07/29/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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SAINTS OF GOD, HOW WE DOING THIS EVENING?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.

IT'S GOOD TO COME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

AND LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PASTOR HAS A GREAT WORD FOR YOU TODAY.

WE JUST WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT JESUS.

IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS.

EVERYTHING HE'S DONE, THE REASON WHY WE ARE

HERE, IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS.

THE WORD SAYS THAT BY HIM AND THROUGH HIM,

ALL THINGS WERE MADE.

SO TONIGHT, LET'S JUST REFLECT ON JESUS.

CAN WE DO THAT?

THIS IS AN OLD ONE YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW.

CAN YOU SING IT AGAIN, SAY,

CAN YOU SAY, OH, SAY, OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS.

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WILL YOU SING THAT AGAIN?

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IF YOU KNOW IT, SING IT RIGHT HERE, SAY,

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ONE MORE TIME, ONE MORE TIME SAY

WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS ?

THERE'S NO NAME LIKE THE NAME OF JESUS

EVERY PROBLEM, EVERY WORRY

COMES UNDER THE NAME OF JESUS

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YOU SING.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAME OF JESUS

COME ON PROPHESY

COME ON, THE NAME

HALLELUJAH

OH COME ON JUST WORSHIP, WORSHIP JESUS.

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COME ON, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.

SOME OF YOU NEED TO JUST

SING IN OTHER TONGUES.

COME ON, JUST WORSHIP THE NAME OF JESUS.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

OH, WE LOVE YOU, JESUS.

I FEEL IMPRESSED TO DO SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN WE, TWO OR THREE, ARE GATHERED,

AND I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS, IN HIS NAME.

HE'S THERE, AND IF TWO OF YOU WILL AGREE,

I FEEL A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF AGREEMENT IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN ANOINTING OF AGREEMENT TONIGHT.

AND WHEN TWO OR MORE OF YOU CAN AGREE,

COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THE NAME OF JESUS?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO HERE'S WHAT, WE'LL JUST DO THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY NEW,

AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA PARTICIPATE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO,

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GRAB HANDS

WITH A PRAYER PARTNER FOR A MOMENT AND JUST AGREE

AND SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU

HAVE A NEED OF TONIGHT.

NOW, REMEMBER WHEN IT SAYS THAT WE'RE TO AGREE,

IT MEANS THEN YOU DON'T COME OUT OF AGREEMENT

AFTER THE PRAYER'S DONE, RIGHT?

YOU STAY IN AGREEMENT.

SO WHEN YOU GET READY TO PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER,

MAYBE YOU HAVE A PERSON ON YOUR RIGHT OR YOUR LEFT

AND YOU GET READY TO PRAY FOR THAT PERSON,

WHATEVER YOU PRAY OUT, YOU STAY IN AGREEMENT.

AND NOW YOU MAY NOT HEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL

HEAR EVERY PERSON'S PRAYER THAT PRAYS,

BUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNOW HOW TO PRAY.

AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE JOIN WITH US.

BUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, THEY KNOW HOW TO PRAY.

SO WHEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE PRAYING IN FAITH,

YOU JUST TAKE IT AND SAY, "I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT."

AND THIS THING THAT THEY'RE PRAYING OVER ME,

IT IS GOING TO BE SOLVED, BECAUSE THEY'RE SPEAKING IT

OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

AND THAT IS THE HIGHEST NAME.

IT'S HIGHER THAN DEBT.

IT'S HIGHER THAN LACK.

IT'S HIGHER THAN FEAR.

COME ON, IT'S HIGHER THAN ANYTHING THAT THIS WORLD HAS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK THAT NAME.

WHILE YOU BEGIN TO PRAY FOR EACH OTHER, I'M GOING

TO PRAY FOR THOSE JOINING ONLINE, HEAVENLY FATHER NOW.

WE PRAY THAT THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT

YOU WOULD SUPPLY ALL OUR NEED.

THAT'S NOT JUST FINANCIAL.

AND THAT YOU SAID ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE A DESIRE OR A NEED,

IF WE'RE LACKING SOMETHING, THAT YOU WOULD SUPPLY IT.

SO LORD, RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE DECLARE,

WE PROPHESY, WE DECREE THAT OUR NEEDS ARE NOW SUPPLIED.

I SPEAK OVER THOSE THAT ARE JOINING ONLINE

AND THOSE IN THIS ROOM, THAT WHATEVER THE NEEDS

THAT ARE BEING SPOKEN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE RIGHT NOW,

WE SAY IN JESUS' NAME, THOSE NEEDS ARE SUPPLIED FOR.

LORD, YOU SAID IN PSALMS THAT YOU'RE OUR SHEPHERD.

WE HAVE NO LACK OR WANT FOR ANY GOOD THING.

AND SO WE THANK YOU AS WE DECLARE THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON SOMEBODY.

THE NAME OF JESUS.

AS WE DECLARE THAT NAME, EVERY NEED IS MET.

AND LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU IN ADVANCE ALREADY.

IN FACT, WE REJOICE.

WE THANK YOU.

FATHER, WE CAN PRAISE YOU THAT IT'S FINISHED.

FATHER, WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE A MANIFESTATION YET

TO GIVE YOU PRAISE.

COME ON, I THINK SOME OF YOU, IF YOU AGREED AND YOU

PRAYED, BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD.

PRAISE GOD.

IF SOMEBODY HANDED YOU A MILLION DOLLARS,

YOU'D RUN UP AND DOWN MILLARD AVENUE EXCITED.

ALL I'M GONNA SAY IS TREAT IT LIKE YOU'VE GOT IT.

YOU HAVE THE ANSWER.

COME ON, THERE IS SOMETHING RELEASED

IN THE SOUND OF YOUR PRAISE.

NOW, TOUCH YOURSELF.

INTERNET, YOU DO IT TOO.

AND SAY THIS, SAY, "NOW I RECEIVE EVERYTHING

THAT WAS PRAYED.

I SEE NOTHING BUT THE ANSWER.

I WILL NOT ENVISION DEFEAT.

I WON'T ENVISION FAILURE.

I WON'T SEE LACK.

I SEE EVERY NEED MET.

SELF? I REBUKE ANY UNBELIEF FROM YOUR MIND.

I REJECT THAT AND I SAY IN JESUS NAME THE ANSWER

AND IT'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

OH, COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT OF PRAISE, AMEN.

OH, HALLELUJAH, WELL, TURN AROUND AND GOOD JOB, EDDIE.

THAT WAS, EDDIE WAS UP HERE ALL BY HIMSELF.

EVERYBODY ELSE WAS AT YOUTH CAMP.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY THE NAME AND THE ANOINTING COMES.

I CAN FEEL THAT.

COULDN'T YOU FEEL THAT?

I COULD JUST FEEL.

YOU JUST SAY JESUS THE WHOLE TIME AND POUND ON A NOTE AND MY

GOD, THE ANOINTING'S RELEASED.

THAT WAS POWERFUL.

OH MY GOODNESS.

PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD.

WELL, ARE YOU GLAD YOU'RE HERE ON A WEDNESDAY?

AND OF COURSE, WE GOT FREE FROM ALL OF THAT HEAT THAT WE HAD.

I'M GOING TO GET TO PREACHING

PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE DONE TONIGHT.

PASTOR'S BACK IN THE PULPIT ON SUNDAY.

SO THIS IS IT, MAN.

WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE.

SO I JUST SAY LET'S GET RIGHT UP TO THE OFFERING AND THEN

I'M GOING TO GRAB MY BIBLE.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S PUT THE GIVING

INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYBODY ONLINE

AND HERE IN PERSON, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR

FAITHFUL GIVING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS.

WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.

WE HAVE THINGS TO DO FOR GOD, SO WE'RE DOING IT IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. I DON'T THINK WE BUILT THIS

TABERNACLE SO WE COULD JUST SIT.

THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE LORD.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING FAITHFUL.

ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU TONIGHT.

WELCOME YOU INTO THE FAMILY.

LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND CLAP AND TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR JOINING

ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRAISE GOD.

YOU COULD BE SITTING AT HOME

GRILLING A HAMBURGER, BUT YOU CAME TO CHURCH.

PRAISE GOD.

THERE'S ALL THE GIVING INFORMATION, TEXT TO GIVE,

THE MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, AND THE QR CODE.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT CONTINUES

TO USE THE VERY FAMOUS UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF

YOU. I DON'T KNOW.

I PRAY FOR THEM.

I THINK

I DON'T KNOW.

IT USED TO BE WHAT THEY HAD THAT LITTLE, JUDY,

WHAT WAS THAT LITTLE POST OFFICE THING?

THEY SAID RAIN OR SHINE.

REMEMBER THE SAYING, IF THE RAIN SHINES,

SNOW THEY'LL ALWAYS DELIVER.

AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW,

FIVE DAYS OR SIX DAYS A WEEK.

AND NOW I THINK IT'S ABOUT TWICE A WEEK IF THEY DO GOOD.

SO THAT'S IF THEY'RE ON TARGETS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING

ON WITH THEM, BUT AMEN.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS?

LET'S JUST STAND.

I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOUR OFFERING AND HALLELUJAH.

LET'S HOLD IT UP.

PRAISE THE LORD.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER THE

SOUND OF MY VOICE TONIGHT.

AND FATHER, WE HONOR YOU.

WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO GIVE OUR TITHES AND OUR

OFFERINGS TO THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS.

OEFATHER THAT THE GOSPEL CAN GO FORWARD IN THE EARTH.

WE THANK YOU THAT EVERYTHING THAT

THE SCRIPTURE HAS TO SAY ABOUT GIVING, WE RECEIVE IT AND WE

HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN.

GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE.

I'M GOING TO SWITCH MICROPHONES.

THANK YOU, SON.

PRAISE THE LORD.

I'M NOT IN A RUSH TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT

MY HONEY'S JUST LANDED.

SO I GOT TO GO SEE HIM.

SO DOES IT SEEM LIKE I'M RUSHING CHURCH?

NO, OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I KNOW, I WON'T BE DONE BY EIGHT O'CLOCK.

YOU CAN BET THAT'S SURE.

I DON'T KNOW, I GOTTA FINISH THIS WHOLE MESSAGE.

I'LL TRY TO GET DONE EARLY, BUT I FIGURE IF I GIVE MYSELF

AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE,

WE'LL GET THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, I THINK THEIR FLIGHT WAS A LITTLE BIT

DELAYED, BUT HE JUST LANDED AND HE WAS DOWN THERE,

DID SOME REVIVAL RADIO WITH GENE BAILEY, IT WAS GOOD.

AND SO VERY EXCITED, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ALL THAT.

ANYBODY WATCH FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT?

GOOD SHOW, IT WAS AMAZING.

YOU COULDN'T TELL THAT HE WAS IN A DIFFERENT STUDIO.

IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

BUT BY THE WAY, PASTOR GENE, IF YOU'RE

SEEING THIS AT ALL, HE SAID YOUR STUDIO IS AMAZING.

SO I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN IT YET.

SO ANYWAY, GIVE A HAND CLAP FOR FLASHPOINT.

THEY'VE DONE SO MANY AMAZING, AMAZING THINGS.

AMEN. WELL, LET'S GET BACK INTO TONIGHT.

AND I WANNA JUST VERY BRIEFLY, LORD HELP ME DO IT BRIEFLY.

LORD HELP ME DO IT BRIEFLY. (LAUGHS)

VERY, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS THINK OF NEW THINGS TO SAY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE UP HERE PREACHING,

WE PREACH AND THEN INVARIABLY EVERY SINGLE TIME,

AND I'M SAYING EVERY PERIOD, SINGLE PERIOD TIME,

EVERY SINGLE TIME, YOU WALK OUT OF HERE AND THINK,

OH MY GOODNESS, I FORGOT TO SAY THAT.

