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Revelation.
Going or walking by Revelation.
Then 14 years after, I went up again
to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus with
me also.
And I went up by Revelation.
I want to stop right there.
I went up to Jerusalem by Revelation.
Going or walking by Revelation.
Heavenly Father, I pray for an anointing this
morning.
Thank you for this Christmas day.
Thank you, Jesus, for coming, taking on the
form of man, and dying for us.
Transforming us, translating us out of the kingdom
of darkness into the kingdom of light.
Spirit of the living God, come upon this
congregation as we hear the word.
Give us ears to hear what the Spirit
has to say.
Give us hearing ears.
Lord, anoint me.
Sanctify me.
I humble myself before you and ask you
to sanctify me.
Purge me from all iniquity.
And Lord, give me a purity and a
holiness.
And let the word come forth from your
very womb.
God, from your heart, I pray, Lord, that
you speak through me.
Anoint me.
Lord, help us to understand what the Spirit
is saying this morning.
Get the word into our hearts.
Lord, that this service will mark us and
change us in a wonderful way, we pray
in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Paul is saying, 14 years after, this is
after his conversion, 14 years later, I went
up again, this is his second trip to
Jerusalem, I went up again to Jerusalem, and
I went, I went by Revelation.
And if you had bumped into Paul, you
were coming this way, and Paul's going towards
Jerusalem, and you say, Paul, the great apostle,
and you say to him, why are you
going up to Jerusalem, you have your ministry,
there's no one there that can add anything
to you, you know God's anointing is on
you, you've been called to the Gentiles and
they to the Jews, why are you going
up to Jerusalem?
And he'd say, the answer's very simple, I'm
going up because God told me to.
I'm going up by Revelation, God spoke to
my heart, I was praying and God said,
go to Jerusalem, I don't know why, but
I'm going up by Revelation.
And he would have also told you, if
you read the scripture and you read his
epistles, you'll know what he would have said,
I not only live my life by Revelation,
but every word I preach is preached by
Revelation of the Holy Spirit.
I don't preach to please man.
I don't care what man says.
I get along with God, I spent two
years in Arabia, and God saw fit to
reveal Jesus in me, not to me, but
in me.
I have a revelation in me, and I
speak my revelation, I don't speak anything of
man, and Paul would have told you, do
I seek to please men?
For if I please men, I would not
be the servant of Christ.
But I certify you, or I assure you,
brethren, that the gospel which was preached by
me is not after man.
For I neither received it of man, neither
was I taught it, but by the revelation
of Jesus Christ, for it pleased God to
reveal his Son in me.
Paul boasted, he could have boasted, rather, of
his great learning, he could have told you
about all his book knowledge, he was a
Pharisee among Pharisees, he knew the law, every
detail of the law, he was a man
who was very zealous for the things of
God, but Paul the Apostle said, I had
to put that all aside, I considered all
as dung, rubbish.
I had to unlearn all of that, it
had nothing to do with my ministry.
And what I preach to you, he said,
does not come out of some book.
I didn't borrow it from another man, and
I don't preach it to please men, I
hear from God, and I preach by revelation.
I picked up a book about two weeks
ago by Paschal, Paschal's Pensies, and T.S.
Eliot, one of my favorite writers, said that
this is one book that every minister ought
to read.
And he said, in fact, T.S. Eliot
said, I know of no other religious writer
more pertinent to our time, or more to
be commended than Paschal.
This was a great French scientist, a genius,
but he also had a heart for God
and he loved the Lord, but he was
also a human philosopher.
