Many Christians vacation in God’s love, but they don’t live there. Religion will tell you that when you mess up, God folds his arms, takes away His joy, and then sits there and lets you stew in your juices. That is not true. God always has His arms open, seeking to release His love into your life
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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…
> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.
> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE
> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
> IF IT HADN’T BEEN
FOR THIS MINISTRY,
> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M GOING TO START
A SERIES TALKING ABOUT
THE FOUR KEYS TO STAYING
FULL OF GOD.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF MY LEAST REQUESTED
TEACHINGS THAT I HAVE,
AND YET THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS JUST
REVOLUTIONIZED MY LIFE.
THE LORD TAUGHT ME
THESE PRINCIPLES
BEFORE I PUT IT INTO A TEACHING,
BUT I TELL YOU,
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I USE CONSTANTLY.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON,
IT MAY BE THE TITLE,
DISCOVER THE KEYS TO STAYING
FULL OF GOD.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT
RINGS PEOPLE’S BELL OR WHAT,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IN ORDER TO GET YOU
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS,
I’M GIVING THIS BOOK AWAY.
NOW, WE ALWAYS OFFER OUR STUFF
FOR A DONATION.
AND YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE HAVE
A PACKAGE WITH REALLY
A LOT OF EXPENSIVE ITEMS IN IT,
WE SAY, FOR A GIFT
OR A SUGGESTED DONATION.
BUT WE’RE JUST GIVING THIS AWAY
JUST SO THAT YOU’LL GET IT.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET IT
BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE
LIFE CHANGING.
AND SO, I’VE ALSO GOT
THIS TEACHING IN CDs AND DVDs.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY
DOWNLOAD THOSE
FREE OF CHARGE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE
A STUDY GUIDE,
WHICH THIS IS MADE
SO THAT YOU COULD DISCIPLE
OTHER PEOPLE IN BIBLE STUDIES,
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO
GET THIS TEACHING
BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU,
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS JUST SO POWERFUL.
MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE KEYS THAT WE’RE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT IN HERE.
SO I’M GOING TO
TAKE THIS TEACHING OUT OF
ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, AND VERSE 21.
BUT LET ME GIVE
A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO THIS
FIRST OF ALL.
AND I…YOU KNOW,
WHEN THIS CAME TO ME,
I WAS ACTUALLY MINISTERING
IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
AND I WAS IN A CHURCH,
AND I HAD BEEN THERE
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY,
AND I WENT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND ON SUNDAY MORNING,
I HAD A WOMAN COME UP TO ME
AND SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES,
AND SHE SAYS, THIS TEACHING
HAS JUST TRANSFORMED MY LIFE.
SHE SAYS, I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
HOW MUCH GOD LOVED ME
UNTIL THIS WEEKEND.
AND…AND SO,
THAT PART WAS GOOD,
BUT THEN SHE SAYS,
I KNOW IT WON’T LAST
AND IT MAY ONLY LAST
A MONTH OR A WEEK OR WHATEVER,
BUT YOU KNOW,
RIGHT NOW I AM JUST ENJOYING
THE LOVE OF GOD MORE THAN
I EVER HAVE IN MY LIFE.
AND WHEN SHE SAID THAT,
THAT REALLY GRIEVED ME,
THAT A PERSON WOULD JUST
EXPECT TO NOT HAVE
THE LOVE OF GOD
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THEIR LIFE.
AND I MEAN, IT REALLY
BOTHERED ME.
AND THAT WAS ON
A SUNDAY MORNING.
SO SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL
AND I SPENT ALL AFTERNOON
PRAYING AND SAYING,
GOD, THAT’S JUST TERRIBLE,
AND YET, I…I’M NOT CONDEMNING
THAT PERSON.
