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let's go to work

in the gospel of saint luke

chapter number 22 verse 42 through 51

and then i will

drop down to 55 and luxuriate the

theology of this message

by continuing the story from 55 through 62

we will be reading out of the king james

version for no particular reason other

than the fact that we both share

i like the language i learned the

language in king james go to it now luke 22

22 42-51

when you go to this you have stepped into

into

the most stressful overwhelming

overwhelming

conflicting moment in the life of christ himself

himself

the fortress of hell

has come against him

all of the legions of demons have come

in concert for this moment

when we step into this text

all that he has done before is now on trial

trial

it is not just that he is on trial all

that he has done before is on trial and

all that he is

is on trial

good lord

the disciples are standing around with him

him

staring watching beholding

thinking that they are part with him but

the pressure has become so tight

the need so great the wrists so high

that even the strongest of the disciples

begin to buckle up under the weight that

jesus is standing up under

we step into this moment and it is there

not only so that we will have the

beautiful continuity of the history of

the circumstances that led to the

crucifixion but there is an underlying

message that i want to extract from a

very familiar story for the edification

of the church and where you are right now

now

and i believe in my spirit that god is

going to answer somebody's question today

today

through the word of god

so i want you to listen with the king here

here

with an infinite ability to understand

that god is talking to you

and he has drawn you out here this

morning so that he could sit by the fire

and talk to you as a father would his son

son

so that through it you might become

better and stronger and richer in him

saying father if thou be willing remove

nevertheless not my will but thine be done

done

and there appeared an angel unto him

from heaven strengthening him

and being in agony he prayed more

earnestly agony requires more earnestly

when you're in agony you have to pray

more earnestly when you're in agony you

have to pray more earnestly if it

weren't for the agony there wouldn't be

the earnestly

sometimes god will allow the agony to

bring you to a place of earnestly if god

didn't bring agony into your life you

would not pray with more earnestly

and his sweat

was as as it were great drops of blood

falling down to the ground

and when he rose up from the prayer and

was come to his disciples he found them sleeping

sleeping

for sorrow

and he said unto them why sleepy

rise and pray watch rise and pray lest

ye enter

into temptation

oh i didn't know that prayer was a

that if i pray strong enough there are

some temptations i won't enter in

because of my prayer life

that he will lead me around certain

types of temptation

and deliver me from evil because i'm a

prayer warrior

and while he yet spake behold a

multitude watch this watch this watch

this don't just read it watch it and

while he yet spake behold a multitude of

mob came a scandalous mob came and he

that was called judas one of the twelve

went before them and drew near unto jesus

to kiss him

but jesus said unto him judas betray us now

now

the son of man with the kiss

have you no class have you no dignity

of all the ways to betray me you would

betray me while being intimate with me [Applause]

the height of betrayal is to do it with

a kiss

you could have pointed at me

you could have described me to them

but you took advantage of your ability

the fact that i allowed you to be able

to access me you now use it against me

and flaunt it to your friends that you

can get to me

all to my demise and my destruction

when they which were about him saw what

would follow they said unto him lord

shall we smite with the sword they don't

know what to do because the mob has come

they've come with torches and weapons

and lights and screaming and terror

terrorists coming against jesus

and one of them smote the servant of the

high priest and

cut off his ear his right ear and jesus

answered and said suffer ye thus far

and he touched his ear

and when they had kindled a fire in the

midst of the hall

and were set down together i'm down at

verse 55 peter sat down

among them

oh wait

how can you cut the ear

off a person

and then sit down amongst them

but a certain maid beheld him as he set

by the fire and earnestly looked upon

him and said this man was also with him

and he denied him

saying woman i know him not

and after a little while another saw him

and said god also of them and peter said man

man

i am not

and about the space of one hour after

another confidently affirmed saying of a

truth this fellow also was with him for

he is a galilean

and peter said man i know not what bout

says and immediately while he yet spake

the cop

crew and the lord turned

and looked upon peter

it's a powerful thing

it's it's not

it's not that the lord said anything to him

him

he gave him that look you know that look

your parents gave you when you were

showing off in church

he just

looked upon peter

and peter remembered the word of the

lord how he had said unto him before the

[ __ ] crows thou shalt deny me thrice

and peter went out

he wept bitterly

bitterly

can the church say amen

this morning while you're standing i

want to talk to you about delayed gratification

if you're watching on the internet type

that on the line delayed gratification

gratification

because underneath

the texture

of this story

and the continuity of the events

i want you to see that jesus is teaching

them the power

of delayed gratification

gratification

let us pray spirit of the living god

come real close [Music]

[Music]

hover over this place

in such a way

that you bring clarity of thought and

nimbleness of mine and endow me with the

grace and the gift of being able to

articulate that which defies human language

language

as we stand on the precipice of this

text we know this is the week

separated from all other weeks there

would never be or never will be another

week like this week

this is the week when all that you have professed

professed

has come to trial

in this moment we

are in such coinanea

coinanea

because there are many people in this

room that all that they have professed

has come to trial

in this season that we're in right now

all that we have sung about and shout

about it's preached about and talked

about and testified about has come to

trial through the events that come

against us in this moment and we have

fellowship with you because we feel the

weight and the pressure and the responsibility

responsibility

of responding to something that had we

had a right

to choose we would have avoided

but we trust you when we can't trace you

have your way in this place

spirit of the living god fall freshly on us

in the name of jesus we pray somebody

shout amen

you may be seated in the presence of the lord

lord yeah

yeah

glory to god

delayed gratification is a hard thing to teach

particularly when you are teaching it to

people who have been oppressed

oppressed

because when you have been oppressed

whether in a marriage

or on a job

or in society

you have waited so long for any inkling

of success

that the moment we get any inkling of

success we need to be able to sport it

it is therapeutic

it is reassuring

it is comforting but delayed

gratification requires a degree of

delayed gratification requires that you

are seasoned enough to see the higher purpose

purpose

rather than the momentary gratification

of proving to naysayers

when you make proving to other people

that you are somebody your goal

you fall short of your divine purpose

because god did not create you to

because if you impress them what is the reward

reward

you are impressing people that have

nothing to give you but an opinion

and everyone has an opinion

and few of them are changed by the

accruments of our success our problems today

today

center around the fact that we have a tendency

tendency

to buy our wants

because we can't wait for it

we spend years

in the wilderness of adversity

rather than walking into the land that

flows with milk and honey

because we like the ability

to have delayed gratification

any goal that you're going after whether

you're trying to lose weight or whether

you're trying to build wealth or whether

you're trying to start a ministry or

whether you're trying to build a

marriage or whether you're trying to

open up a business you have to have

delayed gratification

if you open up a business and you start

eating up all the profits and spending

it as fast as you're making it your

business won't last long you have got to

open up the business and ignore the prophets

if you have the strength to ignore the

prophets long enough

they will accrue in value and strength

to the point that you can go beyond what

we fall into

it is far better to be a thing than look

but in our haste to be impressive

we will take the shortcut

of looking like we have something

that we do not

and when we do that we forfeit the

opportunity to actually be

what we are professing

because it is expensive to require

to require immediate gratification

gratification

on a job it's expensive to require

immediate gratification i have learned

the things that are the most valuable

and most important take time to accrue

and to build up and the time is

necessary it is not just god holding

back things from you it is god giving

you an opportunity to build up to be

able to withstand the harvest that he's

getting ready to drop on you

the harvest that god has for you is so

he has to break your habits

so that you can enjoy your harvest

your habits are destroying your harvest

he would have invested more but he knows

he can't trust you

because your gratification becomes more

important than his will

and anytime your gratification becomes

more important than his long-term will

he has to hold back what he would have

i was visiting one of my spiritual sons

and he picked me up in a jaguar

and the jaguars are very nice and

expensive car

is not my kind of car because i'm too big

big

they make great they make jaguars for

little people

little cute people

a little five foot four cute people

i got too much legs and accessories and

stuff and and

and

and accruments and

supplements to be comfortable in the

jaguar but i got in the jaguar i folded

myself down like a piece of luggage and

i fit down into the jaguar and i rode in

the jaguar and he took me out to an

impressive restaurant and we had a good

time and we had a great time and when we

got back to the hotel i got out of the

car and i slammed the door i didn't mean

to but i slammed the door i slammed the

door hard enough that he got mad that i

slammed the door but he respected me too

much to show that he was mad but inside

he was mad because i slammed the door

and he asked me later what's wrong with you

and i said what's wrong with you [Applause]

