The Authority of Christ | Walter Pearson

Summary

Walter Pearson delves deep into the authority of Christ, exploring the concepts of divine and earthly power, the dynamics of sin and redemption, and the inherent choice every individual has in acknowledging Christ's authority in their lives. He highlights the distinct meanings of power in the Bible, emphasizing that true authority, though not always visible, comes from God. Pearson articulates how Jesus, through love and authority, offers eternal life but respects human free will, explaining the essence of Christ's sacrifice and resurrection as a testament of divine authority. Throughout, Pearson reinforces that every believer has the authority to become a child of God and the power to challenge and overcome sin through Christ's teachings.

Highlights

• Christ holds universal authority, given by God, to offer eternal life. 🌟
• Jesus distinguishes between brute force and divine authority, a power rooted in love. 💖
• The devil's assumed authority is a facade; real power lies with Christ. 😈
• Sin stems from rejecting divine authority; Christ offers a path to redemption. 🛤
• Through his resurrection, Jesus showcases divine authority over death. ⚰️
• Believers are empowered with authority to defeat sin and forgive others. 🔑

Key Takeaways

• Christ's authority is universal, spanning heaven and earth. 🌍
• True power in the Bible has dual meanings: dunamis (brute force) and exusia (authority). 💪
• Sin challenges God's authority but is ultimately futile. 😇
• Each believer has the power to reject or accept divine authority. 🕊
• Jesus' sacrifice exemplifies his unique authority over life and death. ✝️
• Believers share the authority to forgive, overcome sin, and become God's children. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Overview

Walter Pearson's exploration of the authority of Christ offers listeners an insightful understanding of divine power and its implications on earthly life. Pearson expounds on the dual nature of power in biblical terms—dunamis and exusia—clarifying that while brute force is often noticeable, true authority is a subtle, divine force, embodied by Christ.

Throughout the sermon, Pearson emphasizes the individual's role in accepting Christ's authority, where he highlights the significance of free will. He illustrates how Jesus, despite having authority over all things, respects human choice, offering redemption through love rather than coercion. This demonstrates the depth of Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, illustrating his voluntary submission to death and subsequent triumph as a testament to his divine authority.

Pearson concludes by empowering believers, reminding them of their authority granted through faith. With Christ's teachings, followers can overcome sin, acting as children of God with the bestowed authority to forgive and live righteously. This sermon ultimately reassures believers about the profound love and power of Christ, encouraging a life of faith and steadfast belief.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Opening Prayer The chapter begins with an emphasis on the authority of Christ, appealing to viewers who may have been influenced by external sources such as popular media. The speaker calls for unity and preparedness as they delve into the study of biblical teachings, emphasizing the need for divine guidance. An opening prayer is offered, asking for the Holy Spirit to lead their thoughts and minds, which is described as a recurring experience within the church's community.
• 00:30 - 03:30: Authority of Christ Over All Flesh The chapter titled 'Authority of Christ Over All Flesh' discusses the concept of Jesus Christ's dominion over all beings. It begins with a call to find solace in faith with Jesus, encouraging believers to let their spirits be raised by understanding and embracing the teachings of Christ. This introduction sets the stage for a deeper exploration of John chapter 17, highlighting the assertion that Christ holds power and authority over all flesh, reflecting on the spiritual and theological implications of this belief.
• 01:00 - 02:00: Different Types of Power in the Bible This chapter explores the different types of power as translated in the Bible, focusing particularly on the Greek term 'dunami'. This word is associated with a form of power that can be likened to dynamite, indicating a kind of brute force or physical power.
• 02:30 - 04:00: The Devil's Misconception of Authority The chapter titled 'The Devil's Misconception of Authority' explores the concept of power, distinguishing between different types. It introduces 'exusia,' a form of authority that is not easily perceived by the human eye, as it is derived from God. This divine authority cannot be questioned and serves as the guiding principle for the discussion in this chapter. The chapter begins by citing a verse to delve deeper into understanding the true meaning of authority.
• 05:00 - 06:30: Christ's Authority and Love In the chapter titled 'Christ's Authority and Love', Jesus speaks to his father, lifting his eyes to heaven, and acknowledges the hour has come for his glorification. He discusses the authority given to him over all flesh to grant eternal life to those given to him by the Father. This authority is significant as it forms the basis for the great controversy, which is notably the devil's contention. The chapter emphasizes Jesus’ divine authority and the underlying reasons for spiritual conflicts.
• 07:00 - 10:00: The Rejection of Sin and True Obedience The chapter titled 'The Rejection of Sin and True Obedience' explains how the devil was deceived in the Garden of Eden, thinking that by causing Adam and Eve to fall into sin, he had won dominion over the Earth. However, this was not the case because God had given Adam and Eve authority over the Earth with certain conditions, not unconditionally. Thus, the real authority remained with God despite the devil's deceit.
• 12:00 - 18:15: Christ's Sacrifice and Power Over Life and Death The chapter discusses the concept of authority and ownership, particularly in relation to the Earth. It explains how God granted humans authority to manage and care for the Earth, akin to a lease rather than full ownership. Despite humanity's authority, the Earth ultimately belongs to God, as stated in the Bible. The narrative further explores the misconception that the devil gained authority over the Earth by tempting and overcoming Adam and Eve, challenging this notion with Jesus' affirmation that God retains ultimate sovereignty.
