Watch “Made for More: Seeing Past Your Past” Jentezen Franklin, host of Kingdom Connection & Pastor of Free Chapel.

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I want to talk to you today about a God

who sees past your past freedom from

guilt freedom from condemnation I want

you to see in mark chapter 14 beginning

with verse 3 and being in Bethany at the

house of Simon the leper as he said at

the table a woman came having an

alabaster box or flask a very costly all

of nard that she broke the flask

then she broke the flask everybody says

she broke it she broke it and she poured

it on his head and there were some who

were indignant among themselves the

Pharisees and they said why this

fragrant all is wasted for it might have

been sold for more than 300 denarii and

given to the poor and they criticized

her sharply and Jesus said let her alone

everybody said those words let her alone

why do you trouble her she has done a

good work it’s a good work she’s done

for me for you have the poor with you

always and whenever you wish you may do

good to them but but me you do not have

always she has done what she could she

has come beforehand to anoint my body

for burial and wherever the gospel is

preached in the whole world what this

woman has done will be told as a

memorial to her quickly turn over to the

Book of Luke I want to go to the Book of

Luke chapter 7 because I think it speaks

to us how many of you still believe in

looking at the Bible when you come to

church good I’m glad

Luke chapter 7 and verse 36 of Luke

chapter 7 and one of the Pharisees asked

him to eat with him and he went to the

Pharisees house and sat down to eat and

behold a woman in the city who was a

sinner when she knew that Jesus said at

the table of the Pharisees house brought

an alabaster box of fragrant alms and

stood at his feet behind him we

Dean and she began to wash his feet with

her tears and wiped them with the hair

of her head and she kissed his feet and

anointed them with fragrant oil when the

Pharisee who had invited him saw this

watch now he spoke to himself he said to

himself if this man is a real prophet he

would know who what and what manner of

woman this is who is touching him for

she is a sinner one more scripture I

want to highlight just for the sake of

time verse 47 therefore I say unto you

her sins which are many are forgiven for

she loved much but to whom little is

forgiven the same loves little the story

begins with it’s almost strange sounding

it’s a contrast that a Pharisee would be

throwing a party but that’s what’s

taking place a Pharisee who is a

self-righteous mean judgmental person is

having a party and when he decides to

have the party he invites Jesus to come

to the party so that he could judge him

at the party so he could so he could in

his mind criticize him and put him down

notice that the Pharisees having a party

and he invited Jesus to come to the

party and the thing I love about this

story is Jesus comes to the party I want

you to understand that Jesus will always

show up anywhere he’s invited because he

was invited he came doesn’t care Jesus

doesn’t care what the address is he

doesn’t he doesn’t care what they’re

doing in there he doesn’t care if

they’re smoking crack he doesn’t care if

they’re living in adultery he doesn’t if

he is invited church people won’t come

holy people won’t come but Jesus will

come wherever

he is invited and I want to go one step

further and that’s why our praise and

worship is so important because praise

is God’s at dress praise and worship is

where God leaves he inhabits the praise

of his people so our praise is our

invitation

we’re not up here displaying talent to

impress you we understand around here

the reason we raise our hands when we

lift our hands it’s inviting the

presence of Jesus to come and do the

supernatural when we clap our hands when

we open our mouth and sing and speak

praises all we’re doing is inviting

Jesus to this party so that he can heal

broken lungs right now send an

invitation to Jesus before I even go any

further with your praise invite Jesus

that’s how you get him in your house

that’s how you get him in your valley

that’s how you get him in your trial

that’s how you get him in your addiction

he’ll come anywhere if you’ll praise Him

and invite him through praise and the

Bible said that Jesus shows up and the

Pharisee that invited Jesus into his

home was his motive wasn’t even right

Jesus will do miracles for people whose

motives are not even right his motive

was one of the only reason I’m asking

him is so I can find something about him

that I can criticize and put-down and

discredit you know a lot of people come

to church and their motive isn’t right

I really don’t care why you came maybe

you came to criticize me maybe you’ve

heard all about us most people who

criticize us the most have never stepped

into this place and have never said in

one service but you know what I really

don’t care whatever brought you here I’m

just glad you’re here because even if

your motive isn’t right God has a right

miracle for people even when our motives

aren’t right God doesn’t play fair just

when you think you’re safe from God’s

miraculous power because you’ve come to

criticize God can ring your bell

in Luke chapter 7 and verse 39 it said

when the Pharisee saw it he said to

himself what man if he’s a real prophet

what manner he will know what manner of

woman she is

god knows what manner of people we are

he doesn’t wait to we’re perfect

He loves us exactly where we are in the

condition that we are you can’t explain

the love of God you can’t measure the

love of God you can’t limit the love of

God we can’t even comprehend the love of

God

he just loves us and he accepts us and

he knows what manner of people we are

1st corinthians 6 and verse 9 puts it

like this do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom

of God do not be deceived neither

fornicators neither idolaters neither

adulterers nor homosexuals or sodomites

look at that nor thieves nor covetous

nor drunkards no nor revilers nor

extortioners will inherit the kingdom of

God and he’s all thinking yeah and such

