The Spirit of Falsehood | Steven Francis — Transcript
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- 0:00This [snorts] morning
- 0:03I am going to share
- 0:07the word of God with us in a
- 0:12in a deeper way. So I I just want us to
- 0:17desire God's word. allow our hearts and
- 0:19minds to be stretched
- 0:21because
- 0:23it is not good enough for us to just
- 0:25know
- 0:27John 3:16.
- 0:30I want to be simple. All that I want to
- 0:32know is John 3:16. And when anybody
- 0:35twists the truth beyond that point, we
- 0:37get deceived because we didn't take time
- 0:41to know the truth. The Bible says you
- 0:43shall know the truth and the truth will
- 0:45what? So if I don't take time to know
- 0:48the truth then that area of my life
- 0:51remains in dark darkness. God wants us
- 0:55to allow the truth to penetrate. But the
- 0:58thing is the version of truth that we
- 1:00have today is completely different from
- 1:02the truth of God's word.
- 1:05Many times I know it. I know the truth.
- 1:08What you know is your truth. In other
- 1:11words, your understanding of something,
- 1:13not necessarily the truth of scripture.
- 1:17Are you with me?
- 1:18>> See, the devil is not afraid how smart
- 1:20you are.
- 1:23The devil is not afraid of how many
- 1:25books you have read.
- 1:27He's not afraid of how many degrees
- 1:29you've got. And some of us, we place our
- 1:33intelligence in your ability to talk
- 1:36yourself out through anything.
- 1:39He's not afraid of that. But he's afraid
- 1:41when he know the truth
- 1:44because this is the only truth he cannot
- 1:46stand. This is the only truth he doesn't
- 1:49have a word to answer you back. That's
- 1:52the truth that will set you free.
- 1:55>> Because some of us, we place our trust
- 1:58in our words. You know what? Listen,
- 2:00I've been through this before. I can
- 2:02speak my way out of everything and
- 2:05anything. But there is something about
- 2:07the devil you won't know. He's the
- 2:09master of deceit
- 2:12and he only bows to the truth which is
- 2:15washed by the blood of Christ.
- 2:18>> Amen.
- 2:21>> I want to give you some scenarios before
- 2:23I jump into the word.
- 2:28The disciples of Jesus at that time ran
- 2:31away from him.
- 2:34When people start leaving, Jesus asked,
- 2:37"Everybody has left me. Do you want to
- 2:40leave me as well?" And it was Peter the
- 2:42first one to say, "How where will we go?
- 2:47You have the words of life."
- 2:51But he too left.
- 2:54The disciples ran. The Bible says they
- 2:57ran.
- 2:58And I want you to know, did they ever
- 3:01make a stand? They did. But Jesus
- 3:04actually discharged the disciples
- 3:08by telling the soldiers,
- 3:11"You came for me, not for them."
- 3:17Just few days in prayer while I was
- 3:20angel and I was praying in the night
- 3:23hours
- 3:24and the Lord showed me
- 3:27Jesus was not a victim of Gethsemane. He
- 3:30took control of the darkness.
- 3:33He told the disciples what to do. He
- 3:35told the soldiers what to do. And Peter
- 3:37hurriedly cut off the year and he healed
- 3:39and said, "Listen,
- 3:41let there be no charges against this
- 3:43fellow. I've already give you back the
- 3:46year. It's good as new, man. You know, I
- 3:48wish I could have some of those kind of
- 3:50anointings, man. You know, listen, I
- 3:52already put it back. Don't don't bring
- 3:55any charges because you actually came
- 3:56for me." So he took control of the
- 3:59darkness. Amen.
- 4:00>> Amen.
- 4:01>> And I think when the truth of God is in
- 4:04our hearts, we can take control of
- 4:06darkness.
- 4:09>> Lord, but you didn't teach me 30 years
- 4:10ago. No. God doesn't teach this level of
- 4:12truth to children.
- 4:15As you grow up, you can handle. And now
- 4:19you will teach us. Amen. Yes.
- 4:21>> And if you want to grow up,
- 4:24who will cry at home, I got nothing to
- 4:27do? Children, because they don't know
- 4:28how to spend the time.
- 4:32As you mature in God, you'll have
- 4:34something to do because there is
- 4:35purpose. Say the word purpose.
- 4:38>> Purpose is being restored and you will
- 4:40know what to do. So the question this uh
- 4:43morning that I have especially as we are
- 4:46coming into the end time is if you will
- 4:48know the truth would you hold on to the
- 4:50truth because the Bible is full of the
- 4:53scriptures like hold on to the truth
- 4:57Jesus kept on saying hold on to the
- 5:00truth don't let it go I know what it is
- 5:02for my disciples to let go and I've been
- 5:05through that pain I thought they will
- 5:06stand with me now Jesus was not
- 5:09referring that they will fight for him,
- 5:12hold him back from the cross. That's not
- 5:13what he was referring. He only referred
- 5:16that they will at least pray with me.
- 5:19Huh? Are you following?
- 5:21>> The cross is not given to the disciples,
- 5:24but prayer was.
- 5:28Sometimes we cannot endure the suffering
- 5:30of another person, but we can pray with
- 5:34them or for them. the minimum that we
- 5:37can do. Don't say I don't have this, I
- 5:40don't have that, I wish. No, no, no.
- 5:42What you can do, which is prayer. Pray.
- 5:45If you say you're going to pray for
- 5:46someone and make sure you pray for
- 5:48someone. Amen.
- 5:50>> Hold on to the truth. The end times is
- 5:53full of holding on to the truth. That is
- 5:56why John in the first John, second John
- 5:59and third John, he kept on speaking
- 6:03about the truth and he kept on saying
- 6:06you got to hold on to the truth that you
- 6:09know because the enemy is going to come
- 6:11again and do the same trick that he did
- 6:15on the garden by deceiving the truth.
- 6:23I want to encourage us again
- 6:26on uh Friday when we were praying.
- 6:31The Lord spoke to me about a person's
- 6:33name in the Bible
- 6:36very clearly three times
- 6:39that I've never I know I read but I've
- 6:42never preached on him about him for the
- 6:46last 40 years.
- 6:48And that shocked me. How come I've never
- 6:51thought about it at all?
- 6:54I know his name. I've read the passage,
- 6:56but I've not preached on him
- 6:59until the Lord three times spoke his
- 7:03name to me.
- 7:05And so I had to wrestle with the word.
- 7:09What can I understand through this
- 7:10passage? Turn with me to First Kings
- 7:13chapter 22.
- 7:18the book of first kings chapter 22
- 7:22we're going to
- 7:24consider
- 7:27the passage where it's speaking about
- 7:29the prophet Micaiah Micaiah how you
- 7:33would like to say it
- 7:39come on I'm sure there's a lot of
- 7:41linguists
- 7:44huh
- 7:46Not pitch.
- 7:50>> Micaiah. Okay. All right. We decide on
- 7:53his name.
- 7:57The prophet Micaiah.
- 8:00Man, [clears throat]
- 8:02it's a kind of a hidden name. It's a
- 8:04passage that that's all his name appears
- 8:06and his story finishes there.
- 8:09Why God choose at this moment surprised
- 8:13me and why he spoke his name three times
- 8:18which as I'm saying as sincere before
- 8:20God
- 8:22that for 40 years I've not heard
- 8:24anything from that name. I've not really
- 8:27heard any messages
- 8:30in the prophetic circle or so and so
- 8:32forth. So it caught my attention
- 8:40and of course uh
- 8:42everybody will be wondering usually what
- 8:44is the title of my message? So I'm going
- 8:46to give a better title. Make a stand for
- 8:49the truth.
- 8:51Do you know we have a lot of jelly beans
- 8:53uh disciples today. They know the truth
- 8:55but they won't make a stand.
