father thank you so much for
this another opportunity to minister to
these your precious sheep
thank you lord that revelation knowledge
will flow freely
uninterrupted and unhindered by any
satanic or demonic force
father i pray that you will speak
through my vocal cords and think through
my mind
none of me all of you it’s in jesus name
we pray
and everybody said amen
praise the lord if you have your bibles
go with me to the book of
saint john chapter 10 and verse 10.
our series that we’re working on i call
it winning
in spiritual warfare uh but today i want
to give it a subtitle
the battle of the mind winning in
spiritual warfare
the battle of the mind now i need you to
understand something
that my life and your life
is a product of my thinking
i just want to talk to you before i get
started my life
and the fruit in my life is a product
of my mindset that everything that
pertains to your life is going to be
worked out in your mind your mind
is the battleground to determine what
your life is going to be like let me say
that again your mind is the battleground
to determine what your life is going to
be like
and so it’s it’s this simple you know
you’re going to either
allow god
to have access to your thinking
or you’re going to be convinced to not
pay attention to god or his word
and then you’re going to give access to
your thinking
to the world now the problem with that
is you know the fort
motor company created
the ford engine and
if you’re going to make sure that that
engine runs properly you would want to
get the information from
the ford company but some people decide
well
i don’t need the ford company to get
information about this engine
i’ll just call a paint shop and i’ll get
all the information up from the paint
shop about the
about this engine and and that’s what
we’re doing god is the creator
of this human system god is the creator
of human beings and and god is
has has he you are a spirit you
you have a soul which is your mind will
and emotions and you live in a physical
body
and god knows the ingredients that you
need
in your mind in order to produce the
life that you want
and so instead of depending on
god and finding out what you should be
thinking to produce
good life we completely shut off
from from god and thinking the way he
wants us to think and thinking according
to the word and we have
opened our mind up and given access
to the words of the world
and we go to the world and say hey give
us the materials for our mind
we don’t go to god the creator and say
give me what i need for my thinking
we go to the world they didn’t create
you
that’s not your creator and you’re going
to the world and you’re going to
to to the ways of the world and you’re
you’re allowing the education of the
world and
you’re allowing the norms and values of
the world to determine your way of
thinking
and so you don’t like your life right
now
check out what you’ve given your mind
access to
you don’t like what’s going on right now
you don’t like your living
you don’t like your pain you don’t like
being broke blessed and disgusting
you don’t like being in fear all the
time you don’t like how your
relationships are turning off
turning out everything in your life
is determined by everything in your mind
everything in your life is determined by
your thinking
it seems so simple to me here’s god a
made a human being
and he says all right i’m gonna put a
software component in the human being
and if he’ll put the right things in
that software he’ll live the right life
if he’ll take my word
and and think according to my word and
put it in his mind
then he’ll live an abundant life but so
many people
say i don’t believe i don’t believe in
god i don’t believe his word
and then some of us uh
unfortunately we get ourselves in a
situation where we’re hearing the word
being taught wrong
and we and when it’s taught wrong then
we think wrong and when we think wrong
then we believe
wrong and then we say i don’t want to
have anything to do with that anymore
what’s going on in your mind is going to
translate
into your and so my life your life
is a product life is a product of
something
it is a product of my way of thinking
so if you get victory in your mind
you’re gonna have victory in your life
if you have defeat in your life it’s
only because you got defeat in your mind
nothing is allowed to exist in life
without it first existing in your mind
that’s the arena so if you change your
thinking
you can change your life people are
always asking
i need to change my life and we don’t
even know how do we do that i’m telling
you right now if you change your
thinking you change your life
the problem is we change our thinking
from one bad way of thinking
to another bad way of thinking and it
gets progressively worse
and you have to change your thinking to
be in line
with the one who created you see i can
understand
if if the world created you but they
don’t know how
god created you and if anybody knows how
you should be thinking to produce the
life you
want god would know
are you fed up tired sick and tired of
being sick and tired
are you wondering how bad can it get
wanting to change and don’t know what to
do this series is for you
wanting new relationships wanting to do
things better than what you’re doing
this is this is for you it’s so simple
right here it’s in your mind your mind
is the arena of faith your mind
is the battleground for your life
what your life will be like will be
determined in the
battle in your mind the battle between
what’s good from god’s word in your mind
versus what’s
a lie in the world in your mind who will
win in the battle of your mind
satan is after your soul
satan is competing
to see who will sit in the control of
your mind because if you can control the
mind you can control the life
that’s the only real weapon that satan
has
it’s a weapon of suggestion to suggest
thoughts and if you’re not in the word
of god and you don’t understand the word
of god then his suggests his suggestions
will
will be appealing and he wants to work
in the pleasure center of your mind
so that you can accept it there is a war
going on
a battle for the souls of men now
remember when i use the word soul
remember man is a spirit being he
possesses a soul the soul is the mind
will and emotion
people religion uses the word soul and
spirit interchangeably as if they are
one they are not you are a spirit you
have a soul you live in a body
so when you get born again your spirit
is just like god it’s perfect
okay but then even as a born-again
christian
your soul if it’s not renewed with the
word of god
and specifically the word of grace then
you can still end up doing things in
your body
and then blaming it you know and all
other kind of things is just your soul
satan wants your soul
he wants your soul whether you are a
christian he wants your soul whether you
are a sinner
he wants control of your soul so he can
control
and determine your life so
let’s deal with this and if you’ll hang
in here with me over the next several
weeks if you will
just stay here with me if you’ll come to
church through through the stream
you know it’s amazing to me that thank
god for all of you who’ve come to church
but there’s some members of our church
who hadn’t attended church since
march 2020 and let’s pray for those
people that they don’t fall victim of
the devil
and what’s the important part of tuning
in and getting this word today
you get the right way of thinking
if you can think right you can live
right
if you can think right you can believe
right
someone says well what’s the right way
of thinking it’s according to
the word of grace that came from the
creator
of the human system amen so let’s
let’s lay some foundation here and talk
about
first of all this morning the reality of
a spiritual
warfare what is that and how do we win
in this spiritual warfare john chapter
10 10
he says the thief cometh not but for to
steal and to kill
and to destroy now notice that’s not god
god gets the blame for the stealing the
killing and the destroy
every time there’s a hurricane hit or a
tornado tornado
people just oh look at god look at the
destruction god calls no no no no
satan there’s a devil loose please
please understand it there’s a devil is
well i don’t believe in the devil well i
tell you what
that’s the greatest thing the devil can
accomplish in your life to finally get
you not to believe that he exists
because if you don’t believe he exists
he can just kind of wreak havoc in your
life because
you don’t believe he exists he exists
how do you know that because the bible
speaks of him
the thief cometh not but for to steal
kill and to destroy god’s not a thief
satan is the thief satan is the killer
satan is the crook satan is the
destroyer
and so any area of your life stealing
killing and destroying
satan gets the blame for that stop
blaming god for that
look what he said he says but i have
come that they might have life and have
it more abundantly
so jesus says i’m not the thief he says
i’m the one that’s going to be
responsible for you to have
life to the full in abundance until it
overflows
so the will of god for your life is to
have life to the full
in abundance until it overflows so you
gotta
you gotta make sure that you place the
responsibility
with the proper in the proper place
steal kill destroyer
that belongs to satan uh life to the
full until
overflows that belongs to god god is for
you not against you
all right so there there it is those the
two are opposing forces in this
spiritual warfare
ephesians chapter 6 verse 10 through 12.
