YOU NEED TO HAVE DISCERNMENT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTI-CHRIST TO TALK ABOUT GOD BUT WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF WHAT'S ALLOWABLE AND WHAT'S NOT.

WELCOME TO THE POPULAR MOUNTAIN FAITH PROGRAM WITH DYNAMIC PREACHER AND TEACHER PASTOR DAVID J. GONZALEZ.

PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR A GOOD WORD, AND HAVE YOUR BIBLE READY NOW FOR TODAY’S POWERFUL MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID J. GONZALEZ.

THE LORD HAD ME PREACHING ON DISCERNMENT AND PROPHECY AND PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF DISCERNMENT. AND AS WE COME INTO THE END OF THE END OF THE AGE THAT WE ARE IN WE'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING AT HIGHER LEVELS OF DISCERNMENT ALL THE TIME. NOW TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME REAL LIFE STORIES. AND I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING UP SOME BIBLICAL STORIES THAT ARE GOING TO QUITE FRANKLY THERE GOING TO HAVE YOU WAKE UP TO SCENARIOS AND SITUATIONS THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF ON HOW THE DEVIL CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. AND HOW THE DEVIL CAN USE THINGS AROUND YOU TO GET YOU TO THINK THAT YOU ARE SECURE WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAVE WHEN YOUR REALLY NOT. LET'S GO OVER TO HEBREWS 1, HEBREWS 1. WE'LL START OUT OUR MORNING READING SOMETHING ABOUT SALVATION HERE TODAY. HEBREWS CHAPTER 1. NOW TODAY MY MESSAGE IS TITLED DISCERNMENT AND SALVATION YOU COULD SAY IT'S SUBTITLED CAN A LEOPARD CHANGE IT'S SPOTS? CAN A LEOPARD CHANGE IT'S SPOTS? AND IT'S NOT REFERRING NECESSARILY TO YOU BEING THE LEOPARD. BUT THERE ARE SOME LEOPARDS AROUND YOU IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE. AND YOU MAY EVEN BE A LEOPARD BY ACCIDENT AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR SPOTS CHANGED TO YOUR NEW CHRISTIAN MIND SET. HEBREWS CHAPTER 1 STARTING IN VERSE 14; "ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS, SENT OUT TO RENDER SERVICE FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO WILL INHERIT SALVATION?" IN OTHER WORDS, ANGELS ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL RENDERING SERVICE YOU, FOR THOSE WHO ARE INHERITING SALVATION. AND WE'VE BEEN FINDING OUT THIS IN PARTICULAR IS A LETTER TO THE HEBREWS OR YOU CAN SAY A LETTER TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND WE KNOW IN THIS LETTER WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING HEBREW, THAT ARE THINKING HEBREW, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR HEBREW ROOTS DON'T HAVE A MODERN DAY YEAR 2001, 2002, 2008, AND 2009 MENTALITY. THEY'VE GOT A TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM YOU COULD SAY MENTALITY OF GOING FROM BC TO AD WHICH THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS GOING ON AT THAT TIME ANYWAY. THEY HAVE THE MENTALITY OF 2000 YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEING WRITTEN THIS WAY FOR THOSE WHO'LL INHERIT SALVATION. AND WE'VE BEEN FINDING OUT SOMETHING ABOUT SALVATION. SALVATION MEANS THIS, IT MEANS DELIVERANCE, IT MEANS AID IT MEANS VICTORY, EVERYONE SAY VICTORY (VICTORY) IT MEANS PROSPERITY, SAY PROSPERITY (PROSPERITY) IT MEANS HELP, HEALTH, WELFARE, IT MEANS TO AVENGE, IT MEANS TO DEFEND IT MEANS TO DELIVER, IT MEANS LIBERTY, IT MEANS VICTORY. AND AVENGE MEANS TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ENEMIES. IF GOD'S GOING TO AVENGE YOU HE IS GOING TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ENEMIES. NOW LET'S KEEP READING IN VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER 2; "FOR THIS REASON,” NOW IN MY BIBLE I HAVE FOR THIS REASON UNDERLINED WITH A LITTLE ARROW POINTING TO VERSE 14 IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER. WHY? BECAUSE FOR THIS REASON IS ATTACHED TO WHAT WE JUST READ, SO IT SAYS, “FOR THIS REASON,” IN OTHER WORDS THE INHERITING OF SALVATION, “WE MUST PAY MUCH CLOSER ATTENTION TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, SO THAT WE DO NOT DRIFT AWAY FROM IT. IN OTHER WORDS WE DON'T WANT TO DRIFT AWAY FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND GET INTO A PLAVE WHERE WE'RE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE PROMISES THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. “FOR IF THE WORD SPOKEN THROUGH ANGELS PROVED UNALTERABLE, AND EVERY TRANSGRESSION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED A JUST PENALTY, HOW WILL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?” NOW THE ESCAPING HERE IS NOT ESCAPING FROM HELL BUT ESCAPING FROM THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THE ENEMY TRIES TO BRING AGAINST US IN THE EARTH. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE ENEMIES ARE NOT ENEMIES THAT WE CAN SEE READILY. WE CAN'T SEE ENVY READILY, WE CAN'T SEE PRIDE READILY, WE CAN'T SEE DISTRUST READILY, WE CAN'T SEE UNFORGIVENESS READILY. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SECRETLY COVERED UP IN MEN'S HEARTS; THEY DON'T HAVE A BILLBOARD ON THEIR HEAD AND ON THEIR BODY SAYING, “I HAVEN'T FORGIVEN, I'M NOT WALKING IN LOVE, I'M NOT WALKING IN MERCY AND GRACE, I HAVE BITTERNESS IN MY HEART.” BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE ENEMY WILL USE AGAINST YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE NOT EASILY IDENTIFIED. SO IF YOU HAVE BITTER JEALOUSY OR ENVY IN YOUR HEART YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS. "HOW WILL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?" SO IN OTHER WORDS HOW WILL YOU ESCAPE THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL IF YOU DON'T REALIZE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH SALVATION. THERE'S MORE THAT ACCOMPANIES SALVATION THAN JUST SALVATION. (AMEN) NOW WITHOUT SALVATION IN OPERATION, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN, BUT THE DELIVERANCE OF THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES. WITHOUT SALVATION IN OPERATION IN YOUR LIFE WHAT YOU END UP BECOMING IS AN UNSTABLE SOUL. BECOME UNSTABLE IN ALL YOUR WAYS. JAMES 1:7 SAYS THIS, "FOR THAT MAN OUGHT NOT TO EXPECT THAT HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD, BEING A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS. INSTABILITY COMES FROM A LACK OF STABILITY IN YOUR REGULAR LIFE. IF YOU HAVE INSTABILITY IN YOUR LIFE ALL THE TIME YOUR GOING TO PRODUCE INSTABILITY IN YOUR THINKING. AND IN YOUR THINKING YOUR GOING TO BE UNSTABLE AND YOUR GOING TO GET USE TO THAT INSTABILITY. YOU KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CURSES ON PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD SEE DOWN THROUGH TIME. YOU KNOW CAIN HAD A CURSE ON HIM FOR KILLING HIS BROTHER ABLE. AND AS A RESULT OF IT THERE WAS A MARK PUT ON HIS FOREHEAD AND IT SAID THAT HE WOULD BE A WANDERER, AND MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE WANDERERS, THEY WANDER FROM THING TO THING AND FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT FROM PLACE TO PLACE, AND FROM JOB TO JOB, AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY STABILITY IN THEIR LIFE, THEY EVEN WANDER FROM MARRIAGE TO MARRIAGE. THEY WANDER FROM BED TO BED, THEY WANDER FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT. THERE IS NOTHING STABLE IN THERE LIVES. THEIR EXTERNAL INSTABILITY IS FIRST A RESULT OF INTERNAL INSTABILITY. RECOGNIZE GOD WANTS TO MAKE YOU STABLE BY TIEING YOU DOWN AND PUTTING ALL KINDS OF BRAKES ON YOU. THIS IS NOT A BAD THING, THIS IS A GOOD THING. YOU MAY RESIST IT, YOU MAY SAY I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE BEING TIED DOWN. YOU KNOW THE MAN OR THE WOMAN THAT SAYS SECRETLY TO THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR MARRIAGE, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE BEING TIED DOWN, I'M GOING TO START GOING OUT AT NIGHT AND LEAVING MY SPOUSE BACK AT HOME AND I'M GONNA--, YOUR BEING UNSTABLE IN ALL YOUR WAYS. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN TO THE VERY THING THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU. (AMEN) GOT CHILDREN THAT WANT TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME AND NOT DO WHAT THE PARENTS ARE ASKING THEM TO DO. THEIR NOT HONORING THEIR FATHER AND THEIR MOTHER. THEIR UNSTABLE IN ALL THEIR WAYS. YOUNGSTERS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO SETTLE DOWN TO LEARN A PARTICULAR JOB OR KEEP GOING TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY KNOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP GOING TO SCHOOL. WHAT EVER IT MIGHT BE THEY BECOME UNSTABLE IN ALL THEIR WAYS. THERE ARE WAYS FOR YOU TO LEARN INSTABILITY. AND THERE ARE WAYS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO BRING YOU BACK TO HAVING A STABLE LIFE OR SOMETHING GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. (HALLELUJAH) YOU KNOW THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING BORED WITH WHERE YOU ARE AT. BOREDOM IS NOT A SYMPTOM OF A SIN. BOREDOM IS NOT A SYMPTOM OF A SIN, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WELL I'M JUST SO BORED WITH MY MARRIAGE, I'M BORED WITH THIS JOB, I'M BORED WITH THIS AND I'M BORED AND SOMEHOW SATAN GETS THEM OVER TO THINKING THAT THAT BOREDOM IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN. SO YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO BE UNSTABLE. DISCERNMENT ALONG WITH SALVATION IS A PERSONAL GIFT TO RECEIVE ALL THAT SALVATION PROMISES YOU. NOW SALVATION MEANS TO INFLICT PUNISHMENT ON YOUR ENEMIES, TO BE DELIVERED FROM YOUR ENEMIES, TO BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, TO BE ABOVE AND NOT BENEATH. (YEAH) DISCERNMENT WILL HELP YOU WALK IN THAT SALVATION PROCESS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DEFINE SOME OF THESE THINGS HERE TODAY, SOME MORE. LET'S GO OVER TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 5, I'M GOING TO START IN VERSE 12. "FOR THOUGH BY THIS TIME YOU OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YOU HAVE NEED AGAIN FOR SOMEONE TO TEACH YOU THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THE ORACLES OF GOD, AND YOU HAVE COME TO NEED MILK AND NOT SOLID FOOD." IN OTHER WORDS YOUR HAVING A HARD TIME DIGESTING WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN ELEMENT THAT YOU'RE MISSING AND MAYBE IT IS YOU'VE BEEN WANDERING AWAY FROM GOD AND NOT STAYING CLOSE TO HIM. NOW HAVING YOUR HEART, BY THE WAY, INTERESTED AND GRASPING ONTO WHAT YOUR HEARING THAT'S GOOD. BUT IF YOU'RE COMPLETELY LOST AND YOU CAN'T FOLLOW ANYTHING AT ALL IN AN ENTIRE HOUR YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF. ALRIGHT? BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SPEAK EVEN SOMETHING SIMPLE TO YOU. IF YOU STAND UP AND SAY, WELL I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF THAT, THEN YOU'RE NOT HEARING FROM THE VOICE OF THE LORD THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE. NOW LET'S KEEP READING. VERSE 13, "FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTAKES ONLY OF MILK IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR HE IS AN INFANT." WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE IS SOME TEACHING THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT IS FILLED WITH ONE ILLUSTRATION AFTER ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION AFTER ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION, SOMETHING GOING ON IN LIFE AND YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE SCRIPTURE SOMEWHERE. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT EVEN SAY TO ME, AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY TO YOU, “WELL DO YOU HAVE TO RELY ON SCRIPTURE ALL THAT MUCH?” AND THE ANSWER IS YES! YOU MUST RELY ON SCRIPTURE. AND YOU MUST HEAR SCRIPTURE SO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S OKAY TO RELY ON SCRIPTURE! AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MINISTER THAT'S PREACHING SCRIPTURE TO YOU ALL THE TIME YOU'LL THINK IT'S UNCANNY OR UNUSUAL WHEN YOU WANT TO GET INTO SCRIPTURE BECAUSE YOU WON'T SEE AN EXAMPLE OF IT YOURSELF. (AMEN) BUT HERE'S AN EXAMPLE RIGHT HEAR IN THIS CHURCH, RIGHT HEAR IN THIS PULPIT. (AMEN) NOW LET'S KEEP READING, VERSE 14, "BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR THE MATURE, WHO BECAUSE OF PRACTICE HAVE THEIR SENSES TRAINED TO DISCERN GOOD AND EVIL." NOW AGAIN LET'S LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE VERY CAREFULLY, IT SAYS, “BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR THE MATURE, WHO BECAUSE OF PRACTICE,” HOW DO YOU GET MATURE? YOU PRACTICE SOMETHING. HOW DO YOU GET GOOD AT SOMETHING? YOU PRACTICE SOMETHING. WHO BECAUSE OF PRACTICE HAVE THEIR SENSES TRAINED, THEIR INTELLECTS TRAINED. NOT EVEN THEIR SPIRITUAL MAN TRAINED, BUT THEIR INTELLECT IS TRAINED BY THE SPIRITUAL INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GATHERING. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT SPIRITUAL INFORMATION, HELL-O, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT SPIRITUAL INFORMATION THEIR INTELLECT IS BEING REORGANIZED. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY TODAY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UP IN CANADA IF YOUR A MINISTER YOU CAN'T PREACH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY AND NOT GET THROWN IN JAIL. YOU WILL BE ARRESTED, YOU WILL HAVE THINGS DONE TO YOU. SO AS A RESULT OF IT EVERY PULPIT IN CANADA THAT IT IS FEARFUL OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL SAY OR DO CONCERNING A VERY PROMINENT SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION IS A. YOU SHOULDN'T COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHOULDN'T COMMIT FORNICATION, AND MANY TIMES HOMOSEXUALS WHICH IS ANOTHER SIN, FIT BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. (RIGHT) SO YOU CAN PREACH ABOUT ADULTERY AND NOT BE THROWN IN JAIL, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN PREACH ABOUT FORNICATION AND YOU WON'T BE THROWN IN JAIL, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. AND NOW IN THIS COUNTRY WE'VE HEARD COME DOWN THROUGH THE PRESS JUST IN THE LAST SEVEN TO TEN DAYS, THAT THERE ARE NEW LAWS THAT ARE BEING ENDORSED BY OUR GOVERNMENT, OR LAWS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT INTO APPLICATION THAT WE MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY LIKE A MINORITY GROUP STATUS, WHICH HAS ALREADY GAINED IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT SO MUCH SO THAT NOT EVEN MINISTERS CAN NOT MINISTER CONCERNING THESE SO CALLED MINORITY GROUPS IN A NEGATIVE WAY LEST THEY BE CALLED INTO COURT FOR BRINGING UP ANY THING. IT'S THE FIRST STAGES OF BRINGING IN THE UNACCEPTANCE OF THE WORD OF GOD IN A FREE SOCIETY. NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AND ME? WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AFTER WHILE YOU JUST BEGIN TO ORDER YOUR MIND IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL, YOU BEGIN TO REORDER YOUR MIND ACCORDING TO WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO SOCIETY BUT NOT WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. AND THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US THAT IF WE PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO HIM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR INTELLECTS RETRAINED ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD ACCEPTS NOT OF WHAT ACCORDING TO MAN ACCEPTS. (YES) SO LET'S JUST TAKE THIS ANOTHER STEP. THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT ARE HOMOSEXUALLY ORIENTED SITCOMS, I REMEMBER THIS STARTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHERE A MAN WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING A HOMOSEXUAL AND THAT'S HOW HE GOT AWAY WITH LIVING IN THIS APARTMENT WITH TWO WOMEN. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. AND THEN SO THEY TREATED HIM THAT WAY, THAT WAS TO LOWER YOUR RESISTANCE TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF A BEHAVIOR YOU WOULDN'T ORDINARILY LET INTO YOUR HOME. (YEP) THE TV BROUGHT A BEHAVIOR PATTERN INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM THAT IF YOU HAD NEIGHBORS LIKE THAT YOU'D KICK THEM OUT. (YEP) NOW YOU TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND THEN THERE'S WAS ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED SOMETHING AND SOMETHING AND THAT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO GET YOU TO LOWER YOUR RESISTANCE AND NOW THESE HOMOSEXUALS THAT ARE LIVING TOGETHER HAVE WOMEN COMING OVER ALL THE TIME AND THEIR COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF THE BEHAVIOR THAT THESE HOMOSEXUALS ARE PRACTICING IN THIS SITCOM, AND THIS SITCOM HAS GONE IT'S OWN WAY AS WELL. BUT IT'S A LOWERING OF OUR INDIVIDUAL INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS OF WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE IN THIS COUNTRY. CERTAINLY WE CAN SAY THE SAME THING OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES AND OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. AND TEMPTATION ISLAND AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TO GET YOU TO COMMIT ADULTERY AND FORNICATION. OR TO GET YOU TO A PLACE WHERE IT IS CONSIDERED EXCEPTABLE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED EXCEPTABLE, WELL JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AGO. NOW GOD SAYS I WANT TO REORDER YOUR LIFE. NOW WATCH THIS, I WANT TO REORDER YOUR THINKING SO THAT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE SOMETHING THAT’S COMING TO YOU THAT’S NOT HEALTHY FOR YOU. IN THE WORD OF GOD IT SAYS THAT AN EFFEMINATE MAN, UNDER THE OLD COVENANT, AN EFFEMINATE MAN IS A MAN THAT ACTS FEMININE. OKAY? WE USED TO HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THEM WHEN I WAS A KID. WE WOULD USE THE TERM THAT THAT GUY IS A KIND OF FEM. JUST FEM. WE WOULD USE IT AS A SLANG KIND OF A DEROGATORY TERM ABOUT SOMEONE WHO ACTED LESS THAN MANLY. TODAY IT’S ACCEPTABLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DRESS CERTAIN WAYS AND BEHAVE CERTAIN WAYS AND WE THINK THAT’S NORMAL AND WHEN SOMEONE GETS SAVED AND COMES INTO THE CHURCH WHETHER THEY HAVE HOMOSEXUAL LEANINGS OR LESBIAN LEANINGS OR THEY HAVE LEANINGS TOWARD GOING OUTSIDE OF THE MARRIAGE FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO GET. WHETHER THEY HAVE LEANINGS IN OTHER TYPES OF WAYS. WELL WE LOOK AT THAT AND GO WELL YEAH WE HAVE TO BE FORGIVING AND WE HAVE TO BE LOVING, THEN THEY COME INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS WE DON’T EMBRACE EVERYTHING JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BREATHING AIR AND TAKING UP A CHAIR IN THE SANCTUARY. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS RECOGNIZE WE DON’T PUT THOSE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THINGS. WE CERTAINLY DON’T PUT THAT MAN WHO’S GOT ADULTEROUS FEELINGS IN HIS HEART STILL GOING ON, HE’S GOT A ROVING EYE, EVERY SINGLE TIME A WOMEN COMES UP FOR PRAYER HE CAN’T HELP BUT BOUNCE AROUND IN HIS CHAIR AND TRY TO LOOK AT HER BACKSIDE WHILE SHE’S STANDING UP IN FRONT. DON’T SAY OH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THESE KINDS OF THINGS OCCUR SO UNTIL YOU GET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN’T PUT A PERSON LIKE THAT IN CHARGE OF ANY KIND OF A MINISTRY GROUP. YOU JUST CAN’T DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. A MAN THAT HAS ALL THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF EFFEMINATE BEHAVIOR YOU DON’T PUT IN CHARGE OF A BOY SCOUT TROOP. AND YET THE HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED TEN YEARS AGO AND SUED THE BOY SCOUTS FOR NOT ALLOWING HOMOSEXUALS BE SCOUT LEADERS IN THE SCOUTS. AND IT WAS ACCEPTED IN A COURT, THE BOY SCOUTS HAD TO PAY A FINE AND NOW THERE SUPPOSED TO ALLOW HOMOSEXUALS AS LEADERS IN THE BOY SCOUTS. YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT’S CRAZY. (YEAH) WHY WOULD THE HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY WANT TO LOBBY FOR SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY, IF IT WAS INNOCENT, DIDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. (YES AMENS) THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HOMOSEXUALS, LIKE ADULTERERS, ARE PREDATORS. (RIGHT) THEY'RE PREDATORS. IT’S JUST ANOTHER FORM OF PREDATORY ACTION. AND THAT PREDATORY ACTION WOULD BE PREYING UPON THE INNOCENT. AND IF YOU CAN SAY OH NO IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY THEN WHY ARE SO MANY PRIESTS BEING SUED AND SO MANY DIOCESE BEING SUED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS? MEN ARE IN THEIR 50’S AND 60’S AND FINALLY BRINGING TO LIGHT WHAT OCCURRED TO THEM YEARS AGO IN THEIR HOME CHURCH. THE REALITY IS THAT IF YOU TURN A BLIND EYE TO THINGS THAT DON’T LOOK RIGHT, YOU ARE GOING TO BECOME PREY FOR THE DEVIL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TURNED A BLIND EYE. (AMEN) AND THE BIBLE HERE IS TELLING US THAT WE HAVE OUR SENSES TRAINED TO DISCERN GOOD AND EVIL. YOUR SENSES ARE YOUR INTELLECT. (YEAH) SO WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU CAN’T SAY WELL IT CAN’T BE HAPPENING TO ME AND IT CAN’T BE GOING ON AND I JUST DON’T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. THOSE KINDS OF BEHAVIORAL THINKING IS SOMETHING THAT GETS YOU TO LET DOWN YOUR GUARD AND LET IN SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN’T BE LETTING IN. (AMEN) CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) WELL THAT’S WHAT THAT MEANS. SO YOU USE SCRIPTURE, YOU LOOK AT SCRIPTURE, YOU CONSIDER SCRIPTURE, AND THEN YOU TRAIN YOUR SENSES TO LOOK AROUND YOU AND GO, “OKAY WHAT IN MY ENVIRONMENT IS LINING UP WITH SCRIPTURE AND WHAT IN MY ENVIRONMENT IS LINING UP WITH SCRIPTURE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS A WRONG BEHAVIOR PATTERN?” ALRIGHT IF YOU GET IN WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND THEY SAY LET’S GO OUT AND COMMIT BLOOD SHED AND LET’S GO DO THIS AND DO THAT AND WE’LL HAVE OUR WAY AND WE'LL ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS, WHAT YOUR DOING IS YOUR GETTING IN WITH A, PUT ANOTHER WAY, IS YOUR GETTING INTO A GROUP OF BAD GUYS WHO WANT TO GO OUT AND ROB A BANK OR DO A HEIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A DEPARTMENT STORE. AND YOUR GETTING IN WITH THE WRONG CROWD AND YOU CAN SEE EARLY ON IF YOU KNOW THE SCRIPTURES THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE BAD FOR YOU. SO YOU MUST KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND YOU MUST KNOW HOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT IS BEING IMPACTED ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD. BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T YOU ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE VERY SALVATION THAT GOD WANTS TO BRING YOU. AND THAT SALVATION COMES THROUGH DISCERNMENT. DISCERNING YOUR SURROUNDINGS. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMEN) NOW LET’S KEEP READING IN VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER 6, “THEREFORE LEAVING THE ELEMENTARY TEACHING ABOUT THE CHRIST,” OR ABOUT THE MESSIAH, “LET US PRESS ON TO MATURITY, NOT LAYING AGAIN A FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS AND OF FAITH TOWARD GOD,” NOW LOOK AT THAT, TALKING ABOUT REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS AND FAITH TOWARDS GOD YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, BUT THE APOSTLE PAUL IS SAYING HERE WE NEED TO MOVE ON FURTHER, EVERYONE SAY FURTHER (FURTHER), SAY I NEED TO MOVE ON FURTHER, (I NEED TO MOVE ON FURTHER). SO MOVING ON FURTHER PASSED REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS AND FAITH TOWARDS GOD IS GOOD IF YOU HAVEN’T GOT IT DONE, IT’S GOOD. BUT ONCE YOU’VE GOT IT GOING LET’S MOVE ON FROM THERE BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, (AMEN). HEBREWS 6:2-3 “OF INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WASHINGS AND LAYING ON OF HANDS, AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND ETERNAL JUDGMENT. AND THIS WE WILL DO, IF GOD PERMITS.” ALRIGHT SO WE SEE HERE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ON FROM THESE THINGS. NOW JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 9, “ BUT, BELOVED, WE ARE CONVINCED OF BETTER THINGS CONCERNING YOU, AND THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY SALVATION, THOUGH WE ARE SPEAKING IN THIS WAY.” SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY SALVATION. WHEN YOU BUY A CAR YOU GET THE TIRES, WHEN YOU BUY A CAR YOU GET A RADIO OR A TAPE PLAYER, OR A CD PLAYER, YOU GET SOMETHING WITH THAT. THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT BUYING A CAR IS THERE’S A LOT THAT COMES WITH A CAR. WHEN YOU BUY A HOME YOU GET LAND, YOU GET DOORS, YOU GET LOCKS, YOU GET DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THAT HOME EITHER BRAND NEW OR OVER YEARS. YOU GET THINGS THAT YOU JUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW EVEN EXISTED WHEN YOU BOUGHT THAT HOME OR BOUGHT THAT CAR. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY SALVATION MORE THAN JUST SALVATION, (AMEN). THERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT COME WITH THE PACKAGE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO SEE SO THAT YOU CAN BE PROTECTED, (AMEN). NOW LET’S KEEP READING. VERSE 10, “FOR GOD IS NOT UNJUST SO AS TO FORGET YOUR WORK AND THE LOVE WHICH YOU HAVE SHOWN TOWARD HIS NAME, IN HAVING MINISTERED AND IN STILL MINISTERING TO THE SAINTS.” IN OTHER WORDS NOW THERE IS A WEIGHING OF THE SUM TOTAL OF THE EVENTS OF WHO YOU ARE, NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY BUT IN A POSITIVE WAY. REMEMBER GOD WALKS IN GRACE AND MERCY TOWARD YOU. WE DON’T WALK IN OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE WALK IN HIS. BUT THEN THERE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE THAT ARE PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE TO GOD THAT ADVANCE YOU IN HIS KINGDOM THAT HE WANTS TO REWARD YOU FOR. SO SAID ANOTHER WAY, CORNELIUS OVER IN ACTS CHAPTER 10, IT WAS SAID OF HIM, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A ROMAN CENTURION, IT WAS SAID OF HIM THAT HIS ALMS ANOTHER WORDS WHAT HE GAVE TO THE JEWS AND HIS PRAYERS ROSE AS A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD. IT DIDN’T SAY HE WAS A PERFECT MAN, IT DIDN’T SAY HE WAS A MAN WITHOUT SIN. IT DIDN’T SAY THAT HE WAS JESUS OR AN APOSTLE IT SAID THAT HE WAS A ROMAN OF THE ROMAN COHORT. AND HIS ALMS AND HIS PRAYERS ROSE AS A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD, IT WAS A PLEASING AROMA BEFORE GOD. AND THE THINGS THAT HE DID ALLOWED HIM TO BE THE FIRST GENTILE THAT WE KNOW OF TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR. AND IN THE SAME WAY GOD SEES WHAT YOUR DOING IN A POSITIVE LIGHT NO MATTER WHETHER YOU THINK IT HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN OR NOT. WHETHER YOU THINK OTHER MEN HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT OR NOT IT RISES UP BEFORE GOD AS A MEMORIAL BEFORE HIM. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I’M SAYING? (YEAH AMENS HALLELUJAH) SO THESE THINGS ARE WEIGHED UP OF THE SUM TOTAL OF WHO YOU ARE. NOW LET’S KEEP READING, VERSE 11, “AND WE DESIRE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU SHOW THE SAME DILIGENCE SO AS TO REALIZE THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE UNTIL THE END, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT BE SLUGGISH, BUT IMITATORS,” SAY IMITATORS (IMITATORS), “BUT IMITATORS OF THOSE WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE PROMISES.” IN OTHER WORDS THE PROMISES THAT GOD HAS PROMISED YOU COME THROUGH THE VEHICLE OF SALVATION. NOT GOING TO HEAVEN BUT BEING DELIVERED FROM THE MOLESTATION OF YOUR ENEMIES. NOW ONE OF THE HIGHEST FORMS OF DISCERNMENT COMES FROM OUR EXPERIENCES AND HOW WE INTERPRET OUR EXPERIENCES, IT COMES FROM THE APPLICATION OF SCRIPTURE AGAINST THOSE EXPERIENCES. SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A CHRISTIAN WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD BUT YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON YOUR CHILDHOOD AND YOU CAN SAY. “I REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND I REMEMBER WHEN SOMEONE SAID THIS OR DID THAT, WE WENT HERE, WE WENT THERE, WE EXPERIENCED THIS”, AND THEN YOU CAN RUN IT THROUGH THE MACHINE OF SCRIPTURE AND YOU CAN BEGIN NOW TO ANALYZE WHAT WAS HOLY, WHAT WASN’T, WHAT WAS GOOD, AND WHAT WAS BAD. PUT ANOTHER WAY, YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE AND YOU CAN LAY IT DOWN AND PUT IT ON A LIGHT BOARD, THEN YOU CAN TAKE SOME TRACING PAPER AND YOU CAN LAY IT DOWN ON THERE AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO TRACE OUT THE THINGS THAT WAS GOOD AND THE THINGS THAT WERE BAD. SAID ANOTHER WAY, SCRIPTURE WILL ILLUMINATE, THAT LIGHT, THAT LIGHT BOARD IS SCRIPTURE, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN LAY IT DOWN ON THERE AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE OR TRACE OUT THE THINGS THAT WERE OF GOD. AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO TRACE OUT THE THINGS THAT WERE OF THE DEVIL. AND YOU CAN SEE WELL THAT, THAT OVERLAY THAT WAS OF GOD THAT OVERLAY THERE THAT WAS OF THE DEVIL, THAT OTHER OVERLAY THERE THAT WAS OF ME OR MY AGE OR WHATEVER I WAS EXPERIENCING. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED IN LIFE TO HAVE DISCERNMENT IN OPERATION MEANS NOT ONLY TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES BUT TO REALLY LOOK BACK AND SAY, “OKAY WHAT DID I DO THERE”, NOT WITH CONDEMNATION, “WHAT DID I DO THERE THAT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER?” IT’S NOT TO BE SELF-CONDEMNED OR TO WALK WITH YOUR SHOULDERS DOWN AND WITH YOUR TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND TO FEEL LIKE A LOW DOWN DOG. THAT’S NOT THE POINT OF THAT. BUT IT’S TO MAKE SURE YOU’VE LEARNED FROM A PAST EXPERIENCE NOW THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF THE SCRIPTURE. AND BEGIN TO NOW CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR SO THAT YOU DON’T EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. (YEAH) ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT GET ARRESTED REPEATEDLY, REPEATEDLY FOR DRUNK DRIVING. YOU COULD SEE THIS NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTY BUT AROUND THIS STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE GETTING ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH COMMON SENSE TO STOP DOING IT THE NEXT TIME. AND YET I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH WHO GOES TO THE JAIL TO REPRESENT OUR CHURCH AND GOD AND SAW ANOTHER GUY GET BACK IN THERE AGAIN AND JUST DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO HIM. I MEAN I’VE SEEN MEN COME BACK SEVEN TIMES FOR DRUNK DRIVING, AND YOU WOULD THING BEING AS INTELLIGENT AS THEY ARE, THEY WOULD KNOW ENOUGH TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. (AMEN) AND YET WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS THERE IS NO EVALUATION OF PAST BEHAVIOR TO CHANGE FUTURE BEHAVIOR, (YEAH AMEN). AND YOU CAN SAY, “WELL I WON’T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.” LET’S EXAMINE WHY YOU DID IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, NOT UNDER CONDEMNATION, NOT SO YOU CAN FEEL LOW, BUT SO YOU CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING EVER AGAIN. (AMEN) THAT’S THE PURPOSE OF DISCERNMENT LOOKING INTO THE PAST. USING THE SCRIPTURES TO DISCERN OR APPLYING SCRIPTURES TO FIGURE OUT HOW EVERYTHING WAS MOTIVATED IN YOUR PAST LIFE. WHAT YOU BELIEVED TO BE LIES AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUTH IS THE SUM TOTAL OF HOW MUCH WORD YOU’VE LAID UP AGAINST THOSE EXPERIENCES. ANOTHER WORDS SOMEONE MAY SAY, “I JUST DON’T BELIEVE I’M DOING ANYTHING WRONG.” RIGHT? THE BIBLE SAYS THE ADULTERESS WOMEN EATS AND WIPES HER MOUTH AND SAID I’VE DONE NO WRONG. BUT IF WE TAKE THAT SAME PERSON, WE BRING THEM INTO CHURCH INTO THE SANCTUARY WE GET THEM SAVED. WE BEGAN TO GROW THEM UP THE VERY THING THEY SAID TWELVE MONTHS EARLIER THEY CAN NO LONGER SAY. (AMEN) NO MATTER WHAT IT MIGHT BE. THEY CAN IF THERE STUDYING SCRIPTURE AND MOVING UP WITH GOD. THEY CAN NO LONGER SAY THAT BEHAVIOR IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEY CAN NO LONGER SAY I’VE DONE NO WRONG. (HALLELUJAH) NOW THAT’S GOOD BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE WORD IS CHANGING YOU. SO THE THINGS THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT ARE LIES, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT ARE TRUTHS MAKE UP THE SUM TOTAL OF WHO YOU ARE. AND UNLESS YOU CHANGE THAT ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD YOU WILL BE DECEIVED CONTINUALLY BY LIES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. (AMEN) IF YOU’RE A PERSON THAT SOLD INVESTMENTS AND YOUR INVESTMENTS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU SOLD AN INVESTMENT YOU LIED ABOUT THAT INVESTMENT. I’LL GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE BLIND TO INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY THAT ARE ALSO LIES. IN OTHER WORDS SOMEONE WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT INVESTMENT AND THEY’LL SAY THIS GOING TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE STOCK MARKET AND YOU GO WOW IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. AND YOU’LL LATCH ON TO IT BUT THE REASON YOU’LL LATCH ON TO IT IS THAT YOU DESTROYED YOUR DISCERNMENT IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF YOUR LIFE FOR LACK OF CORRECTING YOURSELF IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA, OR ALLOWING YOUR SELF, PUT ANOTHER WAY, ALLOWING YOUR SELF TO BE TRUTHFUL WHEN YOU THOUGHT LIEING WOULD MAKE YOU MORE MONEY.

(COME TO MOUNTAIN FAITH CHURCH COMMERCIAL, MUSIC PLAYING)

(2009 WORLD FAITH CONFERENCE COMMERCIAL, MUSIC PLAYING)

OUR MINISTRY GUEST IS PASTOR DAN STRATTON OF FAITH EXCHANGE CHURCH AND PROVISION NETWORK. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY HIS MESSAGE.

