Leaving the House of Micah
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[00:02:13] We're gonna do that one again y'all that one right there, and I didn't tell my wife what I was preaching on today
[00:02:20] But that's basically the essence of the entire message. I have for you today. There is nothing more important
[00:02:27] You need to understand this there is nothing
[00:02:31] more important
[00:02:33] Than for you to learn to hear the voice of God and know
[00:02:40] When he is leading you so that you can know
[00:02:43] That you are in his will for your life, and I can tell you right now his will
[00:02:50] 99 times out of a hundred is not going to be anything that's in your mind or your plans
[00:02:59] your agenda in
[00:03:01] Fact I want to tell you this today the Lord laid this on my heart last night and this morning, and I was praying
[00:03:08] and for some of you
[00:03:10] that he has a
[00:03:13] Radical change for your life a
[00:03:16] completely
[00:03:17] different direction and
[00:03:20] You've gonna have to hear his voice on this matter, and you say well pastor Dean. How do I know you need to take some time?
[00:03:28] to fast and pray and
[00:03:31] Say Lord. I want to do your will from my life whatever it is
[00:03:35] And I'm willing to lay down whatever I need to lay down
[00:03:39] I'm willing to change whatever I need to change
[00:03:42] And you're not going to let money or fear
[00:03:48] Dictate what you do because this is one thing I know about the Lord when you obey
[00:03:55] And you do his will doesn't mean it won't be difficult at times, and they won't mean that they won't be suffering at times or
[00:04:03] Seems like the bank account may be empty sometimes
[00:04:06] But he will always be with you and provide for you
[00:04:11] When you're in his will for your life, and if you're not and he loves you enough
[00:04:19] to start interfering
[00:04:21] With the way you're going
[00:04:24] things to start messing up
[00:04:26] bad and
[00:04:28] Sometimes it's cuz he's trying to get our attention
[00:04:31] This is not what I have for you. There's something else I have for you to do
[00:04:36] So it is important. I can't stress this enough the life of a Christian
[00:04:41] Is to completely and totally deny self
[00:04:46] take up the cross and
[00:04:48] follow Jesus
[00:04:50] wherever his Holy Spirit leads you in whatever he leads you to do and
[00:04:56] I'm not preaching something that I have not done for the last 37 years. I
[00:05:03] Will do what the Lord?
[00:05:06] Tells me to do and that is why and I'm gonna tell you right now
[00:05:10] That is why the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the blessing of God is on my life
[00:05:15] He's ever passed me you got all these difficulties going on in your life and battles going. Yes, absolutely
[00:05:21] But do I have the peace of God?
[00:05:24] Do I know that I'm absolutely in the will of God for my life?
[00:05:29] Absolutely. Do I always pray and ask him?
[00:05:34] What's next Lord?
[00:05:36] What's next and you know what I found? It's always he's always gonna stretch me out of my comfort zone
[00:05:44] Always if you're comfortable
[00:05:48] You probably in trouble. Let's do this one again, and I want us to really think about the word. This is a beautiful song
[00:05:58] I don't even know who this dude is, but
[00:06:01] It's a great song. I mean he may be completely off-base who knows anymore
[00:06:08] But yeah, this song is a word from the Lord. Amen
[00:06:12] So let's worship one more time and then we'll get in the word. We're not in a hurry
[00:06:15] I know Facebook may silence this video. Who cares?
[00:06:19] We're gonna worship the Lord as we see fit. Amen. All right, let's do it
[00:13:26] Hallelujah
[00:13:28] Heavenly Father we ask you to fill us with your Holy Spirit Lord fresh in the new Lord. We need a fresh
[00:13:35] Anointing of the Holy Spirit in our lives constantly Lord
[00:13:38] We need you to fill us and we need you Lord to speak to us through your word and by your Holy Spirit speak to us
[00:13:46] Lead us into all truth lead us into the truth of your word lead us into sound
[00:13:53] Doctrine, but also Lord give us the direction
[00:13:58] For our lives and Lord we know at times those directions are new
[00:14:03] They change
[00:14:04] We can't let anything any idle
[00:14:07] Or any other thing stop us from doing your will and following you and walking with you
[00:14:13] Listen, Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated this morning. I
[00:14:20] Want to welcome everyone to fire and grace church this morning. We have a lot of people with people traveling and people sick
[00:14:27] So be praying for all your brothers and sisters, especially the Taylor family. They got a little one. That's 103 fever this morning
[00:14:35] That's been going around
[00:14:37] My wife and daughter had fever this week, but it's gone. Hallelujah
[00:14:42] Ninety eight point seven this morning. So we figured they could come on to church. Hi
[00:14:47] Hallelujah
[00:14:50] Wanted to share just a couple of things
[00:14:53] God is good. We love soaring in Denmark. He's our good brother in Denmark and
[00:14:59] He just wanted to share with us. He sent us a little screenshot that the Dean Odell Europe page
[00:15:04] Which is a miracle. It's allowed to survive
[00:15:08] Just hit 10,000 subscribers
[00:15:11] What's that? Oh, he posted it. Okay, it's a screenshot. We
[00:15:16] We have it. We'll put it up for you, but that's pretty cool
[00:15:19] now, of course, we had a channel before that had
[00:15:23] 24,000 subscribers and growing and
[00:15:26] YouTube terminated that channel but soren edits those so they can be played in Europe and so I guess that they survive
[00:15:32] But if you want unedited sermons, then you have to go to either Dean Odell org or to rumble
[00:15:38] And if you go to rumble you have to go to FGC on rumble there
[00:15:42] so
[00:15:43] Also want to hey, we got a good portion of our Pelham Bible study in the house this morning. Give them hand. Hey, I
[00:15:52] Think there was over 20 at the last Bible study in your house there John
[00:15:58] That's pretty wild. But that's that's that's been good. It's been very good
[00:16:02] we just and that's one of those things the Holy Spirit when
[00:16:05] You guys were at the skyfall back in last year in 2023 and we're talking outside
[00:16:11] I just felt the Holy Spirit come on me and say hey
[00:16:14] We need to do something up there and we'll just pray about it and see what God wants to do
[00:16:18] And it's being it's been good
[00:16:21] But we're gonna get into the word this morning, so I hope you have your Bibles and I hope you're ready to roll
[00:16:27] This is I guess this is kind of part three
[00:16:31] This is part three of
[00:16:34] It's kind of weird. I guess you know when the Lord spoke to me a few weeks ago, and he said come out of her my people
[00:16:41] It's turned into a little bit more
[00:16:43] Of course last week was the congregation of the dead and the week before that was the Roman Catholic whore of Babylon
[00:16:50] And I'm gonna deal more that in fact just let y'all know I've been doing a much deeper dive
[00:16:57] into
[00:16:58] church history and Roman Catholic history and Jesuit history and
[00:17:03] I'm probably God willing in the creek don't rise as we say in Alabama
[00:17:09] God willing I'm gonna do a series on
[00:17:12] True churches where the Bible came from we need to know that how it was preserved how the Roman Catholic Church has fought
[00:17:20] The true scriptures from day one how they've killed Christians and burned them at the stake for years over the Bible
[00:17:26] We're gonna talk about that and then there's a lot of people think that the Roman Catholic Church has changed it has not changed
[00:17:34] But we'll get into that in the days ahead
[00:17:38] Today I've kind of I guess I've entitled this leaving the house of Micah
[00:17:44] Leaving the house of Mikey's and what is the house of Micah?
[00:17:46] We're gonna find out and this is even though it has gonna have a broad application of kind of the condition of the church
[00:17:54] world it's also a personal word and it's a personal word of
[00:17:59] The only thing that's gonna make us any different than the dead lukewarm backslidden
[00:18:05] Church world it's pretty much dominating the West right now most of the world the only thing that makes us any different
[00:18:12] The only thing that's gonna bring the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the power of God on her life is what I was sharing
[00:18:17] A minute ago, and that is people who are totally
[00:18:21] surrendered to the will of God
[00:18:24] Totally surrendered to be led by the Holy Spirit
[00:18:27] unafraid
[00:18:29] Unafraid to say whatever the Lord wants you to say unafraid to go where he wants you to go unafraid to do what he wants
[00:18:35] you to do
[00:18:36] That's it unafraid and
[00:18:40] also
[00:18:42] never letting
[00:18:44] money
[00:18:45] Become the issue that causes us to make our decisions
[00:18:49] money or the lack thereof
[00:18:51] You know Jesus said this in fact go ahead and put this verse up. This is Matthew 6 24
[00:18:58] You're gonna see why I'm saying this today
[00:19:04] Because I'm gonna tell you right now the idol in most churches and the idol in most people's lives is money
[00:19:09] And it's not just rich people
[00:19:17] But Christian people now it takes money to do things and this is not a sermon on giving
[00:19:24] I know it takes money to do things
[00:19:27] But it can never be the ruler it can never be
[00:19:31] The dictator of your life to the in what you absolutely do or don't do for God
[00:19:37] So many times the Lord has told me to do things that I didn't have the money to do
[00:19:42] You know how am I gonna do this Lord?
[00:19:45] You obey me
[00:19:46] That's all he says you obey me
[00:19:49] I've told the story when he told me to go to Texas that time and I didn't have the money to get enough gas
[00:19:55] To get out of Auburn and he said I told you to go to Texas
[00:20:00] And I kept saying Lord, I don't have any money to put gases in the car to go to Texas
[00:20:04] You know what don't argue with him
[00:20:07] Because he what did he say?
[00:20:09] Go to Texas
[00:20:11] Okay. All right Lord. This is what the Holy Spirit kept saying so, you know what I did no money pack my bags
[00:20:18] pack my bags up to go to Texas and
[00:20:22] Had my suitcase and I was walking out the door to get in my car and somebody drives up in the driveway and hands me
[00:20:28] The money said God told me to bring you this
[00:20:30] They had no idea why I didn't ask anybody. I didn't tell anybody and
[00:20:37] It was exactly the money
[00:20:38] I needed to make the tree up there to do what I needed to do there and to make it back home
[00:20:43] Nothing else and this is what I'm trying to get across to you. We don't
[00:20:50] make our decisions
[00:20:52] Based on what we have or we don't have it. Basically, we don't look at the situation of the circumstances
[00:20:59] The situation the circumstances may look terrible and yet the Lord saying this is what I want you to do
[00:21:06] And you sit there and argue with him and say but it's a it's not a convenient time for me
[00:21:10] Lord, don't you see all the stuff going on in my life?