let’s look at it first of all in king
james and then in the amplified
all right now notice he says finally my
brethren be what
strong in the lord be strong in the lord
and in the power of the lord’s might
so this battle is not going to be won
in my strength it’s going to be one in
the strength of the lord
in the ability of the lord all right put
on the whole armor of god that you may
be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil
now the armor of god is simply put if
you just read the rest of the chapter
the armor of god is the word of god it’s
the word of god and in particular
i’m talking about the word of grace he
says put on the whole armor of god that
you may be able to stand against the
wiles or the
strategy of the devil notice for we
wrestle
not against flesh and blood so our fight
is not against human beings
versus human beings now listen to this
carefully
well who are we fighting we’re fighting
demonic spirits
there are four categories of demons
principalities powers
rulers of the darkness of this world
spiritual wickedness in high places now
you don’t hear people talk about that a
lot but
there are demonic forces arrayed against
you as a christian
and their job is to make your life
miserable
their job is to have a strategy to
defeat you
away from the victory that jesus has
already made available for
you now let’s look at this in the in the
amplified bible ephesians 6 10 through
12 pay attention how it’s written here
he said in conclusion
be strong in the lord be empowered
through your union with him
as christian people we have a
relationship with the holy ghost
be empowered through your union with him
draw your strength from him
he says that strength which his
boundless might provides
so there’s strength that you can draw
from him you can draw it from his word
draw your strength from him
11 put on god’s whole armor
the armor of a heavy armed soldier which
god supplies
that you may be able successfully
to stand up against all the strategies
and the deceits of the devil
so the devil has designed strategies
deceitful strategies to try to
get you away from the will of god for
your life the plan of god for your life
the abundance of life in your life the
victory from your life
satan has a strategy a strategy
it is going to be a deceitful strategy
and you you’d be amazed the number of
christians and the number of number of
christians and the number of people in
the world
who who fall they they fall for the
deceitful strategy the deceitful
strategy that that makes sense the the
deceitful strategy that
the norms and values of the world
endorse
and when you don’t when you’re not aware
that there’s a devil loose who is trying
to
attack you and win against you through
deceitful strategies
do you do you understand that the
devil’s just not out here just
going crazy trying to kill you he has a
specific design
to try to to kill steal and destroy in
your life
he knows your weaknesses and he knows
your pleasures and he knows how bad you
beat yourself up and he knows
all of those kind of things and so he
devises
a strategy against you and in some cases
just
uses the same foul the rest of your life
there’s a war going on there’s a war
going on
verse 12 for we are not wrestling with
flesh and blood
we’re not contending only with physical
opponents
you see those demonic spirits work
through people
and you’re thinking that you’re you’re
contending against the people
it’s that spirit i uh at a situation one
time where
you know this guy was talking about how
his boss was really after him
and uh we told him why don’t you take
authority of the spirit that’s working
through your boss
he says how do you do that i said just
simply go pray father i take authority
over that demonic spirit
that’s working through my boss trying to
torment me
he said he prayed and that boss changed
like night and day
you see he was not aware that there was
a demonic spirit that had developed
deceitful strategies to try to work
against him
to try to move him out of the will of
god for his life see what he was doing
was the will of god for his life but
there was a strategy to get him out of
that
and so you’re not fighting that’s what
the scripture says uh
humans only but what you’re fighting are
humans who are being
uh controlled in a sense or oppressed in
some cases
by demon spirits to act a certain way
contending only with physical opponents
but against the
the deep depotisms against the powers
against the master spirits wow
who are the world rulers of this present
darkness
they’re rulers of this darkness against
the spirit
forces of wickedness in the heavenly
supernatural sphere
this is the reality of a spirit world
this is a reality of enemies coming
against you
your enemies that come against you will
be defeated
they’ll come in one way deuteronomy 28 7
i believe
they’ll come in one way and god calls
them to flee seven ways
glory be to god but you got to
understand what’s in this bible
you’ve got to understand that there’s a
war going on satan
wants your soul
look at luke chapter 10 19 through 20.
now here’s a promise that we’ve been
given
and this is just the foundation for the
spiritual warfare here’s a promise that
we’ve been given good news
luke chapter 10 verse 19 through 20.