YOU WILL MEASURE UP ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF THIS YOU KNOW OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST. I MEAN THE MORE YOU CAN RECEIVE THE GIFT AND BE JUST SO GRATEFUL. AND THE MORE YOU CAN RECOGNIZED IN OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED TO RECEIVE IT MORE AND MORE. THEN YOU COULD TELL THEM HOW TO GET IT. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS THROUGH READING THIS WORD DEEP DOWN INTO YOUR SPIRIT AND EXPLAINING IT TO YOU SO THAT YOU GET IT. FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO MANIFEST IT’S SELF IN THE EARTH, FOR US TO BECOME THE HEAD AND NOT THE TALE. FOR THE MESSAGE OF JESUS TO RULE AND REIGN IN OUR SCHOOLS. TO RULE AND REIGN IN THE SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW IMAGINE IF WE COULD TEACH TURN THE OTHER CHEEK IN THE MADRAS’S IN PAKISTAN OR IN THE MADRAS’S IN IRAN IT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. NOW LET’S ALL GET ALONG INSTEAD OF SOME THE THINGS THAT THERE TEACHING. WHERE FOR HE SAYS WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH HE LEAD CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE AND HE AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN. OKAY! NOW THAT HE ASCENDED WHAT IS IT? BUT THAT HE ALSO DESCENDED FIRST INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH. HE THAT DESCENDED IS THE SAME ALSO THAT ASCENDED OF FAR ABOVE ALL HEAVENS. THAT HE MIGHT DO ALL THINGS. AND THAT COMES BACK TO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE HAVING A GOOD BALANCE BEING WILLING TO REACH DOWN AND ALSO BEING WILLING TO REACH UP. GRACE I THINK IS A GOOD WAY TO UNDERSTAND GRACE WHICH IS IMPORTANT HERE, IS YOU THINK OF PRINCESS DIANA, I KNOW SHE DIED 10YEARS AGO. BUT IF YOU THINK OF HER WHEN SHE USED TO DO THE WORK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAD LOST LEGS BECAUSE OF THE LAND MINES AND STUFF. WE ALSO USE TO THINK HOW WONDERFUL IS SHE THAT SHE WOULD GIVE HERE TIME HER LIFE. SHE’S ROYALTY, SHE COULD BE ANY WHERE ENJOYING ANYTHING AND IT WAS SO WONDERFUL THAT SHE WOULD GO AND BE WITH THOSE PEOPLE AT THERE HOSPITAL BEDS, BE WITH THOSE PEOPLE AS THEY WHERE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THERE LIFE’S AFTER HAVING LOST A LIMB. YOU KNOW WE THINK OF THAT AS GRACE. OR YOU THINK OF IT WHEN YOU GO TO A TRACK MEAT BUT IT’S NOT JUST YOUR TYPICAL TRACK MEAT. A TRACK MEET IS CHILDREN WHO ARE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE GIFTED ATHLETES BUT THERE THESE KIDS. THE SPECIAL KID’S WE CALL THAT’S WHY WE CALL THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARE RUNNING AND INSPIRING TO DO THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON’T THINK THEY CAN DO ANT THAT LIKE INSPIRING. AND THAT’S A GRACE, SEE GRACE IS BEING ABLE TO MEET SOMEONE WITHOUT CONDESCENDING TOWARDS THEM OR FEELING CONDESCENDING TOO. THAT IT’S A COMPLETE EYEBALL TO EYEBALL LOVE WITH NO I’M BETTER THAN YOU OR NO YOUR BETTER THAN ME. THAT’S WITH EVER ONE THAT’S WITH SOMEONE YOU MEET ON THE STREET MIGHT BE HOME LESS OR SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER HAD ANY EDUCATION. YOU DON’T EVER FEEL BUT YOU DON’T FEEL IN YOUR HEART ANY BETTER THAN THAT PERSON. OK! NOW WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BEAUSE MAYBE YOU DO FEEL THAT, OR THE REASON IS THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU AN INCORRECT JUDGMENTAL GRID WHICH DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO APPROACH GOD ON ANY LEVEL BECAUSE YOU THINK HE IS BETTER THAN YOU. BECAUSE YOU GOT THAT GRID LOOKING DOWN YOU GOT THAT GRID LOOKING UP AND YOU CAN’T HAVE AN EYEBALL TO EYEBALL CONVERSATION. YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS IS REALLY TRYING TO TEACH YOU AND RECEIVE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE YOU’VE MEASURED DOWN. YOU GOT THAT MEASURING GRID. SO GRACE IS TAKING THAT MEASURING GRID OUT. YOU”RE NOT BETTER THAN ANYBODY BUT YOUR NOT WORSE THAN ANYBODY INCLUDING JESUS. NOW THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE MAYBE FOR SOME OF YOU BUT UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR GONNA, WHEN YOU COME FACE TO FACE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE DEVELOPED THAN YOU INCLUDING JESUS IF YOU’VE GOT THAT GRID ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, WHICH IS WHY YOUR STRUGGLING WITH WHAT I’M TEACHING RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE THAT JUDGMENTAL GRID, IT’S GONNA BE HARD FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THE POWER OF UNITY, THE POWER OF SUPER NATURAL HEALING, THE POWER OF SUPERNATURAL PROBLEM SOLVING WHICH REALLY, THAT’S WHAT JESUS DIED TO GIVE YOU. HE DIED TO GIVE YOU RESURRECTED LIFE. YOU KNOW HE DIED TO GIVE YOU RESURRECTED LIFE HE DIED TO REDEEM YOU FROM THAT JUDGMENTAL PERSPECTIVE WHICH REALLY LOCKS OUT A LOT OF THE MIRACULOUS OR A LOT OF THE INFINITE POTENTIAL THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE. I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE DEEP THERE NOW, “BUT HE GAVE SOME APOSTLES AND SOME PROPHET AND SOME EVANGELIST SOME PASTOR AND TEACHERS FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE MATURING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.” THOSE OF US WHO TEACH LIKE MYSELF YOU KNOW I WAS A COMMODITIES TRADER FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS AND I WAS TRAINED AT GOLDEN SACKS, TRAINED AT YALE UNIVERSITY, TRAINED IN OTHER AREAS IN MUSIC, TRAINED IN OTHER AREAS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ALSO TRAINED IN SCHOOL DEGREES IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT REALLY TRAINED IN THIS BIBLE AND SO NOW AS I BRING THIS TEACHING’S TO YOU, I’VE BEEN ON THE BUSINESS SIDE THE NONE PULPIT SIDE, STILL I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE NONE PULPIT SIDE BUT I RECOGNIZED MY ROLE AND MY GIFTING IN THIS GROUPING IS APOSTOLIC BECAUSE I’M A PIONEER. I START THINGS, AND I BUILD THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT’S WHAT AN APOSTLES IS AND I ALSO HELP TO BIRTH SOME OF THIS OTHER THINGS, TRAIN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PASTOR, TEACHER, PROPHET DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT . A PROPHET IS A SPECIAL CAT BUT IT’S IT’S HARD, YOU CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A, HUH! JUST TELLING YAH! AND IT’S MY JOB REALLY TO HELP YOU TO GROW UP AND MATURE IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND SO MAYBE THAT SOUNDS CONDESCENDING BUT THAT’S COMING IN TO YOUR GRID A LITTLE BIT THERE. IT’S MY JOB TO LOVE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU AND TO LOOSE YOU TO YOUR DESTINY. AND TO EDIFY YOU WHICH IS I’M ACTUALLY HERE SERVING YOU! YOU KNOW! JESUS SAID WHO IS GREATER YOU KNOW THE ONE WHO SITS AT THE TABLE OR THE ONE WHO SERVES? YOU KNOW HIS DISCIPLES WHERE THERE THEY KNEW THAT WAS A TRICK QUESTION SO THEY DIDN’T EVEN ANSWER IT. SO JESUS ANSWERED THE QUESTION OF COURSE THE PERSON BEING SERVED IS GREATER BUT I COME AMONG YOU AS ONE WHO SERVES. THAT’S REALLY WHAT I’M DOING HERE NOW ON THIS SHOW IS SERVING YOU BY HELPING YOU TO SEE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. AND THEN IT SAYS MY JOB IS TO DO IT UNTIL VERSE 13, “WE ALL COME IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.” THINKING ALIKE, SPEAKING ALIKE, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE’RE ALL ONE “AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD UNTO A PERFECT MAN.” SEE THE KNOWLEDGE IS NOT TO KNOW IN SCRIPTURAL TERMS IS TO HAVE IT SO DEEP ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT YOU REALLY KNOW IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS YOU KNOW HABITUAL SECOND NATURE THAT YOU JUST HAVE IT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT TO KNOW THE SON OF GOD IS TO HAVE HIM MANIFEST YOU TO WHERE YOU'RE LIKE A COAT, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY ACT LIKE JESUS WOULD ACT. “UNTO A MATURE MAN EXCUSE ME! UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF THAT ANOINTING OF CHRIST OF MOSHEIACK.” YOU KNOW YOUR GOAL IS TO GET YOUR INNER IMAGE OF YOUR SELF AS BEING THE INNER IMAGE OF THE SON OF GOD.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON PASTOR DAN STRATTON AT WWW.FAITHEXCHANGE.ORG OR WWW.MYDVNCOMMUNITY.COM NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID GONZALEZ.

