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Welcome to week number six in our series that
we've entitled, I Have the Receipt. Everybody
say that with me. I have the receipt. Now, I'll
fill you in on what all that means. Have you
ever been to one of the wholesale shopping clubs,
BJ's, Costco, something like that? How many of
you know that before you can get out... With
the items that you have purchased, you have to
stop at the door and show them your receipt.
Now, the BJs down in Davenport at Posner Park,
they will not let you out of the door until they
look at every, at least me, because I do self
-checkout. Maybe they look a little closer when
it's self -checkout, but they look at every item
on my receipt, and they look at every item in
my shopping cart. And I've seen them stop people
over like one item. They paid for everything
else, but they caught them. They had one item
in there that hadn't paid for yet. And, you know,
when you're scanning 10 items yourself and you
get to leave them in the buggy instead of taking
them out, you know, you just pull out the little,
what do they call it? I call it a clicker scanner.
If you just pull that out and hit the barcode,
sometimes you might, you know, you're trying
to get them all, but you can make a mistake.
But here's the deal. As long as you have a receipt,
you have a proof of purchase. Everybody say proof
of purchase. I want to ask you another question.
Has anyone ever walked out of a store and one
of those little alarms went off? Now, every time
for me the alarms went off, I hope this is the
same case for you. Every time for me when the
alarm went off, it was because the person at
the register didn't deactivate the RFID, right?
So I was glad I had a receipt. Everybody say
a receipt. I was glad I had a receipt to prove
that I had paid for it. Right? That's important.
That's why we call this series, I Have the Receipt.
This series is helping us be more established.
Everybody say established. It's helping us be
more established in one of the most central truths
of the Christian faith. What was purchased and
what is provided, Through the blood of Jesus.
What did He purchase for us with His blood? What
does He provide for us through His blood? You
see, if we don't know what He purchased, and
if we don't know what He has provided, then chances
are we're not going to experience it. And some
of the things that we've looked at, it's clear
in the Word of God that they were provided By
the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, by the blood
of Jesus that He spilled, He paid for these things.
So, where is our receipt? The Word of God contains
a detailed receipt of what Jesus purchased with
His blood. Everybody say, I have the receipt,
one more time. Now, there's a lot of parables
in the Bible. There's a lot of illustrations
that preachers use. I mean, like this receipt
being one. But the blood of Jesus is not just
an illustration. It's not just symbolic religious
talk. It's more than that. It's our covenant
reality. Jesus said, this is my blood establishing
the new covenant. The blood of Jesus is full
of spiritual power, even though he shed it 2
,000 years ago, and then he took it to the real
holy of holies in heaven and put it on the mercy
seat in front of the presence of God. It's still
full of spiritual power. Still works. Hebrews
9 .22. It says this, without the shedding of
blood, there's no forgiveness. Do you realize
without Jesus shedding his blood, it would be
impossible for us to be forgiven? He shed his
blood for us, for our sin, in our place, so that
we could be forgiven. So the blood of Jesus makes
forgiveness possible. Everybody say forgiveness.
Colossians 1, 13 and 14. Now we're going to go
through the first five weeks. Colossians 1, 13
and 14. For he has rescued us from the kingdom
of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom
of his dear son, who purchased our freedom and
forgave our sins. So if you are in Christ, you
have been purchased by the blood of Jesus. You're
not your own anymore. He didn't just purchase
your forgiveness. He purchased you. He redeemed
you. Because we all started out in the kingdom
of darkness. That's where we all started. But
by his blood, he redeemed us. He bought us out.
from under the kingdom of darkness, and he transferred
us into the kingdom of his dear son. Somebody
say thank you. The blood of Jesus paid the price
for our redemption. He bought us and brought
us out of the kingdom of darkness. What else?
Hebrews 9, 13 through 14. Under the old system,
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of
a heifer could cleanse people's bodies from ceremonial
impurity. Just think. How much more? Somebody
say, how much more? How much more the blood of
Christ will purify our consciences from sinful
deeds? See, under the old covenant, The blood
of bulls and goats, God said he would remember
our sins no more. Under the new covenant, God
says, because of the blood of Jesus, you shouldn't
remember your sins anymore. Just think, how much
more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences
from sinful deeds so that we can worship the
living God. What an amazing word. See, Christ's
blood didn't just deal with internal or just
didn't deal with what sin does in our relationship
with God. Christ's blood also deals with the
effects and internal damage of sin. How amazing
is life? With a clear conscience. The blood of
Jesus. Another verse says his blood was sprinkled
on our conscience. Christ's blood can cleanse
the conscience of all guilt and condemnation.