[00:21:13] And the Lord's gonna say if he's telling you and if you're listening
[00:21:16] He will say this is what I want you to do and he's not worried
[00:21:20] You know what? The Lord is not worried about your emotions
[00:21:27] They don't they don't
[00:21:29] Manipulate him he's kind of like I've told you what do quick crying and whining and get up and do what I'm telling you to do
[00:21:38] And Jesus said this was three days. He said
[00:21:42] No, man can serve two masters
[00:21:45] For either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other you
[00:21:50] Cannot serve God and mammon or money. You cannot serve them both
[00:21:56] Either God is your king your Lord your leader
[00:22:03] And dictates to you what happens in your life or money is and it's very important now. Let's go
[00:22:11] to judges chapter 17
[00:22:14] We're going to read a little story in the book of judges
[00:22:20] about
[00:22:21] This guy named mica
[00:22:23] And this is right after the death of samson
[00:22:26] And this was the time of the judges when there was no king
[00:22:31] very few true prophets
[00:22:35] Kind of like today
[00:22:37] And when I say there's no king no, we have a king. All right king. We have king jesus
[00:22:43] But how many in the church world actually submit to him as king?
[00:22:49] Now what they want him to be is savior and meaning they want their sins forgiven
[00:22:54] But they still want to just go do what they want to do
[00:22:58] Yeah, it's interesting how many times if you look at the new testament there's
[00:23:03] He's referred to as lord. Jesus versus savior
[00:23:07] Oh, it's like hundreds
[00:23:10] Hundreds lord and a few as savior. What's he trying to get across to us?
[00:23:19] He wants to be lord of your life. He wants to be king of your life
[00:23:24] And I can tell you this right now
[00:23:26] The church we're going to church being church serving in church blah blah blah blah blah all that stuff
[00:23:33] Does not mean
[00:23:35] You have made jesus your lord your master your king
[00:23:40] And it doesn't mean that you reverence him and obey him like he's a king
[00:23:45] You know back in the day
[00:23:46] If the king told you to do something
[00:23:49] And you looked at him and said no
[00:23:53] It was goodbye move to the next person, okay, who's what
[00:23:57] Who's going to go do what I need to be done?
[00:24:00] Now, thank god. We have a merciful
[00:24:03] King
[00:24:04] a patient king
[00:24:06] But he's still a king. Amen
[00:24:09] Let's read this my this is judges 17 verse 1 and there was a man of mount ifram
[00:24:15] Whose name was mica
[00:24:17] And he said unto his mother the 1100 shekels of silver that were taken from thee about which thou has cursed
[00:24:25] She was cussing up a storm because her money was stolen
[00:24:29] He said that you spake us of also in mine ears. Behold the silver is with me. I took it
[00:24:36] So mica was a thief
[00:24:38] But from his own mother so this kind of tells you kind of the character of this individual
[00:24:44] And his mother said blessed be thou of the lord my son
[00:24:47] And when he had restored the 1100 shekels of silver to his mother his mother said
[00:24:52] I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the lord and notice that is the
[00:24:58] Yoda heva he there in hebrew
[00:25:01] The lord god almighty the creator the god of abraham isaac and jacob
[00:25:05] She said i've dedicated this to the lord from my hand for my son
[00:25:11] to make a graven image
[00:25:14] And a molten image now, therefore I restored unto thee
[00:25:18] Yet he restored the money unto his mother and his mother took 200 shekels of silver and gave them to the founder
[00:25:24] Who made thereof a graven image in a molten image and they were in the house of mica
[00:25:30] And the man mica had a house of gods
[00:25:33] And made an ephod and a terraform. These are just basically priestly garments. He created his own priestly garments
[00:25:42] And little gods he had he had multiple little
[00:25:45] The terraform or these little family deities that they had
[00:25:50] And it said he consecrated one of his sons who became his priest
[00:25:54] Now in those days there were no king in israel
[00:25:58] But every man did what was right in his own eyes boy. There you have it right there
[00:26:02] You want to you want to you want a definition of the problem of modern christianity? There's no king in their midst
[00:26:09] They've not they have not surrendered to jesus as king
[00:26:13] And so they do what's right in their own eyes and they create this
[00:26:17] This uh, how do I put it? They could create this mixture religion. They have
[00:26:22] Okay
[00:26:24] We'll get more into that in a second. He says
[00:26:26] But it gets it gets as mica thinks in a second. It gets better for him
[00:26:31] All right. He's got his he's got his idols
[00:26:34] He's got his little
[00:26:35] His little idol of silver
[00:26:39] And he makes one of his sons a priest so he's like man. I got this religious thing going
[00:26:44] I got this going and then it's like oh, but it's gonna get better for him
[00:26:47] So he says and there was a young man out of bethlehem juda of the family of juda who was also who was a levite
[00:26:54] And he sojourn there and the man departed out of the city of bethlehem
[00:26:58] juda to sojourn where he could find a place and he came to mount ephraim to the house of mica as he
[00:27:04] Journeed and mica said unto him whence comest thou and he said unto him
[00:27:09] I am a levite of bethlehem juda and I go to sojourn where I may find a place
[00:27:14] And mica said unto him dwell with me and be unto me a father and a priest and I will give the 10 shekels
[00:27:20] Of silver by the year and a suit of apparel
[00:27:24] And thy victuals are food
[00:27:26] So the levite went in and the levite was content to dwell with the man and the young man
[00:27:32] Was unto him as one of his sons and mica consecrated the levite and the young man became his priest and was in the house of mica
[00:27:41] Then said mica now know I
[00:27:45] That the lord will do me good
[00:27:47] Seeing I have a levite to my priest
[00:27:50] Now i'm going to stop right here. There's one more chapter about mica and the next chapter
[00:27:55] basically, the tribe of dan comes in
[00:27:58] And they decide that they're going to take everything in mica's house all of his gods and his
[00:28:05] Big idol he has of silver and his his levite priest and dan takes it and they take over this city
[00:28:12] Called leish and then it becomes actually the city of dan and
[00:28:16] And what the tribe of dan does is they establish this religion
[00:28:22] they establish this
[00:28:24] mixture religion
[00:28:26] That has where they're talking about they're
[00:28:29] Worshiping the lord, but they got idols
[00:28:33] And now if there's not a clearer picture
[00:28:36] Of what is called roman catholicism. I don't know if one exists
[00:28:42] Roman catholicism is the exact thing that is they claim to be
[00:28:46] Worshipping and following the lord. Jesus christ
[00:28:50] Yet it's full of idols
[00:28:52] mary the saints
[00:28:55] the popes
[00:28:57] They pray to them. They worship them. They sing to them
[00:29:03] They make them intercessors for them
[00:29:06] But there's even a more diabolical problem
[00:29:09] And the more diabolical problem is that the same spirit that's working within the roman catholic church that took over them many years ago
[00:29:16] Was it was two two spirits took over the roman catholic church
[00:29:22] and that was
[00:29:24] the hunger
[00:29:25] for money
[00:29:27] and power political power
[00:29:30] Because see the roman church at one point was a true
[00:29:34] church of jesus christ before
[00:29:38] It got hungry
[00:29:40] for political power
[00:29:42] and wealth
[00:29:45] Isn't that interesting?
[00:29:49] political power and wealth and that corrupted the roman church over
[00:29:54] several
[00:29:55] You go to starting in 300 ad then you get into 400 500 by 600 ad is when you have
[00:30:03] The popes coming in saying we are the authority of all churches you do what we say not what the bible says
[00:30:11] And i'm going to go through all this this it's fascinating history lesson
[00:30:17] But we can point our fingers all day long as the protestant church over here
[00:30:21] That's not roman catholic and we don't have idols everywhere
[00:30:26] And we're not praying to mary
[00:30:28] But we can point our fingers while
[00:30:31] We still have the problem
[00:30:33] Of the house of mica where we say oh we worship the lord. We love the lord
[00:30:38] We're following the lord. The lord is going to do me good
[00:30:41] And really we have there also an idol made of silver. We have that money idol
[00:30:50] And the lord says you cannot serve both
[00:30:55] And listen again, like I said a minute ago. This is not just a rich person problem
[00:31:00] There's a lot of poor folk that their idea is that their whole goal in life is to become rich
[00:31:08] They desire to be rich. We're going to touch touch on that verse in a minute the desire to be rich
[00:31:13] But think about the lukewarm church. What did jesus say this revelation three he said about the lukewarm church
[00:31:19] He said they say we are rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing
[00:31:25] And the lord tells them through the apostle. John. It's a prophetic message to them
[00:31:31] He says you are you are you don't even know
[00:31:34] That you're you're blind and wretched and miserable and naked
[00:31:39] You don't even realize it
[00:31:41] He said you're lukewarm and and let me just go on and tell you he said because you're lukewarm
[00:31:46] I'm going to vomit you out of my mouth
[00:31:48] Let me let me explain to you what a lukewarm christian is a lukewarm christian is somebody that settles for some religion
[00:31:55] They settle for going to church
[00:31:56] They settle for trying to be a good person
[00:31:59] They kind of have their own little list of rules or they have their own measure of what they should and shouldn't do
[00:32:06] And they have no relationship with jesus christ or the holy spirit and they have no
[00:32:12] They're not led by the spirit. They're just doing what they think they should do
[00:32:20] Let me tell you right now
[00:32:21] If I didn't know from the holy spirit back in 2008 that the lord spoke to me and then confirmed it
[00:32:28] And then again and again told me go back to opelika auburn area and start a church
[00:32:34] I would not be here
[00:32:36] And there was a series of things that he told me not only did he tell me
[00:32:40] That you are to go back to opelika and the opelika auburn area and start a church
[00:32:45] But this is where you will be
[00:32:47] When the end times come this is your final stop
[00:32:51] I had followed him all over the united states and all over the world wherever the holy spirit would lead me
[00:32:57] I would go and that's what I did for years and years and years and then he said I want you to go back
[00:33:03] And I want you to start a church
[00:33:06] He said and and when these end times come upon you
[00:33:11] He said I will not suffer your foot to be moved
[00:33:14] That's why I know i'm not running
[00:33:18] There's no bug out plan for me
[00:33:22] I'm here to stand
[00:33:25] As a pastor and as a church of jesus christ until the end no matter what they do
[00:33:32] Oh, and it's coming
[00:33:34] fast upon us
[00:33:38] But i'm gonna ask you do you know
[00:33:41] Do you know?
[00:33:43] That you're doing
[00:33:45] What the lord is telling you to do?
