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THE LORD DIRECTED ME TO GO BACK
TO THE 8th CHAPTER OF ROMANS,
WHERE WE STARTED ON MONDAY.
LET'S GO BACK OVER THERE.
AND YOU REMEMBER THAT ON MONDAY
I READ A STATEMENT THAT THE LORD
SAID TO ME SOMETIME AGO.
AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS
SCRIPTURE AND I'M GOING TO READ
THAT STATEMENT TO YOU ONCE MORE,
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THE LORD HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO
SHARE WITH YOU CONCERNING THIS.
VERSE 1, CHAPTER 8,
THE BOOK OF ROMANS:
"THERE IS THEREFORE NOW--"
YOU NOTICE THE WORD "NOW"?
IT SAYS THE SAME THING
EVERY TIME YOU READ IT.
IT NEVER DOES SAYS,
"WELL, IT ALMOST
HAPPENED TODAY."
IT DIDN'T SAY, "YESTERDAY,"
"TOMORROW.
IT SAYS, "RIGHT NOW."
AND YOU CAN'T SAY "NOW"
WHILE AGO.
NOW IS ALWAYS NOW.
EVERY TIME YOU--AND THIS IS
A VITAL LESSON CONCERNING
THE WORD OF GOD.
GOD IS ALWAYS IN THE NOW.
HE'S ALWAYS IN THE NOW.
JESUS SAID, "DON'T EVEN
THINK ABOUT TOMORROW;
IT'S GOT TROUBLE ENOUGH
OF ITS OWN."
AMEN.
BELIEVE GOD TODAY.
"...NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM
WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH,
BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT."
NOW, LET'S READ THAT AGAIN
LIKE WE READ IT ON MONDAY:
"THERE IS THEREFORE NOW
NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM
WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHO WALK NOT AFTER
THE FIVE PHYSICAL SENSES,
BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT,"
OR AFTER THE WORD OF GOD.
WE BELIEVE THE WORD WHICH IS
THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF WHAT
WE CAN SEE, WHICH IS TEMPORARY.
THE TRUTH IS NEVER TEMPORARY.
IT IS ALWAYS TRUE.
IT'S TRUE REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU SEE OR WHAT SOMEBODY SAID
OR DIDN'T SAY.
IT IS TRUE.
AND GOD IS THE TRUTH.
"FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS
HAS MADE ME FREE
FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH."
NOW, LET ME READ THIS STATEMENT
TO YOU THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD
SAID TO ME SOME MONTHS AGO.
WELL, ACTUALLY,
IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO NOW:
"THE WAY OF MOST PEOPLE
IS TO GO ALONG DAY AFTER DAY
HOPING NOTHING BAD HAPPENS--"
THAT'S SO BAD
I CAN'T HANDLE IT--
"THEN WHEN IT DOES,
TRY TO CHANGE THINGS
IN A FEW MOMENTS OF PRAYERS
AND TEARS."
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THAT'S THE WAY MOST PEOPLE LIVE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES
THE WORLD KNOW?
I'M TALKING ABOUT
BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN PEOPLE,
GOING ALONG EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW,
JUST IN THEIR WORLD AFFAIRS
AND ALL THE NATURAL STUFF
AROUND THEM,
PRAY A LITTLE BIT ON SUNDAY.
AND IN MOST CASES,
THEY DON'T LAST ANY FURTHER
THAN THEY CAN GET OUT THE DOOR,
UNLESS YOU'RE--YOU KNOW,
UNLESS YOU'RE PART OF
A CONGREGATION LIKE THIS
WHERE PEOPLE ARE--
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE AT IT HERE
TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
I'M TALKING AB
THE GENERAL POPULATION
OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
AND MOST OF THEM
ARE GROSSLY UNTAUGHT WHERE
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS CONCERNED.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF RELIGION,
BUT NOT MUCH BIBLE.
AND, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THE DEVIL CAME UP TO JESUS,
JESUS DIDN'T SAY, "I'M A JEW."
( Laughter )
"I BELONG TO THE NATION
OF ISRAEL."
HE WAS AND HE DID, AND GOD HAD A
COVENANT WITH THEM, BUT HE SAID,
"IT IS WRITTEN."
NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
"I'M A BAPTIST."
YOU KNOW.
A DYED-IN-THE-WOOL BAPTIST."
YEAH, DYED...
( Laughter )
AH, LET'S GET BACK
TO BUSINESS HERE.
( Laughter )
NOW, HOPING NOTHING HAPPENS
THAT I CAN'T HANDLE.
WELL, NOW, YOU ANALYZE
THAT A LITTLE BIT AND, ACTUALLY,
YOU'RE TRYING TO BE
YOUR OWN GOD,
AND YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED.
