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this morning depending on where you’re
watch watching in the world right um I
wanted to talk about offense and this is
something that uh that is one of those
tools that the enemy uses quite often to
S rail Believers and get us distracted
away from the calling that God has in
our lives and the F and first of all I
just want to say this offense like any
other attack of the enemy the whole
purpose of offense is to get our eyes
and our attention onto ourselves and off
of the Lord because as soon as we do
that we are powerless to with understand
the attacks of the enemy so I want to
encourage you when it comes to this just
it’s just like drugs just say no yeah
when it comes to offense do not let any
part of it in your life and this is what
I’m going to be talking about is mainly
um why offense is so bad and how do we
stand against it I’m not talking about
the people who are giving offense
because ultimately that’s between them
and the Lord but but the every single
day we have an opportunity to uh where
people want to hand us offense it’s up
to us whether or not we receive it and I
really want to encourage you do not
allow offense to have any part in your
life because it it the whole goal there
is is to destroy you and like I said
we’re going to talk about that as we
jump into this lesson so first of all I
wanted to define the word offense I
thought this was very interesting Daniel
um in terms of what it actually means
yeah uh the the definition of offense it
says this it says an annoyance or
resentment brought about by a perceived
insult to or disregard for oneself or
one standards or
principles I thought that was really
incredible the the definition and we’ll
we’ll dive into that a little bit here
in a minute but the whole precipice of
of offense is uh in order to take
offense you have to be looking at
yourself wow you have to be centered on
yourself because what it says here is
that annoyance or resentment that’s what
we feel brought about by the perceived
insult to or disregard for oneself
that’s me or my standards and principles
so if I’m perceiving that somebody else
is insulting me uh or what I believe or
somebody that I I care for that’s when
offense can try to come in and that’s
really powerful because one of the the
shef fire ways that we’ll talk about a
little bit here later on to get to
overcome offense is to keep your eyes
off of yourself wow because it’s not
about you I half times we’re so
self-centered anyways that we all we
care about is ourselves or that seems to
be the attitude that we take on in life
and the the wonderful thing about the
word of God is it draws our attention
away from ourselves onto a bigger
picture onto what the Lord has done for
us onto what he has already accomplished
through his great and precious promises
and as we focus on the Lord it
absolutely ruins us for offense and like
I said we’re going to talk about that a
little bit later on as we continue down
this this this uh this idea so you know
offense is dangerous it div divides
family it divides friends it it can
cause it can cause us to insult the
people that we love and and it drives us
to a place where we’re we’re led by our
our emotions rather than being led by
our moral or principles that we’ve
established in our hearts and so it’s so
important that we do not buy into the
bait of Satan and that’s take that
offense that oftentimes people will will
offer us and uh you know the like I said
before the whole point here is getting
our eyes off of ourselves and onto him
and the the thing about offense is that
it will compete with your attention that
that that we’re giving to the Lord and
uh what it will try to do is we’ll try
to to yes can still go to the Lord and
it will still even allow you to go to
the Lord but it will always draw your
attention back to this other things but
or and it’ll always impact your prayers
Lord get a hold of this person because
they need you more than anything else or
or or it’ll it’ll have a resentment in
your heart and all of a sudden it can
grow into something much much bigger and
it’s important that we do not allow that
those those things to come into our
lives because God has a plan for our
life and ultimately that offense the
target of that offense is not just your
attention the target of that offense is
your faith and your calling because what
it’s going to try to do it’s going to
try to get you to think poorly of your
brother and sister and actually impact
the view that you have upon them which
is going to impact how you pray for them
impact how how how you love your brother
or your sister and ultimately that
should be the the defining
characteristic of how people know that
we are believers is it’s through the
love that we show for one another it’s
such an evil evil thing that the enemy
tries to to pour upon us and tries to
bait us with to to to try to enter into
this distraction to draw us away and you
know every single day like I said before
every single day we all have an
opportunity to take offense but I just
want really want to encourage you just
to reject it just to say no when those
opportunities come do not allow the
enemy to have influence in our lives
because again the whole point that John
10:10 says the Devil Comes yet but to
steal to kill and to destroy and Jesus
say said I came to give life and life
more abundant Jesus was never offended
he was motivated by the spirit of God he
was motivated by love and he was
motivated by people’s best interest
sometimes he was direct and sometimes he
was overpowering in his in his passion
like like the instance when he he he
