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Kings and priests, not lovable idiots
- After his honours — to the speakers who went before him, to Bishop Carpenter and this church, to his own pastor, and to his wife Lisa and his boys — he comes to the burden he has carried for decades.
- Hollywood and the media have found sport in portraying men as the lovable idiot in the corner, capable of little besides illogical thought and perversion; they have sold that model so long that men have bought it and are living it.
- His text says otherwise: from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth — unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests.
- That model may be all right out in the world, but Holy Ghost filled men do not have the privilege of living down to it: it is high time the men of honour rise up and say, I will not live down to that.
Scriptures: Revelation 1:5-6
The identity lie in the garden
- The identity issue is no new trick of the devil: its roots run to the Bible's very first book, where Adam and Eve, created in the image of God, bought the lie that they were not like God.
- The serpent's words are quoted: ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be like God.
- The real failure was Adam's silence: he stood there and let a serpent dialogue with his spouse, when he should have dealt with it himself.
- Any time we remove God from the equation we are in trouble, for all sin is rooted in selfishness — and without God, a man is the lovable idiot in the corner.
Scriptures: Genesis 3:4-5
This fight ain't over
- He tells on himself: in his younger years his gift for talking trash wrote a cheque his body could not cash, and flat on the ground with a knee on his neck he still got his neck loose enough to say, this fight ain't over.
- You cannot raise the banner of victim and victory at the same time; you have to make a choice, and men in this room need to tell the devil there is one more round.
- Craig is called forward: drug addict, in and out of jail, lost his wife, lost his family — but he got his neck loose and said the fight ain't over; now he is in and out of the prisons preaching, and he got his wife back, his family back, and his calling back.
Worship is warfare
- Our battle strategy is worship: David said praise is comely for the upright — boiled down to street level, it is right to praise him, right to run, right to dance, right to shout.
- Adam stood silent, but we have something Adam did not have: in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily — we have the name of Jesus.
- Jesus-name baptism is not a religious ritual, it is an act of war: a man baptized a few weeks before went down in the water legally blind, and came up seeing.
- The gates of hell are not an offensive weapon bearing down on a bunkered church; gates are keeping territory from us, and the name of Jesus is the battering ram that takes the gates down.
Scriptures: Psalms (book-only, as spoken)
Ankles, knees, loins — and waters to swim in
- His one point comes by his own paraphrase of Ezekiel: waters flowing out and measured, first to the ankles — an anointing about to hit the feet of the men of God in this house, to walk away from what they laid on the altar last night and stop deliberating with it today.
- Then the water was to the knees: the devil has us spending all our prayers on keeping our heart right, but God wants to anoint our knees, so a man can get on them and pray a prayer that will take the territory.
- Then to the loins: one house kept the ark twenty years and never got one blessing from it, satisfied with the relics and monuments of yesterday; another house got it and everything in the house was blessed — men leaving here must be born to reproduce in the kingdom.
- Last, waters to swim in: he speaks total victory over the room in the name of Jesus, and the service pours into a victory shout — the fight ain't over.
Scriptures: Ezekiel (book-only, as spoken)
Scripture index: Revelation 1:5-6; Genesis 3:4-5; Psalms (book-only, as spoken); Ezekiel (book-only, as spoken).
