Discover the Keys to Staying Full of God: Week 1, Day 1

Many Christians vacation in God’s love, but they don’t live there. Religion will tell you that when you mess up, God folds his arms, takes away His joy, and then sits there and lets you stew in your juices. That is not true. God always has His arms open, seeking to release His love into your life

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOCUSES ON

GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

>> AND GRACE.

> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS

AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…

> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.

> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE

> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.

> IF IT HADN’T BEEN

FOR THIS MINISTRY,

> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO START

A SERIES TALKING ABOUT

THE FOUR KEYS TO STAYING

FULL OF GOD.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY

ONE OF MY LEAST REQUESTED

TEACHINGS THAT I HAVE,

AND YET THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT HAS JUST

REVOLUTIONIZED MY LIFE.

THE LORD TAUGHT ME

THESE PRINCIPLES

BEFORE I PUT IT INTO A TEACHING,

BUT I TELL YOU,

THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT I USE CONSTANTLY.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON,

IT MAY BE THE TITLE,

DISCOVER THE KEYS TO STAYING

FULL OF GOD.

I DON’T KNOW IF THAT

RINGS PEOPLE’S BELL OR WHAT,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

IN ORDER TO GET YOU

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS,

I’M GIVING THIS BOOK AWAY.

NOW, WE ALWAYS OFFER OUR STUFF

FOR A DONATION.

AND YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE HAVE

A PACKAGE WITH REALLY

A LOT OF EXPENSIVE ITEMS IN IT,

WE SAY, FOR A GIFT

OR A SUGGESTED DONATION.

BUT WE’RE JUST GIVING THIS AWAY

JUST SO THAT YOU’LL GET IT.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU

TO GET IT

BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE

LIFE CHANGING.

AND SO, I’VE ALSO GOT

THIS TEACHING IN CDs AND DVDs.

YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY

DOWNLOAD THOSE
FREE OF CHARGE.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE

A STUDY GUIDE,

WHICH THIS IS MADE

SO THAT YOU COULD DISCIPLE

OTHER PEOPLE IN BIBLE STUDIES,

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO

ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GET THIS TEACHING

BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU,

THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT IS JUST SO POWERFUL.

MOST PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND

THE KEYS THAT WE’RE GOING TO

BE TALKING ABOUT IN HERE.

SO I’M GOING TO

TAKE THIS TEACHING OUT OF

ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, AND VERSE 21.

BUT LET ME GIVE

A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO THIS

FIRST OF ALL.

AND I…YOU KNOW,

WHEN THIS CAME TO ME,

I WAS ACTUALLY MINISTERING

IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,

AND I WAS IN A CHURCH,

AND I HAD BEEN THERE

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

THROUGH SUNDAY,

AND I WENT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT.

AND ON SUNDAY MORNING,

I HAD A WOMAN COME UP TO ME

AND SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES,

AND SHE SAYS, THIS TEACHING

HAS JUST TRANSFORMED MY LIFE.

SHE SAYS, I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD

HOW MUCH GOD LOVED ME

UNTIL THIS WEEKEND.

AND…AND SO,

THAT PART WAS GOOD,

BUT THEN SHE SAYS,

I KNOW IT WON’T LAST

AND IT MAY ONLY LAST

A MONTH OR A WEEK OR WHATEVER,

BUT YOU KNOW,

RIGHT NOW I AM JUST ENJOYING

THE LOVE OF GOD MORE THAN

I EVER HAVE IN MY LIFE.

AND WHEN SHE SAID THAT,

THAT REALLY GRIEVED ME,

THAT A PERSON WOULD JUST

EXPECT TO NOT HAVE

THE LOVE OF GOD

CONTINUE TO IMPACT THEIR LIFE.

AND I MEAN, IT REALLY

BOTHERED ME.

AND THAT WAS ON

A SUNDAY MORNING.

SO SUNDAY AFTERNOON,

I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL

AND I SPENT ALL AFTERNOON

PRAYING AND SAYING,

GOD, THAT’S JUST TERRIBLE,

AND YET, I…I’M NOT CONDEMNING

THAT PERSON.

