Cornelius Williams - A PHONE CALL FROM GOD — Transcript

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1. 0:00Matthew chap 22
2. 0:03verse 14, [music]
3. 0:06one powerful verse for your
4. 0:08consideration this morning. I am in awe
5. 0:15at the power of God's promises to his
6. 0:17people
7. 0:19and scanning this sanctuary [music]
8. 0:21and
9. 0:23recognizing and remembering how good God
10. 0:26is to us.
11. 0:28Anybody got a testimony that God's been
12. 0:30better to you than you deserve?
13. 0:34[music]
14. 0:35I thought I have 300 more people that
15. 0:37had a testimony. Anybody know that God's
16. 0:39been better to you than you deserve?
17. 0:45>> [applause and music]
18. 0:46>> and my family who unfortunately cannot
19. 0:50be here
20. 0:52in our ministry are benefactors [music]
21. 0:55to this blessed church that have been
22. 0:58such a tremendous blessing [music]
23. 1:00and have showed my house so much
24. 1:03kindness
25. 1:04and the friendship of your leadership,
26. 1:07your pastor, [music]
27. 1:09your pastor's wife, their children,
28. 1:12Bishop Green in the [music] house, Oh,
29. 1:13so good to see you, Bishop. Anybody
30. 1:16thank God for your leadership? Anybody
31. 1:18grateful?
32. 1:19[applause and music]
33. 1:21Come on. Anybody on the back row? Thank
34. 1:22God for a shepherd.
35. 1:26[music]
36. 1:27Amen. Thank God for
37. 1:30a shepherd that has led people
38. 1:34to this place of promise. Amen. It's
39. 1:38been a long time. The last time I was
40. 1:40here, we were in Porter [music] and
41. 1:41we're not in Porter anymore.
42. 1:44Amen. And don't you dare get too
43. 1:46comfortable cuz I don't know if you know
44. 1:47it, but this church is in trouble with
45. 1:50seating. And that means the devil's in
46. 1:52trouble in his kingdom cuz it's coming
47. 1:54down.
48. 1:59Come on. Anybody feel revival in the
49. 2:01land?
50. 2:03Come on. Anybody feel revival in the
51. 2:05land?
52. 2:07Come on. You better Don't Don't you dare
53. 2:09get too comfortable. God's not [music]
54. 2:11done yet. God's not finished yet. God's
55. 2:13not through yet.
56. 2:16[music]
57. 2:18Amen. Looking forward to the next two
58. 2:22Sundays and so thankful for the worship.
59. 2:25Anybody enjoyed that powerful singing
60. 2:26[music]
61. 2:27and anointed worship.
62. 2:32I wish my family could be here. My
63. 2:35family is growing and [music] my wife is
64. 2:39about 36 weeks pregnant with our third
65. 2:44miracle baby boy.
66. 2:52I I don't know if the media team still
67. 2:54has that photo.
68. 2:56And we are we are so overjoyed.
69. 3:00And I'm not showing off. I'm just
70. 3:01testifying. [music]
71. 3:05If anybody got the inkling to say them
72. 3:07boys are cute, that's their mama's
73. 3:08fault.
74. 3:11But I'm showing you this to tell you how
75. 3:14miraculous God is. The doctors
76. 3:18told us that we had slim to no chance of
77. 3:20having children.
78. 3:23It'd be a miracle if we had one.
79. 3:29[cheering]
80. 3:31>> [applause]
81. 3:32>> But they don't know the doctor that I
82. 3:33know.
83. 3:36I said, "But they don't know the God
84. 3:38that we know, [music]
85. 3:40the mighty, majestic, glorious."
86. 3:44I wish somebody would testify like he's
87. 3:45[music] done some good stuff for you.
88. 3:50[music]
89. 3:53All right. If you're visiting here,
90. 3:55we're so glad you're here. I only have
91. 3:58one verse, so I just to let you know I
92. 4:01won't be preaching long.
93. 4:04Matthew 22:14
94. 4:07is not an uncommon scripture to any of
95. 4:10us if you've read the Bible at least
96. 4:12once.
97. 4:15Many
98. 4:19are called
99. 4:24but few.
100. 4:27Somebody shout called.
101. 4:30>> Many are called.
102. 4:34God still speaks to people.
103. 4:38In fact, if you're looking for a word
104. 4:40today from the preaching, that's God
105. 4:43speaking to people.
106. 4:45Many are called. Somebody shout called.
107. 4:49>> But few
108. 4:51are chosen.
109. 4:53Want us to be sensitive today. And I
110. 4:55want you to hear this preacher
111. 4:58carefully.
112. 5:00God has dealt with me the last 48 hours
113. 5:04about this service.
114. 5:08And the power that I have seen in prayer
115. 5:11that's going to sweep over this house
116. 5:13has little to do with the anointed
117. 5:16singing that just happened.
118. 5:19Anybody feel the Holy Ghost right now?
119. 5:22It has little to do with the dynamics of
120. 5:26the words that will leave my lips this
121. 5:28morning.
122. 5:30The power of what's about to happen in
123. 5:32this house has everything
124. 5:35to do with your response
125. 5:41to the spirit of God dealing with you.
126. 5:44Anybody really want the Lord to talk to
127. 5:46you?
128. 5:51Come on. Anybody really want the Lord to
129. 5:53speak to you? [music]
130. 5:56>> [applause]
131. 5:57>> I've got one rule. I'm looking at my
132. 6:00stopwatch and I know exactly where I am.
133. 6:02I have one rule of request today.
134. 6:09You are not responding
135. 6:12to me.
136. 6:18You are not responding to me.
137. 6:21But at any point
138. 6:24in this service from now until the end,
139. 6:28when you feel God pulling on you,
140. 6:33let him pull you.
141. 6:35When you feel God touching you,
142. 6:39let him touch you. When you hear God's
143. 6:42voice speaking to you, you open up the
144. 6:44caverns of your eard drums and you let
145. 6:48the Lord speak to you.
146. 6:50Because there are people all over this
147. 6:52house you have been seeking that God
148. 6:55would reveal himself to you like he has
149. 6:57never shown himself. Anybody feel the
150. 7:00Lord right now helping somebody already?
151. 7:03And I want to admonish you. Hear me.
152. 7:05[applause]
153. 7:06Do not wait
154. 7:09until the end to respond.
155. 7:12Do not wait until I am finished to
156. 7:15respond.
