How many of you know that He's able, this morning? 00:00:36.19\00:00:37.95 Come on, you know He's able? All right. 00:00:37.98\00:00:42.59 I want you to put your hands together right there, come on. 00:00:42.62\00:00:44.29 Come on, we know you know it. Say He's able. 00:00:57.76\00:01:00.86 He's able 00:01:00.89\00:01:04.07 You believe that this morning? 00:01:04.10\00:01:05.21 God is able 00:01:05.24\00:01:06.79 He's able 00:01:06.82\00:01:08.42 Thank you, Jesus 00:01:08.45\00:01:10.53 Hallelujah, He's able 00:01:10.56\00:01:12.33 He's able 00:01:12.36\00:01:13.77 I know that He can 00:01:16.75\00:01:17.83 I know that He can do it 00:01:17.86\00:01:20.28 He said he'd help me through it 00:01:20.31\00:01:22.50 He's able 00:01:22.53\00:01:25.50 All right, come on 00:01:25.53\00:01:27.76 He's able 00:01:27.79\00:01:39.01 I know that He can 00:01:39.04\00:01:40.29 I know that He can do it 00:01:40.32\00:01:42.47 He said he'd help me through it 00:01:42.50\00:01:44.96 Verse 8 00:01:44.99\00:01:46.60 Hold on, my brother, for your change is gonna come 00:01:46.63\00:01:52.05 Be strong, my sister, for your work is not done, no 00:01:52.08\00:01:57.73 Keep on believing and hold on tight 00:01:57.76\00:02:02.71 He's able to bring you joy... 00:02:02.74\00:02:05.37 Come on... In the morning light 00:02:05.40\00:02:07.27 He's able He's able 00:02:07.30\00:02:09.07 Here we go, come on. 00:02:09.10\00:02:12.46 He's able 00:02:12.49\00:02:23.48 And I know that He can 00:02:23.51\00:02:24.94 I know that He can do it 00:02:24.97\00:02:27.06 He said he'd help me through it 00:02:27.09\00:02:29.85 Hold on, break down 00:02:29.88\00:02:31.32 How many of you all know that God is able, this morning? 00:02:31.35\00:02:33.80 Come on, don't fool me now, do you know He's able? 00:02:33.83\00:02:36.19 Just lean over and nudge your neighbor 00:02:36.22\00:02:37.62 and say, "You know He's able, right? 00:02:37.65\00:02:39.59 You know He's able, right?" Come on, ladies, say... 00:02:39.62\00:02:41.90 He's able 00:02:41.93\00:02:44.45 Oh, yes He is 00:02:44.48\00:02:47.11 He's able He's able 00:02:47.14\00:02:49.61 Oh, yes He is 00:02:49.64\00:02:52.53 He can do it 00:02:52.56\00:02:55.34 Oh, yes He can 00:02:55.37\00:02:57.95 He can do it 00:02:57.98\00:03:00.42 Oh, yes He can 00:03:00.45\00:03:03.86 He's able 00:03:03.89\00:03:06.79 Oh, yes He is 00:03:06.82\00:03:09.38 He's able 00:03:09.41\00:03:12.17 Oh, yes He is 00:03:12.20\00:03:14.77 He can do it 00:03:14.80\00:03:16.36 No matter the situation. 00:03:16.39\00:03:17.64 Oh, yes He can 00:03:17.67\00:03:20.14 He can do it 00:03:20.17\00:03:22.78 Oh, yes He can 00:03:22.81\00:03:25.79 He's able 00:03:25.82\00:03:28.53 Oh, yes He is 00:03:28.56\00:03:33.96 Oh, yes He is Oh, yes He is 00:03:33.99\00:03:35.95 Take it up. Oh, yeah 00:03:35.98\00:03:38.18 Oh, yes He is 00:03:38.21\00:03:39.82 Oh, yes He is Oh, yes He is 00:03:39.85\00:03:41.67 Come on here. Oh, yes He is 00:03:41.70\00:03:43.65 Oh, yeah, He is 00:03:43.68\00:03:45.24 Oh, yes He is 00:03:45.27\00:03:46.30 Oh, yeah, He is 00:03:46.33\00:03:47.65 He's able 00:03:47.68\00:03:53.09 To open up the door, come on 00:03:53.12\00:03:54.87 He's able 00:03:54.90\00:03:55.96 To make the ways free 00:03:55.99\00:03:57.32 He's able 00:03:57.35\00:03:58.44 To save your son 00:03:58.47\00:03:59.97 He's able 00:04:00.00\00:04:01.47 To save your daughter 00:04:01.50\00:04:02.77 He's able 00:04:02.80\00:04:04.09 To save your marriage 00:04:04.12\00:04:05.50 He's able 00:04:05.53\00:04:06.80 God is able 00:04:06.83\00:04:08.18 He's able 00:04:08.21\00:04:09.55 To save- 00:04:09.58\00:04:10.98 He's able 00:04:11.01\00:04:12.15 To keep your wind going 00:04:12.18\00:04:13.94 He's able 00:04:13.97\00:04:15.00 God is able 00:04:15.03\00:04:16.31 He's able 00:04:16.34\00:04:17.77 God is able 00:04:17.80\00:04:19.04 He's able 00:04:19.07\00:04:23.19 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 00:04:23.22\00:04:26.62 Somebody believes He's able, this morning. 00:04:26.65\00:04:34.33 And since you know He's able... not just in every situation 00:04:36.05\00:04:40.61 but to do something specific, 00:04:40.64\00:04:42.83 to do what He said what He was gonna do. 00:04:42.86\00:04:45.36 Okay, he said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, 00:04:45.39\00:04:47.95 before my word will turn void" 00:04:47.98\00:04:49.50 So I know He'll keep His promises. 00:04:49.53\00:04:51.94 Hallelujah. 00:04:51.97\00:04:53.23 Come on, let me see your hands 00:04:53.26\00:04:54.32 if you know He'll keep His promises. 00:04:54.35\00:04:58.40 Hallelujah Exceedingly 00:04:58.43\00:05:04.73 Abundantly 00:05:04.76\00:05:08.28 Above all 00:05:08.31\00:05:13.41 you can ask or think 00:05:13.44\00:05:18.63 According to His power 00:05:18.66\00:05:26.29 Which liveth in you 00:05:27.08\00:05:31.06 Is in you 00:05:31.09\00:05:33.52 Oh, oh, oh, oh, come on. 00:05:33.55\00:05:35.27 God is able 00:05:35.30\00:05:36.54 God is able to do just what He said He would do 00:05:36.57\00:05:43.13 He's gonna fulfill 00:05:43.16\00:05:47.21 Every promise 00:05:47.24\00:05:48.28 Every promise that He made to you 00:05:48.31\00:05:51.93 Don't give up on God 00:05:51.96\00:05:56.15 'Cause He won't give up on you 00:05:56.18\00:05:59.66 He's able He's able 00:05:59.69\00:06:01.65 Here we go. 00:06:01.68\00:06:06.95 You believe He's able, say it again, He's able. 00:06:06.98\00:06:09.14 He's able 00:06:09.17\00:06:14.22 Come on, we're gonna say right there. 00:06:14.25\00:06:17.30 God is able 00:06:17.33\00:06:18.86 God is able to do just what He said He would do 00:06:18.89\00:06:25.64 He's gonna fulfill 00:06:25.67\00:06:29.29 Every promise 00:06:29.32\00:06:30.50 Every promise to you 00:06:30.53\00:06:33.97 Don't give up on God 00:06:34.00\00:06:37.46 'Cause He won't give up on you 00:06:37.49\00:06:41.60 He's able He's able 00:06:41.63\00:06:43.49 Come on. 00:06:43.52\00:06:48.41 If you believe it say it, He's able. 00:06:48.44\00:06:51.26 He's able 00:06:51.29\00:06:57.22 We got something for you to sing right here, 00:06:57.25\00:06:58.66 it goes like this, we say... 00:06:58.69\00:07:00.65 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, He's able 00:07:00.68\00:07:07.67 Can you say it, come on. 00:07:07.70\00:07:09.34 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:09.37\00:07:13.04 Sing past this rooftop. 