Rise Up
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46 Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called.
Then they called the blind man, saying to him, “Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you.”
50 And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.
51 So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”
52 Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
Giving all Glory and Honor to God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit….The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Lord of my Life. To the Angel of this House…Pastor Timothy Warner…. And his lovely wife….To all of the Clergy and Ministers of Gospel that are present today. To the Officers, Leaders and Members of this church. To all my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. I bring you all Greetings in the Name of the Lord.
In her abence...my wife…and soul mate…..First Lady Christie Neal sends her greetings and love to you all.
I’m thankful for the opportunity to stand before you on this special occasion….. Emory Grove Methodist Church’s Men’s Day. It was in this very church, that I was introduced to the Lord and my faith was established…by my late grandmother Dorothy “Puddin” Stevenson…much like young Timothy had his faith instilled in him by his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice……do I have some Bible readers in here this morning….
I remember as a young boy, I would come to church and sit next to my grandmother….right over there….and I would hear songs of Zion sung by the church and hear the preached word. One of my favorites, that I first learned that my grandmother would sing….is Blessed Assurance.
46 NOW THEY CAME TO JERICHO. AS HE WENT OUT OF JERICHO WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND A GREAT MULTITUDE, BLIND BARTIMAEUS, THE SON OF TIMAEUS, SAT BY THE ROAD BEGGING. 47 AND WHEN HE HEARD THAT IT WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH, HE BEGAN TO CRY OUT AND SAY, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!" 48 THEN MANY WARNED HIM TO BE QUIET; BUT HE CRIED OUT ALL THE MORE, "SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!" 49 SO JESUS STOOD STILL AND COMMANDED HIM TO BE CALLED. THEN THEY CALLED THE BLIND MAN, SAYING TO HIM, "BE OF GOOD CHEER. RISE, HE IS CALLING YOU." 50 AND THROWING ASIDE HIS GARMENT, HE ROSE AND CAME TO JESUS. 51 SO JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?" THE BLIND MAN SAID TO HIM, "RABBONI, THAT I MAY RECEIVE MY SIGHT." 52 THEN JESUS SAID TO HIM, "GO YOUR WAY; YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WELL." AND IMMEDIATELY HE RECEIVED HIS SIGHT AND FOLLOWED JESUS ON THE ROAD. [MAR 10:46-52 NKJV]
RISING UP
AS WE CELEBRATE MEN’S DAY ….. LET US LOOK AT A MAN WHO GIVES US A GOOD EXAMPLE OF TRUSTING IN GOD AND GROWING IN CHRIST
I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF US CAN IDENTIFY WITH THIS MAN IN OUR TEXT…
HE IS AN EXAMPLE OF MANY OF US IN THE CHURCH WHO HAVE HAD TO TRUST AND DEPEND ON GOD… TRUSTING AND DEPENDING ON GOD….WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE UP AGAINST A WALL…..
WHEN WE FEEL STUCK….WITH NO WHERE TO TURN SOME TYPE OF OBSTACLE... SOME TYPE OF DISADVANTAGE...
SOME TYPE OF HINDRANCE THAT STANDS IN OUR WAY (PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL)…
IT'S A STORY OF RECOVERY FROM SETBACKS, OF RISING ABOVE CHALLENGES.
IT'S A STORY THAT MIRRORS OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, A STORY THAT ECHOES OUR OWN CRIES FOR MERCY AND OUR OWN DESIRE TO SEE.
BUT TRUTH BE TOLD. ……IT IS ALSO A FACT THAT GOD DOES NOT ALWAYS REMOVE THE HINDERANCE…
WHETHER SPIRITUAL OR PHYSICAL, BUT HE DOES HOWEVER GIVE US THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME THEM... HE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO RISE UP.
NOW, TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS TEXT….. WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT’S SET...
IN MY 50 PLUS YEARS OF LIVING….I’VE LEARNED THAT YOU’VE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST…… TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENT...
FIRST OF ALL…….. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ENCOUNTER…….TAKES PLACE DURING THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS’ MINISTRY... HE’S BEEN TEACHING ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE… HE BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN AND TELLS US THAT OUR FAITH MUST BE LIKE THEM…
HE COUNSELS A RICH YOUNG RULER AND TELLS HIM THAT TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE….. HE MUST SELL ALL HIS POSSESSIONS AND FOLLOW HIM…
HE TEACHES THAT “WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE…”
HE PREDICTS FOR THE THIRD TIME…. HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION… HE TEACHES US THAT THERE IS GREATNESS IN SERVING… AND NOW WE FIND HIM JOURNEYING FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM,
AND ON THE WAY….. HE STOPS THROUGH JERICHO. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE HE ENCOUNTERS ZACCHAEUS, THE TAX COLLECTOR....