[00:33:48] Do you know you are in his will?
[00:33:51] Are you absolutely sure you're doing what he wants you to do when it comes to your family your work your job?
[00:33:58] or ministry
[00:34:02] Or how you are discipling and raising your children
[00:34:07] Do you know?
[00:34:09] Say well pastor dean. I don't know
[00:34:12] Well, then it's time to fast and pray until you know
[00:34:17] See all that's going to matter. You know, this is why and you guys can put this up
[00:34:24] This is why matthew 7
[00:34:27] Go to matthew 7 verse 21
[00:34:32] To me. This is a scary verse
[00:34:35] Or passage I should say
[00:34:37] And why is it?
[00:34:38] Because jesus said here not everyone that sayeth unto me lord lord
[00:34:44] Shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven
[00:34:51] Not everyone
[00:34:53] See mica was was calling upon the lord
[00:34:58] yahweh
[00:35:00] Jehovah
[00:35:02] The god of abraham isaac and jacob the true god the one true god the creator
[00:35:08] The god of isaiah and isekia and all the prophets the god of samuel
[00:35:15] And yet he had idol there
[00:35:17] And he had his own little priest outfit and he hired his own priest for 10 shekels
[00:35:22] A year
[00:35:28] And boy, we got a lot of this going on
[00:35:30] There are so many people in churches youth pastors worship leaders associate pastors even senior pastors
[00:35:37] You know what? It's a job man
[00:35:40] It's 10 shekels in a shirt. That's an old sermon from an old preacher back in the day
[00:35:45] 10 shekels in a shirt
[00:35:48] It's a job man
[00:35:50] And when it's just a job
[00:35:53] You are never going to hear things that are going to upset anybody
[00:35:58] And when there are hireling according to jesus in john chapter 10 when they're hireling
[00:36:03] They're not going to protect you from the wolves either. They're going to let the wolves come in
[00:36:06] They're going to let the false doctrines come in
[00:36:09] Because they're really only concerned with one thing and that is fleecing the sheet to provide for themselves
[00:36:18] trying to keep
[00:36:19] numbers and nickels, that's it man
[00:36:24] And that's this house of mica
[00:36:26] I don't want to tell you a lot of the churches that exist right now are nothing but houses of mica. That's it
[00:36:33] And it really doesn't matter. There's pentecostal ones. There's charismatic ones. There's baddest ones
[00:36:38] Presbyterian ones methodist ones. It doesn't matter the denomination. All it matters is
[00:36:44] Who's the leader?
[00:36:46] And the people what's in their hearts
[00:36:50] You will never hear in these places
[00:36:53] specific rebukes
[00:36:55] about sin
[00:36:57] You won't hear it
[00:36:59] Because i'm going to tell you why because their goal
[00:37:04] Their goal is to keep the status quo. Their goal is to keep what's providing for them
[00:37:10] Their goal is to keep everything
[00:37:13] nice and
[00:37:14] nice and happy
[00:37:17] And what this is here's what what blows my mind is how many christians?
[00:37:24] feel these places
[00:37:28] fill them up
[00:37:33] Tens of thousands of people go to these places
[00:37:39] And it's quite mind-blowing
[00:37:48] Hold your finger here on judges and go with me to isaiah 56
[00:38:05] Some people say pastor dean. You're just too old school for me
[00:38:11] Yeah, i'm one of the few left
[00:38:14] That's old school
[00:38:18] Let me tell you what old school means to me. Is that?
[00:38:21] Just being a stickler for the bible
[00:38:25] Oh, and i'm gonna tell you right now. Let me let me just say this in the research i've been doing
[00:38:30] Right now if you don't have you a king james bible or a janiva bible king james better than janiva
[00:38:37] I'm gonna deal with that in the days ahead, but still they both came from basically from the same
[00:38:42] greek text the uncorrupted text, but if you don't have one of those
[00:38:48] every other bible that exists
[00:38:52] Has been corrupted by the roman catholic church
[00:38:54] every other bible
[00:39:00] So if you're holding anything but a king james or a janiva bible this morning, you've got something
[00:39:05] You've got something from the house with your hands
[00:39:11] Get the other one ready. Just engage
[00:39:19] Isaiah 56, let's read this verse 10
[00:39:25] This was a sad commentary on
[00:39:29] the pastors
[00:39:31] The leaders the spiritual leaders of in the days of isaiah and the prophet
[00:39:37] Says this it says his watchmen are blind
[00:39:40] They are all ignorant
[00:39:43] They are all dumb dogs that right there means stupid. It means they are mute. They can't speak what they need to speak
[00:39:50] They don't say what they need to say
[00:39:52] Like I said a few weeks. It's not so much what some of these churches
[00:39:55] Preach and teach is what they don't teach what they leave out what they don't say
[00:40:01] He says they cannot bark. What's the purpose of a dog to warn you of danger, right?
[00:40:06] That's what my bear does. Well, he'll let you know he'll wake up the whole neighborhood
[00:40:10] with his bark
[00:40:12] When he barks you can feel the sound waves go through you
[00:40:16] But he says these
[00:40:18] Watchmen that are ignorant they're blind
[00:40:21] They they're mute dogs. They cannot bark sleeping lying down loving to slumber
[00:40:26] Kind of sounds like the foolish virgins who stay asleep too long
[00:40:31] He says yeah, they are greedy dogs. Oh greedy
[00:40:35] greedy for what
[00:40:37] money
[00:40:39] Greedy dogs which can never have enough
[00:40:42] They are shepherds that cannot understand
[00:40:45] They all look to their own way everyone for his gain
[00:40:49] from his quarter
[00:40:51] Come ye say they I will fetch wine and we will fill ourselves with strong drink and tomorrow shall be
[00:40:56] As this day and and much more abundant
[00:41:02] if I have ever
[00:41:04] seen
[00:41:05] anything that describes
[00:41:08] The majority and when I say the majority i'm talking about 99 percent of the american church world
[00:41:15] Even the ones who aren't in the so-called word of faith prosperity movement
[00:41:20] You'll see people you'll see churches and pastors and leaders rail on that
[00:41:25] People like jesse deplanis and creflo dollar if you're a pastor named dollar lord have mercy
[00:41:32] You ought to get it legally change your name
[00:41:36] But when you got kenneth copeland creflo dollar
[00:41:40] Jesse deplanis bragging about how their their mansions
[00:41:44] and their chandeliers
[00:41:47] And their rolls royces and their I think jesse deplanis has a 54 million dollar plane two of them
[00:41:55] Lord, how can a man use two of them?
[00:41:59] But we got kenneth copeland who has a fleet of planes
[00:42:04] We got all of this crazy stuff, right? We got
[00:42:07] Remember creflo dollar not too long ago saying he was just it was just pitiful
[00:42:12] He just needed to raise 60 million dollars because he needed new airplane because you know, the old plane just wasn't good enough anymore
[00:42:22] Now that we look at that excess and we go wow, but do you know the same thing happens
[00:42:28] In your local mega community church
[00:42:36] They just don't have 54 million dollar planes, but I can assure you
[00:42:41] That the issue is about money
[00:42:47] How do I know it's about money?
[00:42:49] Because I listen to what I don't hear. I don't hear the barking
[00:42:54] I don't hear the warning
[00:42:57] I don't hear the call to repentance. I don't hear the cry out
[00:43:01] Of sin in the camp. I don't hear
[00:43:07] I don't hear the cross being preached and the cross i'm talking about is lay is taking up your cross and following. Jesus
[00:43:16] I don't hear people's I don't I don't hear these pastors say you must do the will of god for your life at all cost
[00:43:29] No, it says he tells you the reason why
[00:43:32] that they are
[00:43:34] ignorant and mute
[00:43:35] and cannot bark
[00:43:37] He said they're greedy
[00:43:39] They're greedy dogs
[00:43:41] Which can never have enough they are shepherds that cannot understand
[00:43:46] They all look to their own way
[00:43:49] Everyone for his gain from his quarter from his own area
[00:43:56] This is so troubling to me
[00:44:00] Because this is the condition this is how you know it this this mica spirit is upon them
[00:44:07] If you don't hear the warnings
[00:44:11] If you don't hear the dying to self message
[00:44:15] If you don't hear be led by the holy spirit do what god tells you to do
[00:44:20] You know why I don't preach about giving
[00:44:24] Because I believe if the people of god are listening to the holy spirit
[00:44:28] They will do exactly what they're supposed to do with their money and I don't have to tell them
[00:44:37] Because I believe you should grow up and be led by the holy spirit
[00:44:40] And I don't ever want to tell you what you should do with your money
[00:44:43] You should hear from the holy spirit what to do with it
[00:44:47] And it's not my job to find some way to milk it out of you and manipulate it out of you
[00:44:54] I can't there's nothing that makes me more sick than you know, a 15 or 20 minute offering being taken up
[00:45:06] It's insanity
[00:45:09] I sit through it. I've been in churches where we
[00:45:13] cringe
[00:45:15] cringe
[00:45:16] We we went to one church one time to see a play in the past. It was a play. It was a kid's play
[00:45:22] And the pastor like got up for 20 minutes
[00:45:25] To take up an offering and i'm like what in the world you're talking about cringing
[00:45:33] I just I wanted to get up and I wanted to walk out
[00:45:38] And it was it was an emotional these emotional pleas
[00:45:43] And some pastors out there
[00:45:44] They're just waiting for some like crisis to happen at church so they can use that to milk people out of it
[00:45:50] Oh, we had a fire
[00:45:52] Oh the tent caved in
[00:45:58] oops
[00:46:04] And then we find out they actually cut it
[00:46:08] But we need to take up an offering
[00:46:11] Because we need a new tent
[00:46:17] Now that's the mica spirit
[00:46:20] It's this house of mica
[00:46:21] And you know what the lord says about this house of mica?
[00:46:25] Come out of her my people come out of her. I I am blown. I'm blown away that there are people
[00:46:35] That still give money to kenneth copeland
[00:46:40] The dude is telling you he's worth
[00:46:43] Hundreds of millions. I think they said he bragged about being worth 700 million dollars
[00:46:49] from preaching
[00:46:52] That's that's after the expenses of his ministry. We're talking about his personal
[00:46:57] income
[00:46:59] 700 million dollars he's bragging about and i'm like, how are you still giving this man money?
[00:47:11] We know somebody
[00:47:13] Who gives him money?
