PRAISE BE TO GOD. TODAY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. THIS IS A BLESSING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT AS GOD HAS BEEN REVEALING MORE THINGS TO ME, I THOUGHT WE’D KIND OF UPDATE WHAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM REALLY MEANS. NOW WE KNOW THAT ABRAHAM IS THE PATRIARCH OF ALL THE JEWS, WE KNOW ABRAHAM HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HISTORY BIBLICALLY, AND ALSO HISTORICALLY. BUT AS WE LOOK AT ABRAHAM, WE WANT TO STUDY WHY THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE CHRISTIAN TODAY. LET’S GO OVER TO DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 30, DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 30 STARTING IN VERSE 11, “FOR THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH I COMMAND YOU TODAY IS NOT TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU, NOR IS IT OUT OF REACH.” IF YOU’RE READING FROM THE KING JAMES IT SAYS, “…NOR IS IT FAR OFF.” THIS STUFF IS EASY TO REACH. EVERYONE SAY, “I CAN REACH THIS STUFF” (I CAN REACH THIS STUFF). ALL RIGHT, VERSE 12, “IT IS NOT IN HEAVEN, THAT YOU SHOULD SAY, 'WHO WILL GO UP TO HEAVEN FOR US TO GET IT FOR US AND MAKE US HEAR IT, THAT WE MAY OBSERVE IT? NOR IS IT BEYOND THE SEA, THAT YOU SHOULD SAY, 'WHO WILL CROSS THE SEA FOR US TO GET IT FOR US AND MAKE US HEAR IT, THAT WE MAY OBSERVE IT?' [14] BUT THE WORD IS VERY NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE IT.” NOW OBSERVE DOES NOT MEAN TO WATCH, BUT IT MEANS TO PRACTICE, THAT’S WHAT THAT WORD OBSERVE MEANS. TO OBSERVE SOMETHING, IF YOU OBSERVE A HOLY DAY, YOU PRACTICE THAT HOLY DAY. IF YOU OBSERVE IF YOU WERE A FORMER CATHOLIC, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU OBSERVED GOOD FRIDAY AND ONLY ATE FISH ON GOOD FRIDAY, THEN YOU ARE OBSERVING A DAY, YOU ARE PRACTICING SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE TO BE A GOOD THING TO DO. AMEN? (AMENS) SO TO OBSERVE SOMETHING IS NOT TO WATCH, TO OBSERVE MEANS TO PUT INTO PRACTICE. [14] “BUT THE WORD IS VERY NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE IT.” VERSE 15, “SEE, I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU TODAY LIFE AND PROSPERITY, DEATH AND ADVERSITY;” LOOK AT THAT! AGAIN, IF YOU DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH PROSPERITY AND YOU CAN’T STAND TO HEAR THESE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU NEED TO CUT THIS OUT OF YOUR BIBLE. LET’S JUST BLACK IT RIGHT OUT OF THERE. BUT BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THOUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET HIGHLY SELECTIVE. IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM A COMMUNIST COUNTRY, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAILED TO A NON COMMUNIST COUNTRY. IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT’S BEEN PICKED OVER BEFORE YOU CAN READ IT. ARE YOU HEARING WHAT I’M SAYING? LET’S JUMP DOWN NOW TO VERSE 19, “I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TO WITNESS AGAINST YOU TODAY, THAT I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE. SO CHOOSE LIFE IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY LIVE, YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS,” (THAT'S RIGHT) SO IT’S VERY CLEAR HERE WHO HAS THE CHOICE OF BLESSING AND CURSE. (AMEN) WE DO! YOU DO! (RIGHT) YOU ARE MAKING THE CHOICE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY, ALL YOUR OBSERVANCES, YOU ARE MAKING THE CHOICE OF WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING IN THE BLESSING OR THE CURSE. (AMEN) IT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. (THAT'S RIGHT) IT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU. THIS IS NOT A CHOICE THAT GOD MAKES. THIS IS A CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE. (AMEN) YOU MAKE THE CHOICE, LIFE AND PROSPERITY, OR DEATH AND ADVERSITY. (YES) NOW I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M NOT REALLY BIG INTO THE DEATH AND ADVERSITY THING AT ALL. CALL ME UNUSUAL, CALL ME UNCANNY, CALL ME SOMETHING WEIRD; I JUST LIKE THE BLESSING AND THE PEACE AND THE PROSPERITY THING. I JUST KIND OF GET OFF ON THAT, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, OKAY. (LAUGHING, AMENS) I MIGHT JUST BE PREACHING, I DON’T KNOW. BUT I KINDA LIKE THAT. I LIKE THAT BECAUSE I’VE SEEN ENOUGH DEATH AND ADVERSITY ON IT’S OWN. (YES) NOW, LIFE AND PEACE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE CHOOSE. DEATH AND ADVERSITY IS THE DEFAULT SETTING BY NOT CHOOSING LIFE AND PEACE. I GOT DEFAULT SETTINGS ON MY COMPUTER. I GOT DEFAULT SETTINGS ON MY PHONE, I GOT DEFAULT SETTINGS ON ALL THIS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND THE DEFAULT SETTING FOR YOUR LIFE IS, IF YOU DON’T DO ANYTHING AND MAKE A CHOICE, LIFE WILL MAKE A CHOICE FOR YOU. IT WILL BE DEATH, ADVERSITY. IT WILL NOT BE LIFE, AND PEACE AND PROSPERITY. (THAT'S RIGHT) THE DEFAULT SETTING FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS REALM, EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD, THE GOD IN THIS AGE AND THE GOD OF THIS WORLD IS SATAN. HE IS THE DECEIVER, HE IS THE LIAR, HE WILL DECEIVE YOU AND TELL YOU YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. (RIGHT) THAT’S A DEFAULT SETTING. (YESES) I TALKED TO PEOPLE TODAY, AND THERE WAS EVEN...I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT IN THIS MORNING'S PAPER, A GIANT THREE PAGE ARTICLE ON HOW TO STAY THE COURSE AND NOT LOOSE FAITH CONCERNING YOUR INVESTMENTS, BECAUSE TO ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, THAT’S THE DEFAULT SETTING. THAT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT, THAT THINGS AREN'T GOING TO TURN AROUND. (THAT'S RIGHT) THE DEFAULT SETTING FOR LIFE IS DEATH. (AMEN) BUT IF YOU CHOOSE LIFE, YOU MUST CHOOSE IT, YOU MUST MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO DO IT. (AMEN) AMEN? (AMENS) YOU CAN SAY, “WELL, I’M GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO GOD.” YOU KNOW I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I’M TIRED OF HEARING CHRISTIANS TELL ME THAT ALL THEY NEED IS JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY AND NO MORE. NO, NO THAT’S NOT TRUE. (AMENS, THAT'S RIGHT) DON’T COME AND TELL ME THAT YOU'RE JUST A HUMBLE PERSON, YOU JUST NEED ENOUGH TO GET BY. ANYMORE, I WANT TO RUN YOU OUT OF TOWN. (LAUGHING, AMENS) AND HERE IS THE REASON WHY. WE HAVE PEOPLE NOW WATCHING FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN THIS PAST WEEK ALONE I MUST HAVE RECEIVED AT 30 REQUESTS FOR AIR FARE AND LODGING TO BRING PEOPLE IN FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, THIS WEEK! IF YOU HAD THE MONEY, IF GOD PROSPERED YOU AND YOU QUIT ACTING MR. AND MRS. HUMBLE, AND GOD PROSPERED YOU AND YOU HEARD THAT I HAD 30 MINISTERS FROM OVERSEAS, FROM GUAM AND PUERTO RICO, AND AFRICA, AND KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, THAT WE HAD PEOPLE FROM INDONESIA, ASIA, IF YOU HEARD THAT AND YOU HAD THE MONEY, YOU COULD SIMPLY WRITE OUT THE CHECK AND SAY, “PASTOR