How to Stay Positive in a Negative World: Week 1

If you haven’t noticed that we live in a negative world, you’re not paying attention. It seems most people would rather talk about a problem than offer a solution. They would rather complain than praise. The media thrives on controversy and tragedy. Watch the news, read the newspaper, or listen to the negative conversations of those around you long enough, and you’ll find yourself discouraged.

>> WELCOME TO

THE WEEKEND EDITION

OF GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOR OVER 50 YEARS

HAS BEEN CHANGING LIVES

THROUGH GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL

>> LOVE AND GRACE.

YOU BUILD YOURSELF UP

ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH,

PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST,

OF JUDE, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20.

IT’S UP TO YOU

HOW EXCITED YOU ARE,

HOW FULL OF JOY YOU ARE,

HOW ANOINTED YOU ARE,

HOW ENCOURAGED YOU ARE.

IT’S GOD’S POWER,

BUT YOU’RE THE ONE

THAT ACTIVATES IT.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

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THE LORD REALLY
LAID ON MY HEART

JUST HOW TO STAY POSITIVE

IN A NEGATIVE WORLD,

AND I’VE ALREADY QUOTED

THAT VERSE OUT OF

PROVERBS 13:12,

THAT HOPE DEFERRED

MAKES THE HEART SICK

AND IT JUST…DISAPPOINTMENT,

WHEN YOUR…

WHEN YOUR HOPE GETS PUT OFF.

AGAIN, I HAVENT LOST HOPE,

BUT I WAS HOPING FOR RESULTS

RIGHT NOW THAT WE AREN’T SEEING,

AND WHEN YOU SEE IT DEFERRED,

WHEN YOU SEE IT PUT OFF

INTO THE FUTURE,

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,

IT MAKES YOUR HEART SICK.

HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR HEART

FROM GETTING SICK?

IF THE BODY OF CHRIST

GETS DISCOURAGED,

WE’RE THE…WE’RE THE HOPE

FOR THIS NATION.

AND IM NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT

JUST IN THE POLITICAL SENSE

AND SAVING THIS PHYSICAL NATION,

BUT WERE THE HOPE FOR PEOPLE.

IF WE AREN’T ENCOURAGED

AND SHINING FORTH

THE LIGHT OF GOD,

I CAN GUARANTEE, THE UNGODLY

AREN’T GOING TO DO IT.

SO WE’VE GOT TO KEEP

OURSELVES ENCOURAGED,

AND YOU KNOW, I’M SAYING THIS

JUST AS A PRAISE TO THE LORD.

I’M NOT GIVING MYSELF

A PAT ON THE BACK,

BUT IT’S BEEN NOW 53 YEARS SINCE

I HAD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH THE LORD

THAT JUST LIT A FIRE

ON THE INSIDE OF ME.

I’VE BEEN BORN AGAIN

FOR 63 YEARS,

BUT FOR 53 YEARS, MAN,

I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE

AND SEEKING THE LORD

AND I…I’M SAYING THIS,

YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH IT.

I HAVE PEOPLE CHALLENGE ME

ON THIS ALL THE TIME

AND SAY THAT YOU’RE LYING,

IT’S NOT TRUE.

BUT THIS IS MY TESTIMONY

AND IM STICKING WITH IT,

THAT I HAVEN’T BEEN DEPRESSED

AND DISCOURAGED IN 50…

WELL, LET ME SAY 50 YEARS

BECAUSE IT TOOK A WHILE

TO GROW INTO THIS AFTER

THE LORD TOUCHED MY LIFE,

BUT FOR 50 YEARS

I HAVEN’T BEEN DEPRESSED.

AND I’VE HAD A LOT OF

DEPRESSING THINGS HAPPEN

AND I’VE HAD A LOT OF

OPPORTUNITIES TO BE DEPRESSED

AND I’VE FELT DEPRESSION,

BUT I’VE LEARNED HOW

TO STAND AGAINST IT

AND I AM MORE
ENCOURAGED TODAY,

I AM MORE FULL OF FAITH,

I’VE GOT MORE VISION TODAY

THAN I’VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.

SO I’M SAYING THAT THIS ISN’T

SOMETHING THAT I’M JUST

PREACHING REACTIONARY

TO WHATS GOING ON,

BUT FOR MY LIFE FOR FIVE DECADES

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN

THE INTENSITY AND THE JOY,

AND WHAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE

IN 1968 IS MORE REAL

AND MORE ALIVE

ON THE INSIDE OF ME TODAY

THAN IT’S EVER BEEN,

AND AS I’VE GONE

THROUGH MINISTRY

AND TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,

THAT’S THE EXCEPTION
RATHER THAN

THE RULE.

MOST PEOPLE ARE UP AND DOWN

LIKE A YO-YO

AND THEY HAVE HIGHS AND LOWS,

AND THEY GO IN THESE PERIODS.

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

I’VE GOT ANOTHER TEACHING

THAT WOULD FIT PERFECTLY

RIGHT HERE.

I’M NOT GOING TO TEACH ON THAT

THIS WEEK,

BUT I’VE GOT A TEACHING ENTITLED

THE FOUR KEYS TO STAYING

FULL OF GOD

BASED ON ROMANS 1:18,

THROUGH 21,

AND ANYWAY, YOU CAN DETERMINE

HOW FULL OF GOD YOU ARE.

ITS UP TO YOU.

AND YET THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN

IS JUST APPROACHING GOD,

LIKE OH GOD,

WOULD YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING,

AND THEN THEY JUST PASSIVELY

WAIT ON GOD TO DO SOMETHING.

BUT DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF

IN THE LORD.

YOU CAN KEEP YOURSELF BUILT UP.

IT SAYS YOU BUILD YOURSELF UP

ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH,

PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST,

JUDE, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 20.

IT’S UP TO YOU HOW EXCITED

YOU ARE,

HOW FULL OF JOY YOU ARE,

HOW ANOINTED YOU ARE,

HOW ENCOURAGED YOU ARE.

IT’S GODS POWER,

BUT YOU’RE THE ONE

THAT ACTIVATES IT.

AND SO ANYWAY, YOU CAN

KEEP YOURSELF ENCOURAGED.

LET ME TURN OVER AND USE

SOMETHING THAT JESUS SAID

IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24,

AND THIS WAS JESUS.

HIS DISCIPLES WERE ASKING HIM

ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE SIGN

OF HIS COMING,

AND SO JESUS BEGAN TO GIVE

SOME INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT

THE END DAYS, WHICH ARE

THE DAYS THAT WE LIVE IN.

SOMEBODY SAYS,
HOW DO YOU KNOW

IT’S THE END DAYS?

WELL, IT’S MY END DAYS,

AMEN.

SO IM…IM DOING EVERYTHING

I CAN RIGHT NOW,

BUT HERE IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24,

IN VERSE 4, IT SAYS,

AND JESUS ANSWERED

AND SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE HEED

THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU.

THE VERY FACT THAT HE SAID THAT

MEANS THAT THERES A LOT OF

DECEPTION ABOUT THIS,

SO,TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN

DECEIVE YOU.

FOR MANY…COME IN MY NAME,

SAYING, I AM CHRIST;

AND SHALL DECEIVE MANY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID,

I READ THIS VERSE AND I THOUGHT,

WHO WOULD EVER SAY

THEY ARE CHRIST?

YOU KNOW, JAMIE AND I WERE

DRIVING TO CHURCH ONE DAY,

MAYBE…I FORGET,

A FEW YEARS BACK,

AND THERE WAS A…

THEY ADVERTISED A SHOW

COMING ON THAT SAID,

THE JESUS CHRIST SHOW.

I THOUGHT, WELL,

THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING.

SO WE LISTENED,

AND A MAN CAME ON

AND HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE JESUS

AND HE WAS A CALL IN PROGRAM

AND THEY ASKED,

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH

WHEN PEOPLE BETRAY YOU

AND HURT YOU?

AND HE SAYS, I REMEMBER WHEN

I WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS

AND PEOPLE CRITICIZED ME,

AND THIS GUY WAS CLAIMING

TO BE JESUS,

AND ITS A NATIONWIDE

SYNDICATED PROGRAM,

THE JESUS CHRIST SHOW.

IT’S NOT SOMETHING THATS

GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE,

IT’S HAPPENING NOW.

IT’S HAPPENING IN THIS NATION,

PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY

ARE THE CHRIST.

AND HE SAYS,

AND YOU SHALL HEAR OF WARS

AND RUMOURS OF WARS:

SEE THAT YE BE NOT TROUBLED:

FOR ALL THESE THINGS

MUST COME TO PASS,

BUT THE END IS NOT YET.

THIS IS AMAZING.

HE’S SAYING THAT THERES GOING

TO BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS,

AND MAN, I DONT HAVE TO

GO INTO MUCH EXPLANATION

TO TELL YOU THAT, THAT’S TRUE.

I MEAN…YOU KNOW,

THERE ARE PEOPLE,

I’VE GOT SOME CONNECTIONS

WITH PEOPLE OVER IN NIGERIA

AND STUFF AND THE BOKO HARAM

AND STUFF.

THEY ARE GOING IN AND THEY ARE

MURDERING PEOPLE
RIGHT AND LEFT,

THEY’RE TAKING YOUNG CHILDREN

AND MAKING THEM SEX SLAVES,

THERE ARE MORE CHRISTIANS

BEING MARTYRED NOW THAN

THERE HAVE EVER BEEN

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

WE ARE…WE ARE IN

A VIOLENT WORLD.