[00:47:20] It's insane
[00:47:26] And that's why it blows my mind how many people remember it says that this levi comes along and said, you know what he was fine
[00:47:35] Yeah, michael
[00:47:36] Man, let's let's hop right in here
[00:47:39] I'll take your 10 shackles in a shirt
[00:47:43] I'll be your priest. Yeah, let's hang out dude
[00:47:46] We can do the the religious thing
[00:47:49] Let me tell you you want me to tell you where this this is. It is huge
[00:47:53] Not just your mega church christianity. Not just your
[00:47:56] First baptist country clubs, not just those kind of things
[00:47:59] But let me tell you where it's huge you want to talk about huge is the worship area the music industry the christian music industry
[00:48:05] Whoo lord
[00:48:12] Oh hire me put me on staff pastor
[00:48:18] You know, it's funny when I was running for governor
[00:48:21] This was one of the most hilarious things that ever happened. I won't give the name of the people
[00:48:26] Because i'll have mercy on you
[00:48:28] But we were there to speak. I was there to speak at this
[00:48:31] conservative thing to get an endorsement and
[00:48:34] So all the candidates for governor were there to speak
[00:48:38] Or almost all of them. I don't know. I guess the the the hippie yoga guy wasn't there
[00:48:43] but
[00:48:45] What was interesting is that we had a couple of people come up to me who worked for another candidate was literally getting a paycheck
[00:48:52] from one of my opponents worked for the campaign getting nice money
[00:48:58] And and came up to me and said we really really like what you say
[00:49:03] And what you stand for
[00:49:06] But it's a job
[00:49:09] and i'm like
[00:49:11] So what you're telling me is you have no principles?
[00:49:17] You have no character no moral character. It's just a job
[00:49:22] but folks
[00:49:24] That's a lot of youth pastors in these big churches. It's a lot of worship leaders. It's a lot of senior pastors. It's a lot
[00:49:31] the machine
[00:49:33] Provides those 10 shekels in a shirt for lots of people done
[00:49:40] Here what here's what blows my mind
[00:49:42] pastors
[00:49:44] Worship leaders youth pastors that have resumes and when they when they get fired or they they lose a job
[00:49:51] they start looking for another one and they don't really care too much as long as
[00:49:55] the paycheck's right
[00:49:59] instead of
[00:50:01] God, what do you want me to do and let me tell you what I believe if if a lot of these people
[00:50:06] Were listening to the lord a lot of them would be
[00:50:09] Leaving the house of mica
[00:50:12] They'd be tired of this whole mess
[00:50:16] And if they had to go to their living room and pray and worship god
[00:50:21] and seek
[00:50:23] Jesus and make him king and then tell some people started coming with them and joining up with them
[00:50:29] I'd rather see that than these people stay in these house of mica's for 10 shekels in a shirt
[00:50:36] Because it's a house of idolatry now
[00:50:40] And this is not what you cannot serve god and money
[00:50:46] And a lot of people here's here's the other thing a lot of people
[00:50:50] Run to these big churches that are the house of mica
[00:50:54] they run to them
[00:50:57] because
[00:50:58] It looks nice. I remember when I lived in montgomery
[00:51:02] Fraser united methodist church
[00:51:05] Largest church in the city
[00:51:08] I think it was about eight to ten thousand members. I don't know what it is now
[00:51:13] But I remember people telling me
[00:51:17] We go there so people will see us at frasia because it's the acceptable thing to do
[00:51:24] And we pass out our business cards and this is how we get a lot of work
[00:51:32] And I thought to myself
[00:51:34] House of mica
[00:51:37] a friend of mine that used to come to this church
[00:51:40] Said when he moved to he was from colman and when he moved here back in the day
[00:51:44] He came to auburn university then he ended up staying
[00:51:47] And starting him a contracting business
[00:51:49] He said that the advice he got when he was starting his contracting business here in opa likea
[00:51:54] Make sure you go to first baptist church and attend there and pass out your cards. That's how you're going to establish your business
[00:52:09] That's a mica spirit right there
[00:52:14] That's a mica spirit. That's a levi spirit
[00:52:17] Yeah, i'll take it. I'll take it
[00:52:21] So much that is done in the so-called body of christ is over
[00:52:26] money and gain
[00:52:29] and power and position
[00:52:31] and appearance
[00:52:34] So much is done
[00:52:35] It is vain glory
[00:52:39] Vain glory
[00:52:43] Now i'm not saying every single church that's big like that. I'm not saying that there's some good ones out there
[00:52:48] I don't know of any of them, but there's some good ones out there
[00:52:55] That don't have mail strippers on poles and stuff
[00:52:59] or smoke machines
[00:53:01] Or nightclub going but see this is a serious thing because this is a spirit. It's it is a spirit of
[00:53:11] of mammon of greed
[00:53:17] And there are people just as much and again lusting for
[00:53:21] lusting to be seen
[00:53:24] Instead of being patient if god's called you to the ministry
[00:53:29] It ain't all about the pool pitch. Y'all
[00:53:32] I served the lord a lot of years behind the scenes not in in front of everybody
[00:53:39] I served the lord a lot of years going to the street and preaching on the street
[00:53:43] And and and not even having a church
[00:53:45] I could really go to to bring the converts that were leading to jesus
[00:53:48] From the street because the churches are so messed up and struggling with that as a young man
[00:53:55] Oh, i've been fighting this house of mica for a long time
[00:54:00] It is nothing new
[00:54:05] And these institutions man these denominations
[00:54:08] You know what they want. I remember I joined the denomination the only time ever
[00:54:13] When I was when I was planting churches, I was young and I really wanted
[00:54:19] Some elders in my life to help me
[00:54:23] I felt very lonely
[00:54:26] I was a timothy looking for a paul couldn't find one
[00:54:31] And so there was this pentecostal holiness denomination that had kind of come away from the holies
[00:54:36] They were kind of like the assemblies of god church of god, but they were a little bit smaller
[00:54:39] But they were still a big big group and their headquarters is happy to be in montgomery
[00:54:44] And I decided you know what?
[00:54:46] Maybe this is the way to go and I knew one of the pastors and he had he had become a friend
[00:54:51] He was a church planner and he was he was a good guy. So I thought well, maybe the other guys are good guys, too
[00:54:57] So I joined this denomination. They ordained me and everything because I already have a church
[00:55:02] I'm already a pastor
[00:55:05] And then they started wanting me to go to their things. So I go to the business meetings. I go to the
[00:55:10] The state headquarters meetings. I go to the church growth. Oh the church growth meeting
[00:55:15] They had the guy come in from reaching regent university
[00:55:19] And what I realized it didn't take but a few months to realize, you know what they wanted from me
[00:55:24] They wanted our church
[00:55:26] to tithe to headquarters
[00:55:31] and really
[00:55:32] After that that's all they wanted
[00:55:35] There was no help
[00:55:37] There was no relationship
[00:55:39] There was no encouragement
[00:55:43] Just make sure that check comes in every month
[00:55:47] from your church
[00:55:49] And and what was the whole purpose of that check going to these headquarters? Was it for something good?
[00:55:55] No, it's so that guys could walk around in suits and look important and have a job
[00:56:01] It's kind of like when I went to the tax assessor's office here in lee county one day to pay my property tax, which I hate doing
[00:56:09] With a passion because it's the most unconstitutional tax there is
[00:56:13] And I was telling the lady at the desk this tax shouldn't be shouldn't be I said if i'm if I become governor
[00:56:20] This is we're going to do away with property taxes
[00:56:23] She goes well if you did that I wouldn't have a job
[00:56:27] bingo
[00:56:31] Property taxes basically paying so that they can have an office and have a job
[00:56:38] I mean really think about it
[00:56:41] This this is this is ridiculous
[00:56:44] But it made me realize
[00:56:49] We are in big trouble
[00:56:53] Somebody say amen or oh me
[00:57:00] Go to mark chapter 10
[00:57:05] It's not even 12 yet. So we got we got a ways to go
[00:57:19] mark chapter 10
[00:57:21] Let me turn there. I guess I ought to turn there, huh?
[00:57:27] Let's read this
[00:57:28] Go down to verse 17
[00:57:34] And when he was going forth into the way there came and this is jesus when he had gone forth into the way
[00:57:39] There came one running and kneeled to him and asked him good master
[00:57:43] What shall I do that? I may inherit eternal life
[00:57:46] And jesus said unto him why callest thou me good. There is none good, but one and that is god
[00:57:51] Thou knowest the commandments do not commit adultery do not steal
[00:57:55] I mean did I kill do not steal do not bear false witness defraud not honor thy father and mother
[00:58:02] And as jesus left out love the lord thy god with all thy heart soul mind and strength and he also
[00:58:07] left out
[00:58:10] Don't bow down to idols. He left out a couple there the first two actually
[00:58:14] But the man says all these i've observed from my youth now. This is what's so beautiful here. Jesus
[00:58:20] Says here then jesus beholding him loved him
[00:58:24] Somebody say he jesus loved him
[00:58:28] Well, that's where the story should stop, isn't it?
[00:58:32] Right
[00:58:33] That's where the modern church wants it to stop. Jesus loved him
[00:58:38] That's where we stop
[00:58:40] No, that's not where the story stops
[00:58:43] They were like this is a good boy and jesus loved him
[00:58:48] No
[00:58:50] And jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him
[00:58:54] one thing
[00:58:55] Thou lackest one thing you lack
[00:59:00] Go thy way
[00:59:01] Sell whatsoever thy hast and give to the poor and then thou shalt treasure in heaven and come and take up the cross and follow me
[00:59:09] Oh
[00:59:12] And it says and he was sad at that saying and he went away grieved for he had great possessions
[00:59:20] And jesus looked around about and sayeth unto his disciples
[00:59:22] How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of god and the disciples were astonished at his words
[00:59:28] Because of course i'm sure they interpreted. Well, oh you mean just no nobody that has money can go to heaven
[00:59:33] No, that's not what he's saying
[00:59:34] He said children. How hard is it for them that trust?
[00:59:39] In riches to enter into the kingdom of god trust
[00:59:44] Where is your trust you either trust?
[00:59:47] jesus fully
[00:59:49] You trust god fully with your life
[00:59:52] Or you trust money
[00:59:55] You trust your own
[00:59:58] Finances wealth or ability to get it
[01:00:02] Or profession or whatever you do you trust those things?
[01:00:06] More than you trust the lord and and those things determine
[01:00:09] What you do and what you don't do
[01:00:13] Y'all hear me
[01:00:18] Now let's go to go to luke chapter 9
[01:00:23] Y'all don't mind going through some bible, do you?
