1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,760 Welcome to Logan City Christian Church podcast where we bring God's Word to you weekly. 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:17,600 We pray that what you hear will bring clarity to your situation and open doors in your life. 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,440 Enjoy the message. 4 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:26,380 By love and restoration, I want you to keep that if you can in the forefront of your mind 5 00:00:26,380 --> 00:00:31,980 that everything I'm about to read and say the motive, the foundation of it, the end 6 00:00:31,980 --> 00:00:34,040 game is restoration. 7 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,040 Amen. 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,680 So if you're in a situation now where things need to be restored, know this that the Word 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,600 of God will lead us to that place where it can happen. 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,080 You excited? 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,080 Amen. 12 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,960 Praise the Lord. 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:53,840 So some of these things that I will be sharing today have come over from nearly 30 years 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,520 in ministry that things I've noted and written down and speaking with a lot of different 15 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:04,040 people and I've seen what works and I've seen what does not work and what I'm sharing 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,560 with you today works 100%. 17 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:08,560 It works 100%. 18 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,000 But sometimes it just takes time. 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 It just takes time. 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,360 I'd like to start with Matthew chapter 5 verse 9. 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,180 It says, blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God. 22 00:01:22,180 --> 00:01:27,400 And so we are all expected to be peacemakers. 23 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,600 So how do you make peace? 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:37,640 You're going to find out as we go through but a peacemaker, Jesus says that they're 25 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:38,640 blessed. 26 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,480 Jesus didn't say that a peacekeeper is blessed. 27 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,360 He said blessed are the peacemakers. 28 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:55,700 So if we're trying to keep peace, we're going to wear ourselves out trying to keep peace. 29 00:01:55,700 --> 00:02:03,160 But when Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers, because what does it say for they shall be 30 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,160 called sons of God? 31 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,720 Why does the word say that? 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,600 Why did Jesus say that they should be called the sons of God? 33 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,020 You know, what it is is that Jesus is saying, look at this. 34 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:18,600 This person in an area of conflict, because of their love for the other person, they're 35 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,080 going to challenge a few things for the sake of future peace. 36 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,160 That's what a peacemaker is. 37 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:30,480 And it needs to be done in the right spirit, but they're the ones that are blessed. 38 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,640 I'd like to go straight to Matthew chapter 18 from verse 15. 39 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:38,260 Now remember this is Jesus speaking. 40 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:44,440 So this is not left open to someone's interpretation, or this is Jesus speaking. 41 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:50,840 And he says from verse 15 of Matthew chapter 18, moreover, if your brother, when it says 42 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:58,480 brother, that's any person that was in the Christian community that you associate with, 43 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:04,680 and sometimes that can involve family or work colleagues if we're in the faith. 44 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,360 Now what I'm reading today, they are spiritual laws. 45 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:16,080 And so spiritual laws can work outside of the Christian faith as well, dealing in a 46 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:25,880 secular sense, because the word of God, it has a direction and it has a mission, and 47 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,400 it is very, very important. 48 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,900 So it says here, moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault 49 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:36,640 between you and him alone, and if he hears you, you have gained your brother. 50 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,040 Now let's just stop there for a sec, because if you go back to verse 10, it's speaking 51 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:47,960 about what do you think, sorry, verse 12, if a man has 100 sheep and one of them goes 52 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:54,880 astray, does he not leave the 99 and go to the mountains and seek the one that is straying? 53 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:59,520 And if he should find it, surely I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than 54 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,640 the other 99 that did not go astray. 55 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:09,720 So this whole thing here is speaking about restoration, and that is the mission. 56 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:15,480 And so whenever we deal with conflict, we must always remember our motive. 57 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,480 What is our motive? 58 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,320 Is our motive to get revenge? 59 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,040 Is our motive to, I'll give them what for? 60 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:26,720 And just remember this, if you set out on a journey of revenge, dig two graves, because 61 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,840 you're going to need one for you. 62 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:32,040 The devil does not miss anybody. 63 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,840 So he says, moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between 64 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:43,000 you and him alone, and if he hears you, you have gained your brother. 65 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,440 And so this is the biblical instruction. 66 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:55,840 So say there's a conflict and the person has done whatever they've done, notice that this 67 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:01,080 is initiated by the offended person or the person who has been wounded. 68 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,800 And so if you're in a place where you've been wounded, there is an expectation that we are 69 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,120 to initiate the process of reconciliation. 70 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,760 Now we're going to see a little bit later on, this is not always welcomed, but yet we 71 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,960 need to try. 72 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,000 So here it is. 73 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:26,520 It says to go to him or her or to that person alone and go and tell them the fault between 74 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,920 you two. 75 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:37,520 But this is sometimes what happens, is that a conflict arises and a person may get their 76 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:45,600 telephone and dial their friend and say, look, I'm just letting you know because it's, I 77 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,520 just need you to pray because there's a situation and tell you, I don't know, can you just do 78 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:51,520 that for me? 79 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,680 Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. 80 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,680 Next person. 81 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:54,680 Hello. 82 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:59,840 Yeah, I just got a bit of a problem and I normally wouldn't tell you, but I'm just telling 83 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:06,560 you because I need you to pray and you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 84 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,520 Next person, next person, next person. 85 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:15,440 The next thing you know, this biblical model has been violated and there's no way that 86 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:23,960 we should or could expect a biblical result because the Bible says that if a problem arises 87 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:33,680 that we go to the person, ourself, that doesn't, when it says alone, alone means by yourself. 88 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,720 Alone doesn't mean with your best friend. 89 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:42,080 Alone doesn't mean with anybody else, it's just you and that person and then it says 90 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:48,160 something really amazing that it could seem confronting but it says, go and tell him his 91 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,440 fault between you and him alone. 92 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:57,360 So in other words, let him know what has happened and the reason why you're there is simply 93 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,280 because you want to see this resolved. 94 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:01,280 Why? 95 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,140 Because you love them. 96 00:07:03,140 --> 00:07:04,140 You love them. 97 00:07:04,140 --> 00:07:06,280 Praise the Lord. 98 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:12,880 So go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. 99 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:21,080 You know, it's a sad thing that what if a person then, they went and told the person 100 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:27,340 the fault and told a whole heap of other people and then the brother or sister decides like, 101 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:31,920 you know what, I need to get this right and they come back together and they're reconciled 102 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,640 and they're praising God and next thing you know, they're in the company of the people 103 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:49,560 that the first person had told everybody and this person finds out that everybody knew. 104 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:56,160 This happens probably a little bit more than we may realize and this is why Jesus said, 105 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:02,600 when a problem arises, go and see the person, just you and them and nobody else and so when 106 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:08,400 that relationship is reconciled, nobody else knows. 