I WOULD SAY THAT ACCORDING TO

MOST PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE,

THAT’S PROBABLY TRUE,

THAT MOST PEOPLE

HAVE GOD TOUCH THEM

AND THEY JUST SEEM TO LOSE IT

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

MATTER OF FACT,

I WAS ACTUALLY RAISED

IN A CHURCH

THAT TAUGHT WE’RE LIKE A BUCKET

WITH HOLES PUNCHED IN IT,

AND YOU CAN FILL THAT BUCKET UP,

BUT IT’S EVENTUALLY

GOING TO DRAIN OUT

AND YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE

MANY FILLINGS

AND YOU’VE GOT TO CONSTANTLY

HAVE GOD COME BACK

AND TOUCH YOUR LIFE AGAIN.

AND I WOULD SAY

THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE,

THAT IS PROBABLY HOW THEY LIVE.

NOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE

PUT THAT INTO A DOCTRINE,

AND IT MAY NOT BE

A THEOLOGY FOR YOU,

BUT THIS IS WHAT

MOST PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE IS.

IT’S LIKE A…A YO-YO,

UP AND DOWN.

IT’S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER,

UP AND DOWN,

AND WHEN I WAS PRAYING

ABOUT THIS ON THAT AFTERNOON,

I’M NOT SAYING THIS

IN A PRIDEFUL WAY AT ALL,

I’M SAYING IT IN A THANKFUL WAY,

BUT AT THAT TIME…

THAT WAS PROBABLY 30 YEARS

OR MAYBE EVEN 20 YEARS

AFTER I HAD

HAD THE EXPERIENCE ON

MARCH THE 23RD, 1968.

AND I MEAN, GOD TOUCHED ME

AND I WAS FILLED WITH

THE LOVE OF GOD,

AND I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN OVER IT.

I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY

THAT WHAT GOD DID IN 1968

IN MY LIFE LIVES BIGGER

ON THE INSIDE OF ME NOW

THAN IT DID THEN,

BECAUSE NOW I’VE GOT SO MUCH

OTHER UNDERSTANDING

AND GOD HAS EXPLAINED

SO MANY THINGS TO ME.

BUT…BUT THE POINT IS

THAT INSTEAD OF ME

LOSING THIS LOVE OF GOD

AND THE REVELATION

THAT GOD GAVE ME,

IT HAS GROWN AND INCREASED.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT THIS IS THE WAY

THAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS

THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

SHOULD BE,

YOU GO FROM GLORY TO GLORY.

2 CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 3,

NOT PIT TO PIT.

AND YET MOST CHRISTIANS,

IT’S…IT’S UP AND DOWN, AGAIN,

AND THEY JUST CAN’T MAINTAIN

THE THINGS OF GOD.

AND SO, I WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS

THAT AFTERNOON,

AND I SAID, LORD,

IT HAS NEVER DIMINISHED.

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE

HAS NEVER DIMINISHED.

IT’S GOT GREATER, ITS INCREASED.

GOD IS IMPACTING MY LIFE

MORE NOW.

54 YEARS LATER,

IT IS IMPACTING MY LIFE MORE NOW

THAN IT DID BACK THEN.

AND I SAID, THERE’S GOT TO BE

A REASON FOR THIS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, LOOKING AROUND,

I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS PROBABLY

THE TYPICAL EXPERIENCE,

THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH

HIGHS AND LOWS AND STUFF.

AND YET,

JESUS SAID THAT THE VALLEYS

WOULD BE EXALTED,

AND THE MOUNTAIN AND HILLS

BE BROUGHT LOW.

IF YOU BRING THE VALLEYS UP

AND THE MOUNTAINS DOWN,

THAT SHOULD BE SMOOTH SAILING.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT WE LIVE

WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

I HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS

AND I’VE HAD TERRIBLE THINGS

HAPPEN TO ME,

BUT IT HAS NEVER DIMINISHED

THE LOVE OF GOD

AND THE REVELATION OF

WHAT HE’S DONE IN MY LIFE.

IT’S GROWN

AND IT’S GOTTEN STRONGER.

AND I SAID, GOD, THERE’S GOT TO

BE A REASON FOR IT.