THERE’S BAD THINGS GOING ON,

AND SAD TO SAY, MANY AMERICANS

HAVE BEEN IMMUNE TO THIS

AND WE JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH

WHAT’S ON TELEVISION
AND SITCOMS

AND THINGS AND ARE SITTING HERE

FIDDLING WHILE THE WORLD

IS BURNING.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE’S

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS,

BUT HE SAID IN THE MIDST

OF THIS,

SEE THAT YOUR HEART

BE NOT TROUBLED.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMPLETELY

CONTRARY TO WHAT

MOST PEOPLE THINK.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT IF WE ARE

LIVING IN A BAD SITUATION,

THAT YOU CAN’T HELP

BUT BE TROUBLED.

MATTER OF FACT, WE…THE CHURCH

HAS BEEN SO INFLUENCED

BY PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH,

IF YOU STAND UP AND SAY

THAT YOU CAN BLESS THE LORD

AT ALL TIMES,

WHICH IS A COMMAND FROM I…

PSALMS, CHAPTER 34,

AND ITS A COMMAND TO DO IT,

AND IF YOU STAND UP AND SAY

THAT YOU CAN PRAISE GOD

AND REGARDLESS OF

WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE

YOU CAN STILL BE REJOICING

AND PRAISING GOD.

IF YOU STAND UP AND SAY THAT,

YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF

CHRISTIANS CRITICIZE YOU

AND START SAYING

YOU AREN’T COMPASSIONATE,

YOU’RE MAKING ME FEEL BAD.

YOU’RE CONDEMNING ME

BECAUSE IM STRUGGLING.

I’M NOT CONDEMNING YOU,

BUT I’M SAYING THAT YOU DON’T

HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE DEFEATED.

JESUS MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS,

AND YET DON’T LET YOUR HEART

BE TROUBLED.

YOU HAVE CONTROL

OVER YOUR HEART,

OR LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY,

YOU SHOULD HAVE CONTROL

OVER YOUR HEART.

YOU CAN HAVE CONTROL

OVER YOUR HEART.

YOU CAN DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT

YOU GET DEPRESSED

AND DISCOURAGED.

I TELL YOU,

THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TONIGHT,

CHARLIE AND JILL,

THE SONGS THAT THEY PICKED,

THESE WERE AWESOME SONGS.

I HAD DESPAIRED UNLESS

I HAD BELIEVED TO SEE

THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD

IN THE LAND OF LIVING.

THAT’S STRAIGHT

OUT OF SCRIPTURE.

I LOVE THAT SONG.

YOU CAN SIT THERE

AND CHOOSE TO BELIEVE.

YOU CAN SET YOUR HOPE

IN THE LORD YOUR GOD.

YOU CAN CHOOSE

TO BLESS THE LORD.

SO JESUS RIGHT HERE

IS TALKING ABOUT,

YES, THERE’S PROBLEMS.

IN JOHN, CHAPTER 16, VERSE 33,

HE SAYS, IN THE WORLD

YOU SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION,

AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT

IN CONTEXT,

THIS WAS THE NIGHT

BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXION,

AND HE WAS GOING
TO BE ARRESTED

AND THEN CRUCIFIED.

HE COULD HAVE SAID IT THIS WAY,

IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE

TRIBULATION,

BUT THEN HE SAYS,

BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER;

FOR I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,

NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.

HE WAS TALKING TO HIS PEOPLE

HIS DISCIPLES THE NIGHT BEFORE

HIS CRUCIFIXION,

AND YET HE SAYS,

DON’T LET YOUR HEART

BE TROUBLED.

HE WOULD BE UNJUST TO GIVE US

THAT KIND OF A COMMAND

IF YOU COULDN’T DO IT.

SO HERE HE IS TALKING ABOUT

THE END TIMES.

THERE’S GOING TO BE WARS

AND RUMORS OF WARS,

BUT DON’T LET THAT BOTHER YOU.

YOU CAN RISE ABOVE

ALL OF THESE THINGS.

IT SAYS, FOR NATION SHALL RISE

AGAINST NATION,

AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM:

AND THERE SHALL BE FAMINES,

AND PESTILENCES.

MAN, WE ARE
EXPERIENCING FAMINES

TODAY ON AN
UNPRECEDENTED SCALE,

PESTILENCES SUCH AS COVID-19

PANDEMIC THAT HAS AFFECTED

THE WORLD.

IN MY 71 YEARS I’VE NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING THAT EVEN REMOTELY

RESEMBLED THIS,

AND HE’S TALKING ABOUT

THAT THESE ARE SIGNS

OF THE END TIMES,

AND THERE WILL BE EARTHQUAKES.

I’VE SEEN STATISTICS.

I DON’T REMEMBER

THE EXACT NUMBER,

BUT EARTHQUAKES ARE INCREASING

AT A EXPONENTIAL RATE.

THERE ARE MORE EARTHQUAKES

HAPPENING TODAY THAN

HAVE EVER HAPPENED IN

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,

AND IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND THEN IN VERSE 8, HE SAYS,

ALL THESE ARE THE BEGINNING

OF SORROWS.

THEN SHALL THEY DELIVER YOU

UP TO BE AFFLICTED,

AND SHALL KILL YOU:

AND YOU SHALL BE HATED OF

ALL NATIONS FOR MY NAME’S SAKE.

YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN

I WAS A KID READING THIS

AND THINKING, WELL,

THAT APPLIES FOR NATIONS

THAT DON’T KNOW THE LORD,

NOT FOR AMERICA.

AMERICA, YOU’LL NEVER BE HATED

FOR THE CAUSE OF THE LORD,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,

ITS CHANGED.

I WAS JUST READING

A FEW DAYS AGO

THAT CHRIS CUOMO CAME OUT

AGAINST TED CRUZ,

I BELIEVE IT WAS, BECAUSE HE WAS

GOING TO CHALLENGE

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

AND HE CALLED HIM

THE BIBLE BOY

AND STARTED CRITICIZING HIM

AND RIDICULING ANYBODY

WHO BELIEVED IN THE BIBLE,

AND DID YOU KNOW,

IT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE

TO CRITICIZE CHRISTIANS,

AND WHAT IS WRITTEN RIGHT HERE,

THE LORD SAID YOU WOULD BE

HATED OF ALL NATIONS.

THAT INCLUDES THE UNITED STATES,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU ARE

STANDING FOR GODLY
THINGS TODAY,

YOU WILL BE CRITICIZED,

YOU WILL BE PERSECUTED.

AND IN SOME WAYS CRITICISM

AND…AND THESE THINGS,

NOT WHERE THEY’RE
TAKING YOU OUT

AND KILLING YOU

OR CUTTING YOUR HEAD OFF,

BUT IN SOME WAYS THIS

JUST SHAMING YOU

AND THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY

ABOUT YOU,

IT’S ACTUALLY A MORE DAMAGING

FORM OF PERSECUTION

BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY PUT A GUN

TO YOUR HEAD AND SAID,

YOU RENOUNCE YOUR FAITH

IN THE LORD OR I’LL KILL YOU,

THERE’S MANY OF YOU

THAT WOULDN’T GO THAT FAR.

BUT IF IT’S GOING TO COST YOU

YOUR JOB OR IF IT’S GOING TO

COST YOU ACCEPTANCE AMONG,

SAY FAMILY MEMBERS
OR SOMEBODY,

OR THEY’RE GOING TO EXCLUDE YOU

OR ROLL THEIR EYES AT YOU,

THERE’S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS

THAT WOULDN’T STAND UP

AND SPEAK THE TRUTH

AND THEY WOULD SUBMIT TO

THAT KIND OF PERSECUTION,

WHEREAS WHEN IT’S MO…

WHEN IT’S BIGGER THAN THAT,

THEY WOULD…THEY WOULDN’T

DO THAT.

IN SOME WAYS THE…

THE SUBTLE
PERSECUTION IS WORSE,

AND THIS SAYS THAT YOU’LL BE

HATED OF ALL NATIONS.

2 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 3,

AND VERSE 12, SAYS, YEA,

ALL THOSE WHO WILL LIVE GODLY

IN CHRIST JESUS

SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION.

IF YOU AREN’T BEING PERSECUTED,

IT’S BECAUSE YOU AREN’T

LIVING GODLY.

ANYBODY MISS THAT?

AND SOME, WELL,

BUT WE LIVE IN AMERICA.

ALL NATIONS.

I’M TELLING YOU,

BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

THE TIME HAS COME.

IT’S WAY PAST TIME,

BUT THE TIME IS DEFINITELY NOW

THAT AS CHRISTIANS WE’VE GOT

TO STAND UP,

AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU WILL BE PERSECUTED.

YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT

AND CALL YOU A BIGOT

OR CALL YOU A HOMOPHOBE

OR CALL YOU A HATE MONGER

OR SOMETHING ELSE,

BUT IT DOESN’T MATTER.

YOU’VE GOT TO STAND UP

AND YOU’VE GOT TO START

BEING COUNTED.

