Participants: Chris Shelton &, Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000017
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00:39 Welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents,
00:42 I'm Chris Shelton your host and yes we hope 00:46 that is your heart felt desire to break 00:49 the enemy's power over you in your life 00:51 but how can this be done. Every time 00:55 we turn around, intentional or not, 00:57 it just seems like we make the wrong decisions 01:00 and in some areas of life, life continues 01:04 to scroll out of control. We've all 01:07 been there, battling with the enemy its real, 01:10 we are engaged in a spiritual warfare 01:13 for our eternal souls. The enemy is doing 01:17 all he possibly can to keep you off 01:20 the straight and narrow road that leads to 01:22 eternal life. Why? Because he knows that 01:26 he's a scapegoat, you can read all about 01:28 this scapegoat in Leviticus chapter 16. 01:33 The enemy knows that his day is coming 01:35 when all who make it to heaven will have 01:38 their sins placed upon the scapegoat for him 01:41 to receive the due punishment; 01:44 therefore he would rather that you be 01:46 punished for your sins in the lake of fire 01:49 then for him to be. And I believe that 01:52 he is just so full of jealousy, 01:54 just so full of hatred for all that 01:56 God's stands for, that he just 01:59 can't stand it for us to one day live in the 02:03 heavenly atmosphere that he lost 02:05 because of his wrong choices. 02:08 Therefore if we desire heaven be our home 02:12 some day we must learn how to break the power 02:15 of the enemy over our actions, 02:18 over our decisions, our thoughts, our desires, 02:21 over any avenue that he may open to your soul. 02:25 That's why, today's message is so vital, 02:30 so get out your Bibles and lets study along 02:33 with Pastor Kenny as he reveals the message 02:35 that God has placed upon his heart. 02:37 It is entitled breaking the power of the enemy. 02:41 To help prepare our hearts for this message 02:44 we're once again blasting with music from 02:47 3ABN's worship center and today's special 02:50 music is entitled New Jerusalem and 02:53 it is sung by Brother Christian Berdahl. 03:20 I saw the Holy City Descending from the sky 03:30 So brilliant with the light of God 03:36 The city is His bride. There is no temple 03:45 in this town. No sun, no moon, no lamp 03:51 For God's own glory is it's light 03:57 Illuminated by the Lamb And God Himself 04:06 will wipe the tears From every weeping eye 04:14 No death, no pain, no mourning cry 04:19 And every tear made dry 04:27 And now our God will dwell with them 04:32 The new Jerusalem And He Himself will 04:40 walk with them The new Jerusalem 04:56 And so let all of those who thirst 05:03 Come now and drink for free 05:08 And to the one who overcomes 05:13 Come now and you will see 05:19 Behold the old has passed away 05:24 Now everything is new. The Alpha and 05:31 Omega's words Are trustworthy 05:36 and so true. And God Himself will wipe 05:44 the tears. From every weeping eye 05:50 No death, no pain, no mourning cry 05:55 And every tear made dry And now our God 06:06 will dwell with them The new Jerusalem 06:13 And He Himself will walk with them 06:18 The new Jerusalem And now our God will 06:27 dwell with them The new Jerusalem 06:33 And He Himself will walk with them 06:39 The new Jerusalem The new Jerusalem. 07:29 Thank you for joining us once again, 07:32 we're thrilled to be able to spend this time 07:34 with you and we always look forward 07:37 to you know receiving your response 07:40 to the program. So, why don't you sit down, 07:42 get the pencil and paper, you might have a 07:44 question or comment we are more than happy 07:46 to look at that and to respond to you. 07:48 You know, I believe that God's people 07:51 have a lot on their heart and a lot on their 07:53 mind and you may want to share that. 07:56 Feel free to do it, again we're glad 07:58 that you are with us wherever you may be, 07:59 we are gonna be studying about the breaking 08:02 the power of the enemy. How does a 08:05 individual break the power of the enemy? 08:08 Can an individual or is it going to take 08:10 some outside help. We're gonna be looking 08:13 at this after we have prayer. 08:14 So, if you can why don't we just pray 08:16 together, I'm gonna kneel and if you can, 08:18 fine, if you can't prayer where you're at, 08:20 we're gonna ask for the power 08:21 of the Holy Spirit. Kind loving heavenly Father, 08:26 we thank you for the privilege of sharing 08:28 your word today, they are words of life. 08:31 We pray for their knowing of the high 08:33 Holy Spirit trace will open my heart, 08:35 my mind, may I be able to hear your 08:37 sweet spirit, the words that need to be spoken 08:39 as you open the ears of the each 08:41 and everyone and the eyes of those around 08:43 the world that are seeking to make heaven 08:46 their home. Now for the anointing of thy spirit 08:49 we give you praise and honor and glory 08:52 and we pray as this program is anointed 08:55 that it will reach thousands, 08:57 ye millions of people around the world. 08:59 We thank you for that privilege 09:00 in Jesus name, Amen. Always a question, 09:07 a lot of times people make phone calls 09:09 and usually when they make these calls 09:11 they're in some kind of a dilemma. 09:13 Something is going on in their life 09:14 and they have questions and they usually 09:17 boils down to the little bottom like is that 09:20 the devil is raking havoc over their life. 09:24 They want to know how they can gain 09:28 the victory over the enemy. Well just a real 09:31 short quick answer could be for us today 09:33 well you know just see how Jesus did it. 09:36 But lets just go a little bit more here 09:38 in depth as we live day by day by every word 09:41 that proceeds out the mouth of God. 09:44 And then we focus on how Jesus would have us 09:48 to be working along with him because Jesus 09:52 realizes that the devil is a real problem 09:54 in this world. You know the devil has an awful 09:57 lot of assaults and he brings them against us, 10:00 he has delusions they're many, 10:03 the things that he's working in every area. 10:05 He is busy in every aspect of life, 10:08 he doesn't leave one area uncovered. 