THERE'S ALWAYS SO MANY GOOD THINGS THAT YOU COULD SHARE.

BUT I WANNA GET BACK IN AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

SEVEN BRIGHT LINE ITEMS IN THE BIBLE.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT SUNDAY.

SO IF YOU MISSED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK

AND CHECK IT OUT, WHAT I HAD TO SHARE ON SUNDAY.

BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY

BRIGHT LINE ITEMS.

PASTOR CHRISSY WAS TELLING ME, KATIE, ON THE FRONT,

SHE GOES, "MOM, WHAT DOES SHE MEAN BY BRIGHT LINE?"

WELL, REALLY THE BRIGHT LINE ITEMS

ARE SORT OF A LEGAL CONTRACT.

IT'S A LEGAL TERM WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN A CONTRACT, IT'S

WHATEVER IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUPER OBVIOUS.

IT SHOULD BE THE THING THAT IS THE MOST ADHERED

TO. IT'S SOMETHING YOU CANNOT MISS.

IT'S WHEN THEY SAY THAT SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN IS BRIGHT

LINED, IT MEANS IT SHOULD BE THE CLEAREST THING AND YOU

SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND GO, "WOW, OKAY, I CAN'T

OVERLOOK THAT PART."

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS.

I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY, I GUESS I'LL SAY MORE IN THE

WORD THAN WHAT I'M SHARING HERE IN THIS SHORT MESSAGE,

SUNDAY AND TODAY.

THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THINGS THAT ARE BRIGHT-LINED

IN THE BIBLE, BUT I THINK THESE KIND OF UMBRELLA,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, SO MUCH OF IT.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY BRIGHT LINE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS SO OBVIOUS

THAT IF WE COULD NAIL SOMETHING DOWN, RIGHT?

NAIL IT DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF THINGS,

LIKE, COME ON, NO MATTER WHAT, I HAVE TO APPLY THIS IN MY LIFE.

I NEED TO.

IF I'M GONNA MESS UP AT ALL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE HERE, RIGHT?

I NEED TO FOCUS ON THESE.

AND I THINK THEY UMBRELLA ENOUGH OTHER THINGS,

IF I CAN SAY IT LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR

THAT IF WE DO THAT, IT WILL HELP SPILL DOWN

ON ALL THE OTHERS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

SUNDAY, I READ SOME SCRIPTURES TO YOU.

THE FIRST THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT

IS A BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE.

AND YOU SEE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN,

OVER AND OVER, THAT IS BRIGHT LINED,

IS TO READ, COME ON SOMEBODY, AND KEEP GOD'S WORD.

READ IT, LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, YOU GOTTA READ IT.

AND THEN YOU GOTTA KEEP IT, YOU GOTTA DO IT, RIGHT?

NOW HERE'S THE THING ABOUT THE BIBLE,

PUT UP, LET ME THINK WHAT SCRIPTURE I WANNA GO TO.

PUT BACK UP AT THE BOOTH, PUT UP HEBREWS 4:12.

Hebrews 4:12

AND THIS IS A FAMILIAR VERSE.

LET'S PUT THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN.

AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS.

NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HIT ME TODAY AS I WAS STUDYING.

IT SAYS, "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK."

NOW, THAT'S A KING JAMES TERM FOR MEANS IT'S ALIVE.

IT'S LIVING, FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING.

SO IF YOU THINK OF GOD'S WORD, IT'S LIKE A LIVING SEED.

AND ANYTIME IT'S RECEIVED, IT'S SPOKEN, RIGHT?

IT'S DECLARED FROM YOUR MOUTH, THAT WORD IS A LIVING SEED.

SO NOW, ANY GARDENERS IN THE ROOM?

OKAY, SO WHEN YOU PLANT A SEED, CANDY,

YOU KNOW THAT THAT SEED GOES IN AND IT'S ALIVE.

IT'S A LIVING SEED.

WHEN IT GETS IN THE DIRT, IT'S GONNA GERMINATE

AND IT'S GONNA BRING FORTH FRUIT.

IT'S GONNA BRING FORTH A PLANT.

THIS IS THE WAY WE NEED TO SEE GOD'S WORD.

THIS ISN'T JUST A BUNCH OF SCRIBBLES ON A PAPER.

THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING, IT'S ALIVE.

NOW, YOU COULD PLANT A SEED AND DO NOTHING WITH IT.

YOU COULD PUT NO WATER TO IT.

YOU COULD PLANT IT AND LEAVE IT BE

AND MAYBE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN, RIGHT?

BUT CHANCES ARE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T CULTIVATE IT,

YOU DON'T NOURISH IT, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT,

CHANCES ARE IT WON'T PRODUCE ANYTHING.

BUT IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE SEED WASN'T LIVING.

ARE YOU WITH ME?

SO THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING.

EVERY TIME IT GOES IN OUR HEART, IF WE LET IT GO IN.

NOW YOU COULD BE, OR I COULD BE, YOU COULD BE OR ANYBODY COULD BE

LIKE THE PEOPLE IN MARK THE FOURTH CHAPTER

WHERE THE WORD, IT SAID IT WAS SOWN BY THE WAYSIDE

AND IMMEDIATELY THE DEVIL COMES.

WELL, NOW WE'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THAT TO MEAN THAT,

OH, I RECEIVED SOMETHING IN CHURCH ON A SUNDAY

AND IT'S POWERFUL AND YET I WALK OUT THE DOOR

AND IMMEDIATELY THE DEVIL COMES.

THAT ISN'T AS MUCH AS WHAT IT'S SAYING.

REALLY WHAT IT'S SAYING IS A LOT OF TIMES,

AND THIS IS A HABIT WE CAN GET INTO

WHERE THE WORD IS GOING FORTH, IT'S BEING PREACHED,

BUT IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER, RIGHT?

LET'S SEE, THAT'S PASTOR HANK'S NINTH VERSION

OF THAT SAME VERSE.

I'M SAYING THAT 'CAUSE MAYBE HE'S WATCHING IN THE CAR,

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT,

ANYWAY, I LOVE YOU HONEY.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT, HERE'S THE REAL THING, HERE'S THE REAL DEAL.

THAT WORD, IF YOU JUST DO NOTHING WITH IT,

OH, I'VE HEARD THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE HEARD THAT VERSE.

AND WE SORT OF, AND WE DON'T MEAN TO DO IT,

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, BUT WE SORT OF DISMISS THESE THINGS.

WE SORT OF JUST DISMISS 'CAUSE THAT'S THAT WORD,

RATHER THAN SEE HOW WE CAN DEEPEN IT.

RIGHT, CANDY?

LIKE NOURISH IT, FERTILIZE IT, ADD TO IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME VERSES YOU CAN READ TIME AND AGAIN.

I HAVE 'EM MEMORIZED, AND YET YOU CAN GO BACK.

YEAH, THIS HIT ME TODAY.

I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS RIGHT HERE.

THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE.

IT IS LIVING, IT IS A LIVING THING.

NOW I HEARD ANDREW WOMMACK SAY IT LIKE THIS,

HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE ANDREW?

HE SAID THE WORD IS SO ALIVE, IT'S KIND OF WHERE,

AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS KIND OF WEIRD TO SAY IT LIKE THIS,

BUT IT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU GET THE WORD FROM A MAN'S SPERM.

IT'S ALIVE.

BUT IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO A CONCEPTION.

OKAY, IT HAS TO BE PLANTED.

OKAY, ONCE IT'S PLANTED, THEN IT CAN PRODUCE, COME ON,

IT CAN PRODUCE FRUIT.

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORD IS.

IT GOES IN, IT'S ALIVE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONCEPTION.

IT IS ALIVE AND POWERFUL.

COME ON, IF IT'S POWERFUL, THAT WORD IS EXPLOSIVE,

MIRACULOUS POWER.

NOW, IF THE WORD CAN DO ALL OF THIS,

THIS IS A BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE

THAT WE NEED TO BE SOWING GOD'S WORD

TO CONCEPTION IN OUR HEART.

NOW, WE TALKED ON SUNDAY, THE FACT THAT IF WE

DON'T KNOW GOD'S WORD, IN FACT, I WAS HAVING

A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY YESTERDAY

BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CRAZY IDEOLOGIES GOING OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE CRAZY BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT ARE EMERGING

OUT THERE ONLINE AND IN DIFFERENT GROUPS AND

DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY AND WE

WERE TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL OR THE JEWS AND REPLACEMENT

THEOLOGY. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT, YOU KNOW,

THE CHURCH HAS REPLACED ISRAEL.

AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO THIS PERSON, AND YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE COME UP WITH ALL THESE CREATIVE ARGUMENTS AND,

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL READ SOME SCRIPTURE ABOUT THAT HERE.

I MEAN, I HAVE A FULL HOUR BEFORE I HAVE TO LEAVE,

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THOSE SCRIPTURES.

BUT SO I WAS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THIS

PERSON AND I REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY

YOU READ THE BIBLE.

YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING BACK TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE

WHATEVER JESUS TAUGHT YOU.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T STUDY ANYTHING THAT JESUS TAUGHT

AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BOOK, COME ON,

THEN IT WON'T COME BACK TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE.

AND SO I REMEMBERED IN THE CONVERSATION

THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN ROMANS CHAPTER 11,

Romans 11 · chapter mention

IT SAID, DON'T, IT'S TALKING ABOUT US,

THE CHURCH, THE GENTILES THAT CAME IN,

IT SAYS YOU WERE GRAFTED IN.

IF YOU WERE GRAFTED IN AND THEY WERE CUT OFF

SO YOU COULD BE GRAFTED, THAT GOD SUPERNATURALLY

GRAFTED YOU, DON'T THINK FOR ONE MOMENT

THAT YOU CAN REPLACE THE VINE OR THE ROOT.

'CAUSE IF GOD HAD THE ABILITY TO CUT THEM OFF

SO THAT YOU COULD COME IN, GOD HAS THE ABILITY TO

GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN.

NOW I SAID THAT IS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT

GOD'S ORIGINAL ROOT, AND I WANNA GET OFF ON THIS,

THIS ORIGINAL ROOT, WE ARE GRAFTED IN AS THE BODY OF CHRIST

AND WE AREN'T THE ORIGINAL, BUT WE WERE BROUGHT IN

ONTO THE PROMISE, AMEN.

SO THESE THINGS ARE THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE,

BUT THE POINT BEING IS WE GOT TALKING ABOUT THAT

AND WE WENT THROUGH VERSE AFTER VERSE AFTER VERSE.

SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE WORD.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURE.

I WISH WE COULD TEACH ON A WHOLE THING

OF WHY REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY IS STUPID.

AND IT'S NOT BIBLICAL, OKAY?

DO SOME STUDY IN YOUR BIBLE.

AND PAUL TALKED DEEPLY ABOUT IT IN ALL OF ROMANS 9:10, AND 11.

Romans 9:10

AND SO YOU COULD CANCEL SOMEBODY'S STUPID IDEALS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, HERE WAS ANOTHER PHONE.

WHEN I SAID TO THE PERSON ON THE PHONE,

WE GOT TO TALKING AND LAUGHING ABOUT IT,

I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS SAY,

OH NO, IT'S JUST NOT THE REAL ISRAEL.

IT'S A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT.

I'M LIKE, WELL, IT'S AMAZING TO ME

THAT THIS LITTLE TINY COUNTRY ON THE MAP,

THEY'VE WANTED TO KILL AND ERASE FROM THE MAP

THIS TINY SENSE PHARAOH, OKAY?

I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE ISRAELITES

THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE IT IS, PHARAOH,

IS LIKE, WE GOT TO GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE.

AND IT HAS NEVER STOPPED SINCE.

I THOUGHT, CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING TO BUY A NEW HOME

AND PART OF THE HOME, AND THEY TAKE YOU THROUGH,

YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BUILT A HOUSE

OR BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HOUSE BEFORE?

