Participants: C.A Murray (Host), John Lomacang, Kenny Shelton, Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017533A
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00:00 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:06 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:35 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:44 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:06 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 01:11 MY NAME IS CA MURRAY, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING JUST A LITTLE OF 01:15 YOUR DAY WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR 01:18 PRAYERS, YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY, AS TOGETHER WE JOIN 01:22 HANDS IN LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT CHRIST IS COMING SOON. 01:25 THIS WORLD IS NOT LONG TO BE, BUT CHRIST WILL COME AND PUT AN 01:29 END TO THIS AGE, AS WE TRANSITION TO THE ETERNAL AGE, 01:35 AND TOGETHER WE NEED TO WARN THE WORLD THAT THAT DAY IS NOT FAR 01:39 HENCE. I'M IN THE COMPANY OF THREE 01:41 INDIVIDUALS THAT I CONSIDER FRIENDS, AND PARTNERS IN 01:45 MINISTRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 01:49 TOPIC THIS NIGHT. I'LL INTRODUCE PASTOR JOHN 01:53 LOMACANG AND THE DIRECTOR OF WORLD EVANGELISM FOR 3ABN 02:00 NETWORK. >> GOD TO BE HERE. 02:02 >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND THEN THE LADY SHELLEY QUINN, 02:06 I CALL YOU MAVEN OF GO EVANGELISM. 02:11 DO WE HAVE A OFFICIAL TITLE? >> NO. 02:14 >> WE NEED A OFFICIAL TITLE. [ LAUGHTER ] 02:18 >> WE JUST HAVE LINKED YOU TO GO EVANGELISM, BLESSING IS ON THE 02:26 GO! WHATEVER THAT TITLE IS, IT'S A JOY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 02:31 >> IT'S A JOY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. 02:34 >> AMEN. >> AND PASTOR KENNY SHELTON GOOD 02:38 TO HAVE YOU HERE, MAN. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 02:42 >> AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL THREE. 02:47 AND ALL THREE LOOKING WELL. BECAUSE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A 02:50 YEAR OF MEDICAL CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF YOU. 02:53 EVERYBODY SPENT SOME TIME IN THE HOSPITAL THIS YEAR. 02:57 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ENDURANCE AND INSURANCE, 02:59 BOTH, BUT EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL. 03:02 I PRAY JUST NOW ON THE MEND, AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THESE 03:06 PEOPLE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU STAND UP FOR THE LORD, YOU WILL KNOW 03:09 THAT THE DEVIL ATTACKS THOSE WHO STAND UP FOR JESUS, AND THESE 03:13 THREE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK. 03:15 WE VISITED JOHN IN THE HOSPITAL, SHELLEY HAS BEEN IN THE 03:19 HOSPITAL, KEN HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL. 03:21 I MANAGED TO STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THIS YEAR, BUT IT 03:25 HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG SINCE I HAVE BEEN. 03:28 SO WE CERTAINLY ELICIT YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE THE MEN AND 03:34 WOMEN OF GOD NEED TO BE PROTECTED. 03:38 >> AMEN. >> TONIGHT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT 03:42 OVERCOMING, HOW TO OVERCOME. THE THEME OF OVERCOMING. 03:45 THE LEGACY OF OVERCOMING, AND WE -- WE LOOK AT THAT FOR A 03:49 NUMBER OF REASONS. THIS THESE LAST DAYS, LADY AND 03:53 LORDS, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT THERE IS -- THERE SEEMS TO 03:59 BE -- EVEN IN CHRISSOMEDOM, THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO 04:11 STRUGGLE WITH TRYING TO BE BETTER, JUST KIND OF LOVE THE 04:15 LORD AND LAY DOWN AND LET IT LIE. 04:18 AND YET THE TABLE PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND IN ALL 04:22 OF JOHN'S WRITINGS, THERE WAS THIS THEME OF THE OVERCOMER. 04:27 HE STARTS IT REALLY, IN JOHN WHERE HE SAYS TO THEM GAVE HE 04:35 POWER TO BECOME. IN THAT RIGHT TO BECOME IS 04:38 OVERCOMING POWE. IT IS POWER TO BECOME A SON AND 04:41 DAUGHTER OF GOD. IT'S POWER TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 04:44 GOD WILL TAKE YOU WHERE HE FINDS YOU, BUT HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU 04:48 THERE. HE GIVES YOU THE POWER TO 04:52 OVERCOME. HE -- HE FORGIVES US OUR SINS, 04:55 AND THEN DOES WHAT? HE CLEANSES US OF SINS. 04:59 >> AMEN. >> TO JUST FORGIVE MAKES YOU A 05:04 PERPETUAL SINNER, AND THAT CLEANSING IS PART OF THE 05:08 OVERCOMING EXPERIENCE, SO GOD CALLS US TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S 05:11 WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. PLUS IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH 05:15 SOMETHING, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS LATCHED ON TO YOU THAT 05:18 YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO GET RID OF OR AS THEY SAY DOWN HERE, GET 05:26 SHED OF, GOD GIVES YOU THE OVERCOME THAT, WHATEVER IT IS. 05:29 AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS OURSELVES TO THE PERSON WHERE YOU CAN GET 05:35 SO DEEP IN SIN THAT EVEN WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING FOR RELEASE, YOU 05:39 ARE NO RELEASE. AND I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE LIKE 05:45 THAT, THAT HAVE CIGARETTE HABITS OR SOMETHING THAT HAS LATCHED TO 05:52 THEM. AND WHAT WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU 05:56 OF TONIGHT THAT WHATEVER HOLE YOU CRAWL INTO OR FALL INTO, 06:00 CHRIST CAN GET YOU OUT OF THAT HOLE. 06:03 >> AMEN. >> YOU CAN BE AN OVERCOMER 06:06 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. SO WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE 06:10 ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THEY ARE READY TO GO. 06:13 THEY HAVE MUCH TO SAY. I WANT TO SET THE TRAJECTORY AND 06:17 SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE'LL GO TO OUR MUSIC AND THEN 06:21 WE WILL COME -- COME BACK. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE STATE OF 06:25 PLAY IN LIGHT OF THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER THAT IS IN FRONT 06:30 OF US. FIRST THE WORD OVERCOME, OR 06:35 OVERCOMER. IT IS A WORD IN THE GREEK THAT 06:42 LEADS US TO THINK ABOUT DEFEATING AN ENEMY IN BATTLE.-AS YOU CAN SEE, 23 TIMES IN THE 06:50 NEW TESTAMENT. IT MEANS TO GET INTO A STRUGGLE 06:54 AND PREVAIL IN THAT STRUGGLE. AND THAT LETS ME KNOW -- AND I'M 06:59 SURE YOU ALL WILL ALL TOUCH ON THIS THAT OVERCOMING YOURSELF IS 07:03 NOT A LIGHT THING. CONCURRING IN THE LOR IS 07:06 POSSIBLE, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO TRY TO SAY IT'S AN EASY 07:10 THING. BECAUSE THE HARDEST BATTLE AS WE 07:12 ALL KNOW IS THE BATTLE AGAINST OURSELVES. 