It can cleanse our conscience from past actions
that we've done. It can also cleanse our conscience.
from past experiences that we've gone through
as a result of sin. This is so amazing. Hebrews
10, 19. And so, dear brothers and sisters, we
can boldly enter heaven's most holy place. Somebody
say, boldly enter. Boldly enter. We can boldly
enter heaven's most holy place. Why? Because
we're good enough. Because of our ability to
perform. Is that why we can go in boldly? No,
we can go in boldly. What does the word say?
Because of the blood of Jesus. So with his blood,
he purchased bold access. The blood of Jesus
grants us bold access to God. Hebrews 12, 24.
To Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better
things than that of Abel. We learned that blood
speaks in the spirit realm that week, and the
blood of Jesus speaks better things. Everybody
say better things. The blood of Jesus speaks
good things over us, better things over us. The
blood of Jesus speaks mercy over us. The blood
of Jesus speaks pardon, speaks acceptance. The
blood of Jesus speaks peace. The blood of Jesus
speaks reconciliation. The blood of Jesus speaks
covenant favor with us. It speaks better things,
not vengeance. Blood of Jesus speaks better things
over us. 1 Corinthians 15, 57. But thank God.
Somebody say, thank God. But thank God. He gives
us victory over sin and death through our Lord
Jesus Christ. Revelation 12, 11. And they overcame
him. This is talking about our enemy. They overcame
him. This is out of Revelation, looking back
and making declarations of how this happened
from eternity future, looking back to even us
today. They overcame him, our spiritual enemy,
by the blood of the Lamb. Everybody say the blood
of the Lamb. And by the word of their testimony.
Look at the person beside you. Tell them it's
important. It's important to talk about what
God has done in your life. How many were encouraged
by just the random testimony that we got this
morning? Who was encouraged? Who was built up?
Well, guess what? You can do the same thing for
someone else. It's important. That's the way
we are victorious in this life. The blood of
Jesus bought it. The blood of Jesus buys our
victory, has bought our victory. But then the
word of our testimony helps us to step into what
Jesus has purchased for us. Look at the person
beside you and tell them to open your mouth sometimes.
Just open your mouth sometimes. The blood of
Jesus secures our victory over sin. over death,
and over all demonic forces. The blood of Jesus
has secured it. So now you're caught up. Now
we're going to move forward. The blood of Jesus
not only makes forgiveness possible, it not only
purchases us out of the kingdom of darkness,
it not only cleanses our conscience from the
effects of sin, it not only grants us bold access
to God, It not only speaks better things over
our lives, it not only secures our victory. Everybody
say, that's a lot. But wait, there's more. The
blood of Jesus makes us whole. I'm going to say
that again. The blood of Jesus makes us whole.
Let's put it this way. The blood of Jesus can
make us whole. He purchased our wholeness with
His blood. Do you have the receipt? The blood
of Jesus not only rescued us from judgment, It
purchased restoration into God's life. Through
the blood of Jesus, we have God's life flowing
through us. The atonement addresses, and that
has to do with blood. We're going to see a verse
here in just a second. The atonement addresses
the whole person, spirit, soul, and body. The
majority, well, the majority of the things we've
been talking about the blood is, it's been talking
about what Jesus purchased for our spirit. And
we've talked about some of the things that he's
purchased for our soul, which would be our thought
life. We're going to continue expounding on that,
the soul and the body. Blood of Jesus releases
covenant life that brings restoration, strength,
wholeness. Those things empower believers to
live healed, sustained, and fruitful in the will
of God. That's the blood of Jesus at work. Leviticus
17, 11. For the life of the flesh is in the blood.
And I have given it to you upon the altar to
make atonement. For your souls. For it is the
blood that makes atonement for the soul. Everybody
say the blood. The blood makes atonement for
the soul. Now that word soul is translated soul
in our English Bibles. That's the Hebrew word.
Sometimes I have fun trying to pronounce these
words. You can pronounce it any way you want
to. Nefesh. Let's say it like that. And this
is the definition of the Hebrew word. It is soul.
Everybody say soul. But also part of the definition,
and it's translated this way in different areas
of the Bible, it's talking about your life. It's
talking about yourself, which would be your being,
your person. It's talking about a living being.
So look at the person beside you and say, are
you a living being? Yeah, I think we are. If
we're breathing. That was one of the other definitions
as I looked it up. A breathing being. Right?
When God breathed into Adam, he became a living
spirit or living soul. That's the same word.