- 8:58Hello. But if it's their issue, yeah,
- 9:01I'm going to fight till the end. If it's
- 9:03God, yeah, okay, we'll see how we'll
- 9:06see, you know. But God wants you to make
- 9:09a stand for the truth. Because when you
- 9:11stand for him, he stands for you.
- 9:14>> Jesus said, "When you confess my name in
- 9:18front of people, I will confess your
- 9:21name in front of my father."
- 9:23>> Did he say that?
- 9:24>> That means I'm you are standing for the
- 9:26truth. Now, it can be anything. It can
- 9:28be like the hospital matter. You know,
- 9:31you are standing for the truth. God, you
- 9:32heal me once, you'll do it again. It
- 9:34could be issues at home. It could be
- 9:36providences. It could be bills that
- 9:40needs to be paid.
- 9:42You are standing for the truth.
- 9:45It could be a time when the word of God
- 9:47is being compromised. It could be a time
- 9:49where you are standing as a witness to a
- 9:52truth. Would you stand for the truth?
- 9:58When we are coming at the end times like
- 9:59this, it will be a time do you know
- 10:02Jesus or you don't? You know how scary
- 10:05that question is
- 10:08because that's where it is coming to.
- 10:11Do you know the truth or you don't? Now
- 10:14who is this Micaiah?
- 10:16He's one of the four disciples
- 10:19of Elijah.
- 10:21Very quiet guy. Not much has been said
- 10:24about him because he's just he does in
- 10:26his background work. He's one of the
- 10:29prophets.
- 10:30Hey, listen. Are you listening?
- 10:32>> If you're a prophet or prophetic person,
- 10:35you don't have to be known
- 10:39>> to be known is not the goal. To preach
- 10:42Christ is the goal.
- 10:45>> Because somewhere along the line, church
- 10:48or Christianity and posters have
- 10:50corrupted us. We think we have to be
- 10:52known. You know who I am? Who? Check
- 10:54your ID, bro. It tells you who you are,
- 10:56where you come from. Are you lost? Is
- 10:59there something wrong with you or what?
- 11:01Can I bring you somewhere? What do you
- 11:02mean who are you? A lot of people who
- 11:05come to conferences, the first thing
- 11:07they do, they go to the book table,
- 11:09they'll ask for discount. And you say,
- 11:10"No, but do you know who I am?" Okay,
- 11:14let me give me your ID. I'll tell you
- 11:17who you are in 3 seconds.
- 11:21I'll spell back your name
- 11:24because they want
- 11:26how do I know you are you who
- 11:31everybody have this thing you know God
- 11:33uses me okay he uses everybody
- 11:40some people say even my dog is anointed
- 11:42okay are are you following what I'm
- 11:45trying to get at
- 11:46>> this is one of the prophets who was
- 11:48doing in the background work. Nobody
- 11:50knew him. We only know the big names.
- 11:54And some of our anointings you carry is
- 11:57not meant to be on the stage. It is
- 11:59meant for everyday life.
- 12:01>> Amen.
- 12:02>> Why is it corrupted? Because you want to
- 12:04be known. It started well. Over time,
- 12:08you want to be known, but that's not the
- 12:10goal.
- 12:13The goal is to preach Christ.
- 12:16But this guy was put in the spot.
- 12:20And so I want to bring you this
- 12:22understanding of what happened. Of
- 12:24course we talk about Jehoshaphat.
- 12:26I'm not talking about Jehoshaphat. But
- 12:28there are four compromises Jehoshaphat
- 12:31did. And because of that there were new
- 12:34problems because we only know
- 12:36Jehoshaphat he did the good thing. Which
- 12:38one? in 2 Chronicles where he said he
- 12:41commanded the the the tambberine dancers
- 12:43and the worshippers to go and he he won
- 12:46the war. That's the only time you talk
- 12:48about Jehoshaphat.
- 12:49Other times you don't want to
- 12:51investigate his name. This passage in
- 12:53one of those passages where he had a
- 12:55compromise.
- 12:57Guess who he gave his son to be married
- 13:01to?
- 13:03King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.
- 13:07They were they were in-laws.
- 13:09And that surprises me at all. This guy,
- 13:12he is an absolute god-loving man. And
- 13:16they are known as a couple who is
- 13:19opposite to God. Yet because of
- 13:21political alliances, he was willing to
- 13:24give his son to be married to the
- 13:26daughter. Bro, that's the law you
- 13:28already broke.
- 13:31Every time knowingly you break a law,
- 13:34there will be compromises along those
- 13:36lines.
- 13:39Every time you say don't worry, you
- 13:42better be worried cuz I'm really not
- 13:44worried. You have to be worried. But
- 13:46you're telling others don't worry. No,
- 13:48you are need to be worried because when
- 13:50you break one, every other demon will
- 13:52follow through.
- 13:55Are you with me? There's no way they
- 13:58will not come. They will. This is that
- 14:00passage. But I'm not going to
- 14:01concentrate on Jehoshaphat. I want to
- 14:04put my eyes on Micaiah because that's my
- 14:06goal. And I pray that your heart
- 14:10desire to learn the scriptures will
- 14:12teach us this morning. Would you do
- 14:14that?
- 14:15>> I want to say a word of prayer. Father,
- 14:17I pray that you will teach us the truth.
- 14:19Open our hearts and our understanding so
- 14:21that your truth will go dive deep within
- 14:25us. will be rooted, planted in Jesus
- 14:29name. Amen.
- 14:32>> In first kings chapter
- 14:3522,
- 14:38it's very interesting
- 14:41in those days what the kings do or did
- 14:45was they not only consult the false
- 14:48prophets which is their own,
- 14:51they also consult the other prophets who
- 14:53are the true prophets. They'll always
- 14:54get them to come in and say, "What do
- 14:56you got to say?"
- 14:59And so in verse five, Jehoshaphat said
- 15:01to the king, it is a first kings chapter
- 15:0322:5.
- 15:06Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,
- 15:08remember Jehoshaphat is one king,
- 15:12the king of Israel is another guy. So
- 15:14they all talking to each other.
- 15:17Inquire first for the word of the Lord.
- 15:21First go and ask God what is he saying?
- 15:25Then the king of Israel gathered the
- 15:27prophets together who about 400 men. Who
- 15:30are the 400 men? Remember what Elijah
- 15:33did on the mount? There was
- 15:37450 he died. He killed. But there was
- 15:40another 400 of the false prophets. This
- 15:43is the remaining 400. They're all false
- 15:46prophets.
- 15:48So Jehoshaphat who is a true worshipper
- 15:52of God tells the king of you you go and
- 15:54ask that fellas what they are going to
- 15:56say. So they consulted. Now remember
- 15:59every time you tell your neighbor please
- 16:02pay attention what pastor is saying it's
- 16:04a long line.
- 16:05>> Okay done
- 16:09my wife is telling me thank you sister.
- 16:12[snorts]
- 16:13[laughter]
- 16:14Okay. Are you ready? Every time there is
- 16:18false food, every time the enemy wants
- 16:21to corner you with false, he will gather
- 16:24a group. Falseness will only go through
- 16:29when there is a group activity. But the
- 16:31truth always stands alone.
- 16:33>> Amen.
- 16:36>> The truth always stands alone. That is
- 16:38why when you make a stand for the truth,
- 16:40you have to stand alone.
- 16:41>> Amen.
- 16:43What when people create a false story
- 16:45they have to gather a group.
- 16:47>> When they gossip they have to gather a
- 16:49group because in only through group the
- 16:51falseness will be believed on. And if
- 16:53you are a person is always given to
- 16:55group what what everybody is saying you
- 16:57are easily so deceived because at the
- 17:00end of the day God will judge you based
- 17:02on what you and I know as the truth.
- 17:06Are you with me? And so he gathers these
- 17:08400 people. What is everybody saying?
- 17:12Shall I go to battle against Ramos
- 17:14Gilead or shall I refrain?