THEN WHEN IT DOES, AND IT WILL;
YOU CAN DEPEND ON THAT.
TROUBLE IS COMING,
BECAUSE IT'S HERE.
IT'S ALL AROUND YOU.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO
THE REASONS WHY FOR THESE THINGS
AND THEN HOW TO HANDLE IT.
WHEN IT DOES COME, "OH, GOD,
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?
I MEAN," AH-DEE-DAH-DEE-DAH,
AND ON AND ON AND ON,
AND TRY TO CHANGE
THIS DISASTROUS SITUATION
WITH A FEW MOMENTS OF PRAYERS
AND TEARS.
NO TELLING HOW MANY YEARS
THEY HAD BEEN ESTABLISHING
THIS THING.
THE LORD SAID, "THEY DON'T
REALIZE THAT THEY ACTUALLY
CAUSED WHAT HAPPENED
BY PUTTING CERTAIN
SPIRITUAL LAWS INTO MOTION,
YEARS OF EXERCISING THE LAW
OF SIN AND DEATH,
WHICH WILL PRODUCE THE CURSE
IN ONE'S LIFE."
NOW, THAT REALLY IS WHAT
THE BIBLE IS TALKING ABOUT
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT JUDGMENT.
THAT IS JUDGMENT.
NOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
OR END-TIME JUDGMENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EARTH,
BAD THINGS HAPPENING
TO GOOD PEOPLE
AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THE THING--
THE PRINCIPLE OF IT IS,
WHEN YOU GET OUT HERE
ON INTERSTATE 35 GOING NORTH,
IF YOU DON'T GET OFF OF IT,
YOU'RE GOING TO WIND UP
IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT
THAT'S WHERE THAT THING GOES.
AND THE LORD SAID TO ME
ONE DAY--WELL,
IT WAS THE SAME TIME
HE SAID THIS TO ME.
HE SAID, "KENNETH, I DIDN'T--"
HE SAID, "I'M NOT THE ONE
THAT PUT YOU ON THAT HIGHWAY.
YOU GOT ON IT YOURSELF.
I'M THE ONE THAT PUT
THE SIGNS UP THERE THAT SAID,
'OKLAHOMA CITY 180 MILES,
OKLAHOMA CITY 100 MILES,
OKLAHOMA CITY 50 MILES.'
AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE CRYING,
SAYING, 'I SURE WISH
I WAS GOING TO SAN ANTONIO.
OH, I WISH I COULD GET
TO SAN ANTONIO.'
WELL, THE WAY YOU'RE GOING,
IT'S ABOUT 35,000 MILES.
I HOPE YOU'VE GOT A LOT
OF TIME."
( Laughter )
YOU KNOW?
BUT YOU'RE JUST
SITTING THERE CRYING.
WELL, THE CRYING'S NOT GOING
TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE
THE DIRECTION IN WHICH
YOU'RE HEADED.
AMEN?
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: THE LORD SAID,
"I'M THE ONE THAT PUT THE SIGN
UP THERE THAT SAID,
'DOWNTOWN EXIT.'
AND THEN YOU CRY AND MOAN
AND GROAN WHEN YOU WIND UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY
INSTEAD OF SAN ANTONIO,
WHEN YOU TOOK THE WRONG ROAD.
AND YOU STAY ON THAT ROAD,
VIOLATING EVERY ONE OF THOSE
SIGNS THAT YOU SEE AND COME TO;
YOU JUST STAY THERE INSTEAD OF
PULLING OFF AND SAYING,
'HEY, I'M GOING
THE WRONG DIRECTION HERE.
I'VE GOT TO CORRECT THIS
RIGHT NOW.'
BUT RATHER THAN TO DO THAT,
YOU JUST KEEP ON DRIVING."
HE SAID, "YOU'RE GOING TO HIT
THE WALL SOMEWHERE
DOWN THE LINE."
HE SAID, "I CAN PROTECT YOU ONLY
SO FAR WHEN YOU PAY NO ATTENTION
AND YOU DON'T LISTEN
AND YOU JUST KEEP CHOOSING
THE WRONG ROAD ALL THE TIME."
HE SAID, "EVENTUALLY, THERE'S
NOT MUCH I CAN DO FOR YOU."
HE SAID, "ACTUALLY,
I'D BE VIOLATING MY WORD
AT SOME POINT IN TIME."