[Applause]

he says what do you mean i said let me

tell you something

you will never have anything

you got more car than you got money

you got more carding you got house

you got more car then you got college

tuition for your children you got more

car then you got savings you got more

car than you got mutual fun you got more

car then you got church you got more car

than you got ministry you got more car

than you got people and you're trying to

get the people to sacrifice and they

don't see any sacrifice on you

see jesus said if you suffer with me

you'll reign with me he does not disconnect

disconnect

the continuity between suffering and

raining he said you can't just leap into

reigning without going through suffering

suffering teaches you things that make

you able to maintain

the reigning with him

so he says i will not allow you to reign

with me if you forsake the suffering

with me

and we lose over and over again

because we lack the ability

he said what do you think i should do

i said you should you should trade it in

you should trade your car in this is the

i said you should trade your car in and

i didn't expect him to do it

because most people say they are your sons

sons

see see the real test of being a son is chastisement

the bible says that if you endure

chastisement you're a son

you're not a son when i'm saying things

that you like

that don't mean anything anybody will

follow you as long as you're saying

things that you like but sonship is

proven when i say something that you

i've taught you before that the root

word to submit is to submit to the

mission submission submission means that

there has to be a mission that is

greater than your need for gratification

and you submit to the mission

but the problem with most of us is that

we have no sense of mission

because we want to feel good in the moment

moment

and we think that everything should happen

happen

in the moment

but the truth of the matter is anything

worth having takes time

anything that's worth having takes

commitment anything that's worth having

takes suffering there are no shortcuts

to it it requires suffering

suffering

it is not just patience that i'm

teaching about this morning

because patience alone is not enough to

deliver what god gave me to give to you today

today

you can have patience and still

not have the ability to have delayed gratification

gratification

patience just means our weight and we

have a lot of church people who are

stuck in the weight mode

they're waiting on god to do something

when in fact god is waiting on them to

do something

so patience alone is not enough

delayed gratification requires that you

i want you to write this down patience

plus strategy equals gratification

gratification patience

patience

plus strategy

if you have patience and you don't have

a strategy you're just waiting

but when you know you're waiting with a

strategy in mind

you know ultimately it will lead to

gratification because you are not

waiting because you're tired or because

you procrastinate or because you're lazy

or because you don't care you are tired

on schedule you are waiting on schedule

you are sitting on schedule you are

denying on schedule you're driving a

lesser car on schedule because you got a

i never will forget when we were in west

virginia and you remember we were in

west virginia we bought our first really

really really nice home and we were

entertaining a couple and they made fun

of our car and they said you can't drive

this kind of car up to this kind of house

house

he said you can't you need to get rid of

this rust bucket

that's what he called my car rust bucket

you cannot drive this kind of car up to

this kind of house i said driving this

kind of car is what got me this kind of house

house

well y'all don't hear what i'm saying

i i i drove the car i knew it looked bad

i know it was i know i know it was kind

of rusty i knew it was old i knew it was

about 12 years old but i was driving it

for a reason

it was part of the strategy that the

money that i could have been putting

into payments i was putting into

something that would build equity that

i sacrificed on the depreciating asset

so that i could build up the

appreciating asset because i got tired

come on come on stay with me i got tired

of visiting better and as soon as you

get tired of visiting better and you

want to start living in better you have

to practice delayed gratification

in order to be able to get there

the reason this text speaks to me

in such a powerful way

is because this is one of the only times

that we see

from the marriage at cana

to the woman with the issue of

blood to the sour phoenician woman

to over and over and over again to blind

bottom hairs

every time jesus healed a man whether

he'd been by the pool for 38 years or

whether he had a withered arm

we saw immediate results

he called lazarus from the grave and

immediately he got up out of the grave

he stopped the widow of name stopped her

in the middle of a funeral processional

touched the casket and immediately the

boy got up

he cursed the fig tree and when they

came back the fig tree was dead

he spoke to zacchaeus and said this day

i shall be at your house and this day he

was at the house

whenever jesus spoke a thing it became

whatever he said

he healed the lepers and told them to go

show themselves to the priests and

before they could get to the priest they

were already healed

he came to the disciples walking on the water

water

jesus was a winner

everything he did was winning matthew

mark luke and john all gang us to teach

us that jesus is a winner

and this week contradicts all that we

understand about jesus because in this week

week

the disciples the students the mentor

the school of prophets that were coming

up under him

he was teaching them a message that is

critical for us to learn

that sometimes

you have to lose

to win

oh god

this is so good i'm gonna get the cd myself

myself

sometimes you have to lose to win when

the wind is big enough a lose always

don't let the loose fool you

it's a tactical maneuver

to bring you to an expected end

it doesn't matter what you had to go

through if you ever had to build a house

while you're building a house that

drives you crazy the contractors get on

your nerves everything gets on your

nerves the bank gets on your nerve the

zoning committee gets on your nerve the

permits get on your nerves the extra

money you had to spend get on you there

everything gets on your nerve but the

moment the house is built and you get

all your furniture in and you move in

and you settle down and you light your

fireplace and you put your music on and

you dim your lights you don't remember

the contractor you don't remember the

permits you don't remember the struggle

you don't remember the pain because

what's in front of you is greater than

everything you went through and so

you're not sitting in your new house

fussing about the contractor because the

gain is great enough

to swallow up the agony of the process

oh y'all hear what i'm saying

and there's somebody that i'm preaching to

god is getting ready to give you a

and what i'm what i am sitting here to

teach you is that you have to be willing

to lose in the short run

to win in the long run

you have to do without on the short run

so that you can have in the long run you

have to be willing to be laughed at in

the short run and spend 120 years having

all your neighbors laughing at you

building a boat in your backyard you

have to go through 120 years of them

making fun of you and saying you're a

lunatic but they won't laugh in the end

because when the rain comes they'll

understand that you were working on

something while you were waiting on

something catch somebody and say i'm

working on something

yeah i'm working on something i might

not look good right now but i'm working

on something i might not be impressive

right now but i'm working on something i

might not have any money right now but

i'm working on something i may be a

student in school living off of roman

noodles but i'm working on something i

may have to study while you go to the

basketball game but i'm working on

something i may not get to do all the

fun things that you get to do but i'm

working on something i'm in the gym

cause i'm working on something i'm in

the field running cause i'm working on

something i'm reading books at two

o'clock in the morning cause i'm working

on something i'm exercising because i'm

working on something anytime you're

working on something you got to go

through a period of suffering and if you

lose over here you're going to win over

this is the first time that the disciples

disciples

all he ever did was win

at 12 years old they brought him into

the temple and he warned up against the

doctors and the scholars he won he

outsmarted all of them at 12 all he ever

did was when

when his mother told him they ran out of

wine he took water and turned it into

wine and the wine could not resist the

word for the word said turn the wine and

the water

obey and all they had ever seen

him do

was when

but this week

he was acting strange

it was not unusual to see him go apart

to pray he often went apart to pray even

after he fed the five thousand he went

into the mountains to pray and he came

back walking on the water and it was

fine and it was good but this was different

different

this was a different kind of prayer

this was a stressful agonizing

tormenting prayer

this was a prayer that made him want company

company

because when you have delayed

gratification and you're suffering you

want friendship misery enjoys company

but there are some places that god is

taking you that you can't take anybody

with you

no matter how much they love you no

matter how much they like you there are

some things that god takes you through

that you have to face it alone

you have to face it alone i went in the

labor room with my wife and i was in the

room with her but when they said push

they weren't talking to me

when they pulled out scissors and did an

episiotomy i didn't bleed

the truth of the matter is i told

everybody we were having a baby

but when i saw them

we have no

baby you have the baby and i'm praying

for you [Applause]

[Applause]

because some things nobody can do for you

you

peter james and john have gone into the

garden of gethsemane the place of

pressing the place where all of the

olive trees were kept the place where

the only way you could get the oil was

to crush the olive and it is ironic that

a crushed jesus comes into a crushed place

place

getting ready to be transformed from one

element into another crushing is always

standing in the way

i wish i had some crushed people in here

i wish i had a few people who had gone

through some crushing times i wish i had

some people who had lost a friend or

lost a house or lost a spouse or went

through something that crushed you and

you didn't know whether you could take

it and you didn't know whether you could

make it and you wondered where was god

in the middle of your situation i get

tired of people always acting like

you're on top of the mountain every now

and then god orders a valley in your

life and when god orders a valley in

your life you got to be prepared to walk

through the valley of the shadow of

death and know that i'm going to walk

through it i'm not going to stay in it

but i got to walk through it because the

valley comes to teach me god teaches in

the shadows god teaches in the darkness

god speaks in the night when god said

let there be light he said it in the

dark some of the greatest words you will

ever get from god will not come from

your successes they will come from your

failures in the darkest moments of your

life that's when faith stands up

undaunted i don't need faith for victory

i need faith when i have to lose

to win [Applause]

[Applause] [Music]