FLY THEM OVER, RENT A JET WE'LL STOP IN ALL THOSE PLACES. WE’LL PICK THEM ALL UP. I HAVE A BIG PARTY GOING ON BEFORE THEY EVEN GET HERE.” YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED THAT MONEY FOR. YOU'RE JUST THINKING…THAT LITTLE SQUARE THINKING YOU GOT GOING ON IS NOT RELIGIOUS, IT’S NOT HOLY, IT DOESN’T EVEN MATCH UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD. BECAUSE ONCE GOD PROSPERS YOU, HE CAN SHOW YOU A REASON WHY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT PROSPERITY. (AMENS) THE BIBLE SAYS OVER IN JAMES, “YOU’RE PRAYING FOR PROSPERITY BUT WANTING TO SPEND IT ON YOURSELVES.” WELL THAT’S NOT EVERYBODY, BECAUSE I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AS THEY PROSPER, THEY DON’T SPEND IT ON THEMSELVES, THEY DO SPEND IT ON THE WORD OF GOD. (YEAH, AMENS) MY WIFE AND I ARE A LIVING CREDIT TO THAT; MANY OF YOU ARE A LIVING CREDIT TO THAT. SPEND IT ON GOD; IF GOD GIVES IT TO YOU, IT’S GOING TO GO TO THE GOSPEL. AMEN? (AMENS) SEE, YOU’VE GOT TO QUIT SAYING, “GOD THE REASON FOR MY LIFE IS JUST TO BE MODEST, AND BE A GOOD LITTLE CHRISTIAN, AND JUST BE SO HUMBLE. “ISAAC SOWED IN THAT LAND AND IN THAT YEAR REAPED BACK A HUNDREDFOLD THAT WHICH HE HAD SOWN AND THE PHILISTINES ENVIED HIM.” (AMENS, HALLELUJAHS) HOW IS THE WORLD GOING TO ENVY YOU BY YOU JUST BEING A GOOD LITTLE CHRISTIAN? SEE, THAT’S NOT WHAT GOD WANTS. HE WANTS YOU TO BE A GOOD LITTLE CHRISTIAN, BUT TO HAVE SOME WEIGHT AND SOME POWER TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD, AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. “OH PASTOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE $25, $35, $40 THOUSAND A YEAR AND BE A GOOD LITTLE CHRISTIAN. I DON’T NEED WHAT YOU’RE TELLING ME I SHOULD HAVE.” WELL THEN YOU ARE STEPPING AWAY FROM THE VERY REASON, MAYBE FOR YOUR LIFE EVEN EXISTING; TO WALK IN THE BLESSING THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO WALK IN. LIFE, PEACE, PROSPERITY. IT SAYS OVER IN THE BOOK OF TITUS, THREE TIMES, FIVE TIMES IT SAYS THAT WE ARE TO SEEK TO DO GOOD WORKS. HOW CAN YOU DO GOOD WORKS IF YOU'RE NOT EVEN PAYING YOUR BILLS ON TIME? IF YOU HAVE A HEART FOR GOOD WORKS AND GOD PROSPERS YOU, THERE’S NO QUESTION IN GOD’S MIND ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY’S GOING TO GO. (THAT'S RIGHT) HE KNOWS THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GO CRAZY WITH IT. AMEN? HE KNOWS THAT YOU’RE GOING TO USE IT FOR GOOD. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (BIG AMENS) PRAISE BE TO GOD. (AMEN) NOW, SO WE CHOOSE THE BLESSING OVER THE CURSE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T RECOGNIZE THAT THE BLESSING IS A CHOICE, AND THAT THE CURSE IS THE DEFAULT SETTING. AND THE CURSE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES. I CALL IT POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND SPIRITUAL DEATH. MANY PEOPLE WALK OUT THE CURSE, BECAUSE THEIR DEFAULT SETTING IN THEIR FAITH IS ALSO THEY DON’T BELIEVE. THEY'RE LIKE THOMAS, “IF I SEE THE NAIL PRINTS IN HIS HANDS AND THE HOLES IN HIS FEET AND THE CUT IN HIS SIDE, THEN I WILL BELIEVE.” AND JESUS APPEARED TO HIM AND SAID, “DO NOT WALK IN UNBELIEF BUT BELIEVE. (AMEN) GO AHEAD PUT YOUR FINGER HEAR. CHECK IT OUT THOMAS. THOMAS SAID, “NO LORD GOD, MY LORD AND MY GOD.” HE SAID, “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE YET BELIEVE.” (AMENS) BLESSED ARE YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE WALKING IN FAITH. THAT’S THE REAL REASON WHY. IT COMES BACK TO FAITH. DO YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS YOU BLESSED? (AMEN) AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BEGIN TO WALK THAT OUT. (AMEN) NOW LET’S GO OVER TO GALATIANS CHAPTER 3, GALATIANS 3. SO WE’RE BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK NOW. NOW WE UNDERSTAND THE FRAMEWORK, THAT GOD WANTS US BLESSED. WE HAVE THE FRAMEWORK DOWN, THAT THE OLD COVENANT WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME UNDER THE NEW COVENANT. GALATIANS CHAPTER 3 STARTING IN VERSE 13, THIS IS FAMOUS! IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE AND YOU’VE OWNED IT FOR A YEAR AND YOU DON’T HAVE THIS HIGHLIGHTED YET OR UNDERLINED WITH ARROWS AND ALL KINDS OF NOTES ALL AROUND IT, YOU HAVEN’T BEEN TAKING NOTES. GALATIANS 3 VERSE 13, “CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US FOR IT IS WRITTEN, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE," DID JESUS HANG ON A TREE? (YES) YES HE DID. HE HUNG ON A WOODEN CROSS, ALRIGHT. VERSE 14, “…IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES, SO THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH.” NOW HOLD YOUR FINGER IN THERE AND JUMP OVER TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 53, ISAIAH 53, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT. ISAIAH 53 STARTING IN VERSE 4, “SURELY OUR GRIEFS HE HIMSELF BORE, AND OUR SORROWS HE CARRIED; YET WE OURSELVES ESTEEMED HIM STRICKEN, SMITTEN OF GOD, AND AFFLICTED. BUT”, EVERYONE SAY, “BUT” (BUT). “BUT HE WAS PIERCED THROUGH FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE CHASTENING FOR OUR WELL-BEING FELL UPON HIM, AND BY HIS SCOURGING [OR WITH HIS STRIPES] WE ARE HEALED.” JESUS STOOD IN THE PLACE WHERE WE SHOULD BE STANDING TODAY WERE IT NOT FOR HIM. (AMENS, THAT'S RIGHT) BUT BECAUSE OF HIM, HE STOOD IN THE GAP TO RECEIVE THE CURSE SO THAT NO CURSE WOULD COME UPON US. (AMENS) SO THE BLESSING COMES WITH FORGIVENESS OF SINS. COMES WITH HEALING, “AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.” PAST TENSE, ALREADY DONE. (AMENS) GOD DOESN’T TEACH YOU ANYTHING BY YOU BEING SICK. THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN LEARN FROM BEING SICK. YOU DON’T GO, “OH GOD’S JUST TRYING TO TEACH ME A LESSON BY BEING SICK.” THEN IF HE IS, DIE! BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATELY PERFECT LESSON. “I’VE GOT CANCER, SO I’M GOING IN FOR TREATMENT, BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE PRAYED FOR IN THE CHURCH ,I BELIEVE THAT GOD’S TRYING TO SHOW ME SOMETHING.” THEN STOP GOING TO THE DOCTOR AND JUST DIE. (AMENS) BECAUSE YOU ARE THEN STANDING IN THE WAY OF GOD TEACHING YOU SOMETHING BY GOING TO SEE THE DOCTOR, YOU HOLY PERSON YOU. (AMEN, LAUGHING) YOU’RE SAYING, “WELL I JUST BELIEVE GOD’S TEACHING ME SOME THING THROUGH POVERTY, SOMETHING THROUGH SICKNESS AND DISEASE, SOMETHING GOING WRONG IN MY LIFE. HE’S JUST TEACHING ME SOMETHING,” THAT’S THE DEVIL. (THAT’S RIGHT) THAT’S THE DEVIL, AND IF GOD WAS TEACHING YOU SOMETHING THEN YOU’D BE A HYPOCRITE EVEN TO TAKE ASPIRIN. NEVER MIND GOING TO SEE THE DOCTOR OVER ANYTHING, NEVER MIND GOING TO SEE YOUR ACCOUNTANT OVER ANYTHING, NEVER MIND GOING TO SEE YOUR BANKER OVER ANYTHING. ANYTIME YOU WENT INTO ANY OF THOSE PLACES, IF YOU BELIEVED THAT, YOU WOULD BE IN TOTAL SIN, BECAUSE YOU’RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THIS BY NATURAL MEANS. BUT, “OH PASTOR, DON’T PRAY FOR ME, OKAY, I JUST REALLY THINK GOD’S TRYING TO SHOW ME SOMETHING THROUGH ALL THIS.” YOU LYING HYPOCRITE