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TO GIVE AND YOU SAY,
"OH, BUT, LORD,
THAT'S MY RENT MONEY,"
NOW YOU BETTER HANG ON TO IT,
BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING
TO HAVE ANY RENT MONEY.
YOU SAY, "LORD, I HEAR YOU.
I REFUSE TO ALLOW THAT
TO CAUSE FEAR IN ME.
THAT WAS GOD SPEAKING TO ME.
I KNOW THAT WAS GOD SPEAKING
TO ME TO GIVE THAT.
AND HE LOVES ME."
AMEN.
( Audience Agrees )
"HE CERTAINLY LOVES ME TOO MUCH
TO GET ME KICKED OUT OF
MY HOUSE."
ONE WOMAN--A FRIEND OF MINE
GOT UP ONE MORNING
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAID,
"YOU TELL YOUR SECRETARY
TO BRING THE MINISTRY BOOKS
TO YOU THIS MORNING."
WELL, IT WASN'T A LARGE MINISTRY
AND THE SECRETARY WAS ALSO
EVERYBODY ELSE AND, YOU KNOW,
SHE PAID THE CHECKS
AND DID ALL THIS AND WENT
TO THE BANK AND DID THAT.
AND SO HE SAID,
"WOULD YOU BRING ME THE BOOKS?"
"WELL, NOW ( Mumbling )..."
AND SHE STARTED STUMBLING AROUND
HE SAID, "YOU GET THOSE BOOKS
IN HERE RIGHT NOW."
SO HE'S GOING THROUGH ALL THIS,
AND HE SAID, "DID YOU WRITE
YOURSELF A CHECK FOR--"
IT WAS $1700 OR SOMETHING.
SHE SAID, "YES, I DID."
HE SAID, "WHAT FOR?"
SHE SAID, "I WAS BEHIND
ON MY HOUSE PAYMENT."
HE SAID, "YOU JUST WROTE
YOURSELF A CHECK OUT OF
THE MINISTRY ACCOUNT?"
SHE SAID, "YOU DIDN'T WANT ME
TO LOSE MY HOUSE, DID YOU?"
HE SAID, "NO, I DON'T WANT YOU
TO LOSE YOUR HOUSE,
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT YOU
STEALING MONEY EITHER.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE HOUSE
AND EVERYTHING IN IT."
"WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT."
ANOTHER MAN THAT WAS A FRIEND
OF MINE BEFORE HE WENT ON HOME
TO BE WITH THE LORD,
HE CAUGHT A FELLOW
STEALING OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT.
HE WAS IN--AND THIS WAS
A BIG COMPANY AND THIS GUY STOLE
A BUNCH OF MONEY.
AND THEY CAME OUT THERE
AND THEY CUFFED HIM
AND WAS TAKING HIM OUT THE DOOR,
AND HE SAID--CALLED THIS MAN
BY HIS NAME, HE SAID,
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
I TITHED ON EVERY BIT OF IT."
( Laughter )
NO, THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.
YOU NEED TO GO BACK WHERE
THE FIRST MISTAKE WAS.
YOU REMEMBER?
IN A MATH PROBLEM, YOU GET BACK
TO WHERE THE MISTAKE WAS.
I MEAN, YOU TAKE CARE OF IT
RIGHT NOW.
ANYTIME YOU GET OVER INTO
UNFORGIVENESS, ANYTIME YOU DO
ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW IS A SIN
OR YOU DON'T DO WHAT YOU KNOW
YOU SHOULD DO, YOU GET OFF INTO
THAT AREA, FEAR WILL RESULT.
WHY?
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN DANGER.
YOU'VE ENDANGERED YOURSELF
THROUGH DISOBEDIENCE.
I MEAN, YOU STOP RIGHT WHERE
YOU ARE, QUIT LYING.
"BROTHER COPELAND, WHO ME?"
YEAH, YOU, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
WHEN THEY SAID, "ARE YOU GOING
TO THE MEETING TONIGHT?"
"WELL, I'M SURE GOING
TO TRY TO."
YOU'RE A-LYING
THROUGH YOUR TEETH.
YOU ARE GOING TO STAY HOME
AND WATCH JAG, AND YOU KNOW I.
( Laughter )
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY,
"NO, SIR, I'M NOT GOING"?
THERE'LL BE A BIG SILENCE THERE
WHILE THEY WAIT TO HEAR THE LIE.
YOU DON'T OWE ANYBODY
ANY EXPLANATION
WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING.
AND IF THEY SAY,
"WHY ARE YOU NOT GOING?"
YOU SAY, "I DON'T WANT TO."
( Laughter )
"WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT
ANYBODY'S FEELING."
