#S060 - Smoked Out (Part 1)
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Welcome to the Breath of life
television ministries broadcast
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with Pastor Debleaire Snell
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Now in today's episode,
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Pastor Debleaire
Snell will continue
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part two of the powerful
message titled Smoked Out.
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Now let's go deeper
into the word of God.
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You see, just like being in
a garage, don't make you a car.
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Being in church
don't make you a Christian.
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How many of us
understand the same way
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meeting somebody at the bank?
It don't mean they got money.
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Many come out in a gym, don't
mean that they're in shape.
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Are meeting somebody
in the grocery store.
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It don't mean they come.
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You still got to know
what's inside of them.
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And see.
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The problem is we
began to put down our guards
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just because they attend church
or because they're at in name.
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In other words, it's
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not just enough that
they have the right appearance
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and you meet them
in the right location.
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You got to see what's
living inside of them.
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It's crazy.
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I remember I do a
lot of preaching in this.
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I was at this one
particular conference event and.
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This particular hotel.
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It was a resort and it
was also a golf location.
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Now, I need you to be clear
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that your pastor
don't play golf at all.
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And it's crazy because I
knew it was a golf place. So.
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So somebody had
gifted me a golf shirt
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one time, and my man Jeff
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had given me these golf socks
and these little golf gloves.
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And so, man,
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I decided that
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one day when I got a break,
I was going to go out there
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and just, you know, play me a
little time on the golf range.
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And so I need you
to go out there, man.
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I don't play golf at
all, but I ain't got it.
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You will not be able
to tell by looking at me.
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I am playing the part to the tee
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and so I'm out there,
man of the golf range.
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And so next to me
there were these three guys
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that were waiting for
their fourth person to show up.
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But then he called
and said that they could
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he couldn't make it.
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And so they were
looking for a fourth person
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so they could play two on two.
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And so they saw
me in my golf shirt
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and my golf shoes and my socks
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and they was like, Yo,
bro, do you want to come play
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some kind of like, Nah, bro,
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you probably don't want to
do that. Let me stay over here.
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They just like, no,
brought you here in the res.
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We're looking at your little
Callaway shirt and your socks.
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Man, we know you can do this.
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I'm like, now you straight
and then white man, bro.
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Come on and play, man.
We'll cover y'all round.
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That's all right. Let's
go in and do this thing.
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And now.
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Now, I need you to
know that all they did
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was focus on where they
met me and what I was wearing.
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But they didn't see me swing.
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Now, I need you to get that.
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When we get out
there, start playing.
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This dude is like a machine gun.
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I'm just spraying that
joint all over the place,
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and it's crazy because now
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I'm on a team with
one of these brothers,
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and because we're in a pair,
I'm bringing his score down.
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And after,
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like, three holes,
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he's like, Bro, if
you got something else
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to do, it's okay
if you need to go.
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Oh, we know you
didn't really want to play.
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Oh, this might not
necessarily be up for you.
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I was like, Nah,
brother, this round is paid for.
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I got 14 holes left.
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You can't get rid of me.
Yeah, you hear what I'm saying?
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And see,
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sometimes we get comfortable
because of how they come across
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and where we met them,
but we ain't seen their swing
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and we want to get rid of them.
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After three
months, I met three holes.
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But it's too late. Then
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second thing this
teachers friends of mine
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is that Jesus forces
things into the open.
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So the devil comes to church
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and this church is
filled with nothing
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but lifeless, sterile,
cold religious ceremony.
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So he gets there early.
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In order to make
sure he gets his seat,
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he wants to make sure that
nobody else sits on his roof.
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And again, I need
you to be clear that
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this devil is not this deranged
lunatic foaming at the mouth.
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He is
well-groomed, he is well-spoken.
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It is literally
he is a fixture here
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in this
particular church community.
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And I need you to get that.
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His goal
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is essentially to make sure that
he sits through this service.
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In fact, when he notices
that the Lord of Glory is there,
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he's just got to make sure
that he maintains his artifice.
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Because understand.
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That artifice is his strength,
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that covert operation is
what gives him his advantage.