And I picked up the book and very
excited, I thought, boy, I really, I went
into my study, big smile on my face,
and I thought, I'm going to spend the
next five hours just devouring this, because T
.S. Eliot said that this every preacher should
read, and this has got to be great,
here's the great French genius, a great theologian
as well, and I got into that book
the first hour, I read a few powerful,
profound words, very profound, and the more I
read, about the second hour, my heart began
to sink, and it got lower and lower
after about three hours, I threw it down,
totally depressed, because they were words, words borrowed
from other theologians, words borrowed, many of them
original, but you could tell he borrowed from
Montague and some other French philosophers, and it
left me empty, absolutely empty, because they were
the words of man, they were not a
revelation, there was no revelation in it from
the heart of God, the man was not
speaking something, he would sit and think these
things through, and it came out of his
mind, profound thoughts, and you go to churches
today and you can hear profound preaching, I
mean very profound and it sounds good, it
sounds interesting, but it leaves you empty and
dry, because it didn't come from the heart
of God, it was not a revelation, there
were so many revelations given to this man,
in fact, there was a danger of pride
setting in, and Paul said, unless I should
be exalted above measure, through the abundance of
the revelations given to me, there was also
given to me a thorn in the flesh,
the messenger of Satan to buffet me, unless
I should be exalted above measure, and it
is a dangerous thing when you walk by
revelation and you hear the heart of God,
it's a very dangerous thing that pride can
set in, and God saw this even in
the great apostle Paul, now here's Paul, an
ordinary flesh and blood man, and he's talking
about walking by revelation and preaching by revelation,
and we think to ourselves, well, now that's
fine, but that's the apostle Paul, that kind
of walk where you don't act, you don't
move until you hear from God, and you
move in an assurance, and you move by
revelation, now revelation, the word revelation in Greek
means taking the lid off, that's all it
is, taking the lid off, that which is
hidden, God takes the lid off for certain
people who are shot in with him, and
he just takes out all the questions, and
it's a disclosure of the will and the
heart of God, it's the disclosure of the
mind of God, the will of God, he
discloses, he takes the lid off, and he
exposes it, he makes it clear, and you
say, well, now that's only for apostles and
prophets, but how can an ordinary Christian like
me live that kind of walk, in fact,
Amos 3.7 says, surely the Lord will
do nothing, unless he reveals his secret unto
his servants, the prophets, you say, aha, see,
there it is, he reveals his secrets only
to prophets, now folks, God does work through
certain servants of his, both men and women
who have been shot in with God, he
has his true prophets who speak prophetically, there
is a revealed prophetic word of God, God
never sends judgment on any society, he's never
judged at any time in history, until he
has sent prophets, and watchmen, and he has
warned, and warned, never has God sent judgment,
and folks, I want you to listen to
me, please, God still has his prophets in
these days, true prophets, and I'll tell you
how you can recognize a true prophet, it's
one that you can't recognize, because he or
she doesn't go around saying, I'm a prophet,
or I'm a prophetess, we've got a million
people running around in charismatic circles, I have
had more prophets curse me, because I won't
believe they're prophets, because they babble nonsense, they've
just got something in their head, they've got
some kind of impression, and they believe every
impression that comes along, I don't believe every
impression that comes into my mind, I believe
what I hear after I've been shot in
with God, I've cleansed my heart before him,
and I'm sanctified, and I'm waiting before him,
and there's a message he wants to reveal,
I hear that, but I don't believe every
impression I get in my mind, some people
got an impression they're prophets and prophetesses, I
had one woman from a certain state come
here, there were a delegation of about five,
one called himself an apostle, the other was
a deaconess, and the other was a prophetess,
and they had all names, they divided the
five offices among them, and one gave an
utterance that I didn't feel was of the
Lord, so we didn't let it go on,
and after the service, called me back here,
and says, how dare you stop me, I'm
a prophetess, how dare, and I mean I
saw five angry people ready to chew me
up, I thought if that was God, where
is the meekness, where is the love, I'm
his servant too, and the apostle sent me
the next day a two-page warning, that
God's going to get me, and that's the
way these new prophets are, they are full
of wrath, and they are full of judgment,
they have no mercy, they have no grace,
but God has his true prophetic voice, he
has those who don't care to be known,
they care nothing for fame, they're not trying
to be recognized, these are praying people, we
have them in this congregation, there's some of
you right here now, balcony in the main
floor right here, you are not a prophet,