AND I STARTED PRAYING,

AND I SAID, WHAT’S GOING ON?

WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE

LOSE THIS REVELATION,

LOSE THE TOUCH OF GOD

IN THEIR LIFE,

AND THEY’VE GOT TO

GO AND GET REFRESHED?

AND THE LORD LED ME

TO THESE VERSES IN

ROMANS, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21,

AND SO I’M GOING TO BE

GETTING INTO THAT.

IT MAY BE TOMORROW

BEFORE I REALLY BEGIN TO

DIG INTO IT,

BUT LET ME JUST GIVE YOU

SOME OF THE CONTEXT OF THIS.

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

AND BEGINNING WITH VERSE 16,

THE APOSTLE PAUL

MADE SOME GREAT
STATEMENTS HERE.

HE SAYS, I AM NOT ASHAMED

OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST:

FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD

UNTO SALVATION

TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH;

TO THE JEW FIRST,

AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.

FOR THEREIN,

TALKING ABOUT IN THE GOSPEL,

IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH:

AS IT IS WRITTEN,

THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.

I’VE ACTUALLY GOT

HOURS AND HOURS OF TEACHING

ON THOSE TWO VERSES.

I’M NOT GOING TO

GO INTO THAT TODAY.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY

THAT WHEN HE SAID

THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD

UNTO SALVATION,

TODAY THE WORD GOSPEL

HAS NEARLY BECOME A CLICHÉ

TO MOST CHRISTIANS,

AND THEY JUST ASCRIBE

ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION,

ESPECIALLY CHRISTIANITY,

AS THE GOSPEL.

I’VE ACTUALLY HEARD PEOPLE

GET UP BEFORE AND PREACH

THAT YOU’RE A SINNER

AND YOU’RE GOING TO HELL

AND GOD IS ANGRY AT YOU

AND THE WRATH OF GOD’S GOING TO

COME ON YOU,

AND THEY SAY THAT’S THE GOSPEL.

DID YOU KNOW

THAT THE WORD GOSPEL

LITERALLY MEANS, GOOD NEWS?

AND I BELIEVE YOU COULD EVEN

SAY THIS, THAT IT MEANS,

NEARLY TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE NEWS.

OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE,

PRIOR TO THE BIBLE

BEING WRITTEN, THE GREEK WORD

THAT WAS TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,

IN OUR BIBLE, IT WAS USED,

IT WAS IN EXISTENCE.

BUT I’VE READ A COMMENTARY,

AND THEY SAID THAT IN ALL OF

THE GREEK LITERATURE,

BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN,

THAT THE GREEK WORD

TRANSLATED, GOSPEL,

WAS ONLY USED TWICE

IN ALL OF THE LITERATURE

THAT WE HAVE.

AND THE REASON FOR IT

IS BECAUSE

IT’S NOT ONLY GOOD NEWS,

IT’S LIKE IT’S NEARLY TOO GOOD

TO BE TRUE NEWS.

IT WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS A SUPERLATIVE,

A HYPERBOLE.

NOBODY…THERE WAS NOTHING

IN THE NATURAL WORLD,

IN THIS FALLEN WORLD,

THAT WAS TOO GOOD

TO BE TRUE NEWS.

AND SO BECAUSE OF IT,

IT EXISTED, BUT IT JUST WASN’T

USED VERY OFTEN.

BUT WHEN THEY STARTED

TALKING ABOUT JESUS

AND WHAT JESUS DID FOR US

AND HOW HE CAME
AND TOOK OUR SIN

AND DIED AND TOOK
OUR PUNISHMENT

SO THAT WE COULD HAVE

RELATIONSHIP WITH

GOD THE FATHER,

AND ALL OF THE BLESSINGS,

NOW THAT WAS SOMETHING

THAT GOSPEL REALLY APPLIED TO.

SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT

SOMETHING THAT’S NOT

JUST RELIGION.

IT’S TALKING SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT GOOD NEWS.

NOW IT’S TRUE

THAT THERE IS A HELL,

AND IT IS TRUE THAT PEOPLE

THAT DON’T ACCEPT JESUS

ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO ANSWER FOR

THEIR REJECTION OF JESUS,

AND IF THEY DID NOT ACCEPT HIM

IN THIS LIFE,

THEN THEY WILL GO TO HELL.

THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES

THAT THERE IS A HELL,

BUT THAT’S…THAT’S TRUE,

BUT IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS.

AND THE RELIGION OF PAUL’S DAY

WAS JUST TOTALLY FOCUSED ON

TELLING PEOPLE HOW MUCH OF

A SINNER THEY WERE,

FOCUSING ON ALL OF THE THINGS

THAT WERE WRONG,

AND THEY WERE TRYING TO

DRIVE PEOPLE TO GOD OUT OF FEAR

INSTEAD OF DRAWING
THEM BY LOVE.

BUT WHEN JESUS CAME,

THE GOOD NEWS…

IT SAYS OVER HERE IN

ROMANS, CHAPTER 2, AND VERSE 4,

IT SAYS, OR DESPISES THOU

THE RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS

AND FORBEARANCE

AND LONGSUFFERING;

NOT KNOWING

THAT THE GOODNESS OF GOD

LEADETH THEE TO REPENTANCE?

MAN, THIS IS A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT APPROACH

TO TALK ABOUT

THE GOODNESS OF GOD

AND DRAW PEOPLE TO GOD

THROUGH THE LOVE

AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD

INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEM

OU…OUT OF FEAR.

AND SO, WHEN PAUL SAID THIS,

THAT THE GOSPEL,

THIS GOOD NEWS,

THIS NEARLY TOO GOOD

TO BE TRUE NEWS

IS THE POWER THAT RELEASES

ALL OF THE ABILITY OF GOD

INTO YOUR LIFE,

WHEN HE SAID THAT,

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF HIS DAY,

THE WORD, GOSPEL, WAS NOT

A…A CLICHÉ.

TO THEM, THEY KNEW EXACTLY

WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT,

AND IT WAS SO CONTRARY

TO THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM

OF HIS DAY,

JUST AS IT’S CONTRARY TO

OUR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM TODAY

TO TALK ABOUT

THE GOODNESS OF GOD, THAT MAN,

PEOPLE JUST IMMEDIATELY,

WELL YOU’VE GOT TO TELL PEOPLE

WHAT A TERRIBLE SINNER THEY ARE.

YOU’VE GOT TO REVEAL PEOPLE…

REVEAL TO PEOPLE THEIR SIN.

AND SO, HE BEGINS TO

DEAL WITH THAT IN THE 18TH

THROUGH THE 20TH VERSES.

AND HE’S BASICALLY SAYING…

I’LL JUST SUMMARIZE IT

AND THEN WE’LL READ IT,

BUT HE’S BASICALLY SAYING,

LOOK, YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAJOR

ON PEOPLE’S SIN.

I DO BELIEVE

THAT PEOPLE NEED TO RECOGNIZE

THAT THEY ARE A SINNER.

JESUS DIED FOR SINNERS.

IT SAYS IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 4,

THAT HE GAVE HIMSELF

FOR THE UNGODLY.

UNLESS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT YOU’RE UNGODLY,

THEN YOU CAN’T BE SAVED

BECAUSE HE DIED FOR SINNERS,

HE DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.

SO THERE HAS TO BE

THIS AWARENESS,

THIS KNOWLEDGE,

THAT WE NEED A SAVIOR,

THAT WE CAN’T SAVE OURSELF.

I AGREE WITH THAT,

BUT YOU NEED TO DRAW PEOPLE

THROUGH THE GOODNESS OF GOD

AND SHOW THEM

HOW THAT GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD

THAT HE GAVE HIS SON,

AND HIS SON DIED

AND PAID FOR OUR SINS

SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO

PERSONALLY DO IT.

THAT SHOULD BE THE EMPHASIS.

AND SO, HE’S SAYING

THAT WHEN HE’S…

WHEN HE STARTED SAYING THIS,

THOSE WHO SAY, NO,

THEY’VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE

WHAT A TERRIBLE SINNER THEY ARE,

HERE’S WHAT

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IN 18…

VERSES…ROMANS 1:18

THROUGH 20,

HE BASICALLY WAS SAYING,

THERE’S ALREADY

AN INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

ON THE INSIDE OF

EVERY SINGLE PERSON

THAT THEY ARE A SINNER,

THAT THEY HAVE COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD,

AND THERE IS A FEAR OF

BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD.

