Participants: C.A Murray (Host), John Lomacang, Kenny Shelton, Shelley Quinn
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017533B
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00:12 >> AND WE ARE BACK. HOPE YOU HAD A -- A SPIRITUAL 00:17 GOOD TIME AS WE DD DURING THAT FIRST HOUR, TALKING ABOUT 00:21 OVERCOMING, SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WILL NEED TO ACCOMPLISH IN 00:24 YOUR LIVES THROUGH THE POWER, THE GRACE, THE MERCY OF JESUS 00:29 CHRIST BEFORE WE SEE HIM FACE-TO-FACE. 00:31 NAME THE COMPANY OF PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG, SISTER SHELLEY QUINN, 00:35 PASTOR KENNY SHELTON, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE 00:40 POWER TO OVERCOM. WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH 00:43 OVERCOMING 101. OR MAYBE THIS IS GRADUATE 00:47 SCHOOL. I'M NOT SURE. 00:49 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT THE LORD WANTS US TO 00:51 OVERCOME. HE HAS PROVIDED POWER FOR US TO 00:54 OVERCOME, AND WE WANT TO MOVE IN THOSE THINGS. 00:57 I WANT TO DO A QUICK READING HERE AS WE BEGIN OUR SECOND 01:01 HALF. THIS IS FROM THE SPIRIT OF 01:05 PROPHECY WRITTEN BY ELLEN WHITE. SHE SAYS MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO 01:11 KEEP OPEN THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN JESUS AND YOUR SOUL. 01:18 ELLEN WHITE SAYS, SAY, LORD, TAKE ME THIS DAY, I SURRENDER 01:22 MYSELF TO THE MOVINGS OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. 01:25 >> AMEN. >> THAT OUGHT TO BE THE FIRST 01:29 THING YOU DO TO HELP GAIN SUCCESS IN YOUR WALK WITH CHRIST 01:35 THAT DAY. WE SHOULD PRAY IN THE FAMILY 01:40 CIRCLE, BUT YOUR POWER WILL COME FROM ONE ON ONE WITH JESUS 01:45 CHRIST, FOR THIS IS THE LIFE OF A SOUL. 01:48 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SOUL TO FLOURISH, WHILE PRAYER IS 01:53 NEGLECTED. SO IF YOU ARE NOT PRAYING, YOU 01:57 CANNOT PLEASE HIM. FAMILY OR PUBLIC PRAYER ALONE IS 02:01 NOT SUFFICIENT. IN SOLITUDE LET THE SOUL BE LAID 02:12 OPEN. SECRET PRAYER IS TO BE HEARD 02:15 ONLY BY THE EAR OF GOD. NO CURIOUS EAR IS TO RECEIVE THE 02:23 BURDEN OF SUCH PETITIONS. IN SECRET PRAYER THE SOUL IS 02:27 FREE FROM SURROUNDING INFLUENCES, FREE FROM 02:30 EXCITEMENT, BY CALM SIMPLE FAITH, THE SOUL HOLDS COMMUNION 02:35 WITH GOD, AND GATHERS TO ITSELF RAYS OF DIVINE LIGHT TO 02:40 STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN IT IN THE CONFLICT FROM SATAN. 02:44 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AMEN. 02:46 >> THE KEEPING OF OUR EYES ON CHRIST IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT. 02:55 I ENDED THE FIRST HOUR, SO I DON'T WANT TO START OUT THE 02:59 SECOND HOUR. KENNY JUMP BACK IN. 03:01 >> THE THING THAT WAS ON MY MIND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHEN 03:08 TEMPTATION COMES, THEY ARE DEFEATED. 03:11 BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE READ THE BIBLE, YOU'LL FIND MANY TIMES 03:16 THAT, YOU KNOW, AS -- AS MAN MOVED OUT, THERE WERE SOME 03:21 DEFEATS FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND FOR EXAMPLES FOR US TO LEARN 03:25 FROM. I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING I 03:27 THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THE REASON WHY SO MANY ARE LEFT 03:32 TO THEMSELVES IN THE PLACE OF TEMPTATIONS IS THAT -- AND THIS 03:35 WILL MAKE SENSE TO US -- THAT THEY DO NOT SET ALWAYS THE LORD 03:40 BEFORE THEM. >> UH-HUH. 03:42 >> IN TEMPTATION, AND WHEN THE DEVIL BEGINS TO GET THE POTS AND 03:46 PANS OUT AND WHACK US ON THE HEAD JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU 03:49 THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE NOT SET THE LORD BEFORE US, THE 03:55 IMPORTANCE OF CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY. 03:58 I USED TO PRAY YEARS AGO -- I WAS JUST -- I WAS CAPTIVATED BY 04:02 THE BRAINS OF SALOMON, WHO HAD ALL OF THESE BRAINS. 04:06 I THOUGHT I DON'T HAVE ANY [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] 07:39 >> DWELLING OF CHRIST IN THE HEART THROUGH FAITH IN HIS 07:44 RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOT OURS, UNLESS -WE BECOME VIRTUALLY CONNECTED WITH GOD, WE CAN NEVER RESIST 07:53 SELF LOVE, SELF INDULGENCE, AND TEMPTATION THROUGH SIN. 07:58 THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. GOD IN US. 08:01 A VITAL CONNECTION AS DIVINE AND THE BRANCH HAVE CHRIST IN US, 08:08 WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RESIST THE VICTORY, AND NEVER BECOME AN 08:15 OVERCOMER. AND IN THE BEGINNING IT TALKS 08:18 ABOUT TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH. >> YES, SIR. 08:25 I'M THINKING THERE MUST BE -pSOMETHING TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS GAINING A VICTORY. 08:36 BECAUSE OF HIS GRACE, I CAN SEE MYSELF AS A CONQUERER, BECAUSE 08:40 OF WHAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE ME. >> PRAISE THE LORD. 08:43 >> AND I WAS GOING TO SAY WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT HAS TO BE THE 08:48 IN-DWELLING OF CHRIST, IN EPHESIANS 3:16, PAUL IS PRAYING 08:54 FOR THEM. AND HE IS PRAYING THAT THE HOLY 08:56 SPIRIT -- HE SAYS THAT THEY -- GOD WOULD GRANT THEM 09:01 ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH 09:06 MIGHT. AND THAT'S DYNAMITE, THE POWER 09:12 OF GOD. IN A MAN, SO THAT CHRIST MAY 09:15 DWELL IN THEIR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH. 09:17 THE ONLY WAY -- ONCE AGAIN, I JUST KEEP -- YOU KNOW, FOR US TO 09:21 BE OVERCOMERS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE 09:26 THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT -- >> AMEN. 09:29 >> -- BECAUSE THIS IS HOW CHRIST DWELLS IN OUR HEART. 09:32 AND YOU MENTIONED ON THE FIRST HOUR HOW WE HAVE THIS STRUGGLE 09:37 AGAINST SELF. WE ARE ALSO IN A STRUGGLE 09:40 AGAINST THE DEVIL, AND JAMES 4:7-8, JAMES SAYS THEREFORE 09:47 SUBMIT TO GOD THAT IS -- THAT IS THE IDEA OF 09:52 YIELDING, CONSENTING, SURRENDERING. 09:59 SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE, BUT 10:03 DRAW NEAR TO GOD, SO THAT HE MAY DRAW NEAR TO YOU. 10:07 SO WE CAN NEVER RESIST THE DEVIL UNLESS WE ARE DRAWN NEAR TO GOD. 10:11 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 10:13 >> WE HAVE TO DRAW NEAR. AND I WANT TO READ SOMETHING 10:17 FROM 1 PETER. BECAUSE I JUST KNOW, AND WANT 10:20 YOU TO KNOW, DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF US SITTING HERE, AREN'T 10:24 STILL ON A DAILY BASIS OVERCOMING. 