[DEAD RELIGION] Church Blindness Because Of Tradition

[00:00:00]Imagine spending your entire life studying scripture only to have your understanding shaped by the popular understanding and traditions around you.

[00:00:12]Think about this. There are people that have PhDs in esquetology.

[00:00:18]Imagine reading the Old Testament every single day while simultaneously plotting against the very God Moses and Abraham were writing about.

[00:00:27]See, in the first century, there was religious elites that knew every word written, much like right now in this last generation, and [music] neither are able to recognize the truth. Think about this, guys. There are millions of people today who know verses. They can quote the Bible. They know the church doctrine.

[00:00:51]They understand all the religious ordinances. They speak and know the religious language. Yet many still cannot discern what God [music] is actually doing because spiritual sight does not come through intellect and education.

[00:01:06][music] See the Pharisees and the Sadducees in the first generation proved this completely.

[00:01:13]They had the entire biblical scrolls memorized.

[00:01:16]everything that was said on paper, but both completely missed the very person all the scrolls were pointing to.

[00:01:29]See, a person can possess scripture without possessing the ability to perceive it.

[00:01:39]They prove that someone can become an expert in the written word of God while remaining completely disconnected from what God is actually saying.

[00:01:48]That is why Jesus constantly rebuked the religious systems of that day. They could discern the weather but had no clue to what God was saying.

[00:01:58]They had literally turned the living truth into a dead religion and it's happening all over again.

[00:02:10]You know as we speak it's happening again the faith is divided between people who can merely know the words they know about Jesus and then another side who truly hear the shepherd's voice. One group clings to traditions, systems, human understanding, what they were taught by their professor, their scholars, their seminary.

[00:02:38]And then the other the other group is the less popular one that is revealing revelations from God.

[00:02:46]They're being led by the spirit themselves into a deeper truth and a much deeper separation from the world.

[00:02:54]And just like in the days of Christ, many of the loudest religious voices still cannot recognize what God is revealing because they are just reading the words.

[00:03:06]They have not surrendered to the spirit of God that would open their eyes.

[00:03:13]There is a big difference between knowing about Jesus and having an intimate relationship with him.

[00:03:22]Proximity is not the same as intimacy. I say this all the time because many on that day are going to say, 'Lord, Lord, and he'll say, 'I never knew you. The church teaches proximity is good. Hey, just show up on Sundays. We'll sing, clap, and discuss my interpretation of the word, and you're good.

[00:03:42]You know, I get that that most churches, there are some good churches out there, but I have yet to experience those.

[00:03:52]See, most people think deception means hiding the truth completely.

[00:03:59]But what I believe in the last days, it's deeper than that. The truth is not hidden in some secret vault. The truth is literally in front of you and you, every one of us has it. It's in plain sight. While millions remain completely unable to see it.

[00:04:17]Completely unable to see it. The Bible reveals something that the modern faith will not talk about. Why? Because it is God himself who determines who receives the sight and ability to hear.

[00:04:33]It is God who determines who will be blind and deaf. It is not because it's unfair. God stands outside of time. The book of life was written before time was time. Salvation is a free gift offered to everyone. He knows what every single person will do with that gift.

[00:04:56]Jesus openly thank thanked the father for hiding the truth while many were just not able to hear it and only the chosen could see. That means right now when you have groups that are debating, it has nothing to do with intelligence or education or scholarship or even access to the information.

[00:05:23]This quote quote final battle is over spiritual sight, spiritual ears because two groups of people can read the exact same words, hear the exact same warning, witness the exact same signs and walk away completely with opposite conclusions.

[00:05:45]We see it today. I'll get into that in a minute with all the um different narratives.

[00:05:53]One sees the hand of God while others mock.

[00:05:59]The separation has already begun and the world is completely unaware of it for the most part. See, the thing that's very interesting, and this is what gets me the most, is most of the blind believe they can see clearly. They're teachers. A lot of them.

[00:06:17]See, a good examples again is the Pharisees. They had all the scrolls, the priesthood, the temple, the traditions, all the authority, and the religious system itself. Yet they stood face to face with the son of God and called him a deceiver possessed by Satan.

[00:06:37]They searched the scriptures daily while simultaneously plotting to nail the Messiah to the cross. The very scriptures they were searching through were talking about the one they were going to murder.

[00:06:51]Spiritual sight is granted by God and God alone. Jesus repeatedly said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

[00:07:01]See that statement alone reveals the truth. Not everyone is given ears to hear. Not everyone is appointed to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God.

[00:07:16]See, most believers completely miss this.

[00:07:20]When Christ said, the disciples asked him why he spoke in parables.

[00:07:27]The modern churches for the most part teach parables or a simple illustration meant to make truth easier for everyone to understand. But Jesus said the exact opposite. He literally said he spoke in parables so that seeing they would not perceive and hearing they would not understand. Christ openly acknowledged that revelation itself was a part of the separation process between the chosen and the blind.

