Waypoint Conference 2021 (Sunday 2nd Service) - Dr. Yan Venter (September 19, 2021) | Life Bible Church

Praise God. You know, I just want to take this

opportunity once again to thank the pastors and

the Board of Elders to invite us here. It's just

like Pastor Dale said, it's really such a pleasure

to talk to people that are well ministered to.

You know, you go to some churches and even when

you speak shallow, you can still feel like you're

shooting over their heads, you know, and they...

They don't catch it. But over here, it's such

a pleasure to speak and to feel like it's going

into the hearts of the people. I'd really like

to, I really enjoy it. If you were here, how

many of you were here in the first service this

morning? Quite a few. And you will agree with

me, wasn't that a great word? Yeah, go ahead.

Now, I'd like to continue with that. I just felt

like it was such a great word that I just want

to add my little piece to it. And if you'll just

put that scripture back up where Jesus, in verse

19, John 20 and verse 19, the Bible says, Then

the same day at the evening, being the first

day of the week when the doors were shut, Now

that tells you right away something was going

on there. I'm talking about politically. You

know, they just crucified Christ three days ago.

And there must have been turmoil going on. You

know, you remember how afraid Peter was to admit

that he was part of Christ. And here you see

these men. not knowing what's really going to

happen, gathered together. The doors are shut

where the disciples were assembled for fear of

the Jews. And then in that situation of great

fear came Jesus. And he stood in the midst and

said unto them the thing they needed most at

that moment, peace. Let's pray. Heavenly Father,

we thank you so much for your word. What a great

honor to be students of your word. And I want

to pray today that you would grant that in this

service today, Lord, that you would grant that

we also may receive a spirit in the chamber of

fear where we may keep it in hiding. But that

you would Come and pay us a visit in that area

because we belong to you. We ask it in the name

of Jesus, and we thank you, Lord. You know, if

we look at what's going on in the world today,

it's no wonder that I said at the first service

that I was here, if you look at the church, I'm

talking about the body of Christ. If you look

at it in comparison to where it was not too very

long ago, remember when the revival at Pensacola

was going on? My, my, my, wasn't that a highlight

in the life of the believers of our time? Revival

fires swept through the land. And now after this

COVID thing, it just seemed like it was, as if

a bomb exploded inside the church. And when you

look at it from an upper level, it just seems

like everything is just laying in pieces. Churches

have just lost so many people. Pastor Dale shared

with me last night that most pastors that he's

been talking with was telling him that Even after

the people came back, as little as 40 % of their

people came back, some instances 60%. It was

just a great loss. And then as I go around, you

know, from the time when they opened up the services

again for me to go around ministering a little

bit, in most places, it's not like here. You

guys are really blessed. You guys are really

fortunate. Your worship level here, if you'll

agree with me, Pastor Dale, your worship level

here is at a standard and at a level much higher

than most other places that I know about. God

has obviously got his hand on you here. And I

think you ought to give the Lord a hand clap

of praise for that. Now, you know, when we come

together like this, you know, and we come and

sit under the Word, it's really, like I said,

it's really a place we come in here to be fixed

up. We get damaged. Things happen out there and

we get damaged. You find you end up thinking

wrong, talking wrong, mixing with wrong people,

Horrible decisions. Because you have to understand.

You are not ordinary. Let me say that again.

Yes. Amen. I mean if you're not going to say

amen in your language. Then I'll speak in my

language. You know. We are not ordinary people.

We are. Listen, I want this to hit home. We are

children of another kingdom. We are children

of the most high God. We have been endued with

power such as this world does not know about.

It's incredible. I mean, the power that he's

giving the church, and if you can just believe

at that level, there's nothing, and that is with

emphasis, nothing that is impossible for God.

Now, whenever the word is being ministered, it's

always ministered to prepare you for what lies

ahead. And, you know, at times also when we come

together here, we come together and he's not

only talking about what lies ahead, but he's

also got to fix up what happened yesterday, what

happened on the way here to church. You find

yourself at a place where you're not supposed

to be. And so many times you watch people, and

I see that I've been ministering long enough

to know that The vast majority of people see

themselves as inferior, much, much more inferior

to the disciples of old. Inferior even to the

preachers that are speaking and teaching them.