10:27 >> AMEN. >> AND DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF 10:31 US HERE DON'T GO THROUGH DAYS WHERE WE DON'T DO SUCH A GOOD 10:37 JOB OF OVERCOMING. I HAD TO LEARN THROUGH MY 10:42 ILLNESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH THROUGH YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. 10:44 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE 10:46 PHYSICALLY DEPRESSED, AND YOU HAVE NO ENERGY TO EVEN PICK UP A 10:51 BOOK -- YOU CAN'T HOLD THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 10:56 YOU CAN END UP BEING MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY DEPRESSED, SO 11:01 YOUR HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT LISTEN TO THIS 1 PETER 11:08 5:6-10. >> AS YOU WERE SPEAKING -- 11:11 >> THAT'S WHERE YOU TURNED. >> -- I WENT RIGHT THERE. 11:14 >> AMEN. HE SAYS THEREFORE HUMBLE 11:17 YOURSELF UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN 11:23 DUE TIME CASTING ALL OF YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR 11:27 YOU, ALL YOU HAVE GOT TO DO IS JUST GET TO THAT POINT, WHERE 11:31 YOU SAY, LORD, YOU REALLY DO LOVE ME. 11:34 HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND. BUT LET ME COME BEFORE YOU TO 11:39 HUMBLE YOURSELF MEANS JUST TO DEPEND ON GOD, AND THAT'S HIS 11:44 WHOLE PLAN IN SALVATION. BUT THEN PETER SAYS THIS, CAST 11:50 YOUR CARES ON HIM, BUT HE SAYS BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT, BECAUSE 11:58 THE DEVIL WALKS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE 12:03 MAY DEVOUR. WHEN WE WERE IN AFRICA, I SPOKE 12:06 AT A CAMP MEETING, AND THEY TOOK US ON A THREE-DAY PHOTO SAFARI 12:12 AS A TREAT AFTERWARDS, ALL OF THE SPEAKERS, AND WE WATCHED A 12:17 LION COMING INTO A HERD OF GAZELLE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE 12:22 DID? THE LION DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN 12:24 TO SEPARATE ONE OF THEM FROM THE HERD, AS LONG AS THEY ARE 12:29 STAYING IN THE HERD, THEY ARE FINE, BUT WHEN YOU START STAYING 12:33 BACK FROM THE HERD THIS IS THE LION, HE'S ROARING. 12:37 HE'S SCARING YOU. AND MAYBE YOU ARE NO LONGER IN 12:41 GOD'S HERD OF SHEEP. MAYBE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO 12:44 CHURCH, AND YOU THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GIVING 12:47 UP ON YOURSELF. LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT 12:50 STAYING IN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO OVERCOME. 12:54 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS GETTING 12:56 YOU SEPARATED. SO HE WALKS AROUND LIKE A 13:00 ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. 13:08 RESIST HIM, KNOWING THE SAME EXPERIENCES ARE SUFFERED BY YOUR 13:16 BROTHERHOOD AROUND THE WORLD, BUT AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A 13:20 LITTLE WHILE, PERFECT, ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN, AND 13:24 SETTLE YOU. WHOSE IS GOING TO DO THIS WORK? 13:27 IT IS GOD WORKING IN US. IT'S US COOPERATING WITH HIM. 13:32 AND -- AND I'LL END WITH THIS ONE. 13:37 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ALL ARE 13:44 UNVEILED FACE OBSERVING, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR, THE 13:48 GLORY OF GOD, AND I THINK THIS WORD -- 13:50 >> UH-HUH. >> AS THE MIRROR, BECAUSE THIS 13:53 IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST JOOE. 13:57 >> OKAY. >> THIS NOT ONLY SHOWS US OUR 14:00 SIN. THIS SHOWS US ALL OF GOD'S 14:05 PROMISES THAT ARE IN CHRIST. SO HE SAYS THAT BEHOLDING IS IN 14:09 THE MIRROR, WE'RE BEING TRANSFORMED. 14:13 WE SEE THE LIFE OF CHRIST, WE SEE THE PROMISES THAT WE ARE -pPREDESTINED TO BE CONFIRMED TO 14:19 THE IMAGES OF JESUS. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? 14:25 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRANSFORMING US FROM GORY TO GORY. 14:29 FROM ONE LEVEL OF GOD'S CHARACTER TO THE NEXT. 14:32 AND THIS IS ALL PART OF OVERCOMING POWER. 14:36 >> AMEN. >> THIS IS FROM VICKY, VICKY 14:49 SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS THE REQUIREMENTS OF OVERCOMING, BUT 14:53 IF WE ARE SAVED FRM GRACE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WORKING OUT OUR 14:59 SALVATION? SO WHILE YOU ARE-THAT. 15:10 BECAUSE PASTOR KENNY SAID SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED ME IN MY 15:17 MIND. BECAUSE JOHN SAYS THAT HE WHO IS 15:19 IN CHRIST DOES NOT SIN. OF COURSE YOU MAY GET DEPRESSED 15:24 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME SIN IN YOUR LIFE, BUT THAT WORD 15:29 SIN IS IN THE -- SHELLEY YOU CALLED IT A LINEAR VERB. 15:35 IT DOES NOT KEEP ON SINNING. 1 JOHN 2:1, SAYS IF WE SIN, WE 15:42 HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, SO CHRIST HAS TAKEN CARE 15:47 OF US. YOU DO NOT FALL IN SIN. 15:49 YOU DO NOT WALLOW IN SIN. YOU DO NOT CONTINUE TO PRACTICE 15:54 SIN. >> IT IS NOT YOUR HABIT. 15:55 >> IT IS NOT YOUR HABIT. IT IS NOT PART OF YOUR 15:59 CHARACTER, BUT IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU ARE AN ADVOCATE 16:05 WITH CHRIST. THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU STP AND A 16:08 LITTLE MUD AND YOUR SHOES GET DIRTY, HE TAKES CARE OF THAT 16:13 ALSO. ALSO IN 1 JOHN 1:9 SAYS IF WE 16:17 CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST, BUT I WANT TO DROP 16:23 BACK TO VERSE 7, WHICH SAYS IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN 16:29 THE LIGHT. YOU SEE OUR JOB IS TO KEEP ON 16:32 WALKING IN THE LIGHT. >> AMEN. 16:34 >> AND WE GET FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. 16:41 AS YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT, YOUR FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO 16:44 ARE IN THE LIGHT, AND IT IS THAT FELLOWSHIP THAT HELPS YOU TO 16:49 OVERCOME. YOU NEED TO FIND SOME GOOD 16:51 CHRISTIAN FRIENDS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO WHOM YOU CAN BE REAL 16:55 WITH, AND TO WHOM YOU CAN GO WITH YOUR PROBLEMS AND STUDY THE 16:59 WORD OF GOD. THIS ENCOURAGES US WHEN WE HEAR 17:03 WHAT EACH ONE BRINGS. IT MAKES OUR WALK STRONGER. 