Hello and welcome again to
another wonderful presentation
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of this year's 3ABN
Fall Camp Meeting 2019.
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We are so thankful that
each and every one of you
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are joining us at home and
those who are here in-house.
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Have you been blessed so far?
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Yes! Praise the Lord!
We have had some wonderful
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presentations, Elder
Ted Wilson, president of
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the worldwide SDA church last
night. Powerful presentation!
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Then we had Pr. Doug
Batchelor from Amazing Facts
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Ministry was also
with us last night.
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And of course we're
going to hear from him
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again this evening.
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And then this morning
we heard from Jill Morikone
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and Kenny Shelton, and they
both had powerful presentations
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as well. And we're going
to continue the ball rolling
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because we are now at
our fifth presentation
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with Ms. Shelley Quinn.
She is a dear sister in Christ
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and I love to hear her speak.
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And I know the presentation
she has for you this morning
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is really truly
going to be a blessing.
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So I ask you to just sit tight.
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Open your ears; open your mind
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and allow the Holy Spirit
to speak to you this morning
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because I know that He will.
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Amen? Amen! Praise the
Lord! Well I also have the honor
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of singing before Ms.
Shelley Quinn comes out.
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And the song that I'm
going to be singing this morning
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is special to me because it
was a song that me and my family
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sang as we were growing
up... or as I was growing up.
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And it's a beautiful
message. It talks about
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how sometimes we might
find ourselves having bad days
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and we may go
through trials in our life.
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And it doesn't matter
how high the mountain.
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At the end of the day we might
have times we might question
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the plan of God, but
at the end of the day
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we certainly have no
sufficient reasoning to question
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God's goodness. Amen?
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It's a song
entitled I Can't Complain.
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Oh, I have bad days
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and I have hills to climb
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and I have sad days
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and then a weary mile.
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Then when I look around
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and I think these things aloud
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all of the good things
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outweigh the bad things...
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I can't complain.
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God is so good to me!
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He is so good to me!
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More than this world could be
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He's so good to me.
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His Spirit came to me
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and gave me victory...
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God is so good to me!
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I can't complain.
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Sometimes the clouds hang low
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and I'd like to see them go.
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I ask the question: "Lord,
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why so much pain? "
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But He knows what's best for me
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although I cannot see...
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I just say: "Thank you, Lord...
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I can't complain. "
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Oh,
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God is so good to me!
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He is so good to me!
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More than this world could be
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He's so good to me.
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His Spirit came to me
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and gave me victory...
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God is so good to me...
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I can't complain!
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So you see, God
is so good to me...
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I can't
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complain.
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Praise You, Lord. Amen.
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Amen and amen!
Thank you. How true!
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God is so good to us.
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You know, there's no
use in complaining anyway
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'cause nobody's
listening, right?
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We're so glad that
you are here this morning.
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And I'm going to start
off... I thought: "How am I
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going to kick this thing off? "
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And it just
occurred to me back stage.
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I want to share a little
story... something that happened
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when we lived in Coleman, TX.
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We had a beautiful
little kitchen. Very cheery
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except for one little corner.
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And in that
corner of the kitchen
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the sunlight that was
streaming through the windows
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nothing reached there.
It... I had a table back there.
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It was just dark and dreary.
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So one day I was at Sam's
and they had a floor model
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of a little Tiffany
lamp on sale for like 60% off
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and I thought: "Ah-hah! "
I bought this gorgeous thing!
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Came home, plugged
it in and it became
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kind of the focal
point of that room.
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I left it on all day long.
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It was gorgeous!
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It was brilliant red
and orange and purples
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and blues and it was a firefly.
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And it was just gorgeous.
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So one morning I came
down and I turned it on
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and I walked in the
other room. And I came back
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and it was dark. And so
I thought: "Well, I need to
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change the light bulb. "
So I went and got a light bulb
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and change it and
it was still dark.
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And what I heard... The
still small voice of the Lord
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impressed this
thought on my mind:
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"What do you see? "
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Well, you could see
kind of the leaded outline
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of this firefly
but it was colorless.
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There was no real...
anything joyful about it.
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It was not pretty.
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And so I bent over and checked.
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You know, I kept
trying to turn it on.
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I bent over and
checked: it wasn't plugged in.
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So I plugged it in,
and as I'm coming back up
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the Lord said once again:
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"Now what do you see? "
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Well I could see what
the creator had in mind
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when he designed
this beautiful thing.
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It was vibrant and
full of life and colorful.
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And I want you to know
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that you need to see yourself
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as the Creator
designed you to be.
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A lot of us look in the mirror
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and the way we
talk about ourself...
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You are not who
you think you are.
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You're not who
anybody else said you are.
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If you are in Christ,
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you are who God
says you are. Amen!
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The title today...
I tried to fool you.
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I gave it a different title.
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I'm
resurrecting an old teaching.
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In 1999 God taught me
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to speak and to pray
His Word over my life.
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He totally changed my life.
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In 2003 I did a
program on 3ABN -
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the first series I did -
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called Exalting His Word.
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Did anybody ever see
that old series? Yeah.
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And I wrote a companion
book Exalting His Word:
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life
affirmations from Scripture.
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And you know what? 3ABN
sold it for several years
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and Pacific Press published it.
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And I used to read
that book with frequency.
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I haven't read it lately
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until a few months ago.
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Let me tell you
what happens in my life.
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When I quit plugging
in to my power source...
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I can be busy in ministry
and get up in the morning,
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I have my devotionals and I pray
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and you're busy busy busy.
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But at the end of the day
I'm going like: "What's wrong
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with me, Lord? I feel
disconnected from You. "
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See, what I have learned...
And boy, I re-read this book
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and I thought: "Lord, I wrote
that book in seventeen days. "
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There's no way I could write
that book today in 17 days.
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And it ministered to me so much
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so today's title is: The
Attitude of Affirming God.
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It could have been
called The Spirit of Faith.
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It could have been called
Plugging Into Your Power Source.
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But we're calling it The
Attitude of Affirming God.
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Let's pray. Heavenly
Father, we come in the name
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of Jesus. Oh, how we
praise You for the gift of Jesus
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Christ and Your Holy
Spirit and Your Word!
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Oh Lord, we know
we are what we are
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by Your grace.
We know, Lord, that
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we need to get over
this identity crisis.
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We need to understand
who we are in Christ Jesus.