I LEARNED--WHEN I FIRST
LEARNED TO NAVIGATE--
I WAS JUST LEARNING HOW TO FLY,
AND I FIRST LEARNED
HOW TO NAVIGATE
AND I REALIZED THAT IF I'M GOING
FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B"
AND I'M ON THAT COURSE,
AND LET'S SAY I'VE GOT A WIND
OR SOMETHING THAT'S
BLOWING CROSSWIND OF ME,
YOU KNOW, AND MY DRIFT
IS BLOWING ME OFF COURSE
IF I DON'T CORRECT FOR IT.
NOW, IF I CATCH IT RIGHT AWAY--
AND I MIGHT HAVE ONLY BEEN--
OH, I MIGHT HAVE ONLY BEEN
3, 4, 5 DEGREES OFF COURSE--
AND I CATCH IT RIGHT AWAY,
I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING TO IT.
JUST A LITTLE, SLIGHT TURN
AND YOU'RE BACK ON COURSE.
BUT YOU JUST SIT THERE,
THE SAME 5 DEGREES
WILL GET BROADER AND BROADER
AND BROADER AND BROADER
UNTIL YOU'LL BE
SO FAR OFF COURSE YOU DON'T
HAVE GAS ENOUGH TO GET BACK.
NOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
NOW, LET'S GO BACK INTO THIS
AND SEE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT:
"FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN THE ANOINTED JESUS
AND IN HIS ANOINTING
HAS MADE ME FREE
FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH."
IT DIDN'T SAY IT WAS GOING
TO MAKE ME FREE.
IT SAID IT HAS MADE ME FREE.
THERE ARE TWO LAWS.
ACTUALLY, IT'S ONLY ONE LAW.
SATAN DIDN'T BRING ANY NEW LAWS;
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
HE'S NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT.
HE'S JUST AN ANGEL,
A FALLEN ONE AT THAT.
HE COULDN'T--ALL HE COULD DO
WAS TWIST THE LAWS THAT GOD
HAD ALREADY INTRODUCED
INTO THIS PLANET,
BECAUSE THESE LAWS GOVERN
THIS WHOLE PLANET.
SPIRITUAL LAWS,
THE LAWS OF THE WORLD
OF THE SPIRIT,
CREATED ALL MATTER,
AND THE LAWS OF PHYSICS,
THE LAWS OF MATTER,
MIRROR THE LAWS OF THE SPIRIT.
THAT'S THE
JESUS USED NATURAL THINGS
A LOT OF TIMES TO EXPLAIN,
TALKING ABOUT SOWING SEED,
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST
AND SO FORTH.
HE SAID, "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
COMPARED AS IF A MAN PLANTS SEED
INTO THE GROUND; HE GOES TO BED,
NIGHT AND DAY,
AND HOW IT COMES UP,
HE KNOWETH NOT...
BUT WHEN IT DOES COME UP,
IMMEDIATELY HE PUTS IN
THE SICKLE."
HE SAID, "IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
THIS PARABLE,
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEM ALL."
THEN THAT OUGHT TO BE THE ONE
WE MAJOR ON, SHOULDN'T IT?
AMEN.
WELL, THE LAWS OF THE SPIRIT
GOVERN THIS WHOLE EARTH.
THE LAWS OF THE NATURAL
WERE CREATED BY THE LAWS
OF THE SPIRIT.
"IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,
AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
AND THE WORD WAS GOD."
NOW, THERE'S A CLUE.
AMEN?
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: JESUS SAID,
"MAN DOESN'T LIVE
BY BREAD ALONE,"
OR NATURAL FOOD ALONE,
"BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD."
SO WHEN YOU WALK IN THE LAWS
OF THE SPIRIT AND YOU OPERATE IN
THOSE LAWS AND YOU FUNCTION IN
THOSE LAWS
ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD,
BY FAITH, THOSE LAWS WORK
AND WILL CONTROL YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR FAVOR.
YOU FOLLOWING
WHAT I'M SAYING HERE?
NOW, HERE ARE THE LAWS OF SIN
AND DEAT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE SAME LAWS,
BUT THEY'VE BEEN TWISTED
AND THEY'R
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHERE THE WORD "WICKED"
COMES FROM.
WE GET OUR WORD "WICKER"
FROM THE SAME WORD.
YOU KNOW, WICKER FURNITURE
IS TWISTED?
WICKED THOUGHTS
ARE TWISTED THOUGHTS,
THEY'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY,
AND THEY'LL WORK AGAINST YOU
INSTEAD OF FOR YOU.
AND UNLESS YOU STAY IN
THE WORD OF GOD AND WALK IN IT
ON A CONTINUAL BASIS,
YOU WILL FALL INTO ALL THIS
THAT'S GOING ON AROUND YOU,
AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS FLOWING
IN A NEGATIVE FLOW.
IT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU
OUT THERE.
IT'S WORKING AGAINST YOU.
DEATH IS AT WORK, AMEN.