07:15 >> AMEN. >> SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT 07:18 PREVAILING IN -- IN A BATTLE. IT IS OVERCOMING. 07:21 IT IS DEFEATING. IT IS CONCURRING YOURSELF AND 07:24 ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT COME AGAINST YOU. 07:28 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE -- THE BEST WHERE I SAW, 07:38 WAS PREVAIL, TO PROVE MORE POWERFUL THAN OPPOSING FORCES. 07:43 AND EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE LORD KNOWS YOU ARE GOING TO BE 07:47 OPPOSED. CAN I GET AN AMEN? 07:50 AMEN. >> AMEN. 07:51 >> THAT'S NOT ONCE. THAT'S EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE. 07:53 BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU SAY I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS, 07:58 SATAN SAYS, I HAVE DECIDED YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS, 08:02 AND THAT BATTLE IS FOUGHT EVERY DAY UNTIL THE DAY YOU CLOSE YOUR 08:07 EYES. YOU FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF 08:10 FAITH EVERY DAY AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 08:13 AND THE GOOD THING IS OF COURSE WE'RE NOT FIGTING ALONE. 08:16 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> NEXT SLIDE. 08:19 I LIKE THIS, A GREAT PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHIATRIST, 08:23 TAUGHT US ONCE -- HE SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE 08:27 WORLD IS HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? 08:29 HE SAID EVERY -- EVERY QUESTION IN LIFE BOILS DOWN TO THAT. 08:35 HOW DO I GET WHAT I WANT? THAT BRINGS UP TWO THINGS, ONE, 08:40 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. AND TWO WHAT YOU WANT IS 08:43 POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE. >> OKAY. 08:45 >> WELL, IF YOU WANT HEAVEN AND YOU KNOW YOU WANT HEAVEN, THAT'S 08:52 PRECISELY WHAT CHRIST WANTS FOR YOU. 08:53 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 08:55 >> AND HE MAKES ALL OF THE POWER OF HEAVEN AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU 08:59 CAN GET WHAT YOU WANT. AND ONCE YOU COME TO JESUS, WHAT 09:03 YOU WANT IS THE WILL OF GOD. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND THEN 09:06 HAVE THE MUSIC AND THEN GO ON AND TURN OUR TEAM LOOSE. 09:12 I THINK IT'S PSALMS COMING UP NEXT. 09:17 PSALMS 48. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 09:21 PASTOR? >> EXACTLY. 09:22 >> SHELLEY? >> AMEN. 09:24 >> COME IN TO THE LORD PREDETERMINED WHAT YOU ARE GOING 09:27 TO WANT. YOU DON'T WANT OLD THINGS, YOU 09:30 WANT JESUS, SO YOU TAKE THE LIGHT IN THE LORD. 09:33 YOU WANT THE THINGS OF THE LORD. THIS NEXT TEXT IS VERY CRUCIAL. 09:39 THIS IS SMALL -- PSALMS, I THINK IT'S 42:1. 09:48 THE WANT TO PLEASE THE LORD, I'M SURE YOU WILL ALL AGREE AND 09:52 PROBABLY TOUCH ON TONIGHT, CAN'T BE A LIGHT ONNING -- OCCASIONAL 10:00 KIND OF THING. YOU HAVE TO WANT JESUS MORE THAN 10:02 THE THINGS IN THE WORLD, AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE 10:06 YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT JESUS, WHERE YOU CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT 10:10 JESUS, THAT'S JUST WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE, SO THAT PLEASING 10:13 CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOU LIFE AND IN THE 10:16 WORLD TO YOU, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THAT'S 10:20 THE STARTING POINT TO TURNING YOUR EARS AWAY FROM THE WEIRD, 10:25 AND TURNING YOUR FACE TOWARDS JESUS CHRIST. 10:28 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING. 10:33 OVERCOMING IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRIST 10:37 JESUS. AND ALL HEAVEN IS THERE TO 10:39 ASSIST YOU. THIS IS JOHN 5 -- ACTUALLY IT'S 10:44 1 JOHN. FOR EVERYONE BORN OF GOD 10:47 OVERCOMES THE WORLD. THERE IS THAT WORD AGAIN. 10:51 THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES WITHOUT FAITH. 10:58 WHO OVERCOMES THE WORLD? ONLY THE ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT 11:01 JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, SO YOU HAVE GOT TO PUT ALL OF YOUR 11:05 FAITH IN JESUS. THAT'S 1 JOHN 4:5, AND IT IS A 11:11 CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR FAITH THAT YOU GET THE STRENGTH TO OVERCOME 11:15 THOSE THINGS THAT OPPOSE YOU. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS 11:19 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK PRAYER, THE 11:24 WILL, THE INTERCESSION OF ANGELS. 11:27 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HELP US IN 11:31 OVERCOMING. I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING, 11:33 AND THEN I'M DONE -- AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. 11:36 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I HEARD SOMEONE ON TELEVISION 11:39 THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T KNOW FROM WHAT CHANNEL IT WAS. 11:43 A NEWS CHANNEL, AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS 11:47 THAT WE HAS HUMAN BEINGS FACE, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR. 11:51 AND I'M GOING TO STEP IN THERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME 11:55 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISAGREE, BUT THEY WERE SAYING THAT AN 11:58 ALCOHOLIC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALCOHOLISM; THAT IT'S A DISEASE 12:04 THAT YOU GET, BUT YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND SOMETIMES YOU 12:09 HEAR THINGS THAT JUST HIT YOUR EAR WRONG, AND THE REASON IT DID 12:14 IS -- BECAUSE HE WAS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT IF YOU ARE 12:20 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, THEN YOU CARRY NO CULPABILITY. 12:26 OKAY. YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC, BUT IT'S 12:29 NOT YOUR FAULT. WELL, IF YOU ARE A SMOKER AND 12:33 GET LUNG CANCER, ARE YOU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT EITHER? 12:39 SO SINCE YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY 12:42 REAL NEED TO CHANGE. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. 12:45 YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE THAT WAY. AND I SEE MEDICAL SCIENCE MOVING 12:50 IN THAT DIRECTION. SOMETIME CHRISTIAN FAITH IS 12:54 MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. JUST LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE. 12:56 THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE, 13:00 BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE. WELL, IF YO ACCEPT THAT NOTION, 13:04 THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO OVERCOME, AND THE BIBLE SAYS, WE 13:08 MUST BE OVERCOMERS, AND WE CAN BE OVERCOMERS IN JESUS, AND THAT 13:14 LEADS SOME PEOPLE TO DEPRESSION, BECAUSE THEY FIGURE, I'M IN THIS 13:18 HOLE. I'M IN THIS PLACE. 