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I ask in the name of Jesus now
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pour out Your
Holy Spirit here on me,
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on everyone who is
listening in this audience
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or by television
or radio or Internet.
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Father, I ask in
the name of Jesus
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send Your Spirit
to be our teacher
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and give us,
Lord, that motivation
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to practice Your
Word. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen! Love, forgiveness,
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deliverance, salvation.
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Provision, peace, rest.
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Joy. Do you want these
qualities in your life?
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Amen! These are
covenant promises.
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And if there's
anything that I can tell you
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our God is a
covenant-keeping God.
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Amen! You know, when Solomon
was dedicating the temple
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and in his prayer
he said to the Lord:
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"You have spoken it with
Your mouth and fulfilled it
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with Your hand. " And
then he said to the people:
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"Not one of God's good
promises to Moses has failed. "
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Not one word of God's
good promises has failed.
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II Corinthians 1:20
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tells us that
"all of God's promises
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are ours 'Yes' and
'Amen' in Christ Jesus. "
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You see, He is the
surety of the covenant.
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Hebrews 7:22 says:
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"He is the surety
of the covenant. "
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You know what
that word surety means?
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The guarantor.
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Christ is the
guarantor from God to us
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that every one of God's promises
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is going to be fulfilled
in our life. But He is also
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the guarantor from us to God
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that He will work in us to
will and to do His good pleasure
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and that He will complete
the good work He has begun.
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So why are so many
Christians discouraged?
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Think about that.
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Distractions and doubt.
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Life's distractions are
the devil's magnetic field
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that draws away from spending
time getting to know God
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intimately and from
knowing His promises.
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And doubt... Oh, boy!
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That is... You
know... that's Satan's MO.
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He wants us to doubt
who we are in Christ Jesus.
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He wants us to be...
Remember in Numbers 13
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when the 12 spies went
into the Promised Land?
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And Caleb and Joshua
come back and "Yes, God said
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we're more than
conquerors. We can take it! "
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But ten of the spies
were like: "Ah! There's giants
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in the land! Oh, we
are but mere grasshoppers
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in their eyes. "
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And you know what? That's what
the devil wants you to believe:
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that you are nothing
more than a grasshopper.
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He wants us to not... He
wants us to be like them.
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They did not mix
the message with faith.
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They didn't mix
God's promise with faith.
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And guess what? They were
shut out of the Promised Land
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because of their lack of faith.
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Is that amazing?
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Why does the
Bible say "without faith
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it's impossible to please God? "
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I think you find the
answer in I John 5:10 that says
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"Anyone who does not
believe God's testimony
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is regarding Him as a liar. "
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So see, when you look
at the promises of God
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and you think: "Oh,
yeah... maybe for somebody else"
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"Maybe that's
true for J.D. Quinn
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but I don't know
if it's true for me"
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you are regarding God as a liar.
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Oh, Lord... help us!
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I want to read you
Hebrews 11:1 from the Amplified
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because I think it's beautiful.
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It says: "Faith is the
assurance... " the confirmation,
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the title deed... "of
the things we hope for.
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Being the proof of
things we do not see
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and the conviction
of their reality. "
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Now they have this little state-
ment in brackets afterwards.
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Faith: perceiving as real fact
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what is not
revealed to the senses.
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You have a title
deed if you are in Christ
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to every one of
God's covenant promises.
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Every single one of them.
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But it is more than just saying:
"Yeah, that's my title deed.
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I know I'm entitled
to that because after all
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I'm a child of God. "
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What God wants us to do
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is to speak with
the spirit of faith.
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He wants us... You
know II Corinthians 4:13...
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I love this scripture!
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Paul says:
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"Since we have the
same spirit of faith
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as it is written... " Now he's
going to quote from the Psalms:
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'I believe
therefore I spoke. ' "
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And he says: "Since we have
that same spirit of faith... "
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What is the spirit of faith?
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"I believed and
therefore I spoke. "
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He said: "We also
believe and speak. "
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What you say is so important!
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We need to develop this
attitude of affirming God.
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And to affirm something
means that you are making
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a strong public
statement of fact.
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It means that you've
got an absolute conviction
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of its truth. And
what God wants us to do
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is not just to stake
a claim on this promise.
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He wants us to
bring it into our life,
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speak it over our life,
return it to Him in prayer,
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and let this be our testimony
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because it is a declaration
of faith that we agree
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with God's testimony.
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He loves that!
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We're
acknowledging His Word as truth
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and we bring glory
to Him when we do this.
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We affirm His existence.
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We affirm His character.
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Now let me tell you
something about your character.
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Your character is revealed
not only in your conduct
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but in your conversation.
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Words are important!
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The Bible says there's
"the power of life and death
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in the tongue. "
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Do you realize you can
speak death into a situation?
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A lot of you
have heard of people
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who grew up hearing:
00:19:11.88\00:19:14.28
"You're never going
to amount to anything;
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you're worthless. "
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And they have
this mental baggage
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that they have to deal with
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because somebody
spoke death into their life.
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Oh parents, grandparents...
speak the Word of God
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into your children's lives.
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Our words matter in prayer,
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in conversation,
and in our self-talk.
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I don't even want to tell
you the self-talk I was having
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before I came this morning.
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Weird morning for me.
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And then I realized: the devil
just doesn't want me to be able
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to get up here with
any peace in my heart
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and speak to you. You know?
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So I like words. I
like to look up words
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in the Greek and in the Hebrew.
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In the Greek there are two terms
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that are both
translated word in English.
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One is logos.
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Sometimes people
pronounce it logos.
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It's actually
supposed to be logos.
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But L O G O S.
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It is used 330
times in the Bible.
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But... So what does logos mean?
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Word. Word! There's another one:
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Rhema. And rhema
is only used 70 times.
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Guess what rhema means.
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Word. What we want to do:
let's look at the definition.
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I prepared a slide for you.
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Logos... what is the difference
between logos and rhema?
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Logos implies
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the sum of God's
revelation to humanity.
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The vast
unfolding of His reasoning.
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The power of the mind of God.
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Logos is the expression
of His will and His purposes.
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The entire Bible: this
is the logos Word of God.
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It is called "the
Word of life" in the letter
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to the Philippians.
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Jesus is always
called the Logos.
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"In the beginning was
the Logos, and the Logos
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was with God and
the Logos WAS God. "
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So Jesus is the perfect
revelation of the Father
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to humanity.
