¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:00.73\00:00:06.80 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:06.80\00:00:18.55 ¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD LET MY WORDS ¤ 00:00:18.55\00:00:26.89 ¤ LET MY WORDS ¤ ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ 00:00:26.89\00:00:35.30 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:35.30\00:00:44.41 ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:44.41\00:00:54.88 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 00:01:06.73\00:01:11.83 MY NAME IS CA MURRAY, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING JUST A LITTLE OF 00:01:11.83\00:01:15.74 YOUR DAY WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR 00:01:15.74\00:01:18.57 PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY, AS TOGETHER WE JOIN 00:01:18.57\00:01:22.04 HANDS IN LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT CHRIST IS COMING SOON. 00:01:22.04\00:01:25.15 THIS WORLD IS NOT LONG TO BE, BUT CHRIST WILL COME AND PUT AN 00:01:25.15\00:01:29.02 END TO THIS AGE, AS WE TRANSITION TO THE ETERNAL AGE, 00:01:29.02\00:01:35.16 AND TOGETHER WE NEED TO WARN THE WORLD THAT THAT DAY IS NOT FAR 00:01:35.16\00:01:39.26 HENCE. I'M IN THE COMPANY OF THREE 00:01:39.26\00:01:41.90 INDIVIDUALS THAT I CONSIDER FRIENDS, AND PARTNERS IN 00:01:41.90\00:01:45.30 MINISTRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 00:01:45.30\00:01:49.44 TOPIC THIS NIGHT. I'LL INTRODUCE PASTOR JOHN 00:01:49.44\00:01:53.41 LOMACANG AND THE DIRECTOR OF WORLD EVANGELISM FOR 3ABN 00:01:53.41\00:02:00.55 NETWORK. >> GOD TO BE HERE. 00:02:00.55\00:02:02.05 >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND THEN THE LADY SHELLEY QUINN, 00:02:02.05\00:02:06.35 I CALL YOU MAVEN OF GO EVANGELISM. 00:02:06.35\00:02:11.73 DO WE HAVE A OFFICIAL TITLE? >> NO. 00:02:11.73\00:02:14.60 >> WE NEED A OFFICIAL TITLE. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:02:14.60\00:02:18.27 >> WE JUST HAVE LINKED YOU TO GO EVANGELISM, BLESSING IS ON THE 00:02:18.27\00:02:26.64 GO! WHATEVER THAT TITLE IS, IT'S A JOY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:02:26.64\00:02:31.15 >> IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. 00:02:31.15\00:02:34.02 >> AMEN. >> AND PASTOR KENNY SHELTON GOOD 00:02:34.02\00:02:38.69 TO HAVE YOU HERE, MAN. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 00:02:38.69\00:02:42.22 >> AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL THREE. 00:02:42.22\00:02:47.50 AND ALL THREE LOOKING WELL. BECAUSE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A 00:02:47.50\00:02:50.47 YEAR OF MEDICAL CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF YOU. 00:02:50.47\00:02:53.74 EVERYBODY SPENT SOME TIME IN THE HOSPITAL THIS YEAR. 00:02:53.74\00:02:57.17 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ENDURANCE AND INSURANCE, 00:02:57.17\00:02:59.37 BOTH, BUT EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL. 00:02:59.37\00:03:02.01 I PRAY JUST NOW ON THE MEND, AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THESE 00:03:02.01\00:03:06.08 PEOPLE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU STAND UP FOR THE LORD, YOU WILL KNOW 00:03:06.08\00:03:09.42 THAT THE DEVIL ATTACKS THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR JESUS, AND THESE 00:03:09.42\00:03:13.05 THREE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK. 00:03:13.05\00:03:15.62 WE VISITED JOHN IN THE HOSPITAL, SHELLEY HAS BEEN IN THE 00:03:15.62\00:03:19.83 HOSPITAL, KEN HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. 00:03:19.83\00:03:21.73 I MANAGED TO STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THIS YEAR, BUT IT 00:03:21.73\00:03:25.93 HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG SINCE I HAVE BEEN. 00:03:25.93\00:03:28.80 SO WE CERTAINLY ELICIT YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE THE MEN AND 00:03:28.80\00:03:34.74 WOMEN OF GOD NEED TO BE PROTECTED. 00:03:34.74\00:03:38.61 >> AMEN. >> TONIGHT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT 00:03:38.61\00:03:42.28 OVERCOMING, HOW TO OVERCOME. THE THEME OF OVERCOMING. 00:03:42.28\00:03:45.69 THE LEGACY OF OVERCOMING, AND WE -- WE LOOK AT THAT FOR A 00:03:45.69\00:03:49.52 NUMBER OF REASONS. THIS THESE LAST DAYS, LADY AND 00:03:49.52\00:03:53.93 LORDS, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT THERE IS -- THERE SEEMS TO 00:03:53.93\00:03:59.47 BE -- EVEN IN CHRISSOMEDOM, THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO 00:03:59.47\00:04:11.28 STRUGGLE WITH TRYING TO BE BETTER, JUST KIND OF LOVE THE 00:04:11.28\00:04:15.02 LORD AND LAY DOWN AND LET IT LIE. 00:04:15.02\00:04:18.85 AND YET THE TABLE PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND IN ALL 00:04:18.85\00:04:22.96 OF JOHN'S WRITINGS, THERE WAS THIS THEME OF THE OVERCOMER. 00:04:22.96\00:04:27.30 HE STARTS IT REALLY, IN JOHN WHERE HE SAYS TO THEM GAVE HE 00:04:27.30\00:04:35.37 POWER TO BECOME. IN THAT RIGHT TO BECOME IS 00:04:35.37\00:04:38.24 OVERCOMING POWE. IT IS POWER TO BECOME A SON AND 00:04:38.24\00:04:41.01 DAUGHTER OF GOD. IT'S POWER TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 00:04:41.01\00:04:44.41 GOD WILL TAKE YOU WHERE HE FINDS YOU, BUT HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU 00:04:44.41\00:04:48.88 THERE. HE GIVES YOU THE POWER TO 00:04:48.88\00:04:52.02 OVERCOME. HE -- HE FORGIVES US OUR SINS, 00:04:52.02\00:04:55.79 AND THEN DOES WHAT? HE CLEANSES US OF SINS. 00:04:55.79\00:04:59.36 >> AMEN. >> TO JUST FORGIVE MAKES YOU A 00:04:59.36\00:05:04.23 PERPETUAL SINNER, AND THAT CLEANSING IS PART OF THE 00:05:04.23\00:05:08.37 OVERCOMING EXPERIENCE, SO GOD CALLS US TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S 00:05:08.37\00:05:11.47 WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. PLUS IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH 00:05:11.47\00:05:15.44 SOMETHING, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS LATCHED ON TO YOU THAT 00:05:15.44\00:05:18.48 YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO GET RID OF OR AS THEY SAY DOWN HERE, GET 00:05:18.48\00:05:26.42 SHED OF, GOD GIVES YOU THE OVERCOME THAT, WHATEVER IT IS. 00:05:26.42\00:05:29.76 AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS OURSELVES TO THE PERSON WHERE YOU CAN GET 00:05:29.76\00:05:35.80 SO DEEP IN SIN THAT EVEN WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING FOR RELEASE, YOU 00:05:35.80\00:05:39.33 ARE NO RELEASE. AND I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE LIKE 00:05:39.33\00:05:45.57 THAT, THAT HAVE CIGARETTE HABITS OR SOMETHING THAT HAS LATCHED TO 00:05:45.57\00:05:52.48 THEM. AND WHAT WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU 00:05:52.48\00:05:56.65 OF TONIGHT THAT WHATEVER HOLE YOU CRAWL INTO OR FALL INTO, 00:05:56.65\00:06:00.79 CHRIST CAN GET YOU OUT OF THAT HOLE. 00:06:00.79\00:06:03.26 >> AMEN. >> YOU CAN BE AN OVERCOMER 00:06:03.26\00:06:06.53 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. SO WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE 00:06:06.53\00:06:10.10 ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THEY ARE READY TO GO. 00:06:10.10\00:06:13.03 THEY HAVE MUCH TO SAY. I WANT TO SET THE TRAJECTORY AND 00:06:13.03\00:06:17.31 SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC AND THEN 00:06:17.31\00:06:21.24 WE WILL COME -- COME BACK. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE STATE OF 00:06:21.24\00:06:25.71 PLAY IN LIGHT OF THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER THAT IS IN FRONT 00:06:25.71\00:06:30.62 OF US. FIRST THE WORD OVERCOME, OR 00:06:30.62\00:06:35.59 OVERCOMER. IT IS A WORD IN THE GREEK THAT 00:06:35.59\00:06:42.23 LEADS US TO THINK ABOUT DEFEATING AN ENEMY IN BATTLE.-AS YOU CAN SEE, 23 TIMES IN THE 00:06:42.23\00:06:50.97 NEW TESTAMENT. IT MEANS TO GET INTO A STRUGGLE 00:06:50.97\00:06:54.11 AND PREVAIL IN THAT STRUGGLE. AND THAT LETS ME KNOW -- AND I'M 00:06:54.11\00:06:59.78 SURE YOU ALL WILL ALL TOUCH ON THIS THAT OVERCOMING YOURSELF IS 00:06:59.78\00:07:03.79 NOT A LIGHT THING. CONCURRING IN THE LOR IS 00:07:03.79\00:07:06.65 POSSIBLE, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO TRY TO SAY IT'S AN EASY 00:07:06.65\00:07:10.83 THING. BECAUSE THE HARDEST BATTLE AS WE 00:07:10.83\00:07:12.89 ALL KNOW IS THE BATTLE AGAINST OURSELVES. 