This is “Praise is Our Purpose Part 1”. Lucifer was not always the devil; he was once the anointed cherub of praise, created to praise and bring glory to God. But he rebelled and was cast out of Heaven. Now, the devil wants to take out your praise because we took his place, and he knows the power of our praise. Will you release the power of praise in your life? To hear more inspiring messages from Jentezen Franklin, visit http://jentezenfranklin.org/watch?cid…
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if you have your Bibles I’m going to ask
you to open them with me to the Book of
Ezekiel chapter 28 verse number 11
moreover the word of the Lord came to me
saying son of man take up a lamentation
for the king of Ty and say to him thus
says the Lord
now uh there’s a section in this Study
Bible that I I have a study Bible I’m
reading through right now is Adrien
Rogers Study Bible and he has a whole
thing on the side on the power behind
the throne is saying it’s a letter to
the king of TY but sometimes when you
read the Bible you have to understand
the setting and this is really talking
about
Lucifer these scriptures are talking
about
Lucifer when he was in heaven his name
means lightbearer Lucifer one of the
Three Arch
angels and this is what he says you were
the Seal of perfection
full of wisdom perfect in Beauty Lucifer
Satan was perfect and is still I would
imagine perfect in Beauty he doesn’t
look like some horrible demon terrified
perfect in
Beauty you were in the garden The Garden
of God every precious stone was your
covering this is
astounding he had all all of the stones
that is mentioned the Sardis the topaz
the diamond the Burl the O the Onyx The
Jasper the sapphire turos and emerald
with gold all of those stones are the
exact same stones that were in the high
priest
breastplate Lucifer was in heaven
lightbearer he was Heaven’s worship
leader and he and he had those
stones in his created being and body the
next part of the verse says the
workmanship of your timal or tambourines
or percussions and pipes wind
instruments trumpet saxophone anything
that requires wind to produce the sound
they were created in him they were
prepared for
you on the day you were created you are
or were the anointed cherub a cherub is
a singer cherub is an
anointed Angel
singer you were the anointed cherub who
covers I established you you were on the
Holy Mountain of God the holy of holies
you walk back and forth in heaven in the
midst of the fiery Stones you were
perfect in your ways from the day you
were
created until iniquity was found in
you I think it’s pretty astounding when
you understand that Lucifer was created
by God for a Divine Purpose and it was
to praise and worship and bring glory to
God when Lucifer in heaven as Isaiah
chapter 6 talks about the Lord’s would
fill his glory would fill the temple and
the angels would begin to sing hope holy
holy holy and it would be
Lucifer who for centuries of creation
would lead the worship in heaven it was
it was unbelievable he was beautiful he
had these
stones in his being and when the light
or the light bearer would light up as
the glory filled the temple that light
would shoot through those colored stones
each one of those stones being a
different color and it would be like a
kaleidoscope of of of worship even in
the pageantry of worshiping the almighty
God and then Lucifer would explode and
he had stringed instruments in his body
that would begin to vibrate with worship
and
praise percussion instruments in his
body music no wonder the enemy uses
music and the Arts and entertainment he
is the
original created with those particular
gifts and they would burst forth in deep
expression of adoration and praise unto
God and then there came a day that I
want you to hear what I’m going to talk
to you about briefly this morning the
devil has not always been a
devil he used to be Lucifer the anointed
cherub but there came a day when he
chose to become the
devil
when I think
about how important praise is how
important worship is how that when
Lucifer was cast out of
Heaven you and I the high priest in the
Old Testament would wear those same
stones on the breastplate when he would
go into the holy of holies because we
are Satan’s replacement we are Lucifer
the light bearer’s replacement when we
sing and when we worship and when we
praise and when we speak praise to God
and thank God and give him honor and
give him glory we are literally taking
his
place and I’m so thankful today that
whom the sun sets free is free
indeed that we are liberated and we’re
set free but we are here for a purpose
he did not just save us to save us as a
matter of fact the Bible said in 1 Peter
chapter 2 and verse 9 you are a chosen
generation you are a royal priesthood
you are a holy
nation you are a peculiar or special
people in the earth who’s he talking to
the people who have been washed and
cleansed and saved by the blood of Jesus
Christ and he says here’s why you’re
chosen you’re Royal you’re holy you’re
peculiar people he said that you would
show forth the Praises of him who has