• 18:00 - 21:00: Forgiveness of Sins The chapter titled 'Forgiveness of Sins' is a sermon-like discourse discussing the theme of authority over one's life and mind. It emphasizes personal responsibility in determining who or what holds authority in one's life, suggesting that it is not pre-determined by external divine or demonic forces. The speaker stresses the importance of not submitting control of one's thoughts to the devil and challenges the audience to maintain a resilient mindset.
• 20:00 - 25:00: Public and Private Confession The chapter discusses the influence of evil (referred to as sin and the devil) on an individual's mind, suggesting that the real problem arises when one's mind is controlled. This control is equated to being possessed by evil. The chapter also references the Bible, mentioning that Jesus has been given authority over all humanity by God.
• 24:00 - 25:10: Authority to Become Children of God The chapter explores the concept of authority, specifically the authority given to individuals to choose their path in relation to God's will. The text clarifies that predestination is not about God forcing His will upon people; rather, it emphasizes the freedom and authority given to each person to decide who governs their life. Although God desires everyone to become like Christ and be saved, He respects individual choice. Jesus holds authority over all flesh but chooses not to impose this authority, allowing personal freedom and responsibility.
• 30:00 - 41:00: Members' Power and Responsibility The chapter discusses the concept of divine authority and the power it holds. It illustrates how God has the power to influence and change beliefs and behaviors globally, such as by bringing people to observe the Sabbath. However, it emphasizes that while God has the authority over all, including religious and non-religious groups, He chooses to exercise this authority through love rather than compulsion, allowing people free will to follow His commands.
• 42:00 - 50:00: Authority of Christ to Execute Judgment This chapter discusses the concept of control and authority in spiritual terms, emphasizing the dichotomy between divine and demonic influence over individuals. It asserts that individuals are either under the influence of God or the devil, highlighting the importance of submission to divine authority as opposed to being manipulated by evil forces. The chapter encourages self-reflection about who or what controls one's mind and actions, urging people to yield to the Lord to avoid being used by the devil.
• 49:00 - 50:00: Concluding Prayer The chapter emphasizes the importance of consciously yielding to Jesus to prevent being subconsciously influenced by the devil. It stresses that spiritual vigor is maintained by daily surrender to the Lord, as illustrated by Paul’s declaration of dying daily. A conscious commitment to being led by Jesus each day is crucial, or else the devil takes control.

The Authority of Christ | Walter Pearson Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 got a good one for you got a good one for you this is on the authority of Christ and every now and then all you folk who've been watching Oprah today got home tonight and there was a file H together as we study father be with us tonight let the holy spirit guide our thoughts we have felt so many times in this church your Holy Spirit guiding our thoughts and guiding our minds father do that again tonight and in the moments that we study Thy word
• 00:30 - 01:00 together let us walk in those Green Pastures with Jesus so that our hearts will be lifted and our encouragement will rise in Jesus name let everyone say Amen first of all I want to suggest to you according to John chapter 17 and let's start with verse one probably read about first three or four verses here that Christ has authority over All Flesh now for those for those
• 01:00 - 01:30 linguistic Scholars and I'm sure we do have some some biblical Scholars who deal with with the words in the Bible there are two main meanings to the word power as it is translated in the Bible there is one Greek word which is dunami which is akin to Dynamite which is the kind of power that moves with brute force that moves with physical force that is that is one kind
• 01:30 - 02:00 of power then there is the other kind of power which is exusia which is Authority no less powerful but it moves in ways that are that are less visible with the human eye it is Authority that comes from God it is Authority that cannot be questioned and this this word will basically be our guide for tonight when we look it will primarily be the meaning the meaning of authority and so let's start we reading with verse one if
• 02:00 - 02:30 you'll follow me these words spake Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said father the hour is come glorify thy son that thy son Also may glorify thee as thou Hast given him Power Over All Flesh that he should give eternal life to as many as thou Hast given him and so the Bible says Jesus has been given authority over All Flesh if you think about it that is the reason for the great controversy the the devil thinks
• 02:30 - 03:00 that he's got authority over All Flesh amen see the devil got fooled in Eden he thought that when Adam and Eve succumbed to his Wy uh plans that he had won the Earth but God had not given Earth unconditionally to Adam and Eve he had given it to them with a condition God had not given this spear over to them he said I'm going to put it under your Authority
• 03:00 - 03:30 but I will give you authority over it to to to to subdue the Earth and to name the animals and to care for it but I have not given it to your possession it was similar perhaps to a lease but it was not a grant so the Earth belongs to God the Bible still says that the Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof but the devil thought that because God had given Adam and Eve Authority that when he overcame Adam and Eve he got authority Jesus says here Lord you have
• 03:30 - 04:00 given me authority over All Flesh now tonight the world is still in wonderment wondering who has Authority but the question is not answered by God or the devil it is answered by me I decide who has Authority in my life amen and let me tell you something if you want to worry about the devil let me tell you when you ought to worry you ought to worry when you let the devil control your thoughts all right you know you folk get all disturbed by devil possession and
• 04:00 - 04:30 stuff flying through the air and stuff shaking and rattling and doors opening and chains dragging though the real problem of sin is when the devil controls your mind in fact he just soon not show you anything funny just control your mind and when the devil controls your mind you are devil possessed think about it think about it so the Bible says God has given Jesus authority over All Flesh as many as God God has given