00:07:12.89\00:07:15.73 >> AMEN. >> SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT 00:07:15.73\00:07:18.30 PREVAILING IN -- IN A BATTLE. IT IS OVERCOMING. 00:07:18.30\00:07:21.14 IT IS DEFEATING. IT IS CONCURRING YOURSELF AND 00:07:21.14\00:07:24.51 ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT COME AGAINST YOU. 00:07:24.51\00:07:28.84 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE -- THE BEST WHERE I SAW, 00:07:28.84\00:07:38.69 WAS PREVAIL, TO PROVE MORE POWERFUL THAN OPPOSING FORCES. 00:07:38.69\00:07:43.36 AND EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE LORD KNOWS YOU ARE GOING TO BE 00:07:43.36\00:07:47.83 OPPOSED. CAN I GET AN AMEN? 00:07:47.83\00:07:50.03 AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:07:50.03\00:07:51.37 >> THAT'S NOT ONCE. THAT'S EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE. 00:07:51.37\00:07:53.74 BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU SAY I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS, 00:07:53.74\00:07:58.01 SATAN SAYS, I HAVE DECIDED YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS, 00:07:58.01\00:08:02.84 AND THAT BATTLE IS FOUGHT EVERY DAY UNTIL THE DAY YOU CLOSE YOUR 00:08:02.84\00:08:07.82 EYES. YOU FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF 00:08:07.82\00:08:10.95 FAITH EVERY DAY AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 00:08:10.95\00:08:13.86 AND THE GOOD THING IS OF COURSE WE'RE NOT FIGTING ALONE. 00:08:13.86\00:08:16.79 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> NEXT SLIDE. 00:08:16.79\00:08:19.03 I LIKE THIS, A GREAT PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHIATRIST, 00:08:19.03\00:08:23.87 TAUGHT US ONCE -- HE SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE 00:08:23.87\00:08:27.10 WORLD IS HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? 00:08:27.10\00:08:29.57 HE SAID EVERY -- EVERY QUESTION IN LIFE BOILS DOWN TO THAT. 00:08:29.57\00:08:35.48 HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? THAT BRINGS UP TWO THINGS, ONE, 00:08:35.48\00:08:40.55 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. AND TWO WHAT YOU WANT IS 00:08:40.55\00:08:43.35 POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE. >> OKAY. 00:08:43.35\00:08:45.29 >> WELL, IF YOU WANT HEAVEN AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT HEAVEN, THAT'S 00:08:45.29\00:08:52.09 PRECISELY WHAT CHRIST WANTS FOR YOU. 00:08:52.09\00:08:53.86 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 00:08:53.86\00:08:55.30 >> AND HE MAKES ALL OF THE POWER OF HEAVEN AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU 00:08:55.30\00:08:59.07 CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT. AND ONCE YOU COME TO JESUS, WHAT 00:08:59.07\00:09:03.20 YOU WANT IS THE WILL OF GOD. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND THEN 00:09:03.20\00:09:06.84 HAVE THE MUSIC AND THEN GO ON AND TURN OUR TEAM LOOSE. 00:09:06.84\00:09:12.41 I THINK IT'S PSALMS COMING UP NEXT. 00:09:12.41\00:09:17.65 PSALMS 48. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 00:09:17.65\00:09:21.06 PASTOR? >> EXACTLY. 00:09:21.06\00:09:22.59 >> SHELLEY? >> AMEN. 00:09:22.59\00:09:24.29 >> COME IN TO THE LORD PREDETERMINED WHAT YOU ARE GOING 00:09:24.29\00:09:27.66 TO WANT. YOU DON'T WANT OLD THINGS, YOU 00:09:27.66\00:09:30.40 WANT JESUS, SO YOU TAKE THE LIGHT IN THE LORD. 00:09:30.40\00:09:33.50 YOU WANT THE THINGS OF THE LORD. THIS NEXT TEXT IS VERY CRUCIAL. 00:09:33.50\00:09:39.24 THIS IS SMALL -- PSALMS, I THINK IT'S 42:1. 00:09:39.24\00:09:48.42 THE WANT TO PLEASE THE LORD, I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL AGREE AND 00:09:48.42\00:09:52.79 PROBABLY TOUCH ON TONIGHT, CAN'T BE A LIGHT ONNING -- OCCASIONAL 00:09:52.79\00:10:00.60 KIND OF THING. YOU HAVE TO WANT JESUS MORE THAN 00:10:00.60\00:10:02.70 THE THINGS IN THE WORLD, AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE 00:10:02.70\00:10:06.20 YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT JESUS, WHERE YOU CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT 00:10:06.20\00:10:10.51 JESUS, THAT'S JUST WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE, SO THAT PLEASING 00:10:10.51\00:10:13.81 CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOU LIFE AND IN THE 00:10:13.81\00:10:16.24 WORLD TO YOU, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THAT'S 00:10:16.24\00:10:20.48 THE STARTING POINT TO TURNING YOUR EARS AWAY FROM THE WEIRD, 00:10:20.48\00:10:25.32 AND TURNING YOUR FACE TOWARDS JESUS CHRIST. 00:10:25.32\00:10:28.06 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING. 00:10:28.06\00:10:33.29 OVERCOMING IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRIST 00:10:33.29\00:10:37.40 JESUS. AND ALL HEAVEN IS THERE TO 00:10:37.40\00:10:39.33 ASSIST YOU. THIS IS JOHN 5 -- ACTUALLY IT'S 00:10:39.33\00:10:44.61 1 JOHN. FOR EVERYONE BORN OF GOD 00:10:44.61\00:10:47.61 OVERCOMES THE WORLD. THERE IS THAT WORD AGAIN. 00:10:47.61\00:10:51.88 THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES WITHOUT FAITH. 00:10:51.88\00:10:58.42 WHO OVERCOMES THE WORLD? ONLY THE ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT 00:10:58.42\00:11:01.59 JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, SO YOU HAVE GOT TO PUT ALL OF YOUR 00:11:01.59\00:11:05.59 FAITH IN JESUS. THAT'S 1 JOHN 4:5, AND IT IS A 00:11:05.59\00:11:11.97 CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR FAITH THAT YOU GET THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME 00:11:11.97\00:11:15.04 THOSE THINGS THAT OPPOSE YOU. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 00:11:15.04\00:11:19.17 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK PRAYER, THE 00:11:19.17\00:11:24.91 WILL, THE INTERCESSION OF ANGELS. 00:11:24.91\00:11:27.12 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HELP US IN 00:11:27.12\00:11:31.05 OVERCOMING. I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING, 00:11:31.05\00:11:33.15 AND THEN I'M DONE -- AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. 00:11:33.15\00:11:36.12 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I HEARD SOMEONE ON TELEVISION 00:11:36.12\00:11:39.33 THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T KNOW FROM WHAT CHANNEL IT WAS. 00:11:39.33\00:11:43.43 A NEWS CHANNEL, AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS 00:11:43.43\00:11:47.27 THAT WE HAS HUMAN BEINGS FACE, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR. 00:11:47.27\00:11:51.34 AND I'M GOING TO STEP IN THERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME 00:11:51.34\00:11:55.04 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISAGREE, BUT THEY WERE SAYING THAT AN 00:11:55.04\00:11:58.95 ALCOHOLIC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALCOHOLISM; THAT IT'S A DISEASE 00:11:58.95\00:12:04.55 THAT YOU GET, BUT YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND SOMETIMES YOU 00:12:04.55\00:12:09.89 HEAR THINGS THAT JUST HIT YOUR EAR WRONG, AND THE REASON IT DID 00:12:09.89\00:12:14.73 IS -- BECAUSE HE WAS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT IF YOU ARE 00:12:14.73\00:12:20.47 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, THEN YOU CARRY NO CULPABILITY. 00:12:20.47\00:12:26.47 OKAY. YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC, BUT IT'S 00:12:26.47\00:12:29.28 NOT YOUR FAULT. WELL, IF YOU ARE A SMOKER AND 00:12:29.28\00:12:33.48 GET LUNG CANCER, ARE YOU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT EITHER? 00:12:33.48\00:12:39.85 SO SINCE YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY 00:12:39.85\00:12:42.89 REAL NEED TO CHANGE. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. 00:12:42.89\00:12:45.36 YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE THAT WAY. AND I SEE MEDICAL SCIENCE MOVING 00:12:45.36\00:12:50.20 IN THAT DIRECTION. SOMETIME CHRISTIAN FAITH IS 00:12:50.20\00:12:54.00 MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. JUST LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE. 00:12:54.00\00:12:56.77 THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE, 00:12:56.77\00:13:00.48 BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE. WELL, IF YO ACCEPT THAT NOTION, 00:13:00.48\00:13:04.71 THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO OVERCOME, AND THE BIBLE SAYS, WE 00:13:04.71\00:13:08.65 MUST BE OVERCOMERS, AND WE CAN BE OVERCOMERS IN JESUS, AND THAT 00:13:08.65\00:13:14.22 LEADS SOME PEOPLE TO DEPRESSION, BECAUSE THEY FIGURE, I'M IN THIS 00:13:14.22\00:13:18.09 HOLE. I'M IN THIS PLACE. 