BUT WHEN YOU TURN UPSTREAM
WITH THE WORD OF GOD
AND YOU BEGIN TO WALK
IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT,
JUST SIMPLY BY CONFESSING
WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU
INSTEAD OF WHAT THE WORLD
THINKS ABOUT YOU,
CONFESSING WHAT GOD SAYS
ABOUT THE WORLD INSTEAD OF
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEMSELVES,
INSTEAD OF SAYING,
"WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN;
YOU WIN A FEW, LOSE A FEW."
NO, YOU'RE CONTINUALLY SAYING,
"I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST
WHO STRENGTHENETH ME,
PRAISE GOD,
BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT'S IN
ME THAN HE THAT'S IN THE WORLD."
( Audience Agrees )
I'M GOING UPSTREAM,
I REALIZE THAT.
AND IT'S A FIGHT.
YOU'RE CONTINUALLY PADDLING
UP THE CURRENT.
BUT THE HARDER YOU PADDLE,
THE STRONGER YOU GET,
PRAISE THE LORD.
I MEAN, JUST KEEP
HEADING UPSTREAM, AMEN.
NOW, THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS
ON ONE SIDE, THE LAW OF SIN
AND DEATH ON THE OTHER.
WELL, UNDER THE LAW OF THE
SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS
COMES HEALING,
ALL FORMS OF PROSPERITY, PEACE,
GOODNESS, MEEKNESS, KINDNESS,
TEMPERANCE.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS
COME UNDER THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS.
OUR SALVATION,
OUR BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST,
OUR WHOLE LIFE IS WRAPPED UP
IN THIS.
ON THIS OTHER SIDE,
THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH,
COMES FEAR, DOUBT, UNBELIEF,
DEATH, SICKNESS, DISEASE,
POVERTY.
WHAT DO YOU HA
YOU'VE GOT THE CURSE ON ONE SIDE
AND THE BLESSING ON THE OTHER.
THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, ISN'T IT?
NOW, HEALING--IT WAS OVER HERE,
WASN'T IT?
HEALING--
( Laughter )
HEALING IS NOT A REWARD
FOR BEING GOOD.
Audience: THAT'S RIGHT, AMEN.
Kenneth: GOOD PEOPLE GET SICK
AND DIE.
HEALING COMES FROM EXERCISING
THE HEALING LAWS
AND RECEIVING FROM GOD.
AND THE WORST OLD REPROBATE
IN TOWN CAN REPENT,
FALL ON HIS FACE AND GET HEALED
WHILE SOME OTHER FELLOW
CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT,
"AND ME BEING THE PILLAR
OF THE CHURC
AND I ALWAYS GET OPERATED ON."
WELL, IT'S SIMPLE.
THIS GUY THREW HIMSELF
ON THE MERCY OF GOD AND BEGAN
TO FUNCTION IN THE LAWS OF GOD.
JESUS CAME TO GIVE US THE RIGHT
THROUGH HIS NAME, HIS BLOOD,
HIS WORD, THE COVENANT OF GOD
TO FUNCTION IN THE LAWS OF THE
SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS.
WE HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT
TO FUNCTION IN THIS EARTH
IN THE LAWS OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE AS HE DID
WHILE HE WAS HERE.
"YEAH, BUT, BROTHER COPELAND,
HE DIDN'T SIN."
YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE HIS BLOOD
THAT COVERS YOUR SIN.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: HALLELUJAH, PRAISE GOD.
SEE?
THAT'S THE REASON HE CAME.
NOW THEN, YOU TAKE A BORN-AGAIN,
HOLY GHOST-BAPTIZED,
TONGUE-TALKING, BIBLE-TOTING
BELIEVER, BUT IF THEY GET OUT OF
THE WORD AND GET OVER HERE
IN THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH
AND PUT THOSE LAWS
INTO FUNCTION.
AND 98% OF IT COMES FROM WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING WITH YOUR MOUTH.
THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTS,
RIGH
THAT'S THE WAY YOU GOT SAVED,
THAT'S THE WAY YOU PUT THE
SALVATION LAW INTO OPERATION,
AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU PUT FAITH
INTO OPERATION.
THE WORD OF GOD SAID,
"I HAVE BELIEVED,
THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN."
AMEN.
IT'S ALL OVER THE WORD OF GOD,
FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.
THE MOUTH IS
THE FAITH INSTRUMENT.
WE LIVE UNDER THE SPIRITUAL LAW
OF WORDS.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT,
YOU CAN'T GET OUT FROM UNDER IT,
BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORDS
UNDER WHICH YOU PERSONALLY LIVE.
AMEN, HALLELUJAH.