00:07:13.07\00:07:15.45 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:15.48\00:07:22.92 He's able 00:07:22.95\00:07:24.90 Say... 00:07:24.93\00:07:26.00 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:26.03\00:07:28.00 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:28.03\00:07:29.56 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:29.59\00:07:31.09 Y'all now let's go... 00:07:31.12\00:07:32.23 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, He's able 00:07:32.26\00:07:34.96 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:34.99\00:07:39.45 He's able 00:07:39.48\00:07:41.13 He's the one to say it. 00:07:41.16\00:07:42.45 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:07:42.48\00:07:47.61 I don't know what you need God to do, 00:07:47.64\00:07:49.10 just want you to know that... 00:07:49.13\00:07:50.25 Yes, He's able 00:07:50.28\00:07:51.39 He's able 00:07:51.42\00:07:52.63 He's able He's able 00:07:52.66\00:07:56.62 Yes, He is He's able 00:07:56.65\00:07:58.76 God is able He's able 00:07:58.79\00:08:00.86 God sat with me, come on He's able 00:08:00.89\00:08:03.12 God is able He's able 00:08:03.15\00:08:04.97 Just wait and see He's able 00:08:05.00\00:08:07.06 God is able He's able 00:08:07.09\00:08:09.29 He's the healer, come on He's able 00:08:09.32\00:08:11.36 He heals the people He's able 00:08:11.39\00:08:13.47 Yes, he is He's able 00:08:13.50\00:08:15.71 With God, you're never down He's able 00:08:15.74\00:08:17.65 God will bring you up He's able 00:08:17.68\00:08:19.68 God is able He's able 00:08:19.71\00:08:23.68 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:08:23.71\00:08:29.60 He's able 00:08:29.63\00:08:31.49 Say it. 00:08:31.52\00:08:32.98 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 00:08:33.01\00:08:37.60 He's able 00:08:37.63\00:08:39.50 Oh, oh, oh, oh 00:08:39.53\00:08:41.38 Oh, don't give up on God 00:08:41.41\00:08:44.38 'cause He won't give up on you 00:08:44.41\00:08:47.85 I want you to say it again. 00:08:47.88\00:08:49.24 Oh, oh, oh, oh 00:08:49.27\00:08:50.40 Oh, don't give up on God 00:08:50.43\00:08:53.53 'cause He won't give up on you 00:08:53.56\00:08:56.93 Come on, sing another song. 00:08:56.96\00:08:58.10 Don't give up on God Don't give up on God 00:08:58.13\00:09:01.62 Why? 00:09:01.65\00:09:02.71 'Cause He won't give up on you 00:09:02.74\00:09:05.57 Come on, tell your neighbor. 00:09:05.60\00:09:06.73 Don't give up on God 00:09:06.76\00:09:08.94 No matter what it looks like, no matter the situation, 00:09:08.97\00:09:12.52 keep your faith, press on. 00:09:12.55\00:09:15.30 Don't give up on God, no 00:09:15.33\00:09:18.04 Don't give up on God 00:09:18.07\00:09:21.44 'Cause He won't give up on you 00:09:21.47\00:09:23.53 He's able, come on. 00:09:23.56\00:09:25.03 He is able, Hallelujah 00:09:25.06\00:09:30.65 Our God whom we serve is able this morning, 00:09:30.68\00:09:34.75 so if that's your desire would you join with me. 00:09:34.78\00:09:39.04 This morning, come on down to the altar, 00:09:39.07\00:09:42.24 so when you want to come for a brother or a sister, 00:09:42.27\00:09:44.25 intercessory prayer has power. 00:09:44.28\00:09:48.84 You want ask God to reach them 00:09:48.87\00:09:51.10 and the only way the divine 00:09:51.13\00:09:53.95 imagination can think off 00:09:53.98\00:09:57.42 as we bow and kneel and pray. 00:09:57.45\00:10:05.29 Gracious Father in heaven, 00:10:14.90\00:10:18.62 we commit this hour to You, Lord. 00:10:18.65\00:10:21.65 Thank you for the church 00:10:21.68\00:10:23.22 we've come together to pray. 00:10:23.25\00:10:26.38 We're lifting up our hearts to Jesus, 00:10:26.41\00:10:31.44 for You have been so wonderful to us. 00:10:31.47\00:10:35.45 You have been our God, You have been our light, 00:10:35.48\00:10:39.65 You have shown us the way, O Lord, we speak, 00:10:39.68\00:10:46.43 inside through our bones 00:10:46.46\00:10:48.87 and think what would we be without You. 00:10:48.90\00:10:55.35 We need You at every gathering. 00:10:55.38\00:10:58.61 We need You for shelter, 00:10:58.64\00:11:01.46 the clothes that we have on our backs, 00:11:01.49\00:11:04.57 You have blessed with that. 00:11:04.60\00:11:07.00 The food on our tables, the warmth in our homes, 00:11:07.03\00:11:12.95 the love between our families, the church that we worship at, 00:11:12.98\00:11:20.35 all things come of Thee, O Lord. 00:11:20.38\00:11:23.76 And of thy own have You given us. 00:11:23.79\00:11:29.24 And so it is with praise and adoration, 00:11:29.27\00:11:31.38 dear Lord, that we like the angel 00:11:31.41\00:11:33.62 who just could stand as we are amazed, 00:11:33.65\00:11:36.00 we cry out, Holy, Holy, Holy 00:11:36.03\00:11:41.09 Lord God Almighty. 00:11:41.12\00:11:43.34 We are amazed at what we see of Your goodness and Your love. 00:11:43.37\00:11:48.97 You cause your rain to shine- to rain 00:11:49.00\00:11:52.36 upon the just- 00:11:52.39\00:11:54.37 Your sun to shine upon the just as well as the unjust. 00:11:54.40\00:11:59.13 Our merciful God, a loving God, 00:11:59.16\00:12:02.33 but a God also justice, a God who would judge me, 00:12:02.36\00:12:09.70 a God who came down to this earth, 00:12:09.73\00:12:12.50 shed His blood for us on Calvary, 00:12:12.53\00:12:17.52 willingly He turned to die 00:12:17.55\00:12:22.73 that we might live. 00:12:22.76\00:12:24.12 Thank you, Jesus, 00:12:24.15\00:12:25.67 thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus. 00:12:25.70\00:12:30.10 Dear Lord, this morning, we want to lift up 00:12:30.13\00:12:34.34 some of the sick and shut-in within our church. 00:12:34.37\00:12:38.35 We want to lift up James Brunt. 00:12:38.38\00:12:41.84 His mother had a heart attack this week. 00:12:41.87\00:12:45.28 Oh, God, many of us know 00:12:45.31\00:12:47.94 what it means to lose our mothers. 00:12:47.97\00:12:53.66 The one who has loved us so much, 00:12:53.69\00:12:57.10 the one we have loved so much, dear Lord. 00:12:57.13\00:13:00.93 That's why we pray for Brother James Brunt. 00:13:00.96\00:13:04.89 Touch him, dear Lord, 00:13:04.92\00:13:07.07 and only touch him, touch his mother, dear Lord. 00:13:07.10\00:13:11.23 Help her, dear Lord, 00:13:11.26\00:13:12.83 and if it be thy will breaks her up from that pain, 00:13:12.86\00:13:17.22 that our witness may continue to remain strong. 00:13:17.25\00:13:22.06 We pray for Dr. Yvonne Lewis's father, 00:13:22.09\00:13:26.24 - who suffered a stroke, 00:13:26.27\00:13:29.04 his second stroke this week. 00:13:29.07\00:13:32.25 O Lord, we know our God will take care of strokes. 00:13:32.28\00:13:36.58 We know our God who can open up our hearts, 00:13:36.61\00:13:40.37 we know our God who can make them whole again. 00:13:40.40\00:13:46.32 And so we pray, O God, 00:13:46.35\00:13:47.71 that you will perform this time for Brother- 00:13:47.74\00:13:52.56 Bless Michael Jones, 00:13:52.59\00:13:55.34 his brother has injured his back, 00:13:55.37\00:13:57.75 this week, O God. 00:13:57.78\00:14:00.84 And we know how nagging these back injuries can be 00:14:00.87\00:14:04.18 and how difficult they can be. 00:14:04.21\00:14:06.64 Sometimes they just seem to go on and on, 00:14:06.67\00:14:10.46 medicines and manipulations and heat 00:14:10.49\00:14:14.60 and all the treatments 00:14:14.63\00:14:16.05 sometimes just doesn't do any good. 00:14:16.08\00:14:18.30 Dear Lord, we're not depended upon 00:14:18.33\00:14:20.19 those things, this morning. 00:14:20.22\00:14:21.28 We're depended upon You. 00:14:21.31\00:14:23.98 And we pray, dear Lord, 00:14:24.01\00:14:25.11 that you will bless Brother Michael Jones. 00:14:25.14\00:14:29.87 O God, this morning we want to lift up our pastor, 00:14:29.90\00:14:32.79 our assistant youth pastor 00:14:32.82\00:14:34.48 who we bring in the words of life, 00:14:34.51\00:14:37.30 the wonderful words of life. 00:14:37.33\00:14:40.41 We pray that we will all be touched. 