luke 10 19-20 luke 10
19-20 behold i give unto you
power to tread on serpents
and scorpions and over all the power of
the enemy and nothing shall by any means
hurt you now notice what he says
behold i give unto you power that first
word
power in this verse means authority the
right to command
you have authority to have absolute
mastery over every demonic force
over serpents and scorpions those are
representatives of demon forces
you have authority over demon forces
you have authority over every demon
force
and over all the power second word power
ability over all the power of the
of your enemy all the power your enemy
is the devil
and you have authority over all of his
ability
glory to god no matter what the devil
can do
you have authority over all of his
ability and watch this and nothing shall
by any means hurt you
nothing shall by in any means hurt you
look at verse 20. he says
notwithstanding
in this rejoice not don’t rejoice that
the spirits are subject
unto you but rather rejoice watch this
because your names are written in heaven
you see i’m rejoicing this morning
because i’m born again i made jesus the
lord of my life
and i’m heaven bound there’s no doubt
about it there’s no worry about it
when i leave my physical body i’m
rejoicing because
my name is written in heaven
but i want you to know while you’re here
you have authority
over the devil in jesus name and then
finally in this reality of the spiritual
warfare first john 5 and 4
here’s some more good news now
he says for whatsoever is born of god
overcometh the world
the world is defined as the lust of the
flesh
the lust of the eyes and the pride of
life so when people say that’s worldly
how do you evaluate something worldly
does it have the lust of the flesh
the lust of the eyes and the pride of
life some some people get me
all the time talking about music being
worldly that’s worldly music well
does it have does it involve the lust of
the flesh the lust of the eyes and the
pride of life well then it’s worldly
uh but that’s that’s what worldly means
we’re in the world but we’re not of the
world’s
way of operation we’re not of the lust
of the flesh
the lust of the eyes and the pride of
life he says and this is the victory
that overcomes the world
even our faith so the good news is
that victory has already been made
available to us by jesus christ
we have the victory that overcome we
have the victory
that overcomes the world even our faith
in the victory that jesus has obtained
now that’s what that means
so spiritual warfare ladies and
gentlemen spiritual warfare is
is not doing something to try to get
victory spiritual warfare is
maintaining the victory that jesus has
already obtained so notice we’re in the
new testament
jesus died to obtain victory notice
we’re in the new testament
jesus died to obtain victory
and so jesus was raised from the dead
he obtained the victory glory to god he
finished the work glory to god and he
gave it to us
who are now living under this new
testament and our job is to maintain it
and the devil’s job is to try to get us
to turn it loose
so jesus died to obtain healing my job
is to hold on to healing
satan’s job is to do something to try to
give cause me to give it up
jesus has already obtained
soundness deliverance
my job is to maintain soundness and
deliverance
satan’s job is trying to get me to give
it up
and so you see the battle that’s going
on here
so i want you to write this down
i i i made my mind up i’m gonna i’m
gonna take my time i’m not trying to
rush to her and get
finished i want to make sure you have an
understanding of this
i can’t wait to get to the end of this
but let’s take our time as we go
so here’s the statement as a result of
you recognizing
through these five scriptures that there
is a war going on through these four
scriptures there’s a war going on
there’s there’s a reality of a spiritual
warfare
the warfare is not for you and i to try
to go and win
jesus has already won
satan has already been defeated satan is
a defeated
foe well then what is the spiritual
warfare the spiritual warfare is what i
just explained
maintaining the victory that jesus
obtained
and satan’s going to try to take it away
and so i need to enter into the
strategies
that satan will begin to use to try to
take it away
whoever can hold on to it will see the
manifestation in their life
whoever lets it go won’t see the
manifestation in their life
and yet we’ll see some other things
manifesting in their life
so here’s the here’s the here’s a
statement i want to make i want to i
want to
read this statement to you and then i
want to go back and break it out
with words the most important thing
the most important thing
that a believer can do in spiritual
warfare
is to believe the promises the most
important thing that a believer can do
in spiritual warfare is to believe the
promises
believe the promises of god not
condemn yourself but stay in faith
believe the promises of god
not to think that god is mad at you and
therefore
this thing must be your punishment
believe the promises of god not to be
sin conscious
believe the promise of god and not to
blame
your sin on your latest or your recent
performance
or sin but to believe
that you are forgiven and stay in
faith for your victory that you stand in
the key to spiritual warfare
is to rest by faith in the finished
works of jesus christ
the key to spiritual warfare see if you
really believe something
the asset test that you really believe
it is that you’ll enter into rest
not stress not worry but when i really
believe
something i am at rest
i am at peace
and so you got to understand this now
the key to spiritual warfare
is to rest in the finished works
of jesus christ rest
in the finished work that i am the
righteousness of god and satan’s going
to do everything he can to try to get me
to stress out over it
i rest in the finished works of jesus
christ
remember when i started this statement i
said the most important thing
that a believer can do in spiritual
warfare is to believe the promises of
god
not condemn yourself
not condemn yourself well what happens
if condemnation comes pastor what do i
do well romans 8
1 says there is therefore now no
condemnation to those who are in christ
jesus
so anytime you feel condemnation coming
the way you fight now in this warfare
see notice it’s coming up here in your
mind the way you fight this warfare
you know condemnation comes and here’s
what you do you say
there is no condemnation to those who
are in christ i’m in christ
whoa whoa you’re maintaining the victory
it said believe the promises
and not to think that god is mad at you
well isaiah 54 9. i need you to see this
isaiah 54
