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Let's continue to worship God in our spirit,

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for the Father seeks for those who will

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worship Him in spirit and truth this morning.

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Be still and bow our heads and close

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our eyes and be still for a moment

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in the Lord's presence as we fix our

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minds and our thoughts on Him and cast

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all the thoughts and anxieties and worries of

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our earthly life, and there may be many

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of them, aside for a moment and say,

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Lord, all those things will be solved much

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better if I can hear you clearly this

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morning.

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Many of our problems are not solved because

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we try to do it on our own.

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Let's give God the first place this morning,

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and I want you to pray that God

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will give you a word for your own

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heart, not a word that you think is

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good for somebody else.

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Lord, we are here only for three or

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four days, and we don't want to miss

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what God wants to give us.

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Call upon the Lord when He is near,

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seek Him when He can be found.

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We worship you, our Father, you are God

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Almighty, ruler of this universe.

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You have given us Jesus Christ, conqueror, your

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son as our head, and we want to

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live it with the dignity and the humility

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that is becoming of those who are your

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sons and daughters.

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Give us grace to be that, your mighty

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power come upon us this morning, your Holy

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Spirit move in our midst, we seek you,

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we wait upon you, those who wait on

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you will never be ashamed, break every fetter,

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every chain, everything that binds and set us

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free, Lord.

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We seek you with all of our heart,

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O God, give us a word according to

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our need, we seek for prophetic utterance, we

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seek that the Holy Spirit will be upon

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us this morning.

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Every good and perfect thing comes only from

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you.

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Lord, give us revelation, fresh revelation from heaven,

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show us that which we have not seen

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before.

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We seek you with all of our heart,

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in Jesus' name, Amen.

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There is a

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word found in Matthew chapter 3, with John

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the Baptist preached as the prophet forerunner of

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our Lord Jesus and the one who came

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to prepare the way for the ministry of

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our Lord Jesus Christ.

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We know that the ministry of Jesus was

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a ministry of setting people free.

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He said that in his first sermon in

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Luke chapter 4, he made it very clear,

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the Spirit of God had anointed him, he

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said in Luke 4, 18 onwards, quoting Isaiah

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61, verse 1, to set the captives free.

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Please remember that, and I want to say

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to all of you, especially who share God's

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word with others, if you want to be

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a true representative of Christ when you stand

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up to preach God's word, remember your responsibility,

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if the Spirit of God is really anointing

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you, it will be with the same anointing

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that came upon Jesus, to set the captives

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free.

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You know what is happening in many pulpits

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today, there are people who are already captives,

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and the elder brothers get up and preach

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and put some more chains around them and

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make them bigger captives.

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They were in one prison, and the elders

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build another prison around them, and they are

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in two prisons now, at the end of

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the message.

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What a fantastic work the devil has done.

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I tell you, when I look at the

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way the devil fools and deceives so many

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believers who have heard the truths we have

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preached for twenty years, I tell you, I

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am amazed at the cleverness of the devil

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that he makes preachers build prisons for God's

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people, instead of setting them free.

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They are already in a prison, imagine preaching

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a sermon which will build another prison around

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them, or put one more chain on their

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leg.

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That is exactly what is happening in numerous

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places all over the world.

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So that's why Jesus cannot say of all

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these people, these are my co-workers.

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How can you be a co-worker when

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you are binding people and Jesus is setting

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people free?

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You go and put a chain on somebody,

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and Jesus comes and breaks that chain one

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day through some other ministry, and then you

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come back and put another chain there.

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You are not cooperating with Jesus, you are

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fighting against Jesus, and the Bible has a

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word for those who fight against Jesus, it

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is called the Antichrist.

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Let us understand what Christ is and the

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Antichrist.

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The word Christ means anointed.

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So maybe we should look, before we look

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at Matthew 3, I want you to look

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at Luke 4.

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The word Christ means anointed.

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So, Christian comes from the word Christ, it

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means a junior anointed one, that's what all

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of us should be.

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Okay, why was Jesus anointed?

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Why was He called the anointed one, Christ?

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Luke 4 and verse 18, the Spirit of

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the Lord is upon me and He has

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anointed me to preach the gospel to the

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poor.

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That means good news to those who are

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needy.

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It's not just poor financially, because if I

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am to preach the gospel to those who

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are poor financially, all of you should get

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out of this room.

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We must get all the beggars and all

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the people who live in the shacks here

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for the conference, because all of them are

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poorer than all of you.

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The poorest person here is richer than those

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people.

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So it cannot mean poor financially.

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Do you have to become poor financially to

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get into God's kingdom?

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The Bible doesn't teach that.

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But it means what it says everywhere else,

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blessed are the poor in spirit.

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So the gospel is preached to those who

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have a sense of need.

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So I don't waste my time going trying

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to push the gospel down the throat of

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fellow who has no sense of need.

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It's a waste of time.

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And when we preach in a congregation, there

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are a few people with a sense of

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need and there are a lot of people

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sitting there who have no sense of need.

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You've got to ignore them.

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Listen to me.

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You've got to ignore the people in your

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congregation who have no sense of need.

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Let them go to hell.

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I couldn't care less.

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God himself allows them to go there.

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Speak the good news to those in your

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congregation who have a sense of need.

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Whatever their salary is, is unimportant.

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Do they have a tremendous sense of need?

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God, I am the needy one.

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Speak to them.

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Jesus spoke to such people.

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A person who does not speak to such

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people and is always pampering the rich and

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the clever who are self-sufficient, he's an

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antichrist.

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Because Jesus Christ was anointed to preach the

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gospel to those who have a sense of

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need.

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And I say, I'm only interested in gathering

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those who have a sense of need in

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our churches.

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I'm not excited when our churches grow in

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size.

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Not at all excited.

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I want to say, are these fellows who've

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got a sense of need in their life?

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Then I'm excited.

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But if people come to us, oh, my

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brother comes to this church and he said,

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it's a good church.

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We'd like to join here.

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Or I heard the preaching here is good.

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I'd like to come here.

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Oh, brother, I'm not interested in you.

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Because God's not interested in you.

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You know why?

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Because you're not poor in spirit.

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God is reaching out to those who have

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a sense of need.

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He told the Pharisees who were rich in

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spirit, I have no time for you fellows.

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You think you're quite healthy and okay?

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The doctors are needed by sick people.

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The sick need a physician, not the healthy.

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He was being sarcastic.

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Jesus was a master of sarcasm.

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He used to look at the Pharisees and

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say, oh, you guys are healthy, right?

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What do you mean healthy?

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They were the sickest people in the world.

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But they thought they were healthy.

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They had no sense of need and Jesus

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bypassed them completely.

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You know that song we sing, pass me

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not.

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Oh, gentle Savior, hear my humble cry.

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While on others thou art calling, do not

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pass me by.

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If you don't have a sense of need,

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He will pass you by.

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You can sing that song for a hundred

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years.

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If you don't have a sense of need,

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He'll always pass you by.

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He's not going to stop by you just

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because you sing that song.

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But even if you don't sing that song,

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if you have a sense of need, He'll

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stop by you.

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This is the most important requirement.

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Jesus was anointed to preach the gospel to

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those who feel a sense of need.

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Who are poor.

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And I tell you in every conference, the

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people who are going to be blessed the

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most are those who have a sense of

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personal need.

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If some of you were excited because I

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gave some corrections to the elders last night,

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boy, God will pass you by.

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Because you said, thank God, those elders listening

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to that.

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And you are the wretch whom God will

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ignore.

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Because you come there thinking that's a good

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word for the elders.

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It's not for the elders, it's for you.

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You are more miserable than them.

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How many of you felt excited when you

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heard last night some of the corrections to

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the elders?

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Do you know what a wretched condition you

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are in?

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I hope God will open your blind eyes

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to see that.

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Dear brother, sister, wake up before you miss

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what God has for you completely.

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Don't rejoice thinking this word is for somebody

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else.

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You have no sense of need.

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The gospel is not for you.

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The good news is not for you.

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It is for those who are poor in

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spirit, who are not thinking, thank God those

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guys got that message.

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But who sit with a sense of need

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and say, Lord, that's for me.

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It's very difficult to come there.

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Because husbands sit and think, boy, that's good,

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my wife is listening that she should submit

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to her husband.

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You think such husbands have a sense of

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need?

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Not at all.

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God will pass them by every time.

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No matter how much they pray, they can

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come for a hundred conferences, they'll get zero

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from God.

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Because they have no sense of need.

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Because Jesus was anointed to preach the gospel

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only to those who are poor in spirit.

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The entire kingdom of heaven belongs to the

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poor in spirit.

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And I want to encourage you, if you

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want to possess the kingdom of heaven, remain

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poor in spirit from day one till the

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end of your life.

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I'm not preaching what I don't practice.

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I go before God and judge myself every

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single day of the year.

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Because I see need in my life.

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Every single day of the year.

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I never preach a sermon without going home

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and judging myself whether I did it right.

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Lord, can I do it better?

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Did I do something wrong?

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Did I say something unnecessary?

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Did I speak too long?

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Did I waste people's time?

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Did I bore people?

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Please go and ask yourself these questions after

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you've got up in the meeting and preached.

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And I tell you, next time your sermon

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will be a little better.

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And the next time it'll be still better.

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And you'll get better and better.

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And people will long to listen to you.

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But we don't judge ourselves.

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Why?

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Because we have no sense of need.

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We think, oh, I'm alright.

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The problem is with other people.

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It's not with other people.

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It's with us.

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I mean, if you cook a bad meal.

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And nobody appreciates it.

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And you say, yeah, that's because they don't

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have a good sense of taste.

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It's not because they don't have a good

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sense of taste.

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It's because you're a rotten cook.

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Why not admit that?

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What a tremendous pride there is in us.

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Even though we have heard the message of

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humility for so long.

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So please remember this.

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The anointed Christ preaches the gospel, the good

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news only to the poor.

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And if I am a co-worker of

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Jesus Christ and not an anti-Christ.

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I will not go after the rich and

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the self-sufficient and the people who think

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that they know everything.

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I'll go to those who have a sense

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of need.

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Whoever they are.

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Whether they are financially rich or poor makes

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no difference to me.

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But do they have a spiritual sense of

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need?

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The second thing it says is, He has

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sent me to proclaim release to the captives.

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Christ was anointed to release captives.

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The world is full of captives.

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Our churches are full of captives.

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And every message we preach must be breaking

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one more chain.

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Breaking a chain, setting them free.

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Not putting one more chain on them.

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Anyone who puts chains on God's people is

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an anti-Christ.

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Anti-disanointing, that's what I mean.

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An anti-Christ is one who is against

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that which Jesus was anointed to do.

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He came to set the captives free.

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I've heard believers.

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I've heard preachers tell believers, I think you've

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got a demon.

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What a horrible thing to say.

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I have rebuked people who have said that.

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I said, first of all, I don't believe

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any believer can have a demon.

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How can Jesus Christ and a demon sort

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of live comfortably in the same room?

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You've got to be off your head to

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believe that.

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But these poor people don't know the Bible,

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they accept it.

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Because some preacher says, Oh, you don't have

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a demon, you're demonized.

