Life Conference 2019: Session 1 - Bishop Tony Kemp (February 1, 2019) | Life Bible Church

I want to give reverence to the Father, to the

Lord Jesus, to the Holy Spirit, to the Lord God

Almighty who is here with us. I declare that

the kingdom of heaven is in this place and I

speak peace to all who receive it in the name

of the Lord Jesus. The word of God says to give

honor to your leaders, particularly those who

teach you about Jesus. Let's give a hand clap

for Pastor Brad and his lovely wife. We want

to give honor to all of the ministers and leaders

as well. And also honor to our dear brother Jan.

Let's give him a big hand clap. The Bible says

honor one another in Christ. And so give a hand

clap for your neighbor, will you? Amen. Amen.

So I'm sure that, oh, I see my wife in the back

there. Let's give an honor to Deborah Denise

Kemp. Amen. We've been married. We'll be 40 years

this May coming. Amen. Praise the Lord. And,

you know, when you have to sit up front all the

time, it's wonderful to just sit in the back

and just watch stuff. Praise the Lord. Let me

ask a question, if I may. Is there anyone here

you're hearing me in person for the first time?

If you'll be really nice, raise your hands. Well,

praise the Lord. Okay, well, that's great. Look

at somebody say, that preacher needs a lot of

prayer. I received Jesus when I was 16 and got

filled with the Holy Spirit and started preaching

in 1974. I was a youth pastor for like five years,

associate pastor 20 years, senior pastor. I pastor

pastors. I get around just a little. I really

do know how to teach. Introduction, body, points

one through five, conclusion and summary. But

I'm not in the mood. My father was in the Navy

and then he taught weaponry in the Air Force.

How he woke us up is he actually said the word

trevally. How many of you have been in the military?

Raise your hands if you've been in the military.

Oh, then you understand. A second way to teach

is to do it military style. That goes like this.

I'm going to tell you what I'm fixing to tell

you. I'm going to tell you what I told you I

was going to tell you. And I'm going to finish

up by telling you what I told you. Look at somebody

and say, thank God he's not going to do that

tonight. Then you can speak extemporaneously

or spontaneously by like word of knowledge or

the wisdom and prophecy. And then you can speak

out of what I call the presence of the manifest

presence or the localized presence or. The glory,

the essence of what God is in the moment, in

the now. And so, are you ready? Okay. Pastor

Brad asked me to talk about supernatural realms,

and I can do that. I'm going to be super brief.

Look at somebody and say, he's not going to tell

you everything. He's going to give you snapshots.

So, you know, in 1989, I had a surprise. It was

the month of December, 4 o 'clock in the morning.

An angel came, about 5 '10", very handsome, looked

to be about between 20s and 30s, black hair.

My spirit left my body, and I went into heaven.

There I saw the glory of God, just like Isaiah

6, and just like John talked about the heavenly

tabernacle. Saw Jesus face to face, some witnesses.

And out of that, as a result of that, in conjunction

with that, the Father asked me some questions.

Now, before I get into that, here's what I want

to say to you. From the perspective of the earth,

God is by definition a supernatural being. Look

at somebody and say, God, by definition, is a

supernatural being. Now, I want to say this to

you. Because a lot of times when people think

supernatural, they think it's all woo -woo. But

look at somebody and just say this. Say these

words, and please say them the way I say them.

Say that good -looking preacher is telling you

right now that if it's wholly supernatural, it's

wholly practical. So let me give you an example.

So the father asked me a question, and he said,

what do you think made Abraham great? And so...

in the realm of the spirit, there's no miscommunication.

So, I mean, you can talk, but really it's spirit

to spirit and you think it or you, and it's there.

So, you know, of course, the first thing that

comes to my heart, my soul is Abraham believed

you and it was a credit to him for righteousness.

And the father said, that's true. And then he

referred me to Genesis 18. You should read the

whole chapter sometime because Abraham gets a

visitation from God and he begins to talk about

Abraham and he says, I know Abraham. Look at

somebody and say, it's a good thing when the

Lord knows you. And he says, you know, Abraham

will become a great nation and Abraham will.

Do what's right, and he will follow the judgments

of the Lord, and he will teach his household

and his children to follow in his steps. And

the point of the father was this, that what makes

you great as a natural father and as a natural

mother or as a spiritual father or a spiritual

mother in any aspect of ministry, Ephesians 4

and 11, apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor,

teacher. is that you, number one, have this intimacy

with God where you know God and he knows you.

Philippians 3, 10, that I might know him, Father,

Son, and Holy Ghost, but there Paul's specifically

speaking of the Lord Jesus. And so you have this

intimacy with God, and then you communicate that

intimacy. You transmit that intimacy and you

impart that intimacy to your children so that

they follow in your steps. From the father's

definition, that's what makes you great. It is

not being the pastor of a big church. It is not

being on Christian television. It is not making

a million. It is not being well -known and famous.

It is not, and I'm not against signs, wonders,

and miracles because the Lord has signs, wonders,

and miracles in my life and ministry. It's none

of that. Look at somebody's head. It's intimacy

with God and communicating that. Okay, so. I

could not see the face of God the Father because

of the brightness of the light that emanated

from his being and the cloud that surrounded.

