WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.040 You say, well, we've not sung yet. Yes, we have. 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.820 We sung Power in the Blood. And you sung a little 00:00:06.820 --> 00:00:09.980 bit of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms before 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:18.120 I got up here. My heart is stirred today. Just 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.640 a little side note. We probably were not going 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.019 to do Chili Cook -Off today anyway, had it been 00:00:25.019 --> 00:00:31.899 pretty. there's a 98 .3 % chance it would have 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:36.380 been postponed anyway. I've just had a stirring 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:38.820 that we needed to be in the house of the Lord 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:42.039 today. Not that we wouldn't have been, and we 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.759 would have screeched a little under the pavilion. 00:00:45.820 --> 00:00:48.179 Amen. We'd have had some word. We always do, 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:52.259 don't we? We would have done that, and the Holy 00:00:52.259 --> 00:00:55.780 Ghost is just as... Welcome under the pavilion 00:00:55.780 --> 00:00:58.240 as he is in this sanctuary. Amen. So he could 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.399 do whatever he wants to do with us inside or 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:05.180 outside. But I just felt constrained to the Lord 00:01:05.180 --> 00:01:11.159 to be on the inside today. Amen. And so let's 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:13.459 look. I don't know about you, but I'm nervous 00:01:13.459 --> 00:01:18.659 as a cat on a hot tin roof. Boy, I've just got 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:22.790 the jitteries all inside, you know. Praying the 00:01:22.790 --> 00:01:24.790 Lord just has his way with us today. They're 00:01:24.790 --> 00:01:27.810 going to sing us out after a while. Amen. It's 00:01:27.810 --> 00:01:29.290 not that we're not going to worship. We're going 00:01:29.290 --> 00:01:33.230 to worship. Amen. Revelation 20 beginning at 00:01:33.230 --> 00:01:37.689 verse 1 reads, And I saw an angel come down from 00:01:37.689 --> 00:01:41.290 heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:49.049 and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold. 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:53.159 On the dragon, that old serpent, which is the 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:58.599 devil. And Satan then bound him a thousand years. 00:01:59.260 --> 00:02:04.120 And he cast him into the bottomless pit. And 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:11.780 shut him up. And he set a seal upon him that 00:02:11.780 --> 00:02:16.960 he should deceive the nations no more. Till the 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.620 thousand years should be fulfilled. And after 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:24.840 that, he must be loosed a little season. I just 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.699 feel really good today about preaching on shut 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:41.370 him up. Amen. Shut him up. I'll pray for you 00:02:41.370 --> 00:02:43.569 if you pray for me and we'll leave here lifted 00:02:43.569 --> 00:02:45.610 in the grace and the glory of God. Father, I 00:02:45.610 --> 00:02:48.009 love you this morning. So thank you for your 00:02:48.009 --> 00:02:50.509 goodness and your mercy. Thank you for the power 00:02:50.509 --> 00:02:52.710 of your rich blessings. I thank you for the power 00:02:52.710 --> 00:02:54.710 of your word and not only the power of that word, 00:02:54.830 --> 00:02:58.889 but the promise of the word. This great promise, 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:02.449 the time is coming when he will be wrapped in 00:03:02.449 --> 00:03:05.289 a chain. Such a great sermon titled years ago 00:03:05.289 --> 00:03:08.000 I heard. Somewhere in heaven, there's an angel 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.139 polishing a chain. And Lord, that he will take 00:03:11.139 --> 00:03:13.900 hold of the old dragon, the old serpent, the 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:17.979 devil, Satan himself, bind him up, cast him in 00:03:17.979 --> 00:03:23.539 a pit, and shut him up. Help us today, Father, 00:03:23.740 --> 00:03:25.819 in the name of Jesus. We thank you and praise 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:28.979 you for all things. In Christ's name, amen and 00:03:28.979 --> 00:03:34.810 amen. You can be seated. There's a lot going 00:03:34.810 --> 00:03:38.490 on here and a lot already taking place by the 00:03:38.490 --> 00:03:42.289 time you get to the 20th chapter of John's revelation 00:03:42.289 --> 00:03:46.750 that he received. Just prior in verse chapter 00:03:46.750 --> 00:03:49.110 19, you see the second coming of the Lord. You 00:03:49.110 --> 00:03:53.830 see him taking his authority. You see him speaking 00:03:53.830 --> 00:03:57.990 and claiming victory just from his voice alone. 00:03:58.750 --> 00:04:01.289 You see the declaration of who he is, that new 00:04:01.289 --> 00:04:04.289 name written on his vesture, King of Kings and 00:04:04.289 --> 00:04:07.629 Lord of Lords. John is seeing a lot of different 00:04:07.629 --> 00:04:10.370 things, and he's recording as the Spirit is laying 00:04:10.370 --> 00:04:13.490 on his heart. And he's writing these for our 00:04:13.490 --> 00:04:16.589 encouragement, for your and my encouragement. 00:04:16.649 --> 00:04:21.069 It's a warning. People see Revelation as a scary... 00:04:22.789 --> 00:04:26.649 And it can be when you look at it in the apocalyptic 00:04:26.649 --> 00:04:30.050 sense and the destruction of the earth. It's 00:04:30.050 --> 00:04:32.550 not really the destruction. It's the revamping. 00:04:33.389 --> 00:04:36.810 Amen. When it's going to be purged and cleansed 00:04:36.810 --> 00:04:39.470 by fire, we see all these things. You read about 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:42.829 trumpets and vials and all these things being. 00:04:44.210 --> 00:04:47.290 Unleashed upon the earth, you see scrolls open, 00:04:47.529 --> 00:04:50.990 seals being opened, and the staging of the end 00:04:50.990 --> 00:04:56.509 of time. And it's very alarming. Amen? It can 00:04:56.509 --> 00:04:58.990 be very alarming. But it should not be alarming 00:04:58.990 --> 00:05:02.449 for the child of God. It should not scare you. 00:05:02.550 --> 00:05:05.990 You should not be afraid. of the words written 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:08.129 in the book of Revelation. If anything, it should 00:05:08.129 --> 00:05:11.449 put a smile on our face in knowing that Jesus 00:05:11.449 --> 00:05:15.430 is coming. Amen. That that King of kings and 00:05:15.430 --> 00:05:19.290 the Lord of lords is coming in glory. Amen. He's 00:05:19.290 --> 00:05:22.089 going to be upon the steed of victory, and he's 00:05:22.089 --> 00:05:24.910 going to claim that victory for you and I. So 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:27.949 we begin to wonder, are we nearing these times? 00:05:28.170 --> 00:05:31.569 And we could say yes, and we could say I don't 00:05:31.569 --> 00:05:35.250 know. We could say that the signs of the times 00:05:35.250 --> 00:05:38.069 are pointing to the return of the Lord and these 00:05:38.069 --> 00:05:41.639 things coming into fulfillment. Because they 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.800 are beginning to align. The end times are beginning 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:47.939 to unfold before our very eyes. But what you 00:05:47.939 --> 00:05:51.279 and I do not know is when the moment that the 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.240 Father is going to say, Son, it's today. Go get 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.199 my children and bring them. We don't know. We 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.220 don't know how God works in eternity, in the 00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:03.779 span of time. We don't know what time means to 00:06:03.779 --> 00:06:05.199 God. Matter of fact, it doesn't mean anything 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:08.660 to Him because He moves in the past and the present. 00:06:09.709 --> 00:06:12.509 in the future. He is there. God is existent in 00:06:12.509 --> 00:06:15.850 all points of what we know and how we have been 00:06:15.850 --> 00:06:19.829 refined and defined to what we call time. You 00:06:19.829 --> 00:06:22.230 always need to know that. Remind yourself, God 00:06:22.230 --> 00:06:26.990 is not restrained by time. He is the author of 00:06:26.990 --> 00:06:30.810 time. He is the creator of time. Time is in him, 00:06:30.910 --> 00:06:34.170 and that's how we receive what we have. In the 00:06:34.170 --> 00:06:37.879 dimension that we live, amen? God is in control. 