SO I WANTED YOU--REALLY,
TONIGHT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
REALLY IMPRESSED ON ME TODAY
TO GET THAT OVER TO YOU.
THESE THINGS--THERE ARE REWARDS,
NOW.
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
THERE ARE REWARDS.
THERE ARE VICTORIES AND REWARDS,
BUT THOSE REWARDS--
GOD'S NOT JUST PASSING
THE REWARDS OUT
FOR YOUR GOOD CONDUCT.
YOU CAN BE A GOOD PERSON
AND JUST GET RUN OVER EVERY DAY.
THE DEVIL WILL WORK ON YOU
LIKE YOU WERE A RUG.
HE'LL JUST WALK ALL OVER YOU
ALL THE TIME
IF YOU DON'T RESIST HIM, AMEN.
THE WORD OF GOD DIDN'T SAY,
"PRAY AND ASK GOD
TO GET THE DEVIL OFF OF YOU."
NO, IT SAID: "YOU CAST OUT
THE DEVIL IN MY NAME,
JESUS SAID."
CAN YOU SEE THAT NOW?
IT IS NOT--
"WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY GOD DIDN'T HEAL ME.
HE HEALED THEM."
THEY RECEIVED AND YOU DIDN'T.
GOD DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT.
HE'S OFFERED IT TO YOU THE SAME
AS HE'S OFFERED IT TO THEM.
THEY'RE FUNCTIONING
IN THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
IN CHRIST JESUS AND YOU'RE
OVER HERE CRYING AND MOANING
AND GROANING,
TRYING TO CHANGE SOMETHING,
WHEN ALL THE TIME
EVERY OTHER WORD THAT COMES OUT
OF YOUR MOUTH IS SICKNESS,
DISEASE, TIREDNESS, WEAKNESS,
PAIN, AND "I'M BROKE."
AMEN?
I MEAN, REALLY, DO YOU EVER--
DO YOU EVER JUST LISTEN
TO PEOPLE?
OH, MY GOODNESS,
THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY.
AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY,
"WELL, YOU AREN'T GOING TO
CATCH ME TALKING TO A MOUNTAIN.
JESUS SAID,
'SAY UNTO THAT MOUNTAIN.'
NO, NO, NOT ME.
I DON'T GO AROUND TALKING
TO THINGS."
YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME:
YOU TALK TO YOUR CAR,
YOU TALK TO YOUR CLOTHES,
YOU CALL YOURSELF FAT.
( Laughter )
AND THEN CRY AND MOAN AND GROAN,
HOW COME YOU DON'T LOOK
ANY BETTER THAN YOU DO?
BUT EVERY TIME YOU WALK PAST
THE MIRROR--YOU KNOW,
YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY,
"ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUST WALK
PAST A TABLE OF FOOD
AND I'LL GAIN 3 POUNDS,
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA."
BEEN SAYING THAT FOR 35 YEARS
AND YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT
HOW COME YOU'RE 20 POUNDS
OVERWEIGHT ALL YOUR LIFE,
BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU WALK PAST
THE TABLE, YOU GAIN 3 POUNDS.
( Laughter )
BUT IT ISN'T WALKING
BY THE TABLE THAT DID IT;
IT'S BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU COME
TO A TABLE YOU SIT DOWN TO IT,
THAT'S--BUT THAT'S
GOVERNING YOUR LIFE,
IT'S GOVERNING YOUR LIFE.
YOU CAN CUT SICKNESS
AND DISEASE SHORT,
YOU CAN CUT IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE
BY FILLING YOUR MOUTH
WITH THE WORDS OF HEALING
AND GOD'S PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
AND IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
ANYTHING ELSE IS WORKING,
TAKE THE PRAISE CURE.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: JUST START
PRAISING GOD, HALLELUJAH.
INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
HOW WEAK YOU ARE,
YOU BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT
HOW BIG HE IS, GLORY TO GOD,
HALLELUJAH.
I'VE DONE PREACHED MYSELF HAPPY.
PRAISE GOD!
OUR GOD IS A BIG GOD!
HE IS THE GOD, HALLELUJAH!
( Audience Agrees )
AND WE HAVE BEEN LICENSED
AND AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE
IN THE LAWS OF THE SPIRIT,
AND WE HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT
TO SAY, "LET THERE BE,"
AS GOD DID, HALLELUJAH.
AND WE SAY IT IN HIS NAME,
AND JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST
OF OUR CONFESSION, BACKING IT
WITH HIS ETERNAL POWER.
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO SHOUT AMEN
OVER THAT.
Audience: AMEN!
Kenneth: GLORY TO GOD,
HALLELUJAH, AMEN.
