Sermon #S032 - 'What To Do, When
Your On The Verge" - (Part 1)
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Pastor Snell: And so today's
saints, we're going to go ahead
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and jump into the words that,
all right, so do me a favor,
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stand to your feet as we get
ready to go to the scriptures
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today. And for those who are
watching online, do me a favor.
Be a digital disciple,
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be an apple apostle, be an
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it to somebody. I'm going to
invite you to go with me, your
Bibles to Exodus chapter 12.
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And we're going to begin
together at verse number one
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Exodus chapter 12. And we're
looking together at verse number
one. When you get there, say,
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pastor, I'm ready. Exodus 12:1.
No say this. When you get there,
say, 'Pastor, I'm on the verge'.
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[Congregation:
Pastor, I'm on the verge]
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Amen. Amen Exodus 12:1. I'm
going to invite those who are on
the outside if you want to go
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ahead and slip on in. And those
who may need to slip out if you
can do that. So it's to minimize
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distraction. Those who need to
slip on in do so at this time.
Exodus 12:1. The Bible says, now
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the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron in the land of Egypt
saying This month shall be the
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beginning of months and it shall
be the first month of the year
to you. This is an Israel-like
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New year. Y'all catching this.
This is how they start the new
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year. It says, speak to all the
congregation of Israel saying on
the 10th of this month,
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every man shall take for himself
a what? A lamb according to the
house of his father,
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a lamb for a household. And if
the household is too small for
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the lamb, let him and his
neighbor next to his house take
it according to the number of
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persons according to each man's
need. You shall make your count
for the lamb. Your lamb shall be
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without blemish a male of the
first year and you may take it
from sheep or the goats. Now you
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shall keep it until the 14th day
of the same month. Then the
whole assembly of the
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congregation of Israel shall
kill it at twilight and they
shall take some of the blood and
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put it on the two door posts and
on the lentil of the houses
where they eat, then they shall
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eat of the flesh on that night,
roasted in fire with unleavened
bread, with what kind of herbs?
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Bitter herbs, they shall eat it.
Do not eat it raw nor boiled
with water, but roasted with
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fire. Its head with its leg and
its entrails. And you shall let
none of it remain until morning
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and what remains of it Until
morning, you shall burn with
fire and thus you shall eat it
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with a belt on your waist, your
sandals on your feet, your staff
in your hand. So you shall eat
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it in haste for it is the Lord's
Passover for I will pass through
the land of Egypt on that night
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and will strike all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and beast and against
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all the gods of Egypt. I will
execute judgment for I am the
Lord. Now the blood shall be
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assigned for you on the houses
where you are. And when I see
the blood, I will pass over you
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and the plague shall not be upon
you to destroy you. When I
strike the land of Egypt, in
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verse 14 says, so this day shall
be to you for a memorial and you
shall keep it as a feast unto
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the Lord. Throughout your
generations today's saints, I
want to talk to you for a little
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while under the subject, what to
do when you're on the verge of
something. I want to talk about
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what to do when you're on the
verge of something. Let's pray
together. Father, in our text,
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we were glad that on that night
you passed over, but in this
service, we're asking for you to
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stop by. We pray that you would
make thy presence so dense in
this space that it smothers all
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riving principalities. And so
Father, I'm praying that in the
hearing of the word that faith
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will be multiplied
exponentially. Lord, there is
somebody that is on the verge of
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something and they need a push.
They need a prompting, they need
a directive. Lord, would you
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give clear instructions to your
people? And so Lord, would you
hide in the shadows of the cross
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that Jesus alone might be seen,
that Christ alone would be
heard? And at the end of our
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time together, may Jesus alone
be praised. We ask this in the
name of him who is altogether
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lovely. It is in the name of
Jesus that we pray. Let those
who believe say together. Amen
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and amen. [Congregation: Amen]
You may be seated in the house
of the Lord today. Invite you to
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come in quickly and be settled
Again talking to you under the
subject what to do when you're
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on the verge of something. You
know, church, I believe that
most of us listening today are
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on the verge of something. I
believe that some of us are on
the verge of the supernatural. I
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believe that this year
somebody's health is going to be
restored. I believe this year
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somebody's marriage is going to
take form. I believe this year
somebody's vision will become
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reality. I believe this year
that miracles are going to take
place. I believe that this year,
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this church and these
institutions will reach new
heights previously unseen. I
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believe that somebody is on the
verge of something big. And the
reason that what I believe
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sounds like hype is because you
don't believe you're looking at
me crazy because of what I
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believe. And I'm looking at you
crazy because you don't believe
it. [Congregation: Amen]
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And the reason that God
led us into this series is
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because the truth is most people
don't know how to navigate the
space of being on the verge of
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something. In fact, friends,
your Bible is filled with people
who were on the verge of a move
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of God and did not know what to
do with the opportunity. You see
in the book of numbers,
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we find Israel on the verge of
crossing into the promised land
before their faith collapsed
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and they were sentenced to 40
years of wondering. You realize
that Esau had the birthright.