YOU. I JUST SAID THAT AS SWEET AS POSSIBLE. DID I SAY THAT OKAY? (LAUGHING, AMEN) YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT THIS THROUGH. (THAT'S RIGHT) AMEN? NOW LET’S GO BACK TO GALATIANS, CHAPTER 3 VERSE 13 AGAIN ,“CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW”. SO IF HE REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THEN, WHAT’S LEFT? ANYBODY? JUST SHOUT IT OUT. (BLESSINGS, LIFE) LIFE, BLESSING, THAT’S RIGHT! THE BLESSING IS LEFT. (AMEN, THANK YOU JESUS) THAT’S ALL THAT’S LEFT, IF HE REDEEMED YOU FROM THE CURSE, IT WASN’T PART OF THE CURSE. DON’T YOU KNOW THAT CHRIST CAN REDEEM YOU FROM ALL THE CURSE, NOT JUST PART OF IT? (AMEN) VERSE 14, “IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM”, EVERYONE SAY, “ABRAHAM”, (ABRAHAM), EVERYONE SAY, “THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, (THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM), “IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES SO WE WOULD RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH.” WHAT IS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM? THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BLESSING. THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM IS THAT SOURCE AND THE STARTING POINT, IT IS THE COMPLETE BLESSING THAT INITIATED THE NATION OF ISRAEL. IT’S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO AND SAY, “OH, WE CAN GET THAT BLESSING TOO?” NO IT IS A BLESSING; IT IS THE BLESSING, THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT ISRAEL WALKED OUT IN. WHEN ISRAEL WAS WALKING TOWARD GOD, LIKE OVER IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 8, THEY INCREASED AND DIDN’T DECREASE. AMEN? (AMENS) THEY WOULD CONFOUND THEIR ENEMIES WITH WHAT THEY HAD. THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM WAS THE VERY SOURCE, THE BEGINNING, THE INSTITUTION OF THE BLESSING IN THE EARTH THAT GOD BEGAN TO BRING IN; AND WE KNOW THROUGH ABRAHAM CAME THE JEWS. THROUGH THE JEWS CAME DAVID, THROUGH THE JEWS CAME MARY AND JOSEPH, THROUGH THE JEWS CAME JESUS. (AMENS) BUT THAT’S NOT THE ONLY PART OF THE BLESSING, BECAUSE WE JUST READ HERE, THAT IF, WE'RE IN CHRIST JESUS THAT ALREADY MEANS THAT WE GOT PART OF THAT BLESSING GOING ON, NOW WE CAN WALK OUT THAT BLESSING THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE WITH THEIR EYES. (AMENS) AND THAT IS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM WHICH WAS UPON THE JEWS. (GLORY TO GOD, PRAISE GOD) IN THIS MATERIAL REALM AND IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM BRINGS EVERYTHING. (HALLELUJAH) IT BRINGS LIFE AND PEACE, “BUT I HAVE COME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT TO THE FULL.” IT BRINGS IN PROSPERITY AND IT BRINGS IN SALVATION; IT BRINGS IN EVERYTHING. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT EVERY MESSAGE THAT I’M PREACHING HERE IN THIS CHURCH, EVERY MESSAGE THAT I PREACH TO ANYONE PRIVATELY, EVERY LETTER THAT I SEND OUT, IF I’M TALKING ABOUT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, OR I’M TALKING ABOUT WALKING IN THE HOLY GHOST, OR I’M TALKING ABOUT TITHING, OR I’M TALKING ABOUT PRAYING FOR THE SICK, OR I’M TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF THE WORD, OR I’M TALKING ABOUT WALKING IN FAITH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS A WAY THAT GOD HAS MADE THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS REALM...IS SO GREAT AND SO BIG, WE STUDY IT IN SECTIONS TO SEE ONLY PART OF THE WHOLE PICTURE, AND YET THE WHOLE PICTURE IS INTERTWINED TOGETHER AND WORKS TOGETHER TO BRING US WHAT WE NEED. (AMEN) THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MAKETH RICH AND HE ADDETH NO SORROW TO IT, BECAUSE IN PROVERBS, THAT PROVERBS, WAS WRITTEN BY A JEW, FOR THE JEWS. THE BLESSING OF THE LORD MAKETH RICH AND HE ADDETH NO SORROW TO IT. AND THE BLESSING OF THE LORD WAS THE BLESSING THAT WAS PUT UPON ABRAHAM. (AMEN THAT'S RIGHT). AND TODAY WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM THROUGH JESUS CHRIST BUT THAT’S NOT THE END OF IT, THAT’S NOT THE EXTENT OF IT. AND PEOPLE SAY, “OH, YOU SAYING JESUS IS NOT ENOUGH?” WELL IF JESUS WAS ENOUGH, THEN JESUS NEVER WOULD OF TALKED ABOUT THE DAY WHERE YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO WAIT IN THE CITY FOR POWER FROM ON HIGH, THE THING WHICH HE HAD PROMISED, WHICH HE SAID OF, “YOU SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH FIRE NOT MANY DAYS FROM NOW.” (YESES) IF JESUS BELIEVED THAT HE WAS ENOUGH TO DO EVERYTHING, THEN HE NEVER WOULD HAVE REFERRED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT TEACHING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIP ALL OF THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE BOOK OF JOHN OUT OF YOUR BIBLE AND THE FIRST PART OF ACTS OUT OF YOUR BIBLE. (AMEN, THAT'S RIGHT) TEAR IT OUT. AND YET IT'S THERE FOR OUR WELL BEING, IT'S THERE FOR OUR GOOD, IT'S THERE FOR OUR EDIFICATION. (THAT'S RIGHT, AMENS) AMEN? (AMENS, HALLELUJAH) NOW, LET'S LOOK BACK AT VERSE 7, CHAPTER 3 OF GALATIANS, VERSE 7, “THEREFORE, BE SURE THAT IT IS THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH WHO ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM.” WHAT KIND OF FAITH? THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THEY HAVE FAITH THAT IT IS NOT BY WORKS. LET'S KEEP READING, [8] “THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE GENTILES BY FAITH, PREACHED THE GOSPEL BEFOREHAND TO ABRAHAM, SAYING, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU." SO THEN THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED WITH ABRAHAM, THE BELIEVER. (AMENS) NOW LET'S JUMP DOWN TO VERSE 26, “FOR YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.” EVERYONE SAY, “I'M A SON OF GOD.” (I'M A SON OF GOD) UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT GENDER SPECIFIC. AMEN? (AMENS) [27] FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE CLOTHED YOURSELVES WITH CHRIST. [28] THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, THERE IS NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE MAN, THERE IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE; FOR5 YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. [29] AND IF YOU BELONG TO CHRIST, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS, HEIRS ACCORDING TO PROMISE.” (GLORY, HALLELUJAH) AN HEIR HAS A RIGHT TO EVERYTHING THAT IS IN DADDY'S HOUSE. (AMENS) IF YOU'VE BEEN MADE AN HEIR, THEN YOU'VE BEEN MADE SOMEONE WHO IS TO RECEIVE WHATEVER THAT IS IN DADDY'S CUPBOARD. WHATEVER HE HAS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT. WHATEVER HE HAS OUT IN THE CAR LOT. WHATEVER HE HAS IN HOMES, IN LANDS, IN PROPERTIES. IF YOU'RE AN HEIR, YOU ARE A OWNER, CO-OWNER OF WHAT HE OWNS. (AMENS) AND AS AN HEIR, AN HEIR NEVER STANDS WAITING FOREVER FOR HIS BLESSING. (HALLELUJAH) GOD GIVES FREELY (AMENS) TO HIS HEIRS (GLORY TO GOD), AND THE HEIRS OF ABRAHAM. AMEN? (AMENS) HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE. SO IN THIS MATERIAL REALM AND IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM DOES EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE, FROM SICKNESS, FROM POVERTY, AND FROM ETERNAL DEATH. AND GOD WANTS YOU BLESSED. