book of Isaiah part 13

Part 13 - Book of ISAIAH - ''Part 2 - Hold Your Position'' mp4 Verse 1, now in chapter 13, it's a great destruction, the whole chapter. If you read it, you're going to want to go buy life insurance. That's how bad it is. So the whole chapter is about destruction that is coming upon Israel. Now I want you to understand something. The judgments in the Bible were never for the world. They are always for Israel. Because the Father is trying to purge out Israel. And now after all that destruction, we come to verse 1 of chapter 14. And I want to do part 2 tonight to hold your position. And I want to teach you how you can hold that position. Not just by knowing the Word of God. But I want to teach you the secret to never, ever, ever being intimidated by your enemy. Number 1, you don't have any enemies. You've got to learn that. If you don't understand, Sister Kirsten, that you don't have any enemies. You may have attackers. You may have false accusers. You may have people that have done something wrong to you. But the minute you have an enemy, you have become God. Because only Yahweh has enemies. You don't have enemies. You have opportunities. You have opportunities to become like your elder brother, Yahshua. Because it was Yahshua that said these words. Father, forgive them. Because they're not my enemies because they don't even know what they're doing. They're attacking me because evidently you allowed a demon spirit to enter them to attack me with. And so now I have no enemies. I have stood all of my ministry with no enemies. I've got people that hate me. I've got people that want to destroy me. But I have no enemies. Because I learned years ago, and I'm going to teach you, if I can get this voice to work, a principle from chapter 14 today. And I'm going to show you that the king of Babylon was not really the king of Babylon. I'm going to show you how that you must look beyond the distraction which is the person Satan decided to use today. I need you to hear what I just said. Every day, Sister Lori, Satan will find... Listen, no need to pray for your enemies to be destroyed. Because there's another one waiting to take their place. You understand? You can only be free from distractions if you know who the enemy is. Sister Pat, in your family right now, that's not your enemies. There is a spirit that has entered into their hearts to prove who you are. Brother John, the Father allows it. Do you know why the Father allows people to leave this church and hurt me? To find out if I am worthy of this pulpit. You understand? They're not my enemies. I love them. Nothing I wouldn't do for them. And I mean that and I approve it. But I will show you tonight how to hold your position. By understanding who's trying to take your position. Let's read verse 1. But Yahweh will have mercy on Jacob and will choose Israel. Now that's interesting because in the whole chapter before it, He's wiping Israel out. Understand why things are being destroyed in your life. It's so that He might have mercy on Jacob. And might choose Israel. Amen. And set them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them. And they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. You may be seated. You might as well because I'm going to go through the whole chapter. Verse 2. The people will take them and bring them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them in the land of Yahweh. As servants and handmaidens. They will take them captive. Whose captives they were. And they will rule over their oppressors. Now, I almost should have read chapter 13. Because when you go read chapter 13, brother. It's a very devastating scene that Yahweh allows the enemy to come in and destroy His people. In all of chapter 13. It's even allowed. Oh my, my. He even allowed the children to be killed. And I used to read those verses, brother Peachey. And I honestly had problems with that. How could Yahweh allow a child to be killed? Well, I want to tell you a story. I want to help you understand. Be careful of what seems like innocence. A child is innocent. There are people in this congregation that puts on the persona of innocence. They seek pity. And yet, the father will flesh out the innocent ones. The ones that act innocent. They act pitiful. Now, let me tell you how that works. How many has ever heard the story of Esther? How many knows that Agag was a king in Israel? And here we are when Esther is queen. And Haman has decided to wipe out all of the Israelite nation. And he came mighty close to doing it. Matter of fact, Queen Esther, she went before the king and begged for the lives of the people. Had it not been for a miracle, every Jew and Israelite on planet earth would have been exterminated by Haman. But here's what you don't know. Haman had a great, great, great grandfather by the name of King Agag. You may not know who King Agag is. So let me remind you. The prophet of Yahweh came up to King Saul. His name was Samuel. He said, Samuel, the father has sent me with a message for you. To go kill all of the Amalekites. And when you go, he wants you to kill every child. Every mom that's got the breast suckling. The father wants you to kill everything among the Amalekites. Well, Saul pretty much obeyed. Pretty much. He went in, says to Max, and he killed pretty much everything. What's the key word here? Pretty much. We pretty much keep the Sabbath. We do it on Sunday. He's trying to obey, pretty much. But see, pretty much turns into ugly much. Real fast. And so here comes the prophet of God to King Saul and says, Saul! What is that I hear? I hear the lowing of the cattle and the sheep. And he says, oh prophet, don't worry about it. We killed, we did what God said to do. We killed everybody. Except, we brought back King Agag. Who did I just tell you Haman's great, great, great, great grandfather was? If Saul would have obeyed God, there wouldn't be a book of