1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:02,050 This message is one of the Times Square 2 00:00:02,050 --> 00:00:03,190 Church Pulpit Series. 3 00:00:03,690 --> 00:00:05,650 It was recorded in the Sanctuary of Times 4 00:00:05,650 --> 00:00:07,690 Square Church in Manhattan, New York City. 5 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:10,430 None of these messages are copyrighted, and you 6 00:00:10,430 --> 00:00:12,470 are welcome to make copies for free distribution 7 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:13,050 to friends. 8 00:00:15,670 --> 00:00:20,550 My message tonight is entitled Breaking the Strongholds 9 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:21,230 in Your Family. 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,280 There is only one gospel. 11 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:42,380 You hear it spoken through different personalities, but 12 00:00:42,380 --> 00:00:46,820 there is still just one gospel, and that 13 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:51,350 is that God had a son, and he 14 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:54,450 sent him to die for us, that we 15 00:00:54,450 --> 00:00:59,750 were sinners, and Jesus Christ died on a 16 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:00,150 cross. 17 00:01:02,350 --> 00:01:04,310 And when he did that, whosoever believed in 18 00:01:04,310 --> 00:01:08,090 what he did, he gave new life to 19 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:12,110 them, and he cleansed them from their sin. 20 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:15,940 And then he said, now you're to live 21 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:19,820 a new life in the power of me, 22 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,760 that I would fill you with the Holy 23 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,920 Spirit, because you're cleansed by my blood. 24 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,760 And now I want to live my life 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,300 through you. 26 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,820 And all the world will stand amazed and 27 00:01:36,820 --> 00:01:43,040 know there is something divine in his followers. 28 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:51,590 And so when we hear that gospel and 29 00:01:51,590 --> 00:01:56,090 we surrender to it, we say, Lord, that's 30 00:01:56,090 --> 00:01:56,590 truth. 31 00:01:57,290 --> 00:01:59,950 My heart is recognizing truth, and I surrender 32 00:01:59,950 --> 00:02:00,490 to it. 33 00:02:03,020 --> 00:02:04,640 And he comes into our hearts. 34 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,240 That truth is designed to set us free. 35 00:02:13,270 --> 00:02:18,960 And either we are getting more free, or 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,540 if we are not getting more free, then 37 00:02:23,540 --> 00:02:26,640 something serious is happening in our lives. 38 00:02:28,930 --> 00:02:31,910 Because the Bible says truth sets us free. 39 00:02:34,490 --> 00:02:37,190 We have an enemy who is the father 40 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:37,890 of lies. 41 00:02:39,570 --> 00:02:41,910 And truth is so potent, and truth is 42 00:02:41,910 --> 00:02:44,850 so powerful, that anything and everything he can 43 00:02:44,850 --> 00:02:47,610 do to take truth out of our heart, 44 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:52,310 to confuse us, to keep darkness in areas 45 00:02:52,310 --> 00:02:54,290 of our heart and mind, he will do. 46 00:02:54,670 --> 00:02:58,310 Because the power of truth is so incredible. 47 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:04,710 We are born into the kingdom, all of 48 00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:05,570 us, as cripples. 49 00:03:06,470 --> 00:03:07,990 We come with holes. 50 00:03:09,270 --> 00:03:12,210 We are newborn babes with a lot of 51 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:14,170 needs when we come into the kingdom. 52 00:03:17,050 --> 00:03:18,750 And when we come into the kingdom of 53 00:03:18,750 --> 00:03:23,690 the Son, we come very needy. 54 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:28,290 And when we first get saved, it's like 55 00:03:28,290 --> 00:03:31,710 we know we're needy, and we rely on 56 00:03:31,710 --> 00:03:32,950 Jesus for everything. 57 00:03:34,390 --> 00:03:35,690 That is if you're saved. 58 00:03:38,750 --> 00:03:41,790 But then we begin the heart of man, 59 00:03:42,770 --> 00:03:45,750 aided by an enemy, will try to take 60 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:49,290 us off a path that is for every 61 00:03:49,290 --> 00:03:49,690 believer. 62 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:53,870 Beloved, that path is to follow Christ fully. 63 00:03:55,110 --> 00:03:59,390 When Jesus Christ walked on this earth, he 64 00:03:59,390 --> 00:04:01,270 did the will of the Father, and he 65 00:04:01,270 --> 00:04:03,350 walked to a Gethsemane, he walked to a 66 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:07,220 cross, and then resurrection life. 67 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,440 And it's going to be the same for 68 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,080 you and I. 69 00:04:11,260 --> 00:04:14,080 Because the God who made us and sees 70 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,360 deep into us, sees that he made us, 71 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,180 and we're before him now as his children 72 00:04:21,180 --> 00:04:24,460 with two natures, a lower nature and a 73 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:27,360 higher nature, a sin nature, a flesh nature, 74 00:04:27,660 --> 00:04:28,580 and a spirit nature. 75 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,660 And he knows that in order for him 76 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:36,280 to be seen in the way he desires 77 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:38,060 to be seen in his people, there needs 78 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:40,960 to be a death worked in us. 79 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:44,820 We need to learn from his hand by 80 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:48,260 the Spirit a crucified walk. 81 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,220 Now we shy away from that because we 82 00:04:51,220 --> 00:04:53,140 don't understand that many times, we don't hear 83 00:04:53,140 --> 00:04:54,380 it spoken many times. 84 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:57,200 The ironic thing is that today in this 85 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,140 house, I'm amazed at how God has been 86 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:04,620 speaking in all three messages the same thing. 87 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,480 And we will be wise if we say, 88 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,400 Lord Jesus, let me lay truth, this truth 89 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:12,000 to heart. 90 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:13,820 Teach me it. 91 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:23,100 The crucified life is when our wants, our 92 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:28,440 desires get submitted to God and say, is 93 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,500 that what you would have for me? 94 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:31,700 If he says yes, we rejoice in it. 95 00:05:32,020 --> 00:05:35,300 If he says no, we lay it down. 96 00:05:37,820 --> 00:05:41,380 As a body of believers, God wants to 97 00:05:41,380 --> 00:05:42,880 get us to the point where he speaks 98 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,060 to us, we believe him and we do 99 00:05:45,060 --> 00:05:45,280 it. 100 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,960 When he speaks in his word, we believe 101 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:49,160 it. 102 00:05:50,140 --> 00:05:53,040 We don't act like spoiled children, always wanting 103 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,480 to know why or when or where, because 104 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,160 really that's just a procrastination. 105 00:05:59,580 --> 00:06:01,580 You know, why did this happen? 106 00:06:02,180 --> 00:06:03,120 Why did that happen? 107 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,520 Well, beloved, you can ask those questions if 108 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,300 you want, but it's just stalling. 109 00:06:11,060 --> 00:06:15,180 We would get farther in Christ with a 110 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:16,620 fuller revelation of him. 111 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:18,940 He could bring us to that promised land 112 00:06:18,940 --> 00:06:21,300 of complete trust and abiding in him in 113 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:23,220 an abundant, like we've never known if we 114 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,200 would just for a season, lay the wives 115 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:25,580 down. 116 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,640 I heard Elizabeth Elliott speak yesterday to the 117 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:28,840 women. 118 00:06:29,020 --> 00:06:30,780 She said, you know, five minutes of radical 119 00:06:30,780 --> 00:06:34,860 obedience will change a lot of things. 120 00:06:36,220 --> 00:06:37,420 And I believe that. 121 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:41,560 And the crucified one lives in us and 122 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,220 he is going to show us what that 123 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:45,100 walk entails. 124 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,840 He knows that in us, there's a longing 125 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,000 to be whole. 126 00:06:51,830 --> 00:06:53,250 And in order to be whole, we have 127 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:55,170 to become holy Christ. 128 00:06:56,290 --> 00:06:58,090 You know, that word w H O L 129 00:06:58,090 --> 00:07:00,790 L W H O L L Y holy. 130 00:07:01,070 --> 00:07:03,190 And the word holy H O L Y 131 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:04,150 have the same root. 132 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:11,840 And anyone who truly is holy H O 133 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,060 L L Y is having by faith, the 134 00:07:13,060 --> 00:07:15,400 holes in them filled by the person of 135 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,560 Jesus Christ, not by answers, not by psychology, 136 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:23,420 not by good fortune, but by Christ himself. 137 00:07:25,340 --> 00:07:27,480 If the holes are being filled by anything 138 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,100 else, you're not getting whole and you're not 139 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:29,740 getting free. 140 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,800 If Christ is not feeling the ache in 141 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,240 your heart is not removed, exposing the sin 142 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,700 and filling it with himself. 143 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:40,120 We are still staying a people full of 144 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:40,440 holes. 145 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,600 Holiness is so far from being a long 146 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,880 face, heavy spirited religionist. 147 00:07:47,740 --> 00:07:50,060 A holy person is a person getting the 148 00:07:50,060 --> 00:07:54,600 holes filled with Christ and moving into a 149 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,920 joy in him that the world doesn't understand 150 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,200 becoming whole inside, not where you're grasping for 151 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,020 people to do something for you that people 152 00:08:04,020 --> 00:08:04,820 can't do. 153 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:07,200 And that's living an unsatisfied life. 154 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,100 It's possible to be saved, but not satisfied, 155 00:08:11,260 --> 00:08:13,980 but Jesus wants us saved and satisfied. 156 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,900 Beloved that comes through submission to him and 157 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:18,440 his will. 158 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:21,920 I am crucified with Christ. 159 00:08:22,260 --> 00:08:24,740 Nevertheless, I live yet. 160 00:08:24,860 --> 00:08:27,940 Not I, not my wants, not my desires, 161 00:08:28,220 --> 00:08:29,860 but Christ lives in me. 162 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,140 And he's going to give us a whole 163 00:08:32,140 --> 00:08:34,740 new set of wants and desires that are 164 00:08:34,740 --> 00:08:35,640 going to be holy. 165 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,039 They're going to be full of life, abundant 166 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:38,539 life. 167 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,299 We're going to get a taste of what 168 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:42,100 it is to be forgiven and walking clean 169 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:44,400 of what it is to walk daily, hearing 170 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,400 his voice of what it is to know 171 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,060 the pleasure of being obedient, the power of 172 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:53,860 our thinking being changed to receiving the mind 173 00:08:53,860 --> 00:08:54,480 of Christ. 174 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:57,400 But I'm not talking pie in the sky. 175 00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:58,680 This is the gospel. 176 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:01,680 This is not a radical thing. 177 00:09:01,940 --> 00:09:03,820 What I'm speaking to you is what Christ 178 00:09:03,820 --> 00:09:07,240 wants for every follower, every child of his 179 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,620 that they be whole. 180 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,160 That means when we say, Lord, teach me 181 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,840 that walking with you is a crucified life. 182 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:16,340 That means it's not what I want. 183 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,540 I submit to what you would have for 184 00:09:19,540 --> 00:09:19,960 my life. 185 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:20,720 Whatever. 186 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:26,900 I don't reserve a part that Lord you 187 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:27,600 and I share. 