[Music]

all over the bible it hints about it it

talks about it we see it with jonah

he had to lose

to win

he ran away from nineveh

and went to tarshish

and then got thrown off the boat the

prophet of god

the man of god

the evangelist of the hour the one that

was to speak to nations has now been

capsized thrown overboard and swallowed

up by a fish

and went down down

down

down to the bottom of the mountains

he had to go down before he went up

baptism itself teaches us this principle

that before you can come up you got to

go down

going down is a part of the process if

you go down

you can come up

we want to go up without going down but

in order to get a great thing done you

got to go down before you go up and

jesus was at his wits in

they had never seen him pray like this

they had never seen him agonized like

this he kept praying and coming back and

checking on them and they were asleep

and then he had to go back and pray

again they had never seen jesus have to

jesus said in the tomb of latter father

i know that you always hear me

but in the garden of gethsemane he has

the same conversation

with the father

three times

and the third time it was so intense

it was intense somebody said intense

it was until there's prayer and then

there's intense prayer

the prayer was so intense

intense

that he started sweating

if i were to theme this text it would be

because in the early phases of this text

we will see blood sweat and finally we

will see tears

the truth of the mighty is is that jesus

swept until great drops of blood started

that's intense

the book of hebrews says you have not

yet resisted under blood you say you

want deliverance you say you want out

you say you want up you say you want

better he said but you have not resisted

you want that comfortable lazy boy blessing

that double portion blessing

where you come down the house sashaying

with the cute dress on and we put some

oil on your head in the shape of a cross

and lay hands on you and you want a

you don't want to be homeless like i was

almost homeless you don't want your

lights to be cut off you don't want your

water to be cut off you don't want your

car to be repossessed i've never had

anybody run down the aisle and say i

want to go through the hell you went

through no they don't want to go through

the hell i went through they want the

anointing that i have but they don't

understand that the hell i went through

is what created the anointing and you

can't get the anointing until you go

through the hell if you see me when i'm

taken up you can have a double portion

of my spirit but until you've been at

gilgal until you have suffered at

jericho until you have walked this thing

out you don't get the reward without the pain

you don't get success without struggle [Applause]

[Applause]

you have to be prepared to lose [Applause]

[Applause]

and jesus was bleeding

out of his pores

trying to understand

this moment

is there any ability

ability

to negotiate

a settlement with god

that allows me to have a massive win

without a massive loss or

father if it be thy will

pass this bitter cup for me

i want to redeem the people but i don't

want to be beaten strip naked crown of

thorns put on my head

stretch wide hung high and die in the

blazing palestinian heat until i

collapse dead on the cross

surely there's got to be another way to

get to winning without losing

and you're going to make me lose in

front of my admirers

one of my spiritual son said you don't

know how stressful it is to have to

preach with you in the building

he said i have so much respect for you

it makes it difficult for me to preach

when i know you're looking at me

i said it is just as hard on the father

to preach in front of the son who

admires him as it is for the son to

preach in front of the father who's

sitting there

trying to train him because you think so

highly of me it requires great stress

for me to deliver up under the fierce

intensity of your admiration

your admiration becomes my aggravation [Applause]

that you would believe in me

to deliver up under such adverse

circumstances is not easy and jesus is

trying to negotiate to see if there is

another option and the third prayer he

says not my will

but thine be done

the surrender to the loss

it's shaking

it's it is so shaking

that when he walks out this last time he

tells his disciples

you're not no matter how much you pray

prayer will not change process

prayer will not

change process

i told you a couple of weeks ago you can

kneel down beside your bed and pray to

your mouth is dry and you get white in

the corner of your lips but when you get

up you still got to make up the bed

because prayer does not change process

god will not make up your bed just

are you with me

here we are in the garden of gethsemane

and we always preach about the cross but

for me for me it's all about the garden

the victory is won not on the cross it's

in the garden

the victory is one when you say yes to

the process

oh yeah the victory is not one when you

get whatever it is that you're believing

god for the victory is one when you are

pressed to the point that you say though

he slayed me yet shall i trust him when

you're oppressed to the point that

you're saying costs what it costs i'm

going to trust him even in my pain in my

agony in the hospital in a crisis in

bereavement in suffering in agony when

you can go to the cemetery and walk away

and say he's still god

that's the kind of stuff that makes hell

nervous that's the kind of stuff that

makes demons tremble that's the kind of

stuff that makes the witch lose her spell

spell [Applause]

[Applause] [Music]

he never said he

that out must

all shots somebody out of shot he's

still god

i may not have a job but he's still god

i may not have any money in my pocket

but he's still god i may have gone

through a divorce but he's still god i

may be raising my children by myself but

he's still god i may be homeless but

he's still god see faith is not proven

in victories faith is proven in peril

and drama and struggle and denial and

weeping and pain and when god gets ready

to make you a great woman you'll know

he's gonna make you great by how you suffer

the greater the glory the more intense

the story

because you can't get this all out of a book

you have to rock with it and roll with

it and groan with it and weep with it

and cry with it and crawl with it and

stumble around and say where are you god

i can't find you eli eli llama sabotage

why have you forsaken me oh you can get

technique you can get style you can get

information you can get data but until

you get guts [Applause]

what good are your gadgets if you have

you develop guts

in gethsemane

you you develop guts

when blood comes where sweat was

blood sweat and tears

you develop a great union after you've

had a great fight

you develop a great marriage when you've

been unhappy and stayed anyway

you become a great parent when you

parent a troubled child

anybody can parent a child is up on the

dean's list and straight a's and no

problems and polite but when you have to

go get them out the strip club and stand

out in front of the crack house and say jiminy

jiminy

your mama out here come on talk to me

somebody where are the mamas i wish i

had some real mama when when you gone

through hell and come back you come back

with something that you cannot buy [Applause]

[Music]

jesus now understands

something that i'm trying to teach this morning

morning

and that is simply that it cost what it costs

you can go

and buy a vw

you can catch levi jeans

you can go find a monster

and negotiate

there is no markdown there is no

discount there is no

god told me to tell you what he's going

to give you is going to be amazing but

it will not go on sale

so there's no need of you sitting there

waiting for it to drop down to the

bargain basement so that you can get 40

off no it's gonna cost what it costs and

with travail and tears and agony and

suffering you shall enter in sleep on [Music]

[Music] [Applause]

he said you should have been praying

the temptation to fluctuate

the temptation to be unstable

the temptation to vacillate

is broken by prayer

back up

but instead of praying they were sleeping

sleeping

and the more you sleep the less you pray

and because you are mighty men of valor

you should have been praying not to

enter into temptation he's not talking

about a woman he's not talking about a

club he's not talking about a strip club

he's not talking about a joint he's not

talking about a drink that's not the temptation

temptation

the temptation

is to offer a quick solution

the temptation is to shortcut the strategy

the temptation is to look for an easy

way out

oh peter was asleep

so when jesus comes out from the garden

of gethsemane as soon as he walks out of

the garden and the garden of gethsemane

is not a big place it's about as big as

half of this stage maybe a little bit

more with olive trees all over the place

and jesus has been back in the inner

sanctum of the garden of gethsemane way

past where his people were you can't be

a leader if you can't go past your people

the bible says it this way he went on a

little further

they stayed there and prayed but he went

on a little further and if you're going

to be a great leader you got to go on a

little further and when you go on a

little further you got to go by yourself

you don't have anybody holding your hand

you don't have anybody staying up

bringing your coffee in the middle of

the night when you go on a little

further you got to go by yourself if

you're just gonna go through

kindergarten grandma can help you but if

you're going after your doctorate you

got to go by yourself that means you got

to be up when other people are in the

bed that means you got to be reading

when other people are watching the game

it means you got to have the discipline

because it costs what it costs and it's

not going to go on sale

somebody ought to shove me down

somebody ought to shout me down

somebody oughta shout me down somebody

ought to shout me down [Applause]

[Applause]

jesus walks out of the garden prayer rich

rich [Music]

[Music]

and peter james and john come out faith poor

and as soon as they come out of the garden

garden

here comes

a mob

a mob is coming where is nancy and bob

has come

and they said where's jesus

can you imagine the other terror when

people are not only assembled in a mob

with weapons and lanterns they're

calling your name

where is jesus [Music]

and then then then jesus does something

that's utterly amazing it's not

mentioned in my text but it's mentioned

in the gospel of saint john he said i

that speak him he and they all fell backwards

i that speak am he and they all fell

backwards he's letting us know

that he did not succumb to the power of

the mob

he submitted to the prayer of with the father

father

he says i can handle the whole mob i

could swallow you up i could knock you

off your feet i could bury you in the

earth i could drown you in the jordan i

could speak a word and you couldn't

catch your breath i am not allowing

myself to be shackled because you're

stronger than me

i am being shackled because i'm strong

whether i'm shackled or not

i'm strong with no car i'm strong with

no friends i'm strong with no help i'm

strong with no money i'm strong with no

company i'm strong if you leave me i'm

strong if you stay i'm strong if you

cuss me out i'm strong if you allow me

i'm strong if you're spitting my face ah

that speak and he and they all fell backwards

and cut off

k office nephew's servant's ear

watch this

he cut off his ear

of all things to cut off he cut off his ear

ear

and jesus stoops down

and puts it back on again

because how can he ever get better if he

the enemy wants to cut off your ear [Music]

[Music]

he'll do anything to keep you from

hearing what thus saith the lord you

didn't hear what i'm saying you don't

hear what i'm saying the enemy's after

your ear that's why he sent your crazy

girlfriend to cut off your ear her

advice is cutting off your ear your

associations are cutting off your ear

your so-called friends are cutting off

your ear anything that stops you from

being able to hear is cutting off your

ear but jesus

[Applause]

because faith cometh by hearing

and hearing

by the word of god

and how shall they hear

without a preacher

and how shall they preach say they be

sent if you cut off my ear

my ear

you can't get out of your situation if

you can't hear

he that has it here let him hear what

the spirit said to the church i'd rather

lose my toes than lose my ear i'd rather

lose my legs than lose my ear because if

i'm gonna learn anything if i'm gonna

know anything if i'm gonna respond to

command i need my ear the first thing

the doctor does when they bring you out

of anesthesia is call your name to see

if you can hear i need my ears so i can

hear if i'm ever gonna come out of this

stupor i'm in i need to be able to hear

my name being called jesus reached down

and said i know he's gone

and i know he's bad

and i know he's working for the enemy

to give him back his ear

there are some people in your life that

and in so doing you have taken away

their grace

you cut them off because you were angry peter

but you cut them off and left them condemned

condemned

any time you cut somebody off

they lose the ability to change

and why

can you

accept grace for your sin [Applause]

