DOORS....part 2
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title......
opposition = opportunity
opportunity = opposition
LAST WEEK AT THE END OF THE MESSAGE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW....
DOORS AND ENEMY GO TOGETHER
DOORS REVEAL ENEMIES
AND ENEMIES REVEAL DOORS
OH COME ON....
SOME OF YALL KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
YOU BEEN TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR FOR YEARS
BUT THE ENEMY IS KICKING YOUR TAIL END
I MEAN YOU CAN’T CATCH A BREATH
AND HE’S AT IT AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE
IN YOUR FAMILY
IN YOUR MARRAIGE
IN YOUR FINANCES
IN YOUR JOB
OH COME ON....
- SOMEBODY KNOWS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
I WANT TO PIGGY BACK IF I CAN OFF LAST WEEK
AND CONTINUE IN THIS TOPIC OF ENEMIES & DOORS
1 CORINTHIANS 16:9.
TODAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON’T JUST ASSUME YOY KMOW.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO AREN’T SEASONED IN THEIR FAITH
AND I WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND SENSITIVE OF THAT
……………..
WHEN YOU SEE A BOOK UP THERE LIKE...
CORINTHIANS
PHILIPPIANS
GALATIANS
EPHESIANS
COLLOSIANS
THOSE ARE LETTERS!
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN
ALL CHRONICLE THE LIFE OF JESUS
THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS
IF YOU BUY A BIBLE
MOST OF THOSE BOOKS WILL HAVE A LOT OF WRITING IN RED....
THAT MEANS THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING
SO, JESUS GOT 12 DISCIPLES...
WHEN JESUS....
DIED
ROSE AGAIN
AND ASCENDED BACK INTO HEAVEN
YOU COME TO THE BOOK OF ACTS
THOSE DISCIPLES ARE NOW APOSTLES
THEY ARE NO LONGER STUDENTS
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH TAKING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
TO THE ENTIRE WORLD
THEN AFTER THE BOOK OF ACTS...
WHICH IS WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THEIR APOSTLESHIP
THE CHURCHES
LIKE THE CHURCH AT CORINTH
THE CHURCH AT PHILIPI
THE CHURCH AT GALATIA
THESE ARE LETTERS THAT THE APOSTLES WRITE TO THE CHURCHES
TO HELP THEM GROW
AND CULTIVATE THEIR FAITH
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR FAITH WITH GOD IS ABOUT
THIS SCRIPTURE IS ONE SUCH LETTER
THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES TO THE CHURCH IN CORINTH
9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
IT SAID....AND
NOT BUT
“AND”
WHICH MEAN…ACCOMPANIED WITH IT
THERE IS A GREAT AND EFFECTIVE DOOR OPEN FOR ME
WHAT DID I PREACH LAST WEEK???
BEHOLD I PLACE BEFORE YOU A....DOOR
I OPEN IT AND NOBODY CAN SHUT IT
I SHUT IT AND NOBODY CAN OPEN IT
NOW I WANT TO STUDY THE DOORS
IT SAID....
THERE IS A GREAT DOOR
YOU CAN’T HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES...
AND HAVE LITTLE BATTLES
LITTLE DOORS HAVE LITTLE RESISTANCE
GREAT DOORS HAVE GREAT RESISTANCE
YOU DON’T PUT CHEAP LOCKS....
IN FRONT OF GREAT TREASURES
OH COME ON.....
IF SOMEONE HAS A GREAT TREASURE
THEY PUT IT BEHIND A VAULT
WHY?
BECAUSE IT’S HARDER TO GET TO IT.
IF THERE IS A DOOR WITH BLESSING THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE
THEN YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THE RESISTANCE TO IT IS HEAVY.....WHY?
BECAUSE USUALLY…GOD IS GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO EXPAND
AND YOUR ABOUT TO TAKE ENEMY HELD TERRITORY
OH MY LORD....THAT’S GOOD
SO IF GOD GETS READY TO BLESS YOU
THE ENEMY DON’T JUST STAND ON THE SIDEWALK AND CLAP
WHILE YOU GO AND TAKE POSSESSION OF IT
THERE IS A GREAT AND EFFECTIVE DOOR FOR ME…AND
THERE IS MANY ADVERSARIES
....OPEN IN PRAYER.....