I WOULD SAY THAT ACCORDING TO
MOST PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE,
THAT’S PROBABLY TRUE,
THAT MOST PEOPLE
HAVE GOD TOUCH THEM
AND THEY JUST SEEM TO LOSE IT
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
MATTER OF FACT,
I WAS ACTUALLY RAISED
IN A CHURCH
THAT TAUGHT WE’RE LIKE A BUCKET
WITH HOLES PUNCHED IN IT,
AND YOU CAN FILL THAT BUCKET UP,
BUT IT’S EVENTUALLY
GOING TO DRAIN OUT
AND YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE
MANY FILLINGS
AND YOU’VE GOT TO CONSTANTLY
HAVE GOD COME BACK
AND TOUCH YOUR LIFE AGAIN.
AND I WOULD SAY
THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE,
THAT IS PROBABLY HOW THEY LIVE.
NOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE
PUT THAT INTO A DOCTRINE,
AND IT MAY NOT BE
A THEOLOGY FOR YOU,
BUT THIS IS WHAT
MOST PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE IS.
IT’S LIKE A…A YO-YO,
UP AND DOWN.
IT’S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER,
UP AND DOWN,
AND WHEN I WAS PRAYING
ABOUT THIS ON THAT AFTERNOON,
I’M NOT SAYING THIS
IN A PRIDEFUL WAY AT ALL,
I’M SAYING IT IN A THANKFUL WAY,
BUT AT THAT TIME…
THAT WAS PROBABLY 30 YEARS
OR MAYBE EVEN 20 YEARS
AFTER I HAD
HAD THE EXPERIENCE ON
MARCH THE 23RD, 1968.
AND I MEAN, GOD TOUCHED ME
AND I WAS FILLED WITH
THE LOVE OF GOD,
AND I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN OVER IT.
I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY
THAT WHAT GOD DID IN 1968
IN MY LIFE LIVES BIGGER
ON THE INSIDE OF ME NOW
THAN IT DID THEN,
BECAUSE NOW I’VE GOT SO MUCH
OTHER UNDERSTANDING
AND GOD HAS EXPLAINED
SO MANY THINGS TO ME.
BUT…BUT THE POINT IS
THAT INSTEAD OF ME
LOSING THIS LOVE OF GOD
AND THE REVELATION
THAT GOD GAVE ME,
IT HAS GROWN AND INCREASED.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS THE WAY
THAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
SHOULD BE,
YOU GO FROM GLORY TO GLORY.
2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,
NOT PIT TO PIT.
AND YET MOST CHRISTIANS,
IT’S…IT’S UP AND DOWN, AGAIN,
AND THEY JUST CAN’T MAINTAIN
THE THINGS OF GOD.
AND SO, I WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS
THAT AFTERNOON,
AND I SAID, LORD,
IT HAS NEVER DIMINISHED.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE
HAS NEVER DIMINISHED.
IT’S GOT GREATER, ITS INCREASED.
GOD IS IMPACTING MY LIFE
MORE NOW.
54 YEARS LATER,
IT IS IMPACTING MY LIFE MORE NOW
THAN IT DID BACK THEN.
AND I SAID, THERE’S GOT TO BE
A REASON FOR THIS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, LOOKING AROUND,
I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS PROBABLY
THE TYPICAL EXPERIENCE,
THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH
HIGHS AND LOWS AND STUFF.
AND YET,
JESUS SAID THAT THE VALLEYS
WOULD BE EXALTED,
AND THE MOUNTAIN AND HILLS
BE BROUGHT LOW.
IF YOU BRING THE VALLEYS UP
AND THE MOUNTAINS DOWN,
THAT SHOULD BE SMOOTH SAILING.
I’M NOT SAYING THAT WE LIVE
WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
I HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS
AND I’VE HAD TERRIBLE THINGS
HAPPEN TO ME,
BUT IT HAS NEVER DIMINISHED
THE LOVE OF GOD
AND THE REVELATION OF
WHAT HE’S DONE IN MY LIFE.
IT’S GROWN
AND IT’S GOTTEN STRONGER.
AND I SAID, GOD, THERE’S GOT TO
BE A REASON FOR IT.