00:13:18.09\00:13:20.06 I CAN NEVER GET OUT. GOD IS HERE TO TELL YOU CAN GET 00:13:20.06\00:13:28.30 OUT. AND WHO WANTS TO SORT OF DIVE 00:13:28.30\00:13:30.67 INTO THAT? >> I'LL LET SHELLEY. 00:13:30.67\00:13:34.24 LADIES FIRST. >> YOU KNOW, JESUS PROMISED 00:13:34.24\00:13:37.71 GREAT REWARDS TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME. 00:13:37.71\00:13:41.98 IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, HE SAID THAT OVERCOMERS WILL EAT 00:13:41.98\00:13:47.06 FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, 2:7 THEY WILL BE UNHARMED BY THE SECOND 00:13:47.06\00:13:54.73 DEATH 2:11, THAT THEY WILL EAT THE HIDDEN MANNA, AND BE GIVEN A 00:13:54.73\00:13:59.70 NEW NAME, VERSUS 17, AND HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS. 00:13:59.70\00:14:05.11 THAT'S VERSE 26. IN CHAPTER 3, HE SAYS THEY WILL 00:14:05.11\00:14:10.05 BE CLOTHED IN WHITE GARMENTS, A PERMANENT PILLAR IN THE HOUSE OF 00:14:10.05\00:14:14.45 GOD, AND SIT ON THE THROWN WITH JESUS. 00:14:14.45\00:14:17.15 >> UH-HUH. >> THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED 00:14:17.15\00:14:19.92 TO SAY TO START THIS OFF, IS THAT JESUS CAME TO DELIVER US 00:14:19.92\00:14:25.33 FROM OUR SINS. >> AMEN. 00:14:25.33\00:14:27.50 >> SO THE PROMISE THAT I LOVE IS HEBREWS 7:22. 00:14:27.50\00:14:34.07 HEBREWS 7, IT'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS BEING A HIGH PRIEST AND IN 00:14:34.07\00:14:39.01 VERSUS 22 IT SAYS THAT HE IS THE SURETY OF A BETTER COVENANT. 00:14:39.01\00:14:45.01 I LOVE THIS, BECAUSE THE WORD SURETY MEANS THAT JESUS IS OUR 00:14:45.01\00:14:50.89 GUARANTOR OF THIS NEW COVENANT. IN OTHER WORDS, SECOND 00:14:50.89\00:14:57.49 CORINTHIANS 1:20, SAYS THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES ARE YES AND 00:14:57.49\00:15:01.20 AMEN IN CHRIST JESUS. SO HE IS OUR GUARANTOR FROM GOD 00:15:01.20\00:15:04.53 TO US THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES ARE OURS. 00:15:04.53\00:15:08.80 BUT HE IS ALSO OUR GUARANTOR TO GOD. 00:15:08.80\00:15:14.34 IN OTHER WORDS, PHILIPPIANS 2:13 SAYS THAT GOD WORKS IN US TO 00:15:14.34\00:15:20.18 WILL AND TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE. 00:15:20.18\00:15:23.75 PHILIPPIANS 1:6 SAYS HE WILL COMPLETE THE GOOD WORK HE HAS 00:15:23.75\00:15:28.16 BEGUN IN US, SO IT IS AS WE COOPERATE WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT, 00:15:28.16\00:15:34.60 AND I HAVE A LOT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AFTER THE 00:15:34.60\00:15:38.97 MUSIC, BUT AS WE COOPERATE WITH GOD, JESUS WILL CAUSE US TO BE 00:15:38.97\00:15:43.34 EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE, SO THAT WE CAN BE 00:15:43.34\00:15:47.24 LOYAL, SHOW OUR LOVE AND OUR LOYALTY TO GOD IN THIS NEW 00:15:47.24\00:15:51.31 COVENANT RELATIONSHIP. >> AMEN. 00:15:51.31\00:15:53.38 >> SO IT IS ALL ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE PROMISES. 00:15:53.38\00:15:57.12 I JUST WANT TO READ RIGHT NOW IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND IF I CAN FIND 00:15:57.12\00:16:02.56 THEM. THREE OF MY FAVORITE PROMISES IN 00:16:02.56\00:16:04.39 THE BIBLE. HEBREWS 13 -- WHY DON'T YOU READ 00:16:04.39\00:16:10.20 THIS ONE JOHN, HEBREWS 13, BECAUSE THIS -- WHEN WE START 00:16:10.20\00:16:20.51 TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMING, SOME -- YOU MAY BE WATCHING 00:16:20.51\00:16:23.45 RIGHT NOW, AND YOU MAY THINK, I DON'T WANT TO DELIGHT IN GOD'S 00:16:23.45\00:16:31.75 WILL. I DON'T --JESUS ISN'T THE MOST 00:16:31.75\00:16:33.86 IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE. I GO TO CHURCH, BUT MAYBE HE'S 00:16:33.86\00:16:39.89 NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT. BUT SEE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS 00:16:39.89\00:16:44.40 SAY LORD, CHANGE MY HEART. >> AMEN. 00:16:44.40\00:16:46.67 >> OH, MAKE ME UP. AND READ HEBREWS 13:20-21. 00:16:46.67\00:16:53.44 >> MAY THE GOD OF PEACE WHO BROUGHT UP OUR LORD JESUS FROM 00:16:53.44\00:16:59.41 THE DEAD THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP THROUGH THE BLOOD OF 00:16:59.41\00:17:03.42 THE EVERY-LASTING COVENANT, MAKE YOU COMPLETE IN EVERY GOOD WORK 00:17:03.42\00:17:09.82 TO DO HIS WELL, WORKING IN YOU WHAT IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS 00:17:09.82\00:17:15.86 SIGHT, TO JESUS CHRIST TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. 00:17:15.86\00:17:20.14 AMEN. >> IT IS THE GOD OF PEACE WHO IS 00:17:20.14\00:17:23.14 GOING TO DO THIS WORK IN US AS WE YIELD TO HIS LEADING, AND IN 00:17:23.14\00:17:30.65 FIRST THESSALONIANS 5:23 AND 24. >> AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE 00:17:30.65\00:17:37.32 SANCTIFY YOU HOLY, AND I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL 00:17:37.32\00:17:41.36 AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS UNTIL THE COMING OF OUR LORD 00:17:41.36\00:17:46.39 JESUS CHRIST, FAITHFUL IS HE THAT CALTH YOU WHO ALSO WILL DO 00:17:46.39\00:17:52.07 IT. >> SO HE IS GOING TO PRESERVE US 00:17:52.07\00:17:55.47 BLAMELESS AND HOLY. A IT SAYS MAY THE LORD MAKE YOU 00:17:55.47\00:18:02.24 INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO ALL, JUST AS 00:18:02.24\00:18:07.15 WE DO TO YOU, SO THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS BLAMELESS 00:18:07.15\00:18:13.39 IN HOLINESS, BEFORE OUR GOD AND FATHER. 00:18:13.39\00:18:16.12 AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL OF HIS SAINTS. 00:18:16.12\00:18:20.46 >> AMEN. >> SO AS GOD WORKS IN US TO 00:18:20.46\00:18:23.90 ESTABLISH US IN HIS LOVE BY POURING HIS HOLY SPIRIT, HIS 00:18:23.90\00:18:29.47 LOVE INTO OUR HEART THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE LOVING WE 00:18:29.47\00:18:32.81 BECOME. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT 00:18:32.81\00:18:36.38 DIVINE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE MORE WE BECOME LIKE GOD, RIGHT? 00:18:36.38\00:18:41.02 GOD IS LOVE. SO IT IS GOD WHO IS GOING TO 00:18:41.02\00:18:44.52 ESTABLISH US, AND EFFECT US, MAKING US BLAMELESS AT THE 00:18:44.52\00:18:48.96 COMING OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 00:18:48.96\00:18:53.36 AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET THIS -- I JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN 00:18:53.36\00:18:58.17 ME. YOU ARE RIGHT. 00:18:58.17\00:18:59.17 YOU DON'T. >> AMEN. 00:18:59.17\00:19:01.64 >> NOT UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING THROUGH YOU, AND YOU ARE 00:19:01.64\00:19:06.41 SURRENDERING YOUR YIELDING CONTROL TO HIM.->> AMEN. 00:19:06.41\00:19:09.38 AMEN. >> PASTOR AND PASTOR, I KNOW YOU 00:19:09.38\00:19:11.38 ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT. I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR POWDER 00:19:11.38\00:19:15.15 DRY FOR JUST A MOMENT. LET'S GO TO OUR MUSIC AND THEN 00:19:15.15\00:19:19.82 LET YOU GO. OUR MUSIC IS COMING FROM TIM 00:19:19.82\00:19:22.79 PARTON. HE IS GOING TO BE DOING 00:19:22.79\00:19:27.23 "WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS." ¤ 00:19:27.23\00:19:36.97 ¤ 00:21:11.97\00:21:20.74 >> AMEN, BROTHER TIM PARTON. "WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS." 00:22:41.39\00:22:47.60 YOU SEE TIM PLAYING LIKE THAT, AND YOU MAY THINK HE IS JUST 00:22:47.60\00:22:50.97 SHOWING OFF. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE 00:22:50.97\00:22:54.60 GODLY PEOPLE I KNOW. HE HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN A UNIQUE 00:22:54.60\00:22:59.94 GIFT, A VERY UNUSUAL GIFT, WHICH HE HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE BACK TO 00:22:59.94\00:23:05.28 THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. WE LOVE HIM, AND HE BRINGS A RAY 00:23:05.28\00:23:08.92 OF SUNSHINE WE THANK HIM FOR. >> AMEN. 00:23:08.92\00:23:12.22 >> WE THANK HIM FOR THAT PLAYING. 