A LIE IS A LIE IS A LIE.
( Audience Agrees )
YOU CORRECT IT RIGHT THEN.
AND IF YOU CATCH YOURSELF
DOING IT, STOP RIGHT THERE
AND SAY, "HEY, LET'S BACK UP
HERE JUST A SECOND.
I JUST LIED TO YOU,
AND I'M NOT GOING TO ENDANGER
MYSELF OR MY HEALTH OR MY FAMILY
OVER SOMETHING AS STUPID
AS THIS.
I SAID I MUST HAVE DONE THAT
A MILLION TIMES,
AND I DID IT THREE."
( Laughter )
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A MILLION AND--
"WELL, YOU KNOW,
BROTHER COPE
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT."
NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
THE DEVIL KNOWS WHAT YOU MEAN.
HE'LL TAKE YOU TO TASK FOR IT,
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN DANGER.
NOW, THERE'S WHERE THE PRESSURE
COMES IN.
JESUS HAS DEFEATED THE PROBLEM.
"WELL, BROTHER COPELAND,
I'M TELLING YOU,
I'M IN BAD SHAPE HERE.
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
IS GOING TO HAPPEN,
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT..."
NOW LISTEN TO YOURSELF.
"IT LOOKS LIKE."
WHAT DO YOU CARE
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?
GET AWAY FROM WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE,
WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
"HOW DO YOU FEEL, BROTHER?"
"IT ISN'T ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS
HOW I FEEL."
( Laughter )
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE."
"HOW ARE YOU?"
"GREAT.
GREAT, PRAISE GOD, ONE DAY
CLOSER TO THE RESURRECTION.
IT MUST BE BETTER
THAN YESTERDAY, AMEN.
I'VE GOT SEED IN THE GROUND,
I'M BLESSED, PRAISE GOD."
"OH, JUST SOMETIMES,
BROTHER COPELAND,
I JUST CAN'T DO THAT."
WELL, NOW THAT WAS A LIE.
YOU CAN, YOU JUST DIDN'T.
AMEN.
Audien
Kenneth: I FELL INTO A TRAP HERE
A FEW DAYS AGO WITH THE FLU.
I HADN'T HAD THE FLU
IN NEARLY 30 YEARS,
AND I LET THAT THING GET AHOLD
OF ME AND I DID NOT DO WHAT
I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW.
I STARTED FIGHTING THE THING
IN THE FLESH,
I STARTED FIGHTING
IN THE NATURAL, AND IT STARTED
GAINING ON ME AND GAINING ON ME
AND IT FINALLY JUST
KNOCKED ME DOWN.
BUT, YET, ON THE OTHER HAND--
AND I HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY OUT
OF T
I'M TELL YOU, IT'S A LOT EASIER
IF YOU'LL DO IT WHEN IT FIRST
SHOWS UP THAN AFTER IT'S GOT
AHOLD OF YOU FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
AND TO THOSE OF YOU
THAT KNOW BETTER, IT'S HARDER,
IT'S TOUGHER.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE YOU'RE DANGEROUS TO THE
DEVIL AND HE'S GOING TO DO--
IF HE EVER GETS A HOLD ON YOU
IN ANY WAY, I MEAN, HE'LL RUN IT
AS FAR AS HE CAN RUN IT
UNTIL YOU RUN HIM OFF.
AND THE LORD FINALLY GOT AHOLD
OF ME AND I DID WHAT I KNEW
TO DO.
REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU?
ANYBODY CAN DO THAT,
NOT MANY PEOPLE DO.
ANYBODY CAN.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GO
CROSSWISE OF EVERY WEIRD,
STRANGE, UGLY FEELING
THAT YOUR BODY CAN PRODUCE.
YOU HURT FROM THE HAIR DOWN.
WELL, SO?
THAT'S NO EXCUSE TO ABANDON
YOUR FAITH.
( Audience Agrees )
AMEN.
NOW, DURING THE SAME PERIOD
OF TIME, ONLY A FEW DAYS LATER,
THE FAMILY ALL CAME OVER
DURING CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT,
AND KELLIE'S LITTLE BOY, MAX--
HOW OLD IS MAX?
WHAT IS HE TEN?
NINE, TEN YEARS OLD?
Win Kutz: ELEVEN.
Kenneth: ELEVEN.
IS MAX ELEVEN ALREADY?
DON'T TELL HIM I SAID THAT.
( Laughter )
ANYWAY, HE PICKED UP
THOSE SAME SYMPTOMS.
WHEN HE CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE
THAT NIGHT, HE HAD A FEVER.
WE
THE FAMILY LAID HANDS ON HIM.