9 promises god made a covenant to not be
angry with you nor to rebuke you
this is a covenant promise that he made
he says for this is
as the waters of noah unto me for as i
have sworn
that the waters the north should no more
go over the earth
and notice we’ve not seen another flood
since
so have i sworn that i would not be
wrath or anger with thee
nor rebuke thee so every time this
thought comes
and it says well you know what god’s
angry at you
and god’s mad at you therefore
what you’re going through is punishment
you should say no no no
god made a promise he said just like i
promised that the waters of the earth
won’t
the waters won’t ever flood the earth
again so have i promised not to be angry
with you
and to rebuke you and to punish you god
is not the punisher
and you need to tell yourself when that
thought comes notice when i said when
that thought comes
notice when that thought of condemnation
comes notice when that thought that
god’s mad at you come
you got to respond with the word it’s
important that you open your mouth and
respond to the word
you remember i’ve done this over the
last uh
40 years over and over and over again
but you take authority of your thoughts
with the words of your mouth so you
can’t just sit there and let the
thoughts happen
when there’s a crazy thought go through
your mind open your mouth up and say
what what what you believe in so save
the victory speak the victory
uh you remember let’s do this one more
time i want you to count from one to ten
without saying anything just count to
yourself one to ten ready
go now say your name out loud
all right what happened to your
accounting excuse me you had to what
happened to the county
it stopped right because your brain had
to shut that down that thought down
to comprehend what was coming out your
mouth and that’s exactly what happens
when the enemy is coming up to you and
trying to condemn you you open your
mouth up and you say there’s no
condemnation to those who are in christ
jesus that stops
and what you just said now enters in
when the enemy comes to you and says
god’s mad at you and
and he’s going to punish you and what
you’re going through is a punishment you
shouldn’t did that you open your mouth
up and say god’s got to covet it with me
not to be angry with me nor to rebuke me
that’s that’s that’s spiritual warfare
that’s that’s how you do that
okay it also says you know let’s believe
the promise
most important thing that a believer can
do in spiritual warfare is to believe
the promise
all right and not to be sin conscious
look at hebrews 10 and 2 sin conscious
not to be sin conscious and and to blame
things on your latest
or your most recent performance of sin
sin consciousness
always going around conscious of sin
well that didn’t happen because of the
sin in my life and well that didn’t
happen because of sin in my life and
just so
sin conscious you’re so sin conscious
you get up in the morning you say lord
forgive me for the sin i hadn’t even
committed yet
and the bible says concerning this he
says for then would they
not have ceased to be offered he’s
talking about sacrifices
because that the worshiper once purged
should have no more consciousness of
sins
you see jesus was that final offering
and he was offered and what happened
when jesus was offered
sin consciousness was purged so every
time sin consciousness comes in your
mind
you open your mouth up and say because
of the offering of jesus
no more sin consciousness see you’ve got
this is how you
battle you don’t just sit there and let
things sit in your mind
you respond with words
okay and then you go on and you say you
know well
uh you know the reason why i’m going
through this is because
i didn’t do this and because i didn’t do
this
then god couldn’t do that or if i did
that
then god would have did that or if i
hadn’t done that
then i wouldn’t be going through this
look at galatians chapter 2
verse 16 in the nlt galatians chapter 2
16 ninety well
why am i taking my time to show this
it’s time for us to get detailed in this
word
so that we can have some amazing
victories
manifesting in our lives jesus has
already given us the victory
now we got to get him to manifest in our
lives he says yet we know that a person
is made right with god by faith in jesus
christ not by obeying the law
and we have believed in christ jesus so
that we might be made right with god
so we’re made right with god because we
believe jesus because of our
faith in christ not because we have
obeyed the law
of moses so the key to spiritual warfare
is to rest that’s authentic belief to
rest
in the finished works of jesus christ to
rest
in the victory that jesus
has obtained to rest in it to have a
level of confidence
not stress to have a level of peace
about it not worry to have a level of
faith about it
not trying to figure out what you need
to do in order for this to be true
it is true because jesus has already
made it happen all right you know i
i want to go a little bit more detail
okay and i’m not trying to bore you with
this but you know we got to get in the
word man
you know when you talk about having rest
in the finished works
of jesus christ some people may not
heard this i kind of go over it quickly
but i want to settle down a little bit
this morning what is the finished work
of jesus christ
i mean by scripture what is the defense
if somebody were to ask you what’s the
finished works of jesus christ
you you telling this this this and then
they ask the question well prove it
well let’s first of all where do we get
that from john 19 and 30
here’s jesus on the cross and in john 19
and 30 he says when jesus therefore had
received the vinegar
he said watch this it is finished
bowed his head and gave up the ghost it
is finished i don’t know about you but
as a christian you should ask well what
was finished
what was finished he said it is finished
what was finished
and that’s the mistake we make we get so
religious
that we deal with satan in the general
and not
in the preciseness of things
what is finished well there are three
very specific things
i could break it down to more but three
very specific things that were finished
i’ll give you three words
propitiation redemption
and reconciliation i know by scripture
what was finished when he laid his head
and died perpetuation
redemption and reconciliation
it was finished now let me show you this
to you in scripture because
you need to know this christian people
it’s time to be well informed
because if you if you keep hearing half
truths uh you won’t know how to fight
the devil because he’ll he’ll show up
and
and actually oppress you with the half
truth
look at this first john chapter 4 and
10.