(V46) OUR TEXT INFORMS US THAT AS HE WAS LEAVING JERICHO, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED BARTIMAEUS...
BROTHERS AND SISTERS…….NOT ONLY HAVE I LEARNED THAT WE MUST ……UNDERSTAND THE PAST….TO APPRECIATE THE FUTURE……
BUT I’VE ALSO LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU TRACE THE ETYMOLOGY……IN OTHER WORDS…… THE HISTORY OF A WORD……
ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH SCRIPTURE…..
IT GIVES YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF THE WHOLE ACCOUNT...... THE ETYMOLOGY OR HISTORY…..OF THE WORD JERICHO MEANS CURSE...
IT BECAME KNOWN AS THE ACCURSED PLACE BECAUSE WHEN JOSHUA CAPTURED IT OVER IN JOSHUA 6:26, HE CURSED IT...!
JESUS HAD A HABIT OF GOING TO PLACES THAT OTHER PEOPLE AVOID...! (I’M GLAD…)
....AND AS HE WAS LEAVING, HE MET A MAN CALLED BARTIMAEUS THAT LIVED THERE...!
IF YOU CONTINUE YOUR WORD STUDY, YOU’LL FIND OUT THAT ‘BAR,’ IS AN ARAMAIC PREFIX THAT MEANS ‘SON OF...’ SO HE WAS THE ‘SON OF’ TIMAEUS... THEREFORE WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT BARTIMAEUS WAS NOT HIS NAME...!
IT SIMPLY IDENTIFIES HIM WITH HIS FAMILY...
TIMAEUS IS HIS FATHER’S NAME...
BUT IF YOU DIG FURTHER……TO THE ROOT OF HIS NAME……BART TIM MAY……MEANS UNCLEAN….POLLUTED, NASTY, DIRTY, CORRUPT, FILTHY (YOU GET THE PICTURE)...
SO BARTIMAEUS MEANS "THE SON OF THE UNCLEAN."
IN OTHER WORDS……HE’S THE SON OF THE FILTHY MAN... THE SON OF THE CORRUPT MAN... THE SON OF THE MESSED-UP MAN...! AND HE LIVED IN THE ACCURSED PLACE...! (TALK ABOUT BEING TORE UP FROM THE FLOOR UP)
SO HERE WE HAVE A MAN…
THE PLACE THAT HE LIVED WAS CURSED... HIS PEOPLE WERE NASTY... HE COULDN’T SEE…
AND TO TOP IT OFF……. AND ADD INSULT TO INJURY………. THE TEXT SAYS THAT HE WAS BEGGING...! HE WAS A BEGGAR…
HE WAS DEPENDENT... LIVING ON THE GENEROSITY OF OTHERS...! TELL SOMEBODY, “HE HAD A HANG-UP...!”
I’M SURE SOME OF US CAN IDENTIFY WITH BARTIMAEUS HERE….
IN THE FACT …..JUST LIKE BARTIMAEUS WE ALL…… HAVE SOME HANG-UPS… WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS… WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES…
BUT THE REAL TRAGEDY HERE IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE TENDENCY TO MAJOR IN OUR HANG-UPS… TO MAJOR IN OUR PROBLEMS... TO MAJOR IN OUR DIFFICULTIES… BUT I WANT TO SERVE NOTICE TO THE MEN TODAY…
THAT YOU CAN RISE UP …....! YOU CAN DEFEAT YOUR DIFFICULTIES...!
YOU CAN MASTER YOUR MISFORTUNE...!
I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE POINTS IN THIS TEXT THAT WE NEED CONSIDER… IF WE ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN RISING UPS...!
I BELIEVE THE TEXT ENCOURAGES US TO……
I. CONCENTRATE ON YOUR ASSETS (V47)
THE REASON WE CAN’T RISE ABOVE OUR HANG-UPS IS BECAUSE WE GET SO FOCUSED ON OUR DEFICIENCIES…..
THAT WE IGNORE OUR ASSETS…! (V 47) "AND WHEN HE HEARD THAT IT WAS JESUS…" TELL SOMEBODY, "HE HEARD…!"