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So his goal is just to
sit there as quietly as he can
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and come back again on a week
that Jesus does not show up.
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And it's crazy
because the Bible says
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that Jesus begins to preach
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the Word
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and He does not preach it
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in the cold,
lifeless ways of the scribes.
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But the Bible says
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that Jesus preaches
this thing with authority
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and understand church
that I am a fan of oration
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specifically of great preaching.
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In fact,
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man, if I could,
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I would love to
see Martin Luther King
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communicate the
gospel in his heyday.
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If I could, I
would love to be there.
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When John the Baptist preached
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with such authority
that the folk left the city
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and went out into the sticks
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to get a word
from John the Baptist.
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But of all the folk
that have ever spoken,
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I wish I could have been
there to hear Jesus preach
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and understand
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what makes Jesus powerful is
he didn't just preach the word.
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He was the word.
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The Bible says in the
beginning was the word,
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and the word was with
God and the word was God
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and the word became flesh
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and made Himself
mobile and walked around us
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and understand that most of us
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have to preach a word
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that comes from outside
of us and goes through us.
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But because he is the word,
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he doesn't have to get
the word from the outside.
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Oh, Jesus had to do is unzip
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and the word just
came flowing out of him.
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Now I need you to know,
not only does the word flow
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out of our Lord and Savior,
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I need you to know
Helen White and deserve a
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just literally says that
when Jesus was here on the Earth
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that He carried around in
Him the entire atmosphere.
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Sphere of heaven.
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Colossians chapter
two says that in him
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dwelt the fullness
of the Godhead bodily,
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so that as Jesus preaches,
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it is not words
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just being
muttered into the air,
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but as He preaches the truth
about the kingdom, guess what?
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Heaven begins to fill the space.
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The Father and Spirit
begin to fill the space.
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There is a spiritual fumigation
that fills up the room,
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and every dark principality
begins to tell this.
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On the glory of God.
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And I can see this
thing church this devil.
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Says, I just got to make.
It through this one service.
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He says, I just need to sit
here with applied disinterest.
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I'm going to show
Jesus ain't paying nothing
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and no attention and
nothing he's gonna say.
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So he sits there
with his arms folded
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like some of y'all do when y'all
don't like what I'm saying,
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as if I'm going
to stop saying it.
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And he sits there with his arms
folded in protest of the truth
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that's being spoken.
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But the more the spirit
begins to feel the room,
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and the more
heaven begins to come near
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all of a sudden, man,
that demon, his foot begins to
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suffer a little bit
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because he's uncomfortable
in the presence of God.
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After a while, he's
got to switch cheeks
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because, man, he can't stand
it there in the presence of God.
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After a while, Sweat starts
coming down from his brow.
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After a while, he
begins to pop his knuckles,
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and even though
his mouth is closed,
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those in the
inside can hear sounds
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coming from the inside of him.
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They hear something this man
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and something else goes.
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And folk on the right
think that he's got Garth
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talk on the left side,
think he's got a seizure,
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but the spirit
smokes the thing out so bad
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that no matter how
hard he tries to contain it,
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no matter how hard
he tries to keep it,
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he stands up and
he sits back down.
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They think he's
getting happy in church,
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but the spirit smokes it out
so bad that before he knows it,
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out of one body comes a
chorus of voices saying, Jesus,
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leave us alone.
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Because the Spirit smokes out
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that which is not
complimentary to him.
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Now I need you
to notice something.
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When Jesus sees the man trippin,
he doesn't stop preaching.
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Because if he lets the
devil retreat that day,
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the man is going to be bound
for the rest of his natural
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born life.
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See, I need you to understand
something about Jesus.
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See, I need you to notice.
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You notice how
in the Old Testament
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you don't really read
nothing about demon possession.
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You only see demon
possession when Jesus shows up
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and it wasn't that folk weren't
possessed before Jesus came,
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but it was the power of Jesus
that made the invisible bondage
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obvious for
everybody to be able to see
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and see the reason
this is powerful church,
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because sometimes we
only see the grace of God
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and what he covers.
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But sometimes the power of
God is seen in what He exposes,
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and the y'all's
going to get quite see.