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Some crazy thing which some American preachers have

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started publishing in their books, which blind, stupid

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Indians just receive blindly like most Indians do,

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because they think every white man has got

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the truth, and they get around and preach

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it, and bring a whole lot of people

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in India into bondage.

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Well, I'm determined to set them free.

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I don't care what people think.

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That's absolutely wrong.

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There's not a single case in the Bible.

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The Bible says very clearly, What fellowship has

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light with darkness?

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What fellowship has Christ with Belial, a demon?

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And in spite of all these scriptures, they

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say, a believer is demonized.

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And what happens?

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That poor believer who's already probably suffering depression,

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discouragement, this guy has gone and put one

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massive chain around him, or her.

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And they get...

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Do you know they can never get it

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out of their head?

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50 years later, they will remember some preacher

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told them that they had a demon.

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This wretched, miserable servant of the devil went

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and told somebody that he had a demon.

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Do you know that Jesus never, never, never,

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never, never told anybody you have a demon?

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Show it to me in scripture, where Jesus

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said that to people.

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People said that to Jesus.

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Yeah, they said that to Jesus.

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Oh, you are a Samaritan, you got a

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demon.

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Those are the Pharisees, and you're following the

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Pharisees when you tell people you got a

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demon.

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Do you know what Jesus did when he

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saw people who had a demon?

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He never told them he had a demon.

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He just cast it out.

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I have never in my life told a

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single person you have a demon.

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If I sense he has a demon, I

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cast it out in Jesus name, and every

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single time they go.

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Because they are afraid of the authority of

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Jesus Christ.

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So please don't do these stupid things that

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you read in American books.

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Charismatic books especially, that believers can have demons.

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It's one of the biggest lies propagated by

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the devil.

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If a person who calls himself a Christian

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has got a demon, I would say that

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guy is not even born again.

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He was never converted.

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There are lots of people like that who

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call themselves Christians.

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90% of Christians are not born again.

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But please don't swallow everything that you read

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in these books that come from the West

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and all that you watch on Christian television.

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Get your knowledge from scripture.

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Get your understanding from scripture.

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See if there is any case like that

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in the Bible.

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Please, please.

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Because I am concerned that the number of

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people are being put into bondage with all

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these false teachings.

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If you feel somebody has got a demon,

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cast it out like Jesus did.

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Otherwise just keep quiet and say, I don't

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have the ability to cast it out.

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At least keep your mouth shut.

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So important.

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He came to set the captives free, not

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to put more bondage on people.

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If you can't set a person free from

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sin, my dear brother, sister, if you don't

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have the ability to lead a person to

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be free from sin, because you are not

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free from sin yourself, at least do one

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thing.

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Don't put them under the law.

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And bind more chains on them.

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Just say, dear brother, I am also defeated

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by sin.

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Please pray for me.

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I will pray for you.

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That's the best thing you can say.

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And that's the best thing you can get

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up and preach Sunday morning.

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Instead of preaching all the rules and regulations

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to bring people into bondage and shouting at

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them and yelling at them.

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And making them feel condemned and discouraged.

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And you imagining that you are some type

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of prophet.

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You are not a prophet, you are an

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antichrist.

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If you are getting people into bondage.

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Please remember that.

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If you got the ministry of setting people

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free, because Jesus has set you free, go

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ahead and do it.

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Christendom needs that message of people being set

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free.

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I don't mean people being comforted in their

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sin.

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You see, people can go swing to the

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other extreme.

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We have got this pendulomitis disease.

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You swing from one extreme to the other

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extreme and then you do this psychology method

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of make people feel nice.

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Ah, God loves you brother.

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Yeah, sin it's okay, it's not serious.

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That's another lie.

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Who said sin is not serious?

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They are in captivity to sin.

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They need to be set free.

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You can't comfort them in their sin.

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You got to deliver them.

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If you can't deliver them, send them to

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some other doctor.

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Don't let them die in your hospital.

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Just humble yourself and say, I can't treat

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this disease.

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Brother, find somebody else who can help you.

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It's good if you are humble.

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God will give us grace.

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Set the captives free.

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That is our ministry from now on.

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If you haven't done it till now, let's

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begin now.

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First of all, Lord set me free from

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all the wretched traditions and things that hang

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ups in my life and then let me

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set people free wherever I go.

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Let me not bring people more into bondage

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by anything I say.

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We have to be so careful.

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All who open their mouths in the name

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of Jesus Christ must ask themselves, what I

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am saying, is it setting people free or

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is it bringing them more into bondage?

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Is it making them comfortable in their sin?

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Or is it encouraging them to fight the

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battle against sin and be an overcomer?

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Jesus came to set the captives free.

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Further, Luke chapter 4, He came to give

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recovery of sight to the blind.

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He came to open people's eyes to see

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what God was like.

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The true God, a loving Father, a compassionate

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Father who cared for them, who would provide

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for them.

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We got to open people's eyes to see

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that.

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To open people's eyes to see the wonderful

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truths hidden in scripture.

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To set free those who are oppressed.

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Oppressed means people weighed down with weights and

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rules to set them free.

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Come on, take off all those weights off

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your back and walk in freedom, fly like

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the eagle.

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You know, this is what it means to

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be Christ and Christian, anointed, to proclaim the

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favorable year of the Lord.

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That means this is the year, till Jesus

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comes again, this is the year of God's

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favor.

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This is not the year of God's judgment.

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You've heard me say this before.

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Let me repeat it for those who don't

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know.

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This passage comes from Isaiah 61.

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And in Isaiah 61, where Jesus was reading

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this passage in the synagogue in Nazareth, He

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turned to Isaiah 61 and He read this.

551
00:22:50,130 --> 00:22:52,650
And in Isaiah 61, it reads like this.

552
00:22:52,690 --> 00:22:54,250
It's a little more expanded there.

553
00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:59,150
The Lord has anointed me, verse 1, to

554
00:22:59,150 --> 00:23:00,950
bring good news to the afflicted.

555
00:23:01,570 --> 00:23:02,330
And that's clearer.

556
00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:04,090
Those who have a sense of need.

557
00:23:04,510 --> 00:23:06,710
It's not talking about financial poverty at all.

558
00:23:07,330 --> 00:23:09,050
To bind up the broken hearted.

559
00:23:09,330 --> 00:23:11,310
People who are broken in their heart because

560
00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:14,170
of their sinful life and who are weeping

561
00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:15,550
and mourning to encourage them.

562
00:23:16,010 --> 00:23:18,830
To proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom

563
00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:19,630
to the prisoners.

564
00:23:20,670 --> 00:23:23,010
And to proclaim the favorable year of the

565
00:23:23,010 --> 00:23:26,430
Lord and the day of vengeance of our

566
00:23:26,430 --> 00:23:26,930
God.

567
00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:30,710
But Jesus stopped before saying and.

568
00:23:31,250 --> 00:23:32,770
He stopped in the middle of the sentence

569
00:23:32,770 --> 00:23:35,290
and said to proclaim the favorable year of

570
00:23:35,290 --> 00:23:35,630
the Lord.

571
00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:37,310
And you read in Luke chapter 4, He

572
00:23:37,310 --> 00:23:39,270
did not say the rest of that sentence.

573
00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:41,650
And the day of vengeance of our God.

574
00:23:41,850 --> 00:23:42,850
Why didn't He say that?

575
00:23:43,170 --> 00:23:44,630
Because the day of vengeance has not yet

576
00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:44,950
come.

577
00:23:46,590 --> 00:23:48,470
Don't proclaim a day of vengeance today.

578
00:23:48,570 --> 00:23:49,470
It has not yet come.

579
00:23:50,890 --> 00:23:52,890
This is the favorable year of the Lord.

580
00:23:52,990 --> 00:23:53,930
And notice another thing.

581
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,400
It's a year.

582
00:23:57,860 --> 00:23:59,660
365 days of favor.

583
00:24:00,860 --> 00:24:03,280
And one day of vengeance.

584
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:05,820
That is the proportion.

585
00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:08,440
God's love with His judgment.

586
00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:12,480
He is 365 times more compassionate than He

587
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,760
is desiring to judge.

588
00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:16,380
If you are more desirous to judge people

589
00:24:16,380 --> 00:24:18,600
than to have compassion towards them.

590
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,820
That is the spirit of the Antichrist.

591
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,220
A lot of Christians are 365 times more

592
00:24:24,220 --> 00:24:26,860
interested in judging others than in having compassion

593
00:24:26,860 --> 00:24:27,240
to them.

594
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,720
They are 100% Antichrist.

595
00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:35,060
Because God is 365 times more interested in

596
00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:37,600
showing compassion to them than in judging them.

597
00:24:39,140 --> 00:24:40,580
Let's ask ourselves.

598
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,500
Dear brothers, I'm speaking to those who are

599
00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:44,240
poor in spirit.

600
00:24:44,580 --> 00:24:46,020
I'm speaking to those who have a sense

601
00:24:46,020 --> 00:24:46,860
of their own need.

602
00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,400
Do you feel that you are 365 times

603
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,500
more desirous to judge people than to have

604
00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:54,600
compassion on them?

605
00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:58,460
You husbands, are you more compassionate towards your

606
00:24:58,460 --> 00:24:58,800
wife?

607
00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:01,480
Or quick to find fault with her?

608
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,160
You wives, are you quick to find fault

609
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:03,800
with your husbands?

610
00:25:04,140 --> 00:25:06,960
That's the spirit of the Antichrist.

611
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:08,800
Anti the anointing.

612
00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:14,720
Because the anointing proclaims one year, 365 days

613
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,520
of favor one day of vengeance.

614
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,560
That should be the attitude of our heart

615
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:20,420
towards other people.

616
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,840
Ya, there are things wrong in you.

617
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,760
If my son is wrong, my child at

618
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,280
home is wrong.

619
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:26,920
I want to be strict with him.

620
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:29,020
But I want to be 365 times more

621
00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:30,320
compassionate to him as well.

622
00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:32,420
That's Christianity.

623
00:25:33,220 --> 00:25:34,160
That's the anointing.

624
00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:38,030
And that's how we should proclaim the message.

625
00:25:39,250 --> 00:25:41,090
And Jesus stopped in the middle because the

626
00:25:41,090 --> 00:25:42,730
day of vengeance, the day of judgment has

627
00:25:42,730 --> 00:25:43,410
not come yet.

628
00:25:43,410 --> 00:25:45,970
So we must not threaten people that today

629
00:25:45,970 --> 00:25:46,870
is the day of judgment.

630
00:25:47,490 --> 00:25:50,210
It's appointed unto men what's the rest of

631
00:25:50,210 --> 00:25:50,570
the verse?

632
00:25:51,630 --> 00:25:56,870
Once to die and after this, Hebrews 9

633
00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:57,930
.27 the judgment.

634
00:25:58,830 --> 00:25:59,710
Listen to it again.

635
00:25:59,790 --> 00:26:03,170
Hebrews 9.27 It's appointed unto men, once

636
00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:06,530
to die and after this the judgment.

637
00:26:06,790 --> 00:26:07,410
Now question.

638
00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,630
When does God judge people?

