1. TBN
  2. Programs
  3. Hagee Ministries
  4. Episodes
  5. Matt Hagee - Life More Abundantly
Hagee Ministries

Matt Hagee - Life More Abundantly

June 1, 2025 | S25:E145

Matt Hagee - Life More Abundantly
Hagee Ministries are committed to change America by taking all the Gospel to all the world and to all generations.
#Faith #Abundance #Challenges #Humility #Faithfulness #Religion #WordofGod #Obedience #inActive #HageeMinistries #MattHagee #JohnHagee #Rest #Heaven #Eternity #Isaiah35:5

Closed captions

Show Timecode
Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - Life More Abundantly | June 1, 2025
  • Music
  • 00:00:00.094 --> 00:00:13.874
  • Pastor matt haqee: in
  • 00:00:17.178 --> 00:00:17.611
  • Pastor matt haqee: in john 10:9-10,
  • 00:00:17.678 --> 00:00:20.881
  • John 10:9-10, christ is making
  • 00:00:20.948 --> 00:00:22.817
  • Christ is making several distinctions,
  • 00:00:22.883 --> 00:00:24.785
  • Several distinctions, and one of them is between life
  • 00:00:24.852 --> 00:00:27.721
  • And one of them is between life and life more abundantly.
  • 00:00:27.788 --> 00:00:30.591
  • And life more abundantly. he's saying that
  • 00:00:30.658 --> 00:00:31.525
  • He's saying that there's a level of living,
  • 00:00:31.592 --> 00:00:33.727
  • There's a level of living, and then there is
  • 00:00:33.794 --> 00:00:34.995
  • And then there is a greater increase
  • 00:00:35.062 --> 00:00:37.298
  • A greater increase in the abundance of god
  • 00:00:37.364 --> 00:00:38.699
  • In the abundance of god in your life.
  • 00:00:38.766 --> 00:00:42.636
  • In your life. every one of you in this room
  • 00:00:42.703 --> 00:00:44.271
  • Every one of you in this room as far as i can tell,
  • 00:00:44.338 --> 00:00:45.406
  • As far as i can tell, you're right now alive.
  • 00:00:45.473 --> 00:00:48.242
  • You're right now alive. service isn't over till 12:30,
  • 00:00:48.309 --> 00:00:49.877
  • Service isn't over till 12:30, let's hope nothing changes.
  • 00:00:49.944 --> 00:00:52.580
  • Let's hope nothing changes. however, although you exist,
  • 00:00:52.646 --> 00:00:56.817
  • However, although you exist, there is an opportunity for you
  • 00:00:56.884 --> 00:00:58.319
  • There is an opportunity for you to exist in a better way.
  • 00:00:58.385 --> 00:01:01.922
  • To exist in a better way. to have god's abundance
  • 00:01:01.989 --> 00:01:03.324
  • To have god's abundance in your life.
  • 00:01:03.390 --> 00:01:04.091
  • In your life. and today, we're going to see
  • 00:01:04.158 --> 00:01:05.092
  • And today, we're going to see the distinction between life
  • 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.660
  • The distinction between life and life more abundantly,
  • 00:01:06.727 --> 00:01:07.761
  • And life more abundantly, and then give you
  • 00:01:07.828 --> 00:01:08.529
  • And then give you the chance to choose which
  • 00:01:08.596 --> 00:01:09.864
  • The chance to choose which one of those you want.
  • 00:01:09.930 --> 00:01:11.765
  • One of those you want. so, let's begin with life.
  • 00:01:11.832 --> 00:01:14.235
  • So, let's begin with life. first and foremost,
  • 00:01:14.301 --> 00:01:14.969
  • First and foremost, you need to know that
  • 00:01:15.035 --> 00:01:15.703
  • You need to know that until you believe,
  • 00:01:15.769 --> 00:01:16.637
  • Until you believe, you're not alive.
  • 00:01:16.704 --> 00:01:19.240
  • You're not alive. this is what 1 john 5 says.