AND I STARTED PRAYING,
AND I SAID, WHAT’S GOING ON?
WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE
LOSE THIS REVELATION,
LOSE THE TOUCH OF GOD
IN THEIR LIFE,
AND THEY’VE GOT TO
GO AND GET REFRESHED?
AND THE LORD LED ME
TO THESE VERSES IN
ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21,
AND SO I’M GOING TO BE
GETTING INTO THAT.
IT MAY BE TOMORROW
BEFORE I REALLY BEGIN TO
DIG INTO IT,
BUT LET ME JUST GIVE YOU
SOME OF THE CONTEXT OF THIS.
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
AND BEGINNING WITH VERSE 16,
THE APOSTLE PAUL
MADE SOME GREAT
STATEMENTS HERE.
HE SAYS, I AM NOT ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST:
FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION
TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH;
TO THE JEW FIRST,
AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.
FOR THEREIN,
TALKING ABOUT IN THE GOSPEL,
IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH:
AS IT IS WRITTEN,
THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
I’VE ACTUALLY GOT
HOURS AND HOURS OF TEACHING
ON THOSE TWO VERSES.
I’M NOT GOING TO
GO INTO THAT TODAY.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY
THAT WHEN HE SAID
THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD
UNTO SALVATION,
TODAY THE WORD GOSPEL
HAS NEARLY BECOME A CLICHÉ
TO MOST CHRISTIANS,
AND THEY JUST ASCRIBE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION,
ESPECIALLY CHRISTIANITY,
AS THE GOSPEL.
I’VE ACTUALLY HEARD PEOPLE
GET UP BEFORE AND PREACH
THAT YOU’RE A SINNER
AND YOU’RE GOING TO HELL
AND GOD IS ANGRY AT YOU
AND THE WRATH OF GOD’S GOING TO
COME ON YOU,
AND THEY SAY THAT’S THE GOSPEL.
DID YOU KNOW
THAT THE WORD GOSPEL
LITERALLY MEANS, GOOD NEWS?
AND I BELIEVE YOU COULD EVEN
SAY THIS, THAT IT MEANS,
NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE,
PRIOR TO THE BIBLE
BEING WRITTEN, THE GREEK WORD
THAT WAS TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,
IN OUR BIBLE, IT WAS USED,
IT WAS IN EXISTENCE.
BUT I’VE READ A COMMENTARY,
AND THEY SAID THAT IN ALL OF
THE GREEK LITERATURE,
BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN,
THAT THE GREEK WORD
TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,
WAS ONLY USED TWICE
IN ALL OF THE LITERATURE
THAT WE HAVE.
AND THE REASON FOR IT
IS BECAUSE
IT’S NOT ONLY GOOD NEWS,
IT’S LIKE IT’S NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS A SUPERLATIVE,
A HYPERBOLE.
NOBODY…THERE WAS NOTHING
IN THE NATURAL WORLD,
IN THIS FALLEN WORLD,
THAT WAS TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.
AND SO BECAUSE OF IT,
IT EXISTED, BUT IT JUST WASN’T
USED VERY OFTEN.
BUT WHEN THEY STARTED
TALKING ABOUT JESUS
AND WHAT JESUS DID FOR US
AND HOW HE CAME
AND TOOK OUR SIN
AND DIED AND TOOK
OUR PUNISHMENT
SO THAT WE COULD HAVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD THE FATHER,
AND ALL OF THE BLESSINGS,
NOW THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT GOSPEL REALLY APPLIED TO.
SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT’S NOT
JUST RELIGION.
IT’S TALKING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT GOOD NEWS.
NOW IT’S TRUE
THAT THERE IS A HELL,
AND IT IS TRUE THAT PEOPLE
THAT DON’T ACCEPT JESUS
ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO ANSWER FOR
THEIR REJECTION OF JESUS,
AND IF THEY DID NOT ACCEPT HIM
IN THIS LIFE,
THEN THEY WILL GO TO HELL.
THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES
THAT THERE IS A HELL,
BUT THAT’S…THAT’S TRUE,
BUT IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS.
AND THE RELIGION OF PAUL’S DAY
WAS JUST TOTALLY FOCUSED ON
TELLING PEOPLE HOW MUCH OF
A SINNER THEY WERE,
FOCUSING ON ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE WRONG,
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO
DRIVE PEOPLE TO GOD OUT OF FEAR
INSTEAD OF DRAWING
THEM BY LOVE.
BUT WHEN JESUS CAME,
THE GOOD NEWS…
IT SAYS OVER HERE IN
ROMANS, CHAPTER 2, AND VERSE 4,
IT SAYS, OR DESPISES THOU
THE RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS
AND FORBEARANCE
AND LONGSUFFERING;
NOT KNOWING
THAT THE GOODNESS OF GOD
LEADETH THEE TO REPENTANCE?
MAN, THIS IS A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT APPROACH
TO TALK ABOUT
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
AND DRAW PEOPLE TO GOD
THROUGH THE LOVE
AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD
INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEM
OU…OUT OF FEAR.
AND SO, WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,
THAT THE GOSPEL,
THIS GOOD NEWS,
THIS NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS
IS THE POWER THAT RELEASES
ALL OF THE ABILITY OF GOD
INTO YOUR LIFE,
WHEN HE SAID THAT,
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF HIS DAY,
THE WORD, GOSPEL, WAS NOT
A…A CLICHÉ.
TO THEM, THEY KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT,
AND IT WAS SO CONTRARY
TO THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
OF HIS DAY,
JUST AS IT’S CONTRARY TO
OUR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM TODAY
TO TALK ABOUT
THE GOODNESS OF GOD, THAT MAN,
PEOPLE JUST IMMEDIATELY,
WELL YOU’VE GOT TO TELL PEOPLE
WHAT A TERRIBLE SINNER THEY ARE.
YOU’VE GOT TO REVEAL PEOPLE…
REVEAL TO PEOPLE THEIR SIN.
AND SO, HE BEGINS TO
DEAL WITH THAT IN THE 18TH
THROUGH THE 20TH VERSES.
AND HE’S BASICALLY SAYING…
I’LL JUST SUMMARIZE IT
AND THEN WE’LL READ IT,
BUT HE’S BASICALLY SAYING,
LOOK, YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAJOR
ON PEOPLE’S SIN.
I DO BELIEVE
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THEY ARE A SINNER.
JESUS DIED FOR SINNERS.
IT SAYS IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 4,
THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF
FOR THE UNGODLY.
UNLESS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU’RE UNGODLY,
THEN YOU CAN’T BE SAVED
BECAUSE HE DIED FOR SINNERS,
HE DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
SO THERE HAS TO BE
THIS AWARENESS,
THIS KNOWLEDGE,
THAT WE NEED A SAVIOR,
THAT WE CAN’T SAVE OURSELF.
I AGREE WITH THAT,
BUT YOU NEED TO DRAW PEOPLE
THROUGH THE GOODNESS OF GOD
AND SHOW THEM
HOW THAT GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS SON,
AND HIS SON DIED
AND PAID FOR OUR SINS
SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO
PERSONALLY DO IT.
THAT SHOULD BE THE EMPHASIS.
AND SO, HE’S SAYING
THAT WHEN HE’S…
WHEN HE STARTED SAYING THIS,
THOSE WHO SAY, NO,
THEY’VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
WHAT A TERRIBLE SINNER THEY ARE,
HERE’S WHAT
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN 18…
VERSES…ROMANS 1:18
THROUGH 20,
HE BASICALLY WAS SAYING,
THERE’S ALREADY
AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
ON THE INSIDE OF
EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT THEY ARE A SINNER,
THAT THEY HAVE COME SHORT OF
THE GLORY OF GOD,
AND THERE IS A FEAR OF
BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD.
AND SO, THAT’S
WHAT THESE VERSES
ARE SAYING.
IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS,
FOR THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED…
AND IF YOU LOOK THIS UP
IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE,
IT LITERALLY IS SAYING,
THE WRATH OF GOD
HAS ALREADY BEEN REVEALED.
IT’S IN THE PAST TENSE.
AND SO,
THE WRATH OF GOD
IS REVEALED…
HAS ALREADY BEEN REVEALED
FROM HEAVEN
AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN,
WHO HOLD THE TRUTH
IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS;
BECAUSE THAT WHICH
MAY BE KNOWN
OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM;
FOR GOD HAS SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.
NOW NOTICE THE
TERMINOLOGY HERE.
IT SAYS, THAT WHICH
MAY BE KNOWN OF GOD
IS MANIFEST IN THEM.
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT’S INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON.
IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS,
HE’S REVEALED HIMSELF
FROM HEAVEN,
AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS
AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
OF MEN.
IT’S MANIFEST IN THEM.
GOD HATH SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.
IT’S NOT SOMETHING
THAT’S OBSCURE.
MATTER OF FACT,
IT SAYS IN THE NEXT VERSE,
IT SAYS, FOR THE INVISIBLE
THINGS OF HIM
FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
ARE CLEARLY SEEN.
THIS MEANS IT’S NOT OBSCURE.
IT’S NOT SOMETHING
THAT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
IT’S CLEARLY SEEN,
BEING UNDERSTOOD
BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE,
EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD;
SO THAT THEY ARE
WITHOUT EXCUSE.
SO AGAIN, REMEMBER THE CONTEXT.
HE’S SAYING
IT’S THE GOODNESS OF GOD
THAT LEADS MEN TO REPENTANCE.
AND RELIGION COMES UP AND SAYS,
NO, YOU’VE GOT TO
DRIVE THEM THERE OUT OF FEAR
THAT GOD IS GOING TO JUDGE THEM.
AND HE COMES BACK BY SAYING,
LOOK, THEY ALREADY KNOW.
ON A HEART LEVEL, PEOPLE KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE SINNED
AND COME SHORT OF
THE GLORY OF GOD.
NOW, I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
WHO, YOU’RE DISAGREEING
WITH THIS, AND YOU’RE SAYING,
NO, THAT’S NOT TRUE.
I…IT MAY BE YOU,
OR IT MAY BE SOMEBODY YOU KNOW
WHO CAN SIN WITH IMPUNITY,
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE
NO CONSCIENCE AT ALL.
LET ME SAY THAT OVER IN
1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4,
LET ME JUST TURN OVER
AND READ A FEW OF THESE VERSES
BECAUSE I’M NOT SURE
I CAN QUOTE THE WHOLE THING.
BUT 1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4,
SAYS, NOW THE SPIRIT
SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY,
THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES
SOME SHALL DEPART
FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO
SEDUCING SPIRITS,
AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.
MAN, I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME
ON THAT, BUT THIS SHOWS YOU
THAT IT’S NOT JUST UP TO US.
IT’S NOT…IT’S NOT LIKE
OUR MINDS ARE JUST ON THEIR OWN
THINKING AND COMING TO
THESE CONCLUSIONS.
WE ARE BEING INFLUENCED
BY SEDUCING SPIRITS
AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT THINK, YOU KNOW,
I’M JUST NOT GOING TO
TAKE ANYBODY ELSE’S WORD.
I’M COMING UP WITH THESE THINGS.
I’M FIGURING EVERYTHING OUT
ON MY OWN.
YOU ARE EITHER BEING
INFLUENCED BY GOD,
OR YOU BE…ARE BEING INFLUENCED
BY THE DEVIL.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS
YOU JUST COMING UP WITH
YOUR OWN THINGS.
SATAN IS CONSTANTLY
ATTACKING US, BOMBARDING US,
COMING AGAINST US.
GOD IS CONSTANTLY REACHING OUT
AND TRYING TO DRAW US,
AND YOU ARE BEING INFLUENCED.
