Reformation: Understanding Authority

Welcome back to The Gathering Tabernacle Podcast! Have you heard about having power and authority as a Christian? Did you know this is something that Jesus gives you when you receive Holy Spirit? You then have power and receive Gods authority as a born-again believer. This episode gives a great example to understand what it means to use the power given to you under the authority of God. You must immerse yourself in the Word while studying your authority in Christ. It is life changing! This is the day to be DONE with excuses and lay everything at the feet of Jesus. Nothing is impossible for Him.

Sermon from 4-26-26 by Pastor Dan Goostree

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Welcome to the Gathering Tabernacle Podcast. We're located in Rocky Comfort, Missouri. Our mission at TPT is to host the presence of the Lord, to see his glory fall like fire and free those who are in bondage. He came to set the captives free. On the podcast, we share our live sermons from late pastors Dan and Sarah Good Street, teachings from special guests, and personal testimonies. Thank you for joining us today. If you would like to contact us, you can find us on Facebook or online at www.thegathering tabernacle.com. Let's jump into today's episode.

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Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh what if, what if? Oh, but the word of God says this. I am healed by his tribe.

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Amen.

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God is good. I am healed by his tribe. I am redeemed. I am made whole. And you immerse yourself in the word of God. And the proof that you immerse yourself in the word of God is that the heart becomes soft. And out of the heart becomes the word of God. When you immerse yourself in the word of God, not just hear it, not just believe it, but it transforms you into something soft and productive that when it the word of God comes out. That is who God is. The truth is that you're free. No it knows. It has to become an action that we are bound. Hallelujah. So get away in the word of God and be transformed and never be hard again. In the name of Jesus.

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Lord, we thank you for gathering this morning. Let us become immersed in your word as we be immersed in your praise and your worship, for you are deserving and you are worthy. And all the honor and glory is given to you, Father, and let us be transformed and renew our minds in you in Jesus' name.

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Amen.