• 04:30 - 05:00 me now now that is not talking about predestination you and I understand that God has predestinated all of us God wants all of us to become christs God wants all of us to be saved but he won't make you do that so God gives you the authority to decide who will have authority over your life and and tonight Jesus has authority over all flesh but he won't press it he won't press it he could make everybody do right tonight he could empty the jails he could empty the
• 05:00 - 05:30 Vatican Shake everybody out of it and all of them keep the Sabbath huh how many know God could do that God could run his hand through Russia and Shake every atheist loose and run him to church on Sabbath God could shake the Muslim world and every one of them would Bow Down and Worship God on his holy Sabbath but God will not press his authority he has Authority but it is the authority exercised in love so he has authority over all flesh but you don't have to do what he says you can be
• 05:30 - 06:00 possessed by the devil in your mind are you listening to me now if you possessed by the devil in your mind I don't care what shakes or rattles or Moves In Your House in your life you are controlled by by the devil I know some folks say well nobody controlled me well that's not true everybody controlled by somebody amen you will either yield yourself to the Lord or you will find yourself being used by the devil
• 06:00 - 06:30 and all of us have found that true haven't we in those times when you are not consciously yielded to Jesus you are then subconsciously used by the devil and you begin to wonder what happened in your spiritual life you got to yield yourself consciously to the Lord Paul said I Die daily when I wake up in the morning I say Lord this ain't me it's you not mine yours I'm dead you are alive in my life and if you don't do that consciously then the devil automatically takes over the rulership
• 06:30 - 07:00 the authority of your life but it belongs to Jesus can I hear you say Amen then God has given Christ Authority according to Matthew chapter 28 and verse 18 this is one of those texts that that comes into a familiar one Matthew 2818 God has given Jesus authority over Heaven and Earth Heaven and Earth now that's a heap of authority but that's what he gave him the Bible says Matthew 28: 18 and Jesus
• 07:00 - 07:30 came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in Earth all power all authority is mine now when you think about it you begin to understand then why sin is so repugnant to Heaven Sin is Sin is is flying in the face of the authority of God Christ says
• 07:30 - 08:00 my father has a law and it's a perfect law not only does it it protect you and keep you but it it guides you in the way that you ought to go and he asks us lovingly to yield ourselves to him the love of Christ constrains us to do God's will so then when I decide that I will not do God's will I like Satan
• 08:00 - 08:30 decide I will be like the most high nobody going to tell me what to do that's what the devil said you know you go back and look at it check it out in Ezekiel when he said you know I looked at himself and saw how pretty he was that's the danger in thinking you cute y'all awful quiet that's the danger in thinking you cute and incidentally you don't have to be cute to think you're cute
• 08:30 - 09:00 huh my granddaddy you say pretty is it's pretty does and I kind of agree with that I've seen some handsome people some beautiful people who were ugly think about it nothing more ugly than somebody who thinks they're pretty but their actions are horrible and deceitful but but but that's the danger of getting conceited thinking you so pretty so fine that nobody's like you the devil say I ain't seen nothing around here like me
• 09:00 - 09:30 you know I've been looking and I look at the son he don't even look you know I believe I can hold my own with him I will be like the most high and every time every time you sin you do in fact say nobody can tell me what to do I decide I decide now all of us know that the wages of sin is death we all know that all of us know that obedience not only pleases God but
• 09:30 - 10:00 obedience is good for you anybody know obedience is good for you it pays to obey God it it it it does something for you it blesses you it strengthens you we all know that but then there are times when we get rebellious we say well you know I ain't going to do it I'm going to do what I want to do and when you do that you do in fact put your will on the level with God's and say God can't tell me what to do it is the vanity of Satan
• 10:00 - 10:30 that drives you to do that but Christ yet has Authority in heaven and in Earth and he could make you quit if he wanted to he could zap the thought out of your mind amen just a Boop and it'd be all gone you couldn't even want to sin if he wanted to but he allows us to challenge his authority and folks sin is a challenge against God's Authority that's why it's horrible you wonder why
• 10:30 - 11:00 in the end God is going to burn up Sinners it's not because some little game we play well you know God got to get rid of Sin Sin does in fact have evil consequences but sin is a challenge against the authority of God sin challenges God's Authority and that's why it must be put down because as long as that challenge exists there will be disharmony and disunity in the universe and it must at some time be put down so we can have real peace and Lord I oh thank God that in the Bible it says that
• 11:00 - 11:30 that this will not rise up the second time you know it be a shame to get in heaven and somebody start this all over again huh you know I don't know what you was oh Lord here we go again I mean when this thing is over I don't want to see it again how about you if if by Grace I make it to Heaven I want this to be over what do you say I'm working now trying to get there but when I get there I don't want to hear about nobody rising up saying and you know I think I don't
• 11:30 - 12:00 want to hear that stuff so so it shall be put down it'll be burnt up it'll be destroyed and no challenge will rise again to the authority of God praise God for it number three Christ had authority to lay down his life now that's a mysterious one let me deal with it in John chapter 10 and verse 18 I preached it in a sermon out in Texas and a little fell came up he wasn't with a little in mind he little in Statue and he said
• 12:00 - 12:30 pastor you wrong um you know what I was preaching was that that when Jesus was in the Tomb God was not dead he said well you you mean God was playing a game I said no God wasn't playing a game God just can't die huh well let me read it to you like I read it to him John 10 verse 18 uh well let me go to verse 17 therefore do
