WEBVTT 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:06.900 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.900 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:14.140 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.160 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.679 right in. We've been talking about the enemy 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:34.769 of our faith. The enemy of our faith. Wednesday 00:00:34.769 --> 00:00:41.049 we we move ahead a bit and We saw that you know, 00:00:41.049 --> 00:00:45.630 there is a fight for faith There is a fight for 00:00:45.630 --> 00:00:47.450 faith and when we talk about an enemy we are 00:00:47.450 --> 00:00:50.350 not referring to a human being even though yes 00:00:50.350 --> 00:00:54.049 The enemy the devil who is the opposition who 00:00:54.049 --> 00:00:58.770 is the enemy can walk through men But men are 00:00:58.770 --> 00:01:03.039 not our enemies hallelujah Men are not our enemies. 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:07.359 The devil is our opposition. But he can walk 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.219 through men. He can walk through the words that 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:13.420 can come through men. He can walk through, you 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:16.200 know, circumstances in our lives. He can walk 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:20.719 through situations. There are diverse ways by 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.640 which the enemy can come to us. But there is 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.540 a fight for faith. And when we talk about the 00:01:26.540 --> 00:01:29.299 fight for faith, we're not fighting to earn our, 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:31.400 or to have faith. We are not saying you should 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.920 fight so that you have faith because there could 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.980 be a challenge where we are doing something so 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:41.620 that faith will be in our heart. No. We are not 00:01:41.620 --> 00:01:45.439 fighting to earn or to have faith. But because 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:51.500 we are men of faith, therefore we fight. We have 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:56.459 fight from the position of authority. We are 00:01:56.459 --> 00:01:59.739 fighting from the position of victory. we already 00:01:59.739 --> 00:02:02.739 have faith in our heart. So when we talk about 00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:06.219 the fight of faith, we are simply saying that 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:11.039 we need to be on God to ensure that what we have 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:13.340 in our hearts, that what we have in us, that 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:16.199 God has created in us fine expression in our 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:22.500 lives daily. 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 12 will 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:28.740 give us, 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 12. Here Paul 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:31.659 was speaking to Timothy. It says fight the good 00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:36.780 fight of faith Lay hold on eternal life to which 00:02:36.780 --> 00:02:40.580 you were also called and have confessed the good 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:42.680 confession in the presence of many witnesses 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:47.139 Second Timothy chapter 4 verse 7 We see where 00:02:47.139 --> 00:02:51.180 Paul himself as an example will tell us that 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:55.460 he himself has fought Second Timothy 4 verse 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:59.599 7 Yes, it says, I fought the fight, the good 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:03.500 fight, the good fight. I have finished the race 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:09.520 and I have kept the faith. Jude 1 verse 3 to 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:16.439 4. Jude 1 verse 3 to 4 says, Beloved, while I 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.500 was very diligent to write to you concerning 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:23.759 our common salvation, I found it necessary to 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:28.120 write to exalt you. exhorting you to content 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.780 earnestly content earnestly for the faith which 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:36.060 was for all delivered to the saints so we can 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:39.219 see evidentially in scriptures that we have been 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:42.060 called earnestly you know content for the faith 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:45.060 to fight for the faith that has been delivered 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:49.000 to us that has been delivered to us hallelujah 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.819 and of course as pastor was praying leading us 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:55.300 in prayer he says that the faith You know the 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:58.159 fight for faith cannot be done carnally because 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.060 what we are fighting is not a physical fight 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:02.939 We are fighting a spiritual fight in second corinthians 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:05.900 chapter 10 verse 3 talks about the nature of 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:10.960 the fight that we are not Though we walk in the 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.479 flesh We are not We are not fighting according 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.600 to the flesh the flesh here speaks about we been 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.019 in the human body though we are in the human 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:25.220 body, we don't fight according to the natural 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:29.259 way of fighting. Hallelujah. Then verse 4 goes 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:32.899 on to say, for the weapons of our warfare, what 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.660 we use in engaging, you know, this enemy are 00:04:36.660 --> 00:04:40.079 not physical, they are not carnal, but they are 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:42.560 mighty, even though they are not physical, even 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:44.040 though they are spiritual, because sometimes 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:47.300 when something is invisible, we seem to assume 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.620 that it's not powerful. So these weapons, even 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:53.319 though they are not physical, they are not carnal, 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.980 They are what? They are mighty in God. So the 00:04:57.980 --> 00:05:01.579 rest, the ability of these weapons working are 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:04.500 in Christ. But they are mighty in God for what? 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:09.259 For pulling down strongholds. Strongholds. Casting 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:11.680 down arguments. So this is how the enemy, you 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.040 know, contracts our faith. Arguments on every 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.560 high thing that exalt you save against the knowledge 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.319 of God, bringing every thought into captivity, 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.290 even to the obedience. of christ and then we 00:05:23.290 --> 00:05:28.910 said also that the fight of faith is in our heart 00:05:28.910 --> 00:05:34.509 first of all is originally in our hearts the 00:05:34.509 --> 00:05:38.430 battlefield so to say is primarily in our heart 00:05:38.430 --> 00:05:42.449 is in our heart and the bible in the course of 00:05:42.449 --> 00:05:45.430 study we will see the scriptures presents the 00:05:45.430 --> 00:05:48.329 heart as the core of a man obviously when you 00:05:48.329 --> 00:05:51.160 got born again You got born again by receiving 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.120 the word of salvation the message was preached 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:55.720 to you And when you got born again, there was 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.259 nothing that happens to you physically Hallelujah 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:03.860 when they preach the gospel to you When you are 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:07.680 a bit, you know short We didn't see your size 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.399 increase because you are born again You didn't 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:14.000 suddenly increase in height Are we together? 00:06:14.699 --> 00:06:17.699 Your skin color did not suddenly change because 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:22.129 you are now born again Your eye colors did not 00:06:22.129 --> 00:06:24.529 suddenly change because you are born again But 00:06:24.529 --> 00:06:26.569 then there's a transformation that happens in 00:06:26.569 --> 00:06:30.269 you that men cannot see hallelujah There is a 00:06:30.269 --> 00:06:33.209 spiritual transformation that happened. So that 00:06:33.209 --> 00:06:36.790 heart Okay, what the Bible as scribes describes 00:06:36.790 --> 00:06:40.949 as that inner man is what we call the heart And 00:06:40.949 --> 00:06:43.910 that is where actually this contention for faith 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:47.899 happens that unseen part of you So the heart 00:06:47.899 --> 00:06:51.300 is the core of man, not merely that physical 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:58.019 organ that pumps blood to our system. It is a 00:06:58.019 --> 00:07:01.720 descriptive term that used to explain where our 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.879 motives are, the convictions that we have. We 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.579 have convictions in our heart, the intentions 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:11.980 are generated, intentions are established and 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:14.850 from where actions are taken. You know, we read 00:07:14.850 --> 00:07:17.810 earlier on in... Now we should guard our heart 00:07:17.810 --> 00:07:23.290 with all diligence, because the heart is where 00:07:23.290 --> 00:07:28.089 actions originate from. The heart. So, and then 00:07:28.089 --> 00:07:31.350 we also establish that both faith and doubt, 00:07:32.430 --> 00:07:35.949 because faith and doubt operates in the heart. 