I'LL CLOSE IT WITH THIS:
"MEDITATION CONTINUALLY
ON THE LIES OF THE DEVIL,
WHICH IS CALLED WORRY,
WILL BUILD DOUBT AND UNBELIEF
IN ONE'S SPIRIT
UNTIL IT OVERFLOWS IN ABUNDANCE
INTO YOUR MOUTH.
THEN IT IS RELEASED
IN WORDS OF FEAR.
THEN THOSE WORDS ARE ACTED UPON,
AND ACTING ON WORDS OF FEAR
BRING WORRY TO PASS,
AND THAT'S JUDGMENT."
MY GOODNESS.
"WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY ALL THAT
HAPPENED TO ME."
"HOW LONG YOU BEEN AFRAID
OF IT?"
"ALL MY LIFE."
( Laughter )
WELL, FEAR ATTACHED YOU TO IT.
SATAN CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU
APART FROM FEAR
THAN GOD WILL DO SOMETHING
FOR YOU APART FROM FAITH.
THEY'RE SPIRITUAL FORCES.
THAT'S WHAT TIES YOU
TO YOUR FUTURE.
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LET'S GO TO THE BOOK OF HEBREWS,
PLEASE--TALKING ABOUT,
"THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE
FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH."
NOW, THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS.
THINK ABOUT SCRIPTURES THAT SAY,
"YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND
THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE."
IT WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE,
YOU GET IN THE WORD OF GOD,
AND THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD
WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: AND IT'LL BRING YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES INTO LINE, I MEAN,
IN WAYS THAT GOVERNMENTS
CAN'T DO IT, I'M TELLING YOU,
THE FORCE OF ARMS CAN'T DO IT,
BUT THE WORD OF GOD WILL.
AMEN.
NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT.
"THE LAW--"
THIS IS ROMANS 8:2 AGAIN,
YOU REMEMBER:
"THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
IN CHRIST JESUS..."
WELL, DOESN'T THE SCRIPTURE SAY
THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST JESUS?
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: AMEN.
SO WE ARE IN, OR GOVERNED BY,
THAT LAW.
Audience: THAT'S RIGHT.
Kenneth: NOW, UNDER THAT LAW--
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT LAWS, THE LAWS OF PHYSICS?
THE BIBLE SAID,
"THE LAW OF FAITH."
LATER ON IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS,
IT TALKS ABOUT LAW BEING--
THE FAITH BEING A LAW.
THAT MEANS IT WORKS EVERY TIME
IT'S PUT TO WORK
AND IT'LL WORK FOR ANYBODY.
THE LAW OF GRAVITY DOESN'T CARE
WHETHER YOU'RE SAVED OR NOT.
IT JUST WORKS ALL THE TIME,
DOESN'T IT?
WELL, THE LAWS OF TRUTH
ARE THAT WAY.
I KNOW PEOPLE--I'VE ONLY MET
ONE OR TWO, BUT IN MY YEARS
OF STUDY, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT
NUMBERS OF MEN OVER THE YEARS
THAT TITHED THAT WERE NOT
BORN AGAIN, WEREN'T BELIEVERS,
BUT THEY BELIEVED IN TITHING,
BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT
IF YOU TITHE,
GOD'LL BLESS YOU.
WELL, HOW COULD GOD BLESS
THAT SINNER?
BECAUSE THEY PUT HIS LAWS
INTO OPERATION.
NOW, MOST OF THEM EVENTUALLY
GOT SAVED SOMETIME OR OTHER.
I'M NOT SO SURE
THAT ALL OF THEM DID.
BUT ALL OF
WERE BLESSED FINANCIALLY.
ISN'T THAT AN AMAZING THING?
BUT THE SUN SHINES ON THE
RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS,
THE JUST AND THE UNJUST.
IN FACT, GLORIA'S TRANSLATION
OF THAT IS: "THE SUN WILL SHINE
ON ANYBODY THAT'LL GET OUT
IN IT."
NOW, THAT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT?
AMEN.
NOW, THINK ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE IN THAT LAW
AND THAT LAW IS IN US.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE BEEN
GIVEN AUTHORITY TO OPERATE
THOSE LAWS IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
UNDER HIS DIRECTION
AND HIS LORDSHIP.
UNDER THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS
IS THE LAW OF SALVATION.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART
THAT GOD HAS RAISED JESUS
FROM THE DEAD AND CONFESS HIM
WITH YOUR MOUTH AS LORD,
"THOU SHALT BE SAVED."
