WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.759 All right, Father, we just thank you for today. God, 2 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:08.720 we pray that your word be so good and enriching 3 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:12.679 to your people today. Thank you God for the equipping 4 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:18.120 of the saints today. Yes, Lord, we just bless this 5 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:21.800 word that you've given to us. Thank you Jesus, that you, 6 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:26.079 being the word, were made manifest to us in the flesh. God, 7 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:29.160 we thank you God that you ascended on high and 8 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:32.840 took captivity captive on our behalf. Thank you Lord for 9 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:41.880 your freedom today in Jesus' name. Amen. Mm hm, WHOA. Well, today, 10 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.640 somebody's gonna get stretched today. Tap your neighbors, say you're 11 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:52.520 gonna get stretched today. Some of you guys are going 12 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.439 to get really affirmed. Say I pray that you get 13 00:00:55.479 --> 00:01:05.359 affirmed today to your neighbor. Okay. The goal today is 14 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.719 to be grounded on a good foundation from where you 15 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.159 can build a powerful life. That's the sermon title today, 16 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:28.879 building a powerful life, say restored living. Thank you God. 17 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:35.599 You know with the title today, I was pondering something 18 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.640 when I was praying about what to talk to you 19 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.760 guys about, and I was thinking about Pastor Dwayne's last 20 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:46.280 week's message, and I was thinking, you know the interesting 21 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:50.680 thing about building a powerful life. Is that that is 22 00:01:50.840 --> 00:02:00.599 not the common Christian experience is a powerful life? Say 23 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.359 not in this house, Say I want to have a 24 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:11.879 powerful life, Say I have a powerful life. Hey man, 25 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:17.120 you guys got louder on that second one. Okay, hell me, okay, Amen, Amen, Amen, 26 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.919 you know what church you're in? Hallelujah? All right, good? 27 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.639 I like that? All right. Well. What I have seen, though, 28 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.599 is that the common Christian experience since I became a 29 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.439 Christian in twenty sixteen, is that it is not very 30 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:35.120 common for people to look like they're walking out a 31 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:40.360 powerful life. Those things need to change in Christianity. I 32 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:44.199 also observe that the Christian Church in the United States, 33 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:53.000 sin is actually often a byword. And yet this teaches 34 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.039 us all about it and how to overcome it. And 35 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:02.639 yet that doesn't seem to be the norm in the 36 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:13.280 American church. The conversation of deliverance isn't commonly found in 37 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:18.400 most churches. Do you know that? And yet Jesus the Christ, 38 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:23.280 the Lord, the King of the universe, the Prince of Peace, 39 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:27.560 the one by whom the world was formed. One third 40 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:33.639 of the ministry on earth was casting out of devils 41 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.840 and deliverance. Now Why do you believe that that would 42 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:41.199 be something that plagues the American Church or churches abroad 43 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:52.599 the world, in the whole world. Doctrines of demons, teachings 44 00:03:52.639 --> 00:04:00.680 of ignorance. That has to change. That has to change. Amen. 45 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:10.080 On the one hand, sin is not talked about. On 46 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:18.920 the other hand, and deliverance is ignored. That's good. We're 47 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:24.600 living in a society that is plagued by sin and 48 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:35.959 is in heavy need of deliverance. Even in Christianity. Oftentimes 49 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:41.360 Christians who are disempowered are confused by whether we are 50 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:47.560 experiencing an attack of the enemy or we're reaping the 51 00:04:47.560 --> 00:05:01.199 reward of sin. Wow, that's two right there. One, it's 52 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:05.839 either an attack of the enemy or to the reward 53 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:10.800 of sin. There's something worse, and I'll submit this to you. 54 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:22.560 It's a lack of understanding. Three. The third option is 55 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:31.439 a belief system that things just happen to me, that 56 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:38.000 God is in full sovereign control, even of the negative stuff. 57 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:47.000 It is a lie from the pit of hell. That's 58 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:55.920 worse than the first two. Come on, I want us 59 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.680 to begin with dealing with sin. Can you guys do 60 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:04.839 that with me? Amen? Because see Pastor Dennis said in 61 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.360 the first service, this is an apostolic house. Well, the 62 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.399 gifts of the gifts of Jesus that were given down 63 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:14.600 right from heaven when he ascended on high. He gave 64 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.560 gifts to men for what the building and the edifying 65 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:24.519 of the body of Jesus Christ. Say I'm going to 66 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:31.319 get edified today. Say I'm going to be encouraged today. 