17:07 WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST 17:14 CLEANSES US. SO YOU GET THE DOUBLE BLESSING 17:17 OF HAVING SAINTS WHO LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE YOU, AND WHOM YOU 17:21 CAN WALK WITH, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WHICH IS 17:25 CLEANSING YOU OF YOUR SIN SO YOU ARE TRULY A SON OR DAUGHTER OF 17:29 GOD, ALL PART OF THE CLEANSING OVERCOMING EXPERIENCE, ONE FEEDS 17:34 INTO THE OTHER LIKE HAND IN GLOVE. 17:38 >> CAN I ANSWER VICKY'S QUESTION. 17:41 >> AND I WILL CONTINUE AFTER YOU. 17:43 >> OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] 17:44 >> MISS VICKY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE HAVE 17:49 SAVED BY GRACE. >> MAIN. 17:50 >> BUT WHEN YOU THINK THAT GOD IS THE GIVER OF EVERY PERFECT 17:56 AND GIVING GIFT, HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. 18:01 JESUS IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF GOD'S GRACE. 18:04 >> AMEN. >> WHEN YOU THINK OF THE HOLY 18:07 SPIRIT IS THE SECOND GREATEST GIFT OF GOD'S GRACE, AND HE GAVE 18:12 US THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE COULD HAVE THE POWER TO OVERCOME SIN, 18:16 AND THE WORD OF GOD TO ME IS THE THIRD GREATEST GIFT OF HIS 18:20 GRACE. SO YOUR QUESTION ARE WE TRYING 18:22 TO WORK OUR SALVATION? NO. 18:25 BUT IN PHILIPPIANS 2:12 PAUL WRITES, AND HE TELLS THE 18:31 PHILIPPIANS, THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS 18:35 OBEYED NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY 18:40 ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND 18:44 TREMBLING. I USED TO STOP RIGHT THERE, AND 18:46 I LITERALLY -- MY -- MY KNEES WOULD KNOCK. 18:50 I SPENT THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING TO WORK OUT MY OWN 18:56 SALVATION, FEARING, TREMBLING, BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE 18:58 LOVE OF GOD. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE GRACE OF 19:01 GOD. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF 19:04 GOD. AND SO I WOULD JUST 19:06 SOMETIMES -- I WOULD JUST GET SO OVERW 19:10 OVERWHELMED, IT WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT. 19:11 I REMEMBER ONCE I ACTUALLY TURNED MY BACK ON GOD FOR A 19:16 WHILE, BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED AT HIM, AND I SAID, I CAN'T MEET 19:20 YOUR EXPECTATIONS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GRACE, ABOUT CHRIST, 19:24 AND THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD, AND THE POWER TO ME, AND THEN I 19:28 WASN'T CONTINUING.-THIS SHOULD BE ALL ONE SENTENCE. I WISH THEY HADN'T MADE IT TWO 19:34 VERSES, BUT HERE IS WHAT HE SAYS. 19:37 WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING, BUT NOT IN 19:42 YOUR OWN STRENGTH, FOR IT IS GOD-pWHO WORKS IN YOU. >> AMEN. 19:46 >> BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE, SO WHAT WE ARE 19:52 TALKING ABOUT IS YIELDING TO GOD, AND ALLOWING GOD TO WORK IN 19:58 US. IT IS GOD WHO WILL MAKE US AN 20:01 OVERCOMER. >> AMEN. 20:02 >> AMEN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO 20:04 THAT -- THANK YOU, SHELLEY. I'M GLAD YOU INCLUDED VERSUS 13, 20:10 BECAUSE VERSUS 12 HAS BEEN THE VERSE OF INTEP -- INTREPIDATION 20:19 AND TERROR FOR MANY.-THERE WAS AN EVANGELIST THAT SAID KEEP ON READING. 20:24 >> YES, SIR. >> WHEN THE LORD SAVED THE 20:27 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPT -- I'M GOING TO USE THE 20:30 WORD AGAIN, SAVED -- >> ABSOLUTELY. 20:33 >> HE DID NOT BRING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY SAVED THEMSELVES. 20:37 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> HE SAVED THEM. 20:39 HE BROUGHT THEM OUT WITH A MIGHTY HAND. 20:41 >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND THEN IN THE WILDERNESS, 20:45 HE SAID STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD, WHICH HE 20:49 WILL ACCOMPLISH FOR YOU. SAVE THEM FROM EGYPT. 20:54 SAVED THEM WHO TRUSTED IN HIM IN THE WILDERNESS. 20:58 FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T. THE BIBLE SAYS BUT WITH MANY OF 21:03 THEM, GOD WAS NOT WELL PLEASED. WHY WAS HE NOT WELL PLEASED? 21:07 YOU HAVE GOT TO LET THE BIBLE SPEAK FOR ITSELF. 21:12 WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM. 21:15 HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS -- 21:18 >> YES. >> -- AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER 21:23 OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. 21:25 WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HIM OVERCOMING. 21:28 YOU SEE, THE SALVATION FROM SIN IS WORK DONE BY GOD FOR US. 21:32 THAT'S THE SALVATION FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN, DEATH. 21:36 SALVATION FROM THE POWER OF SIN IS WORK DONE BY GOD THROUGH US. 21:41 >> UH-HUH. >> UH-HUH. 21:42 >> OKAY? >> UH-HUH. 21:46 UH-HUH. >> SALVATION FROM THE PENALTY IS 21:48 A WORK DONE BY GOD FOR US. SALVATION FROM THE POWER OF SIN 21:53 IS WORK OF GOD DONE THROUGH US. NOW -- BUT I WANT TO ALSO ADD, 21:58 WHEN PAUL PUT IT TOGETHER, HE SAID I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH 22:02 CHRIST. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT YOU 22:03 ARE NOT -- YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS APART FROM HIM. 22:07 THERE'S NO SALVATION -- THERE'S NOTHING APART FROM YOU. 22:10 THERE'S NOTHING IN YOU THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH, ONLY WHAT IS 22:14 ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CHRIST. >> YES. 22:16 >> SO THAT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY. WE'RE NOT IN THE PROMISE LAND 22:21 YET, WHERE WE WILL BE SAVED FROM THE PRESENCE OF SIN. 22:24 WE'RE NOT IN THE FORMER LIFE WHERE WE NEED TO BE SAVED FROM 22:27 THE PENALTY -- WE'RE IN THE PRESENT LIFE, WHERE WE NEED 22:31 SALVATION FROM THE POWER OF SIN, RIGHT? 22:34 >> AMEN. >> THIS IS WHERE OUR 22:36 RESPONSIBILITY COMES IN. THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO 22:40 THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, IS THAT CORRECT? 22:43 WHO WALKED -- >> NOT ACCORDING TO THE FLESH -- 22:47 >> WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE 22:51 SPIRIT. HERE IS THE KEY. 22:52 THE REASON I MENTIONED THE ISRAELITES, BECAUSE THE LORD DID 22:57 NOT TAKE THEM IN CARAVAN FROM EGYPT. 22:59 HE DIDN'T TAKE THEM ON BUSES OR HORSES OR DONKEYS. 23:03 HE MADE THEM WALK. >> MERCY. 23:05 >> THE JOY OF THE LORD IS THAT WE WALK IN TRUTH. 