157. 7:16In fact, I've asked
158. 7:20the baptism team to help me. There are
159. 7:22people here today. You have been
160. 7:23wrestling with your salvation. You are
161. 7:26sick and tired of living the life you've
162. 7:28been living. And you know that there is
163. 7:30more of God that you [music] haven't got
164. 7:32a hold of yet.
165. 7:34And if you have not yet been baptized in
166. 7:37the only saving name of Jesus Christ and
167. 7:39obeyed the scriptures,
168. 7:42I wish somebody would thank God for that
169. 7:44great name.
170. 7:47>> [applause and music]
171. 7:51>> If you have not yet obeyed the
172. 7:53scriptures
173. 7:55of Jesus speaking, saying, "Verily,
174. 7:57verily, I say unto you, except a man be
175. 7:59born of the water and the spirit."
176. 8:01Somebody shout, "The water,
177. 8:03>> the water and the spirit, he cannot
178. 8:05enter into the kingdom of God." If you
179. 8:07have not yet been baptized, and at any
180. 8:09point of this service, I'm telling
181. 8:11somebody, do not be intimidated.
182. 8:15Do not be intimidated. I've asked the
183. 8:18baptism team while I am preaching.
184. 8:21Somebody shout while he's preaching.
185. 8:24>> While I am preaching
186. 8:27to let God know how serious you are
187. 8:30about walking with him like you've never
188. 8:31walked with him. I want you to walk out
189. 8:34of your seat. Do not wait. When you feel
190. 8:37it, do not wait. Look at your neighbor.
191. 8:39Say, "Do not wait."
192. 8:41>> Do not wait. When you feel the power of
193. 8:43God pulling you to the altar, do not
194. 8:45wait.
195. 8:47When you feel that uncction and you want
196. 8:49to be baptized in Jesus name, I want you
197. 8:51to walk out of your seats and over here
198. 8:54on the right side, my right, your left,
199. 8:57under this exit sign, someone's going to
200. 8:58meet you behind that door. Anybody feel
201. 9:01like God's come to save somebody's soul
202. 9:03today? [applause]
203. 9:06Come on, lift up your voice unto the
204. 9:08Lord.
205. 9:09Come on, praise him.
206. 9:11Come on, praise him.
207. 9:14Praise him. [music]
208. 9:16[applause]
209. 9:19Come on. If you need a good oldfashioned
210. 9:21refilling of the Holy Ghost, don't you
211. 9:23wait.
212. 9:24Come on. If you need a good oldfashioned
213. 9:26RENEWING IN THE SPIRIT, DON'T YOU WAIT.
214. 9:29[music]
215. 9:32AMEN. God bless you in the fear of the
216. 9:34Lord. You may be seated. I will not tell
217. 9:35you my title just yet. Somebody shout,
218. 9:37"Many are called." Many are called.
219. 9:44I'm 15 minutes in
220. 9:48to this conversation with you this
221. 9:50morning and
222. 9:52my spirit is so stirred.
223. 9:56Thank God for the anointed singing,
224. 9:59brother Drayen Young leading us in
225. 10:00worship. Anybody feel the spirit of the
226. 10:02Lord still lingering?
227. 10:06Come on. Anybody can testify you feel
228. 10:08something in the house.
229. 10:09>> [applause]
230. 10:12>> A spirit has been so stirred in
231. 10:15anticipation for
232. 10:17this service.
233. 10:21And in the last 10 years of traveling
234. 10:24and preaching, I don't think I have felt
235. 10:26such a uncction
236. 10:28to see God do something supernatural,
237. 10:32demonstrative,
238. 10:34and spiritual
239. 10:36in a revival.
240. 10:39I've asked God on many occasions
241. 10:44as I've seen him do some pretty
242. 10:48miraculous stuff. Anybody seen God work
243. 10:50some miracles?
244. 10:52Come on. Anybody believe he's still a
245. 10:54miracle worker?
246. 10:56[applause]
247. 10:58The thing about miracles, the thing
248. 11:01about the supernatural
249. 11:04is once you see them, once
250. 11:09something in your spirit
251. 11:12is grabbed by the presence of God that
252. 11:15you want to see more of it.
253. 11:18And that is why people that have walked
254. 11:21in this building,
255. 11:23this might be your second service
256. 11:25because what you felt the first service
257. 11:28pulled you into this service.
258. 11:31People that have a true encounter with
259. 11:33God, you will never be the same again.
260. 11:36You can't shake what you felt when you
261. 11:39felt God the very first time.
262. 11:43I wish somebody would clap your hands
263. 11:44like it's not old to you. I said, "You
264. 11:47can't unremember it. You can't unthink
265. 11:49about it. Come on. Every time you think
266. 11:51about the spirit. Uh the day that the
267. 11:54Lord filled you with his spirit. Uh the
268. 11:56day that God touched you with his power.
269. 11:58Uh and SOMETHING WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF
270. 12:01UH IN the lowest places OF YOUR LIFE. UH
271. 12:03YOU KNOW WHERE THE WHALE IS. UH AND YOU
272. 12:06KNOW WHERE YOUR STRENGTH COMES FROM. UH
273. 12:08AND YOU SAID IF I CAN JUST FEEL THAT ONE
274. 12:10MORE TIME. UH I CAN LOOK TO THE HEELS
275. 12:14FROM WHEN IT'S COMETH MY HELP. SOMEBODY
276. 12:16OUGHT TO THANK GOD. YOU CAN FEEL HIS
277. 12:18SPIRIT IN THE HOUSE.
278. 12:21[applause]
279. 12:27And I have asked God, I said, "God, how
280. 12:29is it possible? I have seen you heal
281. 12:32people of cancer. I
282. 12:35I've seen God heal people instantly from
283. 12:38tumors.
284. 12:40I've seen God put marriages back
285. 12:42together that seemed irreparable.
286. 12:46I've watched God do some mighty stuff.
287. 12:51And some time ago in prayer, I asked the
288. 12:53Lord, I said, "God, why is it
289. 12:58that people
290. 13:00come into your presence
291. 13:02into the atmosphere of your spirit
292. 13:06and when you are doing all you can to
293. 13:09pull on them, to touch them, and to
294. 13:12speak to them,
295. 13:15why is it that people leave the same way
296. 13:18they came?
297. 13:20I prayed this for some time.
298. 13:23It frustrated me if I'll be honest as a
299. 13:25young evangelist
300. 13:27because I come to tell you, you don't
301. 13:29have to leave here sick today when
302. 13:30there's a healer in the house.
303. 13:34I said you don't have to leave here with
304. 13:35your marriage on the rocks. You can put
305. 13:38your marriage on the rock. [cheering]
306. 13:41Oh, I wish I had somebody testifying.