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) NOW, LET'S GO LOOK AT WHERE THIS ALL STARTED. LET'S GO OVER TO GENESIS CHAPTER 12, GENESIS CHAPTER 12, STARTING IN VERSE 1, “NOW THE LORD SAID TO ABRAM, "GO FORTH FROM YOUR COUNTRY, AND FROM YOUR RELATIVES AND FROM YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE, TO THE LAND WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU;” NOW WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN VERSE 1. THE FIRST THING THAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT GOD SPEAKS TO ABRAHAM. HE SAID LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY. THEN THE SECOND THING HE SAYS IS TO GET AWAY FROM YOUR RELATIVES AND FINALLY HE SAYS GET OUT OF YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE. QUIT RELYING ON YOUR DAD. TO A LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU. SO NOW HE'S SAYING AT THE END OF VERSE 1, YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW YOUR LAND, YOU KNOW YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE, I WANT YOU TO GO SOMEPLACE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SO THE COMPLETE FAITH OF ABRAHAM WAS MUCH LIKE OUR LIVES TODAY. IT IS TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T KNOW THAT GOD HAS PROMISED THAT WHEN WE GET THERE, WHEN WE ARRIVE THERE ,IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. ARE YOU SEEING THAT? (RIGHT) AND ABRAHAM WAS EXPECTED TO DO THAT. HE WAS EXPECTED TO GET OUT. THAT WASN'T COMMON IN THAT DAY. YOU JUST DIDN'T GET UP AND LEAVE HOME UNLESS YOU WERE DRIVEN OUT. HERE IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT ABRAHAM DID TO GET GOD'S ATTENTION IN HIS LIFE. AND ABRAHAM HAD SO DEMONSTRATED HIS INTEGRITY AMONGST HIS OWN PEOPLE AND AMONGST HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD THAT GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND SAID, “I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GUY THAT I'M GOING TO USE TO BRING BACK THE BLESSING THAT WAS LOST IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.” AND THE BLESSING THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ANY LACK. THERE WAS NO DEATH. AND GOD WANTS TO BRING A LOT OF THAT BACK. CAN I HEAR AN AMEN? (AMENS) VERSE 2, “AND I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION,” WE SEE SOME MORE THINGS HAPPENING HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S THE PROMISE IF HE GOES INTO A LAND HE DOESN'T KNOW? NUMBER 1, HE WILL BECOME A GREAT NATION. NUMBER 2, “AND I WILL BLESS YOU,” SO THE SECOND THING IS HE'S GOING TO BE BLESSED. “AND MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT;” NUMBER 3, HE'S GOING TO BE POPULAR. HIS NAME IS GOING TO BE ON THE LIPS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ETERNITY. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE? (AMEN) I MEAN IT IS WRITTEN HERE. (AMEN) AND SO HE SAYS, “ I WILL BLESS YOU, I'LL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION, AND I'LL MAKE YOUR NAME GREAT”, AND THEN FINALLY “SO YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING;”. NOW THAT WORD, “SO YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING” REALLY MEANS “BE” OR “DONE”. WHEN YOU GO OVER TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND YOU LOOK AT CHAPTERS 1 AND 2, IT DOESN'T SAY IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, 'AND GOD SAID, “LET THERE BE LIGHT AND THERE WAS LIGHT.”' WHAT IT REALLY SAYS IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW IS, “LIGHT, BE”. AND HERE, GOD IS NOT SAYING, “WELL SOMEDAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BLESSING”, HE SAID, “BLESSING, BE!”, AND THAT BLESSING IMMEDIATELY EXISTED THROUGH ABRAHAM. IMMEDIATELY! IT WASN'T THAT IT MIGHT COME TO PASS, IT WAS DONE. ALL THAT WAS NEEDED NOW WAS TIME TO SHOW THAT IT WAS BEING DONE. LIGHT BE, BLESSING BE. (YEAH) WHEN GOD SPOKE TO THE UNIVERSE, HE SAID, “UNIVERSE BE, LIGHT BE”, AND IT BECAME SO. IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS A GROWING TIME OR A GESTATION TIME, IT EXISTED! (YES, RIGHT) WHEN GOD SPOKE A BLESSING TO ABRAHAM, HE SAID, “BLESSING BE UPON YOU! BLESSING, BE UPON THOSE AFTER YOU. BLESSING, MAY YOU BE A BLESSING (AMENS) TO PEOPLE.” LET'S KEEP READING. VERSE 3, “AND I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND THE ONE WHO CURSES YOU I WILL CURSE. AND IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED." IF YOU'RE IN THE EARTH AND YOU'RE BREATHING, (AMEN) YOU'RE THE FAMILY OF THE EARTH. (AMENS) IF YOU'RE SAVED, WE JUST READ THAT YOU'RE INHERITING THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM, NOW YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE BLESSED, EVEN ACCORDING TO THIS (RIGHT, AMENS), BECAUSE IT IS ALL INTERCONNECTED. (YESES) WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GRASP JUST A THOUGHT HERE, AND A THOUGHT THERE, SO WE CAN SORT OF PUT TOGETHER HOW GOD HAS SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE SO RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER. FOR HIM THIS IS EASY. (AMENS) THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC EQUATION THAT IS EASY FOR HIM TO FIGURE OUT. (AMENS) I WORK WITH A GUY WHO'S BEEN TO COLLEGE AND WHEN I LISTEN TO HIM TALK, I WONDER HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT STUFF OUT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IF A MAN CAN BE SO WELL EDUCATED TO HAVE MATHEMATICS DOWN AND JUST KNOW HIS STUFF, WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD CAN DO? (AMEN) HE INVENTED THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF MATH. (RIGHT) HE DID IT SO WE CAN FIGURE STUFF OUT THROUGH TRAINING THAT HE HAS DOWN WITHOUT ANY TRAINING. (AMENS) HELLO? (AMENS) AMEN? (AMENS) VERSE 2 AGAIN, “AND I WILL MAKE YOU A GREAT NATION,”. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ISRAEL TODAY? ALL EYES ARE ALWAYS ON ISRAEL. YOU CAN'T HARDLY GO THROUGH NIGHTLY NEWS WITHOUT SEEING SOMETHING ABOUT ISRAEL. AND YET IF THE SAME THINGS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL WERE HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN SEE IT AT ALL. EVERYONE IS FIGHTING ABOUT WHAT ISRAEL GIVES UP AND WHAT THEY DON'T GIVE UP. WHY ARE THEY NOT GOING DOWN TO PERU AND DOING THAT? WHY NOT GO DOWN TO BRAZIL AND DO THAT? WHY ARE THEY NOT GOING DOWN TO MEXICO AND DOING THAT? WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO AFRICA AND DOING THAT? WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO ASIA AND SAYING GIVE UP YOUR LAND? (THAT'S RIGHT) WHY AREN'T THEY...WHY...WHY...EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS TRYING TO PRESSURE ISRAEL OUT OF THEIR LAND. (YEP) BECAUSE THEY ARE A GREAT NATION. (AMENS)

OUR MINISTRY GUEST IS DR. MARK BARCLAY OF LIVING WORD CHURCH IN MIDLAND MICHIGAN. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY HIS MESSAGE.

