama can get ahead of you. His

  293. mother was ahead of him. Says to the servants,

  294. verse five, whatever he says to you, do it. Okay.

  295. So if you want to move in supernatural signs,

  296. here's your first step. Look at somebody and

  297. say, whatever Jesus tells you to do, do it. My

  298. sheep, hear my voice. I know them. and they follow

  299. me. Repeat after me. Whatever Jesus tells you

  300. to do, do it. Next verse. There were set there

  301. six water pots of water. Now, the purpose of

  302. the six water pots was when the people came in,

  303. they washed their hands. And there were six.

  304. Everybody say the number of man. It was to purify,

  305. but obviously these 20 or 30 gallons apiece,

  306. great, that's the right thing. But Jesus can

  307. repurpose your pot so that the dirt that's come

  308. in, look at somebody say, he can remove it. Look

  309. at somebody say, from dirt to deliverance. Now

  310. Jesus repurposes, repurposes the water pots and

  311. says, fill the water pots with water and they

  312. filled them up. Let me just make this comment.

  313. Have you ever considered that when Nathaniel,

  314. okay, let me back up. There's no way, I'm not

  315. even gonna get halfway through this message.

  316. It's all right though. We got a second shot.

  317. Philip meets Jesus. Philip goes to Nathaniel.

  318. Nathaniel says to Philip, can any good thing

  319. come out of Nazareth? Philip's smart enough.

  320. He said, come and see. So Jesus sees Nathaniel

  321. coming to him and said, this is a true Israeli

  322. in whom there's no falsehood. And Nathaniel's

  323. response is very interesting. He says, how do

  324. you know me? And Jesus says, sign. When you were

  325. under the fig tree, before Philip called you,

  326. I saw you. Because rabbis taught their disciples

  327. under a tree. And so it's a sign that Nathan

  328. was under a tree. Nathanael was under a tree

  329. saying, God, where's my rabbi? That's why Nathanael

  330. responds and says, you're the rabbi. You're the

  331. son of God. You're the king of Israel. And then

  332. Jesus says, you think that's something? Wait

  333. till you see the angels of God ascending and

  334. descending upon the Son of Man. From that moment,

  335. read the book of John and find out how many times

  336. it says, up and down. I'm going to leave you

  337. alone. Fill the waters. pots with water, and

  338. they filled them. There's an ascending. Just

  339. to make you think. Just look, just reread the

  340. book. Reread the book. He says, draw out now,

  341. and whoever's in charge of the feast, take it

  342. to the person. What do you call those, the director,

  343. the person who's, come on, what are they called?

  344. The wedding director. Wedding coordinator, there

  345. you go. Take it to the wedding coordinator. I

  346. try not to do any weddings. I got tired of weddings

  347. and funerals. So I even forgot what it was called.

  348. Somebody else can do that, I'm just. When the

  349. ruler of the feast tasted the water that had

  350. been made wine, didn't know where it was, but

  351. the servants which drew the water knew, the governor

  352. of the feast called the bridegroom and said,

  353. Hey, every man at the beginning says forth good

  354. wine, men are well drunk, and that which is worse,

  355. you've kept the best wine or the good wine till

  356. when? Now, we usually say last, but look at somebody

  357. and say, but the good wine is for right now.

  358. Okay, so before we go any further, I don't drink

  359. wine. Because you know where people go. I worked

  360. with too many people who were alcoholics and

  361. drug addicts. Okay? You know, and when I did

  362. drink, you know, I could go a little too far.

  363. A little too far. Did I say too far? So, I don't

  364. need to drink any. Okay? Right. Just thought

  365. I'd tell you because, you know, sometimes people

  366. say, you know. Look at somebody say, I'm heavenly

  367. wine. Here's the point. This beginning of signs,

  368. Jesus did at Cana of Galilee and manifested his

  369. what? Everybody say his glory and his disciples'

  370. belief. Now notice you got this in chapter two

  371. and John references it in chapter 20. So now

  372. he's talking about signs. Everybody say signs.