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That's logos.
Let's now look at rhema.
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Rhema implies a specific word
00:21:40.70\00:21:45.53
that is spoken by God
with an applied purpose.
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A word that has practical
and immediate function.
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A personal word of
instruction from God
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is delivered as a rhema word.
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And let me give you an example.
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In Luke 5:5 when Jesus
was talking to Simon Peter
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and He said:
"Hey, go out here...
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.53
cast out your fishing nets. "
00:22:10.73\00:22:12.66
And Simon looks
at Him and he says:
00:22:12.86\00:22:14.86
"Uh, well... actually
we've been fishing all night
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and we've caught nothing.
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Nevertheless, at Your rhema
00:22:21.04\00:22:25.31
word I will let down the net. "
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So in the Greek dictionaries
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there's really
very little distinction
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between logos and rhema.
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But I think... I found
the scripture where Christ
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used both terms in one sentence.
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There's gotta be a
distinction, right?
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So I started looking up
all these scriptures that were
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rhema... the 70 scriptures.
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And what I found is
their usage within scripture
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seems to indicate
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that we can take any
of the logos Word of God
00:23:06.01\00:23:10.55
and when we bring it
in and personally apply it
00:23:10.75\00:23:14.46
it becomes rhema to us.
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In James 1:21 James said
00:23:18.16\00:23:21.16
that the Word, when
it's implanted in your heart,
00:23:21.36\00:23:25.20
has the power to save your soul.
00:23:25.60\00:23:29.00
It's the logos
he's talking about.
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You take the logos, you
implant it in your heart,
00:23:31.07\00:23:34.41
let it get rooted,
guess what happens.
00:23:34.61\00:23:37.05
It springs to life as rhema.
00:23:37.25\00:23:40.22
So what I wanted to do
is quickly we're going to go
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over 8 scriptures that talk
about the rhema Word of God.
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And I think you'll begin to
see why rhema is so important.
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Romans chapter 10.
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Romans chapter 10,
we'll begin with verse 8.
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Rhema increases our faith.
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The Bible says...
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What does it say?
We've got a slide for this.
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Now let me tell you something:
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confession is more
than mental assent.
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James tells us
00:24:41.38\00:24:42.71
"even the demons believe"
00:24:42.74\00:24:47.62
and what do they do?
00:24:48.02\00:24:49.68
They tremble. You see,
when we confess with our mouth
00:24:49.88\00:24:55.22
this is to say that we
have a deep personal conviction.
00:24:55.42\00:25:00.26
And we get that
belief in our heart,
00:25:00.46\00:25:02.26
we submit our life to
Jesus not just as Savior
00:25:02.46\00:25:07.70
but as our Lord and we repent
and trust Him for salvation.
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Now it goes on.
In Romans 10 he says:
00:25:13.34\00:25:16.88
What's in your
heart and in your mouth.
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Why is that important?
00:25:43.61\00:25:45.57
I'll tell you why.
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.31
When we plant
the word of faith...
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When we've got the word of faith
and he calls it "rhema word, "
00:25:51.58\00:25:55.95
when it's in your
heart and in your mouth,
00:25:56.15\00:25:58.85
it prevents you
from being double-minded
00:25:59.25\00:26:01.56
and making a
double-minded confession.
00:26:01.76\00:26:04.06
When you hear your own
voice speak God's promises
00:26:04.46\00:26:10.13
it is faith building.
00:26:10.53\00:26:13.77
It is... it creates
that personal conviction.
00:26:14.64\00:26:20.28
It is a way that you
plug in to God's purposes,
00:26:20.48\00:26:24.58
His plan, and His power.
00:26:24.78\00:26:28.18
And as you speak
this over your life,
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.75
as you pray His
promises back to Him,
00:26:30.95\00:26:33.05
He converts your heart.
00:26:33.46\00:26:35.12
I mean, it's just
like you've plugged in
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.23
and all of a sudden His
energy's coming into you
00:26:37.43\00:26:41.16
and His way of thinking
becomes your way of thinking.
00:26:41.36\00:26:45.67
Confession
validates God's testimony
00:26:46.17\00:26:51.41
and we're saying:
"Lord, I exalt Your Word. "
00:26:51.61\00:26:55.34
Psalm 138 verse 2
00:26:55.74\00:26:57.85
says: "God exalts His name
and His Word above everything. "
00:26:58.25\00:27:02.92
But He magnifies His
Word even above His name.
00:27:03.12\00:27:08.89
I think that's an amazing thing.
00:27:10.56\00:27:13.46
So what rhema does for us
00:27:13.86\00:27:16.87
is it renews our mind.
00:27:17.07\00:27:19.23
Remember when Paul
said in Romans 12:2
00:27:19.43\00:27:21.74
"Don't be
conformed to the world. "
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.57
He said: "Don't be conformed
to this system of beliefs
00:27:24.97\00:27:28.84
of the world...
their corrupt behavior. "
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.18
"But be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
00:27:31.38\00:27:35.08
so that you can prove
what is the good and perfect
00:27:35.28\00:27:37.79
and acceptable will of God. "
00:27:37.99\00:27:40.22
You know how you do that?
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.59
You get in and let that
Word become your testimony.
00:27:42.99\00:27:47.66
And He changes... Let
me give you an example:
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II Corinthians 5:17
00:27:51.07\00:27:53.34
says that "If anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation.
00:27:54.10\00:27:59.64
The old is gone;
the new has come. "
00:27:59.84\00:28:01.88
Right? OK.
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.98
Let's do this as an
affirmation. Repeat after me:
00:28:04.18\00:28:07.45
I am a new creation in Christ.
00:28:07.85\00:28:10.42
I am a new creation in Christ.
00:28:10.62\00:28:12.95
The old is gone
and the new has come.
00:28:13.15\00:28:15.26
The old is gone
and the new has come.
00:28:15.46\00:28:17.73
How many of you are
going: "Oh, who doesn't know
00:28:18.43\00:28:21.40
that the old rears its
ugly head every now and then? "
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.43
You know, there's a mental
resistance to that at first,
00:28:26.00\00:28:29.00
isn't there? Let me
give you another one.
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.14
Repeat after me.
00:28:31.34\00:28:32.67
Well, first let me
tell you the scripture.