formed a whip and drove people out of
the out of the temple but that was not
because he was offended that was because
there was a righteous anger that rose up
on the inside and that’s how he lived
Jesus was always angry at sin MH because
he saw that as the thing that separated
us from him that’s why he came and he
dealt with sin one time for for all time
at the cross and and and because of that
when Jesus operated he was never
operated in offense he operated
completely in his desire to see mankind
reconciled back to himself MH in
Jeremiah
29:13 uh I I like this verse a lot uh
God doesn’t want anything to come
between us and our relationship with him
in Jeremiah 29 vers 13 says this and you
shall seek me and find me when you
search for me with all of your heart and
and again offense is going to come in
it’s going to try to distract us it’s
going to try to draw our attention yes
praise the Lord but don’t forget you
don’t like this person or you don’t like
this situation you’re offended by what
happened to you or what happened to a
friend what happened in this particular
circumstance it’s always going to be
it’s always going to try to compete from
for your attention until it has all of
your attention and that’s that’s whole
goal is to get you get you distracted
get your get your eyes off of the Lord
and onto yourself onto the circumstances
and the situation that’s happened
whether whether it’s a whether it should
have happened or not whether it was fair
or not it’s up to us to it’s very
important for us not to get to allow
offense to come into our hearts um even
to the point of this if you turn over to
Matthew Chapter 5 this is a this is a
great verse and it shows us exactly the
priorities that that that Jesus put on
if a man discovers that he has offense
in his heart Matthew 5: 23 and 24 and it
says this it says uh in this is as you
know this is uh when Jesus was uh
speaking on the mountain to all the
people um he had this we commonly know
it as a Sermon on the Mount uh Jesus
said this he says therefore if you bring
your gift to The Altar and there
remember that your that thy brother hath
ought against thee leave leave there thy
gift before the Altar and go your way
first be reconciled to your brother and
then come and offer your gift now I’ll
tell you something if you have to be
concerned if your brother has a against
you you better be concerned if you have
odd against your brother so so that was
the least of the two so that’s the case
if you can make peace with your brother
if you can bring resolution to a
situation that’s happening if there’s an
offensive thing that has happened and
you can bring peace to it then go and I
know Daniel you know this very very well
in studying the old Covenant when you
went and brought your gift to the altar
it wasn’t just like you went over you
found a lamb and then walked I mean you
washed the lamb a certain way you wash
yourself a certain way you you you you
proceeded to the altar a certain way it
was very and it was only on certain days
you had to prepare it wasn’t just this
flippant thing where you went there so
the preparation that came and as you
approached the altar was significant
that’s good and Jesus is saying even in
all the preparation that you’ve done if
there’s offense in your heart get that
right first yeah that’s that to me
that’s that’s significant and it’s the
same thing with with us so if there’s
offense in our heart and we’ve done all
these other things well yeah get that
offense right first get that out of your
heart do not let it have any part in
your life you you you take authority
over those things you cast it out you
stand strong you stand firm against the
thing that would try to distract you
from your relationship with the Lord
that’s that that’s powerful to me
um in John Chapter 13 and I I mentioned
this before uh but but again it’s it’s
well worth mentioning John chapter
13:35 the thing that’s going to cause us
to stand out from anybody else is that
um we can be unoffendable we can come to
a place where no matter what the rest of
this world does to us or our brothers or
sisters do to us that it’s not going to
change the way that we impact them you
know you cannot always control how
people will treat you and life’s not
always is going to be fair but you can
control how you receive it right and you
do not have to walk in anger or offense
world go worldly anger Godly anger is
different we should always be angry we
should always hate sin we should always
hate the works of the Flesh and the
works of the enemy but when it comes to
being offended at somebody else people
who are around us are not our problem
the real problem is the enemy and John
13:35 says this by this all men shall
know that you are my disciples if you
have love for one another wow and that
word love there is not just brotherly
love it’s not just relationship love
that’s that is the word agape love
that’s the god kind of love that God has
has has shown you and I in the fact that
he has accepted us even though we have
we have done so many things wrong made
so many mistakes right praise God for
God’s kind of love oh man God’s not
offended with us he doesn’t look at us
and say they should know better by now
yeah right you know even though we
should know better by now should but but
but the god not doing that no that’s
right he’s not offended with us he’s
always looking at us with and seeing the
potential that lives on the inside of us
because of his Spirit which is house
within our bodies praise the Lord for
for God and praise God for the example
that he gives us you know um I heard
somebody say this one time a long time