  373. But the key word here is beginning. It's where

  374. we get the word archaic. Now this is really,

  375. really important. Everybody say archaic. Where

  376. we get archetype and we also get archaic. What

  377. it is, it's the original pattern. Everybody say

  378. the original pattern from which copies are made.

  379. So once you understand the original pattern,

  380. you have insight. into how Jesus does signs,

  381. wonders, and miracles. Because he makes a point.

  382. He uses the language. It's the starting point.

  383. Everything proceeds from there. So if you want

  384. signs and wonders, you got to understand the

  385. archetype, the archaic, the original pattern,

  386. the archaic. And he actually tells you, he actually

  387. tells you what the first step is. You ready?

  388. Everybody quote, say it after me. Whatever Jesus

  389. tells you to do, do it. That's a step. So now,

  390. John, through his book, he's going to show you

  391. this theme. Speaking of up, in chapter 2, verse

  392. 19, Jesus says, destroy this temple, and in three

  393. days I will raise it. What do you mean, three?

  394. Three. Third day, three days. Hmm. He's a prophetic

  395. apostle. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. So, let's go further.

  396. Let's go further. So, now, John is making a point.

  397. So, let's go to chapter 5. Now, let's do chapter

  398. 4. Chapter 4, we'll go with verse 46. Chapter

  399. 4, verse 36. Here's John, the Holy Spirit. I

  400. just, go, go, go. No, no, go back, go back, go

  401. back. Did I do something wrong? I said 46. Right?

  402. 446? Yeah, that's it, that's it. So Jesus came

  403. again to Cana of Galilee. Look at what the Holy

  404. Spirit's doing here, where he made the water

  405. wine. He's making a point. And there was a certain

  406. nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. This

  407. is where the prophet Nahum said, glad tidings.

  408. Next verse. And when this nobleman heard that

  409. Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he

  410. went to him and implored him, come where? Where

  411. my son is sick. And heal his son, for he's at

  412. the point of death. He's dying. Then Jesus says

  413. this. Next verse. Unless you see signs and wonders,

  414. you will by no means believe. Signs. Believing.

  415. Everybody say sinners. Signs. The Son of God.

  416. Jesus Christ. The noble man said, come down before

  417. my child dies. Next verse. Jesus says, watch

  418. this, go your way, your son lives. So the man

  419. believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and

  420. went his way. Next verse. As he was going down,

  421. his servants met him and said, your son lives.

  422. Next verse. Then he inquired of them when his

  423. son began to amend. Amend. Let's see, amend.

  424. Yale, may I? Yale, may I healing is when you

  425. get better and better until you're completely

  426. well. At the seventh hour, the fever left him.

  427. Next verse. So the father knew it was the same

  428. hour that Jesus said to him, your son lives,

  429. and he believed in his whole household. Verse

  430. 54, next verse. This, again, is the second what?

  431. The Holy Spirit's making a point. Jesus did when

  432. he came out of Judea into Galilee. So what's

  433. the meaning of the second sign? Because you look

  434. beyond the miracle to see the message. Look at

  435. somebody and say, look beyond the miracle and

  436. see the message. Sign number one, key. Whatever

  437. Jesus tells you to do, do it. Sign number two,

  438. do what you can do. when Jesus tells you to do

  439. it. Whatever Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do

  440. what you can do when Jesus tells you to do it.

  441. Many years ago, the Lord talked to me about what

  442. he called, this is his phrase, he called it the

  443. sign gifted ministry. And so, I've seen Jesus

  444. do all kinds of incredible, miraculous signs.

  445. Body parts were, there were none. The dead being

  446. raised a number of times. All kinds of weather

  447. signs. I mean, all kinds of signs. I most of

  448. the time don't talk about it. Because for some

  449. people, they'll get so caught up in the sign

  450. and the wonder, they won't look at the word.