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR....I HOPE YOUR READY
THERE IS A GREAT AND EFFECTIVE DOOR
AND THERE ARE MANY ADVERSARIES
DOOR AND ADVERSITY...
GO HAND AND HAND
WHEN SOMEONE HAS A NEW BATTLE
YOU CAN USUALLY SEE IT WHEN THEY WALK IN CHURCH
(LIMPING ALONG..”I NEED PRAYER)
IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME THIS MORNING
I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON BATTLES
IF BATTLES AND DOORS GO TOGETHER
THEN YOUR NEW ADVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW OPPORTUNITY
WHAT IF....
EVERY TIME WE HAD A NEW BATTLE
WE WENT AHEAD AND GOT TOGETHER
AND THREW A NEW PARTY
WE WOULD PROBABLY DRAW MORE PEOPLE
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE THE MOST PARTYING PEOPLE IN CALAVERAS COUNTY
OH COME ON…YOU KNOW I’M TELLING THE TRUTH
UNDERSTAND THIS...
THERE IS NOT RESISTANCE OVER NOTHING
THE ONLY TIME I AM FACING RESISTANCE IS IF...
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENEMY WANTS TO PROTECT
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME A DOORWAY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSESS
SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND...
SOMETIMES THE DOOR ARRIVES FIRST
AND THE ENEMY SHOWS UP
SOMETIMES THE ENEMY SHOWS UP FIRST
AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHY
IF YOU EVER HAVE THIS HAPPEN
YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND THROW YOUR PARTY
BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGN UNTO YOU THAT GOD IS ABOUT TO....
BRING AN OPPORTUNITY TO YOUR LIFE
IT IS A DOOR
THAT CAN NOT BE SHUT OR OPEN BY PEOPLE
IT CAN’T EVEN BE OPEN OR SHUT BY YOUR ENEMY
IT CAN ONLY BE OPEN AND SHUT BY GOD
SO WHEN I SEE THAT NEW GIANT
WHEN I SEE THAT NEW ADVERSITY ARISE
THAT IS TIME FOR ME TO GET EXCITED....
AND SAY .....GOD HAS GOT EVERYTHING HE CAN OUT OF THAT LAST SEASON
AND A NEW SEASON IS ABOUT TO DAWN ON MY LIFE
BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF 2 SEASONS THERE IS USUALLY.....AN ENEMY
A GOLIATH
A GIANT THAT YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE DOWN
GOD IS LOOKING FOR THOSE
WHO IS WILLING TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY
GO WILL BRING VICTORY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
IF HE’S DONE IT BEFORE
HE CAN DO IT AGAIN
DOORS AND ADVERSARIES....
THEY ARE ENEMIES
ENEMIES ARE NECESSARY
BECAUSE ENEMIES CREATE MOVEMENT
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE PROPERLY DEFINE ENEMIES...
BECAUSE JESUS SAID....LOVE THEM
THE FACT IS...
IF YOUR FACING RESISTANCE
IT’S PROBABLY NOT COMING FROM A THING
IT’S COMING FROM A PERSON
THERE IS A REASON FOR THIS....
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM.....
WERE ABOUT TO GO DEEPER
IT TOOK ME A MINUTE THIS LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS STUDYING THIS OUT
TO REALLY GRASP THESE CONCEPTS
BUT WHEN YOU DO THEY ARE POWERFUL
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND....
WE ARE IN THE EARTH REALM
WE LIVE IN THE PHYSICAL REALM....EARTH
EARTH WAS CREATED TO BE A PHYSICAL REPLICA OF HEAVEN
ADAM WAS CREATED TO BE A PHYSICAL REPLICA OF GOD
OH COME ON....
HE WAS CREATED IN THE REFLECTION AND THE IMAGE OF GOD
THE HEBREW WORD FOR THIS IS....
