Choosing Life: The Power of Faith and Obedience
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1. "The reason you hear such emphasis on prayer has nothing to do with how many footsteps hit this carpet five times a week. It is because there is a family with a two-year-old daughter who has stage four rabo-descarma. And the reason you hear from this platform, this pulpit, so much on stage four cancer, with little to no chance of life, unless, unless. If God doesn't intervene, this child will be dead in a matter of days, months, maybe a year, I don't know. But if he moves in that little girl's body, and when he moves in that little girl's body, that little girl and her family will have a testimony that no other, they will have a testimony for the rest." [06:13] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Genesis 2 has nothing to do with the tree. Nothing. It has nothing to do with the fruit on that tree. It's got everything to do with obedience, lordship, trust, and choices. What kind of God, would create puppets on a string and dictate every day of our lives, go here, do this, don't do that, da-da-da, da-da-da, ba-ba-ba. No, he gave you a free will and choices every day of your life, choices that you and I can make. He's setting a precedence early on about lordship, obedience, honor, trust, and choices." [22:12] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "There are some things you and I were never meant to dabble in. There are certain things you and I were never supposed to eat the fruit thereof. But when we do, and when we did, Adam, death comes. But it's not death like you and I think. When it said, don't eat of that fruit, for in the day you eat of it, you shall surely die. Now, we know it can't mean immediate death because Adam did not drop dead. Eve did not drop dead when they ate the fruit. That's not the word. Death there does not mean die instantaneously. The actual word means it's a premature death." [26:04] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The voices you allow into your life typically determine the choices in your life. She engages in a conversation with serpent. In Genesis 3, he's called the serpent. In Revelation, he's addressed and called the dragon. I've said this multiple times from this pulpit. In Genesis, he's the serpent. In Revelation, he's the dragon. Somebody's been feeding him." [36:50] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The punishment for the serpent was to eat dust the rest of your life. You know what the enemy is eating? Our fleshly desires. Every time you and I give in to our flesh. So from a serpent to a dragon, he's been eating a lot of flesh. But there was a moment in time, nine hours roughly, there was no need to work. Y'all should be shouting that one down. No need to work. No arguing, no gossip, no drama, no need for health insurance, no disease, no cancer, no tooth decay, no organ failure, no cheating on your spouses. Lasted nine hours." [38:25] (71 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "One tree allowed me forbidden fruit that I was not supposed to eat of. But in December of 1993, I was introduced to another tree. The Bible says in Galatians, everything that hangs upon a tree is cursed. Jesus became the curse for me. He became premature death for me. He became cancerous for me. He became a diabetic for me. He became sin. Who knew no sin? He became sin on my behalf. The innocent became guilty so the guilty could become innocent." [42:39] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "The tale of two trees. One tree brings death. One tree brings life. And today, as he's breathing, he's This is the last. He says, today, you have bitten from a fruit. Ooh. It took Jesus back thousands of years to a place where he said, I remember this moment. I remember the moment when my father provided a way. He provided a spot where there was a moment where my presence would come and provide an open door. You could experience the delightful place, heaven, at any moment. Jesus remembered." [52:01] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "The Bible says if you prayed that prayer and meant it with all your heart for the very first time, the Bible says that your name has been written in a book in heaven and now you have an open door freely to access presence of God in a delightful place. If you just prayed that prayer and meant it with all your heart in just a moment I'm going to invite you to come down we're going to erupt in applause for you not trying to embarrass anybody but we are trying to say the Bible says if you confess me before men I'll confess you before my Father in heaven if you deny me before men I'll deny you that's what it says he just gave you life." [56:04] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "The Bible says your name is written in the Lamb's book of life. The Bible says that when you said yes to Jesus and you ate that fruit of that tree the Bible says all of heaven stopped to rejoice. Hey worship team can we come real quick can we finish can we come real quick worship team the Bible says all of heaven rejoiced so we want to engage with heaven we want to help rejoice come on can somebody get this out of my way I feel like I'm going to kick it over in just a moment because three people just said I choose life I choose Jesus." [01:00:27] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "The only problem is you can't find Eden because Eden was not a spot or a place of location. It was a place of allocation where resources would be delivered to you freely. It's not latitude and