107 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:13,680 No one else knows about it and the devil has got nothing to work with. 108 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,200 Amen. 109 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,620 And you know, by and large, I've seen the majority of relationships restored, the vast 110 00:08:20,620 --> 00:08:25,400 majority this way and it has a great outcome. 111 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,120 Verse 16 starts with the word but. 112 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:35,000 But, in other words, as Jesus is saying here, it's not the end of the story. 113 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:41,160 While that is a good outcome, it's not always the outcome. 114 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:46,320 Verse 16 says, but if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more that by the 115 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,960 mounds of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 116 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,640 And so, we need to take the right people. 117 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,360 I could say a lot about this but I need to move on. 118 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:06,640 But if he refuses to hear them, so he hasn't heard you and he hasn't heard the two witnesses, 119 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,560 then what do you do? 120 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:14,640 It says here, then if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. 121 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:19,560 Now, telling it to the church is not standing up with the microphone and telling the entire 122 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:22,120 congregation what's happened. 123 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:28,080 Telling it to the church is speaking about, you speak to the leadership, to the pastoral 124 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,760 care that is watching over the souls of a congregation. 125 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:39,440 And so, then it needs to go to that place so that you are now relieved from the burden 126 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:46,340 of that stress that it is now in other people's hands that can take it somewhere. 127 00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:54,800 You see, that is really important that we take things like this up, not out. 128 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:05,400 Up meaning we take it to someone or people that have a spiritual accountability and responsibility 129 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:11,960 to be able to deal with things like that but don't take it out to go tell everybody because 130 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:17,040 once that happens, it's like shaking a pillow full of feathers on a windy day on the top 131 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:21,480 of a mountain and then someone says you need to pick every one of those feathers back up. 132 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,480 How many of us know we're never going to be able to find them? 133 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,000 And so too are the words that we say. 134 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:33,240 If our words are not measured and our words are not wholesome, that's what happens. 135 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,360 So we need to be very careful. 136 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:41,400 Obviously, we need to ensure that we are not in the wrong to start with, that, you know, 137 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:48,320 it's often good to really reflect within our self but usually our motive and wanting to 138 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,080 be reconciled tells the story. 139 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,160 That if we truly desire relationship with that person, we will be honest within our 140 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,120 self, otherwise it's futile. 141 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,120 But then it says here and if it refuses to hear them, tell it to the church but if it 142 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:09,760 refuses to hear the church or hear the elders, now this is saying something that really by 143 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:16,140 and large in Christian circles is ignored and this is where it goes wrong. 144 00:11:16,140 --> 00:11:18,200 This is where it really goes wrong. 145 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:23,280 Now what I'm about to read to you, you'll probably think, my Lord, really? 146 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,200 I can't do that. 147 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,800 But Jesus said it and He said it because there's a reason for it. 148 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,980 Are you with me this morning? 149 00:11:32,980 --> 00:11:39,640 So here's this person that has done something, you've gone to them and they don't want to 150 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,040 hear a word that you're saying so you take two other people with you and they still don't 151 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:50,280 want to hear it and then you take it to the leaders of the church and they speak with 152 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,360 the person and they don't want to hear the leaders of the church. 153 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,600 This is what Jesus said. 154 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:03,080 He said if He refuses even to hear the church, let Him be to you like a heathen and a tax 155 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,800 collector. 156 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:13,920 And when you look at that, you just think, really? 157 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:19,520 Let Him be to you like a heathen, like an unsaved person and a tax collector, Republican 158 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,600 or whatever. 159 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:27,280 But it didn't say treat them like that. 160 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,640 It said let them be to you like. 161 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:36,760 It's not that they are, it's their behavior is like. 162 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:44,520 So therefore, because their behavior is no longer resembling Christian virtue, Jesus 163 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:52,320 is saying you cannot use verse 15's model of approach now on a person who doesn't want 164 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,900 to hear. 165 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:59,840 You can't use biblical principles as such to approach a person that doesn't want to 166 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:03,400 hear you, that doesn't want to hear the two witnesses, that doesn't want to listen to 167 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,720 the council of the elders of the church. 168 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:10,920 Jesus is saying, guys, you need to understand you're dealing with a different kind of person 169 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:17,360 with a different mindset and the initial approach is not going to work so you have to do something 170 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,360 different. 171 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,640 Are you with me so far? 172 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:22,640 Amen? 173 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:23,640 Amen. 174 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:29,400 This is exciting because I believe that the Word of God empowers us and how many of us 175 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:35,480 know that in attempts to try and be reconciled and sort out indifferences or whatever, or 176 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,600 differences, that we've made things worse. 177 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,800 Is there anybody here that has done that? 178 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:44,080 Oh come on, there must be more than just me and a few others. 179 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:49,800 You know, it happens because we try, our heart is, we want to be reconciled and then sometimes 180 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:55,280 when a person doesn't carry the same heart to be reconciled as you, anything you say 181 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,840 is stacked against you. 182 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,480 So we need to be very wise. 183 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:05,360 We need to know when to stop and we need to know when to re-engage a different principle, 184 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,520 a different avenue, a different approach. 185 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:14,700 Now does the Bible give a different approach on how to work on being reconciled to people 186 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,200 who will no longer listen? 187 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,880 Yes, it does. 188 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:24,920 It has a lot to say and I believe that if we just simply stick to what the Bible teaches, 189 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,640 we see the outcome what the Bible promises. 190 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:36,080 So please be assured that we are not to treat them like an unsaved person and a tax collector 191 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,040 and that's not what it's saying. 192 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:48,200 It's saying we need to be aware that that behaviour, you're not going to win, you're 193 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:53,880 not going to get through by that approach of just sitting down wanting to talk. 194 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,720 They don't want to talk. 195 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,880 So how do you reach a person that doesn't want to talk? 196 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:09,560 Let me show you another warning that the Bible gives and it's in Matthew chapter 7. 197 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,640 I'll read from verse 1 as I think it's very important. 198 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,480 It says, judge not that you may not be judged. 199 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:23,080 Judging is probably one of the primary causes of relationship breakdown. 