00:14:40.44\00:14:43.11 We pray that You will bring more faith to all 00:14:43.14\00:14:46.10 and then- 00:14:46.13\00:14:47.99 Let him show us the way to the kingdom 00:14:48.02\00:14:51.42 and help us, dear Lord, 00:14:51.45\00:14:53.07 they'll be willing to follow him as he follows Christ. 00:14:53.10\00:14:57.94 Bless each member of the church, O God, 00:14:57.97\00:15:00.49 you know their desires, 00:15:00.52\00:15:03.18 you know the problems that they are facing, 00:15:03.21\00:15:06.01 you know the daily things that each has to go through 00:15:06.04\00:15:09.28 and what they need, bless them 00:15:09.31\00:15:11.51 according to their need, dear Lord. 00:15:11.54\00:15:14.98 Give them and show them the love 00:15:15.01\00:15:17.45 that thou in heaven can show. 00:15:17.48\00:15:20.82 Dear Lord, we want to lift up our youth in the church, today. 00:15:20.85\00:15:25.24 Satan, we know is bombarding them 00:15:25.27\00:15:28.11 in this evil world. 00:15:28.14\00:15:30.75 We have young people, dear Lord, 00:15:30.78\00:15:33.07 who we see in church every week 00:15:33.10\00:15:36.12 who are here serving you, praising your name, 00:15:36.15\00:15:40.45 on the Sabbath day 00:15:40.48\00:15:42.88 and we thank you for all them, O God. 00:15:42.91\00:15:45.21 We thank you for faithful, young people 00:15:45.24\00:15:48.31 who are standing for Jesus in this troublesome world. 00:15:48.34\00:15:52.86 Bless the parents too, God, 00:15:52.89\00:15:55.70 bless those who are training young minds, 00:15:55.73\00:15:58.67 who are molding clay before hearts, 00:15:58.70\00:16:03.38 their way hardens, dear Lord, 00:16:03.41\00:16:05.27 they will be in your passion, like unto You. 00:16:05.30\00:16:09.90 And, O God, may we all in that great Kingdom, Lord, 00:16:09.93\00:16:16.63 may we all be standing 00:16:16.66\00:16:18.01 under the blood stained banner of Prince Immanuel. 00:16:18.04\00:16:21.90 When Jesus bursts through the clouds, 00:16:21.93\00:16:25.56 may our hands be lifted 00:16:25.59\00:16:27.09 and we cry out holy praise, God. 00:16:27.12\00:16:30.35 Thank you, Jesus, for saving us and giving us that faith 00:16:30.38\00:16:35.10 that we needed to bring through 00:16:35.13\00:16:38.55 all these blessings we pray in the name of Jesus, 00:16:38.58\00:16:43.36 in Jesus' name, amen, amen. 00:16:43.39\00:16:51.20 One of the things that 00:16:51.23\00:16:54.81 I despise is going to the doctor. 00:16:54.84\00:17:01.14 When I think about going to the doctor, 00:17:01.17\00:17:03.27 I realize that I am in fact a real man. 00:17:03.30\00:17:09.21 Men don't like to go to the doctor. 00:17:09.24\00:17:12.91 Even though things bother us, we have aches and pains, 00:17:12.94\00:17:17.15 we manage to ignore all of our symptoms 00:17:17.18\00:17:21.46 and keep right on going. 00:17:21.49\00:17:25.25 I happened to like my present doctor, 00:17:25.28\00:17:27.89 he is a member of our congregation 00:17:27.92\00:17:31.00 and, yes, I'm gonna put in a little plug for him, 00:17:31.03\00:17:33.43 his name is Dr. Cecil Bailey. 00:17:33.46\00:17:36.01 So if you got something ails you can go see 00:17:36.04\00:17:38.08 Dr. Bailey, he is a good doctor. 00:17:38.11\00:17:40.58 I will go to see him but I notice every time 00:17:40.61\00:17:43.02 I get to his office, there are several things 00:17:43.05\00:17:47.52 that he does or his assistants do 00:17:47.55\00:17:50.84 prior to his coming into the room. 00:17:50.87\00:17:53.35 They say that they're taking my vital signs. 00:17:53.38\00:17:57.83 My vital signs. 00:17:57.86\00:17:59.60 The vital signs include taking my temperature, 00:17:59.63\00:18:04.77 my pulse, my respirations and my blood pressure. 00:18:04.80\00:18:11.12 Now as often as that's been done, 00:18:11.15\00:18:13.18 I wonder why do they keep doing that. 00:18:13.21\00:18:17.06 It's because in order to see 00:18:17.09\00:18:19.62 how well I'm doing physiologically, health wise. 00:18:19.65\00:18:24.74 There are certain criterion that's in place 00:18:24.77\00:18:28.31 to determine whether or not I'm doing well. 00:18:28.34\00:18:31.59 Let me see how well you'd know how well you're doing. 00:18:31.62\00:18:35.42 What's the optimum temperature that one must have? 00:18:35.45\00:18:40.74 98.6, very good. How about pulse? 00:18:40.77\00:18:47.22 120/80 pulse, is that pulse or blood pressure? 00:18:47.25\00:18:51.98 That's blood pressure. Pulse 50-80 beats per minute. 00:18:52.01\00:18:58.62 How about respirations? 00:18:58.65\00:19:00.91 Respirations. 00:19:00.94\00:19:05.32 Are you alive? 00:19:05.35\00:19:07.43 Are you breathing, 12 to 20 respirations per minute 00:19:07.46\00:19:13.58 and of course we've already heard blood pressure 120/80. 00:19:13.61\00:19:17.78 These indicators let us know 00:19:17.81\00:19:21.57 how well we're doing on the inside 00:19:21.60\00:19:25.59 and so every time you go see the doctor 00:19:25.62\00:19:28.11 they're going to take these vital signs 00:19:28.14\00:19:31.06 as is so often the case whatever happens 00:19:31.09\00:19:33.78 in the natural realm 00:19:33.81\00:19:35.30 has a correspondence in the spiritual realm. 00:19:35.33\00:19:38.97 We've got spiritual vital signs and so for the next 4 weeks, 00:19:39.00\00:19:46.21 I'm going to begin a series of teachings 00:19:46.24\00:19:49.50 on spiritual vital signs, is that all right? 00:19:49.53\00:19:52.61 Spiritual vital signs, why did I choose to do 00:19:52.64\00:19:56.69 a series on spiritual vital signs? 00:19:56.72\00:19:58.94 Very simple. 00:19:58.97\00:20:02.54 There has probably been no church 00:20:02.57\00:20:05.20 I have pastored over the past 30 years 00:20:05.23\00:20:08.34 where at least one member has not come to me and say, 00:20:08.37\00:20:12.02 "Pastor, I don't seem to be able hold onto my faith. 00:20:12.05\00:20:19.51 There are highs and there are lows 00:20:19.54\00:20:23.97 and I love it when I'm on the high 00:20:24.00\00:20:26.38 but I get a little bit skittish because I know eventually 00:20:26.41\00:20:32.35 I'm going to experience that inevitable load." 00:20:32.38\00:20:36.01 And I said, why is that? 00:20:36.04\00:20:38.14 Why must you experience the load? 00:20:38.17\00:20:40.97 Probably because you don't know 00:20:41.00\00:20:42.97 how to maintain your spiritual wellness 00:20:43.00\00:20:47.75 and so I want to look at for the next 4 weeks, 00:20:47.78\00:20:51.65 4 spiritual vital signs. 00:20:51.68\00:20:55.65 The first one we talked about in the natural realm was what? 00:20:55.68\00:21:00.14 Temperature, isn't that right? 00:21:00.17\00:21:02.11 So let's look at temperature in the spiritual realm. 00:21:02.14\00:21:07.15 Turn with me to Revelation 4. Revelation 4. 00:21:07.18\00:21:12.29 Pardon me, Revelation 3 00:21:12.32\00:21:14.01 and I'm gonna look at verses 14 and 15, 00:21:14.04\00:21:17.41 Revelation 3:14, 15. 