Esther in your Bible. There would never have been that moment when what happened was King Agag, they let him, his children, they brought the seed royal. And from that disobedience came the almost annihilation of God's chosen people. This is what happens, Sister Pat, when you pretty much obey God. Sister Kristen, when you pretty much obey God and you leave a little speck, that speck will have children. When you leave a little sin in your life, it turns into generations of sin. And this is what, it's so important that we understand that Haman would never have been born. So now it looks so horrible that God said, kill all the children. But why did He say that? Because He knew that if He didn't, their children was going to kill His children. Don't ever question Yahweh. Obey Him, Yah. Just obey Him. If He says, kill them all, close your eyes and kill everything. If He says, move from Oklahoma, close your eyes and move. Well, don't close your eyes while you're driving, but move. Why, Sister Max? Because we must learn the secret to holding our position is to obey God in every area of our lives. If you are walking in obedience, you will walk in protection. It's a covenant. Lori, it's a covenant. If you will obey me, I will be your God. And what does our God do? Let me show you what our God will do for you when you're walking in obedience, if I may. Brother Rick Conley, come stand before me. I want to show you the covenant. Turn this way. I'm going to stand behind you. I want to show you the covenant you have with God for holding your position and your protection. Elder Morgan, come stand on my left. Amen. Brother Peachy, come stand on my right. Sister Max, come stand behind me. Amen. On my right. Amen. Or left. You come on my left. I just want to show you your covenant with Yahweh. I want to show you your covenant. Amen. Sister Tilly, come stand behind me. Now, here's your covenant with Yahweh. Watch carefully. When you are walking in obedience, here's what happens. The Lord will be my shepherd. I shall not want. His rod and His staff will comfort me. And surely, goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. I want you to watch this. If I'm behind the shepherd, I automatically get the rod and the staff. Goodness and mercy. It just depends on where I'm standing. Amen. Thank you, brothers. It just depends on where I'm standing. If you're standing in obedience to the shepherd, you're surrounded by a covenant of protection. And you can hold your position. Anytime you're tempted to disobey God, then what happens is you step. God never leaves you, but you step outside of the place of protection. Obey God. Obey Him in your finances. Obey Him in your faithfulness. Obey Him in everything. And I want to tell you watching me tonight all over the nation, God is looking for an obedient people. He's having a hard time finding it. But He is looking for an obedient people. Now, after all of the destruction comes these promises. In verse number 2. Notice that promise at the end. They will take them captive. Whose captives they were. And they will rule over their oppressors. I need you to hear me. Right now, every one of you is living in Satan's Eden. This is Satan's Eden. You're in the garden of Satanic Eden. You have been kidnapped. Every one of you are captive. If you don't believe it, open your mouths and speak truth. You'll find out that you've been kidnapped. You're shut into a world that you are literally a stranger in. You are a captive in this system that operates. The spiritual cabal that operates every part of this world. You have been taken captive into this system. I'll prove it to you. Tell somebody you're going to church on Saturday instead of Sunday. You'll find out you've been kidnapped. You are captive in this world. But after this battle in chapter 13 is over. Those that held you captive. You will take them captive. And rule over them. There's about to be a changing of the guards. Oh, I promise you. The problem is the Christian church does not believe that. They believe we're leaving here and going to heaven. But that has never been Yahweh's plan. His plan is for the captives to take the captors into captivity. Retrain them. Re-educate them. And rule over them. I've said it before. I'll say it again. Show me one scripture that promises heaven to the believer. What we've been promised is when the battle is over. And I have killed Pat Call. When I've burned down everything that Pat made a god out of. That's what chapter 13. Go read chapter 13. He burned everything. I didn't want to read it because I'm tired of being burned. Hallelujah. When you come to Yahweh. If you claim to be an Israelite. Somebody's got to prove it. And he sends the armies of hell to do it. To see your response. Elder Morgan, your response will determine your reward. Now I just told you something that you need to always remember. How you respond determines your authority with God. When they tell you they're coming to cut the lights off. Your response right then will determine where you are in God. They tell you you're fired. Your response. If it's not blessed be the name of the Lord. If that's not your response. Blessed be the name of the Lord. You're not fit yet. See? The Father wants to turn you into an Israelite. So he's going to burn your barley fields down. Oh, Sister Peggy Richards used to preach. When God burns your barley fields. My, my, my. She scared us all to death. I mean to tell you. God's going to burn them barley fields. Oh my, my, my, my. That woman used to scare me to death. Every time she'd come to preach. Boy, we were all under the altar. Oh my, my, my. Oh, she had a better sermon than that one. I'll never forget it. I was a young boy and we was in New Orleans. She came to preach a tent revival at my grandma's church. And she got up and preached on the all seeing eye. Y'all, I went to the bathroom looking for that eye. Back then we didn't believe in