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Sometimes I need
you to know that, man.
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I thank God for the
things that he hid it.
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I thank God for the
things that he covered.
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But when I look back on my life,
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I thank God for the things that
he dragged out of the darkness
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where it could not
be hidden or veiled.
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I need you to
know Jesus is the cat.
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Well, you're mathematically.
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He knows where all
the bodies are buried.
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They are here. What I'm saying.
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But I need somebody
to be clear that Jesus,
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whether it's
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in your personal life,
whether it is in your work life,
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or whether it is in
the corporate church,
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Jesus will never
facilitate a cover up
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and grace will never be an alibi
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for your sins.
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And this might not be shouting
news, but it's settling news
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because see,
there are too many of us
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that are willing to be friends
with the enemy in private.
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As long as we can have our
Christian facade in public.
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See, we'll do whatever.
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Dirt behind closed doors
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as long as the enemy would
permit us to have our veneer.
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As long as we can
maintain that perception
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of what people think
of us and see the reason
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some of us never
attain Christian character
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is because we're
content with Christian image.
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As long as I can
hold on to our opinion,
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as long as I can manage
the narrative around me,
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as long as I can
dictate what people think.
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But see, I need you to
know that we serve a God
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that and concern
nothing about your image.
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You don't care nothing
about your family name.
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He ain't concerned nothing about
what people think about you.
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He is not functioning
in the face of image.
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His image is what
people think about you.
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But he wants to
develop character
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because that's what
God knows about you.
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Are you all here?
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What I'm saying friends.
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And so somewhere in the process,
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he's going to take all of
us through some fumigation
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and understand he's not
trying to smoke you out.
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He's trying to smoke in you out.
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And he smokes us
out in different ways.
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Sometimes he just
lets you lie collapse.
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Yeah.
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Sometimes that nasty
text you're going to send
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to one person winds
up in a group thread.
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Sometimes that
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text from the other women gets
opened up on your wife's iPad.
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No matter how much birth control
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and contraception you use,
somebody still gets pregnant.
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I need you to
know friends of mine
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that God has a
way of taking those.
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Things that are in the darkness.
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It won't remain.
Oh, y'all quiet today.
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Y'all want this sermon to end?
But I'm just getting started.
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I need you to know that
the God we serve in order
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to save your soul cannot
let it stay under the freeze.
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He cannot let it stay
in the cracks in the wall.
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He cannot allow
it to remain hidden.
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That which is
done in the darkness
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has to come into the
light, because the only way
00:13:45.95\00:13:49.29
God can heal is
that He can never heal.
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What remains hidden.
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Are you all hear
what I'm saying? It hurts.
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So God says, I'm
going to walk with
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you and I'm going to come
so close to you that those.
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Things that are
hidden and in panel get.
00:14:05.44\00:14:07.34
Smoked out so I can heal them.
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Everything.
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The fourth thing this teachers
real quick thing to teach us
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is that there's a difference
between bondage and rebellion.
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Y'all still with me?
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Look at this statement
here. I just took it off.
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I want you to
read this real quick.
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Garbage is 255.
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This difference
between bondage and rebellion
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when the man.
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So so so he sees Jesus
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when the man tried to
appeal to Jesus for help.
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Did y'all see this?
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The man tried to
appeal to His Jesus for help.
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The evil spirit put
words into his mouth
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and cried out in agony in fear.
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The demonic,
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the money that
partially comprehended
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that he was in the presence of
the one who could set him free.
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But when he tried
to come within reach
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of that mighty hand,
another wheel held him up.
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Another's words found
utterance through him.
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The conflict between the power
of Satan and his own desire
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for freedom was rebel
did don't catch this church.
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You see, this man
was not in rebellion.
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He's under. Bondage.
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Oh, Jesus.
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This bondage is so
heavy that the devil won't
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even let him ask for help.
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And can I suggest that
the greatest form of bondage.
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It ain't crack in a mess.
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It ain't pouring in any alcohol.
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It is a soul that the
enemy won't even let you say.
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I need help for what.
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I'm going through.
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In other words, he
won't even let you form
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your lips to say I need help.