They feel inferior. They sit there and they know

secretly that there's stuff going on in their

lives. There's things right now that as I speak

about it that just absolutely hits you like a

sharp edge in a rough spot in your spirit. You're

sitting there and you know that you can do better

with your prayer life. You should do better with

your prayer life. You sit there and you know

that your Bible reading is not what it's supposed

to be. You have gotten to a place where you become

so much like the rest. You have to know that

the church of our time, we used to stand out

above all the others. And I'm not talking about

dress code. I'm talking about lifestyle, you

know, recognizing what is wrong and not doing

it. When you know a thing is wrong, then you

see it's wrong and then you avoid it. You try

and live a holy life. But the church, these last

few years, it just seems like there's no difference

between them and the world out there. It's no

strange thing to see people come to church and

halfway through the sermon, see people walk outside

to go and have a smoke. Get a smoke break. It's

something that, you know, as I grew up, you never

would see stuff like that. You know that you

saw people that would memorize scripture. You

would come to a church and see somebody at this

level and then come back next year and they're

higher. And when you come again, I mean they're

flying top colors. Growing in the spirit. Now

there's a stagnancy that has come upon the people.

And it's no wonder that at a time like... COVID

that is around us, that's a good way to compare

this with that in the time of COVID, it just

seems like we've locked ourselves up in a room

for fear. Fear for something that is... So far

beneath the power of God. I mean, it is so inferior

to the touch of God. COVID, no matter how they

can explain how dangerous it is, my God is far

bigger than any COVID or any disease or anything

that the enemy can bring to us. Glory to God.

But in spite of the fact that we know that, we

still lock ourselves up in a room of fear. And

you know that fear and faith cannot live together.

You are a faith child. Look at somebody right

next to you and say, I'm a faith child. Come

on, say it again, but this time say it with,

no, no, no, no, no, no. Listen, I, you know,

please don't be offended. I'd like for you to

say it without smiling or laughing about it.

This is tough stuff we're talking about. Look

at the person next to you say, I'm a faith child.

You know, the second thing I want to bring to

you here based upon what Pastor was preaching

about, Pastor Dale. is the fact that I think

all of us grow up from time to time wishing that

you were like this one. Or I wish, you know,

my hero, my hero is David. My hero is Hannah.

My hero is Sarah. You know, we all have heroes.

How many of you have biblical heroes that you

really, you like them all, but you have heroes?

Come on, put your hands up real high. And I bet

you for anything you want to, when you look at

any of those heroes, not... even one of them

was supernatural in the sense that they were

not human. They sat exactly where you sit. They

dealt with exactly the same situations that you

do. They had family problems just like you have

here today, but they found the ability to rise

up above it to the level to where the Holy Spirit

used them as an example to write to you and I

so that we could learn from them. Come on, give

God a praise offering. Glory to God. And you

know, when we preach, when we speak about the

things of God, it's very obvious, it's clear

that just only a small percentage of people really

get it in the sense that it's spiritual truths

we talk about. We're not bringing to you any

carnal, We're bringing to you the spiritual Word

of God, not the Bible, not the pages that we

can flip through. We're bringing the words of

God, and that is a spiritual thing. You have

to understand it spiritually. You have to swallow

it spiritually. And when you do, it tastes like

honey. And when you look at these disciples that

have now locked themselves in here in a room

with fear, you almost cannot believe that these

men that walked for three and a half years with

Christ, that they were now so far removed from

the time when they even tried to walk in the

water with him. And here they are now, you know,

just... not even the shadow of their former selves,

because they saw blood. They saw Jesus die on

the cross in the most horrific way. They saw

him cry out, my God, they heard him, my God,

my God, why has thou forsaken me? And they knew

that they were, Under the Roman Empire. That

was going to come after. Not only the Jews. But

especially those. That was following somebody.

That was pronouncing himself. Declaring himself

to be king. Of the Jews. Now they're locked up

there. In a room. Filled with fear. You know.

I remember when God asked me one time. Who is

your. Who is your hero in the Bible? And I have

several. I know many of you have several heroes

in the Bible. I immediately, when he said that,

because, you know, I love to walk in faith. Mine,

immediately I said is Abraham. Abraham. Let me

tell you about Abraham, God said. You know that

Abraham, I walked with him. I mean, I physically,

personally sat down, had a meal with him. You've

never had that privilege. And even after that,

even after knowing me in such an intimate way,

such a personal way, that when the opportunity

came for him to stand out and make his stand,

He was willing to give his wife away to another

king because of fear. Then the Lord said, next,

give me the next hero. And I said, David. And

then immediately I swallowed my words and I said,

no, no, never mind. I take that one back. On

and on and on. Now you must know these disciples

that are now And I'm not going to speak longer

than what it takes this morning. You missed that.