[01:00:27] luke 9
[01:00:29] It doesn't matter if you mind i'm going to do it. Anyway
[01:00:32] All right
[01:00:35] luke 9
[01:00:36] Let's read this
[01:00:40] We'll go down to verse 23
[01:00:48] This is jesus speaking. He said to them all if any man will come after me
[01:00:53] Let him deny himself
[01:00:55] And take up his cross daily and follow me
[01:00:59] For whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake the same shall save it
[01:01:06] For what is a man advantaged if he gained the whole world and lose himself or lose as it says in matthew lose his soul
[01:01:13] Or be cast away
[01:01:15] And then he adds this in this
[01:01:17] In this passage. He says for whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words
[01:01:22] Of him shall the son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his own glory
[01:01:26] And in his father's and of the holy angels
[01:01:29] now
[01:01:33] He tells him
[01:01:34] If any man will come after me let him deny himself take up his cross daily. Somebody say daily
[01:01:41] What does that mean?
[01:01:43] every day
[01:01:45] every day
[01:01:47] deny himself
[01:01:49] Take up the cross and follow me
[01:01:53] now
[01:01:54] John 10 27 everybody ought to know this verse. What does that that verse say?
[01:02:00] Jesus said what?
[01:02:01] my sheep
[01:02:04] Hear my voice
[01:02:06] And they follow me
[01:02:10] This is what it boils down to
[01:02:14] Go to romans 8 14 and I want y'all to queue up if you would jean may prophecy. I want to point out something there
[01:02:35] this verse
[01:02:37] has always
[01:02:39] Stayed in my heart
[01:02:41] For as many as are led by the spirit of god
[01:02:44] They are the sons of god
[01:02:51] Are you led by the spirit of god?
[01:02:56] Are you led by the spirit of god or your own understanding? Are you led by the spirit of god?
[01:03:01] or your desire
[01:03:04] to have position
[01:03:06] or money or power
[01:03:10] What motivates you what is the purpose?
[01:03:14] Let me show you something here go to first timothy 6
[01:03:29] First timothy chapter 6 and y'all have that definition ready. We're going to read here
[01:03:39] from verse 9
[01:03:42] But they that will might say will
[01:03:46] We're going to look up that we're going to put that word up the the
[01:03:49] Greek definition of that word the greek word and the greek definition, but it is a present tense greek verb, which means
[01:03:54] ongoing continuous action taking place in the present. So he says for those who will
[01:03:59] continue
[01:04:00] constantly
[01:04:02] desire to be rich fall into what
[01:04:07] Temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lust which drowned men in destruction and perdition
[01:04:15] For the love of money is the root of all evil
[01:04:18] Which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith
[01:04:22] And pierced themselves through with many sorrows, but thou old man of god flee these things
[01:04:28] And follow after righteousness godliness faith love patience maintenance fight the good fight of faith and that means
[01:04:37] That you fight this fight of faith to make sure
[01:04:40] That you are working out your own salvation with fear and trembling by seeking god until you hear his voice and you know his will for your life
[01:04:52] He says here
[01:04:54] Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life wherein to that
[01:04:58] Art also, uh called and has professed a good profession before many witnesses
[01:05:06] So it's very he's he's he tells you and let's look at this this definition
[01:05:11] He tells you that those who have this constant desire
[01:05:16] And it's not just again. It's not we're not talking about to be a billionaire a multimillionaire
[01:05:19] But these people have this constant desire and really hear hear me out
[01:05:23] That your own financial security
[01:05:27] Is the main issue of your life that can never be
[01:05:34] You really have to trust the lord
[01:05:37] Here's what it says the word that that verb will he says to will deliberately
[01:05:42] have a purpose be minded
[01:05:46] of willing as an affection to desire
[01:05:49] And then down here, of course the strongs
[01:05:51] This is just a multiple the multiple lexicons kind of put together the outline of biblical usage
[01:05:57] And then he says down here
[01:05:59] this
[01:06:00] bulama he I guess that's how you know bulama he
[01:06:03] Is the way that's a funny word
[01:06:05] But he says be willing be disposed be minded intend
[01:06:09] But remember it's a present tense verse. So it means that your your continual purpose your continual intention
[01:06:16] Your continual direction
[01:06:19] Is to be rich
[01:06:21] comfortable secure
[01:06:24] instead of
[01:06:26] The will of god the will of god sometimes i've had i've had god over the years and i've shared this
[01:06:31] I've had the lord tell me empty your bank account. Give it all away
[01:06:37] Oh, so fear just went struck through somebody's heart right?
[01:06:41] You felt it, right? Oh god, don't tell me to do that
[01:06:45] he might
[01:06:48] Give away the only car you own you ever done that before I have
[01:06:54] Give it away to the poor family
[01:06:59] Guess what?
[01:07:00] It brought a great season of difficulty into my life
[01:07:04] But it was god's will
[01:07:07] leave everything
[01:07:09] And go to africa
[01:07:13] You know that trip cost me more
[01:07:16] Than anything else not money
[01:07:19] But to go to africa that and to obey the lord and go to nigeria in 2002
[01:07:24] I had to take seven vaccines
[01:07:28] Four in one arm and three in another
[01:07:31] And I went there and I was there for a month and the power of god came down
[01:07:35] I told my wife I said healing service like i've never had before
[01:07:38] Where hundreds of people came and got healed
[01:07:43] Miracles everybody that came to the healing service got healed
[01:07:47] People got saved
[01:07:49] It was a it was an amazing
[01:07:52] month
[01:07:54] Of seeing of preaching and ministering in different churches and bible schools and all kind of stuff all over the all over nigeria
[01:08:03] And when I came back my joints blew up
[01:08:08] from a vaccine injury reaction
[01:08:12] Soriatic arthritis
[01:08:15] And I have suffered with that
[01:08:18] For now 22 years
[01:08:24] Oh and don't send me all your remedies because everybody has sent me everything there is
[01:08:30] The lord will heal me when he's ready to heal me now. They told me i'd be crippled
[01:08:35] My hands would be mangled
[01:08:37] by now
[01:08:39] All these other problems and the problem with my foot is from that
[01:08:44] But what i'm saying is do I look back and wish I hadn't gone
[01:08:49] No
[01:08:50] You have to be willing to take whatever comes to do the will of god
[01:08:57] You get what i'm saying?
[01:08:59] Some of these places i've been like when I went to the island of Mauritius and went to nigeria
[01:09:04] And even to israel at the time israel was in upheaval
[01:09:09] The first infotada was going on there was fighting the people getting shot in in the street. We were staying
[01:09:14] I mean a bomb went beside me i've i've been on the airplane with a bomb in nigeria. So I mean
[01:09:21] Uh, my bags lit up when I got back to atlanta
[01:09:24] Explosive materials. I mean I got visited by homeland security fbi. Everybody came on. What's what's going on over here?
[01:09:31] And they told me said the only thing we know is your your bags were next to a bag with bombs in them
[01:09:36] and two days later bombs blew up in international airport in nigeria in the storage area because
[01:09:43] Uh, I had a canceled flight. I was supposed to fly nigerian airways from legos back home
[01:09:48] The flight got canceled. So I went upstairs and bought a german lufonza ticket and flew home
[01:09:53] They put those bags in the storage area. They blew up. Well, I I had traveled from
[01:09:58] This side of the country to another side of the country
[01:10:01] Next to a bomb in a plane and it was supposed to be on the plane to the united states
[01:10:07] So what i'm saying is I know I knew
[01:10:10] Going to these places
[01:10:13] I might not come back
[01:10:17] But I knew god wanted me to go
[01:10:19] You know what pastor dean. What if you got killed or something happened?
[01:10:27] Your life is not your own you're bought with a price
[01:10:31] Well, what?
[01:10:32] No, there's no
[01:10:37] What does it say about moses in hebrews?
[01:10:40] He was willing rather to suffer reproach with the people of god
[01:10:45] Than to enjoy
[01:10:47] The pleasures of sin and luxury and comfort and wealth as one of the princes of egypt
[01:10:56] Choosing to do god's will sometimes. Yes
[01:10:58] It means
[01:11:00] Suffering walking by faith and not by sight. It means the bank account might be empty
[01:11:09] It means your life might be in danger
[01:11:11] It means something might happen to you that make you walk with a limp
[01:11:16] The rest of your life
[01:11:20] I think about the little bit of stuff i've been through and I think about chinese pastors who have been beaten
[01:11:26] By communist soldiers thrown in labor camps and been in there for 10 12 15 20 years
[01:11:38] Away from their family simply because they were bold enough to obey the lord and preach the gospel to their chinese people
[01:11:48] And we sit here
[01:11:51] And whine and complain
[01:11:55] The lord wants some of you to step out of your comfort zone
[01:11:59] And do what he's called you to do
[01:12:03] There'll be a time. I remember the lord said told me it was time for me to step away from you know, my own business
[01:12:08] When we I had my own business and was happy, you know, because when you start churches
[01:12:12] You got to work and and do a church you don't get a salary
[01:12:16] And you don't know when you're going to get one
[01:12:19] And there was years into it
[01:12:21] It was you know from 2009 to 20 I think it was 2017 when the lord finally said I want you to step away
[01:12:29] And go full time and trust me and the money wasn't here for me to do it
[01:12:35] But guess what obeyed the lord guess what happened when I obeyed the lord
[01:12:40] The money came in to do it
[01:12:43] And you know what if the money didn't come in, you know what I do go back to work
[01:12:50] Tough decision, huh?
[01:12:53] But you get what i'm saying. It's about the will of god. It's about doing the will of god for your life
[01:13:00] Let me show you another scary passage. You want us another scary passage?
[01:13:04] Let me give you a scary passage
[01:13:07] This one goes right along with that matthew 7 21, but let's go to first john chapter 2
[01:13:18] First john 2
[01:13:30] everybody there
[01:13:34] Go down to verse 15
[01:13:36] I remember when I was a young man first reading these things
[01:13:43] 1987 1988 1989
[01:13:52] He says here
[01:13:54] Love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man loved the world the love of the father is not in him
[01:14:01] For all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life
[01:14:06] And he's not of the father but is of the world and the world passes away in the lust thereof
[01:14:10] But he that doeth the will of god abideth forever
[01:14:16] He that doeth the will of god
[01:14:19] Do you know there are people right now this church in these in these mica churches?