00:21:17.44\00:21:23.02 Here the Bible says, 00:21:23.05\00:21:24.79 "And unto the angel of the church 00:21:24.82\00:21:26.91 of the Laodiceans write, 00:21:26.94\00:21:28.99 these things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, 00:21:29.02\00:21:34.63 the beginning of the creation of God. 00:21:34.66\00:21:37.61 I know thy works, that thou art..." 00:21:37.64\00:21:40.66 what? "Neither cold nor hot. 00:21:40.69\00:21:44.99 I would thou wert cold or hot." 00:21:45.02\00:21:50.31 Notice the temperature here. 00:21:50.34\00:21:54.19 Who are the Laodiceans? The church of today. 00:21:54.22\00:21:59.11 And God has somewhat of awe against them 00:21:59.14\00:22:02.82 because when He takes their spiritual temperature, 00:22:02.85\00:22:06.85 He discovers something about them. 00:22:06.88\00:22:09.58 That they're what? 00:22:09.61\00:22:11.69 They're neither cold nor hot. 00:22:11.72\00:22:16.93 Do you have a temperature at all? 00:22:16.96\00:22:20.39 Yes, we do but we need to find out 00:22:20.42\00:22:22.60 from the word of God 00:22:22.63\00:22:24.21 what has happened to the temperature. 00:22:24.24\00:22:26.57 Turn with me to Matthew 24, Matthew 24 00:22:26.60\00:22:32.04 and let's see if we can find out 00:22:32.07\00:22:34.92 from the word of God what has happened 00:22:34.95\00:22:37.46 to our spiritual temperature in these last days. 00:22:37.49\00:22:41.71 Matthew 24:12, notice what the Bible says. 00:22:41.74\00:22:49.51 "And because iniquity shall abound, 00:22:49.54\00:22:52.99 the love of many shall..." what? 00:22:53.02\00:22:56.05 "Wax cold" Wax cold. 00:22:56.08\00:23:03.38 Because something about the love of many gets cold, 00:23:03.41\00:23:09.32 what is that something? 00:23:09.35\00:23:11.90 Iniquity. 00:23:11.93\00:23:13.64 What is iniquity? 00:23:13.67\00:23:15.80 Sin, wickedness, because it runs rampant 00:23:15.83\00:23:20.98 then it causes individuals 00:23:21.01\00:23:23.22 who once loved God with great fervor 00:23:23.25\00:23:26.30 and great intensity to lose the love that 00:23:26.33\00:23:30.63 they once had for spiritual things 00:23:30.66\00:23:34.04 just being affected by the iniquity the wickedness 00:23:34.07\00:23:38.88 that is around us on every hand. 00:23:38.91\00:23:43.03 That's a terrible state of being. 00:23:43.06\00:23:46.28 Now I don't know about you 00:23:46.31\00:23:49.62 but the last time I touched someone 00:23:49.65\00:23:52.83 who had no temperature, they were dead. 00:23:52.86\00:23:59.40 They were deceased. 00:23:59.43\00:24:02.62 I'll never forget, I have kissed my father 00:24:02.65\00:24:06.94 several times growing up as a lad, 00:24:06.97\00:24:09.66 but when he died, I bent over his casket 00:24:09.69\00:24:14.45 and kissed him on his forehead 00:24:14.48\00:24:16.97 and I discovered he was as cold as ice. 00:24:17.00\00:24:22.19 Absolutely no temperature 00:24:22.22\00:24:24.76 and with no temperature where was no life. 00:24:24.79\00:24:29.98 Iniquity has a way of robbing us of our life. 00:24:30.01\00:24:37.16 Our vital forces 00:24:37.19\00:24:39.38 when we lose our love for God. 00:24:39.41\00:24:46.91 "Pastor, if that happens what can we do about it?" 00:24:46.94\00:24:54.50 I believe you can't do anything about it 00:24:54.53\00:24:57.75 and so that's why I want to spend the balance 00:24:57.78\00:25:03.67 of our message talking about what can happen 00:25:03.70\00:25:08.05 to get your spiritual temperature back. 00:25:08.08\00:25:10.17 In fact, did I tell you the name 00:25:10.20\00:25:12.27 of this first message? 00:25:12.30\00:25:15.01 I told you the name of the series, 00:25:15.04\00:25:16.36 what's the name of the series? 00:25:16.39\00:25:19.41 Spiritual vital signs, 00:25:19.44\00:25:21.43 but here is my first message in the series. 00:25:21.46\00:25:26.96 Turn with me to Mark, the book of Mark 3, Mark 3, 00:25:26.99\00:25:34.49 and you'll see where I'm going with this first message. 00:25:34.52\00:25:37.24 Mark 3, and we're going to look 00:25:37.27\00:25:41.86 at verses 28 and 29. 00:25:41.89\00:25:45.81 "Verily I say unto you, All sins..." 00:25:45.84\00:25:48.14 how many sins? 00:25:48.17\00:25:49.88 "All sins..." shall be what? 00:25:49.91\00:25:51.98 "Forgiven." 00:25:52.01\00:25:53.05 "All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, 00:25:53.08\00:25:56.54 and blasphemies wherewith so ever they shall blaspheme." 00:25:56.57\00:26:00.62 Verse 29 00:26:00.65\00:26:01.83 "But he that shall blaspheme" against who? 00:26:01.86\00:26:05.67 "The Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, 00:26:05.70\00:26:09.62 but is in danger" of what? 00:26:09.65\00:26:11.99 Eternal damnation. 00:26:12.02\00:26:13.73 "Eternal damnation." 00:26:13.76\00:26:16.15 Here's the topic of my message today, 00:26:16.18\00:26:19.35 do you have the Holy Ghost? 00:26:19.38\00:26:23.25 Do you have the Holy Ghost? 00:26:23.28\00:26:27.20 I still remember the look on his face 00:26:27.23\00:26:32.03 and I especially remember the fragrance around him. 00:26:32.06\00:26:37.29 I was conducting a Revelation seminar 00:26:37.32\00:26:41.43 and he staggered into the room, 00:26:41.46\00:26:45.00 sat down with the handbill that somebody had given him 00:26:45.03\00:26:49.96 and wanted to participate in the Revelation seminar. 00:26:49.99\00:26:54.89 One of my deacons came to me 00:26:54.92\00:26:56.77 because it was very clear to everyone in the place 00:26:56.80\00:27:00.72 that this man was under the influence of the spirit 00:27:00.75\00:27:04.81 and he wasn't holy. 00:27:04.84\00:27:10.27 "Pastor! What do you want us to do? 00:27:10.30\00:27:13.66 Shall we take him out of here?" 00:27:13.69\00:27:16.28 And I said, you know, 00:27:16.31\00:27:19.17 I understand what you're saying, 00:27:19.20\00:27:21.39 I want you to sit beside him 00:27:21.42\00:27:24.91 just in case the other spirit gets a hold of him 00:27:24.94\00:27:30.32 and you can restrain him. 00:27:30.35\00:27:32.55 But I'm just curious as to how an individual 00:27:32.58\00:27:37.71 who is under the influence of one spirit 00:27:37.74\00:27:41.06 will find his way into a place 00:27:41.09\00:27:43.48 where there's another spirit at work. 00:27:43.51\00:27:47.14 Let him stay here and so for the next 24 nights 00:27:47.17\00:27:54.36 that man sat at the table 00:27:54.39\00:27:58.61 and he went through the book of Revelation 00:27:58.64\00:28:01.49 with everybody else. 00:28:01.52\00:28:03.11 Now he still smelled like a distillery 00:28:03.14\00:28:08.32 and yet night after night after night 00:28:08.35\00:28:12.18 he showed up under the influence of one spirit 00:28:12.21\00:28:15.96 only to get onto the influence of another spirit. 00:28:15.99\00:28:19.60 Hello, somebody. 00:28:19.63\00:28:22.23 At the end of the series, 00:28:22.26\00:28:26.60 I went to him and I appealed to him 00:28:26.63\00:28:28.84 and I said, "Jessie, 00:28:28.87\00:28:31.50 what are you gonna do about the Lord?" 00:28:31.53\00:28:35.12 I'll never forget his answer he said, 00:28:35.15\00:28:36.64 "Pastor, I believe..." 