These were people that would ultimately turn

this world upside down. These fearful beings,

these fearful disciples. would eventually get

to a place where they did not fear death whatsoever.

Almost all of them, I think all of them, died

a martyr's death. But nothing could stop them.

Paul clearly said, since God is for me, who can

be against me? But you have to first get there.

You have to get to a place where you grow yourself

out of that fear situation. Because you understand,

we all have fear. Every one of us have fear.

But fear has to be channeled. Fear can be a good

thing. It's fear that tells you that you do not

have wings. Don't try and jump off a four -story

building. It's fear that tells you not to put

your hand on a red hot stove plate the second

time. So there's some good fear. But the fear

that the enemy brings to you is all coupled to

a lie. And so you have to get to that place where

you refuse to carry that fear. Even though it

wants to come in every now and again. It wants

to come in. And it comes in just because of one

reason, and that is where you somehow allow wrong

stuff to come to your home. You allow. Say that

word, allow. It doesn't just come in there and

forces its way in. You allow it to come in. And

once that, he gets a foothold in the house, then

with him automatically, just like pastor said,

that with Christ automatically comes peace. With

the enemy automatically comes fear. You have

to get out of that situation. And you would think

that Christ, you know, he sat down with these

disciples, you know that, and he taught them

one by one, I mean, and group by group, told

them exactly what was going to happen to him.

He was going to die, and just like Jonah, he's

going to be in the heart of the earth for three

days, and then he's going to be resurrected.

He made it clear that they understood. Hey, listen,

Terry here, you know, my words. Just wait here,

guys. You'll see me here in just a few days.

I'll be back. Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'll be

back. And none of them, none, none, none of them

believed him. Not a single one believed his teaching.

Put Mark 16 up there just quickly. I'll just

run through it so you can just see. You know,

here's Mark 16. This is now just after the resurrection.

So that when the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene,

is it on there? Mary Magdalene, the mother of

Jesus, of James and Salome, they bought spices

that they may come and anoint him. What was the

spices for? To keep the body from rotting. It

was an act of unbelief that they were doing.

And then they said among themselves, who rolled

away the stone from the door? This is the third

day. The stone was supposed to be, they were

supposed to know, hey, there'll be no stone when

I get there. Just like you say, I'm not going

to have COVID. You don't have to have COVID.

Oh, there you are again. See, we have to start

believing that I don't have to have COVID. And

even if COVID comes in, it's still going to be

okay. God is going to heal it. But I don't have

to have it. And so they came there and they saw

the angel there. You know the story. I'm going

to just flip to verse 8. They were convinced

by these men, Christ is actually risen just like

he said he would. Go tell the other disciples

and Peter, go tell them. So in verse eight, they

went out quickly and they fled from the tomb

for they trembled and were amazed and they said

nothing to anyone because they were afraid. You

know, on and on and on. Fear, fear, fear. That's

what these people, whoever is behind all this

nonsense, all these lies that's going on politically

behind us here right now. They've got plans with

our country, and I don't want to get into that

here right now, but that's what it is. You know,

they want to take advantage of something that

you already have. They just want it to come to

the surface, and that is fear. Once they can

get fear in your heart, they can control you.

So they saw angels. Angels. How many of you would

be so delighted you come into a tomb like that

and here you see. You know, with wings. And they

show you the place where he was. And the bandages

there still possibly rolled. I mean, just, you

know, the way it was around the body. But he

came out from inside of it. And he's not there.

And then they tell them, hey, you remember what

he told you what's going to happen? Well, it

happened. He's not here. Go tell the other guys.

So they flee. It reminds me of a lady that told

me, I thought about angels one time, and the

next night she came and told me, she said, last

night, she said, a spirit came into my room,

and I could actually feel it come and sit on

my bed. I mean, it actually, I thought I saw

an indentation, and I rebuked that spirit, told

him to get out of here. So I said, what happens?

She said, well, he left. Was there fear when,

He came in, no, no, no, there was no fear. I

said, you turkey. There was possibly an angel

that came to your room. Why do we expect demons?

Let's expect angels. Why do we expect death?