AFTER A WHILE, THEY WENT HOME
AND THEY HEARD HIM IN HIS ROOM--
NOW, HERE'S AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY,
THEY HEARD HIM IN HIS ROOM,
AND KELL
"WHAT IS HE--WHAT'S HE DOING?"
SO THEY WENT DOWN THERE
TO CHECK ON HIM,
AND HE WAS GIVING SATAN A FIT.
I MEAN, HE TOOK THE WORD OF GOD,
HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
OF FAITH.
HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
AND HE WAS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.
( Laughter )
IT DIDN'T WORK
BECAUSE HE'S 11 YEARS OLD.
IT WORKED BECAUSE HE WORKED
THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT AT 11 YEARS OLD, HE KNOWS
MORE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD
THAN I DID WHEN I WENT
IN THE MINISTRY AT 30.
AMEN.
AND HE DID WHAT HE KNEW TO DO.
IT WORKED; IT'LL WORK
FOR ANYBODY.
NOBODY'S SPECIAL CALLING.
NO, NO, NO.
IT'S JESUS' SPECIAL CALLING
THAT CAUSES THESE THINGS
TO WORK.
AMEN?
Audien
Kenneth: NOW, THE PRESSURE COMES
FROM LOOKING, FEELING, SEEING,
ACKNOWLEDGING STUFF
FROM THE WORLD,
GETTING WORRIED ABOUT IT,
START THINKING ABOUT IT,
MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO YOU'VE GOT FEAR, CONFUSION,
WHICH IS DARKNESS FROM THE WORLD
THAT PROTECTS THAT FEAR.
ONCE YOU GET AHOLD
OF GOD'S WORD,
YOU KNOW THE TRUTH,
THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
HALLELUJAH.
AND WHAT HAPPENS?
FEAR JUST DOESN'T HAVE
ANY GROUND TO WORK ON THEN.
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT
WHAT GOD SAID,
HE SAID BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU--
"WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'VE DONE."
LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.
SEE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS:
WERE YOU BORN IN THE WORLD?
Audience: ( Softly ) YES.
Kenneth: SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW?
( Laughter )
Kenneth: WERE YOU BORN
IN THE WORLD?
Audience: ( Loudly ) YES!
Kenneth: PREPARE YOURSELF!
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER..."
Audience: THAT'S ME,
I'M A BELIEVER!
Kenneth: "...WHOEVER BELIEVETH
ON HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE."
HALLELUJAH!
THAT'S THE REASON HE CAME,
BECAUSE YOUR FATHER
IS SO IN LOVE WITH YOU,
AND HE'S NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS.
HE LOVES YOU JUST AS MUCH
AS HE DOES JESUS.
AMEN.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
THE TRUTH.
JESUS SAID THAT.
HE SAID, "FATHER, SHOW THEM
YOU LOVE THEM
AS MUCH AS YOU DO ME."
OH, MY.
IN I JOHN 4:18: "PERFECTED,"
OR DEVELOPED,
"LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR."
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR IT WHEN LOVE
BEGINS TO MOVE AND YOU HEAR GOD
SAY, "LISTEN, YOUR NEEDS ARE MET
BY MY RICHES IN GLORY.
NOW GET UP FROM THERE
AND QUIT DWELLING ON THIS THING
AND TURN IT OVER TO ME."
I WAS SHOWERING ONE MORNING,
I WAS STANDING THERE
IN THAT SHOWER AND, I MEAN,
I HAD A SITUATION IN FRONT OF ME
THAT WAS A BEAR.
I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED IT
BEFORE, AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
QUITE WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND I SAID, "LORD, PLEASE
SHOW ME WHAT TO DO WITH THAT."
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT GET ON YOUR MIND
AND JUST STARTS GRINDING.
YOU SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD
OVER IT AND CAST IT OUT,
AND 30 SECONDS LATER
YOU CATCH YOURSELF
THINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN,
YO
BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE,
THE PRESSURE'S ON.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
GOING TO SUE ME
AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I SAID, "SHOW ME WHAT TO DO
IN THIS."
IT WASN'T AN HOUR'S TIME
A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED ME.
HE SAID, "BROTHER KENNETH,
I JUST HAD YOU ON MY HEART
AND MIND THIS MORNING."
HE SAID, "I JUST--I WAS REALLY
IMPRESSED OF THE LORD TO SAY
SOMETHING TO YOU, JUST TELL YOU
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME."
HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH YOU TODAY."
HE SAID, "I HAD SOME PEOPLE
THAT CAME ON MY PROPERTY."