• 12:30 - 13:00 my father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again no man take it from me but I lay it down of myself I have power that is Authority I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again this commandment have I received from my father now I want to suggest to you based on what thus said the Lord has given us that when Jesus gave up the ghost on the cross that it which was God
• 13:00 - 13:30 could not die and when Jesus was in the Tomb the human Christ the son of man could be dead but the Son of God couldn't die so in his own authority he lay down his life I can't explain to you how something that cannot die someone who cannot die can lay down his life simply he must stop functioning as one who lives because he
• 13:30 - 14:00 can't die God can't die God is Immortal the Bible says only God here have immortality God can't die so in that tomb was a dead son of man but a living Son of God who put aside life and he said I got power to lay it down now what you ought to get out of this is that God loved us so much that he ceased to function as alive so that you and I could live it is a mystery that we will not understand until we get to heaven
• 14:00 - 14:30 and then I believe we're going to sit around Jesus and talk about it for a while before our new minds can completely grasp it that God would lay down his life put it down and suspend it so that on the morning on the Sunday morning when the folks said God called him sure he did but God didn't call him as he will call us from the grave God did not call him as Jesus called Lazarus God called called his son and said now
• 14:30 - 15:00 take your life up again he didn't say Angels take down the power to resurrect he just said go down and tell him it's time so Jesus said it's time I'm up I lay down I got the authority to lay it down and I take it up I've got the authority to pick life up again now what is that that tell you about those who
• 15:00 - 15:30 die in Christ Jesus say I got the authority in fact the writer says that when he came forth from the tomb he declared I have the keys of death and of Hell the word hell translates gahima the grave I've got the key to it I know how to unlock death I've been there I can put life down and pick it up I have the power so when you die in Christ you ain't done nothing you just gone to sleep you have lay aside life
• 15:30 - 16:00 not with your power but with the power of Christ you don't have the power to do that are you still with me you don't have power to lay it down and pick it up but Jesus does and so the Bible says in first John that if you have Christ then you have eternal life and that eternal life is in Christ in you so as Jesus lay down his life he'll let you lay down yours you can't pick it up again like he did but he picks it up for you are you still with me so we don't have to be
• 16:00 - 16:30 afraid of death tonight you all not getting ready to rush and die amen cuz we don't believe like some D that 3 minutes after you die your soul floats home if it did when Jesus called Lazarus he would not have called down to the tomb and said Lazarus come forth he would have looked up to heaven and said Lazarus come back think about it makees sense y'all plus if I thought I went to heaven 3
• 16:30 - 17:00 minutes after I died I'd go sit out on high tow no I'd go sit out on I 20 where I know they'd get me amen and when they hit me I would smile all the way till I died and if they brought an ambulance I said no take it away I'm going home to be with Jesus but I know what death is and you do too don't you it it is asleep for us and we are not afraid of it that's why when Christ die and praise
• 17:00 - 17:30 God that experience that Elder Elder Barbera and Elder Gordon and I shared with with elder Jones author's here tonight and his dear wife it was a it was a sweet experience it doesn't it doesn't make you good feel good to see anybody die but it gives you courage when a Christian dies Christians don't have to leave here panting and screaming and and acting crazy you just ease into sleep because Jesus has the authority and he if Jesus has the authority and you have learned to know
• 17:30 - 18:00 Jesus then you trust him so you don't have to fight you ease way and and the Bible says that that one day the dead shall hear his voice and the the Trump of God and the Archangel shall shall sound from down down through the CES of space and and the Earth shall give up her dead not because of some power in the Earth but because of the power of Jesus who has authority over death are you still with me Jesus has authority to lay his life down and pick it up again
• 18:00 - 18:30 number four Jesus has authority to forgive sins Hallelujah Matthew chapter 9 somebody ought to say Amen to that suppose he didn't huh I'm Matthew chapter 9 verse 6 well you remember this one whether it is easier verse 5 to say thy sins be forgiven the ought to say arise and walk but that ye may know that the son of man hath power on on Earth to forgive sins
• 18:30 - 19:00 then saith he to the sick of the poliy arise take up thy bed and go to thine house Jesus said I want to show you I got authority over sin folks I want you to know that if Jesus didn't have authority over sin I would not be a preacher why would I why would we have preaching why would we have churches the only reason we here is is to Proclaim that sin can be forgiven not by the power of a man h H I preached over in Warsaw Poland
• 19:00 - 19:30 and I was amazed at the text that they quote to show that man has the power to forgive sin and they go back and they say whatever is released on Earth is released in heaven whatever is Forgiven On Earth Is Forgiven in heaven so they say if I if Elder Pearson if he were a priest were to forgive you then you would be forgiven see I don't believe God gave away that cuz suppose I don't like you
• 19:30 - 20:00 suppose you didn't give me enough money you know then I say well no I ain't going to forgive yours yet you go and bring something else and then I will forgive you are you still with me I don't believe God gave that away are you still with me so Christ has the authority that means that that that now we who understand that get on our knees with our sins and if your sin is just between you and God that's all far you got to take it in fact I would suggest
• 20:00 - 20:30 that that is all far you ought to take some folk get up telling their private sins that nobody knows in prayer meeting tell them to the Lord we don't need to hear your sins that we don't know about see you don't help me when you tell me something knew you did wrong church is already weak enough we don't need to hear no more sins we need to hear some victories what do you say we need to hear about forgiveness but there are some folk who that private business you did something in your mind