Why do we expect sickness? Let's expect health,

divine health. The presence of almighty God.

And so, just quickly, so they, went in verse

9. When he arose early in the first day of the

week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out

of whom he had cast seven demons. And she went

and told the others that was with him as they

mourned and wept. Why did they mourn and weep?

It was an act of unbelief. When they heard that

he was alive and had been risen by her, had been

seen by her, they... did not believe her. It's

amazing how people can hold on to unbelief. Later

on, and I'm going to just skip over to verse

14. Later on, he appeared to the eleven as they

sat at the table, and he rebuked them, their

unbelief and hardness of heart, because they

did not believe those who had seen him after

he had been risen. You know, let me bring this

to this point here. You have to, there where

you are right now today, allow yourself to change

right now. Come on, let me say that again. You

must allow yourself to hear what the Spirit is

saying to you. Go home and go and fix up your

home. Go and fix up what is wrong there. Fix

up your own life. Tell yourself, tell yourself

over and over, I have no reason to fear. The

Lord is my shepherd. Come on. You know, that's

the problem today throughout the country, the

world. They succeeded. These people have succeeded.

We're right at the coming of Christ. And this

thing proved to us that the church is not ready.

But this is just the first round. The second

round is coming. It's going to be even worse.

You better get this one right. Yeah, go ahead

and clap your hands. Get this one right. And

so, where you're sitting right there, you know,

God is, you know, that's... What is so wonderful

about Jesus, you see him coming in there and

when he came in, he didn't come there with accusations.

He came in like you said this morning and he

said to them, peace. I bring a gift with me,

the gift of peace, peace. Come on, get rid of

your fear. Here, I'm bringing peace to you. And

at the same time, joy, because in his presence,

there's fullness of joy. So I'm... I'm amazed

how God's people can be afraid. I'm amazed how

God's people can stress. You don't have to stress.

God is in charge. Come on, we heard this over

and over this week. The reason why it happens

is because there's something going on in your

life. Something that has allowed fear to creep

in. Now it's messing up your relationship with

your family, your wife, your business. Everything

is getting messed up because you opened the door.

And that's why we come to church. We come to

church right here so that we can be fixed up.

So that you could come and repent, confess your

sin, you know. And when you walk out of here,

you walk out with new courage. I've been forgiven.

Come on, honey, let's do this thing the right

way. Let's go home and let our children know

this is the house of God. Let my family know,

me and my house, we're going to serve the Lord.

Let them know that I'm not just saying this as

a cliche. I believe that God is my God. I believe

that God is in charge of my destiny. I believe

that there's not a thing he cannot fix up. I

believe that there's not a sickness he cannot

heal. I believe there's not a problem that he

cannot solve. I believe there's not a question

that he cannot answer. I believe I can bring

to him whatever is wrong and God can fix it.

up every time because I belong to him. I believe

that I can walk in to the courtroom of heaven

according to Luke 17 and go and present my case

right there, the courtroom of heaven. And then

to see my advocate, Jesus Christ, the righteous

one, get up and defend you and let the enemy

know I believe in him because he is my child.

Come on, give him a great praise offering. Glory

to God. You know, I'm a pilot, and there's, you

know, by the way, my books are out there on the

table, and there's some books there with some

great stories. You know, one is called You Won't

Believe This, and the other one is Can You Believe

This? You know, this stuff that happened. Many

of the stories that's in there is about my airplane.

I called Pastor. I texted him this morning, and

I said, did I ever preach this and this and that

about, and he says, Jan, you've preached so many

stories about the airplane. Go ahead and just

preach again. So when you're a pilot, I gotta

tell you, when you're a pastor and an evangelist

comes to your church with a bus, you know that's

a man of prayer. So many things goes wrong with

buses. And if you know somebody that flies their

own airplane, they're people of prayer. But having

said that, you know, if you have somewhat of

a decent airplane, then they all have built in

what we call proximity alert systems. You know,

because when you're an instrument pilot, you

fly sometimes in the clouds. You fly in the dark.

You fly in the rain. You fly, you cannot see

where you're flying. So you have to totally rely

on your instruments. You fly with GPS. Your GPS

connects with a satellite that can see you. You

cannot see the satellite, but it can see you.

It's almost like God. You can see, he can see

you, you don't see him. But you have in your

earphones, you have that alert system that if

you're flying too low, if there's an obstacle,

you know, approaching in front of you, this thing

is going to cry out in your earphones, pull up!