you're not a prophetess, but God speaks to
you, you hear the warnings of the Holy
Spirit, you know that something's awesome coming to
this nation, God speaks to you in prayer
about judgment, he's told you things you may
dare not tell anybody, they may think you're
crazy, but God's been speaking to your heart,
and folks there's a darkness creeping over America,
a deep dark darkness, a horrible darkness, there's
not an American that doesn't sense in themselves,
that something cataclysmic is coming, they know it's
coming in the economy, they know judgment is
at the door, everywhere you go, I was
listening to the news yesterday, they were at
the Chicago airport interviewing people, because so many
airlines had shut down, because of problems with
the planes, they were interviewing these people, aren't
you afraid to get on that plane, and
one after another, people were saying, are you
going to die, it's the quickest way to
go, no thought of God, not a word,
and just absolutely bereft of God, and I
got to thinking, the darkness that is coming
on this land, where people don't fear death,
they don't fear judgment, they don't fear God,
there's no fear of God in the land,
we have pushed God out of everything, here
in Connecticut, did you hear what happened, a
little town in Connecticut for 115 years, has
had a little manger scene, and this year
had to stop it, because they were being
sued, for the first time in 150 years,
they couldn't put up the little manger scene,
and all over America, from coast to coast,
the atheistic forces, are trying to even drive
away manger scenes, any sign of Jesus, any
semblance of religion, drive it out of the
schools, out of our government, out of society,
and even off the courtyard scenes, little mangers,
incredible, MTV television, is nothing but a devil's
revival meeting, it's a satanic revival meeting, I'm
talking about that which is bringing darkness, this
dense darkness is settling over the land, horrible
darkness, you can feel it, last night after
the service, and after a time over fellowship,
over at Broadway Chapel, I went home, and
all my life, I've not felt such an
eerie sense, so many people, Christmas Eve, just
roaming the streets, drunkards, prostitutes, drug addicts, and
there was an eerie, horrible sense, hanging in
the air, and I could feel, just breathing,
through my spirit, God speaking, the judgment was
near, but the sense of darkness, absolute darkness,
here's MTV, all of our kids, a whole
generation of kids, who are listening to the
devil's revival meeting, and this is not subtle
devil worship, it's blatant in your face devil
worship, it's outright blasphemy against everything that's holy,
everything that's pure, it's a blasphemy that includes
cursing, they sing about killing cops, they sing
about sexual promiscuity, they sing about raping, anything
goes, they use four letter words in their
songs, and here's a whole generation, idolizing MTV,
and folks, we drive God out, we bring
MTV in, and the darkness just gathers stronger,
and it's a darkness now that you can
feel, it's a darkness that can be felt,
and my point is this, in a time
of darkness, we have got to have a
prophetic voice, we have got to have the
revelation, the secret of God, so that the
people of God are not taken unawares, folks,
we have horrible prophecies coming out, I believe
in the spirit of prophecy, I believe in
the spirit of revelation, I believe it's a
spirit, and I'll show you from the scripture,
how Paul prayed that God would give us
the spirit of wisdom and revelation, the knowledge
of him, but the problem is today, the
devil is trying to destroy the true prophetic
voice, by bringing in all kinds of false
voices, so that when the true word comes,
you won't believe it, so that's just another
crazy, off the wall prophecy, folks, do you
remember, the books that have come out in
the past five years, they said Jesus was
going to come in 1988, I mean, I
had people all over the United States write
to me, saying, why aren't you standing with
this man, he's saying, Jesus is coming in
1988, and then, we had another man say
that, he was coming, what, last September 1994,
I mean, that swept the whole world, he
was coming in 1994, I have a book
in my library, that Khrushchev was the antichrist,
I don't even know where Khrushchev is now,
I have another book, on Gorbachev, and he
had a little mark up here, a preacher
wrote a whole book called, The Mark of
the Beast, and Gorbachev was the Mark of
the Beast, here's the newest one, his name
is Gong, Vladimir Zeronovsky, and this prophecy, is
that this man is the antichrist, and that
he's going to come to power, and he's
going to come down, and take over Israel,
now this man is antisemitic, but what's this
preacher going to do, if this man is
not voted in, or if he dies or
is killed, there's a whole book on it,
and people believe it, and they all send
these books to me, I get them from
everybody, why me, I don't know, I get
them all, this is very convincing, I read
it, but
you see, God's not going to let us
get caught by surprise, but you brethren are
not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief, you are the children
of light, and the children of the day,
we are not of the night, we are
not of darkness, I want to tell you
something, I thank God, for the revelation preaching
that's coming from this pulpit, I hear it