67 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:37.040 I'm the body of Jesus. So this word applies to 68 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.720 the body of Christ. Amen, man, we're going to equip 69 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:55.079 you today, Say I'm being equipped sin. Paul in Romans 70 00:06:55.160 --> 00:07:02.079 chapter six said specifically, do not present your members meeting 71 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:07.759 your body members an instrument of unrighteousness, but rather give 72 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:12.959 them over to God. There is a lot of participation 73 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.199 on our own behalf when it comes to dealing with sin, 74 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.240 because it's up to you to give your members over 75 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:24.160 to God. You want to stop sin issues in your life, 76 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:32.199 give your members, your body over to God. Some of 77 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.959 your gears may be already grinding. Some of you, guys, 78 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:40.279 are probably experiencing these thoughts or thought patterns that say, 79 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.680 shut them out, shut them up, don't listen. What's happening 80 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:49.120 here is unbiblical. I'm going to give you by example. 81 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.920 Right now, I'm just going to do some things, okay, 82 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.839 because this is what this house is about. We're about 83 00:07:55.839 --> 00:08:02.560 equipping you. But we're also not messing with spiritual things 84 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:05.839 that are messing with us. We're not going to play 85 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.480 no games with that. We're just gonna tell them to 86 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:14.199 kick rocks and move right. So I bind now the 87 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.879 spirit of blindness over anyone who is listening. Right now, 88 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:22.759 I bind the spirit of religion that keeps you repeating 89 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:28.199 anything over and over and over, a pattern of sin 90 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.879 and repentance, sin and repentance. I cut it off now. 91 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.759 In the name of Jesus. I command any spirit of 92 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:39.960 complacency to shut up and go and leave these people alone. 93 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.799 In the mighty name of Jesus, I command you to 94 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:52.639 leave now. Yes, Lord. As we were learning last week 95 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.440 from Pastor Dwayne, we were learning that through Adam's sin, 96 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:10.159 we all became sinners when we were born, to the 97 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.960 point that we would satisfy the desires of our flesh 98 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:20.000 in the flesh. But for this reason Christ died. It 99 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.600 says in the Word that through one man's sin, sin 100 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:29.600 entered humankind, and through the one man Christ, Jesus, who 101 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:33.759 died blameless and perfect all who believe would be made 102 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:41.960 alive through His death and resurrection. Amen, Let's read Romans 103 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:45.519 chapter eight, verses one through fourteen, and this is the 104 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:49.480 basis for the entire sermon. So I'm going to be 105 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.639 referring back to this, So you're going to want to 106 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:59.320 follow along with what I'm reading. Okay, there is therefore 107 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.919 now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus 108 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:08.919 meaning once you got saved, who do not walk according 109 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:14.279 to the flesh, meaning there is a difference in salvation 110 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:16.559 whether you will walk in the flesh or walk in 111 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:21.000 the spirit. Like you can choose to defer one or 112 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:26.519 the other. You can choose, says says, who do not 113 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.559 walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit, 114 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:37.840 say I want to continually walk in the spirit. Verse two. 115 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.440 Let's keep going for the law of the Spirit of 116 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:44.200 life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the 117 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:48.159 law of sin and death. For what the law could 118 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:51.240 not do, in that it was weak through the flesh. 119 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.759 This thing God did by sending his own son in 120 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:59.279 the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin. He 121 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:06.240 condemns in the flesh perfect man, right that the righteous 122 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:11.240 requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who 123 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:15.559 do not walk according to the flesh, but according to 124 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:20.080 the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh 125 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.519 set their minds on the things of the flesh, say mind, 126 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:31.360 But those who live according to the spirit the things 127 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:37.240 of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded, carnally minded 128 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:43.919 sir is death. But to be spiritually minded is life 129 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:50.960 and peace, hallelujah. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. 130 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:57.440 That means it fights and wars against God. Your carnal mind, 131 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:02.360 if you let it, wars again God. Before you were saved, 132 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:08.360 and you live carnally minded, your mind continually warred against God, 133 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:11.840 for it is not subject to the law of God, 134 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.679 nor indeed can be so. Then those who are in 135 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:23.080 the flesh cannot please God. But you say, but me, 136 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:30.759 are not in the flesh, but in the spirit. If say, 137 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:41.000 if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, 138 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:45.039 if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he 139 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:51.879 is not his. And if Christ is in you the body, 140 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:58.159 this thing is dead because of sin, but the spirit 141 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:08.320 is life because of righteousness. But this is my favorite. 