ago and I’m I’m pretty sure most people
have heard it but it’s such a good
saying and I say it anyways offense is
like drinking poison and expecting
somebody else to die for me I love that
analogy you know so true it is you know
it’s it’s like like you think that
you’re holding something against
somebody else by saying offended at I’ll
show them exactly right no you won’t
exactly it’ll just hurt you and they’ve
gone about their day and they have no
idea that you’re even thinking about it
that’s right wow and so it’s important
for us not to Andrew talks about this
quite often not to allow other people to
rent space in your brain for free yeah
that’s right it’s there’s no point in
that don’t let the devil have any part
of your life don’t let him have any part
of your thought processes any part of
your relationship with God don’t give
him any cracked door in your heart mm
it’s important to close that those doors
and see offense for what it is it’s
attack against the character of God it’s
attack against your relationship with
God it’s an attack against you the
calling that God has in your life it’s
important that you and I you and I uh
stay strong and focused in that
relationship with God because even what
the devil will try to do is he’ll try to
get us offended with God I’m I’m I’m I’m
not sure if that’s ever happened with
you but but it’s happened with me where
the devil’s made it to it even happened
with Jesus yeah if you look over in in
John chapter 6 yeah this is a this is a
great story um this is when Jesus was
saying some pretty harsh things to
receive right to the disciples and
people following him so if you look in
John chapter 6 starting in verse 53 this
is what Jesus said then came Jesus unto
them saying verily verily I say unto you
except that you eat my flesh of the son
of man and drink his blood you shall
have no life in you whosoever eats my
flesh and drinks my blood hath eternal
life and I will raise him up at the last
day jump down to verse number
61 when Jesus knew in himself that his
disciples murmured at
it he said unto them does this offend
you you know one thing I appreciate
about the Lord is that God doesn’t hide
God God directly confronts he goes right
to the heart our hearts and so if if
there’s something in our in our hearts
God’s gonna say is are you offended and
it’s up to us for you and I to answer
honestly yeah that’s right and if you
look down and jump down in verse 60 66
you’ll see the results of this whole
situation and I encourage you to go back
and please read this it’s really
powerful but Jesus said but the word
says from that time on many of his
disciples went back and walk with him uh
and walk no more with him and of course
Jesus at that point said wait wait wait
wait wait I didn’t really mean that
right no no no he didn’t absolutely not
Jesus then said to the 12 will you also
go wow he wasn’t he wasn’t playing to
their offense he was playing to the
truth he was speaking the truth in love
and what’s awesome about that is you
know many people will be offended with
God and you and I have the choice to
either be offended or not be offended
because go because God’s going to call
us to do a lot of things that may be
beyond our capacity in the flesh like to
love the people who are unlovable when
people are ridiculing us and saying
harsh things to us that we do not return
to them the same uh context that we we
speak back to them in the love of God
because love is patient love is kind
Bears all things believe all believes
all things hope hopes all things and
love never fails yeah and that’s the
beautiful part about what God’s doing
for us here by empowering us not to be
offended but to walk in love to walk in
the security of that relationship with
him it it impacts every single
relationship we have it it heals
relationship
it comes to a place where we get past
our ourselves and our pride I believe
it’s in Proverbs 13 ver ver 10 that says
only through through Pride cometh
contention and you know something if you
are walking in offense that’s contention
and that came through Pride because your
eyes are fixed upon ourselves not upon
other people and you may say well what
about them they did this and they did
that you’re absolutely right maybe they
did do something wrong but it’s not up
to them to determine whether or not we
get offended you and I have the ability
to walk just like God walked just like
Jesus walked and never to walk in
offense so how do we avoid offense yeah
that’s a great question great question
I’m so glad you’re going to give us the
answer praise the
Lord so uh you know um Jesus said this
he said if you if you seek to find your
life you’re going to lose it and if you
seek to lose your life you’re going to
find it yeah and that’s what it comes
down to if you’re always looking to at
to towards yourself yeah you’re you’re
never going to be satisfied there’s
always going to be more you’re always
going to want more but when you get your
eyes off of yourself and fixed upon the
lord it’s awesome you find satisfaction
in fulfilling the will that God has on
your life it’s absolutely beautiful in 1
Corinthians uh chapter 6: 19 um Paul
says this to the church in Corinth he
says what know you not that your your
body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost I
know Daniel has an awesome song about
about that um which is in you uh which
you have of God and and you are not your
own why is it that we think that we have
the right to be offended why is it that
we think that we have the right to react
a certain ways we don’t belong to
ourselves anymore we belong to the Lord