[Applause]

and be so offended

you have no right

to cut off someone's ear

because if i'm gonna get better

are you listening at me

he cut off his ear

jesus reached down and put it back on

again and tells him i must do the will

you are not my friend

if your friendship

takes me away

from delayed gratification

because i have prayed three times and

the father has convinced me that there

is no way for me to gloat be glorified

without being crucified

and if you stop the crucifixion

then you hinder the glorification

and you think you're doing me a favor

let me curl up in a nod and die

let me be beaten with the cataline tales

let me be ostracized

oh but i've gotten ahead of myself i'm

talking about physical pain

when i have omitted the emotional pain

that on the most tumultuous week of his life

life

the people he hand-picked

and judas has betrayed him

for 30 pieces

of silver

he has sold jesus

jesus

what have you sold them for what did the

enemy offer you

you sold your jesus

for a promotion

with a company that will later downsize

and lay you off [Applause]

[Applause]

what have you sold him for you're

watching me on the stream i have a

how much did it cost to get you to

some of you sold jesus

sold jesus and you got what you wanted

and you got what you wanted but you don't want what you got

but you don't want what you got [Applause]

judah sold jesus for 30 pieces of silver and not one piece of it stopped him

and not one piece of it stopped him from killing himself

from killing himself and you could sell your jesus

and you could sell your jesus for something

for something that would make you

that would make you kill yourself

kill yourself you know why

you know why it's a trick

it's a trick the whole 30 pieces of silver is a trick

silver is a trick number one it won't last

number one it won't last number two it won't bring gratification

number two it won't bring gratification and number three it won't stop suicide

and number three it won't stop suicide it is the same 30 pieces of silver

it is the same 30 pieces of silver that made judas kill himself

not one piece of that silver would stop the rope he dangled on

that you may get what you want but you may not want what you got

[Applause] i stopped to talk about this because i

i stopped to talk about this because i can only imagine

can only imagine the toll it took on jesus hard jesus had

the toll it took on jesus hard jesus had put up with all of judah's antics and

put up with all of judah's antics and criticism and still left him on the

criticism and still left him on the board

board jesus had put up with judas criticisms

jesus had put up with judas criticisms and aggravation and still left him judas

and aggravation and still left him judas was jesus treasurer

and he who handled the money sold him for money

sold him for money and before he could recover from that

and before he could recover from that he says to him

he says to him why betress thou me

why betress thou me with a kiss

with a kiss the enemy

the enemy who lives a distance from you or writes

who lives a distance from you or writes a blog about you or starts a rumor about

a blog about you or starts a rumor about you or talks about you at the beauty

you or talks about you at the beauty shop is never your judas

shop is never your judas your judas has to be close enough to

your judas has to be close enough to kiss you

kiss you in order to be judas

your judas has to be the one you eat with and go out to dinner with he that

with and go out to dinner with he that sucks with me is judas i want to give

sucks with me is judas i want to give you some homework

you some homework identify your judas

identify your judas [Music]

[Music] and still feed him

identify your judas and still take him out to dinner identify

out to dinner identify your judas

your judas and still give him the cup

and still give him the cup jesus

jesus fed his judas

fed his judas jesus washed the feet of his students

jesus washed the feet of his students and you will know you've grown up when

and you will know you've grown up when you can be nice

you can be nice to nasty

you're not a grown woman until you can be nice to nasty you're not a great

be nice to nasty you're not a great preacher until you can be nice to nasty

preacher until you can be nice to nasty you're not a great man until you can be

you're not a great man until you can be nice to nasty until as long as you wear

nice to nasty until as long as you wear your feelings on your face as long as

your feelings on your face as long as it's important to you that you let them

it's important to you that you let them know that you don't like them you are

know that you don't like them you are immature

immature only a child pouts when they don't get

only a child pouts when they don't get what they want a mature person can

what they want a mature person can control their emotions jesus fed his

control their emotions jesus fed his judas

judas [Applause]

and besides

besides if you feed him you know where he is

if you feed him you know where he is [Applause]

y'all don't hear what i'm saying to you if you feed him you know where he is if

if you feed him you know where he is if you fall out with him you don't know

you fall out with him you don't know what he's going to do you don't know

what he's going to do you don't know where he is you don't know what's going

where he is you don't know what's going to happen but if you feed him you can

to happen but if you feed him you can control his actions

control his actions jesus told him what thou do is do it

jesus told him what thou do is do it quickly he could only do that because

quickly he could only do that because judas was at the table

can i go deeper imagine how jesus must have felt

imagine how jesus must have felt is it not tough enough

is it not tough enough to be turned over to the roman soldiers

to be turned over to the roman soldiers who hated being there in the first place

who hated being there in the first place is it not tough enough

is it not tough enough to be beaten to the point that he almost

to be beaten to the point that he almost died on the whipping pose

is it not tough enough to have your beard

to have your beard plucked from your face

is it not tough enough to have the nails

to have the nails to dig into the metatarsals of your feet

to dig into the metatarsals of your feet and bring your feet together

and bring your feet together and with one nail

and with one nail they nailed him to the tree

they nailed him to the tree i believe it's symbolic of the jew and

i believe it's symbolic of the jew and the gentile coming together up under one

the gentile coming together up under one gospel which is the church but they took

gospel which is the church but they took one nail for two feet and brought them

one nail for two feet and brought them together and they nailed him to the tree

with no covering but blood

before they called it crucified because crucifixion

because crucifixion was a common execution

was a common execution imagine you knew

imagine you knew you were on death row

you were on death row and this is the last week

and the only people who came to visit you

you have now betrayed you

i want to talk to people who have been betrayed

to be betrayed means i have invested in you

you i have traveled with you

i have traveled with you i have fed you

i have fed you i have laughed with you i have opened up

i have laughed with you i have opened up to you and i have talked to you

to you and i have talked to you never thinking for a moment that you had

never thinking for a moment that you had another agenda

jesus was betrayed

let us not be so distracted by the physical pain

physical pain that we ignore the emotional torment

that we ignore the emotional torment [Music]

[Music] because if he can be touched by how i

because if he can be touched by how i feel he has to feel it first

feel he has to feel it first he can't just be a savior of my

he can't just be a savior of my physicalities and not a savior of my

physicalities and not a savior of my mentality

surely he had borne our griefs so if you if you omit the emotional pain

so if you if you omit the emotional pain then when you have an emotional problem

then when you have an emotional problem you can't talk to him about it because

you can't talk to him about it because he doesn't understand

he doesn't understand but because he had borne our griefs and

but because he had borne our griefs and carried our sorrows he is not just a

carried our sorrows he is not just a healer of our bodies he is a healer of

healer of our bodies he is a healer of our soul of our emotions of our memories

our soul of our emotions of our memories of our brokenheartedness of our shame of

of our brokenheartedness of our shame of our hurt of our humiliation

our hurt of our humiliation of our disappointment

jesus knows [Music]

[Music] what disappointment feels like

and it is exposed when he says betray us found me with a kiss

it might be how they identify you but it doesn't necessarily mean that

but it doesn't necessarily mean that they love you

they love you judas betrayed the epitome of the insult

judas betrayed the epitome of the insult is that you could have pointed me out

is that you could have pointed me out but because i gave you access to me

but because i gave you access to me you used to act against me

you used to act against me and now

and now you betray me

you betray me i guess

the worst betrayal in the world is false intimacy

i'mma say it for the people on the other side the worst

side the worst betrayal in the world

betrayal in the world is false

is false intimacy

intimacy that's why i like my enemies

that's why i like my enemies to be enemies

i like my enemies to be enemies i like my enemies to say i don't like you i

my enemies to say i don't like you i can't stand you i don't like the way you

can't stand you i don't like the way you preach i don't like the way you look i

preach i don't like the way you look i like my enemies to be enemies because

like my enemies to be enemies because once i know your enemy i know how to

once i know your enemy i know how to handle you what confuses me is when you

handle you what confuses me is when you wear the camouflage of friendship and i

wear the camouflage of friendship and i give you access into the inner sanctum

give you access into the inner sanctum of who i am and now you betray me with a

of who i am and now you betray me with a kiss

kiss [Applause]