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.04
In Romans 8:29 it says:
00:28:34.34\00:28:37.38
"For whom He foreknew, He
predestined to be conformed
00:28:37.58\00:28:40.85
to the image of His Son. "
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.42
So repeat after me:
00:28:42.62\00:28:44.15
I am predestined by God
00:28:44.55\00:28:46.72
I am predestined by God
00:28:46.92\00:28:49.12
to be conformed to
the image of Jesus Christ.
00:28:49.32\00:28:52.59
to be conformed to
the image of Jesus Christ.
00:28:52.79\00:28:56.33
That ought to really do
something to your heart.
00:28:57.70\00:29:01.57
See, there is
sometimes a mental resistance
00:29:02.40\00:29:06.24
when we're first speaking
His Word as an affirmation.
00:29:06.44\00:29:10.21
But we have to remember
that Romans 4:17 says that
00:29:10.41\00:29:13.42
God is the God who
gives life to the dead
00:29:13.62\00:29:15.75
and He calls things
that are not as though
00:29:15.95\00:29:20.66
they already were.
00:29:20.86\00:29:22.66
See, what we're doing
often when we're speaking this
00:29:23.49\00:29:27.50
is we're calling
things that are not yet
00:29:27.90\00:29:32.13
perceived by us, but
they're the truth to God.
00:29:32.33\00:29:37.74
And I'm going to tell
you it's life changing.
00:29:38.44\00:29:42.81
because the Psalm says: "I
believe, therefore I have spoken
00:29:43.01\00:29:49.38
and with the
same spirit of faith
00:29:49.58\00:29:52.09
we believe and also speak. "
00:29:52.29\00:29:55.59
And you know what?
Little Word; little faith.
00:29:55.99\00:30:00.60
How many of those
"all" promises do you know?
00:30:02.20\00:30:07.10
Little Word; little faith.
00:30:07.80\00:30:09.87
Faith expects little when
God's promises are unknown.
00:30:10.07\00:30:13.91
So let's look at the 2nd scrip-
ture we're considering today
00:30:14.31\00:30:18.18
about the rhema
word: Matthew 4:4.
00:30:18.58\00:30:21.52
Matthew 4:4. The
word - the rhema word -
00:30:21.72\00:30:25.82
is our spiritual nutrition.
00:30:26.02\00:30:27.99
Jesus said:
00:30:28.49\00:30:30.09
The word that's in your
heart and in your mouth,
00:30:41.04\00:30:42.97
the word that
you're confessing... that!
00:30:43.17\00:30:45.74
Every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:30:45.94\00:30:48.88
When you take the logos
personally you make it rhema
00:30:49.08\00:30:53.98
The vitality of your Christian
life depends on how many
00:30:54.18\00:30:57.79
promises of God
you have digested.
00:30:57.99\00:31:00.79
Boy, I'll tell you:
there's a lot... there's a lot
00:31:00.99\00:31:04.66
about God's Word being
nutrition in the Scriptures.
00:31:05.06\00:31:09.50
Revelation 3:20 Jesus said:
"Hey, I'm standing at the door.
00:31:09.70\00:31:13.13
I'm knocking, and if
you will let Me come in -
00:31:13.34\00:31:17.01
Me... the Living Word
- I'll dine with you. "
00:31:17.21\00:31:20.68
Amen! He wants us to
be dining on this Word.
00:31:21.08\00:31:24.01
He told Ezekiel in chapter
2 verse 8: "You, son of man,
00:31:24.21\00:31:27.88
hear what I say to you.
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.42
Do not be rebellious
like that rebellious house.
00:31:29.52\00:31:33.25
Open your mouth and
eat what I give you. "
00:31:33.66\00:31:36.32
He wanted Ezekiel to
open and eat the Word.
00:31:36.73\00:31:42.36
he said: "Your words
were found, and I ate them
00:31:45.40\00:31:49.00
and they were to me
the joy and the rejoicing
00:31:49.20\00:31:52.14
of my heart. " And
bless little Job's heart.
00:31:52.34\00:31:55.71
You know what Job says?
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.48
He said: "I treasure
the words of His mouth
00:31:57.68\00:32:01.22
more than my necessary food. "
00:32:01.42\00:32:03.69
Oh that we would
develop that very same attitude.
00:32:03.89\00:32:07.66
Amen! And you can.
00:32:07.86\00:32:09.69
And I'll tell you what:
make that a rhema affirmation.
00:32:10.09\00:32:13.60
"Oh Lord, I treasure
the words of Your mouth
00:32:13.80\00:32:17.10
more than my necessary food.
" And guess what will happen?
00:32:17.30\00:32:20.40
He will bring that into being.
00:32:20.90\00:32:24.47
Amen! Remember the parable
00:32:24.67\00:32:27.21
Jesus told about
the sower and the seed?
00:32:27.41\00:32:31.11
We call it the
parable of the seed.
00:32:31.31\00:32:33.28
It should be the parable of the
soil. There's 4 different types
00:32:33.48\00:32:36.69
of soil. But in
Luke 8:11 Jesus said
00:32:36.89\00:32:40.09
"the seed is the Word of God. "
00:32:40.29\00:32:44.23
Your spiritual
nutrition has to be harvested.
00:32:44.63\00:32:49.06
If I plant corn here
and I plant wheat here,
00:32:50.83\00:32:55.24
what am I going to get?
00:32:55.44\00:32:56.77
Corn. What am I going
to get over here? Wheat.
00:32:56.97\00:32:58.97
Why? The
potential of the harvest
00:32:59.17\00:33:03.68
is wrapped inside the seed.
00:33:04.08\00:33:07.25
All of your potential...
the seed is the Word of God.
00:33:08.28\00:33:12.95
All of your potential
is wrapped inside the seed.
00:33:13.46\00:33:17.59
Now the third
scripture. The rhema Word of God
00:33:17.79\00:33:21.46
sustains and upholds us.
00:33:21.66\00:33:23.70
Hebrews 1:3. I'll
read from the Amplified.
00:33:23.90\00:33:27.70
It's this word that you're
confessing over your mouth
00:34:04.64\00:34:08.24
that you've got in your heart...
It's this word that you're
00:34:08.44\00:34:10.38
taking as your
spiritual nutrition.
00:34:10.58\00:34:13.52
THAT is how Jesus is going
to sustain you and uphold you.
00:34:13.72\00:34:18.15
It's His mighty
rhema word of power.