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He was on the verge of headship
until he allowed his appetite to
overwhelm his anointing.
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You see, Sampson was on the
verge of routing the
Philistines, but he was defeated
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not by sword or by spear, but
by well-toned curves and lacey
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lingerie and see the problem
friends is that most of us get
stuck on the verge of something,
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never realizing God's divine
purpose. There are some that get
stuck on the verge because they
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lack courage. Some get stuck on
the verge because they lack
character. Some get stuck on the
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verge because they don't have
faith. But most folk get stuck
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on the verge because they lack
the spiritual awareness to know
that they're on the precipice of
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a mighty move of God. And see
there are some that never
realize God's plan because
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they're comfortable just being
on the verge of something. The
truth is that there are some of
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us that like being in a space of
anticipation, but we never have
the courage to enter into the
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reality of God's movement. But I
don't know about you saints. I'm
at a place where I'm no longer
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content being on the verge. I'm
no longer satisfied being close.
I'm not just good being on the
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edge. Anybody just tired of
talking about the language of
faith without experiencing the
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realities of faith? And I need
to know if I got at least 8 or
10 saints today that are no
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longer good talking about it,
declaring it, waiting for it, I
need you to know that this year
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you are on the verge of
something. And so friends, today
I want to just spend a little
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time talking about what it means
to be on the verge of a move of
God so that you know how to
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handle yourself in the days and
weeks to come and see. The first
thing our story teaches us today
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is that when you are on the
verge of something, you've got
to seek instruction and not
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momentum. Let me say it again
that when you're on the verge of
something, you've got to look
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for instruction and not
momentum. Here in our text,
friends, we find the people of
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God on the verge of deliverance
from the house of Pharaoh. God
has sent nine crippling plagues
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upon the land of Egypt. And yet
Pharaoh has refused to let the
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people go and understand that
Moses gives them some
instruction on how to avoid this
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judgment. They are to set up a
lamb and put on its blood on the
doorpost and on the lentils,
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and then the plague that judges
Egypt will pass over those that
are covered by the blood of the
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lamb and see the thing friends,
I need someone to get is that
what is not expressed is the
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cynicism that the people of God
have about the Passover
festival. In fact, I need you to
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get that to some eating. The
Passover literally feels like
random and foolish behavior. It
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seems as if they're being
deceived by Moses again. In
fact, friends, some of the
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complaints that were voiced in
the wilderness were first
planted when they begin to take
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the Passover meal. And it's
interesting because I thought,
Dr Pollard, that they would see
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the nine plagues as evidence
that God was about to move. I
thought they would see the nine
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plagues as proof that something
was about to shift. But for
those in Egypt, the nine plagues
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were symbolic of nine
disappointments. In other words,
when Moses shows up and first
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performs signs and wonders,
remember Pharaoh first actually
doubled their workload. He did
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not let the people go and
understand that every time they
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got a plague, they got their
hopes up thinking that this was
the night of deliverance only to
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find their reality just
as it was the day before.
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In other words, when the rivers
turned to blood, they got their
hopes up and still, he didn't
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let them go. When lice came upon
the land, they believed for it
and he still didn't let them go.
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When the cattle began to die,
they thought this was it. And
Pharaoh did not let them go. And
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when frogs overtook the land,
Pharaoh said, I'm going to free
you. But when God relented upon
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the plague, he still did not
allow the people to go and so
understand saints that there is
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no gradual softening toward
Israel. They are not loosening
the reins gradually they've not
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implemented policy to make life
easier for the children of
Israel. In other words, their
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life since Moses showed up has
not gotten better. In fact, it's
gotten harder with greater
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disappointments. In other words,
church, they can't see things
falling into place. Things are
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not lining up like they hoped.
They didn't have any proof that
the day after Passover was going
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to be any different than the day
before the Passover. In other
words, they would think that if
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God was about to set them free,
they would see some momentum,
that they would see things
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moving in a certain direction.
But the ones who are freed from
Egypt are freed not because they
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see momentum, but because they
follow instructions. Ah! And
see, the reason that some of us
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are having a hard time with this
idea of believing you are on the
verge of something is because
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you don't see any momentum
amongst your circumstances. You
see, we have a hard time cause
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we have conflicted belief
because you hear what the
preacher is saying, but you are
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wrestling with what you are
seeing in your reality. And the
truth is, it's hard to believe
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that things can get better while
things are consistently growing
worse. And see there are
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somebody listening to the word
and saying, pastor, I would
believe if I can just see a
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little shift in the atmosphere.
Look, I would believe if I could
feel my help coming on.