and if truly if we’ve accepted the Lord
not only as our savior but as our Lord
then we should be submitted to the
things that he’s called us to because
guys it’s not for God’s benefit that he
put his law in place that he put his
reward in place that he gave us this
gospel it’s for our benefit that’s right
so that we can walk after and be
immovable in this present world and show
the world a different way Galatians chap
2 vers 20 says I am for I am crucified
with Christ nevertheless I live yet not
I but Christ liveth in me and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God who loved me
and gave himself for me my life is not
my own anymore my faith is not even my
own I live by the fa same Faith as Jesus
the love of Jesus the the the
understanding the passion of Jesus that
has now become my reality yeah and so my
life does not belong to me I so when we
lose sight of ourselves that’s truly how
we overcome uh and how we avoid offense
I’m going to give you one more scripture
in Colossians chap 1 veres 1 through3 so
three more scriptures sorry um if then
you be risen you you you be risen with
Christ seek those things which are above
where Christ sth at the right hand of
God set your affections on things above
and not on things of the Earth for you
are dead and your life is hid with
Christ in God truly if we’re you know
I’ve seen a lot of cadavers before I’ve
seen a lot of dead men and I’ve never
seen one offended dead man wow wow and
that’s what God has given us the ability
to be is unoffendable it’s to a place
where we are no longer living for
ourselves we’re dead to our own emotions
we’re dead to the to the people who are
who are speaking poorly of us or
slandering our names and we’re allow
truly allowing Vengeance to be the Lord
like it says in Romans chapter 12 the
vengeance is mind Sith says the Lord he
will repay and as as we submit our our
oursel we give place to the Lord for
that Vengeance praise God God will fight
our battles and we’ll we’ll pray for
those people because we truly want them
to know the Lord like we know the Lord
um so another point in how to avend uh
avoid offense is understanding that we
are forgiven you know what God has done
for you and I it’s so powerful I don’t
think there’s well I know for a fact
there’s nobody who’s alive today that
deserves the Forgiveness that Jesus has
given us paid for us on the cross it’s
absolutely phenomenal I mean I don’t
care if if you maybe you’ve only said
one bad word in your life or maybe
you’ve you’ve killed hundreds of
thousands of people it doesn’t make a
difference we’re all Sinners when you
we’ve all broken the law we’ve all
fallen short of the glory of God yeah
and because of that we all need the
grace of God so we understand how much
God has forgiven us do you remember the
story in Matthew chapter 18 I’m just
going to reference this because it’s a
bit of a long story but we had we had
two servants one of them owed I believe
it was the the sum uh we’ll start in
verse 21 if you look in verse 21 you can
see the that’s the reference point there
one of them owed I believe it was 10,000
talents now that’s a sum I don’t even
know how much that is Daniel that’s a
lot that’s a lot that’s a lot that’s
that’s you can’t pay that back in
probably 10 life but this man came
before his master threw himself on the
ground and begged for forgiveness this m
the Bible says this master had
compassion on him and forgave him all of
his debt you know be at first he was
going to have his whole family his whole
life taken cap and sold to pay off part
of the debt but this master had
forgiveness and that’s the same thing
for you and I when we came to the father
we had no way of paying back our the
debt that Jesus Paid for us so you know
when we understand that we are forgiven
it empowers us to forgive others what
did this servant do as we continue to
read on we see how the servant went out
and found another fellow servant who
owed him just a small pittens of what he
owed to his master and he was
unforgiving he was unrelenting and he
for he he caused him to be cast into
prison he caused his Goods to be sold
when that Master found out what happened
immediately that master came back and
said you you unrighteous servant I
forgave you this huge debt you ought
also to have forgiven your fellow
servant there it’s the same thing with
you and I when we realize how much we’ve
forgiven how can we take offense at
somebody else when we realize that God
has not taken offense with us even
though we still make mistakes after we
ask for Jesus for forgiveness God
forgives us every single time he forgave
us before we even made the mistakes he
forgave Us in the cross and so and
because of that now we have the ability
to come boldly before the throne of
grace that we might obtain mercy and
Grace to help in time of need like it
says in Hebrews chap 4:16 it’s important
for us to have that understanding what
God has done for us the power that he
has Unleashed on the inside of us to
walk after that same path to have the
same attit towards attitude towards
other people that we we become to a
place where we’re unoffendable because
we and we know how much we’re we’re
forgiven so when the devil throws those
Temptations at us and he says I can’t
believe they they mistreated you they
your boss shouldn’t have shouldn’t have
done it you should have gotten that rais
this should have happened that should
have happened we can say you know
something I know I’m forgiven and I know
I’m working with people I’m living with
people I’m I’m friends with people who
are imperfect and because of that I’m
going to show them the same compassion
that God show that’s so good it’s a