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We praise you, Lord. We honor you, Lord. We do adore you, Lord. You are the Lord of Lords. You are the King of Kings. You are worthy, Lord. You are worthy. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. You are worthy, Lord. Thank you, Lord, for the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We praise you, Lord, that you come to take on our sin. You come to take on our sickness and our diseases, Lord. And thank you, Lord. Sickness and disease died at the cross of Calvary, Lord, when you offered yourself up that living sacrifice. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord, that no weapon formed against us shall prosper, Lord. We thank you, Lord, that you are seated in heavenly places, far above powers and principalities and rulers of darkness, Lord. Lord, we praise you, Lord, we honor you, Lord. Lord, as you have your way, Lord, right here in this house today, Lord. Right over in this house today, Lord, as it is in heaven, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. Holy are you, Lord. Just focus on him. Just focus on him. Just focus on what he's did for you. Just focus on how much he loves you. See, there's no condemnation in Christ Jesus. God's not mad at you. Well, God's not mad at me. God's mad at me. I did this or done that. No. God wants you to change directions and come towards him. God loves you. God don't put sickness on people. God don't put anxiety and depression on people. God don't put stuff on people. He comes so you can be free. And he comes so you could be free today. He didn't come so you can be free in ten years. He didn't come so you could be free in 30 minutes from now. He comes so you can be free right now. Praise the Lord, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, for He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him, Lord. So we thank you, Lord, that you provided a way, Lord. Thank you, Lord. We can know the truth. Thank you, Lord Jesus, you are the truth. Thank you, Lord. We can know the truth, and the truth will make us free. And we thank you, Lord, that the more we know the truth, the more free we'll be, Lord. And I thank you, Lord, Lord, that we are knowing you more and more each and every second, more and more each and every day, Lord. Lord, we praise you, Lord. We honor you, Lord. We thank you, Lord, for your word. We thank you, Lord. Your word become flesh, Lord. We thank you, Lord, for shut the bottom. We thank you, Lord. We praise you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord, that there aren't words to explain how how thankful that we are to you, Lord. But there is a language inside of us, Lord. Lord, when you baptize us with Holy Spirit and empire, Lord. Lord, that there is a language inside of you, Lord. Lord, when we don't have words that we cannot utter, Lord. Lord, that we can speak to you directly and be edified, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. Praise you, Lord. We praise you, Lord. We praise you, Lord, that you really do love us, Lord. Lord, that there really is no greater love than to lay down your life for one another. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Why is he worthy? Because he loves you so much. He's worthy because he gave his life up for you. He's worthy because he shed his blood for you. He's worth worthy because he took on your sicknesses and bore your diseases. He's worthy because he gives you life. He's worthy because he is the resurrected Savior. He's resurrected. He says, I am the resurrection and the life. Thank you, Lord, for resurrection life. Thank you, Lord, for resurrection power. Thank you, Lord, for power, power, wonderworking power in the blood of the Lamb. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Lord. There is power, power, wonderworking power. Well, there's wonderworking power in this house today. There's wonderworking power in your life today. If you never see Christ's Savior, there's wonderworking power living on the inside of you today. I'm telling you, sickness is leaving your body right now. Anxiety and hate is leaving your body right now. Because you're worshiping the King of Kings. You're worshiping the Lord of Lords. You're submitting to the King of Kings. You're submitting to the Lord of Lords. Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee. It's something you have to do. It's something you have to do. You have to submit. I can't make you submit. I can't coerce you into submitting. It's something you have to do on your own. You have to submit to God. It's the devil bothering you. Then you're not submitting to God. Because the word says submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee. It doesn't say submit to God and God will resist the devil for you. It says submit to God. We submit to you, Lord. You and you alone, Lord. You can do the load of the one worthy to be worse. You and you alone are the one worthy to be praised. We submit to you. We resist the devil and he will flee. We draw near to you, God. Your word says we draw near to you and you'll draw near to us, Lord. Thank you, Lord. You are drawing near to us because we're drawing near to you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. It's not a feeling, it's an action. Thank you, Lord. Faith is an action. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Come on, money. Just stay right up on here. Thank you, Lord. He sent his word and healed you. It says, and the word became flesh. In the beginning was the word. The word was God. The word was with God. About 14 of John, it says, and the word became flesh. His word actually became a living person. You're a spirit that has a soul that lives in a body. God is spirit, Jesus is body, Holy Spirit represents your mind, will, and emotions. But but God's word literally become a physical body. And right now, you're not the head, but you're his body on the earth. You're the body on the earth. You're the body. So when we're partaking in this communion, you're receiving what Christ did for you when you partake in his body. When we take in this communion, you're receiving what Christ did for you when he shed his blood. Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. You know, and the lambs were sacrificial. And he became the ultimate sacrificial lamb. So now we don't have to sacrifice lambs when stuff goes on in our life. Different things. There's different offerings, but we don't have to sacrifice the lamb because the lamb has already been slain. So we just have to apply the blood, and you apply the blood with your mouth. So let's take our communion cups and get your bread out. Thank you, Father. We praise you, Father. You know it says not to take this in an unworthy manner. If you don't think he's worthy of anything that's going on in your life to heal you, to set you free, to deliver you, to make you whole, to make you complete, to save you, to restore relationships, to to whatever it is. If you think, well, no, God don't want to do that, then I'm telling you, don't partake of this this morning because I'm telling you God loves you. God wants you free, God wants you healed, He wants you set free, He wants you delivered. And the only way you're going to get healed, set free, and delivered, born again is to receive what Christ did for you. And it says you're continually being saved. Well, do I have to get saved over and over? You don't have to get born again over and over, but you are being saved over and over. I get saved from thoughts every day. I get saved from some of the stuff that happens every day. I get saved from sickness trying to come in my body all the time. I get saved from a lot of different things. Now, I don't give my life, I surrender my life to Jesus every day, but I don't have to give my life to Jesus and be born again every day. I was born again September 16th, 2011, and my life made a hundred and eighty-degree change that day. So when when you take this, this is a serious thing. No, Lord, we believe that you are who you say you are. Lord, we believe what you that you do what you that you do what your word says you do. Lord, we thank you, Lord, for your body, Lord. We thank you, Lord, you was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace is upon you, and by your stripes we were healed. We were healed, and when we were healed, we still are healed today, Lord. Lord, and we stand on your your body, we stand on your word. Lord, we thank you, Lord, and we receive your word by faith. In Jesus' name. We thank you, Lord, for your blood. We thank you, Lord, because you shed your blood, there was a remission for sin. We thank you, Lord, that we're living on the resurrected side of the cross, Lord. We're thankful, Lord, that we don't have to go out and and and and make sacrifices just to carry sins over another year, Lord. You become the ultimate sacrifice, Lord. We thank you, Lord, for your blood, Lord. We thank you, Lord, there's power in the blood that we can apply the blood, Lord. Lord, and we apply that blood to every situation, Lord, that we know that that death can't live in the blood, that sickness can't live under the blood, Lord. That hate, depression, anxiety can't live under the blood, Lord. Lord, so we receive your blood right now, Lord. We receive what you did for us in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord, as we receive what you did, Lord, Lord. We are being healed, we're being set free, and we're being made whole. We praise you. We honor you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. Man, he is good. Like, like he won't fail. Like failed, not in his vocabulary. Like he can't fail. Like like it's impossible for him to fail. You know, if he failed, we wouldn't be here right now, right? You know, if he failed, like in this next second, if he failed, we would be gone. We'd be obliterated. You know, how long do you think you can breathe without oxygen? You know, how how long do you think you you can make it uh without the protection of the of the sun? I mean, how long do you think you can actually go? So so there ain't no way. I mean, you're just talking about I don't know, milliseconds maybe. I don't know. Is there such a thing as a millisecond? There probably isn't. Yeah. Praise the Lord. Amen. I just want you to go, I think to 2 Corinthians. I'll help you in a minute. That's a big book. Surely somewhere in there though. 2 Corinthians chapter 9. You know it's fun to sow into the kingdom of God. It's fun to trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, and all your ways acknowledge him, he'll make your path straight. It's it's glorious when you realize that that God is your provider of of everything you need. And it's even more glorious to me that he already knows what you need before you even ask. Isn't it awesome to serve a God that that already knows what you need before you even ask? I thought, amen. So that's why we praise him, that's why we honor him. You know, you know, you don't have to beg God for stuff. He he wants you to he wants you to have stuff. He wants you to have he wants you to have clothes on your back, and and I really want you to have clothes on your back. Right? Yes, Mr. Pat. Amen. Alright. Verse 6. Remember this. Why would they say that? So we need to remember, I guess. The farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. That makes sense. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves a person who gives cheerfully. And God will generously provide all you need. And He has. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. And the Scriptures say, as the Scriptures say, if they share freely and give generously to the poor, their good deeds will be remembered forever. For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide an increase. In the same way, he will provide and increase. It doesn't say that, does it? And produce a great harvest of generosity in you. Amen. Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God. That's good. Amen. Amen. So it's We give because the word commands us to give. It's being in obedience to give. And I think, you know, it's talking about you need to decide how much you want to give. Well, you know, when when Todd Hill uh was here, uh Todd Hill always fills you with so much stuff, like you gotta listen to it over and over because it pops in your head. But he's like, you know, you you bring your tithes to the storehouse and you give your offering. And I thought, amen. So you're gonna decide how much you're gonna give. That's how much you're gonna want to give an offering. The t the tithe's already set. The tithe's already set. So how much are you gonna give over and above? Well, I don't know, brother. You know, the tithing's not in the New Testament. No, no, they come to fulfill the law, not to abolish it. So so the more you give, the more you'll be blessed, the the more seed you'll get out. You know, you know, I don't every week I don't have to ask Sarah Sarah how much are we gonna tithe this week? Because I know how much money we make, and I know how much the tithe is gonna be. But then offerings, I might say, you know, how much you gonna give here? We go somewhere, hey, how much you wanna give here? How much you want to give here? And I don't know, I just we've got to get some seed in the ground, so so get some seed in the ground because it takes seed to produce harvest. So know that that your money is, you know, we've talked about it before, but your money is a devil rebuking tool, and when you're planting seed into the kingdom of God, it multiplies, and you'll be generous, and you'll be able to be generous, and you'll be able to bless people because God blesses you. So let's hold up our giving. Father, we thank you, Father, we praise you, Lord, Lord, that we get to give, Lord, Lord, that we get to sow into the kingdom of God, Lord. Lord, and we speak a blessing, Lord, over these tithes and offerings. We speak a blessing over them, Lord, Lord, that they produce, Lord, to their fullest potential, Lord. Lord, your word says a 30, 60, 100fold, Lord, Lord, but we're saying, we're saying a hundred percent potential. We speak potential, Lord, into that seed in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. And then coming up in July, we'll be having our encounter youth camp. So I encourage you to be getting uh signed up for that. It's gonna be powerful. Uh we're gonna be going together with uh Emmanuel Church in Benita, Oklahoma, and uh I mean they're fired up, and I'm pretty excited. I think we're gonna have more workers than well no, I shouldn't say that. We're gonna have a full house both ways, you know. We've got plenty of workers and and we're gonna have an abundance of kids, and it's gonna be great. They're gonna learn their identity in Christ, they're gonna learn who they are in Christ, and they're gonna get freed, and it's gonna be a fabulous week. And then on the 10th through the 12th, Pastor Chris McDonald will be here. Pastor Chris and Sue will be here, and that's gonna be just a fabulous time, so it'll be uh be in prayer for that, and then even just for the like uh the women's conference coming up in September. Be sure and get that on your calendars and and be inviting people. It's gonna be uh a great time. Pastor Sue McDonald, Pastor Mandy A there, and uh Pastor Sarah's gonna be there, so we'll be lined up for that, and then just the many other things that are that are going on. So but I'm thankful for uh to be living in this this time. Um we went down to uh went and had dinner somewhere the other night with a couple and and this person come in there and he's just saying, you know, you know to the devil, you know, this world just just full of sin and this and that, and I'll like, yeah, but we we've overcome sin. We're overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of the testimony, you know, and and just blah blah blah blah blah. And I'm thinking, man, man, how about some life? You know, you can live above sin, you can get rid of sin, you know, and all that, and and he knows that, but but anyway, I'm like, man, how about we just how about we just love the hell out of people instead of condemn the hell out of people? You know what? I tried to beat the far out of they tried to beat the far out of me. I don't know if it worked. I think they tried it on I think my dad tried it on Mike Ditchner with a pig whip, but I mean it it obviously turned out great. Took fifty some years, but but uh he said I he said I deserved every bit of it. But praise the Lord dad got past the pig whips from my brother and Mike before he got to me. but but uh I'm thinking no a pig whip would probably get your attention did it get your attention oh I bet I bet it got your attention that that was just a freebie that was just free for you you got your get fixed up back here oh hallelujah Father we praise you father we thank you Lord for your word Lord we thank you Lord your word does not uh return void Lord we thank you Lord for for uh revelation today Lord we thank you Lord for eyes wide open and understanding Lord in Jesus' name amen can you pull up them efficient prayers you guys need to remind me of these visions prayer here you go well I got some of these too if not I can print them off but but you guys still reading your fission prayers you know if you want to know how to pray just just pray the word of God you know I I tried to pray for years just just my own thoughts and my own understanding and it never seemed to to to get very far but once I started actually praying the word of God over my life over my family over over people then you know you know like it's like the word of God works and like like my own thoughts and understanding really don't matter too much it just matters what the word of God says right so this is in Ephesians one uh and that's kind of my own version but anyway Father God this is what I want from you I want you to give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge of you so that the eyes of my understanding would be enlightened. You can say it with me. I want to know your call on my life the inheritance that belongs to me and the authority I have as a believer I thank you Father for helping me see more clearly the greatest need is a spirit of wisdom and revelation I thank you Lord for opening my eyes. See He wants you to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. He wants your eyes and your understanding to be enlightened to know the hope of His calling so you see that's a willful prayer Amen I remember one time I was teaching prayer and and I was doing some studying and guy said you know my change my life changed when I started uh praying willful prayers and and then uh um you know what try to I encourage you to write down your prayers and then then write them down and then say well is that that a willful prayer is that that not a willful prayer is that just my wants needs and desires or or is that what God really really wants because God really does really does want you to have a spirit of wisdom revelation in the knowledge of him that the eyes your understanding be enlightened. All right let's do visions three Father God I pray that you would strengthen my inner man through your spirit reveal to me your unlimited riches and glory that the faith of Christ would be released inside me and he would become my very source of life that I may be able to comprehend with the other saints your intimate far reaching love of Christ how enduring and personal it is beyond measure until I'm filled overflowing with your fullness God and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge because you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think according to the power that works in him to works in us to be to him be the glory to him be the glory. Amen he he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can you know man I'll never get here I'll never do this and it says he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can ask or think according to the power that works in you amen about we've been talking we talked about it last week about um uh Christ as the head and the church is the body we'll talk some more about the uh head and the body today and we're gonna talk uh more on authority which it all boiled down to authority last week also be talking more about about authority today so you know there's a a difference in power and authority um authority is the right to rule power is the ability to rule authority is delegated power is manifested authority is legal power is functional authority authorizes power accomplishes authority is position power is ability in uh Matthew 8 starting in verse 5 5 through 13 now when Jesus had entered Capernaum a centurion came to him pleading with him saying Lord my servant is lying at home paralyzed dreadfully tormented and Jesus said to him I will come and heal him and so you know he notice he didn't say well it's not my will to heal today he said I'll come and heal him the centurion answered and said Lord I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof but only speak a word and my servant will be healed for I also am a man under authority having soldiers under me and I say to this one go and he goes and another one come and he comes and to my servant do this and he does it when Jesus heard it he marveled so we only see like two different places in the scripture where Jesus marveled I think man don't do you want Jesus to marvel at you man I'm thinking man I want Jesus to marvel at me you know you know when I step into glory I want him to say you know what well done good and faithful servant assuredly I say to you I have not found such great faith not even in Israel and I say and I say to you that many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven but the sons of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth then Jesus said to the centurion Go your way as you have believed so let it be done for you and this and his servant was healed from that same hour. And you know as you look back on this the centurion says you know what I I'm also a man under authority. So when he said I'm I'm also a man under authority he had to realize that that Jesus was under authority that that that Jesus wasn't doing this on his own ability he had to realize that there was something something more powerful than him that Jesus was not doing this under his own ability. You know he says he says I'm also a man under authority and then what didn't you remember what he told him he told him you know what you know you're not worthy for you to even come to my house just do what just speak the word he said you know just say the word just say the word and my servant will be healed. And so so you know when he's thinking about this so so Jesus says you know I've not seen such great faith you know that well we know this church had such great faith no he had such great faith because he understood authority he understood what authority looked like see there there's a difference in in authority and there's a difference in power but I'm telling you when you're in Christ you're a new creation you have authority and you have the power you have the power when the Holy Spirit fire power. If you've been baptized in the Holy Ghost you have power and what's that power do it activates the authority amen I've asked Ray Sean to come help me I didn't have no Barney Fife uniform but uh Ray Sean is a in real life he really is an officer. So I thought man I got some questions that I want to ask him you swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the put your hand on the Bible there we go. So I thought you know it would be good good to ask him and he was a uh a Newton County officer and now he's uh with uh the Quawpaw Marshal in the with the Quapaw Nation in in in Oklahoma so praise the Lord praise the Lord for great jobs all right first question have you ever stopped traffic yes so you must be really strong if you stop traffic you know I'm thinking you got you got all these cars coming towards you and you get out there and and you and you stop these cars you know because I'm thinking you know you're stopping all these cars but if these these people here ever how many is here today 40, 50 whatever it is you know if they all started coming towards you could you stop them all?