from those who stand with me, I know
God moves on my heart, I know I've
stood here, obeyed him prophetically, and I believe
in the months to come, there'll be a
prophetic word that comes, and you can thank
God, I pity those who go to church,
my boast is in Jesus and his faithfulness,
not in man, it has nothing to do
with us, it has to be open to
the Holy Spirit, not be afraid of the
prophetic word of the Lord, but I dread
to think of those who sit in dead
churches, who despise prophecies, and don't want to
hear the prophetic word of God, they don't
want to hear anything about doom, or gloom,
or the coming judgment, they just want to
sit and hear about the mercy and the
love of Jesus, they don't want anything about
the wrath of God, or the judgment of
God, or God dealing with sin, folks, I
would rather sit under a pastor who loved
me, and reproved me, and drove me to
the cross of Jesus, and then got up
and told me the secrets of God, because
he was shut in the secret closet, and
came out with the word of the Lord,
and warned you the judgment was at the
door, God said you're not the children of
the night, you're the children of the light,
and he's the light, and he will not,
when the Holy Ghost comes, he will not
hide the secrets of the Lord, he'll not
hide what's coming, you'll be warned, and you've
been warned from this pulpit many, many times,
you've been warned of this city being in
flames, a thousand fires burning all over this
city, now it doesn't mean the destruction of
New York, but it means it's going to
bring a time where everybody's going to know
the hand of God, everybody's going to know
that God is displeased, everybody's going to have
an opportunity to repent, and turn to the
Lord, you see Daniel walked in Revelation, his
very life was walked in Revelation, this praying
man said, in fact I want you to
turn to Daniel, second chapter, Daniel, now if
you've got to Ezekiel, you're too far left,
turn right, it's right after Ezekiel, for our
new converts, and it's just before Hosea, alright
Daniel the second chapter, start at verse
20, Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the
name of God forever and ever, for wisdom
and might are his, and he changeth the
times and the seasons, he removeth kings and
setteth up kings, he giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding,
verse 22, he revealeth the deep and secret
things, he knoweth what is in the darkness,
and the light dwelleth with him, you see
the setting of this story, King Nebuchadnezzar had
a dream, he knows it was an awesome
dream, but he couldn't remember the details, he's
asking all his wise men to tell him
what the dream was, they said well tell
us the dream, we'll interpret it, he said
I don't remember the dream, you tell me
what I dreamed, well no man can do
that, King Nebuchadnezzar represents this modern society, King
Nebuchadnezzar said where can I find a man
who can interpret what's coming, how can I
hear a voice that's clear, I need a
revelation, and that's what we hear in our
society now, where are we going to hear
a true voice of what's about to happen,
you hear that everywhere, what's God going to
do, what's in the future, who can interpret
these times, and he places this burden on
Daniel, and it's an amazing thing, Daniel says
he knoweth what is in the darkness, and
folks our God knows what's in the darkness
that's sweeping this country, he knows everything that's
happening, nothing is hidden from him, he's not
going to be taken by surprise by anything,
Daniel asked for a little time, he said
Nebuchadnezzar please give me a little time, he
goes back to his three Hebrew brothers, brothers
in the Lord, and they begin to seek
the face of God, they pour their heart
out to God, oh God we are just
flesh, but you reveal the deep secret things,
you know what is in the darkness, and
the light dwells with you, God shed your
light, take the lid off of this secret,
and the Bible says, that then was the
secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision,
in fact Daniel had been told you'll die,
and your Hebrew friends will die, unless you
give me an interpretation of this dream that
I had, you say well now that's amazing,
that a man could go to God, and
God would reveal his secret, and reveal this
man's dream, but does God work like that
in New Testament times, does God reveal the
secret deep things of his heart in these
days, to his servants, absolutely positively yes, let
me read to you, don't turn, but let
me read to you, John 16.13, when
he the spirit of truth has come, he
will guide you into all truth, for he
shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he
shall hear, that shall he speak, and he
will show you things to come, he revealed
God's heart, he revealed the secrets of God,
you see when Holy Ghost comes in congregation,
he takes the lid off of everything, everything
that's hidden comes to light, hidden sin comes
to light, that's what the Holy Spirit does,
he exposes sin, but he also lets God's
people know, what the future holds, Paul declares
that there's a spirit of wisdom and revelation,
and he said that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may
give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
and the knowledge of him, now I spoke
of Paul going up to Jerusalem by revelation,
and most of us would like to walk
that way, we'd like to hear God say,