Transcript
come on let's give that to the Lord come on do you have any praise left in yet come on could you lift up your voice Hallelujah come on somebody shout hallelujah with me my goodness have we not had some church here this weekend if you're not saved by now you don't want to be saved how many of you going home better men amen I am we might as well give the devil one more black eye and then get out of here amen any fighting men left amen amen I give honor to all of the speakers that have went before me I tell you going last it's the anxiousness that kills you and then I would say they preached all my stuff but I couldn't have thought of any of that if I wanted to even Humpty Dumpty was deeper than I could possibly get but I give great honor to these men they have ministered greatly to us and he is myo one of my closest friends in the world but man brother Chester started a soft last night never heard you better never heard you better amen amen I give great honor to all of your team brother Chester thank you all it's a high honor that you allowed me this privilege I give honor of course to Bishop Carpenter this wonderful Church you know you come in here and I'm sure many of you are amazed by this building and it is beautiful but what I always leave Amazed by is just the few moments I spend with brother Carpenter his presence is unlike any I'm ever around I think we are blessed to be led by this man and his family and I think it'd be all right to give him another hand clap of H today amen bless you brother cin amen I'm going to I'm going to get through this part fast because I want to have a little fun but I give honor to all of the missions America team that I serve with here brother snitzer brother Vickers brother traxel of course and uh we let brother traxel think he's our boss and so we give him honor uh but I give all of and there's some a adopted City Pastors in here Your Heroes you and your family are heroes we love you amen we love you Amen in this room today is some men from our church back home the river and I love them with all of my heart and I'm so glad they're here with me and I think they're all worried about me I had a little bit of confidence till they keep saying I'm praying for you Pastor I'm praying for you I'm praying for you oh boy there worried I give them honor today I love them and appreciate them very much I honor my pastor brother Gil is here today he and sister Gill's constant influence in our lives I can tell you without hesitation that my wife and I are not in the will of God today without their help and encouragement and strength would you help me honor my pastor today I love you amen amen I love my wife Lisa she's probably not watching but she will eventually or I'll at least tell her about it I love my boys she is the joy of my life they are the pride of my life and serving that church has been the honor of my life and I thank God for all of it can you say amen I wonder if we could take 30 seconds and clap our hands and lift our voice one more time help me God help me Holy Ghost hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah you may be seated today when kings go to war it is my high honor to have a few moments with you today before before we go home and I realize not just am I standing in the way of your lunch but I'm standing in the way of you seeing mama and so I'll be mindful of that I have thought about this over and over you've already heard enough preaching at this point to save you a hundred times over and I know that this is not the way to start a conference message but I've got a burn under my saddle Papa had his gripe bucket last night and I've got a bur under my saddle for decades and it's no secret in this room Hollywood and the media has found sport in portraying men in a way that makes us look like some lovable idiot over in the corner who's not capable of much of anything besides illogical thought and perversion they have sold that model for so long that men have bought bought it they've accepted it and sadly many are living it that lovable idiot sitting over in the corner can't lead his family couldn't possibly add value to a church couldn't possibly take territory for God just mumbling out moments of perversion that model may be okay out there in the world but my text today says this in Revelations 1 and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and first begotten of the dead and the Prince of the king of the earth unto him that loved us and washed us somebody say Amen from our sins in his own blood watch this and ha made us Kings and priest that lovable idiot may be okay out there but when it comes to Holy Ghost filled men we don't have the privilege one translation says he hath raised us up to be Kings and Priests I say it's high time that the Men of Honor rise up in this hour and say I will not live down to that low I wish you'd clap your hands like thunder in this house I believe it's high time some men I believe it's high time some kings make up their mind I'm capable of serving God I'm capable of leading my family I'm capable of being a value to my church I'm capable of taking territory for God I believe that men we need to rise up in this hour and realize we know who we are in Jesus Christ this identity issue that we are facing in our world this is no new trick for the devil you can TR Trace its roots back to the Bible's very first book in the garden Adam and Eve bought the LIE they ignored the fact that they had been created in the image of God the Bible said God created man in his own image so how could the devil the serpent possibly get them to buy the lie that they were not not like God I'll tell you how and it's easy it's found in Genesis 3 and 4 but the serpent said to the woman you will not surely die for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be open and you will be like the god somebody said amen he said you will be like God he got them to forget who created them in the first place he got them to question their identity but the real issue is what brother osbor preached for years it's that Adam stood there and said nothing I'm telling you I don't want to be ugly but if you're a holy ghost filled man and you let a serpent dialogue with your spouse you need to be baptized what I'm telling you there's not a man in this room if I said I'm going to show up at your house tonight to do violence to your family that would not be ready for war I'm telling you there's a devil that's on the scene in our home we