HE WAS BLIND, BUT HE WAS NOT DEAF…!
MOST OF US WOULD SPEND OUR TIME COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING BLIND, AND IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE COULD HEAR…! "
AND WHEN HE HEARD…!"
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A PITY PARTY, AND MOAN AND GROAN ABOUT WHAT THEY DON’T HAVE, BUT YOU BETTER THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE…!
TELL SOMEBODY, "CONCENTRATE ON YOUR ASSETS…!"
IT’S A SCIENTIFIC FACT THAT WHEN NATURE TAKES AWAY ONE SENSE, THE OTHERS WILL BECOME STRONGER TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE…
HE WAS BLIND… BUT HIS HEARING WAS QUICKENED AND HEIGHTENED…!
IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER IS MESSED UP IN YOUR LIFE, LOOK AROUND… BECAUSE GOD WILL COMPENSATE FOR THE MESS UP IN YOUR LIFE BY BALANCING YOU OUT IN OTHER AREAS…!
TELL SOMEBODY, "I CAN’T SEE, BUT I CAN HEAR…!"
(BUT LOOK AT THIS.…) NOT ONLY DID HE HEAR, BUT HEARD WHO IT WAS…! (V47 SAYS….HE HEARD IT WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH)
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO SEE …..WHO IT WAS ……BECAUSE HE WAS BLIND …..BUT THE TEXT SAYS… (HE HEARD IT WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH) NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HEAR….. BUT HE ALSO HAD SOCIAL SKILLS…
HE WAS HIGHLY SOCIALIZED…!
HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE HE HEARD NOISES, SO HE HAD TO ASK SOMEBODY WHAT WAS GOING ON…!
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS TODAY…THIS IS TO OUR MEN…… IS THAT WE’RE NOT RISK TAKERS…
WE DON’T STEP OUT…ON FAITH!
THAT’S THE REASON WE STAY DEFEATED… BECAUSE WE LAY DOWN TOO QUICKLY, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO GET UP…!
IF YOU CAN’T SEE, TELL SOMEBODY, "HOLD MY HAND, LEAD ME…" BUT YOU’VE GOT TO GET UP…! DON’T’ LAY DOWN GET UP…!
MOST FOLKS WOULD RATHER LAY DOWN THAN TRY…!
BUT YOU’VE GOT TO RISE UP…! STOP MAKING EXCUSES…STOP BLAMING OTHERS… JUST GET UP…! CONCENTRATE ON YOUR ASSETS…!
NOT ONLY COULD HE HEAR… NOT ONLY WAS HE HIGHLY SOCIALIZED… BUT HE COULD ALSO SPEAK…!
AFTER HE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, THE TEXT SAYS HE CRIED OUT AND SAID, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME...!"
I CAN’T SEE YOU……. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AROUND… "
JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
I LIVE IN THIS CURSED PLACE BUT…"JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
MY FAMILY IS ALL JACKED UP BUT… I’M A BEGGAR BUT…"JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT PERSONAL…..
I KNOW I’M NOT WORTHY TO STAND BEFORE YOU BUT… "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
I KNOW I HAVEN’T ALWAYS DONE YOUR WILL BUT… "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
I KNOW I DON’T LOVE EVERYBODY LIKE I’M SUPPOSE TO BUT…"JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
I KNOW I DON’T ALWAYS TREAT MY NEIGHBOR RIGHT BUT… "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
DO I HAVE A WITNESS……
REMEMBER NOW, HE WAS BLIND, AND THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO TO GET JESUS’ ATTENTION WAS TO KEEP SAYING, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
HE HAS TO MAKE ENOUGH NOISE SO THAT WHEREVER JESUS IS, HE CAN FIND HIM…!
HE CAN’T FIND JESUS, SO JESUS MUST FIND HIM… AND IN ORDER FOR JESUS TO FIND HIM, HE MUST CONTINUE TO CRY OUT, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!""JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!”
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WHENEVER YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM THE LORD, YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO USE WHAT YOU HAVE…!
YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO BE PERSISTENT…! IF YOU WANT TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF HEAVEN, YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THE INCLINATION TO ADMIT AND CONFESS YOUR SHORTCOMINGS…
"JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!" IF YOU WANT RISE ABOVE YOUR HANG-UPS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONCENTRATE ON YOUR ASSETS…!
BUT THEN I BELIEVE THE TEXT GIVES US ANOTHER POINT WE LEARN FROM…….