AND YOU GO THROUGH, OR MAYBE A REAL ESTATE AGENT

IS SHOWING YOU A HOUSE AND YOU WALK THROUGH.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THEM SAYING, NOW HERE IS THE DINING ROOM,

HERE'S THE KITCHEN, AND HERE'S THE BOMB SHELTER?

THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO ANYWAY, ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT.

BUT KNOW THE WORD AND PUT IT IN YOUR HEART.

PUT THAT WORD IN YOUR HEART.

KNOW IT, STUDY IT, GET TO UNDERSTAND CERTAIN SCRIPTURES,

STUDY DIVINE HEALING, OKAY?

IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY AGAINST

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST AND THE PENTECOSTAL EXPRESSION,

WELL, STUDY IT IN THE BIBLE.

AND KNOW IT BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.

NOW, YOU MAY NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT WITH PEOPLE,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO

CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT

THE WORD SAYS.

OKAY, AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE TALK A LOT OF NONSENSE,

BUT WHEN YOU KNOW THE BIBLE, RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, BRIGHT LINE ITEM.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOSHUA 1:8, YOU KNOW IT,

Joshua 1:8

"MEDITATE IN IT DAY AND NIGHT."

HAVE A LITTLE WORD IN THE MORNING

AND SPRINKLE SOME ON IN THE EVENING.

KNOW IT DAY AND NIGHT, MEDITATE THEREIN.

THINK ABOUT THE SCRIPTURE.

PUT SOME VERSES BEFORE YOU, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO,

AND GET THAT WORD DOWN IN YOUR HEART.

MY SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS, PROVERBS 4:20 SAYS IT.

Proverbs 4:20

CLIMB YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS.

LET THEM NOT DEPART.

RIGHT, LET THEM NOT DEPART FROM YOUR MIND.

KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF YOUR HEART

FOR THEIR LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM.

COME ON, THERE IT PROVES IT AGAIN,

THAT THE WORD IS ALIVE, AND IT WILL DO SOMETHING

IN YOUR HEART, AMEN?

SO BRIGHT LINE ITEM, THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE,

KNOW THE WORD.

I REALLY BELIEVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE WELL

ARE SUBJECT TO BECOMING A PLAYGROUND FOR THE DEVIL

BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO COUNTER.

JESUS COUNTERED THE ENEMY, RIGHT, WITH WHAT?

IT IS WRITTEN.

HE COUNTERED THE DEVIL WITH THE WORD.

SO BRIGHT LINE ITEM, KEEP READING, KEEP GOD'S WORD.

OKAY, ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT.

THE SECOND ONE, OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT PRAYER.

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.

THE BIBLE SAYS I DON'T WANNA SPEND A TON OF TIME ON THAT.

I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUS, BUT DON'T JUST PRAY

AND TALK TO GOD,

BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYING.

JESUS TAUGHT A LOT ON HOW TO PRAY.

HE TAUGHT HOW TO ASK.

HE TAUGHT HOW TO MAKE PETITIONS BEFORE THE LORD.

OKAY, HE TAUGHT HOW TO GO TO GOD IN WORSHIPFUL PRAYER.

OKAY, WE SEE ALL THESE EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE

OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRAYER THAT JESUS TAUGHT

AND THE APOSTLES TAUGHT.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYER.

STUDY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRAYER.

I REMEMBER BROTHER HAGIN YEARS AGO

TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAYER.

THERE'S PRAYERS OF PETITION, THERE'S PRAYERS OF WORSHIP,

THERE'S PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION, MEANING THOSE ARE PRAYERS

OF COMMITMENT TO GOD WHERE YOU SAY, LORD,

I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU, I GIVE MY PLANS TO YOU,

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYER.

YOU KNOW, PRACTICE INTERCEDING FOR PEOPLE.

A BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE IS PRAYER.

YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS IS PRAYERS.

THAT DAVID CALLED OUT TO GOD.

SO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO PRAYER IS A KEY.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY, DON'T LET A DAY PASS

THAT YOU DON'T GET SOME WORD IN YOU

AND THAT YOU DON'T PRAY.

I SAID, "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW LONG DOES

THE PRAYER HAVE TO BE?"

"WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS THAT."

SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYERS OF

SCRIPTURE WERE ONE LINE.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT JESUS IN THE GARDEN.

HE SAID, "LORD, LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME."

REMEMBER THAT?

HE SAID, "NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL, BUT YOURS."

THAT WAS A POWERFUL ONE-LINE PRAYER.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRAYER THAT IS SIMPLE.

SO, I MEAN, JESUS SAID, "COULD YOU NOT TARRY ONE HOUR?"

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE TIMES WHERE WE PRAY

FOR EXTENDED TIMES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW,

I MEAN, I HEARD A GUY ONE TIME, "I PRAY SIX HOURS A DAY."

WELL, I'M LIKE, "WELL, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE

ALL THAT KIND OF TIME."

SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK JOBS.

YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOUR BOSS WILL,

"I'M CAUGHT UP IN PRAYER, I CAN'T COME."

SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS.

(LAUGHS)

ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE

IS THE MOUTH, OUR TONGUE.

OKAY, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN JAMES 3

THAT THE TONGUE CAN SET ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE,

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHOLE CHAPTER,

AND HE SAID, "OUT OF THE MOUTH "CAN COME TWO

KINDS OF SPEAKING."

IT COULD BE GOOD SPEAKING, RIGHT,

OR IT COULD BE NEGATIVE SPEAKING.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY SCRIPTURES, I MEAN,

AND WHEN I SAY SO MANY, WE COULD DO A EIGHT WEEK SERIES

ON THE CONTROLLING OF OUR TONGUE.

THE BIBLE SAYS A FOOL IS KNOWN BY THEIR MUCH SPEAKING

BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS UNDISCIPLINED

WITH WHAT THEY LET COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO RIGHT,

YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

AND YOU'RE IN A HARD PLACE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

OKAY, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.

I MEAN, NOW IF YOU'VE HAD THE WORD IN YOU,

YOU'LL BE PRONE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN FAITH.

OKAY, BUT AT LEAST, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE,

DON'T START JUST BLABBING, OH, NO, NO, THIS IS THE WORST

THING I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH.

WELL, IT WILL BE THE WORST IF YOU DECLARE IT'S THE WORST.

SO, GUARDING OUR MOUTH.

OUR WORDS SET NATURE IN MOTION AND CAN DEFILE

OUR VERY OWN BODY.

NOW, I THINK WE DO A LOT OF THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR

HEALTH, SICKNESS, 'CAUSE, AND I THINK MAYBE

THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, IT DEFILES

THE WHOLE BODY.

I WAS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES,

AND PEOPLE THINK IT'S NORMAL FOR PEOPLE TO SAY,

WELL, SEE, I'VE GOT THIS PAIN, I HAVE THIS CONDITION,

AND THEN WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT

AND THEN GET WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND COMPARE NOTES,

YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO DETAIL IT ALL

LIKE EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH

YOUR INGROWN TOENAIL.

LIKE PEOPLE WANT THE GORY DETAILS OF THINGS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M AMAZED PEOPLE WILL POST ONLINE

ALL OF THEIR HEALTH ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE DO THAT BECAUSE THEY

WANT EMPATHY, AND A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY THAT, BUT WE'RE

ONLY FURTHERING BY ADDING WORDS TO THINGS.

WE'RE ONLY FURTHERING THE CONDITION THAT WE MAY BE

DEALING WITH.

OKAY, YOUR BODY HEARS YOU SAY, "I'M IN PAIN."

OKAY, I HEARD, WELL, AGAIN, I'M GONNA QUOTE ANDREW WOMACK.

HE WAS TALKING, HE DID A TEACHING ABOUT,

THIS WAS SO GOOD, HE DID A TEACHING ABOUT

WHEN JESUS CURSED THE FIG TREE.

NOW, YOU KNOW, WE READ THAT IN THE BIBLE LIKE,

YOU KNOW, HE CURSED THE FIG TREE AS IF, YOU KNOW,

IT'S MONOTONE, AND THE DISCIPLES WALKED BY,

"OH, MASTER, THE NEXT DAY IT'S DRIED UP FROM THE ROOTS."

AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSION TO IT,

AND I'M SURE THEY WERE LIKE, "MASTER!

"HOLY MOLY!

"HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIG TREE?"

NOW, JESUS ACTED LIKE THAT WAS NORMAL.

HE SPOKE TO AN OBJECT

AND EXPECTED THE OBJECT TO RESPOND.

YOUR BODY TALKS TO YOU EVERY DAY.

YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

YOUR BODY HAS A VOICE.

IT'LL TELL YOU IF YOU'RE TIRED.

IT'LL TELL YOU IF YOU'RE CRANKY.

YOU'RE CRANKY.

YOU FEEL CRANKY.

AND THEN YOU GET UP AND GO TELL YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE,

I'M CRANKY.

WELL, THEN YOU'RE GONNA FEEL CRANKY.

BUT WHAT IF I FEEL CRANKY?

WELL, THERE IS NOT ANYTHING IN THE BIBLE

THAT SAYS JUST BLACK OUT EVERYTHING WE FEEL.

SINCE WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO SAY EVERY FEELING

THAT COMES TO MIND?

COME ON SOMEBODY.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WHO CAN BRIDLE THEIR MOUTH

BRIDLES THEIR WHOLE SELF.

SO IT STARTS, SO THIS IS A BRIGHT LINE ITEM.

NOW THE REASON I BELIEVE IT'S SO BRIGHT LINED

IS BECAUSE GOD AT THE BEGINNING SAID, "LIGHT BE," AND IT WAS.

HE HAD CREATIVE POWER WITH HIS MOUTH.

I THINK WE DON'T REALIZE HOW POWERFUL OUR MOUTH IS

MOST OF THE TIME.

WE DON'T, OR WE'D USE IT BETTER.

COME ON, IF SOMEBODY TOLD YOU, ALL RIGHT, I NEED

A COP TO HELP ME.

OKAY, NAME ME,

NAME ME A SMALL FIREARM, YELL, A LITTLE .380.

OH, NOBODY WANTS ONE, THE BULLETS ARE

THIS BIG.

NAME ME A BIG GUN, A WHAT?

A .50 CALIBER.

YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT ONE OF THOSE,

DON'T YOU?

YEAH, RIGHT?

KIND OF, YEAH.

OKAY, SO .50 CALIBER, .380.

OUR MOUTH, IN GOD'S MIND AND THE DEVIL IS A .50 CALIBER.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT MANY PEOPLE DO

IS THEY TAKE THEIR .50 CALIBER TONGUE

AND USE IT ON THEMSELVES,

RATHER THAN USE IT ON THE ENEMY.

OKAY, OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GONNA GET THROUGH THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GONNA GET

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS TROUBLE.

AND THE DEVIL'S JUST SITTING THERE GOING,

HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SHOOT YOU, YOU SHOOT YOURSELF.

YOU UNDO YOURSELF.

YOU TOOK THE 50 CALIBER CREATIVE POWER OF WORDS

THAT GOD GAVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATED IN HIS IMAGE,

YOU'RE CREATED IN HIS LIKENESS, AND YOU USED ALL OF THAT

WEAPONRY AGAINST YOU.

THAT'S HOW POWERFUL THE MOUTH IS.

WE UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS DEATH AND

LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF IT.

WE SPEAK DEATH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS DON'T EVEN KNOW

IT, THEY SPEAK DEATH EVERY DAY.

OUT OF THEIR MOUTH.

I'LL NEVER BE THIS.

I'LL NEVER BE GOOD AT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GOING TO OVERCOME.

I'LL NEVER GET BEYOND THIS PROBLEM, OKAY?