639
00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:12,470
Before they die or after they die?

640
00:26:14,130 --> 00:26:14,570
When?

641
00:26:15,530 --> 00:26:16,410
After they die.

642
00:26:16,930 --> 00:26:18,190
When do you judge people?

643
00:26:18,890 --> 00:26:20,470
Before they die or after they die?

644
00:26:22,110 --> 00:26:24,650
So are you anti-God or pro-God?

645
00:26:25,130 --> 00:26:26,070
You tell me yourself.

646
00:26:27,850 --> 00:26:29,530
That's what I mean by anti-Christ.

647
00:26:30,150 --> 00:26:32,210
God waits till a person dies because he's

648
00:26:32,210 --> 00:26:32,670
compassionate.

649
00:26:33,090 --> 00:26:35,070
But you are so holy that you say,

650
00:26:35,150 --> 00:26:36,190
I can't wait till the fellow dies.

651
00:26:36,190 --> 00:26:37,470
He's got to be right right now.

652
00:26:38,290 --> 00:26:39,770
God says, give him a few more days.

653
00:26:39,770 --> 00:26:40,550
He may change.

654
00:26:41,810 --> 00:26:44,590
Think of that fellow who hung on the

655
00:26:44,590 --> 00:26:44,990
cross.

656
00:26:46,810 --> 00:26:48,450
I think everybody would have given up hope

657
00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:48,770
for him.

658
00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:52,210
I thought at least before he is condemned

659
00:26:52,210 --> 00:26:53,690
to death, that guy will be saved.

660
00:26:53,770 --> 00:26:54,770
Now there's no hope for him.

661
00:26:54,850 --> 00:26:57,010
From childhood I've been telling his mother and

662
00:26:57,010 --> 00:26:58,330
father, don't bring him up like that.

663
00:26:58,610 --> 00:26:59,850
And I saw how he became a wretched

664
00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:00,670
thief, a murderer.

665
00:27:00,970 --> 00:27:02,070
Now he's on his way to hell.

666
00:27:02,210 --> 00:27:04,710
But Jesus didn't give up hope and saved

667
00:27:04,710 --> 00:27:06,710
him at the last minute before he went

668
00:27:06,710 --> 00:27:07,090
to hell.

669
00:27:07,510 --> 00:27:08,510
That's how God is.

670
00:27:09,210 --> 00:27:10,050
Praise the Lord.

671
00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:11,970
I thank God.

672
00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:12,810
This is my father.

673
00:27:13,730 --> 00:27:16,010
He's got hope for a person right up

674
00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:18,930
till the last minute when everybody else has

675
00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:19,770
given up hope for him.

676
00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:21,990
They see that thief carrying the cross and

677
00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:23,630
they say, see I told you this is

678
00:27:23,630 --> 00:27:24,610
the final end of such people.

679
00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,490
It was not the final end as far

680
00:27:26,490 --> 00:27:27,290
as God is concerned.

681
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:29,550
Don't give up hope.

682
00:27:30,010 --> 00:27:31,450
I give up hope for a person when

683
00:27:31,450 --> 00:27:31,890
he dies.

684
00:27:32,670 --> 00:27:34,370
And that also sometimes you're not sure they're

685
00:27:34,370 --> 00:27:34,590
dead.

686
00:27:34,830 --> 00:27:36,390
Sometimes they're only in a coma or something.

687
00:27:36,610 --> 00:27:38,950
When the coffin is nailed, buried underground, ah

688
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:40,370
then I think he's really dead now.

689
00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:41,030
I give up hope.

690
00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:42,330
But till then I don't.

691
00:27:42,950 --> 00:27:44,390
I don't care how deep he has fallen.

692
00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:46,390
I don't care how many stupid mistakes he's

693
00:27:46,390 --> 00:27:46,990
made in his life.

694
00:27:47,330 --> 00:27:48,910
God has got hope for you, my brother,

695
00:27:49,030 --> 00:27:49,290
sister.

696
00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,370
Even when men give up all hope for

697
00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:53,090
you, when your elder brothers have given up

698
00:27:53,090 --> 00:27:54,810
hope for you, God's got hope for you.

699
00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:56,990
Because he's compassionate.

700
00:27:57,930 --> 00:27:59,550
That is the message of the anointing.

701
00:28:00,650 --> 00:28:02,250
That's how we are to set people free.

702
00:28:02,370 --> 00:28:04,910
Now we turn to Matthew chapter 3.

703
00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:07,410
Matthew chapter 3.

704
00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:15,040
John the Baptist when he was preparing people

705
00:28:16,340 --> 00:28:22,060
for the ministry of Christ, he said, somebody's

706
00:28:22,060 --> 00:28:22,920
coming after me.

707
00:28:23,860 --> 00:28:25,440
I'm only baptizing you with water.

708
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:26,940
Verse 11, Matthew 3, 11.

709
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,240
But there's someone coming after me.

710
00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:33,400
He I'm not even fit to remove his

711
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:33,900
sandals.

712
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,920
He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

713
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,800
And then he said this.

714
00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:42,920
I want to tell you something what this

715
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,900
new person is coming after me is going

716
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:45,240
to do.

717
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,420
And he said that in verse 10.

718
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,520
The axe is already laid to the root

719
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,620
of the trees.

720
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:58,040
And every tree that doesn't bear good fruit

721
00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,600
is cut down and thrown into the fire.

722
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:04,810
If we want to live this life of

723
00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:11,450
freedom, this anointed life, we must allow Jesus

724
00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:17,270
to lay the axe to the root of

725
00:29:17,270 --> 00:29:20,770
another life that we have got from Adam.

726
00:29:23,180 --> 00:29:26,260
If we don't allow him when he comes

727
00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:27,860
with the axe, you say, no, no, just

728
00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:28,480
hang on Lord.

729
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,760
Don't expect this wonderful free resurrected anointed life

730
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,520
to come into you.

731
00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:39,000
Open your being and say, Lord, that's what

732
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,140
I need, the axe to the root.

733
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,080
You know, many a time God brings circumstances

734
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,020
into your life.

735
00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:51,860
He wants to lay an axe to the

736
00:29:51,860 --> 00:29:54,880
root of that self-centered life that you

737
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:55,800
and I got from Adam.

738
00:29:56,580 --> 00:29:58,080
And he says, the reason I've got to

739
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,180
pull this out completely from the roots is

740
00:30:01,180 --> 00:30:03,300
because if I don't do it and in

741
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:06,080
the same place I plant the seed of

742
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,920
this new life, you know what will happen?

743
00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:11,100
That old tree will compete with this new

744
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:13,340
tree and crush out this new life.

745
00:30:14,460 --> 00:30:16,440
So I've got to first dig out the

746
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,480
other one from the roots.

747
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:18,440
Will you let me do it?

748
00:30:20,220 --> 00:30:21,640
That's what the Lord is asking you.

749
00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:24,320
It's wonderful to hear about this message of

750
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,100
freedom and like the bird flying in the

751
00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:27,960
air and all, it's great.

752
00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:30,440
But there is a John the Baptist who

753
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,820
was preparing the way for the ministry of

754
00:30:32,820 --> 00:30:34,680
the Messiah, Christ.

755
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,320
He said, the axe is to be laid

756
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,160
to the tree first and there is already

757
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,040
a tree bringing forth bad fruit and that

758
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,360
is this self-centered life.

759
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,500
Jesus lived a God-centered life.

760
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,500
And let me tell you in simple words,

761
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,120
the self-centered life is a life of

762
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:57,860
bondage.

763
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,060
The God-centered life is a life of

764
00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:02,960
total freedom.

765
00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:08,330
The life like the eagle flies in the

766
00:31:08,330 --> 00:31:10,010
air is a life centered in God.

767
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:16,480
And the life inside a cage is the

768
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,620
life wrapped up in yourself.

769
00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:27,280
When all your thoughts revolve around I, me

770
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,980
and my family, me and my family, that's

771
00:31:30,980 --> 00:31:34,120
the thickest cage you can ever build around

772
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:34,660
yourself.

773
00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:38,480
And you sit inside this cage where all

774
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,260
your thoughts revolve around me and my family.

775
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,240
How can I make it good for my

776
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:45,580
children?

777
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,360
And you are partial towards your children.

778
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:51,200
That also happens.

779
00:31:51,980 --> 00:31:53,520
There are people who are partial towards their

780
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,700
children and very hard on other people's children.

781
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,680
That's the biggest cage you can put yourself

782
00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,660
and your family in.

783
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:02,560
I saw that years ago.

784
00:32:03,220 --> 00:32:04,420
And I said I'd never do it.

785
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,360
I'll never be partial towards my children in

786
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,100
any area.

787
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,140
I will never let my thoughts revolve around

788
00:32:11,140 --> 00:32:12,920
me and my family the whole time.

789
00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:15,880
I'm not going to build a cage for

790
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:16,700
me and my family.

791
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,340
I'm going to set them free in Christ.

792
00:32:22,260 --> 00:32:25,820
But the whole world says, no, no, no,

793
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,020
no, don't do that.

794
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,860
You take care of yourself and your family

795
00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:31,580
like they say, take care of number one.

796
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:32,820
Number one means myself.

797
00:32:33,860 --> 00:32:36,760
If you don't take care of yourself, nobody

798
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:37,820
else is going to take care of you.

799
00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:39,120
Everybody is interested in themselves.

800
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,840
I remember once where I was preaching this

801
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,900
message somewhere of not where Paul said about

802
00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:45,680
Timothy.

803
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,980
He said everybody seeks their own except Timothy.

804
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,640
And there was this sister who was a

805
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:54,540
believer for ages.

806
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:55,840
The wife of the elder there.

807
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,840
It's not one of our churches, another place.

808
00:32:58,820 --> 00:33:01,100
She said to me, Brother Zach, very older

809
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:01,900
than me, sister.

810
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:03,980
She said, Brother Zach, who is there who

811
00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:04,780
doesn't seek their own?

812
00:33:05,060 --> 00:33:06,920
Everybody seeks their own.

813
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,400
In other words, this message is impossible to

814
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:10,700
fulfill.

815
00:33:11,180 --> 00:33:12,600
Okay, brother.

816
00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:14,060
I'm not speaking to you.

817
00:33:14,620 --> 00:33:15,760
You believe this is impossible?

818
00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:16,540
Go ahead.

819
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,120
Live like that and live in bondage.

820
00:33:18,420 --> 00:33:19,360
Live in your cage.

821
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,260
I tell you, that's why you're defeated by

822
00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:21,980
anger still.

823
00:33:22,420 --> 00:33:24,000
That's why you're so often discouraged.

824
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:25,660
That's why you still love money.

825
00:33:26,020 --> 00:33:26,820
That's why you're bitter.

826
00:33:26,980 --> 00:33:28,580
That's why you can't overcome so many sins.

827
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,400
Because the devil has convinced you it is

828
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,100
impossible to escape this self-centered life.

829
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,320
The day you start believing God's word that

830
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,640
it is possible to break free, something will

831
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:41,040
happen.

832
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,640
But if the devil can convince you, you'll

833
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:44,900
never get out of this cage.