10:11 So, where ever you maybe your weakness 10:13 might be he is going to be there 10:15 and the good news is that we can be weak 10:18 in a certain area but through Jesus Christ 10:21 it can become our strongest point. 10:23 But is there working, he's there chiseling 10:25 away, doing all that he can, he is constant, 10:28 he is consistent and he is also the accuser 10:33 of the Brethren, 10:35 tells us. So, we have an accuser of what? 10:38 Of the brethren. So the devil is always going 10:42 about accusing someone. He is bringing something 10:45 up to God, oh these are your people, 10:48 these are your children, well look what they did. 10:51 Look what they're doing, he is the accuser 10:54 of the brethren. Now the devil realized because 10:58 the Bible tells us in Revelation 12:12, 11:01 it says the devil has come down to you 11:04 having great wrath and then it says because. 11:08 Now the devil has great wrath, 11:10 why does he have such great wrath because 11:13 he knows his time is what? Short. 11:17 He knows that he has just a short time to go. 11:21 You know that tells me, he already knows 11:24 he's defeated, he already knows 11:26 that he is a loser and yet he's still trying 11:29 to lure the world through his delusions, 11:31 through his temptations and through the lust 11:33 of the eye and lust of the flesh, 11:35 he's still taking the world captive. 11:38 But he knows he has just a short time, 11:42 do you know that you just have a short time. 11:45 Let's not say well the enemy knows 11:47 more than we know here, we're not trying 11:49 to give him any praise and lift him up. 11:51 This is reality of it, the devil knows 11:54 his time is short and so he is working constantly 11:57 and consistently, oh! Much more than 12:00 many so called Christian, we think 12:03 we have all the life span, we're gonna be 12:06 here forever and ever and ever. 12:07 Are we really consistent in our walk with God? 12:10 Are we aggressive in the cause of God? 12:12 Do we realize our time is short 12:14 and we must haste we must redeem the time? 12:17 The devil does. Oh! He loves us to sit back 12:21 and to do nothing, and because he knows 12:24 his time is short, because he was cast out 12:27 to this earth. Revelation 12:17 says 12:31 he went to make war with the remnant of her 12:33 seed those who keep the commandments of God, 12:35 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 12:38 Two identifying marks as you know of the 12:40 God's last day remnant church, 12:42 you don't have those two identifying mark 12:44 you cannot possibly be God's last day 12:46 remnant church. Not talking about just names 12:49 on the door I'm talking about identifying marks 12:52 that the Bible gives. So the devil is angry, 12:55 the devil is working on what, 12:56 people who keep and I'm talking about all ten by 13:00 God's grace. You think about works no not all 13:03 we're talking about what? We're obeying 13:05 because we love him. We are going to be obedient 13:08 to God, the devil was disobedient, 13:11 he didn't keep the laws of heaven 13:14 and he was cast out and if you're not by 13:16 God's grace, you're not looking to beholding 13:17 that Ten Commandments you see and eying 13:20 those things up and looking and saying, 13:21 God help me with these issues. 13:24 Wow! We're not even gonna make it to heaven 13:26 are we, to be cast out. Something we need to 13:29 contemplate and think on today. 13:31 The Bible said, he was cast out to this earth 13:33 and you know what he did, he planted 13:37 his standard of rebellion right here 13:42 on this thing we call earth, this planet. 13:45 He planted a rebellious standard 13:49 and he's saying, I'm going to rally the world 13:51 around my standard. We're talking about 13:56 breaking the power of the enemy 13:58 but he's come down with great power, 13:59 he's planted a standard, that's his law, 14:05 man made rules and regulations, 14:06 this is not God's, but God's also 14:08 has a standard. And we're gonna rally around 14:11 one or the other, you're gonna rally around 14:14 the old enemy and his standard all around God 14:18 and his standard, what is it going to be, 14:21 are you going to break the power of that enemy 14:24 in your life, then we have to so regulate 14:27 our life by the grace of God. 14:30 Come in harmony with scripture. 14:33 The enemy, the Bible said was cast out 14:37 of heaven, you know he was cast out of heaven, 14:38 yeah because he was rebellious, 14:40 he wouldn't go along with God's rules 14:42 and regulation that's put in a very 14:44 simple way, that's true. And when he was 14:47 cast out, he had, he no longer had any right 14:49 to be in the courts of heaven. 14:53 Why? Because he rebelled, because 14:55 he was disobedient, yet the world is saying 14:57 we no need to be obedient. 14:59 But the devil was cast out because of 15:01 disobedience. So, there is something 15:04 we need to look at here a little bit closer 15:07 today as we see we need to break that 15:09 power of the enemy. The enemy knew 15:12 that when he came to this world he is going 15:14 to set up his you guys call his empire 15:17 this world and he said, I'm going to destroy 15:21 as many people as I can or what? 15:25 I'm going to take down as many people as I can. 15:30 And you know the one's that he was wanting to 15:32 take down those that were created 15:35 in the image of God that's all mankind 15:38 isn't it. Because we were created in the 15:40 image of God the devil hates you 15:45 and so he's picked a fight with you 15:49 and he's either going to win or you're going 15:51 to win. He chooses many avenues in which 15:55 to defeat you and a lot times this always 15:58 wasn't the devil, it just you know I choose. 16:00 Yeah that's true you have a choice devil 16:02 can't make you do anything. He just tempts 16:05 you and the flesh sometimes wants to do 16:08 these things and so we make wrong choices 16:11 and wrong decision, the devil doesn't care 16:13 as long as we're disobedient to 16:16 God's word. So there is something to say 16:19 about obedience, in the world we live in, 16:21 they start crying foul when you say 16:24 we need to be obedient to God's rules, 16:26 his regulations, his law. Why? Why is it that 16:33 we have such problem? As the Bible has said, 16:37 the accusing power of Satan he has that 16:40 he is Accuser of the Brethren, 16:41 but how can it be broken. Oh it's simple 16:45 Bible passage, I'm going to turn my Bible, 16:47 and you do it too if you, in the 16:48 New Testament in the Book of John. 16:50 This is probably the most quoted 16:52 in the Bible, but how much sense it makes 16:55 and how that it answers the question that 16:58 we're talking about here. In the Book of 17:00 John we're going to go to chapter 3. 