23:10 THE DAY BY DAY WALK IS THE RELIANCE ON JESUS, BECAUSE THIS 23:14 IS WHERE THE OVERCOMING COMES IN. 23:16 IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROGRAM, WHEN IT COMES ON 23:20 AGAIN, CATCH IT, BECAUSE SHELLEY SO WONDERFULLY OUTLINED THE 23:25 SEVEN BLESSINGS OF GOD THAT COME WHEN WE OVERCOME THROUGH HIM. 23:31 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT IT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY 23:34 DECISION TO WALK. >> UH-HUH. 23:36 >> YOU HAVE GOT TO CHOOSE HOW TO WALK. 23:38 >> AMEN. >> ONLY AS YOU WALK DO THESE 23:41 PASSAGES COME -- NOW I'LL GO TO ANOTHER ONE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT 23:45 IS ALMOST UP TO US. 1 JOHN 3:3, EVERYONE WHO HAS 23:50 THIS HOPE IN HIM -- >> PURIFIES HIMSELF. 23:54 >> PURIFIES HIMSELF FOR HE IS PURE. 23:57 JUST AS HE IS PURE. >> UH-HUH. 23:59 >> THAT MEANS YOU MAKE PURE CHOICES. 24:03 A PURE PERSON MAKES PURE CHOICES. 24:05 A PURE PERSON WALKS IN A PURE PATH. 24:10 YOU DON'T WALK ON A DIRTY PATH IF YOU JUST GOT CLEAN. 24:13 THE LORD IS SAYING I CLEANED YOU. 24:17 MAKE SOME CLEAN CHOICES. YOU CAN'T MAKE DIRTY CHOICES AND 24:21 JUST SAY, GRACE, GRACE. HE SAYS SHALL WE CONTINUE -- AND 24:25 WHAT IS THE ANSWER? >> GOD FORBID. 24:32 >> AMEN. >> BLESSED IS HE WHO WASHES AND 24:36 KEEPS HIS GARMENT. WHY KEEP HIS GARMENT? 24:40 THAT'S WHAT ADAM AND EVE LOST. HE SAYS KEEP IT. 24:43 >> UH-HUH. >> OKAY? 24:45 AND LAST ONE. MATTER OF FACT 1 CORINTHIANS 24:52 15:57 THANKS BE TO GOD TO GIVE US THE VICTORY. 24:59 >> AMEN. >> IT IS IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. 25:02 >> UH-HUH. >> IT IS ALL ABOUT CHRIST, IF 25:05 YOU YIELD TO CHRIST, AM I OPENING DOORS HERE? 25:07 IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD OPENING DOORS, NOT ME, I'M SORRY. 25:12 WHEN YOU YIELD TO CHRIST DAY-TO-DAY, YOU'LL FIND THIS 25:15 WALK -- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BABY WALK? 25:19 >> YES. >> COME ON. 25:21 >> ANYBODY BABY WHO LETS GO OF THEIR DADDY OR MOMMA'S HAND IS 25:29 GOING TO STUMBLE. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT CHRIST. 25:32 IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, WALK IN HIM, CHOOSE IN HIM, LEAN ON HIM, 25:37 BELIEVE IN HIM. >> AMEN. 25:39 >> AND PETER SAYS, IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER 25:44 STUMBLE. >> STUMBLE. 25:45 AMEN. AMEN. 25:47 >> THAT'S THE DAILY OVERCOMING. NOW ONE MORE THING I WANT TO 25:51 ADD, BECAUSE YOU MADE THIS POINT AND I WANT TO GT BACK ON IT, 25:56 BECAUSE THE LORD JUST BROUGHT IT TO MY MIND. 25:59 THOSE IN CHRIST JESUS DO NOT SIN. 26:02 AND THE VERB THERE IS DO NOT -PRACTICE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 26:06 >> YES. >> IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE IT, YOU 26:10 CAN'T KEEP ON SINNING. >> UH-HUH. 26:14 >> BUT HERE IS THE POINT I WANT TO BRING OUT IS YOU HAVE TO 26:18 UNDERSTAND THAT THE PERFECTION IN YOUR CHARACTER IS NT YOUR 26:22 CHARACTER. >> AMEN. 26:23 >> THERE YOU GO. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. 26:25 >> AMEN. >> IN YOUR CHARACTER IS NOT YOUR 26:28 CHARACTER, BUT IT IS PRESENTLY -- NOW, AS HE IS, SO 26:32 ARE WE IN THIS PRESENT WORLD. SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED WHEN YOU 26:36 HEAR THAT, BECAUSE THIS WHOLE IDEA OF WILL NOT SIN, CANNOT 26:40 SIN, WILL NOT KEEP ON SINNING, WILL NOT PRACTICE SIN. 26:44 THE PERFECTION IN US IS NOT OUR PERFECTION, IT IS HIS 26:50 PERFECTION. >> BUT IT IS STILL PERFECTION 26:51 THAT IS PERFECTING. JOHN IS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 26:55 AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THOSE THREE TEXTS I ALLUDED TO. 27:03 1 JOHN 3:6. WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM DOES NOT 27:08 SIN. YOUR JOB THERE IS TO ABIDE. 27:09 >> ABIDE. >> SO YOU HAVE A PART TO PLAY. 27:13 VERSUS 9 WHOEVER HAS BEN BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN. 27:17 SO THERE IT IS AGAIN. IN THE IMPERFECT TENTS. 27:23 NOW WE GO OVER TO 5:18. >> 1 JOHN IS AN AMAZING BOOK. 27:27 >> IT IS INDEED. WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS BORN OF 27:31 GOD, HE SAYS IT AGAIN, DOES NOT SIN. 27:33 SO WE HAVE GOT THES THREE -- THREE INCIDENTS WHERE 27:39 WE DON'T CONTINUE IN SIN BECAUSE WE ABIDE IN HIM. 27:41 SO OUR JOB IS THE ABIDING, AND THEN CHRIST WILL DO THE REST, 27:47 AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF A LITTLE SOMETHING HE TUCKED IN 27:52 CHAPTER 5 BEGINNING OF VERSE 2, BY THIS WE KNOW THAT THE LOVELY 27:57 CHILDREN OF GOD, WHEN WE LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, 28:03 SO THEY GO HAND IN HAND. THERE IS A WORK FOR YOU TO DO. 28:07 LOVING GOD AND KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS. 28:10 LOVING GOD, AND KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS. 28:13 KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS WITHOUT LOVING GOD IS NOT COM 28:19 COMMENT -- COMMANDMENT KEEPS. FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD, 28:23 THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT 28:29 BURDENSOME BECAUSE OF THE NEW COVENANT EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE 28:32 IT'S NOT WRITTEN ON TABLES OF STONE ANYMORE, IT'S WRITTEN IN 28:35 YOUR HEART, SO IT'S JUST THE OUTWORKING OF AN EXISTING 28:42 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BECAUSE HE SAYS WHATEVER IS BORN OF GOD 28:48 OVERCOMES THE WORLD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 28:50 AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD, OUR FAITH. 28:54 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 28:56 >> SO IT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF A FAITH-RELATED RELATIONSHIP WITH 29:00 JESUS CHRIST. WHEN YOU COME INTO A 29:03 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, DOING THE THINGS OF CHRIST IS NOT 29:07 BURDENSOME, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU READ ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND 29:11 THEN TRY TO ENACT IN YOUR LIFE, IT IS THE OUTWORKING OF CHRIST 29:15 IN YOU. LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH 29:19 WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JOOE JESUS. AND EVEN IF YOU DID WITHOUT 29:24 CHRIST, YOU DON'T GET CREDIT, BECAUSE THE ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS 29:28 COMES FROM JESUS CHRIST, SO AS CHRIST IS IN US, HE LIVES 29:32 HUSBAND LIFE THROUGH US, AND WE BECOME OBEDIENT BECAUSE WE ARE 29:38 ONE WITH CHRIST JESUS. >> PHILIPPIANS 2:12, SOMETIMES 29:45 THAT MAY BE DISSECTED -- NEEDS TO BE DISSECTED JUST A LITTLE 29:50 BIT. BECAUSE I LOOKED AT IT AND I 29:54 THOUGHT WORKOUT. WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? 