00:28:36.67\00:28:40.80 listen to what he said, 00:28:40.83\00:28:42.85 "I believe I have committed 00:28:42.88\00:28:45.65 the unpardonable sin." 00:28:45.68\00:28:53.08 What do you mean you've committed the unpardonable sin? 00:28:54.14\00:28:57.24 He said, "I have been so bad 00:28:57.27\00:29:00.37 that God cannot forgive me." 00:29:00.40\00:29:05.81 I said, "Jessie, do you know what Mark 3:28 says?" 00:29:05.84\00:29:12.58 We turned right there on the spot 00:29:12.61\00:29:14.51 and I reread that verse again, "Verily I say unto you, 00:29:14.54\00:29:18.37 All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men." 00:29:18.40\00:29:23.21 There is only one sin that can't be forgiven. 00:29:23.24\00:29:27.18 Have you committed a sin 00:29:27.21\00:29:29.84 that is not covered by this phrase of sins? 00:29:29.87\00:29:35.00 He says, "But I'm an alcoholic." 00:29:35.03\00:29:38.61 I said, "I've heard about you." 00:29:38.64\00:29:40.94 He said, "They call me the town drunk." 00:29:40.97\00:29:43.87 I said, "I've heard about you." 00:29:43.90\00:29:46.45 He said, "God cannot forgive someone 00:29:46.48\00:29:50.70 who has sinned as often as I have." 00:29:50.73\00:29:54.53 And I said, "I've heard about Him." 00:29:54.56\00:29:59.25 And He says, 'There's no sin that I cannot forgive' 00:29:59.28\00:30:05.28 that includes you, Jessie. 00:30:05.31\00:30:08.50 Why don't you give your life to Jesus Christ 00:30:08.53\00:30:10.38 and start all over gain?" 00:30:10.41\00:30:14.10 There's one thing about people who walked the streets, 00:30:14.13\00:30:18.29 people sometimes overlook them, ignore them, 00:30:18.32\00:30:22.73 they impune their intelligence. 00:30:22.76\00:30:25.22 However, when I spoke with Jessie poignantly, 00:30:25.25\00:30:28.56 he spoke to me directly and said, "Preacher, 00:30:28.59\00:30:33.38 when I get myself ready, I'll give my heart to Jesus." 00:30:33.41\00:30:39.98 I said "When you'll get yourself," 00:30:40.01\00:30:41.61 he said, "I got to straighten up." 00:30:41.64\00:30:43.13 I said, "What do you mean you got to straighten up?" 00:30:43.16\00:30:44.36 He said, "Right now, preacher, I don't want to stop drinking." 00:30:44.39\00:30:49.80 Would that some of us would be so honest with God 00:30:49.83\00:30:53.34 and just admit to God we ain't ready to stop 00:30:53.37\00:30:56.99 some of the sinning that we do, 00:30:57.02\00:30:59.14 we hold on to those darling sins 00:30:59.17\00:31:02.16 and they take us lower and lower and lower 00:31:02.19\00:31:05.85 and yet Jessie said they were- 00:31:05.88\00:31:09.42 in his statement was some ray of hope 00:31:09.45\00:31:12.65 he says, "I'm not ready, but when I get ready, 00:31:12.68\00:31:17.23 I'm coming to this church 00:31:17.26\00:31:19.22 to give my heart to Jesus Christ." 00:31:19.25\00:31:23.33 I stood there a little befuddled 00:31:23.36\00:31:25.59 because first, he said he was too bad to be forgiven 00:31:25.62\00:31:30.36 but then he turns around and says, "When I'm ready. 00:31:30.39\00:31:36.06 When I'm ready, I'll give my heart 00:31:36.09\00:31:38.75 to Jesus Christ 00:31:38.78\00:31:39.99 right in this church." 00:31:40.02\00:31:47.34 A few months later, 00:31:47.37\00:31:48.42 I conducted an Evangelist meeting, 00:31:48.45\00:31:50.89 a tent meeting, and I told one of the deacons 00:31:50.92\00:31:57.02 I said, "Do you remember months ago 00:31:57.05\00:31:59.59 when I conducted the Revelation seminar 00:31:59.62\00:32:02.47 there was a gentleman there who was always very fragrant?" 00:32:02.50\00:32:10.40 He said, "Yeah, I remember." 00:32:10.43\00:32:11.46 I said, "Go find him 00:32:11.49\00:32:14.01 and bring him to my tent meeting." 00:32:14.04\00:32:19.56 That deacon didn't have any problem finding him 00:32:19.59\00:32:23.99 because everyone knew where Jessie hung out, 00:32:24.02\00:32:27.20 everyone knew his bar. 00:32:27.23\00:32:29.94 Everyone knew he would be there 00:32:29.97\00:32:31.92 and what time of the day he would be there. 00:32:31.95\00:32:34.16 But when my deacon asked him 00:32:34.19\00:32:37.28 to come to the meeting that evening, 00:32:37.31\00:32:39.50 guess what he did, he showed up. 00:32:39.53\00:32:43.56 And he kept coming 00:32:43.59\00:32:45.02 night after night after night for 5 weeks 00:32:45.05\00:32:52.08 and at the end of my meeting 00:32:52.11\00:32:55.06 when I invited meeting with the boys and girls to come 00:32:55.09\00:32:59.06 and give their heart to Jesus Christ, 00:32:59.09\00:33:01.30 guess who was the first person down the aisle, Jessie was! 00:33:01.33\00:33:06.71 I said, "Jessie, are you ready?" 00:33:06.74\00:33:09.77 He said, "Preacher, I'm ready now. 00:33:09.80\00:33:12.38 I've done all I can do, I can't get any worse, 00:33:12.41\00:33:16.22 I might as well try Jesus." 00:33:16.25\00:33:18.83 Amen. 00:33:18.86\00:33:19.89 Not only did Jessie come, but Jessie, up to that point, 00:33:19.92\00:33:25.31 he looked like a wino, he dressed like a wino, 00:33:25.34\00:33:30.27 and he talked like a wino, he walked like a wino, 00:33:30.30\00:33:34.78 but when he gave his heart to Jesus Christ 00:33:34.81\00:33:38.46 and he showed up at the church, Jessie had on a suit. 00:33:38.49\00:33:45.04 It weren't pressed, but it was a suit. 00:33:45.07\00:33:48.63 Jessie had a tie on his neck, 00:33:48.66\00:33:50.83 I don't know what kind of knot that was, 00:33:50.86\00:33:53.10 it wasn't a Windsor 00:33:53.13\00:33:54.46 and it wasn't a half Windsor knot, 00:33:54.49\00:33:56.17 but it was a knot nonetheless and he had a tie on 00:33:56.20\00:34:00.24 and he showed up there and Jessie kept coming 00:34:00.27\00:34:03.45 month after month, year after year, 00:34:03.48\00:34:06.84 until one day guess what happened, 00:34:06.87\00:34:09.12 the church forwarded 00:34:09.15\00:34:10.57 Jessie to become the first elder of the church. 00:34:10.60\00:34:17.51 Don't you tell me what God can't do, 00:34:17.54\00:34:21.31 you cannot tell me 00:34:21.34\00:34:23.45 that somebody has done so much wrong 00:34:23.48\00:34:26.75 that God cannot redeem and restore them. 00:34:26.78\00:34:32.97 The Holy Spirit 00:34:33.00\00:34:35.87 is a powerful individual. 00:34:35.90\00:34:41.94 The Bible says there's only one sin 00:34:41.97\00:34:45.61 that cannot be forgiven 00:34:45.64\00:34:47.49 and that's blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. 00:34:47.52\00:34:50.75 What- Who is the Holy Ghost? 00:34:50.78\00:34:56.34 That's question 101 isn't it? 00:34:56.37\00:34:59.66 Look at 1 John 5, 1 John 5:7 00:34:59.69\00:35:06.70 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, 00:35:06.73\00:35:10.68 the Father, the Word" 00:35:10.71\00:35:13.76 and we know from John 1:1 the word is the Son, 00:35:13.79\00:35:16.81 "And the Holy Ghost, 00:35:16.84\00:35:18.62 and these three..." are what? 00:35:18.65\00:35:21.56 "They are one." 00:35:21.59\00:35:24.07 "There are three that bear record in heaven, 00:35:24.10\00:35:26.47 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." 00:35:26.50\00:35:31.85 Now of course I'm aware that 00:35:31.88\00:35:33.59 they are those who don't necessarily 00:35:33.62\00:35:36.11 believe in the concept of the Trinity. 