AND SO, THAT’S
WHAT THESE VERSES

ARE SAYING.

IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS,

FOR THE WRATH OF GOD

IS REVEALED…

AND IF YOU LOOK THIS UP

IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE,

IT LITERALLY IS SAYING,

THE WRATH OF GOD

HAS ALREADY BEEN REVEALED.

IT’S IN THE PAST TENSE.

AND SO,

THE WRATH OF GOD

IS REVEALED…

HAS ALREADY BEEN REVEALED

FROM HEAVEN

AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS

AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN,

WHO HOLD THE TRUTH

IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS;

BECAUSE THAT WHICH
MAY BE KNOWN

OF GOD IS MANIFEST IN THEM;

FOR GOD HAS SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.

NOW NOTICE THE
TERMINOLOGY HERE.

IT SAYS, THAT WHICH

MAY BE KNOWN OF GOD

IS MANIFEST IN THEM.

THIS IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT’S INSIDE OF EVERY PERSON.

IN VERSE 18, IT SAYS,

HE’S REVEALED HIMSELF

FROM HEAVEN,

AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS

AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
OF MEN.

IT’S MANIFEST IN THEM.

GOD HATH SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.

IT’S NOT SOMETHING

THAT’S OBSCURE.

MATTER OF FACT,

IT SAYS IN THE NEXT VERSE,

IT SAYS, FOR THE INVISIBLE

THINGS OF HIM

FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

ARE CLEARLY SEEN.

THIS MEANS IT’S NOT OBSCURE.

IT’S NOT SOMETHING

THAT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

IT’S CLEARLY SEEN,

BEING UNDERSTOOD

BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE,

EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER

AND GODHEAD;

SO THAT THEY ARE
WITHOUT EXCUSE.

SO AGAIN, REMEMBER THE CONTEXT.

HE’S SAYING

IT’S THE GOODNESS OF GOD

THAT LEADS MEN TO REPENTANCE.

AND RELIGION COMES UP AND SAYS,

NO, YOU’VE GOT TO

DRIVE THEM THERE OUT OF FEAR

THAT GOD IS GOING TO JUDGE THEM.

AND HE COMES BACK BY SAYING,

LOOK, THEY ALREADY KNOW.

ON A HEART LEVEL, PEOPLE KNOW

THAT THEY HAVE SINNED

AND COME SHORT OF

THE GLORY OF GOD.

NOW, I KNOW THAT THERE’S PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,

WHO, YOU’RE DISAGREEING

WITH THIS, AND YOU’RE SAYING,

NO, THAT’S NOT TRUE.

I…IT MAY BE YOU,

OR IT MAY BE SOMEBODY YOU KNOW

WHO CAN SIN WITH IMPUNITY,

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE

NO CONSCIENCE AT ALL.

LET ME SAY THAT OVER IN

1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4,

LET ME JUST TURN OVER

AND READ A FEW OF THESE VERSES

BECAUSE I’M NOT SURE

I CAN QUOTE THE WHOLE THING.

BUT 1 TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4,

SAYS, NOW THE SPIRIT

SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY,

THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES

SOME SHALL DEPART

FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO

SEDUCING SPIRITS,

AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.

MAN, I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME

ON THAT, BUT THIS SHOWS YOU

THAT IT’S NOT JUST UP TO US.

IT’S NOT…IT’S NOT LIKE

OUR MINDS ARE JUST ON THEIR OWN

THINKING AND COMING TO

THESE CONCLUSIONS.

WE ARE BEING INFLUENCED

BY SEDUCING SPIRITS

AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS.

THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT THINK, YOU KNOW,

I’M JUST NOT GOING TO

TAKE ANYBODY ELSE’S WORD.

I’M COMING UP WITH THESE THINGS.

I’M FIGURING EVERYTHING OUT

ON MY OWN.

YOU ARE EITHER BEING

INFLUENCED BY GOD,

OR YOU BE…ARE BEING INFLUENCED

BY THE DEVIL.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS

YOU JUST COMING UP WITH

YOUR OWN THINGS.

