Watch “Three Lessons From Lucifer’s Fall” Jentezen Franklin, host of Kingdom Connection & Pastor of Free Chapel. www.jentezenfranklin.org
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in the book of ezekiel the 28th chapter
it talks about Lucifer and the pipes and
timbrels and musical instruments that
were created inside of him it talks
about how that he was created to worship
how that he was created to praise God
and today I want to talk to you about
three lessons from Lucifer’s fall you
see the devil was not always a devil he
used to be Lucifer the anointed cherub
but there was a day when he chose to
become the devil the question that I
have is what transformed an angel a
worshiping angel into a devil it
happened when he made a choice one day
in heaven that many people make in their
life and so today I want to talk to you
about the lessons of Lucifer’s fall for
you see there are forces that would
oppose and minimize our worship most of
those forces are are not forces on the
inside are the outside the people in the
world don’t care how much we praise a
matter of fact the loss Luvdisc come to
a lively church where the people know
how to praise God the forces that
minimize worship and praise are inside
not outside
I just want to declare today that I was
born in the fire and I can’t live in the
smoke I have to have a church that is
alive in praise 1st Peter chapter 2 and
verse 9 is powerful but you are a chosen
generation you are a royal priesthood
you are a holy nation you are a peculiar
people why that you should show forth
the praises of him who has called you
out of the darkness into this marvelous
light he said the reason
that God chose you and anointed you and
sanctified you and delivered you is that
you would show forth praise to a dark
world
in other words praise is our purpose we
were raised to praise he brought you
from death to life to worship the Bible
said let everything let everything let
everything that has breath praise the
Lord
God breathed on mankind in the book of
Genesis gave him the breath of life but
before he left the earth the Bible said
after he had resurrected from the dead
Jesus breathed on the disciples and said
receive the Holy Ghost in other words
the breath is the Holy Spirit and what
he’s saying is when he says let
everything that has breath let
everything that has the Spirit of God in
them be appraiser be a worshipper if
you’ve got the life of God and you been
praise the Lord
that is the commandment of the
Scriptures we were justified to glorify
we were liberated to love him he took
that weed out of your hand so you could
clap him and praise God he took those
sin shackles off your feet so you could
dance he took that profanity out of your
mouth so you could shout and sing and
praise him glorify God with your body
and your spirit which are gods in other
words you’ve been washed to worship
you’ve been redeemed to rejoice you’ve
been delivered to dance you’ve been set
free to sing and I’m here today to
defend old-fashioned worship I’m here to
say that we haven’t outgrown it and I’ll
never lay it down I’m here today to say
that we need to put aside everything
that would hinder us from being true
worshipers and even on a Sunday morning
we ought to lift our voice and give God
praise because we have been redeemed
everybody who’s got
from God praise him right now I don’t
care who you are
my heart’s desire is that my children
and my grandchildren not be raised in a
dead church as long as I’ve got strength
there’s gonna be some tongue talking as
long as I’ve got strength there’s gonna
be some shouting as long as I’ve got
strength there’s gonna be some glory to
God hallelujah if they’re not
embarrassed to cut up in a club I’m not
embarrassed to shout and praise God on a
Sunday morning on national TV all around
the world he’s the best thing that ever
happened to me I will bless the Lord for
the rest of my life and if you like it
you better do it if you want a Duke warm
Church just sit there but if you want a
church where God is moving then become a
praising Church hallelujah
God’s church has got to remain powerful
in praise and if you like it you better
do it too many churches have it in their
past but they don’t have it in their
present praise is a serious Bible
subject and when you get to heaven
you’re gonna shout just like I’ve been
screaming it’s a serious Bible subject
it’s not cheap it’s not shallow it’s not
something to make fun of it’s not
something to make light out of all those
Pentecostals or whatever
we’re not Pentecostals we’re spirit
filled believers
I refuse to be put in any camp I’m a
Jesus follower fanatic I’m a fan of the
Lord Jesus Christ and I’ll never stop
shouting his prey
you know but but but there’s people that
make light off it make fun of it even in
the church David’s wife rebuked him for
the way he was Bible said he brought
back the Ark of the Covenant was dancing
before the Lord with all of his might
and his wife said you’re embarrassing me
cut it out and he said I’ve got a
message for you sweetheart
I don’t care if you like it or not I
wasn’t dancing for you I wasn’t thinking
about you when I was dancing with the
Ark on my shoulder I was thinking about
the one who who raised me from the from
the pasture to the palace I was thinking
about the one who gave me that lion rug
in my bedroom and that bear rug on my
barn and gave me that giants head in my
trophies case that’s the one I was
praising that’s the one I was dancing
and all around you or ex drug addicts
and ex jailbirds
and ex alcoholics and when they praise
God been thinking about you they’re
thinking about when they were bound and
now they’re free they’re thinking about
when they couldn’t help themselves but
Jesus reached down his hand and raised
them and set them free everybody who’s
got a past and you’re thankful it’s over
give God a praise hey teach your new
generation how to praise the Lord granny
you can’t get quiet now