[00:07:57]See, the mysteries of the kingdom of God are concealed from the proud and provided to the humble chosen.

[00:08:08]And that reality shatters the modern church idea that everyone possesses equal spiritual perception if they simply try hard enough. And again, it's not because God is unfair. He stands outside of time.

[00:08:23]Salvation is a free gift for everyone.

[00:08:25]He died for everyone.

[00:08:28]But he knows with which each soul does with what is given. He knows how the race ends. From Genesis to Revelation, scripture reveals two groups walking side by side all throughout human history.

[00:08:45]Those to whom mysteries are revealed and those from whom mysteries remain hidden.

[00:08:52]Abel understood true sacrifice while Cain did not. Noah heard God while the entire world mocked him. Abraham perceived promises invisible to the kings and empires. Moses ascended up the mountain while Israel below went back to melting down the gold and making a golden calf because he had been gone too long.

[00:09:17]The prophets saw the things hidden.

[00:09:22]The disciples recognized Christ while the religious elites accused him of blasphemy.

[00:09:28]Again and again, God reveals hidden things to his chosen while the large majority remains spiritually blind.

[00:09:40]And this is offensive to the modern church because that's not what they teach.

[00:09:49]But this is the stark reality of it.

[00:09:52]This is the stark reality of it. This is why truth throughout scripture is constantly hidden in plain sight. God conceals mysteries inside patterns, symbols, shadows, geography, feasts, names, genealogies, prophetic cycles, layered revelation.

[00:10:07]Some are able to pick it up through spending time with the Lord while others get none of it. And then the basic layer, they completely come to a different conclusion.

[00:10:23]See, the kingdom of God was never designed to function like an academic institution where truth is obtained merely through intellectual effort.

[00:10:31]That's not it.

[00:10:33]Revelation comes through the spirit of God when he opens the eyes of those he has chosen.

[00:10:44]And he does that at different times.

[00:10:47]Some are given the sight at an early age, the ears to hear.

[00:10:54]Some like myself can go their whole life and then at the age 45 the veil is removed.

[00:11:01]It has nothing to do with intellect education. Look, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[00:11:10]I didn't even finish high school.

[00:11:15]But I praise God that he gave me the desire and ability to perceive his truth, the hunger to seek him 24/7.

[00:11:27]And this is why many highly educated scholars of scripture remain spiritually blind, literally teaching doctrines that are not supported by scripture.

[00:11:39]While you will have humble believers who have no formal training walking closely with God and they suddenly perceive truths that professors that studied for 40 years with PhDs have completely missed.

[00:11:56]The modern church often approaches scripture backwards. Many seek information but yet they have not surrendered. There's no transformation.

[00:12:05]They want prophecy, but they're not operating in the nature of Christ.

[00:12:12]They want those revelation, but they have not surrendered themselves to where they put him first and spend the majority of their time in his word.

[00:12:23]They put other things first and wonder why they don't understand.

[00:12:29]Knowledge without intimacy, it's just words.

[00:12:36]But the deeper things of God are not unlocked through human intellect. Paul said the natural man cannot receive the things of the spirit because they are spiritually discerned.

[00:12:49]See, the flesh itself lacks the capacity, the ability to perceive divine truth unless God grants it to said person.

[00:13:04]Time breeds commitment.

[00:13:08]This is why I tell you every day, you got to be in the word of God like your life depends on it. Because these truths do not come through casual interaction.

[00:13:17]These truths do not show up by posting memes on social media each day or having a scripture in your bio.

[00:13:26]These deeper revelations come through deep surrender where you have put him first.

[00:13:34]See the church teaches you just need to make sure Jesus is a part of your life.

[00:13:39]Make sure he's a part of your life. You believe you said your prayer, you're good.

[00:13:43]That's not what Jesus taught.

[00:13:46]He doesn't want to be a part of your life. He wants to be the center of your life. He wants you to get out from behind the steering wheel and allow him to take the driver's seat. And he made this abundantly clear. He said, "Many on that day will say, Lord, Lord, did I not do miracles in your name? Do prophecy in your name? Not do deliverance in your name?" And he will say, "I never knew you."

[00:14:13]same illustrations with a broad path and a narrow path. And these are folks that call him Lord. These are not the atheist and the general public.

[00:14:26]See, Paul describes humanity as clay in the hands of the potter.

[00:14:32]From the same lump of clay, one vessel is fashioned for honorable use, while another is prepared to be used as a trash can.

[00:14:44]Paul immediately anticipates the objection because fallen humanity cries out, "That's not fair."

[00:14:54]But Paul does not apologize for God's sovereignty. Instead, he responds with, "Who are you, oh man?" to answer back to God. The creator stands above creation.

[00:15:05]The potter sees the finished vessel before the clay even understands what it is becoming. He stands outside of time.