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:40.379 And it could be today that the trumpet sound, 00:06:40.660 --> 00:06:44.160 the archangel shout. The heavens open and Christ 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.259 appear and stand with arms open wide saying, 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.019 Come home, children. Come home. Come home, sisters. 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.439 Come home, brothers. Come unto me. Amen. My Lord, 00:06:53.579 --> 00:06:55.819 wouldn't that be wonderful as we begin to think 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:58.680 about that? But I know the alarm comes because 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.680 we also understand what's going to be poured 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.120 out on the earth. And we also know what's going 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.500 to take place in the lives of unbelievers. It's 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:08.920 going to be devastation. It's going to be tragic. 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.120 Amen. But for a thousand years, guess where we 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.720 came from? get to be we get to be at the marriage 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.360 supper with the lamb amen we get to be sitting 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:21.319 with him amen in his presence and and knowing 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:24.000 but during this thousand years when we think 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.939 about our text today and the title of this message 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:30.100 shut him up amen i'm ready for the devil to be 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:35.240 shut up Amen. Figuratively, amen. I am ready 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.339 for him to be bound up with that chain, and I'm 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:40.540 ready for him to be cast in that bottomless pit 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:44.000 because of the devastation that he wreaks upon 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.699 humanity. Are you hearing me? The devastation 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:51.120 that he wreaks upon humanity. You look through 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:54.060 Scripture all the way. You can find the word 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:57.199 shut in many places and used in many various 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.699 forms throughout Scripture. But mostly it's a... 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:05.000 material or it's a figurative pattern of speech. 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:08.180 And knowing that in the text that we're looking 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:11.879 at today, it's a future event, it's a future 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.839 promise that's what's going to take place on 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:18.319 the devil. And I am one who is looking forward 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.100 to that promise. And if we just had that alone, 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:23.920 shouldn't that be grounds for shouting? I don't 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:26.199 know what he says against you, but I'm ready 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:29.639 not only to see him physically shut up, but that 00:08:29.930 --> 00:08:33.470 figurative form of just shutting his mouth. I'm 00:08:33.470 --> 00:08:37.370 ready. I'm ready to see that angel take a loop 00:08:37.370 --> 00:08:40.549 of that big spoke chain and wrap it around his 00:08:40.549 --> 00:08:44.710 face and gag him with it. I am tired of hearing 00:08:44.710 --> 00:08:47.909 the voice of the enemy. I grow weary, and as 00:08:47.909 --> 00:08:50.629 I grow weary, I don't know how you are, but I 00:08:50.629 --> 00:08:53.570 kind of get stank -eyed and cross -eyed the tireder 00:08:53.570 --> 00:08:56.330 I get, the shorter my fuse. Are you hearing me? 00:08:56.789 --> 00:09:00.309 I'm more easily irritated. when I've come to 00:09:00.309 --> 00:09:03.190 my limit and my limit is being encroached upon. 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:06.210 I get very cranky. You say, surely not. Well, 00:09:06.370 --> 00:09:09.129 it's one of those flaws that I often remind you 00:09:09.129 --> 00:09:13.750 that I have. I'm short. And my patience with 00:09:13.750 --> 00:09:15.669 the enemy is worn. Not like it really matters 00:09:15.669 --> 00:09:17.529 a lot. I don't know that it matters a lot, but 00:09:17.529 --> 00:09:20.850 it does to me. My patience is wearing very thin, 00:09:21.049 --> 00:09:24.549 and I'm getting very weary, and I'm tired of 00:09:24.549 --> 00:09:28.049 everything that the devil is doing. I am sick 00:09:28.049 --> 00:09:30.799 and tired. tired of what he's doing to you, amen, 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:33.600 and what he's saying against you. So not only 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:36.940 am I ready to see him locked up and chained up 00:09:36.940 --> 00:09:39.539 in a bottomless pit, but I'm ready for him to 00:09:39.539 --> 00:09:42.980 be shut up, amen. I'm tired of hearing him. I'm 00:09:42.980 --> 00:09:46.399 tired of that sitting on my shoulder and hearing 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.779 that voice speak negativity into my life. I'm 00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:52.860 tired of hearing it, amen. Every time we have 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:55.759 prayer requests and I hear what's going on in 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:59.299 your lives, You may think it doesn't move me, 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.279 but I'm telling you, I'm deeply moved. Every 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:04.220 time I hear that the devil is getting an upper 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:06.779 hand in your life or in the life of your family 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:09.360 members or your friends, it really just starts 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.000 to... My mama used to use this phrase, irk. You 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.220 about to irk me to no end, and that's about where 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:18.139 I'm at. I'm about irked to no end. And so I'm 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:21.559 ready to see that the devil is shut up. I am 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:24.820 ready to encounter where we can go about a day 00:10:24.820 --> 00:10:28.559 and not hear his antagonizing voice, not hear 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:32.340 his accusations, not hear the intimidation of 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:34.960 the forces of darkness, not hearing how fear 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.519 is rising and faith is diminishing. I'm ready 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.769 for faith to... I'm ready for the voice of the 00:10:41.769 --> 00:10:45.929 enemy to be closed and to be shut down. I am 00:10:45.929 --> 00:10:51.570 ready. Understand and know this, from time's 00:10:51.570 --> 00:10:54.009 beginning, the devil ain't nothing but a loud 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:58.250 mouth. He's always been a loud mouth and he always 00:10:58.250 --> 00:11:00.429 will be a loud mouth. You say, you're getting 00:11:00.429 --> 00:11:02.669 brave. Well, the spirit that's in me is greater 00:11:02.669 --> 00:11:05.590 than he that's in this world. So yes, I am getting 00:11:05.590 --> 00:11:08.850 bold and I am getting brave. Because again, I 00:11:08.850 --> 00:11:12.610 am tired of what he's doing against you. I am 00:11:12.610 --> 00:11:15.269 sick and tired of how he's coming against your 00:11:15.269 --> 00:11:18.809 family. And I, for one, am fed up. And I, for 00:11:18.809 --> 00:11:22.389 one, am ready to exercise in the authority that 00:11:22.389 --> 00:11:25.629 God has given us through the one. work of his 00:11:25.629 --> 00:11:28.470 son Jesus Christ and the power that works in 00:11:28.470 --> 00:11:31.750 us if truly greater is he that is in us than 00:11:31.750 --> 00:11:34.289 he that is in this world. Aren't you about to 00:11:34.289 --> 00:11:36.929 get irked? Aren't you about to get sick and tired 00:11:36.929 --> 00:11:39.990 of what the devil is saying against you and how 00:11:39.990 --> 00:11:42.529 he's coming in to deceive you? Aren't you about 00:11:42.529 --> 00:11:45.009 fed up with everything that he's coming against 00:11:45.009 --> 00:11:49.669 you with? I am fed up when he begins to be the 00:11:49.669 --> 00:11:53.090 accuser. He stands before God. day and night, 00:11:53.210 --> 00:11:57.190 and all he does is accuse the brethren. He is 00:11:57.190 --> 00:11:59.990 an accuser, but something you've got to know, 00:12:00.190 --> 00:12:04.250 he is a liar according to John's gospel. John 00:12:04.250 --> 00:12:07.450 said, you speak of your father who is not only 00:12:07.450 --> 00:12:10.450 a liar, but he is a lie, and everything that 00:12:10.450 --> 00:12:13.309 proceeds from his voice is a lie. I don't care 00:12:13.309 --> 00:12:15.970 if he tries to implement scripture. He'll always 00:12:15.970 --> 00:12:19.049 implement it wrong, and when you implement it 00:12:19.049 --> 00:12:22.080 wrong and you misquote it, it's a lie. unless 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:25.240 it's directly from the word of truth. The devil 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:38.279 is a lie. What are some of the common names through 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:42.460 Scripture and titles? Satan, the most common 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:45.179 name, meaning adversary or one who opposes. You 00:12:45.179 --> 00:12:49.759 do know that, right? The devil means false accuser 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:54.139 or slanderer. Lucifer, his name, the name from 00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:56.700 a Latin translation of Isaiah referring to a 00:12:56.700 --> 00:13:00.899 fallen day star or sun of the morning. The serpent 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:06.559 refers to Genesis' encounter with the great deceiver. 