307. 13:43And I say you don't have to walk out of
308. 13:44here empty and broken, shattered and
309. 13:47bruised, uh scarred and abandoned. Uh
310. 13:50you can leave here saved and delivered,
311. 13:52set free, uh and transform by the power
312. 13:55uh that's in the blood of JESUS CHRIST.
313. 13:58UH THAT SAME NAME UH THAT THERE IS NO
314. 14:01OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN UH THAT'S GIVEN
315. 14:03AMONG MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE UH CAN BE
316. 14:06SHALL BE UH AND YOU SHOULD WANT TO BE
317. 14:09SAVED.
318. 14:10>> [applause]
319. 14:11>> COME ON. ANYBODY STILL BELIEVE THAT
320. 14:13GOD'S A SOUL SAVER? UH COME ON. HE'S A
321. 14:16LIFE TRANSFORMER. UH COME ON. HE'S A
322. 14:18PEACEGIVER. UH HE'S A GRACEGIVER. UH
323. 14:21HE'S A MERCY MENER. UH HE'S A GOD THAT
324. 14:24CAN HELP ANYBODY, SAVE ANYBODY. UH AND
325. 14:26TRANSFORM [screaming] ANYBODY.
326. 14:29COME ON, SOMEBODY GIVE GOD GLORY ALL
327. 14:31ACROSS THE HOUSE.
328. 14:35[applause]
329. 14:40I prayed that prayer for some time. Is
330. 14:42this all right if I'm taking my time to
331. 14:44talk to you? I prayed that prayer for
332. 14:47some time over and over. Service and
333. 14:49service, revival, revival, conference
334. 14:51and conference.
335. 14:53And one day, God began to speak to me
336. 14:56clearly as I've ever heard it
337. 14:59concerning that presence that we feel in
338. 15:01this house right now.
339. 15:05I said, 'Lord, why and how is it
340. 15:08possible?
341. 15:10As clearly as I can hear it, the Lord
342. 15:12begin to drop this in my spirit, and I
343. 15:13hope you lock in right about now.
344. 15:17He says, "Son, my presence
345. 15:20is not the problem."
346. 15:25I said, "God's presence
347. 15:27is not the problem."
348. 15:30I said, "Lord, you need to help me
349. 15:32understand that. What are you what are
350. 15:34you trying to say? He says, "Son, I am
351. 15:36always walking around among my people
352. 15:40with the desire to touch them. I am
353. 15:42always at work. My hand is all I wish
354. 15:45somebody would thank God you can feel
355. 15:47that my hand is always at motion. My
356. 15:50mind is always at work. When people are
357. 15:53hurting uh and their heart has been
358. 15:55broken, the Bible declares uh THAT HE IS
359. 15:58NIGH UNTO THEM UH THAT ARE OF A BROKEN
360. 16:00HEART UH AND A CONTRITE spirit he cannot
361. 16:03turn away. Uh sis, what that means is uh
362. 16:06if YOUR HEART IS HURTING UH THAT MEANS
363. 16:09GOD IS CLOSER TO YOU UH THAN HE'S EVER
364. 16:11BEEN. UH IF YOUR MIND IS MESSED UP UH
365. 16:14HIS MEDIATING SPIRIT UH IS AT WORK MORE
366. 16:17THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. UH IF YOUR MIND
367. 16:19[screaming] IS OH, GOD. I WISH SOMEBODY
368. 16:21WOULD HEAR ME. UH IF YOUR HOUSE IS
369. 16:23FALLING APART, UH HE SAID IF YOU WOULD
370. 16:25PUT SOME BLOOD OVER THE DOORPOST, UH I
371. 16:28WILL SPARE [screaming] YOU FROM
372. 16:29DESTRUCTION. UH I COME TO TELL YOU THAT
373. 16:31GOD UH STILL SPEAKS UH TO HIS PEOPLE.
374. 16:34GOD [screaming] UH STILL REACHES UH FOR
375. 16:37HIS PEOPLE. UH I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD
376. 16:39REACH UP YOUR HANDS UH LIKE YOU KNOW GOD
377. 16:41IS REACHING FOR YOU. [applause]
378. 16:44OH, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
379. 16:46ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
380. 16:50HERE. Let me Come on, somebody. LIFT UP
381. 16:52YOUR VOICE LIKE GOD'S BEEN REACHING FOR
382. 16:54YOU.
383. 16:57Woo Jesus.
384. 17:03Oh God, I feel the Lord helping somebody
385. 17:05right now. [gasps]
386. 17:07Ladies and gentlemen, I've got to cut to
387. 17:09the chase and tell you that God's
388. 17:12omniscience is not the issue. Uh God
389. 17:15God's omnipotence is not the issue. uh
390. 17:18and God's omniresence uh with the
391. 17:21presence of his presence uh being ever
392. 17:23present among US UH IS NOT THE ISSUE. UH
393. 17:26BUT CAN I TELL YOU THAT WHEN GOD IS
394. 17:29MAKING A CONSERVATIVE EFFORT TO CALL OUT
395. 17:32TO US UH TO REACH OUT TO US UH TO SPEAK
396. 17:36INTO US?
397. 17:39He said the issue is not my majestic
398. 17:42presence.
399. 17:43He said the issue is when I am doing the
400. 17:46calling.
401. 17:48Lord, I need somebody to hear me right
402. 17:50now. When I am doing the calling,
403. 17:55people will ignore every sign that I
404. 17:57have given them,
405. 18:00every sign that I have brought to them.
406. 18:04Because God is not willing that any
407. 18:06should perish, but that all would come
408. 18:08to repentance.
409. 18:11Ladies and gentlemen, sometimes we can
410. 18:13be some hard-headed people.
411. 18:18I wish I had two honest folks in the
412. 18:19house. I said I said you keep on praying
413. 18:23for a sign and God's put three
414. 18:25billboards in front of your face all
415. 18:27week long uh trying to speak to you uh
416. 18:30and trying to minister to you. UH YOU
417. 18:32SAY, "WELL, I HAVE NEVER [screaming]
418. 18:33HEARD GOD'S VOICE AUDIBLY SPEAKING TO
419. 18:35ME."
420. 18:37In fact, I've venture to declare that
421. 18:39most of us, 97.3%
422. 18:42of us uh cannot say that you have heard
423. 18:44the audible voice UH THE AUDITORY
424. 18:47BOOMING THUNDEROUS SOUND OF GOD'S voice
425. 18:49in your ears.
426. 18:51Cuz the truth of the matter, we're not
427. 18:53that spiritual.