29:59 WORK OUT IS SIMPLY, HERE, CARRY TO COMPLETION. 30:03 WE MUST CARRY THIS TO COMPLETION NOT BEEN WORKS. 30:07 WORKS ARE THE OUTWORKING OF GRACE. 30:10 >> THERE YOU GO. >> WORKS ARE THE OUTWORKING 30:15 OF -- WHAT? OF GRACE ON THE HEART THAT HAS 30:18 AFFECTED MY SALVATION. YOUR SALVATION, SO IT COMES INTO 30:21 PLAY HERE. SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS, BUT 30:25 IT MUST BE WORKED OUT. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE READ 30:30 THAT? SALVATION IS WHAT? 30:32 NOT OF WORKS, BUT IT MUST BE WORKED OUT. 30:35 AND LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE ILLUSTRATIONS? 30:40 LUKE 5:24, THE BIBLE STAYS DRIVE TO ENTER INTO THE GATE. 30:47 STRIVE TO ENTER. LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT RUN WITH 30:56 PATIENCE, HEBREWS 12:1. SOUNDS LIKE A BATTLE GOING ON 31:01 EVERY DAY. YOU READ THIS, JAMES 4:7, RESIST-THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM 31:10 YOU. HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END, 31:14 MATTHEW 24:13. HE CAN STAY IN THERE BY THE 31:19 GRACE OF GOD, YOUR OWN SALVATION IS AN INDIVIDUAL MATTER. 31:23 I REMEMBER READING THAT TEXT EZEKIEL IT TALKS ABOUT NOAH AND 31:32 DANIEL, AND JOB. THEY CAN'T SAVE SON NOR 31:37 DAUGHTER, BUT DELIVER THEIR OWN SOULS. 31:39 FEAR AND TREMBLING, WORK IT OUT WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING, WHY? 31:47 A SELF -- FEAR AND TREMBLING IS A SELF DISTRUST. 31:51 >> YES. >> AMEN. 31:53 >> I HAVE SAID IT SO MANY TIMES IN MY OWN LIFE, I DISTRUST 31:57 MYSELF. >> UH-HUH. 31:59 >> THE REASON WE SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 12, A 32:07 SELF DISTRUST, FEAR THAT WE MAY NOT FULLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST. 32:11 FEAR THAT THE TRST -- THAT WE TRUST TO OUR OWN -- OUR OWN 32:16 STRENGTH, THIS FEAR LEADS US TO WATCH, LESS WE BE TEMPTED, AND 32:24 TAKING HEED THAT WE FALL. SO TO ME WE HAVE TO HAVE FEAR TO 32:30 TRUST IN OUR OWN STRENGTH. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW 32:34 TRUST IN THEIR OWN STRENGTH? DAY BY DAY, I CAN DO IT. 32:39 I HEARD A MAN SAY ONE TIME -- HE BECAME THE PREACHER. 32:44 AND HE WAS ALWAYS BASHFUL AND SHY, AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM 32:48 ONE DAY, AND I SAID I'M GLAD YOU MADE A CHOICE TO BECOME A 32:52 PREACHER OF THE WORD, AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID YOU 32:55 KNOW WHAT, I ALWAYS KNEW I COULD DO IT IF I WANTED TO. 33:00 THAT WAS THE WRONG ANSWER FOR ME. 33:02 I ALWAYS KNEW I COULD DO IT IF I-pWANTED TO? WHERE WAS CHRIST? 33:07 HE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE WHOLE PICTURE? 33:09 >> YEAH. >> WHERE IS THE CALLING THAT 33:14 COMES FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN POSITIONS 33:18 THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED TO BE IN. 33:20 THEY ARE IN POSITIONS THAT GOD NEVER CALLED THEM AND NEVER PUT 33:24 THEM IN. >> THEY ARE DOING IT AS A 33:28 PROFESSION AND NOT AL -- A CALLING. 33:39 >> I THINK YOUR POINT ABOUT BEING WORKS OF GRACE IS 33:44 WELL-TAKEN. WORKS HAS BECOME A DIRTY WORD 33:46 FOR SOME. BUT LISTEN TO THIS. 33:49 THIS EPHESIANS 2:8-10, BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH 33:56 FAITH NOT OF WORK -- NOT OF YOURSELF, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD 34:01 NOT OF WORK THAT ANYONE SHOULD BOAST, FOR WE ARE HIS 34:05 WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORK WHICH GOD 34:11 PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. 34:13 >> AMEN. >> SO THE WORKS ARE THE WORKS OF 34:17 GOD IF HE IS WORKING OUT HIS WILL, HIS GOOD PLEASURE FOR US 34:21 TO WILL AND TO DO. AND THEN I WANTED TO PUT A 34:25 LITTLE EXCLAMATION POINT ON WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU 34:29 WERE READING FROM 1 JOHN, AND HOW WE WILL KEEP HIS 34:33 COMMANDMENTS IF WE -- YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HIS CHILDREN, AND 34:39 THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S EXPRESSING COVENANT LOYALTY TO THE LORD. 34:44 WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. 34:47 AND JESUS SAID IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 34:50 WE DO IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR GRAD -- GRATITUDE. 34:58 JOHN SAYS IN 1 JOHN 2:4 -- WELL, NO, LET ME READ VERSUS 3. 35:07 NOW BY THIS WE KNOW THA WE KNOW HIM. 35:09 THIS IS HOW WE KNOW IF WE KNOW GOD. 35:12 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 35:15 >> AMEN. >> HE WHO SAYS, I KNOW HIM, AND 35:19 DOES NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR. 35:22 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. 35:26 BUT WHOEVER KEEPS HIS WORD, TRULY THE LOVE OF GOD IS 35:31 PERFECTED IN HIM. BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN 35:35 HIM. HE WHO SAYS HE ABIDES IN HIM 35:38 OUGHT ALSO TO WALK JUST AS HE WALKED. 35:40 >> AMEN. >> NOW ONE MORE POINT -- I WANT 35:43 TWO MORE SCRIPTURES PLEASE. >> SURE. 35:45 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M ABOUT TO EXPLODE. 35:47 >> OH, GOOD. WE'RE ALL ABOUT TO EXPLODE. 35:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHEN WE WERE TALKING 35:51 ABOUT -- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN 1 JOHN IT IS THE IMPERFECT 36:04 TENTS, IT MEANS YOU DO NOT KEEP ON SINNING. 36:07 IT DOESN'T MEAN, AS YOU READ THAT WE WON'T EVER SIN, BECAUSE 36:11 1 JOHN ALSO SAYS HE SAYS HE IS WITHOUT SIN IS A LIAR. 36:16 THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. BUT LISTEN TO THIS, WE WILL FALL 36:21 OCCASIONALLY. WE DO BUMP OUR TOE AND STUMBLE 36:24 ONNING CAKE NATIONALLY. >> AND THE BIBLE CALLS THAT 36:29 TRESPASS. TRESPASSES. 