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Truth questioned, and the One who is truth
- Everybody loves a good story, but the kind of lie that makes you question the facts — was the JFK assassination as reported, is there an Area 51, are eggs good for you or not — leaves everything unstable; it is easier to believe a lie than to search for the truth and risk being cast out.
- He feels conflict in this room over this very topic and has asked the ministers to pray over what is about to happen: when you confront a lie, things happen. Somebody here is discouraged and weary in the fight — but there is one way to find the truth in any situation: follow the facts, and build your foundation on the Rock.
- John wrote it in 1:17: for the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John wrote it again in 14:5-6: Thomas says, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, how can we know the way — and Jesus answers, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes unto the Father but by me.
- And in chapter 8, at verse 31: if you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free — fall in love with Jesus, and untruth gets dealt with.
Scriptures: John 1:17; John 14:5-6; John 8:31-32
Believe that he is, and hear his voice
- The writer to Hebrews says in 11:6: without faith it is impossible to please him, for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him — you can sit on a church pew and go to hell; salvation comes through no other name but Jesus.
- In John 10:25-29 Jesus says the works he does in his Father's name bear witness of him; my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of his hand or his Father's hand.
- Then the climax, verse 30: I and my Father are one — when you see me, you see him. Do not be confused by the lies of the world into fabricating your own religion.
Scriptures: Hebrews 11:6; John 10:25-30
The father of lies — and the mother
- In John 8, from verse 42, Jesus tells them: if God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; you are of your father the devil — he was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him; he is a liar, and the father of it.
- If the devil is the father of lies, who is the mother? You can only be called a father if there is offspring: the male brings the seed, and the mother receives it and incubates the life.
- The mother of lies is your own ability to believe the untruth: when the father of lies plants a seed contrary to the word of God in your mind and heart, you become the incubator for the lie — you embrace it in the morning and rock it to sleep at night.
- He returns to John 8 and this time delivers the whole exchange: they answered, we are Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man; Jesus answered, whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin, and the servant abides not in the house forever, but the Son abides ever — if the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Scriptures: John 8:42-47; John 8:31-36
Search me, O God: refusing the lie
- At the altar he speaks to the devil directly, pleads the blood of Jesus against the lie, and calls for a decision: refuse to be the incubator for a lie and let truth be your foundation — the longer the lie is nursed, the bigger it grows, until it is birthed and identifies you.
- David, the shepherd songwriter, wrote in Psalm 139: O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me — he knows who you are, what you are capable of, and what is going on inside you.
- The psalm ends at verse 23: search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting — learn to pray it every day, so no seed of a lie takes root in your mind and heart.
- He warns mothers and fathers to submit to the voice God puts in their lives: his own dad disciplined him when Brother Taylor had to correct him in church, and on his deathbed asked his pastor's forgiveness — because children eat every word you say, and a seed planted in them will grow; the mother's influence gives the child its tint.
- He closes in prayer, pleading the blood of Jesus over every heart, every home and every individual in the room and online: help us not to believe a lie, but to follow the straight and narrow and embrace the truth.
Scriptures: Psalm 139:1; Psalm 139:23-24
Scripture index: John 1:17; John 14:5-6; John 8:31-32; Hebrews 11:6; John 10:25-30; John 8:42-47; John 8:31-36; Psalm 139:1; Psalm 139:23-24.