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No.

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No so how is it you can stop the cars?

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With my lights and sirens.

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With your lights and sirens and well I got lights and sirens in my car but no one stops for it so are you the head are you the head authority? No so what do you mean by that? Are there others above you?

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Yes I gotta answer to many people in admin. Okay.

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He said corporal sergeants chiefs different things so there's there's one above him so actually you're operating under their authority. Correct you you're you're agreeing with with their authority by what he's doing. So we can actually stop the cars because of his authority you know you know so you get out there and and they know he'll oh yeah man here you go these lights or sirens are going you know they're probably a uh a marshal or or whatever there's probably one up here we need to see what's going on and they see one out there and they're stopping cars and because of his authority he has the power to stop the cars right you know if he if he didn't have authority you know if he's just out there and and then you know still people probably ask him what they're doing because some people just do that but but but you know some you know if he wasn't no lights no sirens and do that and what do you do well I'm stopping traffic well you don't have no authority to stop traffic I I'm going on you know and then you go on and the bridge is out and you go off the bridge but but maybe not all right so why do you have authority? Why do I have authority? I was sworn in you sworn in so it's not just something you woke up one day and had it no you were sworn in okay uh and you you submitted to it yes yeah so so when did when did you get your authority? Whenever I was sworn in when you were sworn in yeah so do you have any more authority now than you did that first day you were sworn in no would you say you have more knowledge now than you did the first day you were sworn in? Yeah yeah but you had just as much authority then okay what do you have to show your authority I've got a badge and it's a nice one big one it's a big one um where does your authority come from my higher ups I mean like the department the chiefs yes but what are they standing on? Oh the laws the laws so it's like they got a book that has all these laws written in it and the and the people are higher up all they're doing is just following the laws that are in this book. Correct pretty good isn't it so how did how did you get the authority through the schooling and then so you made you made a choice to do the schooling yeah you made a choice to become an officer you didn't all of a sudden just wake up one day and you're an officer no no unfortunately can you do anything you want no no huh so let me ask you this can you stop someone because you don't like the color of their car no so why can't you stop someone because you don't like the color of the car it's an infringement on their rights. It's an infringement on their rights it's not written in the law that way so so I don't know if is it it's true or not but but the officers like donuts yeah I love donuts all right so so that's true. So so let's say you go into a bakery and the bakery doesn't have donuts. Okay? Can you shut that bakery down because it don't have donuts? No unfortunately I can't unfortunately why can't you shut the bakery down because it don't have donuts I don't have that authority. Because you don't have that authority it's not written in the law. There you go do you ever not feel like going to work but go anyway and it's all right to lie now.

SPEAKER_04 35:28

Yes.

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He says no we went over these before and I'm like I'm like he's like no I like going to work I was like well for today it's yes because we all sometimes you know go to work even though we don't feel like it so I asked him I said do you do you ever not feel like going to work but go anyway so he said yes but today it's no so I cleared that up clear as mud so so even though you don't feel like going to work but you go to work anyway the does can you still stop the cars? Yeah can you still write tickets yeah so so you're so even though you don't feel like going to work your authority still works anyway yeah have you ever went to someone's door when nothing was reported or called in and just went on your own initiative and said you know I'm here because there's such and such going on in the house?

SPEAKER_04 36:25

No.

SPEAKER_01 36:26

How come?

SPEAKER_04 36:27

Because it's not right.