[Applause] can i go deeper

can i go deeper and peter have had a dispute

and peter have had a dispute a dispute that is strange peter do you

a dispute that is strange peter do you love me

love me yes lord i love you

yes lord i love you feed my lamb peter

feed my lamb peter do you love me are you deaf jesus

do you love me are you deaf jesus yes lord i love you feed my sheep

yes lord i love you feed my sheep peter do you really love me

peter do you really love me yes lord

yes lord i love you

i love you but the problem is

but the problem is jesus is saying peter do you agape

and peter is saying i fell ill [Music]

do you agape yes lord i feller

yes lord i feller phileo is brotherly love

phileo is brotherly love agape is the love of god

agape is the love of god peter do you agape yes lord i fillet

and jesus decides to read him he says before the [ __ ] crows

he says before the [ __ ] crows you will have denied me three times

i would never betray you this is some this is

this is some this is this is the complexity of the text

this is the complexity of the text i believe

i believe that peter really meant

that peter really meant i will never betray you

i will never betray you because we seldom know

because we seldom know what's really in us

what's really in us [Applause]

[Applause] let me talk to y'all

let me talk to y'all telling people what you'd never do

stop telling people what you never do if the circumstances are right and the

if the circumstances are right and the conditions are right you would be

conditions are right you would be shocked what you are capable of doing

shocked what you are capable of doing the problem with peter it always has

the problem with peter it always has been his problem peter doesn't know

been his problem peter doesn't know himself

the worst thing in the world is to be yoked to somebody

is to be yoked to somebody who doesn't know who they are

who doesn't know who they are because how can i please you

because how can i please you when you don't know who you are

when you don't know who you are how can i satisfy you when you don't

how can i satisfy you when you don't know what you want

know what you want how can i be there for you when i don't

how can i be there for you when i don't know which you i'm there for

come on come on come on go with me go with me a little while longer i'm headed

with me a little while longer i'm headed somewhere i'm headed somewhere i'm

somewhere i'm headed somewhere i'm headed somewhere i'm headed somewhere

headed somewhere i'm headed somewhere peter doesn't know

peter doesn't know who he is

jesus continually all his life has been trying to tell him who he is simon

trying to tell him who he is simon simon

simon thou art the rock

thou art the rock cephas

cephas you're a stone

you're a stone simon

simon you're not unstable simon means unstable

you're not unstable simon means unstable you're not unstable

you're not unstable you're a rock

you're a rock but i got to bring that rock out of you

have you ever had something bring the rock out in you

no they ain't talking to me let me ask

they ain't talking to me let me ask y'all

y'all have you ever had something bring

have you ever had something bring the rock out in you

and you didn't even know you were a rock but when all hell broke loose and you

but when all hell broke loose and you were backed up against the wall and by

were backed up against the wall and by time people got through betraying you

time people got through betraying you you found toughness you didn't even know

you found toughness you didn't even know you had you found strength you didn't

you had you found strength you didn't even know you had and there's this

even know you had and there's this breaking point and nobody knows where it

breaking point and nobody knows where it is but everybody has this breaking point

is but everybody has this breaking point where they flip on you and think enough

where they flip on you and think enough is enough

is enough enough is enough no no no no no no

enough is enough no no no no no no you're not going to say that no no no no

you're not going to say that no no no no no let me tell you right now let me tell

no let me tell you right now let me tell you just cause i've been quiet doesn't

you just cause i've been quiet doesn't mean i'm weak

mean i'm weak just cause i've been smiling doesn't

just cause i've been smiling doesn't mean that i'm stupid

mean that i'm stupid just cause i've been nice doesn't mean

just cause i've been nice doesn't mean that i'm crazy and now you got me down

that i'm crazy and now you got me down to the rock god wants to take you

to the rock god wants to take you through enough stuff that he digs down

through enough stuff that he digs down to something solid you can't build a

to something solid you can't build a house on the dirt you got to build it on

house on the dirt you got to build it on a rock and so you're going through

a rock and so you're going through things right now because god is digging

things right now because god is digging you out

you out peter doesn't know who he is

and when people don't know who they are they respond in unpredictable ways

so peter pulls out his sword

and he said i'll cut your ear off your ear right now i'll cut your ear off your

ear right now i'll cut your ear off your head

head i will block you bro

i will take you out of this world right now

right now over jesus

over jesus and even though he looks bad in this

and even though he looks bad in this moment

moment maybe this is me

maybe this is me but he looks kind of good

no maybe it's just my demand in mind but i don't mind having a peter around

but i don't mind having a peter around me every now and then

me every now and then [Applause]

[Applause] can i just be real with you

can i just be real with you it's something kind of attractive to me

it's something kind of attractive to me about somebody who's so with you that

about somebody who's so with you that they would cut off an ear

they would cut off an ear somebody who's so committed that they

somebody who's so committed that they will defend you and fight for you and

will defend you and fight for you and stand up for you and some kind of cool

stand up for you and some kind of cool about it makes me want to give you an

about it makes me want to give you an extra communion cup

yeah yeah yeah you cut off a year you get an extra cup of communion you get

get an extra cup of communion you get another piece of bread i'm gonna do

another piece of bread i'm gonna do something special for you because i like

something special for you because i like the fact that you were cut off in the

the fact that you were cut off in the ear for me

ear for me the irony of it all

the irony of it all is that peter was only tough

is that peter was only tough when jesus was looking

the same guy who cut off in here when jesus was looking

jesus was looking when they took jesus captive

when they took jesus captive and they shackled him and they drove him

and they shackled him and they drove him away

away the same guy

the same guy the saint honey do you hear me

the saint honey do you hear me the same guy

the same guy who would cut off an ear

who would cut off an ear in an angry mob

in an angry mob and risk his

and risk his to defend jesus

to defend jesus it's the same guy

it's the same guy who ends up

who ends up sitting with the enemy

footnote beware of people with strange friends

because it's it's difficult for me to believe

believe that you could love me

that you could love me and warm yourself by the fire of the

and warm yourself by the fire of the people that's going to kill me

oh i lost him on that jesus i lost him on that jesus i lost him on

i lost him on that jesus i lost him on that jesus the saint you don't get it

that jesus the saint you don't get it these are the same people

these are the same people the reason one girl recognized him is

the reason one girl recognized him is because she saw him

because she saw him in galilee

in galilee the man recognized him

the man recognized him because he was related to the guy

because he was related to the guy that peter cut his ear off

that peter cut his ear off so peter

so peter who has cut off an ear

who has cut off an ear is now warming himself

is now warming himself by the enemy's fire

by the enemy's fire which says to me

which says to me what you're really about

what you're really about is belonging

oh yeah y'all don't want me to dig down here

here [Applause]

[Applause] now that you can't

now that you can't belong

belong with me

have you ever been amazed at these people that can hop around

people that can hop around from one extreme to the other

from one extreme to the other and today they're over here and tomorrow

and today they're over here and tomorrow they're way over there and tomorrow

they're way over there and tomorrow they're way over there and they're they

they're way over there and they're they now peter

now peter peter

peter peter

peter the one who was a fisherman till jesus

the one who was a fisherman till jesus called him

called him unlearned peter whose status is only a

unlearned peter whose status is only a result of his relationship with jesus

result of his relationship with jesus is now warming himself by the fire of

is now warming himself by the fire of who looks like the winner

when jesus looked like he was winning he was with jesus

was with jesus when jesus looked like he was losing he

when jesus looked like he was losing he was with them and watch people who keep

was with them and watch people who keep switching sides

all of a sudden you realize that they're more interested in winning

more interested in winning then they're interested in you

then they're interested in you and if it's necessary

and if it's necessary to be with you to win i'll be with you

to be with you to win i'll be with you but if something else comes along that i

but if something else comes along that i can win from

can win from i will warm myself by the fire

i will warm myself by the fire and tell them

and tell them i

i never

never knew

feel that sit in that a minute

sit in that a minute sit in the fact

sit in the fact that judas has just sold him

that judas has just sold him and peter

and peter who was in the inner circle that was

who was in the inner circle that was supposed to be interceding for him

supposed to be interceding for him now has denied him

now has denied him not once

not once not twice

but three times and on the third time

through the crowing of a [ __ ]

that [ __ ] didn't know when it growed that morning that it was preaching

it was preaching to peter that jesus was right

that jesus was right the cop crowed

the cop crowed and jesus just

and jesus just looked at him

and when he looked at peter no sorry

no sorry when he looked in peter

[Applause] peter webb soar

how there is a book out called

there is a book out called the gospel according to judas

the gospel according to judas it's not a part of the canonical bibles

it's not a part of the canonical bibles it suggested judas betrayed jesus

it suggested judas betrayed jesus because he wanted to start an

because he wanted to start an insurrection

insurrection and he thought jesus was going to do his

and he thought jesus was going to do his thing

thing and overthrow rome

and overthrow rome and the trick backfired

and the trick backfired he was too smart for his own good

he was too smart for his own good now i don't know whether that was really

now i don't know whether that was really written by judas or not but if it is

written by judas or not but if it is true he was too smart for his own good

true he was too smart for his own good peter on the other hand has a different

peter on the other hand has a different story altogether

story altogether he attaches himself

he attaches himself with power

thomas has said i must go and die with him

him where is thomas

wait excuse me bible scholars are here

bible scholars are here when jesus was on the cross

where was thomas when they shackled him and they took him

when they shackled him and they took him away

away where was thomas

where was thomas thomas had said i must go and die with

thomas had said i must go and die with him

him i don't read where thomas was nowhere

i don't read where thomas was nowhere around

around so you can't make decisions based on

so you can't make decisions based on what people say

can i can i go just a little bit deeper can i go see see because some of y'all

can i go see see because some of y'all got so much faith in the things people

got so much faith in the things people say to you you got so much faith in what

say to you you got so much faith in what they said you are setting yourself up to