  • 00:01:19.306 --> 00:01:22.109
  • This is what 1 john 5 says. it says,
  • 00:01:22.176 --> 00:01:22.443
  • It says, "he who has the son has life,
  • 00:01:22.510 --> 00:01:24.445
  • "he who has the son has life, and he who does not have
  • 00:01:24.512 --> 00:01:25.546
  • And he who does not have the son of god does
  • 00:01:25.613 --> 00:01:26.647
  • The son of god does not have life."
  • 00:01:26.714 --> 00:01:28.582
  • Not have life." this is the concept that
  • 00:01:28.649 --> 00:01:30.050
  • This is the concept that he who believes is alive
  • 00:01:30.117 --> 00:01:31.785
  • He who believes is alive and he who does not believe
  • 00:01:31.852 --> 00:01:33.821
  • And he who does not believe is dead already.
  • 00:01:33.888 --> 00:01:35.556
  • Is dead already. in john 10, jesus is having
  • 00:01:35.623 --> 00:01:37.625
  • In john 10, jesus is having a conversation and an argument
  • 00:01:37.691 --> 00:01:39.760
  • A conversation and an argument with the pharisees.
  • 00:01:39.827 --> 00:01:42.029
  • With the pharisees. and he's challenging them
  • 00:01:42.096 --> 00:01:44.532
  • And he's challenging them because they are so blinded
  • 00:01:44.598 --> 00:01:45.766
  • Because they are so blinded by their arrogance
  • 00:01:45.833 --> 00:01:46.867
  • By their arrogance and their ignorance that
  • 00:01:46.934 --> 00:01:47.701
  • And their ignorance that they're not able to rejoice
  • 00:01:47.768 --> 00:01:49.537
  • They're not able to rejoice in what god has just done.
  • 00:01:49.603 --> 00:01:52.406
  • In what god has just done. arrogance is thinking
  • 00:01:52.473 --> 00:01:53.841
  • Arrogance is thinking you know it all,
  • 00:01:53.908 --> 00:01:55.509
  • You know it all, and ignorance is ignoring
  • 00:01:55.576 --> 00:01:57.411
  • And ignorance is ignoring what you don't know.
  • 00:01:57.478 --> 00:02:00.281
  • What you don't know. so here, you have people who
  • 00:02:00.347 --> 00:02:01.549
  • So here, you have people who think they know it all blatantly
  • 00:02:01.615 --> 00:02:03.217
  • Think they know it all blatantly ignoring what they don't know,
  • 00:02:03.284 --> 00:02:04.485
  • Ignoring what they don't know, arguing with the one
  • 00:02:04.552 --> 00:02:05.953
  • Arguing with the one who knows it all.
  • 00:02:06.020 --> 00:02:09.190
  • Who knows it all. how many of you realize
  • 00:02:09.256 --> 00:02:09.990
  • How many of you realize you're gonna lose that argument?
  • 00:02:10.057 --> 00:02:13.561
  • You're gonna lose that argument? and the thing that
  • 00:02:13.627 --> 00:02:14.195
  • And the thing that they're arguing about
  • 00:02:14.261 --> 00:02:15.629
  • They're arguing about happened in john 9.
  • 00:02:15.696 --> 00:02:18.632
  • Happened in john 9. in john 9,
  • 00:02:18.699 --> 00:02:19.900
  • In john 9, jesus heals a blind man.
  • 00:02:19.967 --> 00:02:23.337
  • Jesus heals a blind man. and for 41 verses,
  • 00:02:23.404 --> 00:02:25.239
  • And for 41 verses, the pharisees wanna argue.
  • 00:02:25.306 --> 00:02:28.409
  • The pharisees wanna argue. the entire chapter,
  • 00:02:28.475 --> 00:02:29.310
  • The entire chapter, they wanna have a fight
  • 00:02:29.376 --> 00:02:31.612
  • They wanna have a fight because they're upset about
  • 00:02:31.679 --> 00:02:33.480
  • Because they're upset about what jesus did.