I HAD ONE OF THE QUESTIONS

AT THE SCHOOL TODAY WHEN

I WAS MINISTERING AT THE SCHOOL

AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT,

BUT YOU KNOW,

I DON’T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY

AND SO I DON’T WANT TO SAY

THINGS THAT WOULD OFFEND THEM

HOPING THAT THEY’LL STILL

STAY AROUND

AND I’LL EVENTUALLY GET THEM,

AND I WAS TALKING TO KURT OWEN

AS WE WERE WALKING TODAY

AND KURT MADE A GREAT POINT

ABOUT THIS, ABOUT HOW THAT,

YOU KNOW, JESUS
OFFENDED PEOPLE.

AND YET I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

HE DID THE RIGHT THING.

YOU CAN’T JUDGE BY HOW PEOPLE

REACT WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED

TO DO.

THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY THING

THAT WILL SET PEOPLE FREE

AND WE’VE GOT TO SPEAK

THE TRUTH,

AND WE’VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE

THAT HAVE GONE SO FAR,

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YEAH, THERE’S GOING TO BE

A LOT OF PEOPLE OFFENDED

WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE

A MALE OR A FEMALE AT BIRTH.

THAT MAY OFFEND SOME PEOPLE,

BUT EVERYTHING SAYS THAT;

SCIENCE SAYS IT.

YOU CAN TAKE A
PERSON WHO CLAIMS

TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL,

AND A 100 YEARS FROM NOW

YOU COULD DIG THEIR BODY UP

AND…AND ANALYZE IT

AND YOU COULD TELL WHETHER

THEY WERE A MALE OR FEMALE.

EVERY CELL IN YOUR BODY IS

EITHER A XY CHROMOSOME

OR IT’S GOT TWO X CHROMOSOMES

AND THAT’S THE WAY

THAT GOD MADE YOU

AND YOU DON’T GET TO PICK

AND CHOOSE HOW YOU FEEL.

THAT’S NOT HATING ANYBODY,

IT’S JUST BIOLOGICAL TRUTH,

AND SOME PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED

BY SAYING THAT,

BUT I DON’T INTEND

TO OFFEND THEM.

IT’S THE TRUTH THAT’S GOING

TO SET THEM FREE.

IF YOU SHUT UP AND DON’T TELL

PEOPLE THE TRUTH,

I GUARANTEE, THERE’S NO WAY

THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HEAR

THE…THE UNGODLY PEOPLE

SAY THIS.

WE’VE GOT TO HAVE THE PEOPLE

THAT HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH

TO STAND UP AND SPEAK,

AND IF YOU DO THAT,

YOU WILL BE HATED

OF ALL NATIONS.

NOW OVERALL WHAT I’M GOING TO

MINISTER THIS WEEKEND

IS HOW TO STAY POSITIVE

IN A NEGATIVE WORLD,

BUT BEFORE I CAN GIVE YOU

THE ANTIDOTE,

I’VE GOT TO SHOW YOU

THAT YOU’VE GOT A PROBLEM,

AMEN,

SO TONIGHT MAY NOT BE

REAL ENCOURAGING,

BUT PLEASE COME BACK

AND LET ME GIVE YOU THE…

THE ANTIDOTE TO ALL OF

THIS STUFF.

BUT IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN

PAYING ATTENTION,

YOU’VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT,

MAN, THINGS ARE SPINNING

OUT OF CONTROL

AND UNLESS WE STAND UP,

UNLESS WE MAKE A DELIBERATE

ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THIS,

IT’S NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN NATURALLY.

YOU CAN’T PUT YOUR HEAD

IN THE SAND AND JUST SAY,

WELL, YOU KNOW,

LET THINGS BLOW OVER.

NO, WERE DEALING WITH

A SITUATION THAT THIS NATION

IS HEADED IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION

AND YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO

CONFRONT IT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT.

BUT AGAIN, OVERALL, I BELIEVE

THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY

ENCOURAGING THIS WEEK AS I GO

THROUGH THE REST OF THIS.

SO HE SAYS IN VERSE 10,

AND THEN SHALL
MANY BE OFFENDED,

AND SHALL BETRAY ONE ANOTHER,

AND SHALL HATE ONE ANOTHER.

THIS IS NEARLY LIKE I’M READING

A NEWSPAPER.

THIS IS HAPPENING.

THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE OFFENDED,

AND YOU CAN’T ALWAYS LOOK AT

JUST BECAUSE A PERSON

WAS OFFENDED AND SAY,

WELL THEN I MUST NOT HAVE

DONE IT RIGHT.

JESUS OFFENDED PEOPLE.

HIS DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM

AND SAYS, DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT

THE PHARISEES WERE OFFENDED?

AND HE SAYS, IF THEY WEREN’T

PLANTED BY MY FATHER,

THEY’LL BE ROOTED UP.

HE SAID, LET THEM…

THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND.

HE SAYS, IT DIDN’T MATTER

THAT THEY WERE OFFENDED.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU

THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

IF YOU’LL JUST WALK IN LOVE,

EVERYBODY WILL RECEIVE,

EVERYBODY WILL LOVE YOU.

THEY’RE ASKING YOU TO BE

MORE CHRISTIAN THAN CHRIST.

JESUS OFFENDED PEOPLE.

IT’S NOT ALWAYS WHAT

THE PERSON SAYS,

IT’S THE PROBLEM THAT THE PERSON

HAS THAT CAUSES THEM

TO BE OFFENDED.

SO IT SAYS, MANY

SHALL BE OFFENDED,

AND SHALL BETRAY ONE ANOTHER,

AND SHALL HATE ONE ANOTHER.

AND MANY FALSE PROPHETS

SHALL RISE,

AND SHALL DECEIVE MANY.

AND HERE’S THE VERSE I WAS

REALLY WANTING TO FOCUS ON,

IN VERSE 12,

AND BECAUSE INIQUITY

SHALL ABOUND,

THE LOVE OF MANY
SHALL WAX COLD.

THIS IS JESUS SPEAKING.

THIS ISN’T SAYING

THAT THIS IS THE TENDENCY,

THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.

NO, THIS IS SAYING,

THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN,

THAT WHEN INIQUITY ABOUNDS,

THE LOVE OF MANY
SHALL WAX COLD,

AND IF YOU LOOK THIS UP

IN THE GREEK,

THE GREEK WORD FOR, MANY,

THERE IS P-O-L-U-S, POLUS,

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS

THAT THATS THE NAME OF

OUR GOVERNOR, POLIS,

AND HE’S AN OPEN HOMOSEXUAL

AND JUST HATES GOD

AND GOD’S PEOPLE.

BUT THE WORD MEANS MORE THAN

JUST, MANY.

IT MEANS, MOST,

IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

HERE’S…HERE’S

THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC BIBLE’S

TRANSLATION OF THIS.

IT SAYS, AND THE LOVE OF

THE GREAT BODY OF PEOPLE

WILL GROW COLD BECAUSE OF

THE MULTIPLIED LAWLESS

AND INIQUITY OF

THE GREAT BODY.

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS,

BECAUSE LAWLESSNESS

IS INCREASED,

THE LOVE OF MOST PEOPLE

WILL GROW COLD.

THE NIV TRANSLATION SAYS,

BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE

OF WICKEDNESS,

THE LOVE OF MOST
WILL GROW COLD.

SO THE POINT THAT I’M TRYING TO

EMPHASIZE IS THAT WHEN

THE KING JAMES SAYS, MANY,

IT’S LITERALLY TALKING

ABOUT, MOST.

AS LAWLESSNESS INCREASES,

AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T

BEEN PAYING ATTENTION,

LAWLESSNESS IS INCREASING

IN THIS NATION.

IT’S BEEN GOING ON WORLDWIDE

FOR A LONG TIME,

BUT AMERICA HAS BEEN THE LAST

BEST HOPE OF…

OF THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND I TELL YOU, THE THINGS

THAT WE’VE SEEN THIS LAST YEAR

WHERE THERE’S ROOTING…

LOOTING AND BURNING

AND ALL OF THESE

TERRIBLE THINGS,

AND YOU KNOW,
PROMOTING ANARCHY

AND WANTING TO
DEFUND THE POLICE

AND ON AND ON,

LAWLESSNESS IS INCREASING

AND JESUS SAID THAT WHEN

THAT HAPPENS,

THE LOVE OF THE GREAT

BODY OF CHRIST IS GOING

TO GROW COLD.

NOT JUST A FEW.

HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

THE NEXT VERSE HERE

IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 24,

SHOWS YOU IT DOESN’T

HAVE TO BE THIS WAY

BECAUSE IN THE VERY NEXT VERSE

IT SAYS, IN VERSE 13,

BUT HE THAT SHALL ENDURE

UNTO THE END,

THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED.

SO THERE ARE PEOPLE

THAT WILL ENDURE THIS.

YOU CAN OVERCOME YOUR LOVE

GROWING COLD,

BUT YOU CAN’T DO IT UNLESS

YOU REALIZE WHAT’S GOING ON

AND YOU DELIBERATELY TAKE

A STAND AND
ENCOURAGE YOURSELF

IN THE LORD.

I’TS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

JUST NATURALLY.

IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

BY YOU JUST TRYING TO

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

PUT YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND

AND IGNORE THIS AND WAIT

UNTIL IT ALL BLOWS OVER.

AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

I’M TELLING YOU,

THE BODY OF CHRIST

AS A WHOLE IN AMERICA,

THEIR LOVE HAS WAXED COLD,

AND YOU KNOW, THIS WORD, WAXED,

IS REALLY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE IT’S A WORD PICTURE OF

THE WAY THAT THEY USED TO MAKE

CANDLES BACK IN THE BIBLE DAY.