188 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,500 I don't reserve a part to say, Lord, 189 00:09:29,540 --> 00:09:30,200 that's too hard. 190 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:31,800 You can't expect me to give this to 191 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:32,700 you right now. 192 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:37,360 No, it's starting right now, saying whatever you 193 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,420 want for me in my life, whatever. 194 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,000 Lord, you'll give me the grace to pray 195 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,640 that prayer to mean it. 196 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:46,980 And when you take me up on it, 197 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,300 Lord, you're going to nail my foot to 198 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:50,200 the floor and I'm not going to run 199 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:50,920 away from it. 200 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:55,360 The desiring to be whole person embraces the 201 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,660 cross of Christ and says by faith, I 202 00:09:58,660 --> 00:10:00,660 am no longer going to live to please 203 00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:03,020 myself or Jesus. 204 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,940 I'm going to live to please you and 205 00:10:05,940 --> 00:10:06,640 lead on. 206 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,460 Hell will throw everything. 207 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,220 It's God at a believer like this. 208 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:14,500 Hell will throw everything against a person who's 209 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:16,140 starting to have a cry formed in their 210 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:19,400 heart like this, because a heart cry like 211 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,540 this is the greatest threat the kingdom of 212 00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:24,160 darkness ever hears. 213 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,660 And one man or one woman who determines 214 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:31,080 in their heart to say, I live for 215 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,600 Jesus Christ and him alone, that person will 216 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,240 break through every stronghold. 217 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:40,940 That person will in the power of Christ, 218 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,440 break the prison cell doors. 219 00:10:43,860 --> 00:10:46,520 Every chain will be soaked off their wrist 220 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:50,600 and will set off a nuclear reaction in 221 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,080 their family. 222 00:10:53,660 --> 00:10:56,480 The hardest place for it to happen will 223 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:57,220 happen there. 224 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,980 I want to show you a story of 225 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:07,020 a man very unique in his generation who 226 00:11:07,020 --> 00:11:11,540 had the grace upon him that when God 227 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:16,060 spoke to him, he believed every word. 228 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,500 I'm sure the devil fought him every step 229 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:22,380 of the way, but the more that he 230 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,220 chose to believe the word in spite of 231 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:26,200 his feelings, in spite of the circumstance, the 232 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,700 more his faith grew, the greater his influence, 233 00:11:30,740 --> 00:11:33,120 the greater if we can hear the way 234 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,940 he would speak to us tonight through his 235 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:39,860 life, we will see hope for our family. 236 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,000 Hope. 237 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:44,100 I know I speak for so many tonight 238 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:46,880 as we've been sitting, being fed God's word 239 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:47,740 week after week. 240 00:11:47,820 --> 00:11:49,220 If you're truly a child of God, you're 241 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:51,040 getting a heart for your family. 242 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,120 You're getting a heart for the unsaved. 243 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:54,700 There's a longing in you to want to 244 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:59,000 see mother, brother, sister, spouse, in-laws be 245 00:11:59,000 --> 00:11:59,720 saved. 246 00:12:00,340 --> 00:12:02,340 Yet when we get around them, we get 247 00:12:02,340 --> 00:12:04,540 shut down so many times. 248 00:12:05,740 --> 00:12:08,040 It's like that is the hardest wall to 249 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,200 penetrate is that inner circle around us. 250 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:13,900 Christ experienced it too. 251 00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:17,990 But I want us to turn to Numbers 252 00:12:17,990 --> 00:12:18,490 14. 253 00:12:19,110 --> 00:12:20,890 I want us to look at an Old 254 00:12:20,890 --> 00:12:22,630 Testament man. 255 00:12:22,890 --> 00:12:24,330 His name is Caleb. 256 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:32,970 Numbers 14 and verse 24. 257 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:45,400 It says, verse 24, but my servant Caleb, 258 00:12:45,940 --> 00:12:49,120 because he had another spirit with him and 259 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,400 it followed me fully him, will I bring 260 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,800 into the land where into he went and 261 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,300 his seed shall possess it. 262 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:01,780 Now, who is this man that fully followed 263 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:04,980 the Lord and hence received the land, the 264 00:13:04,980 --> 00:13:05,780 promised land? 265 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,660 Who is this man that everything God had 266 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:11,620 promised, he received it and was able to 267 00:13:11,620 --> 00:13:13,000 pass it on to his seed? 268 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,000 What kind of man that he can pass 269 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,640 on this kind of inheritance? 270 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,360 You know, it's one thing to have a 271 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:22,980 faith in Christ. 272 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,380 It's another thing to pass it on. 273 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:26,500 After a lot, he was not able to 274 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,680 do it to his children or his generation, 275 00:13:29,060 --> 00:13:30,600 but there is a man here who can. 276 00:13:32,930 --> 00:13:34,690 It says here, he's a man of another 277 00:13:34,690 --> 00:13:36,330 spirit and followed me fully. 278 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:40,290 Caleb was one of the, there were 12 279 00:13:40,290 --> 00:13:43,350 spies sent into the promised land by Moses. 280 00:13:44,010 --> 00:13:45,170 Many of you know the story. 281 00:13:46,430 --> 00:13:48,270 10 came back with an evil report and 282 00:13:48,270 --> 00:13:50,190 said, it's a land surely flowing with milk 283 00:13:50,190 --> 00:13:50,570 and honey. 284 00:13:50,690 --> 00:13:53,370 It's everything you ever said it was, but 285 00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:56,470 it's still with giants and we can't have 286 00:13:56,470 --> 00:13:57,090 this land. 287 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:00,370 But two came back with a report and 288 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:02,950 said, no, this is a land God has 289 00:14:02,950 --> 00:14:03,590 given us. 290 00:14:04,170 --> 00:14:05,710 We are well able to take it. 291 00:14:06,570 --> 00:14:09,570 And in numbers 13, just one page over, 292 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:15,600 we hear the voice of Caleb and in 293 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,120 voice 13, verse 1330, he says, let us 294 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,660 go up at once and possess it for 295 00:14:23,660 --> 00:14:26,320 we are well able to overcome it. 296 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:32,680 In numbers 14, eight, this man speaks again. 297 00:14:33,980 --> 00:14:36,240 And he says, if the Lord delight in 298 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,800 us, then he will bring us into this 299 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,720 land and give it us a land, which 300 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,640 flows with milk and honey, only rebelled, not 301 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,500 against the Lord. 302 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:45,400 Neither fear ye the people of the land, 303 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:46,840 for they are bred for us. 304 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,940 Their defense is departed from them. 305 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:50,780 And the Lord is with us. 306 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:51,940 Fear them not. 307 00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:56,420 But the congregation, all the congregation, they stone 308 00:14:56,420 --> 00:14:57,200 them with stones. 309 00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,340 Here's a man, here's another spirit speaking. 310 00:15:01,380 --> 00:15:03,780 He says that God has said we can 311 00:15:03,780 --> 00:15:04,680 have this land. 312 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:06,920 He goes to the, he goes to that 313 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:07,500 promise land. 314 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,580 He sees it all. 315 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,140 And what is burning in his heart is 316 00:15:11,140 --> 00:15:12,680 that God says we can have it. 317 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:13,600 Then we can have it. 318 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:17,380 Then he comes back and these are princes 319 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:19,680 of the tribes of Israel. 320 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,980 And they're absolutely overcome by what they see. 321 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:26,620 And so Caleb begins to, his heart is 322 00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:30,140 stirred because he can believe when God speaks 323 00:15:30,140 --> 00:15:30,600 to him. 324 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,280 He can believe it when God speaks to 325 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:34,500 him. 326 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,160 And he says, don't rebel against the Lord. 327 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:41,180 He's saying, let God be God to us. 328 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,080 He said we could have it. 329 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,820 Now we can't get in ourselves. 330 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:47,380 So let's let God be God to us 331 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,100 and let him give it to us. 332 00:15:49,180 --> 00:15:51,540 If he said he would, he says, do 333 00:15:51,540 --> 00:15:53,260 not rebel against the Lord. 334 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:56,240 Neither fear the people of the land. 335 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:59,480 He's saying, you're looking at them and you're 336 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:00,480 fearing them. 337 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:03,100 But he'd be actually, what he was saying 338 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:04,660 was, and in the midst of the men 339 00:16:04,660 --> 00:16:06,980 standing with me, there's a fear in them 340 00:16:06,980 --> 00:16:09,700 and the imprint of their fear. 341 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:10,100 Yes. 342 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,580 We want to come against him. 343 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,780 And so he's turning to them and he's 344 00:16:13,780 --> 00:16:15,740 saying, they're fearing you when you look at 345 00:16:15,740 --> 00:16:17,580 them, but we do not need to fear 346 00:16:17,580 --> 00:16:18,060 these people. 347 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,000 We do not need to take this imprint 348 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:20,620 of people. 349 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,400 God has spoken. 350 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,640 And if we will cling to God, he's 351 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,660 going to give us a spirit of faith. 352 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,820 He was saying, we don't have to fear 353 00:16:29,820 --> 00:16:30,160 them. 354 00:16:30,420 --> 00:16:33,320 He was rejecting the imprint of those that 355 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:34,700 were unbelieving around him. 356 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,200 He was rejecting the imprint of what he 357 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,440 saw with his eyes in that promised land. 358 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,180 He says, I see with another set of 359 00:16:41,180 --> 00:16:41,420 eyes. 360 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:45,380 He says they are bred for us. 361 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:48,160 He's saying these enemies are for us to 362 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:48,780 consume. 363 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:52,500 They're saying their defenses departed from them. 364 00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:54,840 10 men could not see that. 365 00:16:55,340 --> 00:16:58,080 But because this man had determined in his 366 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,160 heart, when God speaks to me, I will 367 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,940 choose to believe him in spite of what 368 00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:03,440 I see. 369 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,099 God gave him a set of spiritual eyes. 370 00:17:06,980 --> 00:17:09,060 Our faith gave him a new set of 371 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:10,880 eyes and a new set of ears. 372 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:14,440 He could see something men that were fearful 373 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,599 and trembling when it was bringing a dishonor 374 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:19,200 to God for them to fear and tremble. 