00:35:36.14\00:35:40.09 However, I believe in what the word of God says. 00:35:40.12\00:35:43.57 And if the word of God says there are three 00:35:43.60\00:35:45.50 that bear record in heaven then guess what, 00:35:45.53\00:35:48.15 there are three that bear record in heaven. 00:35:48.18\00:35:49.93 What did I say? 00:35:49.96\00:35:51.00 There are three that bear record in heaven, 00:35:51.03\00:35:53.12 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 00:35:53.15\00:35:56.42 Well, how can that be? 00:35:56.45\00:35:57.93 It says that the three of them are one. 00:35:57.96\00:36:00.75 Are they three Gods or they're three in one God? 00:36:00.78\00:36:05.84 The best way I can explain that 00:36:05.87\00:36:08.59 is simply if I were to give a bowl of water 00:36:08.62\00:36:15.92 and I heat that water up, what would happen, 00:36:15.95\00:36:20.07 what would you begin to see from the water? 00:36:20.10\00:36:22.99 Steam, ain't that right? 00:36:23.02\00:36:25.59 That steam is a form of water that occurred 00:36:25.62\00:36:29.31 because the water got hot. 00:36:29.34\00:36:31.29 But if I took that same bowl of water 00:36:31.32\00:36:33.61 and put it in the refrigerator 00:36:33.64\00:36:37.28 or I should say the freezer, what would it turn to? 00:36:37.31\00:36:41.01 Is that still water? 00:36:41.04\00:36:42.68 Yes, the cold now turned it into ice. 00:36:42.71\00:36:46.73 Heat made it steam, a cold made it hard as ice 00:36:46.76\00:36:52.19 and its nature state is just fluid, water. 00:36:52.22\00:36:56.43 It is still water. 00:36:56.46\00:36:59.09 I can put something in bowl 00:36:59.12\00:37:01.20 pour some in the pot get steamed, 00:37:01.23\00:37:03.60 pour some in a ice tray, get ice. 00:37:03.63\00:37:06.44 It all came from the same source it's still all water. 00:37:06.47\00:37:10.71 It's only taken all different forms. 00:37:10.74\00:37:12.94 There are three the bear record in heaven, 00:37:12.97\00:37:15.27 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 00:37:15.30\00:37:17.47 I believe that if we want to make analogy of it, 00:37:17.50\00:37:20.61 we could say that the Father might be the ice 00:37:20.64\00:37:23.89 'cause you- they were really people 00:37:23.92\00:37:26.17 who think that the father is hard 00:37:26.20\00:37:27.68 and all stare and he's rigid 00:37:27.71\00:37:29.81 and he's without mercy and grace. 00:37:29.84\00:37:31.73 We might look at him as ice 00:37:31.76\00:37:33.38 and then the Son would be the fluid form of water 00:37:33.41\00:37:37.66 and the Holy Ghost would be again 00:37:37.69\00:37:40.05 to that of a steam or the vapor. 00:37:40.08\00:37:44.23 It's still one entity. 00:37:44.26\00:37:49.72 So if you offend one, what have you done? 00:37:49.75\00:37:57.37 Offended all. 00:37:57.40\00:37:58.47 I can remember growing up as a boy, 00:37:58.50\00:38:02.98 my mom is here, by the way, 00:38:03.01\00:38:05.26 and she can tell you it was a little rough 00:38:05.29\00:38:08.76 at times growing up in Newark 00:38:08.79\00:38:11.27 but I remember that whenever one of us 00:38:11.30\00:38:16.95 got into a fight with somebody, 00:38:16.98\00:38:20.97 you got to fight who? 00:38:21.00\00:38:22.39 All of them. 00:38:22.42\00:38:24.01 All of us, all of us, 00:38:24.04\00:38:27.04 now some of my Hispanic friends, 00:38:27.07\00:38:30.27 I have to pray for them. 00:38:30.30\00:38:32.75 Because when their kids got in trouble 00:38:32.78\00:38:35.49 or got into a fight, 00:38:35.52\00:38:36.84 the brothers and sisters didn't show up, 00:38:36.87\00:38:38.60 mamma would come with her pot of beans, 00:38:38.63\00:38:40.80 hot pot of beans 00:38:40.83\00:38:42.75 and she was going to get into the fight too 00:38:42.78\00:38:45.42 and the father would get off, he tried to get off of work 00:38:45.45\00:38:48.49 and he wanted to get into the fight. 00:38:48.52\00:38:49.94 Grown folk want to get into fight with kids. 00:38:49.97\00:38:53.74 But the idea was if you mess with one member of the family, 00:38:53.77\00:38:58.01 if you offend one member of the family, 00:38:58.04\00:39:00.34 you offend all of us. 00:39:00.37\00:39:03.39 So all of us rise to the defense. 00:39:03.42\00:39:08.22 I can imagine the same is true with the Trinity. 00:39:08.25\00:39:12.38 Now how can offend, 00:39:12.41\00:39:14.90 how can you blaspheme the Holy Ghost? 00:39:14.93\00:39:20.16 To blaspheme the Holy Ghost is to offend the Holy Ghost 00:39:20.19\00:39:25.22 by disrespecting the Holy Ghost. 00:39:25.25\00:39:29.15 I want you to see something in Romans 2:4, 00:39:29.18\00:39:32.16 Romans 2:4, Romans. 00:39:32.19\00:39:38.03 Romans 2:4. 00:39:38.06\00:39:42.26 Look and see what the word of God says here, 00:39:42.29\00:39:44.53 "Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness 00:39:44.56\00:39:48.23 and forbearance and longsuffering, 00:39:48.26\00:39:51.68 not knowing that the goodness of God..." 00:39:51.71\00:39:54.75 Does what? 00:39:54.78\00:39:56.73 "Leads to repentance." 00:39:56.76\00:39:59.58 What leads to repentance everyone? 00:39:59.61\00:40:02.46 The goodness of God, the goodness of God. 00:40:02.49\00:40:08.93 Now if you were to turn to Galatians 5:22, 00:40:08.96\00:40:11.83 you would find in Galatians 5 a listing, 00:40:11.86\00:40:15.08 an enumeration of what we call the fruit of the spirit 00:40:15.11\00:40:18.99 and in verse 22 of Galatians 5 00:40:19.02\00:40:21.57 we find that one of the fruit of the spirit is goodness. 00:40:21.60\00:40:27.32 So when the Bible says 00:40:27.35\00:40:29.82 that the goodness of God leads to repentance 00:40:29.85\00:40:35.05 and goodness is one of the fruit of the spirit, 00:40:35.08\00:40:38.67 guess who's actually leading us to repent. 00:40:38.70\00:40:43.55 It's the spirit. 00:40:43.58\00:40:46.11 You think that because you do something wrong, 00:40:46.14\00:40:49.30 that you're so holy, that is your idea, 00:40:49.33\00:40:53.57 it's your idea to go to the Lord about it. 00:40:53.60\00:40:58.75 You got absolutely nothing to do with it. 00:40:58.78\00:41:03.35 It is purely the Holy Spirit that's leading you to repent. 00:41:03.38\00:41:09.07 Now what happens then with that impression to repent 00:41:11.54\00:41:17.46 if it's the Holy Spirit that leads you to repentance? 00:41:17.49\00:41:23.09 Let's understand something, let's understand something. 00:41:23.12\00:41:26.51 There is, there is, well, let me just show it to you, 00:41:26.54\00:41:30.30 let me just show it to you in Genesis, 00:41:30.33\00:41:33.23 turn to Genesis with me. 00:41:33.26\00:41:35.11 The Book of Genesis 3:15 00:41:38.63\00:41:43.63 notice what the word of God says, 00:41:47.41\00:41:48.55 "And I will put..." what everyone 00:41:48.58\00:41:51.67 "enmity between..." who "thee and the woman, 00:41:51.70\00:41:55.01 and between thy seed and her seed, 00:41:55.04\00:41:57.09 it shall bruise thy head, 00:41:57.12\00:41:58.57 and thou shalt bruise his heel." 00:41:58.60\00:42:01.21 Who's talking here? This is God talking. 00:42:01.24\00:42:04.79 Who is He talking to? 00:42:04.82\00:42:06.63 The serpent or the devil, isn't that right? 