THEY WOULD TAKE A WICK

AND THEY WOULD PUT IT IN

HOT OIL AND JUST DIP IT IN THERE

AND THEN LIFT IT OUT AND IN

JUST A SECOND OR SO THAT…

THAT…OR EXCUSE ME, HOT WAX,

THAT WAX WOULD COOL

AND IT WOULD FORM A COATING

ON THAT WICK,

AND THEN YOU WOULD DIP IT AGAIN,

AND IT WOULD PUT ANOTHER

COATING ON IT,

AND YOU DIP IT AGAIN.

AND A 100 TIMES OR 200 TIMES,

WHATEVER, YOU WOULD DIP IT,

AND THAT’S THE WAY

THAT THEY MADE A CANDLE.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY

WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT.

IT’S A PROCESS.

IT DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN

AT ONE TIME.

IT’S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS

LITTLE BY LITTLE

AND YOU COMPROMISE,

AND YOU LET ONE THING GO

AND YOU DON’T SEEM TO BE

BOTHERED BY THAT,

AND THEN THE NEXT TIME

IT’S EASIER FOR YOU TO LET

THE NEXT THING GO,

AND IT’S A PROCESS.

AND THE BODY OF CHRIST

IN OUR GENERATION,

THE LAST GENERATION OR TWO,

HAS JUST ALLOWED

THINGS TO HAPPEN.

PRAYER TO BE TAKEN

OUT OF THE SCHOOL,

ABORTION TO BE LEGALIZED,

AND THEY HAVE JUST
INCREMENTALLY

GIVEN PLACE AND NOT STOOD UP

TO ALL OF THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR

WE FILED A LAWSUIT

LIKE I SAID AGAINST THE STATE

BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE

THE RIGHT TO SIT THERE

AND TELL US THAT WE CAN’T MEET.

WHEN THE COVID FIRST CAME OUT,

YOU KNOW, NOBODY KNEW EXACTLY

WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

AND THEY WERE SAYING

THAT YOU NEEDED TO JUST FOR,

I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS

OR 30 DAYS OR SOMETHING

LIKE THAT,

YOU KNOW, LET’S WITHDRAW

AND CLOSE THINGS DOWN,

AND SO I VOLUNTARILY COM…

SUBMITTED FOR A WHILE JUST

TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

BUT THEN THEY SAID,

THAT WAS FOR 30 DAYS

AND THEN THEY EXTENDED

THAT 30 DAYS AND THEN

THEY EXTENDED IT AGAIN.

AND YOU KNOW,

WE ACTUALLY HAD
THE REPUBLICANS

IN THE STATE OF COLORADO FILE

A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR

BECAUSE THE COLORADO

CONSTITUTION GIVES
THE GOVERNOR

THESE POWERS IN AN EMERGENCY

TO IMPOSE 30 DAYS

OF RESTRICTIONS.

BUT AFTER 30 DAYS,

IT CAN’T BE EXTENDED WITHOUT

GOING TO THE CONGRESS

AND GETTING THE CONGRESS

TO PASS A LAW.

THE…THE GOVERNOR DOESN’T

HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS,

AND YET HE’S NOW
INTO WHO KNOWS?

THE FIFTH, THE SIXTH,

THE SEVENTH 30-DAY EXTENSION

ON ALL OF THESE RESTRICTIONS.

AND WHEN I SAW THAT THERE WAS

NO END IN SIGHT,

WE JUST SENT A LETTER

TO THE GOVERNOR,

HAD 704 PASTORS SIGN IT,

AND I SAID, LOOK,

WE’RE PRAYING FOR YOU.

WE KNOW IT’S

A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

WE SUBMITTED VOLUNTARILY,

BUT OUR VOLUNTARY COOPERATION

IS OVER AND WE’RE GOING TO START

HOLDING MEETINGS.

AND ANYWAY, THE SPARKS FLEW,

BUT PRAISE GOD WE WON.

AND SO, WERE ON TOP OF IT.

BUT I…YOU CAN’T…

YOU CAN’T JUST GIVE IN.

I GUARANTEE YOU,

IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE POWER

TO VIOLATE WHAT

THE CONSTITUTION SAYS,

THEY AREN’T GOING TO

GIVE IT BACK.

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO

TAKE IT BACK.

WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP.

AND THIS SAME THING HOLDS TRUE

HERE THAT YOU CAN’T JUST GIVE IN

TO GO…UNGODLINESS.

WE’VE GOT TO FIGHT IT,

AND IF WE WOULD…

YOU KNOW, IF THE BODY OF CHRIST

WOULD HAVE STOOD AND FOUGHT

AGAINST ADULTERY,

THERE WAS A TIME

THAT COMMITTING ADULTERY

WAS A TERRIBLE THING

IN THE BODY OF CHRIST,

BUT THAT PASSED A LONG TIME AGO.

WE GAVE IN ON THAT,

AND THEN THE NEXT THING,

HERE YOU HAVE THE BIBLE

TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOLS,

AND THEN YOU HAVE

ABORTION COMING,

AND NOW YOU’VE GOT

HOMOSEXUALITY,

AND YOU GIVE PLACE TO THAT,

AND NOW IT’S TRANSGENDERISM,

AND NOW KIDS GET TO CHOOSE

THEIR OWN SEX,

AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON,

AND WE’VE ALLOWED THINGS

TO HAPPEN WITHOUT STANDING UP

AND FIGHTING AND PUSHING BACK.

THAT’S WHAT THIS IS

TALKING ABOUT,

BECAUSE INIQUITY ABOUNDS,

JUST TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME,

IT…IT WAXES COLD.

YOU DON’T GO FROM JUST

BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT GOD

TO GETTING TO WHERE YOU DON’T

CARE ABOUT GOD ALL AT ONCE.

IT’S A PROCESS, AND IF YOU WOULD

GET TO WHERE INSTEAD OF WAITING

UNTIL THE FINAL BLOW

AND IT LOOKS LIKE,

YOU KNOW, YOU’RE JUST READY TO

TOTALLY RENOUNCE YOUR FAITH

IN THE LORD,

IF YOU WOULD JUST DRAW THE LINE

AND SAY, I’M NOT GOING

BEYOND THIS.

I’M GOING TO STAND FOR WHAT

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.

I’M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE

THESE THINGS,

AND AGAIN, THERE’S A BALANCE.

I HAVEN’T GOT TIME TO

PUT ALL THIS IN BALANCE.

HOPEFULLY DENNIS WILL DO A

BETTER JOB WHEN
HE GETS UP HERE

AND STRAIGHTEN EVERYTHING OUT,

BUT I’M NOT SAYING THAT YOU GET

TO WHERE YOU’RE HATEFUL

AND YOU ARE JUST MEAN

AND CHALLENGING PEOPLE,

BUT YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 15,

WE HAVE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH

IN LOVE AND GROW UP UNTO…

INTO HIM IN ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.

WE’VE GOT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH

IN LOVE.

THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY THING

THAT WILL SET PEOPLE FREE.

AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T KNOWN,

PROBABLY MOST OF YOU THAT ARE

HERE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT

COMING TO A MEETING LIKE THIS,

YOU PROBABLY AGREE WITH THIS,

BUT THIS ISN’T JUST

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

OR SOMETHING.

THIS IS DEMONIC.

IT IS DEMONIC.

SATAN IS OUT TO DESTROY

THIS NATION,

NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATION,

BUT BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED

UPON THE GOSPEL.

IT IS A BEACON OF GODLINESS.

IT HAS SET A STANDARD

AROUND THE WORLD.

IT’S NOT A PERFECT STANDARD,

THIS ISN’T A PERFECT NATION,

WE AREN’T PERFECT PEOPLE,

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU,

THIS IS A ROADBLOCK.

IT’S A BARRIER FOR SATAN.

AMERICA HAS STOPPED A LOT OF

UNGODLINESS IN THIS WORLD

AND SATAN IS OUT

TO DESTROY THIS,

NOT ONLY FOR OUR
OWN FREEDOMS,

BUT SO THAT HE CAN JUST

DESTROY THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.

IT IS DEMONIC.

WE ARE IN A DEMONIC BATTLE

AND WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO IT

AND RECOGNIZE…I MEAN,

THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS

THAT CAN COME OUT OF ALL OF

THE STUFF THAT’S HAPPENING IS

I BELIEVE SATAN LOVES TO OPERATE

SUBTLY, UNDER THE RADAR,

TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO

AN ANGEL OF LIGHT,

AND HE HAS BEEN FLUSHED OUT

INTO THE OPEN,

AND I THINK THAT THIS…

ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS

THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS,

THAT IF THE BODY OF CHRIST

IS PAYING ATTENTION,

THIS OUGHT TO WAKE US UP

AND RECOGNIZE THAT

NOT ONLY OUR FUTURE,

BUT OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE,

THE FUTURE OF MILLIONS

OF PEOPLE,

WHETHER THEY GO TO

HEAVEN OR HELL IS AT…AT RISK

AND THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST

NEEDS TO WI…WAKE UP,

AND I BELIEVE THAT

THAT’S HAPPENING.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE’S REALLY

A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON.