[01:14:22] They want to scream somebody likes me starts talking about you got to get out of these mica churches
[01:14:28] You got to quit letting money be the idol. You got to quit letting the desire for money power position whatever
[01:14:35] Control you. Oh, oh you're preaching that works
[01:14:39] Uh, uh salvation you're preaching that lordship salvation. Yeah, i'm preaching lordship
[01:14:47] Jesus is lord
[01:14:49] He's the one that said why you call me lord lord and do not the things that I say
[01:14:54] What what is that? I mean think about him saying that out just crying out that he as he did
[01:15:00] Why do you call me lord lord and do not the things I say?
[01:15:04] He said here when we got two passages
[01:15:08] That clearly tell us do not love the world the things that are in the world don't chase after it
[01:15:16] He said if you do think about it
[01:15:18] They want to preach love love love god is love but if you do
[01:15:22] If you love the world and the things that are in the world the lust of the eyes the pride of life
[01:15:27] The deceitful the the lust and the deceitfulness for the deceitfulness of riches you love those things
[01:15:33] He says the love of the father is not in you
[01:15:39] Not there
[01:15:42] See jesus has to be lord of all or he's not lord at all
[01:15:47] You understand?
[01:15:51] And this is the total surrender. I want to I want to play this
[01:15:55] Now there's a reason i'm playing this not i'm gonna we're gonna play
[01:15:58] Play the whole prophecy. Some of you've heard it. Some of you haven't always play it for our students at graduation and graduation is coming up
[01:16:07] But this is a true
[01:16:09] gift of prophecy a true prophetic word over me in 1989
[01:16:16] and
[01:16:18] I want you to hear the first part because it was it was
[01:16:22] those two years
[01:16:24] Night the summer of 1987
[01:16:26] into 1989
[01:16:28] We passed the summer of 89. So i've been i've been back with the lord two years and all I have been doing
[01:16:34] All I have been doing was being on my knees in prayer
[01:16:37] I'm talking about hours and hours in prayer
[01:16:40] fasting
[01:16:41] Studying the bible and saying lord
[01:16:45] My life is yours. Whatever you want to do with it
[01:16:48] Whatever you want to do and I had no idea what he was going to do. I said, but whatever you want to do with it
[01:16:54] My plans died
[01:16:56] But here's what gene made a prophet he walked by me
[01:17:01] He laid hands on my back and he said this is what I see and it was a vision a word of knowledge
[01:17:05] And a and a word of wisdom and the gift of prophecy all working through him
[01:17:11] That i've watched come to pass but the key is what he says in the beginning
[01:17:15] What he said I see you
[01:17:17] And he didn't know me. I never met this man before in my life at that point
[01:17:23] Hallelu hallelu lord. I thank you for this brother
[01:17:30] And I thank you for the commitment, you know, brother, this is what I see
[01:17:34] I see you before god
[01:17:36] And I see you kneeling there
[01:17:39] before the lord
[01:17:41] in a absolute contrition
[01:17:44] absolute
[01:17:46] Education unto him just putting your life there saying god
[01:17:50] It's yours
[01:17:52] And god's taking you up on it
[01:17:54] God's placed a calling up in your life
[01:17:58] God's going to have you teach
[01:18:00] There's a teaching anointing that's going to come upon you that will be
[01:18:04] very powerful in the body of christ
[01:18:09] God says a teacher
[01:18:11] In my fivefold ministry you will be
[01:18:14] The cause of the things that i'm stirring inside of you
[01:18:18] This is not a day of release, but this is a day of preparation for you
[01:18:22] But there will be a day of release when I will launch you and i'll
[01:18:25] Push you forth says the lord and you will walk forth in my anointing and my power
[01:18:31] And you shall teach
[01:18:32] But there shall not be the things that
[01:18:34] All would expect but there will be the things of god
[01:18:37] That will set and the captives free and liberate my body to be what i've called it to be
[01:18:43] For you will train many others that will go for it
[01:18:47] And they too shall teach
[01:18:49] And they shall break the strongholds of the enemy by that taught word
[01:18:54] Says the lord
[01:18:56] Hallelujah
[01:18:57] Now the key to all that the key
[01:19:04] And i've watched god do that
[01:19:06] If if today was my last day to be here with you
[01:19:11] If jesus took me on home today
[01:19:14] That word has been fulfilled
[01:19:18] I don't think it's finished in the sense that
[01:19:21] I don't think god's done
[01:19:24] But hear me
[01:19:26] the reason
[01:19:28] That god has enabled me to reach
[01:19:31] Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people over the last 37 years
[01:19:37] With the true gospel of jesus christ that calls them to repentance
[01:19:42] And true faith and true obedience
[01:19:46] And a life of surrender the only reason I can preach that and the only reason that these things have come to pass
[01:19:54] Is because I said to the lord
[01:19:57] My life is yours
[01:19:59] So my plans it's over
[01:20:06] This is what I believe
[01:20:08] Is to me one of the greatest hindrances in the life of a christian
[01:20:14] because many believe
[01:20:16] Many get saved they're born again
[01:20:19] Many go to church and try to be good
[01:20:23] Many are like i'm trying to do what's right i'm trying to be a good father or a good husband or a good
[01:20:29] Church member i'm trying to
[01:20:31] And you know what let me let me and let me go ahead and tell you something
[01:20:34] Do you think that I have been perfect?
[01:20:38] In all this for 37 new
[01:20:41] new new new
[01:20:44] I've had some bad times. I've had some dark times i've had some struggles
[01:20:52] But I just get back up
[01:20:55] And say lord forgive me. I want your will to be done in my life
[01:20:58] I just refuse let me tell you I refuse to give up
[01:21:02] I refuse to give up when I lost everything you ever lost anything
[01:21:06] When I lost my job my church my home
[01:21:10] My business got my car repossessed. I mean you're talking about I lost everything
[01:21:19] Probably one of the best things ever happened to me because that's when you learn who you really are
[01:21:26] That's when you find out your identity as a young man
[01:21:28] It's not in your work or your success or your lack there. It's not who you are
[01:21:33] That's when you get real with jesus and you have to go lord again
[01:21:38] My life is yours whatever I got to do
[01:21:45] And you know sometimes the lord tells you to forsake everything I think about when he called
[01:21:49] The apostles to begin with they were they they had jobs they had families
[01:21:56] And the lord said follow me and i'll make you fishers of men the faith
[01:22:03] I'm telling you the holy spirit had to have touched them
[01:22:07] At john's baptism and when they saw him they must have known in their spirit
[01:22:13] This is the christ the son of the living god
[01:22:17] They were willing to drop everything forsake everything and follow him
[01:22:28] And we think well, that's them
[01:22:32] No
[01:22:35] That is the call to all of us
[01:22:38] Take up your cross
[01:22:40] Daily and follow him
[01:22:43] I remember lennard ravenhill put it this way. He said a man
[01:22:47] Who was taken up the cross knew he was going to die
[01:22:51] in a very painful process
[01:22:54] And what does god want us to do? He wants us to die to ourselves
[01:23:00] And do his will
[01:23:03] Period this is why paul made the statement
[01:23:06] I die daily
[01:23:08] Paul said I die daily
[01:23:10] Because you know what paul admitted in roman 7 paul admitted that he struggled with his flesh too
[01:23:15] He admitted that he sinned sometimes he admitted he did things he didn't want to do
[01:23:19] He admitted that there's things that he wanted to do for the lord that he didn't do
[01:23:22] He said I struggle with the flesh. There's a ward my members warring against the law of my mind
[01:23:27] Guess what you're going to have this war because you've got the the sin nature living in you you're going to have this war
[01:23:33] But what did he say? I thank god. I thank god through jesus christ
[01:23:38] Our lord what he's going to deliver me from the body of this death one day one day
[01:23:42] We're not going to have this this meat sack suit. That's so sin laden
[01:23:46] We're not going to have it hanging on to us. We're going to have a new glorified body
[01:23:51] But in the meantime
[01:23:53] We got to kill it what it wants and it never wants the flesh side of us the carnal side of us
[01:23:58] The carnal mind never wants to do the will of god. It doesn't want to suffer
[01:24:03] It doesn't want to like it wants to be safe and secure
[01:24:06] And rich and famous and powerful and everything else
[01:24:10] I remember when I was in college before I came back to jesus
[01:24:13] We had in sigma kai fraternity when you were a pledge you had to run around and interview everybody in the fraternity
[01:24:19] With all these questions you had you had to go like I had to interview a hundred people in one quarter
[01:24:24] Right over a hundred people and I remember one of the questions
[01:24:27] What do you want to do with your life? And you know when they asked me what I said rich and famous
[01:24:33] And I was headed that direction already
[01:24:36] What I what I was speaking and what I was desiring in the flesh was beginning to happen. I was going to be rich and famous
[01:24:45] And I thought to myself how many people have you asked that question? What do you really want in your life rich and famous?
[01:24:51] Or rich and powerful. It's the same difference rich and powerful
[01:24:56] I want the big house on the hill
[01:24:58] I want the tesla in the driveway. I want the jet ski without a hole in it. I couldn't resist brother
[01:25:21] But again
[01:25:23] Do you know the will of god? I don't I don't and
[01:25:27] I want to say this before I quit because it's time to quit
[01:25:31] But I know there's there's there's about even in this room right now, and i'm sure some listening too
[01:25:37] There's about a handful of you that I know i'm not even gonna point you out and i'm not gonna name you
[01:25:44] But I know the lord is speaking to your heart that it's time
[01:25:49] To find his will
[01:25:52] And he's been knowing at you
[01:25:56] That what you're doing right now is not his will
[01:25:59] And you've had this knowing in your heart, but it's easy to push that aside
[01:26:06] It's easy to push that aside
[01:26:09] Instead of taking the time to fast and pray and then say lord whatever you say
[01:26:14] That's what I do
[01:26:17] See some of you
[01:26:19] He's going to call to the ministry and i'm talking about you're he's going to put an anointing and a calling to do
[01:26:27] the ministry on you
[01:26:30] And and and i'm talking to folks right now. It hadn't been in your mind
[01:26:34] That you're going to do that
[01:26:36] You're going to do anything like that teach preach
[01:26:38] Go in a prison and minister have a bible study
[01:26:41] Whatever you never thought you would do anything like that
[01:26:47] And the lord's going to say this is what I want you to do
[01:26:50] And you're going to do it
[01:26:52] Some of you
[01:26:54] It's going to be go preach on that street corner
[01:26:57] Go down to auburn university and go preach to all the students
[01:27:01] The lord had me stand up on one of the
[01:27:04] benches there
[01:27:06] Right at haley center during the football right after a football game
[01:27:12] And there were so many people you couldn't even move
[01:27:15] Had me stand up on the bench and preach to everyone
[01:27:18] You ever done that before?
