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Life Conference 2021 (Saturday) - Bishop Tony Kemp (February 6, 2021) | Life Bible Church

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  1. I want to give reverence to the Father, King

  2. Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Let's give honor

  3. to your pastor and to his precious wife. Let's

  4. give honor to all the ministry staff. And give

  5. a hand clap for your neighbor also if you don't

  6. mind. How many of you were here either Friday,

  7. Thursday, Friday, or earlier today? Raise your

  8. hands. Praise the Lord. Give yourselves another

  9. hand clap. So if you have your Bible. or your

  10. iPad, or your phone, or your eyes. Turn to 1

    1 John 2:27

  11. John 2, verse 27. And at 7 .08, I want to try

  12. to be good tonight. Notice I didn't say I was.

  13. I said I was going to try. One night, I went

  14. to bed. That's a good thing to do at night, I

  15. guess. And I dreamed this scripture. But the

  16. anointing which you received of Jesus lives in

  17. you. And John is saying that there were false

  18. teachers and you don't need to listen to them

  19. because you don't need any of those folks to

  20. teach you, but as the same anointing teaches

  21. you concerning all things, and the anointing

  22. is true and is not a lie, just as the anointing,

  23. the Holy Spirit, has taught you, live in Jesus.

  24. Now, the anointing, the Holy Spirit, he wants

  25. to do more than make you feel good. I mean, he

  26. does want to make you feel good sometimes. Sometimes

  27. you need to feel good. But the anointing of the

  28. Holy Spirit, the holy anointing oil, is very

  29. functional. And very practical. Even when you

  30. look at persons anointed by God in the old covenant.

  31. You see. That there is benefit. I think we use

  32. this example about. Isaac. Finding himself in

  33. a famine in Genesis 26. And the word of the Lord

  34. the truth. God's Holy Spirit. Speaks to him and

  35. says, I know you were thinking about going down

  36. into Egypt, but I'm telling you, stay right here.

  37. And he sold in that land and he got a hundredfold

  38. return. That tells me that the anointing of the

  39. Holy Spirit in your life can guide you and direct

  40. you in your profession or in your career. if

  41. you're able to do well financially, it will bless

  42. your spouse. They will like the money. Your kids,

  43. if you're older, your grandkids, your family

  44. members, your friends. Because here's the statement

  45. I want to really leave with you. And you're going

  46. to memorize this statement. And maybe you can

  47. now quote it. If it's not practical, it's not

  48. spiritual. So when you look at the anointing

  49. of God, the presence of the Lord, in Abraham

  50. and Isaac and Jacob and then in Joseph, this

  51. anointing that's in the life of Joseph was to

  52. perceive. Hard times are coming and we need to

  53. hold back 20 % because we're going to have seven

  54. years of plenty and then seven years of famine

  55. and we need to get ready for the future. He was

  56. living from the future. The Holy Spirit, the

  57. anointing, that holy anointing oil enables you

  58. to live from the future. Prepare now so that

  59. when the future comes. Not only do you have everything

  60. you need, but you have overflow. Does there anybody

  61. here that would like to have some overflow? And

  62. so because of that light that he walked in, because

  63. the Holy Spirit, the anointing always brings

  64. light because it brings the word and the interest

  65. of your word brings light. And in your light,

  66. we see light. and the Lord is my light, he was

  67. able to save the nation of Egypt and the sons

  68. of Israel. See, I want you to take the anointing

  69. beyond church. The anointing is not just for

  70. here. You come here, you get mourned on it, and

  71. you take it out there and you bless your spouse,

  72. you bless your kids, you bless your grandkids,

  73. you bless your community. Make sense to you?

  74. Okay. I appreciated what this brother said about

  75. Peter's eyes, his spiritual perception was so

  76. great. that he was able to discern the angel

  77. of the Lord, and he was taken out of confinement.