ALLOWING YOUR SELF TO BE TRUTHFUL WHEN YOU THOUGHT LIEING WOULD MAKE YOU MORE MONEY. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN. (AMENS) IT’S BEEN KIND OF QUIET HERE THIS MORNING NOW I’M GOING TO DEFINE DISCERN OR TO DISCERN SOMETHING. IT MEANS TO IDENTIFY THE TRUE NATURE OF A SPIRIT. TO DISCERN MEANS TO IDENTIFY A TRUE NATURE OF A SPIRIT ,OF A DOCTRINE, OF A PRACTICE OR OF A GROUP. TO DISTINGUISH TRUTH FROM, ERROR EXTREME ERROR FORM SLIGHT ERROR, TO DIVIDE THE HUMAN FROM THE SPIRITUAL, TO DIVIDE THE SPIRIT OF GOD FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTI-CHRIST. NOW LET ME READ THIS TO YOU AGAIN. NOW THIS IS MY DEFINITION I CAME UP WITH THIS AFTER STUDYING THIS OUT FOR SOME TIME. TO IDENTIFY THE TRUE NATURE OF A SPIRIT, OR OF A DOCTRINE, OF A PRACTICE OR A GROUP, TO DISTINGUISH TRUTH FROM ERROR, EXTREME ERROR, FROM SLIGHT ERROR TO DIVIDE THE HUMAN FROM THE SPIRITUAL. TO DIVIDE FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST. YEARS AGO I REMEMBER I WANTED TO GET MORE SPIRITUAL AND I SAW AN AD IN THE PAPER. WE WERE LIVING IN THE STATE OF MAINE AT THE TIME, I WAS SELLING INSURANCE AND I SAID KATHY I WANT TO JOIN THIS LITTLE GROUP. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE ALL THESE RELIGIOUS MEETINGS AT THEIR HOUSE AND THEY PROMISE NOT TO READ THE BIBLE. THEY PROMISE THEY’LL NEVER OPEN A BOOK OR THE BIBLE. SO WE WENT TO A COUPLE OF THESE MEETINGS AND THE HEAD MINISTER HE WOULD GET OUT A SIX PACK OF BEER AND WOULD JUST START DRINKING BEER WHILE HE’S MINISTERING AND BECAUSE I KNEW SO LITTLE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID WAS FAIRLY INTERESTING BUT IT HAD NO DIRECTION. AND I DON’T KNOW HOW THE THING ACTUALLY WORKED AND IT WAS PART OF A LARGER ORGANIZATION YOU COULD TELL IT WAS LIKE A WORLD WIDE ORGANIZATION, PROBABLY WAS A CULT FOR ALL I KNOW BUT AFTER TWO WEEKS OF THAT I SAID, “MAN I KNOW MORE THAN THIS GUY!” AND I JUST SAID WE'RE NOT GOING ANY MORE AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH I WAS JUST SCOURING THE NEWS PAPERS YESTERDAY AND I SAW AN AD THAT WAS VIRTUALLY THE SAME THAT I SAW BACK ALMOST THIRTY YEARS AGO. SO THESE KIND OF CONCEPTS ARE AROUND AND IT SAID, “AND NO MATERIAL WILL BE READ AT THESE MEETINGS.” HOW CAN YOU STUDY THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT READING THE WORD OF GOD? (AMEN) ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU NEED TO HAVE DISCERNMENT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST, TO TALK ABOUT GOD BUT WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF WHAT’S ALLOWABLE AND WHAT’S NOT! (THAT’S RIGHT) SO I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE PUT UNDER THOSE KINDS OF RULES, WELL THEN GO HAVE YOUR OWN WAY. THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAD YOUR OWN WAY. IT’S ABOUT TIME YOU LET GOD HAVE HIS WAY IN YOUR LIFE AMEN? (AMEN, CLAPPING, HALLELUJAH ) GIVE THE LORD A HAND CLAP COME ON! (WHOA CLAPPING) DISCERNMENT WILL REVEAL HIDDEN AGENDAS BEHIND WORDS AND ACTIONS. IT WILL REVEAL ORIENTATION OF SOMEONE SEXUALLY, IT WILL REVEAL THE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS OF SOMEONE DESPITE WHAT THERE SAYING. YOU EVER HEAR A POLITICIAN SAY, “I DON’T PLAN ON RUNNING” (YEAH) BUT EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING IS THERE RUNNING? YOU EVER HEAR OF THAT? (YEAH COME ON) WELL IF THE POLITICIAN CAN GET AWAY WITH IT HELLO!! PEOPLE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT! ALRIGHT I KNOW POLITICIAN AND PEOPLE ARE NOT THE SAME SO I NEEDED TO MAKE THAT DIVISION. (LAUGHING) IT WILL LET YOU KNOW THE HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND INVESTMENTS AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOULD OF HAD WISDOM WHEN THEY WHERE DEALING WITH BERNIE MADOFF, (YEAH) AND OTHER PEOPLE, ENRON AND OTHERS. UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE—THERE ARE HIDDEN AGENDAS OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DISCERNMENT. AND SALVATION MEANS OUR ENEMIES WILL NOT TRIUMPH OVER US.(AMEN) SO IF THAT’S WHAT SALVATION MEANS DISCERNMENT HELPS US WALK OUT THAT SALVATION. (YEP AMEN) CAN I HERE AN AMEN? (AMENS) NOW LETS GO TO SOME EXCITING ASPECTS OF THIS. LLETS GO OVER TO 2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 15, PRAISE BE TO GOD! I’M GOING TO START READING IN VERSE 1, YOU ALL GOT IT? (AMEN) “NOW IT CAME ABOUT AFTER THIS THAT ABSALOM PROVIDED FOR HIMSELF A CHARIOT AND HORSES AND FIFTY MEN AS RUNNERS BEFORE HIM.  ABSALOM USED TO RISE EARLY AND STAND BESIDE THE WAY TO THE GATE; AND WHEN ANY MAN HAD A SUIT TO COME TO THE KING FOR JUDGMENT, ABSALOM WOULD CALL TO HIM AND SAY, "FROM WHAT CITY ARE YOU?" AND HE WOULD SAY, "YOUR SERVANT IS FROM ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL." THEN ABSALOM WOULD SAY TO HIM, "SEE, YOUR CLAIMS ARE GOOD AND RIGHT, BUT NO MAN LISTENS TO YOU ON THE PART OF THE KING."  MOREOVER, ABSALOM WOULD SAY, "OH THAT ONE WOULD APPOINT ME JUDGE IN THE LAND, THEN EVERY MAN WHO HAS ANY SUIT OR CAUSE COULD COME TO ME AND I WOULD GIVE HIM JUSTICE."  AND WHEN A MAN CAME NEAR TO PROSTRATE HIMSELF BEFORE HIM, HE WOULD PUT OUT HIS HAND AND TAKE HOLD OF HIM AND KISS HIM.  IN THIS MANNER ABSALOM DEALT WITH ALL ISRAEL WHO CAME TO THE KING FOR JUDGMENT; SO ABSALOM STOLE AWAY THE HEARTS OF THE MEN OF ISRAEL.” (PASTOR LAUGHINGLY SAYS) NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY HERE THIS MORNING. I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW EFFICIENTLY THE DEVIL WAS WORKING IN DAVID’S HOUSEHOLD. FIRST OF ALL DAVID HAS A BUNCH OF WIVES AND HE'S HAVING A BUNCH OF SONS FROM THESE WIVES AND DAUGHTERS AND ONE OF THE SONS WHOSE NAME IS AMNON IS GROWING UP AND HE'S IN LOVE WITH TAMAR WHO’S HIS HALF SISTER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, BUT THE FATHER IS THE SAME. DAVID’S THE FATHER, AND HE GOES TO THE FATHER AND HE SAYS I’M SICK I’M SICK FAINTING THAT HE'S SICK AND HE IS SAYING THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN BRING ME COMFORT MORE OR LESS IS TAMAR, SEND HER TO BRING ME SOME SOUP OR WHAT EVER. SO TAMAR, DAVID YOU KNOW DOESN’T UNDERSTAND IT, HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY DISCERNMENT CONCERNING IT, TAMAR COMES IN; SHE'S RAPED. NOW TAMAR’S OLDER BROTHER IS ABSALOM. ABSALOM IS AS WE FIND OUT LATER ON FROM READING THE SCRIPTURES HE’S NOT ONLY HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN ISRAEL BUT IT’S SAID OF HIM THAT HE HAD NO IMPERFECTION PHYSICALLY IN HIM. HE WAS AN EXTREMELY HANDSOME MAN TO LOOK AT AND SCRIPTURE IS VERY DEFINITIVE ABOUT THIS. HIS HAIR WAS SO THICK THAT AFTER A YEAR HE WOULD CUT AND WEIGH HIS HAIR AND IT WOULD WEIGH A LARGE AMOUNT WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HONORABLE BACK IN THAT DAY FOR A MAN TO HAVE A LOT OF HAIR AND HAVE IT TO BE VERY THICK; AND THEN IT GOES ON AND SAY AGAIN THAT HE WAS A VERY HANDSOME MAN NOT UNATTRACTIVE IN ANY FORM AND NOT HAVING ANY DEFECT. IMAGINE A MAN THAT'S BEING SAID EVEN IN SCRIPTURE, OF NOT HAVING ANY DEFECT ALMOST ALREADY STARTING TO SOUND LIKE SATAN TO ME. SO NOW EVERYONE IN THE KINGDOM KNOWS ABOUT THE RAPE OF TAMAR WHO’S ONE OF YOU KNOW DAVID’S DAUGHTERS BY ONE OF DAVID’S SONS AND DAVID TAKES NO ACTION AGAINST HIS SON AMNON AND BECAUSE HE TAKES NO ACTION