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.89
Let me give you an example:
00:34:22.09\00:34:23.43
Isaiah 26 verse 3 says:
00:34:23.56\00:34:27.46
"You will keep
him in perfect peace
00:34:27.66\00:34:29.73
whose mind is stayed on You
00:34:29.93\00:34:31.67
because he trusts in You. "
00:34:31.87\00:34:33.27
One morning I was up,
and I'm going: "Oh, Father,
00:34:33.47\00:34:36.20
I thank you that You
keep me in perfect peace. "
00:34:36.40\00:34:38.44
"I thank you that You
help me keep my eyes focused
00:34:38.64\00:34:41.38
on Jesus, the Author
and Finisher of my faith. "
00:34:41.58\00:34:44.21
"I thank you,
Lord, that I trust You.
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.21
I know everything that You
do is for my eternal benefit. "
00:34:46.41\00:34:50.12
Guess what? A little
later I get this phone call.
00:34:51.02\00:34:55.16
J.D.'s out of town.
00:34:55.36\00:34:56.69
It was an alarming
phone call... bad news...
00:34:56.96\00:35:01.36
And here I am: "Oh,
what are we going to do? "
00:35:01.76\00:35:05.07
I'm trying to get ahold of
J.D. "What are we going to do? "
00:35:05.27\00:35:08.20
"I don't know what we're going
to do. Oh, Lord, what are we
00:35:08.60\00:35:11.07
going to do? " All my
peace flew out the window.
00:35:11.27\00:35:16.14
So all of a sudden the
still small voice of the Lord
00:35:17.91\00:35:21.18
impresses this
thought upon my mind:
00:35:21.38\00:35:23.39
"Where are your eyes focused?
00:35:23.79\00:35:26.52
On Me or on the problem? "
00:35:27.56\00:35:30.63
So I began to
affirm His Word again
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.86
saying: "Father, I thank you
00:35:34.06\00:35:36.00
that You helped me to
keep my mind focused on You
00:35:36.50\00:35:40.57
trusting in You. And You promise
to give me perfect peace.
00:35:40.77\00:35:43.87
Thank you for that perfect
peace. " Peace was restored.
00:35:44.07\00:35:48.94
And guess what? Within 24 hours
God had worked out the problem.
00:35:49.14\00:35:52.35
So it's so important for us...
00:35:53.11\00:35:56.28
Hebrews chapter 6 says
it's impossible for God to lie.
00:35:56.48\00:36:00.09
God cannot lie. We need
to put our trust in Him.
00:36:00.79\00:36:04.23
We need to eagerly expect
God to fulfill His promises.
00:36:04.43\00:36:09.33
Did you know that's what
the word hope means in Greek?
00:36:10.07\00:36:14.90
Hope means eager expectation.
00:36:15.24\00:36:18.81
We need to let that hope -
00:36:19.31\00:36:22.74
Hebrews 6:19- be
the anchor for our soul.
00:36:22.94\00:36:27.28
It will keep us on course
00:36:27.48\00:36:31.19
in the midst of a storm.
00:36:31.39\00:36:32.95
The writer of Hebrews
says: "Let us hold fast
00:36:33.99\00:36:37.96
the confession of
our hope without wavering
00:36:38.16\00:36:40.80
for He who
promised is faithful. "
00:36:40.96\00:36:44.47
Now let's look at
Ephesians 5:25-27.
00:36:44.67\00:36:50.11
The rhema word washes away
the influence of the world.
00:36:51.11\00:36:57.11
That word that's in our
heart that we're confessing,
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.58
that word that is
our spiritual nutrition,
00:37:28.78\00:37:32.15
that's sustaining
us and upholding us
00:37:32.35\00:37:36.02
that Word will wash away
the influence of the world.
00:37:36.42\00:37:40.62
Our minds will be refreshed.
00:37:40.82\00:37:42.76
Our attitudes will be made new.
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.96
Many years ago
when we lived in Dallas
00:37:45.89\00:37:49.13
when we first
married, J.D.'s family farm
00:37:49.33\00:37:52.07
was a couple hundred miles
away and we'd often go down
00:37:52.27\00:37:54.97
for the weekend. And you know,
00:37:55.17\00:37:57.91
I'm a new bride. I want
to impress my mother-in-law.
00:37:58.11\00:38:01.14
I had this long, long hair.
00:38:01.88\00:38:06.18
Bushy hair... it's always bushy.
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.95
But we would go, and J.D.
would stop at a certain place,
00:38:09.15\00:38:14.82
a certain truck
stop to get fuel.
00:38:15.02\00:38:18.59
And sometimes it was
necessary for me to run in
00:38:19.26\00:38:23.03
and use the necessary room.
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.13
So I'd run in there
and they smoked in there.
00:38:25.53\00:38:29.84
And no matter how fast
I dashed in and dashed out
00:38:30.34\00:38:33.24
we'd get in the car
and we'd be on the way
00:38:33.44\00:38:35.14
to the farm and... inhaling...
"Your hair smells like smoke. "
00:38:35.34\00:38:39.71
You know, we used to not
know that second-hand smoke
00:38:40.25\00:38:43.05
was dangerous. We do now.
00:38:43.25\00:38:44.89
Second-hand sin is as well.
00:38:45.39\00:38:49.12
We walk in an
environment of sin.
00:38:49.66\00:38:54.53
I'm telling you:
this world is insane!
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.67
And what we don't
realize is that even though
00:38:58.20\00:39:02.14
we may not be
participating in this
00:39:02.34\00:39:05.17
what happens is it
begins to permeate us
00:39:05.37\00:39:10.28
and it clings to us
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.61
and we've got to
get into the Word
00:39:12.81\00:39:16.58
and let our
attitudes be made fresh.
00:39:16.99\00:39:21.36
Psalm 119 the Psalmist says:
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.93
"How can a young
man cleanse his ways?
00:39:24.13\00:39:25.96
By taking heed
according to Your Word. "
00:39:26.16\00:39:29.00
And then he says: "Your
Word I've hidden in my heart
00:39:29.20\00:39:31.47
that I might not
sin against You. "
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.24
Let me tell you something
- J.D. will confirm this:
00:39:34.97\00:39:40.28
Probably this
year all of a sudden
00:39:40.68\00:39:44.78
80% of the phone calls that are
coming in to our Pastoral Dept.