36:31 >> YEAH. >> TRESPASSES WERE SINS THAT 36:33 WERE UNINTENTIONAL. YOU TOOK YOUR EYE OFF OF THE 36:42 MARK. WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYE OFF OF 36:43 THE MARK YOU STUMBLE. WHEN YOU NO LOOK TO JESUS TO BE 36:51 SAVED, YOU STUMBLE. >> YEAH. 36:56 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THOUGH, EVERYBODY WANTS TO 37:00 READ -- I UNDERSTAND. >> IT'S OKAY. 37:03 >> WE KNOW WHILE PROBATION'S DOOR IS OPEN -- THIS IS WHAT 37:07 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHN PROBATION'S DOOR IS SHUT, THERE 37:10 WILL BE THE 144,000 THAT WILL LIVE AT THE SIDE OF GOD, THEY -HAVE BECOME PERFECTED THROUGH 37:19 THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST, 144,000 PEOPLE. 37:23 >> UH-HUH. >> YOU WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE 37:27 END. >> YEAH. 37:28 LET ME JUST READ THIS. I LOVE THIS PASSAGE. 37:31 THIS IS SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU AT HOME. 37:38 MICAH 7:8-9, AND IT SAYS DO NOT REJOICE OVER ME MY ENEMY, WHEN I 37:45 FALL, I WILL ARISE. WHEN I SIT IN DARKNESS, THE LORD 37:49 WILL BE A LIGHT TO ME. >> YES. 37:52 >> I WILL BEAR THE INDIGNATION OF THE LORD BECAUSE I HAVE 37:57 SINNED AGAINST HIM UNTIL HE PLEADS MY CASE AND EXECUTES 38:02 JUSTICE FOR ME. JESUS IS OUR ADVOCATE WHO IS 38:05 PLEADING OUR CASE. HE WILL BRING ME FORTH IN THE 38:10 LIGHT AND I WILL SEE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 38:13 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 38:15 >> I'M GOING TO SAY -- BECAUSE I HAVE TALKED TOO LONG, I DO WANT 38:20 TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER SCRIPTURE, BUT LET ME PASS THIS 38:25 OVER TO YOU BEFORE YOU EXPLODE. >> ONE QUICK SECOND, PASTOR, 38:30 BECAUSE I DID TEASE WITH THE IDEA THAT WHAT IS IT THAT ELLEN 38:36 WHITE TELLS US IS THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DIAGNOSE, AND THAT 38:42 IS PRIE. FOR MANY OF US, IT IS OUR PRIDE 38:46 THAT KEEPS US INSUBORDINATE T THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 38:50 IT KEEPS US FROM SURRENDERING AND REALIZING WE CANNOT ADD TO 38:55 OUR SALVATION. WE CAN ONLY WALK IN THE 38:58 SALVATION THAT IS PROVIDED FOR US. 39:00 >> AMEN. >> PASTOR SAID THIS, AND I 39:02 THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, THAT ONE OF THE 39:06 DOINGS IS MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS. 39:10 IN PANAMA THERE IS A PLACE WE GO SOMETIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT, 39:17 BECAUSE THEY MAKE CRISPY FRENCH FRIES NOT BY FRYING THEM BUT 39:26 THROUGH HOT AIR. IT'S CALLED JAVA JUICE. 39:34 BUT THEY ALSO SERVE THERE A TRIPLE HAMBURGER. 39:37 YOU CAN GO FOR THE FRIES, OR YOU CAN GO FOR A HAMBURGER THAT IS 39:43 ABOUT THAT THICK. >> HEART ATTACK IN THE MAKING. 39:46 >> YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST TAKE THE GREASE AND JUST SLATHER IT 39:52 ON YOUR VEINS. YOU HAVE GOT TO EAT IT WITH A 39:57 FOLK. PASTOR JOHN WE CAN GET AIR-FRIED 40:02 FRENCH FRIES OR THE HAMBURGER. ONE OF THE DECENT DECISIONS, THE 40:07 OTHER IS JUST A BAD DECISION THAT IS GOING TO HASTEN YOU TO 40:11 YOUR GRAVE. THAT'S PART OF THE WORKS. 40:14 MAKING GOD BLESS GOOD DECISIONS THAT ARE FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU 40:18 KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN AND YOUR HEART OPEN, AND I'M GOING TO 40:21 READ SOMETHING REAL FAST, AND THEN I'M DONE. 40:24 THE APPETITE AND PASSIONS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AND UNDER THE 40:28 CONTROL OF ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUS THAT THE INTELLECT MAY BE 40:37 PERCEIVED, SO THAT THE WORKING OF SATAN AND HIS SNARES MAY NOT 40:41 BE INTERPRETED TO BE THE PROVINCE OF GOD. 40:44 SO WHAT YOU EAT, WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR BODY, HAS A GREAT EFFECT AS 40:49 YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER, SHELLEY ON THE FIRST HALF ON YOUR 40:54 SPIRITUALITY. YOU CAN'T PUT JUNK IN YOUR BODY, 40:57 AND EXPECT TO BE A GOOD SERVANT OF GOD. 41:02 YOU ARE DESTROYING YOUR BODY, TEARING DOWN THE TEMPLE, AND YOU 41:07 CANNOT RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. 41:13 MANY ARE NOT WILLING TO ENDURE TOIL, PRIVATION, AND SELF DENIAL 41:21 AS DID OUR REDEEMER. IT IS THROUGH OBEDIENCE AND 41:26 CONTINUAL EFFORT THAT WE SHALL OVERCOME AS CHRIST OVERCAME. 41:31 >> AMEN. >> NOW LET ME GET TO MY POINT. 41:36 >> THIS IS THE PERFECT THING, THOUGH. 41:38 HERE IS A PROMISE FOR SOMEBODY AT HOME TO HOLD ON TO ROMANS 41:44 13:14, PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND MAKE NO PROVISIONS 41:47 FOR THE FLESH TO FULFILL IT'S LUSTS. 41:50 >> AMEN. >> SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM 41:54 SMOKING, QUIT BUYING CIGARETTES. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM EATING ICE 41:59 CREAM, QUIT BUYING THAT STUFF. BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS 42:03 YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN OVERCOMER. 42:07 >> AND YOU MAY HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO FRIENDS WHO DO. 42:12 >> UH-HUH. >> MY DEAR PASTOR. 42:14 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN POINTING OUT, AND I WANT TO 42:18 MAKE THIS CLEAR. WE CAN'T EVEN MAKE RIGHT 42:21 CHOICES -- >> AMEN. 42:22 >> -- WITHOUT GOD'S LEADERSHIP. >> AMEN. 42:25 >> I'M GOING TO READ A QUOTE HERE. 42:30 I WANT TO READ A QUOTE. THIS IS A POWERFUL QUOTE IN THE 42:36 BOOK TEMPERANCE. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE POWER OF 42:39 CHOICE. IT IS OURS TO EXERCISE. 42:42 FOLLOW THIS. WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR HEARTS. 42:46 WE CANNOT CONTROL OUR THOUGHTS. OUR IMPULSES, OUR AFFECTIONS. 42:52 WE CANNOT MAKE YOURSELVES PURE, FIT FOR GOD'S SERVICE. 42:57 BUT WE CAN CHOOSE TO SERVE GOD. WE CAN GIVE HIM OUR WILL. 43:01 >> YES. >> THEN HE WILL WORK IN US TO 43:04 WILL AND TO DO ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PLEASURE. 43:08 THUS, OUR WHOLE NATURE WILL BE BROUGHT UNDER THE CONTROL OF 43:11 CHRIST. NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS 43:13 CONTROL. LET'S LOOK AT THE CONTROL. 43:16 EVERYBODY GO WITH ME TO ROMANS 7:17. 43:19 YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHING THAT THE LORD DROPPED IN MY 43:23 HEAD -- HE DROPPED IT IN A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I CAN'T GET RID 43:28 OF IT, AND IT HAS BECOME AN ENCOURAGING POINT TO ME TO KNOW 43:33 THAT ALL I HAE TO DO IS TO DECIDE TO GIVE MY WILL TO 43:37 CHRIST, AND HE -- HE TAKES OVER. THIS IS HUGE. 43:41 FIRST WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ROMANS 7:17. 