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Because it's not right it's against the law it's against the law do you know all the laws there are no but are they still laws? Correct okay um how did you learn the laws you know just by reading them by reading them studying them learning them so we learned them all by so you actually had to do something. Yeah it didn't just fall out of the sky one day and you automatically knew everything that's gonna help somebody um do you agree with all the laws? No so so do you just enforce the ones you agree with? No do you just follow the ones you agree with? No you still you still abide by them all even though you don't agree with them. Yeah you know there's some crazy laws I was looking that up just a little bit there's one in in Missouri that the milkman can't run have you ever had to enforce that one I've not had to enforce that to enforce the the milkman can't run there there's there's lots of different ones I forget what some of them are but but anyway have you ever called for backup yeah do you get degraded when they call you for backup no so it's okay to call for backup but but you have all authority but then you still call for backup who do you call the other units that are on other units okay so so so give us an example of why you would need backup if I'm fighting somebody and I can't seem to subdue them myself I'll call for another unit. Okay so you don't like call the barber? No you haven't called the barber or or the mechanic or the beautician no or the donut maker? No you call you call other officers. Yep and the reason was why why why do why the reason you said you call other officers is because like if I need help subduing somebody so so you would would it be a fair statement to say that you call other officers because they know their authority that they know what's going on you and you know like these other officers are gonna gonna have your back yeah you know that the that the mechanic's not going to run when when the fight gets good I used to think I was really big stuff one time and and my dad had this lawnmower shop and and uh and this guy didn't pay for the lawnmower and we went over to repossess the lawnmower one day and I thought man this is gonna be awesome you know I'm going out with my first first gig with my dad to to to take over this lawnmower and uh and we get in there and and the guy's like we ain't taking the lawnmower we're taking the lawnmower and I'm thinking all right all right well then um uh the guy goes to reach into a box like he's grabbing a gun and my dad reaches over there and he grabs him I think this would be back in the pig whipping days I didn't have this in there but I think his pig whipping days come back out of him and he took that guy and he threw him back against the wall and he said Douglas I mean Daniel because my dad's Douglas Douglas he said you get on that lawnmower and you load that thing up and I couldn't even make the lawnmower start because I was but I I was so scared but but yeah but I can tell you that guy he he he communicated with dad's authority that day well I think it was more dad's power if I really had to think about it. Yeah I'm just sure it was more his power okay there you go have you ever called your your boss chief whatever and and begged him to come out and ride a traffic ticket no so so you've never asked him to come out and have you ever asked him to come out and arrest somebody? No how come? Because I have the same authority he does okay have you ever what what do you think you would say just like what do you think you'd say if you called your boss hey you know this is you got badge number I don't know what you guys got hey this is 1247 1247 I need you to come out here and help me uh write this traffic ticket today I'm pretty sure that I'd probably be fired though you're pretty sure he'd be fired because you have the authority to write the ticket yeah so it would be ridiculous for you to call him to write the ticket because you have the authority to write the ticket. Yeah all right has anyone ever ran up to you for safety not that I know of not that you know of but for today we're gonna say yes yes we've we've we've gone over this too so some stuff backfires but today we're we're gonna say do you ever do you know people that ran up to officers for safety you know you know certain situations where they where they ran up to them for safety so so let's say hypothetically they did well well why would they run up to you for safety maybe uh well because I mean the authority based on what I'm wearing yeah but based based on your authority they know if they get to you then then they're gonna be safe right amen you did great am I done now you can you can you can take a seat perfect amen you even got a clapping wow maybe I should be the one that somebody questions oh all right so authority all right Ephesians 1 19 to 23 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe in him this is the same mighty power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms so what where's Jesus said? At God's right hand in the heavenly realms by the power of God right now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else. So who is far above all that Christ is above all that right not only in this world but also in the world to come. So not only in in heaven but on earth also right has put all things under the authority of Christ and he has made him the head over all things for the benefit of the church. And the church is his body it is Made full and complete by Christ who fills all things everywhere within himself. So can you do 22 in uh New King James? Isn't she super quick? And he put, and he being Christ, put all things under, he being God, put all things under Christ's feet. You see that? And he gave Christ to be head over all things the church. And he put all things under his feet. Okay, can you go to 23? And you can do new living. 23. You're doing good. And the church is his body. Say I am the body. He put all things under his feet, and the church is his body. And Christ is the head, and the church is the body, and all things are under Christ. All things are under his feet, and Christ is the head. And have you ever seen a head with feet? Yeah, you never you never see. Well my goodness, what size shoes do you need for them? Feet coming out of your head. You know, you know, you don't need you don't have heads, you don't have feet coming out of your head. So what he's saying there is all things are under your feet. All things are under your feet. And Christ is the head, and you're the body. You should write that down. Ephesians 1 22, New King James. And he put all things under his feet and gave him head to be all things of church. Alright. Um Ephesians 2. Thank you, Lord, that we are the body. If we are the body, why aren't his arms reaching? Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. And New King James it says, in you he made alive. You used to live in sin just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil, the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is a spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live in that way. All of us, you know, this book is written to the saints. All of us used to be sinners, but when we're born again, we're considered saints, we're considered righteousness. All of, you know, your old life before you received Christ. And if you hadn't received Christ, you can today. But all of us used to live in that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. But our very nature, we were subject to God's, but by our very nature, we were subject to God's anger just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy, he loved us so much that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. So even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. So think about that. When Christ was raised from the dead, he gave you life. So in God's eyes, when Christ was raised from the dead, you were raised from the dead. Was any of you born before Christ was raised from the dead? No. No, I don't think there's anyone here over 2,000 years old. But according to God, when he raised Christ from the dead, he raised you from the dead. It is only by God's grace that you have been saved. For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Jesus