- 17:17And all of them it's like birds fgging
- 17:20together say the same thing. Go up.
- 17:23Remember what is the word says for the
- 17:25Lord will give you into the hand of the
- 17:28king.
- 17:30The all 400 people said I I almost
- 17:32wonder how you know how is that
- 17:35possible? You have so many fellas who
- 17:37are prophesying have the ability to
- 17:39prophesy in our church. Rarely I've
- 17:41heard
- 17:43at least three of them saying the same
- 17:45prophecy word for word.
- 17:48They will say the same meaning but not
- 17:51in the same way. Why? Because our
- 17:53vocabularies are different. Our
- 17:54understanding is different. The the
- 17:57pictures God will show you are
- 17:59different. But end up you will interpret
- 18:01it the same way. You get what I'm
- 18:02saying? But here 400 are saying the same
- 18:05lines.
- 18:06So it must be there must be a hate guy
- 18:09who will say something the others must
- 18:11follow. Correct? Because it's impossible
- 18:14unless the demonic spirit of false
- 18:17prophecy works all in the same way. Then
- 18:20verse seven, Jehoshaphat
- 18:22said, "Is there not here another prophet
- 18:28of the Lord whom we inquire?" Look at
- 18:31this called uh uh politically right
- 18:34statement.
- 18:37The king of Israel is the guy who went
- 18:39to the 400 false prophets. Jehoshaphat
- 18:42is the right guy who loves God. So he's
- 18:44making a different statement. Is there
- 18:46another guy that we could uh hear who
- 18:50can hear from God? And actually he was
- 18:53wanting to hear the true word from the
- 18:55Lord. Are you following? Are you
- 18:56following the story?
- 18:58>> Okay.
- 19:00So, [clears throat]
- 19:02and verse eight, and the king of Israel
- 19:04said to Jo Jehoshaphat, which is going
- 19:06to kick off my first point, there is yet
- 19:09one man by whom we may inquire of the
- 19:12Lord. Now, if this man is not the man
- 19:17who speaks the truth, the king of Israel
- 19:20or the wrong king will not remember him.
- 19:22He's just another false prophet. So,
- 19:24don't worry about this fella. But there
- 19:26is always the truth. No matter which
- 19:28corner you hide, the truth will prevail
- 19:31in your life.
- 19:33>> When you stand for the truth, you'll be
- 19:35known. When you stand for the truth, you
- 19:38will not be forgotten. When you stand
- 19:40for the truth, everybody will remember
- 19:42you no matter where you are hiding. Are
- 19:46you with me? Compromises are the one who
- 19:48are forgotten.
- 19:52>> Isn't that interesting? When you want to
- 19:54gossip, you know whose number to call.
- 19:56And when you want to know the truth, you
- 19:58have a someone's number there. Now, this
- 20:00person will always be fair to me. Huh?
- 20:03Interesting, huh?
- 20:06I hope you are under my truth list.
- 20:09[snorts]
- 20:11This one gossip channel. Sure.
- 20:14I got nothing else to do. You know, I'm
- 20:16eating peanuts. I just want to hear
- 20:18someone.
- 20:21But when I want to hear the truth, I
- 20:24have some numbers to call. So this is
- 20:26the number. He said there is yet one
- 20:29man. Listen carefully. Are you listening
- 20:30or not?
- 20:31>> It's critical you hear the way I'm
- 20:33saying it.
- 20:35This is yet one man by whom we may
- 20:37inquire of the Lord. Micaiah the son of
- 20:40Imla. BUT I HATE HIM. I like you, bro.
- 20:44[laughter]
- 20:47I hate him.
- 20:50He has the word of the Lord. There is
- 20:53this guy who will always say the truth.
- 20:55BUT I HATE HIM.
- 20:57Hey prophets, listen. You don't have to
- 20:59be loved.
- 21:01>> But you tell the truth.
- 21:02>> Amen.
- 21:07>> You operate in the realm of feelings and
- 21:08you think how come they are popular and
- 21:10not me. You are not there for public
- 21:12acceptance. You are there to tell the
- 21:14truth.
- 21:17>> Everybody wants to be forefront. No, not
- 21:20everybody's called to be forefront. But
- 21:22when it's your time to tell the truth,
- 21:23say the truth.
- 21:26>> Everybody will have a chance to be a
- 21:29testimony. I just want you to know
- 21:32the problem is in church when you are
- 21:35groomed up in church. You see one guy on
- 21:37the stage all the time. And so the goal
- 21:39becomes guy Lord I want to be that
- 21:42person that is on the stage. I want to
- 21:44stand on the stage. But you cannot be on
- 21:46the stage. You have not started on the
- 21:48streets.
- 21:50Hello
- 21:51Testimony starts from the street, not
- 21:53here.
- 21:56>> Sing it to the world. It starts that way
- 21:59before you can sing it to the people of
- 22:00God. Are you with me? Because you are
- 22:04tested and proven. Are you with me?
- 22:05Today we have a lot of people who are
- 22:08not tested in the walks of life. They
- 22:10have a degree. They come and tell us
- 22:12book knowledge that doesn't transform.
- 22:16We want knowledge. We want ideas how to
- 22:19get out. But sometimes God is not
- 22:21getting out how to stay in and be
- 22:24truthful
- 22:26>> because God's appointed time. He can't
- 22:28do anything about it.
- 22:32>> I this fellow tells the truth but I hat
- 22:35him who because why? For he never
- 22:39prophesies good concerning me but evil.
- 22:46I love this fellow bro. I I now at the
- 22:48moment I love the king more than the
- 22:50prophet Micaiah because at least he
- 22:52tells the truth for now.
- 22:55The first thing I want to handle
- 22:58for us is to pay attention to the word
- 23:00hatred.
- 23:02In the end times, hatred will become the
- 23:04game the enemy will use because the
- 23:07Bible says in Matthew chapter 24 verse
- 23:1010. Look at Matthew 24:10. And then many
- 23:14will fall away and betray one another
- 23:17and hate one another. You know how
- 23:21strong the word hate is? That will be
- 23:23used against you.
- 23:26Can you handle that? You got to work on
- 23:28your emotions.
- 23:31You got to work on your feeling button
- 23:36because if you want to be a love bird
- 23:37and everybody must like you, you're not
- 23:41a poster child. Jesus said, "If you
- 23:44follow me, people will hate you."
- 23:47And sometimes even our own families can
- 23:50stand against because you're following
- 23:52God.
- 23:54And I'm saying with a lot of respect,
- 23:56their love is correct, but they don't
- 24:00understand the destinies that God has
- 24:02for us.
- 24:06You know, many times when I
- 24:09pray for others and minister to others
- 24:12and they tell me about family troubles,
- 24:14their parents, and it just makes me I
- 24:17can't help but to tell you as a
- 24:19testimony,
- 24:21my mother
- 24:23gave me or taught me common sense
- 24:26[snorts]
- 24:27of life, but she never stood against the
- 24:32will of God for my life. She never
- 24:34stood. She did not. No, I mean she'd
- 24:37never stand against it. Anything God
- 24:41told me to do, she said go and do it.
- 24:45But she told me about common sense. I
- 24:47you must get married. You must have a
- 24:48house. You must learn to work hard. Uh
- 24:52when your ministry is not bigger now,
- 24:55work hard so that no one will look down
- 24:57on Jesus because of you. How come God is
- 25:00not providing? Go and work hard. When a
- 25:02ministry grows, it will pay for itself.
- 25:04Can you can you believe that? For me, it
- 25:08was heaven speaking to me wisdom. You
- 25:11see guys, listen. Tell your neighbor. Go
- 25:14pastor is going to tell you something.
- 25:16The next line is for you
- 25:21telling your neighbor is him,
- 25:24not me. I'm the preacher, the wise guy.