IMAGO DEI
WHICH MEANS…IT’S LIKE GOD WAS LOOKING IN A MIRROR WHEN HE WAS CREATING ADAM
ADAM WAS MEANT TO FUNCTION LIKE GOD...
HE WAS NOT MEANT TO FUNCTION WITH HIS HANDS
HE WAS MEANT TO FUNCTION WITH HIS WORDS
GOD DOES NOT WORK WITH HIS HANDS...
GOD SPEAKS AND CREATES
OH COME ON.....
HE TOLD ADAM....
WHATEVER YOU CALL IT
THAT’S WHAT IT WILL BE
IN OTHER WORDS....YOU WILL FUNCTION LIKE I FUNCTION
CAN I GO FURTHER???
SOME OF YOU LOOKING AT ME A LITTLE SIDEWAYS
SO, WE LIVE IN THE PHYSICAL REALM
BUT THERE IS ALSO A SPIRITUAL REALM
GOD AND HIS ANGELIC HOST
THE BIBLE CALLS IT....LIGHT
THEN THERE IS A DEMONIC REALM
WHICH THE BIBLE REFERS TO AS....DARKNESS
IT TALKS ABOUT A STRUGGLE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT
BOTH OF THOSE REALMS ARE SPIRITUAL
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE TRYING TO ACCESS THE EARTH
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....FOLLOW ME
I’M GOING SOMEWHERE
A SPIRIT...
CAN NOT ACCESS EARTH WITHOUT A PHYSICAL BODY
GOD SAID LET MAN HAVE DOMINION IN THE EARTH
NOT SPIRITS
WHEN GOD SAID LET THE MAN HAVE DOMINION...
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FLESH TO OPERATE IN THE EARTH
WHY DO YOU THINK JESUS BECAME A MAN??????
JESUS COULD NOT SAVE US…FROM HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN
HE HAD TO COME TO EARTH WITH ME
BE LIKE ME
UNDERSTAND ME AND IDENTIFY WITH ME
TO SAVE ME
IF YOU COULD BE A SPIRIT AND HAVE DOMINION IN THE EARTH
JESUS COULD HAVE SAID..... BE SAVED
BUT THE WORD BECAME FLESH
AND DWELT AMONG US
OH MY LORD....IS THIS MAKING SINCE TO ANYBODY
SO, GOD HAD TO ACCESS EARTH
AND HE HAD TO PUT ON FLESH TO DO IT
SO, HEAVENS SEED...
CAME IN THE WOMB OF A WOMEN
AND WE HAVE THE GOD-MAN.....JESUS
STAY WITH ME.....
SO, NOW THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT....
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
IN OTHER WORDS...
HEAVEN HAS TO HAVE ACCESS POINTS INTO THE EARTH
BUT THE BIBLE ALSO TALKS ABOUT....
THE GATES OF HEAL
HE SAID .....
“THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST YOU”
THE GATES OF HELL ARE.....PEOPLE
EVERYONE OF YOU IN HERE....HAVE THE CHOICE TO BE...
A WINDOW OF HEAVEN
OR A GATE OF HELL
BECAUSE YOU GET TO DETERMINE WHO YOU WILL YIELD TO
OH LORD HELP US TODAY
HOW MUCH GOD WILL BE IN YOUR HOUSE...
THAT DEPENDS ON HOW BIG YOU ARE AS A WINDOW
I CONTROL HOW MUCH GOD GETS IN MY HOUSE
I CAN GET...
MAD
BITTER
UNFORGIVING
FULL OF OFFENSE
AND I CLOSE MY WINDOW AND VERY LITTLE GOD WILL GET IN
BUT THE GATE GETS BIGGER
OH THIS IS FOR SOMEBODY......
IN FACT,
THAT TITHING WE TALK ABOUT....
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SCRIPTURE MEANS IF YOU TRANSLATE IT WORD FOR WORD...
BRING THE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE
TRY ME NOW IN THIS AND SEE IF
I GOD WILL NOT OPEN YOU UP
IN OTHER WORDS...
THE PROMISE TO THE TITHER IS...