00:42:06.66\00:42:10.52 And he says he's gonna put enmity 00:42:10.55\00:42:13.02 between the serpent or the devil 00:42:13.05\00:42:16.29 and the woman and her offspring. 00:42:16.32\00:42:19.87 Enmity translates from Hebrew an uncomfortable mess. 00:42:19.90\00:42:25.48 That means that whenever we sin, 00:42:25.51\00:42:29.60 it ought to be something 00:42:29.63\00:42:31.17 that's uncomfortable about what we're doing. 00:42:31.20\00:42:36.09 When you do some- Don't put your hand up. 00:42:36.12\00:42:39.84 When you commit a wrong act, 00:42:39.87\00:42:42.33 do you feel uncomfortable about it? 00:42:42.36\00:42:45.85 I said don't tell on yourself, God knows I don't want to know. 00:42:45.88\00:42:49.40 Don't say nothing. 00:42:49.43\00:42:53.36 If you are not feeling uncomfortable 00:42:53.39\00:42:57.07 something has happened 00:42:57.10\00:42:58.87 to the enmity budding in your mind. 00:42:58.90\00:43:04.38 I had an alarm clock, beside my bed, 00:43:04.41\00:43:09.80 and I used to work at night and I hated that alarm clock. 00:43:09.83\00:43:16.48 Now the alarm clock didn't tell me to set it. 00:43:16.51\00:43:19.27 I set it myself. 00:43:22.24\00:43:25.75 I set it and whenever it would go off, 00:43:25.78\00:43:29.25 it would go off on a show, a program, to this day 00:43:29.28\00:43:33.34 if it's on the air I'm not going to listen to it, 00:43:33.37\00:43:36.53 it would start off "Ahoy, shipmate" 00:43:36.56\00:43:40.39 and it would ring the bell ding-ding, 00:43:40.42\00:43:42.42 ding-ding, ding-ding. 00:43:42.45\00:43:43.53 It was a religious program. 00:43:43.56\00:43:44.68 Ahoy, shipmate and then this little male chorus would say, 00:43:44.71\00:43:48.53 "I've anchored my soul in the haven of rest." 00:43:48.56\00:43:52.84 A very fine program. 00:43:56.84\00:43:59.55 I just won't listen to it, 00:43:59.58\00:44:02.64 not because it doesn't have good substance 00:44:02.67\00:44:06.10 but because it reminded me every night 00:44:06.13\00:44:09.52 that I had to get up go into the cold night and go to work. 00:44:09.55\00:44:14.79 Sometimes when Ahoy, shipmate would come on, 00:44:14.82\00:44:18.60 I'd reach over and slap the clock. 00:44:18.63\00:44:23.00 What was I doing? Hitting the snooze button. 00:44:23.03\00:44:27.54 But guess what, 00:44:27.57\00:44:29.77 the snooze button didn't cut it off totally. 00:44:29.80\00:44:34.91 It turned it off or interrupted it for a moment 00:44:34.94\00:44:38.98 and guess what would happen a few minutes later. 00:44:39.01\00:44:43.91 It would turn right back on again 00:44:43.94\00:44:47.85 and I'd slap it one more time, two more times, 00:44:47.88\00:44:50.93 until I got tired of slapping it 00:44:50.96\00:44:52.47 and decided to get up and go to work. 00:44:52.50\00:44:56.08 Every time, we are faced with a sin, 00:44:56.11\00:45:01.61 the alarm clock called enmity goes off in our minds. 00:45:01.64\00:45:06.94 But what do we do? 00:45:06.97\00:45:09.10 We reach over sometimes and do what? 00:45:09.13\00:45:12.73 Hit the snooze button. 00:45:12.76\00:45:16.41 Turn it off, so I can keep on going. 00:45:16.44\00:45:19.08 Hit the snooze button. I'm parked in a car. 00:45:19.11\00:45:23.66 I know I got no business in that car 00:45:23.69\00:45:25.35 because it's only me and her. 00:45:25.38\00:45:29.41 And a low voice tells me 00:45:29.44\00:45:30.64 "You need to go and take her back home." 00:45:30.67\00:45:32.13 What do I do? 00:45:32.16\00:45:36.08 Then I just move on a little closer to her put my arm around 00:45:36.11\00:45:39.21 and the voice will go off again, what do I do? 00:45:39.24\00:45:45.21 Then I reach over and look her in the eye, 00:45:45.24\00:45:51.39 and that low voice really gets loud and say "Argh, no!" 00:45:51.42\00:45:55.98 But I hit the snooze button two times. 00:45:56.01\00:45:58.53 I can't finish this story. 00:46:02.43\00:46:04.29 Eventually, the snooze button won't cut- have to be hit 00:46:08.78\00:46:13.87 because the alarm won't come on anymore. 00:46:13.90\00:46:18.73 Something will happen. 00:46:18.76\00:46:20.26 Look at 1 Timothy 4, 00:46:20.29\00:46:22.88 1 Timothy 4:12, what happened? 00:46:22.91\00:46:26.68 1 Timothy 4:12, 00:46:26.71\00:46:32.19 1 Timothy 4:1-2, pardon me. 00:46:32.22\00:46:37.91 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, 00:46:37.94\00:46:40.43 that in the latter day some shall depart from the faith, 00:46:40.46\00:46:43.84 giving heed to seducing spirits, 00:46:43.87\00:46:46.14 and doctrines of devils, 00:46:46.17\00:46:47.97 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their..." what? 00:46:48.00\00:46:51.66 "Their conscience seared with a hot iron." 00:46:51.69\00:46:56.13 Eventually, beloved, what will happen is that 00:46:56.16\00:47:01.19 if you hit the snooze button too many times 00:47:01.22\00:47:05.84 you will be permitted to just go forward in your sin 00:47:05.87\00:47:12.70 because if you do that too often, 00:47:14.26\00:47:16.85 the Bible says "You will have your conscience..." what? 00:47:16.88\00:47:21.25 Or "cauterized" so that you won't have 00:47:21.28\00:47:25.99 any feeling responsiveness anymore to spiritual things. 00:47:26.02\00:47:32.22 That's a terrible, terrible place to be. 00:47:36.09\00:47:42.36 But I can't leave you right there 00:47:42.39\00:47:47.45 because remember what Jessie said 00:47:47.48\00:47:50.85 "I'm too bad to be forgiven" 00:47:50.88\00:47:58.24 and yet we have discovered that the Holy Spirit, 00:47:58.27\00:48:02.65 the Holy Spirit is God's means 00:48:02.68\00:48:07.86 of helping us to resist sin. 00:48:07.89\00:48:13.30 He hasn't left us on our own. 00:48:13.33\00:48:17.39 Remember now the Bible says "He's touched by..." what? 00:48:17.42\00:48:21.80 "The feelings of our infirmities." 00:48:21.83\00:48:25.14 He knows what it is to walk through this human journey. 00:48:25.17\00:48:29.81 He understands and so he would not leave us without hope. 00:48:29.84\00:48:36.35 Our hope is found in 1 John 1:9, 1 John 1:9. 00:48:36.38\00:48:42.05 I want us to repeat that verse together 00:48:42.08\00:48:45.15 because if you don't know it you need to learn it 00:48:45.18\00:48:48.18 and you need to commit it to memory. 00:48:48.21\00:48:49.71 It says, "If we..." what? "Confess our sins..." 00:48:49.74\00:48:54.14 He is what? Say that again. 00:48:54.17\00:48:55.97 Faithful. 00:48:56.00\00:48:57.04 "He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 00:48:57.07\00:49:01.26 and to..." do what? 00:49:01.29\00:49:02.80 "Cleanse us from..." some... All. 00:49:02.83\00:49:05.96 A little bit. All. 00:49:05.99\00:49:07.66 "All unrighteousness." 00:49:07.69\00:49:11.33 Somebody ought to say amen. 00:49:11.36\00:49:13.72 He's faithful and I notice it doesn't say we're faithful. 00:49:13.75\00:49:20.15 It says He's faithful and just but that is a condition 00:49:20.18\00:49:27.04 that is tied to this promise, that condition is what? 00:49:27.07\00:49:33.92 If we confess He's faithful and just to forgive. 00:49:33.95\00:49:41.57 Let me give you the simplest definition 00:49:41.60\00:49:43.33 I can give you for the unpardonable sin. 00:49:43.36\00:49:48.28 It is simply this. 00:49:48.31\00:49:51.61 There is no sin, we've already discovered that, 00:49:51.64\00:49:54.57 we found that in Mark 2, 00:49:54.60\00:49:56.51 there is no sin that God cannot forgive. 