Empowered by Grace: Living Righteously in God's Plan

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1. "We're living in a time when people don't want to receive truth. In fact, we're living in a time where people will call right wrong, and call wrong right. We're living in a time where you don't know what is a lie and what is truth. We're living in a time, we're living in a time where people are listening to voices, hearing news, not knowing what is true. The only thing they're telling you is what is going to sensationalize the news cycle, and make them more advertising profits. Don't think that the news is purely in it for the news. The news is in it for the money. Just follow the money. Hello. There's only one thing we can hang on to that we know is true, and that is the never changing, forever settled authority of the word of God." [3319:53] (76 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "God's grace appears to all men, but men have to follow the plan. And God says, this is the plan. Deny ungodliness. You want to know what the ark? Looks like today, deny ungodliness. If it doesn't have anything to do with God, push it out of your life. Now, uh, people call this old fashioned. Um, you know, you know, it's old fashioned to think like this. I, you know, um, anything that's outside of the word, I don't care what it is. It's not going to stand. And so if your idea is that you want to be new fashioned, you're going to have to do it. If you want to be old fashioned, whatever that is, um, I'm just going to give you a hint. There's still only one plan that God gave to us to be saved. It's the same plan for 2000 years and it's not old. It's actually called new. It's called the new covenant." [3478:02] (66 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "And I want to help you understand today that the new covenant is better than the old covenant. If you want old fashioned, you got to go back to sacrificing. The blood of bulls and goats. But the new plan is that you can boldly enter in to God's presence when you need help and you can obtain favor. And it doesn't matter how bad you are. It doesn't matter how deep you've dug your hole. Doesn't matter how bad the pit is. Doesn't matter how long you've been entangled in the snares of sin. You can still simply learn to deny ungodliness. What is ungodliness? Well, uh, we could say things that are godly have to do with. God and things that are ungodly don't have to do with God or, uh, things that are ungodly are maybe rejected by God." [3543:76] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "But the grace of God showed up in our lives and said, you can be better than that. We were messed up. We were broken. We were addicted to drugs. We were addicted to pornography. We were addicted to vices. We were addicted to cross -dressing, dear God. We were addicted to all kinds of perversions. But God. But God. Maybe this is not your typical situation. Sunday morning message. But I'm going to tell you right now, God can save the worst of us. And if God can save the worst of us, everybody's worth saving. There's not a sinner in this earth that's outside the reach of God if they will listen to the grace. And that grace looks a lot like a plan." [3869:72] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "We won't ever be good enough as a team. Because it's not about what we're doing that makes us righteous. It's his works of righteousness in us. It's his spirit working in us, which we have done. But according to his mercy, everybody say, he saved us. How? By the washing of regeneration. He washed us and he made us new. And the renewing of the Holy Ghost. We were washed and regenerated and we were made new by the power of the Holy Ghost." [4348:33] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "And if you're getting sucked into the politics and you're getting all bent out of shape over this, would you quit getting bent out of shape over politics and who's accusing who of what? And just start praying, God, give us a godly outcome. Give us righteous leaders, overturn the council, the ungodly, give our leaders a heart of peace. We need righteousness in America. And you know what? Prosperity will return. Prosperity will return. Blessing will return. Why? So we can evangelize the world. The sign of the last days and the coming of the Lord. Jesus said, the final one is this. And then this gospel will be preached in all nations. And then the end will come. The sign of the times, the ultimate sign of the times is that we get the message in every country. And we're going into countries right now that are closed to Christianity, but we're sneaking them in undercover. Hallelujah. Amen. We're sneaking them in and they're going in under disguise and they're preaching the truth of the word." [5465:11] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "If you are choosing to live your life your way and you're refusing to live it God's way, you're in denial. You're living in darkness. And all you have to do is let the washing of regeneration. Regeneration. And the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Transform your mind. Bring you out of that pit and bring you into a place where you can actually do God's will. Iniquity is just simply, I'll do what I want. I'm not submitting to God. Anybody ever been there? Who's never been there? Who's always been submitted to God? Thank you. Some of y 'all didn't raise your hands on the first question. Amen. But you answered correctly on the second. We've all walked in self -rule. The question is, who's going to say, today it's over?" [5979:08] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "People are going to be without food. The earth is going to start dying from starvation and from different pestilences. But you know what? The church is going to be all right. The people of God are going to be protected. Why? Because we're not living by the world's standards. We're living by God's standards. Come on, we got nothing to be afraid of. I don't care how dark it gets. God will keep. I don't care how bad it gets. God's got protection for you. And if they kill you, it's just a shortcut to heaven. Hallelujah. Let God rule in your heart. Let's stand together." [6065:56] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "And I think every one of us need to find a place to give before God and say, God, I don't want anything in my life that's out of order. I want to be walking in a place of wholeness with you. Now, this is what the scripture says. It says, It says, If you will give your life to the Lord, then you will be saved. get up. What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins. Calling on the name of the Lord. Think about it. When you get up out of your, whatever you're in and you make a decision to be baptized, you are stepping into a new dimension. Today, the water is hot and ready. It is spa temperature. It is, it is ozone clean. It is 99 .999 % free of anything. The rest is just all Jesus. And you can wash away your sins." [6125:24] (63 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "You said you would wash my iniquities away. You said you would redeem me from them, my self -rule. And you know what you've got to do? Remember, iniquity is self -rule. Self -rule, which means the opposite of that is God -rule. God's in charge. So you've got to quit submitting to your will and you've got to submit to God's will. That's the change. That's the difference. And now you're following God's will. If you want to follow God's will and you feel like you really need that help and that grace, would you step out of your pew and make your way to an altar? Come with me. We're going to pray for you together. I'm going to pray with you. The church is going to pray together. But if you want to, if you want to line, I would hate to leave this service and not give somebody an opportunity to say, God, I've been terrible. I have made so many mistakes." [6310:93] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)