Transcript
would you pray with me right now Church before we go to the word pray with me Lord today we come to you in faith believing trusting Lord God in your word forever settled Lord is your scripture your word today what you have said God is declared from the heavens Jesus we have gathered here today we have sung the songs we have prayed prayers we have worshiped you web tears Lord clapped our hands to you loving you right now Lord Jesus we need a word from you we need breath dear God from you today Lord we are hungry and thirsty for a moving in our spirit God closer to you draw Us near to you Jesus that the word of God be milked to our bones strength dear God to us I pray Hallelujah lead us Lord I I make myself available to you one more time Jesus I so desperately need you today Spirit of the Living God fall fresh Upon Us those watching online Lord you can speak to them right now Jesus we pray it we believe in God by Faith Lord we receive it Hallelujah now give the Lord Praise everybody come on lift your voice I love you Jesus Hallelujah somebody say in Jesus name I welcome you once again to the house of the Lord thank you so much to our singers and musicians Sunday school teachers staff that works the front staff that works the back everybody in between I I appreciate greatly your commitment to the things of God Amen it's the greatest hour to live in as the hour that's close to the Lord has the Lord ever done a work in your life come on the Lord's been good to us the Lord's been good to us I welcome all of you here in the presence of the Lord can be seated if you feel like you need to thank you so much brother drawn how many of us love a good story not a whole lot of good storytellers left are there it's easier to leave it to character generation and to somebody else to put on a costume and just a good good story I like a good story I like it when there's details in the story don't you and you can almost taste the dust or you can almost feel the whip of the plane as you're yeah I just like a good good story here's another question is there anybody here that really enjoys a good lie didn't get near the response right you know you know the kind of lie that I'm talking about it's kind of lie can I speak very honestly with you today the kind of lie that causes you to question things the moments question the facts moment to consider the situation and to try to come up with an answer about what what you know or what you've seen or your first hand account the facts of the truth can come under question and then we begin to to think about the situation and that whole thing can become very unstable because what we thought was correct or right when there's untruth introduced to it causes us to waver on that basically it is bottom line it's a lie I stand here today and I realize that all of us understand that principle of of lying I also stand here today to let you know that I feel and I need you to listen to your pastor for a moment I feel in the spirit that there's conflict here in this room today there's conflict because of this topic that I'm broaching right now with the church in fact I felt so strong in my spirit I ask ministers to go into prayer room and pray over the thing that's about to happen in this room because when you confront a lie when you confront a lie things happen y'all hang on to Pastor for a moment I'm reaching for you I love you and I'm reaching for it I want you to hear what I got to say what the Lord's saying right now nobody wants to be around untruth lies yeah we live in a culture we live in a world where truth is questioned every place truth is questioned on every side do you really know what you're talking about you really understand the facts are you simply making it up do you really understand what's been presented to you or was it a lie Let me Give an example this is an example 2023 was the assassination of JFK a real event I I I'm too young to to recall I I do know what history books have proclaimed and I do know what what movies and shows that have been talked about and things of that nature but yet all of the events that transpired on that day something has happened in that the facts have now come under question and so naturally what do you do I don't know here's another one Area 51 does that really is there such a thing as aliens everybody's sitting there now I thought so okay let me bring it closer to home this is simple ready our eggs really good for you or not huh come on every year there's a whole different study that goes out and everybody and the truth and the lie and the question of all things in between I don't know about you but on and on you could talk about the current things that are rolling around in our world and all the information that we have access to and yet what all is presented to us you and I as individuals as families and as groups we have to decide what is right what is wrong what is truth what is a lie come on we got to come to a conclusion that leaves you out of place listen to preacher where you can wrap your heart in your mind and your spirit around truth what is true you can hear it from one person's account turn around you're here at 30 other ways only to stand there scratching your head saying now I'm not really sure what to believe you establish your beliefs on something and then you hold to them until enough question comes around it to wonder as human nature begins to plug into this scenario then we all want to belong to something we want to belong to something that's bigger than ourselves we want to connect ourselves with families and things that's going on so we believe what others believe until there's something that happens to cause us to believe differently nobody here wants to be ostracized nobody here wants to be separated and pushed out in the darkness but because nobody wants to feel alone many times it is easier to believe the lie than the search for the truth because you don't want to be cast out and pushed away Truth Listen it's much easier to question than an untruth I come today to this Pulpit right now with the desire to help somebody in your struggle it might be