YOU AREN’T GOING TO HEAR ABOUT

IT ON THE NEWS,

BUT THERE’S A LOT OF REALLY

GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

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THEY WERE PREDICTING

IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS

THAT THE DEMOCRATS WOULD

WIN ANOTHER 15 TO 20 SEATS

IN THE HOUSE.

THEY LOST OVER TEN.

I THINK IT WAS EITHER

10 OR 15 SEATS AND STUFF.

THERE IS A BACKLASH.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED

OF SEEING ALL OF THIS STUFF.

AND ANYWAY, I’M GOING TO TRY

AND REFRAIN MYSELF FROM

MAKING TOO MANY COMMENTS

ON ALL OF THIS,

BUT THERE ARE POSITIVE THINGS

HAPPENING AND I’LL BE

DEALING WITH THAT MORE.

TURN OVER HERE TO

2 PETER, CHAPTER 2.

IT’S TALKING ABOUT LOT.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT

HOW GOD BROUGHT JUDGMENT

UPON THE CITIES OF

SODOM AND GOMORRAH IN VERSE 6,

AND HE TURNED THE CITIES OF

SODOM AND GOMORRAH INTO ASHES

CONDEMNING THEM WITH

AN OVERTHROW MAKING THEM

AN EXAMPLE UNTO THOSE THAT…

THAT AFTER SHOULD LIVE UNGODLY.

I’VE HAD PEOPLE BEFORE

CHALLENGE ME AND SAY,

THE BIBLE DOESN’T EVEN MENTION

HOMOSEXUALITY; THE WORD’S

NOT EVEN IN THE BIBLE.

BOY, HOW DUMB CAN YOU GET

AND STILL BREATHE?

THEY DIDN’T COME UP WITH

THE WORD, HOMOSEXUAL,

UNTIL THE LATE 1800s.

NO, THE WORD, HOMOSEXUAL,

IS NOT IN HERE,

BUT SODOM AND GOMORRAH

IS A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE

OF WHAT GOD THINKS

OF HOMOSEXUALITY.

AND THIS VERSE SAYS

THAT HE USED THIS

AS AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE

WHO WOULD FOLLOW AFTER.

GO BACK AND READ GENESIS,

CHAPTER 19.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHAT GOD THINKS

ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY,

THAT SHOULD ANSWER IT.

AND IN VERSE 7, IT SAYS,

AND DELIVERED JUST LOT…

THAT DOESN’T MEAN ONLY LOT

BECAUSE HIS WIFE CAME OUT

AND ALSO HIS TWO…

TWO OF HIS DAUGHTERS,

AND SO HE WASN’T THE ONLY ONE

WHO GOT DELIVERED
OUT OF SODOM.

THIS IS TALKING ABOUT,

AND DELIVERED JUST LOT,

RIGHTEOUS LOT.

THE SAME WORD THAT WAS

TRANSLATED, JUST, RIGHT HERE

IN VERSE 7, IN VERSE 8 WAS

TRANSLATED, RIGHTEOUS, TWICE.

SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT

THAT HE DELIVERED A JUST MAN.

LOT WAS A GODLY MAN.

LOT LOVED GOD.

HE WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN.

SO IN VERSE 7,

HE DELIVERED RIGHTEOUS LOT,

OR JUST LOT, VEXED WITH

THE FILTHY CONVERSATION

OF THE WICKED:

FOR THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN

DWELLING AMONG THEM

IN SEEING AND HEARING,

VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL

FROM DAY TO DAY WITH

THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS.

THIS SAYS THAT YOU
VEX YOUR SOUL

WHEN YOU BEHOLD INIQUITY.

THIS GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH

WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING,

THAT BECAUSE INIQUITY

SHALL ABOUND,

THE LOVE OF MANY
SHALL WAX COLD.

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF

CHRISTIANS THAT THINK,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME.

I CAN WATCH THESE MOVIES

THAT HAVE NUDITY IN IT,

THAT HAVE HOMOSEXUALITY IN IT,

THAT HAVE UNFAITHFULNESS

TO YOUR MATE,

THAT HAVE LYING AND STEALING

AND CURSING AND PROFANITY,

AND I CAN WATCH THIS STUFF

AND IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME.

I’M STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE

TO HANDLE IT.

I’VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE

TELL ME THAT.

IT SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS,

CHAPTER 15, VERSE 33,

IT SAYS, BE NOT DECEIVED:

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS

CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS.

IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT MAN,

THIS DOESN’T BOTHER ME,

I CAN…I CAN WATCH THESE

R-RATED, X-RATED STUFF,

I CAN WATCH PORNOGRAPHY,

I CAN SEE ALL

THE STUFF HAPPENING

AND IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME,

YOU’RE DECEIVED.

THANK YOU FOR

THAT THUNDEROUS SILENCE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S

A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT DON’T LIKE THIS,

BUT HOW MANY WITNESSES

DO YOU NEED?

JESUS SAID

THAT BECAUSE INIQUITY ABOUNDS,

THE LOVE OF MANY IS GOING TO

WAX COLD.

HERE WE SEE THAT LOT

VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL.

DID YOU KNOW THE WORD

VEXED IN VERSE 7 IS

TALKING ABOUT HE TORMENTED,

TORTURED HIS SOUL.

NOTICE, IT SAYS HE TORTURED

HIS SOUL, NOT HIS SPIRIT.

OF COURSE, LOT WAS AN

OLD TESTAMENT MAN,

BUT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

YOUR SPIRIT IS BORN AGAIN.

IN THE SPIRIT, YOU’RE PERFECT,

YOU’RE RIGHTEOUS

AND YOU’RE HOLY,

BUT YOUR SOUL IS

YOUR EMOTIONAL PART,

YOUR PERSONALITY PART.

AND YOU VEX, YOU TORMENT

YOUR SOUL WHEN YOU DWELL

IN THE MIDST OF UNGODLINESS.

AND I KNOW THERE’S SOME PEOPLE

RIGHT HERE THINKING,

WELL, YOU…THIS IS THE WORLD

WE LIVE IN; YOU CAN’T IGNORE IT.

YOU…DO…GOD DOESN’T WANT US

TO GO LIVE IN A MONASTERY.

I AGREE.

WE’RE THE SALT OF THE EARTH.

TO DO ANY GOOD YOU’VE GOT TO

GET OUT OF THE SALTSHAKER.

WE’VE GOT TO BE OUT

INTO THE WORLD.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT WE JUST

STICK OUR HEAD IN THE SAND

AND IGNORE IT,

BUT YOU HAVE TO COUNTER THIS.

IT’S NOT…IF YOU DONT MAKE

A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO STAND UP

AND PERSEVERE BEYOND

THE INIQUITY

AND STAND AGAINST THE INIQUITY

THAT’S AROUND YOU, I GUARANTEE,

IT WILL AFFECT YOUR HEART.

YOUR LOVE WILL WAX COLD.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE

AN EXCEPTION TO WHAT

JESUS SAID.

IT CAN’T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU

DELIBERATELY, ON PURPOSE,

STANDING AGAINST THINGS.

YOU KNOW, IN ISAIAH, CHAPTER 54,

VERSE 17, IT SAYS,

NO WEAPON THAT IS FORMED

AGAINST YOU WILL PROSPER

AND THEN THE NEXT PHRASE SAYS,

AND EVERY TONGUE
THAT SHALL RISE

AGAINST YOU IN JUDGMENT

YOU SHALL CONDEMN

THERE’S A LINKAGE THERE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT WORDS

ARE WEAPONS?

IT’S NOT COINCIDENTAL

THAT HE SAYS,

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU

WILL PROSPER,

AND THEN HE SAYS,

AND EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES

AGAINST YOU.

WORDS ARE WEAPONS.

DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER

OF THE TONGUE: AND THEY

THAT LOVE IT SHALL EAT

THE FRUIT THEREOF.

WORDS HAVE LIFE

AND DEATH IN THEM,

AND WHEN YOU LISTEN

TO UNGODLINESS,

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO LIES,

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE

THAT JUST RIDICULE

AND MAKE FUN OF GOD

AND THE BIBLE

AND GODLY PRINCIPLES,

IT’S DEATH AND IT’S A WEAPON.

AND IT SAYS IN ISAIAH 54:17,

NO WEAPON THAT IS FORMED

AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER;

AND EVERY TONGUE THAT SHALL

RISE AGAINST YOU IN JUDGMENT

YOU SHALL CONDEMN.

I’M NOT TELLING YOU

TO WITHDRAW AND GET TO WHERE

YOU STICK YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND

AND THAT WE JUST
DON’T EVEN KNOW

ANYTHING THAT’S GOING ON

AND WE REFUSE TO BE A PART

OF THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN,

BUT WHEN YOU HEAR UNBELIEF,

WHEN IT COMES AT YOU,

YOU HAVE TO CONDEMN IT.

YOU HAVE TO STAND AGAINST IT.

YOU HAVE TO SAY, NO,

IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU CAN ASK JAMIE THAT MAN,

I’M FANATICAL ON THIS.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE’LL BE DRIVING

IN THE CAR AND HEAR THE NEWS

OR SOMETHING AND THEY’LL SAY,

IT’S FLU SEASON,

AND YOU CAN ASK HER, I’LL SAY,

NOT FOR ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

I DON’T BELIEVE IN THE FLU.

THEY’LL SIT THERE AND SAY,

YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU GOTTEN THIS?

