From Confusion to Clarity: Embracing God's Word
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We are really in need of a sure word for our lives. And thank God that we have the Scriptures, the Holy Bible, a sure, a secure, and a settled word. There is so much confusion that's basically encasing planet Earth right now. I feel like in this last 20 years or so, there's just been a great unleashing of delusion and confusion. Now, I'm not trying to dump darkness on you in any way. I'm just making a statement because the good news is we have God's word to us. His word given us that allows us to live above all that. To have power over it. It's not intended to have power over our lives or to somehow direct our lives, much less determine our lives. We have a very sure word given us from God about how we are to live our lives." [32:46]
2. "Confusion, question mark. There's people I know in the last few years particularly, it seems like there are growing numbers of people that are just having to battle greater levels of uncertainty and confusion. It seems like it's having more impact and effect on people as far as shutting them down. Locking them in. Holding them back. And I'm here to announce to you this morning that if that kind of characterizes how you feel your life is right now or you're in a season like that, just listen up to the truth from God's word this morning. Because God created us to walk in the power of his peace. The joy of the Lord is our strength. We are to have a no-so salvation." [40:48]
3. "Don't be anxious about anything. Oh my goodness. It's a lot of times we're anxious about everything. The scripture says don't be anxious about anything. But we're anxious about everything. It says don't be anxious about anything. But in everything. With prayer and supplication and thanksgiving. Let your request be made known to God. He's the one with the wisdom that comes from above. He's the author of peace. Let your request be made known to God. And it goes on to say. And the peace of God. Which surpasses all understanding. All that stuff that's going on at the cognitive level. The mental level. All the stuff that's blending in your brainiac blender. It'll surpass that. And it says. And the peace of God will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus." [01:33:30]
4. "If any of you lack wisdom, let me put a redneck spin on that. If you're in a pinch and you don't know what to do and you need somebody to help you know what to do, go vertical. Right? If any of you lack wisdom, if there's some wisdom you need that you don't have, God wants you to know he's got it. And he wants you to know he wants to give it to you because look what he says. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach. He's not going to get on your case because you've come before him and asked for it. Are you hearing his heart? He's saying, here it is. Come and get it. I'm not going to, you know, humiliate you or jump on you for coming and asking for wisdom. I will give it to you liberally. I'll give it to you. What a promise." [48:25]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When we get wisdom from the Lord, that's direction. That's guidance. That sets a path, a mark, a way for us to move forward. And that's what we need. But if we have doubt in our heart, if we don't think we can access it or that God won't give it to us, then we're going to be that. He loves me. He loves me not. Wishy-washy. Well, is this the right way? Is that the right way? Is this wrong or is that wrong? Is this right or is that right? That's the kind of thinking. There's no certainty. There's uncertainty. There's no stability. So it's a picture of someone who's unstable, basically like confused. What do I do? Which is the very thing he's saying he wants to help you with. If you need wisdom." [51:33]
2. "We need to live that way. We need to know the word of God so that we can discern. Stay with me because this is where the dots connect. We need to know what the word of God says so when someone else that's deceived by the enemy wants to blend in to the scriptures, mix in to the scriptures their own philosophy or their wrong interpretation or their cultic error or their outwardly heretical thinking and teaching to kind of mix that in because a little leaven will go through the whole loaf. I mean, somebody can make you a thing of brownies that are brownies. They can be 95% brownies and 5% strychnine. Look like brownies, taste like brownies, swallow like brownies, go down like brownies, but it's not going to be long until it takes you down. And that's like false doctrine." [01:23:39]
3. "Confusion is like driving down the road on a foggy morning. It's hard to navigate. Hard to see where you are. Where you need to turn. It's like the picture before you. You know, in cicada season. When cicadas splat in your windshield. You know, it's like your field of vision is blurred. There's stuff between you and where you're going. And it creates uncertainty. Doubt. Confusion. And sometimes it's simple as, you know, I might need to get this car washed. You know, you can just get a dirty windshield. A bad wiper. There's a lot of reasons. But it impairs your ability to move forward with assurance. Knowing that you're going. You can end up in the ditch. You can make the wrong turn. You can even end up going the wrong direction. And we don't want to live that way." [43:38]
4. "The enemy. He sets us up. And he strategically will send his message. Just let me give you an example. Say you're in a marriage. In your marriage. You and your spouse. You start getting a little distance. You start getting resentful. I just feel ignored. I feel neglected. I don't even know if you really care. I don't seem like you listen to me. Well the enemy. He doesn't know intuitively what you're thinking. But he observes. Oh. I see some resentment here. Oh. I see. So what he does. Then he'll start sending some thoughts. Some sweet nothings into your mind. About somebody that said something sweet to you. Somebody that gave you a little attention. And if you are not careful. If you grab hold of those thoughts. And you receive them. And you. Meditate on them. They'll lead you right down to. Adultery Avenue. And you'll find yourself in an affair." [01:41:36]
5. "The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from how many? All sin. Oh, this is such good news. Whatever you've done, there's forgiveness. Well, I blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Well, you won't want forgiveness. If you want to be forgiven, if you're concerned about what God's saying, if you want to be saved by Jesus, you have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit's the one that leads you to Jesus through the Word of God. But the blood cleanses us from all sin. And he goes on to say, if we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Part of dealing with confusion, sometimes we need to be cleansed. We need to confess sin. We've opened the door to the flesh, and maybe even opened the door to the demonic, and it's brought the confusion, the blending, the mixing. It's unpure. It's sensual. It's not from above." [01:28:34]