13:20 I CAN NEVER GET OUT. GOD IS HERE TO TELL YOU CAN GET 13:28 OUT. AND WHO WANTS TO SORT OF DIVE 13:30 INTO THAT? >> I'LL LET SHELLEY. 13:34 LADIES FIRST. >> YOU KNOW, JESUS PROMISED 13:37 GREAT REWARDS TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME. 13:41 IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, HE SAID THAT OVERCOMERS WILL EAT 13:47 FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, 2:7 THEY WILL BE UNHARMED BY THE SECOND 13:54 DEATH 2:11, THAT THEY WILL EAT THE HIDDEN MANNA, AND BE GIVEN A 13:59 NEW NAME, VERSUS 17, AND HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS. 14:05 THAT'S VERSE 26. IN CHAPTER 3, HE SAYS THEY WILL 14:10 BE CLOTHED IN WHITE GARMENTS, A PERMANENT PILLAR IN THE HOUSE OF 14:14 GOD, AND SIT ON THE THROWN WITH JESUS. 14:17 >> UH-HUH. >> THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED 14:19 TO SAY TO START THIS OFF, IS THAT JESUS CAME TO DELIVER US 14:25 FROM OUR SINS. >> AMEN. 14:27 >> SO THE PROMISE THAT I LOVE IS HEBREWS 7:22. 14:34 HEBREWS 7, IT'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS BEING A HIGH PRIEST AND IN 14:39 VERSUS 22 IT SAYS THAT HE IS THE SURETY OF A BETTER COVENANT. 14:45 I LOVE THIS, BECAUSE THE WORD SURETY MEANS THAT JESUS IS OUR 14:50 GUARANTOR OF THIS NEW COVENANT. IN OTHER WORDS, SECOND 14:57 CORINTHIANS 1:20, SAYS THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES ARE YES AND 15:01 AMEN IN CHRIST JESUS. SO HE IS OUR GUARANTOR FROM GOD 15:04 TO US THAT ALL OF GOD'S PROMISES ARE OURS. 15:08 BUT HE IS ALSO OUR GUARANTOR TO GOD. 15:14 IN OTHER WORDS, PHILIPPIANS 2:13 SAYS THAT GOD WORKS IN US TO 15:20 WILL AND TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE. 15:23 PHILIPPIANS 1:6 SAYS HE WILL COMPLETE THE GOOD WORK HE HAS 15:28 BEGUN IN US, SO IT IS AS WE COOPERATE WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT, 15:34 AND I HAVE A LOT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AFTER THE 15:38 MUSIC, BUT AS WE COOPERATE WITH GOD, JESUS WILL CAUSE US TO BE 15:43 EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE, SO THAT WE CAN BE 15:47 LOYAL, SHOW OUR LOVE AND OUR LOYALTY TO GOD IN THIS NEW 15:51 COVENANT RELATIONSHIP. >> AMEN. 15:53 >> SO IT IS ALL ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE PROMISES. 15:57 I JUST WANT TO READ RIGHT NOW IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND IF I CAN FIND 16:02 THEM. THREE OF MY FAVORITE PROMISES IN 16:04 THE BIBLE. HEBREWS 13 -- WHY DON'T YOU READ 16:10 THIS ONE JOHN, HEBREWS 13, BECAUSE THIS -- WHEN WE START 16:20 TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMING, SOME -- YOU MAY BE WATCHING 16:23 RIGHT NOW, AND YOU MAY THINK, I DON'T WANT TO DELIGHT IN GOD'S 16:31 WILL. I DON'T --JESUS ISN'T THE MOST 16:33 IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE. I GO TO CHURCH, BUT MAYBE HE'S 16:39 NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT. BUT SEE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS 16:44 SAY LORD, CHANGE MY HEART. >> AMEN. 16:46 >> OH, MAKE ME UP. AND READ HEBREWS 13:20-21. 16:53 >> MAY THE GOD OF PEACE WHO BROUGHT UP OUR LORD JESUS FROM 16:59 THE DEAD THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP THROUGH THE BLOOD OF 17:03 THE EVERY-LASTING COVENANT, MAKE YOU COMPLETE IN EVERY GOOD WORK 17:09 TO DO HIS WELL, WORKING IN YOU WHAT IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS 17:15 SIGHT, TO JESUS CHRIST TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. 17:20 AMEN. >> IT IS THE GOD OF PEACE WHO IS 17:23 GOING TO DO THIS WORK IN US AS WE YIELD TO HIS LEADING, AND IN 17:30 FIRST THESSALONIANS 5:23 AND 24. >> AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE 17:37 SANCTIFY YOU HOLY, AND I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL 17:41 AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS UNTIL THE COMING OF OUR LORD 17:46 JESUS CHRIST, FAITHFUL IS HE THAT CALTH YOU WHO ALSO WILL DO 17:52 IT. >> SO HE IS GOING TO PRESERVE US 17:55 BLAMELESS AND HOLY. A IT SAYS MAY THE LORD MAKE YOU 18:02 INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO ALL, JUST AS 18:07 WE DO TO YOU, SO THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS BLAMELESS 18:13 IN HOLINESS, BEFORE OUR GOD AND FATHER. 18:16 AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL OF HIS SAINTS. 18:20 >> AMEN. >> SO AS GOD WORKS IN US TO 18:23 ESTABLISH US IN HIS LOVE BY POURING HIS HOLY SPIRIT, HIS 18:29 LOVE INTO OUR HEART THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE LOVING WE 18:32 BECOME. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT 18:36 DIVINE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE MORE WE BECOME LIKE GOD, RIGHT? 18:41 GOD IS LOVE. SO IT IS GOD WHO IS GOING TO 18:44 ESTABLISH US, AND EFFECT US, MAKING US BLAMELESS AT THE 18:48 COMING OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 18:53 AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET THIS -- I JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN 18:58 ME. YOU ARE RIGHT. 18:59 YOU DON'T. >> AMEN. 19:01 >> NOT UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING THROUGH YOU, AND YOU ARE 19:06 SURRENDERING YOUR YIELDING CONTROL TO HIM.->> AMEN. 19:09 AMEN. >> PASTOR AND PASTOR, I KNOW YOU 19:11 ARE CHOMPING AT THE BIT. I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR POWDER 19:15 DRY FOR JUST A MOMENT. LET'S GO TO OUR MUSIC AND THEN 19:19 LET YOU GO. OUR MUSIC IS COMING FROM TIM 19:22 PARTON. HE IS GOING TO BE DOING 19:27 "WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS." ♪ 21:11 ♪ 22:41 >> AMEN, BROTHER TIM PARTON. "WONDERFUL GRACE OF JESUS." 22:47 YOU SEE TIM PLAYING LIKE THAT, AND YOU MAY THINK HE IS JUST 22:50 SHOWING OFF. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLE 22:54 GODLY PEOPLE I KNOW. HE HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN A UNIQUE 22:59 GIFT, A VERY UNUSUAL GIFT, WHICH HE HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE BACK TO 23:05 THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. WE LOVE HIM, AND HE BRINGS A RAY 23:08 OF SUNSHINE WE THANK HIM FOR. >> AMEN. 23:12 >> WE THANK HIM FOR THAT PLAYING. 