COME ON, IF YOU'RE BELIEVING IN YOUR MARRIAGE FOR A SPOUSE,

MAYBE YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER

TO BE BORN AGAIN OR BE SAVED, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

IF THAT'S THE CASE, DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND GO,

"OH, WELL, THERE HE'S AT IT AGAIN."

YOU KNOW, SHE JUST ALWAYS ACTS LIKE THAT.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE HER AT THE FAMILY DINNER.

WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT OVER AND OVER,

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SEE HER.

AND YOU ARE PUTTING 50 CALIBER WORDS OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO YOU CAN'T JUST PRAY FOR HER SALVATION

ON THE OTHER HALF OF YOUR MOUTH.

COME ON, SWEET AND BITTER WATER.

PRAY ON ONE SIDE FOR HER TO BE BORN AGAIN

AND THEN FLIP THE OTHER SIDE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT

AN AWFUL IDIOT SHE IS.

THIS IS THROUGH THE BIBLE, PEOPLE.

THIS IS OUR MOUTH IS PRODUCING EITHER DEATH

OR IT'S PRODUCING LIFE.

NOW THIS IS IN THE SCRIPTURE.

THE PSALMIST SAID IT LIKE THIS, OR JAMES,

LET'S READ JAMES FIRST, JAMES 3, "TO FOR MANY THINGS WE

OFFEND OR WE MAKE MISTAKES "OR WE ERR, BUT IF

ANY MAN OFFENDS NOT "OR DOESN'T ERR IN HIS WORDS,

THE SAME IS A PERFECT MAN."

NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN PERFECT, THE WORD KING JAMES THERE

MEANS A MATURE, GROWN-UP PERSON

WHO IS ABLE TO ALSO BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY.

THIS IS GOOD PREACHING.

PSALM 141, THREE SAYS, "LORD, NOW SET A WATCH OVER MY MOUTH."

OH, JESUS, HELP ME, OKAY?

AND SOME OF US, THE WORD HABIT IS SO BAD,

WE NEED TO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, PUT SOME REMINDER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO?

HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

I HATE SOUR PATCH CANDY.

I THINK IT'S LIKE THE WORST, THE WORST, MATT, CANDY.

MY BOYS USED TO EAT THAT SOUR PATCH

AND THEY SAID ONE TIME, "TASTE THIS."

FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS WORM-SHAPED.

AND I'M LIKE, THAT WRECKED ME.

I'M LIKE, THE LITTLE THING WIGGLING AROUND IN THERE.

IT WAS SO SOUR, I HAD TO, I COULD NOT,

IT WAS MORE, IT'S MORE SOUR THAN A LEMON.

IT'S MORE SOUR, I THINK.

THEY'RE TERRIBLE.

THERE'S A LITTLE SUGAR ON IT, IT FALLS RIGHT OFF

AND THE THING'S EVIL.

I THINK SOME OF US NEED TO CARRY AROUND

A BAG OF SOUR PATCH CANDY.

COME ON, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU.

GO BUY SOME SOUR PATCH CANDY.

IF ANY ONE OF YOU SPEAKS SOMETHING NEGATIVE,

OKAY, I MEAN, WE WERE PRAYING ABOUT SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY

AND I BEGAN TO SAY SOMETHING, PASTOR GOES,

"NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, DON'T SAY THAT.

"YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED."

I SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT."

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO, "WELL, HOW DARE YOU?

"I HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I WANNA SAY.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"I HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY."

WELL, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT YOU WANNA SAY,

BUT YOU'RE USING THE 50 CALIBER ON YOU.

SO HERE'S WHAT I THINK, I'M GONNA MAKE A CHALLENGE.

I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GO OUT TODAY OR TOMORROW

AND GET A BAG OF SOUR PATCH CANDY AND CARRY IT AROUND.

AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO GET THE BIG OLD ONES,

YOU CAN GET THE LITTLEST ONES.

AND EVERY TIME YOU CATCH YOURSELF OR YOUR SPOUSE

OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY CATCHES YOU

SAYING SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING,

SOMEONE, SOME HEALTH ISSUE, OKAY?

EVERY TIME YOU START TO DETAIL YOUR SORE BACK,

OH YEAH, AND I'VE HAD THIS, AND YOU KNOW,

THEN SOMEBODY ELSE, SEE THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.

SOMEBODY ELSE WILL COME ALONG, OH SEE, I'VE HAD THIS BACK,

OH, IT'S EXACTLY THE WAY MINE IS.

WE, I MEAN, AND WE DO IT WITHOUT THINKING.

I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET SOME SOUR PATCHES.

AND EVERY TIME SOMETHING NEGATIVE COMES OUT,

OKAY? COME ON, HUSBANDS AND

WIVES, YOU LOVE EACH OTHER, DON'T KILL EACH OTHER.

IF YOUR HUSBAND PULLS OUT A SOUR PATCH

AND SAYS, "EAT IT, SWEETHEART," THEN JUST ACCEPT IT, CHEW

ON IT, AND BE LIKE, "OKAY."

ENOUGH SOUR PATCH CANDY, YOUR DIGESTION MIGHT

NOT LOVE IT SO MUCH.

AND IT JUST MIGHT BE THE VERY CURE.

OUR WORDS, RIGHT?

BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE.

WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH OUR MOUTH.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOTTA GO ON.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE FOURTH ONE,

AND ALL OF THESE KIND OF MELD TOGETHER, THEY REALLY DO.

BUT THE FOURTH ONE IS ALWAYS TAKE UP A POSTURE OF FAITH.

NOW, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.

IT'S ONE THING, CANDY, TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF THE WORD,

NOURISH THOSE THINGS, AND WE NEED TO DO THAT.

I THINK EVERYBODY IN HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, HAVE THAT HEART.

YOU WANT TO CULTIVATE AND NOURISH THE WORD IN YOUR SPIRIT,

OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE HUNGRY

TO CULTIVATE THOSE WORDS AND PUT THAT IN YOUR HEART

SO THAT IT'LL GROW UP AND PRODUCE A FRUIT.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE HABIT

OF TRYING TO PUT THE WORD IN, BUT THEY NEVER REJECT

THE HABIT OF UNBELIEF.

NOW, I THINK OUR MOUTH, LET ME SAY IT THE RIGHT WAY,

I THINK OUR MOUTH, THE BRIGHT LIGHT ITEM OF OUR MOUTH,

THE HABIT OF SPEAKING WRONG IS EQUAL ALONG

WITH THE HABIT OF TAKING A POSTURE OF UNBELIEF.

OKAY, WE CAN TRY TO MUSTER UP TAKING ON A POSTURE OF FAITH,

BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO POP THE TIRE

OUT OF UNBELIEF, AND UNBELIEF IS A HABIT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE READ AND TAUGHT ON THIS SCRIPTURE

SO MANY TIMES IN MATTHEW, MATTHEW 17,

REMEMBER THE DEMONIZED BOY, YOU'VE HEARD ME TEACH ON THIS

SO MANY TIMES ABOUT GROWING THE SEED OF FAITH.

JESUS SAID, IF YOU HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED,

AND I'VE ALWAYS TAUGHT IT THIS WAY,

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST HAVING A LITTLE FAITH,

YOU MIGHT START WITH A LITTLE, BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO

SOMETHING WITH IT, CULTIVATE IT, RIGHT, CANDY?

GROW IT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP IT

TILL IT BECOMES FRUITFUL, BUT UNBELIEF, IF IT'S LEFT THERE,

OKAY, JESUS, WHEN THEY SAID, "LORD, WHY COULDN'T WE

CAST OUT THAT DEMON?"

HE DIDN'T SAY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.

OKAY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRYING TO GROW FAITH

FOR SOMETHING OR WORKING ON THAT AND DEVELOPING THAT

AND JUST HAVING A HABIT OF UNBELIEF.

HE SAID, "BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF."

NOW WE KNOW UNBELIEF WAS THE REASON

THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, I THINK THIS OUGHT TO

BE ANOTHER SOUR PATCH.

UNBELIEF, 'CAUSE UNBELIEF AND WORDS GO TOGETHER.

BUT JESUS, HE SAID, "NO, YOU COULD NOT CAST THE DEMON OUT

BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF."

NOW, UNBELIEF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IS LIKE A DRUG.

OKAY, THEY'RE TRYING TO BELIEVE GOD, BELIEVE GOD,

GOD, I'M STANDING IN FAITH, I'M STANDING IN FAITH,

AND YET IT WOULD BE TO ME, THIS IS JUST THE

WAY I THINK OF IT, I'M TRYING TO THINK IN PICTURES,

I WOULD THINK OF IT AS LIKE THE WORD IS THE SEED,

YOU PLANT IT, YOU PUT IT IN THE GROUND,

YOU PUT IT IN YOUR HEART, YOU SOW IT IN THERE,

MAYBE THROUGH SOME PREACHING OR SOME BIBLE STUDY

AND YOU SPEAK THAT WORD AND YOU DECLARE THAT WORD,

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN CANDY GOING

AND PUTTING A SEED IN THE GROUND AND NURTURING THAT SEED.

BUT WHEN UNBELIEF IS PRESENT, IT WOULD BE LIKE IF

SHE WENT TO HER GARDEN

AND PLANTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DANDELIONS ALL AROUND IT

AND PUT A BUNCH OF WEEDS THERE, OR DIDN'T WATER IT.

UNBELIEF, UNBELIEF IS LIKE A WEED OVERGROWTH.

AND JESUS SAID IT, HE SAID IT IN MARK 4.

HE SAID, "THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL RECEIVE THE WORD,

THEY'LL RECEIVE IT WITH GLADNESS, BUT HAVE NO

ROOT IN THEMSELVES."

AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN TIMES GET HARD,

TIMES GET DIFFICULT, HERE COMES THE UNBELIEF.

THEY HAVE NEVER REJECTED A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.

NOW, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, DOING THAT AND REJECTING THAT,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE HAD A HABIT TO LET UNBELIEF

JUST GO THROUGH YOUR MIND, ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS

THAT UNBELIEF WORKS IS WE JUST LET OUR MIND

RUN AMOK WITH EVERYTHING.

OKAY, PEOPLE DO IT ALL DAY WITH AMERICA.

PASTOR CAN PROPHESY AND PROPHESY AND PROPHESY AND PROPHESY

UNTIL HE'S BLUE IN THE FACE AND SOMEBODY WILL WRITE US AND

SAY, "OH, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THE NATION?"

OKAY, BECAUSE WE DEVELOP A HABIT A LOT OF TIMES OF UNBELIEF.

OKAY, I WAS READING, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE,

THE BIBLE SAYS, IT SAYS THAT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT,

ONE OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS SELF-CONTROL.

CAN I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK OF SELF-CONTROL

AS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY CUTS ME OFF IN TRAFFIC,

I'M NOT GONNA GO, YOU KNOW, SOCK 'EM AT THE STOPLIGHT.

OR RAM THE BACK OF THEIR CAR.

WHEN YOU'RE IN A HURRY AND THEY'RE GOING 35 IN A 50.

IT HAS THE TENDENCY, AND YOU'RE LATE TO CHURCH

'CAUSE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S WHAT SELF-CONTROL IS,

BUT A LOT OF SELF-CONTROL IS WHAT GOES ON UP HERE.

YOU HAVE TO REJECT THOUGHTS OUT OF YOUR MIND,

I'LL NEVER, IT'LL NEVER.

REJECT THOUGHTS OUT OF YOUR MIND THAT ARE GONNA TELL YOU,

AND WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED IMAGINATIONS.

OUR IMAGINATION LOVES TO THINK UP ALL SORTS OF SCENARIOS

OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S THE HUMAN NATURE.

THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT, THE EVIL IMAGINATION

OF OUR HEART.

AND WE IMAGINE, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN THERE?

YOU PRAY ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEN EVERY THOUGHT

FLOODS YOUR MIND THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU PRAYED.