428. 18:56Boy, I got quiet. Nobody want to say the
429. 18:58truth in the house.
430. 19:00Most of us cannot say that we have heard
431. 19:02the audible voice of God when you're
432. 19:06praying in your bedroom. God's voice
433. 19:07thundering and shaking chandeliers
434. 19:10like he met Moses on the mountain.
435. 19:12Nobody no not many of us can say we've
436. 19:14heard the audible voice of God.
437. 19:18That does not diminish the fact that
438. 19:20God's been speaking to you.
439. 19:24[applause]
440. 19:25Woo! I wish somebody would help me right
441. 19:27now.
442. 19:28Because ladies and gentlemen, as he
443. 19:30walked with Adam in the cool of the
444. 19:32garden and the Bible said that THE VOICE
445. 19:34OF GOD WAS WALKING UH YOU SAID, "I've
446. 19:37[laughter] never heard his voice. I just
447. 19:39want to know, have you felt him walking
448. 19:41with you uh and TRYING TO REDIRECT YOU?"
449. 19:44UH HAVE YOU HELD GOD UH TRYING TO ORDER
450. 19:47YOUR STEPS UH FOR THE GOOD STEPS OF A
451. 19:50RIGHTEOUS MAN UH ARE ORDERED BY THE
452. 19:52LORD. UH HAVE YOU HEARD GOD TALKING TO
453. 19:54YOU THROUGH YOUR FAMILY?
454. 19:56HAVE YOU HEARD GOD PREACHING TO YOU
455. 19:57THROUGH THE PREACHER? UH HAVE YOU HEARD
456. 19:59GOD WHISPERING TO YOU THROUGH HIS WORD?
457. 20:02[applause]
458. 20:04I'VE COME TO TELL YOU, HE'S STILL
459. 20:05SPEAKING. UH HE'S STILL SPEAKING. UH AND
460. 20:08I JUST WANT TO KNOW ON A SUNDAY MORNING,
461. 20:10UH ARE YOU LISTENING ENOUGH TO RESPOND
462. 20:12TO HIM? [applause]
463. 20:18Gloves coming off. Anybody ready? There
464. 20:21are times that God is dealing with us
465. 20:24day in and day out, sign after sign. I
466. 20:27wish somebody would wave your hand at me
467. 20:28like you know what I'm talking about.
468. 20:33>> The way that God operates, he does not
469. 20:35work in the realm of the coincidental.
470. 20:41>> God operates in the realm
471. 20:44of the providential.
472. 20:47Everything God does is on purpose.
473. 20:50every little word, every small
474. 20:52confirmation, uh every inkling of a
475. 20:55thought, uh if you ever HAD A THOUGHT
476. 20:57COME TO YOUR MIND, UH THAT YOU NEED to
477. 20:58go on a three-day fast, I come to TELL
478. 21:01YOU, BROTHER, THAT AIN'T THE DEVIL
479. 21:02TALKING TO YOU. UH THAT'S GOD'S VOICE.
480. 21:04UH IF YOU EVER FELT THE PULLING UH THAT
481. 21:07YOU OUGHT TO START A BIBLE READING
482. 21:08PROGRAM, UH THAT AIN'T SATAN SPEAKING TO
483. 21:10YOU. UH THAT'S GOD. [applause]
484. 21:13[cheering]
485. 21:14COME ON. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD
486. 21:15SOUNDS LIKE, UH IT'S THAT PULLING
487. 21:17SAYING, UH DON'T YOU STAY IN YOUR PEW UH
488. 21:20WHEN THE SERVICE IS GOING. UH DON'T YOU
489. 21:22STAY PARKED UH WHEN YOU SHOULD BE
490. 21:24PRAISING. UH DON'T YOU STAY LOCKED UP UH
491. 21:27WHEN YOU SHOULD BE WALKING AROUND ZION
492. 21:29UH AND LIFTING UP YOUR HANDS. UH THAT'S
493. 21:32GOD [screaming] TALKING TO YOU.
494. 21:34[applause]
495. 21:35OH, I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD START THE
496. 21:37RESPONDING. UH I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD
497. 21:39START THE RESPONDING. [applause]
498. 21:43OH, I FEEL THE HOLY GHOST THERE. COME
499. 21:45ON. WHEN SOMETHING TELLS YOU TO LIFT
500. 21:47YOUR HANDS, UH, THAT'S GOD TALKING TO
501. 21:49YOU. UH, WHEN SOMETHING TELLS YOU TO
502. 21:51OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH, UH, AND LET TEARS
503. 21:53RUN DOWN YOUR FACE, UH, THAT'S GOD
504. 21:55[screaming] CALLING YOU.
505. 21:59Come on, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO START TO
506. 22:00RESPOND. YOU LIFT UP YOUR HANDS RIGHT
507. 22:02NOW. UH, COME ON. WHEN GOD SAYING YOU
508. 22:04FOUND A CHURCH, UH, BECAUSE EVERY TIME
509. 22:06YOU WALK HERE, UH, YOU FEEL SOMETHING
510. 22:09REAL. UH, EVERY TIME YOU WALK IN THE
511. 22:11HOUSE, UH, YOU FEEL SOMETHING
512. 22:12UNDENIABLE. UH, THAT'S NOT YOUR FLESH.
513. 22:15UH, THAT'S NOT EMOTIONALISM. UH, IT'S
514. 22:17THE SPIRIT OF GOD speaking to you.
515. 22:20[applause]
516. 22:22Oh, come on. CAN WE LIFT OUR HANDS AND
517. 22:24START RESPONDING TO WHAT you feel right
518. 22:25now? Uh, come on. CAN WE LIFT OUR VOICES
519. 22:28AND START TALKING BACK TO THE GOD THAT'S
520. 22:30BEEN TALKING TO YOU?
521. 22:37Come on. If there's EVER A MOMENT THAT
522. 22:40SOMETHING GETS ALL OVER YOU AND TEARS
523. 22:42START RUNNING DOWN YOUR FACE, UH, THAT'S
524. 22:44GOD TALKING TO YOU. UH, WHEN YOUR TEAR
525. 22:46DUCKS GET TOO WEAK TO HOLD THE WATER
526. 22:49THAT'S TRYING TO LEAVE YOUR EYELIDS,
527. 22:51THAT'S GOD TALKING TO YOU.