23:15 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR AND PASTOR, WHO WANTS 23:20 TO PICK IT UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POWER IN 23:23 OUR LIVES TO OVERCOME. SHELLEY GOT US OF TO A GREAT 23:30 START. LET ME SAY THIS BEFORE THE 23:32 BRETHREN TAKE IT AWAY. IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING YOU WANT 23:36 TO WEIGH IN ON. YOU MAY WANT TO ADD YOUR OWN 23:41 THOUGHT, OR YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, OR YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION, 23:44 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELVING INTO THIS, OR A WAY YOU 23:48 WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THROUGH THE GRACE AND GOODNESS OF THE 23:52 LORD, THEN CALL US AT 618-627-4651, 618-627-4651, 23:56 BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR INTERACTION IN 24:00 THIS PARTICULAR SHOW, OR YOU MAY EMAIL US, LIVE@3ABN.TV. 24:09 LIVE@3ABN.TV. WE WANT YOUR INPUT BECAUSE WE'RE 24:12 TALKING ABOUT OVERCOMING, SOMETHING WE ALL MUST DO. 24:15 SOMETHING WE ALL MUST HAVE IN OUR LIVES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO 24:20 HEAR FROM YOU THIS VERY NIGHT ALSO. 24:22 >> I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO PASTOR KENNY. 24:25 GO AHEAD AND START. >> THIS IS BEEN PASSIVE IN 24:32 SCRIPTURE IN ROMANS. IT TALKS ABOUT SIN SHALL NOT 24:38 HAVE DIMENSION OVER YOU. AND MEANTIMES IT SEEMS LIKE IT 24:47 HAS DIE MINION. IT HAS GREATEN ME TO DEATH. 24:56 THERE IS REASONS FOR THAT. BUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS THAT 25:00 WE FOLLOW THROUGH, A LITTLE BOOK CALLED "STEPS TO CHRIST" SAYS 25:06 THE SIN THAT YOU DO NOT OVERCOME WILL OVERCOME YOU. 25:10 >> UH-HUH. >> SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT? 25:12 >> YES. >> THE SIN THAT YOU DO NOT 25:17 OVERCOME. CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF 25:19 GLORY, BUT IF YOU DON'T GAIN THE VICTORY, YOU SEE OVER THIS 25:23 CERTAIN THING, SIN, THE SIN IS GOING TO COME BACK AND GET YOU. 25:29 BE CONCERNED -- A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 25:32 NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH, NEXT YEAR. 25:35 BUT WE ARE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY. 25:38 THE BIBLE IS CLEAR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. 25:42 THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR SECOND CORINTHIANS 6:2. 25:47 BUT ANOTHER ARTICLE SAYS -- I THINK THIS SETS UP SOMETHING 25:51 SOLID FOR US, SOLID IS BECAUSE NUMBER 1 JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF 25:56 LEFT GLORY, CAME DOWN HERE TO HUMANITY, HUMANITY AND DIE 26:02 VINTY, COMBINING TOGETHER, JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF FILLED WITH THE 26:07 FATHER. HE LIVED THE PERFECT LIFE. 26:10 NOT EVEN BY A THOUGHT DID HE COMMIT SIN. 26:14 SO HE SET THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT HUMAN BEINGS, US, CAN BE THROUGH 26:19 JESUS CHRIST. SO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT, 26:21 PEOPLE ARE MAKING EXCUSES. SO WE NEED TO BRING US BACK, AND 26:26 REALLY LOOK AT -- I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE 26:31 MAY NOT HAVE TOMORROW. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE. 26:33 IT SAYS IN BELIEVING AND OBEYING THE TRUTH, YOU WILL RECEIVE 26:39 GRACE SUFFICIENT FOR THE DUTIES AND TRIALS OF TODAY. 26:42 WHEN DO I NEED THAT GRACE? I NEED IT FOR TODAY. 26:46 GRACE FOR TOMORROW, YOU DO NOT NEED. 26:49 PRETTY CLEAR. YOU SHOULD FEEL THAT YOU HAVE 26:51 ONLY TO DO WITH TODAY. OVERCOME FOR TODAY, DENY SELF 26:57 FOR TODAY. WATCH AND PRAY FOR TODAY. 27:02 OBTAIN VICTORIES IN THE GOD -- IN GOD FOR TODAY. 27:05 >> PASTOR I WANT TO JUST TAP THE PAUSE BUTTON THERE, BECAUSE THAT 27:09 IS SO -- WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AS A CHRISTIAN, I WOULD -- I WOULD 27:13 ASK THE LORD -- I DONE WANT TO SIN THIS WEEK. 27:17 I WANTED TO DO GREAT LEAPS OF TIME, AND YOU ARE REALLY SETTING 27:22 YOURSELF UP TO FAIL. >> YES, YOU ARE. 27:25 >> BECAUSE SERVING THE LORD IS ONE DAY -- ACTUALLY ONE MOMENT 27:28 AT A TIME, ONE DECISION AT A TIME. 27:31 AND EVEN TO THIS DAY, I WISH I COULD PUT IT ON AUTOPILOT, TAP 27:37 THE SWITCH, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND LET IT RUN BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU 27:42 ARE CHALLENGED EVERY SINGLE DAY, YOU MUST REALIGN YOURSELF WITH 27:48 CHRIST EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S DAY BY DAY, MOMENT BY 27:51 MOMENT, AND THAT'S THE SECRET. ONE OF THE SECRETS. 27:54 ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS TO OVERCOMING IS DAILY. 27:58 IT'S A DAILY SURRENDER TO JESUS CHRIST. 28:02 DO YOU NOT ALL AGREE IN >> AMEN. 28:06 >> THE FIRST ONE, DENY SELF. TAKE UP THE CROSS AND FOLLOW 28:11 JESUS. >> AND HOW OFTEN DID HE SAY? 28:13 PICK UP YOUR CROSS DAILY. >> YEAH. 28:15 >> IT SHOULD BE AN ALL-DAY PROCESS. 28:19 YOU ARE CONSTANTLY PICKING UP THAT CROSS AND FOLLOWING HIM. 28:23 AND I REMEMBER LADY -- BECAUSE FOR ME VICTORY IS SUCH AN 28:30 IMPORTANT PART. THIS IS A SUBJECT WITH A LOT OF 28:34 TABOO ON IT, AND REALLY IT SHOULDN'T BE, BECAUSE I DON'T 28:40 THINK ANY OF US SIT UP HERE TONIGHT AND THINK WE HAVE 28:46 ATTAINED. WE WANT TO LIVE TODAY. 28:48 WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO EVERY RAY OF LIGHT THAT SHINES IN OUR 28:54 BATHWAY. >> AMEN. 28:55 >> I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. 28:58 WE CAN'T SIDE STEP. EVERY RAY OF LIGHT THAT SHINES 29:02 ON OUR PATHWAY, BUT FAITH PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART. 29:05 BECAUSE THERE USED TO BE A LADY THAT WOULD CALL ME AND SAY 29:10 PASTOR KENNY, I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR ME. 29:13 AND I SAID WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR YOURSELF, BECAUSE WE TALKED 29:17 SO MUCH, BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND WHAT WAS GOING 29:21 TO TAKE PLACE. I SAID YOU CAN PRAY FOR 29:23 YOURSELF. NO, THERE'S NO USE TO ME TO PRAY 29:26 ABOUT IT. I SAID REALLY? 29:29 SHE SAID NO, EVERY TIME I PRAY MY PRAYERS GO NO HIGHER THAN THE-CEILING. 29:38 BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, I KNOW THEY GO TO THE THROWN ROOM OF GOD. 29:43 I SAID WHY DOESN'T YOURSELF GO HIGHER THAN THE CEILING? 29:48 SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW. I SAID BECAUSE OF LACK OF FAITH. 29:52 YOU SAID MINE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE CEILING. 