Nefesh. So it's not just talking about the soul,
it's talking about the whole person. Everybody
say the whole person. And what did that verse
say? The blood makes atonement for the whole
person. The whole person. So the atonement addresses
sin and spiritual death. The atonement... deals
with and addresses the separation from God because
of sin, but the atonement also addresses, according
to the Word of God, the effects of sin on human
life. The effects of sin on human life, on the
whole person. Isaiah 53, 4 and 5. You've probably
heard these verses before. It's a prophetic.
Word from God through the prophet Isaiah. And
he's talking about the Messiah. Everybody say
he's talking about Jesus. And here's what he
says. Yet it was our weakness. Jesus carried.
It was our sorrows. That weighed him down. And
some people looked at him and thought that his
troubles were a punishment from God. Some of
the Jews were looking at him when he was crucified.
They were saying, he can't be God because God
couldn't be cursed on a tree, on a cross. We
thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins. Look to the person
beside you and say, he never sinned. So how can
it be a punishment for his sin? It was a punishment
for our sins, actually, what was taking place.
He carried our weakness. He carried our sorrows.
Our sorrows weighed him down. Verse 5 goes on
to say, but he, Jesus, the Messiah, was pierced.
For what? For our rebellion. He was crushed for
our sins. Listen, he was beaten so that we could
be whole. Everybody say whole. He was whipped
so we could be healed. Everybody say healed.
He's talking about Jesus. And when He was pierced
and when He was whipped and when He was nailed
to the cross, that's where His blood was shed
for us. The word translated whole, let's go to
the Hebrew just so... You can't say, well, you
know, I don't know if it means that or whatever.
I don't know what it really means. Well, in that
verse, the word translated whole is probably
a word, a Hebrew word that you've heard before.
Shalom. Everybody say shalom. Shalom. It's a
big word in the Bible. It's actually one of God's
names is shalom. I am Yahweh shalom. I am the
Lord, your peace. Everybody say peace. But when
you look up shalom, I've got it in multiple places
coming at us. Just so you know, I just didn't
make this up out of my head. New American Standard
Concordance, Exhaustive Concordance. I didn't
have enough room to type in exhaustive right
there. Here's what it means. Completeness. soundness,
welfare, peace. And the strong's exhaustive concordance
is translated well, favor, friend, great, good
health, perfect. A lexical summary. It says this,
peace, completeness, welfare, well -being, safety,
prosperity. We live in a world, every time you
say the word prosperity, you've got to explain
it. I don't know why. Look at the person beside
you and tell them, God's for you. He's not against
you. God is for you. The word prosperity does
not mean that God wants everybody to drive a
Bentley and live in an 8 ,000 square foot house.
Because all of us have heard of people who have
way more resources than any of us will ever have,
way more money, way more net worth than any of
us have or ever have had who have committed suicide.
So obviously it's more than money. Prosperity
is more than money. Because you can have all
that you want, but if you don't have peace in
the middle of it, it's worthless. It's worthless.
But that's what the word shalom means. That's
who God is, and that's what Jesus shed his blood
so that we can have a receipt for. It's completeness,
soundness, welfare, peace, well -being, favor,
good health. Have I hit it all yet? Safety, prosperity.
We have a receipt. We have a receipt. And in
the word healed in that text, guess what? It's
another one of God's names. It's Raphael. He
is Yahweh. Some might have known the word Raphael.
That's just the correct Hebrew way to say it,
I guess. And here's what it means. It means cure.
It means cause to heal. It means physician. It
means repair. It means to thoroughly make whole.
Thoroughly make whole. What does that tell us?
It's for every part of us. Every part of us.
Every part of us where sin has affected humanity.
Thoroughly made whole. And this word occurs about
67 times in the Old Testament. It always, always,
always carries the idea of bringing wholeness
where damage, disease, or disorder have intruded.
And I didn't write that either. I copy and pasted
that out of... Hey, go to Bible Hub. We live
in an amazing time. Back in the 80s, I have to...
I used to have to pull out a big old blue Strong's
Concordance and look up the word, look up the
verse to find the number for the word, and then
go flip over and try to find the number of that
word to see the definition. Now all you have
to do is take out your smartphone and put, you
know, Isaiah 53, 4 and 5, interlinear. That's
all you have to do. And you go to Bible Hub,
and it has the... Hebrew words or the Greek words
and you click on them and you can read all this
stuff by yourself. So easy. It's an amazing time.
I know some of us would rather go without it.