00:07:36.930 --> 00:07:41.430 Alright? Faith and doubt, of course, and subsequently 00:07:41.430 --> 00:07:46.800 unbelief. operates from the heart. So if faith 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.220 operates in the heart, and we can also see doubt 00:07:50.220 --> 00:07:54.660 in operation in the heart. Doubt can lead to 00:07:54.660 --> 00:07:58.500 unbelief, and unbelief is sin. It's sin. Unbelief 00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:01.779 is unrighteousness. Unbelief is disobedience. 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.459 But it starts from what? From doubt. Doubt on 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:09.620 its own, all right, is not sin, but when given 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:15.720 a place, it results to sin. Hallelujah. So we 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.899 see also that doubt operates in the heart, okay? 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.720 And sometimes when we hear you speaking, when 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.240 we hear your speech, we can sense doubt in your 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:27.879 speech also. And sometimes in your actions, we 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:32.320 can see doubt in your actions. So as much as 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.139 faith is operational in the heart, also doubt 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:38.639 and unbelief can operate in a similar place. 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:44.440 Hallelujah. So it is therefore necessary that 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:47.440 we study more and understand the operations of 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:51.899 doubt. How does doubt operate? How can we counter 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:55.820 doubt? How can we live daily in victory? Living 00:08:55.820 --> 00:08:59.519 daily in victory is actually living daily above 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:03.899 the doubts that arises in our hearts. And I want 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:06.059 you to know, for the account of the faith you 00:09:06.059 --> 00:09:08.879 have, doubt must come. We will see it later. 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.000 Hallelujah. For the fact that you are a man of 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.740 faith Automatically as we said earlier on you've 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:20.720 been enlisted into a life of war And that war 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:25.519 is the war of faith to ensure that what God has 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.740 done in your heart Finds expression and the devil 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:32.799 is not interested in you Expressing that which 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.240 God has done in your heart that which God has 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.220 done in you He's not interested In fact, the 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:42.379 devil is not necessarily threatened by you coming 00:09:42.379 --> 00:09:46.980 to church. The devil is not threatened by you, 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:49.460 you know, being in teams and groups in church, 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.159 attend all the meetings, so long as you will 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:56.559 not apply what has been taught, so long as you 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:59.919 will not express what you've been taught, so 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:03.259 long as you will not have understanding. He blinds 00:10:03.259 --> 00:10:06.279 the eyes of men that they may not understand 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:09.340 the truth. God because when you come to the light 00:10:09.340 --> 00:10:11.519 of what God has done you come into the light 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.320 of what God is doing You will have expression 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.259 in your life. You begin to walk in the light 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:18.039 of what God has done So what the devil does is 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:26.080 that he counteracts the truth He he he brings 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:29.159 information that comes against the truth hallelujah 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.580 So as we said alien on faith comes by hearing 00:10:32.580 --> 00:10:34.860 the word of God. All right in Romans of the 10 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:39.370 verse 17 will establish to us that you know we 00:10:39.370 --> 00:10:43.230 confess with our heart Romans 10 verse 17 says 00:10:43.230 --> 00:10:47.070 so then faith comes by hearing and hearing by 00:10:47.070 --> 00:10:49.470 the word of god when we hear the word of god 00:10:49.470 --> 00:10:53.970 we have faith hallelujah also doubt comes from 00:10:53.970 --> 00:10:57.690 hearing another message the same way by which 00:10:57.690 --> 00:11:00.809 faith comes in so also is the same way by which 00:11:00.809 --> 00:11:03.850 doubt comes into the heart of a man Doubts come 00:11:03.850 --> 00:11:08.750 also by hearing another message doubt has to 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:13.710 be communicated Hallelujah in fact as a believer 00:11:13.710 --> 00:11:18.529 you have not been given the spirit of fear You've 00:11:18.529 --> 00:11:23.730 not been given an ability to doubt You got the 00:11:23.730 --> 00:11:25.809 spirit God has given to you is a spirit of sound 00:11:25.809 --> 00:11:30.169 mind which means that the believer is naturally 00:11:30.169 --> 00:11:34.440 a man of faith The believer is natural not a 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:38.980 man of doubt So it simply means that doubt must 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:43.139 be communicated Doubt must be communicated from 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:45.840 words and from a message from from from ideas 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:51.059 from thoughts hallelujah Doubt has to be communicated 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:54.720 Faith precedes doubt that is to say faith comes 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.720 in before doubt comes on later on Doubt comes 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.620 when the word of faith has been given or the 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:06.159 word of faith has been received Doubt comes into 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:09.019 your heart when the word of faith has been received 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:12.500 or the word of faith has been given then doubt 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:16.460 will come in order to counteract the faith that 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:20.539 has been given by the word of God As we establish 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:24.990 several times a doubt having a contrary opinion 00:12:24.990 --> 00:12:29.129 to what the word of faith has said. Doubt is 00:12:29.129 --> 00:12:33.289 what? A contrary opinion. Having a contrary opinion 00:12:33.289 --> 00:12:36.789 to what has been said. To what the word of faith 00:12:36.789 --> 00:12:40.409 has said or is saying at the moment. Hallelujah. 00:12:42.110 --> 00:12:45.809 So to doubt is to have a contrary opinion. Okay? 00:12:46.470 --> 00:12:49.090 So you cannot have a contrary opinion about something 00:12:49.090 --> 00:12:54.610 that has not been said or done. Until something 00:12:54.610 --> 00:12:58.149 has been said until something has been done there 00:12:58.149 --> 00:13:02.289 cannot be a contrary opinion to read So contrary 00:13:02.289 --> 00:13:05.669 opinion will come for the sake of what has been 00:13:05.669 --> 00:13:15.649 said or for the sake of what has been done So 00:13:15.649 --> 00:13:18.389 something must be said or done before we can 00:13:18.389 --> 00:13:24.950 see You know we can see doubt So doubt cannot 00:13:24.950 --> 00:13:29.529 stand alone All right doubt cannot exist alone 00:13:29.529 --> 00:13:35.269 Just as darkness cannot stand alone All right 00:13:35.269 --> 00:13:37.809 Darkness without light there will be no darkness 00:13:37.809 --> 00:13:41.409 Hope you know that so for the fact that lie there 00:13:41.409 --> 00:13:47.090 is light there is darkness so as much as doubt 00:13:47.090 --> 00:13:50.789 cannot stand alone as Darkness cannot stand alone 00:13:50.789 --> 00:13:54.559 without light There must be faith before doubt 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:59.659 can come or operate Hallelujah. So what we are 00:13:59.659 --> 00:14:03.360 establishing is that doubting comes externally 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:07.539 Doubt comes external of the believer it comes 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:11.259 externally From the believer. Hallelujah. Now, 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:14.100 let's look at some examples from scriptures the 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:16.679 first You know instance where we see doubt in 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.950 operation is in Genesis chapter 3 Genesis chapter 00:14:19.950 --> 00:14:23.210 3. Let's turn to Genesis chapter 3 And let's 00:14:23.210 --> 00:14:26.490 read from verse 1 to verse 7. Then we will see 00:14:26.490 --> 00:14:32.629 how doubt operates Now the serpent was more cunning 00:14:32.629 --> 00:14:36.450 than any beast of the field which the Lord God 00:14:36.450 --> 00:14:41.690 had made and he said to the woman Has God indeed 00:14:41.690 --> 00:14:46.110 said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:51.419 