29:55 SO WE HAVE TO BE -- BY THE GRACE OF GOD, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM 30:00 COMING IN, DOING THAT WORK, CREATING A NEW LIGHT, NEW HEART, 30:05 NEW MIND, EVERYTHING DIFFERENT -AND NEW -- JESUS SAID THIS -- QUICKLY -- HE SAID I 30:10 DIDN'T COME TO DO MY WILL. I CAME TO DO THE FATHER'S WILL. 30:15 SO HE CAME TO SHOW MAN THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE THE 30:22 VICTORIOUS LIFE. >> AMEN. 30:23 >> AMEN. >> I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR 30:27 NOW. [ LAUGHTER ] 30:27 >> WELL SAID. >> THANK YOU BOTH. 30:30 THANK YOU, SHELLEY. THANK YOU, KENNY. 30:34 I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK CLEARLY TONIGHT WITH MY 30:39 RETAINERS IN. THE WHOLE BIBLE IS BASED ON THE 30:42 THEME OF OVERCOMEING FROM BEGINNING TO END. 30:48 >> AMEN. >> SOMETHING FOREIGN TO GOD'S 30:52 CREATION ENTERED THE WORLD, AND THAT WAS SIN. 30:56 ROMAN 5:12. BUT THE SIN THAT ENTERED THE 30:59 WORLD DIDN'T BEGIN IN THE WORLD. LUCIFER SINNED AS WE REBELLED 31:06 AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD, SO HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, AND 31:10 MY CHOICE ADAM OPENED THE DOOR TO ALLOW THIS INFECTION TO START 31:15 IN THE WORLD. SO EVER SINCE THE ENTRANCE OF 31:18 SIN, THERE HAS BEEN ONLY TWO CHOICES, SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, 31:24 LIGHT AND DARKNESS, GOOD AND EVIL. 31:26 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHAT I WANT TO TALK 31:29 ABOUT, AND I HAVE A FEW PASSAGES THAT ARE LINKED DOWN 31:32 HERE -- THAT I JUST JOTTED DOWN. THE THEME OF OVERCOMING IS 31:37 SOMETHING WE ARE TOLD WE MUST -- WE MUST ACHIEVE. 31:40 >> YES. >> BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR 31:43 WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY SHELLEY AND PASTOR KENNY 31:46 ALREADY, IS WE ARE NOT ACHIEVING IT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH. 31:49 >> COME ON NOW. >> WE CANNOT. 31:51 >> UH-HUH. >> I WANT TO GO TO GENESIS 9. 31:56 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE MOTLEY CREW THAT MAKES UP THE 32:01 CATEGORICAL SETTING OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL 32:05 OVERCOME. I USE THE WORD MOTLEY CREW, 32:09 BECAUSE GENESIS 49 AND REVELATION 7 REFLECT EACH OTHER. 32:15 GENESIS 49 INTRODUCES THE SONS OF JACOB. 32:21 REVELATION CHAPTER 7 REINTRODUCING THE SONS, WITH THE 32:25 ADDITION OF MA NASA WHO IS A GRANDSON. 32:29 BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS HEAVEN HAS 12 GATES. 32:34 NOW MANY? >> 12. 32:36 >> 12. AND AS I HAVE LOOKED AT THE 12 32:40 SONS, AS I LOOKED AT THE 12 TRIBES, I HAVE COME TO THE 32:44 CONCLUSION -- AND THIS IS MY OWN RESEARCH, BUT I BELIEVE EACH ONE 32:49 OF US IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GATE THAT BEST DESCRIBES WHAT WE 32:53 HAVE OVERCOME. >> UH-HUH. 32:55 >> I HAVE OUTLINED SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WATCHING MIGHT 33:01 IDENTIFY WITH. GENESIS 49:3-4, REUBIN SAYS HE 33:08 IS UNSTABLE AS WATER. HE WILL NO EXCEL. 33:11 THERE ARE THOSE WHO DEAL WITH INSTABILITY. 33:14 ONE DAY THEY ARE RIGHT. ONE DAY THEY ARE WRONG. 33:19 THEY ARE CONTINUALLY MUMBLING AND STUMBLING. 33:23 REUBIN IS MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7, WHICH MEANS YOU 33:26 CANNOT BE MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7 IF YOU HAVE NOT 33:30 OVERCOME. >> UH-HUH. 33:32 >> SO THERE IS -- FOR THE PERSON WHO IS LIVING IN INSTABILITY WE 33:37 CAN OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAM. 33:39 >> AMEN. >> THEN THERE IS SIMEON AND 33:44 LEVI. THESE TWO PERSONALITIES COVER 33:47 TWO TRIBES. AND THEY ARE VIOLENT. 33:49 THEY ARE BROTHERS. SIMEON AND LEVI ARE BROTHERS. 33:54 INSTRUMENTS OF CRUELTY. THEY BOTH DEAL WITH VIOLENCE. 33:58 THEY LOVE TO FIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS 34:01 SOMETHING, BUT THIS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES -- 34:04 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL . . . 34:06 >> LET ME SAY THIS CORRECTLY HERE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A 34:10 LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT NEED TO OVERCOME THIS VIOLENT TEMPER, 34:14 EITHER THINKING VIOLENCE OR PERPETUATING VIOLENCE. 34:18 I HAVE MET PEOPLE IN ANY CHURCH. I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT WISH THE 34:22 PASTOR WOULD DIE. I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME 34:25 ON SABBATH MORNING THEY CAME TO CHURCH TO BEAT UP THE DEACON. 34:32 SOME REFUSE TO GIVE ON THIS SIDE OR THAT SIDE, AND IT'S A 34:37 TEMPERAMENT OF VIOLENCE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME 34:41 ENCOURAGEMENT, BECAUSE SIMEON AND LEVI ARE MENTIONED IN 34:46 REVELATION 7. BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB THEY 34:49 WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THEIR VIOLENCE. 34:54 JUDAH, IT SAYS YOUR BROTHERS SHALL PRAISE. 34:58 YOUR BROTHERS SHALL PRAISE. YOUR HAND SHALL BE ON THE NECK 35:02 OF YOUR ENEMIES. JUDAH IS HIGH MINDED. 35:06 >> UH-HUH. >> AND HE KNOWS HE IS HIGH 35:09 MINDED. AND HE BOASTS ABOUT HIS 35:13 ACHIEVEMENTS. I HAVE A -- WAS IT HE WHO HAD 35:16 THE COAT OF MANY COLORS? >> JOSEPH. 35:18 >> JOSEPH. OKAY. 35:20 BUT JUDAH WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ABLE TO -- JUDAH WAS THE ONE 35:24 THAT WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND THEN BOAST ABOUT HIS 35:29 ACHIEVEMENTS. HIGH MINDEDNESS. 35:30 IN THE BIBLE HE TALKED ABOUT THIS HIGH-MINDED NATURE, AND 35:35 THERE ARE THOSE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY MAY ACCOMPLISH 35:40 BY DEGREE OR FINANCIAL ACCOUTREMENTS, AND THEY BECOME 35:44 HIGH MINDED, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. 35:47 I WANT TO GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. 35:50 BECAUSE JUDAH IS MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7. 35:59 ZEBLON IS THE BUSINESS-MINDED ONE. 36:01 HE SHALL BECOME THE LIFE OF SHIPS. 36:04 HE COUNTS EVERY PENNY. IF HIS CHECK WAS $49.50, HIS 36:11 TITHE WAS $4.95. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU 36:16 ENCOURAGEMENT, CHEAP, TIGHT, FINANCIALLY STINGY PEOPLE WILL 36:20 OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 36:27 IZCAR IS A STRONG DONKEY. YOU CAN'T MOVE HIM. 36:30 HE IS STUBBORN. HAVE YOU MET ANY STUBBORN 36:34 CHRISTIANS? >> COME ON NOW. 36:37 >> YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO DO ANYTHING. 36:39 BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IZCAR OVERCAME. 36:48 LET'S SKIP VERSUS 16. GAD. 36:51 THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MY PURPOSE. GAD, A TROOP SHALL OVERCOME HIM, 36:57 BUT HE SHALL OVERCOME AT THE LAST. 37:00 >> YES. >> YOU HAVE THE KING JAMES 37:03 VERSION, KENNY? >> YES. 37:05 >> SO WE KNOW HIS IS PROPHESIZED. 