HE SAID, "I FOUND OUT LATER
THEY CAME ON WITH THE--
THEY PLANNED TO SUE
THIS MINISTRY FOR EVERYTHING
IT WAS WORTH, BUT," HE SAID,
"I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME,
I HAD NO IDEA."
AND HE SAID, "THEY MADE IT LOOK
REALLY GOOD."
SO HE SAID, "I WAS--"
HE SAID, "I COULDN'T KEEP
FROM THINKING ABOUT THE THING."
AND HE SAID, "I WAS SUPPOSED
TO GO INTO COURT THAT DAY."
AND HE SAID,
"I WAS IN THE SHOWER--"
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, REALLY?"
( Laughter )
"IS THAT RIGHT?"
HE SAID, "I WAS IN THE SHOWER
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD
SAID TO ME, 'HOW LONG HAVE
WE BEEN TOGETHER?'
I SAID, 'LORD, 22 YEARS.'
HE SAID, 'ISN'T THAT LONG ENOUGH
YOU COULD PROBABLY TRUST ME
BY NOW?'"
( Audience Agrees )
HE SAID, "I TRUST YOU WITH IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO THINK
ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH IT."
AND I SAID, "LORD, I--
FORGET THAT."
AND THE PRESSURE
STARTED LI
NOW, I HAD TO MAINTAIN IT.
EVERY TIME IT WOULD COME BACK,
I'D SAID, "NO, NO, NO,
I'VE TRUSTED GOD WITH THAT,
MR. DEVIL.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY
ABOUT THAT,
TALK WITH HIM ABOUT IT.
THAT'S OFF MY SHOULDERS NOW."
AND, YOU KNOW, GOD WORKED THAT
WHOLE THING OUT,
PRAISE THE LORD.
(♪♪ Background Music ♪♪)
LET'S GO BACK FOR A MOMENT
TO FEAR, CONFUSION AND PRESSURE;
FAITH, COURAGE AND PRAYER.
"FAITH COMES BY HEARING,
AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD,"
ROMANS 10:17.
FAITH IS NOT PRODUCED
BY BAD THINGS
THAT HAPPEN TO PEOPLE.
FAITH IS NOT DEVELOPED BY THINGS
THAT HAPPEN
TO YOUR FIVE PHYSICAL SENSES.
"WELL, THE REASON HE'S SO STRONG
IN FAITH IS BECAUSE ALL THIS
STUFF CAME ON HIM AND HE HAD
TO BELIEVE HIS WAY OUT OF IT."
WELL, NO.
IF THAT WAS TRUE, EVERYBODY
IN THIS--EVERYBODY IN THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
WOULD BE A FAITH GIANT,
BECAUSE NOBODY'S IMMUNE
FROM THAT.
ALL OF THE STORMS OF LIFE
HAVE COME UPON EVERYBODY:
THE RIGHTEOUS, THE UNRIGHTEOUS
AND ALL THE REST OF THEM.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
NOW, THOSE THAT TURN TO GOD
AND HIS WORD
ARE THE ONES THAT DEVELOP
THEIR FAITH.
NOW GOD WILL USE
A BAD SITUATION.
GOD DIDN'T BRING BAD SITUATIONS
ON YOU.
( Audience Agrees )
HE BROUGHT HIS WORD ON YOU.
THE DEVIL BROUGHT
BAD SITUATIONS--I CAN PROVE IT
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
JESUS SAID IN THE 4th CHAPTER
OF MARK, "PERSECUTION
AND AFFLICTION COMETH
FOR THE WORD'S SAKE."
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID,
"TO STOP THE WORD OF GOD."
IF YOU DON'T ALLOW THAT TO STOP
THE WORD OF GOD AND THE DEVIL
TO STEAL THE WORD OUT OF YOU,
FAITH IS THE RESULT.
AND IT'S WHAT YOU DO
IN THE PERSECUTION
THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S WHAT YOU DO
WITH THE WORD OF GOD
IN TIMES OF PRESSURE,
TIMES OF FEAR,
AND TIMES OF CONFUSION
THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHERE FAITH AND COURAGE
AND PRAYER COME IN.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK FROM THE--
IN THE--WELL, YEAH,
FROM THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
LET'S TURN OVER THERE.
I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING,
WHERE GOD WAS INSTRUCTING
JOSHUA.
NOW, IT'S ALL THROUGH THIS BOOK,
BUT JUST TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,
LOOK AT THE 8th VERSE
OF THE 1st CHAPTER
OF THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
JOSHUA 1:8:
"THIS BOOK OF THE LAW,"
OR THE WORD OF GOD,
"SHALL NOT DEPART
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH."