528. 22:58[panting and sighs]
529. 22:58when you feel something start dealing
530. 23:00with you
531. 23:02that you haven't been living holy enough
532. 23:05and [laughter] that there is more of God
533. 23:06that you can get a hold of uh and the
534. 23:09old lifestyle you have had is not the
535. 23:12lifestyle you want to have anymore uh
536. 23:14and you look at yourself in the mirror
537. 23:16uh and something in your mind saying uh
538. 23:18we're not HAPPY UH THAT WE IS THE
539. 23:21CONSCIOUS OF YOUR spirit uh but if there
540. 23:23was ever a preacher UH THAT YOU OUGHT TO
541. 23:25LET KEEP ON PREACHING TO YOU UH GOD GAVE
542. 23:28YOU DISCERNMENT of good and evil. Uh,
543. 23:30AND YOU OUGHT TO LET THAT CONSCIOUS KEEP
544. 23:32ON CALLING YOU. UH, YOU OUGHT TO LET
545. 23:34THAT SPIRIT KEEP ON,
546. 23:36[cheering]
547. 23:37[applause]
548. 23:38COME ON. WHEN SOMETHING GETS IN YOUR
549. 23:40MIND UH AFTER A ROUGH WEEK OF WORK AND
550. 23:43SAYING, "DON'T YOU DARE MISS CHURCH."
551. 23:44UH, THAT AIN'T THE DEVIL TALKING TO YOU.
552. 23:46UH, THAT'S GOD CALLING. UH, THAT'S GOD
553. 23:49CALLING. UH, AND MANY HEAR THE VOICE.
554. 23:51UH, BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE
555. 23:53SPEAKING. [applause]
556. 23:59>> [cheering]
557. 24:03>> When you feel the uncction, come quickly
558. 24:04to the music if you don't mind. When you
559. 24:06feel the uncction
560. 24:08[sighs]
561. 24:09and you've been living your own way for
562. 24:11too long
563. 24:12and when the preacher starts preaching
564. 24:15and something in your mind is saying,
565. 24:16"I've got to do something different."
566. 24:19That ain't the devil dealing with you.
567. 24:23The problem is not God's presence.
568. 24:28The problem is people are good at
569. 24:30plugging their ears to the pulling.
570. 24:34Oh God, I feel the Lord helping me right
571. 24:36now.
572. 24:38It's not that God
573. 24:41is bound and restricted
574. 24:44in his own spirit.
575. 24:47is that our lack of faith
576. 24:50fetterss him from moving.
577. 24:53In fact, the Bible says, I didn't give
578. 24:55you this verse. In fact, the Bible says
579. 24:56in Matthew 13:58
580. 24:59that Jesus wanted to do many, somebody
581. 25:01shout many. He wanted to do many. Say it
582. 25:03again, many uh all over the house UH
583. 25:06AMONG THE MASSES AND THE MULTITUDES. Uh
584. 25:09he WANTED TO DO MANY MIGHTY WORKSH BUT
585. 25:12BECAUSE OF THE UNBELIEF UH THAT WAS IN
586. 25:15THE ROWS IN THE SEATS UH AMONG THE
587. 25:17PEOPLE IN THE CROWD UH THE MANY MIGHTY
588. 25:19WORKS HE WANTED TO DO UH HE COULDN'T DO
589. 25:22IT. UH I COME TO TELL YOU ALL THE
590. 25:23CALLING HE'S DOING UH ALL THE CALLING
591. 25:26THAT GOD'S DOING UH THE CALLING MEANS
592. 25:28NOTHING UH IF WE DON'T [screaming]
593. 25:30RESPOND TO THE CALLING.
594. 25:32[applause]
595. 25:36There are people that have sat in Bible
596. 25:39studies.
597. 25:41There are people that have sat in
598. 25:42conferences, sermon after sermon,
599. 25:46service after service.
600. 25:51And something undeniable starts moving
601. 25:53all over you.
602. 25:56Anybody feel what I'm talking about
603. 25:58right now? Something unshakable starts
604. 26:01moving all over you. and the religiosity
605. 26:05that the world has to offer this
606. 26:07charismatic form of Christianity. You
607. 26:10know that lights and smokes and mirrors
608. 26:13and performance and programs is not the
609. 26:16same thing as the undeniable indelible
610. 26:19presence of THE LORD. [laughter] UH YOU
611. 26:20KNOW THAT SOMETHING REAL IS TOUCHING YOU
612. 26:24UH WHEN YOUR HANDS GO UP UH AND YOUR
613. 26:26FINGERS START SHAKING. UH WHEN YOUR
614. 26:28MOUTH OPENS UP UH AND SOMETHING STARTS
615. 26:31TREMBLING. UH WHEN YOUR FEET UH YOU
616. 26:33CAN'T CONTROL IT. UH BUT SOMETHING'S
617. 26:35MOVING YOU OUT OF YOUR SEATS. UH AND
618. 26:37SOMETHING'S PULLING YOU OUT OF YOUR PEW.
619. 26:39UH AND IT'S NOT VISIBLE TO YOU. UH OH.
620. 26:42BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT. UH AND IT'S NOT
621. 26:44TANGIBLE UNTO YOU. UH BUT IT'S STILL
622. 26:46TOUCHING YOU. [applause]
623. 26:54The paradox of God's presence is this.
624. 27:00No matter how mass the multitude is,
625. 27:07no matter how big the crowd is,
626. 27:12the paradox is this.
627. 27:15Many
628. 27:21many hear that voice speaking.
629. 27:27Many hear that voice calling you and
630. 27:29saying,
631. 27:32you know, you've never been baptized.
632. 27:37And I don't know why you're ashamed of
633. 27:39it, but there's power in the blood of
634. 27:42Jesus.
635. 27:46>> There is no authority in the titles of
636. 27:48the Father and the Son uh and the Holy
637. 27:51Ghost. Because I've come to tell you uh
638. 27:53that all authority and all power in
639. 27:55heaven uh and in earth and beneath the
640. 27:57earth uh come on, it is given by
641. 27:59jurisdiction uh to Jesus Christ and him
642. 28:02alone. Uh and I've come to tell you uh
643. 28:04if you've practiced, IF YOU'VE PLAYED
644. 28:07AROUND, UH COME ON, IF YOU'VE PUT IT
645. 28:09OFF, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY UH THAT YOU
646. 28:12PUSH AWAY THAT VOICE. UH TODAY IS THE
647. 28:14LAST DAY UH THAT YOU PUSH AWAY THAT
648. 28:16BULLYING. UH, TODAY IS THE DAY YOU GIVE
649. 28:19IN. UH, AND YOU SAID, "GOD, UH, I WANT
650. 28:21TO WALK WITH YOU. UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE
651. 28:23BEEN TRYING TO WALK WITH ME."