How many of you remember a simpler life that
wasn't quite as crazy without it? But there are
so many advantages to it. Listen. This word always.
carries the idea of bringing wholeness where
damage, disease, or disorder have intruded. I've
got a question. Is there any damage, disease,
or disorder in heaven? Is anybody looking forward
to going to heaven so that... You could experience
damage and disease and disorder. Hello? Is it?
Is that what we're looking forward to? No. And
I've got a question, just a common sense question.
Why is all that here and not in heaven? Does
anybody have an answer? Use your own brain. Don't
just listen to me. Use your own brain. Why do
we have it here but it's not in heaven? Sin.
Sin brought all that. That's why it's not going
to be in heaven because there's no sin in heaven.
But these things affect us. Wholeness is for
the whole person. Physical. emotional, mental,
your strength, your endurance. Wholeness is for
the whole person. 1 Peter 2 .24, in case you
think, aren't you just reading out of Old Testament
and we're talking about Jesus and, well, 1 Peter
2 .24, who himself bore our sins in his own body
on the tree. Somebody say thank you. That we,
having died to sin, right? Whoo! Look at the
person beside you and tell them, I'm dead to
sin. If you don't believe it, look it up in Romans.
It says that because of Jesus, we're now dead
to sin. It has no control over us anymore. Sin
is not our master anymore unless we let it be.
who himself bore our sins in his own body on
the tree, that we, having died to sin now, because
we've been buried with Christ and we've risen
with Christ, it's not I that live, it's Christ
who lives in me, having died to sins might live
to righteousness or for righteousness because
Jesus has now clothed us in his righteousness.
I wish I could just preach the whole New Testament,
but y 'all probably wouldn't stay here that long.
Righteousness is a gift. We're not clothed in
the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. So
he bore our sins in his own body on the tree
that we might live righteous. And then it says,
by whose stripes? You were healed. By whose stripes
you were healed. That word healed is Greek. So
it's a different word. It's not Rolfal anymore.
This is even more fun to say. You say it however
you want to. And here's what it means. It means
healed. It means cured. It means restored. In
the lexical summary, in the Strong's Concordance,
it says heal and make whole. Everybody say heal.
Everybody say make whole. Everybody say restore.
Everybody say cure. What an amazing testimony
just for... I wasn't even planning on asking
for testimonies. I guess... God led me to ask
and God led you to share. What about that? Did
everybody hear that? She felt like she needed
to share before she got here, but she wasn't
going to do it unless I asked. I copied this
out of the Bible Hub too. That word healed encompasses
restoration of bodily health, deliverance from
demonic oppression, mending of broken hearts,
and the ultimate curing of sin's damage. Isn't
that good? It never appears as a mere medical
term. There's always more to it. Healing is portrayed
as God's gracious intervention that reaches both
body and soul. Isn't that awesome? The Bible
includes healing as an outflow of the cross.
The Bible includes wholeness as an outflow of
the cross. Acts 10, 38. Just in case you think
that... I mean, how many verses could we read
where Jesus healed somebody? This is kind of
a summary of Jesus' work, the Messiah's redemptive
work, Acts 10, 38. And you know that God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power. Then Jesus went around doing good and
healing all, or does it say some? Healing all
who were oppressed by the devil, for God was
with him. The Bible includes healing and the
Messiah's redemptive work. Psalm 103. Let all
that I am praise the Lord. May I never forget
the good things he does for me. Look to the person
beside you and tell them, God does good things
for me. God does good things for me. What does
he do? He forgives all my sins. He heals all
my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns
me with love and tender mercies. He fills my
life. Everybody say, not just a dab. Everybody's
handing out these little Jesuses. Does anybody
hand you a little Jesus? You know what I'm talking
about, little bitty? We need more than a little
Jesus. We need all of Jesus. Hallelujah. Don't
need to rub a little Jesus on us like sunscreen.
I'm not against people handing them out, so hand
them out. We need a lot of Jesus. We need all
of Jesus. He redeems me from death, crowns me
with love and tender mercy. He fills my life
with good things. My youth is renewed. I'm 60
years old. I need some renewed strength. Renewed.
My youth is renewed. My strength is renewed like
the eagles. God fills my life with good things.
This shows a biblical pattern. There's forgiveness.
There's healing. There's redemption. There's
wholeness. They all flow together as covenant
benefits. Hebrews 13, 20. Now may the God of
peace. who brought up from the dead our Lord
Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, and ratified
an eternal covenant with his blood. It's an eternal
covenant. May he equip you with all you need.