Lucifer has not always been the devil
there was a time when he was the
anointed cherub and he was created with
music and worship in him but Lucifer had
a problem that most musicians have he
thought music was the main thing and he
tried to make music the main thing and
dethrone God one-third of the musicians
and singers and worshippers of heaven
tried to kick God off the throne and
make music the main thing music is not
the main thing music is all we’re doing
is pointing you to the main thing and
he’s the one who sits on the throne he’s
the most important we don’t need
unsanctified talent
we don’t need beer Beth beer breath
celebrities I like it when you look at
me like that that just that just Spurs
me on
we need anointed singers and musicians
who spend time in prayer not just on the
stage but they prayed and they’ve salt
God when they get up they’re not just
doing a gig and playing a chart but the
worshiping God because it sets an
atmosphere that drives Devils crazy when
David played his heart the devil got
crazy and went out of soul and jumped
out demons go jumping out windows and if
you got the devil in your house learn
how to praise God walk through there
praising God depression will flee demons
will flee somebody shout and praise God
this sounds like old-fashioned preaching
doesn’t
lucifer was the choir director the
worship leader until iniquity was found
in him and he was dismissed demoted and
distance from the throne of God forever
without possible restitution without
repentance possible whatever he did so
take God off that God said you’ll never
get in my presence again what did he do
what did he do his sin his inward sin
was pride self exaltation and rebellion
but notice how that sin inwardly
manifests outwardly it may not be the
way you think it wasn’t as big of a deal
as you think but what turned an angel
into a devil rebellion self exaltation
and pride but how does it manifest
outwardly it manifests outwardly when he
said as of today I will no longer
worship God I will be worshipped and in
that moment the anointed cherub became a
devil the day he decided I’m not going
to be appraiser and the way that pride
manifests itself is to not praise so
don’t look down your nose too much some
of you hadn’t said as much as an Amen
the whole service and notice how pride
self-exaltation and ego manifests
refusing to worship and at that moment
he was hurled out of heaven at the speed
of lightning I beheld Satan fall from
lightning Jesus fall as lightning from
heaven jesus said at the speed of
186,000 284 miles per second the only
thing that can keep you notice this the
only thing that can keep you in a
spiritual atmosphere is to praise and
worship God the day you decide I’m not
gonna worship God you get out of God’s
presence
a fish cannot exist without water the
human body cannot exist without oxygen
and a Christian cannot live long without
praising and worshipping God sooner or
later you’re gonna have to praise God
sooner or later you’re gonna need to
learn how to clap your hands and say
hallelujah praise God thank you Jesus I
love your Lord glory to God sooner or
later if you don’t you won’t be in God’s
presence and if you don’t get in God’s
presence you die I got to hold on to my
swag your swag doesn’t mean nothing to
God when someone listen when someone
ceases to worship they begin to solicit
worship notice that when Satan ceased to
worship God the next thing you see him
doing is in matthew chapter 4 he goes to
Jesus in the wilderness and he says fall
down and worship Me because when we
refuse to worship then we begin when
when we don’t worship Jesus we begin to
solicit worship for ourselves and you’re
never more devil-like than when you say
praise me notice be honor me everybody
seen me everybody being all of me when
people don’t worship God most of them
most of them are wanting praise for
themselves
God said heaven is not big enough for
two objects of worship so you’re getting
now I’ll be worship and in Jude chapter
1 it says that the Angels that kept not
their first estate number one were cast
down so when you refuse to worship here
it is quick now in my last five minutes
the lesson of Lucifer’s fall when you
refuse to worship you get down you go
down there’s nowhere to go I’ve noticed
that people who will not worship and
refuse the worship always are down
they’re not happy they’re not joyful
they are down down down they’re always
in a valley they’re always in a struggle
if you want to be a down Christian then
just be too proud
worship number two the Bible said and
they were bound in chains the Angels
that kept not their first estate Jude
chapter 1 and they were bound in chains
notice that once the enemy takes praise
from you you go down just like the
angels did when they were cast out of
heaven you get bound in chains you start
going back to your iniquities back to
your former life everybody say I’m not
bound say it again I’m not bound say
Jesus set me free and I refuse to go
back to being bound especially with
religious chains Lucifer became the
devil when he quit worshipping God
listen if you don’t praise God you will
become something you don’t want to be I
don’t always feel like shouting and
praising God but I doubt Jesus felt like
being spit on and carrying a cross and
beaten the Bible commands to weep with
those that weep and to rejoice with
those that rejoice do you understand
that’s a Bible commandment that if
anybody on your row starts rejoicing you
are commanded to rejoice with them and
if you don’t you’re breaking the
Scriptures but I don’t even know what we
read y’all so about we’ll figure that
out later if anybody breaks out in a
praise you just start supposed to now
look around you is anybody you are
commending you’ve figured out on a cup
of coffee after the service but if
anybody gets happier on a break out all
over the place
hallelujah
your preachers happy I bet the balcony
up there how about the overflow how
about anybody laughs screaming praise