652. 28:30Can I tell you what's wrong with us?
653. 28:34Many times in a congregation, is this
654. 28:36all right this morning? [music]
655. 28:39Many times
656. 28:44our hearts are halted
657. 28:48when we want to give our hearts, yield
658. 28:51ourselves completely to God. Is
659. 28:54everybody hearing me on a second to last
660. 28:55row back there?
661. 28:58When we feel that,
662. 29:00we're restricted
663. 29:03by the rudiments of pressure from
664. 29:05people.
665. 29:09But can I tell you who got miracles
666. 29:13in the scriptures,
667. 29:15not the many,
668. 29:18but the few
669. 29:21that said, "I'm too blind to let Jesus
670. 29:23pass me."
671. 29:27JESUS. [screaming]
672. 29:30THOU SON OF DEATH. BARAMEUS, DON'T YOU
673. 29:32DARE CRY OUT LIKE THAT. COME ON. THE
674. 29:34BIBLE SAID UH THAT MANY UH MANY BEGIN TO
675. 29:38BEG HIM UH TO CALL HIS PEACE. UH BUT HE
676. 29:41SAID THE MANY CAN STAY BLIND. UH BUT YOU
677. 29:43CAN FIND ME IN THE FEW UH THAT'S TRYING
678. 29:46TO FIND THAT VOICE I HEAR. UH THAT'S WHY
679. 29:48I CAN'T SEE THEM BUT I CAN HEAR THEM. I
680. 29:51CAN'T SEE THEM BUT I CAN HEAR THEM.
681. 30:02It's not that Adam didn't hear God's
682. 30:04voice.
683. 30:06In fact, the Bible said in Genesis 3
684. 30:08and9, if you don't mind letting them see
685. 30:09this,
686. 30:11when Adam messed up, anybody made some
687. 30:13mistakes, come on. Any imperfect people
688. 30:15want to testify, come on. We do stuff
689. 30:18that we regret. Come on. We make
690. 30:20decisions that we have to LIVE DOWN. UH
691. 30:23WE DON'T ALWAYS WALK WITH GOD. SOMETIMES
692. 30:25WE'RE WALKING AS FAST AWAY FROM HIM AS
693. 30:28OUR FEET CAN carry us.
694. 30:32The Bible says, "And the Lord God,"
695. 30:36Come on, say it again. "And the Lord
696. 30:38God,"
697. 30:39>> Come on, give it to me a third time. And
698. 30:41the Lord God,
699. 30:45the Lord God called unto Adam. He
700. 30:47plucked that fruit.
701. 30:51He messed up.
702. 30:54And I just want to give somebody a
703. 30:57disclaimer.
704. 30:59The God, the master of mercy that we
705. 31:02serve ain't scared of your mess ups.
706. 31:08[applause and music]
707. 31:09Now, I'M PREACHING TO SOMEBODY NOW. YOU
708. 31:11SAYING, "I GOD, I CAN'T GO TO THE ALTAR.
709. 31:14UH, COME ON. GOD DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO
710. 31:16ME." UH, COME ON, PREACHER. IF YOU KNEW
711. 31:18ALL THE STUFF I DID, UH, I COME TO TELL
712. 31:20YOU, I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW. UH, HE KNOWS.
713. 31:22UH, AND HE'S STILL SHOWING UP IN THE
714. 31:24GARDEN. UH, I SAID GOD KNOWS AND HE'S
715. 31:26STILL WALKING. ADAM, I'M LOOKING FOR
716. 31:28YOU. I'M TRYING TO TALK TO YOU. I'M
717. 31:31TRYING TO COMMUNE WITH YOU. I'M CALLING
718. 31:32OUT, "ADAM, WHERE ARE THOU?"
719. 31:36>> [music]
720. 31:39>> I've seen enough young people that fall
721. 31:41into the abyss of darkness because they
722. 31:44think that they've went too far to feel
723. 31:47God again.
724. 31:49But can I tell you when you start
725. 31:50feeling God like you're feeling them
726. 31:52now, the smallest part of your feelings
727. 31:55ought to open up.
728. 31:58And verse 10 says this,
729. 32:01"And he said,"I
730. 32:06heard your voice."
731. 32:10IT'S NOT THAT ADAM DIDN'T HEAR HIS
732. 32:12VOICE.
733. 32:14I hope somebody hear ME RIGHT NOW. IT'S
734. 32:16NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT FEELING GOD.
735. 32:19IS WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU START FEELING
736. 32:21HIM?
737. 32:24>> YOU DON'T [screaming] FIND FIG LEAVES.
738. 32:27You need to find his face.
739. 32:30You don't run away from redemption. You
740. 32:32need to run to the saving grace of God.
741. 32:39He said, "I heard your voice in the
742. 32:42garden
743. 32:44and I was afraid cuz I messed up and I I
744. 32:47hid myself
745. 32:50from your presence." But where shall we
746. 32:52go from his presence?
747. 32:56I just want to tell somebody that what
748. 32:58you don't know about this Sunday morning
749. 32:59service
750. 33:01is maybe God let you live today
751. 33:04to give you an opportunity to respond to
752. 33:07the voice you didn't listen to [music]
753. 33:08yesterday.
754. 33:12I SAID, "MAYBE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU ANOTHER
755. 33:14SUNDAY." UH BECAUSE HE PULLED YOU LAST
756. 33:16WEEK UH AND HE PULLED ON YOU THE WEEK
757. 33:18BEFORE UH AND HE'S BEEN PULLING ON YOU
758. 33:21ALL SUMMER REVIVAL LONG. UH AND YOU'VE
759. 33:23BEEN RESISTING UH THE RESPONDING. UH
760. 33:25YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING.
761. 33:28[applause]
762. 33:32But I find it interesting that Jonah
763. 33:35and Jonah 1 and one
764. 33:38the Bible says, "And God
765. 33:42spoke to him and the word of the Lord
766. 33:44came unto Jonah the son of Amati saying
767. 33:47go down to Nineveh and preach."
768. 33:52That's chapter one.
769. 33:56And the way that God loves us, somebody
770. 33:58needs to hear this as we all stand
771. 34:00across this house.
772. 34:02The way that God loves us
773. 34:06is there is hope
774. 34:09at the turning of a page
775. 34:12to hear the voice that you ain't been
776. 34:14hearing the whole time.
777. 34:18And two mistake chapters later, the
778. 34:20Bible says in Jonah [music] 3 and 1, the
779. 34:24same exact thing.
780. 34:27And the word of the Lord came to Jonah
781. 34:31a second time.