LET ME SUGGEST THAT
II. CONQUER PUBLIC OPINION (V 48-49)
(V48) THEY TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP…! BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING FROM GOD;
YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME FOLKS…!
YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO TURN A DEAF EAR… TO THE HATERS
HOW TO PUT ON BLINDERS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC OPINION…
IF YOU DON’T OVERCOME FOLKS, YOU WILL NEVER GET TO YOUR DESTINATION…
YOU CAN’T GET STUCK AT THE BAR OF PUBLIC OPINION.
IF BARTIMAEUS HAD LISTEN TO PUBLIC OPINION, HE’D STILL BE BLIND…
WE’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO CONQUER PUBLIC OPINION…!
ALSO NOTICE THAT THE TEXT SAYS, "AND MANY WARNED HIM TO BE QUIET…" THIS SUGGESTS TO US THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP WERE THE DISCIPLES (SEE V46)…
HE WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE CRYING OUT TO THE LORD… BUT THEY TOLD HIM "SHUT UP…!”
WHENEVER YOU ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE THINGS OF GOD…
THERE ARE PEOPLE (EVEN CHURCH FOLK) TRYING TO SHUT YOU UP…
MY BROTHERS…..WE’VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO CONQUER PUBLIC OPINION…!
DAVID HAD TO CONQUER PUBIC OPINION WHEN HIS AUTHORITY CAME INTO QUESTION…
ALL OF JERUSALEM SEEMED TO HAD TURNED THEIR BACK ON THE KING, BUT HE KEPT HIS HAND IN THE MASTER’S HAND… HE DIDN’T GET WRAPPED UP IN THE PUBLIC OPINION, BUT HE HELD TO GOD’S UNCHANGING HAND…
NOAH KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT CONQUERING PUBLIC OPINION… EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WAS A FOOL BUT HE HEEDED TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD… PROVERBS 24:16 SAYS, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN MAY FALL SEVEN TIMES AND RISE AGAIN, BUT THE WICKED MAN SHALL FALL ONCE AND LAY DOWN…"
FOLKS MAY TELL YOU TO SHUT UP…
BUT JUST KEEP ON GETTING UP….AND CRYING,
"JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!”
YOU’VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO…
IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH…!
WHEN FOLKS TELL YOU TO SHUT UP… YOU’VE GOT TO PRESS FORWARD… WHY…?
BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT SOMETHING TO GET FROM GOD... AND IN ORDER TO GET IT… SOMETIMES YOU’VE GOT TO BE PERSISTENT…!
THE ONLY WAY BARTIMAEUS COULD GET JESUS’ ATTENTION WAS BY CRYING OUT…
SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET TO THE LORD IS BY PERSISTENT CRYING…!
YOU’VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO DO… IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH…!
THE OTHER FOLKS COULD SEE, THEY DIDN’T NEED ANYTHING FROM GOD…
BUT IF YOU’VE GOT A NEED, YOU CAN’T HOLD YOUR PEACE…! THEY TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP… BUT HE CRIED, "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME…!"
PEOPLE MAY TELL YOU TO SHUT UP…BUT YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP ON CRYING… KEEP ON PRESSING… KEEP ON TOILING UNTIL YOU GET YOUR BREAKTHROUGH…!
YOU’VE TO LEARN HOW TO PERSEVERE AND CONQUER PUBLIC OPINION…!
HERE WAS A BLIND MAN… FROM A CURSED CITY…WITH A MESSED UP FAMILY… AND HE WAS A BEGGAR… BUT BECAUSE HE CONQUERED PUBLIC OPINION…….WAS ABLE TO STOP JESUS…!
LOOK AT V49…. SO JESUS STOOD STILL AND COMMANDED HIM TO BE CALLED. THEN THEY CALLED THE BLIND MAN, SAYING TO HIM, "BE OF GOOD CHEER. RISE, HE IS CALLING YOU."
JESUS USED TO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP, TO TELL HIM TO "COME HERE…!" THE VERY PEOPLE WHO TRY TO SHUT YOU UP, WILL SUDDENLY TURN IN YOUR FAVOR… IF YOU PERSIST… IF YOU PRESS… IF YOU CAN CONCENTRATE ON ASSETS… CONQUER PUBLIC OPINION… LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOU CAN
III. CAST OFF YOUR GARMENT (V 50-52)
(V50) FINALLY, IF YOU WANT TO RISE ABOVE YOUR HANG-UPS … YOU’VE GOT TO CAST OFF YOUR GARMENT…! 50 AND THROWING ASIDE HIS GARMENT, HE ROSE AND CAME TO JESUS.
WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS TEXT IS….
IN ANCIENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND EVEN TODAY, BEGGARS WORE WHAT IS CALLED A CAMEL’S-TUNIC… IT WAS A TUNIC MADE OF CAMEL’S HAIR AND IT WAS USED AS PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS…
WHEN THE BEGGARS WOULD SIT BY THE ROADSIDE…..
THEY WOULD COVER THEMSELVES WITH THE TUNIC TO KEEP THEM COOL IN THE SUN
AND DRY IN THE RAIN…
(WATCH THIS…)
SO WHEN THEY TOLD BARTIMAEUS IN VERSE 49, "BE OF GOOD CHEER. RISE. HE IS CALLING YOU…" THE FIRST THING HE DID IN VERSE 50, WAS THROW OFF HIS CAMEL’S-TUNIC…!
YOU SEE……
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THE REAL YOU IS EXPOSED…
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, YOU’RE EXPOSED TO A ELEMENTS AND AILMENTS OF THIS WORLD…
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, EVERYBODY SEES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU… THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A BAD THING TO SOME, BUT ITS ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS…
YOU SEE WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THAT’S WHEN JESUS CAN REACH YOU…
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THAT’S WHEN JESUS CAN HEAL YOU INFIRMITIES…
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THAT’S WHEN JESUS CAN HELP YOU DEAL WITH YOUR HANG-UPS…!
IF I CAN BE REAL WITH YOU…..THAT’S A PROBLEM WITH CHRISTIAN MEN….WE DON’T EXPOSE OURSELVES TO JESUS…..WE DON’T PUT DOWN OUR PRIDE…..OUR EGOS……AND LAY PROSTRATE BEFORE HIM…….EXPOSING OURSELVES…
DO I HAVE A WITNESS.
YOU SEE WHEN MOST FOLK HAVE A ILLNESS OR AN INFIRMITY, THEY RUN TO THE DOCTOR…
BUT IF YOU CHECK THE CREDENTIALS OF THE DOCTOR… YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HE OR SHE IS SOMEONE WHO SPENT 8 YEARS LEARNING HOW TO PRACTICE MEDICINE…!
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THAT’S WHEN JESUS CAN TOUCH YOU…
AND YOU’LL DISCOVER THAT HE’S MORE THAN A DOCTOR…
YOU’LL DISCOVER THAT HE’S A HEALER…!
YOU SEE THE DOCTOR CAN ONLY TREAT YOUR ILLNESS…
BUT I COME TO LET YOU KNOW CHURCH……
THAT JESUS CAN HEAL YOU… NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT SPIRITUALLY…! THERE’S POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS…!
WHEN MOST FOLK RUN INTO TROUBLE, THEY RUN AND GET THEM A LAWYER…
BUT IF YOU CHECK OUT THE CREDENTIALS OF THE LAWYER…
YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HE OR SHE IS SOMEONE THAT SPENT 4 YEARS IN LAW SCHOOL LEARNING HOW TO PRACTICE LAW…!
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE OFF YOUR OUTER GARMENT, THAT’S WHEN JESUS CAN COME IN THE MIDST OF YOUR SITUATION AND MOVE…
AND YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT HE IS MORE THAN A LAWYER…
IN FACT JOHN SAYS THAT HE IS THE ADVOCATE… HE IS THE RIGHTEOUS ONE… THAT STANDS IN MY PLACE…!
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M GOING TO CAST OFF MY OUTER GARMENT…
I’M GOING TO OPEN MYSELF UP…SO THAT JESUS CAN HAVE HIS WAY…
I’M GOING TO SHOUT …“FATHER I STRETCH…!” BECAUSE WHEN I STRETCH… I’LL BE ABLE TO REACH JESUS…!
THERE’S NO OTHER HELP I KNOW….
HE’S ABLE……TO HELP YOU RISE UP
HE’S ABLE…..STEP OVER YOUR STUMBLING BLOCK
HE’S ABLE……THE GREAT I AM
HE’S ABLE…..THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
HE’S ABLE……JEHOVAH JIREH.
HE’S ABLE……MY ROCK AND MY REFUGE
HE’S ABLE……
SAY YEAH!!