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He won't even let you
admit that you, in a struggle.
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As soon as he sees
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that you're about to ask
somebody to pray for you,
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all of a sudden, everything
in your soul clamps down
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and say, I need you to know
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because there's
somebody saying, No oppressor,
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that's not
bondage, that's pride.
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Where do you think it come from?
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You realize
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that the original sin is
not eating fruit from a tree.
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What a in the
original sin was a soul
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that was so impressed and
enamored with his own glory
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that he could not even submit
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in the presence
of the Almighty God.
00:16:36.02\00:16:40.36
So one of the greatest
forms of bondage is pride.
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I are here today, friends.
00:16:42.83\00:16:45.30
So I need you to get.
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That there is a
difference. MAN Help me, Lord.
00:16:46.84\00:16:48.34
There's a difference
between bondage and rebellion.
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They look.
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They look like one another,
but they're not related.
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Okay, I see.
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Rebellion, friends, is
the pursuit of perceived.
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Pleasure.
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In a way that's done in
ignorance, out of curiosity.
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And some naivete.
00:17:09.02\00:17:10.99
In other words,
rebellion is this belief
00:17:11.03\00:17:12.99
that there is this heightened
level of existence and freedom
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outside of the
wheel and word of God
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that causes me to pursue things
00:17:19.87\00:17:21.30
and go outside of the
boundaries of Jesus Christ.
00:17:21.34\00:17:24.37
But see, the
problem with rebellion
00:17:25.21\00:17:26.68
is that rebellion can
ultimately lead you to bondage,
00:17:26.71\00:17:30.15
because what happens is
when you go so far out there,
00:17:31.31\00:17:33.31
there is an invisible line
00:17:33.95\00:17:35.38
that you cross
somewhere along the way
00:17:35.42\00:17:37.55
and you don't even
realize that you've crossed over
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from curious
rebellion to satanic bondage.
00:17:40.12\00:17:43.43
And the problem
is, you will never know
00:17:44.36\00:17:45.63
you're in bondage
until you try to come out.
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In other words, friends of mine,
00:17:51.30\00:17:52.83
I need you to understand
that Samson was in rebellion.
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And then he winds up in bondage
because he didn't even know
00:17:57.77\00:18:00.68
that the Spirit
00:18:02.28\00:18:03.21
of God had departed from him.
00:18:03.24\00:18:07.38
Are you hear what I'm saying to.
00:18:08.18\00:18:09.25
The church and
say, I need somebody.
00:18:09.28\00:18:11.45
Understand that there's a line
that you can't cross and see.
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It's an interesting situation
00:18:14.22\00:18:15.39
because sometimes we
misdiagnose things, see?
00:18:15.42\00:18:19.76
We look at certain things
and we say, See, when rebellion,
00:18:19.79\00:18:23.87
you have no. Desire. To do good.
00:18:24.57\00:18:26.27
With bondage,
you have the desire.
00:18:27.54\00:18:29.74
You just can't carry it out
00:18:29.77\00:18:32.41
right now. Your brand new.
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Bondage, that's the
point. I just don't want it.
00:18:34.94\00:18:37.25
But see, once you're in bondage,
00:18:37.28\00:18:38.48
you want to come
out, but you can't.
00:18:38.51\00:18:40.98
And see, I need you to know
00:18:41.02\00:18:42.12
that there is a
difference between won't stop
00:18:42.15\00:18:44.62
and can't stop
00:18:48.22\00:18:50.33
because you're
looking at a young person
00:18:51.26\00:18:52.36
and saying they're so rebellious
because they won't stop.
00:18:52.39\00:18:54.96
It's not they won't stop.
00:18:55.60\00:18:56.36
They can't stop.
00:18:57.53\00:18:59.27
It's not that your husband
won't stop watching porn.
00:19:00.47\00:19:01.60
He can't stop watching porn.
00:19:02.27\00:19:03.64
It's not that
they won't put down.
00:19:03.67\00:19:05.27
They can't put down the weed.
00:19:05.31\00:19:07.01
It's not that they
just won't come back.
00:19:07.04\00:19:09.38
They can't come back to church.