  78. Now, I know that's Peter, but where do you feel

  79. trapped or confined or restricted or contained

  80. where you need spiritual perception as the result

  81. of the anointing? where something can open for

  82. you and you have a freedom and a liberty you

  83. didn't have before. In fact, if I was to give

  84. this message a title, I would call it How to

  85. Increase Your Spiritual Perception. So, I have

  86. to do something because, you know, I have this

  87. thing where I always got to bring you back to

  88. Jesus. So that's what I'm going to do. Because

  89. that's what the Holy Spirit would want me to

  90. do. The Holy Spirit always testifies of Jesus

  91. and the Father always testifies of Jesus. And

  92. if I testify of Jesus, I'll have the approval

  93. of the Father and the Holy Ghost. And I'll have

  94. God with me. And I have preached by myself before.

  95. It didn't work out so well. So John's Gospel,

  96. chapter 1, verse 36. When you get there, it will

  97. say this. Behold. That's what the prophet, the

  98. forerunner says. Behold the Lamb of God. For

  99. some reason, because the Spirit of God in his

  100. life, he was able to see who Jesus was. What's

  101. interesting about this word, behold, this is

  102. important. It means to look, to stare, to probe,

  103. and to fix your gaze. Behold and keep beholding

  104. the Lamb of God. That means spiritual perception

  105. begins with looking at and looking to the Lord

  106. Jesus. That means spiritual perception or seeing

  107. in the Holy Spirit is first about getting to

  108. know the Father and Jesus more than before. Ultimately,

  109. The whole purpose of spiritual perception or

  110. to see in the Holy Spirit is to get to know Jesus

  111. and the Father. Now, how? Well, it's not as hard

  112. as people think. I'm basically lazy. And sometimes

  113. I don't feel like reading my Bible. So there's

  114. something called YouTube. And so, you know, I'll

  115. just go YouTube the Gospel of John, sit down

  116. or lie down, and just let somebody read to me.

  117. Just like mama read to you when you was a child.

  118. Everybody say, baby Kemp. And so if something

  119. strikes my fancy, I can always push the pause

  120. button. And I'm receiving the word of the Lord

  121. into my spirit and into my mind. Everybody say

  122. the written word of God will open up your spiritual

  123. perception. Now, if you like to read, read on.

  124. I like to rest my eyes. You know, I'm 65. And

  125. then. I know this is very simple. I have to do

  126. this. And then it's just simple praise and worship

  127. music. Now, I can't sing and the African -American

  128. rhythm gene didn't know I was born. And so typically

  129. I sing through other people. So I like to do

  130. praise and worship so I can perceive the presence

  131. of the Lord and I just soak. Everybody say the

  132. word. And the spirit. So. So here's the deal.

  133. You have to put it on your schedule. Look at

  134. somebody say you have to schedule the word. Look

  135. at somebody say you have to schedule the Holy

  136. Spirit. Believe it or not, you're putting the

  137. anointing in your schedule. Okay. See, when I

  138. got filled with the Holy Spirit, I didn't have

  139. any gifting. Nope, nope, none, none. Do you spell

  140. N -O -N -E? None. And because I came from a family

  141. of intellectuals, it didn't make sense to me

  142. that natural man does not receive the things

  143. of the Spirit of God. And so, and second, I'm

  144. a person. That I have to understand it. So you

  145. won't have to deal with my understanding. Because

  146. here's the deal with me. I want to know how it

  147. works. Just me. But there's a scripture that

  148. says this. Now I'm going somewhere. After Jesus

  149. was raised from the dead, the scripture says

  150. this. Then opened he there under. that they might

  151. understand the scriptures. That means, and I

  152. referenced Isaiah 11 and 2, there's a spirit

  153. of understanding that lets you know. Spirit of

  154. wisdom, creativity, what works. Spirit of understanding

  155. is why what works actually works. So anyway,

  156. I'm asked to do this meeting. And what they want

  157. me to teach on is how to host. The manifest presence

  158. of God. So since that's what they want, give

  159. the people what they want. So I talked to the

  160. Lord about hosting his presence. And he won't

  161. talk to me about that. Okay, that ain't gonna

  162. work very well. So since you don't want to talk

  163. about that, what do you want to talk to me about?

  164. He starts talking to me about something that

  165. was quite fascinating. He called it curiosity.