called you out of Darkness into this
Marvelous Light that’s not just some
figure of speech he said there is one
purpose for which you have been saved
now that you are saved that in whatever
you do in life you give praise and glory
and honor to God you replace Lucifer
with your praise you don’t take the
glory you don’t keep it in ins side to
yourself but you give God the glory and
you give God the praise I just I just
want to praise him this morning that I
am saved and I’m satisfied I am happily
saved and I’m satisfied I am not only
saved from sin but I’m satisfied and I
don’t crave it anymore Hallelujah I
thank God I’m not burning for drugs this
morning morning I’m not burning in lust
this morning I’m not burning to have an
affair or go out and be drunk today I am
thankful that I’m saved and I’m
satisfied I’m not saved and miserable
I’m not saved and crying over what I
can’t do and where I can’t go I’m so
happy I’m free I’m so happy I’m saved
and I’m satisfied I don’t want anything
that pulls me further away from
Jesus and if I do have a tendency and I
still do doesn’t mean you’re sinless but
when you do have a born again experience
your Nature has changed and I have to
fight a little voice that says that’s
not right you’re not that’s not who you
are that’s not your new identity and
that’s a
blessing praise is our purpose we were
raised to praise he brought us from
death to life to worship and he said let
everything that has breath Psalms
150 praise the Lord do you know that in
the Book of Genesis chapter 2 God
breathed breath into the nostrils of man
and he became a living being and then
before Jesus left on a cloudy elevator
and went to heaven the Bible said he
breathed on them and said receive the
Holy Ghost are the Holy Spirit In other
words the holy spirit is nothing less
than the Breath of God and what it was
saying was let everything that has the
Breath of God in it those who have been
redeemed let them praise the Lord with
that breath now if you don’t have the
Breath of God on your soul then you sit
there but if you have the Breath of God
that means let
everything that has the breath I’m alive
today and I’m saved and I’m
satisfied woo come on and take a praise
break you forgot how lost you were you
forgot how Hellbound you were but he
reached down his hand for me to God be
the glory and as long as I have breath
I’m going to praise him how about
you
hallelujah hallelujah
we were Justified to glorify we were
liberated to love him he took those
cigarettes out of your hands so you
could clap them and praise him he took
that weed out of your fingers so you
could raise them and say I’ve been
delivered to God be the glory I’m so
glad a vape doesn’t get my breath God
gets my breath with every breath that I
have I’m going to praise him my body
belongs to God my lips belong to God my
voice belongs to God my ears belong to
God I’m going to give him
praise shake those sin shackles off your
feet you used to dance into club like a
wild person but you sit there like a
wooden inion this morning my God every
once in a while you ought to get up off
your Blessed assurance and give him a
praise because he deserves deserves a
standing ovation Hallelujah I feel the
Lord in this
place he took your profanity out of your
mouth so you could praise how many of
you used to cuss people out how many of
you used to at the slightest provocation
just throw up a half piece sign and
start cussing but now the Lord all you
do is when they look at you praise the
Lord hallelujah and if you’re not they
are yet go on in practice praise the
Lord we’re not crazy we’re not crazy if
they can go crazy at a ball game we can
go crazy for Jesus we can get loud for
Jesus he deserves the highest
praise never be ashamed never apologize
for giving God the glory and God the
praise are there any liberated people
any free people at Free Chapel then give
him a praise of
Freedom pardon the
noise it’s a sound of
Freedom it’s the sound of
Freedom we’ve been washed to
worship we’ve been redeemed to rejoice
and I’m here to defend old fashion
worship where we
unapologetically start start getting a
fire burning and people you know in the
old Pentecostal church I grew up in the
Baptist used to come on Sunday night to
watch us burn Hallelujah now I was born
in the fire and I can’t live in the
smoke I got to have some praise around
me I want my children to grow up in a
church where people shout and praise the
Lord and they’re not asham and you can
make fun of it and you can belittle it
but I tell you one thing when you find
out what we’re shouting about you’ll
shout
too one more time if you’ve got breath
give it back to him with a
praise look around you look around you
look to your left and to your right all
around you are former alcoholics our
former jail Birds our former drug
addicts our former
depressed man manic depressive suicidal
people but Jesus set them free what do
you mean tone it down what do you mean
be quiet why not give him great praise
for this purpose we were born to give
him
praise how many of youve got a house you
didn’t think you’d have how many of you