UNDER THE LEVITICAL LAW, UNDER THE MOSAIC LAW, IT WAS REQUIRED THAT ANY MAN WHO RAPED A WOMAN WOULD BE STONED BY THE PEOPLE BUT DAVID KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT, KNOWING THAT HE KNEW ABOUT IT EVEN HIS OWN DAUGHTER BROUGHT HIS SON TO NO JUSTICE WHAT SOEVER, NEVER BROUGHT HIM IN AND SAID, “SON WHAT DID YOU DO?” NEVER BROUGHT HIM IN AND SAID I’M TAKING AWAY THE KINGDOM FROM YOU AND YOU’LL NEVER BE KING. DIDN’T EXILE HIM, DIDN’T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED. TWO YEARS ELAPSE AND NOW ABSALOM COMES INTO THE PRESENCE OF HIS FATHER, DAVID WHO IS THE BROTHER OF TAMAR AND SAYS, “DAD I WANT TO HAVE A PARTY AND I WANT YOU TO COME TO THE PARTY.” AND HE, DAVID, SAYS, “WELL I CAN'T COME WITH ALL MY SONS. YOU'RE INVITING ME AND ALL MY SONS THERE. IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO HAVE EVERYONE IN ONE PLACE LESS THE ENEMY MAY FIND OUT ABOUT IT AND ATTACK US AND THEN BE ABLE TO WIPE OUT ALL THE LEADERSHIP OF ISRAEL. I CAN'T GO WITH YOU.” ABSALOM SAYS, “WELL THEN ALLOW ME TO HAVE AMNON COME AND LET ME HONOR HIM.” DAVID SAID, “WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? IT SOUNDS STRANGE.” AND ABSALOM SAID, “WELL I JUST WANT TO DO IT.” DAVID ASKED THE QUESTION AGAIN, “WHY DO YOU WANT TO HONOR AMNON?” HE (ABSALOM) SAID, “I JUST WANT TO DO IT OUT OF THE LOVE OF MY HEART. I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM HONOR, HAVE A BIG PARTY, WE ARE GOING TO DRINK A LOT OF WINE AND EAT A LOT OF FOOD” AND ALL THE SONS OF THE KING DAVID WERE THERE. SO THE PARTY WAS PUT ON BUT IT WAS A RUSE TO DO SOMETHING. NOW SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT THAT ABSALOM WANTED TO KILL AMNON FOR THE REASON OF RAPING HIS SISTER. BUT EVEN GREATER THAN THAT ABSALOM HAD AN EYE FOR THE THRONE AND ALREADY HE BEGAN TO HAVE SOMETHING BUILDING UP IN HIS HEART. SO THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED THAT WAS A MISTAKE IS DAVID DIDN’T DISCIPLINE, FIRST OF ALL HE DIDN'T SEE WHAT AMNON WAS UP TO. SECONDARILY, HE DIDN'T DISCIPLINE HIM FOR THE SIN HE HAD COMMITTED. THIRDLY, HE OVERLOOKED EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SUSPECT OF ABSALOM DOING SOMETHING WRONG HE DIDN’T DEAL WITH THAT THING. HE DIDN’T SAY NO YOU CAN'T SEE HIM, I MEAN HE MUST HAVE KNOWN EVEN THOUGH TWO YEARS HAD ELAPSED HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT HE WAS HOLDING A GRUDGE. BECAUSE ABSALOM NEVER APPROACHED HIS HALF BROTHER ABOUT THE SCENARIO, ABOUT THE SITUATION WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER? NEVER CAME AND SAID LETS HAVE BATTLE TOGETHER AND LET GOD DECIDE WHO’S RIGHT AND WHO’S WRONG AND WHO EVER LIVES GOD HAS JUDGED RIGHTLY. NEVER DID ANY OF THOSE THINGS WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MURDER TO SOME EXTENT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE JUST THAN WHAT HE WAS PLANNING ON DOING. AND SO HE HAS THE PARTY AND ONE OF THE RULES OF THE PARTY WAS WHEN YOU SEE AMNON MERRY WITH WINE, MUCH DRUNK YOU ARE TO FALL UPON HIM AND KILL HIM WITH A SWORD. SO ALL THE MEN THAT ARE IN THIS PARTY THAT ARE WORKING SECRETLY FOR ABSALOM FALL UPON HIM AND THE KINGS SONS RUN BACK HOME. THE KING HEARS THAT ALL HIS SONS HAVE BEEN KILLED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN’T BEEN KILLED; JUST AMNON’S BEEN KILLED AND HE'S IN MUCH FEAR AND THEN HE’S MUCH REJOICING BUT STILL SORROWFUL THAT AMNON HAS BEEN KILLED BY THE SWORD. ABSALOM NOW HAS VIOLATED ONE OF THE CONVENANTS OF THE COMMANDMENTS, “THOU SHALT NOT KILL” AND HE RUNS AND HIDES FOR HIS LIFE. NOW DAVID MAKES THE SECOND MISTAKE, HE MAKES THE MISTAKE OF NOT DISCIPLINING HIS SON WHO’S NOW HIDING OUT FROM HIM. HE DOESN’T ISSUE A DECREE HE SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH. HE DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE COMFORT TO EITHER ABSALOM OR TO THE PEOPLE THAT ANY JUSTICE IS GOING TO COME IN ANY FORM. SO WHAT YOU COULD SAY IN ANOTHER WAY, UP TO THIS EVENT DAVID IS NOT PRACTICING SCRIPTURE OR THE APPLICATION OF SCRIPTURE SO THAT HE CAN NOT WALK IN INTELLECTUAL DISCERNMENT OF HOW THE APPLICATION OF SCRIPTURE WOULD BE CARRIED OUT. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I’M SAYING? (AMEN) THIS A BIG DEAL HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY REPEATEDLY TO APPLY DISCIPLINE THE WAY DISCIPLINE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED AND REFUSES TO DO SO. AND SEE PEOPLE TODAY WONDER, I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PASTOR KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT THAT. AND THE REASON WHY IF THEY BEEN HEARING THE SAME MESSAGE OVER AND OVER IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC OVER AND OVER IT’S BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO APPLY THOSE SCRIPTURES AND BY LACK OF APPLICATION YOU CAN'T SEE THE REAL REASON WHY GOD WOULD HAVE YOU DO SOMETHING. (AMEN) NOW IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO AND GET MARRIED AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A BUNCH OF CHILDREN BECAUSE YOUR IN LOVE THAT’S GREAT YOU BEGIN TO FIND OUT WHY GOD INSTITUTED THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. (AMEN) BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO LIVE TOGETHER AND SHACK UP AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND SAY WELL YOU KNOW EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT I EVEN KNOW PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH THAT HAVE PASTOR’S PREACHING ABOUT DOING IT. IT DOESN’T CHANGE THE LAWS OF GOD, (THAT’S RIGHT) IT MEANS NOT ONLY ARE YOU BREAKING THE LAWS OF GOD BUT BY VIOLATING THOSE LAW YOU DON’T SEE THE VALUE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. EVEN IF YOU HAVE HAD A FAILURE MARRIAGE BEFORE DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING. SEE IF YOU’VE HAD A FAILURE BEFORE IN MARRIAGE JUST MEANS NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD IF YOU'RE MARRIED AGAIN OR IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GETTING MARRIED AGAIN ,YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE SOMETHING FOR THE BETTER THAT YOU NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. YOU NOW HAVE WISDOM TO APPLY TO THAT (AMEN) RELATIONSHIP. AND SO PEOPLE COME IN SAY, “WELL I JUST DON’T FEEL LIKE FOLLOWING THAT MARRIAGE CONTRACT I DON’T SEE WHY IT’S A BIG DEAL YOU KNOW OVER FIFTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE AT CHURCH AREN’T MARRIED ANY WAY AND THERE FORNICATING. YOU KNOW AND ALL THAT SO WHY SHOULD I DO IT?” AND WHAT YOUR DOING IS YOUR INVALIDATING THE WORD OF GOD AND BY INVALIDATING IT YOUR NOT LEARNING THE REAL MESSAGE THAT BEHIND IT. AND YOU CAN NEVER LEARN IT BY VIOLATING IT, (AMENS) BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU LEARN BY ON THE JOB TRAINING. (AMEN) THERE’S SOMETHING YOU CAN NEVER LEARN FROM A BOOK YOU MUST LEARN AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURELF. (AMEN). YOU COULD NEVER LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKEUP AFTER A FIGHT, YOU COULD NEVER LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ANGER AND DO NOT SIN AND DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN UPON THY ANGER. (AMEN) THERE'S A REASON WHY! NOW HERE ABSALOM TWO YEARS