  166. Very interesting. So I began to learn that spiritual

  167. curiosity increases your ability to receive the

  168. revelation of the Father in Jesus. In the book

  169. of Exodus chapter 3, when Moses saw that a bush

    Exodus 3 chapter mention

  170. was on fire, and it kept burning, because in

  171. that environment combustible things would burn,

  172. but it kept burning, he became curious. And the

  173. scripture says that when God saw, he turned to

  174. see. Oh, wait. Perception means I got to turn

  175. to see. Maybe the Holy Spirit's trying to interrupt

  176. my regularly scheduled program to get me to stare,

  177. to look, to probe, to turn to see. I'll say this,

  178. and I know this is so simple. How do you have

  179. visions? Well, you got to look to see. If you

  180. don't look, you won't see. That's another. I'll

  181. come back to that later. When he turned to see,

  182. he began to receive the revelation of God. After

  183. that. His relationship with God increased his

  184. spiritual perception until he saw manifestations

  185. of both the presence and the power of God turn

  186. into signs and wonders. Look at somebody and

  187. say, you got to look to see. So you have to turn

  188. to see that the Lord will speak to you and you

  189. get the revelation of God himself. Spiritual

  190. perception is the result of stopping what you're

  191. doing and looking until your eyes are opened

  192. by the Holy Spirit. I know a guy who used to

  193. run an air conditioning and heating business.

  194. And he practiced perception. Something, you know,

  195. he would get a call to fix something and he would

  196. ask the Lord, what's wrong with it? And the Lord

  197. would tell him. And when there was a financial

  198. recession, his business was growing. Look at

  199. somebody and say, spiritual perception can cause

  200. prosperity. This is very practical. Very practical.

  201. It's so practical that sometimes spiritual perception

  202. goes to this. The woman that's writing. See,

  203. here's the deal. Let me tell you about spiritual

  204. perception. Let's just, you and me have a conversation

  205. and they can just eavesdrop. See, sometimes spiritual

  206. perception means this. I really want to say something,

  207. but the Holy Spirit says you just need to sit

  208. on yourself. Look at somebody say, don't give

  209. anybody a piece of your mind. Look at somebody

  210. and say, you need all the mind you got. And sometimes

  211. you want to just share it. But the Holy Spirit

  212. said, don't say that right now. Oh, but I want

  213. to. The Holy Spirit says, pray in tongues. If

  214. you got to have your lips moving, pray in the

  215. Spirit. And then some of us, we're insane. It

  216. was nice talking to you. Can I talk to you now?

  217. Okay, who are you with? You with them? Okay,

  218. good. So anyway, so, you know, sometimes people

  219. have a best friend, but they fail to realize

  220. that their best friend has a best friend that's

  221. not theirs. And so you tell your secret to your

  222. best friend who also has a best friend that's

  223. not yours. And then you wonder how it got out.

  224. Look at somebody and say, you ought to pay attention

  225. to the anointing. If it's not practical. Now,

  226. here's what's funny. How many of you like me?

  227. You love to talk. Respond. How many of you have

  228. been like me where the Holy Spirit is going,

  229. don't say that, don't say that, don't say that.

  230. But you want to say that, you want to say that.

  231. And then after you said it, you regret ever saying

  232. it. Sometimes it's really hard to pay attention

  233. to the anointing. The anointing. It was curiosity.

  234. It was the curiosity of Moses that enabled him

  235. to hear the word of the Lord. When John's disciples

  236. looked at Jesus, they were curious. And they

  237. said, Lord, where do you live? Where do you abide?

  238. Where do you stay? Jesus said, come and see.

  239. So because of spiritual curiosity, they were

  240. able to be with Jesus. Jesus said in the book

  241. of Matthew, the last verse of chapter 28, Lord,

  242. I'm with you always, even to the end of the age.

  243. I'm having problems talking. Now, you know what's

  244. funny? Now, please hear me. I know what we mean

  245. when we say, I'm. Seeking God. So, what's he

  246. doing, running away from you? I know what we

  247. mean. I know what we mean. Because I do it. But

  248. after a while, and I heard a preacher use this

  249. example, and I'm going to be, I'm going to be

  250. cultural just because I know if I'm cultural,

  251. it will make you remember. You'll go, I can't

  252. believe he said that. So, you know, if you're

  253. African American, you came from Africa or thereabouts

  254. somewhere. And so it doesn't matter what time

  255. you get up because the crops are coming up when

  256. they come up. So you white folks, we have an

  257. appointment and let's make the appointment at

  258. one. You'll be there at the restaurant at 1.