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.120 There's Apollyon from the Greek and Abaddon from 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:14.759 the Hebrew, which means destruction and destroyer. 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:18.279 He is the accuser of the brethren. He is your 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.019 adversary. Amen. Know that. Similar to Satan, 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.179 adversary meaning opponent or enemy. Beelzebub 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:29.299 meaning the lord of the flies or the ruler of 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:32.399 demons. The dragon, a symbolic name, especially 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.700 we read throughout Revelation. The tempter, a 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:38.289 name given to him. when he tempts Jesus in the 00:13:38.289 --> 00:13:41.210 wilderness. The evil one, a direct description 00:13:41.210 --> 00:13:45.070 of his nature and character. Prince of this world 00:13:45.070 --> 00:13:47.490 and the prince of the power of the air. Titles 00:13:47.490 --> 00:13:50.789 described to tell you what his influence is. 00:13:51.009 --> 00:13:53.809 But what I know today, the one that I prefer, 00:13:54.029 --> 00:13:58.250 is he is a liar. Amen? And he is the father of 00:13:58.250 --> 00:14:00.750 them. And that's who I see him as, and that's 00:14:00.750 --> 00:14:03.470 all I know him to be, and that's all I care to 00:14:03.470 --> 00:14:06.809 know him as. And when he comes again, I just 00:14:06.809 --> 00:14:11.149 remind him you are a lie. And there's a difference 00:14:11.149 --> 00:14:13.990 between a liar and a lie. It's the very root 00:14:13.990 --> 00:14:18.610 source. He is a lie. And every accusation he 00:14:18.610 --> 00:14:21.970 brings against you and I begins with his mouth. 00:14:22.210 --> 00:14:25.250 I told you he is a loud mouth. And all he does 00:14:25.250 --> 00:14:28.070 is shoot off his mouth. According to Isaiah 14 00:14:28.070 --> 00:14:31.009 and 13, that's exactly what got him kicked out 00:14:31.009 --> 00:14:34.389 of heaven. For thou hast said in thine heart. 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.980 I will exalt my throne above yours. I'm going 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:41.159 to take dominion in the sides of the north. But 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.419 let me tell you, no, you are not. You'll be on 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:48.120 the sides, but you'll be on the sides of the 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:51.279 pits of hell. That's where you are going. God 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:54.399 established him. He said it in his heart. He 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.360 said it and he believed it. And therefore, he 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.700 was ruled over and cast out of heaven. I love 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:04.120 what Jesus said. He said, I beheld him like lightning. 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:07.220 and fallen to the earth. Come on, somebody. Oh, 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:11.899 when God said get, he had no other option but 00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:14.559 to get. Can I tell you that greater is he that's 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.340 in you than he that is in this world? And if 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:19.960 you begin to resist the devil and the influence 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:22.820 of the voice of darkness, then you exercise the 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:26.139 authority that's been given to you. You can shut 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:30.299 him up, and you can use the authority that's 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:34.000 been vested in you because greater. Is he that 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:46.179 is in you than he that is in this world? You 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:52.899 can ask Adam and Eve. You can ask Abraham. You 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:56.220 can talk with Lot. You can have a discussion 00:15:56.220 --> 00:16:01.190 one day with Moses. You can talk to David. Every 00:16:01.190 --> 00:16:06.090 temptation he uses against anyone and everyone 00:16:06.090 --> 00:16:12.570 involves his mouth. And I can't wait till he 00:16:12.570 --> 00:16:15.370 gets shut up. I know we're raised not to say 00:16:15.370 --> 00:16:17.429 that. That's not nice. Oh, don't say that's not 00:16:17.429 --> 00:16:20.070 nice. Well, it's a fact. I'm not saying it to 00:16:20.070 --> 00:16:24.929 be nice. I am not trying to be polite. I mean 00:16:24.929 --> 00:16:28.409 exactly shut. Aren't you about sick and tired 00:16:28.409 --> 00:16:32.350 of hearing it? Amen. I'm tired of hearing everything 00:16:32.350 --> 00:16:34.370 that he says. You know, he comes against you 00:16:34.370 --> 00:16:36.750 with junk like, well, you're sick. Well, you're 00:16:36.750 --> 00:16:40.169 tired. No, I'm sick and tired. Come on. You're 00:16:40.169 --> 00:16:42.429 hurting. You're in pain. You're weak. You're 00:16:42.429 --> 00:16:47.690 scared. Oh, you're just different. No, I can't 00:16:47.690 --> 00:16:49.870 get hung up this morning. You're just different. 00:16:50.070 --> 00:16:52.549 That's a lie from the pit. You're not different. 00:16:52.629 --> 00:16:55.809 You're being deceived from the accuser. He's 00:16:55.809 --> 00:16:58.789 trying to drag you to the place he knows in which 00:16:58.789 --> 00:17:01.210 he is destined to. He's trying to take you to 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:04.109 hell with him. You're different. No, you need 00:17:04.109 --> 00:17:06.750 delivered is what you need. And if you're sick, 00:17:06.769 --> 00:17:08.910 you need healed. If you're hurt, he is the one 00:17:08.910 --> 00:17:12.130 who is able to apply his good grace. He begins 00:17:12.130 --> 00:17:15.150 to say, you're confused. You're struggling. You're 00:17:15.150 --> 00:17:17.309 depressed. You're oppressed. You're discouraged. 00:17:17.670 --> 00:17:20.230 You're disillusioned. And he begins to feed that 00:17:20.230 --> 00:17:22.650 junk to you. Let me tell you something this morning. 00:17:22.769 --> 00:17:26.420 You've got to shut him up. up the instant he 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:30.019 begins that. If you are a born again, blood -bought, 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:33.720 child of the living God, then you've got to declare, 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:38.400 no, I am a royal priesthood. I am a chosen generation. 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.940 I am the one who has been called in separate. 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.480 I've come out of darkness. I'm in his marvelous 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.359 light. And by the way you tell him that as he's 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.579 on his way out, you resist the devil and he will 00:17:50.579 --> 00:18:05.930 flee from you. You've got to shut him up. He 00:18:05.930 --> 00:18:08.829 said to Eve in the garden, hath God not said? 00:18:10.230 --> 00:18:12.670 You know how he starts off putting words in God's 00:18:12.670 --> 00:18:18.230 mouth. Huh? Hath God not said? No, that ain't 00:18:18.230 --> 00:18:25.170 what he said. And the old serpent deceives and 00:18:25.170 --> 00:18:31.289 pulls you aside and drags you under. Job 1 and 00:18:31.289 --> 00:18:35.990 9, Satan said unto the Lord. Doth Job fear God 00:18:35.990 --> 00:18:39.089 for naught? No, Job feared God for a reason. 