[00:15:14]He knows every decision you will make and the ending that you choose.

[00:15:23]See, this is where many believers stumble because they interpret election through the lens of a human time instead of God's eternal perspective.

[00:15:32]God is never reacting.

[00:15:35]God is not discovering information. God does not learn. He does not wait to see how things unfold.

[00:15:44]Scripture says he declares the end from the beginning because he exists outside of time itself. Every moment in human history was designed by him fully visible before him simultaneously.

[00:16:00]He sees every choice, every act, every surrender, every rebellion, every compromise, every deception. He is omniresent. Every moment of repentance, every soul [music] that will ultimately endure until the end. Our mortal minds cannot wrap our heads around this [music] that omniresent all the time 24/7.

[00:16:24]Election is not God being arbitrary or cruel.

[00:16:29]He is the eternal God already seeing completely those who are truly his because he has already sees the finished race before the runners themselves [music] even start running.

[00:16:46]>> [music] [music] >> See, this explains why scripture speaks of names written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. To the human mind, this sounds impossible because mankind experiences existence sequential through time.

[00:17:07]But understand, God does not dwell inside time as we do. He stands above it entirely. What feels like future to us.

[00:17:16][music] He has already seen. Our tomorrow is his yesterday. He already sees [music] who chooses truth when it cost them everything. He already sees who loves the world more than him. He already sees who falls away under pressure. He already sees who endures persecution faithfully. He already sees who truly finishes the race.

[00:17:44]See, understanding this also explains one of the most difficult realities in the faith. Why false doctrines continue to spread despite scripture speaking so clear.

[00:17:59]For example, take the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine. Entire systems have been built around escaping tribulation despite Jesus point blank saying my coming for the elect happens after the tribulation of those days.

[00:18:19]Those are Jesus's words.

[00:18:22]And many of us we read that and we're like how in the world do they come up with an alternative?

[00:18:29]That's why this is why when Paul literally says the resurrection of the dead in Christ and those who are alive and remain are caught up to meet the Lord in the air at the seventh trumpet.

[00:18:44]It's not vague. Scripture give us a very specific sequence.

[00:18:50]It's not vague whatsoever. We are literally given the time marker of when it happens at the seventh trumpet.

[00:19:00]How they can come up with something else used to be beyond me. But now you understand. Revelation 11 is essentially clear. That is the kingdom merger. That is when tribulation ends and God's wrath begins. Revelation 11 says the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.

[00:19:20]The dead are judged, the saints rewarded, the nation's wrath ends, and God's wrath begins.

[00:19:28]It's not vague. It's extremely clear.

[00:19:31]And in total, there are 75 scriptures associated with this truth.

[00:19:37]So the only way half of the church can come to a different conclusion is for the very reason I just gave you.

[00:19:47]So people like, how's that possible?

[00:19:48]Because spiritual sight itself is granted only by God. The natural mind gravitates toward comfort, escape, self-preservation, and avoiding suffering. The flesh desires a gospel without tribulation, a kingdom without surrender and endurance, a crown without carrying your own cross.

[00:20:12]And this is why many embrace teachings that soothe the flesh rather than to prepare the spirit.

[00:20:18]It has nothing to do with intellectual understanding. It is spiritual blindness. The same blindness that caused the religious leaders to reject the Messiah while claiming to defend scripture itself. The same blindness that caused Israel and Israel right now.

[00:20:34]Israel right now for the large majority still rejects the Messiah. That is intentional.

[00:20:40]That is intentional. Jesus told us that at the very end, Revelation 19, when he returns with saints in tow after God's wrath, they will put eyes on the ones that they have pierced and finally believe.

[00:21:04]Jesus warned repeatedly that the deception of the last days would become so powerful that if if it was possible, even the elect would be deceived.

[00:21:13]Notice the wording.

[00:21:15]The elect are preserved.

[00:21:18]Not because of superior intelligence, but because God chose them and keeps them.

[00:21:27]Just like the church of Philadelphia in Revelation 3:10 that the pre-trib camp will use as a reason why they're not here. Uh-uh. That's one of seven churches, folks.

[00:21:38]We are kept from the hour of trial. The anchor verse is John 17. When Jesus prays to the father, I pray that you keep him from the evil one. Do not remove them from the world. You have your anchor in your context. Law first mentioned hermeneutics.

[00:21:55]John 17 in Revelation 3:10 says you will be kept from the hour of trial. That does not mean removed off the planet.

[00:22:05]How else do we know that? Because those churches were literal physical churches in Asia Minor during the time that Paul was alive. The church of Philadelphia was literally kept from their hour of testing. When tribulation hit them, God protected them. He didn't rapture them out.

[00:22:29]See what you have.

[00:22:32]The shepherd's voice is recognizable to those who have been chosen.

[00:22:40]This is why revelation often feels impossible to explain naturally.