00:19:10.08\00:19:11.81
And I need you to understand
00:19:11.85\00:19:13.31
that once you go so far
that there becomes this merger
00:19:13.35\00:19:18.32
between the
human and the demonic.
00:19:19.65\00:19:22.89
So much, so that you
literally operate under the whim
00:19:24.03\00:19:28.20
and the wishes of the enemy.
00:19:28.86\00:19:30.63
Now, I don't care
what you want to call it,
00:19:31.63\00:19:32.83
you want to say, Oh,
no, I'm not in bondage.
00:19:32.87\00:19:34.64
Maybe they're just
addicted, maybe it's a sickness,
00:19:34.67\00:19:36.84
maybe if you call it
whatever you want to call it.
00:19:37.94\00:19:39.47
But if you can't
control your own will,
00:19:40.38\00:19:42.81
it's because the enemy has
the upper hand in your life.
00:19:43.91\00:19:46.05
And that needs somebody to know
00:19:47.32\00:19:49.02
that God is bringing you
to a place, friends of mine
00:19:49.05\00:19:51.29
where He doesn't want
you to live in bondage.
00:19:52.29\00:19:53.56
See, freedom is not
doing whatever you want.
00:19:53.59\00:19:56.16
Freedom is being able
to do whatever you want.
00:19:57.13\00:20:01.93
The bondage gets us to a place
00:20:01.96\00:20:04.30
we want to stop.
00:20:05.53\00:20:07.70
We just can't.
00:20:08.14\00:20:09.57
And the only are we to
powerless to stop the enemy
00:20:10.61\00:20:13.91
then creates and inflates us
00:20:13.94\00:20:15.98
with so much pride
that we can't ask for help.
00:20:16.01\00:20:18.31
And there is this constant cycle
of every time we get close,
00:20:19.68\00:20:23.89
the stronghold grows greater and
00:20:24.59\00:20:26.42
we wind up in greater bondage
than we were the time before.
00:20:26.45\00:20:31.86
And it's crazy.
This thing. About sin.
00:20:31.89\00:20:33.86
Notice that even when Jesus.
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.60
Cast the demon out of the man,
00:20:36.63\00:20:38.63
the Bible says that
the Spirit convulsed him.
00:20:39.63\00:20:41.70
King James
version says it tore him.
00:20:42.57\00:20:44.54
And in the crazy about
sin, he didn't feel nothing
00:20:45.64\00:20:47.61
when the devil was going in.
00:20:47.64\00:20:50.15
He didn't feel
nothing until the.
00:20:50.18\00:20:51.35
Devil had to be
cast out and see.
00:20:51.38\00:20:54.25
I need you to know it
is the nature of bondage
00:20:54.28\00:20:56.79
in all of its sorts. It
is seamless. It is easy.
00:20:56.82\00:20:59.65
There are no red.
Flags, there are no alarms.
00:20:59.69\00:21:01.92
It is easy when
it's coming in to you.
00:21:02.82\00:21:04.89
But there is
going to be a struggle
00:21:06.29\00:21:08.93
and there's going to be a fight.
00:21:08.96\00:21:11.30
And there's going to be
a protest when it's time.
00:21:11.33\00:21:14.40
For the enemy to be
removed from your life.
00:21:14.44\00:21:16.77
So I'm almost there.
00:21:18.14\00:21:21.54
You know, friends in
the word Jesus does roughly
00:21:21.58\00:21:25.01
about 37, 38 recorded miracles.
00:21:25.71\00:21:27.65
In fact, when
you look in the book
00:21:28.48\00:21:29.48
except the one, Luke
says that he actually did
00:21:29.52\00:21:31.02
so many miracles, that man,
00:21:31.05\00:21:32.72
they could not be contained
in all the pages of Scripture.
00:21:32.75\00:21:35.39
So when I look at
miracles now, I begin
00:21:36.29\00:21:38.06
this kind of say to
myself, Why did Jesus want this
00:21:38.09\00:21:41.23
one specifically?
00:21:41.26\00:21:42.50
Why did the Spirit
ordained for this one
00:21:42.53\00:21:44.87
to be recorded
for our consideration?