SO IT SAID HERE, ACTS 4:29 (KJV)“...BEHOLD THEIR THREATENINGS: AND GRANT UNTO THY SERVANTS, THAT WITH ALL BOLDNESS THEY MAY SPEAK THY WORD,” LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THIS VERSE 30, “BY STRETCHING FORTH THINE HAND TO HEAL; AND THAT SIGNS AND WONDERS MAY BE DONE BY THE NAME OF THY HOLY CHILD JESUS.[31] AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THE PLACE WAS” VACATED, (PEOPLE SHOUTING) HUH? (PASTOR BARCLAY LAUGHING) “THE PLACE WAS” (SHAKEN), TELL ME, “THE PLACE WAS” (SHAKEN) “WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER; AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND THEY SPAKE THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS.” NOW THEY'VE GOT BELIEVERS SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD. (AMENS) THEY ALL WERE. NOW WE GOT, NOT JUST THE PREACHER, NOW WE GOT BELIEVERS THAT ARE BOLDLY DECLARING THE WORD OF GOD THAT THEY’VE BEEN TAUGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE SETTING NOW MAN. (AMENS) SAY, “SIGNS AND WONDERS” (SIGNS AND WONDERS). YOU THINK BACK IN YOUR LIFE AND I WILL GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THIS, EVERY PERSON IN HERE HAS A TRACK RECORD OF WHAT GOD ALMIGHTY HAS DONE. (YESES) MIRACULOUSLY, ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MEANS OF MERE MEN. (YESES) THINGS THAT ONLY GOD COULD HAVE DONE. SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD HEALING MIRACLES, (YES) SOME OF YOU’D BE DEAD RIGHT NOW IF GOD WOULD NOT HAVE COME AND HEALED YOUR BODY AND FIXED YOUR LIFE. (AMENS) AMEN! (AMENS) THIS IS WHO WE ARE! WE'RE THE POWERFUL PEOPLE! (AMENS) WE'RE NOT THE POWERLESS! (AMENS) I DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF THE POWERLESS CHURCH. (NO!) SAY, “I’M NOT” (I’M NOT). IT SHOCKS ME HOW MANY CHURCHES… CAUSE YOU… NOT EVERY NIGHT BUT I PREACH JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. WE TRAVEL MAN, WE’RE IN THESE CHURCHES ALL THE TIME, ITS SHOCKING TO ME HOW MANY CHURCHES HAVE NO GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. (COME ON) NOW YOU KNOW I DON’T WANT THE OTHER EITHER, I DON’T WANT TO HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER AND HAVE FOUR TONGUES, THREE INTERPRETATIONS, A HIKIMO, TWO SHUNDIES, (LAUGHING) AND YOU GO TO PREACH AND EVERYONE STARTS LAUGHING AND FALLING OUT OF THE CHAIRS, AND YOU CAN'T GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR THAT EITHER, YOU LISTENING? BUT I AM LOOKING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, YEAH THE REAL GENUINE MOVE OF THE SPIRIT. I’M SHOCKED AT HOW MANY CHURCHES… I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE MAN, I’M JUST AS SHOCKED AT HOW MANY PREACHERS, WORD OF FAITH INCLUDED, (OH NO) THAT UPON MY ARRIVAL, THEY HAVE SOME KIND WAY TO SAY, “NOW BROTHER BARCLAY CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU HOLD BACK ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES.”(OH NO) OH CAN’T PROMISE. (LAUGHING) I CAN’T PROMISE THAT. ITS SHOCKING HOW MANY…NOW I’M INCLUDING US, WORD OF FAITH PEOPLE, “CUZ A LOT OF YOU, I PREACH IN YOUR CHURCHES AND...TRY NOT TO LOOK AROUND AT ANY INDIVIDUAL, (LAUGHING) BUT I HAD GOOD BEAUTIFUL WORD OF FAITH PREACHERS, GOOD CHURCHES, BIG CHURCHES SOMETIMES SAY, “NOW BROTHER BARCLAY, CAN YOU JUST NOT MOVE IN THE SPIRIT.” (OH) YOU CALLED THE WRONG GUY! YOU READ SOMEONE ELSE’S RESUME, I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW IF…AND I KNOW YOU DO TO…WE HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONAL ENOUGH TO FIT IN TO WHAT WE’RE INVITED TO DO, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT, BUT MAN WHEN YOU START RIGHT OFF SAYING, “WE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME, GOD'S GONNA MOVE TODAY, CAN, CAN, WE HAVE NO GIFTS.” (LAUGHING) WELL HOW’S GOD GONNA MOVE? YOU WANT HIM TO MOVE OR YOU WANT NO MOVEMENT? WE CAN DO NO MOVEMENT BUT YOU GOT THE WRONG PREACHER HERE! (LAUGHING) REMINDS ME WHEN THIS…SOME OF YOU HEARD MY STORY’S BUT I LIKE TO TELL THEM ANYWAYS, (LAUGHING) AND IT REMINDS ME OF THIS LOCAL TV STATION YEARS BACK WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO MICHIGAN, THEY WANTED TO INTERVIEW ME. AND THEY CALLED ME UP AND IT WAS LIKE THIS LIVE THING YOU KNOW, AND SO I SAID NO A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY SAID, “WELL, WE WANT TO HAVE YOU ON”, AND I HAD TALKED TO BROTHER SUMMERALL ABOUT IT AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE CAREFUL. SO I DID, I SAID, “WELL, I’LL COME ON ONE TIME AND DO A LITTLE INTERVIEW THING”. SO I WENT OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SENT ME THIS LITTLE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WERE GONNA ASK ME, AND SO I COULD PREPARE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS… AND BROTHER SUMMERALL SAID, “NOW JUST THROW THAT LIST AWAY SON. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU A THING THAT’S ON THERE. I SAID, “REALLY?” HE GOES, “YEAH, JUST BELIEVE ME, I’VE DONE THIS BEFORE”. SO I DIDN’T FOLLOW HIS ADVISE AND I DID STUDY AND HAD MY HEART READY TO ANSWER THOSE FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS, AND I GOT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT TV STATION AND, OF COURSE, I DO A LOT OF TV NOW THROUGH OUR MINISTRY, I DIDN’T DO ANY THEN SO…YOU KNOW THEY GET YOU IN THERE AND THEY PREP YOU AND PAINTED YOU, AND PUT YOU IN THE SEAT AND WIRED YOU UP, AND HERE COMES THE HOST, AND THE BOSS, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MEET A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, AND SIT DOWN, THEY GO OVER THEIR LITTLE PLAN. AND I’M WONDERING THEY HADN’T BROUGHT UP THIS QUESTIONNAIRE YET, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DO THIS LITTLE THING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE GOES THE COUNT DOWN TO GO LIVE AND I’M LOOKING AT THE TELEPROMPTER AND THE FLOOR DIRECTOR AND ALL THAT, AND HERE WE GO LIVE. AND THE HOST JUST BRIGHTENS UP, YOU KNOW, AND “WELCOME TO THE TELECOMM”, WHATEVER THEY DO, THEIR NEW SET. SO THEY TURN TO ME, “WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TODAY”, AND THEY INTRODUCED ME AND THE HOST TURNED TO ME AND SAID, “NOW WE UNDERSTAND”…THEY ALWAYS MAKE A FACE (LAUGHING) YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (CHUCKLING) LIKE SOMEONE DIDN’T USE BEANO LAST NIGHT, (LAUGHING) OR YOU BURNT TOAST IN THE ROOM (LAUGHING). “WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ONE OF THESE TONGUE TALKERS.” NOW SEE, THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE INTIMATED BY THAT, BUT THAT'S WHO I AM. DON’T MAKE FUN OF THE HOLY GHOST, THAT’S WHO I AM. (COME ON, AMENS) BESIDES THAT, THE HOLY GHOST ISN’T PENTECOSTAL! (COME ON) HE’S GOD! (AMENS) I SAID HE’S GOD. (AMENS) WOOH MAN! IF YOU’RE ASHAMED OF THE HOLY GHOST, YOU'RE ASHAMED OF GOD. (CLAPPING) IF YOU’RE ASHAMED OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY GHOST, YOUR ASHAMED OF GOD SHOWING UP! (CLAPPING, AMENS,) AND SO, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID, “YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?”, AND I