00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:44.690 Just like I do. I don't fear God for naught. 00:18:44.849 --> 00:18:47.089 I'm not in awe and revere of God for naught. 00:18:47.170 --> 00:18:50.369 I got good reason. Amen, I got good reason. Why? 00:18:50.609 --> 00:18:53.599 But what did Jesus say? Don't fear man who can 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.400 destroy the body, but you better have an awe 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.660 and a revere and fear of God who can destroy 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:04.700 both the body and the soul and the spirit. That's 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:07.599 who you better have reverence to. There are people 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:09.900 who are more reverent to the devil than they 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:12.400 ever thought they would be to God. They are more 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.019 polite to him. They're afraid they're going to 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:17.450 hurt his feelings. That's my main goal in life 00:19:17.450 --> 00:19:21.450 is to hurt his feelings. Amen. That is my main 00:19:21.450 --> 00:19:25.289 modus operandi that every day that I walk in 00:19:25.289 --> 00:19:29.630 victory, I hope it gags him when he sees me get 00:19:29.630 --> 00:19:32.289 out of the bed in the morning and get up with 00:19:32.289 --> 00:19:37.049 a smile and beginning to sing, I see Jesus coming 00:19:37.049 --> 00:19:42.009 in the clouds. I hear trumpets sounding so loud. 00:19:42.109 --> 00:19:45.569 I hope he gets sick on it every day that I get 00:19:45.569 --> 00:19:48.190 up with the victory when he tries to discredit 00:19:48.190 --> 00:19:50.809 me, when he tries to diminish my faith, when 00:19:50.809 --> 00:19:53.670 he tries to tell me that God don't care. Devil, 00:19:53.730 --> 00:19:57.569 you are a lie. Get out of here. I long to see 00:19:57.569 --> 00:20:00.630 Jesus coming in the clouds. I'm going to lift 00:20:00.630 --> 00:20:04.289 my voice until he gets here. My God, it's time 00:20:04.289 --> 00:20:17.890 to shut him up. It seems as though I have the 00:20:17.890 --> 00:20:26.049 same struggle, fat or skinny. I can't keep my, 00:20:26.069 --> 00:20:35.849 that don't go out. I can't seem to keep my britches 00:20:35.849 --> 00:20:40.170 where they belong. When I was fat, y 'all would 00:20:40.170 --> 00:20:43.970 say, you need some spenders, pastor. I was holding 00:20:43.970 --> 00:20:45.769 out, I figured somebody would bring me a couple 00:20:45.769 --> 00:20:50.190 pair. But I've lost weight and I still can't 00:20:50.190 --> 00:20:58.589 keep up. My main goal is to offend the devil. 00:21:00.029 --> 00:21:03.970 That's why I'm here this morning. That's why 00:21:03.970 --> 00:21:07.670 we started with this first. I don't care what 00:21:07.670 --> 00:21:13.069 he thinks. Amen. I don't care what his opinion 00:21:13.069 --> 00:21:15.609 of what we do this morning in the house of God 00:21:15.609 --> 00:21:20.500 is. It's none. Of his business. Amen. It's nunya. 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:23.359 What's that? Nunya business devil. Why we're 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.079 proclaiming the word of God. Before we enter 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:29.240 into worship. Amen. We're going to worship. We're 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:31.640 going to pray. We're going to anoint with what 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:34.700 oil we got left in the jug down here. Because 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:36.859 I'm sick and tired. And I'm telling you, if you 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:38.920 go home today without getting anointed, it's 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:41.460 your own fault. You deserve what the devil tells 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:44.279 you. You deserve everything that he brings against 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:47.420 you. If you walk out and leave your help and 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:50.200 your hope in this altar today. I'm here to tell 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.279 you this morning, there's been a stirring in 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:54.700 the atmosphere where praise has been going up. 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:56.839 Prayer has been going on. People have been fasting. 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.920 And because they need God to move, we need God 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:04.940 to invoke his power and to enter into our situation. 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:09.180 We need God to set us free and deliver us from 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:19.980 the voice of the enemy. So since he's been kicked 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:23.079 out of heaven, all he's been doing is running 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:26.759 his mouth everywhere he goes. Everywhere he goes, 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.440 everywhere he shows up, he just runs his mouth. 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:41.380 It's time that we take authority over that. Your 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:47.660 sanity is not a welcome mat for his spewing of 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:54.380 doubt, disbelief, and fear. There's not a place 00:22:54.380 --> 00:23:00.859 for that. Your mind is to be concentrated and 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:06.759 concentrated on the Lord. But he keeps coming 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.160 and reminding you of everything that's going 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.480 wrong. Let me tell you something. There's something 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.200 going to be going wrong all the time anyway. 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:15.599 That's just the nature of the life in which we 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:19.670 live in this sin -filled world. Something's going 00:23:19.670 --> 00:23:21.710 to transpire. Something's not going to go the 00:23:21.710 --> 00:23:23.950 way that it should go. You're going to mess up. 00:23:23.990 --> 00:23:26.430 I'm going to mess up. Something is going to mess 00:23:26.430 --> 00:23:30.210 up the status quo of things and life's smooth 00:23:30.210 --> 00:23:32.089 sailing. Something's going to go wrong. We're 00:23:32.089 --> 00:23:34.589 going to make a mistake. Amen? That's just in 00:23:34.589 --> 00:23:37.509 our fleshly nature. The devil doesn't have to 00:23:37.509 --> 00:23:39.670 actually do much. We're going to take care of 00:23:39.670 --> 00:23:45.910 doing some stuff by ourself. Hello? We're going 00:23:45.910 --> 00:23:48.789 to take care of doing enough on our own without 00:23:48.789 --> 00:23:53.410 him. He's going to jump on board when you do. 00:23:54.470 --> 00:23:57.329 He's going to magnify every issue. But let me 00:23:57.329 --> 00:24:02.890 tell you one more time. He is a lie. He's going 00:24:02.890 --> 00:24:04.730 to tell you, oh, God will never forgive you. 00:24:04.750 --> 00:24:08.190 Right there is lie number one. Unless you've 00:24:08.190 --> 00:24:10.109 blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, and if you've 00:24:10.109 --> 00:24:11.769 done that, you wouldn't even be here this morning. 00:24:12.670 --> 00:24:16.059 Hello? If you've done that, this is the last 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.819 place you'd want to be, hearing what I've got 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:20.339 to say. You wouldn't be anywhere around. Your 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:23.079 conscience would be turned over, be seared with 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:26.339 that hot iron. No compassion, no drawing, no 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:29.380 quickening of the spirit. God would forsake you. 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:33.339 But you're here, so you're in good shape. Well, 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.880 you don't know what I've done. You're still in 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.119 good shape if you hadn't done that because everything 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.480 else is covered by the blood. That's the reason 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:44.960 I declared there's power, wonder -working power 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:56.940 in the blood. Everything, everything else. So 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:58.799 when the devil jumps up on your shoulder with 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:01.240 the weight of condemnation and begins to declare 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:06.180 to you how sorry you are, how low life you are, 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:10.059 how pitiful you are, how hopeless you are, you 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:12.950 can't get over it. I've got you where I want 00:25:12.950 --> 00:25:15.589 you. Are you hearing this preacher this morning? 