[00:22:46]When God opens someone's eyes, suddenly scripture connects together like a jigsaw puzzle.

[00:22:52]Prophetic patterns emerge. Hidden meanings become visible. False systems are exposed. The veil lifts completely.

[00:22:58]Meanwhile, others continue to mock you, to slander you while having literally the truth right in front of them. The same words.

[00:23:12]This is why Christ consistently emphasized spiritual hearing and seeing.

[00:23:16]Having eyes, do you not see?

[00:23:20]No one come to me unless the father draws him. Let me repeat that. Jesus says, "No one can come to me unless the father draws him first."

[00:23:35]See, modern religion treats salvation as it begins entirely with man making that choice.

[00:23:44]I can attest to that myself. I wanted nothing to do with it. I spent my whole life building my kingdom here, thinking that success was however many zeros you have in your bank account and having all the things that the world says makes you successful. I had no idea.

[00:24:00]I was building my kingdom here, doing my thing. And it wasn't until 2020 and God removed the veil off my eyes did I see what a pitiful wretched I was, how naked and blind and poor and on the way to hell I truly was.

[00:24:22]Understand modern religion treats this as a simple process of making a choice. But scripture repeatedly reveals God initiates the awakening, the revealing.

[00:24:36]Even repentance itself, scripture says is something granted by God.

[00:24:44]Yet this does not make God unjust because salvation truly offered freely to mankind. Christ died for all the sins of the world. The invitation goes out to everyone.

[00:24:57]The gospel is proclaimed openly. The problem is not God withholds salvation from willing hearts. The problem is that the fallen humanity naturally loves darkness rather than light because light exposes the heart.

[00:25:15]Left to itself, mankind rebels. Left to itself, mankind chooses pride, lust, comfort, self-ruule, deception. I did for sure. Check.

[00:25:31]The miracle is not that some remain blind. The miracle is that God mercifully opens the eyes of any at all.

[00:25:41]It's open and available to everyone. He sees how everyone carries that opportunity.

[00:25:50]Some choose it, most don't.

[00:25:54]This is why true understanding of the election does not produce arrogance. It makes you humble. It makes you fall on your face and praise God.

[00:26:03]Makes me do that.

[00:26:06]It's gratitude brokenness because spiritual sight itself is mercy.

[00:26:17]Our eyes are opened by grace alone. Our hunger for the truth is stirred by grace alone. Our endurance is sustained by grace.

[00:26:31]Everything traces back to a sovereign and merciful God.

[00:26:39]And he receives all the glory and praise.

[00:26:44]We are nothing without him. We are fallen, sinful, and bound to burn.

[00:26:53]Default location and destination, hell.

[00:27:00]Not one of us are righteous on our own.

[00:27:03]We all fall short of the glory of God.

[00:27:06]He gets all the glory. It's never about you or me, I or you. It's all about God.

[00:27:15]all about God. And these elite pastors that talk about how they did this, how they did that, they wrote this, they did that, they did this deliverance, they held this conference, they didn't do anything. God did it. Everything was by God.

[00:27:32]And those who continue on that path get humbled just like what happened this week.

[00:27:42]See, this is why so many truths remain hidden from entire generations until the moadeem.

[00:27:50]The book of Daniel says sealed things would be opened at the time of the end, the final generation.

[00:28:01]The hidden books emerged the same time Israel returned as a nation in a single day. two prophecies at the same time.

[00:28:14]Hidden testimonies from God preserved for thousands of years suddenly resurfaced exactly when Israel is birthed as a nation. And not exactly also, but the exact way God said that they would be found in scrolls written, some of them 5,000 years ago.

[00:28:40]God witnessed hide them in the caves north of the Dead Seas until a shepherd in the last generation discovers them.

[00:28:49]How awesome is our God?

[00:28:54]Throughout history, corrupt religious systems repeatedly attempt to control God's word. Why? Because God's word threatens their power.

[00:29:06]The Pharisees feared losing authority.

[00:29:11]It's one of the reasons they murdered God. They point blank said it.

[00:29:15]If we don't do something about him, we're going to lose our temple, our nation, our power.

[00:29:25]Religious institutions always suppress scripture from the common people. This is why the Roman Catholic Church in 425 AD banned the Bible for a thousand years.

[00:29:41]Literally a thousand years to keep it out of the hands of the modern man.

[00:29:49]And they were so strict about it. If you were caught with a private copy or interpretating, they would burn you at the stake.

[00:29:57]They would burn you alive.

[00:30:02]How scared are they of the truth?

[00:30:07]How scared are they of the truth?

[00:30:16]Truth has always threatened systems built upon control because the genuine word of God drives people directly towards the author instead of dependence on a middleman institution.

[00:30:35]This is why the enemy enemy works tirelessly to keep believers distracted to keep them shallow, emotionally driven, spiritually immature, endless entertainment, social media addiction, constant news cycles, celebrity worship, information stimulation overload.