So the Father then pointed out to me about the

book of Judges. Look at somebody and say, you're

supposed to learn something tonight. Because

when God is moving supernaturally, you're going

to learn something. In fact, as soon as I was

in heaven, the first thing the Father said to

me is he said, take notes and learn. which means

apparently I needed help. Look at somebody say

heaven for dummies. Well, I could tell you a

whole lot of stuff, but I'm just going to save

you. So the father brings up about Manoah. You

know, you should read like Judges 13 and all

that. So, you know, he and his wife couldn't

have any children. Obviously they wanted to have.

And so an angel from God appears to the wife.

Look at somebody and say, sometimes the woman

gets the revelation before the brother does.

In fact, while we're on this subject, somebody

wrote a book. And the title of the book was,

I have heard the voice of the Lord and it sounds

like my wife. Sometimes it's like that. I mean,

God actually did say to Abraham one time, listen

to your wife. Look at somebody say, that's a

word for somebody up in here. Look at somebody

say, it's already prophetic. So anyway, the angel

tells her the consecration that she needs prior

to childbirth. The angel giving her the word

of the Lord tells her. the child's destiny. He's

going to be a judge and a deliverer and tells

her the consecration that the child needs. And

the father points out to me Manoah's question.

Here's his question. How shall we order the child

and how shall we raise him? What if I was to

say to you that a husband and a wife Or to get

together with the Father, Jesus, and the Holy

Spirit before childbirth and say, Lord, what's

going on here? And before we start thinking in

that direction, what kind of consecration do

you want us to make and keep? Before childbirth

and after. And what is the destiny of the child?

What if I was to say to you that when we look

at Proverbs 22 and six, by the way, the father

pointed this out. We look at that scripture as

discipline, train up a child in a way he should

go. And when he's old, he will not depart from

it. But what if I was to suggest to you that

the father wants you as a natural and spiritual

father and mother to observe and study your child

to discover. They're God -given natural and supernatural

tendencies and abilities and cultivate those

to maturity so the child is successful in life

and ministry. Look at somebody and say, if it's

supernatural, it's very, very practical. If you

missed the Lord in doing that, just say, Lord,

I repent. Forgive me. How many of you didn't

do that when you were raising your kids? Raise

your hands. All right. Just say, Lord, I repent.

Forgive me. I missed you on that one. Now say,

it's forgiven. It's washed by the blood of Jesus.

Now, listen, let me help you understand something.

I don't like missing God, but it's not like it's

a new experience for me. Look at somebody said,

okay. I am not afraid to fail. Let me tell you

why I'm not afraid. It's like nothing new. I

can look at the sanctuary and I got like lots

of company. I failed in the past. I'll probably

fail in some way tonight. I no doubt fell in

the future. Look at somebody say, in the name

of Jesus, get over yourself. And look at somebody

say, and if you can get over yourself. You are

in a supernatural move of God. Because there's

a difference between failing and being a failure.

You're not a failure unless you quit and give

up. And failure is always on the road to success.

Look at somebody and say, fail forward. I'm gaining

wisdom from my mistakes and God is turning my

mistakes into miracles. So let me just bring

this up to you. What if I was the... So the father

brings up Deuteronomy where he talks about, see,

sometimes we want to leave the development of

our children to the senior pastor, the associate

pastor, the youth pastor, and the children's

pastor. Look at somebody and say, it's time for

you to do your job. Because Deuteronomy 6 talks

about loving God with all your heart. And then

it says, when your children get up, give them

the word. As you go through the day, give them

the word. When they go to bed at night, give

them the word. Look at somebody and say, what

the church does is icing on a cake that you baked.

We're talking about, what I'm really talking

about is the supernatural process of raising

children to know Jesus and the Father. Look at

somebody and say it needs to be naturally supernatural.

Most of the time when we think of the supernatural,

we think of it as spectacular and sensational.

But every time you deny yourself, that's supernatural.

Every time you take up your cross, that's supernatural.

You say no to yourself and yes to Jesus, and

you follow in Jesus' steps. Look at somebody

and say, that's supernatural. Every time you

let your spouse have the last word. Look at somebody

and say, that's the supernatural. See, everybody

say, we talking about supernatural realms. So

anyway, I just wanted to mention that to you.

So, yeah, I'll stop there. Except to say, David

loved God. Actually, it's really interesting.

If you go back and look at the old covenant,

go back and look at how many people God said

that they actually loved him. The Bible says,

David said, I love the Lord. Many reverence God.

They obeyed God. But David said, I love the Lord.

Isn't it funny? God will give you a song to get

you to sing what he really wants you to say.

We will sing stuff, and that's the way God gets

us to say it. Look at somebody and say, and don't

lose your song in the desert. Because that's

how you're going to cause a sign and a wonder.

Look at somebody and say, spring up a well. Sing

to it. Look at somebody and say, he's talking

about the supernatural. So, in the book of Proverbs,

a wisdom book, Solomon says now. You know, my

mama loved me. Okay, I'm giving you the Bible

African -American style right now. All right?