And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:57.220 the fruit of the trees of the garden, but the 00:14:57.220 --> 00:14:59.120 fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:03.720 garden, God has said, you shall not eat, nor 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:07.559 shall you touch it, lest you die. Then the serpent 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.909 said to the woman, you will not surely die. For 00:15:11.909 --> 00:15:15.490 God knows that in the day you eat of it your 00:15:15.490 --> 00:15:19.429 eyes will be opened and you will be like God 00:15:19.429 --> 00:15:25.210 knowing good and evil So when the woman saw that 00:15:25.210 --> 00:15:27.970 the three was good for food and it was pleasant 00:15:27.970 --> 00:15:31.149 to the eyes and a treat desirable to make one 00:15:31.149 --> 00:15:35.090 wise She took of his fruit and ate. She also 00:15:35.090 --> 00:15:37.769 gave to her husband with her and he ate verse 00:15:37.769 --> 00:15:42.440 7 Then the eyes of both of men both of them were 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:47.159 opened and they knew That they were naked and 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:51.720 the syphilis together and made themselves coverings 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.919 hallelujah now, let's go back to verse 1 The 00:15:54.919 --> 00:16:00.940 Bible says the serpent came the serpent is actually 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:04.559 a figurative expression of the opposition of 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:10.429 the enemy Satan The serpent here It's referring 00:16:10.429 --> 00:16:15.269 to the devil or Satan. Revelation 12 verse 9. 00:16:15.789 --> 00:16:21.029 Let's establish Revelation 12 verse 9. Revelation 00:16:21.029 --> 00:16:26.789 12 verse 9. So what I'm trying to say is that 00:16:26.789 --> 00:16:30.789 serpent is not literally a snake, but is a figurative 00:16:30.789 --> 00:16:36.110 expression of Satan, of an opposition. So the 00:16:36.110 --> 00:16:39.649 great dragon, verse 12 verse 9. Revelation 12 00:16:39.649 --> 00:16:43.649 verse 9. So the great dragon was cast out Okay, 00:16:43.870 --> 00:16:46.490 look at how Revelation explains it that serpent 00:16:46.490 --> 00:16:50.649 of old Okay, the serpent of old the serpent of 00:16:50.649 --> 00:16:54.409 old is a serpent in Genesis chapter 3 called 00:16:54.409 --> 00:16:59.490 the devil and Satan Hallelujah. So the old serpent 00:16:59.490 --> 00:17:04.960 is what is a devil and Satan Who deceives the 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.579 world, the whole world? So we see that what the 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:10.660 devil does or what the serpent does is deceit. 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.640 He deceives the whole world. He was cast to the 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:18.119 earth and his angels were cast out with him. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:22.920 Hallelujah. Also 2 Corinthians 11 verse 3, trying 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:27.980 to establish that that serpent is figuratively 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:33.769 expressing Satan. But I fear lest somehow As 00:17:33.769 --> 00:17:39.650 the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:44.009 your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity 00:17:44.009 --> 00:17:48.130 that is in Christ. So what we see in the serpent 00:17:48.130 --> 00:17:53.309 or in Satan is the walk of deceit. Alright? And 00:17:53.309 --> 00:17:58.650 deceit happens in the mind. Happens in the mind. 00:17:58.859 --> 00:18:01.660 And the devil or the serpent or the snake has 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:06.200 not retired from his walk Amen and what he's 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.859 does today is the same work of deceit We see 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:13.440 where Jesus Christ was talking today to the Pharisees. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:16.720 He called them brute of liars Evil right evil 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:19.119 men that when they speak they speak their language 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.779 The language of their father the devil who has 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.799 been a liar from the beginning who has been a 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.789 liar from Genesis 3 hallelujah, so This is actually 00:18:28.789 --> 00:18:32.829 the one who deceives. So we will see from Genesis 00:18:32.829 --> 00:18:37.069 3 verse 1 that the serpent came on the account 00:18:37.069 --> 00:18:41.490 of what? What brought him? He came on the account 00:18:41.490 --> 00:18:46.190 of the plan, on the account of the purpose, on 00:18:46.190 --> 00:18:48.589 the account of the program of God for humanity. 00:18:50.569 --> 00:18:53.559 God has an agenda for humanity. and the plan 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.440 and the purpose of God was communicated in words 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:02.180 of instructions given to Adam without the instructions 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:04.779 without the plan and the purpose of God without 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:08.000 the intentions of God the intentions of God were 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.940 communicated and are still communicated today 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:15.880 in words and he came and he said has God indeed 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:23.660 said verse 1 has God indeed said And sometimes 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:26.920 it comes to us like a harmless question, even 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:31.779 to us. Doubts sometimes come to us in forms of 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:37.859 what? Harmless questions. You know. Some of you 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:40.160 will come to us and you receive an instruction. 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:44.039 And you say, oh, I'm still praying about it. 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:48.140 It's not wrong to pray about something. But sometimes 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:50.720 you're not actually praying about it. You're 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:55.009 actually doubting. What has been said? Hallelujah. 00:19:55.910 --> 00:19:58.410 So, it comes sometimes like a harmless question. 00:19:58.589 --> 00:20:01.910 Has God indeed said? Has God indeed said? And 00:20:01.910 --> 00:20:06.529 sometimes these harmless questions can come in 00:20:06.529 --> 00:20:10.890 form of harmless jokes. Alright? Concerning what 00:20:10.890 --> 00:20:16.190 God has said. In a form of harmless songs. Come 00:20:16.190 --> 00:20:21.089 on, it's just entertainment. It's just a real 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:26.299 All right, it's just a harmless comedy Okay, 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:29.779 but what is the goal of that? What is the goal 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:32.619 of that? Let's look at verse 2 and verse 3 Genesis 00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:36.880 verse 2 verse 1 verse 2 and verse 3 and the woman 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.279 said to the serpent in reply We may eat the fruit 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:43.099 of the trees of the garden But of the fruit of 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:45.240 the tree which is in the in the midst of the 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:49.119 garden God has said you shall not eat no shall 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:52.480 you touch it lest you die So we can see clearly 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.059 the woman engaging the devil But in her engagement 00:20:56.059 --> 00:21:02.339 of the devil She has knowledge Hallelujah Does 00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:05.220 she has knowledge? She has knowledge about what 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:10.500 God has said She has the knowledge of what God 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:14.000 has said So what is telling us right now is that 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:16.339 for the sake that you have knowledge, right? 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:20.740 Knowledge does not immune you from what? from 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:23.680 the strategies, from the schemes, from the plan 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:28.140 of the enemy. For the fact that you have knowledge, 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.420 the devil will come for the knowledge you have. 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:37.400 Hallelujah. So, she knows what God says. And 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:40.700 what way did God say it? He said it in chapter 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:45.259 2 verse 15 to 17. Give me Genesis 2 verse 15 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:50.750 to 17. Then the Lord God took the man and put 00:21:50.750 --> 00:21:54.089 him in the garden of Eden to tent and keep it 00:21:54.089 --> 00:21:56.710 And the Lord God commanded the man saying of 00:21:56.710 --> 00:22:00.250 every tree of the garden you may freely eat But 00:22:00.250 --> 00:22:02.250 of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 00:22:02.250 --> 00:22:05.849 you shall not eat for in the day that you eat 00:22:05.849 --> 00:22:08.890 of it You shall surely die. This was the word 00:22:08.890 --> 00:22:13.730 of God. Hallelujah She is not ignorant of what 00:22:13.730 --> 00:22:17.460 of what God have said. All right She's not ignorant 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:20.579 of the Word of God. So as I said, the knowledge 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:25.920 of God's Word, knowing the Word of God, having 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:30.380 the head knowledge, having been able to memorize, 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.380 sometimes we memorize scriptures, even teaching 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:38.920 it, all right, does not immunize us against the 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:43.920 assaults of the enemy. But what preserves us 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:48.299 is actually Applying the word, allowing the word 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:52.000 to be true in our lives, in our conducts. Applying 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:54.859 the word will make you victorious against the 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:58.480 enemy of your faith. So some of you will say, 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.680 I know. I know. You know, but we can't see it 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:04.720 happening. I know what the word of God has said 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:07.220 about my life. I know the instruction of God 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:09.559 concerning my life. It's not about you knowing, 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:12.319 but it's about what you know. What you know, 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:19.190 what you know. seen actively in your life. Hallelujah. 