they said you are setting yourself up to be wounded you're setting yourself up to

be wounded you're setting yourself up to be heard you're setting yourself

be heard you're setting yourself up to be defeated you cannot go by what

up to be defeated you cannot go by what people say because people change

let me tell y'all over there people change

change people change

people change people fall in love if you can fall in

people fall in love if you can fall in you can fall out

you can fall out people fall in love they fall out of

people fall in love they fall out of love they make commitments they make

love they make commitments they make changes whenever they get ready and you

changes whenever they get ready and you cannot build your life on the words of

cannot build your life on the words of people

here's the big takeaway i want you to see

see it is i'm not criticizing the disciples

it is i'm not criticizing the disciples no doubt i have had judas in me

no doubt i have had judas in me no doubt i've had peter and me

no doubt i've had peter and me no doubt i've been thomas and doubted

no doubt i've been thomas and doubted i'm not criticizing the disciples

i'm not criticizing the disciples the real point of the message

the real point of the message is that they did not recognize

is that they did not recognize jesus in laws

they recognized him on the mount of transfiguration

transfiguration but they didn't recognize him in loss

but they didn't recognize him in loss sometimes people only recognize you when

sometimes people only recognize you when you're winning

i spent half of my ministry preaching in store fronts

preaching in store fronts and i swear

and i swear i could preach the same way being i do

i could preach the same way being i do now

there were no busloads coming to visit our church

our church there were no cameras covering me there

there were no cameras covering me there were no bloggers writing on me

were no bloggers writing on me no

no nothing

nothing nothing

nothing because people react differently to you

because people react differently to you when they perceive you are successful

that's why it's hard to get up [Applause]

[Applause] because anybody give you money if you

because anybody give you money if you don't need it

my wife went to the car dealership and she was gonna get a car and they was

she was gonna get a car and they was taking her through all these changes and

taking her through all these changes and take her from office to office and go to