and look what he says herein is love
not that we love god but that he loved
us and he sent his son to be a
propitiation for
our sins so when jesus was sent to be a
propitiation for our
sins and that was finished
on the cross so what is a propitiation
it is literally ladies and gentlemen it
is
to satisfy a wrath by sacrifice
basically jesus was the propitiation or
he was
the ransom
for the sin in our life you see god is a
just god
and when a person sins
it’s not just for them to just get away
from get away with it without paying the
consequences
so jesus was the payment
for the sins of the whole world not just
for christian people
but he was the payment for for the sin
of the entire world that’s powerful
jesus was the sin offering
he was the peace offering here’s the
most
accurate definition he was the ransom
that was
paid for the sin and the consequences of
sin
so we can go free from the consequences
of it
and that was finished on the cross i
don’t i don’t have to ask him to do that
listen there is nothing i could do
to make him do this that’s the favor of
god that’s the favor of god
it’s not me doing a little bit and jesus
is doing a little bit it was all god i
mean for god so loved the world that he
gave his son
favor right now the problem can’t be the
solution
the problem can’t be the solution all
favor of god right now
you didn’t have nothing to do with this
propitiation all from god
favor you with a sin offering favorite
jew
with a ransom that was paid came up with
it
wasn’t our suggestion was his alone
oh glory and that was finished on the
cross
and so right now by faith i received
that it’s already done i’m not trying to
come up with another offering for my
sins and you know so many people do that
when they sin they think about i need to
do this this this so i can get rid of it
they don’t receive by faith the
perpetuation that was already
taken care of the wrath that was the
wrath that god had against us
jesus was that sin offering he was that
ransom that was paid for our sins and
the consequences of our sin
and our response should be thank you
thank you but there’s so many christians
today trying to handle that
which has already been handled so that
was finished at the cross
the ransom the payment for all of your
sins that’s so powerful
the payment for all of your sins glory
to god
the payment for the consequences for all
of your sins i mean
you know all of us were supposed to go
to hell for sin
according to romans 6. god just can’t
smile and let you get away with it
so what he did is he sent the payment
glory be to god amen so that’s the first
thing
that was finished here’s the second
thing that was finished redemption
redemption look at ephesians chapter 1
and verse 7. ephesians chapter one and
verse seven he says in him
we have redemption how through the blood
we have redemption through the blood so
what is redemption
it’s the work of christ in setting us
free
from the bondage of sins slavery
with all of its awful connections and
consequences
so we have been redeemed we have been
set free from the slavery of sin
and the consequences of sin that’s
finished at the cross
and according to ephesians 1 and 7 we
have redemption
we got it through his blood when he shed
his blood
or our deliverance from the slavery of
sin
done we have been redeemed all god’s
idea
all happened because of him you didn’t
do a little bit and god did a little bit
all god amen that’s the second thing
that was finished at the cross
here’s the third thing that was finished
at the cross
reconciliation reconciliation second
corinthians 5 18
verse 18 says now all these things are
from god
who reconciled us to himself
through christ god’s idea god says i’m
gonna repair the relationship
uh uh you were you you were the enmity
because of the sin in your life and i’m
gonna repair the relationship
reconciliation is the act by which god
brings mankind into complete change
relationship with himself
this is a one-way act by god a one-way
act by god
that god initiated this and god says i’m
going to reconcile our
relationship there was enmity between
man and god
and and god says i’m going to do
something about it
i’m going to restore our friendship this
was a
one way act by god
not you doing a little bit and god and
that’s that’s the thing about it
people don’t understand this is all god
and religion what’s gonna make you think
now but you gotta do this this this this
honey jesus is enough amen
and then look at second peter chapter
one and three
so the finished works of jesus
propitiation
redemption reconciliation
and i like to add this ii peter chapter
one and three according as his divine
power hath given unto us
all things that pertain unto life and
godliness through the knowledge of him
that has called us to glory and virtue
so everything that pertains to life and
godliness
has been made available to us it is
finished
propitiation is finished reconciliation
is finished
redemption is finished my righteousness
is finished
glory to god my healing is finished my
deliverance is finished
you understand it’s the finished works
of jesus christ
satan hates the fact that the work is
finished so here’s how he’s going to
attack you
he’s going to attack you by by
challenging
your faith in what’s finished and by
trying to get you to do something to
finish it
satan’s ultimate attack is going to try
to get you to enter into
performance-based christianity
he wants you to feel like you got to
perform in order to have your sins
paid for you got to perform in order to
be delivered you got to perform
in order to walk in this reconciliation
you got to perform
in order to get everything that jesus
finished that’s what he wants to do
that’s the battle now the battle is you
standing on what’s done
and satan says here’s what i’m going to
do i’m going to get you into
performance-based christianity
i’m going to get you to thinking that
here are all the things you got to do
in order for that to happen
satan wants you to think he wants you to
think jesus is not enough it’s got to be
jesus plus
a little of what you do it’s got to be a
little from you and live from jesus
and that’s how satan wins and that’s how
he is winning
because you have church people who will
not receive
what the blood of jesus has made
available what a slapping god’s faith
face to give his son
so that you might freely have
all these other things and you turn down
the freedom and still feel like you got
to pay a price for it
wow so now let’s talk about the
connection between
grace and resisting the devil
because i’m telling you right now our
victory
in this spiritual warfare is through
the unmerited favor of god it’s through
the grace of god it’s through what jesus
has already
done that’s how we win in the spiritual
warfare
by by receiving what jesus has already
done see you’re thinking well in order
for me to get the victory
i’ve got to intercede for 38 hours and
give myself
credit and say you know we pray for 38
hours and look at what god could do
you’re deceived it’s a slap in god’s
face god says i already had this ready
all you had to do is stand on it all you
have to do is believe you receive it and
you
the church is filled with with
motion just a lot of motion
trying to get god to do something and
i’ll show you a scripture
in this series in romans chapter 6 that
talks about the law
is responsible for the motions of sin
wow all right so let’s look at this
what’s the connection between
grace and resisting the devil to fight
against the devil to actively fight
against the devil
you you have to have grace you will win
every time with grace let’s look at
these two scriptures
james 4 6-7 i looked at him last week
james 4 6-7 he says but he giveth more
grace
wherefore he saith god resisteth
the proud but he gives grace unto the
humble
so that’s pretty strong right there god
resists the proud he gives grace to the
humble
verse seven submit yourself therefore to
god
resist the devil and he will flee from
you
all right now notice verse six and seven
goes together he says first of all i
want you to inform you
that those who will believe
and line their lives up with the
finished works of jesus christ
he says they are the humble and i can
get grace to them
but those who will not believe and will
not line themselves up with the victory
that’s already
there but will enter into
performance-based christianity
that’s pride that’s pride
a prideful man says i’m not going to
submit
to what jesus has done i’m not going to
submit to what’s already been done
i mean you got food on the table you can
eat it if you’re hungry but you got to
submit to it
you got to submit to eating and and
and he says he resists the proud
they’re there there’s a resisting the
proud
a pride man that has an overestimation
of his importance
a a a humble man has a low estimation of
his importance
all of a sudden this prideful man thinks
he is so important
more important than jesus more important
than what the blood has done
that he proceeds to come up with his own
protocol of how to try to get it to
happen
and he says i resist that but i’ll give
grace to the
guy who who thinks of himself lowly and
who will submit and line his life up
with what i’ve already done and then he
says
in verse seven if you’ll do that he says
submit yourself therefore to god see
that’s that’s humility it’s all about
submitting yourself to god submit
yourself to god and when you’re
submitted
to god then you can fight against the
devil notice the fighting against the
devil
comes when you submit yourself to what’s
done what’s finished
i’m healed right now now i can resist
the devil
now i can resist the devil that’s
awesome see
a lot of people trying to fight the
devil and they don’t know
what has been done and they won’t submit
to what has been done
and they’re fighting with no weapons and
so he says
resist the devil because you submitted
to to what god has said and more grace
can come your way
and he says and he’s going to run from
you with fear that’s what the word flee
means
to run with fear to run with fear notice
grace shows up because of your
submission to it glory to god
and the devil runs with fear all right
now
look at this next scripture first peter
5
5-8 first peter 5 5-8
he says likewise you younger submit
yourselves unto the elder okay
you know what that means you submitting
yourself to the elder you’re gonna
you’re gonna do what they say
you know submit yourself to the elder
yeah and yeah
all of you be subject one to another be
clothed he said be clothed with humility
in verse six for god resisted the proud
the guy who has the overestimation of
himself
who won’t line up with what’s already
finished
and in his prideful way will try to
achieve something that’s already been
achieved
for god resists the proud but he gives
grace to the humble
the god that submits to what’s already
done you know when you submit to healing
you’re saying i’m healed just cause just
cause healing’s already done
he said god resists the proud and give
grace to the humble all right verse 6.