need men that will fight I wish somebody would clap your hands like you're ready to go to war in this house I was preaching Pastor Gill's church I called brother Seth out one of his worship leaders I called him out I said what would you do if I told you tonight at 3:00 I was going to show up at your house and I was coming with the intention to do your family harm Seth didn't need a minute to think about it he didn't need to call the intercessors he said good luck and I just heard guns sort of clicking can I tell you men that when you get home there is an enemy on the doorstep of every Holy Ghost Field home can I tell you that the government is not our enemy the White House is not our issue it's the devil on the doorstep that we need to deal with in our lives oh clap your hands like thunder in this house so he says to them he doesn't want you to take the fruit because you'll be like God and so here's how he really wins he gets them to remove God from the equation men anytime we remove God from the equation we are in trouble selfishness is satanic all sin all sin is rooted in selfishness he got Eve to buy the lie that if she took the fruit it would finally be all about her men we're living in an hour where people are dying to make it all about them the minute the devil gets us to remove God from the equation he got us and I come to tell you today I don't care how great you think you are without God you are a lovable idiot over in the corner we better get God back in the middle of our Lives we better get God back in the middle of our homes come on clap your hands like thunder with me me what would have happened if Adam would have been enough of a man to say wait one minute I know who I am I know who my God is but better than that better than Adam saying I know who I am what would have happened if Adam would have said eve excuse me for a minute I'm going to deal with this what would have happened if Adam would have said we're going to have a praise break right here I want to tell you something right now devil there ain't nobody like my God I know we've been here for 48 hours and we're getting tired but are there any men that still believe there ain't nobody like God nobody nobody can heal me nobody can touch come on let's praise him I wish Adam would have had enough of a backbone to say Eve I'll take this call I wish Adam would have said there and said in the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth and the Earth was dark and void and without form and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep why would he have said that I wish Adam would have said devil I just want you to know that there ain't nobody like my God he is the creator he is the Healer he is the deliverer he is the provider there ain't nobody like him oh clap your hands and praise come on would you lift up holy hands with me I now I'm just going to make this disclaimer I went through these notes multiple times and everywhere I saw Anthony I took it out all right but he's he's drifting back in when we realize how big our God is I know it's Elementary the Deep preachers have already come and gone I know it's Elementary just preach about how big God is but I'm power to hear an Apostolic men be like we're a whining small group where we get together and talk about our trouble and we talk about our problems and we talk about how bad we got it and oh what are we going to do about pornography and what are we going to do about this I'll tell you what we're going to do we're going to say I don't have much but I know who my God is I know who my God is I would have got a man would CL your hands like you know you're coming out of this you know who's on your side devil you came by too late to tell me that God is not a way maker that God won't see me through W well brother brother wils you don't know my story okay but I do know you're God and I got a feeling that your God is bigger than your story Hall I've been saying it everywhere I go I might as well say it here but you cannot raise up the banner of victim and victory at the same time you got to make a choice and the last can I tell you oh boy every time I Walk This Way Anthony shows up can I want to tell you one of the most I'll give you a picture the portrait of a pathetic thing that is a man that is whining and complaining oh the troubles I've seen well get up and do something about it you say that's easy for you to say you you don't know listen to me you're not hearing from a virgin voice I've had my trouble I've had my trial but I never got anywhere laying down and crying about it I realize if I'm going to do something about it I'm a king and I got to go to war and make up my mind this is my last disclaimer I do not Advocate physical violence but but Reverend Paul McGee over there last night said he gave me great confidence to share this he said in the man's DNA is a fighter and in my younger years BC before Christ well I got the holy ghost at 6 so that's a lie I better get off the platform to tell this story Story come on you're not going to believe this about me but I have a gift I can talk trash I'm I'm good at it only problem is I'll talk it whether I'm winning or losing and in my younger years last week no I'm just kidding about last I was really young I got to run in my mouth to this fell and he decided he didn't want to talk he want to do something else and I'm telling you men when he grabbed me I knew my mouth had finally written a check you know the rest he threw me on the ground like I wasn't even in the fight he started ragd dolling me around and all I could think of is what am I going to tell my mama he got his knee on my neck somehow and he started doing the talking and he started saying what are you going to say now what do you got to say about it now most people would have said nothing but somehow I got my neck loose enough to say this fight ain't over I think there's some men that came into this room this weekend and you've been going through trouble and trial you need to tell the devil this fight this fight ain't over come on you may feel like the devil's got you in a stronghold you need to tell him it ain't over there's one more round you need to tell the devil like George Foreman said the prophet George Foreman they they they accused him of fighting a fixed fight and he got enough of it he said you're right the fight was fixed I fixed it with my right hand there needs to be some men in this house that says this fight ain't fair I'm about to fix this fight