Freedom from Tradition: Embracing God's Heart

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Why do we do that to ourselves and add things on that we're not supposed to do? Why do we lock ourselves and entrap God in this bubble? God is God. I was talking to somebody, I'm gonna try to say this without, because I don't know if they're watching, I was talking to somebody else from a different denomination and we're just chalking it up. We saw the foundation, we had a great foundation, we believe that Jesus Christ died for sins, we had a good foundation. There was just small things here and there, right? And they're like, I was like, well do you believe in the power? Like, well, I believe that God, if he dropped me in the middle of the Congo jungle, he's like, then God will give me the gift of languages and I'll be able to speak their language. I was like, your God only does that when you do that? My God does more than that. He's the creator of the heavens and the earth, of the universe. He created me and every ligament and I can't put God in that box that only if that happens then God will work. Get out of here. [01:01:10] (66 seconds)  #UnboxGodsPower

I've noticed that the weight that the pastor or whoever's in place, the apostle or evangelist, prophet that's carrying the church or whatever, they won't point them out but they'll look at the disciples right away and try to scatter the sheep, try to destroy the sheep and break the flock and destroy the flock. But the shepherd comes into place and calls them out. [01:03:08] (23 seconds)  #ShepherdProtectsTheFlock

Have you ever heard of a Christian that puts something above God's law? That they'll say, you need to do this. If not, you're going to, God's going to be angry, or you're going to sin against God. You've got to do this. And you put this weight on you. When God is simple, he's making it simple for us to understand. [01:06:32] (23 seconds)  #GodsLawIsSimple

Have you ever seen Christian churches die out? Because they carried the traditions that their ancestors and their beginning pastors that laid a foundation that seemed right in the ways of man. But it wasn't. All it did was kill out the church. See, when I'm gone, you're like, oh, when I'm gone, it doesn't matter. Someone else picks up the mantle, keeps running and preaching the gospel and go on and so on and so forth. We do not add on traditions to add on weight to the people. [01:07:35] (36 seconds)  #TraditionKillsChurch

I was just sitting yesterday and God came and swept me away. That's the God that doesn't add these traditions of men because men always fail. But if I read you the scriptures and I tell you the commandments of God to follow that you will prosper and I want you to prosper even more than me. I'm just laying a foundation of laying myself down and let me go before you so that you can see that I'm willing to do anything for God. I don't want to be a Pharisee. [01:09:45] (33 seconds)  #HeartOverHeritage

It's what's inside here, your heart and your mind. That fourth, what comes out of your mouth destroys or lifts up. Whatever rage or hate or lewdness or pride or foolishness, whatever acts out of you is who you truly are. In times of pressure, when people are coming at you, or whatever comes facing towards you, the moment that whatever comes out of that emotion is who you truly are. [01:15:53] (38 seconds)  #HeartDefilesNotRitual

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