834
00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:48,260
The devil had convinced that sister and that

835
00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:49,960
was years ago and that sister is still

836
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,360
inside that cage today.

837
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,520
Oh, we can never get out of this.

838
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,880
You convince that eagle, you can never get

839
00:33:58,880 --> 00:33:59,720
out of this cage.

840
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:01,500
I'll tell you what will happen.

841
00:34:01,580 --> 00:34:04,140
Even if Jesus opens the door, the eagle

842
00:34:04,140 --> 00:34:04,880
will sit inside.

843
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:06,860
Because the devil's fooled him.

844
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:07,760
You can't get out of this.

845
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,760
Do you believe that God can deliver you

846
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,000
from this self-centered life?

847
00:34:12,620 --> 00:34:15,179
You know that all your life, your mind

848
00:34:15,179 --> 00:34:17,780
is only revolved around how will this affect

849
00:34:17,780 --> 00:34:18,080
me?

850
00:34:18,340 --> 00:34:19,699
How will this affect my family?

851
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,000
How will this help me?

852
00:34:21,179 --> 00:34:22,300
How will this help my children?

853
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:23,679
How will this help my family?

854
00:34:23,980 --> 00:34:25,020
And you revolve around that.

855
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,080
That's how every human being in the world

856
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:27,420
lives.

857
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,719
Not only that, that's how every animal lives.

858
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:34,679
That's how every animal lives.

859
00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:36,159
They're interested in themselves.

860
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,440
The dogs and the pigs, you think they're

861
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:40,300
interested in the others?

862
00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:41,460
No.

863
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,360
They're interested in themselves.

864
00:34:44,980 --> 00:34:46,960
It's only one person who walked on this

865
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,560
earth who was not at all interested in

866
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:48,780
himself.

867
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:49,520
That was Jesus.

868
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,920
And then, after him, came a few people.

869
00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:57,900
Not many, few, like Paul and Timothy, who

870
00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:00,440
didn't seek their own, and through the centuries,

871
00:35:00,820 --> 00:35:03,300
there have been a few who did not

872
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:04,040
seek their own.

873
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,640
My brothers and sisters, that is the type

874
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,040
of church we must build.

875
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,260
I'd rather have a church of ten people

876
00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:15,540
like that than two hundred people who are

877
00:35:15,540 --> 00:35:17,780
all seeking their own, who are saying, Hallelujah,

878
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,100
praise the Lord, and all that.

879
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,180
Because God can accomplish much more with ten

880
00:35:22,180 --> 00:35:23,940
people who don't seek their own but seek

881
00:35:23,940 --> 00:35:24,980
his kingdom and his glory.

882
00:35:25,740 --> 00:35:28,500
So this axe has to be laid to

883
00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:29,080
the root.

884
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,180
And that's painful.

885
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,520
Imagine if somebody were chopping off your leg

886
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:35,240
with an axe.

887
00:35:35,940 --> 00:35:36,880
That's not comfortable.

888
00:35:37,940 --> 00:35:41,400
That's how a tree feels when you chop.

889
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,160
It bleeds.

890
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,720
You see the bleeding of that tree when

891
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,380
you chop it down, and not just the

892
00:35:47,380 --> 00:35:47,820
branches.

893
00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:50,620
I think many of us are cutting off

894
00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:51,160
the branches.

895
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:52,700
Some of us are only cutting off the

896
00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:52,980
fruits.

897
00:35:53,780 --> 00:35:55,180
Some are going a little more and cutting

898
00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:56,800
off the branches, and you're better than the

899
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:57,840
people who cut off the fruits.

900
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,780
But it still doesn't solve the problem, because

901
00:36:00,780 --> 00:36:02,120
have you seen what happens in a tree

902
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,200
when you cut off the branch?

903
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,220
I've seen it.

904
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:07,820
The branch grows again.

905
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:10,760
Have you seen what happens in a tree

906
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:11,680
when you cut off the fruit?

907
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:13,920
The fruit grows again.

908
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:18,240
The only way to stop it cut it

909
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:19,340
out from their root.

910
00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:21,140
It'll never grow again.

911
00:36:24,020 --> 00:36:25,780
And I believe that's the reason why many,

912
00:36:25,940 --> 00:36:31,160
many people are never experiencing this wonderful resurrection

913
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:31,620
life.

914
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,160
They are trying to have a resurrection without

915
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:35,620
a death.

916
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,520
Even Jesus didn't have a resurrection without a

917
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:39,720
death.

918
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:40,260
You know that.

919
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,140
How can I have a resurrection without a

920
00:36:43,140 --> 00:36:43,380
death?

921
00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:46,740
How can I have a being raised from

922
00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:47,880
the dead if I'm not willing to die

923
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:48,280
first?

924
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,780
That's why Jesus said, take up the cross

925
00:36:51,780 --> 00:36:52,560
every day.

926
00:36:53,340 --> 00:36:55,120
Now what will happen if I die every

927
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:55,380
day?

928
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:58,700
Like Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15, I

929
00:36:58,700 --> 00:36:59,300
die daily.

930
00:36:59,740 --> 00:37:01,080
What'll happen if I die daily?

931
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:02,320
You know what'll happen?

932
00:37:02,740 --> 00:37:04,040
Here's the best part of the news.

933
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,940
I'll have a resurrection every day.

934
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:07,480
Isn't that great?

935
00:37:08,140 --> 00:37:09,260
How many of you would like to have

936
00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:10,140
a resurrection every day?

937
00:37:10,180 --> 00:37:11,460
I'm sure you'll all raise your hands.

938
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:13,560
Okay, next question.

939
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:14,620
How many of you would like to die

940
00:37:14,620 --> 00:37:16,060
every day for yourself?

941
00:37:16,340 --> 00:37:17,160
That's the only way.

942
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,080
That's the only way to the resurrection.

943
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,120
You want to bypass the cross and come

944
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:21,680
to the resurrection?

945
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:22,560
It's not possible.

946
00:37:23,860 --> 00:37:26,020
I must allow God to lay the ax

947
00:37:26,020 --> 00:37:28,620
to the root of my self-life every

948
00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:30,120
day if I want to.

949
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,600
That's what'll set me free because when the

950
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,480
ax is laid to the root of this

951
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,780
chain, boy, I'm liberated.

952
00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:41,580
What does that mean in practical terms?

953
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,600
It means I have to listen to the

954
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,760
voice of the Holy Spirit.

955
00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:52,210
You know, the Holy Spirit, you couldn't live

956
00:37:52,210 --> 00:37:53,890
this life in the Old Testament, and I'll

957
00:37:53,890 --> 00:37:54,390
tell you why.

958
00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:58,130
I mean, even Hinduism teaches self-denial and

959
00:37:58,130 --> 00:38:00,370
they were preaching it 1,000 years before

960
00:38:00,370 --> 00:38:01,430
Christ was born.

961
00:38:02,610 --> 00:38:04,670
You know that Hinduism was preaching self-denial

962
00:38:04,670 --> 00:38:06,470
1,000 years before Christ was born?

963
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:09,590
A lot of great philosophers have preached self

964
00:38:09,590 --> 00:38:09,930
-denial.

965
00:38:09,930 --> 00:38:11,250
That's an old religion.

966
00:38:12,110 --> 00:38:13,050
It's not a new religion.

967
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:18,670
But Jesus was the only one who said

968
00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:21,750
something more than self-denial.

969
00:38:22,570 --> 00:38:25,550
You'll have my spirit, the Holy Spirit, within

970
00:38:25,550 --> 00:38:25,990
you.

971
00:38:26,330 --> 00:38:28,130
Otherwise you can deny yourself for ages.

972
00:38:28,390 --> 00:38:29,430
You'll never become spiritual.

973
00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:31,630
You'll just become proud that you're better than

974
00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:32,310
everybody else.

975
00:38:32,730 --> 00:38:35,070
But the Holy Spirit, when He comes in,

976
00:38:35,890 --> 00:38:37,350
He will prompt you.

977
00:38:37,970 --> 00:38:39,230
That's why they couldn't do this in the

978
00:38:39,230 --> 00:38:40,630
Old Testament because they didn't have the Holy

979
00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:41,210
Spirit within.

980
00:38:42,110 --> 00:38:46,170
The Holy Spirit will tell you what to

981
00:38:46,170 --> 00:38:47,070
do in each moment.

982
00:38:49,420 --> 00:38:52,320
You know that verse in Isaiah 30, 21,

983
00:38:52,460 --> 00:38:54,980
which says, your ears will hear a word

984
00:38:54,980 --> 00:38:58,740
behind you saying, no, not this way, this

985
00:38:58,740 --> 00:38:59,020
way.

986
00:38:59,780 --> 00:39:01,720
Not to the right, but to the left.

987
00:39:02,220 --> 00:39:04,340
And I'm not talking about driving your scooter

988
00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:05,620
and the Holy Spirit telling you where to

989
00:39:05,620 --> 00:39:05,860
turn.

990
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,360
For that you better have a map.

991
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:09,480
But I'm talking about something more important than

992
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,420
finding your way in a town.

993
00:39:11,580 --> 00:39:13,540
I'm talking about finding your way through life

994
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,300
where you don't have a map.

995
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,160
Where the Holy Spirit says, no, don't open

996
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:21,880
your mouth now.

997
00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:23,480
Keep your mouth shut.

998
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:24,560
Turn left.

999
00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,520
When you want to turn right and give

1000
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,840
that person a piece of your mind, maybe

1001
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,500
your wife or your husband, and the Holy

1002
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:32,800
Spirit says, no, turn left.

1003
00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:34,300
You listen to that voice.

1004
00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,740
Or the Holy Spirit says, no, I know

1005
00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:39,460
you spent a long time writing that letter,

1006
00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:40,740
but don't post it.

1007
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:43,580
How many of you had the experience spending

1008
00:39:43,580 --> 00:39:45,060
a long time writing a letter and the

1009
00:39:45,060 --> 00:39:46,220
Holy Spirit says, don't post it?

1010
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,520
Do you know the number of times I

1011
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:48,280
got that experience?

1012
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:50,420
I spent hours writing a letter and the

1013
00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:51,540
Holy Spirit says, don't post it.

1014
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,060
Or maybe I have to correct something.

1015
00:39:56,180 --> 00:39:57,360
I say, okay, I correct it, correct it,

1016
00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:58,840
correct it, number of days, and the Lord

1017
00:39:58,840 --> 00:39:59,480
says, don't mail it.

1018
00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:01,360
I finally tear it up.

1019
00:40:03,610 --> 00:40:04,870
And I haven't regretted it.

1020
00:40:06,350 --> 00:40:08,230
I tell you, listen to the voice of

1021
00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:08,630
the Spirit.

1022
00:40:08,750 --> 00:40:10,210
They never had this in the Old Testament.

1023
00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:16,660
So often, we don't listen to that voice,

1024
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:20,480
and our self-life is preserved when God

1025
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,920
is trying to lay an axe to the

1026
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:23,620
root of a tree.