00:23:12.22\00:23:15.02 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR AND PASTOR, WHO WANTS 00:23:15.02\00:23:20.03 TO PICK IT UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER IN 00:23:20.03\00:23:23.30 OUR LIVES TO OVERCOME. SHELLEY GOT US OF TO A GREAT 00:23:23.30\00:23:30.21 START. LET ME SAY THIS BEFORE THE 00:23:30.21\00:23:32.61 BRETHREN TAKE IT AWAY. IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING YOU WANT 00:23:32.61\00:23:36.14 TO WEIGH IN ON. YOU MAY WANT TO ADD YOUR OWN 00:23:36.14\00:23:41.35 THOUGHT, OR YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, OR YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION, 00:23:41.35\00:23:44.42 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELVING INTO THIS, OR A WAY YOU 00:23:44.42\00:23:48.42 WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THROUGH THE GRACE AND GOODNESS OF THE 00:23:48.42\00:23:52.23 LORD, THEN CALL US AT 618-627-4651, 618-627-4651, 00:23:52.23\00:23:56.83 BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR INTERACTION IN 00:23:56.83\00:24:00.77 THIS PARTICULAR SHOW, OR YOU MAY EMAIL US, LIVE@3ABN.TV. 00:24:00.77\00:24:09.91 LIVE@3ABN.TV. WE WANT YOUR INPUT BECAUSE WE'RE 00:24:09.91\00:24:12.28 TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMING, SOMETHING WE ALL MUST DO. 00:24:12.28\00:24:15.95 SOMETHING WE ALL MUST HAVE IN OUR LIVES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO 00:24:15.95\00:24:20.36 HEAR FROM YOU THIS VERY NIGHT ALSO. 00:24:20.36\00:24:22.16 >> I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO PASTOR KENNY. 00:24:22.16\00:24:25.69 GO AHEAD AND START. >> THIS IS BEEN PASSIVE IN 00:24:25.69\00:24:32.37 SCRIPTURE IN ROMANS. IT TALKS ABOUT SIN SHALL NOT 00:24:32.37\00:24:38.17 HAVE DIMENSION OVER YOU. AND MEANTIMES IT SEEMS LIKE IT 00:24:38.17\00:24:47.18 HAS DIE MINION. IT HAS GREATEN ME TO DEATH. 00:24:47.18\00:24:56.09 THERE IS REASONS FOR THAT. BUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS THAT 00:24:56.09\00:25:00.16 WE FOLLOW THROUGH, A LITTLE BOOK CALLED "STEPS TO CHRIST" SAYS 00:25:00.16\00:25:06.17 THE SIN THAT YOU DO NOT OVERCOME WILL OVERCOME YOU. 00:25:06.17\00:25:10.34 >> UH-HUH. >> SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT? 00:25:10.34\00:25:12.87 >> YES. >> THE SIN THAT YOU DO NOT 00:25:12.87\00:25:17.35 OVERCOME. CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF 00:25:17.35\00:25:19.78 GLORY, BUT IF YOU DON'T GAIN THE VICTORY, YOU SEE OVER THIS 00:25:19.78\00:25:23.79 CERTAIN THING, SIN, THE SIN IS GOING TO COME BACK AND GET YOU. 00:25:23.79\00:25:29.16 BE CONCERNED -- A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 00:25:29.16\00:25:32.53 NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH, NEXT YEAR. 00:25:32.53\00:25:35.23 BUT WE ARE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY. 00:25:35.23\00:25:38.33 THE BIBLE IS CLEAR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. 00:25:38.33\00:25:42.20 THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR SECOND CORINTHIANS 6:2. 00:25:42.20\00:25:47.78 BUT ANOTHER ARTICLE SAYS -- I THINK THIS SETS UP SOMETHING 00:25:47.78\00:25:51.75 SOLID FOR US, SOLID IS BECAUSE NUMBER 1 JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF 00:25:51.75\00:25:56.15 LEFT GLORY, CAME DOWN HERE TO HUMANITY, HUMANITY AND DIE 00:25:56.15\00:26:02.19 VINTY, COMBINING TOGETHER, JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF FILLED WITH THE 00:26:02.19\00:26:07.66 FATHER. HE LIVED THE PERFECT LIFE. 00:26:07.66\00:26:10.97 NOT EVEN BY A THOUGHT DID HE COMMIT SIN. 00:26:10.97\00:26:14.04 SO HE SET THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT HUMAN BEINGS, US, CAN BE THROUGH 00:26:14.04\00:26:19.17 JESUS CHRIST. SO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, 00:26:19.17\00:26:21.94 PEOPLE ARE MAKING EXCUSES. SO WE NEED TO BRING US BACK, AND 00:26:21.94\00:26:26.38 REALLY LOOK AT -- I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE 00:26:26.38\00:26:31.19 MAY NOT HAVE TOMORROW. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE. 00:26:31.19\00:26:33.99 IT SAYS IN BELIEVING AND OBEYING THE TRUTH, YOU WILL RECEIVE 00:26:33.99\00:26:39.66 GRACE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DUTIES AND TRIALS OF TODAY. 00:26:39.66\00:26:42.43 WHEN DO I NEED THAT GRACE? I NEED IT FOR TODAY. 00:26:42.43\00:26:46.23 GRACE FOR TOMORROW, YOU DO NOT NEED. 00:26:46.23\00:26:49.10 PRETTY CLEAR. YOU SHOULD FEEL THAT YOU HAVE 00:26:49.10\00:26:51.57 ONLY TO DO WITH TODAY. OVERCOME FOR TODAY, DENY SELF 00:26:51.57\00:26:57.88 FOR TODAY. WATCH AND PRAY FOR TODAY. 00:26:57.88\00:27:02.22 OBTAIN VICTORIES IN THE GOD -- IN GOD FOR TODAY. 00:27:02.22\00:27:05.42 >> PASTOR I WANT TO JUST TAP THE PAUSE BUTTON THERE, BECAUSE THAT 00:27:05.42\00:27:09.36 IS SO -- WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AS A CHRISTIAN, I WOULD -- I WOULD 00:27:09.36\00:27:13.46 ASK THE LORD -- I DONE WANT TO SIN THIS WEEK. 00:27:13.46\00:27:17.17 I WANTED TO DO GREAT LEAPS OF TIME, AND YOU ARE REALLY SETTING 00:27:17.17\00:27:22.80 YOURSELF UP TO FAIL. >> YES, YOU ARE. 00:27:22.80\00:27:25.37 >> BECAUSE SERVING THE LORD IS ONE DAY -- ACTUALLY ONE MOMENT 00:27:25.37\00:27:28.68 AT A TIME, ONE DECISION AT A TIME. 00:27:28.68\00:27:31.81 AND EVEN TO THIS DAY, I WISH I COULD PUT IT ON AUTOPILOT, TAP 00:27:31.81\00:27:37.35 THE SWITCH, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND LET IT RUN BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU 00:27:37.35\00:27:42.22 ARE CHALLENGED EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU MUST REALIGN YOURSELF WITH 00:27:42.22\00:27:48.00 CHRIST EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S DAY BY DAY, MOMENT BY 00:27:48.00\00:27:51.57 MOMENT, AND THAT'S THE SECRET. ONE OF THE SECRETS. 00:27:51.57\00:27:54.94 ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS TO OVERCOMING IS DAILY. 00:27:54.94\00:27:58.11 IT'S A DAILY SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST. 00:27:58.11\00:28:02.71 DO YOU NOT ALL AGREE IN >> AMEN. 00:28:02.71\00:28:06.01 >> THE FIRST ONE, DENY SELF. TAKE UP THE CROSS AND FOLLOW 00:28:06.01\00:28:11.29 JESUS. >> AND HOW OFTEN DID HE SAY? 00:28:11.29\00:28:13.76 PICK UP YOUR CROSS DAILY. >> YEAH. 00:28:13.76\00:28:15.62 >> IT SHOULD BE AN ALL-DAY PROCESS. 00:28:15.62\00:28:19.23 YOU ARE CONSTANTLY PICKING UP THAT CROSS AND FOLLOWING HIM. 00:28:19.23\00:28:23.77 AND I REMEMBER LADY -- BECAUSE FOR ME VICTORY IS SUCH AN 00:28:23.77\00:28:30.97 IMPORTANT PART. THIS IS A SUBJECT WITH A LOT OF 00:28:30.97\00:28:34.71 TABOO ON IT, AND REALLY IT SHOULDN'T BE, BECAUSE I DON'T 00:28:34.71\00:28:40.88 THINK ANY OF US SIT UP HERE TONIGHT AND THINK WE HAVE 00:28:40.88\00:28:46.55 ATTAINED. WE WANT TO LIVE TODAY. 00:28:46.55\00:28:48.12 WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO EVERY RAY OF LIGHT THAT SHINES IN OUR 00:28:48.12\00:28:54.20 BATHWAY. >> AMEN. 00:28:54.20\00:28:55.13 >> I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. 00:28:55.13\00:28:58.57 WE CAN'T SIDE STEP. EVERY RAY OF LIGHT THAT SHINES 00:28:58.57\00:29:02.24 ON OUR PATHWAY, BUT FAITH PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART. 00:29:02.24\00:29:05.71 BECAUSE THERE USED TO BE A LADY THAT WOULD CALL ME AND SAY 00:29:05.71\00:29:10.58 PASTOR KENNY, I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR ME. 00:29:10.58\00:29:13.35 AND I SAID WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR YOURSELF, BECAUSE WE TALKED 00:29:13.35\00:29:17.62 SO MUCH, BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND WHAT WAS GOING 00:29:17.62\00:29:21.26 TO TAKE PLACE. I SAID YOU CAN PRAY FOR 00:29:21.26\00:29:23.83 YOURSELF. NO, THERE'S NO USE TO ME TO PRAY 00:29:23.83\00:29:26.76 ABOUT IT. I SAID REALLY? 00:29:26.76\00:29:29.73 SHE SAID NO, EVERY TIME I PRAY MY PRAYERS GO NO HIGHER THAN 00:29:29.73\00:29:38.44 THE-CEILING. BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, I KNOW THEY GO TO THE THROWN 00:29:38.44\00:29:43.41 ROOM OF GOD. I SAID WHY DOESN'T YOURSELF GO HIGHER THAN THE 00:29:43.41\00:29:48.72 CEILING? SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW. I SAID BECAUSE OF LACK OF FAITH. 00:29:48.72\00:29:52.85 YOU SAID MINE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE CEILING. 