that right now there is somebody here that's discouraged and you are weary in the fight for your life things have taken turn toward the negative it's become harder and harder to follow hope in life and for some reason the struggle has produced questions that are difficult to answer I will submit to you he's sitting in this room right now and those that are watching online I want you to know there is but one way to find the truth in any situation and that is to follow the facts of the situation I want you to understand something friend everything that's around you is built on a sin situation where it will fall and it will crumble but if you'll ever discover truth and build your foundation upon that truth there ain't a devil in hell that can pull you off of the truth I've come to tell some mom and dad today your children have lied to you they have deceived you maybe the situation has lied to you and you don't know what what you believe anymore I've come to invite somebody back to the Rock Christ Jesus mom and dad you build upon that foundation and when your children walk away you hold on to the rock as you reach for it when sand comes back on the scene you stand on the truth of The Rock and you pray in the position that you are I've come today and I feel it so heavy in my spirit I rebuke the devil every lie that he's trying to show somebody today there is a God from heaven above that still loves you he still has a plan for you is right he's never wrong he's perfect he's not untruth he is real and he is truth if you want to get to it I'm going to tell you how the basics John wrote about it 117. for the law was given by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ everybody say truth if you're going to know truth that's going to come through Jesus John wrote it again in 14 and 5. Thomas say unto him Lord we know not whether thou goest how can we know the way Jesus saith unto him I am the way the truth and the life no man coming to the father but by me you better get on the word of Truth today thank you John said it in 8 31. Jesus said to those shoes who believed on him if he continuing my word then are you my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free John understood if you'll ever just know Jesus everything else will fall into place and you can establish your goings and your comings upon truth truth is found in Jesus Christ established through all of eternity is the word of God you and I search for truth and we we want to know what it really means come to tell somebody today you need to develop a love for truth a passion for truth come on not one is just convenient not when it's just something that helps you get here to there but truth we live in a world full of questions I think we will all identify with that we're inundated with information every day saturated with ideas and Concepts and precepts that this world has established and how is it that many will believe a lie more than they will believe the truth come on we live in a world 2023 that believes in zombies I I know that's far-fetched let me bring you closer to home we believe in a world in 2023 that still believes in the Easter Bunny we live in a world 2003. come on we know that flying saucers or aliens are out there well you can't prove otherwise well you can't prove other I do know this the word of God Is Right and every man's a lie because if they don't come from the word of God you better look at it and you better wonder where did it come from I Now are zombies real or I don't know I just don't think there's a way that a dead person can come back and go until you blow their head off with a shotgun that doesn't make sense to me I don't know maybe I'm just out there and some guy said Andy you really know Area 51 and that's the real deal there's aliens there I used to work right down the road from Area 51 true story and I was in the military I was stationed at Fort Bliss White Sands was right there in Area 51 was right next to it man we talk about that stuff all the time and I just finally decided you know what I don't know nothing I don't know therefore I'm always going to look to understand what things I do know and one thing I do know is this I don't know how is it easier to believe in a lie than it is to believe in truth because to Believe In Truth means you have to have a childlike faith and faith says I will trust the truth because God said it Faith results in time spent with Jesus the reason there's so many questions about what's right or wrong in our world today is there's a lot of folk afraid to be alone with Jesus because Jesus will look on the Inside Man Jesus Will convict you in the middle of your sin Jesus will come up next to you and say you better get that under the blood so I don't have to deal with it come on if you'll ever fall in love with Jesus a lot of that untruth will be dealt with but I've come to ask somebody do you still want to be in the presence of the Lord is it still the most exciting moment of your day is when you lift your hands in your prayer closet when you talk to the Lord in the early morning I still love you I still want to know you speak to me God let your words speak to me let your love and truth speak to me I submit to you if you believe in the word of God it will unfold in your life so one more time I'll ask it this way why is it such a huge thing to follow truth why is it easier to follow a lie reaching today for their city of Chattanooga for our church for our world and I simply want you to understand if you're sick and tired of the lies and the things in the darkness and the recklessness of this world I've come to tell you in the word of God is truth and if you'll ever know the truth things will happen in your life the writer to Hebrews in chapter 11 verse 6 said it this way but without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God listen to this must first believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him the first step is you got to believe there's a God Pastor in the church preaching now that's right I say it all the time you can sit on a church View and go to hell now you can like the music