longitude. You cannot find Eden. You cannot go. To this day, men and women are frustrated because they cannot find Eden. They're looking for something they will never find in the earth. It's only found in his presence. Where is presence in that list? Where is presence? Right in the middle. God's always right in the middle." [33:30] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Genesis 2 has nothing to do with the tree. Nothing. It has nothing to do with the fruit on that tree. It's got everything to do with obedience, lordship, trust, and choices. What kind of God, would create puppets on a string and dictate every day of our lives, go here, do this, don't do that, da-da-da, da-da-da, ba-ba-ba. No, he gave you a free will and choices every day of your life, choices that you and I can make. He's setting a precedence early on about lordship, obedience, honor, trust, and choices." [22:12] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "There are some things you and I were never meant to dabble in. There are certain things you and I were never supposed to eat the fruit thereof. But when we do, and when we did, Adam, death comes. But it's not death like you and I think. When it said, don't eat of that fruit, for in the day you eat of it, you shall surely die. Now, we know it can't mean immediate death because Adam did not drop dead. Eve did not drop dead when they ate the fruit. That's not the word. Death there does not mean die instantaneously. The actual word means it's a premature death." [26:04] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The voices you allow into your life typically determine the choices in your life. She engages in a conversation with serpent. In Genesis 3, he's called the serpent. In Revelation, he's addressed and called the dragon. I've said this multiple times from this pulpit. In Genesis, he's the serpent. In Revelation, he's the dragon. Somebody's been feeding him." [36:50] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The punishment for the serpent was to eat dust the rest of your life. You know what the enemy is eating? Our fleshly desires. Every time you and I give in to our flesh. So from a serpent to a dragon, he's been eating a lot of flesh. But there was a moment in time, nine hours roughly, there was no need to work. Y'all should be shouting that one down. No need to work. No arguing, no gossip, no drama, no need for health insurance, no disease, no cancer, no tooth decay, no organ failure, no cheating on your spouses. Lasted nine hours." [38:25] (71 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "One tree allowed me forbidden fruit that I was not supposed to eat of. But in December of 1993, I was introduced to another tree. The Bible says in Galatians, everything that hangs upon a tree is cursed. Jesus became the curse for me. He became premature death for me. He became cancerous for me. He became a diabetic for me. He became sin. Who knew no sin? He became sin on my behalf. The innocent became guilty so the guilty could become innocent." [42:39] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "The tale of two trees. One tree brings death. One tree brings life. And today, as he's breathing, he's This is the last. He says, today, you have bitten from a fruit. Ooh. It took Jesus back thousands of years to a place where he said, I remember this moment. I remember the moment when my father provided a way. He provided a spot where there was a moment where my presence would come and provide an open door. You could experience the delightful place, heaven, at any moment. Jesus remembered." [52:01] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "The Bible says if you prayed that prayer and meant it with all your heart for the very first time, the Bible says that your name has been written in a book in heaven and now you have an open door freely to access presence of God in a delightful place. If you just prayed that prayer and meant it with all your heart in just a moment I'm going to invite you to come down we're going to erupt in applause for you not trying to embarrass anybody but we are trying to say the Bible says if you confess me before men I'll confess you before my Father in heaven if you deny me before men I'll deny you that's what it says he just gave you life." [56:04] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "The Bible says your name is written in the Lamb's book of life. The Bible says that when you said yes to Jesus and you ate that fruit of that tree the Bible says all of heaven stopped to rejoice. Hey worship team can we come real quick can we finish can we come real quick worship team the Bible says all of heaven rejoiced so we want to engage with heaven we want to help rejoice come on can somebody get this out of my way I feel like I'm going to kick it over in just a moment because three people just said I choose life I choose Jesus." [01:00:27] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "The only problem is you can't find Eden because Eden was not a spot or a place of location. It was a place of allocation where resources would be delivered to you freely. It's not latitude and longitude. You cannot find Eden. You cannot go. To this day, men and women are frustrated because they cannot find Eden. They're looking for something they will never find in the earth. It's only found in his presence. Where is presence in that list? Where is presence? Right in the middle. God's always right in the middle." [33:30] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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