JESUS ALSO CALLED THAT
BEING BORN AGAIN.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST A--SOME KIND
OF A DESCRIPTIVE PHRASE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE TRUTH;
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU ARE A SPIRIT,
YOU HAVE A SOUL,
MADE UP OF YOUR WILL, YOUR MIND
AND YOUR EMOTIONS, AND YOU
LIVE INSIDE A PHYSICAL BODY.
THAT PHYSICAL BODY HAS NO MIND
OR NATURE OF ITS OWN.
IT'S TAUGHT AND TRAINED,
AND IT'LL DO WHATEVER
IT'S TRAINED TO DO.
AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU
PRACTICE OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN,
THE BODY JUST LATCHES ON TO IT
AND YOU GET TO WHERE YOU CAN DO
THOSE THINGS WITHOUT THINKING
ABOUT IT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S GOOD
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S BAD.
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING THAT IT
DIDN'T TAKE YOU 30 OR 40 MINUTES
TO BUTTON YOUR SHIRT TONIGHT
BEFORE YOU CAME HERE.
IT PROBABLY DID THE FIRST TIME
YOU EVER DID IT.
I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
THAT I EVER DRESSED MYSELF.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
MY MOTHER HAD GONE DOWN
TO THE STO
THERE WAS A LITTLE GROCERY STORE
THAT WAS ABOUT A BLOCK
AND A HALF FROM OUR HOUSE,
ON THE CORNER DOWN THERE,
AND SHE'D GONE DOWN THERE,
AND I WAS STILL AT HOME
AND I DECIDED I WAS GOING
TO DRESS MYSELF
AND SURPRISE MAMA.
AND I DID, I SURPRISED HER,
ALL RIGH
( Laughter
AND THIS RIDICULOUS SHIRT AND A
LITTLE PAIR OF SHORT BRITCHES,
YOU KNOW, THE BRITCHES BUTTONED
TO THE SHIRT.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE FELLOW
THAT DESIGNED THAT.
( Laughter )
I GUARANTEE YOU, HE'S NEVER HAD
HIS SHIRT BUTTONED
TO HIS BRITCHES, HA-HA-HA-HA!
JUST THROW YOUR ARMS UP
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU
WHEN YOU DO THAT.
I MEAN TO TELL YOU, BOY, WHEW!
( Laughter )
AND SO I'M TRYING TO BUTTON
THIS THING,
AND I GOT IT ON ALL RIGHT.
I GOT MY SHIRT ON
AND I GOT THOSE BRITCHES
PRETTY WELL BUTTONED.
THE ONLY THING OF IT WAS,
I GOT THEM CROSS-BUTTONED
AND I'M...
AND I WENT TO MEET HER...
( Laughter )
WHEN SHE'S COMING HOME FROM
THE GROCERY STORE, YOU KNOW?
AND I WENT DOWN THERE
TO MEET HER,
AND FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER
I COULDN'T WALK STRAIGHT.
I HAD THOSE BRITCHES
AND THAT SHIRT BUTTONED WRONG
AND IT WAS PULLING AROUND
SIDEWAYS.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE
THAT PROBLEM TONIGHT.
( Laughter )
WHAT HAPPENED?
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
YOUR BODY EXPANDS AND BEGINS TO
HANDLE MORE AND MORE AND MORE,
BUT IT'LL DO THE SAME THING
WITH TOBACCO
THAT IT'LL DO WITH YOUR CLOTHES.
IT'LL DO THE THING WITH ALCOHOL.
IT'LL EXPAND AND GET TO WHERE IT
NEEDS MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
WELL, SATAN IS TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF WHAT GOD BUILT INTO YOU
AS A BLESSING.
AMEN.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: TO GROW UP INTO HIM
IN ALL THINGS.
WELL, THE MIND HAS TO BE RENEWED
BY THE WORD OF GOD.
THE BODY HAS TO BE REPROGRAMMED
BY THE WORD OF GOD,
OR WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS
CRUCIFYING THE FLESH.
WELL, PUT THE THING--
HANG THE THING ON THE CROSS OF
THE WORD OF GOD AND CHANGE IT.
NOW, AT FIRST IT FEELS LIKE
SOMEBODY NAILED YOU TO A CROSS,
YOU FIRST START TRYING
TO CHANGE THAT STUFF.
I MEAN TO TELL YOU,
IT WAS TOUGH.
BUT AFTER YOU STAY IN THE WORD
A WHILE,
THE WORD STARTS STRIPPING
THAT STUFF OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU GET TO WHERE YOU DON'T PAY
ANY ATTENTION TO THAT JUNK THAT
USED TO JUST DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
WELL, YOUR BODY
DIDN'T GET REBORN.
IT HAD TO GET RETRAINED.
YOUR MIND DIDN'T GET REBORN.