You can do a King James style. You can do a modern

translation. You can go back to the Hebrew, the

Paleo, whatever you want to do. Look at somebody

and say, but it's African -American, black English

time. He said, now look, my mama loved me, but

I was my daddy's boy. And daddy said, keep my

commandments and live. And daddy said. Get wisdom.

Get understanding. With all you're getting, get

wisdom understanding. Wisdom is the principal

thing. So, that's what daddy said. Now, supernatural

learning. The father of our learning is repetition.

Repetition is the best teacher. What gets repeated

is what gets remembered, and what gets repeated

is what gets reinforced. What gets repeated becomes

a revelation, and it becomes reality. Then look

at somebody and say, then it produces. Look at

somebody and say, get the CD. So Solomon starts

with what his dad did, which was to worship the

Lord Almighty. Then he offers a thousand bullocks.

When you go back to the law, to the Torah, to

the instruction, to the teaching, the priest

would put his hand on the bullock. To offer himself.

So when Solomon offers a thousand books, he's

offering himself fully and completely on the

altar. Look at somebody say he's building a altar

for the supernatural. Your first clue of this

being true in the new covenant. is in Romans

12 where Paul says, because God's been so good

to you, present your body a living, a sacrifice

is to offer up one life in exchange for another.

Look at somebody and say, for me to live is Christ.

Do not. Do not be conformed to this world. In

the Greek, it means do not allow yourself to

be forced into the world's fashion plate, but

be metamorphosized, be transformed by the renewing

of your mind. Let your mind be renewed by the

word of God. And this is that you can prove the

good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Everybody

say the right kind of worship and the right kind

of service. So Solomon is offering himself fully,

completely a thousand bullocks. I don't know

how long it took. And when the father saw that

Solomon was willing to offer worship and service

and give himself completely, he has a dream and

God says, whatever you want, because you just

died on the altar, I'll give it to you. Look

at somebody say, but the problem is sometimes

we commit sacrilege. Sacrilege means that you

dig up. What you buried after you done put it

to death. Look at somebody say, the Spirit says,

don't commit sacrilege. Look at somebody say,

be crucified with Christ, die with Christ, be

buried with Christ. And look at somebody say,

and let that old man stay dead. And then you're

resurrected with Christ. Brand new man, right?

2 Corinthians 5 .17, right? If any man be in

Christ, he's a new creation. When you really

break down what it means in the Greek, it means

to be in the original state. You're something

that never existed before. Old things are dead

and passed away. All things have become new.

In fact, when Paul says in Romans 6, he says,

reckon yourselves to be dead. You could translate

that when sin comes to try to tempt you. Act

dead. Look at somebody and say, I wish you would

act dead. Act dead. Anyway. So, all right. Okay.

So, the scripture person, who could put scripture

up there? Wave at me. It's be nice to old people

day. You have to weigh big. Okay, so I want you

to put like 1 Peter 2 .21. And then when it's

up there, you guys say, it's up there. I wonder

if it will appear there as well as there. It

will? Oh, that's good. That way I don't have

to turn around. This is surround word, yeah.

Surround word. Surround sound. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This be the scripture. This suffering is part

of the work God has given you. Christ who suffered

for you is your example. Look at somebody and

say, the Spirit says, Christ is your example.

And look at somebody saying, the Spirit says,

follow in his steps. Now, let me give this to

you in the Greek because, you know, I have a

little edumacation. It's a wee bit. But this

word example is the word hupogramos. Everybody

go hoop. Hupogramos. Hupogramos. And, you know,

you're right. English is this way. Hebrew is

this way. It's a verbal language, 22 letters.

And the picture in the Greek is this. You have

a teacher who's writing the letters of the alphabet.

Catch this. A teacher who's writing the Hebrew

letters of the alphabet. the word of the Lord.

You have disciples who are watching the teacher

carefully write the word of the Lord, each letter

of the alphabet, and they are, in the Greek,

it means to painstakingly try to write each letter

of the alphabet exactly like the teacher. The

supernatural is to follow in Jesus' steps. Give

me Matthew 28, 18. Look at somebody and say,

it ain't woo, woo, woo. Look at somebody else

and say, if it's really supernatural. And it's

holy. It's practical. Look at somebody say it

works in life and it works in ministry. So Jesus

tells his disciples, I have been given Ecclesia,

exousia, however you want to say it, who cares?

I've been given all authority in heaven and earth.

Next verse. Look what he says here. I should

have just said verse 19, but I wanted you to

know Jesus was the one talking. But I just made

extra work for the scripture presenter. Let's

give him a big hand clap or her or whoever that

is. Now, go and make disciples of the ethnos,

the nations. Disciples, teach our nations. This

here is the word. Everybody go math. Tell you

who. Let's say it again because I just like.