OR YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET OVER

A SUCH…CERTAIN AGE,

YOU’LL START HAVING THIS,

AND I’LL SAY, NO,

THANK YOU, JESUS,

I DON’T HAVE THAT.

IF YOU WILL HEAR UNBELIEF

AND IF YOU WILL COUNTER IT

AND SPEAK AGAINST IT,

THEN IT JUST LOSES IT’S IMPACT.

YOU HAVE TO CONDEMN IT.

BUT IF YOU DON’T COUNTER IT,

I GUARANTEE YOU, EVERY WORD,

NOT ONLY YOUR WORDS

THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,

BUT EVERY WORD THAT YOU HEAR

O…IN MUSIC, IN NEWS,

IN WHATEVER IT IS

THAT YOU’RE LISTENING TO,

EVERY WORD IS EITHER

LIFE OR DEATH,

AND IF YOU DON’T COUNTER

THAT DEATH AND SAY, NO,

IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

THEN THOSE WORDS ARE LIKE

SEEDS AND IT JUST IMMEDIATELY

STARTS PRODUCING.

IT IMMEDIATELY STARTS

BRINGING SOMETHING TO PASS.

IT IMMEDIATELY STARTS

HARDENING YOUR HEART

AND PUTTING A LAYER OF

INSENSI…INSENSITIVITY

BETWEEN YOU AND GOD,

AND YOU HAVE TO

STAND AGAINST IT.

AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

THIS GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS

ARE EXPOSED TO
MORE UNGODLINESS,

MORE DOUBT, MORE UNBELIEF

THAN I BELIEVE ANY GENERATION

OF CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE

EVER EXISTED.

WE PAY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS

OF DOLLARS TO
HAVE PORNOGRAPHY

AND UNBELIEF AND HATRED

AND STRIFE AND LIES PUMPED

INTO OUR HOME.

THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE

TO WATCH IT.

I’M NOT AGAINST TELEVISION.

I’M ON TELEVISION.

I’M NOT AGAINST TELEVISION,

BUT I’M SAYING THAT THERE’S

AN ON AND OFF BUTTON

AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE

TO BE DISCRIMINATING.

YOU KNOW, JAMIE AND I WILL

WATCH SOME SECULAR SHOWS

AND STUFF.

WE’RE…WE’RE…IT’S FUNNY

BECAUSE WE WERE WATCHING

SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY.

I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.

BUT ANYWAY, THE SHOWS

THAT WE WATCH TYPICALLY,

THEY’RE ALL OLD PEOPLE SHOWS.

WE WATCH ANDY GRIFFITH,

OR I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE,

HOGANS HEROES

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

AND ALL OF THE COMMERCIALS

ARE ABOUT SICKNESS

BECAUSE IT’S ONLY OLD PEOPLE

THAT WATCH IT.

BUT I SIT THERE WITH A REMOTE,

AND THE MOMENT A
SICK COMMERCIAL

COMES ON, MAN, WE…WE MUTE IT

AND I’LL SIT THERE

AND COUNTER IT

AND SAY SOMETHING.

AND WE WERE
WATCHING SOMETHING

WHERE THEY WERE…I THINK IT WAS

A CARTOON OR SOMETHING

AND THEY WERE ADVERTISING TOYS,

AND I SAID, MAN,

THIS IS REFRESHING,

BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T

ADVERTISING SICKNESS.

BUT I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU COULD

FIND SOMETHING DECENT

TO WATCH,

THE COMMERCIALS WILL KILL YOU.

YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN TO STAND

AGAINST THIS STUFF.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO,

YOU KNOW, UNPLUG AND GET

RID OF EVERYTHING.

I LIVED FOR 20 YEARS

WITHOUT A TELEVISION,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DIDN’T MISS IT, AND SO I…

I’M NOT SAYING THAT YOU WOULD

BE BAD TO GET RID OF

ALL THAT STUFF,

BUT AT THE VERY LEAST,

YOU’VE GOT TO GET TO WHERE

WHEN YOU HEAR
SOMETHING CONTRARY

TO THE WORD OF GOD,

YOU CONDEMN IT AND YOU SAY,

NO, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

THIS IS NOT FOR ME.

AND YOU CAN COUNTER

THAT UNGODLINESS.

BUT IF YOU DONT…

HERE WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, LOT,

WHO LIVED IN AN UNGODLY PLACE.

YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE THERE
WAS GREEN GRASS.

IT SAYS THAT LOT AND ABRAHAM

HAD SO MANY CATTLE AND SHEEP

THAT THEY COULDN’T

DWELL TOGETHER.

AND SO ABRAHAM TOLD HIM,

HE…HE TOOK HIM UP

TO A HIGH PLACE AND HE SAYS,

PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH WAY

YOU WANT TO GO

AND WHICHEVER WAY YOU GO,

I’LL GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

AND IF YOU’VE BEEN OVER THERE

TO HEBRON IS WHERE

THIS HAPPENED,

IN THE AREA OF HEBRON,

I MEAN, YOU CAN WALK

TWO AND THREE FEET,

SIX FEET IN BETWEEN

BLADES OF GRASS.

IT’S NEARLY DESERT.

BUT DOWN IN THE JORDAN VALLEY

BEFORE SODOM AND GOMORRAH

WAS DESTROYED,

IT WAS LUSH GRASS.

YOU KNOW, I’VE HAD HORSES

A LOT OF MY LIFE

AND WHEN I WOULD
GO RENT A PLACE

OR BUY A PLACE,

I WOULD ALWAYS LOOK TO SEE,

WAS THERE GOOD GRASS?

WHEN YOU HAVE ANIMALS,

YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS

LIKE THIS.

AND FOR ABRAHAM TO SAY,

YOU JUST PICK WHICH WAY

YOU WOULD WANT TO GO:

OVER HERE WHERE THERE’S

GREAT PASTURELAND

OR DO YOU WANT DESERT?

THERE WASN’T MUCH CHOICE.

AND SO, LOT CHOSE

THE GREAT PASTURELAND

AND HE MOVED INTO SODOM

AND HE DID IT FOR

THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT,

THAT IT WOULD HELP HIM

WITH HIS HERDS.

HE PUT THAT AHEAD

OF ANYTHING ELSE.

I TELL YOU, THAT’S JUST

ABSOLUTELY WRONG.

AND TODAY, THERE’S MANY PEOPLE

THAT ARE WORSHIPPING

THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR

AND THEY WILL SIT THERE,

AND THEY WILL COMPROMISE

THEIR GODLY CONVICTIONS.

I’VE HAD PEOPLE BEFORE

SIT THERE AND SAY,

BUT IF I STAND UP,

I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB.

WELL, THEN LOSE YOUR JOB.

AND SOME PEOPLE THINK, WELL,

YOU AREN’T COMPASSIONATE.

THERE’S SOME THINGS

MORE IMPORTANT THAN

HAVING A HIGH PAYING JOB.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU,

KEEPING YOUR…

YOUR LOVE FROM GROWING COLD

IS AN IMPORTANT THING,

AND YET MOST PEOPLE

ARE PUTTING MORE EMPHASIS

ON…ON A JOB.

IF YOU GET A JOB OFFER,

MOST PEOPLE, IT…YOU DON’T

EVEN CONSIDER,

IS THERE A GOOD CHURCH

IN THIS PLACE IF I HAVE TO MOVE?

IS THIS WHAT GOD WANTS ME

TO DO?

NO, THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT,

IS IT A PROMOTION?

AM I GOING TO GET MORE MONEY?

AND THAT’S WHAT MOST PEOPLE

WOULD SELL THEIR SOUL OUT

AND THEY DON’T EVEN CHECK

TO SEE IF THERE’S

A DECENT CHURCH

OR THEY DON’T EVEN THINK

ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL THINGS.

I’M TELLING YOU, THAT’S WRONG.

THERE’S…THERE’S A LOT OF

THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

JUST FINANCES.

LOT, FOR WHATEVER

HIS REASON WAS,

HE CHOSE SODOM AND GOMORRAH,

LIVED IN A PLACE WHERE IT WAS

SO UNGODLY THAT TWO ANGELS

CAME INTO THE PLACE

AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE SEX

WITH THESE ANGELS.

I GUARANTEE YOU,

AMERICA IS HEADING IN THIS

DIRECTION TO WHERE

THEY HAVE PARADES

AND BRAG ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY

AND NOW THEY’RE PUSHING

TRANSGENDERISM.

AND MEN ARE COMPETING

IN WOMEN’S SPORTS

AND TAKING AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS

FROM WOMEN,

AND JUST THINGS ARE HAPPENING

IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP?

THERE ARE SOME

IN THE BODY OF CHRIST

STANDING UP, BUT WE NEED

TO ALL STAND UP.

YOU KNOW, WE STOOD UP

IN WOODLAND PARK

AND WE MADE A DECISION

THAT WE WERE GOING TO STILL

HOLD OUR MEETINGS AND STUFF

AND THE CITY CAME AGAINST US

AND THEY SERVED US WITH

CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS

AND ALL OF THIS,

AND PRAISE GOD,

WE HAD LIBERTY COUNSEL

REPRESENT US AND THEY DID

A GREAT JOB AND WE WON.

BUT DID YOU KNOW
IF EVERY CHURCH

IN WOODLAND PARK WOULD HAVE

STOOD UP AND HAVE SAID, NO,

THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED IT.