375 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,700 He refused it. 376 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,020 And he said, because of that, God is 377 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:24,640 giving me something to see. 378 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,640 You see the 10 princes that went in, 379 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,880 they were not novices in the things of 380 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:30,180 God. 381 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:31,920 They had been brought from Egypt. 382 00:17:32,060 --> 00:17:33,460 They had been brought to a wilderness. 383 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,480 They had seen God work in their midst 384 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,440 miraculously time after time after time again. 385 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,720 And it came a time for that people 386 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:41,680 to have faith. 387 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,340 It came time for that leadership to say, 388 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,220 God has been so faithful to us. 389 00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:48,300 God has done nothing but deliver us. 390 00:17:48,540 --> 00:17:50,580 It is time to look what we see 391 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:53,300 with our natural eyes, declare him to be 392 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:55,940 true, declare him to be faithful to his 393 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:59,400 word and not fear. 394 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,560 These men were sinning by fear because they 395 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:03,620 were not novice. 396 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:10,870 Caleb was given a new set of eyes 397 00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:12,570 because he chose to believe God. 398 00:18:13,110 --> 00:18:15,450 And finally he said, the Lord is with 399 00:18:15,450 --> 00:18:15,790 us. 400 00:18:16,570 --> 00:18:18,550 What more guarantee can we have? 401 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:22,970 What more can be said, take the rest 402 00:18:22,970 --> 00:18:25,270 away, but leave God is with us. 403 00:18:26,610 --> 00:18:28,190 Just see Caleb believed that. 404 00:18:29,830 --> 00:18:31,530 Caleb laid that to his heart. 405 00:18:32,830 --> 00:18:35,030 If we do not lay the words of 406 00:18:35,030 --> 00:18:37,530 God to our heart, we will get a 407 00:18:37,530 --> 00:18:38,810 hardened heart. 408 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:43,150 How many times must God speak to us? 409 00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:47,070 And we don't believe before we run the 410 00:18:47,070 --> 00:18:49,150 risk of a hardened heart. 411 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,620 Oh yes, it is easy to doubt God, 412 00:18:55,700 --> 00:18:57,680 but there's a choice that you and I 413 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,840 that are well taught have to make. 414 00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:05,320 Say, I refuse the feelings, the circumstances. 415 00:19:05,660 --> 00:19:10,600 Lord, when you speak, I'm going to crucify 416 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:11,300 the doubt. 417 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,440 I'm going to choose to believe you. 418 00:19:15,700 --> 00:19:18,960 It will cost me to follow you in 419 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,480 these words you are speaking because many times 420 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,780 I just don't want to enter that land. 421 00:19:26,020 --> 00:19:27,760 But if you are my God and you 422 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,440 say that you are to lead me, then 423 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:30,500 go, I will. 424 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:32,760 And that's what Caleb did. 425 00:19:34,180 --> 00:19:36,240 And he was now becoming a man in 426 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,760 their midst with another spirit. 427 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:43,140 Of course, his contemporary said stone him with 428 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:43,600 stones. 429 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,820 That's the religious world's response to faith. 430 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,060 That is your family's response to your faith. 431 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,140 Many times, shut you down, shut you up, 432 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,860 and give you such a fierce look that 433 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:01,700 you'll turn away and you will not speak 434 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:02,080 to them. 435 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,800 Give you such a fierce countenance that you 436 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,020 tremble before them. 437 00:20:08,220 --> 00:20:09,180 Stone them with stones. 438 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:17,920 Joshua and Caleb urged and encouraged, but those 439 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,100 brethren would not hear. 440 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,180 Interesting enough, those 10 men, those 10 princes 441 00:20:24,180 --> 00:20:26,460 of Israel died by a plague right before 442 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:26,760 them. 443 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,880 And all the nation of Israel went back 444 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,540 into the wilderness of sin for 40 years. 445 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:36,240 God could not believe his people, his own 446 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,540 people that he loved, that he lived among, 447 00:20:38,540 --> 00:20:40,780 that he died, he fed, he directed, he 448 00:20:40,780 --> 00:20:43,320 watered, could doubt him. 449 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:46,820 And he knew how infectious unbelief was. 450 00:20:47,540 --> 00:20:49,240 So that generation died. 451 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,180 All those men, 20 years old and up, 452 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,720 that received into their heart an evil report 453 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,760 about him. 454 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:00,140 Really, the evil report was about him. 455 00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:01,220 God can't deliver us. 456 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,460 The giants are stupid. 457 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,020 The giants were their God. 458 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:06,940 He was not. 459 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,380 So he says back into the wilderness and 460 00:21:09,380 --> 00:21:09,860 they went. 461 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,980 And any male, 20 years old and over, 462 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,220 died in that wilderness and a new generation 463 00:21:15,220 --> 00:21:16,840 was risen up. 464 00:21:17,980 --> 00:21:19,580 And now God leads them back to the 465 00:21:19,580 --> 00:21:20,400 promised land. 466 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,240 This time with Caleb and Joshua in leadership. 467 00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,920 Men now that had to go back into 468 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,700 the wilderness with that group, though they were 469 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:33,820 believing, though they were faithful, though they trusted 470 00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:36,960 God, though they believed with everything in their 471 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,340 being, that God could have given them the 472 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:40,620 promised land that time. 473 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:44,680 They went back and wandered with them. 474 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,180 Beloved God does not toy with our lives. 475 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:53,120 That generation under their leadership now had a 476 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,060 heart to fight. 477 00:21:55,540 --> 00:22:00,780 Their faith, their light, ignited hearts around them. 478 00:22:03,020 --> 00:22:04,940 Now God is giving a new word to 479 00:22:04,940 --> 00:22:08,640 a new generation under the leadership of Caleb 480 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,280 and Joshua. 481 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,080 If you would turn with me to Joshua 482 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:18,530 1, we'll read this new commission. 483 00:22:24,380 --> 00:22:28,580 He says in Joshua 1, starting at verse 484 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:33,490 3, every place that the soul of your 485 00:22:33,490 --> 00:22:36,310 foot shall tread upon that have I given 486 00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:40,210 unto you, as I said, unto Moses, verse 487 00:22:40,210 --> 00:22:43,990 six, be strong and of good courage for 488 00:22:43,990 --> 00:22:46,290 unto this people shall thou divide for an 489 00:22:46,290 --> 00:22:49,410 inheritance, the land, which I swear unto their 490 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:53,590 fathers to give them only be thou strong 491 00:22:53,590 --> 00:22:55,010 and very courageous. 492 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:57,070 First nine have not. 493 00:22:57,250 --> 00:23:00,510 I commanded these be strong and of good 494 00:23:00,510 --> 00:23:01,170 courage. 495 00:23:01,670 --> 00:23:03,150 Be not afraid. 496 00:23:03,570 --> 00:23:06,490 Neither be thou dismayed for the Lord. 497 00:23:06,610 --> 00:23:08,850 Thy God is with the weather. 498 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:16,530 So ever thou goeth, nothing had changed. 499 00:23:17,070 --> 00:23:21,310 The heart of God still longs to be, 500 00:23:21,390 --> 00:23:24,190 to grant an inheritance to his people. 501 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:28,670 He was determined to give to his people 502 00:23:28,670 --> 00:23:32,090 the inheritance that he had promised way back 503 00:23:32,090 --> 00:23:33,010 in the days of Abraham. 504 00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:36,790 He longed to give this land to his 505 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:37,210 people. 506 00:23:38,130 --> 00:23:41,590 He said, be strong in me, be courageous 507 00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:43,890 in me for the Lord. 508 00:23:43,930 --> 00:23:47,790 Thy God is with thee wherever thou goeth. 509 00:23:48,150 --> 00:23:53,410 He said, wherever your foot walks, I have 510 00:23:53,410 --> 00:23:55,390 given it unto you. 511 00:23:55,590 --> 00:23:56,010 I'm not. 512 00:23:56,130 --> 00:23:57,830 I will give it not. 513 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,190 If you're win, I will give it not. 514 00:24:00,270 --> 00:24:02,170 If you're good enough, I will give it. 515 00:24:02,810 --> 00:24:05,090 I have given it to you. 516 00:24:06,530 --> 00:24:11,630 So be strong and be courageous, be strong 517 00:24:11,630 --> 00:24:12,670 and be courageous. 518 00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:15,010 I am with you and I have given 519 00:24:15,010 --> 00:24:15,830 you the land. 520 00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:19,530 Now the land that they went into was 521 00:24:19,530 --> 00:24:21,730 inhabited by the enemies of Israel. 522 00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:24,390 They did not just cross over the river 523 00:24:24,390 --> 00:24:26,990 Jordan and walk into a land empty. 524 00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:31,710 They were going into a land inhabited by 525 00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:32,670 their enemies. 526 00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:35,670 There were strongholds in that land. 527 00:24:36,050 --> 00:24:37,910 There were people who had dwelt there for 528 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:39,530 generation, had tilled it. 529 00:24:39,730 --> 00:24:41,290 There was wells, there was cattle. 530 00:24:41,490 --> 00:24:42,770 They were going to fight to the death 531 00:24:42,770 --> 00:24:43,610 for that land. 532 00:24:45,570 --> 00:24:48,750 The enemies of Israel, the Jebusites, the parasites, 533 00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:53,330 the Hivites, the Amorites, the Ammonites, they were 534 00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:53,630 there. 535 00:24:55,090 --> 00:24:57,230 And when they first crossed the river Jericho, 536 00:24:58,070 --> 00:25:00,810 they fought together under the leadership of their 537 00:25:00,810 --> 00:25:02,910 general Joshua, and they took down the city 538 00:25:02,910 --> 00:25:03,790 of Jericho. 539 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:06,890 And eventually they took the city of Ai. 540 00:25:07,930 --> 00:25:10,110 But over time they were to divide up 541 00:25:10,110 --> 00:25:12,270 the 12 tribes of Israel, and they were 542 00:25:12,270 --> 00:25:14,870 apportioned a piece of the promised land. 543 00:25:15,730 --> 00:25:17,470 So they never, no longer fought as a 544 00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:19,390 unit, but they were now to go and 545 00:25:19,390 --> 00:25:21,430 claim their inheritance, each tribe. 546 00:25:21,730 --> 00:25:24,150 And they would have to fight whoever the 547 00:25:24,150 --> 00:25:25,570 enemy were of that area. 548 00:25:25,670 --> 00:25:28,050 They would have to fight for that land. 549 00:25:29,690 --> 00:25:31,770 And the interesting thing is that when they 550 00:25:31,770 --> 00:25:33,590 divided up now and they had to go 551 00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:35,930 and fight for their portion, their inheritance, each 552 00:25:35,930 --> 00:25:37,650 tribe, you know, some of them had to 553 00:25:37,650 --> 00:25:38,710 fight in high country. 554 00:25:39,910 --> 00:25:41,270 Some of them had to fight in low 555 00:25:41,270 --> 00:25:41,690 country. 556 00:25:42,730 --> 00:25:43,910 Some of them had to fight the ground 557 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:46,750 across the coastal land on the seas, some 558 00:25:46,750 --> 00:25:48,150 the plains, some the mountains. 559 00:25:48,890 --> 00:25:51,690 It required different styles of fighting, different tactics. 