CAPTIVE CHRISTIANS (2)
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A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT
GENERATIONAL CURSES
AND YOKES
WE LEARNED THAT GENERATIONAL CURSES
RUN DEEP AND LONG
WE SAW IN EXODUS 20 THAT GENERATIONAL CURSES RUN 3 AND 4 GENERATIONS DEEP.
AND IF THEY ARE NOT CONFRONTED
THEY CONTINUE TO GROW
CURSES ARE NATURE
THEY ARE THINGS YOU DEAL WITH THAT WASN’T DEALT WITH …..
BY SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY BLOODLINE
INIQUITIES…MEANS TO BE BENT OR TWISTED
THE CHARACTER AND NATURE OF SIN
INIQUITY IS....UNFAIR, UNJUST, AND UNEQUAL
BUT INEVITABLE
THEY HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH
WE LEARNED THAT YOKES ARE....
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU
NURTURE
THE GOOD THING ABOUT YOKES IS THIS....
THE ANOINTING CAN BREAK THOSE YOKES
WHAT IS THE ANOINTING MEANING IN THIS CONTEXT?
FATNESS
SO ONCE YOU GROW IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
YOU BECOME FAT WITH THE ANOINTING
AND WHAT ONCE HELD YOU CAPTIVE CAN NO LONGER HOLD YOU
ISAIAH 10 WE READ IT....
THE YOKE CAN BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING OIL (AS YOU GROW IN CHRIST)
AND THAT BURDEN WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOUR SHOULDERS
YOKES CREATE CYCLES....
UNHEALTHY PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR
SO CURSES, YOKES AND TODAY....
STRONGHOLDS
SAY IT WITH ME...
CURSES, YOKES, STRONGHOLDS
ARE YOU READY???
TURN TO ROMANS 7:
CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION COURSE.......
YOU ARE NOT FREE BECAUSE YOU CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR
YOU ARE FREE WHEN YOUR DESIRES CHANGE
YOU ARE NOT FREE WHEN YOU WANT TO AND YOUR TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF NOT
YOUR FREE WHEN YOU AND GOD WANT THE SAME THINGS
THAT’S WHEN REAL FREEDOM COMES
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
YOU CAN BE SAVED AND SET FREE FROM HELL,
BUT STILL HELD CAPTIVE BY YOUR UN-RENEWED MIND
WE ESTABLISHED THIS.....
THE DEVIL CAN’T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING....
ALL THE DEVIL CAN DO IS LIE
JESUS CALLED HIM THIS....
THE FATHER OF LIES
THERE IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE EVERYDAY
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS STUFF
DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE ENEMY BACKS OFF OF
BECAUSE IT’S UNFAIR…LOL
THE BIBLE SAYS...
MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
THIS MORNING AND MAYBE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS
WERE GONNA MAKE YOU MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE
CAN I GET AN AMEN???
OPEN IN PRAYER.....
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LAY A FOUNDATION
NEXT WEEK WE WILL GO DEEPER
ARE YOU READY???
STRONGHOLDS ARE IN THE MIND.
THEY ARE FIERCE
AND THEY ARE LETHAL
BUT….YOUR ENEMY DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING
THE ONLY THINGS THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO DO IS...
GET YOU TO BELIEVE A LIE
AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART....
SO IS HE
IN OTHER WORDS...
WHATEVER HE HAS EMBRACED TO BE TRUE
IT WILL DEFINE HIS REALITY
OH COME ON...
HOW DID YOU GET HERE???
YOU THOUGHT YOUR WAY ALL THE WAY HERE
WELL NO PASTOR...
I AM A VICTIM
YEAH AND BECAUSE YOU WERE VICTIMIZED....
NOW YOU THINK LIKE THAT
AND YOU’VE THOUGHT YOUR WAY ALL THE WAY HERE
AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART...