200 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:28,880 For what judgment you judge, you will be judged and with the measure you use it will be measured 201 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:29,880 back to you. 202 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:35,320 It's what I was saying about before that if we're going to judge people or you know, 203 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:41,080 not to get back at people, dig two graves before you start because it's coming back. 204 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,520 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye and do not consider the plank in your 205 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:45,520 own eye? 206 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:50,000 Or how can you say to your brother, let me remove the speck from your eye and look at 207 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,840 the plank in your own eye? 208 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,000 Here it is. 209 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:59,160 If we're going to approach someone to be reconciled, the initial step, we need to do a lot of soul 210 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:04,120 searching ourselves to make sure we don't have a plank in our eye trying to remove the 211 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,400 speck in someone else's eye. 212 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:14,080 That is our personal responsibility and this is very important. 213 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,760 Jesus actually called them hypocrites in verse 5. 214 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:21,800 In other words, He's saying you're play acting, you're pretending to be someone that you're 215 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:22,800 not. 216 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,000 He says, first remove the plank from your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove 217 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,640 the speck from your brother's eye. 218 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,640 Now listen to this. 219 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:34,320 I mentioned before about what do we do once a person doesn't want to listen to you to 220 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,640 be reconciled? 221 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,080 What do you do when they don't listen to the two witnesses that you bring? 222 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,560 And what do you do when they won't listen to the council of the church? 223 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,640 What do you do? 224 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,680 Let me show you what you don't do. 225 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:52,520 Do not give what is holy to the dogs and cast your pearl before swine. 226 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:53,520 Listen to this. 227 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,800 Lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces. 228 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,000 You see it's saying here, do not give what is holy. 229 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,000 What is holy? 230 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:07,920 Like the word of God, the principles of God, one's attempts at being reconciled in the 231 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,680 spirit of love. 232 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:18,320 If a person is not responding within the Christian spirit, the Bible here is saying that these 233 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:23,160 people it relates to, now they're not dogs and they're not pigs. 234 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:29,520 It's just a term that is being used for people who are unresponsive to God's ways. 235 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,920 So it says here, don't give what is holy to the dogs. 236 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:37,320 In other words, your attempts when they've not listened to anybody and they're not listening 237 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:44,720 to godly counsel, if you try and continue bringing godly counsel to them over and over 238 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,480 and over, they're going to trample it under their foot because it's not what they want 239 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,880 to hear. 240 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:56,600 And we can be the people to make the situation worse by provoking and aggravating, thinking 241 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,200 we're doing the right thing because our motive is restoration. 242 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,880 But Jesus is saying here, don't do that. 243 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,440 The person is at a different place. 244 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,280 They may be going through personal things in their life. 245 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:14,720 Be understanding, just know that continually, you know, giving scripture or saying this 246 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,880 or that, the other, you know, holy things, they're not reading it, they're not wanting 247 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,240 it and so it's considered to be trampled on the ground. 248 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,680 It's not worth anything to them at the time. 249 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,040 And it says, don't cast your pearl before swine. 250 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:35,600 In other words, pearls of wisdom and all of your attempts at wanting to be reconciled, 251 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:44,960 it's not going to work because we cannot use the procedure of Matthew 18, 15 to just go 252 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,560 and see your brother in the Abba tour with a person that is in this state. 253 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:55,080 We are only going to aggravate it more and more. 254 00:18:55,080 --> 00:19:02,240 So it says here, if we continue to do that, they trample them under their feet and listen 255 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:07,900 to this, and they turn and tear you to pieces. 256 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:16,960 And this is where conflict can go to a level that is just, you think, this is unbelievable. 257 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:23,600 So sometimes we, by wanting to do the right thing, have provoked it. 258 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:30,640 Now, we didn't start the problem, but we need to be wise as to follow carefully what the 259 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,760 scriptures say how to handle conflict biblically. 260 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,760 Amen? 261 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:36,760 Amen. 262 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:42,560 So, handling it biblically. 263 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Let me find myself here. 264 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:50,640 I've got a few notes written down here. 265 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,980 Second Corinthians chapter 10, verse 3 and 4, for though we walk in the flesh, we do 266 00:19:54,980 --> 00:19:59,120 not war according to the flesh for the weapons of our warfare and our carnal, but mighty 267 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:01,360 in God for the pulling down of strongholds. 268 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:07,560 So in other words, the way we approach it is not from a natural perspective or a natural 269 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:08,560 level. 270 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,080 It needs to be God's wisdom. 271 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:16,240 That stronghold will only be pulled down when we find God's heart in the matter and His 272 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,520 process in the matter. 273 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:18,520 That's the only way. 274 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:23,920 Ephesians 6, 12, where we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, 275 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,840 against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness 276 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,040 and heavenly places. 277 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:35,520 Now, while this is not an excuse for bad behavior, it's a reason. 278 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,720 We need to remember that. 279 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,600 It's a reason why things are going on. 280 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:47,160 We got to remember while dealing with this, when it turns into a situation that has really 281 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:54,420 escalated, that we are no longer dealing with a person that has been able to maintain a 282 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:59,360 reasonable mindset, if you like. 283 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:03,280 So a different approach is required. 284 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:10,320 What I'm about to share with you now may seem like I've left this subject and going to another, 285 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:17,840 but please stay with me because what I have to share now is very helpful, extremely helpful. 286 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:23,740 Because where it says that they turn and tear you to pieces, this is not physical. 287 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:27,240 This is spiritual and it's emotional. 288 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:32,400 Where it says that they turn and tear you to pieces is that they use anything they can 289 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,520 find against you to tell other people to destroy you. 290 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,440 That's what happens. 291 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:50,200 You see the tearing, if you can imagine that totally destroying a person, so their way 292 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:56,700 of coping with it is that you have to be eliminated or you have to be exposed for whoever they 293 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,560 think that you are. 294 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:07,200 When it reaches that level, it's incredibly dangerous and we need to be extremely wise 295 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,060 on how to deal with it. 296 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:17,500 Because we are natural people, we're human beings, we have reason, we have emotions, 297 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:21,400 and we sometimes will want to deal with things in our own way. 298 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,580 But if it's not God's way, it's not going to work. 299 00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:32,480 But we do need to have awareness in what's going on, you know, know the enemy. 300 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,480 The enemy is not the person, it's the spirit behind it. 301 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,760 And so our mission is to be restored. 302 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:45,020 But we need to know the process of what's happening so we know what to do. 303 00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:49,920 If you can turn with me to Proverbs chapter 26. 