17:02 John chapter 3, there are several verses 17:05 but I'm just, because of time we're just gonna 17:07 concentrate just on a couple. John 3, 17:09 the Bible says here in verses 14 and so on, 17:12 it says, as Moses lifted up the serpent 17:16 in the wilderness, even so the Son of Man 17:19 must be lifted up, then the Bible goes on to say 17:24 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish 17:27 but have eternal life. And then probably 17:30 the most passage, scripture that everybody 17:33 knows. John 3 what? You see it written on side 17:37 of the road in different places, 17:38 many license plates, John 3:16, 17:41 'cause we're talking about the accusing power 17:44 of the devil has to be broken, 17:46 how can it be broken. Something you can do 17:48 something that you could pay for, 17:49 something you can get, no here it is. 17:52 "For God so loved the world that he gave 17:54 his only begotten Son, that whosoever 17:56 believeth in him should not perish, 17:59 but have everlasting life."There is no way 18:04 to break the power of Satan other than 18:07 the name of Jesus. This is where its at 18:11 and the devil doesn't want us to behold Jesus, 18:13 because he knows that breaks his back, 18:15 that breaks his power, whosoever, anyone who 18:22 believes in me shall not perish but have 18:24 everlasting life and in believing in him 18:26 we also willing to be what? Obedient to him 18:30 not just say why you say I just believe 18:33 now the Bible says, the devil believe 18:34 and tremble, they're not going to heaven. 18:36 Don't think you're going to go to heaven 18:38 in disobedience and just by believing, 18:41 it's a word that denotes that we need to be 18:43 some action involved in believing Him, 18:46 that we need to follow him and be obedient 18:49 to him. If you're jotting them down, 18:51 read Galatians 6:14 and also Hebrews 9:22, 18:56 because it gives the answer of the power 18:59 that can break the enemy that has broken him 19:02 and certainly that is Jesus Christ, 19:04 that's encouraging. If we just dissect 19:07 just a little bit, if you let me do that, 19:09 John 3:14, said Moses lifted up what? 19:13 The serpent in the wilderness. 19:16 Remember that the death of Jesus Christ 19:19 on the cross, what happened to the enemy, 19:22 was his power broken, we have to realize that 19:27 Calvary as we see Calvary the Cross of 19:29 Calvary is our only hope in this world. 19:34 This is our only hope is the Cross of Calvary 19:36 and its theme is so great and so that 19:41 we can't even comprehend its going to be our 19:43 theme through the ceaseless ages as the 19:45 Cross of Calvary. We'll be learning 19:47 more and more and more and more than a 1000s 19:50 and millions of years, we still never feel 19:52 eons of times, never ever really 19:54 oh we understand all there is to know 19:56 about Calvary that's how great. 19:59 Oh! You think you know what Calvary 20:01 because someone was nailed to a cross. 20:02 You don't realize, I do not realize 20:04 what was given up, what Jesus gave up 20:06 in the courts of heaven to come down here 20:09 and to live this life among men, to be a man. 20:11 Go through all the tests and the trials 20:15 and the devils, demons of hell everyone of them 20:18 was against him. So thankful he was 20:20 victorious, because I failed 20:22 and I need somebody victorious, 20:23 only Jesus could be that for me how about you? 20:25 His answer John 3:15 we simply said whosoever 20:31 believe in him should not perish, 20:33 so we must realize as Christ died upon 20:35 the cross the destruction of the enemy 20:37 was made sure. When Jesus died what? 20:40 The destruction of the enemy was made sure. 20:43 There is no use to doubt and say well I'm 20:45 not sure what took place, it was they say, 20:47 nail in the coffin of the devil. 20:50 Jesus died upon the cross, he died for 20:52 my sins, how about yours. His blood 20:55 was shed so that it might be whiter than 20:57 snow Praise God for that and some good news 21:01 that atonement will never ever need to be 21:03 repeated again. Once is appoint at the time. 21:07 One time to die on the Cross of Calvary 21:09 and friends that's it. He's our security 21:13 not only in this life but in the life to come. 21:16 Is he your security today, are you really 21:19 banking and counting on him. 21:21 All we need to do is look to the Lamb of God, 21:26 by looking to the Lamb of God we break 21:28 the power of the enemy, but too often 21:32 we are looking around at ourselves 21:33 and other people who can help me 21:34 what can this, what can this be, 21:36 we need to look to the Lamb of God. 21:39 Why? Because we just read, God 21:40 so loved the world that he gave his 21:43 only big answer through the cross 21:45 so we are talking about here because 21:48 if we don't break the whole of the enemy, 21:50 he's gonna break you. He is gonna break me, 21:52 he is trying to break the world. 21:53 Even though he knows he is defeated 21:55 he is going to take down as many as he 21:57 possibly can. Cross of Calvary we can 22:02 understand that our heavenly Father loves us 22:05 with an infinite and everlasting love. 22:08 Not only Jesus came down here 22:11 and suffered but God suffered with his son. 22:14 You know what the accusations was in 22:16 heaven against God, your enemy is saying 22:20 you know what God doesn't know what 22:23 it's like to be selfless, he doesn't 22:26 have to sacrifice anything, he doesn't 22:28 give up anything. Because the devil 22:33 is not only the Accuser of the Brethren 22:35 but he is the accuser of God. 22:38 You say well how does, how did this. 22:40 As we see in John 3:16 we can see very callous 22:44 words that God was challenged by the enemy 22:48 to give up what? To give up his son. 22:53 God so loved the world that he gave up his son, 22:56 same cause giving up Jesus, 22:59 God had to be willing that was a selfless act. 23:05 Mankind was challenged 'cause Jesus said 23:07 to his disciples in Matthew 16:24, 23:11 he said, if any man will come after me, 23:13 do what, let him deny himself, 23:16 and take up his cross, and do what, 23:18 and follow me. First thing he says 23:20 that you have to deny yourself. 