560 00:25:53,590 --> 00:25:56,990 Beloved, I'm reminded today that for us, when 561 00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:58,590 we go in to claim our promised land, 562 00:25:58,710 --> 00:25:59,950 that is very similar. 563 00:26:00,230 --> 00:26:01,570 For some of us it's a stronghold of 564 00:26:01,570 --> 00:26:02,050 pride. 565 00:26:02,690 --> 00:26:04,910 For some it's a stronghold of fear. 566 00:26:05,650 --> 00:26:07,190 For some it's rebellion. 567 00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:12,500 But the Lord said, be strong and courageous. 568 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:15,280 I have given you this land and you 569 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,440 will possess it in me by faith. 570 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:29,160 Now, Joshua in chapter 14, because Caleb, when 571 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,860 he had first gone in to spy out 572 00:26:30,860 --> 00:26:33,020 the land 40 years earlier, when he had 573 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:34,580 gone in there, he had seen a mountain. 574 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,140 And the Bible tells us that after that 575 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:42,560 first tour through the promised land, he wanted 576 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,520 that mountain. 577 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:46,280 He wanted that piece of land for himself. 578 00:26:47,140 --> 00:26:48,820 And the Lord had said he could have 579 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:49,000 it. 580 00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:51,440 And when the tribes went in and Caleb 581 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,340 was leading the tribe of Judah, he reminded 582 00:26:54,340 --> 00:26:56,420 the leadership that God said he could have 583 00:26:56,420 --> 00:26:57,620 a mountain to himself. 584 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,560 And the Bible says in verse 12, in 585 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:06,620 Joshua 14, it says now, therefore Joshua declared, 586 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:08,800 give me this mountain. 587 00:27:09,820 --> 00:27:10,220 I'm sorry. 588 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:13,340 Caleb said, now, therefore give me this mountain. 589 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,980 And it tells us in verse 11, he 590 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:18,500 says, as yet, I am as strong this 591 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:20,520 day as I was in the day that 592 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,620 Moses sent me. 593 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:25,160 As my strength was then, even so is 594 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,320 my strength now for war, both to go 595 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,840 out and to come in. 596 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:32,380 And he was saying, I was a threat 597 00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:34,840 to the enemy then 40 years ago. 598 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:36,400 I'm still a threat today. 599 00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:38,880 That's what a man of faith is. 600 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:40,080 He does not diminish. 601 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:42,420 He does not lose ground in God. 602 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,720 He may not understand the ground God takes 603 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,560 him through in winning his promised land, but 604 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,540 as he followed, he goes from strength to 605 00:27:50,540 --> 00:27:51,160 strength. 606 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,860 And here's this man, undiminished, still a man 607 00:27:53,860 --> 00:27:55,780 of war at 85 years old. 608 00:27:57,670 --> 00:27:59,730 The Bible says that on that mountain, it 609 00:27:59,730 --> 00:28:02,650 was inhabited the giants of the giant, the 610 00:28:02,650 --> 00:28:05,430 giant of the giant, the Anakins. 611 00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:07,650 And there were three fierce brothers. 612 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:10,310 And the Bible says that Caleb was able 613 00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:11,510 to take that mountain. 614 00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:13,310 He won it completely. 615 00:28:13,570 --> 00:28:15,570 He possessed that mountain. 616 00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:17,730 Faith arose in him. 617 00:28:18,050 --> 00:28:19,650 He says, give me this mountain. 618 00:28:20,050 --> 00:28:21,590 It was a sense of saying, give me 619 00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:22,650 the highest place. 620 00:28:22,950 --> 00:28:25,690 Give me the hardest place that all may 621 00:28:25,690 --> 00:28:29,610 see how awesome and faithful my God is. 622 00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:35,650 Give me the highest place so that all 623 00:28:35,650 --> 00:28:37,110 can see it's not about me. 624 00:28:37,190 --> 00:28:39,170 But when I believe his words in me, 625 00:28:39,230 --> 00:28:40,730 look what he can do for me. 626 00:28:41,610 --> 00:28:43,710 And so in this huge mountain in the 627 00:28:43,710 --> 00:28:45,070 land, all those that could look to the 628 00:28:45,070 --> 00:28:47,170 mountain and see Caleb's mountain could see it 629 00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:51,270 was the mountain God gave Caleb, a man 630 00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,630 burning for God's glory. 631 00:28:53,810 --> 00:28:56,310 Now the tribes entered the promised land and 632 00:28:56,310 --> 00:29:00,390 they divided up and they were told that 633 00:29:00,390 --> 00:29:02,290 they were to fully possess the land. 634 00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:05,350 They were to make no peace with the 635 00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:05,670 enemy. 636 00:29:05,890 --> 00:29:07,350 They were not to make allegiances. 637 00:29:07,630 --> 00:29:10,390 They were to drive them out of the 638 00:29:10,390 --> 00:29:11,970 land that was God had given them. 639 00:29:12,190 --> 00:29:13,970 They were to demolish the enemy. 640 00:29:14,370 --> 00:29:17,770 They were to throw down their altars and 641 00:29:17,770 --> 00:29:18,670 cleanse the land. 642 00:29:19,230 --> 00:29:22,810 They were to fully possess their inheritance. 643 00:29:24,410 --> 00:29:26,850 I want us to quickly go to judges 644 00:29:26,850 --> 00:29:29,730 chapter one and see how they fared out. 645 00:29:30,410 --> 00:29:36,820 The next book over judges one in judges 646 00:29:36,820 --> 00:29:41,300 one, starting at verse 19 says, and the 647 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:43,180 Lord was with Judah and he drove out 648 00:29:43,180 --> 00:29:45,560 the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not 649 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,800 drive out the inhabitants of the valley because 650 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,100 they had iron chariots. 651 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,800 So we see that Judah had a partial 652 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,140 victory verse 21 and the children of Benjamin 653 00:29:54,140 --> 00:29:56,620 did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabit 654 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:57,260 Jerusalem. 655 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,840 Verse 27, neither did Manasseh drive out the 656 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,140 inhabitants of Bethshean. 657 00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:05,420 Verse 29, neither did Ephraim drive out the 658 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:07,040 Canaanites that dwelt in Giza. 659 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,780 Verse 30, neither did Zebulun drive out the 660 00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:11,280 inhabitants of Kitron. 661 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:13,540 Verse 31, neither did Asher drive out the 662 00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:14,600 inhabitants of Achal. 663 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,620 Verse 33, neither did Naphtali drive out the 664 00:30:17,620 --> 00:30:19,000 inhabitants of Bethshemesh. 665 00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:22,640 Verse 34, and the Amorites forced the children 666 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,720 of Dan into the mountain, for they would 667 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,100 not suffer them to come down into the 668 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:27,500 valley. 669 00:30:33,980 --> 00:30:40,680 Beloved, I was stunned one day in my 670 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:41,980 reading coming through this. 671 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:49,610 It was like I did not realize how 672 00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:57,760 little the children of Israel possessed when so 673 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,340 much had been promised to them. 674 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:04,880 I did not realize in the face of 675 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,380 all God had said to their fathers and 676 00:31:07,380 --> 00:31:12,620 to them, when everything at their disposal to 677 00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:15,680 take the land promised to them, they took 678 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:16,660 so little. 679 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:20,580 And then the tribe of Dan, not only 680 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:22,720 did they just partially dwell in the land, 681 00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:24,720 the Bible says that when they went into 682 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,380 their inheritance, they were so overpowered by their 683 00:31:29,380 --> 00:31:29,700 enemy. 684 00:31:29,860 --> 00:31:31,480 They were forced up into a little corner 685 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:36,360 of the land, shut up, very prophetic to 686 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,960 what was to happen to that nation. 687 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:42,080 Beloved, they did not obey. 688 00:31:42,460 --> 00:31:46,400 They did not believe all they needed to 689 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,720 drive out the enemy. 690 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,400 And they did not do it. 691 00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:55,620 The Lord in chapter two answers this people. 692 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,640 He says, an angel of the Lord, Judges 693 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,200 two, verse one came up. 694 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,320 I made you to go up out of 695 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:03,580 Egypt. 696 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,740 I brought you unto the land, which I 697 00:32:05,740 --> 00:32:06,860 swear unto your fathers. 698 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:08,320 And I said, I will never break my 699 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:09,060 covenant with you. 700 00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:11,360 And you shall make no league with the 701 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,520 inhabitants of this land. 702 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:14,920 You shall throw down their altars, but ye 703 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,480 have not obeyed my voice. 704 00:32:16,860 --> 00:32:18,980 Why have you done this? 705 00:32:20,140 --> 00:32:22,500 Wherefore, I also said, I will not drive 706 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,440 them out from before you, but they shall 707 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,940 be as thorns in your side and their 708 00:32:26,940 --> 00:32:29,440 God shall be a snare unto you. 709 00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:32,640 It's like God was striving with a people 710 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:33,260 he loved. 711 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,080 It was what more could he say? 712 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,000 What more could he do? 713 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,060 He said, I'm your God. 714 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,060 I am with you. 715 00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:41,800 Be strong and courageous. 716 00:32:41,940 --> 00:32:42,660 I will go with you. 717 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:45,840 I have determined to give you this land. 718 00:32:46,420 --> 00:32:46,900 Beloved. 719 00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:49,780 The land is the Lord Jesus Christ in 720 00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:50,480 the new Testament. 721 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,420 The Bible says in the psalm that it 722 00:32:53,420 --> 00:32:55,620 says, Jesus Christ, he is my portion. 723 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,520 The Lord is my portion in my cup. 724 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:00,620 The land is a full possession of Jesus 725 00:33:00,620 --> 00:33:04,080 Christ and Jesus Christ fully possessing us. 726 00:33:04,180 --> 00:33:05,580 This is the land in the new Testament. 727 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,180 The North, the South, the East and the 728 00:33:07,180 --> 00:33:07,360 West. 729 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,360 It's all our heart, all our soul, all 730 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,480 our mind, all our strength. 731 00:33:12,420 --> 00:33:14,640 God says, it's my will that you possess 732 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:15,640 all of me. 733 00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:17,820 And I possess all of you. 734 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,060 But beloved, this whole Testament story has a 735 00:33:22,060 --> 00:33:23,220 new Testament application. 736 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,140 In spite of all the promises that we 737 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:30,360 receive and we hear, why do we not 738 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:31,140 believe him? 739 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,520 Why are there still strongholds? 740 00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:40,360 Why is there no freedom in our lives? 