00:39:44.98\00:39:48.35
are about spiritual warfare.
00:39:48.75\00:39:51.05
Now first I want
to tell you something:
00:39:51.69\00:39:53.52
Satan is not omnipresent.
00:39:54.12\00:39:57.46
Amen! OK?
00:39:57.66\00:39:59.59
There's some people...
I mean it's interesting.
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.56
All these people are saying:
00:40:01.76\00:40:03.10
"Oh, Satan's doing
this; Satan's doing that. "
00:40:03.13\00:40:05.50
You know? And you think:
"Well how can he be in London
00:40:05.90\00:40:08.90
and be in New
Zealand and be in Boston
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.74
and be in San Diego? " He
can't be all places at one time.
00:40:12.94\00:40:17.65
He's not God.
00:40:18.05\00:40:19.38
He's not
omnipresent but he does have
00:40:19.61\00:40:22.78
this unholy
alliance of evil angels
00:40:24.25\00:40:27.39
that go out to do his bidding.
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.96
And II Corinthians chapter 4...
00:40:30.89\00:40:35.83
excuse me...
chapter 10 verses 4 and 5
00:40:36.03\00:40:38.50
lets us know that this war
00:40:38.90\00:40:43.07
is to control your minds.
00:40:43.27\00:40:45.31
That's where
the battleground is.
00:40:46.04\00:40:50.08
And he says in this
that we've gotta cast down
00:40:50.65\00:40:56.05
arguments. Talks
about the strongholds.
00:40:56.25\00:40:59.39
We've got to
cast down arguments...
00:40:59.59\00:41:02.42
these main arguments...
everything that sets itself up
00:41:02.62\00:41:06.09
against the knowledge of God.
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.26
We've gotta cast it down.
00:41:08.96\00:41:10.73
And I guarantee you our weapons
00:41:11.23\00:41:15.10
are not carnal
but they are mighty!
00:41:15.30\00:41:19.17
So let's look at Ephesians 6:17
00:41:19.57\00:41:22.64
because the rhema word
00:41:22.84\00:41:26.92
is the sword of the Spirit.
00:41:27.32\00:41:29.62
Look at this: Ephesians 6:17.
00:41:30.32\00:41:33.25
It is... Let me just do this:
00:41:42.96\00:41:46.03
I used to think this
was the sword of the Spirit.
00:41:46.80\00:41:49.87
No... this is the
sheath that holds the sword.
00:41:50.07\00:41:55.08
The sword of the Spirit is
that word that is in your heart
00:41:55.81\00:41:59.61
and in your mouth. The
sword of the Spirit is that
00:41:59.81\00:42:02.58
word that you are
letting use your nutrition.
00:42:02.78\00:42:06.29
I mean, be your spiritual
nutrition that is sustaining
00:42:06.49\00:42:09.52
and upholding you that you
are confessing and praying.
00:42:09.72\00:42:12.43
So do you remember
the story of Zorro?
00:42:12.63\00:42:16.90
If you're old enough? I
think they've revived it.
00:42:17.30\00:42:19.50
Even maybe some of you
younger folk know that.
00:42:19.70\00:42:21.60
But Zorro was
this dashing vigilante
00:42:22.00\00:42:25.24
and he was always
going around rescuing people.
00:42:25.44\00:42:28.74
And what would he do as
he was leaving the scene?
00:42:28.94\00:42:34.45
He would take out his sword
and with three bold swipes...
00:42:34.65\00:42:38.99
whish - whish - whish...
he'd make a Z for his mark
00:42:39.19\00:42:43.93
so they knew he'd been there.
00:42:44.33\00:42:45.89
You know, when the
devil tempted Jesus...
00:42:46.59\00:42:49.66
In the 40 days in the wilderness
when the devil came to Jesus
00:42:51.43\00:42:56.10
first of all I want you to
notice Satan used scripture.
00:42:56.50\00:43:00.38
But he used it out of context.
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.31
See, we have to know scripture
to understand scripture.
00:43:04.71\00:43:08.28
You can't just
pull up one proof text
00:43:08.68\00:43:11.69
and think that that's
going to support the teaching.
00:43:11.89\00:43:14.29
It's scripture upon scripture.
00:43:14.86\00:43:17.43
But how did Jesus
answer all three temptations?
00:43:18.19\00:43:23.80
He pulled out the
sword of the Spirit
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.80
and He said: "whish, whish,
whish: 'It is written! ' "
00:43:26.00\00:43:29.37
Three bold
swipes: "IT IS WRITTEN! "
00:43:29.77\00:43:34.08
Amen! And this is what
we've got to learn to do.
00:43:34.48\00:43:39.51
We can either be spiritual
Zorros or spiritual Zeroes.
00:43:39.71\00:43:45.35
See, when the
devil comes against us
00:43:46.92\00:43:50.63
with guilt and condemnation
00:43:51.43\00:43:53.86
we need to pull out our
sword and say: "It is written! "
00:43:54.06\00:43:59.33
"I'm a new
creation in Christ Jesus. "
00:43:59.53\00:44:02.00
"The old is gone;
the new has come. "
00:44:02.20\00:44:04.61
"God is working in me to
will and to do His good pleasure
00:44:04.81\00:44:08.31
and He will complete the
good work He's begun in me. "
00:44:08.51\00:44:11.48
That's II Corinthians
5:17, Philippians 2:13,
00:44:11.68\00:44:14.98
and Philippians 1:6.
00:44:15.22\00:44:16.79
And when the
devil comes against us
00:44:17.22\00:44:19.42
we pull it out and
say: "It is written! "
00:44:19.62\00:44:22.79
"I am dead to
sin but alive to God.
00:44:22.99\00:44:25.29
I'm under the
power of His grace.
00:44:25.49\00:44:26.93
Sin shall not be my
master; I have put on Christ.
00:44:27.13\00:44:30.77
I'll make no
provision for the flesh.
00:44:30.97\00:44:33.57
God has given me the
victory through Christ Jesus! "
00:44:33.77\00:44:38.17
That's Romans 6:11, 6:14, 13:14,
00:44:38.57\00:44:42.14
and I Corinthians 15:57.
00:44:42.34\00:44:45.11
The Word of God is alive
00:44:45.81\00:44:49.88
and active, and scripture says
00:44:50.09\00:44:52.75
"It is sharper than
any two-edged sword. "
00:44:52.95\00:44:55.66
In the Greek the word
for two-edged is distomos.