• 20:30 - 21:00 you sin in your mind you sin and nobody saw you at least you don't think so they then you forgive you forgiven when you confess that to the Lord now if you did something to somebody or with somebody you cleared up with them and with God now if you sin it everybody knows about it what you supposed to do I remember way back y y'all don't remember this you too young I remember when folks used to stand up
• 21:00 - 21:30 in front of the church and they say I I asked the church's forgiveness because I've sinned on the name of the church now I'm not recommending that that happened again but if you sin in front of everybody you ought to confess in front of everybody well talk to me before you do it cuz you may not need to do it but you understand what I'm saying public sin is publicly confessed that's why folk go back into the pool when they publicly sin that's not just
• 21:30 - 22:00 something they doing that is a public confession of sin and confession and forgiveness are you still with me you understand where I'm going so so then Christ has authority to forgive sin and if you if you've sinned just between you and the Lord Just Between You is where it states you and the Lord and somebody else get it straight with them until you get a straight with them it's not straight not straight and don't wait till communion comes you know you sin
• 22:00 - 22:30 against somebody you don't have to wait till communion come do it now that's why yall sneaking out running grabbing folks fast and saying you know I just do it now have to wait till then so and then if you if you s in front of all the folks down at your job you ought to figure some kind of way to let them know you ain't living right you ain't representing the Lord right oh you Bo Mighty quiet in here Mighty quiet in here but if you do it in public that's way you ought to get it straight are you still with me all
• 22:30 - 23:00 right I lead out alone since you're so uncomfortable number five I think it's number five Christ gives authority to those who receive him to be children of God this is John chap 1 verse2 you read it before and the word is not dunamis it is exusia John chapter 1 and verse 12 but as many as received him to them gave he AU authority to become the sons of God even to them that
• 23:00 - 23:30 believe on his name God gives you authority to become his child now we don't go around in this church saying I'm saved or I'm a saint we try to be a little bit more humble than that and I think that's fitting what do you say I I I get a little nervous with I'm saved I'm a saint now you know in technical terms I'll be honest with you I do believe that we are saved in Christ I believe that I just believe it sounds funny if you say it too blly you got to
• 23:30 - 24:00 be careful how you let that trip off your tongue because it may sound like you saved on your own huh or I'm a saint it may sound like you in permanent status with the Lord when the fact is you got to work on that stuff come on say Amen justification the work of a moment sanctification the work of a lifetime save yes and justification but on the way to your sanctification you got to work all the rest of your life so so we don't say it blindly but
• 24:00 - 24:30 the fact is that as many as receive Christ Jesus gives you authority to be his child you are become a child of God on your own authority now I like that see because you know that doesn't put it in somebody else's control that means we do vote you know Church takes a vote do you know what that vote does incidentally you ever wonder somebody told me said well you know y'all didn't vote me in yet so that mean I'm not a member of the church no no no no no no when you go down in that pool and an
• 24:30 - 25:00 ordained minister of the 7thday Adventist Church or an authorized minister of the 7thday Adventist Church baptize you in the name of Jesus by the authority of Father and Son and Holy Ghost we do that now to keep getting to Jesus only people upset when you do that you are then a child of God you are a member of the 70 Adventist World Church when the church takes a vote they receive you into this body oh say can you you
• 25:00 - 25:30 see in other words you don't have power to keep me out of the church you have power to keep me out of this church you could vote me out tonight without any reason but you wouldn't have voted me out of the family of Christ you would have voted me out of B now that doesn't mean you ought not belong to a body the fact is that the Bible says you ought to forsake not the assembling of yourselves together we all belong to the body of Christ but the the body does not have the authority to keep you from being a child of God you get
• 25:30 - 26:00 that when you receive Jesus and I'm glad it doesn't pass through anybody's hands cuz then they could charge you for that H we could charge you for that now the fact is that when you break the rules of the family and the church expels you on Earth and God does in fact look on that and see that it is fair then you out of the family I'm talking High church doctrine now
• 26:00 - 26:30 y'all you read me huh you have put yourself out the family you have cut yourself off from the family fellowship but you did not do it based on the vote of man you did it on your relationship with God and the church simply recognizes what you've already done see when somebody doing something wrong and you point it out to them if they are a child of the king they will be humble you still with me what who who you who you to tell
• 26:30 - 27:00 me I you do something too uh if you wrong don't be talking that stuff just say well thank you brother or thank you sister I I've been struggling with it and I you know I'm embarrassed that you caught me but pray with me huh don't go getting bad cuz you wrong wrong is wrong I don't care if the one who brought it to your attention is wrong you still wrong you didn't expect this tonight this you you're wrong so why don't you
• 27:00 - 27:30 get right instead of getting mad getting mad Ain't Gonna Change you get right what do you say well let me tell you something don't let it worry you that somebody may come to you in the bad in the wrong attitude cuz the Lord have worked that how one day you go to them I promise you but but the fact is that you ought not get upset when they bring it to your attention calm down and then if you keep on and they bring a witness don't get all upset don't go get
• 27:30 - 28:00 a lawyer go get on your knees get right then when they bring you to the church don't call a lawyer and come to the business meeting fighting and fussing let me tell you something usually when we come to the business meeting it's for poor little young ladies who've been caught pregnant it ain't for the stuff that's going on sure enough I'll let that rest a while in the back of your mind see there's a whole bunch of stuff going on