  259. I'm going to come in at 1 .15 because we operate

  260. CP time, colored people's time. I know you're

  261. going to, right now you're saying, I can't believe

  262. he's doing that. But I'm doing it because this

  263. will make you remember. Not that we all, because

  264. I got a stickler for time myself. But what you're

  265. going to do is you're going to stand up and you're

  266. going to wave at me and smile. And I'm going

  267. to say, oh, there you are. What if I was to tell

  268. you that you have appointments with God himself,

  269. but you have to look to see where he is in your

  270. marriage, in your family, in your career, in

  271. your profession. You have to look to see where

  272. he is in the room. Everybody say, you have to

  273. look to see. Because he's right there. He said,

  274. no, I'm with you always. So where is he? So even

  275. when I approach a service, I'm looking to see

  276. where God is. I'm just looking to find him because

  277. he's here somewhere because he kind of likes

  278. you. Kind of. He really likes you. So I'm looking

  279. to see where he's at. So in 1 Peter. Chapter

    1 Peter 1 chapter mention

  280. 1, 10 through 12, this is what it says. It says,

  281. the scripture records that the prophets inquired

  282. of God concerning salvation about the grace that

  283. come to you, and they were searching what manner

  284. of time that the spirit of Christ in them to

  285. testify, and things were revealed to them as

  286. the result of their curiosity. That tells me

  287. that revelation, even prophecy, is the result

  288. of curiosity. Huh. That tells me that prophets

  289. lived in a state of spiritual curiosity. And

  290. as a result of that spiritual curiosity, they

  291. received discerning of spirits, words of knowledge,

  292. wisdom, prophecy. What does that mean? Could

  293. it be that spiritual curiosity is a key to activating

  294. the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Could it be that

  295. spiritual perception increases when you begin

  296. to look at people Not to see how they were, but

  297. how Jesus sees them. Huh. I wonder if you could

  298. look beyond their past and their present with

  299. spiritual perception and see people like Jesus

  300. sees them because Jesus saw people like the Father

  301. saw them. Because in John chapter 1 verse 42,

    John 1:42

  302. Jesus looks at a man and says, your name is Simon.

  303. Which, by the way, in the Greek means unstable

  304. as water. Which means he had the tendency in

  305. his lower life to sink to the lowest level. He

  306. could blow a fuse, a gasket. He had anger management

  307. problems. That's why he'd go to cussing. And

  308. then he could get cold as ice. He was externally

  309. regulated by the temperature. He did not have

  310. internal controls. Interesting. Jesus says, well,

  311. right now you're silent. But I see something

  312. else. I see Cephas. I see a stone. I see a stone.

  313. I see you from your future. I'm calling it into

  314. being now. And this word is going to overtake

  315. you. And eventually this word is releasing an

  316. anointing that's going to conquer Simon. And

  317. you will cease to be conformed. to your past

  318. and you will be transformed into the image and

  319. the likeness that my father has decreed. Okay,

  320. let me, okay, I guess I have to do this. Not

  321. crazy about this, but anyway. So, I'm in glory

  322. and there's a father and, you know, spirits come

  323. out of God and he sends them into the earth and

  324. they become souls. That's where you came from

  325. when your mom and dad got happy. And so I see

  326. this spirit come out, and the father starts singing

  327. to this spirit. Sings to this spirit its purpose,

  328. its calling, its anointing, its gifting. His

  329. destiny impacts it and imprints it into the spirit.

  330. Blows him into the earth. So that when the person

  331. repents of sin, believes in Jesus, what was placed

  332. in that person by the father begins the process

  333. of activation. In fact, true prophecy is nothing

  334. but Reading from the book that the father wrote

  335. about you before he blew you into the earth.