One of the things I've learned is that you don't

necessarily remember stuff because I said it,

but if I can get you to say it, you got a better

chance. Everybody go math. Tell you who. The

concept of math tell you who is, this is the

concept, to walk with a teacher till you learn

how to think like the teacher, talk like the

teacher, act like the teacher. So Jesus, because

of his fellowship, his relationship, and his

intimacy with the Father, in the Holy Spirit,

had a supernatural life. And as a result, a supernatural

ministry. So I am to learn Jesus. I'm to learn

the word of the Lord. And I'm to learn how to

think like Jesus, talk like Jesus, act like Jesus,

so I can have a Jesus life. and a Jesus ministry.

Does that make sense? Now, you need to hear me

because I'm going somewhere. That means that

Jesus is to be the theme of my life and the theme

of my ministry. Okay. Let me give you something

in Hebrew as an implication. When Moses said,

if I have found grace in your sight, God Almighty,

show me a glory. The father replies, God replies,

you can't see my face. It's too much for you.

But I'm going to show you my hand to pause. And

I'm going to put you in the cleft of the rock.

And I'm going to pass by and proclaim my nature,

my character, my glory, who I am. I'm going to

declare what I am, what I will be, what I will

be. And you're going to see, you're going to

see behind me. But see what's really, that's

what you read in English. But when you go into

the Hebrew implication of it, it means that what

Moses saw was God's history. Look at somebody

say he saw God's story. His story. So when you

see. his story, you are witness to his glory.

So when I follow Jesus, I am following his story.

The closer I follow him, you're able to experience

and witness his glory. What does that mean? Storyline.

Everybody say storyline. In every storyline,

you have what's called a main plot, but you don't

never have just a main plot unless it's a short

story. You have, everybody say subplots. Well,

subplots carry the main plot. Okay. Everybody

say subplots carry the main plot. Everybody say

the main plot is the father and Jesus. What does

that mean? That means healing is a subplot. That's

to reveal the main plot. That means prophecy

is a subplot. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit

of prophecy. Right? Revelations 19 and 10. So,

I don't major in healing. Look at somebody and

say, it's a subplot that reveals his story. The

healer. So deliverance is a subplot, right? So

what happens to us sometimes is we get caught

in the subplot and we make the subplot the plot

of our lives. Now, look at somebody say the main

thing. These people, they're getting all kinds

of color tonight. Look at somebody say, the main

thing is to make the main thing the main thing.

So even when we talk about supernatural realms,

let... The realms lead you to the Father and

to Jesus. Now, is it biblical even to talk about

supernatural realms? Well, let's turn to Ephesians

Ephesians 1:3

1, verse 3. Ephesians 1, verse 3. Whoo! Let's

Ephesians 1:3

give them a hand clap, boy. That was fast. All

praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has already, past tense, blessed us with

every spiritual blessing. And this is an amazing,

I don't know what version this is, but this is

pretty good. Because heavenlies in the Greek,

you could translate it territories, plural, domains,

plural, or realms, plural. Very accurate. Very

good. Union with Christ. Look at somebody and

say, in Jesus, there are multiple realms. So

now, let me give you one of the principles of

the supernatural. The revelation that you receive,

revelation being the word. So whenever I say

revelation, look at somebody and say, he means

the word. The written word. Or the Holy Spirit

word that agrees with the written word. So every

revelation that you hear, speak, and obey takes

you into a realm. Because every revelation opens

up a realm to you. Let me give you an example.

You already believe this. If I preach to you

and you're a sinner by nature and choice. That

you should repent from sin, turn away from and

turn against sin, and believe into Jesus, and

receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. When you

act on that revelation, turn against and from

sin, and believe into Jesus. When Jesus said,

he that believes, in Greek it means he that believes

into. That revelation produces a manifestation.

When you repent and believe. That revelation

takes you into a realm where you experience Jesus

as Lord and Savior. Okay. All right, let me do

it this way. Give me Mark 16 where it says, go

into all the world and preach the gospel. I'll

actually show it to you, and what I'll do is

I'll exegete this deal. Whatever it is. I'll

take all the help I can get if that's what it

is. I don't know either. That guy's supposed

to find out for me. If you don't find it pretty

soon, I'm going to have to find it myself. He

made me say, Preacher, you're supposed to be

doing some work around here. Okay, let me find

it. 15. Ah, very good, very good, very good,

very good. Yeah, 15. All right, okay. So I'm

going to start with verse 15. And so Jesus told

them, he said, go into all the world. Look at

somebody and say, go. And keep going. Greek word,

their world is cosmos. Preach is the word charix,

caruso actually, but it comes from the word charix.

The word charix. By history, was an official

spokesman of a king. So when a king had a message

for a person or a people, he would summon the

chariots. Look at somebody say, Jesus is the

king. When he got a message for you, he summons

you into his presence. So the chariots would

come in with a writing instrument. From the minute

he enters, he observes the king. He wants to

look at the temperament of the king, the mood

of the king. He wants to look at the countenance

expression of the king because he's taking notes.

He sits down. He listens to everything what the

king says. He writes it down, and he's looking

at the mood. Now, the chariots had to live a

life that was beyond reproach, both privately

and publicly, because everything he said and

did reflected on the king. Look at somebody and

say, everything you do. Private and public reflects

on the king. So then when the king gives a message,

he would stop and let the chariots ask questions,

and the chariots would get clarification to make

sure he got the message exactly right. And when

he went out, he wouldn't add to the message.