take her from office to office and go to the manager and doing all of that stuff

the manager and doing all of that stuff she was sitting there telling me i came

she was sitting there telling me i came in there i had i had a fit

in there i had i had a fit i had a fit i had you y'all would be

i had a fit i had you y'all would be ashamed i'm sorry i had a fit i flipped

ashamed i'm sorry i had a fit i flipped out i said you go home

out i said you go home right now

right now and i told the man

and i told the man if she wants the car

if she wants the car bring it to the house

if we decide to get the car we'll sign the papers in the house

we'll sign the papers in the house and we don't need to see your credit

and we don't need to see your credit manager

manager because if i decided i wanted it

and he looked at me with shock and amazement

with shock and amazement because he was used to talking to people

because he was used to talking to people who were down

who were down and i wanted him to know

and i wanted him to know don't fool with me

don't fool with me cause i got options don't fool with me cause i know the

don't fool with me cause i know the owner of the company don't fool with me

owner of the company don't fool with me because i called the general manager

because i called the general manager don't fool with me cause i got power

don't fool with me cause i got power don't fool with me cause i will fight

don't fool with me cause i will fight you all day and for god sake don't you

you all day and for god sake don't you fool with my wife cause i will slice you

fool with my wife cause i will slice you and

and dice you like i own you

and i got in my car and i drove off and i told the person who was with my

and i told the person who was with my wife don't you ever take her through

wife don't you ever take her through that again

that again don't you ever let nobody talk to her

don't you ever let nobody talk to her like that again don't you ever do that

like that again don't you ever do that again because when people think they can

again because when people think they can say just anything to you

say just anything to you they say just anything to you

they say just anything to you and the hard part about getting up

and the hard part about getting up is that people won't give you a shot

and what i'm trying to teach you in the text i'll say this and how close

losing he had always been a winner and you can always get a bunch of people

and you can always get a bunch of people to follow you when you win

[Applause] now he's a loser

now he's a loser where where where is thomas

where they go peter why are you sitting over there

peter why are you sitting over there with them

judas you counting your money where did they go

where did they go but what the disciples didn't know is

but what the disciples didn't know is what i'm trying to teach you

what i'm trying to teach you is that for great wins

is that for great wins you have to endure great loss

this is where we contemporize the text jesus knew

jesus knew that the only way up

that the only way up was down

was down jesus knew that the road

jesus knew that the road to success was struggle

to success was struggle jesus knew that there was no way to get

jesus knew that there was no way to get the oil out of the olive but to crush it

the oil out of the olive but to crush it jesus accepted the process

jesus accepted the process and he knew that the pain in his life

and he knew that the pain in his life right now

right now did not negate the promise that was on

did not negate the promise that was on his life

his life in fact

in fact it initiated

it initiated the promise that was in his life there

the promise that was in his life there was no way for him to be lord of all

was no way for him to be lord of all above the earth under the earth and in

above the earth under the earth and in the earth without going to all three

the earth without going to all three dimensions

so he rebuked peter from trying to save him

him just as much as he rebuked peter

just as much as he rebuked peter for cutting off the man's ear

for cutting off the man's ear and then peter

and then peter denied it

denied it and here's the kicker

and here's the kicker jesus still kept fooling with peter

jesus still kept fooling with peter

[Music] now if you had got in the way of my

now if you had got in the way of my destiny

destiny and if you had denied me and made

and if you had denied me and made friends with my enemies and denied me

friends with my enemies and denied me three times

three times seemed like to me that would be a sign

seemed like to me that would be a sign i'm gonna be you i know

i'm gonna be you i know you and me we finish

you and me we finish when you see me you go that way i'll go

when you see me you go that way i'll go that way

that way we christians so we got a heart we will

we christians so we got a heart we will nod at each other stay out of my face

nod at each other stay out of my face jesus

jesus invites peter

invites peter to preach the inaugural address

to preach the inaugural address on the day

on the day of pentecost

of pentecost this is for every man woman boy and girl

this is for every man woman boy and girl who's ever had a little judas a little

who's ever had a little judas a little thomas a little peter in them

thomas a little peter in them that does not mean

that does not mean that god is through with you

that does not mean that god is through with

does not mean that god is through with you the reason they did all of that is

you the reason they did all of that is for the first time in following jesus

for the first time in following jesus they had to learn

they had to learn delayed gratification

delayed gratification the woman with the issue of blood

the woman with the issue of blood was healed immediately

was healed immediately the man with the withered hand

the man with the withered hand was healed immediately the man who was

was healed immediately the man who was sick of palsy was healed immediately i

sick of palsy was healed immediately i can show you case after case where they

can show you case after case where they were healed immediately lazarus was

were healed immediately lazarus was raised from the dead immediately the

raised from the dead immediately the water was turned to wine immediately

water was turned to wine immediately this is the first

this is the first time that they saw

time that they saw jesus in shackles do you know what it

jesus in shackles do you know what it would feel like to see your leader

would feel like to see your leader your father

your father in chains

they did not understand delayed

delayed gratification

gratification they didn't understand that the rust

they didn't understand that the rust bucket got the house

bucket got the house they didn't understand

they didn't understand that the saving opened up the door

that the saving opened up the door and we don't seem to understand

and we don't seem to understand that the best promises

that the best promises often come out of the longest delays

and the reason the reason i'm preaching this message

the reason i'm preaching this message is that the lord told me to tell you

is that the lord told me to tell you you've been delayed

you've been delayed but not denied

the lord told me to tell you

told me to tell you i don't know what it's what he's talking

i don't know what it's what he's talking about but you don't know what he's

about but you don't know what he's talking about

talking about god told me to tell you he's still gonna

god told me to tell you he's still gonna do it

god told me to tell

to tell you

you though the vision terry wait for it

though the vision terry wait for it in the end it will speak and not lie

in the end it will speak and not lie god told me to tell you that he has not

god told me to tell you that he has not forgotten what he promised you and even

forgotten what he promised you and even though it looks like everything is going

though it looks like everything is going contradictory to what he showed you god

contradictory to what he showed you god said it's just delayed

said it's just delayed gratification

gratification and he told me to tell you that after

and he told me to tell you that after you suffered a while he'll establish you

you suffered a while he'll establish you and make you perfect and he told me to

and make you perfect and he told me to tell you that nothing that you suffered

tell you that nothing that you suffered will negate anything that he promised

will negate anything that he promised you that he's still

you that he's still going to bring it to pass

going to bring it to pass it may not look like it all week long it

it may not look like it all week long it may not look at while you're hanging

may not look at while you're hanging from the cross it may not look like it

from the cross it may not look like it while they lure you in the grave but

while they lure you in the grave but early sunday morning

early sunday morning god said i will not lie to you when i

god said i will not lie to you when i get ready to snatch you up i'm going to

get ready to snatch you up i'm going to snatch you up so fast it's going to blow

snatch you up so fast it's going to blow your mind i just want to know who i'm

your mind i just want to know who i'm talking to

talking to i want to know who this word is for i

i want to know who this word is for i want to find somebody who's been on hold

want to find somebody who's been on hold a long time and you've been waiting a

a long time and you've been waiting a long time and you've been delayed a long

long time and you've been delayed a long time and you wonder how god forgotten

time and you wonder how god forgotten you and you wondered would god ever

you and you wondered would god ever remember you and you thought maybe god

remember you and you thought maybe god had changed his mind and the lord sent

had changed his mind and the lord sent me to preach this message to let you

me to preach this message to let you know i didn't change my mind

know i didn't change my mind it's just delayed

it's just delayed gratification

gratification and god said after you've suffered a

and god said after you've suffered a while

while i'm gonna raise you up and establish you

i'm gonna raise you up and establish you i don't care how many stones they roll

i don't care how many stones they roll in front of you when i get ready to get

in front of you when i get ready to get you up i'll raise you by my power

you up i'll raise you by my power i'll raise you by my glory you don't

i'll raise you by my glory you don't have to play a trick you don't have to

have to play a trick you don't have to do a scheme you don't have to play a

do a scheme you don't have to play a game god said when i get ready to raise

game god said when i get ready to raise you you don't have to flirt with the

you you don't have to flirt with the soldiers you don't have to make a deal

soldiers you don't have to make a deal with rome

with rome when i get ready to raise you

when i get ready to raise you i'll raise you up i'll raise you by my

i'll raise you up i'll raise you by my power

power i'll raise you by my glory i raise you

i'll raise you by my glory i raise you by my strength

by my strength because what i have spoken i have spoken

because what i have spoken i have spoken and what i have said i have said and i

and what i have said i have said and i swear

swear god said i swear

god said i swear god said i swear

god said i swear i swear i'm gonna bless you

i swear i'm gonna bless you i swear i'm gonna bless you give him 30

i swear i'm gonna bless you give him 30 seconds of crazy praise

i swear i swear

i swear i swear i'm going to bless you i swear

i swear i'm going to bless you i swear i'm gonna bless you it might look bad

i'm gonna bless you it might look bad right now

right now but god said i swear

but god said i swear i swear

i swear i swear i'm gonna bless you

i swear i'm gonna bless you this word is for you is for the hell

this word is for you is for the hell you've been going through is for the

you've been going through is for the pain you've endured it's for the nights

pain you've endured it's for the nights you've cried it's for the moments you

you've cried it's for the moments you felt like giving up

felt like giving up god said i swear

god said i swear i'm going to bring you out

i'm going to bring you out surely goodness

surely goodness and mercy

and mercy shall follow you all the days of your

shall follow you all the days of your life

life when they put you in jail

when they put you in jail goodness and mercy went to jail with you

goodness and mercy went to jail with you when they were beating your back

when they were beating your back goodness and mercy was there with you

goodness and mercy was there with you when they put you in the grave

when they put you in the grave goodness and mercy was there with you

goodness and mercy was there with you and god said i always assigned two

and god said i always assigned two angels

angels goodness is on your right side

goodness is on your right side mercy's on your left side

mercy's on your left side and the lord told me to tell you i got

and the lord told me to tell you i got you covered

you covered i got you covered and when it's all over

i got you covered and when it's all over i'm gonna bring you out

i'm gonna bring you out and when i bring you out

and when i bring you out you're gonna be more grateful

you're gonna be more grateful because you suffered for it

because you suffered for it you cried for it

you cried for it you waited on it

you waited on it you're not gonna be like the other

you're not gonna be like the other people

people who got arrogant

who got arrogant god said when i bring you out

god said when i bring you out you're gonna give me the praise

you're gonna give me the praise you're gonna give me the praise because

you're gonna give me the praise because you're gonna know if it had not been

you're gonna know if it had not been for the lord that was on my side

for the lord that was on my side i would have been swallowed up

i would have been swallowed up but thanks be to god

but thanks be to god who gave me the victory

who gave me the victory i wonder if i can find ten people

i wonder if i can find ten people in this room

in this room a hundred people on the internet

a hundred people on the internet that what you got you know god gave it

that what you got you know god gave it to you

to you the door that got opened you know god

the door that got opened you know god opened it for you i want you to testify

opened it for you i want you to testify god will keep his word

god will keep his word some of you were in abusive

some of you were in abusive relationships

relationships some of you had to flee for your life

some of you had to flee for your life some of you have been beaten

some of you have been beaten some of you have been in jail

some of you have been in jail son of you have lost your last time

son of you have lost your last time but didn't god do it

but didn't god do it he brought you up

he brought you up and while other folks are praising god

and while other folks are praising god for stupid stuff you're praising god

for stupid stuff you're praising god because god remembered you

because god remembered you and god brought you up

and god brought you up and god brought you out

and god brought you out and god brought you over and i don't

and god brought you over and i don't care how crazy you act

care how crazy you act you earned the right

you earned the right to give god the praise

to give god the praise you earned the right

you earned the right to give god the glory

to give god the glory you earned the right to run up and down

you earned the right to run up and down the aisle you earned the right

the aisle you earned the right to talk in tongues

to talk in tongues because you waited on it

because you waited on it you prayed for it

you prayed for it you endured it

you endured it you praised him when it looked like it

you praised him when it looked like it wasn't gonna happen

wasn't gonna happen but the lord said i saw every praise

but the lord said i saw every praise now i'm going to give you a beauty for

now i'm going to give you a beauty for ashes

ashes the oil of joy for mourning

the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise

and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness i break

for the spirit of heaviness i break every heavy spirit

every heavy spirit in this house

in this house you've got to go

you've got to go this is your last sunday

this is your last sunday following me to church

following me to church i break the yoke

i break the yoke you've been in shackles

you've been in shackles with a heavy spirit

with a heavy spirit but the holy ghost said

but the holy ghost said i'm going to break it today

i'm going to break it today move your feet

move your feet move your hands

move your hands let the devil know i'm loose

let the devil know i'm loose i'm loose

i'm loose from the thing that bound me oh i feel

from the thing that bound me oh i feel like preaching now i'm loose

like preaching now i'm loose from the thing that locked me up

from the thing that locked me up i'm loose

i'm loose from the thing that held me down

from the thing that held me down i got loose

i got loose let your neighbor say i got loose

let your neighbor say i got loose i got loose

i got loose i got my joy back

i got my joy back i got my dance back

i got my dance back i got my tongue back

i got my tongue back i got my power back

i got my power back you need to let the devil know

you need to let the devil know i still got it

i still got it i got it i got it

i got it i got it i got it i got it

i got it i got it i got it in my hands

i got it in my hands i got it in my feet

i got it in my feet i got it in my soul

i got it in my soul i'm gonna take a 60 second praise break

i'm gonna take a 60 second praise break everybody who broke a chain

everybody who broke a chain give god a praise

hallelujah everybody who broke a chain

everybody who broke a chain give god a praise

give god a praise everybody who broke a yoke

everybody who broke a yoke give god a praise

give god a praise everybody who refuses to be depressed

everybody who refuses to be depressed give god a praise praise until you feel

give god a praise praise until you feel it praise it to your baby jumps praise

it praise it to your baby jumps praise it to you get your power back i can't

it to you get your power back i can't hear you

hear you [Applause]

i got it back i got it back

i got it back i got the yoke off my neck

i got the yoke off my neck i got the shackles off my feet

i got the shackles off my feet now you're gonna see me resurrect

now you're gonna see me resurrect there is a spirit of resurrection

there is a spirit of resurrection in this place this morning

in this place this morning there's a spirit of resurrection and

there's a spirit of resurrection and especially if you've been delayed

especially if you've been delayed i want you to force a praise

i want you to force a praise i want you to make a praise i want you

i want you to make a praise i want you to create a praise we're gonna break

to create a praise we're gonna break this spirit this morning

this spirit this morning it's gonna break this morning

it's gonna break this morning it's gonna break out of your house

it's gonna break out of your house it's gonna break out of your life

it's gonna break out of your life i dare you to move

i dare you to move i dare you to

i dare you to open up your mouth

open up your mouth open up your mouth

open up your mouth i feel like preaching

i feel like preaching somebody better take this microphone

somebody better take this microphone i'm gonna break it before i leave

i'm gonna break it before i leave [Music]

[Music] [Applause]

i came to church for one reason i came to break that spirit off of my mind

to break that spirit off of my mind off of my neck

off of my neck off of my head

off of my head off of my emotions off of my heart

off of my emotions off of my heart give me some shout music

give me some shout music i want you to break that spirit this

i want you to break that spirit this morning

morning break it on your couch break it in your

break it on your couch break it in your living room

living room break it into your coffee table break

break it into your coffee table break that spirit

yeah yes

yes it's the

it's the spirit it's a spirit

spirit it's a spirit it's a spirit

elbow your neighbor and say give me some room

room i gotta break this spirit

i gotta break this spirit it's not gonna get in the car with me

it's not gonna get in the car with me it's not going home with me it's not

it's not going home with me it's not gonna get in my bed tonight i'm gonna

gonna get in my bed tonight i'm gonna break this spirit i'm gonna leave it in

break this spirit i'm gonna leave it in the party's house a woman now i lose

the party's house a woman now i lose from your infirmity

from your infirmity now i lose a loose said man

now i lose a loose said man let him go

let him go loose that creature

yes yes

yes here comes the spirit of expectation

here comes the spirit of expectation here comes the spirit of expectation

here comes the spirit of expectation it's all in the balcony it's all in the

it's all in the balcony it's all in the fuse

fuse it's all in the pulpit

it's all in the pulpit everybody that's got an expectation

everybody that's got an expectation give god a praise at this moment

[Applause] [Music]