  451. And that's a problem. Okay? So I have a tendency,

  452. unless the Holy Spirit makes me, to sacrifice

  453. signs and wonders and miracles to point people

  454. to this Word. But when the Holy Spirit makes

  455. me, I go, oh, okay, I can move in that now. But

  456. I always want to establish the Word first. Everybody

  457. say, establish the Word first. Okay? So whatever

  458. Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do what you can

  459. do when Jesus tells you to do it. Chapter 5.

  460. Verse one. How many of you are enjoying the word?

  461. Verse one. This is crazy. After this, there was

  462. a feast. And Jesus did what? Look at somebody

  463. say, something's fixing to happen now. Because

  464. the nobleman said, come down, but Jesus healed

  465. him and raised him up. I think I perceive a theme.

  466. What if the ministry of seeing in the Spirit

  467. is to see what God is saying and doing in the

  468. Word? See, I know we want to see angels, we want

  469. to see demons, and there's a time and a place

  470. for that. We want to see Jesus, there's a time

  471. and a place for that. But from the standpoint

  472. of the ministry as a prophet and a seer, your

  473. first seeing is the revelation of the word. And

  474. so if you'll notice, I have deliberately not

  475. did personal ministry because I wanted to give

  476. you a sign. I let honor do it. And only when

  477. I got pulled into it last night did I participate

  478. because, see, I know what happens. People will

  479. go, I want visions, revelations, visitations.

  480. and all that. But mostly what I did was, everybody

  481. say, the word. See, because with this whole thing

  482. of revelation, you can get out of balance. And

  483. it's all about, and so God, listen, so see, so

  484. God hasn't showed up in the service until something

  485. miraculous happens. Look at something I said,

  486. but it's about Jesus. So, verse 2. There is at

  487. Jerusalem by the sheep market, which is called

  488. in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, five porches,

  489. portigos, and these lay a great multitude of

  490. impotent folk. They wanted to put them all right

  491. there because there's something about invalids

  492. we don't want to see them. Blind heart withered,

  493. waiting for the moving. For an angel did what?

  494. Where the people were suffering, the angel was

  495. sent down. at a certain season into the pool

  496. and troubled the water. And whoever first, after

  497. the troubling of the water, stepped in was made

  498. whole of whatever disease they had. So there's

  499. an angel that has a calling from God to heal

  500. whatever disease. A certain man was there, which

  501. had an infirmity, 38 years. And when Jesus saw

  502. him lie, knew he had been there a long time,

  503. he says, will you make a choice to be made whole?

  504. And the impotent man, paralyzed man said, I don't

  505. have anybody. When the water's troubled to put

  506. me into the pool. Wait a minute. Where's your

  507. brother? Where are your cousins? Where are your

  508. family? Where are your friends? He says, I have

  509. no one. So we got a man who's paralyzed by abandonment.

  510. Paralyzed by rejection. Paralyzed. Paralyzed.

  511. I had a dream once about spiritual, mental, emotional.

  512. and various kinds of paralysis. And so, then

  513. he says, when I'm coming, another steps what?

  514. Down before me. You know what he's saying? I've

  515. been here for 38 years. You've only been here

  516. for 28. Wait your turn. Everybody say resentment.

  517. Resentment. Bitterness, anger, frustration. So

  518. now, when we look at this scripture, And Jesus

  519. says to him, verse 8, rise, take up your bed,

  520. and what? Immediately the man was made whole,

  521. took up. Everybody say up. Take up. And he walks.

  522. Wait a minute. Jesus is saying, okay, it's time

  523. for you to rise up out of your bitterness, your

  524. unforgiveness, your frustration, your anger.

  525. It's time for you to rise up out of your rejection,

  526. your hurt, your pain. It's time for you to rise

  527. up out of your paralysis. It's time for your

  528. spirit to rise up, your mind to rise up, your

  529. emotions to rise up, and get your body up. What

  530. is the meaning of this sign? Whatever Jesus tells

  531. you to do, do it. Do what you can do when Jesus

  532. tells you to do it. But here's the amazing thing.

