Either With Me or Against Me: Choose Christ

And see Jesus in this this is from Luke eleven twenty three. Bottom line, it's time. It was go time for Christ. You're either with me or against me. That's it. Period. Make your choice. Drive your stake. It's time. You reach a moment in life and in human history and in your own personal story where no matter what the issue might be, I can tell you what the primary issue is in America. You're either with Christ or you're not. It's not right and left. It's right and wrong. It's not right and left. It's good and evil. It's heaven and hell. It's Christ or the devil. That's the issue. [00:36:39] (38 seconds)  #withMeOrAgainstMe

You see, every day that you take a breath and you wake up the next day is one day closer to his second coming, and hell knows that. And hell knows there's nothing they can do to stop Christ from coming for people and judge the living and the dead, but they're gonna do everything they can to stop people from coming to him until he comes. And that level of intensity is going to ratchet up continually. It isn't like, oh, my god, he's coming tomorrow. I don't know when he's coming. Nobody knows that. But I can tell you one thing, every day is one day closer. And that intensity doesn't have to be in Minneapolis. It can be in your money. It can be in your marriage. It's in every moment where you face that kind of pressure around you, what is the answer? The answer is to immediately connect back with the deepest allegiance you have with Christ. [00:38:17] (51 seconds)  #intensityWillIncrease

You see, every day that you take a breath and you wake up the next day is one day closer to his second coming, and hell knows that. And hell knows there's nothing they can do to stop Christ from coming for people and judge the living and the dead, but they're gonna do everything they can to stop people from coming to him until he comes. And that level of intensity is going to ratchet up continually. It isn't like, oh, my god, he's coming tomorrow. I don't know when he's coming. Nobody knows that. But I can tell you one thing, every day is one day closer. And that intensity doesn't have to be in Minneapolis. It can be in your money. It can be in your marriage. It's in every moment where you face that kind of pressure around you, what is the answer? The answer is to immediately connect back with the deepest allegiance you have with Christ. [00:38:17] (51 seconds)  #closerEveryDaySecondComing

When he casts out demons, my gosh, they leave. Who is this guy? No longer that. Look at this. Some of them said, by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he's driving out demons. Talk about an increase in animosity. He's no longer some extraordinary guy. He is actually now the son of Satan. They've reached the point where it's like, nope, I'm gonna drive my steak because the pressure is increasing around them because there's satanic pressure. There's all kinds of and this is where they're gonna drive their stake. Now if you're asking me, what I'm seeing is he's gotta be the son of the devil if the devil's listening to him. And immediately, I hope you in this room as you'll see right in my son, you'll be they say, well, that's the stupidest thing I ever heard. But that's illogical. Right. Right. And that's what happens when your allegiances are either misguided, misconnected, or you're not returning to them in moments of stress. You, like the world, become very illogical. [00:41:45] (63 seconds)  #mountingSatanicPressure

When he casts out demons, my gosh, they leave. Who is this guy? No longer that. Look at this. Some of them said, by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he's driving out demons. Talk about an increase in animosity. He's no longer some extraordinary guy. He is actually now the son of Satan. They've reached the point where it's like, nope, I'm gonna drive my steak because the pressure is increasing around them because there's satanic pressure. There's all kinds of and this is where they're gonna drive their stake. Now if you're asking me, what I'm seeing is he's gotta be the son of the devil if the devil's listening to him. And immediately, I hope you in this room as you'll see right in my son, you'll be they say, well, that's the stupidest thing I ever heard. But that's illogical. Right. Right. And that's what happens when your allegiances are either misguided, misconnected, or you're not returning to them in moments of stress. You, like the world, become very illogical. [00:41:45] (63 seconds)  #pressureBreedsAnimosity

When he casts out demons, my gosh, they leave. Who is this guy? No longer that. Look at this. Some of them said, by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, he's driving out demons. Talk about an increase in animosity. He's no longer some extraordinary guy. He is actually now the son of Satan. They've reached the point where it's like, nope, I'm gonna drive my steak because the pressure is increasing around them because there's satanic pressure. There's all kinds of and this is where they're gonna drive their stake. Now if you're asking me, what I'm seeing is he's gotta be the son of the devil if the devil's listening to him. And immediately, I hope you in this room as you'll see right in my son, you'll be they say, well, that's the stupidest thing I ever heard. But that's illogical. Right. Right. And that's what happens when your allegiances are either misguided, misconnected, or you're not returning to them in moments of stress. You, like the world, become very illogical. [00:41:45] (63 seconds)  #whoIsThisGuyQuestion

And that's what happens not even on the grand scale. You know, it's like we we we just we lose all sight of thinking biblically, even logically. And what causes that? Because you have either you have not driven your stake deep into the heart of the salvation and your allegiance is straight with Christ or not. Now we're all capable of moments, and you'll see in a second. But when we have an unquestioned allegiance, when he's our cornerstone, it doesn't mean we don't lose our minds. The good news is is we generally don't lose our way. And if we are, we've got to come back to our incredible allegiance. [00:47:10] (47 seconds)  #reclaimBiblicalLogic

And Jesus said, now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because there were exorcists in Jewish culture. So then they're gonna be your judge. But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then you have to understand something. The kingdom of God has come upon you. It's that crisis moment. You're gonna have to decide. You have to make a decision. And making no decision means your decision is no. [00:47:58] (28 seconds)  #driveOutByFingerDecide

And Jesus said, now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because there were exorcists in Jewish culture. So then they're gonna be your judge. But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then you have to understand something. The kingdom of God has come upon you. It's that crisis moment. You're gonna have to decide. You have to make a decision. And making no decision means your decision is no. [00:47:58] (28 seconds)  #accusedSonOfSatan