304 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:56,920 I'm going to use a word here a little bit and the word is tail bearer. 305 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:04,080 And the connection between dealing with a person that turns and tears you to pieces 306 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,200 and a tail bearer are the same. 307 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:19,460 It's a person that has become incredibly infuriated for whatever reason and they take on the mission 308 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:24,720 of wanting to destroy you. 309 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:31,020 And they will do that, they will accomplish that if we still think that Matthew chapter 310 00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:34,800 18 verse 15 is going to fix it. 311 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:43,280 We need to employ a different strategy and the Bible gives it very clearly here. 312 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:49,100 Now the work of a tail bearer is very clever. 313 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:56,360 Listening from verse 17 of Proverbs 26, he who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not 314 00:23:56,360 --> 00:24:01,680 his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears. 315 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:06,200 Have you ever tried to restrain a dog like a dog savage dog? 316 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,920 I've had the privilege of doing that numerous times. 317 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:14,800 I had a mobile mechanical run for a number of years and many times your customers would 318 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,240 say look we're at work, the dog's chained up and you just go in the yard and on the 319 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,760 property and how many of you know that working dogs can be savage? 320 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,760 And you know you get there and they forgot to tie the dog up you realise well you've 321 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,160 got one hanging off your leg. 322 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:35,360 So somehow you've got to get the dog off you and your hands are bitten, your legs are bitten, 323 00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:41,040 your clothes are torn, it's messy, it's painful and there's a lot of down time involved when 324 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,240 you have to deal with that. 325 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:48,280 But see here the person that's meddling in a quarrel not his own or in strife not his 326 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:53,840 own wasn't just the picture is not that they're just walking along and go oh look at this, 327 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,480 there's a quarrel, let me see if I can help, no. 328 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:03,200 What it is a tale bearer has already been there first, a tale bearer has enticed them, 329 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:10,200 has fuelled them, has given them their story and then they go well let me fix that up and 330 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:16,160 then they go in and start meddling in a quarrel or strife that are not their own and the Bible 331 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:23,120 is saying don't do that because it's exactly like trying to grab a dog by the ears and 332 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:26,860 you're going to come off second best. 333 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:32,160 It says like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows and death is the man who deceives his 334 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,060 neighbour and says I was only joking. 335 00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:41,040 That word firebrands is the very same meaning in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 16 about the 336 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:48,240 fiery darts, they're a mission to destroy and so everything that we read here is that 337 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,680 you would be the target and so like a madman who throws these things and arrows and death 338 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,000 is the man who deceives his neighbour, the neighbour is speaking about the person who 339 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:02,440 they are actually doing it to and then when they find out that you know you tell them 340 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,360 exactly what's going on they go I was only joking. 341 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:16,520 No you weren't really joking because you took the bait and what do we do now? 342 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:24,320 You see tale bearers use lies and half truths to draw people on their team and they pull 343 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,920 out the victim card, it's very convincing and look at what they did to me. 344 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,600 You see a lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is still putting on its 345 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:37,000 shoes, isn't that true? 346 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:43,640 And see tale bearers are really good manipulators, they can lie, they can cheat, they can treat 347 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:49,240 you badly and some may manage to make it all look like it's your fault, can anyone say 348 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,120 amen to that? 349 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:57,200 So it's wise to stay away from people who act like the victim and the problem they created 350 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:02,600 can I say that one again? 351 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:07,880 It's wise to stay away from people who act like the victim and the problem they created, 352 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:14,760 you are never going to win there needs to be a different approach. 353 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:21,200 A tale bearer covets two things from people, one is empathy, the second is action, empathy 354 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:29,640 draws in the new recruit, action is what they entice them to do. 355 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:36,360 And I have done this to my own hurt and I have supported a tale bearer not knowing they 356 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:41,840 were a tale bearer at the time and it comes back on you. 357 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:47,200 There's a saying that says mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent and I realised 358 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:52,920 how much damage I caused to the innocent party because I believed a tale bearer. 359 00:27:52,920 --> 00:28:00,360 Let me tell you they are very convincing, very, very convincing. 360 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:04,840 Listen to this, how do you deal with a tale bearer, how do you deal with a person that 361 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,280 has reached that point, they do not want to be reconciled, they have turned on you and 362 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,120 tearing you to pieces, what do you do, what do we do? 363 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:21,200 Here it is, verse 20 of Proverbs 26, where there is no wood the fire goes out and where 364 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,520 there is no tale bearer strife ceases. 365 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:35,000 As charcoal is to burning coals and wood to fire so is the contentious man to kindle strife. 366 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,000 So how do we deal with it? 367 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,640 Don't say anything. 368 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:49,280 You see the tale bearer needs information, the tale bearer needs substance, they need 369 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:54,600 the last thing that you've said and they will turn that against you and they use it for 370 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:59,880 their support network that they've created to come against you. 371 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:06,720 And sometimes in the goodness of our heart we can want to keep stepping into that arena 372 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,760 and saying to them, look, let's sort this out, let's do this, let's do that, let's try 373 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:17,600 and do this and then something will be said, it may be minor and they will take that and 374 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:23,200 convert it into something you never ever said. 375 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,800 So how do we deal with a tale bearer? 376 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,920 A tale bearer is a slanderer. 377 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:37,080 A slanderer is a person that will use information and manipulate it against you to utterly destroy 378 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,080 your character. 379 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,280 That's what a tale bearer is. 380 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:47,400 And so the answer is, don't give any more wood to be burnt. 381 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,840 Don't give any more coals to the fire. 382 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:55,960 Step back from the situation, step right back from it, keep our mouth closed and realise, 383 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,360 hang on a minute, what I'm doing is not working. 384 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,920 There must be another approach and there is. 385 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:09,240 And so, you know, here is a saying, a fish with its mouth closed never gets caught. 386 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,820 Is that true? 387 00:30:11,820 --> 00:30:16,520 It's only when the fish opens its mouth and takes the bait, it's the same what a... 388 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:21,380 A tale bearer is a very good spiritual fisher people. 389 00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:25,240 But if we keep our mouth closed, we're not going to get the hook and we're not going 390 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,240 to be caught. 391 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:33,480 And so where there is no wood, the fire goes out. 392 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,160 And as I said, sometimes from the goodness of our heart, we may be thinking we're doing 393 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,720 the right thing and we're doing the wrong thing. 394 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:45,120 Sometimes we can think we're so right yet be so wrong. 395 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:50,320 Sometimes we think that I've got to do everything I can to restore this broken relationship 396 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,680 or strained relationship. 