23:22 The devil tells you that you don't have to deny 23:24 yourself. You can have what you want, 23:26 you can go where you want, you can do 23:28 what you want, you can say what you want, 23:30 you can run with this group, you can, 23:31 oh that's a lie of the devil. 23:34 It's a big lie of the devil and you know 23:37 what because we like that, little bit of 23:39 independence that we can come and go, 23:41 as we you know, children you know at home, 23:45 they can't wait till they get a certain age 23:46 so they can get a life and make 23:49 their own decisions. They can't wait 23:51 to get out, now be careful here you know 23:53 I can't wait to get out and make a mess 23:55 of things. Why? Because I did it, 23:57 you probably did it. We want to get out 24:00 on our own to be able to say Oh! Boy, 24:03 one guy tell me one time, I can't wait till 24:06 I get 18 or so I leave the house 24:08 and then I will, I'll go to bed any time 24:12 I want to. Oh! Come on now, 24:15 surely life has more important things 24:17 than that. What was his thought, 24:20 I can go to bed when I want to 24:24 and so we see here that if Jesus challenges 24:27 if any man will come after me the first thing 24:30 he says is you must deny yourself. 24:33 So Jesus said to me Kenny, you go, 24:36 if heaven's going to be your home, 24:38 you're gonna have to deny, deny self. 24:44 And so the enemy says no you don't have to worry 24:46 about that he says why, Kenny, 24:49 why should you deny yourself, 24:50 the Father is not denying his self 24:53 and if Father doesn't deny his self 24:54 why should you deny yourself? 24:57 He's doing everything he wants, 25:00 oh boy in this passage we can sure see that 25:03 the Father denied himself when 25:04 he was willing to give what? 25:06 To give his son. Manuscript 2 in 1903, 25:14 now this is, just this is just solid, 25:16 this is good. You know what, 25:20 because we find this in and around those who are 25:24 working for Jesus. Now when the shoe 25:28 fits you wear it. The shoe fits 25:32 I need to wear it, those who bring self 25:37 into the work can not be trusted. 25:43 Those who what? We just been doing some study 25:46 on that as you will know talking about 25:48 trusting in God, those who bring 25:51 self into what? His work cannot be trusted. 25:57 There is too much of self, too much of I, 25:59 too much of he, too much this person 26:01 and that person did this and we did, 26:02 you didn't do anything. It was God working 26:06 in you and through you. He opened the doors, 26:09 he paved the way, he made it possible, 26:11 we need you to quit saying well he did, 26:14 she did, they did, this group did, 26:16 somebody else did over here. 26:18 He did it all, the song says all to him I owe. 26:25 No doors could be open up unless God opens 26:27 the door, because the enemy will close them, 26:28 he's stronger than we are, but we have a power 26:30 inside of us. This is important that 26:32 we know this, nothing is impossible 26:34 in the work of God and yet if we bring 26:38 self into it, well the ministry is really 26:44 flourishing because I'm in it. 26:46 You need to get out, its not flourishing 26:50 the way it should maybe because 26:52 you are still in it. I just want you to think 26:54 a little bit here well God blessed 26:57 I'm in this position, he blessed in spite 27:01 of your pathetic message you made, I made. 27:05 See we have to come to grips with these things 27:07 we can't be trusted inspiration says 27:11 if they would lose here's hope, 27:13 here's hope, here's encouragement, 27:15 if they would lose sight of self, 27:20 focus upon Christ their effort then would be 27:25 a value to his cause. See regardless of what 27:28 people say oh! This is big, this is great, 27:30 great things are happening, 27:31 God he doesn't even approve it, 27:33 if self is in the work. As many times 27:37 as we've studied before and you have studied, 27:39 as Israel, they won battles and pretty soon 27:43 the next day we did it all, next battle 27:46 they went into they were defeated 27:48 they were mopped up on. Did it have to be 27:51 that way, but God says I will accept 27:55 your ministry, your work if self was out of it 27:59 and you rely totally upon me. 28:02 Self denial, humility of mine, nobility of 28:06 purpose marked the savior's life. 28:10 We are to imitate Jesus, not some ministry, 28:13 not some pastor, not some preacher, 28:15 not some evangelist, oh! I want to be like him, 28:18 no I don't want to be like any earthly man. 28:21 My goal it is to be like what? 28:22 It is to be like Jesus. It seem like 28:24 such a far cry, makes your heart just ache 28:27 sometime and hurt because we're so weak 28:28 and so vacillating, but don't get discouraged, 28:31 keep your eyes on Jesus. When you make a mistake 28:34 go to God and say, I made this mistake, 28:36 I said this, I thought this I should have done, 28:38 God forgive me. Help me to be strong, 28:40 in the ministry we think well we're being blessed 28:43 because I'm in it oh! Get yourself out of it 28:45 and watch what God can do. Here behold 28:47 the lamb, we want to do that, 28:48 we need to do that, we desire to do that, 28:50 has nothing to do with us. We're saying 28:52 walls torn down, we're seeing petitions 28:55 that are broken, we're seeing the hand of God 28:58 work mildly in spite of us, in spite of 29:02 other people, people that should be maybe 29:05 shouldering up with you, people that should be an 29:07 encouragement with you, people they should be 29:09 praying with. They're trying to discourage 29:12 other people, they're causing a stain 29:16 in the cause of of Christ. They're causing 29:18 a commotion in the world when God's last day 29:21 moment should be shoulder to shoulder, 29:23 working together for the cause of Christ. 29:25 Up on that pillar, that platform of truth. 