00:23:20.789 --> 00:23:23.089 Verse four and verse five, Genesis four and verse 00:23:23.089 --> 00:23:27.410 five. We will see how the enemy comes in and 00:23:27.410 --> 00:23:32.069 sowing a seed, sowing the seed of doubt. But 00:23:32.069 --> 00:23:36.730 he did not, no, Genesis three, verse four and 00:23:36.730 --> 00:23:45.519 five. Look at what the enemy did. Then the serpent 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.720 said to her After knowing what that the woman 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.839 knows what God have said. All right Testing to 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.420 know what she knows. Then the serpent said to 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:58.859 the woman you will not surely die You will not 00:23:58.859 --> 00:24:02.460 surely die For God knows that in the day that 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:05.039 you eat of it Your eyes will be open and you 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:08.640 will be like God knowing good and evil So what 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:12.000 is the Satan saying? He's saying that what the 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:17.019 God is lying God said the day you eat of it, 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:19.160 you will surely die, but the devil is saying 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:24.680 what you will not surely die So he's either God 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:27.400 is lying or Satan is lying but we know that God 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:30.940 is true. Hallelujah. The word of God is true 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:37.000 And that is how Satan comes to us subtly measuring 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.720 what we know Okay, measuring what we know on 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.819 how our understanding and then he brings in a 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.859 countering opinion concerning what we've been 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:50.119 taught concerning what we've learned concerning 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:52.880 the things we've even practiced because up until 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:57.619 now Adam and Eve were in the garden and they've 00:24:57.619 --> 00:25:00.579 not touched the fruits of evil and what of the 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:05.440 knowledge of good and evil hallelujah so god 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.759 said something the devil also said something 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:13.869 so we see that both doubt and faith is communicated 00:25:13.869 --> 00:25:18.869 by words and what satan said is not something 00:25:18.869 --> 00:25:23.670 new but something opposing what god said okay 00:25:23.670 --> 00:25:27.109 what satan said here is not something new but 00:25:27.109 --> 00:25:30.190 actually in line with what god has already said 00:25:30.190 --> 00:25:34.369 counteracting it opposing it he went further 00:25:34.369 --> 00:25:36.349 to misrepresent the plan and the purpose of god 00:25:36.349 --> 00:25:40.329 for humanity what is god's plan and purpose for 00:25:40.329 --> 00:25:43.500 humanity God's plan and purpose from the beginning 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:48.359 in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 is that humanity is 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.859 to be in God's image and to have dominion. God 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:56.319 in his plan and purpose is that humanity will 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:59.519 be in God's image and have dominion on the earth. 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.960 And that was communicated in Genesis chapter 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:05.019 2 verse 26. Let's look at what God said in Genesis 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:08.140 chapter 2 verse 26 also. Genesis chapter 2 verse 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:32.720 26 Genesis 226 Genesis chapter 2 Yes, I read 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:40.519 Did I Okay, so that's Genesis 2. Okay, Genesis 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:47.160 1, sorry. Sorry. Genesis 1, 26. Then God said 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.619 after, you know, his plans, then God said, let 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:54.980 us make man in our image according to our likeness. 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:57.279 And if you've been in church here for a while, 00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:01.119 you know that we've taught that that image there 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:05.039 is what? What is the image? God's plan is a man 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.630 will be created to represent God. that image 00:27:07.630 --> 00:27:11.589 is talking about representation all right so 00:27:11.589 --> 00:27:14.369 god said let us make man in our image according 00:27:14.369 --> 00:27:19.369 to our likeness let them have what dominion okay 00:27:19.369 --> 00:27:24.029 over the birds dominion over the fish of the 00:27:24.029 --> 00:27:26.690 sea over the birds of the air over the cattle 00:27:26.690 --> 00:27:29.190 over all the earth over every creeping thing 00:27:29.190 --> 00:27:32.089 that creeps on the earth so god created man in 00:27:32.089 --> 00:27:36.670 his own image In the image of God he created 00:27:36.670 --> 00:27:40.430 him male and female he created him. So man and 00:27:40.430 --> 00:27:44.250 woman are what? Are the image of God. Alright? 00:27:44.630 --> 00:27:47.069 Then God blessed them and God said to them be 00:27:47.069 --> 00:27:50.829 fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue 00:27:50.829 --> 00:27:54.089 it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea. Over 00:27:54.089 --> 00:27:56.529 the birds of the air and over every living thing 00:27:56.529 --> 00:28:00.269 that moves on the earth. And God said See I've 00:28:00.269 --> 00:28:04.009 given you every herb that yields seed which is 00:28:04.009 --> 00:28:06.869 on the face of all the earth and every tree whose 00:28:06.869 --> 00:28:09.230 food yields seed to you it shall be for food 00:28:09.230 --> 00:28:12.690 also to every beast of the earth to every breath 00:28:12.690 --> 00:28:16.009 of the air to everything that creeps on the earth 00:28:16.009 --> 00:28:19.589 in which there is life I have given every green 00:28:19.589 --> 00:28:23.609 herb for food and it was so then God saw everything 00:28:23.609 --> 00:28:27.869 that he made and indeed it was what it was very 00:28:27.869 --> 00:28:34.019 good It was very good. It was perfect so every 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.160 evening and the morning and The morning with 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:40.099 the sixth day hallelujah, but we see the devil 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:44.039 coming toward to counter the plan and the purpose 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:51.079 of God Because he knows that if Man will go against 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.759 what God have said man will what will not walk 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:58.079 in the plan and the purpose of God for his life 00:28:59.110 --> 00:29:01.589 That is why Satan is interested in what you have 00:29:01.589 --> 00:29:05.930 in your heart So long as he will bring doubt 00:29:05.930 --> 00:29:10.069 So long as you bring a counter opinion so long 00:29:10.069 --> 00:29:13.230 as He will counter the knowledge you have about 00:29:13.230 --> 00:29:16.390 you About what God has done in Christ for you 00:29:16.390 --> 00:29:19.309 about what you should be doing in Christ. You 00:29:19.309 --> 00:29:23.089 will not function You will not be able to express 00:29:23.089 --> 00:29:26.569 the life that God has created you for So long 00:29:26.569 --> 00:29:29.660 as you be chasing other things You'll be chasing 00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:33.400 money You'll be chasing fame. You'll be chasing 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:35.619 all sort of things that are not what God has 00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:39.920 created you for He's satisfied in fact, he can 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:43.140 even give you money You know, they will prosper 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:47.079 people. You don't know He prospers his own The 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:49.559 devil can even make you what he can make you? 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.700 popular if it's popularity you're looking for 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:56.859 So long as you will not be that image of God 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.420 has created you to be So long as you will not 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:04.900 be representing God on earth Hallelujah So it 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:07.960 is important. We understand the enemy the enemy 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:11.240 of our faith Does not want us to walk in God's 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:15.700 plan and his purpose for our lives At this moment 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:19.059 the devil has planted his seed of doubt true 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:23.339 words he spoke to leave right It is not true 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:25.740 This is the woman said this is what God said 00:30:25.930 --> 00:30:28.150 But he said this thing that God said is not true. 00:30:28.329 --> 00:30:30.490 So what is he bringing? He's bringing an opinion 00:30:30.490 --> 00:30:34.769 that is contrary to God's opinion. To God's opinion. 