so he says since grace goes to the
humble humble yourself therefore under
the mighty hand of god
he says you’ll be exalted in due time
because grace is working
verse 7 and so watch this cast all your
cares upon him
for he cares for you now this is a test
of submission
you see he says humble yourself
and then he turns around and says cast
your care on him because he cares for
you
for you to worry instead of casting your
care
for you it’s a prideful act it’s an act
of pride
when you submit yourself to god you know
what you’re saying
i’ll cast my care upon him because he
cares for me
and when i cast my care upon him because
he cares for me
i have humbled myself and grace is
available so i can cast my care upon him
because he cares for me and now grace is
available to take care of the care
that’s what happens when you humble
yourself under the mighty hand of god
but there’s so many people
they know this scripture cast your care
upon him because he cares for you they
know that scripture but you know what
they do
i’m not casting my care on him i’m a
worry i’m a word that’s what i do i
worry and then you take great pride in
i’m wearing that’s what i do you’re it’s
pride it’s
pride it’s it’s not a badge that you
wear i’m a worrier when he says don’t
worry
when he says cast your care upon you
know worry is a sin
why is it a sin because he said cast
your care upon him
for he cares for you if you submit to
that
grace comes to take care of that
you know what god’s trying to do i don’t
want you to try to handle it
the devil will get you every time i
don’t want you to perform to try to
handle this the devil gets you every
time
i want you to cast it on me and i’ll
give you grace
and the grace is sufficient it’ll take
care of it and look what he says in
verse 8.
be sober be vigilant because your
adversary of the devil
as a roaring lion walketh about seeking
whom he may devour he can devour someone
that’s in pride
this be sober you know what it means to
be sober it means
watch this to not be intoxicated
think properly be sober think properly
be vigilant about it because you have an
adversary
i’m telling you right now you have an
adversary who is it the devil
who has a roar now the roar is to
inflict fear
the roar is to say things and put things
in you to cause you to be afraid that
the word of god won’t come to pass
he’s walking about and he’s seeking now
if he could get everybody he wouldn’t
have to seek
but he’s checking out who he can devour
he cannot devour a humble man
who has the grace of god working for him
he can’t devour him
he cannot devour him he runs from them
with fear
but he can devour a prideful man who god
resists
and grace can’t get to him because he’s
exalted his performance
above the grace of god and the victory
that jesus has already
obtained there are some christians that
are
not devourable and there are some who
are
religious people who dwell
in performance-based christianity and
have been convinced
that they have to do these things in
order for god to do
what he promised that he already did
if you’re going to do that then what do
you need faith for
faith is to believe what jesus
has already done because faith takes
possession
of what’s already been finished you have
to take
possession of propitiation you have to
take possession
of redemption you have to take
possession of reconciliation you have to
take
possession of healing and deliverance
and all those things
that’s what that means to operate by
faith faith doesn’t mean you go do
something uh and then if you do it just
right then maybe just maybe you can talk
god
into doing something good for you that
is an old pagan
terrible mindset that is dead works
according to hebrews chapter 9.
dead works are works where you’re trying
to do something to deserve
something from god and and that is that
that is the stain
of religion upon people in this world
today
constantly doing something to deserve
something for god
and the world does it too i’m not saved
but maybe if i go to church god might do
something good it’s the mindset
if i do something good then maybe god
will do something for me
and we just can’t fathom in our thinking
that he’s already done everything you’ll
ever need
but he’s waiting on you to stand on it
to dare to stand on it
and to dare to believe it so these two
scriptures
talk about resisting the devil
uh
at the same time it talks about grace
and i never thought about this before
all years reading this it talks about
resisting the devil at the same time
talks about grace
i’m gonna make this statement and i
gotta keep teaching this so don’t don’t
don’t go to
calling and screaming before i can
finish the series
grace god’s
unmerited favor
grace god
being the one the one-way act by god
oh i like that the one-way act by god
grace
this undeserved unearned
favor i mean for god so loved the world
that he gave his only son
grace that’s the favor of god right now
and you didn’t do nothing so how can we
preach grace and preach the favor of god
and give a list of things you got to do
to get something that you’re not
supposed to be able to
do to get it’s supposed to be a gift
grace will cause us to win in spiritual
warfare
grace will cause us to win in spiritual
warfare
i always thought in spiritual warfare
when they talked about put on the whole
armor of god
that he was just talking about putting
on the word of god no he’s talking about
putting on the gospel
the grace of god putting on everything
that god’s
unmerited favor has made available to
you put that on
and when the enemy shows up he loses why
because you’re not trying to get
something imagine how he beats up on
people who still
believing they don’t have it and so they
got to do this in order to get it
versus the fight he has and the fact
that he know he can’t devour a person
that when he comes by them they already
got it
they acting like they got it they’re
talking like they got it they’ve already
released their faith for it
and satan flees and runs with fear
notice he’s running with fear
he’s running with fear because he knows
that his words won’t be able to come to
pass in your life
oh glory to god grace
grace is how we win in spiritual warfare
no wonder the devil attacks so
aggressively
when people start preaching the gospel
of grace
because satan has no defense against
someone
who believes they’ve already received
the victory yeah he has no defense in it
the devil has no defense against a child
of god who knows grace
that you will win it’s not like you’re
going to win your spiritual warfare
when you know what jesus has already
given you through his grace and favor
you’ve already won you’ve accepted the
win
you’ve accepted the win without doing
anything to win
except to accept the win glory to god
you’re not working to win
you got to win you’re not working to try
to get victory you already got victory
and you’re moving from victory to
victory
you’re moving from the victory you have
inside
to the manifestation of that victory
outside
but there’s some people who don’t even
have the victory inwardly
and they think their works will produce
it outwardly
ah if you do see anything outwardly
that’s the mercy of god
that’s the grace of god and some of you
have been walking in the grace and the
mercy of god
and you still don’t know it you still
credit it to what you do
you still give credit to what you do
instead of what
has already been done look at second
corinthians 12
verse 7 through 9. second corinthians 12
verse 7 through 9.