SAID, “YEAH, YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME? (LAUGHING) “HELLA KASHI CALABA”, I EVEN GOT MY KNEE GOING IN THE CHAIR ONCE ,(LAUGHING) “HELLA CALABA HAHSHAK KATA”. OH MAN, I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK FOR THE TV STATION. (LAUGHING) THEY CAME OUT FROM UNDER COMPUTERS, TABLES, CURTAINS, (LAUGHING) AND THEY'RE ALL DOING THIS. (MOTIONING TO CUT HIM OFF) THE BIG OLD TELEPROMPTER STARTED READING TO GO TO COMMERCIAL, GO TO COMMERCIAL. I’M THINKING, “WE’VE ONLY BEEN ON TEN SECONDS”, (LAUGHING) AND THEY WENT TO COMMERCIAL. (LAUGHING) HERE COMES THE BOSSES, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOR DIRECTOR, AND THE PRODUCER, THEY ALL HOVERED AROUND ME, “OH REVEREND”, THEY SAID, “REVEREND, YOU, UH OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN ARE YOU?” I SAID, “I CAN’T PROMISE!” (LAUGHING) I SAID, “FIRST OF ALL I DIDN’T BRING THIS UP!” (HE'S POINTING OUT THE WOMAN WHO ASKED THE QUESTION) (LAUGHING), “AND SHE WORKS FOR YOU! SHE’S THE ONE THAT SAID “TONGUE TALKER” (LAUGHING), AND THEN ASK, “WELL YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN ARE YOU?” “I CAN’T PROMISE!” “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T PROMISE?” I SAID, “WELL YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET IRRITATED I SPEAK IN TONGUES, (LAUGHING) WHEN I GET ANGRY, I SPEAK IN TONGUES, WHEN I’M HAPPY, I SPEAK IN TONGUES. I DON’T KNOW, IF THE LORD COMES ON ME, I’M GIVING THE MESSAGE IN TONGUES TO YOUR ENTIRE AUDIENCE.” (OOHH, LAUGHING) “WELL THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER.” I THINK I HOLD THE RECORD FOR THE SHORTEST LIVE INTERVIEW OF ANY PREACHER IN AMERICA. (YEAHS, CLAPPING, LAUGHING) HOWEVER TWENTY YEARS LATER, FROM THAT TIME, THE SAME STATION SENT THE BIG BOSSES TO MY PRAYER ROOM, AND SAID, “WE WOULD LOVE AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU.” I SAID, “WE HAD ONE OF THEM ONCE.” (LAUGHING) “WE KNOW IT, WE KNOW IT, WE APOLOGIZE” AND I SAID, “WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF I SPEAK IN TONGUES?”

“DR. BARCLAY, IF YOU'LL COME ON THE TELECAST, YOU CAN SPEAK IN ANYTHING YOU WANNA, YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANNA, WE JUST HAVE THIS LISTENING AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO HEAR YOU.” AND I SAID, “WELL WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF I JUST TELL THEM TO GET OUT OF SIN AND GET SAVED!” “YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT”, AND I WENT AND THEY KEPT THEIR WORD, AND I PREACHED JESUS AND SPOKE IN TONGUES ON THE SECULAR TV AND HAD MYSELF A BLAST! (WHOOA, CLAPPING) AMEN! SAME PEOPLE! SAY, “I’M GONNA GET SOME BOLDNESS ABOUT ME”, (YEAH) SAY IT! “I’M GONNA GET SOME BOLDNESS ABOUT ME.” (I’M GONNA GET SOME BOLDNESS ABOUT ME) HALLELUJAH! (HALLELUJAH) WE’RE ABOUT SIGNS AND WONDERS! (AMENS) OUR GOD IS A GOD OF SIGNS AND WONDERS! (AMENS, RIGHT)

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON DR. MARK BARCLAY AT WWW.MARKBARCLAY.COM NOW BACK TO OUR MESSAGE WITH PASTOR DAVID GONZALEZ .

BECAUSE THEY'RE A GREAT NATION AND SATAN KNOWS IT, AND SATAN IS STILL TRYING TO PUT OUT, EXTINGUISH THE VERY BLESSING THAT'S A BLESSING FOR EVERYONE IN THE EARTH. (AMENS) HE'S STILL TRYING TO KILL OFF THE JEWS. (YEP) AND USING GOVERNMENTS TO DO IT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, VERSE 3, “AND I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU, AND THE ONE WHO CURSES YOU I WILL CURSE.” THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WHEN WE VOTE, WE ARE VOTING FOR ADMINISTRATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BLESS ISRAEL. THAT IF WE SEE SOMETHING IN THE NEWS, OR WE HEAR OUR CONGRESSMAN, OUR SENATOR OR SOMEONE ELSE IN GOVERNMENT SAYING, “WELL I WANT ISRAEL TO GIVE UP THE GAZA, I WANT ISRAEL TO GIVE UP THE HIGHLAND, I WANT ISRAEL TO GIVE UP THIS”, WE NEED TO DEFEND ISRAEL (AMENS) FOR THOSE WHO BLESS ISRAEL SHALL BE BLESSED. (GLORY, AMENS, VERY LOUD) AND THOSE WHO CURSE ISRAEL...COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A HAND CLAP. (CLAPPING) AND THOSE WHO CURSE ISRAEL, THOSE WHO FORCE THE HAND OF ISRAEL TO GIVE UP SOMETHING, THEY SHALL BE CURSED. (AMENS) I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE CURSING SIDE. I'VE GOT JESUS CHRIST, I PAYED A PRICE, MIGHT AS WELL JUST WRITE A LETTER TO MY SENATOR OR MY CONGRESSMAN AND SAY, “HEY MAN, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT POLICY OF YOURS.” (AMENS) SOMEONE ASKING HIM, “DO YOU THINK”...YES, OKAY, I DO THINK. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO VOTE YOU'RE RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU MUST OBSERVE WHAT YOU KNOW. AND OBSERVANCE DOESN'T MEAN SITTING BACK AND LETTING SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. (AMENS) IT MEANS YOU DOING IT. (THAT'S RIGHT) AMEN? NOTHING WRONG WITH CHRISTIANS BEING IN POLITICS, NOTHING WRONG WITH CHRISTIANS BEING IN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. (AMENS) WALK OUT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OBSERVE ALL THE THINGS THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO DO. (AMENS) AND IF YOU'RE BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY GHOST, YOU'LL HAVE COURAGE. LISTEN, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE YOU ANYWAY, AMEN? (AMEN) WHY ARE WE ALWAYS TRYING TO PLEASE PEOPLE? (THAT'S RIGHT) WHY DON'T WE JUST PLEASE GOD? (AMENS) THEN BY HAPPENSTANCE WE MIGHT END UP PLEASING A FEW PEOPLE ANYWAY (LAUGHING). AMEN? (RIGHT, AMENS) GLORY BE TO GOD. (AMENS) WHEN ABRAHAM WAS ASKED TO LEAVE HIS HOMETOWN, HE WAS ASKED TO MAKE AND UNPARALLELED STEP OF FAITH. WHEN WE ARE BEING ASKED BY GOD JUST TO SIMPLY BELIEVE HIM, I DON'T THINK THAT PARALLELS WHAT ABRAHAM DID. THERE WAS NO BOOKS, NO TAPES, YOU COULDN'T GET IT ON CD. (THAT'S RIGHT) YOU COULDN'T FLIP ON YOUR FAVORITE CHURCH CHANNEL, RIGHT, AND SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO GOOD PREACHING. YOU COULDN'T FLIP ON YOUR SIRIUS STEREO IN YOUR CAR AND LISTEN TO CHRISTIAN MUSIC. ABRAHAM HEARD FROM GOD IN THE MIDST OF HIS FAMILY BEING A BUNCH OF MOON WORSHIPERS. HEARD FROM GOD AND BEGAN TO MOVE OUT. (AMEN) I FIND IT INTERESTING TO, THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY WERE MOON WORSHIPERS AND THE SON THAT HE HAD THAT WAS ILLEGITIMATE, ISHMAEL, BECAME THE FATHER OF THE RACE OF ARABS, WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE SECT OF ISLAM AND ISLAM WORSHIPS THE MOON GOD OVER ARABIA, THEY WENT RIGHT BACK TO IT. (THAT'S RIGHT) DO YOU SEE THAT? (YEP) WITHOUT GOD, YOU JUST GO RIGHT BACK TO YOUR STUFF. (YEP) STUFF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE REVELATION OF THAT AS THE DAYS COME FORWARD. (AMENS) SO WE WANT TO WALK OUT THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM. LET'S GO OVER AND LOOK AT PART OF THIS. JUMP OVER TO GENESIS CHAPTER 13 VERSE 1, “SO ABRAM WENT UP FROM EGYPT TO THE NEGEV, HE AND HIS WIFE AND ALL THAT BELONGED TO HIM, AND LOT WITH HIM. [2] NOW ABRAM WAS VERY RICH IN LIVESTOCK, IN SILVER AND IN GOLD.” OH MY GOODNESS, HE'S GOING TO HELL. (LAUGHING) IF YOU WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT A CHRISTIAN TODAY...MOST CHRISTIANS SAY THIS ABOUT OTHER CHRISTIANS IN A DEMEANING, DEFAMATORY WAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD ANOTHER CHRISTIAN IS PROSPERING BECAUSE YOU COULD BE THE NEXT IN LINE. (AMENS) STOP CURSING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE PROSPERING. (AMEN) WHAT A DUMB THING SATAN IS TRICKED YOU INTO DOING, WHEN YOU OPEN UP YOUR BIG FAT YAPPER AND LET THAT THING COME OUT. AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU ARE CURSING THE VERY THING THAT CAN BE A BLESSING TO YOU. (THAT'S RIGHT) AMEN? (AMENS) CHRISTIANS SO TRICKED BY THE DEVIL TO BE CURSING OTHER CHRISTIANS. STUPID. OOPS, I'M SORRY. (PASTOR SAYING SOFTLY) STUPID. (LAUGHTER) “NOW ABRAM WAS VERY RICH IN LIVESTOCK, IN SILVER AND IN GOLD.” [3] “HE WENT ON HIS JOURNEYS FROM THE NEGEV AS FAR AS BETHEL, TO THE PLACE WHERE HIS TENT HAD BEEN AT THE BEGINNING, BETWEEN BETHEL AND AI, [4] TO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR WHICH HE HAD MADE THERE FORMERLY; AND THERE ABRAM CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. [5] NOW LOT, WHO WENT WITH ABRAM, ALSO HAD FLOCKS AND HERDS AND TENTS.” NOW LOOK AT THIS NEXT STATEMENT AGAIN. [6] “AND THE LAND COULD NOT SUSTAIN THEM WHILE DWELLING TOGETHER, FOR THEIR POSSESSIONS WERE SO GREAT THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REMAIN TOGETHER.” WHEN YOUR POSSESSIONS GET SO GREAT, YOU GOT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. (AMENS, THAT'S RIGHT) YOU NEED TO OPEN UP YOURSELF INSIDE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND MAKE ROOM FOR GOD TO BLESS YOU. (AMENS) WE ARE PROMISED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT TO HAVE THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM AND THIS IS THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, RAISE YOUR HANDS SO WE CAN TAKE DOWN YOUR NAME. (LAUGHING) REALLY! DO YOU KNOW PRIVATELY WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY WILL TELL ME, “OH BUT PASTOR YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, I JUST DON'T NEED THAT MUCH.” WHAT GOSPEL ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WHO HAS TRICKED YOU, WHO HAS...LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, “WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU” INTO THINKING THAT TALKING SMALL AND HUMBLE SOMEHOW WAS PLEASING TO GOD, WHEN THE VERY FIRST MAN IN THE EARTH WITH THE BLESSING WE ARE TO RECEIVE TODAY CAME THROUGH HIS LOINS. (AMENS) AND YOU'RE SAYING, “I DON'T WANT WHAT HE'S GOT”, YET YOU TOOK JESUS, WHICH CAME FROM HIM. (THAT'S RIGHT) AND PEOPLE TRYING TO ACT HUMBLE, TALK HUMBLE, AND THINK HUMBLE. THINKING SOMEHOW THIS IS A PLEASING AROMA BEFORE GOD, WHEN IT IS NOT THE GOSPEL AT ALL. (HALLELUJAH, AMENS) GIVE THE LORD A HAND CLAP (CLAPPING). VERSE 6, “AND THE LAND COULD NOT SUSTAIN THEM WHILE DWELLING TOGETHER, FOR THEIR POSSESSIONS WERE SO GREAT... “OH I JUST DON'T WANT THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.” IT IS A LOT OF WORK, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE FROM WORK, NOT IF YOU WORK PROPERLY, NOT IF YOU WORK WITH HOPE AND NOT WITH STRESS. AMEN? (AMENS) JUMP OVER TO GENESIS CHAPTER 28 VERSE 1, “SO ISAAC CALLED JACOB AND BLESSED HIM AND CHARGED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, "YOU SHALL NOT TAKE A WIFE FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN.” SO NOW THIS IS ABRAHAM'S GRANDSON. AND IN VERSE 3 IT SAYS, “MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOU FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY YOU, THAT YOU MAY BECOME A COMPANY OF PEOPLES.” NOW WE ARE A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN NATION. (AMEN) WE CANNOT SAY WE'RE CHRISTIANS WITHOUT THE JEWISH HERITAGE. (THAT'S RIGHT) WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT DO AWAY WITH THE JEWS, GOD IS NOT DONE WITH THE JEWS. (THAT'S RIGHT) WHEN I SEE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND IT'S A RESULT OF ANIMOSITY AND HATRED, I HATE IT, BECAUSE I KNOW GOD HATES IT. (THAT'S RIGHT, AMENS) AND RIGHT HERE WE SEE THE VERY FATHER OF THE JEWISH NATION, HIS GRANDSON NOW AND HIS SON TALKING ABOUT, “MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOU FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY YOU, THAT YOU MAY BECOME A COMPANY OF PEOPLES.” [4] "MAY HE ALSO GIVE YOU THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM,”. HE'S TALKING TO ABRAHAM'S GRANDSON. “TO YOU AND TO YOUR DESCENDANTS WITH YOU, THAT YOU MAY POSSESS THE LAND”, SO THIS IS NOT A BLESSING TO GET INTO HEAVEN. THIS IS NOT A BLESSING JUST TO GET BY. THIS IS A BLESSING TO POSSESS LAND. (YES, AMENS, HALLELUJAHS) TO OWN, TO BE LANDOWNERS, TO BE MAGNATES IN THE EARTH. (AMEN) AMEN? (AMENS) AND YOU RECEIVE THIS BY FAITH AND NOT BY WORKS. ROMANS CHAPTER 4, STARTING IN VERSE 1, “WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY THAT ABRAHAM, OUR FOREFATHER ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, HAS FOUND?” HE'S CALLING HIM OUR FOREFATHER. (YEP, AMEN) SO WE ARE TO LOOK AT ABRAHAM AS A PATRIARCH IN THE KINDEST OF WAYS, IN THE MOST LOVING OF WAYS, IN WAYS THAT BRING EXPECTANCY TO OUR CURRENT LIFE. VERSE 2, “FOR IF ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, HE HAS SOMETHING TO BOAST ABOUT, BUT NOT BEFORE GOD. [3] FOR WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." OR SAID ANOTHER WAY, ABRAHAM SIMPLY BELIEVED GOD (AMENS) [4] “NOW TO THE ONE WHO WORKS, HIS WAGE IS NOT CREDITED AS A FAVOR, BUT AS WHAT IS DUE. [5] BUT TO THE ONE WHO DOES NOT WORK, BUT BELIEVES IN HIM WHO JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY, HIS FAITH IS CREDITED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,” SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO...I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR IMAGINATION, I DON'T CARE WHAT PROSPECTS YOU HAVE, OR DON'T HAVE, HAVE AN EDUCATION OR DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION, SIDE OF THE TRACKS, NOT SIDE OF THE TRACKS, COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, WHERE YOU CAME FROM, CHURCH BACKGROUND, I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR PARENTS TOLD YOU. IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE A FAILURE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE'S TOLD YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU JUST HAVE FAITH, IF YOU HAVE FAITH, YOU WILL BE JUSTIFIED, IT'S CREDITED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND GRACE IS GIVEN TO YOU NOT BY YOUR WORKS, BUT SIMPLY BY FAITH. (AMENS, HALLELUJAH) I BELIEVE NOW MORE THAN EVER, CHRISTIANS HAVE GOT TO WAKE UP (AMEN), AND QUIT BEING THE MANSY PANSY, QUIT BEING BULLIED BY OTHER CHRISTIANS AND GO, “WELL THAT'S JUST A PROSPERITY GOSPEL.” YOU LYING DEVIL, YOU TELL HIM JUST GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, HANG UP THE PHONE, DEPROGRAM HIM FROM YOUR COMPUTER. (AMENS) IF THEY WON'T BE TURNED AROUND AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE TURNED AROUND TO TAKE THE LOWER