you're gonna like the one leaving the music you can like the one playing the music but that has nothing to do with your salvation your salvation comes through no other name but Jesus come on I invite you to come into the house of the Lord every week but I don't ask you to sit in your chair like a loaf I'm alone I say it every week There's an altar up here and the safest place you'll ever be is found in the altar of a living God as you pray and call on the name of the Lord there's anointing there's direction there's a word there is hope there is peace there is forgiveness there is Joy there is salvation it all comes in the presence of Jesus but you gotta believe in him all right let's go further big old John writes a whole lot of cool stuff chapter 10 verse 25 Jesus answered them I told you and you believe not The Works that I do in my father's name they bear witness of me but you believe not because you're not of my sheep as I said unto you 27 my sheep hear my voice I I know them and they follow me I give unto them eternal life they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand verse 29 my father gave them me huh is greater than all no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand I and my father or what somebody say truth turn your neighbor say it's true I and my father are one red letter Edition under King James version why is it written in red it's because Jesus says when you see me you see him when you see him you see me because we're the same listen to me carefully don't get confused with the lies of the world that will try to throw at you however many gods you want to select from don't be wrapped around all the idolatry and the paganism and all that of this world and decide that you can fabricate your own religion and somehow make it into that place called Heaven it's not going to happen it's only going to come through Jesus Christ he's the way he's the truth and he is the life if you're going to live it's got to be in Jesus if you're going to know truth it's got to be in Jesus every man is a liar according to the word of God until you've got truth working in you so you got to establish the known facts about God he is he is therein as a foundational stone that you can stand upon now move forward all things that have to stand on the facts if you're going to believe truth you've got to stand upon the facts of what the word of God says the account that I tell you about today it establishes Jesus on Truth why because he is letting the world know in whatever dilemma you're in whatever circumstance you're walking in I've come to become an answer to you John chapter 8 verse 42 Jesus said unto them if God were your father you would love me for I proceeded forth came from God neither came I myself but he sent me why do you not understand my speech even because you cannot hear my word you are the Father the devil the less of your father you'll do he was a murderer from the beginning both not in truth because there is no truth in him when he speak of the lie he's speaking of his own he is a liar the father of it because I tell you the truth Believe Me Not which of you convented me of sin and if I say the truth you do not believe me he that is of god here is God's words ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God wow it's powerful words Jesus had no way to sideskirt it to edge around it and to Simply say believe what you want to We're All God's Children didn't say that if you're going to believe you've got to believe in the whole thing and what a lie will do with you is it will confuse and it will water down and it will swander everything about truth but he's telling them in this particular moment John has made sure to write this down when you see him you've seen him when you understand him you understand him when you fall in love with him you know that but there's something else out there there is a power and a force that is working and it's called the devil and he is the father of Lies now brings me to my point today Psalm 18 19 minutes later if you'll notice these that the devil according to the words of Jesus is the father of Lies then who it's the mother you can only be called a father if you have a son and if there's a father of Lies my prayer I say God then if that's the case who would be the mother basic biology they let you know that it takes a male and a female in order to form a baby let's call it conception let's call it there are X and Y chromosomes that have got to come together and they form a life and and then that combination of bringing that life and bringing this together it begins to develop something it begins to develop a living a breathing creature we call it an infant a baby we call it a sea whatever you want to call it but if the devil is the father of Lies then I've often wondered what is the mother of lies and basic understanding is this if the devil is the father of Lies there must be a mother and if that's the case how does that work Stay With Me what comes from the male in a relationship to make a child there's a seed there's something that happens there is something that happens in the birthing in the conception of a child we all understand that don't we what if the Devil Himself is the father of Lies then I've come to understand something through the scripture and that's simply this that the mother of Lies is your ability as an individual to believe the untruth because if you do believe in Jesus Christ the way the truth and the life then you got to know truth but if you allow the father of lies to plant a seed in your mind and heart that is contrary to the word of God you just became the incubator for the sin of a lie and what you're going to have to do now is to is decide something that's why I feel it so strong in here there is an anointing today that's going to break the Yoke of some of you you rely the LIE of the enemy to come into your heart into your mind and your birthing that you're nurturing that there's an umbilical cord connected to it and that lie is living inside of you you embrace it in the morning you rock it to sleep at night you consider all the stuff that that lie