29:31 Most important is that we have the 29:33 unity of spirit, but self has to go 29:38 in the work. So, let's answer 29:42 the question a little, maybe a little 29:43 clearer for us, can there be any self denial 29:48 with God, we've somewhat answered that, 29:50 but can there be any self denial with God. 29:52 Must there be, if so how can we prove it. 30:00 Oh! You say well I never thought of that before, 30:02 there must be self denial with God. 30:04 Jesus asked me to deny self, 30:07 he denied self while it was him, well how about 30:10 the Father. Devil said well, 30:12 the Father is not going to, the answer is simple 30:16 that's right you are the answer we have been 30:18 talking about, the cross, the cross proves 30:22 beyond a shadow of a doubt at this point, 30:24 no questions asked about it as Christ 30:28 hung upon the cross, giving himself 30:32 for the sins of the world because 30:35 the Bible says he loved us with an 30:38 everlasting love. He loved mankind, 30:40 God had in his son denied himself I hope 30:47 you got that. God had in his son denied 30:52 himself you say well I don't get it. 30:55 Why because Christ was God, 31:02 condescending coming down to this world, 31:05 coming down in the flesh, he assumed 31:07 humanity, the Bible was clear on that 31:10 and he became obedient unto death 31:12 and sure, yes, did God deny self? 31:14 Absolutely he did. God denied himself 31:18 and his son Jesus as he hung upon the cross oh! 31:21 How much painful that must have been, 31:22 how heaven must have wept, 31:25 and how we take it so lightly. 31:29 What a cost, for somebody as miserable 31:34 and we came vacillating as a human race. 31:37 I take it serious when the Bible said 31:39 there is non good, no not one. 31:43 You see because if you say well 31:45 we're righteous, you're righteous 31:47 because of the robe of righteousness 31:49 he gives to you when you repent. 31:51 Yeah but they've done good deeds over here, 31:53 no good deeds have you done. 31:56 No good deeds ever. You think anything good 31:58 comes out well its Jesus coming out. 32:00 It's all about him, why not give him 32:02 all the credit, and all the praise. 32:04 Self denying God, self denying His son 32:08 and He says, I want you first of all to deny 32:10 self, take up the cross because you 32:12 will never take up the Cross of Calvary 32:14 unless you're willing to deny yourself first 32:16 because I'm telling that there are some 32:18 difficulties lying in there in the path 32:20 and that cross is there I find in that 32:22 directions I go in life, there is a cross 32:24 just before me. Sometimes I chose to go 32:27 I wanna go around that cross because 32:28 I don't want to endure because it means 32:30 I can't do what I've been wanting to do, 32:32 or its going to change my life and I had to go 32:34 around it and so I tried to get over here 32:36 and then all of sudden it stood in front of 32:38 me again. I'm going to have to come to grips 32:41 with that because that's the way to heaven 32:43 for me, how about you. You can't get around it, 32:47 you can't change it, God will put it there again 32:49 until you finally say I don't want it anymore 32:51 oh! Friend then you're hopeless, 32:53 you're a hopeless cause. God's encouraging 32:57 his people today, Calvary has silenced 33:03 the answer to the question the charge is 33:05 self denial possible with God. 33:11 Was it impossible to God no, 33:15 because the devil said if it was not possible 33:19 for God then it would not be essential for us. 33:25 Isn't that interesting, whatever Jesus has said, 33:28 deny self take up, the devil's 33:31 counterfeit is what. Well you don't have 33:33 to be self denial, you hear people in there, 33:37 they committed crime, just doing all 33:38 kind of things in the world. For instance, 33:40 well I never got this when I was growing up, 33:43 I never had that everybody was 33:45 ugly to me, everybody that may be true 33:47 but if you invite Jesus into your heart 33:50 into your life, all of those old things 33:52 become new you're a changed individual. 33:55 I've often said, you say well I was born 33:57 this way, well you know what, 33:58 you need to be born again then. 34:05 Why because you start to love those things 34:08 that you hated and the things that you, 34:09 you know you hated, you began to love 34:11 and things you love you begin to hate 34:13 and your life just changes totally, 34:16 when you fall in love with Jesus Christ 34:18 and have that peace that passes all 34:19 understanding. Reading a little book called 34:22 9 Testimonies 183 I made this comment, 34:25 Everyone who enters the pearly gates, 34:28 see I get excited about that because it talked 34:31 about the pearly gates, talking about 34:33 going to heaven. So, I want you to be excited 34:35 about that too. You know I just can't say 34:39 well you're getting a little excited 34:40 about that, you know I just cannot 34:41 stand up here and say now when we enter 34:43 the pearly gate. That maybe alright for 34:45 somebody else, that's not my character, 34:47 if you're going to enter the pearly gates 34:49 of the city of God, you will enter into the city 34:53 of God as a conqueror. That's beautiful, 34:57 everyone, every individual who enters 35:00 the pearly gates of God will enter 35:02 in as a conqueror. Oh I hope 35:04 you're excited about that. 35:07 Now let me just finish with this, 35:12 this part I want you to listen carefully. 35:15 Though you say well I've repeat it twice, 35:16 I may repeat it three times, 35:17 in fact I may just go till time runs out 35:19 because I'm excited about this. 35:21 Everyone who enters the city of God will enter 35:23 as a what? As a conqueror, 35:26 Praise God for that. Now his greatest conquest 35:33 will have been, come on in here, 35:36 the greatest conquest that 35:38 he has had is over himself, is over self. 35:46 I'm talking about the enemy, 35:47 is one I'm talking about, you go to heaven 35:50 you're going as the conqueror, 35:53 and the biggest conquest and the biggest 35:55 victory that you're going to have is over self. 35:59 That's why Jesus, that's why he said it first, 36:02 deny self. I know you're willing to do that today, 36:07 victory over self, victory over sin, 36:11 what a struggle. I think of my whole life, 36:16 if somebody is thinking about yours today 36:17 how painful it is at times. How discouraging, why? 36:28 Oh because we see our deformities in 36:31 our characters, we don't like to see those 36:34 deformities, we don't like to see why 36:35 we need some changes and then what happens, 36:39 when we get discouraged here's what happens. 