[00:31:00]All to serve one purpose.

[00:31:04]to keep you out of the word of God.

[00:31:08]He knows how dangerous a believer is when their main source of everything becomes God's word because he knows whatever you consume the most of is what's shaping your perception and it's what spirit is residing on your heart.

[00:31:30]He has a large swaths of the faith convinced they are safe while speaking for the enemy and operating with all the character traits of the adversary.

[00:31:43]Go on to any social media platform right now and you will see a massive portion of those who profess the name of Christ consider constantly posting accusation and suspicion. Accusation and suspicion.

[00:32:00]Accusation and suspicion.

[00:32:03]Constantly the enemy has normalized this to the point where they think it is just totally normal. And I'm standing for justice. I'm accusation, suspicion.

[00:32:17]Those are the fingerprints of Satan.

[00:32:21]The fingerprints of the Holy Spirit is love. and when in correction when pointing out fault does not look to tear down but to restore to truth by pointing back to scripture.

[00:32:38]It's okay to correct. It's okay to call out. But when you have the spirit of the Lord, it's done in love. Never looking to tear down, but to restore back to truth and pointing towards scripture and the Lord.

[00:32:53]That's why you would know them by their fruit.

[00:32:57]Jesus didn't say you would know them any other way. He didn't say by how many followers they had or how loud they spoke or how many likes or followers the whole nine yards. He did not say anything but one. But by their fruit because the fruit reveals the root and the root is the spirit that resides on the heart. Because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

[00:33:22]And the spirit that resides on the heart is the one that the person communes the most with each day. You're either being shaped by the spirit of this age or shaped by the spirit of God.

[00:33:38]It's only one or the other. There's not a third option.

[00:33:43]This is why I tell you every single day, if you only take away one thing that I bring to the table is that you need to be in the word of God like your life depends on it.

[00:33:56]Folks, there is only one truth.

[00:34:00]The church system has said the opposite.

[00:34:03]They're like, "Well, this denomination believes that. This pastor believes this. That is his interpretation."

[00:34:10]Uh-uh. That's not how it works, folks.

[00:34:16]This masterpiece of God's memoir, his book, it only goes together one way.

[00:34:25]You cannot connect every scripture and precept and have multiple outcomes. There's only one author. There is only one truth.

[00:34:37]It's the cosmic jigsaw puzzle. And just like every jigsaw puzzle, it only goes together one way.

[00:34:47]Unless you trim off pieces and duct tape pieces together and get them to fit together, which a lot of churches attempt to do.

[00:34:56]The truth only goes together one way.

[00:35:00]Scripture will not contradict itself.

[00:35:05]The Bible means what it says and it says what it means. God wrote the Bible so that a child could understand it. God is not the author of confusion.

[00:35:19]You know who is?

[00:35:21]Satan. He's the master of confusion.

[00:35:26]God wrote the Bible so that a child could understand it.

[00:35:32]It's not confusing whatsoever. You have to approach the word like a child.

[00:35:38]You literally have to purge everything the religious systems have taught you because most when they read the word, they read it to justify what they already believe.

[00:35:52]That's not how it works, folks. You read the word so it can correct you and mold you.

[00:35:59]You don't read the word so you can correct it.

[00:36:04][music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Paul the Apostle. Understand your point is fair that the lesson you need to learn is you're made in his image. So act like it.

[00:36:32]You can't act like it.

[00:36:35]You can't do anything on your own strength.

[00:36:41]The Old Testament proved that.

[00:36:42]Otherwise, there was no need for a Messiah. They had the ordinance. They had the laws. They had the commandments.

[00:36:49]You can only do this one way, and that's by surrendering to the Lord.

[00:36:54]That's the only way. You renew your mind daily in his word.

[00:37:00]And through that, every day you're in scripture, whether you're reading it or listening to it, every single time you read it and listen to it, his spirit manifests in you. Little by little, every day, it's shaping you. You're becoming more like Christ with each passing day.

[00:37:26]Each passing day, every time you read the word, something new is revealed to you. Every time. There is never one time where you read the word or listen to the word and something is not revealed.

[00:37:41]That's the beauty of God's word. But here's the kicker.

[00:37:46]Most are not in the word of God every day.

[00:37:50]Most do not put their relationship with Christ at the top. How do I know this?

[00:37:56]Because a large majority have already admitted to it. We pulled 40 churches. 90% of them said they don't read the Bible every day. They read it when they go to church. When they go to church. So what does that say?

[00:38:12]Six days of the week, you're being shaped by the spirit of this age. And if you go every Sunday, you got one day you take a step forward in six days where you're going back.

[00:38:22]You are always being shaped.

[00:38:25]Every bit of information that comes through your ear and eye gate is shaping you. Every bit of it. Your spirit's never static. Each day you're either being shaped by the spirit of God or the accuser of the brethren. There's no third option.