00:30:36.170 --> 00:30:39.809 Alright? God expressed his plan through words 00:30:39.809 --> 00:30:44.430 to man. And then we see the attack of the enemy 00:30:44.430 --> 00:30:48.009 attacking the understanding. You know, understanding 00:30:48.009 --> 00:30:50.970 of man. And that is what he does even to the 00:30:50.970 --> 00:30:54.079 believer. blinding our minds from coming into 00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.059 the light, the full light of what God has done. 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:59.980 What the devil does, his strategy is to ensure 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:03.619 that he blinds you from what? From having an 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:08.359 understanding, from having a full grasp of what 00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:10.859 God has done. So long as you will not understand, 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:14.059 so long as the knowledge, your mind is not communicated 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.400 what has been done in the spirit, you will not 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:22.490 walk in it. John 12 verse 40 we will see where 00:31:22.490 --> 00:31:27.289 you know talking about the devil give me John 00:31:27.289 --> 00:31:33.769 12 verse 40 yes 40 40 John 12 verse 40 says he 00:31:33.769 --> 00:31:37.049 has blinded their eyes and what what did he do 00:31:37.049 --> 00:31:39.750 he hardened their hearts so who hardens their 00:31:39.750 --> 00:31:42.740 heart the devil He has blinded their eyes and 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.200 hardened their hearts, lest they should see with 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.200 their eyes, lest they should all understand what. 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.920 Where does understanding come from? It comes 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:52.380 from the heart. Lest they understand with their 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:56.259 heart and turn so that they might be healed. 00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:59.460 Second Corinthians chapter four verse three. 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:05.359 Of course we read. Arguments, okay? Opinions, 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:10.569 alright? Even if our gospel is veiled. The gospel 00:32:10.569 --> 00:32:13.190 has to do with what God has done the gospel has 00:32:13.190 --> 00:32:15.390 to do with the plan and the purpose of God But 00:32:15.390 --> 00:32:17.970 even if that plan and a purpose of God for humanity 00:32:17.970 --> 00:32:21.789 is veiled. It is veiled to those who are perishing. 00:32:22.150 --> 00:32:27.950 Why? verse 4 whose mind whose heart whose mind 00:32:27.950 --> 00:32:32.470 the God of this age the God of this world Has 00:32:32.470 --> 00:32:36.109 blinded who do not believe so because he blinded 00:32:36.109 --> 00:32:39.640 their minds. Okay They could not believe the 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.819 words of God or the plans of God communicated 00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:46.380 in words. He has blinded Right who do not believe 00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:49.740 lest the light of what the gospel of the glory 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:53.099 of Christ Who is the representation of God who 00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:56.019 is the image of God should shine in their hearts? 00:32:58.420 --> 00:33:00.880 To shine in their hearts for we do not preach 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.980 ourselves But Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:07.079 your born servants for Jesus Christ sake the 00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.940 message and of course we'll see where Paul will 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:12.079 be praying for the efficient trust in Ephesians 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:15.380 chapter 1 verse 15 often times that the eyes 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:18.759 of their understanding be what be open okay why 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.079 will he pray for their eyes of understanding 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:22.299 say therefore also after I've heard of your faith 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:25.079 because they have faith their eyes of their understanding 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:29.359 must be open of your faith in the Lord Jesus 00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:33.319 and your love for all the sins okay Verse 16 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:36.519 do not cease to give thanks for you making mention 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:39.160 of you in my prayers What is he praying for them 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:42.619 that the god of our lord jesus christ the father 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:45.779 of glory May give you the spirit of wisdom and 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:48.079 revelation the same spirit is of the same spirit 00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:50.819 of wisdom The same spirit of revelation in the 00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:53.180 knowledge of him in the knowledge of him that 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:56.200 what? That the eyes of your minds the eyes of 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:58.700 your heart the eyes of your understanding might 00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:03.009 be enlightened that you may know What is the 00:34:03.009 --> 00:34:05.109 hope of his calling the calling has to do with 00:34:05.109 --> 00:34:07.549 the purpose of God for you the hope of his calling 00:34:07.549 --> 00:34:10.610 That are what are the riches of the glory of 00:34:10.610 --> 00:34:12.889 his inheritance in the sense all talking about 00:34:12.889 --> 00:34:16.849 the work of God And what is the exceeding greatness 00:34:16.849 --> 00:34:20.250 of his power to us all who believe according 00:34:20.250 --> 00:34:24.389 to the walking of his power Which which he walked 00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:27.530 in Christ when he raised him from the dead and 00:34:27.530 --> 00:34:29.630 seated him at his right hand in the heavenly 00:34:29.630 --> 00:34:32.860 hallelujah So we see here consistently that what? 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:37.500 That the enemy wants to blind our eyes from the 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:42.360 reality of what God has done. He comes with opinions 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:45.179 and the essence of that opinion is that we will 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:47.760 subscribe to the opinions of Satan as against 00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:50.340 what God has done, as against what God is doing. 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:53.860 Therefore we choose what the devil is saying 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:57.460 that is unbelief and we are doing unrighteousness. 00:34:57.699 --> 00:35:00.599 Hallelujah. So let's look at verse 6. Genesis 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:05.619 chapter 3 verse 6. Let's see the reaction of 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:09.699 what the enemy says. Look at what he did. The 00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:12.260 first part of verse 6. So when the woman saw 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:16.179 that a tree was good for food, okay? That it 00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:20.099 was pleasant to the eyes and a tree desirable 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:25.719 to make one wise. At this point, she is what? 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:31.659 She is judging. Okay? At this point, she is operating 00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:33.519 in doubt. She's beginning to look at what God 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:36.239 said and what the devil said. And she's beginning 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:40.960 to examine what the devil said. This tree is 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:44.380 actually good for food. This tree is actually 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:47.219 pleasant in the eyes. This tree is actually desirable 00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:51.920 to make one wise. And she is judging and distinguishing 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.039 between what God has said and the new information 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:58.659 the devil has presented. And then we will see 00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:06.380 doubt fully in operation in our hearts. She took 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:10.340 off its foot and what? And ate. She only gave 00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.619 it gifts to her husband with her and he ate. 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.920 She has concluded and believed the words of Satan. 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:23.719 All right? Her unbelief is demonstrated in her 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:26.860 eating. All right? She believed the Word of Satan 00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:29.460 against what God have said. She acted on her 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:32.059 own will, right? Because when you're judging 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:34.420 you're using your will to judge. So it's not 00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:36.380 something that happens. Listen, whenever you 00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:39.380 go against God's Word. Whenever you go against 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:43.860 God's Word, okay? It's not a mistake. It's a 00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:49.099 calculated plan. You calculated. You thought 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:52.679 about it. You planned how you would do it. And 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.369 you executed it. So there's always a timeline. 