43:46 THIS IS PAUL AFTER HIS CONVERSION. 43:48 HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE, THE LISTENER, OR THE 43:51 VIEWER IS SEEING THAT THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING THERE HIS OR 43:55 HER LIFE THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. AND THEY ARE WONDERING WHY. 43:58 THE MOMENT YOU YIELD IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, YOU 44:02 BECOME A SLOOIF SLAVE TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS LEADING TO 44:07 SALVATION, OR THE SIN LEADING TO DESTRUCTION. 44:11 THE MOMENT YOU CHOOSE WHICH WAY TO GO, YOU ARE NO LONGER IN -CONTROL. 44:15 THE MOMENT YOU CHOOSE WHO YOU MASTER IS, YOU ARE NO LONGER IN 44:19 CONTROL. >> UH-HUH. 44:20 >> SO IT'S EITHER YOU BEING CONTROLLED BY SATAN OR THE LORD. 44:23 >> AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE. 44:26 CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YOU ARE GOING TO SERVE. 44:29 WHEN YOU CHOOSE THAT, IF YOU CHOOSE THE DEVIL, LET'S START 44:33 THERE ROMANS 7:17, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO YIELD TO CHRIST THIS 44:38 MORNING OR TODY, HERE IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 44:41 PAUL SAYS IN VERSE 17 OF ROMANS 7, SPEAKING ABOUT SIN HE SAW IN 44:46 HIS LIFE HE DIDN'T LIKE, HE SAYS BUT NOW IT IS NO LONGER 44:51 I -- THAT'S THE FIRST CATEGORY. IT IS NO LONGER I -- THE NEXT 44:55 SECTION WHO DO IT. THE THIRD SECTION, BUT SIN. 45:00 THE FOURTH SECTION, THAT DWELLS IN ME. 45:04 NOTICE THESE ARE FOUR SECTIONS. IT IS NO LONGER I. 45:08 SO WHO IS DOING IT?->> SIN. >> WHO IS DOING IT? 45:13 >> OR SATAN. >> SIN. 45:16 IT NOW MAKES US SLAVES AND COMPLETELY CONTROL US. 45:21 ONCE YOU ARE SHACKLED BY THE SLAVE MASTER YOU HAVE NO LONGER 45:24 HAVE THE POWER TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. 45:28 AND THE POWER IS HUGE. AND PAUL SAYS IT IS NO LONGER I 45:34 WHO DO IT. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 45:41 DELIVERANCE. NOW GO TO GA LAY THANES 20:20. 45:46 THIS IS POWERFUL. IT IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD 45:50 COMPARISON. >> YES, SIR. 45:52 TRUE. >> AND WHEN I SAW IT, I SAID 45:55 LORD HOW COULD I READ MY BIBLE ALL MY LIFE AND MISS IT. 46:00 FIRST COMPARISON WAS WHAT SIN DOES TO YOU WHEN YOU YIELD TO 46:03 IT, YOU ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL. 46:05 BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU YIELD TO CHRIST? 46:10 GALATIANS 2:20, I'M READING THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 46:16 IT IS NO LONGER I, THE SAME EXACT ORDER OF WORDS -- IT IS NO 46:21 LONGER I -- ONCE YOU CRUCIFY YOU, JESUS TAKES OVER. 46:25 YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE CREDIT FOR THE GOOD IN YOUR LIFE. 46:28 LET'S GO ON. THAT'S THE FIRST SECTION AS THE 46:31 FIRST SECTION IS IT IS NO LONG I IN ROMANS, AND GALATIANS, IT IS 46:40 NO LONGER I. IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE. 46:44 NOTICE THE COMPARISON. WHO DO IT, WHO LIVE. 46:49 THIRD COMPARISON, IN ROMANS, BUT SIN. 46:52 IN GALATIANS 2:20. >> AMEN. 47:01 >> SO WHO IS DOING IT? IT AIN'T YOU EITHER WAY. 47:05 SO WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU DECIDED TO YIELD. 47:08 I WANT TO LIGHTEN YOUR BURDEN TONIGHT. 47:12 >> YEAH. >> I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK YOU 47:14 ARE GOING TO GET INTO AN HYPEREXERCISE WALK TO WORK THIS 47:19 OUT. NO, YOU HAVE TO YIELD. 47:21 THAT'S WHN CHRIST TAKES OVER. THAT IS WHERE SHELLEY HAS SAID 47:25 IT, ALL OF US HAVE SAID IT, THAT IT IS GOD. 47:33 AND THE LAST SECTION IN ROMANS 7:17 -- I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE 47:37 TAKEN OUT THESE RETAINERS. THE LAST SECTION IN ROMANS 7:17 47:43 WAS THAT DWELLS IN ME. THE LAST SECTION IN GALATIANS, 47:52 WHO LIVES IN ME. CHRIST LIVES WHEN I CHOOSE THE 47:55 RIGHT PATH. >> AMEN. 47:57 >> SO WHEN I SAW THOSE FOUR COMPARISONS, THE REFLECTION IS 48:03 AMAZING. AND IN BOTH CASES, IT SANT YOU. 48:07 IT'S NOT YOU WHO IS WORKING OUT. IT IS NOT YOU WHO IS -- HERE IS 48:11 HOW I SAID IT -- MATTER OF FACT I DID THIS LAST NIGHT IN OUR 48:15 BIBLE STUDY, WHEN SIN COMES IN, YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU EVER BELIEVED 48:21 YOU WOULD DO. WHEN SIN COMES IN, YOU WILL DO 48:26 WHAT YOU NEVER PHAT -- FATHOMED WHAT YOU COULD AND ALL YOU HAVE 48:36 GOT TO DO TO FREE YOURSELF FROM THE FRUSTRATION OF HOW TO BE 48:40 RIGHTEOUS IS SIMPLY YIELD. WHEN YOU YIELD A POWER COMES IN. 48:46 WHEN YOU YIELD LOOK WHAT HAPPENS. 48:48 THIS QUOTE IS POWERFUL. HERE IT IS. 48:52 OKAY. WOW. 48:53 LORD HAVE MERCY. HERE IT IS. 48:55 OKAY. IT WAS RIGHT HERE. 48:57 I GOT IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 48:59 >> HERE IT IS. EDUCATION PAGE 289. 49:02 EDUCATION PAGE 289. THE WILL IS THE GOVERNING POWER 49:05 IN THE NATURE OF MAN, THE POWER OF DECISION, DECIION OR CHOICE. 49:09 EVERY HUMAN BEING POSSESSED OF REASON HAS POWER TO CHOOSE THE 49:14 RIGHT, AND EVERY EXPERIENCE OF LIFE GOD'S WORD TO US IS CHOOSE 49:21 YOU TO SAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE. >> AMEN. 49:24 >> AMEN. >> HERE IS HOW IT ENDS, EVERYONE 49:28 WILL PLACE HIS WILL ON THE SIDE OF GOD, MAY CHOOSE TO OBEY HIM, 49:33 AND THUS LINKING HIMSELF WITH DIVINE AGENCIES. 49:38 HE MAY STAND WHERE NOTHING CAN FORCE HIM TO DO EVIL. 49:41 >> AMEN. >> AMEN. 49:43 >> WHEN YOU ARE LINKED TO CHRIST, HE IS THE ONE DOING IT. 49:46 >> AMEN. >> AND HE DOESN'T DO EVIL, AND 49:50 SO SINCE IT AINT YOU, YOU GET IT? 49:52 >> GOT IT. >> SINCE YOU ARE NOT DOING IT, 49:54 HE IS NOT DOING EVIL, SO THEREFORE, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS 49:58 NOW REVEALED IN YOU. >> AMEN. 50:00 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOW. 50:03 NOT EVEN IN THE FUTURE. >> AMEN. 50:06 >> CAN I GRAB TWO MINUTES. THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL, EVERYTHING 50:09 THAT HAS BEEN SAID, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POWER TO 50:14 OVERCOME. WE KNOW IT IS GOD WHO IS GOING 50:16 TO DO THE WORK. IT IS CHRIST LIVING IN US, 50:20 THROUGH -- BY FAITH THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 50:22 THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE POWER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE POWER OF 50:26 PRAYER IN STAYING CONNECTED WITH THE LORD, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T 50:30 MENTIONED THE POWER OF THE WORD, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE 50:34 THAT WE GET THAT IN. BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO BE AN 50:38 OVERCOMER, THEN YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST. 50:41 YOU NEED TO GET THIS WORD IN YOU, BECAUSE THIS WORD IS LIVING 50:44 AND ACTING, AND IT IS SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGE SWORD, AND IT 50:50 WILL GET TO THE POINT THERE'S THINGS -- I'LL PICK UP THE WORD, 50:53 AND I'M READING SOMETHING, READING, READING, AND ALL OF A 50:57 SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH, I FORGOT ABOUT THIS. 51:00 AND GOD WILL HELP YOU. BUT THROUGH THE POWER OF THE 51:05 HOLY SPIRIT HE IS APPLYING THE WORD TO MY HEART. 