with the name of Jesus come on the fight ain't over it ain't over where's where's my buddy Craig where's Craig come here Craig I'm calling you my buddy but I don't really like you come here come here you want to talk about thinking the fight's over stay right there I don't want you mess up my anointing you think you think the fight looks like it's over how about drug addict how about in and out of jail how about lost his wife how about lost his family but somehow old Craig got his neck loose and he said the fight ain't over the fight ain't over come on I need some men that'll go to war with me right now and say the fight ain't over hey come on I dare you to lift up your voice right now tell the devil I'm about to swing one more time I'm about to fight one more time I've had enough come here don't go getting bashful now oh Craig got his neck loose enough to say the fight ain't over and now can I tell you about Craig he's in and out of the prison preaching he's leading a powerful Ministry he's leading a powerful Ministry with the men of Bethlehem they're in and out of the prisons preaching and teaching the gospel can I tell you something else when he got back in the fight he got his wife back he got his family back he got his calling back the fight ain't over I wish that God there' be some men that would lift up the name of the Lord right now come on praise him come on you can do better than that come on the fight is not over come on draw your fist up make up your mind come H high water I'm going to stay in the fight come on 30 more seconds of Praise stay in the fight my brother stay in the fight my brother stay in the fight my brother come on clap your hands thank you I'm not going to stop till the devil has a bad day I'm not going going to stop till some men say I'm leaving men's comfort with my mind made up I'm going to get my night back in my spirit don't you do that too much I will have Cardiac Arrest right up here in front of everybody come on I can get down with it I'm telling you there's some men thank God for that education we heard earlier thank God for all the tools thank God for all the things we're blessed with but at the end of the day there ain't nothing like praise and worship there ain't nothing like the spirit of God coming up in a house come on I still believe in shouting I Still Believe In Worship Is Warfare you're kind of you're kind of messing up my next point cuz I was going to tell you how in I in this message I figured some of you thought I'd find some King in the Bible that did something cool oh Paulie McGee was was here last night in this message we are the kings and Men we're in a war I said men we're in a war and can I tell you what our battle strategy is worship is Warfare worship is Warfare W you know what now this is impressive but I'm wondering how many of you will be up front tomorrow I ain't scared of you I come down there and say it well you know at our church brother WIS you know the men just aren't emotional well I'll fix that little issue for you quick you go on YouTube do a deep dive on YouTube tonight it'll help your soul and type in men watching their favorite team lose and then you come tell me that men aren't emotional well brother wils those men are intoxicated well maybe brother Huntley was right when he said we're not as drunk as we're supposed to be I believe men still ought to run men still ought to dance me ought to still shout come on shout till you feel better shout till you got the victory shout to you know that you know woo David said that praise is comely to the upright let me take the Greek and Hebrew off bow that down to street level understanding David said it's right to praise him it's right to run it's right to dance it's right to shout anybody else feeling Victory yet you see Adam stood silent but we got something Adam didn't have I was going to read it to you but y'all done mess all that up for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily we got the name of Jesus you didn't feel that like I feel it I said we got the name can I tell you can I tell you that our Jesus name baptism is not a religious ritual it's an act of War where's James at James throw both hands up brother trael a few weeks ago brother trael took him down in the name of Jesus hold on don't don't you dare put baptisms at the end of your service when everybody's gone home in fact if you got somebody in the house that needs Miracles you ought to get them up front right here he is wo brother traxel said I'm going to take you down in the name of Jesus he signed up to get his sins remitted but he went down listen to this he went down in the water legally blind but he came up I said he came up he came up somebody make war somebody make war come on shout shout till you feel better shout till you overcome Shout you stay right there you're not going to mess me up like Craig would have the Bible says y'all okay good I'm standing up too the Bible said the gates of hell oh boy I'll try that again the gates of hell can we do it one more time the gates of hell now listen to me we've turned the gates into some offensive weapon that's got the church bunker down in the corner Gates aren't on the offensive gates are trying to keep your blessing away from you there's territory on the other side come on on come on don't fail me now God when they would get to those gates in Bible times they would get what I would call a battering ram and they'd start hitting the gates the name of Jesus is the battering realm that takes down the gates God bless you I dare you to pray Jesus over your life right now I dare you to pray Jesus over your family right now I'm almost there gates are keeping the apostolic church out of Taken territory that God has ordained for here and now this one really is the last disclaimer come on now I believe in the power of Our Ladies oh boy amen I believe in the anointing on our ladies life I believe we need to loose them and let them go I stand on my own with that comment but in the word of God and by Nature women are Keepers the truth is just like in VV there wouldn't be some Apostolic churches if it wasn't for some praying ladies that kept it but men you are not Keepers you were built to make war you were built to take territory mama is waiting on you to bring something come on I want my Revival I want my healing I want my Deliver come on praise him with me brother wils I can't I can't take territory in my church I had a mishap well we dealt with that today I I I had