00:36:59.150 --> 00:37:02.670 People don't fall into sin by accident. People 00:37:02.670 --> 00:37:05.389 slide into sin, gradually, gradually, gradually, 00:37:05.389 --> 00:37:10.150 and they are in sin. And let me tell you, some 00:37:10.150 --> 00:37:13.130 things are planted in your heart that will live 00:37:13.130 --> 00:37:15.489 for 10 years, 15 years before they manifest. 00:37:18.630 --> 00:37:22.630 Some opinions, some conversations, some thoughts. 00:37:23.049 --> 00:37:27.309 Some things you see, some things you hear remain 00:37:27.309 --> 00:37:30.170 in you. If the Word of God is not given the place, 00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:34.329 it will remain in you in one corner. At the right 00:37:34.329 --> 00:37:36.210 time, at the appointed time, it will show forth. 00:37:37.489 --> 00:37:41.550 And you will wonder, how did it happen? How did 00:37:41.550 --> 00:37:44.070 these thoughts, how did these evil thoughts come 00:37:44.070 --> 00:37:46.170 out of me? How did I, I didn't even know what 00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:48.309 was over me. Something was over you. We know 00:37:48.309 --> 00:37:53.050 what is over you. Hallelujah. So she thought 00:37:53.050 --> 00:37:55.849 about it. She considered the conversation. She 00:37:55.849 --> 00:37:59.630 gives a reasonable time thinking Looking at how 00:37:59.630 --> 00:38:03.329 it will be fruitful for her And she operated 00:38:03.329 --> 00:38:07.610 her will right she used her will Against what 00:38:07.610 --> 00:38:12.349 God have said and we see her in unbelief in disobedience 00:38:12.349 --> 00:38:18.889 in sin The devil comes with opinions The devil 00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:21.969 comes with thoughts. The devil comes with contrary, 00:38:21.969 --> 00:38:24.230 you know, opinions against what God has said. 00:38:24.769 --> 00:38:28.989 And then we ponder over it and we see the execution 00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:34.849 of what? Of disobedience. Doubt operates in the 00:38:34.849 --> 00:38:38.630 heart. And we have an obligation to fight doubt 00:38:38.630 --> 00:38:42.309 on a daily basis. Doubt is communicated through 00:38:42.309 --> 00:38:45.230 experiences. Sometimes you had bad experiences 00:38:45.230 --> 00:38:51.539 in your life. and it becomes it becomes the driving 00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:54.239 force of your life all your decisions are made 00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:59.199 out of bad experience as against what God have 00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.679 said you hold on to what has been communicated 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:05.440 to you by bad experiences you hold on to an opinion 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.559 that is not the opinion of God that the devil 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:10.280 have used situations circumstances to communicate 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:13.980 to you and this becomes your truth you know in 00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:17.030 this generation people used to say Just allow 00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:20.869 let him say his truth There's only one truth. 00:39:20.909 --> 00:39:25.150 There's no variation of truth It's either what 00:39:25.150 --> 00:39:28.449 you're saying is a lie or is a truth there are 00:39:28.449 --> 00:39:33.030 no shades of truth and Truth is founded in what 00:39:33.030 --> 00:39:35.210 God have said concerning humanity concerning 00:39:35.210 --> 00:39:38.409 us concerning the believer concerning what humanity 00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:42.090 should be because he created us and He created 00:39:42.090 --> 00:39:45.090 us for a purpose and for a reason And of course 00:39:45.090 --> 00:39:49.869 in verse 7 we will see the consequence of that 00:39:49.869 --> 00:39:57.869 action. Hallelujah. Let's look at another example. 00:39:58.570 --> 00:40:05.349 Mark chapter 9. Mark chapter 9. Hope I will be 00:40:05.349 --> 00:40:10.050 able to do this. Mark chapter 9 from verse 14. 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:18.199 And when he came to the disciples, he saw a great 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:20.159 multitude around them and scribes disputing with 00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:23.400 them. Immediately when they saw him, all the 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.340 people were greatly amazed and running to him, 00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:30.619 greeted him. And he asked the scribes, what are 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:33.780 you discussing with them? The scribes were having 00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:35.440 issues. There was a conflict with the disciples. 00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:37.400 Something has happened. We'll see what happened. 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:41.440 Then one of the crowd answered and said, teacher, 00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:47.460 I brought you my son. Who has a mute spirit and 00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:51.059 whenever wherever it seizes him it throws him 00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:54.179 down He forms at the mouth, gnashes his teeth 00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:57.679 and becomes rigid. So I spoke to your disciples 00:40:57.679 --> 00:41:00.059 thinking you know that they have solution Since 00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:03.019 they've been with you We've even saw with him. 00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:05.559 I even had that they casted demons sometimes 00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:07.679 back So I brought them to you and I didn't see 00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:10.639 you and I saw them and I decided to say since 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:12.780 your master is not here Please do that thing 00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:17.119 that you've been doing I spoke to your disciples 00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:22.119 that they should cast it out, but they couldn't. 00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:25.039 They couldn't cast out the devil. He answered 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:29.780 him and said, oh faithless generation, how shall 00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:32.739 I be with you? How long shall I be with you? 00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:37.579 Bring him to me. Then they brought him to him. 00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:41.820 And when he saw him, immediately the spirit convoked 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:45.139 him and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:47.860 at the mouth. So he asked his father, how long 00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:50.380 has this been happening to him? And he said, 00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:55.119 from childhood. From childhood. And hopefully 00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:58.559 he has thrown him both into the fire and into 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:02.239 water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, 00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:05.579 have compassion on us and help us, Jesus said 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:10.210 to him, if you can believe. All things are possible 00:42:10.210 --> 00:42:15.650 to him who what who believes Immediately, okay 00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:20.289 the next verse verse 25 When Jesus saw that the 00:42:20.289 --> 00:42:23.250 people were running together He rebuked the unclean 00:42:23.250 --> 00:42:27.710 spirit saying to it deaf and dumb spirit I command 00:42:27.710 --> 00:42:31.449 you come out of him and enter into him no more 00:42:31.449 --> 00:42:35.110 Then the spirit cried out convokes him greatly 00:42:35.309 --> 00:42:38.769 and came after him and he became as one death 00:42:38.769 --> 00:42:44.510 as one death so that many said he is dead but 00:42:44.510 --> 00:42:46.510 Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up 00:42:46.510 --> 00:42:50.610 and he arose and when he had come into the house 00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:56.030 his disciples asked him privately they came in 00:42:56.030 --> 00:43:01.090 shamelessly privately why could we not cast it 00:43:01.090 --> 00:43:05.730 out okay why could we not cast it out so he said 00:43:05.730 --> 00:43:11.570 to them this kind can come out by nothing but 00:43:11.570 --> 00:43:15.389 by prayer and fasting hallelujah so what is that 00:43:15.389 --> 00:43:19.969 kind that can come out only by prayer and by 00:43:19.969 --> 00:43:23.289 fasting is that this variation of demonic spirits 00:43:23.289 --> 00:43:28.230 has a special you know special effects special 00:43:28.230 --> 00:43:30.829 strength that you can only come when you pray 00:43:30.829 --> 00:43:33.469 and fast Is it that the disciples do not pray 00:43:33.469 --> 00:43:36.269 and fast? That was why they wouldn't cast out 00:43:36.269 --> 00:43:40.030 the devil. Hallelujah. Now let's go back to verse 00:43:40.030 --> 00:43:43.510 14. Jesus had returned and then he found confession 00:43:43.510 --> 00:43:45.210 among the crowds and the scribes and the disciples. 