1027
00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:28,420
I remember reading in a story of one

1028
00:40:28,420 --> 00:40:32,580
of Watchman Mead's books, he felt it was

1029
00:40:32,580 --> 00:40:35,320
right once to go and correct a certain

1030
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,920
brother who was wrong in his church and

1031
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,240
he walked right up to his house and

1032
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,460
as he was about to knock at the

1033
00:40:40,460 --> 00:40:41,940
door of his house, the Holy Spirit said,

1034
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:43,700
put your hand down and go home.

1035
00:40:44,140 --> 00:40:45,400
He was just about to knock at the

1036
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:45,640
door.

1037
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:47,700
He had come that far.

1038
00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:50,320
And he listened to the voice of the

1039
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,860
Holy Spirit and walked home and that brother

1040
00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:53,520
never even knew that Watchman Mead had come

1041
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:54,060
to his house.

1042
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,920
I'm not surprised that God used a man

1043
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,240
like that who was willing to turn back

1044
00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:00,040
at the last minute.

1045
00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:01,820
God said, no, don't do it.

1046
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,980
Oh, I want to be like that.

1047
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:07,200
I want to be sensitive to the voice

1048
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,600
of the Spirit when He says, turn back.

1049
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:10,960
Don't go there.

1050
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,840
No, that's not the time to read the

1051
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:14,240
book now.

1052
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:16,160
It's time to pray a little.

1053
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:17,820
Seek my face.

1054
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:19,380
Put that down.

1055
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,880
Or don't say that.

1056
00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:24,640
Or say something else.

1057
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,780
And when you listen to the voice of

1058
00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:29,980
the Spirit, you know, that great desire that

1059
00:41:29,980 --> 00:41:31,660
you had to do something is killed.

1060
00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:33,060
Great.

1061
00:41:36,170 --> 00:41:38,690
The axe is laid to the tree of

1062
00:41:38,690 --> 00:41:41,530
your strong self-will.

1063
00:41:42,430 --> 00:41:43,690
You want to say that.

1064
00:41:46,180 --> 00:41:47,500
You say, well, if I don't say it,

1065
00:41:47,540 --> 00:41:49,280
my husband will keep doing that stupid thing

1066
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:49,860
again and again.

1067
00:41:51,820 --> 00:41:52,720
Keep your mouth shut.

1068
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:54,300
God can teach him better than you.

1069
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:56,800
Well, I don't say that.

1070
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,100
My wife will go and do that stupid

1071
00:41:58,100 --> 00:41:58,600
thing again.

1072
00:41:58,900 --> 00:41:59,720
Just keep your mouth shut.

1073
00:42:00,900 --> 00:42:03,080
Relationship is more important than some wretched thing

1074
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:03,720
in the home.

1075
00:42:04,860 --> 00:42:06,540
The Holy Spirit knows that.

1076
00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:11,300
So often we destroy relationships because we want

1077
00:42:11,300 --> 00:42:12,440
to have it our way.

1078
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,980
Many a times I have felt this even

1079
00:42:18,980 --> 00:42:21,100
in speaking God's Word where God has said,

1080
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:21,860
don't say that.

1081
00:42:22,820 --> 00:42:24,020
No, there's a better way.

1082
00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:27,080
Like Paul said, I show unto you a

1083
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,060
more excellent way.

1084
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,640
He says in the last verse of 1

1085
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:32,340
Corinthians 12.

1086
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:34,340
I will show you a better way, he

1087
00:42:34,340 --> 00:42:34,660
says.

1088
00:42:34,660 --> 00:42:36,800
And then he goes into 1 Corinthians 13

1089
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,340
that wonderful chapter on love.

1090
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,560
This is the way of love.

1091
00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:41,000
That is the more excellent way.

1092
00:42:41,620 --> 00:42:42,880
And I believe we need to hear that

1093
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,340
voice many a time.

1094
00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:46,780
I'll show you a better way.

1095
00:42:47,260 --> 00:42:48,260
It's the way of love.

1096
00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:50,580
I'll show you a better way.

1097
00:42:51,380 --> 00:42:52,980
I'm not saying that I've always found it.

1098
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:55,140
I know in my younger days I was

1099
00:42:55,140 --> 00:42:58,180
stupid like all young people are and did

1100
00:42:58,180 --> 00:42:59,620
and said a lot of stupid things which

1101
00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:00,500
I regret now.

1102
00:43:01,460 --> 00:43:03,700
But I never had an older brother who

1103
00:43:03,700 --> 00:43:05,360
watched over me to correct me.

1104
00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:07,200
You guys are lucky.

1105
00:43:07,980 --> 00:43:09,200
You have somebody to tell you.

1106
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:11,540
Take advantage of that.

1107
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:12,900
You don't have to do the stupid things

1108
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:13,300
I did.

1109
00:43:14,540 --> 00:43:16,180
You can live life in a better way.

1110
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,920
You know, to listen to that voice which

1111
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,260
says you didn't have to say it like

1112
00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:22,580
that.

1113
00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:24,920
You could have said that in a more

1114
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:25,640
gracious way.

1115
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,480
Thank you Lord.

1116
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,240
Let me remember that next time.

1117
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,460
Well, we make the same mistake again.

1118
00:43:32,660 --> 00:43:34,480
And the Lord says He doesn't scold us.

1119
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,840
He says, son, daughter, you know, there's a

1120
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:38,320
better way.

1121
00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:40,840
And one day we learn it.

1122
00:43:42,260 --> 00:43:43,920
And we, when the day we learn it,

1123
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,580
a little more of the root goes away

1124
00:43:46,580 --> 00:43:47,700
from our self-life.

1125
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,860
That's the way to this resurrection life.

1126
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,000
It's because of this self- centered life

1127
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,720
that we have a tremendous problem with pride.

1128
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,140
If you don't allow Jesus to lay the

1129
00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:05,860
axe to the root of your self-centered

1130
00:44:05,860 --> 00:44:07,980
life, I'll tell you one thing.

1131
00:44:08,580 --> 00:44:10,240
There are two sins you'll have a tremendous

1132
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:10,980
problem with.

1133
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,040
One is pride and the other is lying,

1134
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:14,920
telling lies.

1135
00:44:15,900 --> 00:44:19,420
Many, many believers never seem to overcome spiritual

1136
00:44:19,420 --> 00:44:21,300
pride and telling lies.

1137
00:44:21,460 --> 00:44:23,480
Even after many years of being a believer.

1138
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:25,760
Because every time God tries to lay an

1139
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,340
axe to the root, they resist it.

1140
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,180
They say, no, let me have my say

1141
00:44:31,180 --> 00:44:32,660
and then Lord, do what you like.

1142
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:34,480
But by the time you've had your say,

1143
00:44:34,540 --> 00:44:35,820
you've strengthened the root so much.

1144
00:44:36,380 --> 00:44:38,420
It may take another six months before God

1145
00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:39,600
lays the axe to the root again.

1146
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:44,170
Why do I say pride and lying?

1147
00:44:45,790 --> 00:44:46,190
Listen.

1148
00:44:47,610 --> 00:44:53,600
The first two sins that were committed in

1149
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:59,470
the universe, before Adam committed his first sin

1150
00:44:59,470 --> 00:45:05,310
of disobedience, before Adam and Eve sinned, there

1151
00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:06,370
were two sins committed.

1152
00:45:08,410 --> 00:45:11,650
One was the sin of pride and the

1153
00:45:11,650 --> 00:45:12,830
other was the sin of lying.

1154
00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:15,510
Both were committed by Lucifer.

1155
00:45:17,010 --> 00:45:18,530
He was the head of the angels and

1156
00:45:18,530 --> 00:45:20,530
he there was no sin anywhere in the

1157
00:45:20,530 --> 00:45:22,450
universe, a beautiful universe without sin.

1158
00:45:23,430 --> 00:45:26,710
And one person began to think, I want

1159
00:45:26,710 --> 00:45:27,870
to be somebody here.

1160
00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:30,330
And that's how sin came.

1161
00:45:31,510 --> 00:45:34,970
Whenever you want to be a somebody, you're

1162
00:45:34,970 --> 00:45:35,730
following the devil.

1163
00:45:36,450 --> 00:45:37,410
Please remember that.

1164
00:45:38,350 --> 00:45:39,690
All of you who want to be a

1165
00:45:39,690 --> 00:45:43,310
somebody in your church, be careful whom you're

1166
00:45:43,310 --> 00:45:43,690
following.

1167
00:45:44,030 --> 00:45:45,230
You're just following Lucifer.

1168
00:45:46,030 --> 00:45:48,090
But he's hidden it so carefully from you

1169
00:45:48,090 --> 00:45:50,750
that you don't realize you're following a Lucifer

1170
00:45:50,750 --> 00:45:52,110
when you want to be a somebody in

1171
00:45:52,110 --> 00:45:52,710
your church.

1172
00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:55,850
You want to assert yourself in your home,

1173
00:45:55,850 --> 00:45:57,090
you're following Lucifer.

1174
00:45:59,970 --> 00:46:00,970
That's what he wanted to be.

1175
00:46:01,030 --> 00:46:02,570
He wanted to be a somebody in heaven.

1176
00:46:03,770 --> 00:46:05,670
He wasn't willing to be just what God

1177
00:46:05,670 --> 00:46:06,450
placed him to be.

1178
00:46:06,650 --> 00:46:09,050
He already was a very important person, but

1179
00:46:09,050 --> 00:46:10,230
he wanted to be more important.

1180
00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:15,940
Six thousand years of man's history has shown

1181
00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:19,460
numerous examples of people to whom God gave

1182
00:46:19,460 --> 00:46:21,160
a ministry and they were not satisfied with

1183
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:21,340
that.

1184
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:22,320
They wanted more.

1185
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:23,720
They wanted to be bigger.

1186
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,040
And God destroyed them.

1187
00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:30,220
I've seen that happen in our churches through

1188
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:31,320
the last 30 years.

1189
00:46:32,740 --> 00:46:36,400
Elder brothers whom God gave a tremendous ministry

1190
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:37,840
to, it went to their heads.

1191
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:39,060
Their heads got swollen.

1192
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:44,400
They got what the doctors call hydrocephalus.

1193
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:46,580
You know what hydrocephalus is?

1194
00:46:46,860 --> 00:46:47,840
A swollen head.

1195
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:50,180
I don't know whether you've seen babies with

1196
00:46:50,180 --> 00:46:51,040
a huge head.

1197
00:46:52,460 --> 00:46:53,660
And you look at that baby if you

1198
00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:55,400
don't know the truth, you'll say, boy, what

1199
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:56,680
a brainy child that must be.

1200
00:46:57,340 --> 00:46:58,760
Look at the amount of brains he's got.

1201
00:46:59,220 --> 00:47:00,500
It's not brains, it's water.

1202
00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:02,920
Such children don't live long.

1203
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,280
And such Christians don't live long either who

1204
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:07,020
got big heads.

1205
00:47:07,540 --> 00:47:08,260
It's all water.

1206
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:09,780
It's not spirituality.

1207
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:12,760
You puncture it, all the water comes out.

1208
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,500
That happened to numerous people in our churches.

1209
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,340
And God finally put them aside.