00:29:52.85\00:29:55.89 SO WE HAVE TO BE -- BY THE GRACE OF GOD, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM 00:29:55.89\00:30:00.03 COMING IN, DOING THAT WORK, CREATING A NEW LIGHT, NEW HEART, 00:30:00.03\00:30:05.47 NEW MIND, EVERYTHING DIFFERENT -AND NEW -- JESUS SAID THIS -- QUICKLY -- HE SAID I 00:30:05.47\00:30:10.57 DIDN'T COME TO DO MY WILL. I CAME TO DO THE FATHER'S WILL. 00:30:10.57\00:30:15.88 SO HE CAME TO SHOW MAN THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE THE 00:30:15.88\00:30:22.25 VICTORIOUS LIFE. >> AMEN. 00:30:22.25\00:30:23.49 >> AMEN. >> I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR 00:30:23.49\00:30:27.06 NOW. [ LAUGHTER ] 00:30:27.06\00:30:27.72 >> WELL SAID. >> THANK YOU BOTH. 00:30:27.72\00:30:30.33 THANK YOU, SHELLEY. THANK YOU, KENNY. 00:30:30.33\00:30:34.86 I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK CLEARLY TONIGHT WITH MY 00:30:34.86\00:30:39.57 RETAINERS IN. THE WHOLE BIBLE IS BASED ON THE 00:30:39.57\00:30:42.17 THEME OF OVERCOMEING FROM BEGINNING TO END. 00:30:42.17\00:30:48.11 >> AMEN. >> SOMETHING FOREIGN TO GOD'S 00:30:48.11\00:30:52.88 CREATION ENTERED THE WORLD, AND THAT WAS SIN. 00:30:52.88\00:30:56.38 ROMAN 5:12. BUT THE SIN THAT ENTERED THE 00:30:56.38\00:30:59.65 WORLD DIDN'T BEGIN IN THE WORLD. LUCIFER SINNED AS WE REBELLED 00:30:59.65\00:31:06.53 AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD, SO HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND 00:31:06.53\00:31:10.57 MY CHOICE ADAM OPENED THE DOOR TO ALLOW THIS INFECTION TO START 00:31:10.57\00:31:15.20 IN THE WORLD. SO EVER SINCE THE ENTRANCE OF 00:31:15.20\00:31:18.44 SIN, THERE HAS BEEN ONLY TWO CHOICES, SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, 00:31:18.44\00:31:24.48 LIGHT AND DARKNESS, GOOD AND EVIL. 00:31:24.48\00:31:26.68 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHAT I WANT TO TALK 00:31:26.68\00:31:29.45 ABOUT, AND I HAVE A FEW PASSAGES THAT ARE LINKED DOWN 00:31:29.45\00:31:32.99 HERE -- THAT I JUST JOTTED DOWN. THE THEME OF OVERCOMING IS 00:31:32.99\00:31:37.63 SOMETHING WE ARE TOLD WE MUST -- WE MUST ACHIEVE. 00:31:37.63\00:31:40.23 >> YES. >> BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR 00:31:40.23\00:31:43.60 WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY SHELLEY AND PASTOR KENNY 00:31:43.60\00:31:46.80 ALREADY, IS WE ARE NOT ACHIEVING IT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH. 00:31:46.80\00:31:49.94 >> COME ON NOW. >> WE CANNOT. 00:31:49.94\00:31:51.64 >> UH-HUH. >> I WANT TO GO TO GENESIS 9. 00:31:51.64\00:31:56.41 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE MOTLEY CREW THAT MAKES UP THE 00:31:56.41\00:32:01.68 CATEGORICAL SETTING OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL 00:32:01.68\00:32:05.32 OVERCOME. I USE THE WORD MOTLEY CREW, 00:32:05.32\00:32:09.09 BECAUSE GENESIS 49 AND REVELATION 7 REFLECT EACH OTHER. 00:32:09.09\00:32:15.20 GENESIS 49 INTRODUCES THE SONS OF JACOB. 00:32:15.20\00:32:21.94 REVELATION CHAPTER 7 REINTRODUCING THE SONS, WITH THE 00:32:21.94\00:32:25.84 ADDITION OF MA NASA WHO IS A GRANDSON. 00:32:25.84\00:32:29.68 BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS HEAVEN HAS 12 GATES. 00:32:29.68\00:32:34.82 NOW MANY? >> 12. 00:32:34.82\00:32:36.99 >> 12. AND AS I HAVE LOOKED AT THE 12 00:32:36.99\00:32:40.56 SONS, AS I LOOKED AT THE 12 TRIBES, I HAVE COME TO THE 00:32:40.56\00:32:44.86 CONCLUSION -- AND THIS IS MY OWN RESEARCH, BUT I BELIEVE EACH ONE 00:32:44.86\00:32:49.23 OF US IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GATE THAT BEST DESCRIBES WHAT WE 00:32:49.23\00:32:53.37 HAVE OVERCOME. >> UH-HUH. 00:32:53.37\00:32:55.20 >> I HAVE OUTLINED SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WATCHING MIGHT 00:32:55.20\00:33:01.71 IDENTIFY WITH. GENESIS 49:3-4, REUBIN SAYS HE 00:33:01.71\00:33:08.42 IS UNSTABLE AS WATER. HE WILL NO EXCEL. 00:33:08.42\00:33:11.25 THERE ARE THOSE WHO DEAL WITH INSTABILITY. 00:33:11.25\00:33:14.02 ONE DAY THEY ARE RIGHT. ONE DAY THEY ARE WRONG. 00:33:14.02\00:33:19.96 THEY ARE CONTINUALLY MUMBLING AND STUMBLING. 00:33:19.96\00:33:23.53 REUBIN IS MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7, WHICH MEANS YOU 00:33:23.53\00:33:26.57 CANNOT BE MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7 IF YOU HAVE NOT 00:33:26.57\00:33:30.97 OVERCOME. >> UH-HUH. 00:33:30.97\00:33:32.14 >> SO THERE IS -- FOR THE PERSON WHO IS LIVING IN INSTABILITY WE 00:33:32.14\00:33:37.35 CAN OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAM. 00:33:37.35\00:33:39.95 >> AMEN. >> THEN THERE IS SIMEON AND 00:33:39.95\00:33:44.82 LEVI. THESE TWO PERSONALITIES COVER 00:33:44.82\00:33:47.19 TWO TRIBES. AND THEY ARE VIOLENT. 00:33:47.19\00:33:49.46 THEY ARE BROTHERS. SIMEON AND LEVI ARE BROTHERS. 00:33:49.46\00:33:54.73 INSTRUMENTS OF CRUELTY. THEY BOTH DEAL WITH VIOLENCE. 00:33:54.73\00:33:58.43 THEY LOVE TO FIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS 00:33:58.43\00:34:01.47 SOMETHING, BUT THIS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES -- 00:34:01.47\00:34:04.87 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL . . . 00:34:04.87\00:34:06.64 >> LET ME SAY THIS CORRECTLY HERE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A 00:34:06.64\00:34:10.01 LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT NEED TO OVERCOME THIS VIOLENT TEMPER, 00:34:10.01\00:34:14.78 EITHER THINKING VIOLENCE OR PERPETUATING VIOLENCE. 00:34:14.78\00:34:18.15 I HAVE MET PEOPLE IN ANY CHURCH. I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT WISH THE 00:34:18.15\00:34:22.02 PASTOR WOULD DIE. I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME 00:34:22.02\00:34:25.33 ON SABBATH MORNING THEY CAME TO CHURCH TO BEAT UP THE DEACON. 00:34:25.33\00:34:32.70 SOME REFUSE TO GIVE ON THIS SIDE OR THAT SIDE, AND IT'S A 00:34:32.70\00:34:37.91 TEMPERAMENT OF VIOLENCE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME 00:34:37.91\00:34:41.71 ENCOURAGEMENT, BECAUSE SIMEON AND LEVI ARE MENTIONED IN 00:34:41.71\00:34:46.35 REVELATION 7. BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB THEY 00:34:46.35\00:34:49.82 WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THEIR VIOLENCE. 00:34:49.82\00:34:54.99 JUDAH, IT SAYS YOUR BROTHERS SHALL PRAISE. 00:34:54.99\00:34:58.36 YOUR BROTHERS SHALL PRAISE. YOUR HAND SHALL BE ON THE NECK 00:34:58.36\00:35:02.23 OF YOUR ENEMIES. JUDAH IS HIGH MINDED. 00:35:02.23\00:35:06.07 >> UH-HUH. >> AND HE KNOWS HE IS HIGH 00:35:06.07\00:35:09.64 MINDED. AND HE BOASTS ABOUT HIS 00:35:09.64\00:35:13.17 ACHIEVEMENTS. I HAVE A -- WAS IT HE WHO HAD 00:35:13.17\00:35:16.58 THE COAT OF MANY COLORS? >> JOSEPH. 00:35:16.58\00:35:18.95 >> JOSEPH. OKAY. 00:35:18.95\00:35:20.78 BUT JUDAH WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ABLE TO -- JUDAH WAS THE ONE 00:35:20.78\00:35:24.29 THAT WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND THEN BOAST ABOUT HIS 00:35:24.29\00:35:29.19 ACHIEVEMENTS. HIGH MINDEDNESS. 00:35:29.19\00:35:30.46 IN THE BIBLE HE TALKED ABOUT THIS HIGH-MINDED NATURE, AND 00:35:30.46\00:35:35.66 THERE ARE THOSE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY MAY ACCOMPLISH 00:35:35.66\00:35:40.24 BY DEGREE OR FINANCIAL ACCOUTREMENTS, AND THEY BECOME 00:35:40.24\00:35:44.57 HIGH MINDED, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:35:44.57\00:35:47.68 I WANT TO GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:35:47.68\00:35:50.95 BECAUSE JUDAH IS MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7. 00:35:50.95\00:35:59.52 ZEBLON IS THE BUSINESS-MINDED ONE. 00:35:59.52\00:36:01.02 HE SHALL BECOME THE LIFE OF SHIPS. 00:36:01.02\00:36:04.29 HE COUNTS EVERY PENNY. IF HIS CHECK WAS $49.50, HIS 00:36:04.29\00:36:11.17 TITHE WAS $4.95. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU 00:36:11.17\00:36:16.10 ENCOURAGEMENT, CHEAP, TIGHT, FINANCIALLY STINGY PEOPLE WILL 00:36:16.10\00:36:20.68 OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 00:36:20.68\00:36:27.15 IZCAR IS A STRONG DONKEY. YOU CAN'T MOVE HIM. 00:36:27.15\00:36:30.89 HE IS STUBBORN. HAVE YOU MET ANY STUBBORN 00:36:30.89\00:36:34.99 CHRISTIANS? >> COME ON NOW. 00:36:34.99\00:36:37.16 >> YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO DO ANYTHING. 00:36:37.16\00:36:39.96 BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IZCAR OVERCAME. 00:36:39.96\00:36:48.40 LET'S SKIP VERSUS 16. GAD. 00:36:48.40\00:36:51.81 THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MY PURPOSE. GAD, A TROOP SHALL OVERCOME HIM, 00:36:51.81\00:36:57.65 BUT HE SHALL OVERCOME AT THE LAST. 00:36:57.65\00:37:00.32 >> YES. >> YOU HAVE THE KING JAMES 00:37:00.32\00:37:03.52 VERSION, KENNY? >> YES. 00:37:03.52\00:37:05.82 >> SO WE KNOW HIS IS PROPHESIZED. 