THE ONLY THING YOU GET TO DO
IS TO PICK AND CHOOSE
WHICH ONE IS GOING TO
INFLUENCE YOU,
BUT YOU DO NOT GET TO
BE A SELF-MADE MAN OR WOMAN.
YOU THINK,
NOBODY’S TOLD ME WHAT TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE THAT ATTITUDE
AND YOU THINK, MAN,
I’M RUNNING MY OWN LIFE
AND I’M MAKING MY OWN DECISIONS,
YOU HAVE PLAYED DIRECTLY INTO
THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL
BECAUSE ANYTHING OTHER THAN
SUBMISSION TO GOD,
ANYTHING OTHER THAN
BEING TRUTHFUL AND SUBMITTED TO
THIS INTUITIVE REVELATION
THAT’S ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
THAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT
IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
IF YOU AREN’T FOLLOWING THAT
AND LETTING WHAT GOD IS
SPEAKING TO YOU IN YOUR HEART
DIRECT YOU, THEN YOU MAY THINK
THAT YOU ARE DOING THINGS
ON YOUR OWN
AND YOU’RE A SELF-MADE MAN
OR WOMAN, BUT THE TRUTH IS
YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED
AND INFLUENCED AND DECEIVED
BY THE DEVIL.
MAN, THAT IS A POWERFUL TRUTH.
AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
DISAGREE WITH THAT,
AND YOU’RE ENTITLED
TO YOUR OPINION,
BUT I’M NOT GOING TO
AGREE WITH YOU
OR WE WOULD BOTH BE WRONG.
I’M TELLING YOU, THIS IS WHAT
THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES.
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2,
SAYS THAT BEFORE WE WERE
BORN AGAIN, WE WERE ALL
BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF
THE DEVIL, EVEN AS OTHERS,
AND THE SPIRIT OF DISOBEDIENCE
WORKED ON THE INSIDE OF US.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT THINK, MAN, I’M…
I’M JUST DOING MY OWN THING.
YOU ARE BEING INFLUENCED
BY THE DEVIL.
IF YOU ARE REJECTING
WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
THROUGH THIS CONSCIENCE
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THROUGH
THE WORD OF GOD,
AND YOU THINK YOU’RE
DOING YOUR OWN THING,
THE TRUTH IS,
YOU ARE BEING DUPED
BY THE DEVIL.
AND IT GOES ON TO SAY
IN THE NEXT VERSE,
IT SAYS, THEY SPEAK LIES
IN HYPOCRISY;
HAVING THEIR CONSCIENCE SEARED
WITH A HOT IRON.
SO THIS IS DESCRIBING
THAT THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
THAT ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
IS TALKING ABOUT,
THIS CONSCIENCE
THAT’S ON THE INSIDE OF
EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT HAS EVER LIVED
ON THIS PLANET,
THAT CONSCIENCE IS CONSTANT.
IT’S LIKE A HOMING DEVICE,
AND IT’S CONSTANTLY
TELLING US THAT MAN,
YOU’VE…YOU’VE SINNED,
YOU’RE WRONG,
YOU NEED A SAVIOR,
YOU NEED SOMEBODY
TO COME HELP YOU,
AND IT CONSTANTLY
CONDEMNS YOU.
AND MATTER OF FACT,
OVER HERE IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 2,
LET ME JUST READ
SOME MORE VERSES
THAT SAY THE SAME THING.
IT’S TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD
THE PREACHING OF
THE WORD OF GOD.
IT SAYS IN VERSE 14,
FOR WHEN THE GENTILES,
WHICH HAVE NOT THE LAW…
WE COULD SAY,
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN’T
HEARD RELIGION,
HAVEN’T HEARD THE WORD OF GOD,
AND THEY DO BY NATURE
THE THINGS CONTAINED IN THE LAW,
THESE, HAVING NOT THE LAW,
ARE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES:
WHICH SHEW THE WORK OF THE LAW
WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS,
THEIR CONSCIENCE
ALSO BEARING WITNESS,
AND THEIR THOUGHTS THE MEAN
WHILE ACCUSING OR ELSE
EXCUSING ONE ANOTHER.