741 00:33:40,380 --> 00:33:42,200 Those that say we love the Lord. 742 00:33:43,940 --> 00:33:49,230 In this group here, it says here, God 743 00:33:49,230 --> 00:33:52,830 says, finally, he says, I will not drive 744 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:53,290 them out. 745 00:33:54,830 --> 00:33:56,950 I have told you the land is yours. 746 00:33:57,190 --> 00:33:58,730 You don't know what it is when you 747 00:33:58,730 --> 00:33:59,850 make peace with the enemy. 748 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:02,390 You do not know what you're bargaining for. 749 00:34:02,670 --> 00:34:04,010 He says, there are going to be thorns 750 00:34:04,010 --> 00:34:05,070 in your side. 751 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:08,090 That means there will never be a comfort 752 00:34:08,090 --> 00:34:10,830 in your walk within your religion. 753 00:34:11,730 --> 00:34:15,590 There will be an anguish and beloved for 754 00:34:15,590 --> 00:34:16,690 many, many. 755 00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:20,770 That will not walk the way the Lord 756 00:34:20,770 --> 00:34:22,330 Jesus is asking us to walk. 757 00:34:23,010 --> 00:34:24,810 He is saying, I want you to learn 758 00:34:24,810 --> 00:34:27,130 to deny yourself and take up your cross. 759 00:34:27,170 --> 00:34:28,290 Then I'll bring you into freedom. 760 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:30,070 And they say, no, I want to be 761 00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:31,270 a Christian on my terms. 762 00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:32,830 And God says, fine, then you'll live with 763 00:34:32,830 --> 00:34:33,190 an enemy. 764 00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:34,690 You'll live with thorns in your side. 765 00:34:34,730 --> 00:34:35,929 I will not drive them out. 766 00:34:38,330 --> 00:34:40,870 You will live with anguish and the God 767 00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:42,929 that you say you do not serve will 768 00:34:42,929 --> 00:34:44,050 be a snare to you. 769 00:34:45,790 --> 00:34:48,429 You will be a captivated people proclaiming you're 770 00:34:48,429 --> 00:34:48,770 free. 771 00:34:49,409 --> 00:34:51,489 And we'll call it a Christian walk. 772 00:34:52,530 --> 00:34:54,290 Then we'll say to our loved ones, oh, 773 00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:55,389 come to this light. 774 00:34:56,990 --> 00:34:58,850 Jesus said, if the light be in you, 775 00:34:58,950 --> 00:35:01,070 darkness, how great is that darkness? 776 00:35:05,030 --> 00:35:07,370 The light we're offering our family or those 777 00:35:07,370 --> 00:35:09,010 that know it's the most have to be 778 00:35:09,010 --> 00:35:09,990 the pure light. 779 00:35:11,790 --> 00:35:14,390 If we have settled down, we have not 780 00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:16,270 taken possession of the land. 781 00:35:16,670 --> 00:35:18,510 If we have made peace with our enemies, 782 00:35:18,970 --> 00:35:20,750 if now we live with thorns in our 783 00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:22,610 side, there's an anguish in our spirit. 784 00:35:22,670 --> 00:35:24,350 And if there's no peace, and then we 785 00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:27,310 tell them, come to this light, it is 786 00:35:27,310 --> 00:35:28,750 a wonder they don't come. 787 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:37,280 I could see in this generation, the leadership 788 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:44,920 coming together, having church, a captivated leadership of 789 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:45,600 these tribes. 790 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,100 They could reassure themselves that what was pervasive 791 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,080 must be permissible with God. 792 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,620 If everybody around that they look was captivated, 793 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,840 partially captivated, it must be God's will. 794 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,780 In religious conferences, they could have titles like 795 00:36:02,780 --> 00:36:07,320 living with your realities should be subtitled living 796 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,940 with your rebellion, how to maintain peace with 797 00:36:10,940 --> 00:36:14,300 the enemy, sharing false alters. 798 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,260 Is this really abomination? 799 00:36:18,820 --> 00:36:20,840 But I'll tell you what was never said, 800 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:25,140 make peace with the enemy and your children 801 00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:26,660 will live in bondage. 802 00:36:30,130 --> 00:36:31,310 I would say, live with it. 803 00:36:32,570 --> 00:36:34,690 Live with the reality of letting the enemy 804 00:36:34,690 --> 00:36:36,070 settle down with you. 805 00:36:37,390 --> 00:36:39,830 Settle down in your heart, make a stronghold. 806 00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:42,010 God knows you've been hurt. 807 00:36:42,170 --> 00:36:43,370 God knows you've been betrayed. 808 00:36:43,570 --> 00:36:44,690 God knows there's a pain. 809 00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:47,570 The enemy wants you and I on a 810 00:36:47,570 --> 00:36:49,990 treadmill of why God, why God, why God? 811 00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:54,100 Because we sound religious. 812 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:58,160 But believe it, beloved, it's truly called living 813 00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,240 in disobedience. 814 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:01,960 God says, I'm giving you the land. 815 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:04,720 I will give it all to you. 816 00:37:05,780 --> 00:37:07,200 But you come my way. 817 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,920 You fully follow me. 818 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,880 Because I'll tell you something, when we see 819 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,520 disobedience for what it is, beloved, there is 820 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,680 an accompanying price tag that we don't want 821 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,100 to pay. 822 00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:22,480 And Jesus knew that. 823 00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:25,260 How much more difficult it was going to 824 00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:27,860 be trying to set our own way, our 825 00:37:27,860 --> 00:37:31,800 own Christian walk, not led by the Lord 826 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:32,720 Jesus Christ. 827 00:37:35,410 --> 00:37:37,410 You know, they would have, Caleb was in 828 00:37:37,410 --> 00:37:41,010 their midst in a high mountain while they 829 00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:44,270 lived in captivity with an empty, with a 830 00:37:44,270 --> 00:37:45,590 promise ringing in their ear. 831 00:37:46,770 --> 00:37:48,510 But I could hear what they would say, 832 00:37:48,950 --> 00:37:50,330 Caleb is not reality. 833 00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:53,390 I mean, he's a super Christian. 834 00:37:54,990 --> 00:37:57,770 He has something, you know, we don't have. 835 00:37:59,350 --> 00:38:00,330 Which was true. 836 00:38:01,870 --> 00:38:05,370 He just simply chose to believe when God 837 00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:06,150 spoke to him. 838 00:38:07,350 --> 00:38:08,510 It was that simple. 839 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,760 The mountain for us in our generation, I 840 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,080 believe, is the cry, give me my family. 841 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:22,010 Let me lead my family to Christ. 842 00:38:22,970 --> 00:38:26,030 Let the light in me overcome the darkness. 843 00:38:28,580 --> 00:38:30,660 That's a Caleb cry. 844 00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:33,300 That's a Caleb call. 845 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,260 If you're here tonight and it is Lord 846 00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:40,460 Jesus, I would be the light in me 847 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:42,800 to even break the darkness in my own 848 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,320 Jerusalem, the place closest to me. 849 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:49,730 Beloved, it's going to take more than just 850 00:38:49,730 --> 00:38:50,890 a promise of God. 851 00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:54,810 It's going to take more than you and 852 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:56,330 I being a forgiven Christian. 853 00:38:56,730 --> 00:38:58,430 It's not, it's there comes a point. 854 00:38:58,530 --> 00:39:00,850 It's not enough to be forgiven, but we 855 00:39:00,850 --> 00:39:03,470 must become a forgiven and a free people 856 00:39:03,470 --> 00:39:05,310 to reach our family. 857 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:09,980 That's the promise land Caleb. 858 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,580 It tells us in numbers 1424, it says 859 00:39:14,580 --> 00:39:18,140 Caleb, my servant, he had another spirit and 860 00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:19,960 he followed me fully him. 861 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,340 Will I bring into the land? 862 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,440 Beloved, we can apply that directly to our 863 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:25,200 lives. 864 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:29,160 There's a call going out tonight by the 865 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,020 spirit of God. 866 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,940 It's saying, I've given you the land. 867 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,620 I would that you possess all of Jesus 868 00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:38,660 Christ in his fullness. 869 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,820 And he wants to possess all of you, 870 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:43,640 all of me. 871 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,440 Don't let the devil tell you that's a 872 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,340 pie in the sky. 873 00:39:47,820 --> 00:39:48,300 Unreality. 874 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,320 It is a shore up promise as the 875 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,360 ones made to the children of Israel. 876 00:39:54,420 --> 00:39:54,920 It is. 877 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,500 But if we have to say, Lord Jesus, 878 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:59,540 lead your way, lead through the past, I 879 00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:02,120 don't understand, but don't let me be fine. 880 00:40:02,260 --> 00:40:04,800 Be found carrying how far behind you saying, 881 00:40:04,940 --> 00:40:05,740 why this way? 882 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,360 Why through the rocky road? 883 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,600 Why through these boring coastal land? 884 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:12,740 Why this? 885 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,000 Why that we should settle it in our 886 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:16,700 heart tonight. 887 00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:21,540 Lord Jesus, give me the heart that when 888 00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:30,450 you speak, it is enough that Caleb, my 889 00:40:30,450 --> 00:40:33,210 servant, that's what servant is. 890 00:40:34,450 --> 00:40:36,950 That's when he was described, Caleb, my servant. 891 00:40:37,050 --> 00:40:41,410 This is the first, first entrance way into 892 00:40:41,410 --> 00:40:45,070 a faith that can smash strongholds found in 893 00:40:45,070 --> 00:40:48,170 our heart and subsequently in our family. 894 00:40:49,010 --> 00:40:52,930 When he said my servant, that's someone who 895 00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:56,590 constantly bows their knee and their head to 896 00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:59,330 their Lord, his will, not ours. 897 00:40:59,430 --> 00:41:00,670 And it's as simple as that. 898 00:41:02,030 --> 00:41:04,950 When the Lord speaks, we learn the first 899 00:41:04,950 --> 00:41:06,990 reflex is to bow the knee. 900 00:41:09,780 --> 00:41:11,380 It's as simple as that. 901 00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:14,720 But if you walk with them any length 902 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:16,040 of time, God has asked you stuff you 903 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:16,820 don't want to do. 904 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,560 He has asked me things I have not 905 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:20,320 wanted to do. 906 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,540 And there have been times I have not 907 00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:23,060 done it. 908 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,240 And then I get entangled in the land. 909 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,620 Then all of a sudden this Christian walk 910 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,400 becomes hard and complicated. 911 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,000 It just took obeying him. 912 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,040 That's a crucifixion. 913 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:39,960 We have a stronger will than you and 914 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:40,400 I know. 915 00:41:41,140 --> 00:41:42,780 But when we learn to say, when you 916 00:41:42,780 --> 00:41:44,460 speak, I will bow my knee, that's a 917 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,220 crucifixion of our will. 918 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:53,060 But beloved, it resolves in a life that 919 00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:56,800 we know so little about when we live 920 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:57,840 a disobedient life. 921 00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:01,650 It's a daily dying. 922 00:42:02,950 --> 00:42:04,990 It's saying your will, not mine, if we 923 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:06,370 have to say it a thousand times a 924 00:42:06,370 --> 00:42:06,570 day. 925 00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:08,590 The Holy Spirit is going to learn to 926 00:42:08,590 --> 00:42:11,130 teach those that want to possess Jesus Christ. 927 00:42:11,330 --> 00:42:12,890 That's an automatic response. 928 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:16,760 Caleb had another spirit. 929 00:42:17,820 --> 00:42:19,240 It was a cleansed temple. 930 00:42:19,940 --> 00:42:22,780 The Holy Spirit filled this man. 931 00:42:23,220 --> 00:42:25,860 Beloved, if you belong to Jesus Christ, that 932 00:42:25,860 --> 00:42:27,540 means his blood has cleansed you. 933 00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:29,280 That means you are a fit place for 934 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,540 the Holy Ghost to dwell. 