Everybody say, all you need. May he equip you
with all you need for doing his will. How many
of you know if you're laid up in a hospital room,
you can't do the will of God like you could if
you were mobile? May He equip you with all you
need for doing His will. People can still be
used by God in the hospital room, but... May
He produce in you through the power of Jesus
Christ every good thing. Somebody say good thing
again. May he produce in you through the power
of Jesus Christ every good thing that is pleasing
to him. All glory to him forever and ever. Amen.
Note the progression. Resurrection power. Blood
of the everlasting covenant. Being made whole
or complete in him. And why does that happen?
For doing his will. For doing his will. The goal
of the covenant. The goal of covenant wholeness
is not merely your personal comfort. It's consecrated
usefulness. This verse puts another picture on
it. It takes us from being about everything that
God has done is for me, and it's just for me,
and it's just for me to enjoy. Hallelujah, it's
for you. It's for me, but it's not just for us,
for us. There's 100 ,000 people just right up
and down this road. God's work in our life is
supposed to impact us in such a way that it makes
a difference in the world around us. Not just
in our house, but in our neighborhood. Not just
in my house, but throughout four corners. Not
just in my house, but throughout the world. Wholeness
is part of the covenant life provided by Christ.
Everybody say wholeness. Wholeness includes restoration,
it includes strengthening, it includes sustaining,
and it includes effectiveness. Whole person.
So how are we going to apply this? Hey, you got
to believe it. I believe that's a challenge for
a lot of people who grew up in... You know, like
I already shared with you, I'm a preacher's kid,
so I grew up going to church Sunday morning,
Sunday night, Wednesday night. And then since
I didn't get enough of it, God later called me
to be an evangelist, and then I was going to
church Sunday morning through Wednesday night,
even had some two -week revivals where I went
to church every day for two weeks. Woo! JT was
on the road. JT and Michelle were on the road
going to church. I don't know how many days a
year did y 'all have. Four or five days a week.
I mean, it's a lot. So. It's not just about doing
church. That's not how you're going to apply
it. You got to believe it. You can be a hearer
and not a doer. You can be a hearer and not a
receiver. You have to acknowledge. And you have
to believe. You have to acknowledge. You have
to. receive it. You have to take it. Look to
the person beside you and tell them, you're going
to have to take it. See, I can't take it for
you. Your husband or wife can't take it for you.
You have to take it. You have to acknowledge
it. You have to receive it. You have to believe
that wholeness is part of the covenant. And one
way that you're going to Acknowledge and receive
and believe it is by aligning your words with
the covenant life. Aligning your words with what
God says. Aligning your words with the covenant.
Proverbs 18, 21. It's just a confirmation of
this. Death and life are in the power of the
tongue. Everybody stick out your tongue at me.
I didn't write this. It's straight out of the
Bible. Death and life are in the power of your
tongue. And those who love it will eat its fruit.
I'm going to read it again. Death and life are
in the power of the tongue, and those who love
it will eat its fruit. Now, this is an oh me
if you're speaking death all the time. You're
going to eat the fruit of death if you speak
death all the time. I'm just trying to help you.
Whatever you speak is whatever you're going to
eat. Is that what this says or not? Is that what
it says? But if you speak life, you're going
to have some better fruit. And see, you can't
just take this verse and say, well, you know,
that just means if you just talk health and all
that all the time, all you got to do is talk
it and you can have it. You have to talk what's
connected to power. You have to talk what God
says. Talk. See, there has to be some substance
behind it. There has to be something that can
bring the power to bring it into action. Does
anybody have a thermostat in your house? Well.
I decided to buy a thermostat because I like
it cold. And can you believe that I went to JT's
house and I took my thermostat and I turned it
to 68 degrees. But nothing happened. You know
why nothing happened? Because I was just holding
a thermostat in my hand. It wasn't connected.
to a unit that could produce the cooling. It
wasn't connected to the unit that was connected
to the power. Everybody say power. Because even
if I connected it to the unit, if the unit wasn't
connected to power, something with the ability
to make it happen, it don't matter what I do
on my thermostat. So, if you speak death, There's
some power that's ready to hook up to you speaking
death. Because the thief came to steal, to kill,
and to destroy you. So if you speak in death,
there's some demonic forces and powers that are
going to hook up to it real quick. But if you
speak life, and you speak life according to what
God has said, if you speak life according to
the blood covenant and what Jesus has purchased
for you with his blood, if you begin to speak
life, there's some power that's ready to hook
up with you. Because the Bible says that God
is watching over his word to perform it. So if
you speak life, the power of God is going to
hook up. If you speak death, demonic forces are
going to hook up. The power of sin is going to
hook up if you speak death. Hallelujah. You should
be smiling instead of frowning. Because now you
know. Look to the person beside you and tell
them to start speaking life. Quit speaking death.