different perspective I’m not looking at
things through my eyes I’m looking at
through God’s eyes and I’m having his
per his perspective his attitudes
towards my the brothers and the sisters
that are around us is this easy no
absolutely not we all we we all some
whenever we’re attacked we want to fight
back yeah but to lay down that right
because we no longer belong to ourselves
anymore because of what God has done for
us to come to a place of true power
where no matter what the world tries to
throw at us it doesn’t make a difference
we’re we’re immovable because of our
relationship with the Lord yeah wow it’s
it’s it’s a place of the world would
look at that and say oh you’re just
you’re just a doormat you’re just being
walked all over and and we know that
through our relationship with God we’re
more than conquerors we are Overcomers
we’re the head and not the tail we’re
above and not beneath we’re the ones who
are walking in Victory because no matter
what anybody else does it’s not going to
they don’t they no longer have the
ability to change how I think how I feel
and how I act yeah that’s that’s the
power that God has given us and we
become steadfast just like Jesus was
steadfast I’m so grateful that Jesus
didn’t look around himself to determine
how he would treat people he looked up
he looked at his relationship with God
and that determined how he treated the
people that were around him what a
blessing that is for us and you and I
have the same capacity that same ability
so my final point there in terms of how
to avoid offense and this this may sound
like an oversimplification but I’ll just
say this I have to simplify things
because I’m a very simple person um and
this is something that I rely upon every
single day and and I and I praise God
for this it’s uh growing in an
understanding of how much God loves us
because when you understand how much God
loves you you also understand how much
God loves the people that are around you
because God is no respector of persons
you know in again in 1 Corinthians
chapter
13:5 it says love does not behave itself
unseemly seeks not her own and is not
easily provoked and thinks no evil there
you go it’s not easily provoked so you
know if people are saying bad things
about you if people are being
inconsiderate if they’re trying to
offend you if they’re not trying to
offend you if things happen to you
circumstantially or on purpose love is
not easily provoked there and I’ll tell
you something there’s nothing in this
world that’s too difficult for love
there’s nothing in this world that’s too
difficult for God as we have our eyes
fixed upon the
lord it’s awesome we can react just like
him
now like I just want to say this again
love also speaks the truth love also
will always prioritize truth and speak
it in a way that people can hear it even
if they choose not to so love is not
again love is not weak it’s not um it’s
not
uh uh fragile it’s not going to break
apart it’s going to withstand the test
of time but love is not love is not
dictated to love dictates other words
this world does not tell us who we can
and cannot love we have the ability to
love people even when they’re unlovable
even when they don’t act like it even we
have the ability to love our spouses
when sometimes they say things that are
not always nice or to to love our
children when they say the same things
or to love our parents when they say
things that are that are not the best or
people who are closest to us or the
people that we The Strangers that we’ve
never met before we have that ability to
love them even if they don’t love us
even if they’re they’re looking to kill
us it doesn’t make a difference we have
the ability to love them just like Jesus
loved them and that really is the heart
of God you know you look at um a verse
that we all know John chapter 3:1 16 for
God so loved the world that he gave his
only begotten son he didn’t just love
the church right he loved the world
everyone and because of that he was
motivated to give he was not offended
when people rejected him he’s hurt he he
want be because he hurts for people it’s
his desire that everybody comes in and
and knows him in Salvation right but he
gives everybody the choice so we all
have that ability to say yes or to no or
no and I really want to encourage you
brothers and sisters that you are
powerful in the fact that God has given
you his Same Spirit his same mind his
same ability and you don’t have to be
moved you don’t have to be offended you
don’t have to take on the offense of
other people you can speak the truth you
can go back to the word and say you know
I know you’re sharing this with me and I
know you may feel wrong but let me tell
you something you are more than a
conqueror you can accomplish these
things you have favor the Bible says the
favor surrounds you like a shield so
don’t buy into what these people are
saying you let God fight for you and you
put your trust in him that’s right and
and I’ll tell you something God God God
has never failed not one single time
never he’s not going to start now no so
I want to encourage you brothers and
sisters that you and I have the ability
to act just like Jesus when it comes to
being
unoffendable that we don’t have to let
this world dictate to us we can love
people who are of a different political
swing than us we can love people who are
of different races than us we can love
people who are different nationalities
than us it doesn’t make a difference we
have the ability to love the world just
like God loved the world and not to
allow their actions or inactions or or
the things that they say about us ever