SATAN IS CONSTANTLY

ATTACKING US, BOMBARDING US,

COMING AGAINST US.

GOD IS CONSTANTLY REACHING OUT

AND TRYING TO DRAW US,

AND YOU ARE BEING INFLUENCED.

THE ONLY THING YOU GET TO DO

IS TO PICK AND CHOOSE

WHICH ONE IS GOING TO

INFLUENCE YOU,

BUT YOU DO NOT GET TO

BE A SELF-MADE MAN OR WOMAN.

YOU THINK,

NOBODY’S TOLD ME WHAT TO DO.

IF YOU HAVE THAT ATTITUDE

AND YOU THINK, MAN,

I’M RUNNING MY OWN LIFE

AND I’M MAKING MY OWN DECISIONS,

YOU HAVE PLAYED DIRECTLY INTO

THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL

BECAUSE ANYTHING OTHER THAN

SUBMISSION TO GOD,

ANYTHING OTHER THAN

BEING TRUTHFUL AND SUBMITTED TO

THIS INTUITIVE REVELATION

THAT’S ON THE INSIDE OF YOU

THAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT

IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

IF YOU AREN’T FOLLOWING THAT

AND LETTING WHAT GOD IS

SPEAKING TO YOU IN YOUR HEART

DIRECT YOU, THEN YOU MAY THINK

THAT YOU ARE DOING THINGS

ON YOUR OWN

AND YOU’RE A SELF-MADE MAN

OR WOMAN, BUT THE TRUTH IS

YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED

AND INFLUENCED AND DECEIVED

BY THE DEVIL.

MAN, THAT IS A POWERFUL TRUTH.

AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE

DISAGREE WITH THAT,

AND YOU’RE ENTITLED

TO YOUR OPINION,

BUT I’M NOT GOING TO

AGREE WITH YOU

OR WE WOULD BOTH BE WRONG.

I’M TELLING YOU, THIS IS WHAT

THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES.

EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 2,

SAYS THAT BEFORE WE WERE

BORN AGAIN, WE WERE ALL

BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF

THE DEVIL, EVEN AS OTHERS,

AND THE SPIRIT OF DISOBEDIENCE

WORKED ON THE INSIDE OF US.

THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT THINK, MAN, I’M…

I’M JUST DOING MY OWN THING.

YOU ARE BEING INFLUENCED

BY THE DEVIL.

IF YOU ARE REJECTING

WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED

ON THE INSIDE OF YOU

THROUGH THIS CONSCIENCE

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THROUGH

THE WORD OF GOD,

AND YOU THINK YOU’RE

DOING YOUR OWN THING,

THE TRUTH IS,

YOU ARE BEING DUPED

BY THE DEVIL.

AND IT GOES ON TO SAY

IN THE NEXT VERSE,

IT SAYS, THEY SPEAK LIES

IN HYPOCRISY;

HAVING THEIR CONSCIENCE SEARED

WITH A HOT IRON.

SO THIS IS DESCRIBING

THAT THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE

THAT ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

IS TALKING ABOUT,

THIS CONSCIENCE

THAT’S ON THE INSIDE OF

EVERY SINGLE PERSON

THAT HAS EVER LIVED

ON THIS PLANET,

THAT CONSCIENCE IS CONSTANT.

IT’S LIKE A HOMING DEVICE,

AND IT’S CONSTANTLY

TELLING US THAT MAN,

YOU’VE…YOU’VE SINNED,

YOU’RE WRONG,

YOU NEED A SAVIOR,

YOU NEED SOMEBODY

TO COME HELP YOU,

AND IT CONSTANTLY
CONDEMNS YOU.

AND MATTER OF FACT,

OVER HERE IN ROMANS, CHAPTER 2,

LET ME JUST READ

SOME MORE VERSES

THAT SAY THE SAME THING.

IT’S TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE

WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD

THE PREACHING OF

THE WORD OF GOD.