  • 00:02:33.547 --> 00:02:35.449
  • What jesus did. in john 9:1,
  • 00:02:35.516 --> 00:02:37.685
  • In john 9:1, it says that jesus encountered
  • 00:02:37.751 --> 00:02:39.053
  • It says that jesus encountered a man who was blind,
  • 00:02:39.119 --> 00:02:40.120
  • A man who was blind, and then the disciples asked,
  • 00:02:40.187 --> 00:02:42.122
  • And then the disciples asked, "who sinned?
  • 00:02:42.189 --> 00:02:43.624
  • "who sinned? did he sin
  • 00:02:43.691 --> 00:02:44.425
  • Did he sin or did his parents sin
  • 00:02:44.491 --> 00:02:45.492
  • Or did his parents sin that he was born blind?"
  • 00:02:45.559 --> 00:02:46.493
  • That he was born blind?" jesus answers the question
  • 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:48.028
  • Jesus answers the question in the third verse, he says,
  • 00:02:48.095 --> 00:02:49.363
  • In the third verse, he says, "nobody sinned,
  • 00:02:49.430 --> 00:02:50.497
  • "nobody sinned, there's nobody to blame.
  • 00:02:50.564 --> 00:02:51.532
  • There's nobody to blame. it's nobody's fault."
  • 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:53.634
  • It's nobody's fault." he says, "this man was born
  • 00:02:53.701 --> 00:02:54.668
  • He says, "this man was born blind that the glory of god may
  • 00:02:54.735 --> 00:02:56.403
  • Blind that the glory of god may be revealed in his life."
  • 00:02:56.470 --> 00:02:59.473
  • Be revealed in his life." these pharisees are
  • 00:02:59.540 --> 00:03:00.374
  • These pharisees are so arrogant and ignorant,
  • 00:03:00.441 --> 00:03:01.875
  • So arrogant and ignorant, they're ignoring
  • 00:03:01.942 --> 00:03:02.509
  • They're ignoring the plain thing that's right
  • 00:03:02.576 --> 00:03:03.711
  • The plain thing that's right in front of them.
  • 00:03:03.777 --> 00:03:05.312
  • In front of them. and what do i mean?
  • 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:06.046
  • And what do i mean? isaiah 35:5-6 says this
  • 00:03:06.113 --> 00:03:09.350
  • Isaiah 35:5-6 says this about messiah.
  • 00:03:09.416 --> 00:03:11.018
  • About messiah. the pharisees are
  • 00:03:11.085 --> 00:03:11.819
  • The pharisees are looking for messiah.
  • 00:03:11.885 --> 00:03:14.822
  • Looking for messiah. and here's what isaiah says,
  • 00:03:14.888 --> 00:03:17.591
  • And here's what isaiah says, "then the eyes of the blind
  • 00:03:17.658 --> 00:03:19.660
  • "then the eyes of the blind shall be opened."
  • 00:03:19.727 --> 00:03:21.428
  • Shall be opened." they even admit it.
  • 00:03:21.495 --> 00:03:22.463
  • They even admit it. since the beginning of time,
  • 00:03:22.529 --> 00:03:23.530
  • Since the beginning of time, no one's opened blinded eyes.
  • 00:03:23.597 --> 00:03:25.032
  • No one's opened blinded eyes. excuse me, we just did that.
  • 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:29.136
  • Excuse me, we just did that. it says, "then the ears
  • 00:03:29.203 --> 00:03:31.472
  • It says, "then the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped,
  • 00:03:31.538 --> 00:03:33.674
  • Of the deaf shall be unstopped, and the lame will leap
  • 00:03:33.741 --> 00:03:34.675
  • And the lame will leap like a deer,
  • 00:03:34.742 --> 00:03:35.175
  • Like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb
  • 00:03:35.242 --> 00:03:36.043
  • And the tongue of the dumb shall sing."
  • 00:03:36.110 --> 00:03:37.111
  • Shall sing." jesus did all
  • 00:03:37.177 --> 00:03:37.978
  • Jesus did all of these things.
  • 00:03:38.045 --> 00:03:40.581
  • Of these things. and they said,
  • 00:03:40.648 --> 00:03:40.981
  • And they said, "no, no, no, no, no.
  • 00:03:41.048 --> 00:03:41.649
  • "no, no, no, no, no. it can't be him.