00:25:15.650 --> 00:25:20.750 That is a lie. He knows that he is subject to 00:25:20.750 --> 00:25:24.329 the power of Jesus Christ. He knows it better 00:25:24.329 --> 00:25:27.309 than we know it. But all authority has been given 00:25:27.309 --> 00:25:30.650 unto him in heaven and in earth. And he displays 00:25:30.650 --> 00:25:34.109 that authority in your life as he made that declaration. 00:25:34.369 --> 00:25:37.849 It is expedient that I go away so that when I 00:25:37.849 --> 00:25:41.660 go away, the comforter can come. Comforter has 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:46.339 come. Greater works than I do shall you do also. 00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:49.019 Why? Because you're going to receive power. And 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.900 after that, the Holy Ghost has come upon you. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:54.119 You shall receive power of me that you may be 00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:57.920 witnesses of me in every place you go. And on 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:00.519 the day of Pentecost, when it was fully come, 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.220 there was a sound from heaven as of a rushing 00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:06.380 mighty wind. And the Holy Ghost descended with 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:09.119 tongues like of cloven fire. And he sat upon 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:12.680 each of them. They begin to speak and glorify 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:23.059 God. It was one thing to exercise power while 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:27.039 Christ was still on the earth. He sent the 70 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:32.039 out and they came back rejoicing. Why? Because 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:35.859 they'd been into the far reaches of the stronghold 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:39.690 to the enemy. They had laid hands on the sick, 00:26:39.829 --> 00:26:46.029 and they were healed. They had cast out devils 00:26:46.029 --> 00:26:50.809 in Jesus' name, and they fled from them. But 00:26:50.809 --> 00:26:52.289 let me give you a little secret. They weren't 00:26:52.289 --> 00:26:55.829 running from not one disciple. They were running 00:26:55.829 --> 00:26:59.700 because of the authority that existed. in the 00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:04.140 name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And when a 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:07.400 faith -filled, spirit -filled believer stands 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:11.019 boldly with their faith rising like a wrought 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:14.400 iron up their spine and look the devil in the 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:18.680 eye and say, shut up in the name of Jesus, I 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.339 rebuke you, and you flee. Do you know what he 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:24.920 has to do when you resist him with every effort 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:29.119 in grace and in the spirit? He has to. You flee. 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:37.259 There's no, it's not optional. It's not an option 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:40.519 for him. Well, they couldn't even pass him in 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:46.779 the street without screaming. Right? He'd just 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:51.400 be walking down the street. Devils go to crying 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:54.359 out. What are you here for? What are you here 00:27:54.359 --> 00:28:01.720 to do? Shut up. He would put it more politely, 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:10.140 hold thy peace. Amen. He's more polite than I 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:19.099 am. I'd say, shut up. Would you please just shut 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:25.339 up? Hush only goes so far. My children really 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:27.299 didn't know I was serious about them being quiet 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:30.509 until I said, would you please shut up? After 00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:32.670 I've asked them to hush a time or two. No, I'm 00:28:32.670 --> 00:28:35.670 serious when I say shut up. Next time it's going 00:28:35.670 --> 00:28:39.430 to be the palm or the back of the hand coming 00:28:39.430 --> 00:28:46.269 your way. Don't open. Let me tell you parents 00:28:46.269 --> 00:28:48.269 something while I'm just right here. When you 00:28:48.269 --> 00:28:52.789 tell one to shut up, it's not optional. That's 00:28:52.789 --> 00:28:54.150 the way you got to be with the devil. Look here. 00:28:54.589 --> 00:28:58.829 Quit messing around. He ain't just going to hush. 00:28:59.369 --> 00:29:04.210 You've got to shut him up. And you do that by 00:29:04.210 --> 00:29:07.569 not giving heed to those seducing spirits that 00:29:07.569 --> 00:29:10.750 are coming to your mind and deceiving you with 00:29:10.750 --> 00:29:14.049 truth and lie. You know the truth, and it's the 00:29:14.049 --> 00:29:17.309 truth that sets you free. And the authority of 00:29:17.309 --> 00:29:19.950 the power that's in the Word of God, that's the 00:29:19.950 --> 00:29:23.400 reason you've got to read the Bible. Keep your 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:27.220 nose in the pages and your mind meditating upon 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:29.920 the fruit of it every day. And then when the 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:33.660 devil comes like he did against Jesus and tempted 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:38.680 him on those occasions, he declared, it is written. 00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:51.000 Conversation over. It's over. It is written. 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:57.400 It ceases the conversation. 2 Corinthians 2 and 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.880 11 tells us, lest Satan should get an advantage 00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:03.740 of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices. 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:10.359 Too many, I won't say Christians, but that's 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:17.319 a broad stroke of the brush. Let's say churchgoers. 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:26.410 Too many churchgoers. Folks, give way too much 00:30:26.410 --> 00:30:31.470 attention and lend way too much weight to the 00:30:31.470 --> 00:30:34.890 validity of the voice of the enemy. Now, don't 00:30:34.890 --> 00:30:39.690 get me wrong. He is a formidable enemy, and you 00:30:39.690 --> 00:30:42.990 can't mess around with the devil. He's going 00:30:42.990 --> 00:30:46.089 to get the best of you. He's been at it for thousands 00:30:46.089 --> 00:30:51.880 of years, and you're no whooper -dooper. You're 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:57.440 no super duper saint. Hello? And so you have 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:00.619 nothing to say to him but what God has already 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:03.799 declared. That's all you need. The moment you 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:09.039 enter into conversation with him, you lose. Unless 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:11.900 it's a one -sided conversation on your part, 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:15.960 when he becomes in and he arrives and starts 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:19.319 his deceiving and tempting and planting, you 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:25.319 resist him and declare it is written. And you 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:29.160 shut down that situation right there. James 4, 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.039 7, and 8 says, Submit yourselves therefore to 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:34.819 God, resist the devil. He will, not maybe, not 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:41.400 might, not possibly. He will flee from you. Revelation 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.059 12, 10. The accuser of our brethren is cast down, 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.920 which accused them before our God day and night. 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:52.759 Cast down. Removed from his little perch. Hello? 