I MEAN, YOU'VE NO SOONER GET PRAYER IN THE CHURCH SERVICE

AND YOU GO OUT AND THE DOCTOR CALLS AND SAYS,

THIS IS, IT'S NEGATIVE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

SOME STUPID REPORT, OKAY?

OR YOU WALK OUT OF, AFTER AGREEMENT IN PRAYER,

LIKE WE DID TONIGHT, AND YOU'LL GO OUT,

AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE THE VERY OPPOSITE THING HAPPENED

OF WHAT YOU PRAYED, OKAY?

COME ON, EVERYBODY'S BEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE.

AND AT THAT MOMENT, WE HAVE THE CHOICE

WHETHER TO TAKE UP A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.

NOW, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING

THAT HAPPENED WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

THEY GOT DELIVERED OUT OF EGYPT, THEY SAW THE MIRACLES OF GOD.

COME ON, EVERYBODY IN HERE HAS SEEN THE POWER OF GOD

ON SOME MEASURE.

THEY SAW GOD'S POWER, THEY SAW THE PHARAOH AND HIS ARMY,

THEY WERE OVERTHROWN, THE RED SEA WAS PARTED,

AND IT TOOK THEM NOT THREE WHOLE DAYS TO WALK OUT

AND THEY SAW THE WILDERNESS AND THOUGHT,

"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW?

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GONNA HAPPEN?"

NOW, GOD DID NOT BRING THEM OUT OF EGYPT TO LET THEM DIE.

BUT THEY ACCUSED GOD OF THAT BECAUSE UNBELIEF,

AND THE BIBLE SAYS IT WAS THEIR STIFF-NECKED REFUSAL

TO BELIEVE, AND BY THE WAY, UNBELIEF,

IF YOU STUDY IT IN THE WORD OF GOD,

UNBELIEF STARTS OUT AS IT'S FEARFUL.

YOU KNOW, THE FATHER OF THE DEMONIZED BOY SAID, "LORD, I

BELIEVE, HELP MY UNBELIEF."

OKAY, HE HAD UNBELIEF THAT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

BUT IF UNBELIEF BECOMES A HABIT THAT YOU DON'T ADDRESS, PART

OF SELF-CONTROL IS NO, MINE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED

TO THINK THAT.

OKAY, MINE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK IN TERMS OF THE

BUSINESS BEING CLOSED UP.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO THERE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE.

OKAY, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO REJECT UNBELIEF

IS TO PRAY IN TONGUES, OUT LOUD, WHERE YOUR MOUTH, OR YOUR

EARS CAN HEAR YOUR MOUTH.

UNBELIEF HAS, WE HAVE, EVERY ONE OF US

HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET UNBELIEF COME IN

AND STEAL OUR PRAYERS RIGHT OUT OF OUR LIFE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON, OKAY?

BUT WE, 'CAUSE WE ENVISION IT NOT COMING TO PASS.

WE ENVISION IT NOT HAPPENING.

THEN WE GO TELL THREE FRIENDS.

OKAY, WE LET UNBELIEF LITERALLY STOMP OUT OUR GARDEN.

WE'VE PLANTED, WE'VE NOURISHED, OKAY?

WE SPENT TIME COMING TO CHURCH, WE PRAYED, WE SPOKE,

WE FASTED, WE SOUGHT GOD, WE WENT TO THE WORD,

WE GOT OUR SCRIPTURES DOWN, WE WROTE IT OUT.

AND YET UNBELIEF HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.

OKAY, UNBELIEF LOVES TO HIT PEOPLE AT NIGHT.

OKAY, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO ALWAYS SAY

THAT'S WHEN THE WITCHES ARE UP, THREE TO FOUR IN THE MORNING,

THEY CALL IT THE WITCHING HOUR.

WHEN THEY'RE UP CURSING AND SAYING ALL EVIL THINGS.

WELL, THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 91

THAT YOU'LL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT.

THAT'S CALLED THE SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT TERROR.

YOU GET UP AND SAY, NO, I REJECT THAT UNBELIEF IN JESUS' NAME.

I CAST YOU OUT.

MIND, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT VOICE TO IT.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AND SO WHEN WE READ IN THE SCRIPTURE ABOUT SELF-CONTROL,

IT INCLUDES, 'CAUSE EVERYTHING STARTS IN OUR EMOTIONS,

OUR MIND, RIGHT, OUR THOUGHTS.

IT'S WHAT WE THINK.

'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN LUST IS CONCEIVED,

YOU KNOW, LUST ISN'T JUST SEXUAL, IT'S A STRONG DESIRE.

OKAY, WHEN OUR EMOTIONS ASPHYXIATE ON SOMETHING

AND WE DON'T STOP IT, OKAY, THAT'S CALLED A LACK

OF SELF-CONTROL.

OKAY, AND SELF-CONTROL BEGINS UP HERE.

PRAISE GOD, IT BEGINS HERE.

SO NUMBER FOUR, TAKE UP A POSTURE OF FAITH.

DEAL WITH UNBELIEF AND TAKE A POSITION OF FAITH.

OKAY, IT MAY LOOK DISMAL.

MAYBE YOU'RE IN A SITUATION, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE

ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOB AND YOU DON'T KNOW

HOW YOUR NEXT RENT OR MORTGAGE WILL BE PAID.

BUT GOD KNOWS.

YOU THINK THAT LIKE SHOCKS GOD?

OKAY, WE CAN'T GO THROUGH ANYTHING

THAT GOD SURPRISES THE LORD.

SO TAKE UP A POSITION OF FAITH.

THIS IS A BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE, ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SCRIPTURE, LUKE 18,

TALKING ABOUT THE UNJUST JUDGE.

IT SAYS IN, I THINK IT'S VERSE EIGHT,

IT SAYS WITH THE UNJUST JUDGE, IT SAYS,

"WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES BACK, "WILL HE FIND ANYBODY

WITH FAITH ON THE EARTH?"

WELL, IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WALK IN FAITH?

I THINK ALL OF US ARE.

BUT IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH, BRING ABOUT SELF-CONTROL

AND DEAL WITH UNBELIEF, THEN OUR FAITH WILL BE SQUELCHED

AND WE'LL NEVER SEE THE FRUIT IN OUR GARDEN.

AMEN, SO TAKE UP A POSITION OF FAITH.

ALWAYS TAKE IT UP.

SAY, AH, FATHER, I THANK YOU.

THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT FOR MY GOOD.

THAT'S WHAT THE WORD SAYS.

OKAY, WELL, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.

WELL, IT MAY LOOK TERRIBLE IN THE NATURAL,

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH

AND YOU REJECT UNBELIEF, AND IT STARTS WITH

CONTROLLING YOUR MIND.

'CAUSE LISTEN, I KNOW HOW IT IS.

IF YOU DON'T CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS,

EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK IT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.

AND YOU'LL TELL YOURSELF AND THREE FRIENDS,

AND PROBABLY THE INTERNET.

'CAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO,

THEY'LL GO POST SOMETHING DUMB.

ALL RIGHT, THE FIFTH ONE WE TALKED ABOUT SUNDAY

IS TO PURSUE UNITY AMONG THE BODY OF CHRIST.

AND THERE'S, OH MY GOODNESS, I THINK ALMOST

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THE UNITY OF THE

CHURCH WAS SO IMPORTANT TO JESUS.

IT WAS ONE OF HIS FINAL PRAYERS THAT HE PRAYED.

AND I MEAN, IF YOU WERE HERE SUNDAY,

COUNTLESS SCRIPTURES, I CAN'T EVEN, BULLET POINTS,

I GOT LISTS OF VERSES THAT TALK ABOUT

THE BODY OF CHRIST BEING IN UNITY.

AND OF COURSE, I REITERATED THE FACT,

WELL, LET ME JUST READ THIS, 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11,

2 Corinthians 13:11

THIS IS FROM THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION.

IT SAYS, "FINALLY, BROTHERS, REJOICE.

"AIM FOR RESTORATION."

I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LORD, HOW CAN WE WORK

ON RESTORING PEOPLE?

MAYBE IT'S A PERSON THAT'S FALLEN,

MAYBE IT'S A PERSON THAT'S STRUGGLING.

HOW CAN THE BODY OF CHRIST AIM FOR RESTORING PEOPLE

IF WE'RE TAKING OUR SAME 50 CALIBER

AND NOW WE'RE NOT ONLY USING IT AGAINST OURSELVES,

WE'RE USING IT ON OUR BROTHER?

AIM FOR RESTORATION.

NOW LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS OF HOW.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WE HAVE ALL THESE PODCASTERS NOW.

YOU KNOW, THE COURT OF PUBLIC MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA,

HAS BECOME THE COURT ANYMORE.

AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, KIND OF THE FRENZY, I GUESS,

IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FULLY PUT WORDS TO IT,

OF PEOPLE JUST GOING OUT AND JUST SLAUGHTERING

THEIR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST.

AND THEY MAY BE CLEARLY IN THE WRONG.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

HEY, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT SAYS

ACCEPT, ACCEPT, ACCEPT, ACCEPT IF THEY'RE IN THE WRONG.

BUT ALL I'M SAYING, WELL, PEOPLE SAY,

"YEAH, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT DO EVIL THINGS

"AND HAVE DONE WICKEDLY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE."

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

NOBODY SHOULD BE GETTING BY WITH EVIL

AND BAD THINGS IN SECRET.

THE BIBLE SAYS IT WILL COME OUT.

BUT I GUESS I SIT BACK AND I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT

IN THE UNITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, FIRST OF ALL, WHEN

SAUL DIED, DAVID, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAID HE DIDN'T GO TAKE

OUT A NEWS ARTICLE AND SAID, "MAN, THE GUY THAT CHASED ME IS

FINALLY DOWN."

YOU KNOW, NO, HE SAID, "DON'T PUBLISH IT,"

SAMUEL SAYS.

"DON'T PUBLISH IT LEST THE DAUGHTERS OF THE

PHILISTINES REJOICE."

BUT NOW PEOPLE GO TO THE MEDIA FOR EVERYTHING.

THEY'RE GONNA RUN OUT THERE AND SLAUGHTER SOMEBODY

AND PUT THEIR, NOW THEIR PERSON MIGHT'VE BEEN CLEARLY WRONG.

I GUESS ALL I HAVE TO SAY, NOW I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS

AND MAYBE THE BODY OF CHRIST NEEDS TO WORK ON SOME THINGS.

ALL I KNOW IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M NOT FINDING THAT IN THE BIBLE.

EVERYBODY OUT THERE PUTTING OUT SOMEBODY'S NAME

AS THE NEXT VICTIM OF WHATEVER.

IT'S CRAZY.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST GOTTEN OUT OF HAND, YOU KNOW.

BUT THE BIBLE SAYS AIM FOR RESTORATION.

COMFORT ONE ANOTHER, AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

I MEAN, THAT'S A FUN ONE.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE ARGUMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA,

OH MY GOODNESS, IT SAYS LIVE IN PEACE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WITH EVERY EFFORT, PURSUE PEACE.

LIVE IT PEACEABLY WITH ALL MEN.

SO I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, YOU KNOW,

IS GONNA GET TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK HARDER, MAYBE, I GUESS,

WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU USED TO DO

IN FOOLISHNESS AND RASHNESS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,

BUT YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND YOU THINK,

YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO HEAVEN,

AND GOD'S GONNA GO, WELL DONE, NOW GOOD AND FAITHFUL

PODCASTER THAT

HELD ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT.

OH, WELL DONE FOR CALLING THEM ALL OUT.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO BE IN OLD AGE ON THEIR

LAST HANDFUL OF MONTHS OR YEARS IS GOING TO BE SITTING THERE

GOING, "MAN, I DID MY JOB.

I LET EVERYBODY HAVE IT."

I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS OF

HOW WE RESTORE PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A KING DAVID TODAY, WHAT WOULD

BE THE CHURCH'S APPROACH.