THEY WOULDN’T HAVE DONE IT

AGAINST THE WHOLE

BODY OF CHRIST,

BUT WE JUST HAD ONE GROUP

THAT STOOD UP,

AND BECAUSE OF THAT,

THEY CAME OUT AGAINST US.

IF THE ENTIRE BODY OF CHRIST,

IF EVERYBODY WOULD STAND UP

AND START SAYING, THIS IS GODLY,

THIS IS UNGODLY,

WE AREN’T GOING TO

STAND FOR THIS,

I GUARANTEE YOU, WE COULD

TURN THIS NATION AROUND.

BUT AS LONG AS THERE’S JUST

INDIVIDUALS STANDING UP,

THEY’LL CONTINUE

TO FIGHT AGAINST US.

EVERY RANK AND FILE MEMBER

OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

OUGHT TO STAND UP.

AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU

ARE GOING TO BE OFFENDED.

I DON’T MEAN THIS TO OFFEND.

I’M…I’M MEANING IT TO SHOW US

HOW DESPERATE THE SITUATION IS

SO THAT WE WILL DO SOMETHING

INSTEAD OF JUST CONTINUING

UNTIL…YOU KNOW,

ITS LIKE A FROG.

YOU PUT IT IN THE WATER

AND IF IT’S BOILING,

IT’LL JUMP OUT,

BUT YOU PUT IT IN COOL WATER

AND TURN UP THE TEMPERATURE

GRADUALLY AND IT’LL STAY THERE

UNTIL IT BOILS TO DEATH.

I’M TRYING TO KEEP YOU

FROM BOILING TO DEATH.

I’M TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT IT’S TIME THAT YOU

DO SOMETHING.

SO I’M…I’M NOT TRYING

TO OFFEND YOU,

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

THERE’S MANY PEOPLE IN HERE

THAT YOU…YOU GO TO CHURCHES

THAT ARE DEAD.

DEAD CHURCHES.

IF THEY CALLED 911,

THEY WOULD HAVE TO CARRY OUT

HALF OF THE CROWD BEFORE

THEY COULD FIND
THE DEAD PERSON.

YOU GO TO DEAD CHURCHES

AND YOU SIT THERE,

AND YOU LET PEOPLE
SPEAK AGAINST

WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS,

AND YOU DO THIS WEEK AFTER

WEEK AFTER WEEK

AND YOU THINK, OH,

IT’S NOT BOTHERING ME.

I CAN STILL HANDLE THIS.

I GO BACK TO

1 CORINTHIANS 15:33,

BE NOT DECEIVED:

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS

CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS.

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SPEAK…

PEOPLE SPEAK UNBELIEF

AND COUNTER ALL OF THIS STUFF,

I GUARANTEE, IT’S GOING TO

AFFECT YOU.

OH, NO, IM A MATURE CHRISTIAN,

IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME.

YOU’RE DECEIVED.

NOW I DON’T BELIEVE THAT HEARING

ONE WORD IS GOING
TO CONTAMINATE

ME IF I STAND UP AND CONDEMN IT

AND REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT,

BUT FOR ME TO WILLFULLY

JUST SIT UNDER AND LISTEN

TO UNBELIEF OVER AND OVER

AND OVER,

THEN YOU’RE GOING AGAINST

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

YOU’RE GOING AGAINST

WHAT JESUS SAID.

HE SAID, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE,

THEIR HEART…WH…

THEIR LOVE WILL WAX COLD

WHEN THEY JUST…

INIQUITY ABOUNDS AROUND THEM.

WE HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF LOT

AND HE WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN,

BUT SEEING AND HEARING,

SEEING AND HEARING,

THEIR UNLAWFUL DEEDS

FROM DAY TO DAY

VEXED HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL.

IT’LL VEX YOUR RIGHTEOUS SOUL.

IT IS VEXING YOUR RIGHTEOUS SOUL

AND MANY OF US

DON’T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT.

I’M TELLING YOU,

BROTHERS AND SISTERS,

WE’VE GOT TO STAND

AGAINST THIS,

AND WE ARE…

IN A WAY, IT’S GOOD

BECAUSE THE BODY OF CHRIST

HAS BEEN WITHOUT CRITICISM,

WITHOUT PERSECUTION.

MOST PEOPLE SEE THAT AS

SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS OVERSEAS,

AND BECAUSE OF IT THEY JUST

HAVEN’T TAKEN THINGS SERIOUS.

THEY’VE BEEN A…

IT’S BEEN A SLEEPING GIANT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WAKING UP

THE BODY OF CHRIST

AND RECOGNIZING
THAT THE REASON

THIS NATION IS IN THE MESS

THAT IT’S IN,

THE REASON THAT WE SEE

THESE RIOTS

AND PEOPLE STORMING THE CAPITAL

AND STUFF IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE

NO FEAR OF GOD IN THEM.

PSALMS, CHAPTER 36, VERSE 1,

SAYS, THE TRANSGRESSION OF

THE WICKED

SAYS WITHIN MY HEART

THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD

BEFORE THEIR EYES.

PEOPLE HAVE LOST

A FEAR OF GOD.

FIFTY YEARS AGO,

PEOPLE WERE MESSED UP.

PEOPLE DIDN’T KNOW THE LORD,

BUT THEY WOULDN’T JUST GO IN

AND START MURDERING PEOPLE

AND KILLING PEOPLE

BECAUSE THEY HAD A KNOWLEDGE

OF GOD, A FEAR OF GOD,

AND THEY KNEW THAT

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

THEY WERE GOING TO ANSWER

TO A GOD.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT

HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR HIM,

THEY KNEW THAT HE EXISTED,

AND THEY DIDN’T WANT

TO SIT THERE

AND JUST USHER THEMSELF

INTO A CHRISTLESS ETERNITY.

BUT TODAY WE’VE GOT

AN ENTIRE GENERATION

THAT HAVE LOST A FEAR OF GOD.

THEY DON’T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT GOD EXISTS.

SO THEY GO IN AND START

KILLING PEOPLE AND THEN

COMMIT SUICIDE THINKING,

I ESCAPED PUNISHMENT.

THEY DIDNT ESCAPE A THING.

THEY JUST USHERED THEMSELF

INTO AN ETERNITY OF PUNISHMENT

BY KILLING THEMSELVES.

A FEAR OF GOD USED TO

RESTRAIN EVIL.

THE TRANSGRESSION OF

THE WICKED WITHIN MY HEART,

THAT THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD

BEFORE HIS EYES.

PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF GOD,

AND HOW DO THEY DO THAT?

BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS

ARE STANDING UP

AND PROCLAIMING THAT THIS IS

A GODLY WAY TO LIVE

AND THIS IS AN UNGODLY WAY

TO LIVE.

AND YOU DONT HAVE TO

CONDEMN THE PEOPLE.

YOU CAN SIT THERE

AND SAY, I LOVE YOU.

I DON’T WANT

YOUR LIFE DESTROYED.

YOU CAN DO IT IN LOVE,

BUT YOU’VE GOT TO SPEAK

THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

LOVE DOES NOT SET PEOPLE FREE.

IT’S THE TRUTH SPOKEN IN LOVE

THAT SETS PEOPLE FREE.

TRUTH DOESNT SET PEOPLE FREE

BY ITSELF.

IT’S GOT TO BE SPOKEN IN LOVE.

IT’S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER,

YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE BOTH,

BUT I GUARANTEE YOU,

WE’VE GOT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.

AND SO WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO

TONIGHT IS TO JUST SAY,

THAT LOOK, THIS…

WE ARE IN A CRISIS SITUATION,

NOT ONLY IN THIS NATION,

BUT IN THE WORLD.

IT’S A CRISIS SITUATION.

WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS

THE END TIMES,

AND JESUS SAID,

THAT IN THESE LAST DAYS,

AS INIQUITY ABOUNDS,

AND THAT IS ABOUNDING,

THE LOVE OF MANY OR MOST

IS GOING TO WAX COLD,

AND I GUARANTEE, IT’LL HAPPEN

TO THE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE.

YOU ARE THE EXCEPTION.

YOU’RE THE FANATICS THAT

COME OUT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT

TO A CONVENTION CENTER

TO LISTEN TO A HICK

FROM TEXAS TALK.

YOU’RE A FANATIC OR YOU WERE

DRUG HERE BY A FANATIC,

ONE OF THE TWO.

LIKE ANTHONY, HIS MOTHER DREW…

BROUGHT HIM HERE OR SOMETHING.

BUT, SO YOU’RE THE EXCEPTION.

AND YET, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

THAT PEOPLE SITTING RIGHT HERE

IN THIS AUDITORIUM, MAN,

YOUR HEART IS…YOU KNOW,

YOUR HEART BECOMES SICK

WHEN YOU SEE THINGS

THAT YOUVE BEEN PRAYING FOR

AND LOOKING FOR

AND YOU DON’T SEE THEM

COMING TO PASS,

IT’LL MAKE YOUR HEART SICK.

IT’LL MAKE YOUR…

YOUR LOVE GROW COLD.

AND IF YOU DON’T RECOGNIZE

WHAT’S HAPPENING

AND IF YOU DON’T LEARN HOW TO

ENCOURAGE YOURSELF
IN THE LORD,

THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU ARE GOING TO GROW COLD.

IT’S NOT… IT MIGHT HAPPEN

TO SOME PEOPLE,

IT HAPPENS TO THE MAJORITY

OF PEOPLE UNLESS YOU KNOW

WHAT TO DO.