142 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:13.080 Like top two verses, okay, top two But if the 143 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:19.159 spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells 144 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:25.679 in you, he who raised Christ from the dead, will 145 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:34.200 also say, also give life to your mortals body through 146 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:42.080 his spirit who dwells in you. Meaning what, meaning what 147 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:47.679 that all of the sudden I can present my members 148 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.960 alive through the Spirit of God and present them before 149 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:58.080 God to perform righteousness. All of the sudden we start 150 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.519 to learn that the Spirit of God, who dwells within me, 151 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:10.000 can give life life that is springing up animated to 152 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:15.080 my mortal body in the present time. That means I 153 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:25.919 can perform good right now, amen, next verse. Therefore, brethren, 154 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:33.200 we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according 155 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:38.120 to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh, 156 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:44.200 you will die. Remember I told you reaping, reaping the 157 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:49.240 reward of sin. Right. But if you, but if by 158 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:54.320 the spirit you put to death the deeds of the 159 00:14:54.360 --> 00:15:03.639 body or the flesh, you will live. For as many 160 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:09.440 as are led by the Spirit of God, these are 161 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:19.240 the sons of God. Hallelujah, Come on, hallelujah, Thank you God. 162 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:32.120 The issues that prevent a powerful life are not a 163 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:42.320 salvation problem to the Christian. The issues that prevent a 164 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:52.639 powerful life in a Christian is a neglect problem. It's 165 00:15:52.679 --> 00:16:04.399 a neglect problem. We neglect this. We neglect believing everything 166 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:11.559 that is in here is for me. Many stories have 167 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:17.919 walked through this door, many many different testimonies, including my own. 168 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:22.200 There's three things that are in common usually when they 169 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:27.759 come into new horizon. One we didn't know how disempowerab 170 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:33.600 we were with the limited understanding of the Gospel truths. Two, 171 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.320 we didn't know we were deceived by doctrines of demons 172 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:43.759 or deceived by wrong theology. Three, we weren't taught that 173 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:55.879 everything in this word applies to me. Do we practice 174 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:06.559 following Jesus or do we practice following an idea of Jesus. 175 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:14.160 I'm going to present to us truths from the Apostles 176 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.319 themselves that are in here, which was written by the 177 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:24.680 Holy Spirit for us, because they didn't write to non believers. 178 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:38.160 First Peter, chapter two, verse eleven, Beloved, I beg you, 179 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:45.319 as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshley lust, which war 180 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:52.799 against the soul. He's given us a blueprint. Peter just 181 00:17:52.880 --> 00:18:00.000 told us abstain, say, abstain from fleshley lust. Which will 182 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:05.599 against the soul. He's telling you something outwardly is happening 183 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:12.039 on the exterior, in the flesh, being performed by the flesh, 184 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:19.160 and it's warring against your soul. So what we do 185 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:31.119 outwardly affects us within. We're dealing with sin. We can 186 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:39.799 What did he say of staying, come on yeah? Verse 187 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:43.400 John three, verse one through four. Look, you're getting a quip. 188 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:47.000 You're getting equipped first John three, verse one through four. 189 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:50.680 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on 190 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:54.799 us that we should be called children of God. Therefore 191 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.640 the world does not know us because it did not 192 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:03.359 know him loved. Now we are children of God, and 193 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:05.960 it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. 194 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.839 But we know that when he is revealed, we shall 195 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.799 be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 196 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:19.680 And everyone who has this hope in him, Say, purifies 197 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:30.359 himself just as he is pure. That is an action, 198 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:35.599 that is something that we have to do, that is 199 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:41.000 living out, walking out the word of truth. Say, I'm 200 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:50.240 walking it out. Whomever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and 201 00:19:50.359 --> 00:20:00.640 sin is lawlessness. Verse three. Purifies himself, say, going to 202 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:14.119 purify myself, Jesus tewod Corinthians, Chapter seven, verse one. Now 203 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:17.960 we're going to Paul. We just did Peter, we did John. 204 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:21.319 They both walked closely with Jesus. Now let's see what 205 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:27.960 Paul says. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse 206 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:38.519 ourselves hello, from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 207 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:49.640 perfecting holiness in the fear of God. You think there's 208 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:53.039 a pattern in this, It's all over the New Testament. 209 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:55.559 This is the New Testament. This is the one that 210 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.519 everybody tries to trample on the grace of God with 211 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:07.799 the New Testament rush. But this is the New Testament. 212 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:14.640 There is work to be done for the believer because 213 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:19.160 this was written to the saints, and that's how they 214 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:25.079 That's how they started those letters to the saints. So 215 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:30.880 he's reminding them, what is how do we stay in 216 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:36.640 alignment with God? Every apostle has said it so far, 217 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:43.839 So what is the spirit telling the church? Even in 218 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:48.119 context of chapter seven, verse one, Paul is actually writing 219 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.880 to them about how they're being drawn away by They're 220 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:58.720 being drawn away by their affections for non believers. Wow, 221 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.960 I can talk to you about the world and the 222 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:04.599 way of the world. Till the cows come home. But 223 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:12.799 how about the way of the believer's good? He said. 224 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.799 He was talking to them, and he says, I know 225 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.599 that you guys are are being called to godly grief 226 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:24.279 because of my strong words. He says, But I'm all 227 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:28.680 the glad that at least my harsh word towards you 228 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:43.279 has led you to godly grief. So bad company corrupts 229 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:54.119 good habits, It's written, we get drawn away by our 230 00:22:54.160 --> 00:23:02.000 own passions and affections. Those verses a sin issues in 231 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:10.359 our lives as believers. As believers say, this is the 232 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:17.200 restored life, we have a responsibility. We're now talking about 233 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:21.400 being perfect. I'm not here to cause you panic if 234 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:27.160 in case, you're genuinely saved. So if you're genuinely saved, 235 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:30.839 you can be all right, say top your neighbors say 236 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:37.440 you're gonna be all right if you're If your neighbor 237 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:42.920 starts to feel too hot, just just just say just 238 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:45.880 just don't pay attention. You listen to me. Okay, this 239 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:56.000 works for you, all right. I'm not you know, But 240 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.880 I'm also not here to soften the scripture. I let 241 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:04.759 scripture speak for hisself. God doesn't need my protection. I'm 242 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.480 not here to please man. This is not going to 243 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:10.759 get a lot of likes. It's not going to be popular. Right, 244 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:14.640 it might not go viral. But guess what you are 245 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:26.680 being equipped. You're being equipped, You're getting fed. Yes, we're 246 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:36.319 building powerful lives in this church. We're not building We're 247 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:44.480 not building a pansy life. Okay, we're building powerful lives. 248 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.119 God is inviting us that if you desire to build 249 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:58.920 a powerful life, there's a framework and one foundation. That's Christ, Jesus. 250 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:03.000 There's only one bar to look up to that is 251 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:10.079 already set, and that's him. It is Christ. We don't 252 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:16.000 lower the bar because of because of our inability to 253 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:18.799 follow what the scripture says. We don't lower the bar 254 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:23.079 and take away words from the living God and say 255 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.359 that's not for me because I don't like the way 256 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:33.319 it sounds. The bar has been set. It's Christ. He 257 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.039 came to this world, walked it out in the flesh. 258 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:46.519 He said, now you do it, Oh, power, power. I 259 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:51.000 want us to reframe our thoughts. That is commonly used 260 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:59.960 versus in the Bible. It's Second Corinthians five, verse six. 261 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.920 Let's start at sixteen. Therefore, from now on we regard 262 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:07.039 no one according to the flesh, even though we have 263 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.599 known Christ according to the flesh. In other words, when 264 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:15.160 we came to the Lord, we knew him. We only 265 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.359 understood that we need were in need of a savior. Okay, 266 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:25.400 Yet now we know him does no longer. Therefore, if 267 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:28.960 anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. All 268 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:32.720 things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 269 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:39.279 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us 270 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:41.960 to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the 271 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:46.839 ministry of reconciliation. That is that God was in Christ 272 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:50.599 reconciling the world to himself, not imputing the trespasses to them, 273 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:54.880 and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now 274 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:59.000 then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were 275 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:03.559 pleading through us. We implore you, on Christ, behalved, be 276 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:09.839 reconciled to God. He's talking to believers. He's not talking 277 00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:13.160 to the world. This isn't about salvation. This is to 278 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:19.160 the believer. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as 279 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.519 though God repleating through us. We implore you, on Christ, 280 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:25.519 be reconciled to God Verse twenty one. For He made 281 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:30.079 him who knew no sin to be sin for us 282 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:34.200 that we might become the righteousness of God in Him Christ. 283 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:37.480 Do you know that you are the righteousness of God 284 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:45.759 in Christ. Now that you believe, Thank you Lord, that 285 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:57.359 one will set you free. Do you want to be powerful? 286 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:06.079 Give up? Give up? What? Give up control to the 287 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:15.000 Holy Spirit. Give yourself fully to the anointing, the anointing 288 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:19.640 which you have received. If you indeed have believed, like 289 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:24.880 we read in chapter eight, if indeed the spirit of 290 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:31.559 Him dwells in you, give yourself fully to him. He 291 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:43.799 is an expert at dealing with the flesh. What is 292 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:52.079 this anointing? What is this anointing? First John, chapter two, 293 00:28:52.359 --> 00:29:02.160 verse twenty. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, 294 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:06.359 and you know all things. I have not written to 295 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.839 you because you do not know the truth, but because 296 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:14.720 you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 297 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:22.000 First John two twenty seven. He continues, But the anointing 298 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:27.200 which you have received from Him abides in you, and 299 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.680 you do not need that anyone teach you. But as 300 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:34.079 the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, 301 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.400 and it is not a lie. And just as it 302 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:43.079 has taught you, you will abide in him, teaching and learning. 303 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:52.559 Being taught and learning brings abiding Verse twenty nine in 304 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:57.119 that chapter. If you know that He is righteous, you 305 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:02.920 know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him. 306 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:11.119 What do we do with these verses? What do we 307 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:14.559 do now on the next part of this when we're 308 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:18.079 talking about spiritual matters, because now we talked about the flesh, 309 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.000 let's talk about spiritual matters. What do we do with 310 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:24.880 verses that talk about the weapons of our warfare are 311 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:31.039 not carnal or flesh right, but they are mighty through God, 312 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:36.119 to pulling down of strongholds and bringing every thought captive 313 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:39.799 to the obedience of Christ. The weapons of our warfare 314 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:44.960 are not carnal, right, but they are through the Anointing. 315 00:30:47.519 --> 00:31:04.279 They're mighty powerful through Holy Spirit. When I first got 316 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:10.240 saved in twenty sixteen, I didn't have any denomination. When 317 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.400 I first got saved, I came to the Lord and 318 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:17.640 I said, you are God. I'm not I need you, 319 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:26.960 You don't need me. That's the truth is He is 320 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:33.440 the creator of the universe. We need him. We're in 321 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.319 need of God. That's what separates you from the world. 322 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:46.440 We understood, we're in need of God. Later on down 323 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:49.079 the road, I got baptized in the Holy Spirit. At 324 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:51.200 the same time, my wife was looking for a church 325 00:31:51.240 --> 00:32:00.359 and she found this one. Then she discovered heard that 326 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:03.720 this church believes in deliverance, and she took the Restored Life. 327 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:08.480 She went to the Restored Life conference, right, and then 328 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:17.519 she sends me nine pages printed, nine pages. She says here, 329 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:24.000 I was spending a lot of hours. My devotion was 330 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:32.480 a lot of hours of pouring over the scriptures. I'm 331 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:37.079 a lot and so I didn't want to read anything 332 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:45.519 that was not this. But there was something missing in 333 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:49.319 my understanding of the scriptures. And she sent it to 334 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:53.519 me with nine pages of Restored Life and they were 335 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:59.079 all back scripturally. What it did for me in my 336 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:06.200 walk was it changed everything I used to get maybe 337 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.799 you know, one and ten answer prayers, or like if 338 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:12.240 somebody asked me for prayer, I pray for them, maybe 339 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:16.359 something would shift, you know again, denomination lists right, Like, 340 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:19.559 I'm I don't have a denomination at that moment, right, 341 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:22.599 I just was practicing what I knew was in that word. 342 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:26.160 I was just praying for people, right, But there was 343 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:29.319 always something missing when it came down to observing Jesus 344 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:34.519 doing deliverance or watching Paul do watching right. I was 345 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:38.200 in the scriptures. Literally, my vision was fixed on that scripture. 