change how uh the Overflow of God’s love
in our lives towards them you can be
become unoffendable and in doing that
you can become steadfast just like the
Lord and you can truly show people what
it means to be a child of the living
King so Mike so good so powerful praise
God you know I was just thinking as you
were sharing this earlier you mentioned
John 13:35 about how all men will know
that you have a Agape for one another
amen I believe that this is one of the
key elements of the third Great
Awakening amen all men will know that’s
right well what how will they know
they’re going to know from that
Supernatural love not just that natural
love but a agape love and when we’re
loving each other with that love all men
will know and it doesn’t say that all
men will respond no it just says that
all men will know yeah and uh and that’s
the key thing some people are going to
reject it no matter what right but but
they’ll know but they’ll know
there’s a distinctive there that’s right
wow that is huge amen man we’ve got some
great questions this morning um you hit
him a main vein here this
morning I mean we got all kinds of
questions so let’s get to a couple of
these aadu on Facebook says how do we
deal with people who are hurtful and our
brothers in Christ I mostly have to deal
with one thing or another especially
when they are in Authority oh that’s a
that’s a great question that’s a great
question and I think that again that
comes back to the aspect of not not
allowing them to dictate your response
to them yeah as you go back to the word
and you become so solid in your
relationship with God that you find your
worth through that relationship with God
identity is a big key that’s a big key
is it yeah so when you know who you are
and when you know what God’s called you
to be it doesn’t make a difference what
other people say about you now we all
want to be liked by people there’s no
doubt about it right but that should not
influence us in our actions what should
influence in our actions it’s the truth
that God has revealed to us spoken to us
in our heart in that relationship yeah
so when people are in authority over us
you know the Bible’s very clear that
we’re to honor those people in Authority
but here’s the thing it talks about
Godly Authority as well so if a person
is telling you to do something that’s
against the word of God then don’t honor
that you stick with the word of God um
and and I’ll and I’ll say this as well
you know uh God there’s going to be
people who come across your path and
sometimes we think oh God brought this
person across my path or or God set up
this person in the place of authority
that’s not true not everybody in the
place of authority has been established
by God Andrew has a great teaching on
that so I encourage you give our hel
line a call and and ask about that but
not everybody in the place of authority
is established by God God the word is
talking about Godly Authority there so
we submit ourselves to that Godly
Authority but but it doesn’t mean we
don’t honor the position doesn’t mean we
don’t honor those people who are in
positions of authority over us we can
certainly do that but we don’t if they
say something contrary to word of God um
then it’s important that we stay with
the word of God if it’s just a matter of
how they treat you you know something
don’t don’t revisit evil with for evil
if you’re going to truly impact them
you’re going to revisit love for evil
and even with if they treat you bad you
still treat them good and I believe that
that example is going to speak volumes
to them yeah that’s really good yep GMA
or GMA on YouTube says what if you don’t
take up the offense but people see it as
a weakness and take it as maybe even an
open door to disrespect you especially
in the workplace environment well
there’s nothing wrong with with speaking
the truth yeah like if a person
disrespects you and says oh you’re
nothing you can look at them and say
that’s not what the word of God says
about me the word of God says I’m this
I’m that that that that I’m a child of
the living King there’s nothing wrong
with with with declaring the word of God
in your life but as far as taking the
offense if people look at that as
weakness that’s that’s their issue
that’s not your issue again that’s going
to shape the way that they think about
you and they’re always going to
underestimate you and the spirit of God
is on the inside of you is always going
to bring favor it’s always going to
bring people across your path that are
going to be a blessing to you it’s
always going to it’s always is going to
be there to be a support to you and
you’re going to find strength no matter
what and you know something when you
when people live their life that way
it’s amazing what happens behind closed
doors I’m sure Daniel has a lots of
stories he’s Daniel’s been all over this
world and seen so many different things
where where people will say one thing in
front of it in front of them and then
behind closers the doors they may come
to you and say you’re you’re different
you have something special about you I
want what you have yeah and that that
happens quite often and but this is the
this is our opportunity not to blend in
with the world but to be different we
are called to be the salt and the light
light and salt is offensive he salt is a
healing agent you put that on a cut it’s
going to help you heal but it’s going to
burn yeah light is offensive to people
who are walking in darkness wake up in
the first thing in the morning turn on
the light what you do is you close your
eyes and you cover your eyes as much as
you can yeah we’re not always going to