00:43:46.329 --> 00:43:49.250 Let's see what the father did. The father came 00:43:49.250 --> 00:43:52.710 and then he narrated the story. He explains that 00:43:52.710 --> 00:43:57.250 his son, you know, of course we saw what has 00:43:57.250 --> 00:44:03.420 been happening with him. Why couldn't they cast 00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:06.820 out the demons? I want you to understand that 00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:09.900 this is not their first encounter with demons, 00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:14.079 okay? In Mark chapter 6 verse 7, the disciples 00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:16.360 has previously been given authority over unclean 00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:20.500 spirits. Mark chapter 6 verse 7, let's see previous 00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:24.940 chapters to this. Mark chapter 6 verse 7, and 00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:27.860 he called the 12 to him and began to send them 00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:31.800 out two by two. And what did he do? He gave the 00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:34.840 12th, he gave them, including Judas, he gave 00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:38.920 them power over unclean spirits, all right? He 00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:40.739 commanded them to take nothing for the journey, 00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:43.679 except a staff, no bag, no bread, no copper in 00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:47.079 their money belts, but to wear sandals and not 00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:52.000 to put out on two tonics. And he also said to 00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:56.519 them, in whatever place you enter a house, whatever 00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:59.739 place you enter a house, stay there till you 00:44:59.739 --> 00:45:03.019 depart from that place. And whatever will not, 00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:06.000 whoever will not receive you, nor hear you when 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:08.820 you depart from there, take off the dust under 00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:10.900 your feet as a testimony against them, I shall 00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:13.880 say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom 00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:16.739 and Gomorrah in the days of judgment than for 00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:20.840 that city. So they went out and preached that 00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:23.260 people should what? That people should repent. 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:28.039 That people should repent. And what did they 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.730 do? Look at what they did, the 12th. They cast 00:45:30.730 --> 00:45:35.489 out many demons and anointed with oil as many 00:45:35.489 --> 00:45:38.630 who were sick. And what happened? And they healed 00:45:38.630 --> 00:45:43.389 them. Hallelujah. So what might have happened 00:45:43.389 --> 00:45:47.889 to them? Okay. That they could not be able to 00:45:47.889 --> 00:45:52.969 cast out this special demon. Could it be that 00:45:52.969 --> 00:45:54.769 they have not seen this type of demon before? 00:45:58.809 --> 00:46:02.780 Amen. certainly they must have subscribed to 00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:07.900 other information all right certainly they might 00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:12.500 have listened to another opinion certainly from 00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:15.179 the past experience of this experience they might 00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:18.380 have been a counter opinion over what they are 00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:22.019 and what they can do probably they've gone through 00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:26.480 Facebook if there was Facebook in that time and 00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:29.920 they've seen somebody Trying to perform some 00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:32.119 things and then they went to the comments. So 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:36.800 all these fake pastors And then that comments 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.539 have entered their hearts and they begin to doubt 00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:40.199 ah, let me know do you so that they will say 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:43.019 I'm a fake All right, and there's doubt probably 00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:49.900 if they watch a reel On Instagram That speaks 00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:52.820 negatively about the miraculous and just saying 00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:59.570 probably all right Anything may have come. A 00:46:59.570 --> 00:47:07.250 contrary opinion can come from anywhere. We can 00:47:07.250 --> 00:47:10.670 see that victories of yesterday, alright? The 00:47:10.670 --> 00:47:14.150 spiritual victories of yesterday do not replace 00:47:14.150 --> 00:47:17.130 the need to walk in faith today. That is the 00:47:17.130 --> 00:47:19.769 first thing I want you to understand. Your experience 00:47:19.769 --> 00:47:23.710 of yesterday, your victories of yesterday do 00:47:23.710 --> 00:47:25.829 not mean that you should not walk in faith today. 00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:33.940 Faith must be active now and always Sometimes 00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:36.619 we may have strong, you know, we may express 00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:41.780 faith in some areas of our lives But surrender 00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:48.860 to doubts in other areas it's possible oh When 00:47:48.860 --> 00:47:51.400 it comes to believing God for provision because 00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:53.500 you've believed God before and you've seen God 00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:56.159 done it you believe that God can provide then 00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:59.639 suddenly Symptom of sickness comes then you begin 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:02.760 to doubt the God's power to heal it's possible 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:07.659 and What God desire is a consistency consists 00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:11.380 consistently your life today tomorrow and forever 00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:17.840 that you walk always expressing faith Look at 00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:22.079 Jesus's answer in verse 19. He answered it and 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:28.769 said all foolish generation Mark 6 19 all foolish 00:48:28.769 --> 00:48:39.070 generation Mark 9 sorry Mark 9 Mark 9 19 After 00:48:39.070 --> 00:48:41.070 the situation as we explained to Jesus he said 00:48:41.070 --> 00:48:43.949 all foolish generations all faithless generations 00:48:43.949 --> 00:48:48.329 So the reason is what is faith is a faith problem 00:48:48.329 --> 00:48:52.050 Okay, the reason for the inability to cast out 00:48:52.050 --> 00:48:56.159 the devil's is what is a faith issue How long 00:48:56.159 --> 00:49:00.239 shall I be with you? How long shall I teach you? 00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:04.920 How long shall I be exposing you to truth? How 00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:06.420 long shall I keep telling you that I've given 00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:10.679 you authority and power to cast out devils? How 00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:17.119 long shall I bear with you? Jesus addresses generation 00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:20.699 and exposes the atmosphere around the situation. 00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:24.980 Doubt. that has resulted in unbelief, have seen 00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:32.420 the disciples unable to cast out the devil. Jesus 00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:34.059 did not highlight the strength of the demon. 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:40.760 He didn't say, oh, this demon, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.000 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.019 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.099 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.340 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:42.039 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:44.300 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:44.300 --> 00:49:45.239 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:53.000 ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah you have to fast so no 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:57.599 he didn't amplify what the strength of the demon 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:01.559 is not about how strong the demon is okay but 00:50:01.559 --> 00:50:05.440 the issue is what is the issue of faith the issue 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:09.260 is the issue of faith unbelief exists in the 00:50:09.260 --> 00:50:13.920 disciples all right verse 20 and verse 2 we'll 00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:18.619 see you know how the father speaks of the experience 00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:22.400 of his son And then he went on to say if he can 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:26.400 do anything His words reveal disappointments 00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:29.099 and uncertainty from what has been a repeated 00:50:29.099 --> 00:50:34.500 suffering. All right His doubt he's you know, 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:41.820 he's He's in doubt himself Because listen the 00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:45.599 man the father of the son have expressed a certain 00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:47.940 level of faith, even though he wouldn't you know 00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:49.750 have brought The son to Jesus Christ to heal 00:50:49.750 --> 00:50:52.289 he believed that Jesus can what can heal that 00:50:52.289 --> 00:50:55.090 is why he brought his son But unseen that the 00:50:55.090 --> 00:50:57.050 disciples could not perform. What do you think 00:50:57.050 --> 00:51:07.949 has happened to his fate? Listen God want to 00:51:07.949 --> 00:51:13.869 display the knowledge of his will God want to 00:51:13.869 --> 00:51:20.369 display his glory on earth Because of time and 00:51:20.369 --> 00:51:23.650 the only way that God can do it is through you 00:51:23.650 --> 00:51:30.789 and it's through me We hold the solution to the 00:51:30.789 --> 00:51:35.630 problems of our generation We hold the answers 00:51:35.630 --> 00:51:38.849 to the questions that our generation is asking 00:51:38.849 --> 00:51:42.530 and most at times the questions of our generations 00:51:42.530 --> 00:51:45.590 are the questions of identity the questions of 00:51:45.590 --> 00:51:49.039 purpose The questions of why am I here? The question 00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:52.239 is what am I supposed to do here? And the question 00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:57.000 is is wrapped up in the message of the gospel. 