00:21:45.73\00:21:48.54
And see, there is
a reason that Jesus
00:21:48.57\00:21:50.77
wanted us to see this demon.
00:21:51.44\00:21:53.17
Get defeated in his church. See?
00:21:53.88\00:21:56.51
See the fourth?
00:21:56.54\00:21:57.48
The last thing he
needed us to understand
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.21
that the devil is defeated
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.39
by God. No,
00:22:04.52\00:22:08.22
no, no, no, no.
Church. He needed you to see
00:22:09.59\00:22:12.46
that the devil is not
00:22:13.73\00:22:15.60
going to be defeated.
00:22:15.63\00:22:20.64
He needed you to recognize that
the devil is already defeated.
00:22:20.67\00:22:27.71
No, I need you to
look at it in the word.
00:22:27.74\00:22:29.91
Notice that when Jesus
shows up, the automatic posture
00:22:31.01\00:22:35.18
of the devil was to
assume defeat and destruction.
00:22:35.22\00:22:40.69
In other words,
he didn't protest.
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.29
He didn't resist. He
didn't put up a fight.
00:22:45.29\00:22:47.96
He just says, I'm
Jesus, why are you here?
00:22:48.86\00:22:50.87
We thought we have
a little more time.
00:22:51.77\00:22:53.03
Have you come to
destroy us already?
00:22:53.07\00:22:57.04
And see the reason
I am declaring this
00:22:57.07\00:22:59.64
over the people of God
today, I need you to know
00:23:00.78\00:23:02.74
that the devil assumes
a posture of submission.
00:23:02.78\00:23:05.21
He literally falls on his face
and the presence of the lamb
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.45
that he puts up no resistance
00:23:09.15\00:23:10.62
until the one who
was and is and is to come
00:23:10.65\00:23:13.56
see what Jesus wanted us
to see was a stark contrast
00:23:14.62\00:23:17.99
between the power of
light and the power of darkness.
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.40
Because once
the light showed up,
00:23:22.23\00:23:23.83
the darkness
automatically submit it.
00:23:25.23\00:23:28.00
Is there anybody that
will stand to their feet.
00:23:28.97\00:23:31.01
And say, Lord, I'm done
talking about how great he is.
00:23:32.17\00:23:35.78
But I'm going to take some time
to celebrate how great you are.
00:23:37.05\00:23:40.58
I'm grateful that the
Lord, strong and mighty,
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.19
you are the Lord
mighty in battle.
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.82
Lift up your
hands, all ye gates,
00:23:47.66\00:23:49.66
and be lifted up
the everlasting doors
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.66
so that the King of glory.
00:23:53.29\00:23:54.83
Shall come in.
00:23:54.86\00:23:57.17
Are you tired of
just being tired?
00:23:57.20\00:23:59.80
Are you frustrated because
your results never change?
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.91
Do you feel like life
is just going in circles?
00:24:04.94\00:24:07.44
I'm excited to introduce
my newest book entitled
00:24:08.44\00:24:12.08
Excuse This,
00:24:12.48\00:24:13.48
and I'm going to be talking
00:24:13.52\00:24:14.75
about how to cancel the excuses
that smother our soul wellness.
00:24:14.78\00:24:19.22
I need you to know
that your issue is not
00:24:20.16\00:24:21.42
your circumstances.
00:24:21.46\00:24:22.82
It's not the challenges.
00:24:22.86\00:24:24.69
It is the lies that
we tell ourselves about
00:24:24.73\00:24:27.56
why we're not progressing.
00:24:27.60\00:24:29.16
When you tell yourself,
I don't have enough time,
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.30
I don't have enough resources,
I don't have enough money.
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.60
Those are the
excuses that are keeping you
00:24:35.57\00:24:37.14
from becoming whom
God has called you to be.
00:24:37.17\00:24:39.77
So this book
00:24:40.18\00:24:41.24
is going to be talking
to you about how to manage
00:24:41.28\00:24:43.11
your distractions, how
to overcome your fears,
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.91
how to walk
through procrastination,
00:24:46.72\00:24:48.25
and to become the
best version of yourself.