397 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,280 But sometimes we've got to acknowledge maybe I've done everything that I can and what I'm 398 00:30:55,280 --> 00:31:00,800 doing now is too much and causing more damage than good. 399 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:05,320 So there's a time to withdraw, there's a time to step back, there's a time to stop putting 400 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:13,940 wood on the fire, there's a time to stop giving coals, let the fire burn out and then if you 401 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:20,320 and I don't say anymore that we step back from that situation, that fire goes out, people 402 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,560 run out of things to say. 403 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:27,040 And how many of us know that time can heal a lot of things? 404 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,920 Sometimes people forget what the original argument was because it's been embellished 405 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,280 so much over the years. 406 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:44,480 You see, there are some fires in life that we have to stamp out but there are some fires 407 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,520 in life we have to let burn out. 408 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,200 Let them burn. 409 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,800 And once they've burned out, there's nothing left to burn. 410 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,680 And usually once it's burnt out, that's when God will move to stage two. 411 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,720 And I want to get to that in just a moment. 412 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:07,800 You see our motive behind all of this is restoration, yet it doesn't look like it in the beginning 413 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,800 at all. 414 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:19,440 It goes on to say that verse 22, the words of a tale bearer are like tasty trifles. 415 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,440 Who likes trifles? 416 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,440 Who likes little cakes? 417 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:29,000 Oh come on, there must be more than that here today. 418 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,280 But it says that their words are just like that. 419 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,680 They're tasty. 420 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,480 And they go down into the innermost body, in other words, they're considered to be truth. 421 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,920 Whatever they say, they're good at what they say. 422 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:46,880 Fervent lips with a wicked heart and earthenware covered with silver dross. 423 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:52,200 He who hates disguises it with lips and lays up to seat within himself and when he speaks 424 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,760 kindly, do not believe him. 425 00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,280 There's a plan being devised there. 426 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:04,360 Is that clear about not giving it any more oxygen, don't give it any more wood, don't 427 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:08,320 give it any more coals? 428 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:14,480 You'll find that the majority of the problems will start to settle. 429 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:20,760 We can, from the goodness of our heart, think that we ought to fix it. 430 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:28,360 But we need to realise, has what we've done so far worked or has it made it worse? 431 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:33,920 And if it's making it worse, we need to employ a different strategy. 432 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,800 The first one is stop giving it fuel. 433 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,240 Remain silent. 434 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,360 Keep our mouth closed. 435 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:52,720 When texts come and messages come and phone calls come, don't react to it and certainly 436 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,680 do not respond to it. 437 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,560 It only makes it worse. 438 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:05,880 A peacekeeper will do that for the sake of future peace. 439 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,280 Amen? 440 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:14,960 Oh sorry, a peacemaker. 441 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,120 Thank you, Margaret. 442 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:23,360 Thank you, Margaret. 443 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:29,760 Sometimes you've just got to walk away. 444 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:34,840 But unfortunately, sometimes people interpret your walking away as cutting them off and 445 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,600 that's by far the furtherest thing from the truth. 446 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,940 Furtherest. 447 00:34:42,940 --> 00:34:46,320 Cutting people off is the easiest thing to do. 448 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,880 People do that when they have no heart for reconciliation. 449 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:56,400 But when people walk away, it's because they want reconciliation and they've realised 450 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,200 that it's not going to happen the way things are going now. 451 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,360 And a peacemaker will walk away. 452 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,480 A peacemaker will hold their peace. 453 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,520 A peacemaker will withdraw from the problem for a season. 454 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,840 Amen? 455 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:17,200 It's usually during our time of absence when God begins to work. 456 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:25,680 When He can get us out of the way, then God can begin to work. 457 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:31,000 Our absence gives time for truth to surface and it liberates those that were caught in 458 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,840 the web of lies to start with and they see what's really going on. 459 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,640 Sometimes we restore relationships by doing nothing. 460 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,640 Does that make sense? 461 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,080 Let God do it? 462 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,160 Just walk away, you've shared your heart, you've tried your best, you've made your 463 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,040 peace, at least tried to. 464 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,040 But listen to this. 465 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:59,800 These are some of the things that I've written down over the last 30 years of things that 466 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:05,960 really stuck out to me and I've noticed and I've been able to reuse these things throughout 467 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,120 ministry and I've written them down. 468 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,680 I'm going to share them with you today. 469 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:17,760 Some people notice your reaction of detachment and never consider how their actions led to 470 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:24,080 that decision. 471 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:28,160 Sometimes you've just got to do what you know you need to do. 472 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:33,240 It may not be interpreted as that, but you know in your own hearts what you need to do 473 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:38,040 because your heart is for the relationship to be restored. 474 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:43,360 Perhaps an introspect can often provide deeper understanding than endless discussion. 475 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:45,260 How true is that? 476 00:36:45,260 --> 00:36:48,400 How true is that? 477 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,240 Just walk away and come out from under that. 478 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:56,760 They say a fool is known by his speech and a wise man by his silence. 479 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:05,360 I didn't understand that until a few years back as to exactly what that means. 480 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:11,640 Sometimes your value isn't realized until your absence is felt. 481 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:17,720 God needs us to create a place of absence when there's strife at that level. 482 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,880 It's not that you don't love them, you do. 483 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,000 It's not that you don't care for them, you do. 484 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:31,940 It's just you're not adjusting your boundaries to accommodate the disrespect anymore. 485 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:34,120 That's what we're doing. 486 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:39,440 Because nowhere in the Bible does it say that any of us have to tolerate abuse from anybody. 487 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:40,440 Nowhere. 488 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:48,760 But the Bible does show us how to react or respond, I should say, to that. 489 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:55,680 You know, there's a saying that says that I didn't walk away to teach you a lesson. 490 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,960 I walked away because I learnt my lesson. 491 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:04,160 But what I've been trying to do hasn't been working, so I need to place some distance 492 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:12,200 in the situation, a big gap, and then pray and believe God is going to take that place 493 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:19,420 of absence and start to work firstly in our own heart. 494 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:20,420 Always pray. 495 00:38:20,420 --> 00:38:22,560 Listen to me. 496 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,920 If there's conflict going on, always pray, first your first, my first prayer should be 497 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:27,920 God. 498 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,560 It doesn't rise up to anything that I don't see. 499 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:41,200 First, first, and then pray and believe that God is going to restore this relationship. 500 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:47,200 You see, the prodigal son came to his senses. 501 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,960 It wasn't by any counsel of man. 502 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:57,840 It was in the absence of his father that he found himself in a very lonely, dry place. 