37:10 HE IS THE GUY THAT GETS BAD BREAKS. 37:13 HE WILL SHOW UP 10 MINUTES AFTER THE SALE IS OVER. 37:16 THEY HAVE ALL THE SUITS ON THE RACK, BUT NOT HIS SIZE. 37:22 HIS CAR WILL BREAK DOWN 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW BEGINS, 37:25 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HE'LL OVERCOME. 37:28 VERY QUICKLY NOW, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 37:34 ASHAR, VERSUS 20. ASHAR, THE BIBLE SAYS HIS TABLE 37:41 SHALL FIELD ROYAL MEALS. HE LOVES TO EAT. 37:44 BUT GOD IS GOING TO PUT HIM ON A DIET ON THE LAST DAY SO HE CAN 37:50 FIT THROUGH THE GATE IN REVELATION. 37:52 THIS IS ALL ABOUT OVERCOMING, BY THE WAY. 37:55 >> YES. >> THIS IS MY THEME. 37:59 AND NAPALI, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO TICK HIM OFF. 38:07 HE IS IN REVELATION. AND JOSEPH, VERY QUICKLY. 38:11 YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT JOSEPH. HIS PROBLEM WAS HE WAS BLESSED 38:16 AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND HE GOT HIS BROTHERS UPSET. 38:21 I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. 38:23 YOU KNOW THE STORY OF JOSEPH? >> SURE. 38:26 >> HE TOLD HIS BROTHERS, I'M GOING TO BE ABOVE YOU. 38:31 DAD LOVES ME MORE. LOOK AT MY COAT. 38:34 AND SO THEY SAID, WE HAVE GOT TO GET RID OF THIS GUY, HE IS 38:38 IRRITATING US, BUT THE LORD HAD A PLAN FOR JOSEPH. 38:41 THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT HIS SELF PRIDE, HE OVERCAME. 38:45 >> AMEN. >> AND BENJAMIN, THERE ARE A 38:49 WHOLE LOT OF FOLK LIKE THAT. BENJAMIN IS A RAVENNOUS WOLF. 38:55 HARD TO GET ALONG WITH. BUT NOW LET'S FINISH ON VERSUS 39:00 19. THIS IS MY FOCUS. 39:03 VERSUS 16, SORRY. DAN SHALL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE AS 39:07 ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. DAN SHALL BE A SURPANT BY THE 39:13 WAY, A VIPER IN THE PATH THAT BITES THE HORSE'S HEELS SO THAT 39:19 ITS RIDER SHALL FALL BACK. DAN IS A STUMBLING BLOCK. 39:23 DAN FOCUSES ON EVERYTHING ELSE'S SIN BUT HIS OWN. 39:27 YOU GUYED TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMING SIN. 39:31 DAN DOESN'T SPEND ANY TIME LOOKING AT HIMSELF. 39:35 AND THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU WILL NOT OVERCOME IS YOU ARE NOT 39:39 LOOKING AT YOURSELF. >> UH-HUH. 39:40 >> THAT'S WHY THE MESSAGE IN REVELATION -- THE MESSAGE IN THE 39:44 NEW TESTAMENT IS NOT ONLY A MESSAGE OF OVERCOMING BY THE 39:48 BLOOD OF THE LAMB, BUT THE INJUNCTION IS EXAMINE YOURSELF. 39:52 >> AMEN. >> HUM. 39:54 >> YOU WILL NEVER KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU SPEND ALL OF 39:57 YOUR TIME LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM. 40:04 DAN WAS NOT MENTIONED IN REVELATION 7, BECAUSE HE NEVER 40:08 OVERCAME. SO THE ONLY DANGER THAT ANY ONE 40:11 OF US THAT IS WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THE PROGRAM FACES, 40:15 IS WE FOCUS ON EVEYBODY ELSE'S FAULTS, EVERYBODY ELSE'S SINS, 40:20 EVERYBODY ELSE'S STUMBLINGS, EVERYBODY ELSE'S -- WHATEVER. 40:26 INCONSISTENCIES, RATHER THAN OUR OWN. 40:28 IF WE WANT TO BE OVERCOMERS, WE MUST SAY AS CALEB DID, WE'RE 40:34 WELL ABLE TO OVERCOME. >> AMEN. 40:36 >> WE CAN DO IT BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 40:39 >> WELL SAID. I WANT TO INSERT SOMETHING HERE. 40:45 ELLEN WHITE SAYS SO IN ALL ANGELS, ANGELS -- SO IN ALL 40:50 AGES, ANGELS HAVE BEEN NEAR TO CHRIST'S FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS, SO 40:54 WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. >> PRAISE GOD. 40:57 >> A VAST CONFEDERACY OF EVIL IS ARRAYED AGAINST ALL WHO WILL 41:03 OVERCOME, SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE OPPOSED, AND SATAN IS A MASTER 41:13 TECHNICIAN, AND STRATISTIGS, AND HE WILL USE SOME OF THOSE THINGS 41:21 TO DEFEAT YOU. BUT SATAN NOT ONLY USES YOUR 41:26 WEAKNESSES, HE WILL TAKE YOUR CHARACTER'S STRENGTHS TO DEFEAT 41:31 YOU. I GIVE A QUICK EXAMPLE. 41:33 THERE -- THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE BY NATURE INQUISITIVE. 41:39 YOU SEE HOW A RADIO IS PUT TOGETHER. 41:42 YOU TAKE IT APART, AND YOU WANT TO HELP YOURSELF OUT. 41:46 SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO TINKER WITH THEIR OWN CAR. 41:49 THEY ARE INQUISITIVE. THEY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING 41:53 ON. SO YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF SOME 41:56 MONEY, BUT THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING INQUISITIVE AND 42:02 BEING NOSEY. INQUISITIVE IS GOOD, ONE STEP 42:05 OVER THE LINE TO NOSEY IS NOT. AND UNLESS YOUR INQUISITIVE 42:12 NATURE IS YIELDED, SUBMITTED TO JESUS, YOUR NOSE CAN GET YOU 42:17 INTO AN AWFUL LOT OF TROUBLE. >> OH, MY. 42:19 >> IT'S TRUE. >> SO SATAN WILL USE YOUR 42:22 CHARACTER WEAKNESSES, BUT HE WILL ALSO USE YOUR CHARACTER'S 42:28 STRENGTH, SO THAT ALL THAT YOU ARE, HAS TO BE YIELDED TO THE 42:32 LORD. EVEN THOSE THINGS WHICH THE 42:36 WORLD WOULD SAY ARE GOOD CHARACTER TRAITS. 42:38 MAYBE YOU ARE A LEADER, AND YOU NATURALLY FLOAT TO THE TOP. 42:43 AND THAT'S GOOD TO BE A LEADER. BUT YOU CAN BE A LEADER, AND YOU 42:47 CAN BE A PAIN IN THE NECK, AND YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO THE LORD. 42:53 LET ME JUST FINISH THIS, AND THEN WE'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE 42:59 TAKE IT. CHRIST WOULD HAVE US LOOK TO THE 43:02 THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SCENE, TO THE ARMIES OF HEAVEN IN CAMPS 43:07 ABOUT ALL WHO LOVE GOD TO DELIVER THEM. 43:10 SO DELIVERANCE IS ALREADY MADE FOR YOU. 43:13 FROM WHAT DANGER SEEN AND UNSEEN WE HAVE BEEN PRESERVED THROUGH 43:17 THE INTERPOSITION OF THE ANGELS? WE SHALL NEVER KNOW UNTIL THE 43:22 LIGHT OF ETERNITY WE SEE THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD, THEN WE 43:26 SHALL KNOW THAT THE WHOLE FAMILY OF HEAVEN WAS INTERESTED IN THE 43:31 FAMILY HERE BELOW, AND THAT MESSENGERS FROM THE THROWN OF 43:36 GOD ATTEND OUR STEPS FROM DAY-TO-DAY. 43:40 SO YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FIGHT, AND ALL HEAVEN IS 43:44 INTERESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS, AND EVERYTHING THAT HEAVEN HAS IS 43:47 AVAILABLE TO YOU TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING. 43:51 JUDE 24 [ INAUDIBLE ] AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS. 43:57 HE IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING. 44:00 >> AMEN. >> AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR 44:03 ANYONE WHO IS SEEKING TO OVERCOME. 44:05 >> AMEN. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR MYSELF, 44:08 THE POINT WHERE GOD HAD TO GET ME TO -- SO THAT I COULD 44:13 OVERCOME BEGINS WITH PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8 WHERE PAUL WRITES LET THIS 44:21 MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF 44:25 EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH ON THE CROSS. 44:28 AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAI THIS BEFORE. 44:30 I HAVE OFTEN BEEN TOLD I'M A HUMBLE PERSON. 44:34 BUT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND HUMILITY IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. 44:41 JESUS CON DEN SENDED TO SUCH A POINT 44:49 >> AMEN. >> BUT THE MIND OF CHRIST, THE 44:53 HUMILITY OF CHRIST WAS THAT HE GAVE UP ALL OF HIS OWN POWERS, 44:58 HIS OWN STRENGTHS, AND HE TOTALLY DEPENDED UPON THE 45:02 FATHER. >> UH-HUH. 45:03 >> SO I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF RECOGNIZING THAT 45:06 WHEN WE'RE NOT DEPENDING UPON GOD, WHEN WE'RE NOT DEPENDING 45:11 UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE EXERCISING, EXERTING PRIDE. 45:17 THAT'S PRIDEFUL. >> AMEN. 45:21 >> SO TO ME IT WAS -- THAT'S WHERE HE STARTED ME, WAS TO SEE 45:26 THAT I WASN'T NEARLY AS HUMBLE AS I THOUGHT, BECAUSE EVEN IN 45:30 MINISTRY, YOU CAN START DOING YOUR OWN THING. 45:33 WHAT YOU ARE THNKING WITH -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN START 45:37 EXERCISING YOUR STRENGTHS. >> YES. 45:39 >> IF YOU ARE NOT FULLY SURRENDERED TO GOD, YIELDED 45:43 WHERE HE IS LEADING. THEN THAT IS PRIDE, AND GOD 45:48 WILL -- WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THE PRIDEFUL? 45:51 HE WILL HUMBLE YOU. SO IT IS LUKE 9:23 THAT YOU 45:57 ALREADY MENTIONED IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR CROSS 46:03 DAILY, AND THAT JUST SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 46:09 GUIDE TO SELF, BUT IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THIS IS THE 46:14 HUMILITY, LORD, NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE. 46:18 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING, RECOGNIZE YOUR 46:27 DEPENDANCE ON GOD. AND JESUS SAID ASK AND IT SHALL 46:31 BE GIVEN, SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND, KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE 46:37 OPENED, AND IN THE GREEK, THOSE ARE LINEAR VERBS, THEY ARE 46:42 WITHOUT END, SO IT SHOULD BE BETTER TRANSLATED AS -- ASK AND 46:46 KEEP ON ASKING. KNOCK AND KEEP -- OR SEEK AND 46:50 KEEP ON SEEKING, KNOCK AND KEEP ON KNOCKING, AND THEN HE 46:55 FINISHES UP IN VERSUS 13 SAYING -- TELLING US WHAT WE'RE 46:58 ASKING FOR, AND HE SAYS, IF YOU BEING EVEN KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD 47:04 GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER 47:08 GIVE GOOD GIFTS -- GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK AND KEEP 47:13 ON ASKING. WE CANNOT OVERCOME, NOT EVEN BY 47:18 THE POWER OF ANGELS, UNLESS WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US, 47:23 BECAUSE IT IS ROMANS 18:13, I BELIEVE, WHERE HE SAYS, IF YOU 47:29 PUT TO DEATH -- LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 47:31 I THINK IT'S ROMANS 8:13, ISN'T IT? 47:34 >> OKAY. LET'S GO TO ROMANS 8:13. 47:38 >> YES. HE SAYS FOR IF YOU LIVE 47:42 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, YO WILL DIE. 47:44 SO IF YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO OVERCOME, IF YOU ARE JUST LIVING 47:49 BY THE FLESH -- >> YEAH. 47:51 >> -- ETERNAL DEATH WILL BE YOUR REWARD, BUT IF I THE SPIRIT YOU 47:57 PUT TO DEATH -- NOTICE THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WORKING HERE. 48:00 IT IS YOU PUTTING IT TO DEATH, BUT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY 48:04 SPIRIT. IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO 48:07 DEATH THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE FOR AS MANY ARE LEAD 48:12 BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THESE ARE THE SONS OR THE 48:14 CHILDREN OF GOD, FOR YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE, 48:19 BUT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION, BY WHOM WE CRY OUT, 48:25 OH, FATHER. THE BIBLE TELLS US THE HOLY 48:28 SPIRIT IS OUR GUIDE. THAT HE GUIDES US INTO ALL 48:31 TRUTH. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE DON'T 48:34 KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT. ROMANS 8. 48:38 PAUL TELLS US THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION, SO WE CANNOT 48:42 COME -- I BELIEVE -- YOU KNOW I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD 48:45 OF GOD, BUT WE CAN'T EVEN COME TO THE WORD OF GOD. 48:49 THESE ARE SPIRITUAL WORDS. THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED, 48:54 WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 48:57 WE CAN'T PRAY WITH POWER, UNLESS WE'RE LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT 49:00 EVEN GUIDE OUR PRAYERS. >> AMEN. 49:03 >> AMEN. >> SO TO ME, THIS IS THE 49:07 BEGINNING OF OVERCOMING IS WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR GREAT NEED 49:12 FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST 49:15 PRAYER REQUEST OUT OF YOUR MOUTH EVERY MORNING. 49:19 I PRAY EVERY MORNING, FATHER, EMPTY ME OF ME. 49:24 FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. >> YEAH. 49:26 >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUR BY HOUR, 49:29 MAN IT'S EASY TO LET YOUR FLESH REAR ITS UGLY HEAD. 49:33 >> VERY TRUE. >> SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND 49:38 SUDDENLY YOU ARE IN CONTROL AGAIN. 49:40 YOU ARE GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN WHEN GOD TRIES 49:43 TO LET YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU ARE IN CONTROL, JOHN, YOU RESIST THE 49:47 HOLY SPIRIT, YOU QUENCH THE HOLY SPIRIT, SO IT IS -- SOMETIMES 49:51 IT'S JUST A MOMENT BY MOMENT SURRENDER -- 49:55 >> VERY TRUE. VERY TRUE. 49:56 >> -- CHECKING WHERE AM I? >> YEAH. 50:01 >> EVERY ONE OF US HAS A BATTLE TO FIGHT, AND IT'S NOT AGAINST 50:05 THE DEVIL. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 50:07 IT'S AGAINST SELF. >> IT'S AGAINST SELF. 50:11 THIS INHERENT THING THAT ADAM BEQUEATHED TO US, THIS BROKEN 50:19 NATURE IS WHERE THE DAILY BATTLE COMES FROM. 50:24 WHEN WE ENTER A SAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, THAT'S 50:27 WHERE THE BATTLE BEGINS. >> AMEN. 50:30 >> IT DOESN'T END. SO THIS IDEA THAT IT ENDS, WHAT 50:34 HAPPENS NOW, THE LORD COMES IN, LIKE -- LIKE A CONTRACTOR INTO A 50:39 DILAPIDATED HOUSE -- >> UH-HUH. 50:40 >> AND SAYS, OKAY, WE HAVE MADE A DECISION NOT TO CONDEMN THIS 50:47 HOUSE, FOR GOD SENT NOT SINNERS TO CONDEMN TH WORLD. 