THAT GOD WILL TAKE YOU AND....OPEN YOU UP
YOU ARE THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
YOU ARE HEAVENS ACCESS POINT INTO THE EARTH
WHY DO YOU THINK GOD WANTS YOU TO BE FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT NEEDS YOU TO GET GOD’S AGENDA
INTO THE EARTH
HE NEEDS SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO SAY YES
TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO IN THE EARTH
GOD NEEDS YOU TO SAY YES...
TO WHEN IT’S TIME TO GIVE
YES TO WHEN IT’S TIME TO DO A GOOD DEED TO SOMEONE
YES TO A HELPING HAND
TO SAY YES WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR YOUR TESTIMONY
HE NEEDS YOU TO YIELD TO HIM
WHEN I GO TO GIVE MY OFFERING ONLINE
I HAVE TO YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
SOMEBODY IS GONNA GET A BREAKTHROUGH THIS WEEK…WHY?
BECAUSE YOU SAID YES
AND BECAME A WINDOW FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
NOW, I SEE A FEW SKEPTICS....
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING RIGHT HERE...
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.....
JESUS COULD HAVE CARED LEES WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT HIM
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THESE GUYS
THEY ARE ALL GOOD COMPANY
BUT, IT’S ALL....
SOME SAY
JESUS DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SOME SAY
YOU CAN’T LIVE YOUR LIFE BY SOME SAY
OH COME ON....
IF YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY SOME SAY
THE DEVIL WILL GIVE SOME SAY SO MUCH TO SAY
YOU’LL NEVER HEAR WHAT HE SAY
DON’T ASK ME TO SAY THAT AGAIN
JESUS DOESN’T CARE ABOUT SOME SAY....WATCH....
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
HE SAYS,
I’M INVESTING MY LIFE INTO YOU
I DO CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINION
ALL THE OTHER OPINIONS I DON’T CARE ABOUT
THEY DON’T KNOW ME
THEY HAVEN’T BEEN WITH ME DAY AND NIGHT
PETER, I WANT TO KNOW “WHO DO YOU SAY?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
YOU ARE THE MESSIAH...
YOUR NOT JUST A BOY BORN OF A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD UNWED TEENAGER…MARY
YOU ARE THE MESSIAH
YOU ARE THE LAMB THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD
YOUR THE ONE IN WHO THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN
YOU ARE THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
IN OTHER WORDS...
HE SAID...
CONGRATULATIONS PETER
YOU JUST BECAME A.....WINDOW
OH COME ON SOMEBODY...
YOU HEARD GOD AND BECAME A WINDOW
AND SPOKE ON HIS BEHALF
CONGRATULATIONS PETER....BLESSED ARE YOU
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
WOW..WHAT A MOMENT
IN OTHER WORDS...
WHENEVER YOU BECOME A WINDOW
HEAVEN WILL GET HERE
WHENEVER YOU IGNORE IT
HEAVEN WILL BE SHUT UP
YOU NOW HOLD THE KEY TO HEAVEN COMING TO EARTH
WOW....
WATCH THIS...
20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.
NOW LOOK....
ALL THE HEBREWS KNEW THAT THIS WAS WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN
THAT THE MESSIAH WAS GONNA TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD
HE WAS GONNA DIE
HE WAS GONNA BE BEATEN, BRUISED
AND PAY THE PENALTY FOR THE SIN OF MANKIND
THAT IS WHO PETER JUST SAID JESUS WAS
JESUS SAID…WHO DO YOU SAY
PETER SAID…YOU ARE THAT GUY
OH COME ON...
22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
THIS IS JUST A NUGGET OF WISDOM FOR YOU HERE....
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF REBUKING GOD
YOU KNOW YOUR OWN THE WRONG SIDE
PETER WAS STANDING BETWEEN JESUS AND HIS PURPOSE ON EARTH AND SAYING....
I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN
FAR BE IT FROM ME
23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
YOU CAN ADDRESS A PERSON A WHOLE LOT OF WAY
WITHOUT CALLING THEM.....SATAN
HE SAID TO PETER...
BUT WHO DID HE ADDRESS???
HE SAID
“YOU ARE AN OFFENSE TO ME, YOUR NOT MINDFUL OF THE THINGS OF GOD, BUT THE THINGS OF MEN.”