[Music]
whoa i hope y’all getting this i i
hadn’t even got started yet
you need to you need to set you need to
set your mind make your mind up i am i’m
not missing out one of these
all right look at this he says in fact
let’s see uh
verse seven eight and nine he says and
paul is talking here
paul says unless i should be exalted
above measure through the abundance of
the revelations
so paul’s like got this revelation of
the grace of god
galatians the book of galatians just
talks about
paul’s evolution into this revelation of
the grace of god that he got from jesus
he got it straight from jesus
hallelujah it’s the revelation of jesus
that’s the revelation we need to get
we’re trying to get a revelation on
that and on that the revelation is the
revelation of jesus
and lest i should be exalted above
measure through the abundance
of revelations there was given to me
a thorn in the flesh all right so
see the issue here the issue is i got to
be careful not to get into pride because
of all the revelations i’m getting
and so now there’s a thorn in the flesh
and he tells you what the thorn in the
flesh is
it’s the messenger of satan a messenger
of satan
that was sent to buffet him
lest i should be exalted above measure
all right so he got so he gets all this
revelation
but he’s been buffeted by the message of
satan
and and guess where it’s happening right
up here in his head
oh you come on come on enter in the
pride you know you bad you know you
something else
man go go go go tell everybody walk
differently
walk in pride because of the revelations
you get and paul’s fighting
against this look at verse the next
verse he says for this thing i besought
the lord
three times thrice that it might depart
from me
so he’s like god this is what’s going on
help me
god this is what’s going on help me god
this is what’s going on help me
and then verse 9 here’s the help and he
said unto me
my grace is sufficient for you
what i’ve already done is enough
the favor the unmerited grace and favor
of god
is enough for you my strength is made
perfect in weakness
when when there’s an area in your life
that’s under attack
he says my grace is more than enough for
it
stand in it my strength is made perfect
in weakness most gladly therefore will
i rather glory in my infirmities
that the power of christ may rest upon
me
the power of christ may rest upon me
now here’s the question that i have i
know satan doesn’t have
any defense against the grace and here’s
god telling paul grace is good for you
dude
you’re under attack by the messenger of
satan here’s my answer
grace he cannot win if you’ll stand on
this
so here’s the question here’s what we’ll
get into next week
where is the battleground that all this
is taking place that we just read about
paul
where is the arena for this fight that
paul is going through
see we’re looking like there’s just some
physical things going all of this is
going on in his mind
there’s a battle going on in paul’s mind
his mind is the arena of faith
and in his mind he’s gonna have to start
thinking
what grace has made available while
satan is trying to get him to think that
it’s him
and to exalt self-performance
and so next sunday i’ll begin to talk
about
the battle in the mind that’s the first
attack of the enemy the first place of
attack
is is your mind it’s your mind
it’s not your body it’s your mind satan
will do everything around you to try to
get in your mind the attack is in your
mind
your mind is the arena it’s the
battleground for your life’s
output whatever you put out in your life
is a result of what happened in that
battle in the mind
you will lose or you will win in life
based on how you handle
and fight in the battle of the mind in
the battle
of the mind and so
that’s all i’m gonna give you today
that’s enough ah keep on going now you
got plenty to
to roll over in your mind you got plenty
to roll over in
in your thinking and uh you keep
listening to this you keep studying this
and
and um man we got some good stuff to
share with you
how to win that battle in the mind we’re
gonna talk about the need for precision
the need for precision we gotta quit
saying
i gotta get the word you got to get the
specific word
to think on and that’s the word of grace
the gospel of grace why
when condemnation comes grace says to
you
there is no more condemnation so you got
to get that word
you can’t go into self-preservation mode
self-righteousness mode
you know self-performance mode
the devil will get you every time
he will he will he will sit back and let
you
release yourself effort and then he’ll
condemn you for your effort
that’s what he does he’ll wait until
you’re getting his
effort and then condemn you for your
effort look at what you did
and so we’re going to find out more
about this let’s go ahead and pray over
this today father we thank you for this
this time of ministering to
to your your your people and i and i
thank you lord that
that the the holy spirit said some
things that i didn’t even say while i
was preaching
you were revealing things while i was
preaching you were saying things
to help us get a bigger revelation of
jesus and who he is
lord we are we are people that
plant seeds and water you’re the one
that gives the increase
i’ve planted today in our water and i
pray that you give the increase
that something major happens something
major has happened today
and i pray that all throughout this day
that this word will just begin to
get inside of people and they begin to
change because of
the light of the gospel being shown in
their lives
in jesus name now if you’re here today
and you’ve never made jesus the lord of
your life
if you’re here today and you found out
that jesus has already paid
the ransom for all of the sins of the
whole world that’s including you
so since your sins have been paid for
wouldn’t it make sense for you to accept
it
sign for the package says
what my sins have been paid for yeah
even though you’re not a christian yet
that just means you haven’t signed for
the package
but your sins have been paid for your
sins your mum and them sins
puking them sins your best friend’s sin
the guy on death row sin
your sins have been paid for but you
gotta you gotta accept it
how do i accept it i invite jesus to
come into my life
and i receive all that he has made
available
so if that’s you and you’re ready to
make jesus the lord of your life would
you pray this simple prayer
repeating these words after me heavenly
father
i realize that i’m a sinner but right
now i repent
of my sins i believe that jesus is lord
and that he has paid the ransom
so that i might be free from sin and the
consequences
lord jesus come into my heart