00:37:05.82\00:37:10.33 HE IS THE GUY THAT GETS BAD BREAKS. 00:37:10.33\00:37:13.23 HE WILL SHOW UP 10 MINUTES AFTER THE SALE IS OVER. 00:37:13.23\00:37:16.87 THEY HAVE ALL THE SUITS ON THE RACK, BUT NOT HIS SIZE. 00:37:16.87\00:37:22.00 HIS CAR WILL BREAK DOWN 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW BEGINS, 00:37:22.00\00:37:25.24 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HE'LL OVERCOME. 00:37:25.24\00:37:28.28 VERY QUICKLY NOW, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 00:37:28.28\00:37:34.42 ASHAR, VERSUS 20. ASHAR, THE BIBLE SAYS HIS TABLE 00:37:34.42\00:37:41.32 SHALL FIELD ROYAL MEALS. HE LOVES TO EAT. 00:37:41.32\00:37:44.39 BUT GOD IS GOING TO PUT HIM ON A DIET ON THE LAST DAY SO HE CAN 00:37:44.39\00:37:50.60 FIT THROUGH THE GATE IN REVELATION. 00:37:50.60\00:37:52.87 THIS IS ALL ABOUT OVERCOMING, BY THE WAY. 00:37:52.87\00:37:55.57 >> YES. >> THIS IS MY THEME. 00:37:55.57\00:37:59.61 AND NAPALI, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO TICK HIM OFF. 00:37:59.61\00:38:07.52 HE IS IN REVELATION. AND JOSEPH, VERY QUICKLY. 00:38:07.52\00:38:11.55 YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT JOSEPH. HIS PROBLEM WAS HE WAS BLESSED 00:38:11.55\00:38:16.22 AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND HE GOT HIS BROTHERS UPSET. 00:38:16.22\00:38:21.70 I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. 00:38:21.70\00:38:23.77 YOU KNOW THE STORY OF JOSEPH? >> SURE. 00:38:23.77\00:38:26.70 >> HE TOLD HIS BROTHERS, I'M GOING TO BE ABOVE YOU. 00:38:26.70\00:38:31.57 DAD LOVES ME MORE. LOOK AT MY COAT. 00:38:31.57\00:38:34.61 AND SO THEY SAID, WE HAVE GOT TO GET RID OF THIS GUY, HE IS 00:38:34.61\00:38:38.78 IRRITATING US, BUT THE LORD HAD A PLAN FOR JOSEPH. 00:38:38.78\00:38:41.98 THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT HIS SELF PRIDE, HE OVERCAME. 00:38:41.98\00:38:45.35 >> AMEN. >> AND BENJAMIN, THERE ARE A 00:38:45.35\00:38:49.72 WHOLE LOT OF FOLK LIKE THAT. BENJAMIN IS A RAVENNOUS WOLF. 00:38:49.72\00:38:55.86 HARD TO GET ALONG WITH. BUT NOW LET'S FINISH ON VERSUS 00:38:55.86\00:39:00.87 19. THIS IS MY FOCUS. 00:39:00.87\00:39:03.51 VERSUS 16, SORRY. DAN SHALL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE AS 00:39:03.51\00:39:07.74 ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. DAN SHALL BE A SURPANT BY THE 00:39:07.74\00:39:13.35 WAY, A VIPER IN THE PATH THAT BITES THE HORSE'S HEELS SO THAT 00:39:13.35\00:39:19.09 ITS RIDER SHALL FALL BACK. DAN IS A STUMBLING BLOCK. 00:39:19.09\00:39:23.79 DAN FOCUSES ON EVERYTHING ELSE'S SIN BUT HIS OWN. 00:39:23.79\00:39:27.86 YOU GUYED TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMING SIN. 00:39:27.86\00:39:31.93 DAN DOESN'T SPEND ANY TIME LOOKING AT HIMSELF. 00:39:31.93\00:39:35.17 AND THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU WILL NOT OVERCOME IS YOU ARE NOT 00:39:35.17\00:39:39.27 LOOKING AT YOURSELF. >> UH-HUH. 00:39:39.27\00:39:40.98 >> THAT'S WHY THE MESSAGE IN REVELATION -- THE MESSAGE IN THE 00:39:40.98\00:39:44.25 NEW TESTAMENT IS NOT ONLY A MESSAGE OF OVERCOMING BY THE 00:39:44.25\00:39:48.68 BLOOD OF THE LAMB, BUT THE INJUNCTION IS EXAMINE YOURSELF. 00:39:48.68\00:39:52.32 >> AMEN. >> HUM. 00:39:52.32\00:39:54.12 >> YOU WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU SPEND ALL OF 00:39:54.12\00:39:57.86 YOUR TIME LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM. 00:39:57.86\00:40:04.10 DAN WAS NOT MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7, BECAUSE HE NEVER 00:40:04.10\00:40:08.94 OVERCAME. SO THE ONLY DANGER THAT ANY ONE 00:40:08.94\00:40:11.37 OF US THAT IS WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THE PROGRAM FACES, 00:40:11.37\00:40:15.61 IS WE FOCUS ON EVEYBODY ELSE'S FAULTS, EVERYBODY ELSE'S SINS, 00:40:15.61\00:40:20.72 EVERYBODY ELSE'S STUMBLINGS, EVERYBODY ELSE'S -- WHATEVER. 00:40:20.72\00:40:26.55 INCONSISTENCIES, RATHER THAN OUR OWN. 00:40:26.55\00:40:28.36 IF WE WANT TO BE OVERCOMERS, WE MUST SAY AS CALEB DID, WE'RE 00:40:28.36\00:40:34.63 WELL ABLE TO OVERCOME. >> AMEN. 00:40:34.63\00:40:36.73 >> WE CAN DO IT BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 00:40:36.73\00:40:39.33 >> WELL SAID. I WANT TO INSERT SOMETHING HERE. 00:40:39.33\00:40:45.21 ELLEN WHITE SAYS SO IN ALL ANGELS, ANGELS -- SO IN ALL 00:40:45.21\00:40:50.01 AGES, ANGELS HAVE BEEN NEAR TO CHRIST'S FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS, SO 00:40:50.01\00:40:54.42 WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. >> PRAISE GOD. 00:40:54.42\00:40:57.35 >> A VAST CONFEDERACY OF EVIL IS ARRAYED AGAINST ALL WHO WILL 00:40:57.35\00:41:03.06 OVERCOME, SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE OPPOSED, AND SATAN IS A MASTER 00:41:03.06\00:41:13.57 TECHNICIAN, AND STRATISTIGS, AND HE WILL USE SOME OF THOSE THINGS 00:41:13.57\00:41:21.74 TO DEFEAT YOU. BUT SATAN NOT ONLY USES YOUR 00:41:21.74\00:41:26.61 WEAKNESSES, HE WILL TAKE YOUR CHARACTER'S STRENGTHS TO DEFEAT 00:41:26.61\00:41:31.45 YOU. I GIVE A QUICK EXAMPLE. 00:41:31.45\00:41:33.62 THERE -- THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE BY NATURE INQUISITIVE. 00:41:33.62\00:41:39.53 YOU SEE HOW A RADIO IS PUT TOGETHER. 00:41:39.53\00:41:42.63 YOU TAKE IT APART, AND YOU WANT TO HELP YOURSELF OUT. 00:41:42.63\00:41:46.84 SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO TINKER WITH THEIR OWN CAR. 00:41:46.84\00:41:49.87 THEY ARE INQUISITIVE. THEY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING 00:41:49.87\00:41:53.98 ON. SO YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF SOME 00:41:53.98\00:41:56.71 MONEY, BUT THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING INQUISITIVE AND 00:41:56.71\00:42:02.65 BEING NOSEY. INQUISITIVE IS GOOD, ONE STEP 00:42:02.65\00:42:05.82 OVER THE LINE TO NOSEY IS NOT. AND UNLESS YOUR INQUISITIVE 00:42:05.82\00:42:12.19 NATURE IS YIELDED, SUBMITTED TO JESUS, YOUR NOSE CAN GET YOU 00:42:12.19\00:42:17.03 INTO AN AWFUL LOT OF TROUBLE. >> OH, MY. 00:42:17.03\00:42:19.33 >> IT'S TRUE. >> SO SATAN WILL USE YOUR 00:42:19.33\00:42:22.84 CHARACTER WEAKNESSES, BUT HE WILL ALSO USE YOUR CHARACTER'S 00:42:22.84\00:42:28.98 STRENGTH, SO THAT ALL THAT YOU ARE, HAS TO BE YIELDED TO THE 00:42:28.98\00:42:32.85 LORD. EVEN THOSE THINGS WHICH THE 00:42:32.85\00:42:36.38 WORLD WOULD SAY ARE GOOD CHARACTER TRAITS. 00:42:36.38\00:42:38.82 MAYBE YOU ARE A LEADER, AND YOU NATURALLY FLOAT TO THE TOP. 00:42:38.82\00:42:43.56 AND THAT'S GOOD TO BE A LEADER. BUT YOU CAN BE A LEADER, AND YOU 00:42:43.56\00:42:47.20 CAN BE A PAIN IN THE NECK, AND YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO THE LORD. 00:42:47.20\00:42:53.57 LET ME JUST FINISH THIS, AND THEN WE'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE 00:42:53.57\00:42:59.71 TAKE IT. CHRIST WOULD HAVE US LOOK TO THE 00:42:59.71\00:43:02.51 THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SCENE, TO THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN IN CAMPS 00:43:02.51\00:43:07.52 ABOUT ALL WHO LOVE GOD TO DELIVER THEM. 00:43:07.52\00:43:10.75 SO DELIVERANCE IS ALREADY MADE FOR YOU. 00:43:10.75\00:43:13.39 FROM WHAT DANGER SEEN AND UNSEEN WE HAVE BEEN PRESERVED THROUGH 00:43:13.39\00:43:17.86 THE INTERPOSITION OF THE ANGELS? WE SHALL NEVER KNOW UNTIL THE 00:43:17.86\00:43:22.83 LIGHT OF ETERNITY WE SEE THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD, THEN WE 00:43:22.83\00:43:26.80 SHALL KNOW THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY OF HEAVEN WAS INTERESTED IN THE 00:43:26.80\00:43:31.21 FAMILY HERE BELOW, AND THAT MESSENGERS FROM THE THROWN OF 00:43:31.21\00:43:36.78 GOD ATTEND OUR STEPS FROM DAY-TO-DAY. 00:43:36.78\00:43:40.48 SO YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT, AND ALL HEAVEN IS 00:43:40.48\00:43:44.65 INTERESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS, AND EVERYTHING THAT HEAVEN HAS IS 00:43:44.65\00:43:47.82 AVAILABLE TO YOU TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING. 00:43:47.82\00:43:51.16 JUDE 24 [ INAUDIBLE ] AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS. 00:43:51.16\00:43:57.77 HE IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING. 00:43:57.77\00:44:00.90 >> AMEN. >> AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR 00:44:00.90\00:44:03.17 ANYONE WHO IS SEEKING TO OVERCOME. 