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I would believe if I could see
things are beginning to improve
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on the horizon. In other words,
there's somebody who's saying, I
would believe if I could see a
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little momentum in my marriage.
I would believe if I could see
her expressing effort or if I
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could see him recommitting
himself. There's somebody saying
I would believe for healing
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if I could see some momentum in
my health if the medicine
started working and the pain
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began to alleviate. I would
believe if I saw some momentum
financially; if I saw some
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momentum professionally; you
would believe if you saw some
momentum relationally;
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but, what this story teaches is
that miracles don't require
momentum, right? Oh God, y'all
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not hearing me today. In other
words, I need you to know that a
divine move of God doesn't
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require any build-up. God
doesn't require any runway. God
doesn't need a head start. See
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how many of us know that
Jehovah is a helicopter, not an
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airplane. [Congregation: Amen]
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Okay, in other words that my God
is a helicopter God, he's not an
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airplane. Some of y'all missed
your shout. See, you realize
that an airplane has wheels but
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a helicopter has a
propeller. [Congregation: Amen]
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In other words, an airplane
needs a runway. He's got to
build up some speed.
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He's got to gather some momentum
in order to get off the ground.
But my God is a helicopter God.
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He has a propeller over his
children. So you don't need to
runway. You ain't got to see it
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coming to past. You just stand
still and let God lift you.
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[Congregation: Amen]
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Right from where you are. Are
y'all hearing me today? Friends?
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And see the problem amongst the
contemporary church is that
there are some of us that wait
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for things to line up before you
believe. See, the problem is
some of us have what I call
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when-then faith as opposed to
having trust and obey faith. In
other words, what when-then
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faith is where we say, man, when
I see this, then I'm going to
obey. But God is saying that you
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can't have when-then faith, you
got to have trust and obey
faith. In other words, when you
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look at all of those in Faith's
Hall of Fame, they were not
people that had wind then faith.
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They were folk that had trust
and obey faith. And in other
words, when the priests got to
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the Jordan River, they couldn't
say, when the Jordan opens, then
I'm going to put my feet in the
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water. They said we are going to
have trust and obey faith. I'm
going to put my feet in the
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water and I'm going to wait for
the waters to part. Do you
realize that in Babylon the
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three Hebrew boys couldn't say
when the fire goes out, then we
won't bow down. But they had
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trust and obey faith that says,
no matter what's going on in the
furnace, I'm going to worship
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only the true and living God. Do
you realize that Peter didn't
have when-then faith?
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He didn't say, when the storm
stops, then I'm going to get out
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of the boat. When God said come,
he put all of his weight on the
word of Jesus and the people of
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Israel couldn't say, when he
sets us free, then we'll eat the
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Passover. We going to eat the
Passover in anticipation of the
word of God coming the past. Are
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y'all hearing me today friends?
And see I need somebody to get
out of the whole disposition of
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saying when God does this, then
I'm going to obey him and see
the problem with that. It is an
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ultimate insult to God. It is a
statement that essentially says
when God does it, then I'll
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obey. It's putting God in a
position where he has to
audition to prove himself
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worthy. But how many of us know
that God ain't got to audition
for nothing? God ain't got to
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prove himself worthy. There is
only one unworthy partner in
this relationship and they ain't
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in heaven. You saw them when you
looked in the mirror this
morning. Are y'all hearing me
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today? And what I'm saying to
somebody, is there somebody
that's got to act on faith? And
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according to the word, are y'all
hearing me today? See there are
some who are saying when I start
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making more money then I'll be a
good steward. There are some who
are saying, when I see a
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potential mate, then I'll stop
being unequally yoked. Some are
saying when I get a good job
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then I'll stop working on
Sabbath. Some are saying when my
spouse acts right, then I'll
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recommit to the marriage. But I
need you to know friends of mine
that faith cannot be based upon
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what you observe. Faith is
demonstrated in obedience
regardless of what you see. Are
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you hearing me today? So the
Bible says to us here in verse
number eight of verse of chapter
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12, go back to Exodus chapter 12
and verse number eight. When you
get there say Pastor on the
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verge. The Bible says, then they
shall eat of the flesh on that
night roasted in fire with
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unleavened bread and with
bitter herbs, they shall eat it.
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You see the second thing this
teaches friends is that when
you're on the verge of something
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you need to take a little
bitterness with you. See when,
when you're on the verge of
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something, don't forget how the
past used to taste. Okay. Y'all
too spiritual for the pastor
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today. So God gives some very
unique instructions about the
eating of the passover lamb.
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Y'all still with me? Church? So
one of the things that God says
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to them, he says, I want you to
eat this meal roasted with fire.