God the Bible commands you to praise God
with me rejoice with them that rejoice
we don’t want to hear your whiny mess
the Bible the Bible said elders should
not be given to much wine have you ever
read that I want to put an H in there
we shouldn’t be given to much wine when
when when when and when how you doing
man wine what you need to rejoice look
at your neighbor and say God told me to
shout with you
so I only know what you’re shouting over
but if you shout out shout now test them
here’s how you test your neighbor you
say hide a say that hide a and if they
say lujah you’re sitting by the right
person if you say thank you say thank
you and then look at them and they say
Jesus y’all got something going on and
Jesus will show up on that row but if
you look at them and they just sit there
like a not on the log you’re in trouble
you’re in the wrong section turn to
somebody and say will you praise our
King with me I’m rejoicing rejoice with
those hallelujah it’s the joy of the
Lord and it is our strength not whining
praising
somebody praise him right now you’ve
been down too many days you’ve been
depressed too many days put on the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heavens let me finish
amen
my god you remember my little story you
remember a little story about North
Carolina at the Air Force Base where the
planes land they got a big billboard
that says pardon the noise it’s the
sound of freedom look over at your
neighbor and say I just put up a sign
you need to read it here I go
pardon the noise this that is anybody
free think about where the Lord brought
you from I don’t care how much money you
have I don’t care if you’re a
millionaire if God’s been good to you
you need to praise him with all your
heart
now here’s the third lesson and it’s the
big one keep standing
notice that when Lucifer stop praising
the Lord one third of the Angels stop
praising the Lord with him you see if
you don’t worship you encourage somebody
else to not worship what would happen if
every teenager got so full of the holy
spirit because because you either
through your worship encouraged worship
are you like Lucifer when you don’t
worship one third look at you and
especially if you’re a leader and
especially if you dress good and look
cool and look nice and got some
influence your influence is either you
being used by Satan or God you don’t
have you you’re just a dummy standing
there what I learned at a young age is I
could influence the youth group with my
praise I want to say to the parents I
want to say that the dad’s I want to say
to the moms I want to say to the
grandparents we can’t afford to have any
services or we don’t have real worship
going on in the house because because
God is raising up a new generation when
I held my grandbaby in my arms last
night the thought really hit me this
babe has never been in a Holy Ghost
service yet and bless God we got some
more coming I guarantee you because that
baby is gonna get in a Holy Ghost
service now some of you what is that
well god bless your little heart
you need to experience that too there’s
nothing like God’s people getting free
there’s nothing like gears flowing and
shouts
corine and people rejoice in it
deliverance breaking down walls of
religion and chains that hold us back
from miracles
so so if you don’t worship you encourage
your family not to worship if you don’t
worship you encourage your husband your
wife not to worship your children yeah
the reason the reason we have the reason
we have so many use sickles is because
we have so many popsicles
one will tell you something we’re living
in a wicked world and we better realize
our weapons are not carnal and one of
the greatest weapons we’ve got is the
weapon of praise when you’re down you
can praise your way out of the valley
you can praise the devil out of your
teenagers you can praise the devil out
of your marriage
there’s something about praise that
drives Satan crazy we’re replacing him
when we praise the Lord now watch this
I’m through so here’s the summary the
lesson of Lucifer’s foam well this is a
big one what you don’t turn into praise
turns into pride and we were never
created the higher we go up the more
we’re supposed to defer the praise to
God the glory to God the honor to God
and the more God blesses you you’re not
supposed to get more prideful and more
look at me and I don’t have to worship
like those lowly people you were just
nothing and God picked you up and
blessed you and to whom much is
committed I don’t know who I’m preaching
to but I guess I’m saying you still need
to get broken you still need to have
tears
you still need to bow down and say
you’re the King of Kings you’re the Lord
of lords and all my achievements I throw
at your feet and give you the glory
because what you don’t turn into praise
will eventually turn into pride and
pride will cause you to have a fall
God’s gift are wonderful things and
dangerous things especially when you’re
super talented
so the more God raises you the more
people honor him
turn that praise and give it to God or
it’ll turn into pride and destroy I’m
going to pray with you in just a moment
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net like never before
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longer I live I believe the greatest
weapon the enemy uses against a
christian is discouragement because
you’re never really defeated until
you’re defeated on the inside and the
enemy knows that and that’s why the
Bible said David encouraged himself in
the Lord when he faced great challenges
he learned to be to praise the Lord he
learned to put on the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness when life
gets heavy become appraiser and that’s
why it’s so important and even when life
is good even when you’re on top of the
world it what you don’t turn into praise
will eventually turn into pride let’s
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