IT SAYS IN VERSE 14,

FOR WHEN THE GENTILES,

WHICH HAVE NOT THE LAW…

WE COULD SAY,

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN’T

HEARD RELIGION,

HAVEN’T HEARD THE WORD OF GOD,

AND THEY DO BY NATURE

THE THINGS CONTAINED IN THE LAW,

THESE, HAVING NOT THE LAW,

ARE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES:

WHICH SHEW THE WORK OF THE LAW

WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS,

THEIR CONSCIENCE

ALSO BEARING WITNESS,

AND THEIR THOUGHTS THE MEAN

WHILE ACCUSING OR ELSE

EXCUSING ONE ANOTHER.

THIS IS SAYING THAT

EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS

EVER LIVED ON THIS PLANET

HAS THIS CONSCIENCE.

AND ACCORDING TO THESE VERSES

THAT I READ IN

ROMANS 1:18 THROUGH 20,

THIS CONSCIENCE HAS REVEALED

THE SIN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS

AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
OF MEN.

IT’S…IT’S MANIFEST

ON THE INSIDE OF THEM.

GOD HAS SHOWN IT UNTO THEM.

IN VERSE 20, IT’S CLEARLY SEEN.

THE INVISIBLE THINGS

ARE CLEARLY SEEN,

BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS

THAT ARE MADE,

EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER

AND GODHEAD.

SO, THIS IS SAYING

THAT EVERYBODY HAS THIS

INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

AGAIN, SOME OF YOU

MAY BE THINKING, WELL MAN,

I WOULD…I AM A…

I HAVE TOTALLY REJECTED GOD.

I’M AN ATHEIST,

I DON’T BELIEVE THAT

THERE’S A GOD.

I’VE TOTALLY REJECTED RELIGION

AND I HAVE NO CONVICTION

ABOUT IT WHATSOEVER.

WELL, UNLESS YOU HAVE

BECOME REPROBATE,

WHICH THE END OF THIS CHAPTER

OF ROMANS, CHAPTER 1,

TALKS ABOUT THAT THERE ARE

PROGRESSIVE STEPS

THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE

AWAY FROM THIS

INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

THAT WAS PUT

ON THE INSIDE OF US.

AND UNLESS YOU
HAVE GONE SO FAR

THAT GOD JUST SAYS,

ALRIGHT, YOU WANT

NOTHING TO DO WITH ME?

I SHALL TAKE ALL CONVICTION

AWAY FROM YOU.

THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT

THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER

IS TALKING ABOUT.

UNLESS YOU HAVE

REACHED THAT PLACE,

THEN I DON’T BELIEVE

WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.

IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU

TO REJECT THE LORD

TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT HE SAYS,

YOU WANT TO GO THAT WAY,

I’LL LET YOU GO.

AND THEN YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER

WITH JOHN, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 44,

AND JESUS SAID THAT NO MAN

COMES UNTO THE FATHER EXCEPT

THE HOLY SPIRIT DRAWS HIM.

YOU CAN’T JUST COME TO GOD

ON YOUR OWN.

YOU HAVE TO BE DRAWN

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,

BUT IF YOU CONTINUALLY

REJECT THE HOLY SPIRIT,

HE WILL LET YOU GO,

AND HE WILL TAKE THIS CONVICTION

AWAY FROM YOU.

YOU CAN SEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE

WITH A HOT IRON.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT’S DOING?

IT’S…IT’S DESCRIBING, LIKE,

IF YOU HAD CUT

AND IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE

ANY WAY TO SEW THAT THING UP

OR TO TREAT IT, YOU KNOW,

YOU CAN TAKE A HOT IRON

OR SOMETHING

AND YOU CAN CAUTERIZE,

I THINK IS THE WAY YOU SAY IT.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEAR THAT,

AND IT WILL SEAL THAT WOUND.

IT’LL KEEP INFECTION AND THINGS

FROM GETTING IN THERE,

BUT IT WILL ALSO

KILL ALL OF THE NERVES

AND YOU’LL LOSE THE FEELING.

THIS IS WHAT IT’S DESCRIBING.

YOU CAN GET TO A PLACE

TO WHERE YOU LITERALLY HAVE

JUST SEARED YOUR CONSCIENCE

AND YOU NO LONGER

HAVE A CONSCIENCE,

BUT NOBODY STARTS THAT WAY.