1210
00:47:21,740 --> 00:47:24,520
What I think of people, young people who've

1211
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,460
grown up in our churches, brothers who've come

1212
00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:29,340
to eldership who could have had a ministry

1213
00:47:29,340 --> 00:47:31,020
across the nation of India today.

1214
00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:34,520
But they're sitting rotting away because they were

1215
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:35,080
too proud.

1216
00:47:36,380 --> 00:47:39,160
They were too proud in their younger days

1217
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,800
to humble themselves under any authority.

1218
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:44,920
They wanted to be an authority on their

1219
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:45,180
own.

1220
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,420
Some of them destroyed themselves and left the

1221
00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:48,800
church.

1222
00:47:49,020 --> 00:47:49,940
I don't know where they are today.

1223
00:47:50,580 --> 00:47:52,500
Some of them just sit around and rot

1224
00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:52,860
away.

1225
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,740
Dear brothers and sisters, learn a lesson from

1226
00:47:56,740 --> 00:47:57,820
what's happening around you.

1227
00:47:59,160 --> 00:47:59,860
Humble yourself.

1228
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,360
Don't follow Lucifer saying, I want to take

1229
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,080
care of myself.

1230
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:07,260
He's the one who doesn't take care of

1231
00:48:07,260 --> 00:48:08,620
himself whom God cares for.

1232
00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:12,280
That's why when Jesus, the anointed one, who

1233
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,240
came to set people free, why did he

1234
00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:17,300
have to humble himself all the time?

1235
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,620
From heaven he came down and when he

1236
00:48:20,620 --> 00:48:21,920
came to earth he could have been a

1237
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:22,160
king.

1238
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,540
Do you know that if Jesus had become

1239
00:48:24,540 --> 00:48:27,640
a king on earth, it would still have

1240
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:31,660
been the greatest humbling from God to an

1241
00:48:31,660 --> 00:48:32,300
earthly king.

1242
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,780
Can anybody humble themselves so much?

1243
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:38,600
From God to an earthly king?

1244
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,000
If you humble yourself and become a worm,

1245
00:48:41,420 --> 00:48:43,980
even that won't be as great as God

1246
00:48:43,980 --> 00:48:45,760
humbling himself and becoming an earthly king.

1247
00:48:46,220 --> 00:48:47,900
That would have been enough for Jesus.

1248
00:48:48,660 --> 00:48:50,700
But when he came, he went even further

1249
00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:51,120
down.

1250
00:48:51,580 --> 00:48:52,440
He said, I won't be a king.

1251
00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:54,260
I'll be a servant.

1252
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:56,480
And on the last day of his earthly

1253
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,820
life he was just doing the slave's job

1254
00:48:58,820 --> 00:48:59,900
of washing people's feet.

1255
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:03,640
You make that your goal, dear brothers and

1256
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:03,880
sisters.

1257
00:49:04,580 --> 00:49:05,780
Say, Lord, I've got a goal in my

1258
00:49:05,780 --> 00:49:08,840
life and my goal is that finally when

1259
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,360
I reach the pinnacle of glory, the height

1260
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,540
of spirituality on earth, I want to be

1261
00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:15,080
found at the feet of my fellow believers

1262
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:17,560
washing their feet, doing dirty jobs for them.

1263
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,140
That's my goal in life.

1264
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,680
To go down, down, down, down, down, down,

1265
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,800
down, down to the feet of people and

1266
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,060
I want to die there.

1267
00:49:26,980 --> 00:49:28,460
Then you're going the right direction.

1268
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,340
Then you're a follower of the anointed one.

1269
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,760
And you'll be able to set people free.

1270
00:49:34,260 --> 00:49:36,480
Because people have bondage because they're going up

1271
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:37,160
like Lucifer.

1272
00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:41,840
Anyone who's going up inwardly, God pushes them

1273
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:42,320
down.

1274
00:49:43,020 --> 00:49:45,660
He who exalts himself will be humbled.

1275
00:49:47,180 --> 00:49:49,440
Let God exalt you.

1276
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,180
It's God who can set you free like

1277
00:49:52,180 --> 00:49:52,640
the eagle.

1278
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,420
But you've got to go down and humble

1279
00:49:54,420 --> 00:49:54,940
yourself.

1280
00:49:58,030 --> 00:50:01,390
And this self-centered life doesn't want that.

1281
00:50:02,010 --> 00:50:05,710
If you have the slightest desire, the slightest

1282
00:50:05,710 --> 00:50:08,750
desire to show that you're cleverer than another,

1283
00:50:09,430 --> 00:50:12,910
better than another, when you, in your conversation,

1284
00:50:13,570 --> 00:50:15,050
if you try to make other people feel

1285
00:50:15,050 --> 00:50:17,750
small, you go around talking about other people

1286
00:50:17,750 --> 00:50:19,190
and make them all small in the eyes

1287
00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:20,930
of others, you're doing the work of the

1288
00:50:20,930 --> 00:50:21,170
devil.

1289
00:50:22,010 --> 00:50:24,610
The devil is called the accuser of the

1290
00:50:24,610 --> 00:50:24,910
brothers.

1291
00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:28,430
And when you go to different homes in

1292
00:50:28,430 --> 00:50:30,970
your church and tell them this is what's

1293
00:50:30,970 --> 00:50:32,630
wrong with that brother, and this is what's

1294
00:50:32,630 --> 00:50:34,150
wrong with that brother, and this is the

1295
00:50:34,150 --> 00:50:36,390
problem with our elder brother, the devil says

1296
00:50:36,390 --> 00:50:38,170
let's hold hands a little better.

1297
00:50:38,170 --> 00:50:40,010
You're doing a great job for me.

1298
00:50:40,870 --> 00:50:43,270
I wanted a few more agents like you

1299
00:50:43,270 --> 00:50:45,430
in the church who will accuse the elders

1300
00:50:45,430 --> 00:50:47,090
and accuse the brothers for me.

1301
00:50:47,330 --> 00:50:49,010
Thank you very much my servant.

1302
00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:52,130
You wretched, miserable servant of the devil.

1303
00:50:52,250 --> 00:50:53,070
Let me tell you.

1304
00:50:53,610 --> 00:50:55,490
Let me open your eyes today to see

1305
00:50:55,490 --> 00:50:57,950
that you are an accuser of the brothers.

1306
00:50:59,110 --> 00:51:01,290
And you're an accuser of the brothers because

1307
00:51:01,290 --> 00:51:02,530
you are proud.

1308
00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:05,210
Maybe you didn't get a chance to be

1309
00:51:05,210 --> 00:51:06,090
an elder yourself.

1310
00:51:06,090 --> 00:51:08,230
And that's why you're an accuser.

1311
00:51:08,990 --> 00:51:10,850
May God save you before you end up

1312
00:51:10,850 --> 00:51:12,510
in hell right into the devil's lap.

1313
00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:14,110
Because I tell you one thing.

1314
00:51:14,710 --> 00:51:16,830
No accuser of the brothers will ever enter

1315
00:51:16,830 --> 00:51:17,250
heaven.

1316
00:51:17,730 --> 00:51:18,170
Impossible.

1317
00:51:19,150 --> 00:51:20,290
Let me give you my word.

1318
00:51:20,570 --> 00:51:22,130
You may have been a wonderful saved brother

1319
00:51:22,130 --> 00:51:24,110
or sister some years ago, but you could

1320
00:51:24,110 --> 00:51:24,950
be lost today.

1321
00:51:25,470 --> 00:51:27,690
I don't believe in one saved always saved.

1322
00:51:28,050 --> 00:51:29,570
You may have been saved ten years ago.

1323
00:51:29,870 --> 00:51:31,010
You may be on your way to hell

1324
00:51:31,010 --> 00:51:33,810
today because once upon a time you were

1325
00:51:33,810 --> 00:51:35,070
a wonderful brother or sister.

1326
00:51:35,430 --> 00:51:38,390
Today you are an accuser of the brethren.

1327
00:51:38,750 --> 00:51:41,370
You started holding hands with the devil because

1328
00:51:41,370 --> 00:51:44,090
your self-life got a bit hurt somewhere.

1329
00:51:45,290 --> 00:51:46,850
You're back in the cage.

1330
00:51:47,790 --> 00:51:49,630
And you're trying to get other people into

1331
00:51:49,630 --> 00:51:50,350
your cage.

1332
00:51:50,790 --> 00:51:52,430
Get them also to be accusers.

1333
00:51:52,810 --> 00:51:54,630
Get as many people as possible in your

1334
00:51:54,630 --> 00:51:57,250
church to be accusers so that you can

1335
00:51:57,250 --> 00:51:58,650
have company inside the cage.

1336
00:51:58,730 --> 00:52:00,090
Get crowded inside the cage.

1337
00:52:00,290 --> 00:52:02,070
And the devil says, great, I'll help you.

1338
00:52:02,070 --> 00:52:03,310
I'll help you, man.

1339
00:52:04,150 --> 00:52:06,450
I'll do anything you want.

1340
00:52:06,630 --> 00:52:07,870
I'll give you all the glory of the

1341
00:52:07,870 --> 00:52:08,030
world.

1342
00:52:08,090 --> 00:52:09,030
You're bowing down to me.

1343
00:52:09,210 --> 00:52:10,190
And that's what's happening.

1344
00:52:10,790 --> 00:52:12,730
I've seen that people who accuse the brethren,

1345
00:52:12,970 --> 00:52:14,510
they get many things in the world.

1346
00:52:15,210 --> 00:52:16,310
I say, how do they get that?

1347
00:52:16,710 --> 00:52:18,510
Because the devil says, they bow down to

1348
00:52:18,510 --> 00:52:18,710
me.

1349
00:52:19,590 --> 00:52:20,230
Jesus didn't.

1350
00:52:20,490 --> 00:52:21,310
But they bow down to me.

1351
00:52:21,330 --> 00:52:22,510
I give them everything in the world.

1352
00:52:22,710 --> 00:52:23,550
Sure, they can have it.

1353
00:52:23,810 --> 00:52:26,830
But those people think, the foolish prosperity gospel,

1354
00:52:26,950 --> 00:52:28,070
they think, oh, God's blessing me.

1355
00:52:28,270 --> 00:52:29,250
God's not blessing you.

1356
00:52:29,530 --> 00:52:30,910
You got all that because you bow down

1357
00:52:30,910 --> 00:52:31,430
to the devil.

1358
00:52:33,170 --> 00:52:34,050
Open your eyes.

1359
00:52:36,350 --> 00:52:37,390
That's not from God.

1360
00:52:40,730 --> 00:52:41,310
Be careful.

1361
00:52:42,570 --> 00:52:44,450
Let Jesus lay the axe to the root.

1362
00:52:45,610 --> 00:52:46,890
The second thing is lying.

1363
00:52:48,450 --> 00:52:50,410
The second sin that was committed in the

1364
00:52:50,410 --> 00:52:52,110
universe was also by Lucifer.

1365
00:52:54,110 --> 00:52:55,630
You see, from pride, there are many other

1366
00:52:55,630 --> 00:52:56,750
things that come out of pride.

1367
00:52:56,850 --> 00:52:58,010
And I don't have time to tell you

1368
00:52:58,010 --> 00:53:00,890
about all that, like discontent with one's boundaries,

1369
00:53:01,090 --> 00:53:01,310
etc.