Because if you don't pull up, you're going to

crash. And most of the time when you fly as a

pilot, most of the time you have family with

you, friends with you. And when something happens

to you, it happens to them. There's family sitting

right here today that's, you've been hearing

God speak to you over and over. You're flying

too low. There's stuff that's waiting to happen

to you because you will not listen. God speaks

to us. Job says God speaks to us in many ways.

He speaks to us in dreams. He speaks to us in

visions of the night. God speaks to us in many

ways to keep our soul from the pit. And all you

have to do is just listen. Just pull that yoke

back up again and climb just a little bit higher.

Get yourself back in a safe spot. Believe your

instruments. Believe the Word of God. Believe

it. Believe it. You know, God speaks to you.

Believe the Word of God. When the Holy Spirit

speaks to you, listen to what Paul says today.

When you hear His voice, do not harden your heart.

Pull up. Pull up. I want to close with this.

You know, the pastor's wife told, told me, she

said, you know, my husband is so, he is so busy,

you know, with the church, church work. Hardly

gets time to pay any attention to her, and that's

dangerous. Women want attention, you know, and

that's really a truth. And then at one of the

services, she says that That particular day,

a young man, a good -looking young man, gave

her the compliment. Man, you're looking good.

Next Sunday, she made it her business to dress

up again, dress real nice. And then she made

sure that he looked in her direction. The second

compliment came and to make matters, I mean,

the story shorter, she said the time came when

they had their first cup of coffee together in

secret. And then the time came when she had to

do a pregnancy test and it was positive. Started

with just compliment because she was flying too

low. See, God is speaking to you here today.

God is speaking to you always. You'll wake up

in the middle of the night and God is speaking

to you. You sit in an airplane and God, somebody

will be next to you and say something and it's

God speaking to you. During the radio on and

there's a preacher speaking and he's speaking

to you. Listen. When that day came, She had to

go and see her husband and tell the husband what

happened. And the plane crashed. That beautiful

congregation all went down. You've seen this

happen before. You've seen large congregations

go down just because the pilot was reckless.

You see, when you go for your instrument license,

they teach you three very, very important things.

principles. Number one is you must never, everybody

say never. You must never say it won't happen

to me. Number two, you must never say to yourself,

I can handle it. I've been trained. Look at the

clouds. Before you take off from the ground,

you look at the clouds and it's terrible clouds.

But you say to yourself, I can handle it. I've

been trained to handle it. Pilots of great airplanes

saw the end of their days because they didn't

want, they think that they could handle it. You're

safer on the ground than what you are in those

clouds, even if you had that training. Or the

third thing, when you say, I've got to get there.

God is speaking to you here today. This is the

weekend of the supernatural, the weekend of healing.

And tonight we're going to have a great healing

service. It's going to be a night where we're

going to lay hands and possibly also impartation

of the anointing on people. It's going to be

a great service. But this morning, it's just

time for you to just right there where you are,

ask yourself, am I flying too low? Shouldn't

I just pull up? Because the level where I've

been flying is putting all, everyone around me

in jeopardy. Stand with me. You know, if I had

to ask, if I had to ask people to come forward

this morning and come and repent, I think, Everybody

had to come down here, but, you know, right now,

you know, why not just raise both your hands

towards God? Just close your eyes, and while

the music plays for us, why not pay attention

to that thing that God has been talking to you

about? That one thing, that thing that's been

keeping you at the wrong level. You're heading

for a mountain. You're heading for a tower, invisible

tower. You're heading for destruction of your

family, your business. Jesus came into the house

this morning knowing what you're in and knowing

what's going on and he's offering you peace.

He's saying to you, I brought with me peace.

Now with your hands there, why don't you just

pray right now? Nobody has to know what it is.

You're a man of God. You're a woman of God. Now

ask God, help me to pull up this yoke. Pull this

yoke up so that I can go to another level. Heavenly

Father, we all include ourselves in this prayer.

We ask you, In all humbleness, please forgive

us for ignoring your voice when we were supposed

to listen to you. Please forgive me, Lord, for

not flying at the altitude where you tell me

to fly. And in Jesus' name, don't go home today

the same. Now we bring to you, Lord, our hearts

and we ask you, help us to receive peace. Pastor,

come. Please give us that which you brought to

us and bring to us every day. That is your peace,

Pastor. Thank you, Jesus.