And Jesus said, now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? Because there were exorcists in Jewish culture. So then they're gonna be your judge. But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then you have to understand something. The kingdom of God has come upon you. It's that crisis moment. You're gonna have to decide. You have to make a decision. And making no decision means your decision is no. [00:47:58] (28 seconds)  #byWhomJudgeBeelzebub

Pretty much went in and cleansed the whole thing because of all the sin of man. Cast out all the demons, put the devil in his place with a single finger and humanity on that Sunday, we got back to zero. Now what Christ is going to say is, me removing that, me paying for that is only part of the deal. Because when it goes back, it takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition is worse than it was at first. Why? Because Christ dying on a cross for the sins, cleaning the whole house is only part of the deal. You now gotta make a decision. Who's gonna be the tenant? You don't go to hell because your sins aren't forgiven. They're all forgiven. He cleaned the house. It's your unwillingness to move from zero. You gotta take one positive step. That's it. [00:53:49] (57 seconds)  #backToZeroChooseTenant

Pretty much went in and cleansed the whole thing because of all the sin of man. Cast out all the demons, put the devil in his place with a single finger and humanity on that Sunday, we got back to zero. Now what Christ is going to say is, me removing that, me paying for that is only part of the deal. Because when it goes back, it takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition is worse than it was at first. Why? Because Christ dying on a cross for the sins, cleaning the whole house is only part of the deal. You now gotta make a decision. Who's gonna be the tenant? You don't go to hell because your sins aren't forgiven. They're all forgiven. He cleaned the house. It's your unwillingness to move from zero. You gotta take one positive step. That's it. [00:53:49] (57 seconds)  #cleanedHouseTakeAction

Here and do, baby. You're hearing it. You've heard it. And here's the thing. If you are in Christ, and I pray God that you are, when life is pressure filled and squeezing in on you, go back to your allegiance to Christ. Be like, I know who lives in me. I know who defeated the powers of hell. And I may not be thinking right, but I know who my lord is. I know where my allegiances lie. I know where this thing's going. I know how this thing's gonna end. I'm not gonna let that which is going on around me impact me so profoundly that I do illogical things. [00:57:54] (40 seconds)  #allegianceAnchorsYou

And as we get closer and closer to the second coming, I can guarantee you the intensity is going to increase. As you and your spouse get closer and closer to a God owning marriage, I guarantee you the intensity is gonna increase. But all you gotta do is drive your stake into the ground saying, you know what? My allegiance is with Christ, not with my circumstances. And you call upon Christ to come down there and to kick the devil straight out of your marriage, and he's going to go because someone stronger has already come. You declare Christ over your home, over your marriage, over your money, over all that mayhem, and I guarantee you one thing, the devil will flee. You resist the devil, the bible says, and he will flee. He is a coward. He doesn't wanna fight. [01:07:15] (37 seconds)  #driveYourStakeAllegiance

And as we get closer and closer to the second coming, I can guarantee you the intensity is going to increase. As you and your spouse get closer and closer to a God owning marriage, I guarantee you the intensity is gonna increase. But all you gotta do is drive your stake into the ground saying, you know what? My allegiance is with Christ, not with my circumstances. And you call upon Christ to come down there and to kick the devil straight out of your marriage, and he's going to go because someone stronger has already come. You declare Christ over your home, over your marriage, over your money, over all that mayhem, and I guarantee you one thing, the devil will flee. You resist the devil, the bible says, and he will flee. He is a coward. He doesn't wanna fight. [01:07:15] (37 seconds)  #declareChristOverHome

Because what ultimately it all comes down to is not an eye problem, but an I problem. It's not a Minnesota issue. It's not an ICE issue. It's not. It's not a Trump issue. It's an I issue. Because when the day comes, the only thing that Christ is going to do is look into your soul and see if the light of life, the light of man, as he's referred to in the first chapter of John, is on inside of you. [01:10:35] (42 seconds)  #itsAnIIssue

Because what ultimately it all comes down to is not an eye problem, but an I problem. It's not a Minnesota issue. It's not an ICE issue. It's not. It's not a Trump issue. It's an I issue. Because when the day comes, the only thing that Christ is going to do is look into your soul and see if the light of life, the light of man, as he's referred to in the first chapter of John, is on inside of you. [01:10:35] (42 seconds)  #notEyeButIIssue

``But here's the good news about the gospel of Luke. It ends with resurrection not defeat. Sure. Every life has its own crucifying moments. But when I have the light of life, I know I I know that death will not win. The resurrection's coming. My hope will be restored. My faith will be renewed. This meal does that. My convictional belief that, yes, he died and rose again, but praise God almighty. What keeps me going is knowing he's coming again. He's gonna judge the living and the dead because there's only two types of people. They're not good and bad. They're alive or dead. Not saved, unsaved, and indifferent. You're either alive or you're dead. And the only way to become alive is through faith in Jesus Christ. [01:15:10] (59 seconds)  #resurrectionNotDefeat

Because your problem isn't that you're bad, it's that dead. And the solution isn't behavior, it's belief. It's belief. And through that belief, you'll experience new life. [01:16:09] (17 seconds)  #deadNotBadBelieve

Right? Because the house is already clean. Jesus already took care of all that. What you need is a new resident, and it's the Holy Spirit. It's through belief that he takes occupancy. He descends from heaven into your life like he did at creation, and everything began to become everything God wanted it to be. He did it at the temple. He did it at the tabernacle. He did it when Christ was birth was conceived. He did it when Christ was baptized. He did it on the day of Pentecost. You see the pattern. New life is always conceived by the presence of a descending spirit, and he will move in and not move out. [01:16:26] (38 seconds)  #HolySpiritMovesIn