935 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,780 And the Holy Ghost, if we're saved, we 936 00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:34,820 have a measure of him. 937 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,900 And it is our privilege every day to 938 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:39,780 lift our hands up and say, fill me 939 00:42:39,780 --> 00:42:42,800 Holy Spirit and give me the mind of 940 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:43,240 Christ. 941 00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:45,880 We don't have to flounder around all the 942 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:46,140 time. 943 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,020 Is that God speaking, the devil speaking or 944 00:42:48,020 --> 00:42:48,940 my flesh speaking? 945 00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:52,240 We just submit the thought to the Lord 946 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:53,520 and ask him to show us. 947 00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:55,600 And you know what he does? 948 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,870 We live in constant touch with him because 949 00:43:02,870 --> 00:43:04,870 we ask every day for a filling of 950 00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:05,710 the Holy Ghost. 951 00:43:07,670 --> 00:43:10,030 And when the Holy Ghost begins to come 952 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:11,290 and give us the mind of Christ, he 953 00:43:11,290 --> 00:43:12,430 does something incredible. 954 00:43:12,830 --> 00:43:15,290 The Bible says that in Romans 5, 5, 955 00:43:15,410 --> 00:43:17,670 because the love of God is shed abroad 956 00:43:17,670 --> 00:43:19,370 in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. 957 00:43:19,930 --> 00:43:21,930 If you have trouble receiving the love of 958 00:43:21,930 --> 00:43:25,070 God for you, if you have trouble truly 959 00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:28,670 believing an awesome God that loves you and 960 00:43:28,670 --> 00:43:31,390 gave himself for you, died for you, longs 961 00:43:31,390 --> 00:43:33,170 to cleanse you, longs to give you his 962 00:43:33,170 --> 00:43:36,350 heart, longs to show himself strong, longs to 963 00:43:36,350 --> 00:43:38,510 be your father, longs to be your brother, 964 00:43:39,010 --> 00:43:41,130 longs that you be his cherished bride. 965 00:43:41,390 --> 00:43:42,890 And you have a hard time receiving that. 966 00:43:42,970 --> 00:43:44,910 You ask for a daily filling of the 967 00:43:44,910 --> 00:43:47,190 Holy Ghost because the Bible says it's the 968 00:43:47,190 --> 00:43:49,410 Holy Ghost that sheds that abroad in our 969 00:43:49,410 --> 00:43:51,570 heart, makes it real, makes it clear, makes 970 00:43:51,570 --> 00:43:59,240 it full, makes it abundant, another spirit. 971 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:02,120 Hallelujah. 972 00:44:03,060 --> 00:44:05,400 And finally, the Bible says that this man 973 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,780 Caleb, a man full of faith with a 974 00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:11,440 servant of God, he had another spirit. 975 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:15,200 And the Bible says he fully followed, he 976 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:16,220 fully followed. 977 00:44:18,750 --> 00:44:21,390 If Jesus had stopped short of the cross, 978 00:44:22,150 --> 00:44:24,630 not followed the will of God fully, but 979 00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:27,050 if Jesus had stopped short of the cross, 980 00:44:27,970 --> 00:44:30,430 where would you and I be tonight? 981 00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:37,110 What would our lives look like had he 982 00:44:37,110 --> 00:44:38,050 not fully followed? 983 00:44:41,540 --> 00:44:45,040 Beloved, we determine with our will, I will 984 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,600 follow you fully in the power of the 985 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,600 risen Christ, but we determine in our will, 986 00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:53,560 I will follow you fully wherever you lead. 987 00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:55,240 There will be a grace for me to 988 00:44:55,240 --> 00:44:55,720 follow. 989 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,420 There'll be rocky places, flat, boring places, places 990 00:45:01,420 --> 00:45:02,420 we don't understand. 991 00:45:02,540 --> 00:45:05,820 But if we commit to follow him, something 992 00:45:05,820 --> 00:45:08,420 incredible is going to happen. 993 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,420 And I want to show you, if you 994 00:45:11,420 --> 00:45:13,220 would just quickly turn with me to Mark 995 00:45:13,220 --> 00:45:24,920 nine, Mark chapter nine, fully 996 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,180 following is something we determined to do. 997 00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:31,400 Through the good times, through the bad times, 998 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,140 when it makes sense, when it doesn't make 999 00:45:33,140 --> 00:45:35,120 sense, when it's fun, when it's not fun, 1000 00:45:35,540 --> 00:45:39,920 when we cry, when we laugh, nothing deters 1001 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:40,280 us. 1002 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,660 We make a determination in our heart that 1003 00:45:42,660 --> 00:45:43,900 we will fully follow him. 1004 00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:51,820 In Mark nine, chapter two, sorry, verse two, 1005 00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,200 chapter nine of Mark says, and after six 1006 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,880 days, Jesus taketh with him Peter, James, and 1007 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,280 John and leadeth them up into a high 1008 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,340 mountain apart by themselves. 1009 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,120 Now, Jesus had 12 disciples. 1010 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:05,660 Yes. 1011 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,640 The interesting thing is it says he leadeth 1012 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:09,580 three of them up. 1013 00:46:10,580 --> 00:46:12,400 And I had to think just for a 1014 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:17,760 minute, when Jesus made it known he was 1015 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:21,300 going to a mountain, he was able to 1016 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:22,240 lead three up. 1017 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,580 Did he say he was going there? 1018 00:46:26,660 --> 00:46:28,260 And for the rest of them, was it 1019 00:46:28,260 --> 00:46:28,920 a hot day? 1020 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:30,640 Was it going to look like an arduous 1021 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:31,020 trip? 1022 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:34,640 And a lot of them just, you know, 1023 00:46:34,780 --> 00:46:37,040 they loved him, but it was those who 1024 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:41,940 love his presence, got up and went with 1025 00:46:41,940 --> 00:46:42,200 him. 1026 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,180 Those that love his presence can be led. 1027 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:49,360 Those that want him can be led. 1028 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:51,600 And so what happens? 1029 00:46:51,820 --> 00:46:52,900 They go up the mountain. 1030 00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:54,960 Going up a mountain is going up a 1031 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:55,120 mountain. 1032 00:46:55,220 --> 00:46:56,860 That means it was not always easy going. 1033 00:46:58,280 --> 00:46:59,720 They get to the top. 1034 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:01,440 And what happens? 1035 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,440 Those that follow get the revelation. 1036 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,640 And all of a sudden, Jesus Christ begins 1037 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:10,360 to transfigure, begins to change before them. 1038 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,420 It's like they're seeing him like they've never 1039 00:47:12,420 --> 00:47:13,540 seen him before. 1040 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,140 The Bible says that all of a sudden 1041 00:47:15,140 --> 00:47:17,960 his raiment was a white on that no 1042 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,680 white on earth can be seen or found. 1043 00:47:19,980 --> 00:47:22,500 And his presence in his countenance was changed. 1044 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,440 And the Bible says that cloud overshadowed them. 1045 00:47:25,820 --> 00:47:28,520 And a voice from heaven said, this is 1046 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:29,820 my beloved son. 1047 00:47:30,740 --> 00:47:31,500 Hear him. 1048 00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,140 And they got this incredible revelation of Jesus 1049 00:47:35,140 --> 00:47:39,160 Christ, that God in heaven spoke and said, 1050 00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:40,500 I have a son. 1051 00:47:40,740 --> 00:47:41,700 This is him. 1052 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:43,260 Hear him. 1053 00:47:44,500 --> 00:47:45,440 I'll tell you something. 1054 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,280 I know they had doubts. 1055 00:47:48,580 --> 00:47:50,140 I know they had doubts all the way 1056 00:47:50,140 --> 00:47:50,680 up the mountain. 1057 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,160 But I tell you something for one glorious 1058 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,100 moment, all the doubts were gone. 1059 00:47:57,540 --> 00:47:58,340 And it was so glorious. 1060 00:47:58,440 --> 00:47:59,520 Peter wanted to stay there. 1061 00:47:59,900 --> 00:48:01,100 But Jesus said, no, you got to follow 1062 00:48:01,100 --> 00:48:03,060 me down the mountain. 1063 00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,740 So they got up and they follow him 1064 00:48:07,740 --> 00:48:08,320 back down. 1065 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:10,720 And when they go down in the valley, 1066 00:48:10,820 --> 00:48:12,960 they meet a family in total disarray. 1067 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:19,140 Family with a demon possessed boy and the 1068 00:48:19,140 --> 00:48:21,100 darkness and the horror of having a demon 1069 00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:24,580 possessed child that paralyzed everyone in that group. 1070 00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:28,160 And the disciples that had not followed him 1071 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,840 up the mountain were now the same people 1072 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,700 dealing with the demon possessed boy. 1073 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,040 Or should I say not dealing? 1074 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,900 Because when that blackness and that horror comes 1075 00:48:37,900 --> 00:48:39,620 into their midst, there was nothing they could 1076 00:48:39,620 --> 00:48:39,860 do. 1077 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:40,700 And they knew it. 1078 00:48:41,140 --> 00:48:42,960 In fact, they never knew anybody who could 1079 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:44,060 do anything about it. 1080 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,040 And Jesus comes and he's coming down the 1081 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:48,220 mountain. 1082 00:48:48,380 --> 00:48:49,760 He turns to those three men and he 1083 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,080 says, say nothing of what you've seen. 1084 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,340 And then they come down into this situation 1085 00:48:55,340 --> 00:48:56,920 of family and disarray. 1086 00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,720 And the father comes and you know the 1087 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:02,220 story. 1088 00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:05,400 He says, do something with my boy. 1089 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,760 And Jesus said, if you can believe all 1090 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,040 things are possible to them that believe. 1091 00:49:13,740 --> 00:49:15,400 And then he cries out, if I could 1092 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,080 paraphrase it, well, that's the point. 1093 00:49:17,740 --> 00:49:20,720 I believe, but only to a point. 1094 00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:23,380 Now and then I end off believing. 1095 00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,820 And beloved, this is the point now where 1096 00:49:28,820 --> 00:49:30,420 Jesus Christ is leading. 1097 00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:32,860 Jesus Christ in our walk with him will 1098 00:49:32,860 --> 00:49:34,920 lead us to the exact place in our 1099 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,340 walk where our belief ends and unbelief takes 1100 00:49:38,340 --> 00:49:38,860 over. 1101 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:41,580 Because he loves us. 1102 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:43,740 He knows the areas of our heart where 1103 00:49:43,740 --> 00:49:45,540 we really don't believe where we want to, 1104 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,780 but we don't fully follow him. 1105 00:49:49,380 --> 00:49:51,400 Because the Bible, he takes us to the 1106 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:51,560 point. 1107 00:49:51,660 --> 00:49:53,520 And now these three disciples that know like 1108 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,180 they know that he is the son of 1109 00:49:56,180 --> 00:49:58,440 God can see themselves and the other apostles 1110 00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,340 who look totally overwhelmed at this whole situation. 1111 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:05,100 But it's like these three disciples now can 1112 00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:06,640 see, this is what I look like before 1113 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:07,180 the mountain. 1114 00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:09,100 Now I've come down the other side of 1115 00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:09,360 the mountain. 1116 00:50:09,460 --> 00:50:10,560 I know who he is. 1117 00:50:11,340 --> 00:50:13,540 And now we begin to see that Jesus 1118 00:50:13,540 --> 00:50:15,680 will bring us when we fully follow him 1119 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,900 to a point where our belief ends and 1120 00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:18,780 unbelief starts. 