LIFE, GET THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE. (AMEN) PLUG THE CD IN AGAIN OR ONE OF THE MANY OTHERS THAT I PREACH ON THIS TOPIC. (AMEN) PLAY IT OVER AND OVER UNTIL IT'S PART OF YOU. UNTIL YOU JUST SIMPLY BELIEVE, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, SO WHAT. ABRAHAM WASN'T THERE BEFORE EITHER, BUT HE WENT BECAUSE HE WAS OBEDIENT. YOU JUST GO THERE. “HOW DO I DO THAT PASTOR?” WELL YOU JUST TAKE THE NEXT STEP, YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOME SORT OF EXPECTANCY OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. JUST TAKE THE NEXT STEP. “HOW AM I GOING TO BE HEALED?” I DON'T KNOW. BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IF THE DOCTORS DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE UNLESS YOU TURN TO GOD. (AMENS) AMEN? (AMENS) THERE'S NO HOPE. WITHOUT JESUS THERE'S NO HOPE IN THE WORLD. (AMENS) BUT BECAUSE OF JESUS WE HAVE THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. (AMENS) IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, BUT IT IS, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM THAT WE HAVE JESUS. AND BECAUSE OF JESUS WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN? (AMENS) ALL THIS STUFF IS INTERCONNECTED. WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO YOU AND SAYS, “I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING, OR HE CALLS YOU UP BY NAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, HE WAKES YOU UP AND YOU MUST SAY, “HERE I AM. LORD WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?” GO DOWNSTAIRS, GO OUT TO YOUR KITCHEN TABLE AND WRITE THESE THREE NOTES DOWN. DO YOU KNOW GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? I LEARNED YEARS AGO, TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO, THAT YOU KEEP A PEN AND A PIECE OF PAPER NEXT TO YOUR NIGHTSTAND, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO GET OUT OF BED, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS SOME THINGS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS YOU. (AMENS) SO WAKE UP, WRITE IT DOWN, AND GO BACK TO SLEEP, AND IN THE MORNING YOU'LL GO, “WOW!” AND IT'S STAGE, BY STAGE, BY STAGE, BY STAGE, AMEN? (AMENS) WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE BLESSING? RULES OF THE BLESSING IS TO BELIEVE, TO HAVE FAITH, TO TALK FAITH, TO OBSERVE, AND WALK FAITH. AMEN? TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, TO BELIEVE, HAVE FAITH, TO TALK FAITH, TO OBSERVE AND WALK FAITH. AMEN? (AMENS) LET'S CLOSE IT HERE IN GENESIS CHAPTER 15, STARTING IN VERSE 1, “AFTER THESE THINGS THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ABRAM IN A VISION, SAYING, "DO NOT FEAR, ABRAM, I AM A SHIELD TO YOU; YOUR REWARD SHALL BE VERY GREAT." NOW THIS IS TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST VISIT WITH GOD. “ABRAM SAID, "O LORD GOD, WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME, SINCE I AM CHILDLESS, AND THE HEIR OF MY HOUSE IS ELIEZER OF DAMASCUS?" AND ABRAM SAID, "SINCE YOU HAVE GIVEN NO OFFSPRING TO ME, ONE BORN IN MY HOUSE IS MY HEIR." THEN BEHOLD, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, SAYING, "THIS MAN WILL NOT BE YOUR HEIR; BUT ONE WHO WILL COME FORTH FROM YOUR OWN BODY, HE SHALL BE YOUR HEIR." AND HE TOOK HIM OUTSIDE AND SAID, "NOW LOOK TOWARD THE HEAVENS, AND COUNT THE STARS, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COUNT THEM." AND HE SAID TO HIM, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." THEN HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD; AND HE RECKONED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” ABRAHAM HAD NOWHERE...IT LOOKED LIKE AFTER TWENTY FIVE YEARS OR SO OF MARRIAGE THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE ONE. SARAH AND HIM DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD, THEY WENT TO THE DOCTORS, TRIED ALL KINDS OF HERBS AND MEDICATIONS AND OINTMENTS AND NOTHING WORKED. AND HE SAYS TO GOD, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO WORK. GOD SAID, “IT'S GOING TO WORK, YOU NEED TO TRUST ME.” HOW LONG ARE YOU WILLING TO WAIT FOR GOD TO BLESS YOU? ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, IN OTHER WORDS, FROM THAT MOMENT ON, WHEN HE LOOKED AT HIS BODY AS BEING DEAD, HE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN HE LOOKED AT SARAH'S AS BEING DEAD, HE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. NOTHING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE NOTHING TO A FAITH FILLED MAN. NOTHING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE NOTHING TO A FAITH FILLED MAN. A PROMISE TO A BELIEVER IS A PROMISE, THAT IT'S GOING TO COME TO PASS. THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. LET'S ALL STAND. 3 JOHN VERSE 2 IT SAYS THIS, “BELOVED, I PRAY THAT IN ALL RESPECTS YOU MAY PROSPER AND BE IN GOOD HEALTH, JUST AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.” ANOTHER PROMISE IN THE WORD OF GOD UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, THAT WE'RE TO PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH. IF IT WASN'T THE WORD OF GOD, IT WOULDN'T BE IN THERE. THIS BIBLE THAT I HAVE, THE BIBLES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS, THAT IS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD. IT'S EITHER INSPIRED OR IT ISN'T. IT'S EITHER GOD OR IT ISN'T. IT'S EITHER HIS WORD OR IT ISN'T. SO IT'S EITHER SOMETHING THAT WE FOLLOW OR IT ISN'T. LET'S NOT BE BULLIED BY CHRISTIANS OUT THERE, LET'S NOT BE BULLIED BY THE WORLD WHO THINK CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE STUPID, DUMB, UNEDUCATED AND NOT WORTH ANYTHING. PROVE THEM ALL WRONG. (AMEN) MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT GOD IS GOING TO INCREASE YOU. (YESES) AND IF IT TAKES TWENTY FIVE YEARS OR FIFTY YEARS, WHO CARES! AT LEAST BE READY FOR IT. AMEN? (AMENS) I THANK YOU FATHER GOD THAT WE ARE WALKING IN THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM. (YESES) WE THANK YOU, FATHER GOD, THAT WE ARE NOT WALKING IN LACK DESPITE WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR EYES, DESPITE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR HOUSE OR TO OUR FINANCES. LORD GOD, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING GOOD THINGS TO PASS. WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR IT NOW, LORD GOD. THANK YOU JESUS, PRAISE BE TO YOUR HOLY NAME. GLORY TO YOU LORD. (PRAYING IN TONGUES) I'M GOING TO READ YOU ONE LAST VERSE. DEUTERONOMY 8 VERSE 17, “OTHERWISE, YOU MAY SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'MY POWER AND THE STRENGTH OF MY HAND MADE ME THIS WEALTH. BUT YOU SHALL REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR IT IS HE WHO IS GIVING YOU POWER TO MAKE WEALTH, THAT HE MAY CONFIRM HIS COVENANT WHICH HE SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS, AS IT IS THIS DAY.” GOD WANTS YOU TO MAKE WEALTH, BUT HE WANTS TO BE THE CAUSE OF IT, AND HE WANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE ONE WHO GAVE IT TO YOU. (HALLELUJAHS) AMEN? (AMENS)

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.