- 25:27I'm the wise guy. Right. [laughter]
- 25:33Many times you are looking for prophecy,
- 25:36you should be looking for wisdom.
- 25:40>> Don't look out for another prophecy how
- 25:42to get out. You need to have wisdom how
- 25:44to break out.
- 25:48>> Prophecy makes you have a good feeling.
- 25:50You still know must know what to do from
- 25:52Monday onwards.
- 25:55>> You still have to face the same music.
- 25:58That is why I asked uh Larry when he's
- 26:01in church the heartbeat is 50.
- 26:04What happens when he go home? He he said
- 26:06not to tell you it's better. [laughter]
- 26:11I don't want to. He said 120. [laughter]
- 26:16In other words, your heart is more alert
- 26:18when you go home. That's that's that's
- 26:19that's the word we want. [laughter]
- 26:25Just amazing. You
- 26:28speak the same way like Angeline, bro.
- 26:29Whenever she talks to me, her heartbeat
- 26:31goes.
- 26:34>> Wow. [laughter]
- 26:36Look at that, bro. Amen. He just said
- 26:39after 57 years, God is still searching
- 26:41his heart. And
- 26:42>> oh,
- 26:44[clears throat]
- 26:46>> okay. Let's not make it public.
- 26:48[laughter]
- 26:51Amen. [clears throat]
- 26:54I want you to pay attention to the word
- 26:56hatred today. Just a few moments. I want
- 26:59to tackle few words. These are clues
- 27:02that God is giving to us. Now, you know
- 27:04what? Micaiah has to learn how to serve
- 27:08in the midst of a king who hated him the
- 27:10most. Would you know how to do that?
- 27:14You want everybody to accept you and
- 27:15love you. No, I'm not coming. But do you
- 27:17know how to serve in the midst of
- 27:20hatred?
- 27:22God can place you right there because
- 27:24the hatred of men is nothing compared to
- 27:27the hatred of Jezebel or the hatred of
- 27:30Nebuchadnezzar or the hatred of the end
- 27:33times that will come against the people
- 27:35of God.
- 27:38>> And sometimes when people hate you, your
- 27:40faith shrinks instead of letting it
- 27:43grow.
- 27:46I don't like I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOUR
- 27:47PROPHECY.
- 27:49OKAY? doesn't mean God is not
- 27:53going to use me for the day. YOU HAVE
- 27:56NEVER PROPHESIED ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT ME,
- 27:59BRO. Because there's nothing good to
- 28:01say.
- 28:03>> You're full of evil. You're going to get
- 28:05evil stuff out, bro.
- 28:07>> Hello.
- 28:10>> If if you're going to wash your muddy
- 28:13shoes, you soak it in water, mud is
- 28:16going to come out. What is that? such a
- 28:19surprise for you.
- 28:22Some people talk to yourself, "Oh, I
- 28:24didn't know I'm so dirty." Okay,
- 28:29are you following?
- 28:30>> Now, you see, because he's a king, he
- 28:34thinks his comments are correct. People
- 28:38will abuse their position and their
- 28:41attitude in their ignor. I didn't know
- 28:44by saying but they are saying the false
- 28:47things.
- 28:49This year the king is saying you know
- 28:51what I hate him but you're a king. If
- 28:54you hate means then he must be right. No
- 28:55you're not.
- 28:57Because Jehoshaphat stood beside him and
- 28:59says is there another guy who can say
- 29:01something? Micaiah comes out and then
- 29:04this guy is saying but you know what he
- 29:06has never said anything about me good so
- 29:08I want to tackle the first one the word
- 29:10hatred guys listen hatred will justify
- 29:14your betrayal
- 29:16there are three things will happen
- 29:18before hatred manifests
- 29:22you cannot betray when you don't love if
- 29:25you are loving one another you cannot
- 29:26betray that person
- 29:29>> you cannot betray when you are in the
- 29:32love of God. Can you? You can't.
- 29:36When you're full of God's love, God's
- 29:38word will override your anger.
- 29:41>> Huh?
- 29:43>> When you're full of the word of God, the
- 29:45word of God will convict you and deal
- 29:48with that anger that is trying to grow.
- 29:52I remember one time there was problems
- 29:54in our one of the churches that I
- 29:56planted
- 29:57>> [snorts]
- 29:57>> uh in Malaysia and it was a serious
- 29:59problem that I had to call the elders
- 30:02for a meeting to um to put out one of
- 30:06these elders who are having a character
- 30:09strong issue that was dividing
- 30:12uh a big okay anyway creating a big
- 30:15problem. So I decided to take the strong
- 30:19stand. I
- 30:22had a meeting.
- 30:25While I had the meeting, I'm seeing a
- 30:27vision. And so now I'm conflicted. What
- 30:30was the vision? The Lord said, "Can you
- 30:33see him through my eyes?" No.
- 30:38Because if I see through your eyes, I
- 30:40will change my mind now. I know you are
- 30:42trying to do that. You're going to play
- 30:43trick on me again, you know.
- 30:49Okay,
- 30:51show me.
- 30:53And I'm seeing him like a crawling baby.
- 30:58I say, "What? Take away the lens." He's
- 31:01like a fool. Put the lens is a crawling
- 31:03baby. Take away the lens. He's talking
- 31:05like a fool. Put the lens back is a
- 31:07crawling baby. And the Lord told me,
- 31:10"Forgive him because he doesn't know
- 31:12what he's doing. He's so childishly
- 31:15doing wrong things.
- 31:18I said, "God, that is why I don't want
- 31:19to see your lens
- 31:22because you keep telling me to forgive.
- 31:25I'm a leader. I need to set certain
- 31:27example." He said, "Be my example."
- 31:31>> Hey,
- 31:36be my example.
- 31:40You and I will have plenty of
- 31:41opportunities to act like the devil to
- 31:43people. But God wants you to act like
- 31:46him.
- 31:49>> You just don't know. One forgiveness,
- 31:52one change of heart is going to save a
- 31:54destiny of another person's life. Just
- 31:57one of those moments. You just don't
- 31:59know when that is.
- 32:02Hatred.
- 32:03The enemy is going to manipulate the
- 32:05hatred. Now, you cannot have hatred if
- 32:07you love one another. You cannot have
- 32:09hatred if you'll have the love of God.
- 32:11In order to betray, listen carefully. In
- 32:14order to betray, there must be
- 32:17unjustified anger inside you. You know
- 32:21what is unjustified? That means you did
- 32:23not even ask whether you are you can be
- 32:26angry. You didn't ask with another
- 32:28person whether my anger is justified or
- 32:30not. As long as you don't ask anybody,
- 32:33this is an unjustified anger. keep
- 32:36growing it so that you can betray.
- 32:39When people want to betray you, they are
- 32:41looking for opportunities.
- 32:44They'll wait for all the slightest
- 32:46moment and that unjustified moment will
- 32:49create points for betrayal. You know why
- 32:51I'm saying all this? Because God is
- 32:53watching from heaven. You can say
- 32:55anything you want before men. You can
- 32:58have all your crocodile tears. You can
- 33:00justify by your emotions and make it
- 33:03look like, "Oh, but I'm losing my mind."
- 33:05You're not losing anything because God
- 33:07is watching. Are you with me? Are you
- 33:11listening,
- 33:12>> bro? This is hard knock. Are you able to
- 33:14take heart knock?
- 33:17>> Because Matthew 5:22, go back to Matthew
- 33:205:22. I will show you the scripture, not
- 33:24my opinion. Look at the scripture.
- 33:26Matthew 5:22.
- 33:28But I say to you that everyone who's
- 33:30angry with his brother will be what?
- 33:34Come on, say it to yourself and it's
- 33:36your turn.
- 33:37>> Anyone who's angry with your brother
- 33:39will be what?
- 33:41>> Whoever insults his brother will be
- 33:43what?