[01:27:20] Get ready
[01:27:23] Holy spirit tells you to do it. You better do it
[01:27:26] He's had me stand up in a restaurant and turn around and preach to everyone at this massive table
[01:27:29] Preach to every one of them preach the gospel to them. They're a bunch of lukewarm backslidden house of mica christians
[01:27:36] Living in fornication and drunkenness just came from church mind you
[01:27:40] Talking about their party and they were they did on the last weekend
[01:27:44] And the lord and i'm hearing all this the lord says stand up and preach the word to them
[01:27:48] Steak and shake in montgomery
[01:27:51] I stood up and preached to that whole table and everybody else that could hear in the place
[01:27:56] You ever done that?
[01:27:59] Get ready
[01:28:02] That's when I had the young man stand up and punch me in the chest
[01:28:05] Now I could have snapped him like a twig. I mean it would been a problem
[01:28:09] But the lord didn't it was just total peace. It was like don't don't put a hand on him
[01:28:14] But the conviction of the holy spirit
[01:28:15] I remember when he got up and did that and my two elders jumped in between us and I like don't touch him
[01:28:20] I told him I said it's okay. Don't touch him. It's all right
[01:28:25] And I remember I remember looking around my big
[01:28:28] Elder who was a former marine mp and I looked around him and I said
[01:28:32] I said, I guess we know who the real christians are in this room
[01:28:36] You it was like oh
[01:28:39] It was just like somebody took the the the sword just stabbed it in every one of their hearts
[01:28:45] And they just came from the babish church. I'm talking about right down the road that night
[01:28:55] The lord ever told you
[01:28:57] to quit a job
[01:28:59] Who we told me to quit one one time
[01:29:01] And I needed a job. I didn't have another job
[01:29:07] I was working for olden mills. I was down in mobile
[01:29:11] Working the whole coast gulf coast that weekend. It was the weekend katrina came in the wind was starting to blow
[01:29:19] And I remember the holy spirit came on me and he's like if you don't quit this job, you are going to die
[01:29:24] Like it was that strong like you must quit now
[01:29:29] You cannot work for them any longer
[01:29:31] I'm like, well lord, I kind of need a job, you know kind of need money right now. I told you
[01:29:36] You're done
[01:29:38] Give them back their stuff
[01:29:40] And leave
[01:29:42] I packed up my stuff. I didn't even give a note
[01:29:44] I just packed the bags and the computer and everything else that we had I said here they got what are you doing?
[01:29:49] I said I quit i'm done. Goodbye
[01:29:51] Y'all have a nice life. Appreciate it
[01:29:55] I have to move on with my life
[01:29:59] And i'm like lord, what are we gonna do now?
[01:30:01] I remember driving all the way back from mobile and then what was interesting is katrina hit
[01:30:07] The gulf coast and my entire area that I worked that was my territory. I had no job. Anyway, because it was all gone
[01:30:16] Gulf port beluxi. I worked that whole area was my it was my district
[01:30:21] Gone
[01:30:22] I was like, well
[01:30:24] I was going to be quitting regardless
[01:30:26] right
[01:30:31] But I remember it was like get out of here too
[01:30:33] I was like, yeah, the hurricane is coming i'm getting out of here
[01:30:40] But I think about all the times I could go down
[01:30:43] So many times stand up in this stand up in the methodist church and give this word of prophecy to them you ever done that
[01:30:52] You ever stood up in a babish church
[01:30:55] Full of several thousand people and given a word of prophecy that they didn't want to hear
[01:31:00] or a methodist church
[01:31:02] Or the assembly of god church
[01:31:06] Yeah, i've gotten the left foot of fellowship from almost every denomination. I ever been in
[01:31:13] You know why what's amazing is?
[01:31:16] You speak the word of god and you live it and you do the will of god and you say what he tells you to say
[01:31:22] And you do what he tells you to do and that house of mica will hate you. They will run you off
[01:31:29] You have to compromise to get along with them
[01:31:35] You have to compromise to keep sitting there
[01:31:38] And don't start reading your bible
[01:31:40] See, this is what i'm telling you. This is why the roman catholic church
[01:31:44] Stop people from reading the bible. It's like you can't read the bible
[01:31:46] They made you know, they made it against the law to read the bible
[01:31:51] For centuries. It was against the law to read the bible
[01:31:54] You know what because you've ever started reading the bible just actually say i'm gonna read the bible
[01:31:58] See what it says
[01:32:00] Not what my pastor says down with the denomination says
[01:32:05] You're going to have an awakening
[01:32:09] And you're going to realize wow
[01:32:12] What this book says and what my church says?
[01:32:15] Don't match
[01:32:17] Now here it matches
[01:32:19] And there's a few points. I remember david wilkerson used his time square church
[01:32:23] Boy, you want to talk about preaching the word of god. He preached the word of god
[01:32:30] He's dead and gone now
[01:32:32] Leonard ravenhill used to do it. He's dead and gone now. Keith green used to do it. He's dead and gone now
[01:32:39] It's time for us
[01:32:41] To take up their baton
[01:32:44] And be the real christians and the real preachers of righteousness in this last hour
[01:32:52] And to stop funding
[01:32:54] the house of mica
[01:32:59] Stop funding that thing
[01:33:02] Amazing if we cut off its funds
[01:33:05] See if you read the rest of the story, here's what happened to mica
[01:33:09] The tribe of dan came in
[01:33:12] 600 men going to they're about to go to a war and they stopped by mica's house and they said hmm
[01:33:19] That's a mighty pretty idol of silver you have there
[01:33:23] And little gods of silver
[01:33:25] And you got a levi for our priest
[01:33:28] Huh?
[01:33:30] We're taking everything
[01:33:33] And they took it all and mica comes out to protest and said they basically told him you want to die today
[01:33:40] Go home. Shut up
[01:33:44] And they took his priest and they took his idols his gods
[01:33:49] But basically they took all his money and see here here's the moral of the story
[01:33:53] If this is the kind of thing you're trying to set up a house of idolatry and a house that has
[01:33:58] Money for an idol at some point the lord is going to bring judgment upon it
[01:34:05] And that's what?
[01:34:06] First peter four says judgment must first begin at the house of god and if it first begins at us
[01:34:11] What will the end be of them that do not obey the gospel?
[01:34:18] You do not want to be in the house of mica
[01:34:21] When judgment comes and it's interesting that the tribe of dan the word there means dan means judge
[01:34:28] God is my judge
[01:34:32] Yeah judgment came to mica's house
[01:34:35] And it's going to come
[01:34:37] These churches that don't preach
[01:34:39] The gospel they don't call people to repentance
[01:34:42] They don't call people to do the will of god and take up their cross and follow they're all about money
[01:34:47] They're all about this game. They play this game. They give you enough christianity to make you think you're getting it, but you're not
[01:34:55] They're gonna the people are they're gonna most of them are going to be working for fema when the bad stuff goes down
[01:35:01] The pastor is going to be encouraging you to submit to the government take the mark
[01:35:06] They will they will use romans 13 and tell you to submit to the government take the mark of the beast and and and
[01:35:12] Let's just stay peaceful
[01:35:15] Let's not resist this thing
[01:35:18] In fact, they're going to I can prophesy to you right now. I tell you now
[01:35:22] These big churches will have lines of people they will they will have the government in there
[01:35:28] Given out the mark of the beast from the church
[01:35:33] you just get ready for it and
[01:35:35] The ones that are in those churches will hate you
[01:35:40] And this is another thing you need to realize
[01:35:43] The persecution in the days ahead a great portion of it's going to come from other christians that live in the house of mica
[01:35:52] And when I say persecution i'm not just talking about oh, I don't like you. No, it's going to get nasty
[01:36:00] Like calling the authorities. Hey, I got this family next door
[01:36:02] They won't get the they won't get the vaccine and they won't go get your mark and they won't cooperate with you
[01:36:08] I think you need to come check them out. I think they have guns
[01:36:15] I think I think they have non-gmo food, too
[01:36:21] You got to come get their weird, man
[01:36:24] Oh, they're good. Why does it say what did jesus say? They're good. Many are going to
[01:36:28] betray one another
[01:36:33] Oh
[01:36:35] You can only betray someone that you've had a relationship with
[01:36:41] You hear me?
[01:36:43] It will be christians turning other christians in
[01:36:46] To the government to the new world order system
[01:36:49] Mark it down
[01:36:52] I mean
[01:36:54] Jeffrey you told me you start talking some of this truth. It's just in the bible
[01:36:58] Just just bible stuff to some of these christians
[01:37:01] And they start losing their minds and getting mad at you, right? You told me this other day
[01:37:08] I didn't I mean just quote the scriptures
[01:37:11] And they start getting mad and upset now. This is christians
[01:37:14] I thought it was some of these that go to the highlands up there in birmingham area. Yeah, I don't care
[01:37:18] I'll tell you and you just start giving them some scriptures and they start getting mad at you
[01:37:27] You're like wait a minute. Aren't you a christian? Don't you believe the bible? Don't you read the bible?
[01:37:31] Why is why is this scripture bothering you?
[01:37:34] Oh, that's right. They don't they don't preach this one where you go to church
[01:37:38] Because it would upset you people that are lukewarm
[01:37:44] Oh, that's right. They don't talk about this
[01:37:47] Oh, that's right
[01:37:47] You don't know anything about this because you went from the baptist church or the methodist church to the community center church
[01:37:55] or the
[01:37:57] New life. Well, they all got these names. I don't these are i'm just making these up
[01:38:01] Christ community church lord help us
[01:38:03] How many of those are in the country?