AND HE LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON HIS ANGER FOR TWO YEARS AND SO HE’S COOKING UP SOMETHING, HIS PLOTTING SOMETHING, THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT WITH HIM INSIDE. AND DAVID SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BUT HE IGNORED AMNON, HE IGNORED TAMAR, SHE WAS GIVEN NO JUSTICE. KIND OF LIKE THE MODERN JUSTICE SYSTEM TODAY WHEN SOME MAN RAPES SOME WOMEN WE DON’T EVEN CALL IT RAPE ANY MORE WE CALL IT SEXUAL ASSAULT WHICH WE DON’T EVEN GET TO HERE THE GORY DETAILS OF HOW BRUTAL THIS PERSON IS. AND THEN THEY'RE SENT TO PRISON FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS FOR SOMETHING THEY REALLY SHOULD BE EXECUTED OVER. (AMEN) FRIENDS WHEN YOU DO THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE! SAY, “WELL WHERE DO YOU GET THAT?” I GET THAT FROM READING MY BIBLE. (AMEN) I KNOW JUSTICE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, (AMEN, HALLELUJAH) AND THEN WE LET THE RAPIST BACK OUT AGAIN WITH A SLAP ON THE HAND TO GO BACK TO DOING WHAT HE'S DONE REPEATEDLY. I WAS WATCHING A SIXTY MINUTES STORY SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE ONE MAN LET OUT A SECOND TIME WENT OUT AND RAPED TWENTY WOMEN BEFORE HE WAS CAUGHT A SECOND TIME. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THE LACK OF TRUE JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY? (AMEN) HOW MANY PEOPLE? AND WHEN WE IGNORE THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN WE HAVE IGNORED THE VERY RIGHTS AND THE FOUNDATION THE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY. (AMEN) “WELL WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THAT MAN!” HOW ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE WOMEN? (AMEN) HOW ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE WOMEN? WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR THOSE WOMEN? (AMEN) CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMEN, HALLELUJAH) COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A HAND CLAP, COME ON .(CLAPPING) “WELL THAT’S HARD PREACHING PASTOR”, ITS ONLY HARD BECAUSE YOUR MINDS ARE MIXED UP WITH THE LIBERAL SOCIETY WE'RE LIVING IN. (AMEN, THAT’S RIGHT) WHERE DO YOU THINK THE DEATH PENALTY CAME FROM; IT DID NOT COME FROM MAN KIND, IT CAME FROM THE WORD. (AMEN, HALLELUJAH) WHERE IF ANY MAN SINNED AGAINST HIS FELLOW MAN BY COMMITTING DEATH OR FORNICATION OR EVEN ADULTERY, THAT THEY WHERE TO BE PUT TO DEATH NOT BY ONE MAN BUT BY THE CROWD AND THAT’S WHERE STONING CAME UP. IT WASN’T THAT IT WAS A MOB TYPE OF A SCENE, BUT IT WAS THE JUSTICE OF THE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE LAND, (AMEN) AND GOD SAID WHEN YOU DID THOSE THINGS YOU WILL PURIFY THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED UNNECESSARILY. (AMEN) WELL ABSALOM HE'S GOT THINGS COOKING UP AND NOW HE RUNS AWAY AND HE HIDES OUT FOR THREE YEARS AND HE SUMMONS JOAB. JOAB IS THE LEADER OF DAVID’S ARMY, HE SUMMONS JOAB AND ACTUALLY JOAB KIND OF DOES A COUPLE THINGS TOGETHER AND JOAB ACTUALLY SENDS A WOMEN TO GO TELL DAVID KIND OF THIS MYTHICAL STORY AND THEN IN THE END SHE REVEALS THAT JOAB SENT HER THERE TO GET DAVID TO KIND OF BE A LITTLE BIT SOFTER ON NOW HIS SECOND SON , AMNON HIS OLDEST SON IS NOW DEAD, SO DAVID SENDS JOAB TO GO GET ABSALOM. ABSALOM COMES INTO THE COUNTRY AND LIVES IN THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS WITHOUT HAVING ANY CONTACT WITH DAVID WHATSOEVER BUT HE'S BASICALLY UNDER HOUSE ARREST. LL THAT TIME ABSALOM IS PLANNING A REVOLT AGAINST THE KINGDOM BUT IT NEVER REALLY CLEARLY COMES OUT.

WELL WASN'T THAT A GREAT BROADCAST AND A GREAT MESSAGE? FRIENDS IF YOU'VE NEVER MADE JESUS CHRIST YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR, IT'S TIME THAT YOU DID. I KNOW THAT YOU THINK SO AND I THINK SO TOO. SO LET'S DO THIS RIGHT NOW. LET'S JOIN THE REST OF THE BODY OF CHRIST IN MAKING A DECISION TO BE IN HEAVEN. REPEAT THESE WORDS OUT LOUD AFTER ME. SAY, DEAR JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART RIGHT NOW AND MAKE ME A NEW PERSON. A NEW CREATION. I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT OLD PERSON ANYMORE. THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING ON THE CROSS FOR ME SO I DON'T HAVE TO DIE FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE WRONG. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN AND AMEN. NOW DIDN'T THAT FEEL GOOD? I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU JUST MADE THE MOST POWERFUL DECISION A CHRISTIAN CAN EVER MAKE IN THEIR LIFETIME AND THAT IS CHOOSING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN AND CHOOSING ON YOUR OWN. I'M PROUD OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU. AND I WANT TO SEND THIS FREE BOOKLET OUT TO YOU. IT'S CALLED "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY." WRITE TO ME AT PO BOX 847, LAKE DELTON WI 53940 AND WE'LL SEND THIS FREE BOOKLET OUT TO YOU, CALLED WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU FOR YOU MAKING A GOOD DECISION IN JESUS CHRIST AND A GOOD DECISION TO GO TO HEAVEN. WELL, THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. SO THIS IS PASTOR DAVE GONZALEZ SAYING "PRESS IN TO GOD AND HE WILL PRESS IN TO YOU. AND I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN HERE NEXT WEEK AT THE MOUNTAIN.

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HI THIS IS PASTOR DAVE GONZALEZ WITH THE MOUNTAIN FAITH MINISTRIES AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST TODAY AND I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OUT OF IT. I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER RIGHT NOW HOW IT IS THAT WE’RE EVEN ON THE AIR IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. AIR TIME COSTS MONEY. PRODUCTION TIME COSTS MONEY. WE HAVE TO PAY EMPLOYEES FOR THE CHURCH. EVEN THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS RECORDING THIS RIGHT NOW. ALL THESE THINGS COST MONEY. WILL YOU CONSIDER RIGHT NOW BECOMING A FINANCIAL PARTNER WITH THIS MINISTRY. IF YOU’VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. AT THIS TIME IN THIS MINISTRY WE WANT TO EXPAND FASTER AND GREATER THAN WE'VE EVER EXPANDED BEFORE. AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH YOUR HELP. WE’RE REACHING RIGHT NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US RIGHT NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET. WE ARE ABLE TO GO INTO HOMES MORE THAN EVER BEFORE AND EVERY YEAR WE LITERALLY REACH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH THE GOSPEL. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY HELP IN REACHING THE LOST WITH YOUR FINANCIAL GIVING. WRITE ME HERE AT PO BOX 847, LAKE DELTON WISCONSIN 53940 AND SEND YOUR BEST QUALITY GIFT TODAY. MAKE YOUR GIFTS OUT TO DAVID GONZALEZ MINISTRIES. AND TELL US THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THOSE GIFTS EVERY SINGLE MONTH THEREAFTER. WE DEPEND ON YOU. WE COUNT ON YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. AND WE PRAY OVER ALL THE PARTNERS, THE FINANCIAL PARTNERS WITH THIS MINISTRY. I KNOW THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING COMING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH THIS MINISTRY. I’LL BE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.