go here, go there, do this, don't do
that, and have that word behind you, every
moment of the waking hours, this is the
way, walk you in it, we want that,
we desire it, and there have been many
people who've learned to live that way, they've
become very sensitive to the Holy Spirit, I
have a book by a man who talks
about walking that kind of walk, and his
friends claim he walks that way, he even
asks the Lord directions in the morning when
he gets up, what to eat so he
won't disturb his body, and so he can
be at his best for the Lord, he
talks to God about everything, he just lives
that way, and he's learned to become very
very sensitive to the Holy Spirit, there may
be some of you here right now, you've
become sensitive to the Holy Spirit's voice, and
he leads you and directs you in very
clear ways, I know I stand here this
morning, preaching in this church, by being led
by revelation, I can tell you the time
of the day, when I stood down at
42nd Street, by revelation from God, come to
New York City, and start a church, I
came by revelation, it was revealed mind of
God to my heart, it came after hours
and days and weeks and even months of
prayer, seeking the face of God, and I
came here by revelation, we're in this theater
by revelation, there is a walk of faith,
there is a walk, now you can be
tested on that, because if you get to
thinking you're infallible, then God will just let
a whole lot of stuff blow up in
your face, and you'll see how dependent you
are upon the Holy Ghost, but you see,
that's not the ultimate revelation, you can have
such clear direction, go here, go there, do
this, do that, and still go up to
Jerusalem bound in your spirit, you can still
be miserable with guilt and fear, you can
have unbelief, you can be clearly led of
the Holy Spirit, but still not have the
ultimate revelation, you have the revelation of where
to go, how to go and direction, but
you're miserable, because something has been settled, you
have not received the ultimate revelation, and when
you get the ultimate revelation, this other happens
naturally, you don't even have to pray for
a revelation of where to go, whether I
go to Jerusalem at this time or not,
it'll come naturally, it'll be just the outgrowth
of this ultimate revelation, I want to talk
to you about this ultimate revelation, this greater
revelation, is not just who Jesus is, it's
not just being intimate with Jesus, there are
many of us that have prayed, Oh God,
show me the majesty of Jesus, show me
His power, show me His greatness, and some
of you have had that kind of revelation,
I know what it's like to have a
revelation of the beauty of Jesus, His holiness,
His righteousness come upon me, when I was
a younger man especially, and just fall down
on my face, and unable to move, just
enraptured by His glory and His grace, try
to get up and I can feel His
gentle hand push me right back down, and
I get up, and I wanted the touch
of His hand was so beautiful, I get
up purposely just to feel His hand again,
and down I go, I mean, it was
not a physical touch, it was a spiritual
touch, the spirit of the Lord, His touch
was so thrilling, and I'll tell you, when
I finally got up and it wasn't there
anymore, I felt very sad, because it was
such glory, and I've seen some of that,
but you can have the revelation of the
greatness of Jesus, the beauty of Christ, the
glory of Christ, His holiness, and still be
miserable, because that only shows you how high
and holy He is, and it shows you
how low and unholy you are, it just
shows you the distance, that He is so
much other than you and me, see folks,
the greater revelation, it's not direction, the greater
revelation is not where to go, when to
go, who to go to, and all these
details of our life, and it's not just
going to Him and saying, I want to
intimately know you and who you are, Jesus,
and I've prayed that many times, the ultimate
revelation is this, understanding and knowing that I
am His prized possession, it's understanding who I
am in Jesus, it's understanding what the power
of the cross has worked for me, that
I don't have to live my life in
fear, that at the cross of Jesus Christ,
He purchased me with His own blood, and
because He purchased me with His own blood,
He's not about to give up on me,
and He's going to take care of His
possession, because it cost Him His own blood,
I am blood bought, I am purchased by
His blood, not only am I purchased by
His blood, but He went to glory to
protect His investment, He intercedes for me before
my heavenly Father, and I'll tell you what,
I am convinced that He's going to keep
what He bought with His own blood, He's
going to keep it, and not only that,
He said, I'm going to heaven, I'm going
to glory, and while you're here, I'm going
to be up there busy on your behalf,
I'm making a place for you, I'm preparing
a place for you, that where I am,
I'm going to come again for you, now
if Jesus told me He's going to come
for me, He's sure going to keep me
until He gets here, do you have a
revelation about the riches of His glory in
you?
I want you to turn to Ephesians 1,
and see the greater revelation, Ephesians the first
chapter, let's start with verse
17, This is the end of side 1,
you may now turn the tape over to
side 2, Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give unto you the spirit
of wisdom, and revelation, what?