THERE ARE THINGS ACTUALLY IN THE BIBLE, BUT BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA

IS OUT OF CONTROL, NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO IMPLEMENT

ANY STEPS ANYMORE.

IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY BETTER BE CRUCIFIED AND THAT'S IT.

I'M LIKE, WHAT, YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE NOW

THROWAWAYS FOR THE TRASH?

FIRST CORINTHIANS 11:27.

1 Corinthians 11:27

SO ANYONE WHO EATS THIS BREAD AND DRINKS THIS CUP,

I READ THIS SUNDAY, OF THE LORD UNWORTHILY

IS GUILTY OF SINNING AGAINST THE BODY AND

BLOOD OF THE LORD.

THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD EXAMINE YOURSELF BEFORE EATING.

IT DOESN'T SAY EXAMINE YOUR BROTHER,

IT SAYS EXAMINE YOURSELF.

OKAY, WE'RE ALL SO OUT READY TO CRITICIZE EVERYBODY.

HERE'S ANOTHER, OKAY, SOUR PATCH.

HEY, MAYBE EVERY TIME WE'RE READY TO GO,

HOW MANY FLAVORS OF SOUR PATCH ARE THERE?

I DON'T KNOW, TO ME, THEY'RE ALL TERRIBLE.

THEY'RE ALL SOUR.

I DON'T KNOW, WHO EVER INVENTED GUMMY WORMS ANYWAY?

LIKE, WE WANNA EAT WORMS?

I'M LIKE, OKAY WITH GUMMY BEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, YOU

KNOW, GUMMY WORM NOTHING.

THEY LOOK TOO MUCH LIKE THE REAL THING.

FOR IF YOU EAT OF THAT BREAD AND DRINK WITHOUT HONORING THE

BODY OF CHRIST, YOU ARE EATING AND DRINKING

GOD'S JUDGMENT ON YOURSELF.

NOW, I'M NOT PROGNOSTICATING ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT

THERE BEING THE NEXT WATCHDOG AND ALL OF THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING WE OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL.

AND REMEMBER FOLKS, YOU GO AND LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES

BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, THEY COME UP IN MY FEEDS TOO.

OH, YOU KNOW SO AND SO LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE.

THEY WANT YOU TO CLICK IT, OKAY?

BUT I DON'T WANNA EAT AND DRINK GOD'S JUDGMENT ON ME

BECAUSE I TOOK UP SOME OFFENSE AND REALIZE HALF

THE STUFF OUT THERE, SOME OF IT'S NOT EVEN TRUE.

AND KNOW THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT YOU TO CLICK,

THEY'RE MAKING MONEY.

REMEMBER THAT.

THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WILL SAY, "WELL, A PREACHER SHOULD

NEVER HAVE AN AIRPLANE."

FIRST OF ALL, SAYS WHO?

SECONDLY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS TOLD PASTOR,

"YOU SHOULD HAVE A PLANE."

I'M LIKE, "MAN, THEY'RE A LOT OF WORK.

"I DON'T WANNA TRAVEL THAT MUCH.

I'D RATHER PREACH HERE."

BUT THE POINT IS, IS PEOPLE WILL GO AND CRITICIZE

AND SAY, "OH, THE CHURCH DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

IT NEEDED MEGA CHURCHES."

COME ON, YOU HEAR IT.

AND I'M LIKE, "YET YOU'RE MAKING MONEY OFF PUTTING THAT OUT."

I MEAN, TALK ABOUT THE FOUR FINGERS POINTING BACK AT YOU.

THIS IS WHY MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK AND SICK,

AND SOME HAVE EVEN DIED.

AND ALL I'M SAYING IS, WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN,

I WANT GOD TO LOOK AT ME AND GO, YOU PROTECTED YOUR BROTHER,

YOU UPLIFTED THE FALLEN, YOU HELPED, AND I DON'T

KNOW ALL THE WAYS.

COME ON, PARENTS, HOW MANY PARENTS ARE IN HERE?

ARE YOU THE PERFECT PARENT?

DID YOU KNOW ALL THE RIGHT WAYS TO RESTORE YOUR CHILDREN?

NO, BUT YOU CERTAINLY DIDN'T LEAVE THEM OUT THERE

AND EXPOSE THEM FOR DEAD.

YOU DID WHAT YOU COULD TO LIFT THEM UP.

SO ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

SHE'S MOVING, EVERYBODY, LET'S SAY SHE'S GOING.

NUMBER SIX, BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE.

SO WE GOT IT NOW, WHAT ARE THEY?

THE WORD, KNOW THE BIBLE, READ IT, KNOW IT WELL,

KNOW IT BETTER THAN THE DEVIL, OKAY?

HE KNOWS WHAT'S IN THERE.

OKAY, PRAY EVERY DAY, GROW IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE.

WATCH YOUR MOUTH, COME ON, YOUR TONGUE, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

ALWAYS TAKE UP A POSITION OF FAITH.

EVEN IF YOU FEEL AN ATTEMPTED UNBELIEF,

TAKE UP A POSITION OF FAITH, OKAY?

FIFTH ONE IS HONOR AND UNIFY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST.

WE'VE GOT TO STAY IN UNITY, AMEN.

YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS,

AND THIS IS GONNA SET UP MY NEXT POINT.

I DON'T SPEND MUCH TIME SCROLLING

OR LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA ANYMORE, I DON'T.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THE INTERNET NEWS IN GENERAL.

YOU KNOW, I CLICKED ON A MAJOR NEWS OUTLET,

ACTUALLY IT WAS FOX NEWS, AND I OPENED IT

'CAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, I WANNA SEE

IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES AT THE WAR.

AND IT TOOK, I DON'T KNOW, I WANNA SAY 15 SECONDS,

AND I THOUGHT, SAW THREE JUST HORRIFIC STORIES.

I MEAN, THAT FLOODED MY MIND IN LIKE 15 SECONDS.

AND WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.

LISTEN, YOU CAN TAKE IN ALL OF THAT, ALL THE TIME,

AND IT WILL ABSOLUTELY SQUELCH OUT YOUR GARDEN OF FAITH.

IT WILL.

SO I SPEND VERY LITTLE TIME SCROLLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I DO ANYMORE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO,

I WOULD STEAL WHAT I WORKED SO HARD FOR.

AND THAT IS TO PLANT THE WORD SO THAT IT PRODUCES FRUIT.

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, THE SIXTH ONE,

THIS IS GONNA GO RIGHT ALONG WITH WHAT I'M GONNA SAY,

IS AVOID THE IDEOLOGIES AND DECEPTIONS OF THIS WORLD.

NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW, THE

24TH CHAPTER, ONE OF HIS MAIN MESSAGES WAS, WE ALWAYS THINK

IT WAS ABOUT THE WARS AND THE RUMORS OF WARS AND ALL THE

SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THE END TIMES.

THAT WASN'T THE FOCUS OF WHAT HE WAS PREACHING.

WHAT HE SAID IS THE VERY FIRST THING WAS, THEY SAID, "LORD,

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF YOUR COMING?"

AND HE SAID, "SEE THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU."

OKAY, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THINGS

THAT'LL LOOK LIKE IT HAS THE LABEL CHRIST UPON IT.

IT'LL LOOK SPIRITUAL, LOOK LIKE IT'S FROM HEAVEN,

BUT IT'S NOT, OKAY?

AND THEN IN VERSE 24, HE GOES ON TO SAY,

"THERE'LL BE MANY FALSE CHRISTS."

NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SOME GUY'S GOING AROUND

IN A ROBE WITH A TAMBOURINE, OKAY?

I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT,

BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S NOT LIKELY IT, OKAY?

MOST OF US LOOK AT SOMEBODY LIKE THAT AND WE GO,

"DUDE, GO GET A SHAVE."

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NOT USUALLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE DRAWN IN BY.

IT'S THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE CHRIST.

IT LOOKS CHRISTIAN.

IT LOOKS GODLY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING THAT THE DEVIL DOES.

DECEPTION IS THERE'S JUST ENOUGH FALSE IN IT

TO GET YOU OFF TRACK.

OKAY, IF YOU DRIVE YOUR CAR STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD

AND YOU JUST START VEERING TO THE RIGHT A QUARTER OF AN INCH

EVERY SO OFTEN, IF YOU NEVER COURSE CORRECT,

YOU WILL DRIVE STRAIGHT OFF INTO THE CORNFIELD.

EVENTUALLY, IT MAY NOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE.

AND SO DECEPTION WOULDN'T BE DECEPTION

IF WE KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING.

SO HE SAID, "THERE'LL BE MANY FALSE CHRISTS

"AND FALSE PROPHETS AND SHALL SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS."

THEY'LL DO GREAT THINGS.

YOU'LL THINK, OH, THAT'S SO POWERFUL.

IN SO MUCH THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE,

THEY WOULD DECEIVE EVEN THE VERY ELECT.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT.

THE VERY CHURCH, THE TONGUE TALKING.

I THINK ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, EVEN DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT.

WHY IS THAT?

YOU KNOW, I THINK HOW CAN THE ENEMY BE SO CREATIVE?

WELL, THERE'S SOME SCRIPTURES.

LET ME READ A FEW OF THESE, RIGHT?

COLOSSIANS 2:8 SAYS, "BEWARE, LEST ANY MAN SPOIL,"

Colossians 2:8

YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THIS VERSE, LISTEN CAREFULLY.

"LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THROUGH PHILOSOPHIES,

"VAIN DECEITS, AFTER THE TRADITION OF MEN."

NOW, THAT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT RELIGIOUS TRADITION.

THAT'S TALKING ABOUT HUMAN HABITS

THAT ARE COMMONLY ACCEPTED, OKAY?

THINGS HUMANS DO, OKAY?

UNBELIEF IS A HUMAN HABIT, BY THE WAY,

THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE.

WELL, YOU SHOULD FEEL FEAR.

WELL, I MIGHT, THE DEVIL, I MIGHT FEEL FEAR,

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FEAR, OKAY?

FEAR MIGHT TRY TO COME, OKAY?

THAT'S A HABIT OF HUMANS.

PEOPLE SAY, "OH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CRY."

OKAY? NO, THERE'S NOT

ANYTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT SAID YOU ARE SUPPOSED

TO WEEP OVER HARSHNESS.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BIBLE.

WELL, JESUS WEPT, PASTOR BRENDA, TO THE TOMB OF LAZARUS.

COME ON NOW.

OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE IN CONTEXT.

JESUS KNEW HE WAS GONNA RAISE LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD.

YOU THINK HE WENT IN THERE, "OH, HE'S GONE."

THAT WOULDN'T EVEN MAKE GOOD SENSE, PASTOR KEITH, WOULD IT?

OKAY, HE DOESN'T GO TO THE TOMB KNOWING WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

THE BIBLE SAID HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

SO HE DIDN'T WALK IN THERE.

NOW THEY SAID, "OH, BEHOLD."

THEY THOUGHT HE WAS WEEPING OVER LAZARUS' DEATH.

OKAY, OH, HOW HE LOVED HIM.

NO, I THINK JESUS WAS WEEPING OVER THEIR UNBELIEF.

OKAY, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BIBLE

THAT JUST SUPPORTS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CRY IT OUT.

ANYWAY, THAT'S A TRADITION OF MAN.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT.

I'D BETTER KEEP GOING.

AND AFTER THE RUDIMENTS ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS WORLD

AND NOT AFTER CHRIST.

OKAY, THERE ARE PRINCIPLES AND THINGS

THAT THIS WORLD IS COMMONLY ACCEPTED

THAT GO AGAINST THE GOSPEL, THAT GO AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD.

TITUS 3:9 FROM THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC.

Titus 3:9

I TOLD RYAN IN THE BACK ROOM BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE, I SAID,

"I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE FOR THE LONGEST TIME THERE WAS A

NEW AMPLIFIED AND AN OLD ONE."