00:44:03.17\00:44:05.34 >> AMEN. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR MYSELF, 00:44:05.34\00:44:08.31 THE POINT WHERE GOD HAD TO GET ME TO -- SO THAT I COULD 00:44:08.31\00:44:13.05 OVERCOME BEGINS WITH PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8 WHERE PAUL WRITES LET THIS 00:44:13.05\00:44:21.82 MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF 00:44:21.82\00:44:25.53 EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH ON THE CROSS. 00:44:25.53\00:44:28.96 AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAI THIS BEFORE. 00:44:28.96\00:44:30.83 I HAVE OFTEN BEEN TOLD I'M A HUMBLE PERSON. 00:44:30.83\00:44:34.00 BUT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND HUMILITY IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. 00:44:34.00\00:44:41.31 JESUS CON DEN SENDED TO SUCH A POINT 00:44:41.31\00:44:49.58 >> AMEN. >> BUT THE MIND OF CHRIST, THE 00:44:49.58\00:44:53.92 HUMILITY OF CHRIST WAS THAT HE GAVE UP ALL OF HIS OWN POWERS, 00:44:53.92\00:44:58.13 HIS OWN STRENGTHS, AND HE TOTALLY DEPENDED UPON THE 00:44:58.13\00:45:02.70 FATHER. >> UH-HUH. 00:45:02.70\00:45:03.63 >> SO I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF RECOGNIZING THAT 00:45:03.63\00:45:06.74 WHEN WE'RE NOT DEPENDING UPON GOD, WHEN WE'RE NOT DEPENDING 00:45:06.74\00:45:11.57 UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE EXERCISING, EXERTING PRIDE. 00:45:11.57\00:45:17.81 THAT'S PRIDEFUL. >> AMEN. 00:45:17.81\00:45:21.68 >> SO TO ME IT WAS -- THAT'S WHERE HE STARTED ME, WAS TO SEE 00:45:21.68\00:45:26.02 THAT I WASN'T NEARLY AS HUMBLE AS I THOUGHT, BECAUSE EVEN IN 00:45:26.02\00:45:30.43 MINISTRY, YOU CAN START DOING YOUR OWN THING. 00:45:30.43\00:45:33.53 WHAT YOU ARE THNKING WITH -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN START 00:45:33.53\00:45:37.33 EXERCISING YOUR STRENGTHS. >> YES. 00:45:37.33\00:45:39.10 >> IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY SURRENDERED TO GOD, YIELDED 00:45:39.10\00:45:43.37 WHERE HE IS LEADING. THEN THAT IS PRIDE, AND GOD 00:45:43.37\00:45:48.74 WILL -- WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE PRIDEFUL? 00:45:48.74\00:45:51.88 HE WILL HUMBLE YOU. SO IT IS LUKE 9:23 THAT YOU 00:45:51.88\00:45:57.72 ALREADY MENTIONED IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR CROSS 00:45:57.72\00:46:03.89 DAILY, AND THAT JUST SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 00:46:03.89\00:46:09.20 GUIDE TO SELF, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THIS IS THE 00:46:09.20\00:46:14.77 HUMILITY, LORD, NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE. 00:46:14.77\00:46:18.37 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING, RECOGNIZE YOUR 00:46:18.37\00:46:27.95 DEPENDANCE ON GOD. AND JESUS SAID ASK AND IT SHALL 00:46:27.95\00:46:31.75 BE GIVEN, SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND, KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE 00:46:31.75\00:46:37.43 OPENED, AND IN THE GREEK, THOSE ARE LINEAR VERBS, THEY ARE 00:46:37.43\00:46:42.10 WITHOUT END, SO IT SHOULD BE BETTER TRANSLATED AS -- ASK AND 00:46:42.10\00:46:46.77 KEEP ON ASKING. KNOCK AND KEEP -- OR SEEK AND 00:46:46.77\00:46:50.84 KEEP ON SEEKING, KNOCK AND KEEP ON KNOCKING, AND THEN HE 00:46:50.84\00:46:55.64 FINISHES UP IN VERSUS 13 SAYING -- TELLING US WHAT WE'RE 00:46:55.64\00:46:58.61 ASKING FOR, AND HE SAYS, IF YOU BEING EVEN KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD 00:46:58.61\00:47:04.02 GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER 00:47:04.02\00:47:08.72 GIVE GOOD GIFTS -- GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK AND KEEP 00:47:08.72\00:47:13.70 ON ASKING. WE CANNOT OVERCOME, NOT EVEN BY 00:47:13.70\00:47:18.30 THE POWER OF ANGELS, UNLESS WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US, 00:47:18.30\00:47:23.64 BECAUSE IT IS ROMANS 18:13, I BELIEVE, WHERE HE SAYS, IF YOU 00:47:23.64\00:47:29.11 PUT TO DEATH -- LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 00:47:29.11\00:47:31.48 I THINK IT'S ROMANS 8:13, ISN'T IT? 00:47:31.48\00:47:34.78 >> OKAY. LET'S GO TO ROMANS 8:13. 00:47:34.78\00:47:38.39 >> YES. HE SAYS FOR IF YOU LIVE 00:47:38.39\00:47:42.29 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, YO WILL DIE. 00:47:42.29\00:47:44.96 SO IF YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO OVERCOME, IF YOU ARE JUST LIVING 00:47:44.96\00:47:49.16 BY THE FLESH -- >> YEAH. 00:47:49.16\00:47:51.70 >> -- ETERNAL DEATH WILL BE YOUR REWARD, BUT IF I THE SPIRIT YOU 00:47:51.70\00:47:57.37 PUT TO DEATH -- NOTICE THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WORKING HERE. 00:47:57.37\00:48:00.58 IT IS YOU PUTTING IT TO DEATH, BUT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY 00:48:00.58\00:48:04.91 SPIRIT. IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO 00:48:04.91\00:48:07.12 DEATH THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE FOR AS MANY ARE LEAD 00:48:07.12\00:48:12.02 BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THESE ARE THE SONS OR THE 00:48:12.02\00:48:14.86 CHILDREN OF GOD, FOR YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE, 00:48:14.86\00:48:19.76 BUT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION, BY WHOM WE CRY OUT, 00:48:19.76\00:48:25.00 OH, FATHER. THE BIBLE TELLS US THE HOLY 00:48:25.00\00:48:28.17 SPIRIT IS OUR GUIDE. THAT HE GUIDES US INTO ALL 00:48:28.17\00:48:31.51 TRUTH. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE DON'T 00:48:31.51\00:48:34.48 KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT. ROMANS 8. 00:48:34.48\00:48:38.75 PAUL TELLS US THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION, SO WE CANNOT 00:48:38.75\00:48:42.78 COME -- I BELIEVE -- YOU KNOW I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD 00:48:42.78\00:48:45.89 OF GOD, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN COME TO THE WORD OF GOD. 00:48:45.89\00:48:49.89 THESE ARE SPIRITUAL WORDS. THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED, 00:48:49.89\00:48:54.30 WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:48:54.30\00:48:57.13 WE CAN'T PRAY WITH POWER, UNLESS WE'RE LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:48:57.13\00:49:00.94 EVEN GUIDE OUR PRAYERS. >> AMEN. 00:49:00.94\00:49:03.41 >> AMEN. >> SO TO ME, THIS IS THE 00:49:03.41\00:49:07.78 BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING IS WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR GREAT NEED 00:49:07.78\00:49:12.11 FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST 00:49:12.11\00:49:15.08 PRAYER REQUEST OUT OF YOUR MOUTH EVERY MORNING. 00:49:15.08\00:49:19.35 I PRAY EVERY MORNING, FATHER, EMPTY ME OF ME. 00:49:19.35\00:49:24.09 FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. >> YEAH. 00:49:24.09\00:49:26.03 >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUR BY HOUR, 00:49:26.03\00:49:29.90 MAN IT'S EASY TO LET YOUR FLESH REAR ITS UGLY HEAD. 00:49:29.90\00:49:33.87 >> VERY TRUE. >> SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND 00:49:33.87\00:49:38.17 SUDDENLY YOU ARE IN CONTROL AGAIN. 00:49:38.17\00:49:40.11 YOU ARE GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN WHEN GOD TRIES 00:49:40.11\00:49:43.35 TO LET YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU ARE IN CONTROL, JOHN, YOU RESIST THE 00:49:43.35\00:49:47.62 HOLY SPIRIT, YOU QUENCH THE HOLY SPIRIT, SO IT IS -- SOMETIMES 00:49:47.62\00:49:51.82 IT'S JUST A MOMENT BY MOMENT SURRENDER -- 00:49:51.82\00:49:55.09 >> VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE. 00:49:55.09\00:49:56.56 >> -- CHECKING WHERE AM I? >> YEAH. 00:49:56.56\00:50:01.10 >> EVERY ONE OF US HAS A BATTLE TO FIGHT, AND IT'S NOT AGAINST 00:50:01.10\00:50:05.83 THE DEVIL. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:50:05.83\00:50:07.67 IT'S AGAINST SELF. >> IT'S AGAINST SELF. 00:50:07.67\00:50:11.17 THIS INHERENT THING THAT ADAM BEQUEATHED TO US, THIS BROKEN 00:50:11.17\00:50:19.58 NATURE IS WHERE THE DAILY BATTLE COMES FROM. 00:50:19.58\00:50:24.59 WHEN WE ENTER A SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, THAT'S 00:50:24.59\00:50:27.89 WHERE THE BATTLE BEGINS. >> AMEN. 00:50:27.89\00:50:30.39 >> IT DOESN'T END. SO THIS IDEA THAT IT ENDS, WHAT 00:50:30.39\00:50:34.50 HAPPENS NOW, THE LORD COMES IN, LIKE -- LIKE A CONTRACTOR INTO A 00:50:34.50\00:50:39.50 DILAPIDATED HOUSE -- >> UH-HUH. 00:50:39.50\00:50:40.87 >> AND SAYS, OKAY, WE HAVE MADE A DECISION NOT TO CONDEMN THIS 00:50:40.87\00:50:47.31 HOUSE, FOR GOD SENT NOT SINNERS TO CONDEMN TH WORLD. 