is going to proceed to you but I've come to tell somebody if the Devil Himself is the father of lies and the seed thought is planted in you and you become the mother there's only one thing to do no truth and the truth will make you free the truth will make you free so many times as misquoted stay with me come on you know Jesus the truth will set you free it ain't right it'll make you free there's a process that will begin and there is something that will have to happen and you will have to decide within yourself do you believe a lie or will you believe truth then you'll have to make a decision I've come to know that the Lord God has a plan for my life and I've come to realize and recognize that truth will March onward whether I embrace it or not but I've come to declare that somebody under the sound of this preacher right now that you're going to have to decide will I remain the mother of the LIE will I allow it to die and Truth to replant itself in my life John 8 31 said Jesus to the Jews believe in him if you continue in my word you're my disciples indeed you'll know the truth the truth will make you free hear what they said now hold on a minute they answered him we be Abraham's seed whenever in bondage any man I'll say astounded shall be made free Jesus answered them verily verily the double listen listen hear it hear it hear it I say to you whosoever committeth sin is a servant to sin the servant abideth not in the house forever but the son capital S abideth forever if the sun's therefore shall make you free you shall be free indeed I'm speaking today to somebody's heart somebody's situation in somebody's life you have believed a lie of the enemy because you have made it an incubator of the lies of the devil in your heart you have come to believe for whatever reason that the drug that the alcohol that the sin lifestyle has got you so bound there's no way you can turn loose of it I've come to declare to you that's alive from the pit of Hell and you need to put that Seed where it needs to be instead of that I'm going to believe in the truth that if I'll call on the name of the Lord my God if I'll repent of my sin every angel in heaven will stand to his feet and say come on that's right come on let's try keep following truth and I can lift my hands in an altar and I can decide devil you've got to go the lies got to be uprooted it's got to be pulled away and there'll be a making process so that I may have to come to this altar one service I might have to do with another service I might need to fall on my face at one service but sooner or later something's being made in me and it's called the truth of the word of God and the works of God I rebuke every devil in this room it's time to stop somebody from receiving their full joy in the Holy Ghost they're full commitment to the things of God come on there are lies the devil's the father of them stand with me please truth makes the process of freedom possible I need you to listen to Pastor for one moment if the devil's lying to you and been holding you back for so long I speak to him directly in the name of Jesus devil leave them alone I rebuke you in Jesus name there is but one God there is no one God I don't care if you've been in church a day or a hundred years you better wrap your arms around the truth of the word of God and establish it right now I refuse to believe a lie any longer you're not going to incubate in my mind and my spirit to make me to think that all hope is lost and I've got no way to get back to God I plead the blood of Jesus against that statement I want you to know that lies are fabricated from The Devil's Mouth and you need to tell him today I refuse to believe a lie but instead I embrace the truth of the holy God that'll put me in the position to become this child thank you brother Gibson for praying for me today there is an anointing in this room that is willing to break any chain that's got you bound if you will simply submit to the power of Truth the truth of the matter is very simple Jesus loves you there is no name under heaven given among men whereby you must be saved it is only Jesus if you're believing the LIE of the enemy you have the ability and the power today to establish who you're going to be oh preacher you don't understand the devil's chasing me or my pastor all my failures and stuff exactly and the longer you follow that lie the bigger that baby is going to grow in you and when that baby grows in you there will come a time when you will have to birth that child and if you birth it in lies you will live the rest of your life nurturing and growing that lie and that lie will identify you the devil the father of Lies today as your preacher as your pastor as the one reaching for you through the word I've come to tell you every single one of you listen to me today is the day to declare I refuse to live and to believe a lie any longer I want truth to have its way in my life and the only way I'm going to have that is to go to an altar and let the word and the spirit unite inside of me and whom the son free indeed uh foreign devil you're a liar and a father of lies and today we rebuke you in the name of Jesus come on this altar's open for anybody wanting to pray want to spend time with Jesus come on bring it bring all the mess ups you got bring all the lies it's been formulated come on bring them to an altar today's the day to let truth work in your life come on come on you don't have to look around wonder what somebody else is going through we already know we're all messed up we need Jesus today come on this altar is a great place right now the safest place you can be is right now in this altar loving the Lord come on come on it's time to bring yourself as a sacrifice Lord today I put myself on the altar I need all the junk to go away I want truth to Prevail in my life I refuse to live and to believe another lie of the enemy not one more day will I trust the voice of the enemy I refuse to be the incubator for a lie but instead I let truth be my Foundation I let truth be what I commit to oh come on somebody you need to deal with some things bring them and put them