1121 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,440 That's what was happening with the other disciples, 1122 00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,980 that they may believe that he may reveal 1123 00:50:22,980 --> 00:50:23,440 himself. 1124 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:24,880 He's so gracious to us. 1125 00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,000 And he cast the demon out of that 1126 00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:28,420 boy. 1127 00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:31,400 Beloved, when we fully follow him, he will 1128 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,560 reveal himself to us in ways we need 1129 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:34,580 to do it. 1130 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:36,260 Then he'll take us back down to the 1131 00:50:36,260 --> 00:50:36,480 mountain. 1132 00:50:36,540 --> 00:50:38,180 He'll put us in places where we can't 1133 00:50:38,180 --> 00:50:38,560 believe him. 1134 00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:40,920 We only have our faith runs out. 1135 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,440 He leads us to that point because then 1136 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,580 he's going to reveal himself as the only 1137 00:50:45,580 --> 00:50:48,060 one who can come up against the devil 1138 00:50:48,060 --> 00:50:49,120 and win every time. 1139 00:50:54,460 --> 00:50:55,780 Don't sit there tonight and say, I don't 1140 00:50:55,780 --> 00:50:56,780 have the faith of Caleb. 1141 00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:57,280 That's all right. 1142 00:50:57,320 --> 00:50:59,820 You keep following, keep following, but you fully 1143 00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:00,500 follow him. 1144 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:02,460 Don't stop halfway. 1145 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,400 Don't look at the situation and say, I'm 1146 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:06,220 overwhelmed. 1147 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,380 It is Jesus Christ leading you and I 1148 00:51:09,380 --> 00:51:11,440 to the point where we are overwhelmed that 1149 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,140 he may take us to the next place, 1150 00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:14,700 a complete faith in him. 1151 00:51:22,060 --> 00:51:22,500 Hallelujah. 1152 00:51:23,060 --> 00:51:25,520 When that man cried out, Lord, I believe 1153 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:26,340 help my unbelief. 1154 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:26,980 I'll tell you something. 1155 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:28,380 It was a cry of the spirit. 1156 00:51:29,380 --> 00:51:31,320 When he cried, help my unbelief. 1157 00:51:31,780 --> 00:51:34,420 When we fully follow, we get past the 1158 00:51:34,420 --> 00:51:35,580 cries of the flesh. 1159 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:36,880 Oh God, why? 1160 00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:41,590 We push into a cry of the spirit. 1161 00:51:41,650 --> 00:51:43,690 I don't believe help my unbelief. 1162 00:51:43,790 --> 00:51:45,110 You're the only one who can give me 1163 00:51:45,110 --> 00:51:46,250 belief for this journey. 1164 00:51:46,970 --> 00:51:48,830 You're the only one who can confront the 1165 00:51:48,830 --> 00:51:51,390 devil and win every time on your turf. 1166 00:51:51,910 --> 00:51:54,470 Lord, help me believe and we'll see a 1167 00:51:54,470 --> 00:51:59,840 faith grow beloved and following fully. 1168 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,480 He's going to take us by the hand 1169 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:03,480 and he's going to teach us a lesson 1170 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:04,200 of obedience. 1171 00:52:06,060 --> 00:52:06,920 Mark nine. 1172 00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:07,540 No. 1173 00:52:07,940 --> 00:52:08,100 Yeah. 1174 00:52:08,140 --> 00:52:08,640 Mark eight. 1175 00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:09,000 Sorry. 1176 00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:10,360 Mark eight. 1177 00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:20,140 Jesus in verse 22, there's a blind man 1178 00:52:20,140 --> 00:52:24,160 in a town of Bethsaida and the Bible 1179 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,620 tells us that Jesus leads this blind man 1180 00:52:26,620 --> 00:52:29,780 out by the hand out of the town. 1181 00:52:30,540 --> 00:52:31,560 Verse 23. 1182 00:52:32,420 --> 00:52:34,260 And he took the blind man by the 1183 00:52:34,260 --> 00:52:35,900 hand and led him out of the town. 1184 00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,180 And when he had spit on his eyes 1185 00:52:38,180 --> 00:52:39,880 and put his hands upon him, he asked 1186 00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:41,140 him if he saw it. 1187 00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:44,480 And he looked up and said, I see 1188 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,600 men as trees walking. 1189 00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:49,240 And after that, he put his hands again 1190 00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:51,320 upon his eyes and made him look up. 1191 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,940 And he was restored and saw every man 1192 00:52:54,940 --> 00:52:55,360 clearly. 1193 00:52:55,900 --> 00:52:57,620 And he sent him away to his house 1194 00:52:57,620 --> 00:53:00,440 saying, neither go into the town nor tell 1195 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:01,600 it to any in the town. 1196 00:53:03,380 --> 00:53:04,160 Now, beloved. 1197 00:53:06,140 --> 00:53:08,280 Jesus leads him out of a place. 1198 00:53:09,140 --> 00:53:10,560 He did not heal him in that town. 1199 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,940 He very pointedly led him by the hand 1200 00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:14,680 as a blind man out of that town. 1201 00:53:15,060 --> 00:53:17,970 And the Bible says he spit and he 1202 00:53:17,970 --> 00:53:20,250 and then said, what do you see? 1203 00:53:21,430 --> 00:53:23,010 And he said, men as trees walking. 1204 00:53:24,490 --> 00:53:26,890 Now, the one who made the eye to 1205 00:53:26,890 --> 00:53:31,570 see did not have a temporary miracle disconnect. 1206 00:53:33,690 --> 00:53:36,130 The one who made the eye see. 1207 00:53:37,250 --> 00:53:39,850 Did that on purpose for that man's sake 1208 00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:44,540 and for our sake, he touched him again 1209 00:53:44,540 --> 00:53:47,000 and then he said, now, what do you 1210 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:47,300 see? 1211 00:53:47,300 --> 00:53:48,740 And he said, it's restored. 1212 00:53:48,900 --> 00:53:49,860 I see clearly. 1213 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,120 Then Jesus said to him, don't go back 1214 00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:53,660 in that town. 1215 00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:56,220 And he said, and don't talk to the 1216 00:53:56,220 --> 00:53:58,300 people in that town and don't have anything 1217 00:53:58,300 --> 00:54:00,720 to do with those in that town. 1218 00:54:01,820 --> 00:54:02,820 Beloved, I'll tell you something. 1219 00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:05,640 That miracle was about those last instructions. 1220 00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,820 Because when you and I, so many times 1221 00:54:10,820 --> 00:54:12,580 when we get in a spot and we 1222 00:54:12,580 --> 00:54:14,200 say, Lord, by faith, I want to walk 1223 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:15,580 with you, I want to learn a walk 1224 00:54:15,580 --> 00:54:16,120 of faith. 1225 00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:20,020 And he takes us by the hand because 1226 00:54:20,020 --> 00:54:21,600 we're blind without him. 1227 00:54:22,740 --> 00:54:24,580 We're blind to what's in our heart. 1228 00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:25,720 We're blind to the situation. 1229 00:54:25,860 --> 00:54:26,840 So many times we need to be led. 1230 00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,080 But when we're led out of a situation, 1231 00:54:29,240 --> 00:54:30,340 he says, I want to show you a 1232 00:54:30,340 --> 00:54:30,720 principle. 1233 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,960 What happens if you take matters back into 1234 00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:34,580 your own hands? 1235 00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:36,260 If you do not learn a walk of 1236 00:54:36,260 --> 00:54:37,040 obedience with me? 1237 00:54:37,180 --> 00:54:38,400 He put his hands on his eyes and 1238 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:39,080 said, what do you see? 1239 00:54:39,140 --> 00:54:40,660 He says, I see men as trees walking. 1240 00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:42,580 I could see. 1241 00:54:43,020 --> 00:54:44,020 Beloved, tell me something. 1242 00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:44,880 Is that man blind? 1243 00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:46,720 No. 1244 00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:48,480 But does that man see? 1245 00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:49,840 No. 1246 00:54:51,020 --> 00:54:52,800 He's not blind, but he doesn't see. 1247 00:54:53,460 --> 00:54:54,200 What is he? 1248 00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:57,360 Jesus put his hands back on and now 1249 00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:58,260 he can see again. 1250 00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:00,500 And then he said, now I've got a 1251 00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:01,920 direct command for you. 1252 00:55:02,860 --> 00:55:05,540 And he was showing him if you disobey 1253 00:55:05,540 --> 00:55:07,680 me, if you go back into those places 1254 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:10,680 that I have led you out of, if 1255 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:12,580 I am taking you by the hand because 1256 00:55:12,580 --> 00:55:14,080 you want to learn a walk of faith 1257 00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:15,600 and only I can bring you through this 1258 00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:17,680 walk of faith and I begin to ask 1259 00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:18,900 you to do things. 1260 00:55:20,740 --> 00:55:23,640 Obey me, because otherwise I'll tell you what 1261 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:24,020 will happen. 1262 00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:26,280 We'll become Christians who say we see and 1263 00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:27,420 we see nothing at all. 1264 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:32,980 We will become people blinded, going to our 1265 00:55:32,980 --> 00:55:34,600 relatives and going to our families. 1266 00:55:34,740 --> 00:55:36,100 They don't you wish you could see like 1267 00:55:36,100 --> 00:55:41,760 I see and we will be a reproach 1268 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:42,500 of the gospel. 1269 00:55:44,260 --> 00:55:46,980 You see obedience, beloved. 1270 00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:48,720 This is how we love him. 1271 00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:50,420 We obey him. 1272 00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:52,800 That takes a crucifixion. 1273 00:55:53,180 --> 00:55:54,800 That's a crucified walk. 1274 00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,520 But beloved, when we decide, yeah, Lord, I 1275 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,180 will fully follow you. 1276 00:56:00,900 --> 00:56:02,340 I will fully follow you. 1277 00:56:02,420 --> 00:56:04,200 And in that following, that is going to 1278 00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:05,340 mean I'm going to have to trust you 1279 00:56:05,340 --> 00:56:06,860 and I'm going to have to obey you. 1280 00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:09,780 But as he takes us through that crucifying 1281 00:56:09,780 --> 00:56:12,040 of our flesh, when our will is crossed 1282 00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:13,800 and we learn to bend our knee first, 1283 00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,460 ask the question second, and we learn that 1284 00:56:16,460 --> 00:56:17,840 kind of walk with him, I tell you 1285 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,960 something, the strongholds in our heart are going 1286 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,380 to be smashed wide open. 1287 00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:24,340 We're going to start to be a people 1288 00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:26,520 filled with the spirit of God. 1289 00:56:26,860 --> 00:56:29,700 We're going to start to be truly free. 1290 00:56:29,700 --> 00:56:31,320 And do you know something? 1291 00:56:31,420 --> 00:56:32,880 Our family is going to know it. 1292 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,440 This doesn't mean you and I never fail. 1293 00:56:35,580 --> 00:56:37,720 This does not mean that there's not times 1294 00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:40,320 that we don't doubt, but we make a 1295 00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:42,060 determination in our heart. 1296 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,500 Lord, when you speak, I remember this is 1297 00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:46,740 God speaking to me. 1298 00:56:46,980 --> 00:56:49,260 I put my hand out and I trust 1299 00:56:49,260 --> 00:56:49,560 you. 1300 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:51,300 I obey you. 1301 00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:53,900 I follow you fully. 1302 00:56:54,900 --> 00:56:57,980 And believe that the stronghold in us are 1303 00:56:57,980 --> 00:56:58,420 broken. 1304 00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:00,900 And that was what Caleb did. 1305 00:57:01,140 --> 00:57:03,300 That is the story of Caleb's life. 1306 00:57:03,820 --> 00:57:05,920 And that's why in the midst of a 1307 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:10,200 backslidden apostate religious group that he could say, 1308 00:57:10,300 --> 00:57:12,900 give me that mountain for all of those 1309 00:57:12,900 --> 00:57:17,300 thorn stricken God and little G God ensnared 1310 00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:19,560 people would look up and he would be 1311 00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:20,880 a thorn to them. 1312 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,440 That God is real and God is able 1313 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:24,440 to give us the mountain. 