DON'T YOU SAY--YOU HEAR WHAT
GOD'S SAYING TO HIM?
GOD WAS SAYING, "DON'T YOU SAY
ANYTHING THAT MY WORD
DOESN'T SAY.
DON'T VENTURE OFF OUT HERE
TALKING ABOUT THE ENEMY."
NOW, WHERE DID JOSHUA
FIRST HEAR THAT?
THIS IS WHERE HE TOOK COMMAND
AFTER MOSES WAS GONE.
WHERE DID HE FIRST HEAR THAT?
YOU REMEMBER IT WAS JOSHUA
AND CALEB THAT DID NOT BELIEVE
THE REPORT FROM TEN OTHER
COMMISSIONED PEOPLE,
PEOPLE COMMISSIONED TO GO
INTO THAT LAND AND TO LOOK AT IT
AND SPY IT OUT.
THEY WERE NOT TO GO OVER THERE
AND COME BACK
AND TELL JUST WHAT THEY SAW.
THEY WERE SPIES.
THEY WERE IN THERE
TO STUDY THE WALLS, TO STUDY
THE ENEMY'S MILITARY STRENGTH,
HIS POSITIONS,
AND SPY OUT ALL OF THE--
THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO
COME BACK AND SAY, "WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS."
GOD HAD ALREADY
ESTABLISHED THAT.
THEY WERE IN THERE AS SPIES,
NOT REPORTERS!
( Audience Agrees )
AND ONLY TWO OUT OF TWELVE
CAME BACK AND SAID,
"LET'S TAKE THE LAND."
THE REST OF THEM CAME BACK
AND SAID, "THERE ARE GIANTS
OVER THERE,
AND WE'RE AS GRASSHOPPERS
IN THEIR SIGHT."
HOW DO WE KNOW
THAT THEY EVEN SAW THEM?
NO, THEY WERE GRASSHOPPERS
IN THEIR OWN SIGHT;
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM, SEE.
NOW, JOSHUA AND CALEB
WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT WENT IN
THE PROMISED LAND OUT OF
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, AMEN.
SO HE KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD
THAT POINT WELL.
"THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT
DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,
BUT YOU WILL MEDITATE THEREIN
DAY AND NIGHT."
"DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT
ANYTHING ELSE.
DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP AGAINST.
THINK ABOUT WHAT I TOLD YOU."
Audience: THAT'S RIGHT.
Kenneth: SEE?
YOU'RE GOING INTO BATTLE.
YOU DON'T GO INTO BATTLE
THINKING ABOUT GETTING KILLED.
YOU GO INTO BATTLE THINKING
ABOUT KILLING THE OTHER GUY.
LET HIM DIE FOR HIS COUNTRY,
MAN.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU WIN THE WAR.
( Laughter )
THERE ISN'T ANYBODY
THAT WINS A WAR BY DYING
FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
NOW, PEOPLE THAT DO DIE
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
DESERVE GREAT HONOR, AMEN.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WINS
THE WAR.
THOSE OTHER FOLKS
DYING FOR THEIRS,
THAT'S WHAT WINS IT.
SO WHAT DO YOU DEPEND ON?
YOU DEPEND ON YOUR TRAINING.
YOU DEPEND ON WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN TOLD.
YOU DEPEND ON WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN TAUGHT.
NOT ON HOW BIG A DEAL THEY AR.
NOW, THIS IS VITALLY TRUE
WHERE THE WORD OF GOD
IS CONCERNED
AND THE FORCES OF DARKNESS,
WHICH IS SATAN,
AND HE IS THE SPIRIT OF FEAR.
WITHOUT FEAR
NOTHING HE HAS WORKS.
FEAR IS THE DIRECT OPPOSITE,
IT IS THE RECIPROCAL OF FAITH.
IT IS A SPIRITUAL FORCE,
AND IT WORKS UNDER THE SAME LAWS
AND THE SAME RULES
THAT FAITH DOES.
"FAITH COMETH BY HEARING,
AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD."
FEAR COMES BY HEARING,
AND HEARING BY THE WORD
OF THE DEVIL,
OR THE LIES OF THE DEVIL.
THEY FUNCT
IN THE SAME ATMOSPHERE.
THEY FUNCTION THE SAME WAY.
FEAR IS TWISTED FAITH.
FEAR IS FAITH IN DEATH,
IT'S FAITH IN THAT THING
OUT THERE'S ABILITY TO HURT ME.
A SNAKE: FEAR OF THAT REPTILE
IS FAITH IN THAT SNAKE'S ABILITY
TO DO DAMAGE TO YOU,
FAITH IN HIS ABILITY
TO HURT YOU.