  336. Spiritual curiosity gives you the ability to

  337. read a page or a paragraph or a sentence out

  338. of the book. Once you spiritually perceive that

  339. the father doesn't just like you, he loves you

  340. and likes you. And he's for you. He's really,

  341. really for you. And then because he's for you,

  342. you act for yourself and not against yourself.

  343. You figure out that everything is rigged in your

  344. favor. And that no matter what happens, ultimately

  345. you will succeed. So my question to you is this.

  346. What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

  347. So I'm minding my own business, which I do unless

  348. I'm really bored. Then I mind other people's

  349. business. I got cousins in this room. You might

  350. be one of them. Anyway, I'll leave that alone.

  351. So the father starts talking to me. This is what

  352. he says. He says, I called you just like I did

  353. Joshua. He said. just like I was with Moses,

  354. I'll be with you. He said to me, every place

  355. upon which the sole of your foot shall tread,

  356. I've given it to you as your inheritance. He

  357. said, just like I was with Moses, I'll be with

  358. you. And he said, I will not fail you. So I'm

  359. very confident because I can even make a mistake

  360. and God will turn the mistake into a miracle.

  361. Look at somebody and say, you can even make a

  362. mistake and your father will turn your mistakes

  363. into miracles. And I can make a mistake and the

  364. father will give me wisdom. I'm learning mistake.

  365. I'm learning wisdom from my mistakes. Right?

  366. So I understand that what appears to be failure

  367. is on the road to success. So I fail where I

  368. need to to be able to minister to you. Okay.

  369. For a righteous man falls down completely, but

  370. God picks him up. A righteous man falls down

  371. seven times, but the Lord picks him up. So he

  372. really, so ultimately he is successful. Are you

  373. still with me? Okay, so now. So Jesus sees Simon

  374. first in his earthly identity, but he saw Peter

  375. in his heavenly identity. Jesus' perception,

  376. he speaks to Simon out of Simon's future. and

  377. calls Peter into being now. So, I don't live

  378. in my earthly identity. Love my dad, respect

  379. my dad, 100 years of age when he went into glory,

  380. but I never would let my dad define me. Never.

  381. He tried, bless his heart. He meant well. Ain't

  382. happening. Because it was too low. My mom, who

  383. was the oldest of several children, she tried

  384. to be the boss of me. But I was the baby. Ain't

  385. nobody the boss of me. My dad was a Baptist.

  386. Mama was a Baptist. She was a Bible teacher.

  387. My mama, you know, they wanted me to be a Baptist.

  388. I got saved in the Baptist church. Got filled

  389. with the Holy Ghost. Had an angelic encounter,

  390. not a vision, actual physical angel talk to me

  391. in front of people. And they want to convince

  392. me to be a Baptist. Want to tell me? Miracles

  393. don't happen. I told them while I was just in

  394. the meeting, because there was a move of God

  395. and I was a part of it with young people, and

  396. the owner of the building, he was on crutches,

  397. and he put away his crutches and he walks. Too

  398. late. I was standing this close to the guy when

  399. the miracle happened. So revelation produces

  400. transformation as Simon becomes Peter as he obeys

  401. Jesus. Here's what's crazy. All right. What are

  402. the people saying about me? One apostle says

  403. this. He says, what do you got to say about me?

  404. Simon, Peter says, you're the king. Messiah,

  405. the king. You're the son of the living God. Blessed

  406. are you, Simon Barjona. Flesh and blood didn't

  407. reveal this to you, but my father in heaven.

  408. And I tell you that I'm the big rock. You're

  409. the little rock. And upon the big rock, I'm going

  410. to build the church. And the gates of hell should

  411. not prevail against it. Wait. How's this transformation

  412. come? Peter had a spiritual perception first

  413. about who Jesus was and what Jesus was. And as

  414. a result of that, Jesus gave Peter a perception

  415. on how he was seen by the Father. Everybody say,

  416. number one, revelation. Everybody say, number

  417. two, identification. Everybody say, number three,

  418. authorization. So as he began to identify with

  419. Jesus, he began to be transformed by God. Are

  420. you still with me? So here's where I'm coming

  421. from. I refuse to let anybody tell me who I am

  422. when they don't know who they are. Now you need

  423. to hear me. Hear me. Moses was the son of a Hebrew

  424. father and mother, but he was raised in the house

  425. of Pharaoh. And so he lived in an identity that

  426. wasn't his for 40 years. The longer you live

  427. in identity, that's not yours, you delay coming

  428. into who you are. So unless you speak to me the

  429. word of the Lord that agrees with my heavenly

  430. identity, I'm in my heart giving you the hand.