36:40 Now look to Jesus I see some deformities 36:43 in me that need to be changed, 36:46 and then I start looking at those deformities 36:48 and I keep looking at those deformities 36:50 and I keep looking at them, I keep focusing 36:53 on them and presume I say there is no 36:54 help for me, what is the problem here. 37:00 Once we see those deformities we must take 37:02 our eyes off of what? Good self and begin 37:05 to look to Jesus who is the remedy for these 37:09 deformities. He is the victor, 37:12 he gives power to gain the victory. 37:15 I hear people say oh! I read the Bible 37:17 and listen here, be careful, reading the Bible 37:20 it depresses me. I read spirit of prophecy 37:24 books oh! I get depressed, why? 37:27 Because I see so many things wrong with me, 37:30 well start praising God, see something wrong 37:32 is not going to go heaven but you're not 37:34 to keep looking at those things, 37:36 you are to submit them to Jesus Christ. 37:39 He will give you the victory over 37:41 those things, don't be afraid of those things. 37:45 Thank you Lord for showing me, 37:48 see we're born again Christian when new truth 37:51 is given to them, they're gonna cry out oh! 37:54 This is good. This is good, I was believing 37:58 something over here the Bible really teaches 38:00 something different, I'm thankful for that, 38:02 thank you Lord and so was our deformities 38:05 and our pits and our character exposed, 38:08 we need to be thanking God for that. 38:11 Don't make it so painful, all you do is dwell 38:13 on those things, well on Jesus Christ 38:15 if I be lifted up draw them all to me. 38:18 We need to be breaking the power of the 38:20 enemy and that is simply by, simply looking 38:23 to Jesus who is the author and the finish 38:26 of our faith. Are you looking to him today, 38:28 or you sitting around being mourning because 38:29 you don't have what you want. 38:35 I do, I hope I'm stirring you up, 38:38 I want you to get excited, just prove it 38:41 from the word of God, just prove 38:43 what I'm talking about. Here is the simple 38:46 answer you don't have to go to the doctor, 38:48 you don't have to have medication, 38:50 you don't have to be set yourself away 38:52 from everybody for six months. 38:55 You take your mind off of self, 38:56 and begin to look to Jesus, begin to get 38:58 in his word, spend sometime praying, 39:00 start doing something for somebody else 39:02 beside yourself or you watch your life change 39:04 it will change. Everyone of us can go 39:07 in a corner and sit down, throw up our hands 39:09 and scream, we choose not to do that, 39:12 don't you. Today you're going to say, 39:13 that's my last day of sitting in the corner 39:15 screaming and crying. I'm committing myself 39:18 to Jesus, I'm going to look him out, 39:19 I've got deformities, things are not 39:20 going well, but God's gonna help me. 39:25 I'm gonna cast my care on him. 39:29 Why don't you do that today, it all that takes 39:31 that's right, God I need some help. 39:33 Deformities of character is just too much, 39:34 I got so many things but God you can help me, 39:36 be what I need to be. I want to repopulate heaven. 39:42 Let me ask you a question. 39:43 How is the only way that Satan can obtain 39:46 power over mankind. And I'm gonna hurry 39:48 right along here now. How is the only way 39:52 that Satan can gain power over mankind. 39:57 Now that's covering a lot here isn't it, 40:00 you want to know that don't you. 40:02 How is the only, how can he do this. 40:04 I read this in 5 Testimonies, 470, 40:07 it says only way the devil can do is only 40:10 through the transgression of God's law can he have 40:15 power over them or over us. 40:19 The only way the devil can have power 40:20 over me and over you is if he gets us to 40:24 transgress his Ten Commandment law 40:27 that's why the world, the religious world 40:29 is teaching you don't had to keep them 40:31 anymore, devil's working isn't he. 40:35 Because he knows he can get you to transgress 40:37 those and you know you transgress, 40:38 he's got you, he's got you in his power, 40:40 got you in the grasp, but he's never gonna 40:42 let you go, unless God comes into heart 40:45 and your life. The only one that can free 40:47 you from that grip is yeah but God's law 40:50 we're talking about sin, 40:52 sin separates us from God? Sin separates us 40:57 from God and separation from God you see 41:02 that the enemy can come in and what 41:04 does he do. He started separating from God, 41:08 the enemy comes in, he sets up shop, 41:11 in other words he says I'm coming in, 41:12 I'm gonna stay in here. I'm not gonna 41:15 let him go by sin, they understand what 41:18 it is they're doing wrong and I've set up 41:20 shop and I'm going to stay. 41:22 He plans on staying for life and you know 41:25 what he says, I have a right, does the enemy 41:29 have a right. Yeah, if you know 41:30 you've been sinning, that's exactly right. 41:32 You know that's the right thing to do 41:34 and you're doing just the opposite, 41:35 he has the right to come in and set up shop. 41:38 And he's going to use you like an old dirty 41:41 dish rag. Anyway he wants to use you, 41:47 now must get down to the nitty gritty. 41:50 First John 3:4, the Bible says this, 41:53 Whosoever commit sin transgresseth what? 41:57 The law, for sin is the transgression of God's law. 42:03 Please pay special attention to this, 42:06 Whosoever committed what? Sin, whosoever 42:10 committed sin, transgresseth the what? 42:12 The law: This is the only biblical definition 42:18 of what sin is. Remember sin separates us, 42:22 sin gets the biblical right to come 42:23 and set up shop. 42:24 That's funny how religious leaders in the world, 42:27 they don't want to talk about sin as a 42:28 transgression of God's love, you know 42:30 why they can't, because they're saying God's law 42:32 is done away with. How can you get the 42:36 only biblical definition of what sin is, 42:38 but yet the preachers have the audacity 42:40 to get into the pulpit and what they do. 42:42 Oh I tell you, well sins got to go, 42:43 we've got to go, that's true but dear 42:46 friends what is sin? It's a transgression 42:48 of God's love, you can't say sins got to go 42:50 and God's law is gone. 42:53 There is no harmony there, I say wow boy 42:57 you know, First John 3:8, the Bible says, 43:00 He that. Oh oh, now some of you are not 43:02 going to get this. He that committeth sin 43:05 is of the devil; he that committeth sin 43:11 is of the devil, for the devil sinneth 43:16 from what good, from the beginning. 