00:44:56.06\00:45:00.33
And you know what
it literally means?
00:45:00.53\00:45:02.40
Double-mouthed.
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.37
Like a double-mouthed river.
00:45:04.77\00:45:07.44
The first edge
struck when God speaks it
00:45:07.80\00:45:12.17
but the second edge
strikes when you speak it.
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.64
Psalm 129:4 says:
00:45:16.24\00:45:18.21
"The Lord is
righteous. He will cut us free
00:45:18.41\00:45:21.12
from the cord of the
wicked that binds us. "
00:45:21.32\00:45:23.59
But it's when we take
up the sword of the Spirit
00:45:23.99\00:45:29.12
and as we return His Word
to Him it does not return void.
00:45:29.52\00:45:34.00
Isaiah 55:11 God
says "It will accomplish
00:45:34.40\00:45:37.57
every purpose for
which He sent it. "
00:45:37.73\00:45:39.63
Jeremiah 1:12 He says:
"I'm watching over My word
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.87
to perform it. " Habakkuk 2:3
00:45:43.07\00:45:45.31
He says: "Though
it tarry, wait for it.
00:45:45.51\00:45:47.44
It will surely come
at the appointed time. "
00:45:47.64\00:45:52.15
So it is so critical for us
00:45:52.98\00:45:56.52
to become Word warriors.
00:45:56.92\00:46:00.66
John 15:7... the next
scripture we want to consider.
00:46:01.42\00:46:05.66
I'm going to say something.
00:46:23.55\00:46:25.15
I think it's very important
you understand the 2,300 days
00:46:25.71\00:46:28.75
and the 70-week prophecy
00:46:28.95\00:46:30.69
and all of that. I do
think that's important.
00:46:30.89\00:46:34.59
But I'm also going to tell you
just 'cause you do doesn't mean
00:46:35.39\00:46:39.09
you have a
relationship with the Lord.
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.16
You can have a
lot of head knowledge
00:46:43.60\00:46:45.80
but if you don't have
that... It is as you abide
00:46:46.00\00:46:49.47
in the rhema Word,
as you let that Word
00:46:49.67\00:46:53.68
become real to you and
you're putting it into practice,
00:46:53.88\00:46:57.01
that's how you
abide in the vine.
00:46:57.21\00:47:00.15
The Living Word... You are
bonded with the Living Word
00:47:00.35\00:47:03.99
as you are in His written Word.
00:47:04.19\00:47:07.99
His thoughts
become your thoughts.
00:47:08.39\00:47:10.46
And you know why you
can ask what you wish
00:47:10.66\00:47:13.80
and it'll be done for
you? I John 5:14 says this:
00:47:14.00\00:47:17.30
"This is the confidence we
have in Him: that if we ask
00:47:17.70\00:47:20.64
anything according to
His will He hears us. "
00:47:20.84\00:47:25.04
And if we know that He hears us,
00:47:25.44\00:47:27.24
we know that we have the
petitions we've asked of Him.
00:47:27.44\00:47:31.38
Prayer and the Word are
inseparably linked together.
00:47:31.98\00:47:37.89
When you are praying the
Word of God you know you're
00:47:38.29\00:47:42.02
praying the will of God.
00:47:42.22\00:47:43.73
And the power of
either prayer or the Word
00:47:44.29\00:47:47.66
depends upon the
presence of the other.
00:47:47.86\00:47:51.17
OK... here's
one of my favorites.
00:47:51.37\00:47:55.00
Luke 1:37.
00:47:55.94\00:47:58.47
No rhema word is
impossible of fulfillment.
00:47:58.67\00:48:03.38
Let me set this up.
00:48:03.58\00:48:04.95
The angel comes
to this little virgin
00:48:06.61\00:48:11.85
teenager and he says to
her "You're going to have
00:48:12.05\00:48:15.79
the Son of God. "
00:48:15.99\00:48:17.33
She's betrothed
which means she's married.
00:48:19.36\00:48:23.50
The way it
worked back in the day
00:48:23.70\00:48:27.70
in the Jewish
marriage that first year
00:48:28.20\00:48:31.11
they had already
signed a marriage contract.
00:48:31.31\00:48:33.31
They're married.
00:48:33.51\00:48:34.84
BUT the woman
would stay in her village
00:48:35.41\00:48:38.25
and the women are teaching
her how to cook and clean
00:48:38.45\00:48:40.98
and fold his
underwear just right.
00:48:41.18\00:48:44.55
And the guy would go
off and build a house...
00:48:46.22\00:48:50.49
build a room on
his father's house.
00:48:51.09\00:48:53.73
And even the
bridegroom didn't know
00:48:55.03\00:48:58.93
when he was going to
get to go get his bride.
00:48:59.33\00:49:02.74
He had to wait for his father
to say: "All right, the room is
00:49:04.57\00:49:08.64
ready. Go get your bride. "
00:49:08.84\00:49:10.18
So here is this
little teenage girl
00:49:10.98\00:49:14.65
and I could preach on
that but we don't have time.
00:49:14.85\00:49:16.95
Here is a little teenage girl
who has this angel come to her
00:49:17.15\00:49:22.52
and say: "You're going
to have the Son of God. "
00:49:22.72\00:49:24.39
"How could this be?
I've not been with a man. "
00:49:25.26\00:49:28.13
And he says to
her in Luke 1:37...
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.67
I have to read it
from the Amplified
00:49:30.87\00:49:32.90
because there isn't
another version that actually
00:49:33.90\00:49:36.87
captures the Greek.
What the Greek says is:
00:49:37.07\00:49:39.51
"No rhema word of God is
impossible of fulfillment. "
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.35
So here's Luke
1:37 in the Amplified:
00:49:43.55\00:49:46.72
You know what? Do
you realize the risk
00:49:57.79\00:50:01.00
that Mary had to take?
00:50:01.40\00:50:03.47
Do you realize
that if Joseph found out
00:50:04.07\00:50:09.97
that she was pregnant...
First of all he could think
00:50:10.17\00:50:13.17
she's crazy if she
said "Well, the Holy Spirit
00:50:13.38\00:50:16.81
put this baby in me. "
00:50:18.01\00:50:19.91
But if he had rejected her
00:50:20.75\00:50:24.52
she would probably never
have been married... ever.