503 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,120 He was hungry, he was cold. 504 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,960 And circumstances, God allowed him to reach that place. 505 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,960 The father didn't go running after him, the father didn't go giving him counsel, the father 506 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,960 didn't do any of that, the father stayed home. 507 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,880 There's a lot of wisdom in this. 508 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:28,760 And when the prodigal came to the end of himself by himself, he came back with a changed heart. 509 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,600 That's what we're aiming for. 510 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:36,540 You see, remaining silent is so powerful. 511 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:42,120 It's not you're ignoring them, you're just not giving opportunity for the situation to 512 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,320 escalate. 513 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,000 And we do it because we love them. 514 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:53,840 We do it because we're hoping to see it restored. 515 00:39:53,840 --> 00:40:03,120 Jesus, when he was betrayed and he stood before the governor and Pilate and others, it says 516 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,440 that he opened not his mouth. 517 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,260 Isn't that something? 518 00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:17,860 So why would Jesus not open his mouth when he's standing before the rulers of the land 519 00:40:17,860 --> 00:40:18,860 of that time? 520 00:40:18,860 --> 00:40:21,500 I'll tell you why. 521 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:31,640 Because Jesus came into that time of being questioned as to who he is. 522 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:38,360 He already knew who he was long before that day. 523 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:46,400 And so here he comes under another authority, a human authority. 524 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,440 And they're asking him to answer them. 525 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:56,800 And Jesus didn't answer them for the simple reason that he did not want to come under 526 00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,800 their authority. 527 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:09,480 He did not want to come under their questioning, their ruling, because it was ungodly. 528 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,120 And this is what silence does. 529 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:20,160 It gives you or me that peace that when there's conflict going on and we step back and you 530 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:28,560 remain silent, you find then that you are no longer under the authority of your accuser. 531 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,640 You're free. 532 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:37,320 And I believe it is so important to find that place because that's where God speaks to us 533 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,320 too. 534 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:45,080 That where there's no, you know, tit for tat, no fighting, no texting, no emails and crossing 535 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:51,360 over, no, you've stepped out and you have found a place of peace. 536 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,600 And it's in that place of peace that we begin to pray. 537 00:41:55,600 --> 00:42:01,120 It's in that place of peace that God may address some things in our lives that we haven't got 538 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,120 right. 539 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,640 We need to find that place of peace. 540 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:09,800 Or some people see it as you cutting them off and it's not. 541 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:14,840 We're doing this for the future sake of peace. 542 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:19,720 We're doing this because what we've been doing is not working. 543 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,680 I've employed another strategy. 544 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:28,320 I'm not arguing, I'm not engaging anymore, I'm not putting any more wood on the fire. 545 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,960 I'm not giving any more coals to be burnt so that fire... 546 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:37,920 I'm actually doing the opposite, if I can keep this thing closed, then therefore that 547 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,520 fire is going to starve of fuel. 548 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:46,880 And when that fire starts to die down and then it's down to ashes, nothing but ashes, 549 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,160 that's when people... 550 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,280 God can start ministering to people. 551 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,440 And we are the ones that can initiate that. 552 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:59,580 Yes, it's often interpreted as something different, but you know in your heart that I'm doing 553 00:42:59,580 --> 00:43:02,800 this because I know it's right. 554 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:07,560 You see, it's not about who is right and who is wrong. 555 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,940 That's where arguments start. 556 00:43:09,940 --> 00:43:16,320 But if we could come to the middle and find out what is right and do what is right, it's 557 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,680 no longer about who's right, who's wrong. 558 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,960 It's about what is right. 559 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:28,440 And the Bible shows us clearly what is right, what the right approach is. 560 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:33,520 And if we simply just follow that, we will begin to see God move. 561 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,680 Isn't that awesome? 562 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:45,780 So as I close, I'd just like to mention it would be wrong for me to assume that every 563 00:43:45,780 --> 00:43:53,000 person here today have made their peace with God. 564 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,200 Maybe you're in church for the first time today. 565 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,200 That's great. 566 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,360 You've made a great choice. 567 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:05,800 But do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior? 568 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:11,000 Have you ever, ever encountered God? 569 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,320 I was 30 years of age when I got saved. 570 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:19,440 And I had no idea that all of this existed. 571 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,480 I had no idea. 572 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:28,060 Find a place of great peace and joy. 573 00:44:28,060 --> 00:44:32,700 Sometimes people go to church because they're experiencing problems or you made the right 574 00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,000 decision. 575 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:39,440 Sometimes we're just looking for peace or you'll find peace with Christ. 576 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:43,400 But there's one thing that needs to be done that I don't believe is spoken about enough 577 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,440 today in the hour that we're living in. 578 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:54,320 That the Bible says that a person must be born again. 579 00:44:54,320 --> 00:45:01,080 When we are born again, born again means that when we were born as a little baby, we were 580 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:04,360 born with a nature to sin. 581 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:09,440 No matter how hard we try to be good, we always have that tendency to do wrong. 582 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,680 We were born with it. 583 00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:14,280 We inherited it from Adam. 584 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,680 But Jesus came to fix that up. 585 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:26,700 When you and I come to Christ and we ask Jesus to change our life, to come into our life, 586 00:45:26,700 --> 00:45:28,660 He does exactly that. 587 00:45:28,660 --> 00:45:30,600 But He also gives us a new nature. 588 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,040 No longer do we have a nature of sin. 589 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,960 We have a nature of righteousness. 590 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:42,740 And there, and that's the only way that you will find anywhere where any human being can 591 00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:45,280 make their peace with God. 592 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,360 And that is through Jesus Christ. 593 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:54,120 The price He paid on the cross at Calvary was not in vain. 594 00:45:54,120 --> 00:46:00,000 That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Jesus, the Bible says, He shall be saved. 595 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:05,760 You will be accepted by God regardless of what's happened in your life. 596 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,200 You will be saved. 597 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,180 You will be accepted. 598 00:46:09,180 --> 00:46:14,800 You will be accepted into the family of God and God will treat you as His own child. 599 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,120 How good is that? 600 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:21,280 But it doesn't happen automatically. 601 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,360 People don't end up in heaven by accident. 602 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,220 It's by choice. 603 00:46:26,220 --> 00:46:27,220 And we choose. 604 00:46:27,220 --> 00:46:29,040 You chose to come here today. 605 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:34,700 And today maybe you might choose to accept Christ as your Lord and Savior. 606 00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:38,600 Maybe you're here today and you've been away from God for a while and you want to make 607 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:40,600 things right and back with God today. 608 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:44,120 Would you allow me to give you this opportunity this morning? 609 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:45,360 That you don't have to stand up. 610 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:46,360 You don't have to do anything. 611 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:53,480 I'm just going to pray a very simple prayer that I prayed years ago when I got saved in 612 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:57,200 our dining room at 2 a.m. in the morning. 