346 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:42.000 It was like there was downloads from heaven and I'm 347 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:49.200 seeing the apostles walk it out right. So when I'm 348 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.240 observing that Paul is casting demons out too, I was 349 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:55.920 always like, hmm, wonder what that's about. Wonder what that's about. 350 00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:59.640 But you know what, you're not taught. You're not commonly 351 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:06.480 taught that Jesus gave authority to disciples before they were 352 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:11.199 even baptized. In the Holy ghosts over demons and they 353 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:18.159 were going around casting them out before the baptism of 354 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:30.719 the Holy Spirit. There was the authority of Christ living powerfully. 355 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:35.079 So I got those pages, I read them, I poured 356 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:38.039 over those, I read the scriptures attached to those. Guess what, 357 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:42.840 All of the sudden things started shifting. All of the sudden, 358 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:46.199 I felt like this annoyingting got stronger. All of the 359 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:50.239 sudden things started getting kicked out of my life. Demons 360 00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:53.719 started to go, they started to leave. Guess what. All 361 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:56.639 of the sudden desires that I had started to disappear. 362 00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:59.639 All of the sudden, my flesh was learning new things, 363 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.440 learning how to walk, learning how to pray, learning how 364 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:06.039 to minister properly, because guess what, when Jesus here's what 365 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.400 You'll start reading the Gospels tell you that Jesus went 366 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:17.079 as many as he healed, he also set free, He 367 00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:25.159 delivered them. As many as were healed, he delivered. You'll 368 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:28.519 start to see these scriptures and they'll bounce off the page, 369 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:31.480 and then you'll say, well, then maybe if it's not 370 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:37.039 just a health issue, maybe it's a demon issue. Maybe 371 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:41.440 they're just being afflicted. I have a whole nother sermon 372 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:44.239 lined up. Okay, listen, I have a whole other sermon 373 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:48.199 lined up on that alone. But I believe I've already 374 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:53.519 presented enough body of evidence to let you know that experientially, 375 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:57.800 there is more power in this kind of ministry than 376 00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:00.440 there are in others. And I'm not just comparing. I'm 377 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.840 just saying it's sad that Americans churches are missing out 378 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:10.360 and other churches are missing out on a restored life. Okay, 379 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:19.159 they're missing power, they're missing authority, they're missing supernatural, spirit 380 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:32.360 infused living Jesus. So anyways, we started seeing a bunch 381 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:35.239 of miracles where I was at the chapel got full right, 382 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.880 and all of a sudden, they're like, oh, there's actually 383 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.920 the power of Christ. And these guys that are walking 384 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:44.760 around here, walking into quarantine zones with people who have 385 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.639 viruses all over them and they're contagious. Guess what, I 386 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:51.840 walk in. Those things have to die, they have to leave, Okay, 387 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:54.440 And I walk in, I lay hands on them. They recover, 388 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:57.639 they come out the next day, okay, and they say 389 00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:01.039 there's nothing wrong with them. Okay. But that is the 390 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:07.480 actual empowerment of the Holy Spirit. The anointing do come 391 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:11.280 when you start, When your words start to agree with Heaven, 392 00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:13.599 When your words start to agree with the Holy Spirit 393 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.639 and the new life that Christ has given you, all 394 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:25.639 of the sudden things will change. They will change. This 395 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:31.480 is the truth. So Yes, restored life change. My theology 396 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:36.519 answered many questions about the Word of God for me 397 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:48.239 and for our family. Can't do this without the anointing. 398 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:58.239 The deception of the enemy of your souls has to leave. 399 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:05.719 The world needs you to live and walk in power. 400 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:13.760 It yearns for you to do. So I'm gonna show 401 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.599