1314 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,320 God is able to give us the inheritance 1315 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:27,480 when we follow him. 1316 00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:31,320 But as we live, as we become more 1317 00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:33,760 and more free people, I'll tell you something. 1318 00:57:33,900 --> 00:57:36,120 That's when our family says there is something 1319 00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,720 to this because they know us. 1320 00:57:41,020 --> 00:57:42,160 They know who we are. 1321 00:57:42,220 --> 00:57:43,300 They know what we're made of. 1322 00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:46,140 But will we begin to turn truly and 1323 00:57:46,140 --> 00:57:47,480 submit to the Lord Jesus Christ? 1324 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:48,000 You know what? 1325 00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:49,820 He lives his life through us. 1326 00:57:49,820 --> 00:57:52,460 They cannot confound the words of Christ. 1327 00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:55,520 They cannot dispute the miracles that will happen 1328 00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,200 in our lives because Christ's working through us. 1329 00:57:58,500 --> 00:58:00,060 They will begin to see and hear about 1330 00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:02,080 the mind of Christ and a wisdom that 1331 00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:03,220 we never had. 1332 00:58:04,220 --> 00:58:05,500 An understanding we never had. 1333 00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:06,820 A way of dealing with people. 1334 00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:09,180 We didn't have to be right all the 1335 00:58:09,180 --> 00:58:09,440 time. 1336 00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:11,000 Now there's a softness in us. 1337 00:58:11,180 --> 00:58:13,360 There's an understanding heart and we love like 1338 00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:14,040 Christ loves. 1339 00:58:14,860 --> 00:58:18,500 Beloved, we so often are the ones that 1340 00:58:18,500 --> 00:58:20,820 block our families from coming to Christ. 1341 00:58:21,620 --> 00:58:24,000 But if we would determine in our hearts 1342 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:27,600 to be a free people, that's our inheritance. 1343 00:58:28,860 --> 00:58:33,440 We can be a free people, fully following 1344 00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:38,140 him, taking up our cross, denying ourselves, taking 1345 00:58:38,140 --> 00:58:40,800 up our cross and following him. 1346 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:43,040 We will be free. 1347 00:58:44,220 --> 00:58:47,540 Our seed and those around us will see 1348 00:58:47,540 --> 00:58:47,800 it. 1349 00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:51,480 And we will pass on a living legacy 1350 00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:55,600 because they'll say, I want that. 1351 00:58:55,940 --> 00:58:57,980 People who sit in darkness want light. 1352 00:58:58,180 --> 00:59:00,420 People who are abound want freedom. 1353 00:59:00,580 --> 00:59:01,460 They want reality. 1354 00:59:01,740 --> 00:59:02,860 They want the real thing. 1355 00:59:02,860 --> 00:59:04,920 And when Jesus Christ is seen in a 1356 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,260 light, he is irresistible. 1357 00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,200 He is longed for when he is seen 1358 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:10,660 in us. 1359 00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:14,220 Caleb was just an ordinary man. 1360 00:59:14,660 --> 00:59:16,260 He was no different from you and I. 1361 00:59:20,230 --> 00:59:22,510 He ended up far above where most of 1362 00:59:22,510 --> 00:59:23,490 the church is today. 1363 00:59:24,790 --> 00:59:27,850 A man of flesh and blood making a 1364 00:59:29,990 --> 00:59:34,390 surrender, believing God when he spoke to him. 1365 00:59:35,410 --> 00:59:37,730 Beloved, there are many, many in this place 1366 00:59:37,730 --> 00:59:38,050 tonight. 1367 00:59:38,150 --> 00:59:39,430 God has been speaking to you. 1368 00:59:40,050 --> 00:59:42,430 God has been speaking something to you repeatedly. 1369 00:59:49,850 --> 00:59:51,790 We do not set the terms of the 1370 00:59:51,790 --> 00:59:52,370 relationship. 1371 00:59:53,030 --> 00:59:55,310 When Israel thought that they could ignore God, 1372 00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:59,160 they paid a very high price. 1373 01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:04,300 Beloved, tonight, God is telling us it is 1374 01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:07,940 possible for you to have such a radically 1375 01:00:07,940 --> 01:00:12,320 different life, to be free in him as 1376 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:12,960 never before. 1377 01:00:13,220 --> 01:00:14,220 It is possible. 1378 01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,940 It is possible if we will believe him. 1379 01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:22,740 For those of you that you know the 1380 01:00:22,740 --> 01:00:25,240 Lord has been after something and speaking to 1381 01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:27,680 you about something and you have been resisting 1382 01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:33,250 him, there is an altar here saying, Lord, 1383 01:00:35,010 --> 01:00:38,270 I realize I have been blocking the block 1384 01:00:38,270 --> 01:00:40,870 in my family because I have been full 1385 01:00:40,870 --> 01:00:42,330 of holes that I have not let you 1386 01:00:42,330 --> 01:00:43,150 fill with yourself. 1387 01:00:44,710 --> 01:00:47,310 I have been preaching Jesus but not living 1388 01:00:47,310 --> 01:00:47,830 Jesus. 1389 01:00:51,670 --> 01:00:53,910 For some, you just really don't believe it, 1390 01:00:54,590 --> 01:00:58,010 that you can have the fullness he offers 1391 01:00:58,010 --> 01:01:05,530 because you have tried and not a lot 1392 01:01:05,530 --> 01:01:05,950 changes. 1393 01:01:07,210 --> 01:01:10,110 I say to you, fully follow. 1394 01:01:10,890 --> 01:01:12,070 The work is not over. 1395 01:01:15,900 --> 01:01:17,800 We cannot see with our finite mind what 1396 01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:20,540 he is doing and the steps that need 1397 01:01:20,540 --> 01:01:21,060 to happen. 1398 01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:23,600 Fully follow. 1399 01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:26,120 The son of God will see us through. 1400 01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:30,240 We determine in our heart, God, you will 1401 01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:31,260 be God to me. 1402 01:01:42,310 --> 01:01:44,690 For many, the call to have a community 1403 01:01:44,690 --> 01:01:46,630 lighthouse is an exciting thing. 1404 01:01:48,330 --> 01:01:49,870 It is an exciting thing. 1405 01:01:52,820 --> 01:01:55,020 But you will reproduce after your own kind. 1406 01:02:00,150 --> 01:02:01,490 If the walls are down in a certain 1407 01:02:01,490 --> 01:02:04,630 area, there is a stronghold of unbelief, there 1408 01:02:04,630 --> 01:02:05,630 is an untamed lust. 1409 01:02:06,630 --> 01:02:09,970 As much as you love Jesus, the enemy 1410 01:02:09,970 --> 01:02:12,750 will punish you for stepping out in faith. 1411 01:02:13,990 --> 01:02:15,930 And any access he can gain, any and 1412 01:02:15,930 --> 01:02:17,250 every access he will take. 1413 01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:21,980 Those that want to step out in faith 1414 01:02:21,980 --> 01:02:23,420 and say, Lord, use me. 1415 01:02:26,820 --> 01:02:28,760 When you begin to step out in faith, 1416 01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:30,200 you say, Lord, use me. 1417 01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:32,540 But the first prayer is, Lord, search me. 1418 01:02:34,770 --> 01:02:36,430 Show me where you are not in control 1419 01:02:36,430 --> 01:02:36,710 of. 1420 01:02:37,110 --> 01:02:38,330 Because I will tell you something, the enemy 1421 01:02:38,330 --> 01:02:39,890 plays dirty and he plays for keeps. 1422 01:02:41,570 --> 01:02:43,430 And if he can punish you, if he 1423 01:02:43,430 --> 01:02:46,470 has access to you, he wants to blow 1424 01:02:46,470 --> 01:02:49,810 you sky high and ruin your testimony and 1425 01:02:49,810 --> 01:02:50,830 your family everywhere. 1426 01:02:51,130 --> 01:02:52,470 You know, I am not saying this to 1427 01:02:52,470 --> 01:02:52,890 scare us. 1428 01:02:53,110 --> 01:02:53,870 I am telling you something. 1429 01:02:54,190 --> 01:02:55,490 We have an enemy who can take the 1430 01:02:55,490 --> 01:02:57,750 truth of God and twist it. 1431 01:03:00,830 --> 01:03:03,010 He wants to lead us out into a 1432 01:03:03,010 --> 01:03:06,990 place of a false presumption where there are 1433 01:03:06,990 --> 01:03:09,310 areas he knows we have not surrendered. 1434 01:03:09,450 --> 01:03:11,250 There is a stronghold of unbelief in us. 1435 01:03:11,370 --> 01:03:13,730 We have not surrendered a certain area. 1436 01:03:14,910 --> 01:03:17,790 God knows it and you know it. 1437 01:03:19,770 --> 01:03:22,570 And when you step out, the devil will 1438 01:03:22,570 --> 01:03:23,350 push in there. 1439 01:03:25,570 --> 01:03:27,070 But it doesn't have to be so. 1440 01:03:28,670 --> 01:03:30,930 Because God says, will you believe me if 1441 01:03:30,930 --> 01:03:32,730 I say I will give you the land? 1442 01:03:33,630 --> 01:03:35,150 Will you fully follow me? 1443 01:03:35,490 --> 01:03:37,090 Will you bow your knee to me? 1444 01:03:38,090 --> 01:03:40,150 Will you let me take you through a 1445 01:03:40,150 --> 01:03:42,410 crucified walk because you will be a free 1446 01:03:42,410 --> 01:03:42,890 person? 1447 01:03:43,570 --> 01:03:46,590 When your lusts, your wants get crucified, you 1448 01:03:46,590 --> 01:03:47,790 get Christ instead. 1449 01:03:49,350 --> 01:03:50,490 That is life. 1450 01:03:51,650 --> 01:03:54,790 And everyone around you will know it as 1451 01:03:54,790 --> 01:03:55,510 the real thing. 1452 01:03:55,510 --> 01:03:57,210 It is so worth it. 1453 01:03:57,550 --> 01:04:00,110 We live in a generation of counterfeits and 1454 01:04:00,110 --> 01:04:00,730 phonies. 1455 01:04:01,290 --> 01:04:04,470 The world is desperate to see a true 1456 01:04:04,470 --> 01:04:05,170 Christianity. 1457 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,800 And anyone who will say, Lord Jesus, I 1458 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:12,360 believe you. 1459 01:04:12,420 --> 01:04:14,100 It doesn't matter my failure record. 1460 01:04:14,860 --> 01:04:16,280 It doesn't matter how many times I have 1461 01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:16,600 tried. 1462 01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:18,380 It is just tonight I am hearing you. 1463 01:04:19,660 --> 01:04:23,200 And you are saying to me, you will 1464 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:27,560 give me a new start when I believe 1465 01:04:27,560 --> 01:04:28,020 you. 1466 01:04:29,620 --> 01:04:31,280 You are going to set me free. 1467 01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:33,000 You are going to take me right into 1468 01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:34,680 the promised land by the hand. 1469 01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:37,400 We are going to confront every enemy that 1470 01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:40,300 owns territory in my heart, in my mind, 1471 01:04:40,420 --> 01:04:41,140 in my life. 1472 01:04:41,140 --> 01:04:42,800 The enemies tell me it is too hard. 1473 01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:44,200 I tell you, he is a liar. 1474 01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:45,820 You tell him he is a liar. 1475 01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,320 What is harder is trying to live a 1476 01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:49,640 double standard Christianity. 1477 01:04:56,940 --> 01:04:58,600 Let's just lift our hands up. 1478 01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,100 Those that say I make a glad surrender 1479 01:05:02,100 --> 01:05:02,640 tonight. 1480 01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:10,670 Those that say, Lord Jesus, I surrender. 1481 01:05:13,300 --> 01:05:16,900 Lead me the way you would have me 1482 01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:17,160 go. 1483 01:05:19,430 --> 01:05:21,470 Set me free. 1484 01:05:22,470 --> 01:05:24,850 Let me possess all your heart. 1485 01:05:25,930 --> 01:05:27,530 All your mind. 1486 01:05:28,790 --> 01:05:31,550 Lord, take all of me. 1487 01:05:32,850 --> 01:05:34,930 No part borrowed from you. 1488 01:05:36,570 --> 01:05:40,710 I thank you, Lord Jesus, that you want 1489 01:05:40,710 --> 01:05:41,030 me. 1490 01:05:42,490 --> 01:05:44,370 And that you will change me. 1491 01:05:45,510 --> 01:05:49,510 And that I will be a light in 1492 01:05:49,510 --> 01:05:50,330 my family. 1493 01:05:50,950 --> 01:05:54,870 I will be living water to my family. 1494 01:05:55,730 --> 01:05:57,650 And I will give you all the praise 1495 01:05:57,650 --> 01:06:02,450 and all the glory in Jesus' precious name. 1496 01:06:03,450 --> 01:06:04,030 Amen. 1497 01:06:04,890 --> 01:06:11,300 Now, beloved, we believe that. 1498 01:06:12,780 --> 01:06:15,200 We, by faith, rejoice. 1499 01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:19,460 We, by faith, leave this place knowing we 1500 01:06:19,460 --> 01:06:21,320 put our hand in a crucified hand. 1501 01:06:22,180 --> 01:06:25,280 Knowing that the God will lead us through 1502 01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:27,880 right to the enemy gates and give us 1503 01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:28,800 those gates. 1504 01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:30,780 Give us that land. 1505 01:06:30,780 --> 01:06:34,640 He said, be strong and very courageous. 1506 01:06:35,340 --> 01:06:39,160 Every place your foot trods, I will give 1507 01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:39,320 you. 1508 01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:44,340 If your foot trods all over your house, 1509 01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:46,660 he will give it to you. 1510 01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:49,560 Hallelujah. 1511 01:06:55,180 --> 01:06:55,740 Hallelujah. 1512 01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:07,600 The key to the victory in our home 1513 01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:08,560 is us. 1514 01:07:09,500 --> 01:07:11,320 One surrendered life. 1515 01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:12,980 One committed life. 1516 01:07:13,220 --> 01:07:14,700 One life fully following. 1517 01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:16,440 One life fully surrendering. 1518 01:07:16,660 --> 01:07:19,100 One life saying, your way, not my way. 1519 01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,300 And the land is ours and to our 1520 01:07:22,300 --> 01:07:22,680 seed. 1521 01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:23,740 Hallelujah. 1522 01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:24,680 Hallelujah. 1523 01:07:33,490 --> 01:07:35,310 This is the conclusion of the tape.