[00:38:45]Social media and the internet is literally a demonic cesspool of accusation and suspicion.

[00:38:52]I can barely tolerate about three minutes of it each day just to post the show and I kick rocks.

[00:39:00]All I see on these platforms is people accusing, pointing fingers, accusation, all the character traits of the accuser and most of them are claiming the name of Christ. They got scripture in their bio, but their nature reflects the adversary because they have been shaped by social media, YouTube teachers, the internet, instead of molded by God.

[00:39:27]You're always being shaped.

[00:39:30]Everything you consume shapes you.

[00:39:32]Everything you consume is what's filling your soul with either the spirit of the age or the spirit of the Lord. And you can instantly see it through people's comments, conversations, because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

[00:39:47]One's spirit speaks much louder than their words.

[00:39:52]You can instantly tell someone that spends more time on social media than in the word of God. It always reflects.

[00:40:03]It always does. Because when you're in the word of God each day, his spirit manifests in you and continues and continues. You're becoming more like Christ. So you start to love like he loves. You have patience like he has patience.

[00:40:21]You forgive like he forgives each and every day.

[00:40:29]But many people will go several days sometimes without being in the word. In those days, they're being shaped by the spirit of this age. And then you have a lot of people that will give the Lord maybe 15, 20 minutes a day in the word, but they spend 3 hours on social media, 3 hours watching random YouTube videos, 3 hours doing other things. God does not want to be a part of your life. He wants to be the center of your life. If you're giving something daily more time and attention than the Lord, that's called an idol.

[00:41:03]Our God is a jealous God.

[00:41:06]He wants your undivided attention.

[00:41:10]He wants a relationship with you.

[00:41:14]Do you hear me? He wants a relationship with you.

[00:41:21]Matthew 7:13, Jesus is speaking to those who call him Lord. And he says, "You can enter God's kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad and its gates are wide for the many who choose that way. But the path to life is very narrow and the road is difficult and only a few ever find it.

[00:41:48]The [music] few that ever find it are the ones that are in his word each day, putting him first amongst everything else.

[00:41:57]Because he tells us in the same chapter verse 21 when Jesus said, "Not everyone who calls out to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven."

[00:42:08][music] On that day, many will say to me, Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name. to perform many miracles in your name. And Jesus will reply, I never knew you. Depart from me, you worker of iniquity. Cast him into outer darkness where there is nashing of teeth.

[00:42:29]Do you understand that?

[00:42:31]Between those two verses, we are told the predominant percentage of the church is on the path [music] to destruction.

[00:42:44]So whatever is the popular narrative, whatever the masses are doing, check yourself.

[00:42:52]Proximity is not the same as intimacy.

[00:42:55]Knowing about the Lord is not the same as knowing him.

[00:43:08][music] Matt makes a good point. Look at Peter.

[00:43:15]He had his focus on Jesus.

[00:43:19]Everything was else blocked out. He was able to walk on water.

[00:43:25]But the moment he took his eyes off the Lord, he sank.

[00:43:30]Jesus told us, "If you have true faith the size of a mustard seed, you can tell that mountain to move and it will." Here's the kicker.

[00:43:42]People miss the small part, the true faith.

[00:43:45]This is not me saying you don't believe, but this is me saying that those who are giving more time to social media and the internet struggle with this. And here's the reason why.

[00:43:57]God does not react to doubt. He does not react to lack of confidence. The demons do not react to being rebuked in the Lord's name when you doubt who you are.

[00:44:12]See, when you commune with the spirit of this age or you listen to endless noise from different YouTube pastors all saying something slightly different, that creates spiritual noise in your mind. And because of that naturally the byproduct is you have doubt.

[00:44:29]You have a lack of confidence in who you are. And when you pray you're not praying with the full faith of heaven behind you because subconsciously many are praying with doubt wondering if God will respond.

[00:44:47]praying like a beggar instead of taking the authority and commanding and proclaiming and declaring.

[00:44:58]You are a son and daughter of the most high God. God lives with inside of you.

[00:45:04]You have the authority to move mountains and walk on water and raise the dead.

[00:45:10]But none of that will happen if there's any doubt and any lack of confidence.

[00:45:17]And it all starts with what is shaping your perception? What are you exposed to daily? Is it the word of God or something else?

[00:45:30]Because when it's the word of God consistently, every day in the most, it is his spirit that is shaping you, manifesting in you, you're becoming more like him.

[00:45:43]But when it's not, it's the other kingdom. And there's no power in that kingdom.

[00:45:52]There's no power. Just doubt, lack of confidence, oppression, misery.

[00:46:03]Remember, the enemy has no power over you unless you give it to him.

[00:46:08]So how does he mess with those? He gets them to doubt who they are. He gets them entangled in false teachers. He draws their attention towards social media, YouTube, and the internet, and listening to music instead of being in the word of God.