were some of you but you were washed you

were sanctified you were justified of

the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of God

now let me help you just a minute such

were some of you were means you’re no

longer like that you’ve repented you’ve

been washed you’ve been justified and

you don’t ever need to forget where you

came from now here’s the issue that I’m

dealing with this morning because a lot

of people can’t get past the past the

devil the Bible said in Revelation is

the accuser of the Brethren he’s the one

who accuses and notice who he accuses he

accuses the brother

the accuser of the Brethren and let’s

just be fair the sister in to notice

something about the devil he doesn’t

accuse anybody brother and sister is a

term in the Bible that is reserved for

people and classifies people as people

who are saved the one that Satan accuses

is never the ones who are doing all

kinds of stuff they don’t feel nothing

they just out there the people that he

loves to put down is the brothers and

the sisters the people who have been

saved and born again and then he likes

to come and tell you you’re disqualified

because somehow you failed the Lord you

know you can’t accuse someone

successfully of something they haven’t

done listen to this verse this is

something you might have thought about

go to Romans chapter 8 listen to this he

says nothing can separate us from the

love of God nothing can separate us from

the love of God and then he starts

listing stuff principalities powers

rulers things present things to come

stop right there nor things present nor

things to come he says nothing in your

present can separate you from God

nothing in your future can separate you

from God but notice he never says that

something in your past cannot separate

you from God because it can if you let

him not because God can’t forgive it but

he knows the writer knew he said I can’t

say your past can sir because if you get

under condemnation and guilt you don’t

feel like you’re worthy to be in God’s

presence and so in this story here’s

what I want you to see there’s this

woman who has a box she is a prostitute

she had Seven Devils the Bible in

another place tales about her

her profession was prostitution and she

had this costly box of all that was

perfume that’s what it the-the-the-the

all back then was made of five

ingredients and it was specific and it

was a perfume that’s why they burned it

on the altar and the curling incense

when the coals would hit it and they

would pour that all that perfume on it

it would bring forth a savour that was

that had a smile that would that was

sweet and it was a perfume now I want

you to understand when she came into

that room Jesus had already cast demons

out of her and she had been changed but

that box of all the only reason she had

the Bible said it was worth one year’s

worth of wages so it was not only

representative of the profession she was

in it was not only representative of her

identity who she was a prostitute but it

also represented her financial status

because the only way she could have had

something that costly was to have

prostituted herself over and over and

over and that’s what bumped that costly

box of old perfume in other words what

was in it was perfume what was in it was

what she would put on her to attract the

men that she would give herself to for

money what she took was on the dresser

in the bedroom of where she would commit

her sexual sins with man after man after

man after man she would put that perfume

on her it was part fighting of vital

part of who she was the only way she

could afford it was to do what she did

and Jesus one day cast seven demons out

of her and now she couldn’t get over the

change but she still had something on

the dress

sir that represented her past and when

she took that box of alabaster all she

broke it she devastated it she

fragmented it meaning this represents

the profession of prostitution that I

was in it represents the wealth that I

had accumulated by giving my body over

and over but lord I’m going to I’m gonna

get I’m gonna break free from my past at

your feet when I kneel down and I

worship you and I break this box I am

saying because of you Jesus I will never

go home and when she went home something

was missing on the dresser of that

bedroom when she got home she went home

with none of the remnant remnants of her

past she had left them at the feet of

Jesus that all in that box was a

tangible substance that represented her

sin and when she walked in and she broke

that box it was breaking herself free

from anything that connected her to who

she used to be and then she turned the

memory of it into worship when it was

setting in her bedroom it brought

memories and connected her to man after

man after man in the acts and the sins

that had been committed in that bedroom

but when she broke it at the feet of

Jesus it was turned into worship it was

turned into praise you see repentance is

breaking the box

repentance is getting rid of the past

repentance is making a change repentance

isn’t praying a prayer and going right

back to what you were doing

repentance is bringing your sin and

putting it at the feet of Jesus

and saying I’m not going to go home the

same I will go home a different person

that has been forever changed that’s

what true repentance is repentance

breaks the box of the things that used

to hold us repentance when we truly

repent we crush the box that represents

all those past things that the enemy

wants to destroy us with she gets in the

presence and breaks the box that

connects her to her past that’s the

beauty of repentance and the Bible said

the religious people saw her breaking

that box breaking away from her past

getting set free and worshiping Jesus

and she was going to go home never to be

the same again and the religious people

spoke up and they began to criticize her

but I love what Jesus said Jesus said

leave her alone because she has done a

good work I want you to understand that

we need when we see people breaking free

from who they used to be the box that

the enemy had them in you’re an addict

and you’ll always be an addict you’re