But then he says, man,
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I want you to make sure that you
lace the lamb with bitter herbs
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while you eat it. In other
words, friends, their last meal
in Egypt is not succulent. This
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last meal is not enjoyable. When
they are choking down the lamb,
they've got a frown of
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displeasure upon their face
because it is laced with bitter
herbs. In other words, when they
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walk out of Egypt, God wants
them to leave with a bad taste
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in their mouth. In other
words, when they leave Egypt,
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he wants there to be some
residue of something that
doesn't taste good when they
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leave. And see, understand
friends that there is a purpose
for these bitter herbs.
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See, these bitter herbs were to
be symbolic of the bitter days
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of toil and that they
experienced for 400 years while
they were there in the land of
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Egypt. And the reason that God
wants them to leave with a bad
taste in their mouth is that
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he knows that the journey of
faith is going to be so hard
that down the line they're going
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to begin to look at Egypt as
being less bitter than what it
was. In other words,
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he knows there's some adversity
awaiting them that's going to
make Egypt seem sweeter than it
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was. And see that's the reason
that God wants them to remember
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their bitterness. See, because
he knows that on the freedom
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journey, Egypt is going to get a
little sweeter looking when
there are unknowns and
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uncertainties. Have you ever
noticed that in their 40 years
sojourned that there was always
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this sentiment that we should
have never left Egypt? Do you
remember how these negroes
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talked about how the leaks and
the garlic and how the onions
were and how good the food was
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in Egypt after they cried out to
God To deliver them from the
land of Egypt? And see, I need
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us to understand, beloved, that
God, he is so awesome, he
understood that for newly minted
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slaves that there was going to
come a point where oppression
was going to be more appealing
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than obedience. He knew there
would come a time where dealing
with unknowns would be less
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appealing than living in a land
of oppression. And so God says,
I'm going to make you leave with
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a bad taste in your mouth so
that as each year when you
celebrate it and you have this
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bad taste, the bad taste about
where you were will help you
celebrate where you are. Okay.
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Y'all go get mad. But isn't it
amazing the reason we keep going
back to the same things, the
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reason we go back to the same
habits, the reason every year we
go back to the same people is
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that we've lost the bad taste in
our mouth that made us want to
be delivered in the first place?
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And see, the reason we are so
quick to revisit certain people
and certain relationships and
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certain situations is that we
forgot to take a little
bitterness with us and say
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sometimes the present adversity
makes us forget about the
bitterness of the adversity we
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left behind. When we begin
following the Lord, y'all mighty
quiet today. So, so I want to
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just say to somebody who is
being sanctified, because see,
somebody is on the verge of
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amazing spiritual growth. There
is somebody on the verge of
being delivered from the sin
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that so easily entangles you.
There is somebody that is about
to experience the emancipated
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power of the Holy Ghost that
he's going to bring you out with
his right hand and his strong
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arm is going to give you the
victory in your inner man or in
your inner woman. But what I
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need you to know is that before
God delivers you, make sure you
take some bitterness with you.
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Let me say to those that have
been recently baptized, you've
recently come into church
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culture, you need to remember
how savage those cats were in
the streets so that the first
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time you get offended by
somebody in church, you don't go
back to a that's worse than what
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you see in here. Okay, let me
keep it real. In other words,
sister, when you leave him this
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time, Make sure you hang the
medical report from when he
knocked you upside your head and
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a picture of your black eye so
that you don't go, oh, y'all
quiet. Oh, that don't happen
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here today. Okay? Oh y'all like
that? In other words, sis, when
you leave him this time, take
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the picture of the naked woman
you found in his phone so you
won't be tempted to go back the
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way you came. I'm going preach
whether you get mad or not. In
other words, brother, when you
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leave her this time, save the
text when she called you an SOB
and an MF and called you out
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your name and talked about your
mama. Oh, y'all mighty quiet
today, okay? [Congregation:
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Clapping] Before you are
attempted to quit the gym,
remember the bitterness for when
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you couldn't fit in them jeans
or tighten up the top button on
your suit or your almighty quiet
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today. Remember the bitterness
of substance abuse of all those
days where after your high, it
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was followed by a depressing low
that made you cry out for
deliverance from God before you
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quit school. Remember the
bitterness of watching everybody
live their dreams, but you can't
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live out your dreams before you
leave your husband. Remember the
bitterness of always being a
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bridesmaid and having to eat by
yourself and go by yourself?
Y'all got quiet. No, I'm onto
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something today. In other words,
friends, before you leave your
celibacy, Don't forget the
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bitterness of waking up the
morning after and you feel
guilty and empty and ashamed and
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somebody left you as if you had
no value. You've got to hold
onto your bitterness so that you
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don't confuse the past as
betterness. [Congregation:
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joining us for the Breath of
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broadcast with Pastor Debleaire
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Snell! We hope and pray that you
have been blessed by this first
message in the sermon series
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entitled “On The Verge of
Something.” Join us next week
for Part Two of the message
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entitled “What To Do When You're
On The Verge.” You don't want to
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miss it! (Breath
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