[Music] [Applause]

the devil is frustrated he thought he had you tied up

had you tied up but you just got loose

but you just got loose somebody just got their arm out

somebody just got their arm out somebody got one leg out but if you

somebody got one leg out but if you ain't got but one leg

ain't got but one leg shake that leg

shake that leg i'm gonna shake that leg

i'm gonna shake that leg till i get the other leg free

till i get the other leg free if i gotta shake my left

if i gotta shake my left and shake my right and then my left and

and shake my right and then my left and then my right and then my left and then

then my right and then my left and then my right and then my left side my right

my right and then my left side my right and then my

and then my [Applause]

[Applause] man

[Applause] all it is

all it is is delayed

[Applause] gratification

gratification [Applause]

thomas thought it was over said unless i feel the nail prince in

said unless i feel the nail prince in his hands

his hands i will not believe he thought it was

i will not believe he thought it was over

over he did not understand

he did not understand delayed

delayed gratification

gratification jesus didn't rebuke him

jesus didn't rebuke him said thrust your hands

said thrust your hands into my side

into my side and see the nail prints in my hand

and see the nail prints in my hand and be not

and be not faithless

faithless but believe

but believe this was the plan

this was the plan the whole time

the whole time nothing that happened

nothing that happened surprised me

surprised me i told you if they destroy the temple

i told you if they destroy the temple in three days i'll raise it back up

in three days i'll raise it back up again

again i told you except a grain of wheat

i told you except a grain of wheat falling to the ground and die it abide

falling to the ground and die it abide alone i'm right on schedule

alone i'm right on schedule [Applause]

[Applause] i just took you another way

i just took you another way [Applause]

[Applause] i got you there but i'm going to take

i got you there but i'm going to take you another way

you another way and everything i promise you

and everything i promise you you're going to get it

and it may not be where you thought you was going to get it from

was going to get it from and it may not be who you thought you

and it may not be who you thought you were going to get it from

were going to get it from but everything

but everything i promised you

i promised you i will bring it to pass lift your hands

i will bring it to pass lift your hands and open your mouth

and open your mouth [Music]

[Music] open your mouth

to get out of character we're breaking spirits

spirits [Applause]

[Applause] [Music]

[Music] we're breaking spirits

we're breaking spirits we're breaking spirits

we're breaking spirits shackling spirits

shackling spirits limiting spirits handcuffed spirits

limiting spirits handcuffed spirits they're broken by the power of god

the spirit of heaviness it's a spirit

it's a spirit it's a demon spirit

it's a demon spirit it's a spirit of heaviness

it's a spirit of heaviness it's a spirit of heaviness

it's a spirit of heaviness and it's got to break

i forbid it to get in the car with you there's no room in your car for that

there's no room in your car for that spirit

spirit you have to leave that spirit in this

you have to leave that spirit in this building

building you have to leave that spirit today with

you have to leave that spirit today with this message you have to leave that

this message you have to leave that spirit today

spirit today it's delayed gratification but it's

it's delayed gratification but it's going to happen

going to happen it's going to happen there will be a

it's going to happen there will be a tomorrow the sun will come out again the

tomorrow the sun will come out again the blessings will overtake you the promises

blessings will overtake you the promises of god are yea and amen god will get you

of god are yea and amen god will get you through this god will take you through

through this god will take you through this god will encourage you god will

this god will encourage you god will uplift you who am i talking to make some

uplift you who am i talking to make some noise if i'm talking to you if i'm

noise if i'm talking to you if i'm talking to you let me hear from you

back i was preaching [Applause]

[Applause] i was preaching it's been about a few

i was preaching it's been about a few years ago and i was preaching on the

years ago and i was preaching on the 100-fold return

100-fold return and i was just preaching it because the

and i was just preaching it because the lord gave it to me to preach

lord gave it to me to preach and i got in the elevator

and i got in the elevator to go upstairs to change i was wet

to go upstairs to change i was wet and the lord said to me

and the lord said to me i've given you a hundred fold return

because i thought if i had 104 return i would know it

i said lord i ain't got a hundred fold return now

return now he said you have it

he said you have it and then he said to

and then he said to me go get your house for praise

and when i have my house of praise it appraised for a hundred percent more

then what i paid for it i told my wife we got to move

we sold that house for a hundred percent more

for a hundred percent more than what i paid for it

than what i paid for it what am i telling you

what am i telling you god will often hide your return

i didn't even know i had it

i had it because i was looking at money

i wasn't looking at the equity that had accrued

at the equity that had accrued while i had been endearing

while i had been endearing [Applause]

[Applause] i speak a hundred fold return over your

i speak a hundred fold return over your life

i speak a hundredfold return over your life

over your life in money in wisdom

in money in wisdom in favor

in favor in spirit

in spirit in action

in action i speak a hundred-fold return in energy

i speak a hundred-fold return in energy i speak a hundred-fold return in your

i speak a hundred-fold return in your health

health and your well-being i speak a hundred

and your well-being i speak a hundred full return you watch it on the internet

full return you watch it on the internet turn the camera on me a hundred fold

turn the camera on me a hundred fold return my hundredfold return in your

return my hundredfold return in your life in your life it may not come in the

life in your life it may not come in the form you're expecting it but search for

form you're expecting it but search for it search for it when god says he's

it search for it when god says he's going to do it he's going to do it he

going to do it he's going to do it he did it i had to look for it it was right

did it i had to look for it it was right up under my nose

up under my nose almost every blessing you see in the

almost every blessing you see in the bible was in their house

bible was in their house [Music]

[Music] the pot of oil was in the house

the pot of oil was in the house the handful of meal was in the house the

the handful of meal was in the house the blessing is in your house

blessing is in your house [Applause]

a hundred fold am i telling the truth honey

am i telling the truth honey a hundred-fold

a hundred-fold return

return you ain't never seen such packing in all

you ain't never seen such packing in all your life

there is a time limit

on a blessing you have to move

you have to move in the moment

in the moment or you miss it

or you miss it i was growing up in the elevator the

i was growing up in the elevator the anointing was on that moment

anointing was on that moment i had to see that moment

i had to see that moment we had to be willing to move right then

we had to be willing to move right then before the door closed

before the door closed there's a time limit on this blessing

there's a time limit on this blessing a hundredfold return

a hundredfold return i want you to write me about it i want

i want you to write me about it i want you to text me about it i want you to

you to text me about it i want you to tweet me about it a hundredfold return

tweet me about it a hundredfold return if some of you is gonna come through a

if some of you is gonna come through a relationship that you've had and you've

relationship that you've had and you've underutilized you didn't even understand

underutilized you didn't even understand that god's gonna bring something out of

that god's gonna bring something out of that relationship that's more than what

that relationship that's more than what you expected some of it's gonna come

you expected some of it's gonna come through property some of it's gonna come

through property some of it's gonna come through exposure but god is getting

through exposure but god is getting ready to add increase to your life

ready to add increase to your life increase to your life i speak promotion

increase to your life i speak promotion over your life i speak promotion over

over your life i speak promotion over your life you receive it come on i speak

your life you receive it come on i speak promotion over your life i speak

promotion over your life i speak promotion over your life i speak

promotion over your life i speak promotion over your life and you

promotion over your life and you that have waited the longest

that have waited the longest are gonna reap the greatest

do something with me everyone that can

everyone that can everyone that can if you can't do it

everyone that can if you can't do it don't get mad everyone that can i want

don't get mad everyone that can i want you to sow a hundred dollar seed right

you to sow a hundred dollar seed right now honey i want you to sow it for us a

now honey i want you to sow it for us a hundred full return

hundred full return over

over your life everybody watching all

your life everybody watching all internet everybody watching in different

internet everybody watching in different time zones everybody watching in

time zones everybody watching in different parts of the country you

different parts of the country you started to cut me off but you couldn't

started to cut me off but you couldn't because god wants you to put something

because god wants you to put something down on this promise a hundredfold

down on this promise a hundredfold return

return it's coming

it's coming it's coming it's coming

it's coming no murmurs don't give it complainers

no murmurs don't give it complainers don't give it hateful people don't give

don't give it hateful people don't give it believers only believers only

it believers only believers only believers only a hundred fold return

a hundred [Music]

a hundred fold let me get a drink of water

let me get a drink of water the devil don't want this

[Music] put the text on the screen

put the text on the screen a hundred-fold return

now don't give it if you're not gonna look

don't give it if you're not gonna look for it

don't give it if you're not gonna rust bucket for it

delayed gratification [Music]

[Music] you got to work for it

you got to work for it may have to move forward

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