613 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:05,000 I'd had a big day on substance and I remember saying to Chantelle, oh, maybe I need to get 614 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,680 changed and wear something a little bit more acceptable to God. 615 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:14,880 And I remember she says, no, you just come as you are. 616 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:19,600 Just how many have been saved in their pajamas? 617 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:20,600 Anybody? 618 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:21,600 Anybody here today? 619 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:22,600 Oh, one. 620 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,520 Do we have two? 621 00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:26,520 God doesn't care. 622 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:34,040 I've led guys to the Lord in greasy overalls before. 623 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,880 God wants your heart. 624 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,680 That's what he wants. 625 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,960 And if you give him your heart today, I tell you, your life will change. 626 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,120 If you really want Christ today, you're looking for a change of life. 627 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:47,480 You want to get close with God. 628 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:48,600 This is how you do it. 629 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,280 Would you pray this prayer after me? 630 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:55,360 And now this prayer is going to invite Christ into your life. 631 00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,840 It's not the end result. 632 00:47:56,840 --> 00:48:00,880 It's the beginning of many steps that you're going to take, but it's surely a good step 633 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,880 to take that you will be accepted by Christ. 634 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:08,240 Would you pray after me with your voice? 635 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:15,040 Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. 636 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:26,000 I believe in my heart and I confess with my mouth that you, Jesus, are the Son of God 637 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,000 and you died for me. 638 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,600 God, you raised him from the dead for me. 639 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:37,880 This day, I ask you, Jesus, to save me. 640 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:42,720 I call on the name of Jesus to save me. 641 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:51,240 I turn away from everything I know is wrong and I turn to you, Jesus. 642 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:54,320 Thank you for accepting me and saving me. 643 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:55,320 Amen. 644 00:48:55,320 --> 00:49:02,080 Now, if you've made that commitment today for the first time, why don't you just throw 645 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:04,440 your hand straight up quickly? 646 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:05,440 Anybody else? 647 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:06,440 I see that hand there. 648 00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:07,440 Praise the Lord. 649 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:08,440 Is there anybody else? 650 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,440 There's another hand up the back, another one over there. 651 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:11,440 Praise God. 652 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,000 Another one over there. 653 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,720 Praise the Lord. 654 00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:15,720 Another one here. 655 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:16,720 Praise God. 656 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:17,720 Are there any more? 657 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:22,520 You see, Christ loves you. 658 00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,360 He really does. 659 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,360 He really, really does. 660 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:30,880 What I'd like to do, would you be so bold that if you could come out, I want to pray 661 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:36,920 a blessing in your life that God will bless you more than you could ever, ever imagine. 662 00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:38,280 Would you be okay to do that? 663 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:39,280 Be bold. 664 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:44,160 We don't have any lions out here, so you're safe. 665 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:45,160 Just come out. 666 00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:46,160 Would you come out? 667 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:47,160 Just come out. 668 00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:48,160 I want to pray a blessing. 669 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:54,000 Yeah, praise God. 670 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,720 Thank you, Jesus. 671 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,720 Thank you, Jesus. 672 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,720 Hallelujah. 673 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:03,520 Wow. 674 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,880 This is just awesome. 675 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:07,880 Just awesome. 676 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:08,880 Darling, would you like to come? 677 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:16,320 Just Pastor Francisco, Pastor Gus, Jackie, would you guys link hands together? 678 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,760 Would that be okay? 679 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:26,440 And we're going to pray for you guys because this is a turning point. 680 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,480 You know that when I got saved, I didn't have any, I had no idea that I'd be doing this 681 00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:32,480 ever. 682 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:35,320 But I needed Christ. 683 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,960 We all need Christ, whether we're in a situation or not. 684 00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:39,960 We need Him. 685 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:46,440 And today, from today, your life is going to change so much. 686 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:47,440 So much for the better. 687 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,600 I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the way it is now, but it's going to change 688 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:51,600 incredibly. 689 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:56,760 The thing that you're going to notice most is an incredible peace that will never leave 690 00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:58,760 you ever, ever, ever. 691 00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:01,440 A peace, an inner peace. 692 00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:02,440 And that's Jesus. 693 00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:06,120 That is the evidence of Christ in you, the peace. 694 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:07,120 Amen. 695 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,640 So we're going to pray. 696 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:13,840 But this decision you've made today is the first step of many to come. 697 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:15,360 So what I mean by that. 698 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:19,200 Yes, today you've received it, you're receiving Christ. 699 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,640 You will be a Christian, you'll be born again. 700 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:26,160 But then there are steps that we need to learn how to maintain that. 701 00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,720 And so what we call is discipleship. 702 00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:33,200 So you come together with a person, say one of us or whoever, and we take you through 703 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:41,400 some steps and to introduce you to the beginnings and moving through the steps of what it is 704 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:42,400 to be a Christian. 705 00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,320 And it's just great. 706 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,040 It's just I really want to congratulate you all. 707 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:52,480 Now, you've all asked Christ into your life, otherwise you wouldn't be out here. 708 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:58,120 So what I want to do now is to pray a blessing that the Holy Spirit is going to come upon 709 00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:04,760 you and is going to empower you and truly do amazing things in your life. 710 00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:09,400 Water baptism is, I believe, your next step. 711 00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,040 And we can organize that for you. 712 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:16,240 It's a great time of the year to be water baptized, hey, right in the middle of winter. 713 00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:18,440 Praise the Lord. 714 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:25,480 Anyways, let's Father in the name of Jesus, Church, you can pray with me too. 715 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:35,640 In the name of Jesus, we present these people to you today that have just come and committed 716 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,640 their lives to you. 717 00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:40,840 Holy Spirit, we ask that you would touch them. 718 00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:41,840 Feel them. 719 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,720 Empower them. 720 00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:47,140 In the name of Jesus. 721 00:52:47,140 --> 00:52:48,140 In the name of Jesus. 722 00:52:48,140 --> 00:52:53,680 Now, I'm going to lay hands on you all individually that what we do in the Bible, we pray for 723 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:55,240 you and there's impartation. 724 00:52:55,240 --> 00:53:02,640 But what will happen is some one of the guys here are going to if it's OK, just maybe in 725 00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,760 the back room there, they want to give you a little gift. 726 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:05,760 It's a bag. 727 00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:06,760 It hasn't got lollies in it. 728 00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:10,800 I'm sorry, but it's got Bibles and all this stuff. 729 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,200 Everything you need to be able to get started. 730 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:14,200 Amen. 731 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,400 So you ready? 