In the knowledge of Him, now here's the
revelation, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened,
or illuminated, in other words God taking the
lid off, that you may know, what is
the hope of His calling, and what the
riches of the glory of His inheritance, in
the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness
of His power to us who believe, according
to the work of His mighty power, which
He wrought in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead, and set Him at His
own right hand in the heavenly places, now
look at me please, before I close I
want to talk to you about position and
condition, and here's the revelation I want you
to receive, and folks if you receive it,
you can go through anything, you can stand
any onslaught of the devil, when you know
your position in Jesus Christ, my position means
that this is how God looks at me,
not how I look at myself, I look
at my condition, God looks at my position,
my position is in Christ Jesus, because I've
confessed my sins, and I've turned to Him
with all my heart, and my Bible says
that God sees only one man, that's the
man Christ Jesus, Jesus gathered up all those
who believe in Him, and took Him right
to the right hand of the Father, now
folks that's God's view of me, God sees
me as in Christ, seated where Christ is,
Christ is right now at the right hand
of the Father, means in the seat of
authority, His all power and dominion, God's right
now bringing all enemies to be His footstool,
bringing all His enemies under control, but in
the meantime, I can't understand that, but God
sees me seated with Christ, in heavenly places,
that's my position, He looks at me as
a king, He looks at me as a
priest, He looks at me as a son,
He looks at me as the apple of
His eye, that's my position, through the blood
of Jesus, Jesus set us in that position,
keep your eye on the position you're in,
your position is where?
At the throne of God, seated with Jesus
Christ, you say oh, brother Dave, how can
God love me, how can God see me
like that because of my weakness, see we're
focused on our condition, our condition is one
of weakness and failure, our condition is one
of overwhelming temptations, our condition is often cold
hearted or lukewarm, neglect, if you look at
your condition, you'll never have faith, you'll never
have peace, I don't look inside this heart
anymore, I examine myself in the light of
what God says I am, when He says
examine yourself, examine yourself in the light of
what God says about you, Paul says I
don't look back, why would I go deep
sea diving and dig up my own sins,
I'm an heir and a joint heir with
Jesus Christ God said, His word has given
me a position and if I keep my
eye on that position, let me tell you
something, this morning as I was praying about
this message, I'm looking out over the city,
I don't know how many of you saw
the rainbow, anybody see that rainbow, I had
somebody come backstage and they saw a beautiful
rainbow, it was just right over the river
in New Jersey, and Holy Spirit spoke to
my heart, I was praying about this message,
He said David, don't hear audible voices, this
is that still small voice of the Spirit,
the Father said to me, I am not
a fickle father, like men, like human fathers,
my love is steady, no matter what condition
you're in, my love is steady, and it's
firm, it's everlasting, it's eternal, He's not a
fickle father, He's faithful, folks there are times
that I've sat in that seat, I don't
think I can get up and preach, I
don't feel good, I feel defeated, not because
of some flaunted sin or anything like this,
but just feeling not right, not feeling an
anointing, not feeling anything good in me, feeling
unworthy, and I'll tell you what happens, when
that comes to me, I've learned, I sit
there in that seat, and say oh God,
You're my Father, You have loved me, and
You told me years ago when You called
me when I was just 8 years old,
that You'd keep Your hand on me as
long as I lived, You told me that
I was enveloped in Your hand, and I
stand against every argument of the flesh, and
of the devil, and I stand on the
living word of God, and it's when I
take that stand of faith, of who I
am in Jesus Christ, I am redeemed, and
no matter how I feel, folks you'll never
feel right, you'll never, if you try to
get there by feelings, you'll never make it,
because if you were absolutely perfect, in your
flesh, you could say like Saul did, Paul
did after his conversion from Saul, that he
was blameless in the law, you could be
blameless in so many many things, and still
not be right, you would still be haunted
by your flesh, you would still have lies
of the devil coming at you from all
sides, stand in your position in Jesus Christ,
I am redeemed by the blood, and if
any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father Jesus Christ the righteous, now folks
if you take that as an excuse to
sin, that's what Paul warns again, he said
shall we sin that grace may abound, God
forbid, he said you don't even know the
Lord, if you're going to take the preaching
of the grace of God, as an excuse
to stay in your sin, no because you
see when you know your position in Jesus