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.02
So join me on Saturday, April
the 13th, as I begin a teaching
00:24:52.25\00:24:56.09
series entitled ExcuseLess.
00:24:56.12\00:24:58.39
Every Saturday and
Wednesday, we're going to walk
00:24:58.43\00:25:01.00
through the Word of God
and give you the cheat code
00:25:01.03\00:25:03.90
to having a life
filled with progress.
00:25:04.80\00:25:06.20
And then I want you to
join us starting Sunday,
00:25:06.23\00:25:08.60
April the 14th, for
our 21 days of free.
00:25:09.54\00:25:12.41
We're going to march
through the content of the book.
00:25:13.48\00:25:14.68
We're going to testify.
00:25:14.71\00:25:15.68
We're going to call
on the name of the Lord,
00:25:15.71\00:25:17.91
and we're going to grow
as a community of faith.
00:25:17.95\00:25:20.68
You'll be able to get the book
ExcuseLess on our Breath of Life
00:25:21.92\00:25:24.99
website at www.breathoflife.tv
or on Amazon.com.
00:25:25.02\00:25:30.43
You can join us for
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00:25:31.39\00:25:33.40
University Church platforms
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.26
and on our Breath
of Life platforms.
00:25:35.30\00:25:37.67
I need you to know that we're
about to start a revolution.
00:25:38.90\00:25:41.37
There's about to
be a growth grenade.
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.24
I would invite you to
join me on this journey
00:25:45.27\00:25:47.38
as we begin the
process of becoming excuses.
00:25:48.31\00:25:55.75
Hey, family, I know
the weekends can be long,
00:25:55.78\00:25:58.65
they can be hard,
and you go through a lot.
00:25:59.65\00:26:02.69
And so at the end of each week,
00:26:02.72\00:26:04.96
I want to
encourage you to join me
00:26:04.99\00:26:07.03
and the Breath of
Life team for the weekend.
00:26:07.03\00:26:09.80
Exhale with BOL We were
having these programs on Sunday,
00:26:09.83\00:26:14.54
but now we want
to begin the weekend
00:26:15.34\00:26:16.97
giving you a little
nourishment, a little nurture,
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.84
giving you a little
boost as you start the weekend.
00:26:20.98\00:26:22.48
Every first Friday,
I'm going to be doing
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.51
a Bible study
entitled to the Playbook,
00:26:25.55\00:26:27.75
where we're going
00:26:28.25\00:26:29.22
to be looking at
issues of doctrine and culture
00:26:29.25\00:26:31.29
through the lens
of the Scripture.
00:26:32.12\00:26:33.39
You don't have to
guess. You don't have to hope.
00:26:33.42\00:26:35.72
God is giving us
a script in the word
00:26:36.59\00:26:38.59
because the word
is this playbook.
00:26:39.43\00:26:41.20
I'm gonna invite you to
join me every second Friday
00:26:41.23\00:26:43.67
for a show called Point of View,
00:26:44.37\00:26:45.80
where Gianna and I do a deep
dove into issues of marriage,
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.97
dating and relationships.
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.31
Every third Friday,
join Pastor Nugent and myself
00:26:52.34\00:26:56.04
in the Vision Lab,
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where we're going to
be making a heavy deposit
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into leaders of all fields.
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We're going to be pouring into
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pastors, entrepreneurs,
CEOs, ministry leaders, authors.
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And we're going to be talking
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about how to build that vision
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and move it from
an idea to a reality.
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And then on the fourth Friday,
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we're introducing a new program
called what just Happened.
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We're going to be looking at
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whatever the trending
topics in culture are.
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Danita, Pastor
Nugent and myself,
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we're going to be addressing
whatever the trending culture
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or topic is for
that week or that month.
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We're going to be
engaging with you.
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You're going to be
answering your questions
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and trying to figure
out how we as believers
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find our place in
the larger culture.
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We go through a lot
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during the weekends.
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You can get overwhelmed,
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you can get a
little stressed out.
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But before you
go into the weekend,
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take a moment and join us
to stop, breathe and Exhale
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with BOL
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(Breath Of
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