782. 34:35Somebody ought to thank God for second
783. 34:36chances. [music]
784. 34:43I think I get somebody on board when I
785. 34:45say this. Thank God for third and fourth
786. 34:47AND A 100 AND A 10,000TH [music]
787. 34:50AND A 1 MILLION CHANCE. COME ON. HIS
788. 34:53MERCIES ARE RENEWED EVERY MORNING. UH,
789. 34:55AND HE SAID, "IF YOU DIDN'T MEET ME LAST
790. 34:57SUNDAY MORNING, UH, YOU CAN MEET ME NOW.
791. 35:00UH, IF YOU DIDN'T RESPOND TO ME LAST
792. 35:01SUNDAY MORNING, UH, YOU CAN RESPOND TO
793. 35:04ME NOW.
794. 35:07[music]
795. 35:12I am not shaken.
796. 35:16If you have not [music] wheeled yourself
797. 35:19out of your row and walked over to that
798. 35:22to that door yet, there's still time. In
799. 35:24fact, as long as breath is in your body,
800. 35:27it's still time. But don't you let this
801. 35:28service and this second chance pass you.
802. 35:34Cuz you don't know when your second
803. 35:36chance is [music] your last chance.
804. 35:43[music]
805. 35:50All that I have said, preached and
806. 35:53propagated [music] to you
807. 35:56can be synthesized in a story that I
808. 35:58came across that has shaken me.
809. 36:03Cuz I don't know like you know and you
810. 36:06don't know like I know because I can't
811. 36:08feel what you feel and you can't feel
812. 36:09what I feel. [music] But can I tell you
813. 36:10what I feel? I feel like God's moving on
814. 36:14people right now.
815. 36:17I said, "I feel like there are some
816. 36:18people that you are so locked in." And
817. 36:21you said, "Preacher, something's getting
818. 36:23all over me that I've never felt in my
819. 36:25life." [music] I come to tell you, that
820. 36:26ain't the preaching. That's the presence
821. 36:28of the preacher.
822. 36:31[music]
823. 36:38The story that I am [music] wanting to
824. 36:42preach to you is about a pastor, a
825. 36:44preacher
826. 36:46who pastored a small country town
827. 36:48church.
828. 36:50A church by the name of Almighty God
829. 36:52Tabernacle.
830. 36:55I know FPC of Greater Houston is a good
831. 36:57church name, but how would you like to
832. 36:58be named Almighty God? Maybe the next
833. 37:01building we can name [music] it that.
834. 37:05Almighty God Tabernacle. Wouldn't that
835. 37:07be a church name? Cuz we serve a mighty
836. 37:10God.
837. 37:14We serve an almighty God.
838. 37:18WOO.
839. 37:20COME ON. THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS
840. 37:22GLORY. UH COME ON. AND THE DOOR OF THE
841. 37:24POST MOVED AT THE SOUND OF THE ANGEL
842. 37:27SAYING, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD
843. 37:30GOD OF HOST. THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF
844. 37:33HIS GLORY.
845. 37:36[music]
846. 37:38He was studying in his office on a
847. 37:41Saturday night
848. 37:43preparing to preach his Sunday morning
849. 37:45sermon.
850. 37:48As he was in prayer [music] and
851. 37:50preparation, he began to recognize that
852. 37:53the night was getting long and his
853. 37:56studying had become late.
854. 38:00And recognizing this, he thought it
855. 38:02would be a good courtesy
856. 38:05for all the brothers in the house.
857. 38:08He thought it would be a good courtesy
858. 38:09to call his wife. Somebody shout call.
859. 38:13To call his wife and inform her of his
860. 38:16delay
861. 38:17because of his [music] studies.
862. 38:21He picked up his phone, dialed her
863. 38:24number.
864. 38:26He put the phone to his ear to hear the
865. 38:29dial tone.
866. 38:32The phone ring once
867. 38:36trying to tell somebody God's been
868. 38:37trying to talk to you. The phone ring
869. 38:40twice,
870. 38:42no answer.
871. 38:44The phone rang a third time, a fourth,
872. 38:47and a fifth time before
873. 38:50confusingly hanging up that phone
874. 38:53[music] call.
875. 38:57shocked. His wife was typically swift to
876. 38:59respond.
877. 39:01Can I tell you what I'm trying to preach
878. 39:02today? When God [music] is calling you,
879. 39:06it is in your best interest to respond
880. 39:09to the calling.
881. 39:17Shocked that she did not respond.
882. 39:20Drayen,
883. 39:23I'll give it one more shot. So he dialed
884. 39:25her number again,
885. 39:27put his phone to his ear,
886. 39:31and after the first ring, she answered.
887. 39:36He said, "Sweetheart, I just called. I'm
888. 39:38not sure if you heard the ringing, but
889. 39:42I was calling to tell you that I will
890. 39:44[music] be home late." She said, "I I
891. 39:47don't I did not hear the phone ring. I
892. 39:49never never got a call from you.
893. 39:54He said, "Well, anyways, I'm going to be
894. 39:56late. I'll see you later tonight."
895. 40:00Hanging up the phone and not thinking
896. 40:01[music] anything of it.
897. 40:04Sunday came, he preached.
898. 40:08Monday morning came, he is back in his
899. 40:11office
900. 40:13and he is met
901. 40:16with a return phone call.
902. 40:19As he's sitting at his desk, the phone
903. 40:22rings, startling him from his studies,
904. 40:26he looked at the caller ID did not
905. 40:29recognize the number, and so he picked
906. 40:31up the phone reluctantly.
907. 40:35A MAN'S VOICE ON THE OTHER END of the
908. 40:37phone,
909. 40:39shaken,
910. 40:42disturbed,
911. 40:44affected,
912. 40:46begin to speak up. THE PASTOR NOT
913. 40:48RECOGNIZING his voice, he said, "Hello,
914. 40:53can I help you?" He said, "Yes."
915. 40:56He says, "Is this the church?"
916. 41:00The pastor says, "Yes, it is." He said,
917. 41:03"Is this Almighty God Tabernacle?"
918. 41:05[music] The pastor said, "Yes, yes, sir,
919. 41:08it is."
920. 41:10HE SAID, "DID SOMEONE [screaming] CALL
921. 41:11me
922. 41:14the other night?"
923. 41:17The pastor said, "No, sir. No, no one
924. 41:20called." HE SAID, "NO, SOMEONE
925. 41:23someone called me the other night. I
926. 41:26wish the Lord would help somebody on a
927. 41:28Sunday morning."