going to the movie theaters. She said, when you go in that movie theater, it's an all seeing eye watching you. First time I went into a theater. Boy, it was the days, let me tell you. Hallelujah. Let's read verse 3. It will come to pass in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow. And from your terror. And from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve. I wish I could preach this tonight. Listen to me. Anybody that don't understand that the Sabbath day is this day that he's talking about. It is the day of rest. He said, I'm going to give you rest on that day. Now, what does the Christian church teach you, Kristen? They teach that Jesus died and that was your rest. They don't believe in a coming rest for the earth, Brother Peachy. Why? Because they don't believe we're going to be on the earth. They got the whole thing back. It's all backwards. I'm telling you, it's all backwards. It's messed up. I'm serious. How are you going to believe that scripture that the day is coming when I will give you rest from your sorrow? If you believe that Jesus is your rest. Because I'm still having sorrow. And I'm still serving. Under hard taskmasters. Go to work and you'll find a hard taskmaster. We're still serving. And Satan's eating. We're still under the bondages of corruption. So if you tell me that Jesus is the Sabbath. Then I have to say, take my sorrows away. Take it away. Because no. The rest that He's promised. That's what Hebrews chapter 3 and 4. If He had given them rest, He wouldn't have promised another day. Any Sabbath keepers? He said if He would have given them rest, He wouldn't have promised another day. And do you know that the ministries of this earth that are not preaching. I know I'm not preaching, but I'm preaching. I know I'm not preaching, but I'm preaching right now. I'm teaching you something. The ministries of this world that doesn't keep Sabbath. I'm going to say it, they are 1000% clueless. Of the plan that God has for the earth. You cannot know your Bible. Correctly. And not be a Sabbath keeper. The seventh day of the week. Represents. Isaiah 14 and verse 3. Read it again for me somebody. What does it say? Thou shalt give thee rest from thy sorrow. And from thy fear. And from thy hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve. That day is coming children. If you ever get tired of the bondage. If you ever get tired of the labor. Remember it's making something out of you. Because you've got to rule over your oppressors. What if you don't forgive your enemies right now? How? Who in here has got an ex-wife? How are you going to rule over them? In the kingdom of God. If you don't like them now. Oh I felt it. How many has got an ex-husband? If you hate them now, you'll hate them in the kingdom. Better forgive them. Nobody wants to hear this kind of preaching. Because this is real. Everybody. When I read that you are going to rule over your oppressors. The whole place started going. God help us. If you have to rule over them. The way you feel about them right now. That's probably why you won't be ruling over them. You'll come up in that second resurrection. You got anybody right now you've got hard feelings against? You're not qualified to rule over them. Now it don't mean you've got to hang out with them. It don't mean you've got to crawl in the bed with them. It don't mean you've got to invite them to the house. But if you see them broke down on the side of the road. You've got to stop and love them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If they get in trouble and ask you for help. Yes. Yes. On my way. You know why? Otherwise you're a joke. Nobody wants to hear this. You're going to rule over your oppressors. What does that mean? The people that mistreated you. When you come up in the resurrection brother Michael. This is what people don't understand. When you come up. If you're qualified for the first resurrection. When you come up. Nothing changes about you except your body. This is the deal people don't comprehend. In this lifetime you get the new mind. In the resurrection you get the new body. And if the body don't match up with the mind. They won't join together. Because the new body is holy. And if the new mind is not holy. Holy and unholy don't mix together. I'm really trying to help you now. In that first resurrection sister Pat. When you come up in that body. The DNA has been reconstructed by the sound of the vibration of the shifar. Do you know that it's vibration that ignites DNA? All right. I must have said something funny. Hallelujah. Oh yes. I can't let them sit together too much. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Amen. Hallelujah. When you was inside your mother's womb. You were created from DNA. Okay. When you die guess what never dies? The DNA. When they found DNA sister Lori. It caused the atheist to have to rethink everything. Because DNA is a computer code. It's literally been engineered by a designer. Your eye color was in that DNA. Your everything was in that DNA. If they burn you up they can't burn up your DNA. It's still there. Somewhere in the nether world. It's there. And what ignited your DNA the first time? Vibration. Do I need to make it plain? Vibration. And that vibration caused that DNA to come forth. Well when that body dies the DNA is waiting on the next vibration. That's why Yahshua will come with the sound of the shifar. And it will vibrate the entire earth. There will be an earthquake. Because that sound is going to ignite the dead. The DNA that is dead. And it will instantly reconstruct your new body. Which will not need blood. It will look like a human body. It will be perfectly healthy. So if you're overweight right now. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The only reason you're overweight right now. You're unhealthy. But in your DNA you're healthy. So when you come up you will be. Brother William Branham had a vision. And he said that everyone in that vision looked to be around 30 years old. You will come up in your prime of your health like the angels are. Amen. Thank you brother. When you understand this. That body then is going to come up with no mind. I want you to think about this. Alright. This is very important. When you die. Your mind which is where you record your life. You ever been riding down the road and a memory comes back from your childhood. That you completely forgot about. It's because it's stored in your hard drive. It's in your mind. Your mind is not your brain. Your mind is your spirit. And it is connected to the brain. But it is a different essence. And the bible calls it the mind of a man. That's why the mind of a man cannot know the things of God. It's two different minds. Help me now. That's why my fish in my koi pond. We can't communicate. They have the mind of a fish. Okay. That's what happens when a man tries to understand faith. Two different languages. That's why they don't understand you paying your tithe. It makes no sense to the human mind. The human mind says I worked for it. I need every dime of it. But that mind is the enemy of God. The bible said that your mind, your spirit has enmity against Yahweh. So when you came down to the altar and you were baptized. Here is what happened. There was an additional mind added into your mind. It came down in baptism in the name of Yahshua. Literally at that point the bible said. If this same spirit or mind that was in Christ. If it finds its way into your mind. Then what starts next Kristen? A war. Between Linda's thoughts and the father's thoughts. Because the spirit of Yahweh is the mind of Yahweh. And he implants into your mind a seed of his spirit. And now whether that fell on good ground or bad ground. Is going to be up to you. Whether you allow that human mind to surrender to that spirit mind. And every time you obey Yahweh. That human mind is diminishing. That is why Paul said it is no longer I that live. But there is another mind in me that now lives. This is why you must be in the. Let me put it to you like this. And I am not going to preach tonight. I just want you to understand some of these truths. The father has revealed to me over the years. If you are sitting in front of your television. Watching the Kardashians. Here is what you are doing. You are feeding the human mind. The mind that teaches you the way of get. Watch carefully now. If you want to know if you have the mind of Yahweh in you. There is one sure sign. The father so loved the world. That he gave. He is a giver. And if you are not. You don't have his mind. Because you were born brother Jamie with the mind of get. Satan is a getter. Yahweh is a giver. Satan is a thief. Yahweh is a rewarder. So when this new mind moves into you. Joanna, Justina. I've done that for years. Whenever this new mind comes in. This human mind is going to tell someone. I need to pay my tithes this week. But I just. You know what. God knows. But then another mind is back there somewhere saying. Oh no. You need to put God first. And now the war that is in chapter 13. I talked about. That war begins. And the minute you don't obey. Here is what happens. The father now sends an army. To try to burn you down so low. To where you will get rid of that mind. One or two things are going to happen when that war comes. You are going to rebel or you are going to surrender. That's it. That's it. If you surrender. Here is what is going to happen when the battle is over. All of a sudden. You are going to be walking around one day. You are not going to recognize your own self. Can I get an amen from you? You are going to be like. I didn't knock them out just then. I didn't cuss them out like a sailor just then. What is happening? You mean I didn't go on Facebook and respond to their post? I know what is happening. You have been doing a little surrendering. And there is a new way of thinking taking over your mind. What way of thinking? A way of thinking where one day you are going to rule over your oppressors. Now, when the body comes up out of the grave. When you die, your mind goes back to the father for safe keeping. What is in that mind your whole life? You got a hard job. It goes back to the father. Your body goes to the ground. You don't go to heaven. Your mind, your spirit goes to the father for safe keeping. Stored in that mind is Kristen's personality. All of Jamie's ways are stored in that mind. Imagine if your new body came up without Jamie's mind. What if you had my mind somehow? See? You wouldn't be Jamie. Now, if that body does not meet the mind of Christ. Which is what your mind had to become in this life. You get the new body then. The new mind now. And the new mind has to match up with the body. Absolutely. If you're worthy of the body, it's because you found the new mind. That's why Yahshua said the greatest commandment of all is to love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. You know, as much as you pimp in the mirror and take care of yourself. He said if you don't love your neighbor that much, you're not worthy of the kingdom of Yahweh. I want to teach you children, this church, something. When I hear y'all talking about one another. When I hear the way y'all respond to one another. Sometimes like a bunch of immature people of the world. It crushes my soul. Because you act like you're training for raining. The way y'all talk to one another. Like a bunch of low down children. And you claim you're training for raining. You're a liar. Quit making a mockery of this ministry. Grow up. And turn into what you claim to be. These stupid inbox messages I get. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Grow up. I don't care if they hurt your feelings. Because you ain't supposed to have no feelings. Some of you sisters in this church, the way y'all talk mean to one another. I don't want to hear it one more time. Y'all better grow up and quit mocking this ministry. Thank you Lord. Hallelujah. Quit trying to get close to the pastor and get close to the Word. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Because one day you've got to rule over your oppressors. Boy, they made man so they went away, didn't they? Hallelujah. I told y'all I'm not going to preach tonight. It's alright. Hey, you elderly ladies, quit acting like elderly ladies. And start acting like the daughters of Zion. Amen. I'm serious, it's a heart attack. And if you're sitting there wondering if I'm talking to you, yes. I don't handle church problems. And we live and I don't even care. I don't handle church problems in an office where you can intimidate and turn your tears on. I handle them at the desk. That's where I handle problems, at the desk. This is where the authority is. I don't have no authority. This desk has authority. Amen. Do you know that's why if you go into a church and you don't see a pulpit elevated, that's because they don't elevate the Word. Nowadays, they want to just pull out a little lectern. Don't ever give me no lectern when I'm bringing forth the Word like this. Because this is a symbol of how we feel about the Word around this church. Amen. And there's Bible for it. All in the Old Testament, the Bible said that they lifted up a podium for the Word. Why? They honored it. That's why I don't preach to you in blue jeans and because I honor this Word. Oh, I know. Think what you want to, honey. What's wrong with these churches is they've belittled the Word and made it common to the people. They make their preachers common. Well, why don't you just relate to us because I'm trying to get you to relate to me. Come up higher. I don't have no relatable ministry. If you want to relate, relate to me as I follow Christ. I'll teach you how to dress like a gentleman. How to walk and talk and act. When you go to church, put you some clothes on like you go into the king's house. Quit acting like you go into the bar room. How you feel about this church is evidenced in the way you approach it. That includes drinking your drinks in here and eating your food in the sanctuary of the Almighty unless it's set aside for a certain banquet. But when it's church time, the sanctuary where the Word is going forth, honor this place. Clean up. I ain't going to preach tonight. My God, have mercy. Honor this place. It ought to be if you see a spot on the carpet, it ought not be their next service. Why? It's Yahweh's house. Brother Vaughn, I don't believe a building is the house of God. We are the house of God. Well, won't you go tell him that because here's the problem with that. Here's the deal. Anything that I set aside and dedicate it to God, if it's my money, if it's whatever I've got, it becomes God's property. This building was dedicated not to be a juke joint, not to be a restaurant. It was dedicated as the house of God, and we treat it that way. Amen. When you are ready to rule over your oppressors, it will only be because you ruled over yourself. Listen to me, children. There is nobody in this world, and I want you to hear as I stand before the almighty Yahweh, that I hate or that I have an ought against. Nobody. If you come up in this church causing trouble, I'll knock the devil out of you, but I don't have no hate for nobody. I'm talking about in the spirit, I'll knock it out. But as far as loving people, you could do anything to me, and you walk in those doors, Pastor, I'm sorry, and it'll be as if it never happened. Do you know why? I've got to rule over those people one day, and if I can't rule over them now, then why are we here? That's right. Why are you in church tonight, Sister Brown, Carolyn? Why do we come to church if it's not to be held accountable? I'm being honest with you. Do you know the word for church is ekklesia? Do you know what the word ekklesia means, called out? But do you know what the Hebrew word for ekklesia was? It was kahal. And do you know what the word kahal means? A judgment center. It was where we came to judge one another. And to say totally opposite of what we were taught in our church, that we're not to judge. The biggest lie you've ever heard. Because if nobody can judge you by the Word of God, then how dare you think you're going to be ready to accept judgment at the judgment seat of Christ. Brother Vaughn, what's judgment going to be like? You're hearing it right now. How many of you during this service has felt that sword hit you a few times? That's judgment. And it's a beautiful thing. Judgment's not an ugly word. If you believe judgment is an ugly word, be innocent of a crime, and be accused of a crime that you're innocent of, and go to court, and let the judge judge you righteously, and set you free, and you'll love judgment. If you love the Word, you'll love judgment. If you love God, you'll love a man of God that preaches the judgment Word of God over your life. I'll challenge anybody watching me, which probably very few now, because I've been preaching real hard. But I'll challenge anybody watching me to show me one scripture where we're not to judge one another. And don't even try, Matthew. Judge not that you be not judged. Just read the next part. Unless you're ready to be judged by the same judgment that you're supposed to be judging by. And then in the same chapter, it says to find out who the false prophets are. How do you find out if you don't judge them? The Bible said judge every tree by the fruit it bears. That's judgment. It's the reason you don't let your children go home with strangers. You judged them. That they were not safe. You better learn to judge, or you'll sit under pastors that lie to you, and you won't know no better. You better learn to judge. You better say, ah, ah, ah, that ain't lining up. No, that ain't lining up. Let's get you all out of here tonight. When I started, everybody said, give us the Word. Give us the Word. I really am a sweet old fella. Hallelujah. Verse 4, and you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, how the oppressor has ceased and the golden city has ceased. Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked and the scepter of the rulers. He who struck my people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger is now persecuted. I want you to know, this happens on the Sabbath day. Now you think he's talking to the king of Babylon, because that's what it says, right? But the problem is, the king of Babylon was not the real king of Babylon. When you're talking to people, recognize you're not talking to people, you're talking to the real thing behind those people. Okay? You know how I know it? Because I'm thinking of proving it to you. And verse number 7, now, if he's really talking to the king of Babylon, how is the whole earth at rest? And the whole earth will be quiet. And they will break forth into singing. Because this is not the king of Babylon, it's the king behind the king, which is King Lucifer. He's the one that's ruled over the nations. I'll prove it in a moment. Verse 8, the fir trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon saying, since you were laid low, no woodcutter has come against us. In other words, I know a cedar tree that's about to fall. Y'all better stay with me. Sheho, which is hell, from beneath, is excited to meet you, O king of Babylon, at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, all the chief ones of the earth. It has raised up for their thrones all the kings of the nations. All of them will speak and say to you, have you also become as weak as us? Have you become like us? Your pomp and your pride is brought down to the grave with the sound of your harps. The worm and the maggot is spread under you and the worms will cover you. You thought he was talking about the king of Babylon. Verse 12, How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer. If I tell it to you, you can believe it. This whole chapter is not about a king of Babylon. It's about a king that was inside of a king. I'm going to teach you how to hold your position tonight. This prophet was not prophesying to a man that was hurting God's people. He was prophesying to the spirit that was controlling the man that was hurting God's people. That's how you hold your position. When you recognize your enemies are not your enemies, there is something behind them you've got to deal with, not them. And now, you don't have to go into battle, right? You can just hold your position. Why? Because this prophet is speaking not to the king, even though he said, O king of Babylon. Really what he is saying is, O ex-wife, I see an ex-angel that's behind you. An ex-high angel that ruled heaven and earth. And I see him behind you. So I'm going to talk to him by using your name. Because it ain't you that I'm mad at. It ain't you I'm hurt at. It's that thing that used you. I don't have a battle. I'm holding my position. If your husband or wife has done you wrong, it ain't them. You better see, it's not your wife, honey. It's what took over your wife. It's not your husband. It's what took over your husband. Don't ever drag yourself down to the battle. Hold your position and see who's behind the attack. Oh, I wish I had a voice. O king of Babylon, you that ruled the nations. That king that ruled the whole world. But somebody behind him does. Oh, somebody behind him. That was working through him. See, that's why I'm not even mad at Biden. I see that devil behind him. Unfortunately, I've got to say Biden's name to talk to that Biden devil. But if he walked in this building right now, I'd treat him with honor. Because I ain't mad at Biden. I'm mad at that devil. Hallelujah. I'm going to hold my position. I'm not in a battle with the Democrats. I'm in a battle with the Devilcrats. I'm telling you, I'm not in a battle with the left. I'm in a battle with sin. But if you don't see that spirit behind your enemies, here's what happens. You get in the battle with them. You'll see people instead of princes. Princes of the power of the air. It was Babylon, the king, that was beating God's people, but it wasn't that king. That's why Yahweh said about Pharaoh, I raised Pharaoh up. So that Satan could go use him to do what he did so that I could be glorified. Because if it wouldn't have been for a Pharaoh, there wouldn't be no Red Sea for you to talk about. If it wouldn't have been for some of your enemies, there wouldn't be nothing for you to talk about of the victory that you've experienced in your life. Woo! What would you talk about? Do you know every good story you've got? Somebody gave it to you. Do you understand that? Woo! That's how I never get in the battle. Because I see beyond the person. I see beyond the problem. And I know that the weapons of my warfare are not carnal. What does that mean? It ain't against people. I love people. And when you... Listen. I'm to the point now. Somebody says, Well, if they ask me to forgive them, I will. I'm past that point. I forgave them now before they even asked. Yeah, right. It's over. I love you. I love you. It's over. Now, I have another role as the pastor to protect the church. That, unfortunately, is my duty to make sure there's nobody causing trouble and division in the church. And if they won't hear a correction, they have to go. But the moment they say, I'm sorry. Come on. A few months ago, there was a woman that I told her, You've got five minutes. Go downstairs and say, I'm sorry. That's all you've got to do. That's it. Just go say, Hey, guys. I let that get out of control. And you're good to go. But when you refuse, now you have brought a curse on the whole church. Achan brought a Babylonian garment in of rebellion and it affected the whole church. So then you've got to clean it out. The Bible said mark them. And there's a reason for that. It's not