be people’s favorite as a matter of fact
you should be very careful if you are
people’s favorite so the reality is
we’re gonna we’re GNA cause people to
think poorly of ourselves and maybe even
think that we are dmats but that doesn’t
mean that we just take what they say we
speak the word and we speak it in love
and we do not take offense in our hearts
we don’t let anything come between us
and our relationship with God so so good
and so strong you know when you begin to
really realize this the power of this is
so life-changing you know Jesus the
Pharisees thought very poorly of Jesus
most of them did except for the
Nicodemus and people who came to him
behind closed doors right but yet he let
his works and his miracles speak for
himself yeah and and that truly is
really why we’re we are still reading
about him today while we’re still being
transformed by him today while he’s
alive on the inside of us today is
because he didn’t just come with words
he came with power and in deeds and in
action it’s the same thing with us when
we we start living this way we show
forth a different Paradigm a different
way of thinking in a different lifestyle
no wonder it speaks to the world Amen
right amen especially nowadays
especially nowadays wow incredible guest
on email says what do you do when you’ve
asked for forgiveness and they have even
repented but the other person refuses
reconciliation or is choosing to stay
offended oh
that’s you know um unfortunately that
that and and I’ll just say this
unfortunately that that does happen some
sometimes that happened with me as well
I made a major mistake one times and I
confronted somebody and I was totally
wrong I went back and I apologized and
he looked at me and went up one side and
down the other he did nice kindly with a
smirk on his face but he still did it
and ultimately I was not going to let
that bother me I came to a place where
you know what if you have offense even
though I caused it I asked for your
forgiveness and I recognized that I you
did what you needed to do exactly and so
now you choose whether or not you have
offense yeah and now it’s between them
and the Lord and I’ll tell you something
you don’t want to be offended against a
child of God you don’t especially when a
person realizes what they’ve done wrong
I’ll tell you the Bible says touch not
mine anointed yeah you know and and you
are the anointed of God if the spirit of
God lives on the inside you’re a child
of God so good and so you allow the Lord
to fight those battles but you you you
keep on you keep on being yourself and
don’t let their actions from that point
on change how you would treat them you
still treat them as a brother or a
sister in Christ you still react to them
in love if they’re in Christ if they’re
in the world then you minister to them
uh we we show them a different lifestyle
But ultimately it’s it’s every
individual’s uh responsibility to either
to to reject offense we can’t do that
for other people unfortunately mhm yeah
it’s good Sharon on YouTube great
another great question thanks for
sending all these great questions in you
guys this is so U great that you have
responded like you have so again thank
you but Sharon on YouTube says uh post
reconciliation sometimes my mind replays
the memories of the offense when I see
the person how can I overcome this and
make my mind forget it once and for all
oh Sharon that is a great isn’t that a
great question thank you for asking that
question you know this is where we have
to remember that we have authority over
our thought lives yeah that the Bible
actually tells us to take every thought
captive because uh because bring it
bring it to the knowledge of God so we
have the we have the plum line of the
word these thoughts that are coming in
contrary to the word of God you take
hold of that thing and you drag it to
the light of the word of God and you say
see you’re wrong don’t come back to me
again you know um I think it was um um
uh brother hegen said this he said I
can’t stop birds from flying lying over
my head right but I can stop them from
nesting in my ha buing a nest and so
it’s that aspect of we can’t sometimes
the devil’s going to throw those
thoughts yeah but we don’t have to
receive them you take authority over
those thoughts and I’ll just say this
some sometimes we we try to fight
Thoughts with thoughts yes fight
Thoughts with word there you go you know
speak it out and say you know thoughts
leave me alone in jesus’ name you get
out of my head this is my brother you
start and you start praying for that
person you start lifting them up you
start seeing them in a different light
you start changing the way you think
there you go it’s going to it’s going to
totally uh revolutionize the way that
you you look at those people in the
future yeah you’re really is y in fact I
think a lot of times when you see a
person who has done you wrong and and
you don’t feel that feeling of almost
panicky you know but you feel love for
them that that is such a great
indication that you have let them off
the hook amen right good they are
forgiven that that’s that’s that’s the
level that I believe God that’s love of
God he he wants all of us to get to yeah
uh Tanya on Facebook says what if a
person is abusive and even deceptive how
do you love someone that you fear well I
think at that point just because you’re
not offended doesn’t mean you have to be
around people either yeah and so I think
it’s important that if that if that
person you can get away from them and
just not not hang out with them I think
that’s that’s important as well um
because oftentimes we think that we have