YOUR THOUGHTS DEFINE YOUR REALITY
OH MY LORD…THAT WILL PREACH
IF THE ENEMY CAN GET YOUR THINKING MESSED UP
HE CAN GET YOUR LIFE MESSED UP
IF HE CAN HAVE YOU THINKING WRONG ABOUT MARRIAGE
HE CAN DESTROY YOUR MARRIAGE
IF HE CAN KEEP YOU THINKING WRONG ABOUT MONEY
HE CAN KEEP YOU SLAVE TO IT YOUR WHOLE LIFE
IF HE CAN GET YOU THINKING WRONG ABOUT YOURSELF
HE CAN KEEP YOU AN IMPOSTER
AND YOU WILL NEVER KNOW YOUR REAL POTENTIAL
HIS REAL POWER TO INFLUENCE YOUR LIFE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED
BUT HE HAS THE POWER TO EFFECT YOUR LIFE
THROUGH YOUR MIND
BECAUSE HE SPEAKS RELENTLESSLY
HE IS ALWAYS SENDING THOUGHT THROUGH YOUR HEAD
AND YOU CAN’T CONTROL ALL OF THOSE THOUGHTS
COME ON.....
HE’S A MOUSE WITH A MICROPHONE
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WORLD CALLS THEM
INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS
YOU CAN’T CONTROL THEM
THE PROBLEM ISN’T THE THOUGHTS THAT COME AND GO
IT’S THE THOUGHTS THAT COME AND STAY
IT’S THE THOUGHTS THAT BECOME A PART OF YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM
THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS THAT WILL DEFINE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE
OH COME ON....
THIS IS TRUE
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICS
DEFINES YOUR POLITICS
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT FAMILY
DEFINES YOUR FAMILY
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
DEFINES YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MONEY
DEFINES YOUR ECONOMY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
IF YOU CAN WHIP IT IN YOUR MIND
YOU CAN WHIP IT IN YOUR LIFE
IF YOU CAN WHIP DEPRESSION IN YOUR MIND
YOU CAN WHIP IT IN YOUR HOUSE
IF YOU CAN WHIP POVERTY IN YOUR MIND
YOU CAN WHIP IT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
IF YOU CAN WHIP
SADNESS
WEAKNESS
AND BITTERNESS HERE (MIND)
YOU CAN WHIP IT IN YOUR LIFE
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS WIN THE BATTLE IN YOUR HEAD
CAN I GET AN AMEN?
ROMANS 7.
I LOVE ROMANS SEVEN BECAUSE...
IT LETS ME KNOW
I’M NOT CRAZY
THE BOOK OF ROMANS
IS THE GREATEST DISSERTATION EVER WRITTEN ON GRACE
CHAPTER 5 & 6
- TALKS ABOUT HOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE
THEN HE GETS TO CHAPTER 7 AND EVERYTHING GETS WEIRD
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.
OH COME ON.....
ANYBODY EVER SAID
WHAT WAS I THINKING
16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
CHAPTERS 5 & 6
ALL HE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT HE’S BEEN BORN AGAIN
SAVED BY GRACE
CHAPTERS 7
HE SAYS....
IF I’M DOING STUFF THAT I HATE
THERE IS STILL SOME SIN SOMEWHERE
LET’S HUNT FOR IT....
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
OH MY LORD...
HE SAID...
I’VE GOTTEN SAVED
NOW MY SPIRIT HAS COME ALIVE
AND DEEP DOWN ON THE INSIDE I WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING
I WANT TO SERVE GOD
I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE PLEASING TO HIM
HE SAID...
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EXECUTING
I’M NEVER ABLE TO DO IT
SO,
HIS DESIRES
AND ACTIONS
ARE IN CONFLICT
19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
LAW MEANS - COMPELLING TO ACTION
OH COME ON....
WHEN YOUR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 10-15 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT
AND YOU SEE A COP WAITING FOR YOU OVER THE HILL
YOU ARE COMPELLED TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE
22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
CAPTIVE CHRISTIANS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN
BUT ARE STILL HANDCUFFED TO THINGS
THEY FEEL POWERLESS TO BREAK
OH MY LORD HELP US...
YOU KNOW WHATS SO BAD ABOUT THAT?
WHAT YOU DON’T BREAK
YOU HIDE
AND THEN YOUR ONE THING IN THIS LIFE
AND ANOTHER WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH
EVERYBODY SAYS...