[01:38:11] It's like a factory
[01:38:13] Assembly line, let's stamp them out. They all look the same sound the same most of them have the same names. Oh pastor dean
[01:38:25] Making me feel uncomfortable. Okay
[01:38:29] I'm, sorry. I name names
[01:38:34] Do me a favor. You want you want to check me out on something? Do me a favor
[01:38:38] All right
[01:38:40] Go look up
[01:38:42] Church of the highlands. It's our it's our
[01:38:45] Alabama mega church. Go look it up. Go look up chris hodges
[01:38:49] And go listen to take your time
[01:38:53] the last 52 weeks
[01:38:55] the last
[01:38:57] 52 sermon that's a year
[01:39:00] And tell me what you hear
[01:39:05] Just try it. Just pick one of them. It doesn't have to be chris hodges. Let's see. What's another one? Um
[01:39:13] Joel osteen
[01:39:14] Just just 52
[01:39:17] Those are going to be exactly the same
[01:39:19] I just go and tell you everyone's gonna be the same just a little
[01:39:23] Little maybe a little different scripture reference and then
[01:39:26] Same message
[01:39:30] But it's not just them
[01:39:32] It's almost it. It's almost every other church too that wants to be like them. That's what's so bad
[01:39:43] their goal and desire is to be
[01:39:47] The big the big church in town. That should never be the goal
[01:39:52] amen
[01:39:55] Be led by the holy spirit
[01:40:00] Not money not the desire for money not the lack of money
[01:40:09] Be led by the holy spirit sometimes
[01:40:13] And this is what I love when when jesus came on the scene after he went to the baptism of john
[01:40:20] It says the spirit the holy spirit
[01:40:23] Drove him into the wilderness
[01:40:26] To be tempted of the devil
[01:40:29] And he fasted 40 days
[01:40:33] Sometimes the lord leads you
[01:40:35] into the wilderness
[01:40:38] to go through a season
[01:40:40] Of fasting and warfare and temptation
[01:40:44] So that you can come out on the other side when it when jesus came out of that
[01:40:48] It says he came out with the power of the holy spirit upon him
[01:40:52] And that's why the demons started crying out and miracles started happening and people started coming to him and saying you're the christ
[01:40:58] And giving their lives and saying you're the messiah i'm following you
[01:41:02] Because he came out with power on him
[01:41:05] This is what we've got to have christians with holy ghost power upon them
[01:41:08] But that only comes upon what did what did what did peter get in trouble for saying to the pharisees and sages
[01:41:14] He got trouble for saying the holy spirit is given to those who obey him
[01:41:20] ouch
[01:41:21] He was telling the religious leaders. You don't have the holy spirit
[01:41:23] You don't have the anointing you don't have the power because you do not obey him
[01:41:26] You don't obey the word of god and you don't obey the leading of the holy spirit in your life
[01:41:31] That's why he is not with you
[01:41:34] And that's when they said they sought to kill them
[01:41:41] See when you look at some of these christians the holy spirit is not upon you or flowing through you or working through you because
[01:41:47] You have never repented of your sin. You've never surrendered to him
[01:41:50] You've never said i'm going to do the will of god no matter what it cost me
[01:41:57] I mean I got I had one of these these uh
[01:42:00] members from uh highlands we got in a little confrontation at a football game a few years ago
[01:42:08] because
[01:42:09] Jordan had passed out
[01:42:11] A biblical cosmology track to their daughter
[01:42:15] Well, jordan was just passed these kids were running around unsupervised everywhere at the top of this stadium
[01:42:22] And jordan was just handing them out and so this guy got all hot and bothered. So
[01:42:26] I walked over to say, okay. I told the dude said you need to calm down
[01:42:31] And he starts going I know who you are
[01:42:34] And I was like, okay, so, you know, this is why you have an issue
[01:42:39] So he said I know what you're about
[01:42:41] He said he should be handing those out to my daughter and I said well, you know if your daughter was not running around
[01:42:46] unsupervised
[01:42:48] She might not have got one of these
[01:42:50] Said be glad it wasn't a pedophile up here. It was just a guy handing out a flat earth track
[01:42:56] That's what I said to him
[01:42:57] Oh, he really got started going off on me and then and you know what I told him
[01:43:02] I said, you know what you need because he was manifesting. I mean he this guy was like he wanted to fight
[01:43:07] And I said, you know what your problem is you need deliverance
[01:43:10] I said oh, but that's right. You don't know what that is
[01:43:15] And then they said something else and I just remember pointing at him and said just go back to your mega church and learn
[01:43:19] Nothing
[01:43:24] Now this offended a family that was here because they loved the highlands
[01:43:29] And i'm not saying there's not some good people there. There's some good people there
[01:43:34] But i'm telling you the message that you don't get there is what's dangerous
[01:43:41] But I want to tell you that guy
[01:43:44] Hated us
[01:43:46] He hated me. He hated george. He wanted to fight
[01:43:50] I was willing to give him a shot at the title
[01:43:57] But I I I really was trying to calm down like dude. Do you see how you're acting?
[01:44:04] Take it down a notch. It's just a track about creation. What's if you don't agree that's fine
[01:44:10] You don't have to act like a you know what?
[01:44:16] But this is the problem. They will hate you
[01:44:21] And notice remember jesus said this. He said there will become a time
[01:44:25] This is john 16. There'll come a time
[01:44:28] When they will kill you and think they're doing god a service
[01:44:33] And we think that's muslims
[01:44:36] Minion it's going to be christians
[01:44:40] It's going to be these these these little
[01:44:43] Graduates of the horror of rome
[01:44:45] That have taken on her spirit and her mentality
[01:44:50] They may not even know about roman catholic church
[01:44:53] But they're going to take on that same spirit because they refuse to let jesus be king and lord
[01:44:59] And religion is king and lord and religion will hate anybody who's truly
[01:45:04] Living for jesus on fire for him and doing his will that's where the hatred comes from
[01:45:12] There's going to be those who walk in the spirit and those who walk in the flesh
[01:45:16] And those who walk in the spirit are always persecuted by those who walk in the flesh always. It's a it's a spiritual law
[01:45:27] Let's stand. I didn't cheat y'all at all y'all got the full hour and a half
[01:45:37] That song we didn't do
[01:45:39] Rest on us. We're going to pray this
[01:45:42] And sing this song here again
[01:45:44] Is the song we didn't do at the end because I did one twice
[01:45:49] But again, it's about calling for the holy spirit. So
[01:45:51] Can we can we worship the lord for seven more minutes fire and grace church? All right seven more minutes
[01:45:57] Let this be your prayer to the lord that he will move upon you
[01:46:01] You will hear his voice. You will be led by his spirit and you will truly
[01:46:07] Always surrender to him
[01:46:09] Whatever his will is
[01:46:11] And some of you there's going to be a big change coming that he's going to call you to
[01:46:47] Come rest upon us fill us speak to us show us things to come lead us and guide us into all truth
[01:52:20] Show us your will lord paul always prayed for the churches that they would be filled with the knowledge of your will
[01:52:28] God we pray that you would give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation
[01:52:32] Though we know the hope of your calling the plan
[01:52:35] You have for our individual lives
[01:52:39] reveal it lord
[01:52:42] Move upon your people to seek you to seek your face until they hear your voice
[01:52:47] And know your will
[01:52:50] In every situation that they would surrender
[01:52:53] To your will to your plan
[01:52:57] And that they would have the faith the courage the boldness
[01:53:01] To step forward and do what you've called them to do
[01:53:06] That's about following you
[01:53:08] The sons and daughters of god are led by the spirit of god. We yield to you. We submit to you we
[01:53:15] We choose to say yes and follow you
[01:53:18] wherever you lead us
[01:53:20] I pray that for my brothers and sisters here today those watching and listening those who will watch and listen we pray this in jesus
[01:53:33] Amen. Amen. Let me share this with you real quick
[01:53:36] So share with everybody out there. This is one of the just give you an example
[01:53:41] you know, uh
[01:53:43] I've been praying i've been praying about what the lord wanted us to do, you know with this
[01:53:48] whole
[01:53:49] Buying land and building a building i've never wanted to do it. Never wanted to do it. I still don't want to do it
[01:53:58] But I knew the lord just kept
[01:54:00] Saying I want you to buy this land. I knew
[01:54:03] I knew how much he wanted me to spend I knew
[01:54:07] That needed that it was supposed to be closer to my house and and again, the lord helped us find we looked for over a year
[01:54:13] And finally we bought that land and now and then i'm looking and of course
[01:54:18] I think we've had about 160,000 on top of that come in toward the building specifically
[01:54:25] Not even close to what it's going to take to build a building
[01:54:29] I mean even the modest building that we're going to build not even not bigger than 7,500 square feet we're looking at
[01:54:36] but when you you know
[01:54:38] every everything because of biden inflation is
[01:54:41] Everything's expensive
[01:54:42] But what's interesting and I just want to tell you this the lord
[01:54:46] Just laid a mark because I said lord, what do you want us to do? I mean i'm willing to wait
[01:54:49] I'm not in a hurry. I'm like you want us to wait and
[01:54:52] Do you want this type of building? Well tantwood just kept praying and
[01:54:56] But I just want to tell you the peace of god came down upon us and the lord gave us peace about a building plan
[01:55:02] And how we're going to go about it and the lord told me
[01:55:05] He said you just start you step out and i'll take care of it
[01:55:11] That's what he does to me all the time
[01:55:13] Is it all there to do it? No
[01:55:16] Am I am I saying this to try to milk more at it? No, not at all because i'm just letting you know
[01:55:22] This is the lord moving me once again
[01:55:25] fully out of my comfort zone
[01:55:27] to do something that
[01:55:30] Looks to me right at the moment as
[01:55:33] impossible in
[01:55:36] But I know what he wants to do
[01:55:38] Now I don't know how I don't know how long it's going to take I do know this and i'm going to announce this
[01:55:46] We are going to have skyfall at the land if even if we don't have a building
[01:55:50] We will have it in a tent on the land that what is the weekend, babe? We're looking at october
[01:55:56] 23rd 24th weekend, whatever that is. That's what we're looking at tentatively
[01:56:02] Because auburn football game is out of town that weekend
[01:56:05] 25th
[01:56:07] 25th 26th weekend. So
[01:56:10] Everybody's been asking so that's why again i'm letting you know no matter what we have out there
[01:56:15] There will be a leveled off place
[01:56:18] and parking made
[01:56:20] And a tent set up if we have to
[01:56:23] And we will have skyfall
[01:56:25] 2024 so it's going to happen
[01:56:31] So be praying about all that I I
[01:56:35] Don't see that. I don't know if we can have a building done before then which whether we do or we don't doesn't matter but
[01:56:42] Um, but just be praying for skyfall. I believe god's gonna move in a powerful way and
[01:56:49] And i'm looking forward to it. So there's your answer everybody it's gonna happen so you can start making plans
[01:56:55] Even even soaring from denmark start making plans, bro
[01:56:59] All right. All right. Y'all know the real hugs and nicks before you leave. That's that's the rule. Amen
[01:57:05] All right. God bless