on the altar I commit unto you God I give them to you Lord I'm not going to believe to lie any longer I'm not going to walk after the LIE any longer the lie comes from the Devil the light comes from the enemy and I refuse to listen to that Voice come on I invite you come to this hall for right now just plenty of room down here to pray come on there's plenty of room today oh come on this altar is a great place to be I've come to Love You Lord I've come to Worship You Lord I've come to come on I refuse to believe the lie any longer all that try come on come on the altar's hot today put it down there Lord I give it to you Lord I give it to you Jesus I give it to you come on go pray with somebody help somebody come on somebody's making a choice today somebody's making a decision today I'm not gonna believe the lie any longer I'm gonna walk after you Jesus I'm gonna believe after you Jesus come on somebody that's right run after Jesus run after Jesus I need you Lord in my life for you I refuse to believe the lie that's right oh that's right come on the Lord God is real today the Lord God is here today come on somebody confront the sin confront the lie I rebuke you in Jesus name Jesus does love me the blood of Jesus is applied to my life come on salvation has come in the name of Jesus I don't have to believe in untruth I don't have to believe they're lying any longer but there will be Joy there will be Victory there will be Victory there will be victory oh that's right come on somebody I need a breakthrough Jesus I need a break through Jesus Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah the name of Jesus the name of Jesus come on somebody believe right now let Faith grow I'm trusting you for God you are the waymakers you are The Peace Speaker you are Joy yes you are Jesus oh come on go pray with somebody else that's right somebody's making hard choices today somebody's having to do some digging today Jesus Jesus Jesus oh come on let's try get a hold of somebody else pray with you God I'm trusting today that you're working to work come on go pray with somebody else come on let the spirit of God use you today I've come to believe you Lord I've come to believe you Lord help my brother today Lord help my sister today God range them apart encourage them in the Holy Ghost give them strength today God to make right choices that's right that's right that's right hey nobody like you Jesus there's no one like you to Jesus only you Jesus Hallelujah that's right come on go pray with someone else come on there's plenty of prayers today go pray with someone else hard worker working my brother today Lord worker working my sister today love them Jesus draw them close to you help the Lord God to find truth let them know God allow the seed of fear and doubt to die seed of the lion Lord let it die help them God to follow truth there is joy in Jesus there is joy in Jesus come on somebody find him today I refuse to believe a lie I refuse to believe the lie I'm a Child of God there is hope for my life salvation is still there my family can be saved these sins can be washed away these addictions can be broken the stronghold of the enemy can be pushed away I can walk upright in faith trusting the name of Jesus you Jesus are the way you are the truth you are the life I love you Lord Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah come on that's right Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus hallelujah hallelujah one of the greatest songwriters of all time as a Shepherd fella named David anybody recognized Shepherd David listen carefully in 139 of Psalm oh Lord thou Hast searched me and known me Lord you have looked inside of me and you know who I am you know what I'm capable of you know what's going on and every day Lord God I know that you know me some of you some of us some of the church some of those online we need to learn this very important phrase he ends this same Psalm with this 23 search Me O God and know my heart try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me and Lead Me in the way Everlasting every day Seth every day every day search me God know me try me don't let any seed of a lie take root in my mind and in my heart but if it's in the word I'm going to believe it now I'm going to help somebody in 2023 and this is going to be a very strange phrase are very strange something for you to wrap your mind around if it's in the word of God you can believe it take it to the bank somebody say Amen sometimes though a word from God comes from a preacher comes from your pastor comes from an elder in your life they can help you they can get you on the track but in our 2023 culture you see it every day and every moment of every day and everything that everybody wants to do is simply this hand on the hip are you ready for it there ain't no man gonna tell me what to do words may not come out of their mouth but their attitude come on y'all know what I'm talking about you see it all over the world you live in you owe it to yourself to allow a voice to speak in your life listen to me Mom and Dad if your kids are rebelling and if your kids are unruly if your kids are not listening to what you say that's your fault that is your fault because evidently you had a time in your life when you wouldn't listen to The Voice in your life come on I'll just be honest with you I'm just gonna be Pastor for me now I love you but man when I was a child I spoke as a child and if my pastor ever looked at me the wrong way or questioned what my activity or my action was or if he ever had to come by and snap his finger at me Katie Bar the Door because once I climbed into my vehicle headed home as tired and as much as I knew it was a long service brother Rob I knew when I got home life was about to happen sister Stacy tell me I'm lying is that your way here that was your house too anybody else and my my mom and dad would look at me when I got home and I knew if I just get their mind changed or their attention on something else that they'd forget my dad would walk in the house I'd go in my room and change clothes and I'd come out my dad said come here buddy