  533. You can do what you couldn't do when Jesus tells

  534. you to do it. Because the very fact that Jesus

  535. said it now empowers you to do what you couldn't

  536. do before. Everybody say, read the sign. Here's

  537. the thing. Here's the thing. When water turned

  538. to wine, Jesus was outside the border of the

  539. present calling water into wine, the future.

  540. And it was between 120 and 180 gallons. So all

  541. of a sudden, these poor people became very, very

  542. wealthy. Look at somebody say, Jesus is the God

  543. of more than enough. Now look at somebody say,

  544. whatever you do, do what Jesus says. Look at

  545. somebody say, it could lead to more than enough.

  546. Do what you can do when Jesus tells you to do

  547. it. Why? Because it creates a miracle in your

  548. family. Let's go further. Chapter six. I'm going

  549. to do this one. Look at somebody and say, you

  550. may have to come to the next service to get the

  551. rest of the story. I don't know. Is that permitted

  552. here? Okay, we're good. Because I'm not going

  553. to tell it. I'm going to obey leadership. And

  554. I'm going to stop. But how many have I given

  555. you thus far? Three? Okay. In fact. I just may

  556. be bad and stop to make you return. How many

  557. of you never saw that that way before? Raise

  558. your hands. You never saw it that way before.

  559. Oh, it's a key. Look at somebody say, it's a

  560. key. And there are more. Look at somebody say,

  561. and there's a whole lot more. So you're saying,

  562. I want to see God's signs and wonders in my life.

  563. Now listen, it isn't that I don't have anything

  564. to say. It's that when you're speaking, you have

  565. to repeat. Right? You have to repeat. So, whatever

  566. Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do what you can

  567. do when Jesus tells you to do it. You can do

  568. what you couldn't do. When Jesus tells you to

  569. do it. And it results in a sign that manifests

  570. Jesus and gives God glory. Now you need to hear

  571. me. This is why the enemy fights your obedience.

  572. In the little things. Because we always think

  573. about big steps cause big results. But here,

  574. it's always a series of little steps that cause

  575. big results. Okay. I've been talking about habits.

  576. Ready? You don't focus on your goals, you focus

  577. on your habits. You don't focus on results. You

  578. focus on your habits. Because next to every negative

  579. result, cause and effect is a negative habit.

  580. I'm not talking about trials. I'm not talking

  581. about struggles. I'm talking about cause and

  582. effect. Okay? Next to positive, biblical, scriptural,

  583. obedient habits to God's Word are big results.

  584. It's right there. It's right there. So, the way

  585. I change the results is I change my habits. So,

  586. if I fix my system, my belief system, my thinking,

  587. talking, and behavior, the results fixes itself.

  588. If I fix my belief system according to the word

  589. of God, I don't have to concern myself with the

  590. results because when I operate in the word of

  591. God and I fix my belief system, the results fix

  592. itself. So, so, your results determine where

  593. you... Your habits determine where you're going.

  594. So if you don't like where you've been, change

  595. your habits so you can change where you're going.

  596. Okay. Stand to your feet if you would, please.

  597. What I want you to think about, See, we cry for

  598. the glory of God, but the glory of God always

  599. demands change. We are changed from what? Glory

  600. to what? You can't have glory without change.

  601. And so while we do want celebration of the presence

  602. and the person of God, one of the reasons for

  603. the celebration is to empower us into what? Change.

  604. And so I'm giving you keys to change that will

  605. increase the glory. Let's take a couple of minutes.

  606. Lift up your hands if you can. And let's just

  607. give the Lord praise and go ahead and process

  608. the word that you've heard. If you are interested

  609. in hearing other podcasts or contacting Life

  610. Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch .org

  611. or call us at 541 -995 -8282.