NOW, HE SAID TO HIM:
"THIS BOOK OF THE LAW WILL NOT
DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH;
YOU MEDITATE THEREIN
DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY
OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING
TO ALL THAT'S WRITTEN THEREIN:
AND YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY
PROSPEROUS,
AND YOU'LL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS."
NOW, YOU NOTICE HE DIDN'T SAY,
"THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF IT"?
NO, HE SAID, "YOU WILL."
WHY?
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HIS WORD
AND IT WILL PRODUCE THE SUCCESS
IF YOU'LL STAY IN IT.
HE DIDN'T SAY IT'D BE EASY.
THE MAN HAD A WAR TO FIGHT,
BUT HE'S FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
OF FAITH.
THE GOOD FIGHT IS ONE YOU KNOW
YOU WIN BEFORE YOU EVER GO
INTO IT.
( Audience Agrees )
THAT'S A GOOD FIGHT, AMEN,
WHEN YOUR BIG BROTHER WHIP
THE GUY AND THEN TURNS HIM OVER
TO YOU.
( Laughter )
"HAVE NOT I COMMANDED YOU?
BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE;
AND BE NOT AFRAID."
"FEAR NOT" IS A COMMAND FROM
GOD, BUT SO IS "HAVE COURAGE."
NOW LET'S GO OVER TO II PETER.
II PETER 1:4.
NO, LET'S START READING
IN VERSE 3:
"HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN
UNTO US ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN
TO LIFE AND GODLINESS..."
THINK ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT GOD
LEFT OUT OF YOUR SUCCESS.
Audience: THAT'S RIGHT.
Kenneth: I'LL TELL YOU,
THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
"...THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM
THAT HAS CALLED US TO GLORY
AND TO VIRTUE:
WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US,"
OR BECAUSE OF THIS,
BECAUSE OF THAT DIVINE POWER
THAT HE'S GIVEN US ALL THINGS
THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE
AND GODLINESS.
THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS
TO GOD AND HEAVEN AND HIS WORD
AND ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN
TO THIS LIFE,
WHICH INCLUDES THE CLOTHES
ON YOUR BACK AND THE FOOD
THAT YOU EAT.
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: "WHEREBY ARE GIVEN
UNTO US EXCEEDING GREAT
AND PRECIOUS PROMISES:
THAT BY THESE YOU MIGHT BE
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE,
HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION
THAT IS IN THE WORLD
THROUGH ***," THROUGH PRESSURE.
"BESIDES THIS,
GIVING ALL DILIGENCE,
ADD TO YOUR FAITH VIRTUE;
TO VIRTUE KNOWLEDGE;
TO KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE;
AND TO TEMPERANCE PATIENCE;
TO PATIENCE GODLINESS;
TO GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS;
TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS CHARITY,"
OR GIVING LOVE.
"FOR IF THESE THINGS BE IN YOU,
AND ABOUND, THEY MAKE YOU
THAT YOU SHALL NOT--YOU SHALL
NEITHER BE BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL
IN THE K
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE THAT LACKETH THESE THINGS
IS BLIND, AND CANNOT SEE."
SO HE IS GOING TO FAIL.
BUT NOW, HERE HE'S TALKING
ABOUT ANYBODY, AMEN,
BECAUSE THE SUBJECT HERE
IS NOT THE PEOPLE,
IT'S THE PROMISE.
HALLELUJAH.
THE PEOPLE ARE SUBJECT
TO THE PROMISE IF THE PROMISE
IS SUBJECT TO THE PEOPLE.
NOW, NOTICE THAT PHRASE THERE,
HE SAID, FIRST OF ALL,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT
BY FAITH AND THEN HE SAID
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD
VIRTUE TO YOUR FAITH.
NOW, THAT'S AN OLD ENGLISH WORD
THAT--WE DON'T EVEN USE IT
ANYMORE HARDLY,
AND IT'S USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO YOU GO BACK AND YOU GET
THE GREEK TEXT ON THIS
AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS, SEE WHAT
WAS TRANSLATED "VIRTUE,"
AND IT'S A WORD THAT
LITERALLY MEANS--AND VIRTUE
MEANS THIS, TOO, "MORAL ENERGY."
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
COURAGE.
IT'S COURAGE.
IT'S THE SAME WORD
THAT COMES FROM "COURAGE."
"COURAGE" COMES FROM
THIS SAME WORD.
AND THE BIBLE COMMANDS US
TO BE COURAGEOUS.
"HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU TO BE
COURAGEOUS AND BE NOT AFRAID?"
SO GOD'S TELLING US
TO DO SOMETHING HERE.