to be the ones to uh to be the
instrument to to save people or to see
their to be used by God to see their
lives transformed and the reality is if
if you’re in a place of fear first of
all God has not g as as timoth as
Timothy wrote to to Paul I’m I’m sorry
as Paul wrote to Timothy God has not
given you a spirit of fear but a power
and love and sound mind so fear is an
attack of the enemy so you take
authority over that but if you if
there’s a physical endangerment that you
feel I wouldn’t be around that person I
think that’d be important that you uh
you can let them know and say listen I
can’t be around you anymore because I’m
in fear or or because of these threats
or whatever they might be but that
doesn’t mean you have to be offended
that doesn’t mean you have to startop
stop praying for them doesn’t mean you
can’t encourage other people who may not
be in that place where physically it’s
such a threat to continue to minister to
them speak into their lives you don’t we
don’t always have to be the instrument
as a matter of fact sometimes God’s
calling to step us a step away and we’re
doing the opposite and stepping towards
and we’re we’re not seeing the results
that we want to see it’s just being led
by the wisdom of God as well and not
putting yourselves in in those positions
yeah it’s really good yep uh as someone
once said love them from a
distance here you go absolutely Jesus
Jesus had the three and he had the 12 he
had the 70 and he had the multitudes so
he had those people that he was really
close to he shared in his in his in his
inner circle and he had the people as
well that he ministered to um and I’m
not saying he was afraid of them I’m not
saying it was just it was just the areas
of Separation that Jesus had in his life
and he seed into those individuals that
were closer to him and of course they
they brought this message throughout the
whole world yeah so good man Olivia on
Facebook I think we’ve got time maybe
for one quick one here um ask a great
question Mike there are disputes among
churches especially regarding Grace
teaching some are saying it’s extreme
pastors pointing fingers at other
pastors looking at that passage in John
1335 about how all men will know how do
we handle
this Olivia I tell you I wish all of us
could could react in love um I’m not
saying that I’m I’m talking about people
who are you know believe in being
baptized in the father Son and the Holy
Ghost know in the in in the son the
Father the Holy Ghost whatever those
things are and extreme Grace you know I
believe it’s a balance for everything
and I think that people people will be
much more re receptive to hearing what
we have to say if we’re speaking to them
in love we don’t have to take offense in
order to step in and speak the truth as
a matter of fact we should not be Tak
taking offense to do that again Jesus
did that all the time and so it’s a
matter of us being able to come together
and focusing on the things that we have
in common not the things that are
different now I’m not talking about
Christians coming coming together with
with Islam and forming chrislam that’s
evil I say that anytime you add anything
to the word of God yeah it’s evil that’s
wrong there’s no doubt about it Jesus
said I am the way the truth and the life
no man can come to the father except
through me so Muhammad didn’t save
anybody Allah
um can’t save anybody you know these
different religions they’re wrong so I’m
not talking about that I’m talking about
people who are of the same understanding
who who claim that Jesus is Lord and and
through him and through him alone we
come to the father so when it comes to
extreme Graces there are extremes there
are people who will take things to the
extreme and I believe I I believe that
that’s wrong I believe there’s a balance
of there’s a balance of Grace and Faith
that we need to walk in that that Jesus
laid out perfectly in his word and as we
go back to the word I believe that his
word corrects us I believe that God
brings people across our path and we
just need to stay open and receptive
when it comes to other people again we
can’t control other people all we can do
is control what we can control and
that’s our own Hearts so I’d encourage
us to make sure that we’re focusing on
the things and majoring on the majors
and minoring on the minors yeah that’s
so good Mike you know many times instead
of shouting at the darkness we just need
to declare the truth amen you know it’s
like people who say healing passed away
you know with the last Apostle well just
go out and do what the word of God says
to do instead of trying to defend and
you know all of that am man I just love
the fact that Andrew and Jamie and and
really our our staff because of Andrew
and Jamie have embraced this as a
lifestyle amen you know where we’re just
not going to talk about it but we’re
going to actually put it in operation
and go do absolutely and so you know
with every area of Our Lives we’re
growing Jesus was always led by the
spirit of God but he was always moved by
compassion and so guys what a great
teaching this morning Mike thank you so
much oh my pleasure being unoffendable
unoffendable I love that it’s like we’re
we’re covered in Teflon that’s right you
know and nothing’s going to stick to us
because we’re so filled with the love of
God Amen so let me just encourage you
make it a great Friday today this is the
day the Lord has made like I said
earlier but let’s cooperate with him and
maximize this day to the glory of God
everything that we do everything we say
giving him the glory amen amen amen so
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