- 33:45>> Whoever says you fool will be liable to
- 33:48what?
- 33:50>> Hey, come on. Come on. Why is the
- 33:51hellfire going down and down and down?
- 33:54Now, do you believe
- 33:57Jesus told the truth?
- 34:02>> Or was he joking? Come on, let's let's
- 34:04take a vote.
- 34:07>> That means you can be if you are angry,
- 34:11unjustified for no reason, you drag them
- 34:14everywhere,
- 34:16you'll be loyal to hellfire. Do you
- 34:18believe this?
- 34:20>> Look at what hatred will do. Hatred will
- 34:24not drag me. It will drag the one who
- 34:27started.
- 34:31I want you to know what it does. And
- 34:33that's exactly what the enemy will do to
- 34:35trick you into the play.
- 34:39He wants your soul.
- 34:41He will make you create a mirror image.
- 34:46My brothers and sisters, if you are
- 34:48struggling with unforgiveness,
- 34:51if you have been a neglected child, you
- 34:53have been a child that no one paid
- 34:55attention to. So you cook up emotions so
- 34:58that everybody will pay attention to
- 34:59your emotions.
- 35:01It's very easy to create an emotion at
- 35:04home because that's the only way they
- 35:05will pay attention to me. Pay attention
- 35:08to this scripture that is a God who's
- 35:10watching from above.
- 35:13How many times there are cases that we
- 35:15have read in the newspaper that people
- 35:17who have been judged
- 35:20wrongly thrown into prison after 30
- 35:22years found out he was innocent and
- 35:24someone pays for it. All because there
- 35:27was hatred and vengeance.
- 35:31My brothers and sisters, yeah, the the
- 35:34it was vindicated on earth, but heaven
- 35:36is still holding your records.
- 35:40Are you with me? I want to show you that
- 35:43scripture. Go back Matthew 24 and verse
- 35:4610. You will see what I'm teaching now.
- 35:50The Lord wouldn't have told me three
- 35:52times a name if that is not important
- 35:55for us. Now Matthew 24:10 and then many
- 35:59will fall away and number two they will
- 36:01do what?
- 36:03>> And number three what?
- 36:05>> That means before a hate threat could
- 36:08come in there will be a betrayal. That's
- 36:11number two. Before betrayal will come in
- 36:14many will first fall away. In other
- 36:16words unless you fall away you cannot
- 36:19betray anyone.
- 36:22Are you following? The first thing what
- 36:24would have happened? They would have
- 36:26fallen away from the word of God.
- 36:29You would have fallen away from the
- 36:31spirit of God that is convicting you.
- 36:34You have fallen away the major rule of
- 36:37the scriptures or the life of Christ.
- 36:39Love one another. You have fallen away
- 36:42from that. Why marriages break? Because
- 36:45they have broken the rule of love.
- 36:47That's all. You can give any other word
- 36:49that you would like to when the rule of
- 36:52love is broken. Whichever way the
- 36:54application is,
- 36:57when love is broken, everything falls
- 36:59apart.
- 37:05When there is a falling away, the second
- 37:07thing takes place,
- 37:10betrayal.
- 37:12You'll be betrayed by people. Listen,
- 37:14when the moment you say betrayal,
- 37:17only a friend can betray you, not a
- 37:20stranger. You know that, right?
- 37:24Only a person who knows you in and out
- 37:27can betray you. That is called betrayal.
- 37:29You cannot claim innocence. That's
- 37:32called betrayal.
- 37:34And the enemy will infiltrate
- 37:39into relationships in the end times.
- 37:44Why do we say my wife or my husband
- 37:46betrayed me?
- 37:48Why do we say my children betray? Why do
- 37:50we say church friends betrayed me?
- 37:53Because the word betrayal means I know
- 37:55them that close.
- 37:57They didn't walk away. They didn't
- 38:00decide not to talk to you.
- 38:04In my primary school days in the
- 38:0870s, it was a fun thing to play. If you
- 38:12are my friend, touch my thumb. If you
- 38:13are my enemy or you don't like me, touch
- 38:15my pinky finger. And then they will have
- 38:17to choose. You are my friend or my this.
- 38:19So they will say either this or that.
- 38:21Okay, we are no longer friends. So easy
- 38:25because there's no betrayals. Just touch
- 38:27this or touch that. Nowadays they don't
- 38:30like you. They want to betray you.
- 38:34Think about what Jesus is saying is
- 38:35going to happen. The prophet Micaiah
- 38:39is supposed to learn how to be a a
- 38:41prophet in the midst of hatred.
- 38:45And he must still speak the truth of
- 38:48God's word. You cannot betray a stranger
- 38:51only those whom you know. Now in order
- 38:53for betrayal to grow or to sustain
- 38:56betrayal or justify it they have to hate
- 38:59you enough so that that hatred will keep
- 39:03the betrayal inside because if I allow
- 39:06the Holy Spirit to come I'll start
- 39:08forgiving you again. If I allow the Holy
- 39:11Spirit to come I'll change my mind. If I
- 39:13allow the Holy Spirit to come, I will be
- 39:16wrong and I have to confess it. I'm
- 39:18wrong. I cannot say that. So, in order
- 39:21for ME TO HOLD IT, I must hate you. Are
- 39:25you following?
- 39:28Don't fall into that gap today in the
- 39:30name of Jesus.
- 39:33Don't hate your spouse. If you don't
- 39:35like, you don't like. If it's divorce,
- 39:36it's divorce. The moment you hit, you're
- 39:38allowing the enemy to park inside your
- 39:42life.
- 39:45And it'll be so surprising.
- 39:49You can you can test what I say. You
- 39:51know, it could be your grandma or
- 39:53someone who said something to you and
- 39:54insulted you in your family gathering
- 39:56and you're so angry with your grandma or
- 39:58your aunt or whoever it was and and you
- 40:01now you grew up 25 years has passed and
- 40:03then the Holy Spirit is convicting you
- 40:05because you didn't like her. You didn't
- 40:06want to talk to them and one day the
- 40:08Holy Spirit touched you and say go and
- 40:10ask for forgiveness and you went there
- 40:11and asked they couldn't even remember
- 40:13what they said and you were like a fool
- 40:15remembering what they said for 25 years.
- 40:18Hello I didn't know that. Oh really? Oh
- 40:21you stupid child. You should have told
- 40:22me what you know I had to go for
- 40:25counseling because of you. What do you
- 40:27mean I'm a stupid child?
- 40:33I want you to know, listen, when you
- 40:35hold on to callous words, that is acting
- 40:39stupid.
- 40:41When you hold on to worthless words,
- 40:45that's acting stupid. I know we don't
- 40:47like the word stupid from the pullpit.
- 40:49It is pastor, how can it be so strong?
- 40:51Sometimes stronger surgery deals with
- 40:54stronger problems.
- 40:57>> Why? Why do we have to use nicer words
- 40:59when there are stronger problems the
- 41:01enemy is building up?
- 41:02>> Hello.
- 41:04>> Can someone say preach the truth?
- 41:09>> You want to be ready, be ready. You want
- 41:11to be a man, then be a man and talk like
- 41:12a man. If if you want to hear the truth
- 41:15and this is the way, bro, then let's be
- 41:17the way.
- 41:20>> The truth from the pullpit must be
- 41:22heard,
- 41:23>> not another compromise.
- 41:26Because the truth will set us free. You
- 41:28see,
- 41:33>> in order for me to sustain, look at
- 41:36first John chapter 3:3-15.
- 41:39Paul uh John was taken up by God in the
- 41:44end time saw the antichrist. Saw this
- 41:46and saw that. Before that, God prepared
- 41:50his heart to teach us. So look at first
- 41:52John chapter 3:E 13. Let me Okay. three,
- 41:56chapter 3 and uh verse 1313.
- 42:02It says, "Do not be surprised, brothers,
- 42:06that the world what?"