50:50 WE LOOK DILAPIDATED AND BROKEN DOWN. 50:54 HE DIDN'T SEND JESUS TO CONDEMN US, SO I HAVE COME TO THE 51:01 REALIZATION THAT MY SERMONS SHOULD NEVER CONDEMN PEOPLE. 51:06 MY SERMONS SHOULD CONDEMN SIN. >> AMEN. 51:09 >> WHEN YOU ARE PREACHING AND TEACHING PEOPLE, YOU ARE DOING 51:14 NOT EVEN WHAT JESUS WOULD DO, AND HE HAS ALL THE RIGHT TO DO 51:18 IT. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO IT. 51:21 THAT'S WHY THY BROUGHT THE WOMAN TO JESUS -- HE SAID JESUS 51:24 WHICH ONE OF YOU ARE WITHOUT SIN, THROW THE FIRST STONE. 51:28 HE COUDN'T DO IT. AND SOMEBODY SUGGESTED HOW HE 51:32 WROTE THEIR SINS IN THE DUST. SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THAT. 51:37 I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO THAT, BUT WHEN HE KNELT DOWN TO WRITE, I 51:42 THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE STARTED WALKING AWAY, HE SAW 51:46 THEIR SINS BEING WRITTEN DOWN. HE WRITES OUR SINS IN THE DUST, 51:50 SO HE CAN JUST WIPE IT AWAY. HE DOESN'T WRITE OUR SIN IN 51:59 STONE. >> AMEN. 52:01 >> READ ROMANS 7, PAUL ENTERED INTO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH 52:06 JESUS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, I HAVE JUST BEEN 52:10 SAVED FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN, WHICH IS DEATH, I JUST HAVE BEEN 52:15 SAVED FROM DEATH ROW AND PUT INTO THIS NEW WALK AS SHELLEY 52:20 POINTED OUT, THIS IS WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK COMES IN. 52:26 THE FIRST THING THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES IS HE WORKS ON US TO GET US 52:29 TO YIELD. >> UH-HUH. 52:31 CONVICTING AND CONVINCING. >> CONVICTING AND CONVINCING OF 52:35 SIN. HE WORKS ON US TO HELP US SEE 52:38 OURSELVES. IT IS WHEN WE RESIST HIM THAT WE 52:42 NEVER SEE OURSELVES. IT'S WHEN WE YIELD TO CHRIST AND 52:47 ACCEPT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE'RE NO LONGER ON DEATH ROW, BUT NOW 52:52 JUST THINK OF A PRISONER THAT HAS BEEN LET OUT OF PRISON. 52:56 HE HAS TO HAVE A NEW WALK, OR THE RECIDIVISM WILL KICK IN, 53:02 MEANING HE WILL GO RIGHT BACK. SO WE ARE NOT SET FREE. 53:05 WE ARE MADE FREE WHO THE SON SETS FREE IS FREE 53:10 INDEED. OKAY. 53:11 HE MAKES US FREE, NOT JUST SETS US FREE. 53:15 HE LETS US OUT, BUT BY ENTER GOING THE RELATIONSHIP WE NOW 53:21 HAVE A DIFFERENT MIND. SO HERE IS WHERE THE BATTLE 53:24 COMES OUT. WHEN THE BATTLE -- YOU KNOW, 53:27 REPENTANCE IS A TURN, IS IT NOT? >> YES, IT IS. 53:33 >> IT'S A U-TURN AND YOU PASS THE THINGS THAT ON YOUR WAY. 53:42 UNFORTUNATELY IN THE U-TURN OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, SOMETIMES 53:46 THE STUFF THAT WE PASS ON THE WAY, WHEN WE FOUND JESUS, WE 53:49 PASS ON THE WAY BACK, AND SOMETIMES WE TEND TO STOP. 53:52 THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE WITH SELF COMES IN. 53:57 ROMANS 6:16, ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES, DO YOU NOT KNOW TO 54:03 WHOM YOU YIELD YOURSELF -- THIS IS THE KING JAMES VERSION AS 54:09 SERVANTS TO OBEY. YOU ARE THAT ONE SLAVE WHOM YOU 54:13 OBEY. >> UH-HUH. 54:14 >> SO THIS DAILY DAY -- WHEN PAUL WAS DELIVERED FROM THE 54:19 PENALTY OF SIN, HE NEEDED DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF 54:22 SIN. >> AMEN. 54:24 >> SO THIS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENCEANCE FROM THE PENALTY 54:29 OF SIN, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON CALGARY. 54:34 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF SIN. 54:42 >> LET ME ADD TO THAT, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOUR ILLUSION OF 54:46 PASSING THINGS ON THE WAY BACK. BUT YOU HAVE JESUS ON YOUR SIDE. 54:53 I REMEMBER GOING AS A CHILD, AND MY MOTHER WOULD SAY DON'T STOP. 54:59 THEY COME BACK, THE DEVIL IS TEMPTING YOU WITH THOSE THINGS 55:03 AGAIN, YOU ARE NOT OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF SIN.-YOU ARE OUT OF THE POWER OF SIN. 55:12 SO EVEN THOSE THINGS ARE STILL THERE, I'M NOT DRAWN TO THEM 55:17 ANYMORE, AND IF I EVER GET A LITTLE -- CHRIST IS BY MY SIDE 55:21 TO SAY, NO WE'RE NOT GOING THIS WAY. 55:25 WE'RE GOING THAT WAY. >> LET ME FINISH MY THESIS. 55:30 THE REASON WHY THE BATTLE IS HAPPENING, IS BECAUSE GOD MOVED 55:34 IN. HE SAID THIS ROOM CAN'T STAY. 55:37 THAT ROOM CAN'T STAY. GOD STARTS WORKING IN US THE 55:41 WILL AND THE GOOD PLEASURE. AND EVERYONE HAS FELT THE HAMMER 55:45 OF GOD. >> AMEN. 55:46 >> THE FIRE OF THE PURIFYING GRACE OF CHRIST. 55:50 BUT WE'RE GROWING IN GRACE, BECAUSE WE NEED GRACE EVERY DAY. 55:53 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE WE'RE NOT YET 55:57 PERFECTED. BUT HE GIVES US A PICTURE, 1 56:01 JOHN 4:17. LOVE HAS BEEN PROFETHED AMONG US 56:06 IN THIS, THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE JUDGMENT DAY. 56:12 BECAUSE AS HE IS -- HOW IS HE? RIGHTEOUS. 56:16 SO ARE WE, NOT WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 56:22 DAY BY DAY, THE GRACE OF GOD IN PARTS TO YOU, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 56:26 OF JESUS. >> UH-HUH. 56:28 >> SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SANCTIFICATION IS THE 56:32 WORK OF A LIFETIME, ONLY THE LORD KNOWS HOW LONG THAT 56:37 LIFETIME IS. IT WAS A SPLIT SECOND FOR THE 56:41 PEOPLE ON THE CROSS. >> UH-HUH. 56:43 >> SO NEVER -- WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE SECOND 56:48 HOUR, AND ABRAHAM IS MY LAST EXAMPLE. 56:54 ABRAHAM, THE BIBLE SAYS HE ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM FOR 56:59 RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> AMEN. 57:02 >> SO WHO EVERY BELIEVES IN HIM, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF IS 57:07 ACCOUNTED TO US. >> AMEN AND AMEN. 57:10 WE HAVE COME DOWN TO THE NETHER END OF THIS FIRST HOUR. 57:13 THERE IS MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT. 57:15 WE WANT TO GO TO SEVERAL TEXTS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT IMPLY 57:19 AN OVERCOMING SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES, AND WE WANT TO TAK ABOUT 57:23 THAT, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ELLEN 57:28 WHITE SAYS IS THE HARDEST TO DETECT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO 57:32 CURE, AND THE WHOLE CHURCH IS IMPACTED WITH IT. 57:35 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE SECOND HALF. 57:39 YOU STAND BY. WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES AND 57:43 TWO SECONDS. ♪ |
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