because God don't love them. It is the marking that is hopefully going to get their attention and bring them to repentance. Thanks. Let me tell you what you do. Oh, God, I don't want to do this tonight. Am I still alive? Listen. Listen carefully. The shunning, if you will. The marking. It seems so cruel and so unloving. But it's the greatest love you can give. Here's why. If you allow a homosexual couple to come into this church and sit on that back row and worship with us. I need you to hear me now. We love them. We love you. Separately, you're welcome to come in. You over there, you're welcome. We love you. But if I allow those people to stand there and feel the presence of God because they're going to feel it in this room. I'm going to lift up holy hands in an unholy life. There is a deception that will come upon them. Oh, did you feel God in there? I felt Him. Did you feel Him? I felt Him. We want to love. The Bible said lifting up holy hands in the congregation. And you bring unholiness in. Now, they think that God's okay with that. And now I have doomed them to hell and deception. So I preach against their sin while they sit there. The world calls that hate speech. God calls it love language. He wants them free. He wants you to get them free. Now, y'all are okay with that story. But what about someone that it's not so obvious? That was real obvious. You could tell what they look... But what about the one that's living in the same rebellious lifestyle but it's not homosexuality. It's not lesbianism. But it's rebellion nonetheless. And you allow them to wave their flags and now you've doomed them to deception. Because they feel His presence. Don't tell me I don't feel His presence. You can't tell me. That's the problem. I can't tell you. And now, when you get to that point of rebellion and the man of God allows you in this sanctuary lifting hands with the holy people He has destroyed you. So here's what the Bible says. You go to that person and you warn them of their rebellion. This is in your book, 1 Corinthians chapter 5. Paul said, I hear that there's somebody in the church in rebellion. And y'all are still... He basically said, and y'all are still having church with them. He said, how do you want me to come to you when I come? Do you want me to come beating everybody in the church or do you want me to come loving you? Because if you don't get rid of this man, I'm coming, I'm coming. It's all in your book that I didn't write. 1 Corinthians 5. He said, I hear there's sin in that church. And he said, I'm coming. It's part of my tour. I'm coming through there. How do you want me to come? Do you want to see Toto or do you want to see Pastor Vaughn? What do you want to see when I come? You want to see sweet or sour? He said, it's up to you. He said, go to that man and warn him. His response will determine your next action. I told somebody, you got five minutes, repent. Their response determined my next choice. Paul said, if he won't hear you, then take the elders and warn him. I just did that last week with another lady. Warn them of their rebellion. And if that don't work, here's what I want you to do. I want you to take that man that the modern church tells you to never give up on and love him no matter what. He said, I want you to take that one that's sitting there making everybody feel sorry for him. And I want you to turn him over to Satan. Now, that sounds cruel. But you got to read the next verse. Turn him over to Satan for the destruction of their body that their soul might be saved. So they can go so far to the bottom that they remember Zion. They remember when they danced with the house of Israel, when they rejoiced with Zion. They remember that and they want it again. Turn him over, but not out of vengeance, not out of anger, but out of pity that God don't have to beat him so hard that they don't get back to the house of Zion. Rebellion will take you farther than you want it to go. You'll look back on your life and say, oh. It's bound in your heart. It's bound in your heart. The Bible said rebellion is bound in our hearts. But the rod will drive it far away from us. Thank God for the rod of the preached word of God. It will drive it far from you. Hallelujah. I want to give you all an example. I want to give you a real life example. About five years ago, I was sitting in my office. I was the manager at the car lot here. Somebody walked in the door. It was an old white-headed man by the name of Bishop Kendrick, my father-in-law. And you know what he was there for? He had to sit me down. Yeah. Son, you're out of line. You're out of order. Sit me down. Can you all believe that? Sit me down. My response determined where I am today. I could have done anything at that moment. I could have caused family drama. I could have said, you don't know who I am in God. But I knew better. And you know what? I didn't even believe he was right at the moment. It don't matter. You better learn authority. You better learn to love correction. That's a very private story. I don't know if I've ever told it. But I've come to tell you I'm not preaching what I don't practice. God wants to drive it out of you. You know why? Because of chapter 14. He needs you to get ready to rule and reign over your oppressors. Brothers and sisters, I don't need your obedience. I want you to hear me tonight. I know people call me a cult leader. I hear it every day. I don't need your obedience. As a matter of fact, my life was just fine without any of your obedience. You hear me? Me and my wife had a happy life. I don't need nobody's obedience. I don't want nobody's obedience. All I want is a group of people to become so obedient together that we bring the blessings of God on this house and on our lives. Hallelujah! We're going to close with verse number 12. How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, child of the light. Did you hear that? Child of the light. Satan