Christ. So, so it don't, for he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Jesus Christ. It don't say, you know, once you take this last breath, you're going to be seated with Christ. It doesn't say that. He says, for he raised us up from the dead along with Christ and seated us, not will be seated, not going to be seated. It says, and seated us with him in heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. And when you receive Christ as your Savior, when you're born again, when you confess him as Lord, Lord, then you receive them benefits. Then you receive the authority, the authority that the officer had. You receive the authority that Christ had when you accept him as your Savior, and you're seated with Him in heavenly places at that moment. Now, do you know everything there is to know? No, you don't know everything there is to know. It's in the law, it's written in the law, and it's yours to have. And when you learn to stand on it, then you'll start walking in victory. Amen. That's good stuff. That's good stuff. Say I'm seated with Christ in heavenly places, far above principalities and powers. Rules others of darkness. So you're seated far above, far above anger, hate, discontentment. You're seated far above depression, anxiety. You're seated far above diseases. You're seated far above cancer and dementia and Parkinson's and and and whatever all them other lists of names are. You know, you know, I'm concerned about them and I know they're real, but I know that he's the name above all names. He's the name above every bit of that, and you're seated with him in heavenly places. I'm not saying you don't have sickness in your body. I'm saying he come to heal you of sickness, he come to free you of sickness, and he come to deliver you of sickness. And I'm telling you, if you'll walk in your authority, if you'll commit to, you know, he had to he Rashawn, it just didn't just pop into him on his authority, and it's just not going to pop into you on your authority by coming in here. You know, did you just go to go to class once a week for an hour and learn your authority? You know, you know, there's no way he just went to class once a week and learned hours for authority. He spent hour after hour after hour learning and understanding his authority. And I'm telling you, you as believers have to spend hour after hour learning and understanding God and who he is. It's not me, it's not my way to carry. Well, you know, you get up there and you're like, well, well, Pastor Dan didn't tell me that. And he's like, well, you didn't learn on your own, you know. I I told you in my word that that I can't tell you all these things right now, and there's one coming, Holy Spirit, and he'll be the one that guides you and teach you. Did you not ever put any effort in on uh on learning and on teaching? Well, no, you know, I just went to church. I just thought, just thought they would tell me what I needed to know. Ouch. Take some weight off my shoulders. Because I've tried to carry you people, and you're heavy. Like I've tried to stop you, but you run over me. But when we realize our authority, I'm not trying to stop you. I'm here with you, and I just want to see you free. You know, and I can't go into your head and make you do things. It'll be great if you can make them do things, but but I can't make you do things. I mean, you can sit here right now and you you can you can go against everything I've said, and there's not a thing I can do about it. I see it happen. Seen it happen, see it happen. You know, some of the craziest stuff happens in church, and you know who gets the blame for stuff? Pastor Sarah. You know, you know, Pastor, you know, you know, you know, and you look back and stuff you think about and you think about. You know, the the pastor probably never did everything like that. But but but people go out and they do they do stupid stuff and and and not that you got, I'm sure none of you guys do stupid stuff. So, so you know, you go out and you do you do stuff and then then you got the the bumper sticker. That's why we don't have bumper stickers. And we were talking about that the other day. Follow me to the gathering, like, you know, you know, and you're like there. It's like, well, well, man, they just ring my butt out while there, and then I go out there and they got that, and it says, follow me to church. And I'm thinking, no, you know, you know, uh, that must be what their pastor's preaching. He must be preaching them to, but he must be teaching them not to tithe. Or not to he must be teaching them not to uh tip. That's it, tip. He must be teaching them not to tip. He must be teaching them to yell at the yell at the service at the deal. But but but no, I'm tell I'm telling you just the opposite. Love on them. If you get a bad meal, maybe they're having a bad day. Just thank them for the meal. Give them an extra tip because they're maybe they're having a terrible day. Well, they're not there to please you. Well, I guess they are there to please you. You're not there to please them. You know, we got we got some different things like like for instance, someone came and they were worshiping and they were praising, and and their shirt come up a little bit above their waistline, belly. And and then later I hear, well, you know, I told them that that you know their shirt come up and they shouldn't be raising their hands. I'm thinking, it doesn't really matter if their belly's showing, if they're here praising the Lord. I mean, they've only been here like once. They've only been here like once or twice. And we're sitting here saying, Well, you shouldn't be doing that. And I'm like, you know, you know, I've been that person. How do you know that? Because I've been that person. I've been that critical, judgmental, religious, condemning spirit. You know, I've been that, and I've repeated that. You know, I've been the one that that goes out, and then if you go out and oh Shunda, if you go out and the very first thing you hear in your car is negativity, then you know, like, oh my gosh, I'm dealing with something that's not true. I'm dealing with something that's talking death. I'm dealing with something that's trying to bring death on my family. I'm telling you, he comes so you could have life and you could have life more abundantly. And if you're the one that's going out speaking negativity when you get out in your car, I'm telling you to submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee. I'm telling you to take them thoughts captive. I'm telling you, if it's more, come and talk to me about it, but please don't go and talk behind the back because when you talk behind the back, you're only breaking the body of Christ down. Oh my. I'm the chief of sinners. You know, I just popped into my head the other day. I'm like, I'm the chief of sinners. You know, Paul's like, I'm the chief of sinners, and I'm like, man, Paul, why would you be the chief of sinners? You know, them words are in there and they're in there for a reason, and they're just not words that are flopped on a page, and and Paul's saying, you know, you know, I'm the chief of sinners. And then I was thinking back about Paul. Man, Paul, you know, man, he was a drug dealer and he was a murderer and he was doing all this and all kinds of shady deals, and and and Paul didn't do none of that. Right? Paul didn't do none of that. Well, no, even even Saul, Saul didn't do none of that either. He murdered Christians. But we think, we think the real, we think the real evil people, the chief of sinners, are the ones out there making dope and doing meth, and they think they're the ones that are drunk, and they think they're the ones that are that are doing this or doing that. But Paul says, I was the chief of sinners. I'm thinking, where was you at, Paul? You know, well, I was in church on every Sunday. You know, I was I was the the Pharisee of Pharisees, I was the this and I was that, I was the Roman, I was this, I was all of that. I mean, he he had he had this list. I mean, I mean, to the world, he looked perfect. But to him, he's like, I'm the chief of sinners. I'm the one. See, I was causing division in that body, I was causing hate and anger in the body. I was keeping people from going up. You know, you know, I was