  431. Everybody say revelation. Everybody say identification.

  432. Everybody say authorization. Peter, I give to

  433. you the keys. Whatever is forbidden in heaven,

  434. you have the ability, when I tell you to, to

  435. forbid it on earth. Whatever is permitted in

  436. heaven, you have the ability to permit it on

  437. earth. Everybody say revelation, identification,

  438. authorization. And guess what? It all happens

  439. through perception. The perception brought about

  440. the transformation. Let me show you how powerful

  441. this is. Peter is up on a house stop praying.

  442. He gets hungry. I'm thinking about that fish

  443. tonight. He has a vision. And in the vision,

  444. he's instructed to eat something that's not clean.

  445. Gentiles. He's Jewish. Has it three times. Vision

  446. goes up. He's trying to figure out the revelation.

  447. And then the Holy Spirit says, three men are

  448. looking for you. Go with them, doubting nothing.

  449. Three visions in one. Three men. And he goes

  450. with the Gentiles and he goes into their house.

  451. And he preaches Jesus. The Holy Spirit falls,

  452. they speak in tongues, and they get baptized

  453. in water. All Peter was looking at at that moment

  454. was the people in the house. It wasn't until

  455. later that he perceived you being in Christ.

  456. What am I saying? Sometimes God is doing something

  457. in your life or through your life, and you don't

  458. even perceive the full significance of it. You're

  459. only looking at what's going on in the house

  460. and not the thousands and millions of people

  461. that are in the backyard. And so I need the anointing

  462. to increase my spiritual perception so I can

  463. see what God is doing in my life and the lives

  464. of others. Because if I could perceive it and

  465. conceive it, I can get a hold of it. I can shift

  466. it from the invisible to the visible. And so

  467. I have, and I'm getting ready to close, and we

  468. get ready to do something. So sometimes I see

  469. with my physical eyes you, but I see something

  470. else with my spiritual eyes at the same time.

  471. Or sometimes I will fall asleep with my eyes

  472. open. All this fades to black, and I'll be somewhere

  473. in the future. Maybe a meeting. And I may see

  474. the pastor. I may see what he's wearing. It'll

  475. be like color as if I'm there. Or maybe I'm supposed

  476. to minister to somebody, and I'll see the condition

  477. in their body as if I'm there in color. I may

  478. be in a church service, and let's say there's

  479. somebody who's involved in witchcraft, and they're

  480. on this row, and they're sitting right here.

  481. Okay, that's got to be dealt with. You know what

  482. I mean? I'll dream about something. And then

  483. if it's like that, I'm awake. It fades to black

  484. and it's like falling asleep with your eyes open.

  485. Because it's part of my assignment. It's not

  486. because I'm spiritual. Seriously? Really? No.

  487. It's not that. It's that I've learned. Or I'm

  488. learning to look just to see. So what does that

  489. mean? That means maybe the Holy Spirit says,

  490. don't go to work your regular route. Go a different

  491. route. That make sense? So everybody say it's

  492. very practical. So let me give you this scripture

  493. and then we're going to shift. This is from the

  494. book of Acts chapter 11 verse 22. You don't have

    Acts 11:22

  495. to put it up. When Barnabas came to Antioch,

  496. he saw the grace of God and encouraged the believers

  497. with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord.

  498. The Greek word saw or had seen is spelled Horeo.

  499. It means to look at something intently, to scrutinize

  500. it, to analyze it, to observe it something fully.