HOW YOU DOING TODAY BROTHER?
OH I’M BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED (NERVOUSLY)
THEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS ATMOSPHERE
THE WAR IS ON
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE MORNING SAYING...
MAN I THINK I JUST WANT TO BE A HYPOCRITE TODAY
BUT THERE IS THIS CONFLICT THAT IS HAPPENING...
THIS GUY PAUL...
WAS AN APOSTLE WHEN HE WROTE THIS
HE WROTE OVER HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND HE’S SAYING I AM STRUGGLING
I LOVE THAT…SO TRANSPARENT
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
SO THE THING THAT COMPELS ME TO DO WRONG....
IS IN THIS (MY FLESH)
CAN I TEACH FOR A SECOND???
GOD IS A TRINITY
THIS IS NOT A BIBLICAL WORD
IT’S A WORD WE HAVE FORMULATED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIM
HE IS ONE,
BUT WE KNOW HIM 3 WAYS
THE FATHER, SON AND THE SPIRIT
TRI - 3
UNITY - 1
3 IN 1
TRINITY
WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE
YOU ARE A TRINITY
SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY
IT TAKES THOSE THREE COMPONENTS TO MAKE UP YOUR WHOLE PERSON
HANG WITH ME....
WHEN YOU GET SAVED....YOUR SPIRIT
IS PERFECTED
IT’S DONE
YOU CAN’T BE ANY MORE SAVED
NOW,
YOUR SPIRIT IS SAVED
YOUR MIND IS BEING SAVED
AND YOUR BODY IS NOT SAVED
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WE WILL BE GIVEN A GLORIFIED BODY
UNTIL WE GET THERE
OUR BODIES AREN’T SAVED
YOU WITH ME???
SO...
YOU ARE SAVED SPIRITUALLY
YOU ARE BEING SAVED IN YOUR MIND
AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED IN THAT DAY, IN YOUR BODY
BUT RIGHT NOW YOUR BODY IS NOT SAVED
AND HE SAID....SIN
DWELLS IN THESE MEMBERS
AND THE LAW OF SIN IS COMPELLING YOU INTO ACTION
UNDERSTAND THIS
IF YOUR FLESH IS NOT SAVED
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SUBDUE IT
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THE WORSE THING YOU COULD SAY IS...
I’M GONNA DO WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE DOING
HAHAHA.....TELL ME HOW THAT WORKS FOR YOU
IF YOU TURN THIS THING LOSE (YOUR BODY)
YOU DON’T NEED A DEVIL
YOUR FLESH WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE DOWN THE TOILET BEFORE DINNER TIME
READ IN GALATIANS 5 THERE ARE LIKE 17 WORKS OF THE FLESH
YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT OUR FLESH CAN DO WITH OUT THE HELP OF ANYTHING DEMONIC
SO WE HAVE TO MANAGE IT
I DO NOT LET THIS THING DO ANYTHING IT WANTS TO
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
IT LISTENS TO MY SPIRIT....
MY SPIRIT DOES NOT LISTEN TO MY FLESH
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
SO I WALK IN THE SPIRIT DAILY
SO THAT I DO NOT FULFILL THE DESIRES OF MY FLESH
YOUR FLESH HAS TO BE TRAINED......
WHEN I WAS LITTLE...
WE DIDN’T DO TIME-OUTS
- MY DAD JUST WHIPPED ME
EVERYBODY HAD PERMISSION TO WHIP YOU.....(EXPOUND)
(WHIPPED WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL)
NOWADAYS....
YOU TOUCH MY KID
ME AND YOU ARE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS
LOL
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT
I DON’T TRUST PEOPLE TO PROPERLY DISCIPLINE MY CHILD
MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WRONG WITH ME...
EVERYBODY JUST BEAT ME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP....LOL
YOUR FLESH HAS TO BE MANAGED AND TRAINED
WHIPPED INTO SUBMISSION
IT’S TOUGH
OH COME ON....AMEN
SO HERE YOU ARE 20-30 YEARS OLD
YOUR MIND AND YOUR FLESH ARE DOING GREAT TOGETHER
THEN YOU COME TO CHURCH AND GET SAVED
ALL THE SUDDEN THIS 3RD PERSON MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT
HERE COMES SPIRIT...