  • 00:03:41.715 --> 00:03:43.717
  • It can't be him. anybody but him."
  • 00:03:43.784 --> 00:03:47.154
  • Anybody but him." the irony of it is that
  • 00:03:47.221 --> 00:03:48.289
  • The irony of it is that they're more spiritually blind
  • 00:03:48.355 --> 00:03:49.757
  • They're more spiritually blind than that man was
  • 00:03:49.823 --> 00:03:50.791
  • Than that man was naturally blind.
  • 00:03:50.858 --> 00:03:53.294
  • Naturally blind. so, in john 10,
  • 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:54.728
  • So, in john 10, jesus starts to tell them.
  • 00:03:54.795 --> 00:03:57.665
  • Jesus starts to tell them. he starts to tell them,
  • 00:03:57.731 --> 00:03:59.199
  • He starts to tell them, "this is who i am
  • 00:03:59.266 --> 00:04:00.934
  • "this is who i am and this is why i'm here.
  • 00:04:01.001 --> 00:04:03.437
  • And this is why i'm here. i am the door, and i have come
  • 00:04:03.504 --> 00:04:07.941
  • I am the door, and i have come to give life and life
  • 00:04:08.008 --> 00:04:10.311
  • To give life and life more abundantly."
  • 00:04:10.377 --> 00:04:13.747
  • More abundantly." now, how powerful
  • 00:04:13.814 --> 00:04:16.050
  • Now, how powerful is the arrogance
  • 00:04:16.116 --> 00:04:16.884
  • Is the arrogance and the ignorance
  • 00:04:16.950 --> 00:04:18.786
  • And the ignorance of legalism and religion?
  • 00:04:18.852 --> 00:04:22.156
  • Of legalism and religion? the bible says in romans 10
  • 00:04:22.222 --> 00:04:23.957
  • The bible says in romans 10 that faith cometh by, what?
  • 00:04:24.024 --> 00:04:25.793
  • That faith cometh by, what? hearing and hearing by
  • 00:04:25.859 --> 00:04:27.861
  • Hearing and hearing by the word of god.
  • 00:04:27.928 --> 00:04:30.097
  • The word of god. here in john 10, jesus christ,
  • 00:04:30.164 --> 00:04:32.299
  • Here in john 10, jesus christ, the word made flesh
  • 00:04:32.366 --> 00:04:34.735
  • The word made flesh is talking to the pharisees.
  • 00:04:34.802 --> 00:04:38.072
  • Is talking to the pharisees. you can't have a greater source
  • 00:04:38.138 --> 00:04:39.540
  • You can't have a greater source for the word than jesus
  • 00:04:39.606 --> 00:04:40.974
  • For the word than jesus in the flesh speaking
  • 00:04:41.041 --> 00:04:42.142
  • In the flesh speaking the spoken word to you.
  • 00:04:42.209 --> 00:04:46.780
  • The spoken word to you. and when they have this,
  • 00:04:46.847 --> 00:04:48.816
  • And when they have this, rather than let it
  • 00:04:48.882 --> 00:04:49.450
  • Rather than let it build their faith,
  • 00:04:49.516 --> 00:04:51.452
  • Build their faith, their arrogance
  • 00:04:51.518 --> 00:04:52.219
  • Their arrogance and their ignorance
  • 00:04:52.286 --> 00:04:53.120
  • And their ignorance override it.
  • 00:04:53.187 --> 00:04:55.322
  • Override it. "can't be him.
  • 00:04:55.389 --> 00:04:57.358
  • "can't be him. nothing good comes
  • 00:04:57.424 --> 00:04:58.225
  • Nothing good comes out of nazareth.
  • 00:04:58.292 --> 00:05:00.027
  • Out of nazareth. can't be him,
  • 00:05:00.094 --> 00:05:00.728
  • Can't be him, look at his disciples,
  • 00:05:00.794 --> 00:05:01.795
  • Look at his disciples, they smell like fish.
  • 00:05:01.862 --> 00:05:04.498
  • They smell like fish. can't be him."