I understand brother Taylor had to say something to you tonight he was acting up yeah Daddy button no that is the man of God in this place and we're going to honor him I'm going to discipline you my dad with love would discipline me now there was a time I told you all this my dad back my dad he still believed but he had a hard time with some things going on he decided to stay home instead of come to church and occasionally things would happen and I'd come home and I knew if Daddy would understand look daddy the church is this and that and my dad said you better listen to that man in your life and I said in my mind as a kid but you're not you listen to me I love you and I'm still trying to help you and when my dad was laying on his deathbed my pastor brother went to the hospital and he said stood there next to his bed and my dad said please forgive me I'm sorry that I was wrong and Pastor looked at my dad and said I'm sorry that I didn't try to help more my dad died speaking in tongues knowing god had put his life into a place I come to tell some of you today there's a reason that you have reaped a bad Harvest and your children aren't listening to you is because you're not listening to the voice in your life if you will submit to the voice in your life I'm telling you the truth right now the devil is a liar if you'll submit to a voice in your life God will honor it and God will open doors and things will happen preacher you're meddling right now no I'm not I'm reaching for your soul I am reaching for your soul mom and dad you better know be on the shadow of a doubt I'm gonna love your babies as much as you do but there comes a time you've got to set them in a position to say listen thus says the word of the Lord this is the house of God and we will treat us I'm just giving you examples when you're at home and somebody wants to bring up a bad word against a Sunday school teacher or Pastor you might justify I don't know why I'm on this track I'm just going to tell you you might justify it all day long they just don't know it you better stop that because your child is going to eat every word you say and that seed is going to be planted in them to believe a lie no child ever better say to somebody in this church you're not my mommy you're not telling me what to do mommy that's your fault my wife has to get onto one of your children you better know it's from the deepest love she has for you why because she wants them to go to heaven and if they can't learn the Simplicity of the house they'll never do it when the problems in life unfold y'all listen to me truth is something that comes from the hand of the Lord and the devil will plan a lie in you because he fathers that DNA is from him I'm trying to stop Lord help me in in my research I found out this about a father and a mother about the DNA of those X and Y chromosomes coming together y'all are sciency people know this stuff better than I do research shows this that when when a when when an X and A Y comes together through a man and a woman to to put a seed together that child begins to grow guess who has dominance in that child whether it's male or female guess who has dominance there the mother does listen to me you know why because the father will simply plant into it DNA and that child may be born looking like father that child may be born with some father's Trace but everything in that child will come from the influence of its mother the devil come by you and plant a seed in you and it began to grow and that lie began to produce itself but you just became the mother and you'll make that lie everything that it was never intended to be because Molly your DNA will begin to show out in that little thing and you'll make it all the stuff and all the negative and all the junk that was never intended to be and all the devil had to do is put a seed there the characteristics and the traits of that child will have the mother's tint to it and you'll justify every choice you made as a mother that's housing a seed of the devil and it'll show itself in a million ways you better know friend there's only one way to deal with a lie that's truth lift your hands right now before we go home Lord don't let us believe a lie but let us embrace the truth of your word for in you Lord lies all Lays all is all of the perfect things for life eternal you're so mindful of us that you would go away to prepare a place for us so that where you are we can be also it's called Heaven Lord and we're looking for it one day but you are so concerned about us as humans that you would also make a place called Hell and Hell is in building program it's constantly expanding itself help us today God to follow the straight and narrow to understand truth comes from your word and from your word only we love it Lord God today we're going to embrace him help us God not to believe a lie but to understand Truth and Love in God I pray today Lord for every heart every home every individual that's represented in this room and online plead the blood of Jesus over them today I plead a covering over them today Jesus let angels from around the throne today be Disco and to minister today to there are some sick Lord there are some hurting there are some broken I pray God that unction anointing and bomb would come from you God to heal and to put those things back together properly truth will prevail in the name of Jesus somebody ought to love the Lord right now one more time before you walk out come on you ought to love him right now Lord I Thank you I thank you for the scripture thank you for the word God I thank you Lord today for hope I love all of you I'm so glad you came today everybody put a smile on turn to your neighbor and say my you look good in church today go home with God take him don't forget the announcements for the week tomorrow night online at seven Tuesday Night Celebrate Recovery Wednesday night bible study go with God have a great week in the Lord God bless all of you thank you
Scripture references as spoken: John 1:17; John 14:5-6; John 8:31-32; Hebrews 11:6; John 10:25-30; John 8:42-47; John 8:31-36; Psalm 139:1; Psalm 139:23-24.