EVERY PERSON, EVERY PERSON.

AND I KNOW

THERE’S PEOPLE SAYING, WELL NO,

THERE’S…THERE’S PEOPLE,

YOU MAY BE ONE

OR KNOW SOMEBODY,

THAT I…THEY HAVE

NO CONVICTION.

THAT’S NOT TRUE

UNLESS THEY’VE ALREADY REACHED

THAT STAGE OF BEING REPROBATE,

BUT NOBODY STARTED THAT WAY.

I ACTUALLY HAD AN EMPLOYEE

ONE TIME WHO HE WAS RAISED IN

AN ATHEIST HOME,

AND HE HEARD ME TEACH ON THIS

AND HE CAME UP TO ME

AND HE SAYS, LOOK, I LOVE YOU,

AND YOU’VE BLESSED ME,

AND GOD’S USED YOU

TO TOUCH MY LIFE,

BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE

WITH THIS.

HE SAID, I GREW UP

IN AN ATHEIST HOME

AND THEY TOLD ME

THERE WAS NO GOD.

AND HE SAYS, MAN, I JUST NEVER

THOUGHT ABOUT GOD,

NEVER HAD ANY CONVICTION.

AND I SAID, LOOK,

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU

EXCEPT I BELIEVE

THE WORD OF GOD

MORE THAN I BELIEVE YOU.

I SAID, YOU MAY HAVE

PUSHED IT OUT OF YOUR MIND,

BUT AT ONE TIME,

YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS A GOD.

SO HE WENT

AND HE WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS

AND SAYING, GOD, IS THIS TRUE?

AND THE LORD REMINDED HIM

THAT WHEN HE WAS LIKE 10,

11 YEARS OLD,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

HE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES.

HE CLIMBED UP ON A HILL

OVERLOOKING LOS ANGELES

AND WAS WATCHING THE SUNSET,

AND AS THE SUN BEGAN TO SET,

HE JUST SAW LIGHTS COMING ON

ALL ACROSS LOS ANGELES.

I MEAN, THERE WAS

MILLIONS OF LIGHTS,

AND HE WAS THINKING ABOUT

THE EFFORT THAT IT TOOK

TO PLACE EVERY ONE OF

THOSE LIGHTS THERE.

AND HE WAS THINKING ABOUT…

YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST

LOOKING AT THIS

AND MARVELING AT HOW MANY

MILLIONS OF LIGHTS THERE WERE.

AND THEN AS IT GOT DARK,

HE SAID, HE JUST LIFTED HIS GAZE

AND LOOKED UP IN THE SKY

AND THERE WERE

ALL OF THESE LIGHTS IN THE SKY,

AND HE SAID THAT IT JUST

CAME CRYSTAL CLEAR TO HIM

THAT IN THE SAME WAY

SOMEBODY HAD TO PUT

EVERY ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS THERE

IN LOS ANGELES,

THEY DIDN’T EVOLVE,

THAT SOMEBODY HAD TO

CREATE THIS.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,

HE SAID HE JUST REALIZED

THERE WAS A GOD.

WHETHER YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT

OR NOT, THERE WAS A TIME

THAT YOU KNEW

THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD,

AND YOU WERE NOT HIM.

AND YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO

BE CONDEMNED

AND DRIVEN TOWARDS GOD.

THERE WAS THIS HOMING DEVICE

ON THE INSIDE

THAT WAS DRAWING YOU TO GOD,

BUT YOU CAN DEADEN YOURSELF

TO IT.

AND THAT’S WHAT THE REST OF

THIS CHAPTER TALKS ABOUT.

AND THIS IS WHAT I’M GOING TO

BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT

IS THE STEPS,

THE PROGRESSIVE STEPS,

THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM

THIS INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE.

WE’RE GOING TO REVERSE IT

AND TALK ABOUT

THAT IF YOU DON’T

DO THOSE THINGS,

PRAISE GOD,

YOU CAN JUST KEEP

THIS REVELATION OF GOD

FRESH ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.

I BELIEVE IT’S GOING TO BE

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I’M OUT OF TIME TODAY,

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