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:57.240 1 and 18 of Revelation. John said, I am he, as 00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:00.279 he records it, that liveth and was dead. And 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:03.640 behold, I am alive and forevermore. Amen. And 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:09.740 have the keys. Of hell. And death. Colossians 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:13.180 2 .15 says. Having disarmed principalities and 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:18.500 powers. He made a open spoil. A public spectacle 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:28.180 of them. Triumphing over them. In it. You. Have 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:31.839 the upper hand in this situation. Because you 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:36.240 are not standing in your authority. You stand 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:41.180 in the blood -covered authority of Jesus Christ. 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:48.819 Amen? So you don't have to placate to him. You 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:52.160 don't have to entertain him. You look at him 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:56.000 with the authority of Christ and say, shut up. 00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:03.480 And meditate on his words no more. Move yourself 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:10.380 on. You and I make more mountains out of molehills 00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:21.240 than the devil has time to muster up mud. This 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:25.019 life is as simple as, this life of faith is as 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:33.440 simple as repent and move on. You've got to understand 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:37.380 there's always repercussions for sin. There'll 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:42.180 always be a kickback with sin. And if you've 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:47.039 done it, deal with it and move on. Don't whine 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:50.019 about it. Don't mope about it. Don't drag your 00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:52.680 lip around about it. If you've done it, repent 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:57.210 and let's go on. The only reason we feel bad 00:33:57.210 --> 00:34:01.289 is because the condemner of your soul ushers 00:34:01.289 --> 00:34:06.430 into you condemnation. But there is therefore 00:34:06.430 --> 00:34:10.010 now. It is written. There is therefore now no 00:34:10.010 --> 00:34:15.349 condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. 00:34:15.530 --> 00:34:18.769 When the blood covers, the blood washes. And 00:34:18.769 --> 00:34:22.210 when the blood washes, he purifies and cleanses. 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:26.840 Now, it would be wonderful if he would take the 00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:30.559 repercussion for sin with it. But he doesn't. 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:38.880 I always equate it to like shooting a shotgun. 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:46.139 When you pull the trigger on a shotgun, you're 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:51.019 going to get kicked. How many has ever done that? 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.780 How many has never shot a shotgun? How many would 00:34:55.780 --> 00:35:00.659 like to? I mean, it's okay. I know this woke 00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:02.980 world out here wants to get in, but it's all 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:08.219 right. We may just set up a skeet day. And that 00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:10.280 way, next time the pastor preaches about the 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:16.579 kick of sin, you'll say, I remember that. That 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:21.510 illustration I finally got. You know what you 00:35:21.510 --> 00:35:27.110 do? You rub your shoulder and you move on. Because 00:35:27.110 --> 00:35:30.309 I assure us. I'm putting me in. I started to 00:35:30.309 --> 00:35:34.710 say you, but it's us. I assure us there's going 00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:38.929 to be ample time for another mistake. All we 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:44.309 need is about two minutes to make another mistake. 00:35:45.809 --> 00:35:50.929 But you know the good thing? It is written. That 00:35:50.929 --> 00:35:56.210 if a man sins, he has an advocate with the Father, 00:35:56.329 --> 00:36:02.869 Christ Jesus the righteous. If a man sins, if 00:36:02.869 --> 00:36:08.650 we have an advocate with the Father, so shut 00:36:08.650 --> 00:36:11.570 him up. You know that's the way he does when 00:36:11.570 --> 00:36:16.090 you make mistakes. He just piles on. Then we 00:36:16.090 --> 00:36:19.449 begin to believe that mess. Shut him up. Move 00:36:19.449 --> 00:36:24.050 along. Amen? Does that rain? Thank you, Lord. 00:36:24.110 --> 00:36:25.690 Everybody say that with us. Thank you, Lord. 00:36:26.750 --> 00:36:32.050 We need to rain. He is a lion. He is a father 00:36:32.050 --> 00:36:33.869 of every lies. And some of the lies he begins 00:36:33.869 --> 00:36:37.409 to tell us is, first one he'll tell you is this. 00:36:37.590 --> 00:36:39.829 Now you see, I don't have to worry about getting 00:36:39.829 --> 00:36:45.110 past 12. You see why I wanted to go first. I 00:36:45.110 --> 00:36:49.840 get my say in without you ready to go. The first 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:54.539 lie he's going to tell you is there's no harm. 00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:59.980 There's no harm in it. Amen. Everybody else is 00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:02.780 doing it. Just go ahead. There's no harm. That's 00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:10.639 a lie. It won't hurt just once. The overdose 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:15.219 crack addict heard when his friends shamed him 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:19.360 into hitting the pipe the first time. And you 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:24.659 become an instant addict. Isn't that the devil? 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:32.039 One time. Everybody else is doing it here. We 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:36.340 have to know our limits, people. And yes, there's 00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:40.280 harm in it. The harm is this. The wages of sin 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:46.980 is death. But the gift of God is eternal life. 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:51.039 And that eternal life is received through Jesus 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:58.440 Christ. Another lie. You know, one of the strongest 00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:03.840 figures in Scripture was so easily deceived. 00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:10.079 Samson. Samson, I mean, I haven't read of any 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:17.579 others that were any stronger than Samson. He 00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:22.239 was so easily deceived. He couldn't withstand 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:28.079 the pressure. Pressure would get to him. You 00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:32.480 remember in Judges when he's put the riddle out 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:36.559 at the wedding feast and his wife just, they 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:39.320 went to her and said, well, we got to know. Surely 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:42.659 you didn't just bring him here to take everything 00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:47.239 we own. And so she went to leaning on him hard, 00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:52.500 put the pressure to him. And because of that 00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:58.119 pressure, he gave in. And that wasn't the only 00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:04.500 time that that pressure got to him. Laying his 00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:09.840 head in the lap of Delilah. Oh, just tell me. 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:15.699 Tell me your secret. What's your secret? What 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:19.900 is the secret to your strength? He held out about 00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:22.199 like the time before, about as long as he could. 00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:28.900 And the pressure. He said, I have taken a Nazarite 00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:33.500 vow. No wine has crossed my lip and no razor 00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:37.159 has touched my head. And the anointing of God. 00:39:42.889 --> 00:39:45.849 Then he hears the alarm. Samson, the Philistines 00:39:45.849 --> 00:39:50.730 are upon you. And he stirs himself. He awakens. 