732 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,400 Because the Spirit of God is really going to bless your life. 733 00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:20,400 Amen. 734 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,400 Would you like to pray with me with everyone? 735 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:31,120 So, OK, if I, yeah, OK, Father in the name of Jesus, that the power of God touch this 736 00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,680 woman of God. 737 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:40,040 We bind and break every assignment of the devil that's ever tried to hinder her, that 738 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:44,120 those assignments be destroyed right now in Jesus name. 739 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:52,480 Holy Spirit, Lord, show her the freedom, the forgiveness that is here right now in Jesus 740 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,480 name, in Jesus name. 741 00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:57,880 You know this, I just had a word from God. 742 00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,880 He said, Sissy Lord said this to me. 743 00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,880 You don't have a past. 744 00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:06,880 You don't have one. 745 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:12,880 That's for all of us from today. 746 00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:14,880 You're free. 747 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:17,880 How good is that? 748 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:18,880 New day. 749 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:27,880 Lord, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Lord, that you would feel 750 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:33,640 this young man of God that has given his life to you today and Lord, that he would walk 751 00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:39,840 strong in the ways that you have before him and Lord, that you would set him alight in 752 00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:44,160 the spirit in Jesus mighty name, in Jesus mighty name. 753 00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:50,280 Father, the power of the Holy Spirit to fill this woman of God, fill her, we pray in the 754 00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:55,280 name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. 755 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:59,680 Father God, that great peace, peace be her portion. 756 00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:01,360 We thank you. 757 00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:07,840 This young man of God in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Spirit of God, that you 758 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:16,800 would fill him and bless him in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. 759 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,800 We all say amen. 760 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:20,800 Amen. 761 00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:21,800 Wow. 762 00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:22,800 Praise God. 763 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,800 God bless you guys. 764 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:32,120 Some of the leaders, Jackie, oh, you got it Gus, yeah. 765 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:35,000 God bless you. 766 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,000 Amen. 767 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:43,280 You know, I was just ready to close, but Spirit of God had just spoken to me just now, said, 768 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:50,120 I want you to pray to break the power of accusation of people's lives. 769 00:55:50,120 --> 00:55:57,240 So there's obviously times when many of us have been through conflict of some kind and 770 00:55:57,240 --> 00:56:03,160 when people accuse you of things or, you know, things you haven't even done, that can stick 771 00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:04,160 sometimes. 772 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,560 It really can. 773 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:10,280 Sometimes we learn to coexist carrying these things that aren't even true. 774 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:16,280 And we can begin to believe that those lies and it can redirect your path for the rest 775 00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:17,280 of your life. 776 00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:22,160 I know some people that wouldn't get into ministry because of it. 777 00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:28,080 Once they had this accusation destroyed off their life, they just came alive, been Christians 778 00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:32,000 for years and their life just started to blossom. 779 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,360 Now you'll know what I'm talking about as I'm speaking. 780 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:41,980 If you know that, you will know that there's been like a false verdict, accusation or whatever 781 00:56:41,980 --> 00:56:42,980 on your life. 782 00:56:42,980 --> 00:56:47,160 Whoever those people are, if you could come very quickly, because when the Spirit of God 783 00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:50,800 raises that up, we need to move, I feel, need to move. 784 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:51,800 Would you come out? 785 00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:52,800 Would you just come out? 786 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:57,800 There must be quite a few because I sense in my spirit that that's exactly what's happening. 787 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:01,960 Harsh words, judgments against you and all these sorts of things. 788 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:06,240 As good Christians, we, you know, we say, oh, we forgive them and that sort of thing. 789 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:07,240 And we do. 790 00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:08,240 We do forgive people. 791 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:11,160 But sometimes when mud is thrown, it sticks. 792 00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:15,240 And today is going to be a deliverance from these accusations. 793 00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:20,520 We know that the devil himself is the accuser of the brethren and he accuses us before God 794 00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,040 day and night and he won't quit. 795 00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:29,320 But you know, when a person comes under that and starts accusing people, guess what? 796 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,480 It is a lot more spiritual than you'll ever realize. 797 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,000 It is a lot more spiritual. 798 00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:39,240 So today I know that the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, when I lay hands on you this 799 00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:43,840 morning, before I get there, just have a listen to this. 800 00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:49,840 Before I get there, before I get to you already in your heart, say, Lord, I give it to you 801 00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:53,240 and I forgive the people who have done this. 802 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:54,240 That's very important. 803 00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:59,920 And that leaves it very, very open, very open for the Spirit of God to move. 804 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:00,920 Are you ready? 805 00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,920 Church, can you pray with me? 806 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,920 Can you pray with me as I do? 807 00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:06,920 Praise the Lord. 808 00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:09,720 Now, I'm going to go very quickly because it doesn't take long. 809 00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:14,000 It's just a split second. 810 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:16,000 Praise God. 811 00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:24,000 Father, in the name of Jesus, break the power of accusation off their lives. 812 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:27,000 Break those accusations off their lives. 813 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:31,040 We break those accusations off their life in the name of Jesus. 814 00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,640 Break those accusations off their life. 815 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,880 Break those accusations and harsh words off their life. 816 00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:43,480 We break those accusations and those accusations we break it right now in Jesus's name. 817 00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:46,160 Those accusations be destroyed, broken. 818 00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:47,840 In Jesus's name. 819 00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:51,020 Those accusations destroyed in Jesus's name. 820 00:58:51,020 --> 00:58:52,380 In Jesus's name. 821 00:58:52,380 --> 00:58:55,280 Destroy those accusations. 822 00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,920 Accusations destroyed right now in Jesus's name. 823 00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:02,600 Those accusations go destroyed in Jesus's name in Jesus. 824 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:06,780 Those accusations go in Jesus's name. 825 00:59:06,780 --> 00:59:10,780 Those accusations go in Jesus' mighty name. Go. 826 00:59:10,780 --> 00:59:16,780 Those accusations to go in Jesus' mighty name. Go. Go in Jesus' name. 827 00:59:16,780 --> 00:59:21,780 Accusations we bind and break and they go right now in Jesus' name. 828 00:59:21,780 --> 00:59:27,780 In Jesus' mighty name. Every accusation be bound and go in Jesus' name. 829 00:59:27,780 --> 00:59:31,780 In Jesus' mighty name. In Jesus' mighty name. 830 00:59:31,780 --> 00:59:36,780 Every accusation be bound and go in Jesus' mighty name. 831 00:59:36,780 --> 00:59:40,780 In Jesus' mighty name. In Jesus' mighty name. 832 00:59:40,780 --> 00:59:42,780 In Jesus' mighty name. 833 00:59:42,780 --> 00:59:46,780 You know, let's rejoice. 834 00:59:46,780 --> 00:59:51,780 You might be thinking, some of you might be thinking, did anything ever happen? 835 00:59:51,780 --> 00:59:54,780 You're going to find out in the coming hours and days. 836 00:59:54,780 --> 00:59:58,780 You'll find out. God bless you. God bless you everybody. 837 00:59:58,780 --> 01:00:04,780 Thank you. And today, after the service through the back room, we have tea and coffee. 838 01:00:04,780 --> 01:00:07,780 Enjoy your time of fellowship. But remember this. 839 01:00:07,780 --> 01:00:14,780 Remember this. Silence is often your best form of approach. 840 01:00:14,780 --> 01:00:17,780 Amen. God bless you. 841 01:00:20,780 --> 01:00:24,780 Thank you for joining us. We pray God's richest blessing on your life. 842 01:00:24,780 --> 01:00:29,780 If you haven't already, make sure to join us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. 843 01:00:29,780 --> 01:00:33,780 You can also find us at LoganCityChristianChurch.com. 844 01:00:33,780 --> 01:00:55,780 See you next week.