THIS IS SAYING THAT
EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS
EVER LIVED ON THIS PLANET
HAS THIS CONSCIENCE.
AND ACCORDING TO THESE VERSES
THAT I READ IN
ROMANS 1:18 THROUGH 20,
THIS CONSCIENCE HAS REVEALED
THE SIN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS
AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
OF MEN.
IT’S…IT’S MANIFEST
ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.
GOD HAS SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.
IN VERSE 20, IT’S CLEARLY SEEN.
THE INVISIBLE THINGS
ARE CLEARLY SEEN,
BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS
THAT ARE MADE,
EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER
AND GODHEAD.
SO, THIS IS SAYING
THAT EVERYBODY HAS THIS
INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
AGAIN, SOME OF YOU
MAY BE THINKING, WELL MAN,
I WOULD…I AM A…
I HAVE TOTALLY REJECTED GOD.
I’M AN ATHEIST,
I DON’T BELIEVE THAT
THERE’S A GOD.
I’VE TOTALLY REJECTED RELIGION
AND I HAVE NO CONVICTION
ABOUT IT WHATSOEVER.
WELL, UNLESS YOU HAVE
BECOME REPROBATE,
WHICH THE END OF THIS CHAPTER
OF ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,
TALKS ABOUT THAT THERE ARE
PROGRESSIVE STEPS
THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
AWAY FROM THIS
INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
THAT WAS PUT
ON THE INSIDE OF US.
AND UNLESS YOU
HAVE GONE SO FAR
THAT GOD JUST SAYS,
ALRIGHT, YOU WANT
NOTHING TO DO WITH ME?
I SHALL TAKE ALL CONVICTION
AWAY FROM YOU.
THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT
THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER
IS TALKING ABOUT.
UNLESS YOU HAVE
REACHED THAT PLACE,
THEN I DON’T BELIEVE
WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU
TO REJECT THE LORD
TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT HE SAYS,
YOU WANT TO GO THAT WAY,
I’LL LET YOU GO.
AND THEN YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER
WITH JOHN, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 44,
AND JESUS SAID THAT NO MAN
COMES UNTO THE FATHER EXCEPT
THE HOLY SPIRIT DRAWS HIM.
YOU CAN’T JUST COME TO GOD
ON YOUR OWN.
YOU HAVE TO BE DRAWN
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
BUT IF YOU CONTINUALLY
REJECT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
HE WILL LET YOU GO,
AND HE WILL TAKE THIS CONVICTION
AWAY FROM YOU.
YOU CAN SEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE
WITH A HOT IRON.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S DOING?
IT’S…IT’S DESCRIBING, LIKE,
IF YOU HAD CUT
AND IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE
ANY WAY TO SEW THAT THING UP
OR TO TREAT IT, YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN TAKE A HOT IRON
OR SOMETHING
AND YOU CAN CAUTERIZE,
I THINK IS THE WAY YOU SAY IT.
BUT ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEAR THAT,
AND IT WILL SEAL THAT WOUND.
IT’LL KEEP INFECTION AND THINGS
FROM GETTING IN THERE,
BUT IT WILL ALSO
KILL ALL OF THE NERVES
AND YOU’LL LOSE THE FEELING.
THIS IS WHAT IT’S DESCRIBING.
YOU CAN GET TO A PLACE
TO WHERE YOU LITERALLY HAVE
JUST SEARED YOUR CONSCIENCE
AND YOU NO LONGER
HAVE A CONSCIENCE,
BUT NOBODY STARTS THAT WAY.
EVERY PERSON, EVERY PERSON.
AND I KNOW
THERE’S PEOPLE SAYING, WELL NO,
THERE’S…THERE’S PEOPLE,
YOU MAY BE ONE
OR KNOW SOMEBODY,
THAT I…THEY HAVE
NO CONVICTION.