1370
00:53:01,310 --> 00:53:03,510
Satan was not content with his boundaries.

1371
00:53:03,650 --> 00:53:04,510
That's all because of pride.

1372
00:53:05,070 --> 00:53:06,590
We can talk about that some other time.

1373
00:53:07,110 --> 00:53:09,190
But the second sin that he committed was

1374
00:53:09,190 --> 00:53:09,690
lying.

1375
00:53:10,730 --> 00:53:13,310
And that was in Genesis chapter 3, when

1376
00:53:13,310 --> 00:53:17,270
he told Eve, you will not die.

1377
00:53:18,910 --> 00:53:20,690
That's before she had committed a sin.

1378
00:53:21,790 --> 00:53:23,430
Satan committed another sin.

1379
00:53:24,250 --> 00:53:27,350
He told man, even if you disobey God,

1380
00:53:27,650 --> 00:53:28,630
it's not serious.

1381
00:53:28,630 --> 00:53:29,990
You won't die.

1382
00:53:31,550 --> 00:53:33,710
And do you know the number of preachers

1383
00:53:34,430 --> 00:53:35,910
who are preaching that today?

1384
00:53:37,450 --> 00:53:39,350
Haha, it doesn't matter if you sin.

1385
00:53:39,770 --> 00:53:40,210
It's okay.

1386
00:53:40,950 --> 00:53:41,670
We'll all sin.

1387
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:44,610
We'll all keep on sinning till we die.

1388
00:53:45,550 --> 00:53:46,790
That's the message we preach.

1389
00:53:46,870 --> 00:53:47,790
Many preachers are preaching.

1390
00:53:48,090 --> 00:53:48,830
Don't worry, brother.

1391
00:53:49,630 --> 00:53:51,710
You said the magic words, Lord Jesus, come

1392
00:53:51,710 --> 00:53:53,130
into my heart sometime when you were young.

1393
00:53:53,170 --> 00:53:53,630
You're okay.

1394
00:53:54,670 --> 00:53:56,370
What about my sin, you asked the preacher.

1395
00:53:56,370 --> 00:53:58,410
No, we'll keep on sinning till, but won't

1396
00:53:58,410 --> 00:53:58,790
I die?

1397
00:53:58,850 --> 00:54:00,550
No, no, no, you will not die.

1398
00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:02,410
You know who said that first?

1399
00:54:02,830 --> 00:54:03,230
Satan.

1400
00:54:04,710 --> 00:54:06,150
You know what the Bible says?

1401
00:54:07,010 --> 00:54:08,470
You know what God told Eve?

1402
00:54:08,710 --> 00:54:10,810
If you disobey me, you'll surely die.

1403
00:54:12,350 --> 00:54:13,350
That's God's word.

1404
00:54:13,990 --> 00:54:15,590
The devil said, you will not die.

1405
00:54:17,030 --> 00:54:18,190
What about in the New Testament?

1406
00:54:19,710 --> 00:54:21,650
In the New Testament, it says in Romans

1407
00:54:21,650 --> 00:54:28,760
chapter 8, written to believers, so then brethren,

1408
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,800
verse 12, Romans 8, 12, brethren, this is

1409
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:34,680
not written to unbelievers.

1410
00:54:35,660 --> 00:54:41,230
So then brethren, you believe that's for you?

1411
00:54:42,350 --> 00:54:44,850
We are not under obligation to live according

1412
00:54:44,850 --> 00:54:48,350
to the flesh because if you live according

1413
00:54:48,350 --> 00:54:51,430
to the flesh, brethren, born again believers, you

1414
00:54:51,430 --> 00:54:52,970
will surely die.

1415
00:54:53,750 --> 00:54:56,790
And the devil says, you will not die

1416
00:54:56,790 --> 00:54:58,470
even if you live according to the flesh

1417
00:54:58,470 --> 00:55:02,350
because you said the magic words 20 years

1418
00:55:02,350 --> 00:55:04,330
ago, Lord Jesus, come into my heart.

1419
00:55:05,330 --> 00:55:07,210
I say to you what God's word says,

1420
00:55:07,450 --> 00:55:10,270
you will surely die if you live according

1421
00:55:10,270 --> 00:55:11,990
to the flesh no matter what magic words

1422
00:55:11,990 --> 00:55:14,270
you said last year or 20 years ago.

1423
00:55:14,930 --> 00:55:16,030
Now you have a choice.

1424
00:55:16,810 --> 00:55:18,370
You believe God or you believe the devil.

1425
00:55:20,090 --> 00:55:21,950
Eve had a choice, either believe God or

1426
00:55:21,950 --> 00:55:22,550
believe the devil.

1427
00:55:22,930 --> 00:55:24,410
I believe what God's word says.

1428
00:55:24,410 --> 00:55:27,250
Brethren, if you live according to the flesh,

1429
00:55:27,310 --> 00:55:28,350
you will surely die.

1430
00:55:29,870 --> 00:55:32,050
And the enemy of our soul says, you

1431
00:55:32,050 --> 00:55:32,770
will not die.

1432
00:55:33,330 --> 00:55:34,070
It doesn't matter.

1433
00:55:34,250 --> 00:55:35,350
Sin is not so serious.

1434
00:55:36,010 --> 00:55:37,610
I tell you it's very serious.

1435
00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:40,130
Why have you heard me preaching for 30

1436
00:55:40,130 --> 00:55:41,970
years against anger?

1437
00:55:43,130 --> 00:55:46,210
Because Jesus said anger is just three steps

1438
00:55:46,210 --> 00:55:47,110
away from hell.

1439
00:55:49,740 --> 00:55:50,600
That's what he said.

1440
00:55:51,540 --> 00:55:53,160
Three steps from hell.

1441
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:56,280
Have you seen Jesus saying that?

1442
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,880
It was the first sin that Jesus spoke

1443
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:00,300
against.

1444
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:01,000
Anger.

1445
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:07,220
Matthew chapter 5 and verse 21.

1446
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,260
You have heard that the olden people times

1447
00:56:10,260 --> 00:56:12,620
they were told you shall not commit murder.

1448
00:56:13,660 --> 00:56:17,540
But I say to you verse 22 every

1449
00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:20,540
single person it doesn't matter who he is

1450
00:56:20,540 --> 00:56:25,340
believer or unbeliever every single person who is

1451
00:56:25,340 --> 00:56:28,780
angry with his brother will be guilty.

1452
00:56:30,060 --> 00:56:31,100
He hasn't said anything.

1453
00:56:32,020 --> 00:56:33,700
It's anger in his heart.

1454
00:56:33,940 --> 00:56:34,560
That's all.

1455
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:37,080
Are you angry with your brother?

1456
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,140
Are you angry with your sister today about

1457
00:56:40,140 --> 00:56:40,560
anything?

1458
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:42,180
I don't care what the thing is.

1459
00:56:43,020 --> 00:56:44,060
Concerning yourself.

1460
00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:47,880
Something that he didn't do the way you

1461
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:49,180
wanted him to do it or she did

1462
00:56:49,180 --> 00:56:51,020
not do the way you wanted her to

1463
00:56:51,020 --> 00:56:51,500
do it.

1464
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:53,940
And you're angry maybe with your maid servant.

1465
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:55,580
You're angry.

1466
00:56:58,660 --> 00:57:00,240
You're angry with your child.

1467
00:57:00,340 --> 00:57:01,720
Maybe your child did something wrong.

1468
00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:02,140
Okay.

1469
00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:03,260
You're angry.

1470
00:57:03,340 --> 00:57:04,440
The bible says you're guilty.

1471
00:57:05,580 --> 00:57:06,700
How many of you hear that?

1472
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,020
How many people preach it?

1473
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:12,660
Jesus preached it.

1474
00:57:13,860 --> 00:57:15,100
Anger in the heart.

1475
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:16,300
He hasn't said a word.

1476
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:17,280
He's guilty.

1477
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:19,060
Step number one.

1478
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:20,000
He's already taken it.

1479
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:21,820
Second step.

1480
00:57:22,340 --> 00:57:24,480
He goes to that person and says, you

1481
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:25,040
fool.

1482
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:29,140
You're good for nothing.

1483
00:57:33,030 --> 00:57:33,730
Second step.

1484
00:57:34,550 --> 00:57:35,230
Third step.

1485
00:57:35,270 --> 00:57:36,730
He goes to him and says, you fool.

1486
00:57:37,730 --> 00:57:39,110
He'll be guilty to go to hell.

1487
00:57:39,470 --> 00:57:40,130
Verse 22.

1488
00:57:41,470 --> 00:57:42,750
Did I teach you correctly?

1489
00:57:43,670 --> 00:57:45,510
Anger is the first of three steps to

1490
00:57:45,510 --> 00:57:45,770
hell.

1491
00:57:47,050 --> 00:57:48,010
Those are the words of Jesus.

1492
00:57:48,650 --> 00:57:49,430
Starts in the heart.

1493
00:57:50,070 --> 00:57:51,890
Comes out through the mouth with one bad

1494
00:57:51,890 --> 00:57:52,210
word.

1495
00:57:52,650 --> 00:57:54,610
And after sometime comes out again with a

1496
00:57:54,610 --> 00:57:54,990
bad word.

1497
00:57:55,090 --> 00:57:56,290
Have you seen people who get angry?

1498
00:57:57,250 --> 00:57:59,710
They'll come and tell you something and then

1499
00:57:59,710 --> 00:58:00,870
they'll go away and you think, okay.

1500
00:58:01,350 --> 00:58:02,610
The volcano has subsided.

1501
00:58:03,070 --> 00:58:03,950
No, it hasn't.

1502
00:58:05,790 --> 00:58:07,610
After ten minutes, it erupts again.

1503
00:58:08,270 --> 00:58:09,730
They come back and tell you again something.

1504
00:58:11,170 --> 00:58:12,090
They're ready for hell.

1505
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:15,540
Do they think they're ready for hell?

1506
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:16,840
Ah!

1507
00:58:17,020 --> 00:58:18,920
They say, this is a wretched maid servant.

1508
00:58:19,220 --> 00:58:19,580
Who cares?

1509
00:58:19,660 --> 00:58:20,960
God doesn't care for maid servants.

1510
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:23,160
I'm the rich man here.

1511
00:58:23,340 --> 00:58:24,060
God cares for me.

1512
00:58:24,060 --> 00:58:24,740
Rubbish!

1513
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:27,060
God cares for that maid servant a million

1514
00:58:27,060 --> 00:58:28,680
times more than He cares for you, rich

1515
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:28,980
person.

1516
00:58:30,460 --> 00:58:32,660
You are guilty enough to go to hell.

1517
00:58:33,300 --> 00:58:35,000
You won't hear other preachers tell you that.

1518
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:35,840
Well, I'll tell you that.

1519
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:37,620
Because I don't want your blood on my

1520
00:58:37,620 --> 00:58:38,040
hands.

1521
00:58:38,780 --> 00:58:41,620
And if you go to hell, don't ever

1522
00:58:41,620 --> 00:58:44,420
say, brother Zack did not warn you, that

1523
00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:45,480
anger will take you to hell.