- 42:08>> Yeah, it it's a strong word now hates
- 42:11you. We know that we have passed out of
- 42:14death into life. Verse 14, because we
- 42:17love the brothers.
- 42:20Hey, it's not talking about loving God
- 42:22now. It's just talking about love the
- 42:24brothers. Whoever does not love Oh,
- 42:26sorry. I don't want to say it. Can you
- 42:28please say it?
- 42:32>> Do you see what it says? And how God
- 42:34judges us. If you don't love your
- 42:36brother, he's not telling all Tom, Dick,
- 42:39and Gary who's walking down the street.
- 42:40No, he's talking about your brother,
- 42:43your sister.
- 42:46It's so easy to say, I love everybody.
- 42:48Are you sure? You're supposed to love
- 42:49the one beside you.
- 42:53God holds that into judgment.
- 42:57He said if if if you don't you abide in
- 43:00death and if you abide in death you're
- 43:01not serving God. Is that clear or not?
- 43:07>> Paul this John has to distinguish
- 43:10because many during his time in the name
- 43:13of God were doing bad things because
- 43:16John said the antichrist is already
- 43:19amongst us.
- 43:21Then John created another challenge for
- 43:23us. He said there are many who started
- 43:26with us. They left us but they are not
- 43:29of us anymore. They started to do the
- 43:32bad thing. They are no longer in the
- 43:34fellowship with God. How did he measure
- 43:38them? By the rule of God's love.
- 43:42I'm not talking about who left us. I'm
- 43:44talking about who is staying here.
- 43:46Remember to walk in love. Don't justify
- 43:49anger. Don't justify hatred. Don't
- 43:52justify betrayal. Come before the cross
- 43:55and repent
- 43:58because you can hit your husband. You
- 44:00can hit your wife. You can hit your
- 44:03children.
- 44:07You can hit the very person who love you
- 44:09and care for you. And and and now he
- 44:12goes on to say [clears throat]
- 44:14in verse 15, how many of you are
- 44:15learning something this morning? Yeah.
- 44:18Look at in verse 15. Everyone who hates
- 44:21his brother is a what?
- 44:24>> And you know that no murderer has
- 44:25eternal life abiding in him. Bro, that's
- 44:27a strong statement, man.
- 44:33If you've got hatred,
- 44:36the eternal life you just passed out.
- 44:39You see how strong the word hatred can
- 44:43be traced back.
- 44:45And God wants you to make the stand like
- 44:47Micaiah.
- 44:49I'm not looking for favors from the
- 44:51king.
- 44:53I'm not going to say yes in case he
- 44:55kills me. Because Micaiah said, I'm
- 44:58going to only say what the Lord is going
- 45:00to tell me to tell you.
- 45:04Is he going to agree with the other
- 45:06false prophet? No, I'm not a false
- 45:07prophet. I don't have to agree with
- 45:08them. Hello. Hello. Are you agreeing?
- 45:13I'm not a false prophet to agree with
- 45:14them. I will hear from the Lord and say
- 45:17what the Lord wants me to say. So this
- 45:20is the challenge that you and I will
- 45:21have in one of these end times. Learn to
- 45:24grow in the midst of hatred.
- 45:29Cultivate your garden.
- 45:33I remember when we first came and uh
- 45:36from America uh Singapore and uh a part
- 45:40of our garden the the the the
- 45:43uh the grass was not looking green.
- 45:47It was different color like limestone.
- 45:51And I prayed God please help me. I don't
- 45:54know what to do. The angel Mr. Larry
- 45:56came by.
- 45:59He doesn't require prayer. Just he
- 46:01bought some what? What is that? You
- 46:03bought something and he put some kind of
- 46:06soil.
- 46:07You said
- 46:09>> Yeah. He said there is a issue. You just
- 46:11buy this and he throw it there will
- 46:12become green. And that's what happened.
- 46:16Every time there is a challenge if you
- 46:18are guarding got to deal with it, isn't
- 46:20it?
- 46:22And so God is teaching us how to
- 46:24cultivate
- 46:26and serve God in the midst of
- 46:28hatredness.
- 46:30how to preach the truth in the midst of
- 46:32hatredness.
- 46:34But if you are a lonely bird and and you
- 46:36don't want to be lonely because you
- 46:38prefer to be in a group, you're afraid
- 46:41to be left out and you rather join the
- 46:44falsehood. Your name is written in this.
- 46:48There's no eternal life abiding in him.
- 46:52I wanted to check take the truth test.
- 46:56I've lost promotions in work because I
- 46:59stood truthfully for others. I've lost
- 47:03jobs because I stood for my team who was
- 47:06working instead of falsely accusing them
- 47:09and kicking them out of jobs.
- 47:12I've been through that track. I have
- 47:14been falsely even put into the the
- 47:17military time because I stand and told
- 47:20my officer, "No, that's wrong, sir. He
- 47:22didn't do all these things because they
- 47:23trying to falsely charge him and I was
- 47:26put into sign extras because I stood
- 47:28instead of supporting the officer. No,
- 47:31I'm not going to support you, bro. You
- 47:32want to charge me? That's fine.
- 47:36Truth will cost you. Truth will make you
- 47:39stand alone. Jesus stood for you, bro,
- 47:41when everybody left you.
- 47:46When the knife came to stab me when I
- 47:48was 15. When everybody left me. The only
- 47:51one who stood and said,
- 47:53"I'm going to give you another chance."
- 47:55Was Jesus.
- 47:57The God that I pushed back is the one
- 47:58who stood.
- 48:01And I remember that day, bro. It's as
- 48:03though as though it happened yesterday.
- 48:05I could remember. I can replay.
- 48:08My mind doesn't get corrupted because of
- 48:10that testimony. The Lord who never gave
- 48:13up. So the Lord is asking us to stand
- 48:17true. Lesson number two. I've got three
- 48:19lessons to give. Three, four or five.
- 48:22Maybe I just give you number one. Number
- 48:23two. Are you learning?
- 48:24>> Yes.
- 48:25>> Important is you are learning. Chapter
- 48:2622. First Kings 22. Look at verse 8.
- 48:35And the king of Israel said to
- 48:37Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by
- 48:39whom we may inquire of the Lord,
- 48:41Micaiah, the son of Imla, but I hate
- 48:44him. But he never prophesies good
- 48:46concerning me, but evil.
- 48:50Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say
- 48:52so."
- 48:54Lesson number two,
- 48:56you need to stand against wrongly
- 49:00interpreting prophecy.
- 49:04He didn't say anything good to me but
- 49:06evil. Who's saying that? A person who's
- 49:09disconnected with God. Hey, listen.
- 49:13Most of the time for the sake of
- 49:14friendship we pay more attention and
- 49:17give more value to our friends who are
- 49:19not connected with God. And the ones who
- 49:22are connected with God you don't want to
- 49:24be their friend.
- 49:26You know what will happen when God
- 49:27touches you? You will change your
- 49:29association. That's the first thing that
- 49:31will take place. By looking at your
- 49:33association, we can measure the value of
- 49:37love or faith in your life. You cannot
- 49:39have 99 ungodly friends
- 49:43and then wonder why your faith is weak
- 49:47and you are so much into these
- 49:49ungodliness. When you come to church,
- 49:52you have no friends because you can't
- 49:53find a godly friend to match with.
- 49:57They don't talk about girls. They don't
- 49:59talk about f language. They don't talk
- 50:00about worthly things. They don't talk
- 50:03about worthless things. They talk about
- 50:05worth things. They talk about God. They
- 50:08talk about love. They talk about peace.
- 50:10They talk about forgiving. They working
- 50:12talking about working hard and doing
- 50:14well in life. And it can't go through
- 50:16your system
- 50:18because in the other group they talk
- 50:20about taking advantage lying through the
- 50:22system. How to say the wrong thing and
- 50:24make someone else responsible because
- 50:26those are the ungodliness that is
- 50:28entering. You don't mind.