you’re this and you’ll never be anything

else but when people get in the presence

of Jesus there’s the power to break you

out of that box that you will never be

able to be put in that you can’t put it

back together again it will never be

able to hold you captive again and we

need to celebrate freedom in people’s

lives jesus said leave her alone for she

has she has done a good work the same

Greek word that is used for break when

it says she broke the alabaster box the

same Greek word that’s used for break is

found in Rome one other place in the New

Testament Romans 16 in verse 20 when it

says it’s just translated different in

in the translation but it’s the same

original word the word for break is the

same as the word the God of peace shall

bruise the word

Bru’s is the same used in in Luke for

break the God of peace shall bruise

Satan under your feet in other words the

word bruise is the same word for break

in other words every time someone breaks

away from their past they bruise the

head of Satan no wonder no wonder the

devil wants to keep you bound up because

every time somebody breaks the past and

says I’m done and I’ll never be that

person again because of Jesus then you

just bruise the head of the devil and my

prayer is we keep we’ve been bruising

him around here because people are

getting free from the past hallelujah

God knows your past but he doesn’t stop

there he sees past your past religious

people base your worth on past

performance but Jesus will base your

worth on future potential religious

people give you something to live down

to but Jesus will give you something to

live up to religious people like the

right people off but Jesus likes to

write people in and that’s that’s who we

preach around here we preached Jesus

Jesus came to her defense and he said

leave her alone her personal identity

was in that box her financial security

was in that box and she broke it how

ironic listen to that listen to this the

perfume used in her profession as a

prostitute would become the token of her

profession of faith the same perfume

that she used that helped her become a

prostitute and attract men now that same

perfume are all has become the token of

her profession of faith in Jesus Christ

only God can take something that the

enemy used so powerfully in your life

and turn it around and get glory out of

it and actually redeem the years this is

what Joel said he’ll restore the years

the cankerworm and the locusts have

eaten up he’ll take God will turn around

and use those years you went through and

restore them to bring glory and honor to

his son the Old Testament Tabernacle

they had the the altar of sacrifice it

was a fire and they would kill the

animal and then place it and burn it and

the fire would then be taken the coals

from off of the altar of repentance and

it would be put on the second altar

which was the altar of incense and there

they would take the perfume and they

would pour it the incense and they would

pour it on those hot coals and the

curling smoke would ascend as worship

notice the thing that ignited the

worship was what they repented over

previously the thing that ignites

worship in us is not I’m blessed with a

car or a house that’s great

be thankful for that but really what

ought to really ignite the worship in

you is I once was lost but I repented

and that lights my fire on the altar of

incense I once was blind but now I see

and it makes me I can’t be quiet about

it I can’t calm down about it I’ve got

to praise Him because to whom much is

forgiven there’s much love that’s

demonstrated and a little forgiving and

repented I’ve been little thanks

a worship must always be ignited from

the things that we have previously

repented of and if you can’t think of I

don’t like my car so I’m not gonna pray

I don’t like my house and I don’t have a

good job are you saved nobody ought to

have to beg you to worship God I’m just

gonna ask you one more time have you

repented then you ought to take the fire

from that repentance and turn it into

worship everybody who knows you’re

saying give God a big shout right now

break out of that box

break your box you don’t have to go home

with guilt and condemnation let me close

with this and the woman at the whale had

been married five times and was living

with number six and Jesus talked to her

about living water and the Bible said

she dropped her water pots have you ever

read that is there John for she dropped

her water pots in other words she was

saying I don’t need these anymore

I found living water and if you didn’t

drop nothing when you met Jesus you

didn’t get nothing you prayed a prayer

you got a little under come condemnation

and conviction you shed a little

crocodile tear but if you didn’t drop

nothing you didn’t get nothing because

if you’re still hanging on to your lover

you didn’t get nothing if you still got

your bottle in the you if you still got

your weed in the back of the car you

didn’t get nothing because when you

really get saved you start dropping

stuff not out of legalism out of love

for Jesus anything that makes me more

like Jesus that’s what I want

in acts 19 when they repented the Bible

said they brought their books of sorcery

and their Curious Arts their statues and

demon gods that they were worshipping

and they burned them and I’m not I’m not

gonna have like we did in the old school

and some of you remember this I preached

a revival at free chapel many many years

ago when Pastor Wellborn was the pastor

at the old church and the Holy Ghost got

to move in and we took a big old trash

can brother Wellborn got up and said

we’re gonna have a burnin next Friday

night and the kids teenagers brought all

the rock and roll records and the times

came out and took a picture and put it

on the front page said the fanatics are

at it again but I wish to God would get

enough Holy Ghost religion that would

get some convictions back and anything

that connects me to who I used to be I

don’t want to be connected to it I want

to be free indeed why don’t you really

let Jesus break the box so that you can

be free like you’ve never been free

before

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