have got a car you ought not to praise
him less you ought not to become up at
the more God blesses you it ought to
Humble you you ought to Fall on Your
Knees every once in a while in that new
house and weep and say God you did it
you did it you gave me everything I have
I’ll give you back the
praise bless
God as long as I live there’s going to
be some shouting around here y’all can
do what y’all want when I’m
gone there’s going to be some tongue
talking there’s going to be some laying
on hands and slapping oil and I know
where I came
from I’m like David if you think I’m bad
now the older I get I got more to praise
him for at 60 then I did at 30 wo I know
what he can do now I thought I knew then
but I know who he is I know how he can
raise you I know how he can take what
the enemy Miss for your evil and he can
turn it around for good we will give him
the glory he will come out with the
victory if you’ll praise him he’ll fight
your battles give him another praise and
I’ll I’ll try to calm
down oh I love this anointing I know
y’all saying I wish he’d calm down but
it takes too long to find this Vin and
I’m in it and I feel like you’re one
praise away from a breakthrough I feel
like you’re Hallelujah away from the
battle turning I feel like somebody’s
about to see a demon run up out of your
house with one more Hallelujah to the
lamb you can get your body healed right
here right now with one praise the
Lord healings in the house throw your
hands up healings in the house everybody
praise him for
healing
wow anything is possible says the Lord
anything I inhabit the
Praises of my
people and if you like it you may be
seated if you like a an Alive
Church if you like praise
if you like
Freedom if you like the moving of the
Holy
Spirit if you like
worship if you like it you better do
it I don’t want this church to become
lukewarm I don’t want them to say they
used to
shout they used to
dance they used to
prophesy
they used to have Mighty moves with
god well now that God’s given us a
platform we might as well show the world
but we knew in secret it’s time to shout
it from the
rooftops come on let’s praise the Lord
together if your praise and my praise
ever get
together
you know you know what keeps you in a
Heavenly atmosphere the only thing is
worship you think it’s something small
you think it’s something you do at
church but if you ever learn the secret
of praising the Lord in the good times
and the bad times worshiping him putting
on music listening l in playing singing
songs Ephesians 5 singing song spiritual
song singing making melody in your heart
unto the
Lord singing praises to them not for an
audience when people are
watching my greatest times of worshiper
in my office or walking through the
woods or sitting at my piano when
nobody’s
there and just singing to the Lord and
playing to the Lord or picking up my
horn and playing my sack and just
praising the Lord to
myself singing a song from me to
him it’s gotten me through everything
I’ve ever faced and fought every demon
and every devil that tried to kill still
and destroy our family destroy this
ministry I learn how to put on the
Garment of Praise for the spirit of
Heaven life will beat you down life will
kick you in the tea life will bloody you
up but I tell you what Paul and Silas
teach us they teach us as long as I’ve
got a praise there it they took a beaten
but they said as long as I’ve got a
praise I’ll get out of this I’ll break
loose of this prison I’ll see God’s
goodness in the land of the living have
you still got a praise I don’t care how
you’re bleeding I don’t care how you’re
broken if you’ve still got a praise you
will come out and see the goodness of
the Lord in the land of the Liv somebody
offer him a sacrifice of praise out of a
bloody
battle there’s something powerful
Lucifer he was Heaven’s choir director
he was the worship leader in heaven he
until iniquity was found in him and he
was dismissed and he was demoted and he
was
distance from the Throne of
God and you and I
sin and Jesus God put on skin and came
down and bled and died and carried a
Rugged
Cross to pay the way for us to come back
to him but when Lucifer sinned God said
you are
banned from the throne room
I will never allow you back there is no
way back why what did he do that was so
horrible did he murder masses of
people
no his sin was pride self-exaltation and
Rebellion that’s the inward sin but
notice this the outward manifestation of
inward pride and self-exaltation was the
refusal to work
worship see worship is not this out here
that you do on the outside worship is
what’s on the inside if you don’t have
any
worship do you have anything on the
inside the more you have going on on the
inside the more your outside wants to
express what you
feel uh John chapter 4 uh they that
worship must Worship in spirit and in
truth and the hour has
come this is so good the hour has
come that the that the spirit is
searching
seeking I mean I’ve sought God but there
is a way you can reverse it to where God
says I’ll search the Earth for you if
you’re a
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