• 28:00 - 28:30 but we got this check and balances well I ain't going to tell on her you tell on her she remember she saw you do that in 1957 if you bring that up she'll bring that up yeah and then you can't tell him cuz then you remember he was doing that yeah and they got yeah so we can't tell so let's just all keep it folks number one if you were doing something in 1957 and you quit can't nobody fool with
• 28:30 - 29:00 you y'all listening to me now I know I'm on something now I know I'm on something now cuz I've been here long enough to know what I'm talking about we got these old things that but see you remember when yeah then they caught him and then they CAU her then they C her and then see then then she saw him and so they know that and then he knows that and he knew that so if you say that he'll say that then he'll say that and he'll say that we all be in trouble fact is we all all better get right and if we all get right won't
• 29:00 - 29:30 nobody be able to tell on anybody in fact if you tell on something I did in 57 I tell you yeah I was having some troubles in 57 but this 88 I'm a new creature in Christ Jesus don't fool with me leave are you still with me the church is not about ancient history everybody had some problems back under everybody smelled like a little cigarette smoke for too long or had a little liquor that you were still sipping or had a little somebody that you were still seeing or had a little
• 29:30 - 30:00 mhm or something that was wrong or temper that you couldn't conquer or wasn't returning a faithful tithe and offering or Wen doing something right everybody had something so how you going to sit up here and check and counter check and play chess with each check check check meate we all need to get right with God huh now I know what I'm talking about I know I'm on a sore toe but it's every now good to step on it praise and
• 30:00 - 30:30 demons when he was on Earth well you going to like this one Matthew chapter 10 and verse one y'all get quiet at funny times it's interesting Matthew chapter 10 verse one and when he had called unto him his 12 disciples he gave them power against unclean spirits incidental The World Is Still exusia Authority he gave them Authority against unclean spirits to
• 30:30 - 31:00 cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease now I got to pause here because you know something I believe in my heart that church members have forgotten what we got from the Lord we we don't realize how close we get to the Roman Church see the Roman Church says y'all don't have no Authority I have the authority one man runs a church somebody
• 31:00 - 31:30 sick bring them to me somebody disheartened bring them to me somebody need forgive sin bring to me me and we find ourselves sneaking into that that thinking that if you want to get something done you got to have an ordained preacher now I'm glad to tell you that I have been where the Lord answered prayer anybody ever been around a miracle you ever prayed for and saw it happen can I hear you say
• 31:30 - 32:00 Amen have you ever seen it I to do something for you I have seen a blind lady receive a sight I've seen a lady with a cancerous tumor lose it and the Doctor Who who saw it at first verified that it was gone I've seen people who had heart disease get cured I've seen it with these eyes I've seen people with with disorders of their digestive system lose it and the doctor say so I've seen that
• 32:00 - 32:30 happen and you ain't lived till you see that happen the power of God moving I've seen the Lord Heal people in an instant I've seen the Lord Heal people not in that instant but a little while later I've seen God heal them through doctors I've seen that happen are you still with me the question is am I the only one got that PA well the reason why everybody don't have it cuz everybody don't believe they got it you could pray to the same God and
• 32:30 - 33:00 same kind of thing happen now I'm not about to suggest that you go out and start exercising demons cuz I'm going to tell you something I am not out looking for folks who need to have the devil cast out of them I'm serious so y'all can go look if you want to I ain't looking for them I do not want to play with the devil if I never see him any more than I see him in my brothers and sisters it'll be
• 33:00 - 33:30 fine huh see I ain't looking for nothing you know I don't want to see that I'm not looking for that if I got to see it fine but I'm not looking when I went to Africa I said Lord please don't let me see that you know and we got awful close to the juju man every now and then and I pray in Lord please I don't want to see that I've seen enough of the devil I'm convinced I don't have to see no more see you may need to see something else if you do then I hope you see it but I I
• 33:30 - 34:00 have seen enough I believe the devil is powerful I have seen enough to know that he is is able to do strange and awesome Miracles I know he can I don't need to get proved me I don't want to see Furniture move and people fro at the mouth and strange things happen I don't want to see that now if you want to then then I hope you do I don't want to see it but if I do I want to understand that God gives us power over that also God
• 34:00 - 34:30 give you power over disease some of us instead of calling somebody else get on your knees and pray pray why don't you have the experience of healing somebody not you healing them but you know what I'm talking about the Lord healing them through you why don't you have it right now the problem with the sist church is that we down we got this thing narrowed down on top of the preacher now I'm you got to hear this now I know this running long but y'all y'all took your time tonight so let me
• 34:30 - 35:00 do this if some people get a visit from Elder jet they still where a pastor huh get a visit from the Elder and them preachers do you know what you will do to a preacher see long time ago when Bim was about 300 people when the sick list used to be five now I'm look am I being for real now see
• 35:00 - 35:30 you could rightfully expect that but now we got a how many Elders 17 elders and you know some of them visit too some of them I'll prove it to you one of my elders came to me two weeks ago and had to had me cleared up he said Elder ain't I supposed to go visit everybody on my list I said yes one of his members came with him and said we went to visit a lady she said why y'all come visit me I ain't done nothing wrong that Elder was on the job in fact
• 35:30 - 36:00 I'll tell you his name his name is Elder cash fromone on the job come on say Amen church I need I need all of them to be like I mean a conscientious Elder out visiting the folks but how you going to put all that weight on aen you'll kill me plus I got the word with board meetings and planning this and planning that and keeping fights from being huh and 27 people a week begging for