43:20 And for this purpose the Son of God 43:22 was manifested, that he might destroy 43:24 the works of the devil. Why did Jesus have 43:29 to come down here? To do what? 43:32 Good, that's exactly. Son of man was manifested 43:35 that he might destroy the works of the devil, 43:38 all for what? For sin. Sin is the transgression 43:41 of God's law. Friend, it just makes good 43:44 sense to me, how about you, 43:45 lets weight it out here. It makes good sense 43:49 to realize you know if God's love is still binding. 43:54 It was binding when Jesus came, 43:56 it's binding when he was dead and resurrected 43:58 and went back to heaven and still is because 44:00 sin is still an issue. You wouldn't know 44:02 what sin is if it wasn't for the love. 44:06 And Jesus died on the cross for what? 44:09 Good, transgression, right, somebody, 44:13 they broke the law, we did. Jesus didn't 44:16 but we broke God's law, if his law could 44:19 have been changed, those Ten Commandments, 44:21 Christ would not have had to die on Calvary. 44:25 There is no way he would have to die, 44:27 if God could change that but he couldn't change. 44:31 What went out of his mouth 44:32 he cannot change or alter. 44:35 And so Jesus came down here to die showing 44:37 that you cannot do away with God's 44:39 Ten Commandments and I mean all ten of them. 44:41 You say wow! Boy, I tell you I don't know. 44:46 We need a savior because we've broken God's law. 44:51 We need Jesus Christ, this is gonna break 44:53 the power of the enemy because it could not 44:58 be changed, it demanded the death of 45:01 Jesus Christ. Why? Bible is clear Romans 6:23 45:04 the wages of sin is what? The wages of sin 45:07 is death, without the shedding of blood 45:10 there could be what? Good, no remission of sin. 45:13 Jesus had to again what, because of the 45:15 Ten Commandment law we transgresseth it, 45:17 he had to come, he had to prepare a way 45:20 because there was no hope for us, 45:21 without we're helpless. You remember us talking 45:23 about that, we're helpless without Jesus. 45:26 I think people had the, may I say audacity, 45:30 may be the confusion, may be not even realizing 45:33 or knowing. People say well we know Adventist 45:37 folks while they think they're safe by keeping 45:39 God's law, that's not true. 45:40 God's Ten Commandment law does not save 45:43 you by keeping it. God's Ten Commandment 45:46 law points what sin is, have you read 45:49 that lately, Romans 3:20, well try that one 45:52 and then try Romans 7:7, it's for what, 45:58 by the law is the knowledge of sin. 46:04 Wow, so the law then just tells me what, 46:07 Ten Commandments, what sin is, 46:10 and it's very interesting here as you read 46:12 Romans 4:15 and also Romans 5:13, 46:16 it tells us that sin is not imputed then 46:20 it goes to saying, listen very carefully, 46:21 where no law is, there is no transgression. 46:25 So, if the law is done away with then 46:28 there is no transgression. You may do as you want to. 46:32 Now, are you saying the law is done away with, 46:34 people saying that we're on the law. 46:36 Well you're not on the law until you break 46:37 it then you are. If there is no law then 46:40 there is no sin and it pertains to all ten, 46:43 do you believe that? Sure, it does, 46:45 remember its all or nothing. You say well 46:48 I'm not so sure about that. How about 46:50 James 2:10, Bible is very clear, 46:52 For whosoever shall keep the whole law 46:54 and yet offend in one point, 46:56 he is guilty of all. And some people 47:00 make excuses, well we're not sure what 47:02 to talk about. Verse 11 talks about killing, 47:05 it talks about adultery, you think it's not talking 47:07 about the Ten Commandments 47:08 yes it is, Verse 12 says this. 47:10 So speak ye and so do, as they that shall be 47:14 judged by the law of liberty. 47:17 Why is it that the world says oh! Keeping 47:20 the Ten Commandments its just as, like the bondage, 47:22 it just puts me in bondage. 47:24 The devil's got you in bondage, 47:26 the devil binds you up, not Jesus. 47:28 My Bible I read here it says here you shall be 47:31 so speak ye and so do as they that will be 47:35 judged by the perfect law of liberty. 47:38 It's the law of liberty, it points out what sin is, 47:41 it doesn't cure me from that but it drives me 47:43 to Jesus and I can ask him for forgiveness, 47:48 then this is so simple as we look at it, 47:50 we study it. It's a sure thing today, 47:54 we're not saved by keeping the law. 47:59 The law simply identifies or points out what sin is, 48:03 that's all. You can't do away with that 48:07 we would know what sin, we wouldn't know 48:09 right or wrong and that's why the country's 48:11 in the mess that it's in, because they keep 48:14 trying to shove it out, we don't know, 48:15 we don't know what's wrong. 48:16 It's very simple, we have problems in this country, 48:19 big time problems because we're trying to take 48:21 God's love away from it. Ten little precept, 48:24 ten little gas. Thou shall, thou shall not, 48:28 and we won't heed them why? 48:29 Because the devil doesn't want us to, 48:33 because the only way that the enemy can get 48:34 to us is get to what? Get us to transgress 48:37 God's love or sin. 48:42 We're talking about breaking the power 48:44 of the enemy here. 48:48 Purpose of the law shows that we miss 48:50 the mark and if you miss the mark then 48:53 we need to comeback and ask God for what? 48:54 For help. Drives us to the cross, 48:59 that we may ask for forgiveness 49:01 and for grace and for those who are saying 49:04 you know biblical definition, let's do that 49:07 shall we, Ephesians 2:8, the Bible says, 49:09 For by grace are ye saved through faith; 49:13 and that not of yourself, it is a gift. 49:18 I understand that we are saved, what. 49:20 We're not keeping some law, 49:22 which simply points out what sin is. 49:23 I'm saved by grace through faith 49:25 and it is a gift of God. Somebody say oh good, 49:28 see we got it now, before you just jump 49:31 on your high horse and try galloping away, 49:34 what are we going to do with this grace thing. 49:38 Praise God for it, grace is not a license to do 49:41 what to sin, it never has been, it never will be. 49:47 It's not an excuse, grace is an excuse for 49:50 a lot people to say great, 49:51 so we don't had to keep God's 49:52 Ten Commandments anymore. 