[00:46:25]He knows how dangerous a believer is.

[00:46:29]If their center point of life is scripture, that he does his very best to prevent at all cost. That is the real threat to him.

[00:46:41]What is not a threat? Someone that professes the name of Christ, thinks they are safe, but spends more time on YouTube and social media and doing other things other than sitting at the feet of Christ. He will endorse that all day, pacify you all day, throw distractions towards you all day. Anything to keep you from evolving into the powerhouse of authority that is available to you because of who you have within you.

[00:47:10]And it all is about who shaped your perception.

[00:47:16]It's all about the spirit that resides on your heart.

[00:47:23]We all have the same opportunity, the same spirit, but you have to make him lord of your life.

[00:47:35]That means every decision goes through him. That means the predominant part of all information that comes through your ear and eye gate is his word, communing with him directly. That's how you know him. The way you know him and commune with him is by being in his word, meditating on his word, praying to him or praying on his word.

[00:48:05]It's not the same watching a YouTube teacher teach their version of scripture.

[00:48:13]It's not the same going to sit in church.

[00:48:18]Proximity is not the same as intimacy.

[00:48:21]I'm not saying don't go to church because we're told to keep gathering together.

[00:48:27]Why? Because we should be witnessing to everyone we come in contact with. You never know who God is going to put in your path.

[00:48:36]God did not prepare us for these end days so we could stay isolated in our house, in our apartment, in our room.

[00:48:45]We are called to be ambassadors for the kingdom of God. Remember the Lord, the world will know we belong to him by how we love and treat others.

[00:49:04]Joe, I've tried to reach out to Brian many times. I'm we're uh I think he follows me and I follow him on Facebook.

[00:49:12]You know, he's a converted Christian, you know, the basis for K. When I was really really building a lot of Christian guitars and Christian bases, I thought he would want to endorse it, but he must get overran with messages.

[00:49:28]But maybe you guys can group up together and I'll blast him and maybe he'll see it.

[00:49:35]I understand that. I get a thousand messages a day and people think I'm not responding to them. It's tough.

[00:49:42]So, I understand his position. and he's probably getting 100xed over me.

[00:49:49]But, you know, it's it's tough. And I only allot myself a certain amount of time to like fiddle on my phone and respond to text messages. Otherwise, I would spend all day responding.

[00:50:02]So, just remember, if I do not respond, please do not think I'm ignoring you.

[00:50:07]Just keep texting me.

[00:50:10]Get your message bumped up to the top of the list. So most of the time my phone is on the dining room table or something and I'll pick it up and look at the last 10 text messages that are on the screen, answer those and put it back down. I rarely ever scroll past just because it's never ending.

[00:50:28]I wish I had a better answer for you, but um it's just me.

[00:50:35]It's just me.

[00:50:53]Alfie, you're absolutely right.

[00:51:01]Matt, you're absolutely right.

[00:51:04]The the reason I say don't stop going to church because that's where typically the faith gathers.

[00:51:13]But church is not a building with four walls.

[00:51:17]Now the Roman Catholic Church would tell you otherwise because they believe their church is the authority.

[00:51:23]But church is not the word used in scripture. Remember it's Greek so it's eklesia. That's when two or more gather in his name. Church can be in someone's living room. Church can be right now a group on the air fellowshipping together. And this is the main reason I do a show twice a day.

[00:51:47]What I bring forward is secondary other than the environment that is provided for you guys to have fellowship with each other because I know most are isolated wherever they're at.

[00:52:02]And an isolated mind is the devil's playground. He will always mess with an isolated mind. He will.

[00:52:10]He will do anything he can to keep you and to not allow you to grow.

[00:52:18]But the key is being in his word.

[00:52:22]The key is being in his word. You know, another thing that the enemy can't stand is the word being played out loud. I have a TV in the uh sitting room that's constantly on a YouTube channel called King James Live and it's always playing.

[00:52:39]It's not blaring. You know, it's at a lower reasonable volume level, but enough for the enemy to hear it and to be petrified. It's always playing.

[00:52:50]Always. I don't turn off when I go to bed. It's always playing.

[00:52:55]And once I started doing that about a year or two ago, the attacks really started to die down at the house.

[00:53:05]The other thing that I believe really reduced a lot of it is I do not respond to the enemy.

[00:53:13]I speak to him not.

[00:53:18]You know, when I feel it, when I see it, I don't respond. I don't tell anybody about it. I just praise God.

[00:53:27]I just praise God and give him all the glory because I know I abide under his wings and nothing's going to happen to me beyond his will. And if something does happen, it was by his will. It serves a purpose.

[00:53:44]Worst case scenario, this physical body expires and I go home. Win.

[00:53:51]Don't give the enemy anything. He has no power over you unless you respond to him and come into agreement.

[00:54:03]Understand? Even responding to the enemy gets him coming back for more. He thrives off your emotional response.