He wouldn't take away from it. Look at somebody

and say, you're the chariots. So Jesus said,

preach good news to everyone. The good news is

Jesus is Lord and Savior. Anyone who believes

the revelation enters the realm, and they're

what? Believed and baptized and are what? Saved.

Because they experience Jesus as the what? Everybody

say the revelation produces the manifestation.

Next verse. So then, whoever refuses to believe

will be condemned. These miraculous signs will

accompany. In the Greek, it means they'll be

close by. There'll be nearby those who believe.

And in the Greek, it means not just to believe.

It means to believe and keep believing. They

will cast out demons, which means after I preach

Jesus as Lord and Savior, I'm supposed to preach

Jesus as deliverer. And anybody who receives

that revelation, everybody say the revelation

produces a manifestation and people get delivered

from demons. Now, as soon as something leaves,

we need to fill the space, right? So now I need

to preach Jesus as the baptizer and the Holy

Ghost, and they're going to do what? Speak in

what? Everybody say the revelation produces a

manifestation. Notice the revelation you receive

and walk in determines the realm you live and

walk in. Look at somebody say you choose the

realm you live in. Walk in and minister through.

So then, Jesus is saying here, they'll be able

to handle snakes with safety. In other words,

this is not snake handling. Look at somebody

and say, you're a missionary. You get bit. You're

protected. What's the message? Jesus is your

keeper. Jesus is Lord and Savior. Jesus is...

deliver. Jesus is Holy Ghost baptizer. Jesus

is your safety, your keeper. If they drink anything

poisonous, it will not hurt them. Everybody say,

Jesus is your keeper. So, when you obey the word,

the revelation, it opens up that realm, and that's

what happens in your life. Next verse. They will

place their hands upon the sick, and by the way,

this Greek word for sick is a rustos, and you

could actually say somebody who was actually

comatose. That's how far it goes in the Greek.

You'll lay hands on them and they'll be healed.

Everybody say you preach Jesus as a healer. So

what does this mean? This means there's degrees

of the supernatural. I got saved in the Baptist

church. Everybody say the Baptist church. Now

traditional Baptists, they believe Jesus is Lord

and Savior. That's the revelation that they walk

in. So that's their manifestation. I got filled

with the Holy Spirit in the Assembly of God Church.

So, you know what I'm saying? Everybody say degrees

of the supernatural. So you can believe in healing,

and people can get healed of headaches, but that's

different from the deaf hearing. Everybody say

it's a different degree. That's different from

the blind seeing. Everybody say it's a different

degree. It's a different degree from the paralysis.

We're talking now, I'm roughing the United States,

okay, because there's a whole, that's a whole

other subject, but I'm not going to get into

that. And then there's a difference between the

blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the lame walking,

and the dead coming to life. Does that make sense

to you? Okay. So, and I've seen Jesus do all

that. I've seen the dead raised five times. One

time in front of, oh, probably as many people

as in this section. It was exciting. Every time

that the dead were raised, God did it a different

way. Yeah, see, yeah. So when I talk to you about

supernatural realms, I'm not just talking. Okay?

Because I'm going to leave you alone. I realized

this woman was dead. Everybody say dead, dead.

So it was the pastor's wife. So she asked me,

will you pray for my sister? Because that's who

it was. No, it was the pastor's wife's sister.

Her name was, the pastor's wife was named Donzella.

The woman that was a sister was named Ida. So

he said, will you pray for my sister? Well, I

ain't got nothing else to do. So I want to see

if she's really dead. Maybe she's just unconscious.

So no pulse and no breath. Yep, she's dead. So

this is in front of people. So here's my deal.

So what do I do now? That's my question. One

of the things I've learned is one of the ways

you initiate the supernatural is you ask God

a question. Okay? When her dead body's right

here, I don't have the faith for it. When I walk

over here and she's dead and I said, Lord, what'd

I do? All of a sudden, I had the faith. He said,

say, Satan, the Lord God rebuke you. So I said,

Satan, the Lord God rebuke you. This is where

I'm coming from. Then the Lord said, put your

hand on her so that what caused her to die would

be healed. That's why I brought up the question.

So I put my hand on her and commanded it to be

healed. This is the thing that's funny. The Lord

says to me, You don't even know this woman's

name. Because I didn't ask her name. So I said,

what's her name? They said, her name's Ida. The

Lord said, tell Ida to get up. So I said, Ida,

get up. And then, look at somebody and say, and

then the excitement began. Because Ida's stomach

starts going. Then she gets up. Then her hand's

in the air. Look at somebody and say, the revelation

produces the manifestation. And I can tell you

four others, and they're all different every

single time. But every single time, there was

a revelation. You know, you can ask me to, no.

First thing I'm going to do is I'm going to find

out two things I need to find out. One, are they

saved or not? Two, how old are they? Number three,

I need to find out from the Lord whether he wants

them back. And next, whether they want to come

back. Because they may not want to. I'm going

to leave you alone. I have a dear friend of mine.

I was telling him about my good friend Dean.