WAIT WE WERE FINE WITHOUT YOU
ME AND FLESH HAD IT ALL GOING ON.....
FLESH GAVE ME THE SIGNAL AND I MADE THE DECISION
SPIRIT SAYS..
BUT I’M HERE NOW
THEN WHAT HAPPENS....REMEMBER
IN MY INWARD MAN
I DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF GOD
SO,
NOW HERE COMES THE CONFUSION
I GOT BORN AGAIN SPIRIT SENDING ME SIGNALS
I GOT MY FLESH SENDING ME SIGNALS
AND MY MIND FEELS LIKE IT’S GOING CRAZY
OH COME ON....
ANYBODY ELSE EXPERIENCE THIS????
YOU KNOW WHAT THE END OF CHAPTER 7 SAYS..
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM
WHO WILL DELIVER ME FORM THIS BODY OF DEATH
HE’S SAYING..
THIS IS NOT FUN
IN FACT IT’S TORMENT
WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS
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Romans 8:5–6 (NKJV)
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
SET YOUR MIND
OH MY LORD...
SO LISTEN TO THIS....
WHETHER OR NOT YOUR LIFE IS AWFUL
OR WHETHER OR NOT YOUR LIFE IS PEACEFUL AND BLISS
IS BASED ON YOUR....
MINDSET
THE WORD “SET”
IS A MEDICAL TERM
WHEN YOU BREAK A BONE...
IT HAS TO BE SET BEFORE PROPER HEALING TAKES PLACE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD....
HE ALREADY KNOWS
YOUR MIND IS BROKEN
AND IT HAS TO BE RE-SET
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE CONFLICT COMES FROM
THE BATTLE IS NOT JUST OVER GENERATIONAL CURSES AND YOKES
THE BATTLE IS OVER YOUR.....MIND
GOD HAS SET THE HEAD OVER THE MEMBERS
AND IT IS THE DECISION MAKER
AND YOU ARE GETTING 2 SIGNALS IF YOUR SAVED
EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
YOU HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO RIGHT
AND YOU HAVE THE PULL TO DO WRONG
PASTOR THAT’S SCARY
WHICH ONE WILL WIN?
THE ONE YOU FEED
IF YOU LOOKED AT FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM
AND COMPARED IT TO HOW MUCH YOU WERE IN YOUR BIBLE.....
OH COME ON......
AND YOU WONDER WHY YOUR FLESH IS A MONSTER
WHICHEVER ONE YOU STARVE.....DIES
WHICHEVER ONE YOU FEED....LIVES
VERY SIMPLE....
NOT EASY
BUT SIMPLE
SOME OF YOU....THE ONLY BIBLE YOU GET IS......
WHEN YOU STEP FOOT IN THIS BUILDING ON SUNDAY
AND YOU WONDER WHY YOUR SPIRIT IS SO WEAK
IT’S STARVING
A MIND SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES.....
IS LIFE
A MIND SET ON WHAT THE FLESH DESIRES.....
IS DEATH
..........STAND TO YOUR FEET.............
SOME OF YOU IN HERE....
NEED YOUR MIND TO BE RESET
IT’S BROKEN AND IT’S TORMENTING YOU
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
STRONGHOLDS ARE IN THE MIND....
A stronghold is
a faulty thinking pattern based on lies and deception.
Deception is one of the primary weapons of the devil,
because it is the building blocks for a stronghold.
ONCE WE BELIEVE THE LIE...
STRONGHOLDS ARE BUILT UP IN OUR MINDS
AND THE ENEMY HIDES IN THOSE STRONGHOLDS
AND THEY HAVE TO BE PULLED DOWN
AND WERE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.
I WANT TO OPEN THESE ALTARS.....
IF YOUR HEAR AND YOU NEED SOME SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH TO OVERCOME YOUR THOUGHTS
WOULD YOU COME
MAYBE THE ENEMY HAS BEEN TORMENTING YOU WITH THOUGHTS
WOULD YOU COME THIS MORNING
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