Christ, then you can call upon the Holy
Ghost to come with power, and if you
believe your position, you can believe for the
sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost, he will
come and sanctify you, cleanse you, he'll give
you hatred for sin, but in the meantime
God doesn't leave you, he doesn't forsake you,
while you're working, while the Holy Ghost is
working with you, to bring you, your condition
will one day match your position, and that's
the work of the Holy Spirit, to bring
your condition up to the position that God
has given you, but in this process of
God bringing you into this, your condition meeting
the position, he's faithful, that's where we all
feel, we feel the guilt and the despair
and the depression, because we know we failed
God, we know we're not living up to
our position in Christ, but folks this is
the work of the Holy Spirit, when you
failed him at that point, don't go back
down, say Jesus cleanse me, sanctify me, I
know you love me, you've seated me with
Christ in heavenly places, I stand on my
position with you Jesus, get your eyes off
your condition, get them on the cross, that's
your position, hallelujah, praise you Jesus, we are
his purchased possession, and folks one thing I'm
convinced of, if Jesus said I'm coming again
to receive you unto myself, that's brought such
peace to my heart, because I don't think
the Lord built me a mansion, and put
somebody else in it, I don't believe he's
made me a whole book full of promises
and break any of them, folks we're not
going to make it, except by this revelation
of who we are in Jesus Christ, that's
the ultimate revelation, you see your position in
Jesus Christ, you take your stand of faith
in that, and then you can stand against
all the wiles of Satan, and then folks
this revelation, this gentle small voice of the
Holy Spirit, prompting you, I have to have
that, because brother Carter and all those of
our staff, we have to have that, because
so many many decisions are being made, I
wouldn't want to be left to my own,
I don't want to make my own decisions,
I've made too many mistakes, and so have
you, you've made a bundle of mistakes, folks
when you know who you are in Christ,
you take your stand of faith, and pray,
pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him, and what he's
accomplished in his power and grace, and love
and mercy in us, hallelujah, it's wonderful to
see people walk in that kind of peace,
this is a day of peace, he wants
to give your soul wonderful peace today, I
want you to stand, you
know that one piece, piece, wonderful piece, coming
down from the Father above, can we sing
that, piece, piece, wonderful piece, coming down from
the Father above, Lord, I pray, that you
give me as a pastor, brother Carter, all
our staff, all who preach in this pulpit,
a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of you, that you give this whole
congregation, all those who love you, walk with
you Lord, that spirit of wisdom, revelation, in
the knowledge of who we are in Christ
Jesus, hallelujah, Lord, release faith in this house
this morning, I want you to repeat this
after me, my position, in Jesus Christ, is
secure, by faith, my condition, changes, but my
position, doesn't change, if I believe, and walk
by faith, I want you to remember that
now, remember that, my position is secure in
Christ, will you please get your eyes off
flesh, get your eyes on the cross, and
his keeping power, Lord keep us this Christmas,
I pray that this next year, 1995, would
be the most blessed year, that our people
have ever experienced, may it be a year
of joy, Lord, when there's, the darker the
night, the more glorious the light, there's a
light shining in Broadway, a glorious light, and
you know what's in the darkness, you know
what's coming, and you'll prepare us, oh God
we won't walk in fear, we're going to
walk in the joy of the Lord, you're
going to give us peace and rest in
the Holy Ghost, you're going to make us
a people of wisdom, and revelation, we're going
to walk before you righteously, before a Holy
God, Lord I thank you because I anticipate,
you coming forth on this pulpit this next
year, with such power, and such a word,
oh God, that's going to keep us, it's
your word that blesses, it's your word that
sets us free, hallelujah, your word is a
lamp and a light in the darkness, God
you're going to shine bright from this pulpit,
you're going to shine bright from this congregation,
Lord you're going to reveal what's coming to
many people in this church, they're going to
know, they're going to have that sense, already
many that are standing here know what's coming
to the economy, many have seen things and
heard things just like Paul the apostle, things
that are unutterable to others, but oh God
help them to just ponder and keep it
in their hearts and prepare, thank you for
what you're doing in this house, if you're
standing here this morning, balcony on the main
floor, and you have turmoil in your heart,
you're troubled, you have a troubled mind, and
I'm giving an invitation by revelation right now,
there's God speaking through me, because he wants
to find you, he wants to focus in