[00:54:13]Remember the apocalypse of Abraham. The angel was very clear to Abraham, "Answer him not." No matter how much he speaks to you, answer him not.

[00:54:32]Answer him not, folks.

[00:54:45]One second.

[00:54:52]The epoxments like purple and a golden, but the birds do not sever and give to give to me for the world and in the garden of Eden and in its >> I have to leave about 5 minutes in the fullness of the whole world and its circle.

[00:55:13]I want you to listen to this one part and the apocalypse of Abraham because it talks about what I'm talking about right now. It's very profound because it tells you that the angels that fell away with Lucifer gave up their throne seats, their kingdom assignments, and were destined now to the earth. And God's chosen elect have taken their seats in the kingdom of heaven. And our mortality has been transferred to them.

[00:55:45]And their immortality has been transferred to us.

[00:55:50]Thou shalt gaze in them all.

[00:55:55]Chapters 13 and 14. Abraham accomplishes the sacrifice under the guidance of the angel and refuses to be diverted from his purpose by Aazel.

[00:56:07]And I did everything according to the commandment of the angel and gave the angels who had come to us the divided animals. But the angel took the birds.

[00:56:18]And I waited for the evening sacrifice.

[00:56:21]And there flew an unclean bird down upon the carcasses. And I drove it away. And the unclean bird spake to me, and said, What do thou, Abraham, upon the holy heights, where no man eateth or drinkkeeth, neither is there upon them any food of man, but these consume everything with fire, and will burn thee up. Forsake the man who is with thee, and flee. For if thou ascendest to the heights, they will make an end of thee.

[00:56:56]And it came to pass when I saw the bird speak, I said to the angel, "What is this, my lord?" And he said, "This is ungodliness.

[00:57:08]This is Aazel." And he said to it, "Disgrace upon thee, Aazelle, for Abraham's lot is in heaven, but thine upon the earth, because thou hast chosen and loved this for the dwelling place of thine uncleanness. Therefore, the eternal mighty Lord made thee a dweller upon the earth, and through thee every evil spirit of lies, and through thee wroth and trials for the generations of ungodly men. For God, the eternal mighty one, hath not permitted that the bodies of the righteous should be in thy hand, in order that thereby the life of the righteous, and the destruction of the unclean may be assured. Here, friend, be gone with shame from me, for it hath not been given to thee to play the tempter in regard to all the righteous. Depart from this man, thou canst not lead him astray, because he is an enemy to thee, and those who follow thee, and love what thou willst. For behold, the vesture which in heaven was formerly thine, hath been set aside for him, and the mortality which was his hath been transferred to thee. The angel said to me,"Abraham," and I said, "Here am I, thy servant."

[00:58:39]And he said, "Know from henceforth that the eternal one hath chosen thee, he whom thou lovest. Be of good courage, and use this authority so far as I bid thee, against him who slanderethest truth. Should I not be able to put him to shame? Who hath scattered over the earth the secrets of heaven and hath rebelled against the mighty one? Say to him, "Be thou the burning coal of the furnace of the earth. Go Aazel into the inaccessible parts of the earth. For thy heritage is to be over those existing with thee, being born with the stars and clouds, with the men whose portion thou art, and through thy being exist, and thine enmity is justification. On this account, by thy pition, disappear from me. And I uttered the words which the angel had taught me. And he said,"Abraham."

[00:59:44]And I said, "Here am I, thy servant."

[00:59:48]And the angel said to me, "Answer him not, for God hath given him power over those who do answer him."

[00:59:57]>> [clears throat] >> And the angel spake to me a second time and said, "Now rather, however much he speak to thee, answer him not that his will may have no free course in thee, because the eternal and mighty one hath given him weight and will. Answer him not." I did what was commanded me by the angel, and however much he spake to me, I answered him nothing.

[01:00:28]Do you hear what just said?

[01:00:31]That is the key to life. That last section, no matter what he says to you, answer him not.

[01:00:46]He has not been given power or authority over us.

[01:00:52]The only power and authority he has is what you give him.

[01:00:56]through your words, your agreements, and answering him.

[01:01:03]All right, guys. I got to run. I think Dr. Thra is on tonight. I need to check my messages. I'm really bad about that.

[01:01:11]But guys, thank you so much. If you're new, we gather twice a day, seven days a week, 1:00 and 9:00 Eastern Standard Time. We really have a wonderful family here. We'd love to see you.

[01:01:23]Come hang out. Have fun. those who donate to the ministry. Thank you so much. It's literally because of you guys that Boozy and I are here twice a day, 7 days a week. Thank you so much. There's a lot of you that really, really do your best to help and I know many of you pray and help. Many people are not in a position to donate and I totally get it.

[01:01:47]So, everything that everybody does, whether it's prayer or just the love or donation, it matters. Very appreciated, guys. I love you all and I'll see you tonight. Bye.