telling them people like, well, you shouldn't be raising, you know, it's enough to raise your hands in church. My gosh, you raised your hands in church. Oh no. But if you raise your hand, your belly button shows. That's a whole different level of raising your hands. Well, maybe we just love them. You know, I had a call. That's what I was going to talk to you about, name me after. Had a call from Lawrence County jail the other day, and I didn't receive it, but someone was trying to call me. I didn't know who it was, but but I noticed as I was going through the inmate roster trying to figure out who this person was, that I seen two people. There's two people in the Lawrence County jail that is set in the service. Oh man. Oh man. Well, I didn't know the call, I didn't hear it. I couldn't call back. I can go take care of it. But uh, oh man. You know, maybe if they would have understood their authority in Christ, then that wouldn't happen. Maybe if they would have understood that they have power over that. You know, I'm pretty sure maybe I'll go up there and ask them now, did you get in here for good behavior? Is this a bonus? Was you doing so good they decided just to come in here and give you three square meals a day and and and and do all this? Or thank you, Miss Pat. Praise the Lord. You know, you have authority over certain things in your life. Like like if it's written in the Word of God, you have authority over it. It's not it's not a feeling. You know, I'd ask, I'd ask uh Ray Sean about, you know, even though you of course you always feel like going to work, praise the Lord. But but uh but you know, if you don't do if you don't you know, maybe I don't feel like coming to church every Sunday. But but I realize the word works no matter how I feel. It will not return void. And I'll tell you, for the most part, that will go away, you know. You know, if you're sitting at home like, well, I don't feel like going to church today, that's the day you need to be like, you know what, I'm going to I'm going to church no matter what. You know, and and and get that into you when you're young. That way, when when when you're when you're 80, like my mama is, and you go out there and try to talk them because you can't change them. Well, mom, do you want to go to church today? Well, I don't feel like going to church today. And but you're like, well, you know, it's not a feeling, Mom. It's not a feeling. If you don't feel like going today, then you need to get up and go, because I'm telling you the Lord has something for her. And I'm telling you, the Lord's touching her right there where she is right now, too. So praise the Lord. She's running around and making chicken and noodles. Amen. You know, it's his will for you to be well. I was out this week, and the guy had mentioned about that he was older, and he said, you know, you know, my mind is just getting getting like this and that. You know, hey, I'm I'm 80 years old, and you know, when you're old, your mind goes like that. And I'm like, you know, I just don't agree with that. You see, I believe it's God's will for your mind to be strong all the way till you're right there in front of him. And he's like, Do you really believe that? And I was like, Yeah, the word says it. The word says it. Even if your mind's bad, I believe it's it turned to bad evil and take to good. I believe it can be changed back to normal. Above normal. Hallelujah. We're getting there. All right, Romans 12, 1 and 2. You you have authority. These are just a few things that I picked out, and you can have authority over. You have authority over your mind. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Present yourselves to God. Let them be a living living and holy sacrifice. This kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. By presenting yourself to him. Verse 2. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. You can change the way you think. Well, I don't know. I've always thought like this, I've thought like this, I've thought like this my whole life. You know, I'm six years old and this is the way I thought, or, you know, if you're 70, 80, 40, whatever it is. No, no, no, no, you can change the way you think. Well, I don't know about that. Well, I've changed the way I think because I had a lot of stuff in my mind that didn't line up with the word of God, and I had to train my mind to think the way the word of God says. See, because I'm not going to be conformed to this world. I'm going to be transformed by the renewing of my mind. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. How about Luke 1.9? You have authority over diseases. One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. That authority is in you. You have that, you have the authority to cast out all demons and heal all sicknesses. And that's just not in other people. You got you can do that in your own selves. Right? Now, this was before Jesus went to the cross for us is when he's there with the twelve disciples. But as we know in Matthew 28, 18, he says, Go therefore and make disciples. He's telling you, hey, I did this, now you go therefore. All authority has been given to me, now I'm giving it to you. You have authority over your finances. Deuteronomy 8.18. And you shall remember the Lord your God, for he it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant, which he swore to your fathers as it is this day. Oh, yeah, but brother, that's Old Testament. 2 Corinthians 9.8. And God will generously provide all you need, then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. Amen. You know, I'd ask um, I'd ask Ray Sean if he'd ever called for help. And he's like, yes. So it's okay to call for help. It's okay to call for help when you're a believer. It's okay to call for help. It's okay to call for backup. James 5, 14, 15. Are any of you sick? The elders should call for you because they hadn't seen you in a week. That'll take a lot of pressure off of you, too. And I think we should check on everyone. I think we should love everyone. But love on people. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come pray over you. So so who should be the one calling if you're sick? Me, I. Like you should be the one calling if you're sick. I can't believe they didn't check on me. Sometimes we get slipped through. Sometimes you don't see it, sometimes you don't notice it. I can't believe you didn't check on me. Because we can always twist that around. You should call for the elders of the church to come pray over you. Why the elders? Because they have the authority. They know their authority. So is anyone among you sick? Call on someone you know has some authority and have them that know that has their authority come pray over you. You know, if you're sick, you don't want someone coming up to you. If you're sick and you're dying of leukemia or you're dying of something, and you call someone in and like, well, Lord, if it's your will, Lord, Lord, you just heal them of leukemia. You know, you don't want you want someone that knows what the will of God is. You you want someone that that'll stand on the word of God and like, you know, you know, it's not God's will for you to die of leukemia. It's God's will for you to be healed. Now, I want to go to you, you know, and then he starts, maybe gives you words of knowledge or wisdom or whatever. Like, man, is there any anything going on in your life we need to talk about? Is there any any unforgiveness? Is there anything like that? But but but see, we we take it and then we then we put it on well, it just must have been God's will that they went and passed on because they had leukemia and and and he must have needed another angel. And and you don't become angels, you you actually judge angels. You you're actually above the angels. Well, hold on, bump. I'm getting there, Coron. Doing great. We haven't even gotten to the anointing with oil. Anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. Not might, not if it's his head just right. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. Oh, Lord, please heal me. He's already done. Just stand on the word of God that you're healed. See, see, you're the body and he's the head. And when someone says, Will you pray for me? That don't mean to put them on a prayer list. I'm not against a prayer list. Maybe that reminds you to pray. Maybe that does. We typically, I mean, we call in, you can we can send out prayers, we do that some, but as far as a list, we we just pray over the people when they ask. You know? Is anyone among you sick? Is anyone among you afflicted? Put them on the prayer list. And then the prayer list will make them well. No, no, no, it says pray for them. So if someone's sick, go pray for them. Go pray for him. If someone calls you and is like, man, will you pray for me? Pray for them. If you can get there to pray for him, go there and pray for them. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. Amen. Amen. So who's the head authority? Who's over Jesus? God. God's the head, right? So why do you have authority? Because that's the way God operates. God operates by authority. God gave it to Jesus and Jesus gave it to us through the Holy Spirit. How do you get authority? By becoming a believer, by becoming a Christian, by being born again, by receiving Christ as Lord, confessing Him as your Savior. When do you get the authority? The very instant you submit yourself to God and accept Jesus as your Savior. There's not another communion, is there? What do you have to show your authority? Holy Spirit? The blood of Jesus, his body. What do you have the authority to do? What Jesus did or any anything that's written in the Word of God, you have that authority to do that. In your life, and speak over others. And if they'll agree with you, they'll be healed. So you have the authority to receive him for Christ by Savior, and you have authority by faith. Now faith is a substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. See, without faith, it's impossible to please God. You know, faith without works is dead. And we understand that faith without corresponding action is dead. So you have faith and I have works. You show me faith by your works, you show me faith without your works, I'll show you my faith by my works. So faith without acting on the word of God is dead. So someone says they have faith and do completely opposite of what their word the word of God says, then they're dead. Their faith is dead. So let's all stand. Thank you, Lord. So where are you at today? Where are you at in your where is God talking to you? What is he talking to you about in your life? You know, there's stuff that go on in our lives, there's stuff that go on in in people's lives. I'm talking about negative stuff, sickness, anxiety, hate, anger, depression. The Lord come to set you free from that. So what is it today that you need help with? What is it today that you need to call on the elders, anoint them with oil, and the prayer of faith will save the sick? What is what is it today that that you realize that, man, I need backup for this. You know what I'd ask him, I said, Did you ever you ever get condemned for backup? And he's like, no. So I'm telling you, there's no condemnation for you needing backup today. Yeah, but I've been dealing with the same thing for 20 years. It don't matter to me. There's still no condemnation in that. He's here to set you free, and we're here to agree with what he did because he's the head and we're the body. Maybe you've never surrendered your life to Christ. Maybe you've never received him as Savior. See, that's the thing. I I can't tell, I can't I can't see your heart. You may have been coming here since it began. I don't have, I mean, and still had never surrendered to cry. I I don't know. Well, brother, how can you say that? Well, I went to church for man, yeah, 18 years. Didn't miss very many services and didn't receive him. I was a real good Paul though. I was there when they needed me, I did what they asked me to do. But behind the back, not even knowing it, and not even, you know, a little bit of leaving leavens a whole lump. It ain't like I was out doing a lot of stuff, but even just a little bit of leaving, even just a little bit of negativity, even just a little bit of discord destroys your family and then destroys the church family. Pastor Hirad one time, you know, he said, you know what the number one reason why people don't go to church? Like, what is it? They've already been. They've already been. But no, Lord, we we love you, Lord. Lord, we just want to see your body healed, Lord. And Lord, we we are the body, Lord. You're Lord, you're the head, Lord. If you're here today, there's no one not here today, but if you're here today, then your body, we want we want your body healed. That could be sickness, disease, anxiety, that could be any tormenting stuff that's going on, that could be be anything. But I'm telling you, we want your body healed, we want your body whole, we want your body complete. And I promise you, there's nothing that you're going through that more than likely someone in this room hasn't gone through, but I promise you there's nothing you're going through that someone has never gone through. There's nothing that you're going through that Christ didn't take stripes for your healing for. There's no sin that you're doing that that Christ didn't shed his blood for. They come, then Jesus says, you know, I come and I'm eating with with uh with sinners and doing this, and you say I'm this and that. People that want to have an excuse can always have an excuse. I'm telling you, today, how about today we're done with excuses? How about today we're gonna be like, Lord, I give this to you. Lord, Lord, Lord, I give this this darkness, this this hurt that I've been holding on to, Lord. Lord, Lord, I I I give it to you, Lord. Lord, that I can be made new, that I can be made whole. That's the that's the power of the word. I've never seen it in God's word where you know Jesus had uh anger or depression or hate or sickness or anxiety or deceiving heart. And I know then things are real. I'm not I'm not downplaying it. But what I am saying is you're his body, and he never had that in his body, and you're his body here on earth, and he don't want that in your body here. He don't want that in your body here. Thinking, my lord, he changed the world with 12 people. One of them wouldn't much help. One of them caused a lot of discord, but they still they still change the world. You know, 12 become 120. In just a moment. 120 become 3,000. So I'm telling you today, stand on the authority of Christ. You can't stop sickness, just like Ray Sean can't get out there and stop all them cars. But by the authority that you have, you can tell you can still tell sickness to stop. Oh, I had one on there I didn't ask him. Have you ever chased somebody? Yeah, I've got out and chase somebody. So, so what does that look like? Starts with your face planted. There you go. Maybe we should went over that first. So, so do you like are you just like, please stop? Will you please stop? So you're running. Are you yelling at him? You're yelling at him. Stop! Marshals. See, that's the way you gotta do the devil. In Smith Wigglesworth's book, Ever Increasing Faith, says Smith was at a bus stop one day, and uh this lady comes out of her house, has this little dog with her. And uh, now honey, you need to get back home. Now, honey, you you can't go with me. Now, little doggy, you get back. And he said the bus was coming, the bus was coming, and she said, Get back to the house. So that old dog stuck its tail between its legs and got back to the house. And said, Smith, without ever even thinking what he said, said, That's what you got to do to the devil. I'm telling you, the devil has zero authority in your life. The only authority Satan has in the believer's life is what they give him. So tell him just to get out. I'm thinking, get the hell out. Get the hell out. I don't want no hell in me. Anger leave me in Jesus' name. Bitterness get out of my life in Jesus' name. Leukemia leave in Jesus' name. See, there's power in the name of Jesus. What a great day. What a great day. Father, we praise you. Father, we thank you, Lord. Lord, that we literally are your body on the earth, Lord. Lord, we are your hands and feet, Lord. We are your your mouthpiece, Lord. Lord, we are your eyes and ears. Lord, as we are being healed ourselves, but Lord, may we see others that are in need, Lord, and speak life over them, Lord. Speak life over them. Father, we praise you. Father, we honor you, Lord. In Jesus' name. Amen.