on you, and he wants to let you
know he knows who you are, where you
sit, and he wants to help you, but
you're troubled in mind and spirit, there's been
some confusion, and fear, and anxiety, and it's
Christmas, but you know about this peace, but
you don't have that rest and that peace
in the Lord, now if you're backslidden, or
you're cold, or lukewarm, I want you to
get out of your seat and come here,
if the spirit's drawing you, don't do it
unless the spirit's drawing you, you say, brother
Dave, I feel the Holy Spirit tugging at
my heart today, up in the balcony, go
to either end, down the stairs, come down
any aisle, and we'll meet you right here,
we'll wait for you, you feel that tug
of the Holy Spirit, obey him, but especially
if you have this, I don't know what
it is, it's this troubled spirit, this something
in your mind, just really bothering you, it's
really gotten to you, bring it, bring it
to the Lord, let's ask him to give
peace, and rest, to your weary spirit, please,
that's what I believe the Lord had me
say to you, without faith, it's impossible to
please him, so whatever you came up here
for, you can't please him without faith, let's
settle that, I can't please God, and that's
why you're here, to please God, and to
have him touch you, and to have him
lift the burden from you, but nothing happens
unless you give him faith, and the older
I get, the longer I walk with Jesus,
the more I realize that faith is the
most important thing of all, to trust him,
to believe his word, and to rest on
it, and to act on it, and you're
going to take a step of faith, God
wants, he's not looking for a river of
tears, he's not looking for promises, he's not
looking for you to wail, and cry, and
scream at him, because he's not deaf, he's
right here, he said he's more willing to
forgive than you are to confess, he said
he's full of tender loving mercy, and he's
kind, he said he's a nurse, he's a
father, and he knows exactly what you're going
through, but the one thing you've not been
giving him is true childlike faith, confidence, that
he's going to answer your prayers, he's going
to see you through, now I'm going to
lead you in a prayer, but you've got
to believe that what you pray, God's going
to hear, that God's going to answer, and
you're going to act on it, and when
you pray it, you're going to let it
rest, you're going to say Jesus, I said
it, I rest on it, and I'm going
to believe you now, to keep your word,
I know with everything in me, the Holy
Spirit stands by, he just wants to come
right now, and embrace you, and encourage you,
because he's a comforter, the Holy Ghost isn't
he, now what the Bible says he is,
he's a comforter, can you believe that he'll
come and comfort your spirit right now, you
could walk away from this altar, and lay
everything down that troubles your mind and your
spirit, and lay it down, if you have
a burden of sin, you lay it down,
you can walk away free, without guilt, without
fear, without condemnation, all you have to do,
is mean it from your heart, Jesus, I
lay my sin down, I confess it, and
I ask you to help me forsake it,
and give me the power and authority over
it, work on my mind, work on my
spirit, and help me Lord, to rest while
you see me through, whatever I have to
go through, the condition that you're in around
your home, or job, may not change, but
it'll change you, it'll give you a peace
and a rest that you're not going to
be troubled by, God wants to take care
of this troubled spirit, I want you to
just pray this with me, Jesus, let me
hear it right loud, Jesus, I am troubled
in spirit, and mind, and it's hurting, and
I come to you Jesus, as my Lord,
and I come to you Father, because you
love me, and you've called me, I reach
out to you now, with simple childlike faith,
and I ask you to take my sins,
my burdens, my problems, my troubles, take them,
because I cast them on you, all my
cares, because the Bible says, you care for
me, and I believe that, with all my
heart, I cast all my troubles, all my
cares, all my fears, on you, right now,
and when I walk away from here, I
will not pick them up, I leave them
with you, now clear my heart, clear my
mind, and give me a baptism of peace,
alright let me pray for you, Lord I
pray that peace, that passes all understanding, will
just fall, like rain, like gentle rain, arise
like dew in our hearts, that this Christmas
season, there can be great, great peace, God's
gonna see me through, God's gonna see it,
God's gonna see me through, God's gonna see
me through, I want everyone that's trusting the
Lord, heard your prayer right now, to raise
your hand please, that came forward, raise your
hand, keep it there for just a minute,
say it with me, Jesus, I trust your
word, and I'm not taking away, from this
altar, anything I laid down, I laid at
your feet, Lord take care of it, fix
it Lord, you can fix anything, alright, now
Jesus I thank you for what you're doing,
I thank you for the word, I thank
you for the faith, I sense that faith
is arising in hearts, and I trust you,
I trust this moment, I trust every one
of these into your care, into your keeping
power, this is the conclusion of the tape,
we're to side two.