928. 41:29The pastor in that moment recognized in
929. 41:31Sister McCoy that that mistaken miss
930. 41:34dial was the progenitor of this man's
931. 41:38return call. He said, "Sir, I
932. 41:40apologize."
933. 41:42He said, "I called you, but it was
934. 41:45[music] unintentional. I did not mean to
935. 41:47call you."
936. 41:49He said, "I'm sorry. I apologize. It was
937. 41:53A MISTAKE."
938. 41:54AND BEFORE THE PASTOR COULD HANG UP THE
939. 41:56PHONE, THE man's voice, shaken,
940. 41:59TREMBLING IN FEAR, SAID, "WAIT,
941. 42:04WAIT, WAIT." HE SAID, "PASTOR, THAT CALL
942. 42:07WAS no accident."
943. 42:10I come to tell you, God doesn't do
944. 42:12accidents.
945. 42:16I SAID, "YOU THINK THAT YOU JUST SAW A
946. 42:18BIG BUILDING UH ON THE SIDE OF THE
947. 42:20INTERSTATE UH AND YOU'VE BEEN PASSING BY
948. 42:22WEEK AFTER WEEK UH AND YOU SAID,
949. 42:24"WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO [music] GO
950. 42:25THERE?" UH THAT'S NOT JUST A GOOD
951. 42:27THOUGHT. THAT'S GOD [screaming] CALLING
952. 42:29YOU.
953. 42:36You say, "Wait, pastor."
954. 42:39He said, he said, "That was no [music]
955. 42:41mistake."
956. 42:43He said, "Life's been rough lately."
957. 42:47He said, "I haven't felt God
958. 42:51like I want to feel him. In fact, I'm
959. 42:52not a spiritual man at all."
960. 42:56He said, "I've had some hard times. I
961. 42:58have nobody to talk to.
962. 43:01I have no family, no friends."
963. 43:05He said, "I'm in the lowest place I've
964. 43:07ever been in my life."
965. 43:09God's talking to somebody right now.
966. 43:13He said, "I sat in my rocking chair with
967. 43:16the lights off in my living room
968. 43:20with tears running down my face."
969. 43:25And I got to the point that I didn't
970. 43:28even believe in God anymore.
971. 43:33And I'm not a spiritual man, but I begin
972. 43:35to talk to God like only I can talk to
973. 43:38him with my plain words. I've come to
974. 43:41tell you how prayer works. You just got
975. 43:43to be playing with God with your words.
976. 43:52He said,
977. 43:56he said, with tears running down my
978. 43:57face,
979. 43:59I thought I thought that life was not
980. 44:01worth living anymore. [music]
981. 44:06And he said, "God,
982. 44:10if you are real,
983. 44:13I want you to show your power to me.
984. 44:19God, if you are real, I want you to
985. 44:23speak to me."
986. 44:26He said, "Preacher, no sooner than I
987. 44:29finished saying those words out of my
988. 44:31mouth," he said, "my phone rang."
989. 44:35God, I wish somebody would feel God
990. 44:37talking to you. HE SAID, "MY PHONE BEGAN
991. 44:40TO RING AND IT SCARED ME AFTER THAT."
992. 44:44He said, "With tears running down my
993. 44:45face." He said, "I COULD BARELY SEE
994. 44:48WHERE I WAS WALKING." [laughter] He
995. 44:49said, "I I was afraid to see who was
996. 44:52calling me." He said, "I got CLOSER TO
997. 44:54THE PHONE AND IT rang two times." He
998. 44:57said, "I GOT CLOSER TO THE PHONE AND IT
999. 45:00KEPT RINGING. WHO COULD BE CALLING ME
1000. 45:02THIS LATE? I DON'T HAVE NO FRIENDS. UH I
1001. 45:04DON'T HAVE NO FAMILY. UH I DON'T HAVE
1002. 45:06NOBODY THAT CARES ABOUT ME. UH BUT I
1003. 45:08COME TO TELL YOU GOD CARES ABOUT YOU
1004. 45:11MORE THAN YOU THINK HE DOES." [music]
1005. 45:16I SAID, "GOD SENT A PREACHER TO TELL YOU
1006. 45:18GOD [screaming] STILL LOVES YOU AND HE'S
1007. 45:20BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO YOU." [music]
1008. 45:27He said, "I got closer to the phone and
1009. 45:30I started trembling.
1010. 45:32Who could be calling me? Who could be
1011. 45:34reaching out to me?"
1012. 45:37[laughter] He said, "I got to the
1013. 45:38[music] phone on the fourth ring.
1014. 45:41I was I made up my mind I was going to
1015. 45:43answer that ringing.
1016. 45:46He said, "But preacher," he said, "when
1017. 45:48I got to the phone," he said, "I could
1018. 45:51not believe my eyes."
1019. 45:54He said, "Because what you don't know
1020. 45:57about your church." He said, "Your
1021. 46:00church, God,
1022. 46:03your church's name is not even an
1023. 46:04accident."
1024. 46:06He said, "Because what you don't know is
1025. 46:08when my when my phone was ringing and I
1026. 46:11went to the caller ID box
1027. 46:15to find out who was calling me."
1028. 46:18He said, "Pastor, what showed up on the
1029. 46:20caller ID box was not Almighty God
1030. 46:23tabernacle."
1031. 46:26He said, "When I got to the phone and I
1032. 46:28looked down
1033. 46:30at who was calling me,"
1034. 46:33HE SAID, "ALL I SAW [screaming]
1035. 46:36WAS ALMIGHTY
1036. 46:39GOD."
1037. 46:43[music]
1038. 46:45OH, I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD HEAR WHAT A
1039. 46:4836Y OLD PREACHER UH IS TRYING TO PUT IN
1040. 46:50YOUR SPIRIT. UH, I DON'T CARE WHAT
1041. 46:52[music] THE SIGN IS. I DON'T CARE WHAT
1042. 46:54THE CONFIRMATION IS. UH I DON'T CARE
1043. 46:57WHAT THE SERMON IS. UH YOU OUGHT TO LIFT
1044. 46:59UP YOUR HANDS AND RESPOND TO THAT VOICE
1045. 47:02THAT'S CALLING YOU. UH YOU [music] OUGHT
1046. 47:04TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND RESPOND TO A
1047. 47:06PHONE CALL FROM GOD.
1048. 47:10Come on, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO LIFT UP YOUR
1049. 47:12VOICE FROM [music] THE FRONT TO THE
1050. 47:13BACK. UH COME ON, GO AHEAD AND RESPOND.
1051. 47:15I HEAR YOUR VOICE, GOD.