- 50:31That is why the Bible says, listen guys,
- 50:34the Bible says in Psalms chapter one
- 50:37that you shall not sit with the ungodly.
- 50:42You shall not even stand with them
- 50:47and you shall not walk in their counsel.
- 50:51And instead of that, if you shall
- 50:54meditate the word of God day and night,
- 50:58you shall be like a tree planted by the
- 51:00rivers of the living water. When
- 51:03everybody else is withering away, you
- 51:06will grow. When everybody else their
- 51:09fruit is dying by the month, you will be
- 51:11fruitful. [snorts] The Bible says, "Your
- 51:14leaves shall be green." And listen,
- 51:17whatever you shall do with your hands,
- 51:19you will prosper. Amen.
- 51:22>> It's not a free deal. It's only for
- 51:25those who will be planted by the rivers
- 51:27of living water. It's a choice that you
- 51:30and I must make. When I saw that coming
- 51:34out from this background, when I saw
- 51:36that the only way that God will bless my
- 51:40hands that fought, the only way God will
- 51:43bless these hands that was fighting
- 51:46against others for wrong reason
- 51:49is when I will abide by his word.
- 51:53I got to deal with being in a group all
- 51:56the time to being alone. It was hard
- 51:59because from the morning you wake up to
- 52:01the night before you drop dead to sleep,
- 52:04you're always hanging around in the
- 52:06group of ungodliness. There's beers and
- 52:09there's drinking. There's vulgarities
- 52:11and the worldliness. There is fight.
- 52:13You're just waiting around for another
- 52:15fight.
- 52:17If you don't have nothing to do, pick a
- 52:18fight.
- 52:22From all of that, I had to learn how to
- 52:24draw myself and speak to a God whom I
- 52:27can see. I can't I could learn how to
- 52:30read. I don't like to read, bro. But
- 52:32Jesus said, "If you shall meditate the
- 52:34word, it took a lot of time to break out
- 52:38from this past so that God will bless
- 52:41the work of these hands. I don't need
- 52:43somebody's help when I can be a help to
- 52:46others."
- 52:48>> Why is that? You always need help from
- 52:50someone when you are able and you can
- 52:52work.
- 52:55I see a lot of people stop by the gas
- 52:57station. Can you give me $5? Why you
- 52:59want to work for me? I'll give you 20
- 53:02for one hour. You're willing cut down
- 53:05some trees I've got. I'll give you $20
- 53:07an hour. Why not? Why do you ask for
- 53:09free things when he can work?
- 53:14The people in wheelchairs are working
- 53:17and you are such a ablebodied man. You
- 53:20don't want to work.
- 53:22You just want to tell your sorry stories
- 53:24to everybody.
- 53:26Hello.
- 53:27Am I speaking to someone here?
- 53:30>> I'm not speaking to you personally, man.
- 53:31I'm attacking that spirit that is
- 53:34binding us.
- 53:36>> Why you settling in for five when he can
- 53:38make more?
- 53:40Live a life of blessedness, not life out
- 53:43of someone's charity.
- 53:47>> Are you with me? God wants to turn you
- 53:49into a blessing. He wants to turn you
- 53:51into a tree that gives blessing to
- 53:54others.
- 53:59>> It's nice to hear, you know, someone
- 54:01gave me. It will be much more nicer you
- 54:04hear when there are 20 people said that
- 54:06guy blessed me and that guy is actually
- 54:10you.
- 54:12You cannot bless someone if you don't
- 54:13have.
- 54:15And that's what God wants to do, bro. He
- 54:17He wants to remove this hatred. He wants
- 54:20to remove these things out of you that
- 54:22you will be a bless. And the second
- 54:23thing to remember is when people wrongly
- 54:26interpret prophecy and we think they are
- 54:28right.
- 54:33The king makes a comment but it's not
- 54:36true. Will you believe? Oh, but he's the
- 54:38truth. How can he be wrong? No, he can
- 54:40be wrong because he's not walking with
- 54:43God. When people make comments on the
- 54:45word of God and prophecy and they don't
- 54:48exhibit love or scripture, are you
- 54:51listening? Why are you taking it as a
- 54:53value?
- 54:57If you can't even drive and you don't
- 54:59have a license, why are you telling me
- 55:01how I should drive?
- 55:04>> The problem with us is we listen to all
- 55:05the non-qualified people.
- 55:10The non-qualified people are teaching me
- 55:12how to preach. Hello. Hey, listen. I'm
- 55:15qualified. You're not qualified. What
- 55:17are you telling me?
- 55:20The problem is we are listening to
- 55:22everybody.
- 55:24In fact, do you know the patient is more
- 55:27informed of a procedure than the
- 55:29doctors?
- 55:30Before you go, you already checked the
- 55:32Google, you saw the videos, they got a
- 55:34robotics. Doctor, are you going to wear
- 55:35your mask? Are you are you know all the
- 55:38medication by heart and if you are a
- 55:40medical student, the doctor really don't
- 55:42have to do anything. What's next?
- 55:45[snorts] Okay. Yeah, you're right.
- 55:47You really know pre what you don't know
- 55:49is the pain that is going to cause you.
- 55:52You still have to go through that fear.
- 55:54You still have to take off your clothes
- 55:55and put on the surgical clothes. Look at
- 55:57the giant light. Your heart is pumping
- 56:00because knowledge is going to help you.
- 56:01It's not.
- 56:03You still have to go through the road to
- 56:06recovery. Hello. Yes,
- 56:08>> I can prepare you. But you still have to
- 56:11go through those anxious moment.
- 56:15>> When it's your turn, go through it and
- 56:18come out in the name of Jesus. Somebody
- 56:20say
- 56:21>> don't give in.
- 56:24Don't wrongly interpret prophecy when in
- 56:27these end times all those are going to
- 56:30happen. And that's what the Lord was
- 56:32showing me. It is going to happen. You
- 56:34need to stand strong for God.
- 56:37Mica
- 56:39or Micaiah prophesied. Listen guys, one
- 56:43vers 400.
- 56:46One guy said, "You're going to lost this
- 56:48battle. You will not come back alive if
- 56:51you go." The 400 says, "God will give
- 56:55you the victory. Go and come back." The
- 57:00king has to make a choice.
- 57:02What did the king do?
- 57:06throw him into prison. Of course, he got
- 57:07angry. Already has an opinion.
- 57:12Are you ready for what the Lord told me?
- 57:14Now,
- 57:16>> he said false prophets are going to
- 57:17multiply
- 57:20everywhere.
- 57:23Sadly, today in YouTube, we are calling
- 57:25influencers as prophets.
- 57:28You know, look at the views, you know,
- 57:30they are saying about the Bible. Anybody
- 57:32can read the Bible and give an opinion.
- 57:35But if they don't carry a license, then
- 57:37they are not sent by God.
- 57:42You're just listening to popular
- 57:44teachings
- 57:46because we are
- 57:48built the system on popularity.
- 57:53There could be down there somewhere
- 57:57in a small town a preacher who's still
- 57:59preaching the truth.
- 58:01Nobody knows him. Heaven has registered
- 58:04his name. Are you with me? Who would you
- 58:07want to be? The Lord said false prophets
- 58:10are going to multiply. They will
- 58:13infiltrate the church. They will be
- 58:15confrontative. They will cause chaos and
- 58:18divide. Make a stand.
- 58:23There is no credibility or
- 58:24accountability. They can go beyond
- 58:26correction and self-righteousness. Make
- 58:28a stand.
- 58:30God is training us like the prophet
- 58:33Micaiah. Even though you could be the
- 58:35last one, remain standing
- 58:38for the truth that I've given to you.
- 58:44There are three two things I've already
- 58:46said. Number one, dealing with hatred.