He was dead an hour and 45 minutes before his

wife prayed him back. And he met Jesus. and he

was trying to convince Jesus to let him stay.

So Jesus said, no, you have to go back. So what

he does is he walks over to the edge of heaven,

looks at his body and says, mm -mm. Goes and

interviews people around heaven, runs into Jesus

again. Jesus says, you got to go back. He walks

over to what we would call the edge of heaven,

looks and goes, mm -mm. Goes and interviews some

more people. Runs into Jesus again because I

think he believed if maybe if I just keep, if

I act like the widow woman, I can convince Jesus

to let me stay. Basically, the message that he

got was this. Jesus basically said, I need you

down there. And there was such a force, I got

to go back. That hour, 45 minutes, totally healed.

I mean. When they have the physician on the biography

channel testifying, Dean is really, really dead.

That means he was brain dead, clinically dead,

no breath, no pulse, biologically dead because

his feet were black. The only thing they didn't

have was papers. Look at somebody and say, that's

dead. Fully functioning. And look at somebody

and say, his wife prayed him back. People who've

been to heaven and have returned, they're just

not normal. We won't mention any names, but they're

like in the middle of the road, like right here.

That's so funny. Does it make sense to you? So,

look at somebody and say, you want to be in the

supernatural. Look at somebody and say, to be

in the spirit. Now, so, when the Lord Jesus had

finished talking with them, he was taken up into

heaven, sat down in a place of honor at God's

right hand, and he was there at the right hand

when I saw him. And disciples went everywhere

and preached, and the Lord worked through them,

confirming what they said, or everybody said

they spoke the word, confirming the word with

signs following. Okay, now, all right, so. I'm

going to talk a little while longer and then

we'll shift. Would that be all right? How many

of you are enjoying the word? Okay. Okay. So

the question is, how can I enter since there's

multiple realms in Christ Jesus? How do I enter

other realms in Jesus? Well, let me start by

saying, what is going to keep you out of it?

Look at somebody say, he can't tell you everything

in a single message. So I put notes in my phone

because I can't hold all this stuff in my head.

So I'm just going to read it to you. All right.

So. The world around us is inherently negative.

And this negativity is in our culture and in

our environment. And it is something that we

grew up with and possibly something we grew up

in. This negativity may have been what we consider

to be normal. It is the way we have practiced

thinking and a foundation for our way of life.

At one time you were in sin and you were called

a sinner, but Christ died and came to life. You

repented of sin, believed into Jesus, and you

were born from above. Everybody say you had a

supernatural birth. According to the book of

Romans chapter six, the word of God says that

you are crucified with Christ, that you died

with Christ, right? Okay. The scripture is clear

that you were resurrected with Christ and in

the realm of the spirit, even though your feet

are on earth, you are seated with Christ next

to the right hand of God. Look at somebody say

you in heaven already. Now says you were crucified

with Christ and you died with Christ. Your sin

nature be dead. So according to the word of God,

right? You really don't have a sin nature. Look

at somebody say you're a partaker of righteousness.

Look at somebody say you have the righteous nature

of Christ. I'm talking about your human spirits

born again. I ain't talking about your soul.

Look at somebody say you don't have a sin nature,

but you probably got a sin habit. A sin habit

is not the same thing as a sin nature. My human

spirit. has a righteous nature, the life of God

is within it. But because I ain't learned how

to think right, I have a sin habit. Look at somebody

say a sin habit is not the same thing as a sin

nature. That's why you got to have your mind

renewed by the word of God. So you have a sin

habit and look at somebody and smile and say,

and look at somebody smile and say, and habits

can be broken. So in Jesus, you have a righteous

nature in your spirit, the nature of God, but

it's difficult for you to access it, access it

with the wrong kind of thinking. And because

if you're still having old thinking, you're going

to participate in old habits. Look at somebody

say, you're going to have to have some heavenly

thinking to activate your heavenly nature and

walk in it for the glory of God. Look at somebody

say, you get the CD. Now, you need to hear me.

When you had a sin nature, you had the nature

of negativity. But your spirit has been brought

to life in Christ Jesus. So your spirit, Jesus

is the righteousness. You have the life, the

Zoe life of God in it. But in areas where your

mind has not been renewed by the word. Look at

somebody and say, you have some negative thinking.

So I've been saved from the nature of negativity.

But unless my mind is renewed by the word of

God, I can still practice the habits of negativity.

So the more you practice negative thinking, the

more negativity you're going to have in your

life. Look at somebody and say, how do you think

that preacher knows? Look at somebody and say,

I bet he knows because he's been there. So a

spirit of darkness will feed your negative thinking.

And as you think negatively, you attract negativity

in your life and things turn out negatively.

Look at somebody and say, there's always a relationship

between the negativity in your mind. And in your

life, why do I bring this up? Because your self

-negativity particularly will block your ability

to access the supernatural life that Jesus has

already purchased for you. Because you won't

let yourself go there because you got this guilt

thing going on. Now, I'm not talking about negative

events that happen in your life. Look at somebody

saying, you on earth. Okay, we're talking about

pessimism, cynicism. How many of you heard where

I'm coming from? Okay, so negativity comes into

your life and stays there. If it comes into your

life and stays there, check the negativity in

your mind that maintains the negativity in your

life. Look at somebody and say, because negativity

needs maintenance. See, they never saw us coming.