has transformed himself into a minister of what? Light. How you are cut down to the ground, you that weakened the nations. Now I thought up in verse number 3 or 4 it said the king of Babylon weakened the nations. Amen? It was never the king of Babylon. It was the king of the king of Babylon. It's Lucifer that weakened the nations. Because he rules the nations. Verse 15, you know what? You said in your heart, I'll rise above my pastor. I'll rise above my bishop. That's where it all starts. You said in your heart these words, I follow God and not man. You said in your heart a set of words that started the war that will never end. You said in your heart, I will rise above my authority. If you want to know whose child you are, you'll bear the traits of your father. And when you hear those words, I follow God and not a man. You have heard the sound of rebellion. Because it was God that set this order in place. Not me and not you. It is the seed of rebellion. Get it out of your hearts. Can I show you another seed of rebellion? You ain't going to like this one. You don't want to punch me on this one. If you ain't got a preacher you don't want to punch, you ain't got a preacher. When you give your tithe and say, I wonder what he's going to do with it. That's rebellion. Because you gave it to your authority that you're trying to control now. If I flush it down my toilet, it was not your money. Rebellion's in your heart. You don't give to give, you give to control where it's going. I just lost about 50. You know why? We grow up in rebellious churches with boards. If you're ever in a church that's got a board, you ain't in a church of God. Because honey, sheep ain't never run a shepherd. It's illegal, it's ungodly, and it's backwards. It's rebellion. I would trust this man and woman with every dollar. When I paid my tithe, I could care less if they go buy a new Cadillac Escalade with it. I could care less what they do. Hallelujah. Praise God. Why? I gave. I didn't give it with strings attached. I just gave. It's not giving if you're still wondering. It's rebellion. I'm trying to tell you one day we're going to have to rule and reign. To do that, we've got to come into a place of total surrender. Lucifer, you said in your heart, I'm going to rise above my authority. If you've got a pastor that you can't submit to, find another church. I'm serious. I don't want you to get in trouble with God. Find somebody you can submit to. And get the blessing of it. Because God wants us to get this out of... I'm telling you, I wasn't planning on preaching this tonight. God wants this junk out of our hearts. So that you can rule over your oppressors. I'm scared to read another verse. Ain't no telling what I'll preach then. I will raise my throne above the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the high place on the platform. Y'all got me a chair? No. I will ascend. Anytime you say I will ascend or I rise, you're supposed to be falling. Verse 15. But you will be brought down to hell. Those who see you will stare at you. Now I'm fixing to get to where I wanted to get all night. Listen to me carefully. I want to teach you how to hold your position. You've got to know what I'm fixing to tell you. Satan, you're going to be cut down. And everyone that you've tormented is going to stare at you. But why? Because they're not going to believe what they see. Listen. They're going to stare at you and say, Is this Him that shook the nation and made the kingdoms tremble? Is this the one that made the world like a wilderness? Who overthrew the cities? And who wouldn't let the captives go free? But now, verse 19, but you're cast out of your grave like a branch now. Is this the one? Is that Him? Is that the one I was in spiritual warfare with all the time? Is that Him? Is that the one that distracted me and I'm always rebuking Him? There's a reason this church never went into deliverance. Because I know the rest of the story. I know He's a worm. I know how little He is. He's only big when I give Him attention. Is that Him? He said the whole world, they're going to pick on Him. Is that Him? Wearing near-sighted glasses and red hair? Yeah. Is that Him? The one that they had whole conferences trying to cast Him out? Is that Him? I'm teaching you how to hold your position. You've got to see how little He is. To see how big your God is. Until you start seeing a little devil, you'll never see a big God. Hold your position. Hold your position by knowing who He is. Let's stand tonight. I'm sorry I couldn't preach this, but I know one thing. Until you see a little devil. Hold on. How are you going to have all these conferences to cast out a little devil? Hallelujah. I want these people to see me right here. You have allowed men to magnify the devil. In this ministry, we magnify the sovereignty of Yahweh. If you are bound by demons, I promise you, if you want deliverance, endure my preaching. Endure it. And little by little. There were some devils that came out of some of y'all tonight. You don't believe? Yeah. You don't remember that little feeling you had when you heard something you didn't quite... And then He jumped right out, didn't He? Sit under this preaching. You'll feel devils jump out of you like they jumping on a sim swimming board. If you know of anybody that wants delivered from demons, I want you, I'll go buy a camper for them to stay in. If they'll commit to 90 days to be here every service to hear this preaching. And they'll leave delivered, walking in the light. Walk in the light. The beautiful light. Walk where the dew drops of mercy are bright. Shine all around us by day and by night. Oh Jesus, the light of the world. Walk in the light. Walk in the light. The beautiful light. Walk where the dew drops of mercy are bright. Shine all around us by day and by night. Oh sure, the light of the world. Everybody walk up here. Walk in the light. The beauty, the light.