SO THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO BE

MINISTERING ON THIS WEEK.

TONIGHT I WAS JUST TRYING

TO DISCERN, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.

BEFORE YOU CAN GIVE

THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

YOU’VE GOT TO ADMIT

THAT THERE’S A PROBLEM

AND YOU’VE GOT TO START

LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.

SO THAT’S ALL I’VE TRIED TO

ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT.

THE REST OF THE TIME,

I’M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT

HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF

ENCOURAGED IN THE LORD,

HOW TO DO THESE THINGS,

AND SHARE SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLES

WITH YOU,

AND IF YOU’LL IMPLEMENT THIS,

THEN I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN

BE ONE OF THOSE IN VERSE 13

WHERE YOUR HEART’S NOT GOING

TO GROW COLD,

BUT YOU WILL ENDURE TO THE END

AND YOU WILL BE SAVED.

BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

UNLESS YOU DO IT ON PURPOSE.

THIS DOESN’T

HAPPEN ACCIDENTALLY.

IT DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN

AUTOMATICALLY.

IT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU

HAVE TO PURSUE.

IF YOU PURSUE IT,

YOU’LL GET IT, AND IF YOU DON’T,

YOU WONT.

SO WE NEED TO BE PURSUING GOD,

AND THE VERY FACT

THAT YOU’RE HERE,

I COMPLIMENT YOU FOR IT.

YOU COULD BE DOING

A LOT OF THINGS.

YOU COULD BE SITTING AT HOME

WATCHING AS THE STOMACH TURNS

ON TELEVISION

AND YET YOU CAME HERE.

AND SO PRAISE GOD,

BUT YOU…YOU’RE GOING TO

HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST

COME TO A CONFERENCE.

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN

HOW TO TAKE THE WORD OF GOD

AND ENCOURAGE YOURSELF

IN THE LORD.

AND SO DENNIS AND I ARE

GOING TO BE MINISTERING THINGS

THAT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO

BUILD YOU UP AND HELP YOU,

AND PRAISE GOD,

YOU CAN GO OUT HERE

AND INSTEAD OF BEING

PART OF THE PROBLEM,

YOU CAN BE A PART

OF THE SOLUTION.

AMEN.

PRAISE GOD.

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THIS IS SELINA’S

>> GRACE ENCOUNTER.

>> I HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP

IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC.

YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE.

YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD.

MY MINDSET WAS VERY LEGALISTIC.

I REMEMBER ACTUALLY

WRITING A LETTER TO GOD

AND SAYING,

WHEN I KNOW WHO I AM,

I’LL COME TO YOU.

I WAS INTO SMOKING CANNABIS

AND DRINKING,

WHEN I WAS 15,

I FELL PREGNANT.

I HAD HER WHEN I WAS 16,

AND THEN I WENT ON

TO HAVE HER BROTHER

THE NEXT YEAR WHEN I WAS 17.

AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT,

I HAD MY NEXT CHILD,

AND THEN I HAD TWINS

WHEN I WAS 19,

AND THEN I HAD MY YOUNGEST SON

WHEN I WAS 20.

THE MAN I WAS WITH

WAS REALLY ABUSIVE,

SO AS TIME WENT ON,

INSTEAD OF SMOKING

JUST FOR KIND OF FUN,

I WOULD SMOKE JUST TO

KIND OF DEAL WITH LIFE.

THE RELATIONSHIP

WAS REALLY QUITE BAD

THROUGH ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

IT CAUSED ME TO HAVE A…

I HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

I DECIDED THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH.

I…I DON’T WANT TO BE HERE,

I DON’T WANT TO BE ALIVE,

AND I THOUGHT,

IF I HAVE A DRINK, I CAN JUST

FORGET EVERYTHING

JUST FOR ONE DAY.

BUT I GOT DRUNK,

TOOK MY CAR KEYS

AND GOT IN MY CAR,

HEADED FOR THE
MOTORWAY BRIDGE.

I DIDN’T MAKE IT.

SMASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR,

50 MILE AN HOUR,

AND I DIDN’T HAVE

A SEATBELT ON OR ANYTHING.

THERE WAS NOBODY
ELSE INVOLVED,

JUST ME AND A PARKED CAR.

I THINK MY HEAD

HIT THE WINDSCREEN,

MY LEGS WENT THROUGH

THE DASHBOARD,

AND THEN I ACTUALLY

GOT OUT OF THE CAR,

AND I REMEMBER

THINKING TO MYSELF,

WELL, THIS IS NOT GOOD,

I CAN’T EVEN KILL MYSELF.

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I ACTUALLY DID START THINKING

ABOUT GOD AND THINKING ABOUT,

YOU KNOW, IS THIS TRUE?

AND I CAN REMEMBER
SITTING THERE

THINKING, WHAT SHALL I DO?

I’VE GOT A BIBLE IN FRONT OF ME,

AND I’VE GOT A ROLLED JOINT

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIBLE

AND THEN I’VE GOT A KNIFE

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIBLE.

SHALL I…SHALL I

READ THE BIBLE,

OR SHOULD I CUT MY WRISTS,

>> OR SHOULD I JUST GET STONED?

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> CONFUSED, SUICIDAL,

AND WITH NO IDEA

WHERE TO TURN,

SELINA MET GOD
THROUGH FACEBOOK

RIGHT WHERE SHE WAS.

WHILE SCROLLING THROUGH

A FRIEND’S POST,

SHE LEARNED ABOUT

GRACE AND FAITH,

A FREE CONFERENCE BY

>> ANDREW WOMMACK.

>> AND I WENT INTO THE SERVICE

AND THEY…THEY SPOKE A LOT

>> ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE A SPIRIT

PART OF YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS, 2 CORINTHIANS,

CHAPTER 5, VERSE 17,

THAT IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST,

HE IS A NEW CREATURE.

OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY,

ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.

YOU ARE A BRAND-NEW CREATURE

THAT NOW HAS LOVE, JOY, PEACE,

ALL OF THESE THINGS.

YOU’VE BEEN BLESSED

WITH EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL

EVER HAVE IN HEAVEN IS ALREADY

>> ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.

>> WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO IT,

IT…IT JUST FELT LIKE

LOADS OF THINGS

WERE MAKING SENSE.

IT WAS LIKE LOADS OF WALLS

WERE COMING DOWN

IN FRONT OF ME,

AND THEN I REMEMBER AT THE END

WHEN ANDREW DID THE ALTAR CALL

FOR THE BAPTISM

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF,

WELL, WHY NOT?

I NEED…I NEED TO GO FORWARD,

AND IT WAS A GOOD JOB

HE ASKED IF THERE WERE PEOPLE

THAT WEREN’T BORN AGAIN THERE.

BECAUSE AT THAT POINT

I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE I’M…

I’M NOT BORN AGAIN,

AND HE ACTUALLY SAID,

HE SAYS, IS ANYBODY HERE

THAT’S NOT BORN AGAIN

OR DOESN’T KNOW

THAT THEY’RE BORN AGAIN,

YOU NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN FIRST.

AND I REMEMBER IN THAT…

IN THAT INSTANT, RIGHT THEN,

I REMEMBER HEARING

GOD SPEAK TO ME

BECAUSE I HAD SPENT ALL MY LIFE

TRYING TO WORK OUT, WHO AM I?

AND GOD SPOKE TO ME

AND HE SAID, IT DOESN’T MATTER

WHO’S FAMILY YOU BELONG TO,

YOU BELONG TO ME NOW.

AND IN THAT MOMENT, I KNEW

THAT I HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN,

AND THEN INSTANTLY HE…

ANDREW DID THE BAPTISM

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND I WAS BAPTIZED

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND I WAS SPEAKING IN TONGUES

AND I WAS, OKAY,

THIS IS ALL…I JUST REMEMBER

FEELING SO…IT WAS JUST LIKE,

IT WAS…IT WAS HIGHER

THAN I’VE EVER FELT IN MY LIFE.

I DIDN’T KNOW IT RIGHT THERE

AND THEN,

BUT I WAS COMPLETELY SET FREE

FROM EVERYTHING,

EVERYTHING THAT WAS…

DRUG ADDICTION AND BEING…

WANTING TO KILL MYSELF,

BEING DEPRESSED.

ALL OF THAT

>> JUST LEFT INSTANTLY.

>> IN A SINGLE MOMENT,

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AND JUST LIKE THAT,

SHE WAS FREE OF ADDICTION,

INSECURITY, AND ALL THE LABELS

SHE HAD BELIEVED HER WHOLE LIFE.

AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE,

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TO BECOME ESTABLISHED

IN HER NEWFOUND IDENTITY

AND ENROLLED IN CHARIS

BIBLE COLLEGE, WALSALL,

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FEW SHORT YEARS,

GOD HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING.

TODAY, SELINA IS IN LEADERSHIP

AT CHARIS,

ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND, ANDREW,

WHOM GOD REDEEMED

>> FROM A LIFE OF VIOLENCE.

>> GOD SPOKE TO ME, ANDREW,

YOU CAN STAY THE WAY YOU ARE,

OR YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

THE CLEAREST POINT I REMEMBER

WAS I HAD NO MORE FEAR,

I HAD NO MORE ANXIETY.

>> IT WAS JUST TOTAL PEACE.

>> AS FOR HER CHILDREN,

SELINA HAS NOW

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>> THANK YOU.

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