be my lord and my savior and so right
now
by faith i receive you
and i declare that i am saved in jesus
name
thank you lord for saving me amen
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welcome to the family of god what you
you don’t have to struggle
trying to get god to forgive you if you
just prayed that prayer with me you have
received the payment the glory to god
the peace offering
the ransom that has been paid glory to
god amen
you’ve received your redemption you’ve
received your reconciliation
someone says well what do i do now eat
the word
eat the word and allow the holy spirit
to change you
from the inside out take away your old
want-to’s and give your new want-to’s
someone says what’s the first thing i do
get to know jesus
get to know jesus spend time read about
him in the word
find out who he is let the holy spirit
do his work
he’ll do the work amen praise god
well it’s offering time it’s time for us
to watch this complete our worship
i tell you i’ve never been so convinced
about something before in my life
that i now see my giving as a part of my
worship
just like people see singing as a part
of their worship and
and praying as a part of their worship
and communion as a part of their worship
and the sermon as a part of their
worship
i now see my giving as a part of my
worship
and and my giving is what completes my
worship
see there’s one thing about the giving
part is that i can do all those other
things and
and not do my giving and i didn’t
complete my worship
and it’s so important that you recognize
that your the giving portion is just as
important as the song
portion the prayer portion the sermon
portion the communion portion
for gospel of the world that he gave his
only begotten son
very expensive thing that heaven had and
so i want to challenge you right now
to see your giving as
gift giving to god for what he has done
for you
that you’re giving out of your grace
out of your appreciation excuse me out
of your love out of your thanksgiving
for what he’s already
done you’re not given to try to get god
to do something
you’re giving because he’s already done
it and when you start looking at
what grace is made available to you
you’re talking about motivated to
always give is because i can never
beat his giving and it is an honor and a
privilege
and a opportunity for me to be able to
give
in worship service to give thanks to god
and what he’s already done
so at this time in your giving if you’d
like to use the text
to give you can text world changers
space and then the amount to 74483
you can dial 866
six eight 477-7683 you can also give on
line on the web world changers.org
you can use your paypal there or you can
mail to twenty five hundred burdette
road college park georgia
303 49. i believe things change when you
do that
i just you’re gonna you if you haven’t
already seen it
you get more excited about giving
because of what is already done rather
than using giving to try to manipulate
god to do something
thank god for what he’s already done and
i i just i just thought about this man i
there was a song a hymn or something
that we used to sing in the methodist
church
that came i think from the word you know
if i had 10 000 tongues
i still couldn’t praise him and thank
him enough
and that is so true if you look at what
god has done and is doing in your life
i could never be able to thank him
enough so give him praise
praise god and thank him for the
opportunity to give
in jesus name as you’re completing your
worship
let’s go and check these announcements
out and govern ourselves accordingly
[Music]
hey world changers there is nothing like
having good worship
good word and good fellowship together
not even when it’s digital
and we’re still praising and worshiping
god every sunday and connecting in the
live chat
now god is so good to have helped us
stay connected since last march
now even though we haven’t been together
in person we want you to know what’s
going on around the ministry
so stay tuned right here for the latest
happenings and events
join us every wednesday and friday at 10
a.m for our weekly community food
giveaway
at our college park campus now we truly
enjoy seeing your beautiful faces on a
weekly basis
so make plans to stop by we look forward
to serving you
and your family while supplies last
world changers nation
join us online on february 7th at 10 am
as we commemorate
35 years in ministry that’s right
35 years at our 35th church anniversary
celebration
let’s celebrate three and a half decades
of serving
and growing together ladies
tune in to the wcci facebook or the
taffy dollar youtube pages on february
11th at 7 pm for a special galentine’s
women’s fellowship
invite your closest lady friends and get
ready for authentic conversations
about real love marriage and much more
you can visit taffydollar.org
for more information hey world changers
a couple weeks ago i shared a praise
report with you
well today i have another one marty
collins of collingwood ontario wrote in
and said
i am writing in such gratitude for the
gift basket of abundance
that came to my door today it’s felt
like forever since my husband
or i have been able to go to the grocery
store now i had an operation two weeks
ago
and it forced both of us to stay in your
basket was filled with pasta
sauce fruit cups tuna cookies and much
more
i feel so cared for and supported by you
in our time of need thank you i’m
sending my blessings and love to all in
creflo dollar ministries
thank you for all you do it makes for a
better world
and now that touched my heart and my
stomach a little bit i got a little
hungry reading it
now that’s what being a world changer is
all about
serving people when they’re in need and
spreading god’s love
wherever we are drop us a post on
instagram or twitter to share your
testimonies now remember
somebody’s breakthrough could start with
you have a great week world changers
[Music]
well praise god i pray you got something
out of this today and
and uh just remember how important it is
to take
the notes and and to digest them and get
them in your system
and just so so so so proud of you
well have an amazing day today some of
you got snow
outside some of you got rain outside
some of you have some sunshine
it’s still the day the lord hath made
rejoice in it
have an epic day today and be filled
with joy
because you set that thermostat now to
him who is able to keep you from falling
and to present you faultless before the
almighty god
be glory majesty dominion and power
both now and forever and everybody said
amen god bless you world changes
you
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