• 36:00 - 36:30 something and half of them need it and half of them don't and then I got to worry about some other folks in high places putting pressure on me y'all don't understand what I'm trying to say and then here come all the well now you know we had had a had a situation where we actually went in and I I can't be too specific because I don't want you to know what was happening but we went in and the Lord performed a miracle and the folks said come back again every week and do that I said no y'all do what happened
• 36:30 - 37:00 again and folk got you know they got a little myth we saw a miracle let's see another one it wasn't me who did the miracle it was God who did the miracle God can do it when I'm there God can do it when you there help us help us when you find people wagging their tongues lying on each other pray you pray don't I don't have to pray you pray same God hear my prayer here George they say well what ises the preacher for well you here here's what
• 37:00 - 37:30 I'm for right now I'm doing what I'm for right now you look back in and study the early church and you'll find out the reason why they got all these officers we didn't start off with all these officers we start off with just a little group of people sitting around in the house somewhere and they said well now somebody got some other needs so we get somebody else somebody got some other needs just like Moses who's trying to do all this stuff father-in-law said brother you killing yourself you better get somebody to help you the church today has got neurotic
• 37:30 - 38:00 expectations of preachers and we will kill a preacher and don't remember his name in 6 months huh cuz after we get gone y'all all got them glorified Tales you know and I'm going to tell you somebody going to sit up in a casket one day and tell on you some of y'all who gave a preacher the worst kind of time up there telling well you know we had a wonderful time together one of them going to get up and say you lying and you know it you ain't never giving me nothing but a hard
• 38:00 - 38:30 time but Lord when we die everybody show up all the people who kicked him all the people who lied on him all the people who gave him a hard time you got I mean they line up can't keep them out I got to say a few words huh I want to say something but don't say nothing to me when I'm dead I can't hear you tell me now tell me now see this is flesh right here this stuff here this ain't bionic human stuff here don't kill me
• 38:30 - 39:00 and then when I die say all kind of Glorious things with flowers all around my casket ain't going to help me Nar none are you listening to me tonight you do it the Lord has given the power to the Saints you can work miracles you can bring peace you can heal the sick you can cast The Devil out how many believer let me hear you say Amen then do it you know you ain't
• 39:00 - 39:30 got to have an ordained preacher there I tell you what when you get in that cave you may not land with an allaine preacher what you going to do if the devil get in your cave with you huh you can't call on nobody you got to call on Jesus get the devil out of this cave amen and and I know that it can be done deacons can perform Miracles Elders can perform Miracles deaconesses can perform Miracles people who don't have the church office that all can pray and the
• 39:30 - 40:00 power of God can come down if you believe it can I hear you say amen God gave the power to the church I'm glad he did cuz Lord when you think about it sometimes I look at Jesus ministry when I want to when I feel bad I said Lord let me look at what you had to do but Jesus never passed to the church I give him that much back when times got rough he moved out of the town he left that City went to another I ain't trying to tell you
• 40:00 - 40:30 uh but you cannot put all of that responsibility on a person or a few people you and I have got to understand that God gave us that power to the whole church everybody in this room if you were close enough to God could pray a prayer and see disease go away everybody in this room if you were close enough to the Lord could pray a prayer and the devil's influence leave you could pray a prayer and peace come you could pray a prayer and Prosperity come you could pray a prayer and poverty leave you can
• 40:30 - 41:00 do that now if you don't believe you can you can my last last point I got to make it John 5: 27 Jesus has authority to execute judgment and that's my going home text John chapter 5 and verse 27 and let's see what the Lord has to say about his his judgment power John 5: 27 and hath given him authority to execute
• 41:00 - 41:30 judgment also because he is the son of man let me tell you you've heard me already do the play on words with the son of man and the Son of God Jesus was divine and human at the same time he was all God and all man at the same time that is the Incarnation that is the mystery that has has been from the beginning of time from the from the earliest uh beginnings of Earth history there was a plan laid down that would save Mankind and Jesus would take on the Flesh of man but he would never stop
• 41:30 - 42:00 being God so that he was at once the son of man and the Son of God and when the Bible refers to him as a Son of God it's referring to his divine nature and when it refers to him as the son of man it's referring to his his human nature but it's always referring to God as one Jesus Is God and man at the same time so it's just an emphasis there but the Bible says God has given to Jesus the authority to execute judgment because he's the son of man now it could have said because he's the son of God we
• 42:00 - 42:30 would have understood it if it had said God Jesus has power to execute judgment because he is divine but listen to this Jesus has power to execute judgment not only because he is God but because he knows about it let me tell you something when Jesus executes judgment you ain't going to be able to explain your way out amen you going to be talking that stuff about but Jesus I tried but it was
• 42:30 - 43:00 too hard he going to say I was there I was tempted I was there I was tempted beyond what you ever felt and I did not sin somebody going to say but yeah you were God he go no no no I was man I was the son of man and I I held up by talking to my father I met the devil and and quoted the scripture to him don't you tell me you got an excuse I know what you could have done then
• 43:00 - 43:30 somebody going to say well Lord I could have done it but I got weak and he said well you weaker than I was when I was 40 days in the wilderness were you weaker than I was when I was hanging on the cross were you weaker than I was when I'd been punished all night long when blood oozed from my body were you weaker than I was when I was spat on and my beard plucked out were you weaker than I was when my parentage was questioned were you weaker than I was when I carried a cross and fell out from under it how in the world can you tell Jesus that you couldn't make it in fact how in the world can the devil explain to Jesus