They didn't know I was going to call them to

repent tonight. Look at somebody and say, you

might could use a little bit of that. So if you

do not like the negativity in your life, look

at the negativity in your mind that brought you

there. Look at somebody and say, okay, let me

say it to you like this. You are the thinker

that thinks the thoughts that creates the things

in your life. You are the thinker that thinks

the thoughts that creates the things in your

life. So all you got to do is have another thought.

Okay, let me say it to you. I'm going to talk

just to the women. Whether you're married or

not. Okay, first, let's go with the single ones.

All the single women, raise your hands. And that

single, divorced, raise your hands high. Be nice

to old people a month. Okay. Keep your hands

up. Keep your right hand up. How many of y 'all

got an ex -boyfriend somewhere in the past? Raise

your other hand. Raise them up. Raise them up.

Raise them up. Do you want to know why that boy

has an ex? Because you quit thinking about him.

Because one day you said to yourself, self, what

was you? I rest my case. Now you need to hear

me because I'm really going somewhere. The practice

of self negativity is not the way of heaven.

Now I'm not talking about disregarding flaws.

weaknesses, defects of character, or personal

sins. I'm not talking about that. Do you hear

what I'm saying? I'm talking about you're loving

God, you're obeying God, but you're still down

on yourself. Do you hear what I'm saying to you?

So the practice of negativity is not the way

of heaven, it's the way of the spirit of the

age, it's of the earth. So the spirit of negativity,

the mindset of negativity, the practice of self

-negativity is not in heaven. It does not exist

there. You cannot walk in the mindset and practice

of negativity and expect positive results. The

mindset and practice of negativity only has the

power to produce negative results, outcomes.

Everybody say heavenly thinking, the mind of

Christ, heavenly practices. Holiness and obedience

attracts the angels of God and heavenly outcomes.

Now, I'm not going to be able to finish because

I never get done. I just have to quit. Let me

just say that there's a statement. When you have

the mind of Christ, you realize that every problem

has a promise and a provision attached to it.

So God can manifest himself and make you an overcomer

through his son, Jesus. Now, I have to demonstrate

this. Here's what I want to do. I need you, you,

and you. Woman in the middle, men on either side.

Come up here and stand and look good. You get

to be in the middle. He's on that side. You're

on this side. Now stand up here and look good,

y 'all. Because whenever I call you to the front,

you're always supposed to look good. Ready? Everybody

say promise. Problem. Provision. What I'm giving

you now is a supernatural pattern. Promise. Let's

do it English. Your name is promise. Say your

name. Promise. Your name is problem. Problem.

Sorry, somebody's got to be the problem. Your

name is Provision? Provision. Okay. So in Genesis

37, God gives Joseph a promise. The sun, your

dad, the moon, your mother, the 11 stars, your

brothers will bow down to you. Everybody say

promise. Everybody say birth of a vision. Everybody

say faith. Everybody say revelation. Everybody

say. Problem. As soon as he gets the promise,

he finds himself in a pit. Now, these brothers

are Jewish. Ain't no money in that. So they sell

that brother into slavery. Let's at least make

some money off of this guy. My pastor is a Jewish

believer in Jesus. That's not a slam. That's

really a compliment. Look at somebody and say,

you need to be making some money. Everybody say,

give tithes and offerings. So immediately he

has a revelation. That's the birth of a vision.

That's faith. He goes into a pit and then they

sell the brother into slavery. Everybody say,

big problem. Everybody say, death of a vision.

Because I want you to understand. That here,

when he has this dream, this is a God encounter.

The God encounter is a promise. But almost immediately

after the God encounter, everybody say, the pits.

Everybody say, the promise. The pits. This is

the death of the vision where your life is the

opposite of what's promised. Everybody say encounter.

Encounter. Process. Process. Everybody say provision.

Provision. Everybody say the resurrection of

the vision. Resurrection of the vision. The fulfillment

of the promise. The fulfillment of the promise.

Watch. Everybody say revelation. Revelation.

Birth of a vision. Birth of a vision. Faith.

Faith. Everybody say God encounter. God encounter.

Everybody say the pit. The slavery, the prison,

the death of the vision, frustration, and hope.

Everybody say resurrection of the vision. Everybody

say love, fulfillment, a new God encounter. Because

he gets accused of a crime he didn't commit,

he gets thrown into prison, he interprets two

dreams, and God gives him a butler, a baker,

and a pharaoh. If you will forgive the people

who put you in the pit, spoke out of the spirit

of the accuser of the brothers and sisters, and

put you into slavery and prison, If you'll forgive

them. Everybody say the process. Everybody say

God's working something out and he's working

something in. Then you'll get a greater God encounter.

Everybody say resurrection of the vision. Now

the reason I'm bringing this up to you because

it's a supernatural pattern. Moses has a promise.

Somehow he knows when he's 40 years of age, he's

going to be a deliverer. He tries it on his own.

He gets ahead of God. Everybody say wilderness.