UNDERSTAND THIS...
YOUR RESISTANCE IS NOT THE PEOPLE
IT’S THE SPIRIT, MANIPULATING THE PEOPLE
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
CARNAL MEANS.....FLESHLY
THAT MEANS, YOU ARE NOT MY BATTLE
YOUR OPPOSITION MAY COME IN THE FORM OF...
SARA OR JOHN
BUT IT’S NOT SARA AND JOHN
IN FACT,
THE BIBLE SAYS...
YOU LOVE SARA AND JOHN
BUT YOU GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND YOU ADDRESS THAT SPIRIT
AND JESUS WHILE LOOKING AT PETER
ADDRESSED WHAT HE WAS YIELDING TO
AND WITHIN MOMENTS...
PETER BECAME A WINDOW OF HEAVEN
AND A GATEWAY OF HELL
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
IT IS ALL DETERMINED BY....
WHO AND WHAT YOU YIELD TO
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND....
THERE ARE TWO WORLDS TRYING TO GET IN THIS EARTH
THEY ARE BOTH TRYING TO GET INTO YOUR HEAD
AND THE ONE YOU AGREE WITH
WILL DETERMINE WHICH ACCESS POINT YOU BECOME
WILL YOU BE A WINDOW OF HEAVEN
BY WHICH HEAVEN CAN ENTER THE SITUATION
OR WILL YOU BE A GATEWAY OF HELL
BY WHICH DARKNESS AND RESISTANCE CAN ENTER
.....WORSHIP TEAM COME..........
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WERE....
HURT
MAD
OFFENDED
ANGRY
BURYING BITTERNESS AND UNFORGIVENESS
WE DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT...
WHEN THE WINDOW OF HEAVEN GROWS SMALLER
THE GATE OF HELL GROWS LARGER
IT IS HARDER FOR HEAVEN TO GET THROUGH
WINDOWS THAT ARE CLOSED
GOD SAID....REVELATION 3.
I SET BEFORE YOU AN OPEN DOOR
THEN PAUL SAYS....
WITH DOORS COME ENEMIES
WITH ENEMIES, COME MOVEMENT
DID YOU KNOW THAT DAVID...
WAS BRINGING CHEESE AT AGE 12
TO HIS BROTHERS IN BATTLE THAT MORNING
THAT NIGHT, HE RODE BACK INTO THE DOWNTOWN STREETS OF JERUSALEM
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE SHOULDER
AND THE BIBLE SAYS...
MAIDENS WERE HANGING OVER THE BALCONY
SINGING SONGS TO HIM
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN DELIVERING CHEESE
AND HAVING A PARADE IN YOUR NAME
GOLIATH
THE ONLY THING BETWEEN ANONYMITY AND NOTORIETY
WAS AN ENEMY
WHAT WILL YOU YIELD TO????
.....STAND TO YOUR FEET.....
THERE ARE SOME HERE TODAY
AND THE BATTLE OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS IS A STRONG IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD
YOU NEED TO CONFRONT THE DARKNESS AND YIELD TO THE LIGHT
YOU HAVE BEEN HARBORING
ANGER
BITTERNESS
UNFORGIVENESS
AND YOU NEED TO RELEASE THAT TO GODS HANDS
THESE THINGS ARE ACTING AS AN ACCESS POINT FOR THE GATE OF HELL INTO YOUR LIFE
THE THINGS YOU LISTEN TO
THE THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT
THE THINGS YOU WATCH
THESE ARE ACCESS POINTS INTO YOUR LIFE
INTO YOUR FAMILY
CLOSE THE GATES AND YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
BECOME A WINDOW OF HEAVEN AGAIN
BEHOLD A SET BEFORE YOU A DOOR
YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH IT THOUGH
YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO IT
OH COME ON.... THESE ALTARS ARE OPEN....
COME
TODAY IS THE DAY FOR CHANGE
TODAY IS THE DAY YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A WINDOW OF HEAVEN INTO THE EARTH
LORD USE ME
LORD SHOW ME THE WAY
WHO IS WILLING TODAY?????