51:08 BUT JAMES 1:21 SAYS THE WORD OF GOD WHEN IT IS -- HE SAYS LAY 51:14 ASIDE ALL FILTHINESS AND ACCEPT THE WORD WHICH IMPLANTED IN YOUR 51:23 HEART HAS THE POWER TO SAVE YOUR SOUL. 51:26 AND I JUST WANTED TO READ 2 PETER 1:3, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE 51:30 OF MY FAVORITES. IT SAYS, HIS DIVINE POWER, 51:36 SPEAKING OF GOD, AS GIVEN TO US, ALL THINGS -- NOT JUST A FEW 51:42 THINGS -- ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, 51:46 THROUGH THE IMAGINE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY HIS GLORY AND 51:51 VIRTUE. I WHICH, BY HIS GLORY AND VIRTUE 51:54 HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US EXCEEDINGLY GREAT AND PRECIOUS 52:00 PROMISES, AND ALL OF THOSE PROMISES ARE RESINATED THROUGH 52:06 CHRIST JESUS, THAT THROUGH THESE -- THROUGH THE PROMISES, 52:09 YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED 52:14 THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUST. 52:17 SO IT IS AS WE LET THIS WORD -pWASH OVER US, THE WASHING OF THE WORD, THAT GOD WILL RENEW OUR 52:27 MINDS, AND HE DOES SOMETHING TO US, BUT I DO WANT TO ADD THIS, 52:32 BECAUSE HEE HE JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING, PAUL TOLD THE 52:38 PHILLIPIANS, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED 52:41 FOR -- PERTAINING TO LIFE AND GODLINESS. 52:45 >> AMEN. >> BUT NOW LISTEN TO THIS, AND 52:48 VICKY, I HOPE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING, BUT ALSO FOR THIS 52:52 VERY REASON, BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU ALL OF THIS, AND YOU 52:57 ARE PARTAKERS IN THE DIVINE NATURE, HERE IS THE WORK FOR YOU 53:03 TO DO,ED A TO YOUR FAITH, VIRTUE, TO VIRTUE, KNOWLEDGE, TO 53:09 KNOWLEDGE, SELF-CONTROL, SO SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE, TO 53:15 PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS TO LOVE, SO 53:20 IF THESE THINGS ABOUND YOU WILL BE NEITHER BARRON NOR UNFRUITFUL 53:27 IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST BUT HE WHO LACKS THESE THINGS IS 53:35 SHORT SIDED EVEN TO BLINDNESS AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS 53:40 CLEANSED FROM HIS OLD SINS. >> AMEN. 53:42 >> POWERFUL. >> YEAH. 53:44 >> JUST THREE LITTLE THINGS. HOW DID CHRIST OVERCOME IN HE 53:48 OVERCAME BY WHAT? BY THE WORD. 53:50 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THE WORD. 53:55 MATTHEW 4:7 AND ALSO VERSE 10, WE OVERCAME BY THE WORD. 54:01 PSALMS 17:4, BY THE WORD OF MY LIPS I HAVE KEPT ME FROM THE KAT 54:05 OF THE DESTROYER. AND PSALMS 119:11, BY WORD I 54:13 HAVE HID IN MY HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAIN AGAINST 54:17 THREE. SO THE WORD IS POWERFUL. 54:19 >> AMEN. >> IT WILL HELP US WHEN EVIL 54:22 COMES OUR WAY. >> AMEN. 54:24 I WANTED TO TOSS IN PAUL'S WOD TO TITUS, IN TITUS 2:5, NOT BY 54:32 WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS 54:37 MERCY HE SAVED US, THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND 54:43 RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHOM HE POURED OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY, 54:48 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, THAT HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY 54:54 GRACE, WE SHOULD BECOME HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL 54:58 LIFE. >> AMEN. 54:59 >> IT'S ALL ABOUT CHRIST AND HIS HOLY SPIRIT DWELLING IN US. 55:04 QUICKLY, A LITTLE CLOSING THOUGHT FROM EACH OF YOU. 55:08 >> THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE GOOD INGREDIENTS IN HOME MADE BREAD. 55:13 YOU CAN PUT ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS IN THERE, BUT IF YOU 55:16 DON'T WORK THEM IN, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 55:19 >> AMEN. >> THE WORD OF GOD EFFECTIVELY 55:24 WORKS IN THOSE WHO BELIEVE. IT'S NOT LITERATURE, IT'S THE 55:28 LIVING WORD OF GOD. >> AMEN. 55:30 >> GET THE WORD OF GOD INTO YOUR DAILY DIET. 55:34 LET IT BE THE FIRST THING YOU DO IN THE MORNING, AND IT WILL WORK 55:38 IN YOU. >> AMEN. 55:39 I WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT THE SAME PROMISE THAT I STARTED OFF WITH 55:44 IN THE FIRST HOUR, AND THAT IS THAT CHRIST IS OUR GUARANTOR, 55:51 AND HE IS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO WORK IT OUT IN US. 55:58 1 THESSALONIANS 25 AND 24, MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL, AND 56:04 BODY BE PRESERVED BLAELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS 56:09 CHRIST. HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL WHO 56:11 WILL ALSO DO IT. >> AMEN. 56:16 HEBREWS 4:15, CHRIST [ INAUDIBLE ] AT ALL POINTS 56:19 SIMPLY WITHOUT SIN. >> PRAISE THE LORD, AND PRAISE 56:22 THE LORD. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH 2 56:26 CORINTHIANS 2. NOW THANKS BE TO GOD WHO ALWAYS 56:31 LEADS US IN TRIUMPH IN JESUS CHRIST. 56:34 THERE IS NO FAILURE WITH JESUS. >> AMEN. 56:37 >> HE WILL LEAD YOU INTO TRIUMPH IF YOU WALK WITH HIM, IF YOU GET 56:44 INTO THIS WORD. THIS WORD IS YOUR PIN NUMBER TO 56:51 AN INEXHAUSTIBLE BANK ACCOUNT. WITHOUT THE WORD YOU DON'T EVEN 56:56 HAVE THE KEY TO YOUR SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX. 56:59 OUR TIME HAS FAST SLIPPED INTO ETERNITY. 57:02 ALLOW ME NOW TO WISH YOU ALL BOTH GRACE AND PEACE THROUGH OUR 57:11 LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. BYE-BYE, AND GOD BLESS. 57:16 ♪ |
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