00:50:47.31\00:50:50.85 WE LOOK DILAPIDATED AND BROKEN DOWN. 00:50:50.85\00:50:54.88 HE DIDN'T SEND JESUS TO CONDEMN US, SO I HAVE COME TO THE 00:50:54.88\00:51:01.69 REALIZATION THAT MY SERMONS SHOULD NEVER CONDEMN PEOPLE. 00:51:01.69\00:51:06.73 MY SERMONS SHOULD CONDEMN SIN. >> AMEN. 00:51:06.73\00:51:09.50 >> WHEN YOU ARE PREACHING AND TEACHING PEOPLE, YOU ARE DOING 00:51:09.50\00:51:14.50 NOT EVEN WHAT JESUS WOULD DO, AND HE HAS ALL THE RIGHT TO DO 00:51:14.50\00:51:18.91 IT. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO IT. 00:51:18.91\00:51:21.04 THAT'S WHY THY BROUGHT THE WOMAN TO JESUS -- HE SAID JESUS 00:51:21.04\00:51:24.68 WHICH ONE OF YOU ARE WITHOUT SIN, THROW THE FIRST STONE. 00:51:24.68\00:51:28.32 HE COUDN'T DO IT. AND SOMEBODY SUGGESTED HOW HE 00:51:28.32\00:51:32.92 WROTE THEIR SINS IN THE DUST. SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THAT. 00:51:32.92\00:51:37.06 I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO THAT, BUT WHEN HE KNELT DOWN TO WRITE, I 00:51:37.06\00:51:42.23 THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE STARTED WALKING AWAY, HE SAW 00:51:42.23\00:51:46.60 THEIR SINS BEING WRITTEN DOWN. HE WRITES OUR SINS IN THE DUST, 00:51:46.60\00:51:50.64 SO HE CAN JUST WIPE IT AWAY. HE DOESN'T WRITE OUR SIN IN 00:51:50.64\00:51:59.38 STONE. >> AMEN. 00:51:59.38\00:52:01.28 >> READ ROMANS 7, PAUL ENTERED INTO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH 00:52:01.28\00:52:06.35 JESUS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, I HAVE JUST BEEN 00:52:06.35\00:52:10.99 SAVED FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN, WHICH IS DEATH, I JUST HAVE BEEN 00:52:10.99\00:52:15.56 SAVED FROM DEATH ROW AND PUT INTO THIS NEW WALK AS SHELLEY 00:52:15.56\00:52:20.17 POINTED OUT, THIS IS WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK COMES IN. 00:52:20.17\00:52:26.17 THE FIRST THING THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES IS HE WORKS ON US TO GET US 00:52:26.17\00:52:29.44 TO YIELD. >> UH-HUH. 00:52:29.44\00:52:31.95 CONVICTING AND CONVINCING. >> CONVICTING AND CONVINCING OF 00:52:31.95\00:52:35.15 SIN. HE WORKS ON US TO HELP US SEE 00:52:35.15\00:52:38.72 OURSELVES. IT IS WHEN WE RESIST HIM THAT WE 00:52:38.72\00:52:42.49 NEVER SEE OURSELVES. IT'S WHEN WE YIELD TO CHRIST AND 00:52:42.49\00:52:47.73 ACCEPT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE'RE NO LONGER ON DEATH ROW, BUT NOW 00:52:47.73\00:52:52.77 JUST THINK OF A PRISONER THAT HAS BEEN LET OUT OF PRISON. 00:52:52.77\00:52:56.44 HE HAS TO HAVE A NEW WALK, OR THE RECIDIVISM WILL KICK IN, 00:52:56.44\00:53:02.28 MEANING HE WILL GO RIGHT BACK. SO WE ARE NOT SET FREE. 00:53:02.28\00:53:05.98 WE ARE MADE FREE WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE 00:53:05.98\00:53:10.49 INDEED. OKAY. 00:53:10.49\00:53:11.49 HE MAKES US FREE, NOT JUST SETS US FREE. 00:53:11.49\00:53:15.26 HE LETS US OUT, BUT BY ENTER GOING THE RELATIONSHIP WE NOW 00:53:15.26\00:53:21.36 HAVE A DIFFERENT MIND. SO HERE IS WHERE THE BATTLE 00:53:21.36\00:53:24.43 COMES OUT. WHEN THE BATTLE -- YOU KNOW, 00:53:24.43\00:53:27.77 REPENTANCE IS A TURN, IS IT NOT? >> YES, IT IS. 00:53:27.77\00:53:33.04 >> IT'S A U-TURN AND YOU PASS THE THINGS THAT ON YOUR WAY. 00:53:33.04\00:53:42.78 UNFORTUNATELY IN THE U-TURN OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, SOMETIMES 00:53:42.78\00:53:46.22 THE STUFF THAT WE PASS ON THE WAY, WHEN WE FOUND JESUS, WE 00:53:46.22\00:53:49.52 PASS ON THE WAY BACK, AND SOMETIMES WE TEND TO STOP. 00:53:49.52\00:53:52.63 THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE WITH SELF COMES IN. 00:53:52.63\00:53:57.07 ROMANS 6:16, ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES, DO YOU NOT KNOW TO 00:53:57.07\00:54:03.27 WHOM YOU YIELD YOURSELF -- THIS IS THE KING JAMES VERSION AS 00:54:03.27\00:54:09.18 SERVANTS TO OBEY. YOU ARE THAT ONE SLAVE WHOM YOU 00:54:09.18\00:54:13.45 OBEY. >> UH-HUH. 00:54:13.45\00:54:14.42 >> SO THIS DAILY DAY -- WHEN PAUL WAS DELIVERED FROM THE 00:54:14.42\00:54:19.02 PENALTY OF SIN, HE NEEDED DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF 00:54:19.02\00:54:22.79 SIN. >> AMEN. 00:54:22.79\00:54:24.13 >> SO THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENCEANCE FROM THE PENALTY 00:54:24.13\00:54:29.76 OF SIN, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON CALGARY. 00:54:29.76\00:54:34.84 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF SIN. 00:54:34.84\00:54:42.54 >> LET ME ADD TO THAT, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOUR ILLUSION OF 00:54:42.54\00:54:46.68 PASSING THINGS ON THE WAY BACK. BUT YOU HAVE JESUS ON YOUR SIDE. 00:54:46.68\00:54:53.76 I REMEMBER GOING AS A CHILD, AND MY MOTHER WOULD SAY DON'T STOP. 00:54:53.76\00:54:59.29 THEY COME BACK, THE DEVIL IS TEMPTING YOU WITH THOSE THINGS 00:54:59.29\00:55:03.83 AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF SIN.-YOU ARE OUT OF 00:55:03.83\00:55:12.94 THE POWER OF SIN. SO EVEN THOSE THINGS ARE STILL THERE, I'M NOT 00:55:12.94\00:55:17.01 DRAWN TO THEM ANYMORE, AND IF I EVER GET A LITTLE -- CHRIST IS 00:55:17.01\00:55:21.75 BY MY SIDE TO SAY, NO WE'RE NOT GOING THIS WAY. 00:55:21.75\00:55:25.09 WE'RE GOING THAT WAY. >> LET ME FINISH MY THESIS. 00:55:25.09\00:55:30.03 THE REASON WHY THE BATTLE IS HAPPENING, IS BECAUSE GOD MOVED 00:55:30.03\00:55:34.56 IN. HE SAID THIS ROOM CAN'T STAY. 00:55:34.56\00:55:37.17 THAT ROOM CAN'T STAY. GOD STARTS WORKING IN US THE 00:55:37.17\00:55:41.80 WILL AND THE GOOD PLEASURE. AND EVERYONE HAS FELT THE HAMMER 00:55:41.80\00:55:45.17 OF GOD. >> AMEN. 00:55:45.17\00:55:46.81 >> THE FIRE OF THE PURIFYING GRACE OF CHRIST. 00:55:46.81\00:55:50.31 BUT WE'RE GROWING IN GRACE, BECAUSE WE NEED GRACE EVERY DAY. 00:55:50.31\00:55:53.88 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE WE'RE NOT YET 00:55:53.88\00:55:57.39 PERFECTED. BUT HE GIVES US A PICTURE, 1 00:55:57.39\00:56:01.69 JOHN 4:17. LOVE HAS BEEN PROFETHED AMONG US 00:56:01.69\00:56:06.56 IN THIS, THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE JUDGMENT DAY. 00:56:06.56\00:56:12.40 BECAUSE AS HE IS -- HOW IS HE? RIGHTEOUS. 00:56:12.40\00:56:16.54 SO ARE WE, NOT WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 00:56:16.54\00:56:22.11 DAY BY DAY, THE GRACE OF GOD IN PARTS TO YOU, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 00:56:22.11\00:56:26.38 OF JESUS. >> UH-HUH. 00:56:26.38\00:56:28.45 >> SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SANCTIFICATION IS THE 00:56:28.45\00:56:32.92 WORK OF A LIFETIME, ONLY THE LORD KNOWS HOW LONG THAT 00:56:32.92\00:56:37.59 LIFETIME IS. IT WAS A SPLIT SECOND FOR THE 00:56:37.59\00:56:41.36 PEOPLE ON THE CROSS. >> UH-HUH. 00:56:41.36\00:56:43.60 >> SO NEVER -- WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE SECOND 00:56:43.60\00:56:48.87 HOUR, AND ABRAHAM IS MY LAST EXAMPLE. 00:56:48.87\00:56:54.18 ABRAHAM, THE BIBLE SAYS HE ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM FOR 00:56:54.18\00:56:59.18 RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> AMEN. 00:56:59.18\00:57:02.02 >> SO WHO EVERY BELIEVES IN HIM, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF IS 00:57:02.02\00:57:07.39 ACCOUNTED TO US. >> AMEN AND AMEN. 00:57:07.39\00:57:10.16 WE HAVE COME DOWN TO THE NETHER END OF THIS FIRST HOUR. 00:57:10.16\00:57:13.83 THERE IS MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT. 00:57:13.83\00:57:15.36 WE WANT TO GO TO SEVERAL TEXTS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT IMPLY 00:57:15.36\00:57:19.77 AN OVERCOMING SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES, AND WE WANT TO TAK ABOUT 00:57:19.77\00:57:23.57 THAT, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ELLEN 00:57:23.57\00:57:28.24 WHITE SAYS IS THE HARDEST TO DETECT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO 00:57:28.24\00:57:32.78 CURE, AND THE WHOLE CHURCH IS IMPACTED WITH IT. 00:57:32.78\00:57:35.32 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE SECOND HALF. 00:57:35.32\00:57:39.09 YOU STAND BY. WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES AND 00:57:39.09\00:57:43.46 TWO SECONDS. ¤ 00:57:43.46\00:57:45.73