1524
00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:48,200
I decided when I read it, to fear

1525
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:50,540
God and get rid of anger totally in

1526
00:58:50,540 --> 00:58:51,020
my life.

1527
00:58:51,420 --> 00:58:53,340
Before it comes out of my mouth, in

1528
00:58:53,340 --> 00:58:53,860
my heart.

1529
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:56,600
I preached it for 30 years here.

1530
00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:58,980
I've seen many people here have not taken

1531
00:58:58,980 --> 00:58:59,540
it seriously.

1532
00:59:00,060 --> 00:59:01,300
Your blood is not on my hands.

1533
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:02,800
But I'll tell you what God says.

1534
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:05,880
Anger is the first of three steps to

1535
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:06,140
hell.

1536
00:59:07,540 --> 00:59:09,200
What about lusting with the eyes?

1537
00:59:10,140 --> 00:59:10,700
That also.

1538
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:14,140
That's the second sin Jesus spoke against in

1539
00:59:14,140 --> 00:59:15,100
Matthew chapter 5.

1540
00:59:16,620 --> 00:59:20,260
I say to you in verse 31, 29,

1541
00:59:20,260 --> 00:59:22,380
if your right eye makes you stumble, tear

1542
00:59:22,380 --> 00:59:22,820
it out.

1543
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:27,120
Because verse 28, everyone who commits adultery, who

1544
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:29,100
looks at a woman with lust, has committed

1545
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:29,620
adultery.

1546
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:31,900
That's why you need to fight.

1547
00:59:32,820 --> 00:59:34,740
Sins of the tongue, sins of the eyes

1548
00:59:34,740 --> 00:59:36,500
are extremely dangerous.

1549
00:59:38,380 --> 00:59:41,440
Unfaithfulness in marriage, impurity.

1550
00:59:42,260 --> 00:59:43,380
Fight it, fight it.

1551
00:59:43,540 --> 00:59:45,680
Because it says here, it's better to pull

1552
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:47,760
out the right eye and throw it from

1553
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:48,060
you.

1554
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:50,780
Otherwise you can have both eyes and go

1555
00:59:50,780 --> 00:59:51,160
to hell.

1556
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:53,520
So what Jesus is saying is, do you

1557
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:54,660
want to go with one eye to heaven

1558
00:59:54,660 --> 00:59:56,120
or with both eyes to hell?

1559
00:59:57,900 --> 00:59:59,120
If you go with one eye to heaven,

1560
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:00,480
you'll get your other eye back there.

1561
01:00:00,540 --> 01:00:01,000
You know that.

1562
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:02,720
You won't be a one-eyed man in

1563
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:02,840
heaven.

1564
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:04,080
There are no one-eyed people in heaven.

1565
01:00:04,540 --> 01:00:06,280
But the meaning of it is that you

1566
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:07,340
are so radical.

1567
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:09,200
What is the meaning?

1568
01:00:09,300 --> 01:00:10,280
You know you can get rid of your

1569
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:11,500
right eye and you know you can lust

1570
01:00:11,500 --> 01:00:12,420
with your left eye also.

1571
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:13,880
How many of you know that you can

1572
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:14,880
lust with one eye also?

1573
01:00:15,380 --> 01:00:16,800
You don't need two eyes to lust.

1574
01:00:17,620 --> 01:00:18,440
What did he mean?

1575
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:19,240
What's the spirit of it?

1576
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:21,000
The spirit of it is, act like a

1577
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:22,520
blind man when you're tempted.

1578
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,600
Act like a blind man as if you've

1579
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:26,440
lost your eyes.

1580
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,640
When you're tempted with your eyes, turn it

1581
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:28,940
away.

1582
01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:31,460
Like David prayed in Psalm 119.

1583
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:32,300
Is it verse 37?

1584
01:00:32,780 --> 01:00:34,740
Turn away my eyes, O Lord, from beholding

1585
01:00:34,740 --> 01:00:35,160
emptiness.

1586
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:38,200
Turn away my eyes, O Lord, from beholding

1587
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:38,780
emptiness.

1588
01:00:39,940 --> 01:00:41,320
I want to live in God's kingdom.

1589
01:00:43,790 --> 01:00:45,810
Allow Jesus to lay the axe to the

1590
01:00:45,810 --> 01:00:46,090
root.

1591
01:00:48,170 --> 01:00:50,170
Lying is the other sin.

1592
01:00:51,630 --> 01:00:52,850
Dishonesty, it's serious.

1593
01:00:52,990 --> 01:00:55,630
Jesus said there, let your yes be yes

1594
01:00:55,630 --> 01:00:57,510
and your no-no further down in Matthew

1595
01:00:57,510 --> 01:00:57,890
5.

1596
01:00:58,470 --> 01:01:00,710
It's such a serious thing to give other

1597
01:01:00,710 --> 01:01:02,650
people a wrong impression.

1598
01:01:05,510 --> 01:01:07,250
God loves those who love the truth.

1599
01:01:08,450 --> 01:01:10,490
These are areas where we need to allow

1600
01:01:10,490 --> 01:01:14,030
Jesus to lay the axe to the root

1601
01:01:14,650 --> 01:01:17,650
and say, Lord, if it takes 10 years

1602
01:01:17,650 --> 01:01:19,890
to get this root out of my system,

1603
01:01:20,110 --> 01:01:20,790
get it out.

1604
01:01:22,050 --> 01:01:26,510
This root of anger, this root of impurity,

1605
01:01:27,110 --> 01:01:29,870
this root of dishonesty, if it takes 10

1606
01:01:29,870 --> 01:01:32,790
years because the root is so deep, take

1607
01:01:32,790 --> 01:01:33,450
it out, Lord.

1608
01:01:34,710 --> 01:01:37,450
Boy, imagine if you had started 10 years

1609
01:01:37,450 --> 01:01:40,350
ago when you heard this message first.

1610
01:01:41,510 --> 01:01:42,930
Where you'd have been today if you had

1611
01:01:42,930 --> 01:01:43,810
taken it seriously?

1612
01:01:45,710 --> 01:01:47,150
Will you take it seriously today?

1613
01:01:47,270 --> 01:01:48,910
Maybe there's some hope 10 years from now

1614
01:01:48,910 --> 01:01:52,970
in the year 2015 you'll be delivered.

1615
01:01:53,830 --> 01:01:55,150
It won't happen overnight.

1616
01:01:55,730 --> 01:01:58,530
But you can start today and say, Lord,

1617
01:01:58,610 --> 01:02:00,230
I don't care how long it takes.

1618
01:02:00,850 --> 01:02:02,510
You've got to lay the axe to the

1619
01:02:02,510 --> 01:02:05,910
root and bring me into this, break every

1620
01:02:05,910 --> 01:02:09,430
chain, break everything that locks me up in

1621
01:02:09,430 --> 01:02:10,050
this cage.

1622
01:02:10,050 --> 01:02:12,510
I want to be like that bird flying

1623
01:02:12,510 --> 01:02:13,050
in the air.

1624
01:02:13,450 --> 01:02:14,930
And I tell you, God has got no

1625
01:02:14,930 --> 01:02:15,610
partiality.

1626
01:02:16,430 --> 01:02:17,930
What he's done for others, he'll do for

1627
01:02:17,930 --> 01:02:18,250
you.

1628
01:02:19,330 --> 01:02:21,070
Say, Lord, I want to take sin as

1629
01:02:21,070 --> 01:02:22,310
seriously as you take it.

1630
01:02:22,630 --> 01:02:24,290
I don't want to be brainwashed by all

1631
01:02:24,290 --> 01:02:27,810
this superficial message of Christianity going around the

1632
01:02:27,810 --> 01:02:28,350
world today.

1633
01:02:29,290 --> 01:02:29,850
Let's pray.

1634
01:02:30,970 --> 01:02:32,150
Let's bow our heads before God.

1635
01:02:35,630 --> 01:02:40,070
Dear brothers and sisters, no word of God

1636
01:02:40,070 --> 01:02:43,150
is ever spoken to condemn you or to

1637
01:02:43,150 --> 01:02:44,350
make you feel discouraged.

1638
01:02:45,030 --> 01:02:46,330
It's to liberate you.

1639
01:02:46,610 --> 01:02:48,510
Jesus has come to set the captives free.

1640
01:02:49,190 --> 01:02:51,870
He speaks sternly to you because he doesn't

1641
01:02:51,870 --> 01:02:53,490
want you to land in the devil's lap.

1642
01:02:53,930 --> 01:02:55,490
He doesn't want you to be an accuser

1643
01:02:55,490 --> 01:02:57,050
of the brethren for one more day in

1644
01:02:57,050 --> 01:02:57,790
your whole life.

1645
01:02:58,770 --> 01:03:00,290
He doesn't want you to live with anger

1646
01:03:00,290 --> 01:03:04,470
or bitterness or lust or lying in your

1647
01:03:04,470 --> 01:03:05,730
life for one more day.

1648
01:03:06,350 --> 01:03:07,850
He doesn't want you to seek to go

1649
01:03:07,850 --> 01:03:09,950
up in pride even for one more day.

1650
01:03:10,090 --> 01:03:11,910
He wants you to go down so that

1651
01:03:11,910 --> 01:03:13,950
he can set you free and make you

1652
01:03:13,950 --> 01:03:15,650
a liberator of other people.

1653
01:03:17,030 --> 01:03:18,510
He loves you so much.

1654
01:03:19,250 --> 01:03:21,910
He's been so disappointed that you didn't start

1655
01:03:21,910 --> 01:03:22,950
on this way earlier.

1656
01:03:23,730 --> 01:03:25,830
But he says, start now my son, my

1657
01:03:25,830 --> 01:03:26,130
daughter.

1658
01:03:26,290 --> 01:03:26,950
It's not too late.

1659
01:03:27,210 --> 01:03:27,950
Start today.

1660
01:03:29,290 --> 01:03:31,210
He can do a miracle in your life.

1661
01:03:31,510 --> 01:03:33,870
And if you're wholehearted, it may not take

1662
01:03:33,870 --> 01:03:34,410
ten years.

1663
01:03:34,970 --> 01:03:36,070
It may take only one year.

1664
01:03:37,050 --> 01:03:39,250
By next year you'll be a free person.

1665
01:03:40,930 --> 01:03:43,470
But determine that you're going to be free

1666
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:44,810
like that eagle.

1667
01:03:45,550 --> 01:03:48,770
Heavenly Father, apply the truths to our hearts.

1668
01:03:48,890 --> 01:03:51,590
Give us repentance and sorrow for our sin.

1669
01:03:52,450 --> 01:03:54,770
Deep repentance and sorrow along with all our

1670
01:03:54,770 --> 01:03:55,630
hallelujahs.

1671
01:03:55,950 --> 01:03:58,150
A deep repentance and sorrow for taking sin

1672
01:03:58,150 --> 01:03:58,710
so lightly.

1673
01:03:59,470 --> 01:04:00,690
And help us to honor you.

1674
01:04:01,150 --> 01:04:02,130
In Jesus name.

1675
01:04:02,910 --> 01:04:03,270
Amen.