00:39:50.730 --> 00:39:54.690 He said, I will stand and shake myself as times 00:39:54.690 --> 00:40:03.090 before. But he shook and no anointing. There 00:40:03.090 --> 00:40:08.670 is harm. Don't give in. Next lie, he's going 00:40:08.670 --> 00:40:11.030 to tell you there's no hope. Some of you in here 00:40:11.030 --> 00:40:14.630 may have actually heard this one lately. There's 00:40:14.630 --> 00:40:19.869 no hope. Your situation is hopeless. And when 00:40:19.869 --> 00:40:24.309 we hear no hope and hopeless, we begin to feel 00:40:24.309 --> 00:40:32.050 helpless. But you are not helpless. Neither are 00:40:32.050 --> 00:40:36.489 you hopeless. Amen. The hope you have is in God. 00:40:36.630 --> 00:40:40.650 The liar against mankind attempts. and tries 00:40:40.650 --> 00:40:43.389 to put this lie into the mind of all who believe 00:40:43.389 --> 00:40:46.309 and trust in God. The psalmist said in 38, 16, 00:40:46.550 --> 00:40:52.269 I am troubled. I am bowed down greatly. I go 00:40:52.269 --> 00:40:56.889 mourning all the day long. 77 and 4, the psalmist 00:40:56.889 --> 00:41:02.690 says, I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 2 00:41:02.690 --> 00:41:06.170 Corinthians, Paul says, we are troubled on every 00:41:06.170 --> 00:41:09.610 side. Looks like we're surrounded in no hope. 00:41:10.150 --> 00:41:14.170 39 and 7, the psalmist says, and now, Lord, what 00:41:14.170 --> 00:41:20.769 wait I for? My hope is in thee. Paul didn't just 00:41:20.769 --> 00:41:25.769 leave the Corinthians in trouble in that 8th 00:41:25.769 --> 00:41:30.030 verse and that 4th chapter. He said, yet not 00:41:30.030 --> 00:41:37.010 distressed. We are perplexed. but not in despair. 00:41:37.510 --> 00:41:43.789 Ooh. You feel hope beginning to rise. You feel 00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:47.570 help beginning to show itself up. Persecuted, 00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:56.449 but not forsaken. Right? Cast down, but not destroyed. 00:41:57.670 --> 00:42:00.110 One of my favorite verses of the Minor Prophets 00:42:00.110 --> 00:42:02.449 is in Micah 7 and 8. You've heard me quote it 00:42:02.449 --> 00:42:04.429 many times and you'll hear it many more times 00:42:04.429 --> 00:42:07.730 before the Lord's done with me. Rejoice not over 00:42:07.730 --> 00:42:11.889 me, O mine enemy, when I fall, for I shall arise. 00:42:13.570 --> 00:42:17.590 And when I sit in the dark places, Jehovah shall 00:42:17.590 --> 00:42:21.429 be my light. And that's what, shut up. That's 00:42:21.429 --> 00:42:23.510 what I'm saying. Devil, you better not stand 00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:26.769 over me gloating when you're down. It's not that 00:42:26.769 --> 00:42:28.670 you're never going to be knocked down, people, 00:42:28.690 --> 00:42:31.150 because we're going to get knocked down. Isn't 00:42:31.150 --> 00:42:33.190 that what the psalmist said? Oh, my soul, why 00:42:33.190 --> 00:42:36.949 art thou cast down within me? Hope thou in God. 00:42:37.190 --> 00:42:40.190 Amen. Hope in the power of his word. Why? Because 00:42:40.190 --> 00:42:42.989 somehow, someway, the psalmist understood that 00:42:42.989 --> 00:42:52.880 it was written. That psalm that everybody knows, 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:57.500 the shepherd's psalm. Have you ever just kind 00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:59.400 of broken that down a little bit? It's been taught, 00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:01.400 preached, I don't know how many different ways 00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:06.199 from Sunday, a bunch. But to simplify it, it's 00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:12.980 simply this. He leads me. He restores me. He 00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:19.699 guides me. He comforts me. He anoints me. And 00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:26.699 he keeps me. The Lord is my shepherd. Is he your 00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:29.300 shepherd? Well, tell the devil, just shut up. 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:39.420 Shut him up. The Lord is on your side. The last 00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.860 lie that he's going to tell you, there'll be 00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.760 many others, but the last one I'll cover today 00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:47.360 is he's going to tell you there's no reason for 00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:51.260 your praise. What do you have to praise God for? 00:43:54.829 --> 00:43:57.250 All the preacher wants you all to do is praise 00:43:57.250 --> 00:44:02.929 and worship. What do you have to praise God over? 00:44:03.409 --> 00:44:06.250 Doesn't he know all hell's breaking loose in 00:44:06.250 --> 00:44:10.070 you, around you, and everything you touch? Don't 00:44:10.070 --> 00:44:14.630 that preacher know that I've got you by the throat? 00:44:16.050 --> 00:44:18.610 Don't he know that? Yeah, he knows. Yeah, he 00:44:18.610 --> 00:44:22.500 knows. I know that. Why do you think I'm trying 00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:24.760 to get you to praise your way out of your bondage? 00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:31.699 Huh? Because, look here, you can't praise God 00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:36.159 and remain bound by the hand of the enemy. A 00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:40.239 child of God cannot bow himself in worship and 00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:43.579 not expect God to show up. Are you starting to 00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:46.349 get the correlation here? If I could just get 00:44:46.349 --> 00:44:48.690 you to praise past the garbage that he's hammered 00:44:48.690 --> 00:44:50.969 you with all week. If I could just get you to 00:44:50.969 --> 00:44:56.150 sacrifice some praise. Amen. There's days that 00:44:56.150 --> 00:44:59.389 it's a sacrifice. I know you've cried all week. 00:44:59.449 --> 00:45:02.070 I know you've been in fear and shudder hiding 00:45:02.070 --> 00:45:04.829 in a closet all week because the devil is out 00:45:04.829 --> 00:45:07.860 to get you. I know that our adversary is as a 00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:10.760 roaring lion and he goes about seeking whom he 00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:13.619 may devour. But I also know the Lord is your 00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:16.320 shepherd. And I know he leads you. And I know 00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:19.139 he guides you. And I know he restores you. And 00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:23.039 I know he comforts you. And I also know he anoints 00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:25.559 you for the battle that you're looking at. When 00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:28.320 you stand before your Goliath and he begins to 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:32.159 spew his poison, I also know that greater is 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:36.030 Christ in you than in a devil. in this world. 00:45:36.130 --> 00:45:51.289 I know that. Yes, you're sick. Got folks sitting 00:45:51.289 --> 00:45:56.849 in here been diagnosed with cancer. I don't care 00:45:56.849 --> 00:46:00.329 what the doctors say. There's nothing insignificant 00:46:00.329 --> 00:46:02.809 when they cast out the C word, Brother Randy. 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:09.599 No. You tell me that, we got problems. Yeah, 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:11.940 it may be curable. Yes, it may be in the right 00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:14.260 point. It may be finding it at the right moment. 00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:18.119 But you already told me I got that junk. Right? 00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:25.619 So then you've got options. I'm just going to 00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:30.659 toot his horn. He won't. So you have options. 00:46:39.309 --> 00:46:43.409 Such a small place for it to be. And they go 00:46:43.409 --> 00:46:47.610 take 13 little plugs out of it to test them all. 00:46:51.369 --> 00:46:53.409 Where was he at? That happened on a Wednesday. 00:46:57.530 --> 00:47:06.630 So where was he? About right here. For about 00:47:06.630 --> 00:47:11.179 50 minutes. Teaching about the goodness of God. 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:17.380 Having faith in God. God being your strength. 00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:26.639 Was he hurting? Sure he was. Right? We're going 00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:37.340 to anoint him in just a minute. If God heals 00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:40.920 him, we'll shout. If he doesn't, Brother Randy, 00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:42.960 you know what we're going to do? We're going 00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:46.539 to keep on shouting. We're going to shout anyway. 