some trouble on I'd done something so many years ago that now I just got to sit over in a corner like a lovable idiot I'm telling you there's some men in this room you need to go home throw your shovel in your pickup truck put go rest high on the mountain on and go bury that dead yesterday and make up Rejoice not against me oh my enemy when I fall I need a man that'll Shout with me I need a man that'll Shout with me I'm saying bury that thing bury that thing you got to get up you got to get up and find another fight come on I wish You' just feel this with me the Holy Ghost is about to wreck shop up in here I said the Holy Ghost is about to wreck shop up in here come on men will you just Channel it with me W I just got one point and it's a perfect segue to an anointed tow ceremony and I'm going to get out of the way y'all messed up a bunch of good pre I'm just going to paraphrase Ezekiel said I looked and I saw some water flowing out he said they start to measure it this is what the Holy Ghost is about to do in this room he said that water was to my ankles the Holy Ghost told me to tell you there's an anointing about to hit this conference that is going to anoint the feet of the men of God in this house that you walk out of here walking different they're making me mad now y'all y'all making me mad I'm telling you from Anthony to anointing is a short trip oh that was a good point it's going to anoint my feet here's why you need that some of you many of you laid stuff on this altar last night but you're already deliberating with it in your mind today but my Bible said that when God was asked the question who art man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you've made him a little lower than the angels and you've put all things where under under there needs to be some men that get an anointing on your feet that you have the power to walk away from some stuff that you have the power to walk on top of come on put it under your feet I said put it under your feet come on give him a praise come on let him anoint your feet let him anoint your feet he said but I looked again and the water was to my knees can I tell you that the devil has got us spending all of our prayers on trying to keep our heart right but God wants to anoint your knees so you can pray a prayer that will take the territory oh God oh God oh God I looked at it again I clicked on it again and meanwhile I got a prodal in my family I got a city that's lost I cannot have all my power wrapped up in knees that are not anointed I got to get on my knees and say in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus come on I want you to shout I want you to shout hold on he said I looked again and things got serious the water was to my loin watch this abinadab had the ark for 20 years and didn't get one blessing from it he was satisfied with the relics and monuments of yesterday but oh B Edom got it and he said I got to have a move of God and everything in the house got pregnant 20 years and they never had a move a God but there's got to be some men leaving here that says I was born to reproduce in the Kingdom you're looking at me like what you going to do I'm saying God what do you want to do we need a move of God right here right now we need the blessing of O edom's house somebody leave somebody leave somebody run in place somebody lift up your voice come on shout shout come on I feel Deliverance in the room I feel Deliverance in the room every Yol is broken Every Chain is broken every come on PR I don't have time to preach it but just use your imagination he said I looked again and there with that water it was water to swim in I speak victory over you I speak total victory over you in the name of Jesus my CR under my the fight ain't over I said the fight ain't over Victory keep oning say I I got I got Victory my my I got I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory I got victory I got Victory shout shout to your shout to your know that you know I got the victory I got the victory my my will come sh Wonder myet see I deare deare victory I my see I de I got see I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory I got Victory I got victory victory in the name of Jesus I got I got Victory I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory if you got it let me see if clap your head I got it if you got it I got it let me see a stop your feet I got it and if you got it I got it let me see a wait to head I got it oh and if you got it I got it somebody ought to need for Joy see I got it I got it I got it see I got it got see I got it see I got it see I got it got see I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it got it I've got Victory got I've got stre got it I've got peace got I've got joy got I got it I got it you can have it got if you want it I got it you got it I got it let me see it count your he I got it if you got it I got it let me see a stom your feet I got it if you got it I got it just let me see you wave your hand I got it oh and if you got it got let's come in go and leave for sure got see I got it I got it I got it got see I got it I got see I got it I got say I got it I got it say I got it I got it I got it I got it I wish somebody declare that in this house I got it I got it I got it I got it see I got it I got it yes I got it I got it you can have it I got if you want it I got see I got it I got it somebody shouting to God with a voice of Victory come on let's say this see dance like he did it shout like he did it dance like he did it shout like he did it dance like he did it shout like he did it dance like he did it sh dancece dance Dan keep keep keep keep see he did it he did it he did it he did he did he did he did it he did he did he did he did did it see he did it he did it he did it he did it see I got it I got it I got it I got it see I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it got my Des come on somebody I got I wish you shout it out see my s under my feet under my feet hey I see I got come on man one more time my D my I declare I declare say I got Victory see I got Victory I got Victory come on I got Victory oh yeah got you are the shed in the devil's face see I got I got Victory I got Victory oh I got Victory I got Victory I got see my Dan come on somebody see I declare I got I got you got Victory I wish you'd shout unto God like you got it
Scripture references as spoken: Revelation 1:5-6; Genesis 3:4-5; Psalms (book-only, as spoken); Ezekiel (book-only, as spoken).