• 43:30 - 44:00 devil could say Lord I didn't know what I was doing and he say I remember you I remember when I met you in the wilderness I remember when I met you on the mount I remember the chances that you had to turn around I remember on the cross when you saw the wickedness of your ways when you saw that my life was almost gone you knew what you were doing and you went on Satan there is no excuse friends of mine Jesus is going to execute judgment and he has authority to
• 44:00 - 44:30 do it because he understands now tonight you can tell yourself all kind of stuff in your mind the reason why I'm sinning is cuz my parents were weak Jesus said yeah okay I understand that too cuz I came with all of those propensities I came feeling the the pull of humanity is true that Jesus did not b exactly what you feel today but he was
• 44:30 - 45:00 worse tempted than you are he was worse there's nothing that you've been tempted with I don't care you say well Lord there wasn't any marijuana I don't know there maybe was there wasn't as much sex well maybe there was you may be surprised at what there was the fact is that I don't care what you've been through Jesus had been through more so when you start telling him well Lord I you know my parents were weak and I had it in my nature and I would tried but I was from the ghetto and and I didn't have a daddy and my mother raised us and my mother had to work when
• 45:00 - 45:30 you explain all that he going to say I've been through all of that and more and I made it by the power of my father that's going to be no excuse now the same Jesus who will judge you then will help you now he'll help you now you see there's nothing you going through tonight folks this the only thing keep me going I'm going to tell you something and I'm goingon to close with this only thing that keeps me going tonight is that there's nothing I'm going through now that Jesus hadn't been
• 45:30 - 46:00 through every path I go down I don't care how dark and bumpy and Rocky it gets I said Jesus do you know what I'm going through and he said yes son I've been there and I get by some place I say Lord I can't take this that's too much I've been there son just follow my footsteps look at my footprints where you are if you open your eyes and look you'll find that I've already been where you're going there's no problem that you got Ellen White says that there's no predicament I'm not quoting her exactly
• 46:00 - 46:30 now but I'm paraphrasing there's no predicament that you are in tonight that Jesus has not already made Provisions for he knew you were going to be there he knew your bills were not going to be paid he knew your family was going to turn on you he knew your job was going to get funny he knew your clothes are going to get ragged he knew your car was going to run out he knew your house was going to be half falling down he knew your health was going going to give out on you he knew your heart was going to be broken he knew your mind was going
• 46:30 - 47:00 to be troubled he knew that your strength would be almost gone he knew it before you got there and where you are he has already planted what you need and if in the with the hand of Faith you could just Reach Out Reach Out say Lord where is it I I ain't got it now but where is it there's there's some power in here somewhere there there's a power in here somewhere to get me out of here there was a dear man that I talked to on the brink of death he was in Warsaw Poland he was on a bed and they told him
• 47:00 - 47:30 he was going to die he said pastor I knew I was going to die and I started getting my heart right with the Lord and he said as I lay up there I was feeling pain like I've never felt before in my life or since and he said I began to think about how Jesus had suffered on the cross and he said as I thought about Jesus suffering on the cross I said Lord how did you bear that and if you could bear that help me to bear this he said pastor I had my hand on the button to call the nurse and my pain went away because when I concentrate it on Jesus his suffering took away my pain he
• 47:30 - 48:00 said that was the power in my room to take my pain away he said when a nurse came and checked with me on the morning she said how come you didn't call for your pain medication he said I saw Jesus last night and he took away my pain I don't know where you are tonight but Jesus is there I don't know what your problem is but Jesus is there and if you will reach out and touch him when the Judgment comes that same Jesus who will condemn some will stand up for you oh I want to be there see the devil
• 48:00 - 48:30 going to come up there with his book don't you think he won't and he going to say you going to let pearcing go in heaven I got a sin down here look at that he doubted you in 1988 Jesus going to say yeah you think that's what he did I saw him doing it you going to see yeah but did you see him praying I saw him did you know what he said well you know I can't read his mind well I can I know what he said and on his knees his doubt changed into
• 48:30 - 49:00 faith and he got up and walked in faith you don't know Satan is all right I stand up father my blood my blood devil going to bring out your sins and try to get you in trouble and Jesus the Same Jesus who will condemn others is going to rise up and execute judgment they going to say leave my children alone you don't know what they've been through my blood father let us pray father hear our prayer tonight we are at a crucial time we're at a time now when those who who
• 49:00 - 49:30 have pledged to be strong are becoming weak we are at a time now when those areos who are supposed to stand are falling by the wayside we're at a time now when those who are supposed to lead in the right paths are leading in wrong paths but father we do not follow man we follow God now tonight we have read that Jesus has the authority to execute judgment but this is not a frightening text it is
• 49:30 - 50:00 a consoling text the same Jesus who will execute judgment now gives us power father reach out in somebody's life tonight somebody who's having a hard time somebody who's wavering somebody who's struggling somebody who's almost about to give up reach out and grab them tonight put your arms around them bind up their wounds cure their weaknesses strengthen them and help them
• 50:00 - 50:30 to walk on a little further and then Lord in the day of judgment when the accuser stands against them stand up and say my blood father execute judgment Lord in the name of Jesus Amen