00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:49.420 Well, that's easy for you to say, oh, is it really? 00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:56.699 Is it? Is it? No, no, I beg to differ with you. 00:47:57.760 --> 00:48:09.809 It's not easy. No. But it's beneficial. It's 00:48:09.809 --> 00:48:14.489 beneficial to what? My victory. It's beneficial 00:48:14.489 --> 00:48:19.789 to your victory. You give the devil more credit 00:48:19.789 --> 00:48:23.829 than you should, people. And then so we walk 00:48:23.829 --> 00:48:28.730 about in defeat. You do know it is written, there 00:48:28.730 --> 00:48:31.369 is a sickness unto death. Unless the Lord comes 00:48:31.369 --> 00:48:34.869 and changes us, we all going by the way of the 00:48:34.869 --> 00:48:40.809 grave. Something going to get us. Now, I know 00:48:40.809 --> 00:48:43.170 we don't like to talk about my pops, my dad. 00:48:45.610 --> 00:48:50.550 He's about turning 86, and I reckon he's thinking 00:48:50.550 --> 00:48:52.769 he's going to cheat death. I said, pops, we need 00:48:52.769 --> 00:48:55.130 to go down and get arrangements made. I ain't 00:48:55.130 --> 00:48:58.989 going down there. No business down there until 00:48:58.989 --> 00:49:06.150 I have to go. I said, well, let's make it easy 00:49:06.150 --> 00:49:14.019 on us. I don't care. That's just kind of the 00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:16.619 way he feels about it. After about the third 00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:19.340 time, now I say, Pop, you still got that money 00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:21.480 put up for us to bury you? It's put up, son. 00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:26.539 Okay. I wish you got enough to cover you up. 00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:29.079 I say, do you want me to just cremate you? Now 00:49:29.079 --> 00:49:36.699 look here. That's the way Mama says, Son, I have 00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:39.559 lived my entire life since she was in her early 00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:44.800 20s. To keep from burning. And so help me if 00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:52.179 you burn me when I die. I said, Mom, it's cheaper. 00:49:52.320 --> 00:50:01.699 Well, they don't care. I said, Mother, it doesn't 00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:06.059 matter. You're going to dust just a little quicker. 00:50:10.049 --> 00:50:12.210 Dust to dust. I give her all that stuff, but 00:50:12.210 --> 00:50:16.190 she ain't have it. And we changed the subject 00:50:16.190 --> 00:50:20.449 real quick. We're all going to go by the way 00:50:20.449 --> 00:50:27.010 of the grave if the Lord doesn't come before 00:50:27.010 --> 00:50:30.889 our time. Right? But here's the thing, folks. 00:50:30.989 --> 00:50:38.960 We do not know our time. So that is the important 00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:43.860 part of not allowing the enemy to dominate your 00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:48.139 life. Yes, we're perplexed. Yes, we're troubled. 00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:53.920 Right? But we're not distressed. Yes, we get 00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:57.300 knocked down in life. We get cast down. But we're 00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:01.539 not destroyed. Why? Because there's a line that 00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:04.539 God puts on how far the devil can come against 00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:12.269 you. It's called the bloodline. And when God 00:51:12.269 --> 00:51:19.929 said no, that's it. No more. And in the process 00:51:19.929 --> 00:51:25.090 of that time, you can put him to flight. Amen? 00:51:25.789 --> 00:51:28.550 Until the Lord comes, he's going to depart. He'll 00:51:28.550 --> 00:51:34.670 depart for a season. But then guess what? Like 00:51:34.670 --> 00:51:38.920 a bad nickel. How many of you ever got a Canadian 00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:40.820 quarter back in the day when you could get a 00:51:40.820 --> 00:51:44.320 Coke for a quarter? It's a small crowd. I just 00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:48.739 shrunk it down to a few of us. You found one 00:51:48.739 --> 00:51:52.059 of them machines? And somehow in your change, 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:54.800 somebody gave you a Canadian quarter. And that's 00:51:54.800 --> 00:51:57.059 the only quarter you had in your pocket. You 00:51:57.059 --> 00:52:00.000 couldn't get a great knee high. It'd fall through 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:01.940 that thing like a dose of salsa with a woman. 00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:08.940 And you're standing there pulling on that little 00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:15.400 door. Some of you are like, what door? You push 00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:18.639 the button, Pastor. No, no, the little door. 00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:25.940 You had to jerk that thing out of quick. That's 00:52:25.940 --> 00:52:29.119 where the devil is. He just falls out the bottom 00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:31.400 and you put it back in your pocket and directly 00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:37.280 he'll show back up. But there is a reprieve, 00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:45.320 church. You can shut him up. You can shut him 00:52:45.320 --> 00:52:48.199 up. Y 'all might already come on and do something, 00:52:48.219 --> 00:52:53.059 I don't know what, but we're about to pray. Stand 00:52:53.059 --> 00:53:10.210 with me all over the house. Friends of mine, 00:53:10.289 --> 00:53:17.210 I call them friends. They like to razz me a little 00:53:17.210 --> 00:53:19.369 bit because I'm longer winded than most all of 00:53:19.369 --> 00:53:28.809 them. They said, well, if I preach that long, 00:53:28.849 --> 00:53:30.469 my people would leave. I said, well, that's the 00:53:30.469 --> 00:53:31.909 reason mine come. I don't know what your problem 00:53:31.909 --> 00:53:43.630 is. Work on it's all I can say. Time to shut 00:53:43.630 --> 00:53:51.050 the devil up. My heart has been moved for us. 00:53:52.750 --> 00:54:01.170 All of us. Because I know, I know what the enemy 00:54:01.170 --> 00:54:08.090 says to us. We know, we know all too well what 00:54:08.090 --> 00:54:15.769 his voice says. Right? So it's a constant. Every 00:54:15.769 --> 00:54:18.429 day I put him to flight. Every day. I know when 00:54:18.429 --> 00:54:20.429 we get up in the morning what he's going to whisper 00:54:20.429 --> 00:54:23.210 in my ear. Because the last thing I do every 00:54:23.210 --> 00:54:37.730 night. Before my head slumbers to sleep, I'll 00:54:37.730 --> 00:54:39.869 turn on my pillow and I'll put my hand right 00:54:39.869 --> 00:54:47.389 here. Because he anoints our head. And so I pray 00:54:47.389 --> 00:54:56.730 every day. Amen. That's what we do. And we praise 00:54:56.730 --> 00:55:02.889 the Lord every day in spite of what's going on. 00:55:04.650 --> 00:55:07.730 And I know if we can do it, I'm no super whooper 00:55:07.730 --> 00:55:11.750 duper either. If we can do it in our dilemma, 00:55:11.889 --> 00:55:15.969 in our situation, you can do it in yours. You 00:55:15.969 --> 00:55:22.369 can. You can do like I do when I mess up. When 00:55:22.369 --> 00:55:26.489 I'm tired and my temper gets short and I flare 00:55:26.489 --> 00:55:35.809 a little bit. I repent to her and the Lord. So 00:55:35.809 --> 00:55:45.309 if I can do it. You can do it. You can make it. 00:55:46.849 --> 00:55:53.150 Shut him up. Life's not over. We're still here. 00:55:55.150 --> 00:56:01.289 We're still here, devil. Until the Lord deems 00:56:01.289 --> 00:56:07.150 it not so, you're still here. Well, I'm sick. 00:56:08.750 --> 00:56:13.829 It is written, come to the elders of the church 00:56:13.829 --> 00:56:16.130 and they'll anoint you with oil and the prayer 00:56:16.130 --> 00:56:20.090 of faith shall heal the sick. Listen to this 00:56:20.090 --> 00:56:25.170 one. And if you've committed any sins, they'll 00:56:25.170 --> 00:56:35.800 be forgiven. Right? Are you weary? Here's what 00:56:35.800 --> 00:56:37.880 the book says. It is written, come unto me all 00:56:37.880 --> 00:56:44.079 you that labor and are heavy laden and I will 00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:51.619 give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. It's easy. 00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:59.699 I'll swap you. My grace for your burden. Who's 00:56:59.699 --> 00:57:02.719 in a trading mode today? Come on down. Come on. 00:57:02.780 --> 00:57:08.119 Who wants to trade? Who's ready to trade? Sister 00:57:08.119 --> 00:57:10.380 Stella, why don't you come stand with Sister 00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:16.000 Kathy for me if you could. Who's ready to swap?