00:50:25.05\00:50:28.92
And she'd have an
"illegitimate" child.
00:50:29.32\00:50:31.69
And if her father had
kicked her out, which probably
00:50:32.29\00:50:36.30
would have happened... that's
what happens in that culture,
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.60
you know what
would have happened then?
00:50:39.00\00:50:40.70
She'd have either
had to go to prostitution
00:50:41.34\00:50:44.47
or begging to support her child.
00:50:44.87\00:50:47.48
What faith this woman had!
00:50:49.18\00:50:52.58
Think about it.
00:50:53.72\00:50:55.38
You know, it would be
easy to say: "Lord, I know
00:50:55.58\00:50:58.05
that the Messiah is
supposed to be born, but
00:50:58.25\00:51:00.66
not from me... I'm too young. "
00:51:00.86\00:51:02.76
But what did she
say? Luke 1:38 says:
00:51:03.26\00:51:06.06
"Mary said: 'Behold the
maidservant of the Lord.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.96
Let it be done to me
00:51:10.17\00:51:13.23
according to
your rhema word. ' "
00:51:13.64\00:51:18.31
Whoo! And then she goes
to see her cousin Elizabeth
00:51:18.71\00:51:23.35
when she walks in
00:51:23.55\00:51:27.05
and the baby, John the
Baptist in Elizabeth's womb,
00:51:27.25\00:51:30.25
when the baby leaps
and Elizabeth looks at Mary
00:51:30.45\00:51:34.19
and she says: "Blessed is she
00:51:34.39\00:51:37.63
who believed that there would
be a fulfillment of the things
00:51:37.79\00:51:42.13
spoken to her by
the Word of God. "
00:51:42.33\00:51:44.60
Amen! I want you
to know that blessing.
00:51:44.80\00:51:48.84
Let me tell you something:
00:51:50.44\00:51:52.01
if Mary said "no, " her
history would have changed.
00:51:52.21\00:51:56.38
God would have found
another willing servant.
00:51:56.78\00:51:59.95
His purposes would
not have been thwarted.
00:52:00.82\00:52:03.62
But God wants you to
become "spiritually pregnant"
00:52:04.02\00:52:08.02
with expectancy, with hope.
00:52:08.22\00:52:11.39
He tells us in II Peter 1:3-4:
00:52:11.59\00:52:14.10
"His divine power has
given to us all things
00:52:14.30\00:52:19.40
that pertain to life and
godliness through the knowledge
00:52:20.27\00:52:23.14
of Him who called us
by His glory and virtue.
00:52:23.34\00:52:27.88
By which... " by this glory and
virtue... "have been given to us
00:52:28.08\00:52:31.98
exceedingly great
and precious promises
00:52:32.18\00:52:36.28
that through these
you may become partakers
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of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption
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that is in the
world through lust. "
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Oh... wow!
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See, right now if
you don't know Christ
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your spiritual DNA is
the devil's nature acquired.
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But when you are a new
creation in Christ Jesus,
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when you have been born again,
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when you are coming to
the promises and partaking of
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them as your rhema,
confessing them over your life,
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praying them back to the Lord,
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you have a new spiritual DNA:
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the divine nature acquired.
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Whoo! Hallelujah. Now,
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here's the one I
do not want to miss,
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the 8th scripture: John 12:48.
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Because this one shows
us... this is Jesus speaking...
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it uses both logos and rhema
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in the same sentence.
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And what it tells
us is it is dangerous
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to reject the rhema word.
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"The word that you
won't receive personally,
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confessing it over your life,
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letting it be your nutrition,
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letting it
sustain and uphold you,
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letting it be the
sword of your spirit,
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the word that you don't
put personal application
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being not just a hearer
but a doer of the word... "
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He says: "Boy, the person who
does not receive My rhema word
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has that which judges him. "
00:54:29.23\00:54:31.13
"The logos word I have spoken
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will judge him
in the last day. "
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Here's your judge.
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Let me tell you:
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our loving Savior wants us to
receive all that He has for us.
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Amen! Ah, He wants
to equip us thoroughly
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to do His will. He wants
us to depend on His power,
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to be made
perfect in our weakness.
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It's Almighty God
who will work in you
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to line up your
desires with His desires.
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To line up your
will with His will.
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It's the Creator of the
universe who will work in you to
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empower you to act.
There is nothing to fear
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as long as we depend on
His power to walk in obedience.
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But that being true
we've gotta consider this:
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our conduct, our conversation
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reveals our attitude toward
Christ and the Word of God.
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If we refuse to
receive His Word as rhema
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we are, at that point that
we don't apply it to our life,
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at that point that we aren't
actively involved with that word
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we're setting ourselves up
to be judged in the last day.
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At the point we
refuse the Word of God
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and putting it into practice
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we're at the same
point refusing and rejecting
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our Savior Jesus Christ.
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I Thessalonians 4:7-8 says:
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"God did not
call us to be impure
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but to live a holy life.
Therefore, he who rejects
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His instruction does
not reject man but God
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who gives you the Holy Spirit. "
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Let me ask you:
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Have you been
rejecting the rhema word?
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If you have, I know
that, you know, we can
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be in Bible
study, devotions, prayer
00:56:33.42\00:56:36.62
but sometimes
we're not plugged in.
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And all we have to
do... God will bring us
00:56:40.56\00:56:43.20
to godly sorrow and repentance:
just confess our sin.
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He will be faithful and
just to forgive us of our sin
00:56:46.87\00:56:49.04
and cleanse us of
all unrighteousness.
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He's the God of new beginnings
and He will complete the good
00:56:51.74\00:56:55.21
work He's begun in us.
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But we've got to have
that spirit of faith that says:
00:56:56.95\00:56:59.48
"I believe,
therefore I have spoken. "
00:56:59.68\00:57:02.25
And affirmations
call things that are not
00:57:02.45\00:57:04.99
as though they already existed.
00:57:05.19\00:57:06.76
It's a
confession... a word of faith
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that declares we agree
with the wisdom of God.
00:57:09.19\00:57:12.03
And we are confirming
His Word as our life source.
00:57:12.43\00:57:17.57
And guess what? It pleases God
00:57:17.73\00:57:22.17
because we are affirming Him
00:57:22.67\00:57:26.47
as our rightful
owner, as our Father,
00:57:26.68\00:57:31.05
and as the Lord
of all the earth.
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Amen! Let's pray...
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