  501. The thing about Jesus is this. He looks beyond

  502. your faults. He'll see your need. It's not that

  503. he's unaware of your flaws, weaknesses, and defects

  504. of character. It means that he looks beyond them

  505. to see you in your original heavenly state that

  506. you're going to walk into as you follow Jesus.

  507. Barnabas was a great apostle and prophet. And

  508. he was able to see the grace of God. He was able

  509. to see what God was doing in the lives of the

  510. disciples of Jesus. And the Spirit of God wants

  511. you to be able to perceive what the Father's

  512. doing in the lives of his sons and daughters

  513. through his son Jesus. So when you're moving

  514. in, like discerning of spirits, words, and knowledge,

  515. wisdom, prophecy, look for what God's grace is

  516. saying and doing in the life of that person by

  517. the Spirit of Jesus. Give the Lord a big hand

  518. clap, will you? So, I've been at conferences,

  519. many, where they would set me in a room and they

  520. would just bring people. And I just prophesied.

  521. Maybe take an afternoon. Because I would just

  522. simply look and see. It's very simple. I just

  523. simply tap into the spirit of Jesus because he's

  524. a prophet in me. And I can go, I can look at

  525. him and go, oh, you have a Romans 12 gift of

  526. teaching. You're analytical and you have to figure

  527. things out. You have this pragmatic thing about

  528. it's got to be one, two, three, and four. A,

  529. B, C, and D. And when I was talking about you

  530. need to understand it to move in it, you went,

  531. oh, that fits me. Is that true? Raise your hand

  532. so they don't, because they can't see you. So

  533. do you know you have a gift of teacher in you?

  534. You know now. Notice how I put the question.

  535. Did you know? Did you know Jesus the teacher

  536. is going to work through you? You're going to

  537. be anointed to teach. Here's the crazy thing

  538. about your teaching. As you teach, the power

  539. of the Lord has become present to heal. Because

  540. you've been praying about that. Right? Raise

  541. your hand so they know I'm hitting it because

  542. you know. And then you've got this thing about

  543. you want to see people deliver from the evil.

  544. Raise your hand if that's true. And then you

  545. want to see people feel the Holy Spirit. Raise

  546. your hand if that's true. And so, you know, there's

  547. kind of this, I don't know if you're aware of

  548. this. You know, you kind of got a pastoral kind

  549. of a thing. You know that, right? But you also

  550. got an evangelistic kind of a thing, right? Okay,

  551. so just listen to your pastor. Now, I need to

  552. do this with you because it's important. You've

  553. heard of Rick Renner. He has Sparkling Gems 1

  554. and 2. Do you have them? You should get them.

  555. It's going to help you. Okay? He's extremely

  556. solid. He's like a Greek scholar. I think he,

  557. well, he's an apostle, really. And so I think

  558. he established a church in Moscow. And I think

  559. he has a school of Jesus. And I think he has

  560. ministries that have come out of him. And he's

  561. just real. You'll really like him. He will help

  562. you in the pastoral part. Because pastors need

  563. to be teachers, right? When you look at, I just,

  564. please forgive me. When you look at Timothy,

  565. 1 Timothy and 2 and Titus, elders need to teach,

  566. right? They got all these qualifications like

  567. 22, 23, but there's one they had to have. Look

  568. at somebody say they need to teach. So this whole

  569. pastor, teacher, evangelist thing, okay? So you

  570. should stand right here because there's an anointment.

  571. I like that word, anointment. It may or may not

  572. be a word, but other people make words up, so

  573. I figure I will. Hey, Kenny, man, what are you

  574. doing, man? Y 'all going to pray for this dude?

  575. Well, when are you going to pray for him? Let's

  576. pray for him now. Lift up your hands and get

  577. ready to receive more of God. Come on. Father,

  578. we thank you for this pastoral teaching and evangelistic

  579. gift of Jesus that's on the inside of him. Let

  580. it be cultivated. Let it be matured. Let it be

  581. developed. Let him go through what he's got to

  582. go through so that he can be shaped and formed

  583. and made by you, God Almighty, so that he can

  584. overcome every test and he can stand. the pressures

  585. of being a leader and that he could be victorious

  586. and an overcomer through Jesus. Come on, pray

  587. for him in 30 seconds. Come on. 30 seconds. Pray

  588. over him in the spirit. Almost done. We're almost

  589. done. I've got a big hand clap. You can take

  590. the seat. Now, I do need the screen. I need Ephesians

  591. 1 and 17. I need to do this, then I'm gonna tell

  592. you something, and then we're all gonna pray,

  593. and then I'm gonna go eat me some food. Paul

  594. says that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the

  595. Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of

  596. wisdom and revelation, the knowledge of the Father.