IT HAS TO BE RENEWED
ON THESE LAWS SO IT CAN MAKE
PROPER DECISIONS WITH THE WORD
INSTEAD OF AGAINST THE WORD.
BUT NOW, YOUR SPIRIT BEING,
THE REAL YOU,
WHEN YOU PUT THE LAW
OF SALVATION INTO MOTION,
ANY MAN THAT IS IN CHRIST
IS A NEW CREATURE.
WAIT A MINUTE NOW, "CREATURE"
COMES FROM "CREATION."
I WASN'T CREATED, I WAS BORN.
ADAM WAS CREATED.
I WAS BORN;
NOT WHEN I GOT BORN AGAIN,
BECAUSE THE WORD SAID WE WERE,
"CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS,"
IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS.
OH, GLORY TO GOD,
YOU'RE NOT JUST AN OLD SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE.
YOU WERE AN OLD SINNER,
YOU GOT SAVED BY GRACE, AND NOW,
THANK GOD, YOU'RE A NEW CREATURE
AND GOD CREATED YOU
JUST THE SAME AS HE DID ADAM.
HE CREATED YOU BY HIS SPIRIT
AND BY HIS WORD, HALLELUJAH,
AND ON THE INSIDE YOU'RE JUST
AS MUCH LIKE GOD AS JESUS.
( Audience Agrees )
AMEN.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: YOUR SPIRIT CAN LIVE
WITHOUT YOUR BODY, BUT YOUR BODY
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR SPIRIT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE COME
TO THIS PLACE,
REMEMBER OVER HERE IS SALVATION,
DIVINE HEALING, DIVINE HEALTH.
DON'T JUST GET HEALED
AND GET
GET HEALED AND GET SICK.
GET HEALED AND STAY WELL.
( Audience Agrees )
BELIEVE FOR HEALING WHILE
YOU'RE FEELING GOOD.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER
THAN WHEN YOU GET SICK.
AND YOU--ALL OF THESE THINGS,
YOUR FINANCIAL PROSPERITY.
THE WORD OF GOD,
UNDER THOSE LAWS,
IS THE PEACE OF GOD.
THE PEACE OF GOD IS
NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN.
IT IS THE FULLNESS,
COMPLETENESS, WHOLENESS OF GOD.
AMEN.
I MEAN, A MAN CAN HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND BE SICK
AND NOT GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT.
YOU CAN BE HEALTHY AND STRONG
AND FLAT BROKE
AND CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO NEITHER SITUATION PRODUCES
PEACE IN YOUR LIFE, DOES IT?
BUT WHEN YOU'RE STRONG
IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER
OF HIS MIGHT AND YOU'VE GOT
THE MONEY TO DO WHAT
HE TELLS YOU TO DO, WHOA,
I MEAN, THIS IS A--
THIS IS THE WAY GOD
DESIGNED SALVATION.
AND ALL OF THAT IS IN THE LAWS
OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE--
IN THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
IN CHRIST JESUS.
AND WHEN YOU BEGIN
TO PUT THE WORD OF GOD,
WHICH IS THE LAW OF GOD,
IN YOUR MOUTH,
YOU BEGIN TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE
IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE YOUR LIFE
IN THE NATURAL WORLD,
LIVING BY NATURAL BREAD ALONE
INSTEAD OF EVERY WORD
THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF GOD, YOU'RE JUST LIVING
OVER THERE JUST BUMPING ALONG,
YOU KNOW, DAY BY DAY BY DAY,
THEN ALL OF THE LAW OF SIN
AND DEATH IS FUNCTIONING
AND IT'S FUNCTIONING
AGAINST YOUR FAVOR.
YOU HAVE FAVOR WITH GOD.
IF YOU GET OVER THERE--
ONE FELLOW SAID,
"OH, THAT ANSWERED PRAYER STUFF,
THAT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE."
AND MY FRIEND SAID,
"WELL, IT MAY BE,
BUT IT'S A FUNNY THING,
SINCE I STARTED PRAYING,
THE COINCIDENCES HAVE BEEN IN
MY FAVOR INSTEAD OF AGAINST ME."
( Laughter )
HE SAID, "BEFORE I HAD ANY KIND
OF PRAYER LIFE,
ALL THE COINCIDENCES
WERE TEARING ME UP
AND TRYING TO KILL ME."
AMEN.
SO NOW YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THESE SPIRITUAL LAWS,
AND WALKING IN THESE LAWS
IS PRIMARY.
NOW, THE CATALYST OF THESE LAWS
OVER HERE, IN THE LAW OF THE
SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS,
IS FAITH.
THE THING THAT TIES IT TOGETHER,
IT IS THE FABRIC
OF SPIRITUAL LAW,
IS THE FORCE OF FAITH.