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1. "We are really in need of a sure word for our lives. And thank God that we have the Scriptures, the Holy Bible, a sure, a secure, and a settled word. There is so much confusion that's basically encasing planet Earth right now. I feel like in this last 20 years or so, there's just been a great unleashing of delusion and confusion. Now, I'm not trying to dump darkness on you in any way. I'm just making a statement because the good news is we have God's word to us. His word given us that allows us to live above all that. To have power over it. It's not intended to have power over our lives or to somehow direct our lives, much less determine our lives. We have a very sure word given us from God about how we are to live our lives." [32:46]
2. "Confusion, question mark. There's people I know in the last few years particularly, it seems like there are growing numbers of people that are just having to battle greater levels of uncertainty and confusion. It seems like it's having more impact and effect on people as far as shutting them down. Locking them in. Holding them back. And I'm here to announce to you this morning that if that kind of characterizes how you feel your life is right now or you're in a season like that, just listen up to the truth from God's word this morning. Because God created us to walk in the power of his peace. The joy of the Lord is our strength. We are to have a no-so salvation." [40:48]
3. "Don't be anxious about anything. Oh my goodness. It's a lot of times we're anxious about everything. The scripture says don't be anxious about anything. But we're anxious about everything. It says don't be anxious about anything. But in everything. With prayer and supplication and thanksgiving. Let your request be made known to God. He's the one with the wisdom that comes from above. He's the author of peace. Let your request be made known to God. And it goes on to say. And the peace of God. Which surpasses all understanding. All that stuff that's going on at the cognitive level. The mental level. All the stuff that's blending in your brainiac blender. It'll surpass that. And it says. And the peace of God will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus." [01:33:30]
4. "If any of you lack wisdom, let me put a redneck spin on that. If you're in a pinch and you don't know what to do and you need somebody to help you know what to do, go vertical. Right? If any of you lack wisdom, if there's some wisdom you need that you don't have, God wants you to know he's got it. And he wants you to know he wants to give it to you because look what he says. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach. He's not going to get on your case because you've come before him and asked for it. Are you hearing his heart? He's saying, here it is. Come and get it. I'm not going to, you know, humiliate you or jump on you for coming and asking for wisdom. I will give it to you liberally. I'll give it to you. What a promise." [48:25]
### Quotes for Members
1. "When we get wisdom from the Lord, that's direction. That's guidance. That sets a path, a mark, a way for us to move forward. And that's what we need. But if we have doubt in our heart, if we don't think we can access it or that God won't give it to us, then we're going to be that. He loves me. He loves me not. Wishy-washy. Well, is this the right way? Is that the right way? Is this wrong or is that wrong? Is this right or is that right? That's the kind of thinking. There's no certainty. There's uncertainty. There's no stability. So it's a picture of someone who's unstable, basically like confused. What do I do? Which is the very thing he's saying he wants to help you with. If you need wisdom." [51:33]
2. "We need to live that way. We need to know the word of God so that we can discern. Stay with me because this is where the dots connect. We need to know what the word of God says so when someone else that's deceived by the enemy wants to blend in to the scriptures, mix in to the scriptures their own philosophy or their wrong interpretation or their cultic error or their outwardly heretical thinking and teaching to kind of mix that in because a little leaven will go through the whole loaf. I mean, somebody can make you a thing of brownies that are brownies. They can be 95% brownies and 5% strychnine. Look like brownies, taste like brownies, swallow like brownies, go down like brownies, but it's not going to be long until it takes you down. And that's like false doctrine." [01:23:39]
3. "Confusion is like driving down the road on a foggy morning. It's hard to navigate. Hard to see where you are. Where you need to turn. It's like the picture before you. You know, in cicada season. When cicadas splat in your windshield. You know, it's like your field of vision is blurred. There's stuff between you and where you're going. And it creates uncertainty. Doubt. Confusion. And sometimes it's simple as, you know, I might need to get this car washed. You know, you can just get a dirty windshield. A bad wiper. There's a lot of reasons. But it impairs your ability to move forward with assurance. Knowing that you're going. You can end up in the ditch. You can make the wrong turn. You can even end up going the wrong direction. And we don't want to live that way." [43:38]
4. "The enemy. He sets us up. And he strategically will send his message. Just let me give you an example. Say you're in a marriage. In your marriage. You and your spouse. You start getting a little distance. You start getting resentful. I just feel ignored. I feel neglected. I don't even know if you really care. I don't seem like you listen to me. Well the enemy. He doesn't know intuitively what you're thinking. But he observes. Oh. I see some resentment here. Oh. I see. So what he does. Then he'll start sending some thoughts. Some sweet nothings into your mind. About somebody that said something sweet to you. Somebody that gave you a little attention. And if you are not careful. If you grab hold of those thoughts. And you receive them. And you. Meditate on them. They'll lead you right down to. Adultery Avenue. And you'll find yourself in an affair." [01:41:36]
5. "The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from how many? All sin. Oh, this is such good news. Whatever you've done, there's forgiveness. Well, I blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Well, you won't want forgiveness. If you want to be forgiven, if you're concerned about what God's saying, if you want to be saved by Jesus, you have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit's the one that leads you to Jesus through the Word of God. But the blood cleanses us from all sin. And he goes on to say, if we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Part of dealing with confusion, sometimes we need to be cleansed. We need to confess sin. We've opened the door to the flesh, and maybe even opened the door to the demonic, and it's brought the confusion, the blending, the mixing. It's unpure. It's sensual. It's not from above." [01:28:34]
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