  597. Next verse. That the eyes of your understanding

  598. may be enlightened. Okay. Understanding is where

  599. we get the word heart. Enlightened is where we

  600. get the word photizo. What it's saying here is

  601. that there's an anointing. Jesus, the anointed

  602. one in his anointing, the Holy Spirit, can cause

  603. you to see properly framed photographs in the

  604. spirit of King Jesus. Everybody say, your eyes

  605. flooded with light. Now, here's the thing. My

  606. brother, where's the brother? Was that you came

  607. up here to talk about perception? Is that you?

  608. Where's he at? Okay, it was you. Okay, so here's

  609. the deal. You were right on. And then the brother

  610. talked about the pots of oil. Here's what's crazy.

  611. One of the angels, there's a couple angels I

  612. want to mention. One has to do with releasing

  613. the anointing, but the other is a honey angel.

  614. I should explain. Everybody say, honey anointing.

  615. Here's the deal. And as soon as I say it, you'll

  616. get it. Saul had said, ain't nobody eating as

  617. we're going out here to war. But his son Jonathan

  618. didn't know. So his son Jonathan was tired. He

  619. was faint. He found some honey and he ate it.

  620. And the scripture says his eyes were enlightened.

  621. What if I was to say to you that there are angels

  622. up here of anointing that can release honey that

  623. will cause your spiritual perception to increase

  624. and that they can release the light of spiritual

  625. perception onto you right where you are. How

  626. many of you would like to see more? Then stand

  627. to your feet. We're going to do an altar call

  628. right where you are. Because the angels can be

  629. here and they can release it. But I want you

  630. to do something. I want you to pray in the Holy

  631. Spirit for three minutes before I pray for you.

  632. Close your eyes. Start praying right now. have

  633. an anointing release the spirit of revelation

  634. and wisdom and visions and dreams and revelations

  635. so Holy Father I lift up your sons and your daughters

  636. and Father I release the spirit of wisdom I release

  637. the spirit of revelation I release the Holy Spirit

  638. of light I release the anointing for dreams,

  639. perceptions, revelations, visitations. I release

  640. that. Let there be an impartation of it right

  641. now. Let people begin to see who've never been

  642. able to see before. And Lord, let them check

  643. the scriptures and with the pastor and with the

  644. leadership. Discover that they've seen correctly.

  645. By the Spirit of the Lord. Now I want you to

  646. take one minute and praise God for it right now.

  647. You may be seated. Now, I just got to do one

  648. more thing. This row, the dude, the dude with

  649. the long beard. Yeah, stand up. That row, everybody

  650. in that row, stand up. So, I don't understand

  651. this, but I see Joe. Does somebody know a Joe

  652. in the row? That's one. Now, that means Joe,

  653. Joseph. Anybody else? Yeah, I know. Finally took

  654. you long enough. But this whole row, because

  655. the Lord pointed out the whole row. You know

  656. how Joseph was able to see, discern, Feel. A

  657. blind person, they see with their fingers. They

  658. feel, but it's just as good as seeing. This whole

  659. row, there's a spirit of revelation on it. You

  660. need to get ready because God's going to show

  661. you stuff. It may be an impression. It may be

  662. a perception. It may be a glimpse. It may be

  663. a dream. It may be a feeling, but God is getting

  664. ready to do something just like he did for Joseph.

  665. He's doing it for you. Lift up your hands, that

  666. whole row. I release the spirit of revelation.

  667. So that they can be a blessing and benefit others

  668. for your glory. In Jesus name. Everybody give

  669. God a hand clap. go to www .lifebiblechurch .org

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