THAT’S NOT TRUE
UNLESS THEY’VE ALREADY REACHED
THAT STAGE OF BEING REPROBATE,
BUT NOBODY STARTED THAT WAY.
I ACTUALLY HAD AN EMPLOYEE
ONE TIME WHO HE WAS RAISED IN
AN ATHEIST HOME,
AND HE HEARD ME TEACH ON THIS
AND HE CAME UP TO ME
AND HE SAYS, LOOK, I LOVE YOU,
AND YOU’VE BLESSED ME,
AND GOD’S USED YOU
TO TOUCH MY LIFE,
BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE
WITH THIS.
HE SAID, I GREW UP
IN AN ATHEIST HOME
AND THEY TOLD ME
THERE WAS NO GOD.
AND HE SAYS, MAN, I JUST NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT GOD,
NEVER HAD ANY CONVICTION.
AND I SAID, LOOK,
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU
EXCEPT I BELIEVE
THE WORD OF GOD
MORE THAN I BELIEVE YOU.
I SAID, YOU MAY HAVE
PUSHED IT OUT OF YOUR MIND,
BUT AT ONE TIME,
YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD.
SO HE WENT
AND HE WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS
AND SAYING, GOD, IS THIS TRUE?
AND THE LORD REMINDED HIM
THAT WHEN HE WAS LIKE 10,
11 YEARS OLD,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
HE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES.
HE CLIMBED UP ON A HILL
OVERLOOKING LOS ANGELES
AND WAS WATCHING THE SUNSET,
AND AS THE SUN BEGAN TO SET,
HE JUST SAW LIGHTS COMING ON
ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES.
I MEAN, THERE WAS
MILLIONS OF LIGHTS,
AND HE WAS THINKING ABOUT
THE EFFORT THAT IT TOOK
TO PLACE EVERY ONE OF
THOSE LIGHTS THERE.
AND HE WAS THINKING ABOUT…
YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST
LOOKING AT THIS
AND MARVELING AT HOW MANY
MILLIONS OF LIGHTS THERE WERE.
AND THEN AS IT GOT DARK,
HE SAID, HE JUST LIFTED HIS GAZE
AND LOOKED UP IN THE SKY
AND THERE WERE
ALL OF THESE LIGHTS IN THE SKY,
AND HE SAID THAT IT JUST
CAME CRYSTAL CLEAR TO HIM
THAT IN THE SAME WAY
SOMEBODY HAD TO PUT
EVERY ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS THERE
IN LOS ANGELES,
THEY DIDN’T EVOLVE,
THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO
CREATE THIS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
HE SAID HE JUST REALIZED
THERE WAS A GOD.
WHETHER YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT
OR NOT, THERE WAS A TIME
THAT YOU KNEW
THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD,
AND YOU WERE NOT HIM.
AND YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO
BE CONDEMNED
AND DRIVEN TOWARDS GOD.
THERE WAS THIS HOMING DEVICE
ON THE INSIDE
THAT WAS DRAWING YOU TO GOD,
BUT YOU CAN DEADEN YOURSELF
TO IT.
AND THAT’S WHAT THE REST OF
THIS CHAPTER TALKS ABOUT.
AND THIS IS WHAT I’M GOING TO
BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT
IS THE STEPS,
THE PROGRESSIVE STEPS,
THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE.
WE’RE GOING TO REVERSE IT
AND TALK ABOUT
THAT IF YOU DON’T
DO THOSE THINGS,
PRAISE GOD,
YOU CAN JUST KEEP
THIS REVELATION OF GOD
FRESH ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
I BELIEVE IT’S GOING TO BE
A REAL BLESSING.
I’M OUT OF TIME TODAY,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE
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I’M GIVING THIS AWAY.
WE ALWAYS SAY
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WE PUT A SUGGESTED DONATION,
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WE’RE ALSO…YOU CAN GO
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OUR ANNOUNCER
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