IF HE TELLS US TO DO IT,
THAT MEANS WE CAN.
NOW, TO BE COURAGEOUS
SIMPLY MEANS
YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT,
ACCORDING TO THE WORD,
NOT THE WORLD.
WHAT THEY SAY IS RIGHT
IS A BUNCH OF BALONEY.
WHAT THEY SAY IS,
"WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ME."
"WELL, I WANT TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT, YES, AMEN."
"WELL, WHAT'S RIGHT?"
"I OUGHT TO KILL HIM, I THINK.
IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING
I JUST OUGHT TO KILL
THAT FELLOW."
"I BELIEVE WHAT'S RIGHT HERE
IS TO SUE HIM FOR EVERYTHING
HE'S GOT."
DID YOU KNOW 85-90%, OR MORE,
OF ALL THE LAWSUITS
IN THE WORLD ARE CARRIED OUT
IN THE UNITED STATES?
AND ALMOST 100% OF THEM
ARE FRIVOLOUS IN ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER?
IT'S TERRIBLE.
IT HAS TO STOP.
AND THE WAY WE HANDLE THAT
IS DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
NOW, THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES
COMPENSATION.
THAT'S WHAT THE WORD
WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT SAID,
"AN EYE FOR AN EYE,
TOOTH FOR A TOOTH."
THAT WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT,
"IF HE HITS YOU IN THE EYE,
YOU HIT HIM; IF HE SPIT ON YOU,
YOU SPIT ON HIM."
NO, IF PEOPLE CARRIED THAT OUT,
YOU'D HAVE A BUNCH OF BLIND,
TOOTHLESS PEOPLE.
( Laughter )
AND THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD'S
INTERPRETED THAT.
AND I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THAT
THAT'S THE WAY A LOT
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
HAVE INTERPRETED THAT.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY
GOD INTERPRETED THAT.
AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THE CHUMASH
AND YOU BEGIN TO STUDY
WHAT THE SAGES WROTE ABOUT THAT
AND SO FORTH,
AND WHAT THE OLD RABBIS
WROTE ABOUT IT,
THIS WAS GOD INTRODUCING
INTO THE NATION OF ISRAEL
PROPER COMPENSATION.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE;
IF YOU DAMAGED A MAN'S EYE,
THEN COMPENSATE HIM FOR IT.
OUR WHOLE SYSTEM OF CIVIL LAW
IS BASED ON THAT.
NOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED
WHERE YOU--LET'S SAY YOU HAD
A CAR ACCIDENT AND THIS PERSON,
BECAUSE OF THAT, LOST THEIR JOB
AND COULDN'T WORK ANYMORE
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT PERSON
IS DUE $28 MILLION IS IF THEY
WOULD HAVE MADE $28 MILLION
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
THAT IS WRONG.
NOW, YOU TAKE THE THINGS
THAT THAT PERSON IS DUE,
ACTUALLY DUE,
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND THAT'S NOT HARD
TO FIGURE OUT,
EXCEPT A LAWYER ISN'T
GOING TO TELL YOU THAT.
HE'S IN THE--
HE'S IN A LYING INDUSTRY.
BUT YOU GO BACK TO THE WORD
OF GOD AND IT'LL TELL YOU.
AND YOU GO--IF YOU KNOW THE LORD
AND YOU GO IN THERE TO SUE
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, YOU KNEW IT
WAS WRONG WHEN YOU WENT
IN THERE.
NOW, THE WORLD DOESN'T.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T KNOW.
YOU DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU
DO IT FOR ONLY ONE REASON:
YOU DO IT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT.
THEN YOU DO IT RIGHT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO DO IT
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,
YOU AREN'T EVER GOING
TO HAVE TIME TO GO BACK
AND FIX IT.
DO IT RIGHT.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME NOW?
NOW, WHEN YOU DO THAT--
I'M TALKING ABOUT VERY,
VERY SMALL THINGS.
YOU DON'T BUILD THIS OUT OF
A BIG DEAL.
YOU DON'T WAIT UNTIL SOME BIG,
UGLY THING HAPPENS,
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
ANY CHARACTER ABOUT YOU
IF YOU DO.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHARACTER,
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE COURAGE.
SO YOU START OUT
WITH THE LITTLE STUFF...
FROM THE--
IN THE PUBLIC REST ROOM,
TOOK A SHOT AT THAT WASTEBASKET
WITH THAT TOWEL YOU USED,
MISSED IT AND IT HIT THE FLOOR,
AND YOU'RE JUST ON OUT THE DOOR.
NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU
TO TAKE FOUR STEPS, PICK IT UP,
WIPE THE COUNTER OFF THERE
THAT YOU GOT WATER ALL OVER?