49:54 You're using grace as an excuse. 49:56 It's that what the Bible teaches, 50:00 lets balance it shall we with scripture. 50:05 Some will say well we live by faith, 50:08 good Praise God, those who say that 50:12 we live by faith and they want to use 50:15 it as excuse to not keep God's law, 50:17 what do we do with Roman's 3:31, 50:20 it says, do we make void the law through faith? 50:23 God forbid, we establish the law. 50:26 That's clear and that's simple those who say 50:28 well we're living by faith, now we're not 50:30 underneath no law, do we make avoid the law 50:32 through faith, God forbid we establish it. 50:34 Didn't say done away with, they say 50:35 we establish it. Now those who are saying 50:38 well we live under grace, we're in New Testament, 50:40 Praise God for that, that's right, it's grace, 50:42 but we use it as an excuse its not going 50:47 to be accountable to God because he encourages 50:51 us to keep it by His grace and His strength. 50:53 What do we do with Romans 6:1-2, 50:55 what shall we say then? Shall we continue and sin, 50:58 that grace may abound? God forbid. 51:02 How shall we that are dead to sin live 51:05 any longer therein? Praise God for grace 51:08 dear friends, but its not a license to sin, 51:10 doesn't mean we can go about doing anything, 51:12 breaking God's law at all, 51:13 it wasn't for his grace none of us will make it 51:15 to the kingdom of God. How about Romans 6:15, 51:19 what then shall we sin, because we are not 51:21 under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 51:26 See while we're coming up with some of 51:28 these thoughts, last few minutes that we have 51:32 here I just want to think and go through 51:34 some passages real quickly here because remember 51:37 sin is the issue, the only way that the devil 51:39 can get a choke hold around you and keep it 51:42 there is if he gets you to transgress 51:44 God's Ten Commandant law and the best way 51:46 the devil says I'll get the people to think 51:47 that it's done away with, you don't have to 51:49 worry about it. The Bible does not teach that, 51:51 not even close to that. Roman 7:7 says, 51:56 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? 52:00 God forbid. Is the law sin? No, God forbid. 52:04 Roman 7:12, The law is holy, and the 52:08 commandment holy, just, and good. 52:11 How brothers, sisters how are we gonna 52:13 fight this, how are we gonna fight it when 52:16 something is that clear and clear cut so 52:19 the law is holy the Commandment is holy, 52:21 it's just and it's good, please think about 52:25 that with me, its just, its holy and it is good. 52:29 How about Romans 7:14, the Bible says, 52:31 For we know that the law is spiritual, 52:35 the law is what? Good, the law is spiritual. 52:39 If the law is spiritual then how can it be done 52:42 away with, is it good for us, 52:44 is it not good for us. If its spiritual 52:47 dear friends, spiritual things are spiritually 52:49 discerned, its got to be good for us. 52:53 Romans 7:22 the Bible says, 52:54 For I delight in the law of God after the 52:58 inward man. Oh! I'm just wanting you to think here, 53:01 it's too easily the devil has to toss out 53:03 that which God has demanded that 53:05 we be obedient, and he'll give us the grace 53:07 and the strength. Romans 8:6, 53:11 says to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 53:17 We just read but we know that the law is what, 53:19 the law is spiritual and then to be spiritually 53:22 minded is life and peace, not death. 53:27 You want to be spiritual minded, you want peace 53:29 in this life, you want some happiness 53:33 and people say well we don't have to worry 53:34 about all. Look, you want the Holy Spirit, 53:36 hey people, well we have the Holy Spirit, 53:38 we have the Holy Spirit Acts 5:32, 53:41 says the Holy Spirit is given to those 53:43 who obey him. If you're being disobedient, 53:47 you don't have the Holy Spirit, you may have 53:48 another spirit, why? Because the Bible is clear, 53:51 Holy Spirit is given to those who obey him. 53:55 Well that makes sense doesn't it. 53:56 I want it to make sense to you, 53:58 it's just not something that's passed out 53:59 without any thought. God says if you be obedient 54:03 my laws, up, up, get that spirit. 54:07 Spiritual things, spiritual discerned. 54:10 The Romans 8:14 the Bible says, 54:12 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 54:15 they are sons of God. You want to be a son 54:18 and daughter of God today, I do. 54:20 As many as are what? Led by the spirit. 54:26 Spiritually minded, the law is spiritual, 54:31 I'm carnal, I need some help, how about you? 54:37 Are you under a bondage today you want 54:39 to get out from that, there is only one remedy 54:42 and that's Jesus Christ. You want to break 54:45 that choke hold that devil has on you through some, 54:47 it could be appetite, it could be eyes, 54:50 it could be the ears, it could be we lack 54:51 a desire to spend some time with Jesus, 54:53 we spend time on everything else 54:54 but things of Jesus, heaven knows 54:57 those things. You might fool the church members, 55:00 you're not fooling God. 55:03 How do you spend the time, most of your energy? 55:07 God's going to give you that grace, 55:09 he's going to give you that help that you need 55:11 and Jesus simply made it so simple as we 55:13 close today, so simple John 14:15 he said, 55:17 if you, good, if you love me, 55:21 keep my commandments. Do you love Jesus today, 55:26 if you want to break the power of the enemy 55:30 and the enemy says, I'm gonna break them 55:32 because I'm gonna give them to not worry 55:34 about God's love. That's his hold on us; 55:37 once we recognize it we can have freedom. 55:40 God help us, we break one, we go to him 55:43 and for forgiveness and he is willing and just, 55:46 he needs to forgive us of our sins, 55:47 cleanse us from all unrighteous. 55:49 Why don't we pray about it today. 55:51 I want to give food for thought, 55:52 I want just agitate you in a good spiritual way, 55:54 you'll get the Bible out and you begin 55:56 to really check, but we're going to pray right 55:57 now that God will give you that desire. 55:59 Shall we do that before we close. 56:01 Merciful Father in heaven, thank you for your 56:03 sweet Holy Spirit. 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