I'M OLD SCHOOL.

I ONLY EVER KNEW THE OLD AMPLIFIED.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, DID THEY PASTOR DOUG?

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL IT THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC BACK THEN.

IT WAS JUST THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE.

AND THEN ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING AND I HAD MEMORIZED A LOT OF

SCRIPTURES IN THE AMPLIFIED.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY I LOOKED AT THE REAL

AMPLIFIED AND IT WAS DIFFERENT.

I'M LIKE, "THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

"THEY CHANGED IT."

SO THEN I HAD TO GO, ANYWAY.

HOW MANY OLD SCHOOL AMPLIFIED PEOPLE WE GOT IN THE ROOM?

COME ON, SOMEBODY.

WATCH WHAT IT SAYS, TITUS 3:9 FROM THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC.

Titus 3:9

BUT AVOID, CHECK THIS OUT, AVOID STUPID AND

FOOLISH CONTROVERSIES.

AND GENEALOGIES, AND TO SAY, "COME ON, THIS IS

SOCIAL MEDIA ALL DAY."

AND YOU THINK, IT SAYS HERE, "DISSENSIONS AND WRANGLING

"ABOUT THE LAW, FOR THEY ARE UNPROFITABLE AND FUTILE."

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE POINTLESS.

YOU THINK ABOUT THESE, I MEAN, THESE ARGUMENTS THAT

PEOPLE COME UP WITH.

I MEAN, PEOPLE DO SAY SOME FUNNY THINGS SOMETIMES

IN THE COMMENTS, BUT PEOPLE WILL ARGUE AND ARGUE AND ARGUE.

AND YOU KNOW, COME ON, YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU GET

IN A SOCIAL MEDIA SQUABBLE WITH SOMEBODY,

SOMEBODY ELSE GONNA JOIN IN, THE ALGORITHMS

ARE GONNA KICK IN, NEXT IN COMES THE TROLLS, RIGHT?

OKAY, AND I'VE SEEN IT WHERE THE COMMENTS GET SO LONG,

PEOPLE NOW AREN'T EVEN ARGUING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL POST.

THEY'RE NOW ARGUING WITH THE POINT MADE IN THE COMMENTS,

48 COMMENTS LATER THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO

WITH WHAT THE PERSON PUT OUT THERE.

THEY'RE POINTLESS.

MOST PEOPLE THAT GO ON THERE, WENT ON THERE AS A

KEYBOARD WARRIOR, CONVINCED OF THEIR

POINT ON THIS TOPIC.

YOU AIN'T CONVINCING NOBODY

BY GETTING ON THERE AND ARGUING IT OUT.

IT SAID, "THEY ARE UNPROFITABLE AND FUTILE."

I MEAN, THE BIBLE IS CURRENT AND RELEVANT ENOUGH

THAT IT KNOWS ABOUT FACEBOOK.

IT KNOWS ABOUT TIKTOK.

I'M LIKE, I NEVER EVEN GOT A TIKTOK.

I'M LIKE, IT'S JUST THE NAME.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A DEATH TOLL.

TIKTOK, TIKTOK, TIKTOK.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

TIKTOK, TIKTOK.

I'M LIKE, MM, THAT'S NOT FOR ME.

2 PETER 2:1-3, THIS IS THE NEW LIVING,

2 Peter 2:1–3

SAID, "BUT THERE," NOW, THIS IS THE WORD, IT SAYS,

"BUT THERE WERE ALSO FALSE PROPHETS IN THE DAYS OF ISRAEL."

COME ON, THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE ONLINE.

THERE'S A LOT OF FALSE IDEOLOGIES OUT THERE.

AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

COME ON, EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE IN PULPITS, RIGHT?

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE, OKAY?

UNIVERSITIES ARE A PRIMARY SPOT FOR FALSE, OKAY?

NOW WE ALWAYS THINK THIS IS JUST THE CHURCH FALSE.

NO, IT'S AMONG YOU, OKAY?

ISRAEL WAS A NATION.

THERE WERE FALSE PROPHETS IN ISRAEL

JUST AS THERE WILL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GET UPSET

AND CALL EVERYBODY A FALSE PROPHET.

I'M LIKE, REALLY, THE NEW TESTAMENT HAS MORE TO SAY

ABOUT FALSE TEACHING THAN IT DOES FALSE PROPHETS.

THEY WILL CLEVERLY TEACH DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES.

YOU KNOW, LIKE TWO MEN CAN GET MARRIED?

OKAY, AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S MIXED

WITH A LITTLE LOVE AND PHILANTHROPY,

EVERYBODY THINKS, OH NO, SEE, GOD LOVES THOSE PEOPLE.

HE'D NEVER SEND THEM TO HELL.

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE HAPPY.

THEY MIX IT IN, ADD A LITTLE SCRIPTURE, SALT AND

PEPPER IT WITH THE WORD.

AND EVEN THEY'LL DENY THE MASTER WHO BOUGHT THEM.

IN THIS WAY THEY WILL BRING SUDDEN DESTRUCTION

ON THEMSELVES.

VERSE 2, "MANY WILL FOLLOW THEIR EVIL TEACHINGS AND

SHAMEFUL IMMORALITIES.

AND BECAUSE OF THESE TEACHERS, THE WAY OF

TRUTH WILL BE SLANDERED."

THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL'S AFTER.

AND IN THEIR GREED, THEY'LL MAKE UP CLEVER LIES.

NOW, UNDERLINE THAT PART, CLEVER LIES.

I SAW FLASHPOINT PUT OUT, THIS WAS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO,

WHEN THEY PUT OUT A VIDEO THAT SOME MUSLIMS PUT TOGETHER

ABOUT, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT?

HOW THE PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE OF FAITH.

THEY'RE LIKE, AND THEY PUT MUSIC TO IT,

AND IT SOUNDED ALL LIKE, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONAL,

LIKE WE WOULD PUT A FLASHPOINT VIDEO TOGETHER,

OR A PASTOR PROPHESYING VIDEO, AND THERE'S MUSIC GOING, AND

I'M LIKE, MM, IT'S A, YOU KNOW.

AND THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY

THAT IT WOULD PULL ON PEOPLE'S HEARTSTRINGS.

THEY GOT CLEVER, IS THE POINT.

CLEVER LIES TO GET A HOLD OF YOUR MONEY, OKAY?

BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SUDDENLY GO SOFT AND GO,

WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IN A MILLION YEARS

WHY A CHRISTIAN, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS,

COULD GO AND SIGN UP AND BE A DEMOCRAT

WHEN THEIR ABSOLUTE MANIFESTO SAYS,

WE BELIEVE IN ABORTION, THE MURDER OF THE

UNBORN, THE MURDER.

OKAY, WELL, I'M NOT A ONE TOPIC CANDIDATE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY.

I'M LIKE, YOU TALK BRIGHT LINES, THAT'S A BRIGHT LINE TOPIC.

THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

OKAY, THAT'S THE BRIGHT LINE TOPIC OF THE BRIGHT LINE TOPIC.

WE CAN SIT THERE AND FIGURE OUT THE OTHER STUFF

AND THE HELP AND THE SOUP LINE AND THE CULTURE,

WE CAN FIGURE OUT, BUT THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

AND PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP AND GET BEHIND IT

AND GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY.

WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

CLEVER LIES, OKAY, CLEVER, CREATIVE THINGS.

BUT GOD CONDEMNED THEM LONG AGO AND THEIR DESTRUCTION

WILL NOT BE DELAYED.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER VERSE, OKAY.

2 TIMOTHY 2, NOW WE READ THIS ON SUNDAY,

IT SAYS, "STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD,"

VERSE 15, "A WORKMAN THAT NEEDS NOT BE ASHAMED,

"RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH."

NOW, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT PART,

BUT RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.

WHEN YOU SPEND TIME IN THE WORD, LET'S QUOTE THE REST

OF HEBREWS 4:12.

Hebrews 4:12

IT SAYS, "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING,

"ACTIVE AND FULL OF POWER."

OKAY, "IT HAS THE ABILITY TO PIERCE AND SEPARATE

"THAT WHICH IS FLESH FROM YOUR SOUL REALM,

"OR IT HAS THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHICH IS SPIRITUAL."

I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE MORE TIME I SPEND

IN THE WORD OF GOD, AND LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY, CHURCH,

THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND IN THE WORD,

AND YOU READ THAT WORD AND YOU KNOW DOCTRINE,

I KEEP IN MIND, WELL, I DIDN'T BRING IT OUT HERE,

IT'S IN THE BACK ROOM, BUT THE COVER TO MY BIBLE

HAS A COPY OF THE UNCHANGEABLE TENETS OF FAITH,

THAT THERE ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES IN THE BIBLE,

AND WE HAVE TO KNOW THE WORD AND KNOW THE SCRIPTURE.

OKAY, THERE ARE PEOPLE NOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THIS,

IN THE CHURCH, IN THE CHURCH, WHO ARE GETTING SOFT ON JESUS

AS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN.

OKAY, OKAY, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WENT AND BUILT

RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, A TRI-FAITH COMMUNITY?

WELL, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE MUSLIM AND YOU'RE CHRISTIANS

AND YOU KNOW, THE HINDUS, YOU KNOW,

WE ALL JUST SEE GOD A DIFFERENT WAY,

BUT WE CAN ALL JUST BE ONE.

JESUS DIDN'T SAY THAT.

THERE'S ONE WAY TO HEAVEN.

JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE DOOR."

MUHAMMAD AIN'T THE DOOR.

HARICRISA NOT THE DOOR.

BUDDHA NOT THE DOOR.

I AM THE DOOR.

WELL, THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE BIGOTRY.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.

JESUS SAID HE IS THE DOOR AND THAT'S IT.

AND WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPROMISE.

SO THE WORD, BUT WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE WORD WELL,

AND YOU SPEND TIME IN IT, IT SAYS IT'LL DIVIDE US

UNDER THE SOUL AND SPIRIT.

YOU JUST KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING NONSENSE.

OKAY? AND THAT'S THE THING, OKAY?

FALSE, FALSE IDEOLOGIES ALWAYS COME SPRINKLED

WITH A LITTLE TRUTH.

OKAY, THE DEVIL DOESN'T SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE

WITH A PITCHFORK AND POINTY SHOES AND HORNS

AND GO, "HELLO, I'M THE DEVIL.

I THOUGHT I'D VISIT YOU TODAY."

HE COMES CLOTHED IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE HE COMES AS AN ANGEL

OF LIGHT, THE BIBLE SAYS.

HE COMES WITH CREATIVE, CLEVER ARGUMENTS, THINGS THAT

HAVE A LOT OF TRUTH IN IT.

ONE OF THE BIG ONES HAS BEEN, "WELL, HOW CAN CHRISTIANS

REJECT HOMOSEXUALITY?

ISN'T IT SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOSPEL OF LOVE?"

WELL, THERE'S NOT A CHRISTIAN IN THE WORLD

THAT WANTS TO BE SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT LOVING,

THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

SO HE SPRINKLES THAT IN TO BOX YOU IN A CORNER.

OKAY, CLEVER LIES.

BUT YOU KIND OF KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SPEND TIME IN THE WORD,

YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEBODY'S TALKING NONSENSE.

AMEN? THAT'S WHY I DON'T

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU SUNDAY,

MARRIAGE COUNSELING.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE TO SIT IN THERE.

I ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD COME TO PASTOR AND I

FOR MARRIAGE COUNSELING, I DON'T EVER GET IT.

I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'D SAY, "WELL, LET'S PRAY AND

GET IN THE BIBLE."

OH NO, THAT'S NOT WHY WE CAME.

WE WANT TO SHARE OUR PROBLEMS.

LIKE, AND MOST OF THE TIME WE'D SIT THERE AND WE'D GO,

OKAY, WELL SPEAK YOUR MIND, SPEAK YOUR MIND.