"WELL, I DIDN'T DO ALL THAT.
SOMEBODY ELSE DID THAT."
THEY DIDN'T HA
ANY CHARACTER EITHER.
( Laughter )
BUT WHAT'S RIGHT HERE?
PREPARE IT FOR THE PERSON
THAT'S COMING IN BEHIND YOU.
( Audience Agrees )
NOW, IT MAY BE IN SUCH A MESS
THAT YOU COULD STAY IN THERE
THREE DAYS AND IT STILL WOULDN'T
LOOK ANY GOOD,
BUT YOU DO YOUR PART.
YOU WIPE THE THING DOWN.
AND YOU DON'T THROW IT AT IT.
YOU PUT IT IN IT.
NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
THE PROSPERITY OF THE PERSON
THAT OWNS THIS PUBLIC FACILITY.
( Audience Agrees )
IF YOU ARE ALWAYS OUT
TO PROSPER PEOPLE,
DON'T STEAL THE HOTEL SOAP.
( Laughter )
WHO WANTS THEIR LITTLE
OL' BITTY BARS OF SOAP ANYWAY,
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITH THEM.
AND IF YOU TRAVEL VERY MUCH
AND YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE A WHOLE DRAWER FULL
OF THAT MICKEY MOUSE SOAP
THAT THERE CAN'T ANYBODY DO--
BUT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER YOU SAY,
"WELL, BLESS GOD, I MEAN,
THEY CHARGE ME SO MUCH
FOR THIS ROOM, IT'S MY SOAP,
I'M GOING TO TAKE IT HOME
WITH ME."
NEXT T
YOU'LL GET THE TOWELS.
PUT THE HANGERS BACK.
EPHESIANS 6:8: "ANY GOOD THING
ANY MAN DOES, THE SAME SHALL HE
RECEIVE OF THE LORD."
HUH?
Audience: AMEN.
Kenneth: NOW THAT'S THE WORD
OF GOD, ISN'T IT?
FLIP THAT OVER AND YOU'LL FIND
THE WORD OF THE DEVIL:
ANY BAD THING ANY MAN DOES,
THE SAME SHALL HE RECEIVE
OF SATAN.
THE WHOLE THING IS BASED ON
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST.
YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT CHARACTER.
CHARACTER IS IN YOUR SPIRIT.
EVERY TIME YOU PICK THAT
TOWEL UP, IT'S THE SAME
AS LIFTING A BARBELL OR LIFTING
A WEIGHT IN THE NATURAL.
YOU HAVE EXERCISED VIRTUE
IN YOUR SPIRIT AND CHARACTER
IS THE RESULT AND CHARACTER
BRINGS FORTH COURAGE.
YOU'LL GET TO WHERE YOU WON'T
THROW IT AT THE BASKET
TO START WITH.
YOU'LL JUST WALK OVER THERE
AND SAY, "THANK YOU, JESUS,
AT LEAST THEY HAD A TOWEL,"
AND PUT IT WHERE IT BELONGS.
( Laughter )
SOME OTHER PERSON IS GOING
TO HAVE TO COME IN THERE
AND CLEAN THAT MESS UP;
( Audience Agrees )
THINK ABOUT THEM.
A PERSON WAITING IN A--
WAITING ON YOU IN A RESTAURANT,
DON'T GET MAD AT THEM.
YOU MIGHT BE MADDER
THAN THE
IF YOU HAD TO PUT UP WITH WHAT
THEY PUT UP WITH.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
PERSON'S BEEN THROUGH TODAY,
AMEN.
THAT'S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT;
AND EVERY TIME YOU DO IT,
EVERY TIME YOU EXERCISE IT,
YOU'RE BUILDING CHARACTER,
YOU'RE BUILDING VIRTUE,
AND YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR FAITH.
ONE TRANSLATION SAYS,
"DO WHAT A HERO WOULD DO
ABOUT THE SITUATION."
NOW, IT MAY BE SOMETHING
THAT YOU HAVE TO STOP AND THINK,
"WHAT WOULD JOHN WAYNE DO
IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT HERE?"
( Laughter )
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT BIG JOHN'S
GOING TO DO.
HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
AMEN, IF HE HAS TO SWEAR
TO HIS OWN HURT.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS WOULD DO.
IF YOU DEVELOP THAT
AND YOU DO THAT,
AND YOU KEEP DOING IT
AND YOU KEEP DOING IT
AND YOU KEEP DOING IT,
YOU'LL GET TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT
AFRAID OF ANYTHING
AND NEVER WILL BE AFRAID AGAIN,
AMEN.