- 58:49Number two,
- 58:51dealing with wrong prophecies. Just
- 58:54because some, oh no, no, I don't think
- 58:56so. Who is this? I don't think so. Why
- 58:58is that your opinion matters? Now,
- 59:00hello.
- 59:05The third thing I want to finish by
- 59:07saying this passage is not an easy
- 59:09passage.
- 59:11These are what we call the intrigues of
- 59:13demonic spirits how they work. And God
- 59:16is teaching us and training us. Somebody
- 59:18say
- 59:21>> this is not your beyond John 3:16, bro.
- 59:24We are teaching and training to mature
- 59:27our hearts not to please our soul.
- 59:31The third thing in verse 22 look at
- 59:33first kings 22 verse 22.
- 59:38Now verse 19 just for the sake of verse
- 59:4119.
- 59:42And Micaiah said therefore hear the word
- 59:45of the Lord.
- 59:47I saw the Lord sitting on his throne
- 59:50and all the host of heaven standing
- 59:52beside him on his right hand and on his
- 59:55left. And the Lord said, "Who will
- 59:57entice Ahab that he may go and fall at
- 1:00:01Ramos Gilead?"
- 1:00:05And one said one thing and another said
- 1:00:07another. Then a spirit came forward,
- 1:00:11stood before the Lord, saying, I will
- 1:00:13entice him.
- 1:00:17Verse 22. And the Lord said to him,
- 1:00:20which is to the spirit by what means?
- 1:00:23And he said, I will go out and become or
- 1:00:25will be the lying spirit in the mouth of
- 1:00:28all his prophets. Are you now listening?
- 1:00:31Now, do you know how the 400 people
- 1:00:33spoke?
- 1:00:34>> God revealed to us.
- 1:00:36It was a lying spirit that was operating
- 1:00:39through them.
- 1:00:41That spirit will go and deceive this
- 1:00:43prophet, this king.
- 1:00:45How did he know? How did Micaiah know?
- 1:00:49When he saw the Lord sitting on the
- 1:00:50throne, when he had an encounter with
- 1:00:53God, when he prayed about this matter,
- 1:00:56the Lord opened his eyes and saw how the
- 1:00:59400 prophets were operating. You are
- 1:01:01operating by the spirit of God. Fear not
- 1:01:05my brother and sister.
- 1:01:08You need to follow the man and the woman
- 1:01:09of God. Being in a company of people who
- 1:01:11follow Jesus.
- 1:01:14Are we sinless? No, we are not. Are we
- 1:01:16perfect? No, we are not. But we are
- 1:01:18willing to stand for the truth and keep
- 1:01:19going forward.
- 1:01:21The lying spirit that will come.
- 1:01:25And so the last one I want to tackle is
- 1:01:28about this lying spirit.
- 1:01:31Why must the lying spirit come? Because
- 1:01:33it will tackle the truth that you have.
- 1:01:37A lying spirit has no powers.
- 1:01:40God allows to expose liars, betrayals,
- 1:01:44and false brethren. That's what lying
- 1:01:46spirit will do.
- 1:01:49All lying spirit will be exposed.
- 1:01:53A lie will never be kept in secret
- 1:01:56because the Bible says Jesus promised
- 1:01:58everything that is done in the dark will
- 1:02:00be exposed. Do you believe that?
- 1:02:05>> You know what Ahab did?
- 1:02:10>> Listen, how many of you are still
- 1:02:11listening?
- 1:02:12>> Yeah.
- 1:02:14>> 400 prophets that he liked,
- 1:02:17they said you will be alive.
- 1:02:21One prophet Micaiah, he hates him.
- 1:02:25But somehow he knew he's speaking by the
- 1:02:28spirit of God. How do I know that?
- 1:02:32When he went for the battle, he
- 1:02:34disguised himself. Bro, if you are a
- 1:02:37king, you are believing what the 400
- 1:02:38fells do. Why are you disguising?
- 1:02:41>> You will win the game.
- 1:02:44>> He disguised himself.
- 1:02:46Jehoshaphat went to fight.
- 1:02:50They found out this is not the king of
- 1:02:52Israel. He's not Ahab. He's Jehoshaphat.
- 1:02:55They let him go and the pursued king of
- 1:02:58Ahab when Heab was actually turning back
- 1:03:00and running away. They speared him to
- 1:03:02death and he died in the battle.
- 1:03:06Everyone who disguises themselves will
- 1:03:08be found out and God will deal with
- 1:03:10them. Yes.
- 1:03:16>> Do you know after this story there is
- 1:03:18nothing said about prophet Micaiah at
- 1:03:20all. Why? He just became another
- 1:03:24ordinary Joe serving God without
- 1:03:26recognition.
- 1:03:29All of us will have seasons in your
- 1:03:31life.
- 1:03:32seasons when God's light will shine on
- 1:03:34you where you can speak the word and on
- 1:03:37when the season is over you're actually
- 1:03:39raising other people up you'll be back
- 1:03:41in the background does it bother you oh
- 1:03:44you know what I used to stand in front
- 1:03:46of all the lights listen guys this is
- 1:03:48not expensive order Amazon fix it in
- 1:03:50your house and just let the lights be on
- 1:03:53you bro what's your problem man why you
- 1:03:57dying for lights this is nothing you
- 1:03:58know how difficult it is to stand a
- 1:04:01pastor get to preach. You come there and
- 1:04:03stand 10 minutes you won't know what to
- 1:04:05say.
- 1:04:07It's not oretary skills. IS THE HAND OF
- 1:04:10GOD THAT MUST be on you.
- 1:04:14>> It is not memorizing.
- 1:04:16>> I don't memorize anything. I can hardly
- 1:04:20even memorize one verse. I don't.
- 1:04:23>> I read. I open up.
- 1:04:27But when the spirit of God comes on you,
- 1:04:32When the spirit of God comes on you, how
- 1:04:35do we want to find out in the end time
- 1:04:38where the lying spirit is opening? Pray.
- 1:04:41The spirit of God will reveal.
- 1:04:44Stand for the truth. And when you know
- 1:04:46the truth, stand with your brethren
- 1:04:49because falsehood will always stand
- 1:04:51together. Truth is always divided. Isn't
- 1:04:55that the stupid thing to do? Absolutely.
- 1:04:58When the church is divided, false
- 1:05:00spirits will operate. When the church is
- 1:05:03together, all the demonic spirits will
- 1:05:05stand out. We tried, we tried to lie,
- 1:05:08but we just can't penetrate because the
- 1:05:11truth is greater than the lie.
- 1:05:14>> And that's what Jesus said. He that is
- 1:05:16in you is greater than he that is in
- 1:05:20this world.
- 1:05:21>> How many years of my life I got to
- 1:05:23speak, Lord, the truth that is in me is
- 1:05:25greater. The holiness that is in me is
- 1:05:28greater than the lust that is out there
- 1:05:30in the world. The power of God that is
- 1:05:32in me is greater than the falsehood that
- 1:05:35is there in the world. God, I can't see
- 1:05:38you. I can see the demons, but you in me
- 1:05:40is greater than he that is in this
- 1:05:43world. The righteousness of God in me is
- 1:05:46greater than the unrighteousness that is
- 1:05:48challenging me. I'm still a work in
- 1:05:51progress, but you are complete in me
- 1:05:54while I'm incomplete without you. Are
- 1:05:56you with me, bro? You are like a mad guy
- 1:05:58speaking to yourself and building up
- 1:06:00your inner man, being alone and flexing
- 1:06:03your muscle until you are ready for the
- 1:06:06show that take place.
- 1:06:07>> It takes time to grow. It takes time to
- 1:06:11love one another.
- 1:06:13It takes time to stand for the truth
- 1:06:17God is exposing. It can be alone. You
- 1:06:20can be the only one, but he got to make
- 1:06:23a stand.
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