Forty years. Birth of a vision, death of a vision.

Everybody say faith. Revelation. Birth of a vision.

Everybody say problem. Frustration. Failure.

Hope. Then he has a theophany, a God manifestation.

Everybody say resurrection of a vision. Fulfillment.

Love. Remember Joseph, when he got over here,

he forgave his brothers and he loved his brothers.

Moses loved the sons of Israel so much, he said,

blot me out of the book. He was so much like

Jesus. Watch this. Jesus comes upon the scene

of time. They see him as the Messiah. Everybody

say promise. Problem. Provision. Resurrection.

Here you have the birth of a vision. He's the

Messiah. But then he's crucified. Everybody say

death of a vision. Everybody say three days later.

Fulfillment of the vision. Why do I bring this

up? I want to let you know. Everybody say encounter.

Process. Another encounter. Okay, so now let

me share this with you and then we're going to

close. So it's the end of 97, beginning of 98,

and Jesus appears to me. And he lets me know

that I'm going to go through something and it's

going to hurt. And I let him know in the clearest

possible terms, I'm not interested. Everybody

say God encounter. This is what's... He looks

at me face to face like this. He whispers in

my ear and he lets me know it's still going to

happen. He stands back, looks at me, and he's

gone. He gone. And then he... See, this one's

funny, God's humor. He knows that I know if God

says it twice, look at somebody and say, it's

going to happen. Okay, now let me tell you this

whole thing from my perspective. Okay, you got

to understand a little bit about my background.

This is when I found out that God was a godfather,

and the Holy Ghost was a hitman, and God the

Father put a contract out on my carnality. Look

at somebody and say, you can run, but you can't

hide from the Holy Ghost hitman. So I would like

to tell you that when I was in the process, that

I lifted up my hands and I said, all to Jesus,

I surrender. No, I squealed like a pig. I did

not go gently into that good night. I acted like

a Gentile, the Gentile that I am. And it was

like God the Father was saying, I got to come.

contract out on your carnality, I'm going to

kill you. And there wasn't nothing I could do

about it. I resisted it. I fought it. And I died

painfully and got resurrected. And my whole life

changed. And then I was very happy. Because God's

sense of humor was this. You know, because you

don't find out that when you get to heaven, God's

really got a sense of humor. It's like, this

old boy don't know what's good for him. So I'm

going to ignore his resistance. This thing's

going to happen. But when he gets on the other

side, he's going to be so happy he went through

it. He's going to really have some joy. So the

Lord knows when to ignore you. It's one of the

secrets to a long marriage. You need to know

when to ignore your spouse. Okay, I'm trying

to close. Let me tell you how crazy we get when

we're in the flesh. All of us. I don't care how

saved, filled with the Holy Spirit we are. Sometimes

we act like that guy, that commercial. You need

a Snickers? My wife has this song that she loves.

It's called A Little More Jesus. It's not that

she needs a little more Jesus for herself. She

needs a little more Jesus because she lives with

me. You can really relate to that. I need a little

more of you, Jesus, today. Most of the problems

is me. Oh, yeah, most of the problems is me.

I just admit it. The wrong issues with a lot

of these other brothers, I don't want to admit

it. Most of the problems is us. It's rarely the

woman. Say it again. Say it again. Say it out

loud so everybody can hear you. Say, listen to

him. Listen to him, honey. She just spoke for

a whole congregation. Now, listen. Okay, you

can take me too seriously. I don't even take

myself too seriously. Look at somebody and say,

quit taking yourself so seriously. need to quit

taking other folks so seriously? Oh, they just

need a Snickers. When your spouse has lost their

mind and can't find it, they just need a Snickers.

Just wait upon the Lord and worship the Lord.

They'll come to themselves. Man, I've been married

almost 40 years. You think I don't know I got

issues? I had issues before I met the sister.

Got issues now? When I leave here, I'll still

have issues. When I go through the river of life,

I'll lose my issues. I'll be all right. Look

at somebody and say, he'll be all right then.

Let's give the problem and the promise and the

provision a big hand clap. Thank you, y 'all.

Why did I bring this up? I want to encourage

you. That regardless of where you are in this

continuum, God is faithful. He's faithful. He

brought me through it successfully because he's

faithful. Not because of my faith. Oh, I would

love to be able to tell you it was my faith.

Look at somebody saying it was his faith. Look

at somebody saying whatever faith you got, it's

not really yours. Romans 12 .3, God has given

to each one of you a measure. Look at somebody

saying whatever faith you got, it came from God.

So I want to encourage you tonight. Whether you're

in the birth of the vision, the revelation, and

the faith. The death of the vision where you

have hope that you can't even see your way out.

And you're in frustration and you're experiencing

one problem after the other. Or you're in the

resurrection of the vision where you're seeing

the fulfillment of what God promised. And there's

supernatural provision everywhere there. That

if you'll just walk with the Father and Jesus

through the process, you're going to find out

that Ephesians 3 .20 is really true. that he

will do exceedingly, abundantly, above and beyond

all that you can ask or think through the power

of the Holy Spirit. Stand to your feet. If you

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