00:51:58.300 --> 00:52:02.199 And you and I are committed with that. Not only 00:52:02.199 --> 00:52:03.780 that we are committed with it, but we are committed 00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:07.599 with the power to deliver men from the shackles 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:13.599 of the kingdom of darkness. And if the word of 00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:17.440 God have said it I believe we can do it. Hallelujah 00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:26.420 When Jesus was talking about this can go Only 00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:28.920 but by what by prayer and some translation will 00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:32.920 say I'm fasting it's talking about their unbelief 00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:38.500 This kind of unbelief you have to do seven days 00:52:38.500 --> 00:52:41.659 of fasting and prayer So that you will be aligned 00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:43.219 with God to the point that you believe the word 00:52:43.219 --> 00:52:48.039 of God again Maybe that is your Your testimony 00:52:48.039 --> 00:52:51.960 this morning. Are you doubting? Are you beginning 00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:54.579 to doubt the Word of God? Oh Sometimes they go 00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:57.079 I used to believe I was afraid I know there was 00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:59.380 a time I lay hand on the sick and there was healing 00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:01.940 Now I don't even believe this healing is it really 00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:07.219 true? You need fasting and prayer Hmm time of 00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:10.500 communion with God in the world You need teaching 00:53:10.500 --> 00:53:15.639 of God's Word. In fact, you need dry fast Put 00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:18.219 away the reel you've been watching. Put away 00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:20.420 the Facebook that you've been engaging. Put away 00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:22.599 the distraction and bring into us things that 00:53:22.599 --> 00:53:25.420 distract us. That comment gets contrary opinion, 00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:28.840 the devices that when we are not watchful, they 00:53:28.840 --> 00:53:31.340 can speak things that are contrary to our faith. 00:53:31.780 --> 00:53:34.519 And we hold on to those opinions and we work 00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:38.400 in these opinions. Maybe it's time for you to 00:53:38.400 --> 00:53:41.190 have a retreat. Or sometimes when I've discovered 00:53:41.190 --> 00:53:45.590 that I'm weak in faith, I know that it is an 00:53:45.590 --> 00:53:47.809 opportunity for me to spend time with God. I 00:53:47.809 --> 00:53:49.449 know that it's an opportunity for me to go to 00:53:49.449 --> 00:53:52.329 a brother in Christ to encourage me. I know that 00:53:52.329 --> 00:53:54.889 it's an opportunity for me to spend time with 00:53:54.889 --> 00:53:57.949 God in the place of prayer and communion until 00:53:57.949 --> 00:54:02.210 I believe again. Your man says, I have faith. 00:54:02.489 --> 00:54:04.969 Help my unbelief. Is there somebody here that 00:54:04.969 --> 00:54:07.230 once God is saying deeply in your heart, Lord, 00:54:07.230 --> 00:54:11.380 I believe, but help my unbelief. I'm doubting. 00:54:11.840 --> 00:54:15.579 And the only way you can be strengthened, see, 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:23.019 the solution for a weak faith is faith. If your 00:54:23.019 --> 00:54:26.500 faith is weak, the solution is faith. And faith 00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:31.420 comes only by the hearing of the word of God. 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.039 And the way by which you be strengthened is by 00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:38.139 the word, is by fellowship with God. is by fellowship 00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:40.519 and communion with other saints that the word 00:54:40.519 --> 00:54:43.900 of God will become alive to you dispelling the 00:54:43.900 --> 00:54:47.699 arguments dispelling the doubts dispelling every 00:54:47.699 --> 00:54:52.480 contrary opinion until you find yourself in the 00:54:52.480 --> 00:54:55.440 place of conviction until you find yourself in 00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:58.219 the place of persuasion oh there are some things 00:54:58.219 --> 00:55:01.400 that you you the devil cannot tempt you about 00:55:01.400 --> 00:55:03.380 some things because he knows that you are persuaded 00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:09.219 hallelujah He knows that you are persuaded. No 00:55:09.219 --> 00:55:12.960 matter what you tell me, you cannot convince 00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:17.280 me that Arsenal is not the best club in the world. 00:55:20.019 --> 00:55:25.360 You know why? I am persuaded. Even if the results 00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:33.239 are not saying what it is, I believe. That is 00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:36.079 the way we should come to God's Word. Hallelujah. 00:55:36.800 --> 00:55:40.480 That we are so persuaded. Alright? That we are 00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:43.579 convinced in our heart. Even if we see a result 00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:45.619 saying something contrary to what we are seeing, 00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:48.639 say I believe what the word of God said. I can 00:55:48.639 --> 00:55:51.019 heal the sick. I lay my hands on the sick and 00:55:51.019 --> 00:55:55.500 they are healed. Oh, I'm trusting God for supply. 00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:58.360 I believe God's supply for my life. The word 00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:02.260 of God says it. I believe it. I meditate on it 00:56:02.260 --> 00:56:08.320 until life comes inside of me. When you come 00:56:08.320 --> 00:56:12.159 to ministry, ministry is a walk of faith. If 00:56:12.159 --> 00:56:13.900 it's not by faith, some of us will have packed 00:56:13.900 --> 00:56:15.639 out and leave this country. I'm telling you the 00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:21.739 truth. The thing is fun to be in this country 00:56:21.739 --> 00:56:26.639 for 15 years. Some of us have been here when 00:56:26.639 --> 00:56:34.880 kebab was three tiered. Three tiered, you eat 00:56:34.880 --> 00:56:38.300 kebab. Good one, not fake. Correct kebab. dollar 00:56:38.300 --> 00:56:47.679 was how much 1 .2 1 .5 TL to a dollar we saw 00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:51.659 it oh when we see you celebrating the the downfall 00:56:51.659 --> 00:56:57.079 of dollar we wept we weep because the glory we 00:56:57.079 --> 00:57:00.619 saw before is better than what you are seeing 00:57:00.619 --> 00:57:06.349 now but it takes faith to remain committed Even 00:57:06.349 --> 00:57:08.989 when we don't know how to do it, even when sometimes 00:57:08.989 --> 00:57:10.429 we'll go back and we begin to look at some of 00:57:10.429 --> 00:57:11.710 the things we've been teaching, ask your pastors. 00:57:12.190 --> 00:57:14.170 We laugh at what we used to teach you before. 00:57:15.889 --> 00:57:19.630 We never give up. We hold on to what we believe 00:57:19.630 --> 00:57:21.550 and we're convinced, even when we don't understand. 00:57:22.769 --> 00:57:24.730 Until we rise up to the place of conviction, 00:57:25.429 --> 00:57:27.469 until we reach a place of persuasion. It was 00:57:27.469 --> 00:57:30.329 persuasion that brought Abraham to a place that 00:57:30.329 --> 00:57:32.969 we call him a man of faith today. Against all 00:57:32.969 --> 00:57:36.789 odds his body was saying I am old I'm weak his 00:57:36.789 --> 00:57:38.949 wife was at a position that she cannot give birth 00:57:38.949 --> 00:57:41.210 But he hold on to the word of God the Bible says 00:57:41.210 --> 00:57:45.309 he never stagger at a promise But he believed 00:57:45.309 --> 00:57:47.730 that he who promise is able to bring it to manifestation 00:57:47.730 --> 00:57:52.309 and we see the reality the evidence of What he 00:57:52.309 --> 00:57:55.309 hold on to in Christ Jesus and that is what God 00:57:55.309 --> 00:57:59.010 is bringing to you this morning Against the contrary 00:57:59.010 --> 00:58:02.139 opinion as against all that the devil is saying 00:58:02.139 --> 00:58:06.619 as against every single contradiction that you 00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:09.820 will face every single day the moment you put 00:58:09.820 --> 00:58:11.800 your you wake up from your bed and you put your 00:58:11.800 --> 00:58:14.960 leg on the ground the devil has already arranged 00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:18.760 contradictions and you're walking into contradictions 00:58:18.760 --> 00:58:22.099 daily in your life in your place of work contradiction 00:58:22.099 --> 00:58:25.400 in your place of education contradiction even 00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:27.239 in in class you are teaching you want to live 00:58:27.239 --> 00:58:29.449 in love you want to express love as a lecturer 00:58:29.449 --> 00:58:31.909 but the students are attempting are bringing 00:58:31.909 --> 00:58:33.829 contrary opinion against the love that is in 00:58:33.829 --> 00:58:38.329 your heart even if you are in business customers 00:58:38.329 --> 00:58:40.789 will look at you customers are always right they 00:58:40.789 --> 00:58:43.329 bring contrary opinion as against the work of 00:58:43.329 --> 00:58:46.969 love but what God expects from you is that the 00:58:46.969 --> 00:58:49.690 spirit of God inspires you to live above the 00:58:49.690 --> 00:58:51.550 contradiction that you face in your life daily 00:58:51.550 --> 00:58:56.719 we appreciate you being here today We hope you 00:58:56.719 --> 00:58:58.840 carry this word with you throughout your week. 00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:01.739 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional 00:59:01.739 --> 00:59:04.519 insights. 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