AND ALL IT WAS IS THEM POINTING THE FINGER AT EACH OTHER.

LIKE, NOW WHERE'S THAT GONNA GO?

WHERE DOES THAT GET YOU ULTIMATELY?

OKAY, AND SO THEN THEY'D GET MAD.

WE'D SAY, OKAY, WELL YOU'RE GONNA GRAB HANDS AND PRAY.

WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE CAME FOR.

BUT I'M LIKE, WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

JUST CRUCIFY YOUR SPOUSE AND TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER?

IS THAT WHY YOU CAME HERE?

TO JUSTIFY YOUR POINT?

OR DO YOU WANT TO GET GOD INVOLVED?

DO YOU WANT TO GET THE PRINCIPLES OF

SCRIPTURE INVOLVED?

LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH.

WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS AS IN THE LORD.

GOD CAN SUM UP MARRIAGE COUNSELING

IN ONE HALF A CHAPTER.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING NONSENSE.

WE'D BE LIKE, AND MY WIFE ALWAYS,

AND SHE ALWAYS, AND THE HOUSE IS A MESS.

(HUMMING)

AND LIKE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS TO DO?

OKAY, YOU CAN BLAP ALL THAT OUT FOR HOURS ON END.

AT WHAT POINT IS YOUR NEXT STEP?

PIERCING, ASUNDER THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT,

THE JOINTS OF THE MIND, WATCH THIS,

AND IT'S A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS

AND THE INTENTS OF THE HEART.

THE WORD HAS A WAY OF SEPARATING THE NOISE.

2 TIMOTHY 2:15, LET'S GO BACK TO THIS ONE.

2 Timothy 2:15

STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED TO GOD AT WORK

WHEN THE NEEDS NOT BE ASHAMED.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, RIGHTLY DIVIDING

THE WORD OF TRUTH.

BUT WATCH THIS, BUT SHUN OR GET RID OF

PROFANE AND VAIN BABBLINGS.

THIS IS WHY I SAY PUT A CLIP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU POST,

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING SOMETIMES VERY DEMONIC ABOUT THAT SCROLL.

AND YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GOTTEN GOOD.

THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT UP EVERY REEL.

I'M LIKE, THEY SHOW, AND THEN THEY SHOW A LITTLE PIECE OF IT.

IT'S LIKE SOME GUY LOOKS LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO JUMP OFF A CLIFF.

AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, CLICK IT, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.

IT'S LIKE A FLY TO LIGHT.

I SHOULD SEE, DOES THAT GUY LIKE JUMP OFF?

YOU KNOW?

AND THEY TEMPT YOU.

SO THEY'VE GOTTEN GOOD AT IT.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD SHUN PROFANE AND POINTLESS

BABBLING ON.

SOME OF IT IS SO POINTLESS AND WE DON'T

REALIZE ALL OF THIS NOISE IS RIPPING OUT THE FRUIT

OF FAITH FROM US.

AND IT'S MAKING US CONFUSED.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE

ANSWER TO ANYTHING ANYMORE, BECAUSE THEY JUST TAKE

IN AND TAKE IN NONSENSE ALL DAY, ALL DAY.

AND WATCH WHAT IT SAYS.

FOR THOSE BABBLINGS, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

MAN, THE BIBLE JUST, GOD JUST IS LIKE 50 CALIBER.

FOR THOSE THINGS WILL ONLY INCREASE TO MORE

UNGODLINESS, BUT FOOLISH AND UNLEARNED QUESTIONS AVOID

KNOWING ALL THEY DO IS STIR UP STRIFE.

SO AVOID THE IDEAL.

HOW DO WE DO IT?

WELL, IT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT OFF SOME STUFF

AROUND YOU.

OKAY, IF ALL YOU EVER DO IS WATCH THE

WORLD'S MOVIES AND THEIR STUPID TELEVISION SHOWS,

YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I WAS AT THE NAIL SALON YESTERDAY.

I USUALLY WOULD NEVER GO ON A

TUESDAY, BUT I'M LIKE, I HAD TO PREACH AND I HAD NAILS

MISSING. I'M LIKE, I'M GOING TO GET MY NAILS DONE.

AND USUALLY THEY'LL HAVE SOME LIKE REMODEL

SHOW IN THERE.

WELL, THIS ONE THEY TURN ON DEADLIEST CATCH.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I MENTIONED THAT SUNDAY.

AND HERE'S THESE GUYS ROCKING AROUND ON THE BOAT

AND THEY SHOWED ONE STORY OF A GUY THAT FELL OFF AND DIED.

AND THEN I BEGAN LOOKING, YOU

KNOW, THEY ALL LOOK ROUGH, JUST DRAGGING ON CIGARETTES THE

WHOLE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, CRABS FLYING AROUND AND THE, YOU

KNOW, BLOODY FISH THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE NETS

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, OH, LIFE'S SO HARD.

THESE GUYS ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WRINKLED OVER AND JUST,

LIKE, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.

AND I'M SITTING THERE, I'M LIKE, I CAN'T LOOK AT THIS.

I'M LIKE, ALL IT IS IS MAGNIFYING A

WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF HARD LIFE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T AN INTEREST,

DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE NOT IN SIN IF YOU GO WATCH THE SHOW.

I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS

FOR SO LONG AND DON'T REALIZE IT'S FORMULATING HOW WE THINK.

OKAY, IT MIGHT JUST, AND WE CALL IT ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, MOVIE WATCHING, YOU KNOW,

WATCHING SO MANY MURDERS AND SO MUCH BLOODS AND GUTS AND, YOU

KNOW, AND IT'S ALL, WELL, IT'S JUST A STORY.

IT'S JUST AN ENACTMENT.

WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT

NEGATIVITY AND IDEOLOGY IN AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU'RE CONFUSED

ABOUT THE STEPS OF LIFE OR CONFUSED ABOUT THE TRUTH.

AMEN. AND THE DEVIL LOVES TO USE

HOLLYWOOD FOR THOSE THINGS.

ALL RIGHT, SO AVOID THE IDEOLOGIES OF THIS WORLD.

FOLKS, BE MORE CAREFUL THAN EVER WHAT YOU ALLOW YOUR

HEART TO THINK ON.

ALL RIGHT, STAND ON YOUR FEET.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE LAST ONE.

I'M GONNA DO IT QUICK.

KEEP A THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL ATTITUDE.

NOW THIS WAS BRIGHT-LINED THROUGH THE BIBLE

FROM START TO FINISH.

THE BIBLE SAID WHAT WILL MARK THE LAST DAYS IS PEOPLE WILL BE

UNTHANKFUL, 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3.

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

WATCH THIS, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16 THROUGH 18 IN THE NEW

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

LIVING SAYS, "ALWAYS BE JOYFUL."

HA, LORD.

THERE'S A WAR IN IRAN.

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE BE JOYFUL?

LORD, MY BANK ACCOUNT IS STRUGGLING.

HOW CAN WE BE JOYFUL?

LORD, I'VE GOT UNSAVED LOVED ONES.

HOW CAN WE BE JOYFUL?

I'VE GOT PRODIGAL CHILDREN.

I'VE GOT THIS.

I'VE GOT THAT.

ALWAYS BE JOYFUL.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT ON THE ACTIONS OF JOY BEFORE

YOU HAVE THE FEELINGS.

IN FACT, MOST OF THE TIME IN OUR LIFE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S TIMES THAT I'VE HAD IN MY PRAYER TIME

WHEN I'VE BEEN FACED WITH SOMETHING CHALLENGING

AND THOUGHTS HIT YOU AND GO ON.

I JUST HAVE SAT THERE AND THOUGHT,

WELL, I'M JUST GONNA LAUGH OUT LOUD.

HA HA HA HA HA.

NOW, IT SOUNDS STUPID IN THE MOMENT,

BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU MAKE THE STEP OF JOY,

IT WILL START TO COME ON YOU.

NOT ALWAYS DO IT LIKE THAT.

SOMETIMES I GO, FATHER, I JUST PRAISE YOU.

I BEGIN TO SING TO THE LORD.

I MAKE UP A SONG.

I PUT ON A PRAISE.

I DO SOMETHING.

NOT GONNA JUST SIT THERE AND LET MYSELF BECOME UNGRATEFUL.

ALWAYS BE JOYFUL.

NEVER STOP PRAYING.

THERE YOU GO.

BE THANKFUL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

NOW, CHECK THIS PART OUT.

FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS.

LET ME READ YOU A CLOSING SCRIPTURE.

SO ALWAYS TAKE UP THANKFULNESS.

BE THANKFUL, FOCUS ON WHAT YOU GOT, NOT WHAT YOU DON'T, RIGHT?

WE KNOW THAT.

THAT'S A BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE.

IT'S WHY HALF OF ISRAEL COULDN'T ENTER THE PROMISED LAND.

'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T THANK GOD AND BE GRATEFUL

FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR 'EM.

LET ME READ THIS PASSAGE AS WE CLOSE TONIGHT.

2 PETER 1:4-10.

2 Peter 1:4–10

I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM THE NEW LIVING.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING I PREACHED

IN THIS WHOLE TOPIC.

VERSE 4 SAYS, "AND BECAUSE OF HIS GLORY AND EXCELLENCE, HE

HAS GIVEN US GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES."

THESE ARE THE PROMISES THAT ENABLE YOU TO SHARE IN HIS

DIVINE NATURE AND ESCAPE THE WORLD'S CORRUPTION

CAUSED BY HUMAN DESIRES.

IN VIEW OF ALL THIS, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO

RESPOND TO GOD'S PROMISES.

COME ON, THAT'S HIS WORD.

SUPPLEMENT YOUR FAITH OR YOUR POSTURE OF FAITH

WITH GENEROUS PROVISION OF MORAL EXCELLENCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T GET SPOTTED UP BY THE WORLD.

AND MORAL EXCELLENCE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE.

AND KNOWLEDGE WITH SELF-CONTROL.

COME ON, WE TALKED ABOUT UNBELIEF TONIGHT, RIGHT?

AND SELF-CONTROL WITH A PATIENT ENDURANCE.

THAT MEANS I'M NOT QUITTING.

I'MA ALWAYS TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH.

AMEN. AND PATIENT ENDURANCE

WITH GODLINESS.

AND GODLINESS WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT UNITY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST TONIGHT.

AND BROTHERLY AFFECTION WITH LOVE FOR EVERYONE.

THE MORE YOU GROW LIKE THIS, THE MORE PRODUCTIVE

AND USEFUL YOU WILL BE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THAT TONIGHT?

BUT THOSE WHO FAIL TO DEVELOP IN THIS WAY

ARE SHORT-SIGHTED AND THEY ARE BLIND,

FORGETTING THAT THEY WERE CLEANSED FROM THEIR OLD SINS.

COME ON, THAT MEANS YOU FORGET WHAT JESUS BROUGHT YOU FROM.

YOU COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAY TO HELL RIGHT NOW,

EXCEPT FOR JESUS.

SO DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WORK HARD TO PROVE THAT

YOU'RE REALLY AMONG THOSE THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN.

DO THESE THINGS AND YOU WILL NEVER FALL AWAY.

AMEN. DID YOU GET SOMETHING

OUT OF THIS TONIGHT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

FATHER, I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON

UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.

I PRAY THAT, FATHER, THEY WILL FIND

THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE.

THEY WILL GROW IN THEM.

THEY WILL ADD TO IT, FATHER.

AND THEY WILL, FATHER, BE AS THAT VERSE THAT WE JUST READ.

THEY WILL NEVER FAIL, NEVER FALL AWAY.

WE HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT.

IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN.

LOVE ON SOMEBODY.

THANK YOU, INTERNET, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

AMEN. WE WILL SEE YOU PASTORS BACK

IN THE PULPIT ON SUNDAY.

GOD BLESS YOU.

BYE-BYE.

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