If you want some different fruit, you got to
change your words. Hallelujah. So we're going
to stand up and we're going to put some words
in agreement. with the covenant in agreement
with the verses that we read today. Are you ready?
We're going to read it like we're in third grade,
all reading it together, but don't just read
it monotone, expressionless, like all you're
doing is saying words. I want you to read it
like, hey, that's what the blood has purchased
for me, and I'm in agreement with it. Are you
ready? One, two, three. The life of God is flowing
in me. By the blood and the covenant, I receive
wholeness. By his stripes, I am made whole. I
will live to fulfill the will of God. God renews
my strength and restores my life. I will be complete
and equipped to do God's will. This is just an
example of connecting your words to the power
of God. He's the one who has the power to transform
your life. He's the one who has the power to
heal your body. He's the one that has the power
to work in your emotions. Hello? Let's say it
again. One, two, three. The life of God is flowing
in me right now, right now. By the blood and
the covenant, I receive wholeness. By his stripes,
by the stripes of Jesus, I am made whole. I will
live to fulfill the will of God. How many years
ago was it? Two years ago now or three? I wound
up in the emergency room, man. Down in, I don't
know, Advent Health, down the road. I wound up
in the emergency room. And I had to call Jeffrey.
And I said, Jeffrey, can you come pick me up?
Because if not, I'm calling the ambulance. And
he knew that something was wrong. because he
knew that I hadn't even been to the doctor in
seven, eight years, not even for a checkup. I
said, can you take me to the emergency room?
He said, yeah. So he drove down and picked me
up and took me to the emergency room. I told
the people, they said, what's your pain level?
I said, 11. They said, wait a minute, it can
only go to 10. I said, well, it normally can
get to 10, but right now it's 11. And they were
just going to let me sit out there, and I just...
I was hurting. Hurting so bad. I finally laid
down on the floor, and when I laid down on the
floor, they got me a room. I went into the pediatric
room. Had like airplane painted on the wall,
all kind of stuff. Listen. After that event,
I was traumatized. Because I was thinking I might
die. And I wasn't scared to die. I'm not scared
to die. But I know something. God has called
me to a mission. And I went through some crazy
times. When I was at home by myself, I made sure
all the lights were on. I'd have to get in the
car and just drive around, go walk around in
the store. I never missed a Sunday preaching,
and I don't think I've ever told you that, hey,
you know, God can't give you victory. I've never
said that, have I? Has anybody listened to me
preach? There's victory in Christ. But I was
struggling. I was struggling because I thought
I was not going to live to fulfill the will of
God. That was the biggest struggle. And it took
me a while of changing my words. Hello? It took
me a while of changing my words. I had to speak
the truth of God's Word. Because in 58 years,
I'd never gone through darkness like that. My
mom had, but I never had. But I'm here today
to take it. It's been a long time since I've
dealt with that. It took a little while. It didn't
happen immediately. But there is victory. There
is freedom. There is life. There is wholeness.
Come on, somebody. It's available. No matter
what you're going through right now, I'm not
talking about theory. I'm talking about something
that's available in Christ. Purchased with the
blood of Jesus. It's not just theory. It's not
just I'm sitting around coming up with these
nice things to say. Searching the internet for
my next sermon. Let me tell you something. I
will live to fulfill the will of God. Somebody
say that with me. I will live to fulfill the
will of God. God renews. Say it with me. God
renews my strength and restores my life. I will
be complete and equipped to do God's will. How
many people are glad you came today? Sit back
down for just a second. Is there anybody in the
room? I'm not going to make you raise your hand,
but is there anybody in the room who your religious
past might make it a little difficult for you
to receive the Word of God today? I know mine
did. I know mine did. Listen. I read all the
verses to you. I hope you wrote them down. I
hope you go ahead and read them for yourself
to find out that this is the will of God and
the Word of God. Jesus died and shed His blood
to make you whole. His blood was shed for more
than just your eternity. It was shed for your
life. Wholeness for the whole person. Physical
healing, emotional restoration, freedom from
oppression, renewed strength, and endurance for
purpose. Blood does not only redeem your eternity,
It releases God's life into your humanity. Everybody
say this with me one more time. The life of God
is flowing in me right now. It's working in me
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