00:49:56.54\00:50:01.82 Amen. Amen. 00:50:01.85\00:50:03.34 No sin. 00:50:03.37\00:50:05.07 Secondly, he gives us what? 00:50:05.10\00:50:07.92 To convict us of our sin, the Holy Spirit, 00:50:07.95\00:50:11.91 he gives us the Holy Spirit to convict us of our sin. 00:50:11.94\00:50:17.27 Now the Bible says if we confess, 00:50:17.30\00:50:22.88 He's faithful and just to forgive us. 00:50:22.91\00:50:25.91 Here's the definition. 00:50:25.94\00:50:27.88 The unpardonable sin is the sin 00:50:27.91\00:50:30.43 that cannot be pardoned unless it's confessed. 00:50:30.46\00:50:37.91 How does that sound? 00:50:37.94\00:50:39.78 Sound right? Yeah. 00:50:39.81\00:50:41.83 Do that one more time. 00:50:41.86\00:50:42.90 The unpardonable sin is a sin 00:50:42.93\00:50:46.36 that cannot be pardoned unless it's confessed. 00:50:46.39\00:50:52.22 That means that if a murderer confesses his sin, 00:50:52.25\00:50:55.92 can it be forgiven? 00:50:55.95\00:50:57.53 Can- If a prostitute confesses her sin, 00:50:57.56\00:50:59.68 can it be forgiven? 00:50:59.71\00:51:01.20 If a crack-head confesses a sin, 00:51:01.23\00:51:03.48 can it be forgiven? 00:51:03.51\00:51:05.97 If an alcoholic or a wino confesses a sin, 00:51:06.00\00:51:08.73 can it be forgiven? 00:51:08.76\00:51:10.37 If an adulterer confesses his sin, can it be forgiven? 00:51:10.40\00:51:14.31 If a thief confesses his sin, can it be forgiven? 00:51:14.34\00:51:18.71 All sin can be forgiven, if it's confessed. 00:51:18.74\00:51:24.76 And the only way it gets confessed is 00:51:26.62\00:51:29.91 if we open ourselves to the Spirit's pleading. 00:51:29.94\00:51:36.30 That's why I ask you, 00:51:36.33\00:51:38.82 do you have the Holy Ghost? 00:51:38.85\00:51:44.92 Or are you left to continue 00:51:44.95\00:51:49.67 sinning indiscriminately 00:51:49.70\00:51:53.16 without any sensitivity to the God 00:51:53.19\00:51:57.13 who died for every single one of your sins? 00:51:57.16\00:52:02.50 That's why we can never afford to write any- 00:52:02.53\00:52:06.32 I don't care, I don't care how bad your children are. 00:52:06.35\00:52:12.72 God can save your children. 00:52:12.75\00:52:16.39 I don't care how bad your husband is, 00:52:16.42\00:52:19.55 God can save your husband. 00:52:19.58\00:52:23.19 I don't care how bad those folk at work treat you, 00:52:23.22\00:52:28.52 God can still save each and everyone of them. 00:52:28.55\00:52:33.64 There is no one beyond the reach of grace. 00:52:33.67\00:52:39.01 Amen. 00:52:39.04\00:52:40.07 No one beyond the reach of God's love, 00:52:40.10\00:52:44.16 no one that the Holy Spirit cannot reach out to. 00:52:44.19\00:52:48.74 There is no person that he cannot inveigh, 00:52:48.77\00:52:52.31 he can get to each and every one of us 00:52:52.34\00:52:56.18 if we will but confess. 00:52:56.21\00:53:01.39 If we submit to the Spirit's pleading to confess our sins. 00:53:01.42\00:53:08.91 Let me share this story with you in closing. 00:53:11.53\00:53:17.74 I was in South Carolina 00:53:17.77\00:53:20.55 conducting a revival, 00:53:20.58\00:53:25.83 a one-week revival 00:53:25.86\00:53:29.01 and I met a young woman named, 00:53:29.04\00:53:34.25 Jackie, there. 00:53:34.28\00:53:37.79 Jackie was so moved by the messages 00:53:37.82\00:53:42.08 that were preached that week that Jackie came to me, 00:53:42.11\00:53:46.96 she was a hired musician for that week. 00:53:46.99\00:53:50.26 She was not even a member of that church, 00:53:50.29\00:53:53.16 she was just a musician in the city 00:53:53.19\00:53:55.26 who had been hired for the revival 00:53:55.29\00:53:59.38 and she came to me and said, 00:53:59.41\00:54:01.80 "Reverend, I don't care where you are, 00:54:01.83\00:54:08.21 whenever you run your next meeting, 00:54:08.24\00:54:12.64 I want to be your musician." 00:54:12.67\00:54:15.99 I said, "Do you know where I live?" 00:54:16.02\00:54:18.58 She said, "Yeah, you live in Texas." 00:54:18.61\00:54:22.46 She said, "I don't care, 00:54:22.49\00:54:23.53 I will come to wherever you are 00:54:23.56\00:54:28.43 and play for your meeting. 00:54:28.46\00:54:30.36 I just appreciate the ministry." 00:54:30.39\00:54:33.35 I said, "Okay." 00:54:33.38\00:54:36.07 Guess what meeting she came to play for, 00:54:36.10\00:54:39.75 the meeting that Jessie came to. 00:54:39.78\00:54:45.63 Two individuals who were sitting 00:54:45.66\00:54:48.90 under the teaching of the Holy Spirit 00:54:48.93\00:54:52.50 for 5 weeks night after night 00:54:52.53\00:54:55.82 and at the conclusion of the meeting, 00:54:55.85\00:54:59.39 here's one man that comes down and says, 00:54:59.42\00:55:02.30 "I'm ready to turn it all over to Jesus." 00:55:02.33\00:55:07.47 Here's another person who has been on the keyboard 00:55:07.50\00:55:10.50 playing the great hymns of faith, 00:55:10.53\00:55:14.25 the great gospel songs of hope, 00:55:14.28\00:55:17.80 and when I went to her personally and said, 00:55:17.83\00:55:21.97 "Jackie, don't you want to give your life to Jesus Christ?" 00:55:22.00\00:55:28.20 Jackie said, "I'm not ready. 00:55:28.23\00:55:35.28 I'm not ready." 00:55:35.31\00:55:37.81 I didn't get too discouraged because I remember, 00:55:37.84\00:55:40.38 essentially, that's what Jessie had said before 00:55:40.41\00:55:43.29 and Jessie came to the Lord later. 00:55:43.32\00:55:46.03 So I said, "Well, I'm gonna pray for you," 00:55:46.06\00:55:47.56 and I prayed for her. 00:55:47.59\00:55:50.43 A month later, I got word, after she left my meeting 00:55:50.46\00:55:55.23 that Jackie was found in her home 00:55:55.26\00:55:58.83 dead of a drug overdose. 00:55:58.86\00:56:02.60 That was the final opportunity 00:56:02.63\00:56:04.77 that she had to make her peace with God 00:56:04.80\00:56:10.50 while she was in the meeting. 00:56:10.53\00:56:14.64 Do you have the Holy Ghost? 00:56:14.67\00:56:18.86 If you can hear something in your spirit speaking to you, 00:56:18.89\00:56:24.32 urging you, and saying this is the way, walk in it. 00:56:24.35\00:56:29.00 If you can hear something inside you, 00:56:29.03\00:56:33.03 something within saying it's time to turn it over to Jesus, 00:56:33.06\00:56:39.12 you have not committed the unpardonable sin. 00:56:39.15\00:56:43.32 Amen, I don't care how dark the night is 00:56:43.35\00:56:47.33 or how stormy the day, 00:56:47.36\00:56:49.16 if you can still hear his voice above the din of noise 00:56:49.19\00:56:54.12 and the raging repultery of the crowd, 00:56:54.15\00:56:56.97 you have not escaped the grace of God. 00:56:57.00\00:57:03.17 And I appeal to you and I urge you. 00:57:03.20\00:57:07.51 Listen to the Holy Spirit, 00:57:07.54\00:57:11.34 allow him to revive you, 00:57:11.37\00:57:16.45 put that spiritual temperature back where it is 00:57:16.48\00:57:19.00 so you'll be on fire for the Lord. 00:57:19.03\00:57:23.69 I want that to be my experience. 00:57:23.72\00:57:24.75 How about you? 00:57:24.78\00:57:25.81