  • 00:05:04.565 --> 00:05:08.001
  • Can't be him." how often do we allow
  • 00:05:08.068 --> 00:05:09.503
  • How often do we allow our arrogance and our ignorance
  • 00:05:09.570 --> 00:05:11.905
  • Our arrogance and our ignorance to disqualify us from
  • 00:05:11.972 --> 00:05:13.374
  • To disqualify us from receiving the blatant blessing
  • 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:15.042
  • Receiving the blatant blessing that's right in front of us?
  • 00:05:15.109 --> 00:05:17.111
  • That's right in front of us? you hear a preacher
  • 00:05:17.177 --> 00:05:17.911
  • You hear a preacher bring a word like,
  • 00:05:17.978 --> 00:05:18.979
  • Bring a word like, "greater things,
  • 00:05:19.046 --> 00:05:19.813
  • "greater things, and you were made for more."
  • 00:05:19.880 --> 00:05:21.115
  • And you were made for more." and you say, "well,
  • 00:05:21.181 --> 00:05:21.815
  • And you say, "well, i don't know about that."
  • 00:05:21.882 --> 00:05:22.483
  • I don't know about that." that's your arrogance
  • 00:05:22.549 --> 00:05:23.684
  • That's your arrogance and your ignorance,
  • 00:05:23.751 --> 00:05:25.052
  • And your ignorance, not god's word.
  • 00:05:25.119 --> 00:05:27.955
  • [applause]
  • 00:05:28.455 --> 00:05:33.193
  • Now, you may be
  • 00:05:33.694 --> 00:05:34.194
  • Now, you may be humble about it,
  • 00:05:34.261 --> 00:05:36.363
  • Humble about it, but sometimes i find
  • 00:05:36.430 --> 00:05:37.264
  • But sometimes i find people are very proud
  • 00:05:37.331 --> 00:05:38.832
  • People are very proud of their humility.
  • 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:43.404
  • Of their humility. how often do people miss out
  • 00:05:43.470 --> 00:05:44.571
  • How often do people miss out on what god is doing
  • 00:05:44.638 --> 00:05:45.773
  • On what god is doing because they refuse to believe
  • 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.674
  • Because they refuse to believe that he could do more?
  • 00:05:47.741 --> 00:05:49.610
  • That he could do more? when the bible says his ways
  • 00:05:49.676 --> 00:05:50.778
  • When the bible says his ways are above our ways
  • 00:05:50.844 --> 00:05:51.712
  • Are above our ways as the heavens
  • 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:52.312
  • As the heavens are above the earth,
  • 00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:54.381
  • Are above the earth, the bible says that
  • 00:05:54.448 --> 00:05:55.048
  • The bible says that the depths of his wisdom
  • 00:05:55.115 --> 00:05:55.949
  • The depths of his wisdom and his knowledge
  • 00:05:56.016 --> 00:05:56.617
  • And his knowledge is past finding out.
  • 00:05:56.683 --> 00:05:59.353
  • Is past finding out. what i want you to do today
  • 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:00.821
  • What i want you to do today is refuse to allow there
  • 00:06:00.888 --> 00:06:02.289
  • Is refuse to allow there to be any limitation
  • 00:06:02.356 --> 00:06:03.924
  • To be any limitation on what god can do
  • 00:06:03.991 --> 00:06:05.192
  • On what god can do in your life because you
  • 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:06.527
  • In your life because you cannot put him in a box.
  • 00:06:06.593 --> 00:06:08.028
  • Cannot put him in a box. there's no sides that
  • 00:06:08.095 --> 00:06:08.962
  • There's no sides that you can contain him in,
  • 00:06:09.029 --> 00:06:10.330
  • You can contain him in, there's no height that
  • 00:06:10.397 --> 00:06:11.298
  • There's no height that you could put him under
  • 00:06:11.365 --> 00:06:12.433
  • You could put him under because he's bigger than
  • 00:06:12.499 --> 00:06:13.400
  • Because he's bigger than anything you could ask,
  • 00:06:13.467 --> 00:06:14.601
  • Anything you could ask, you could think,
  • 00:06:14.668 --> 00:06:15.502
  • You could think, or you could imagine.
  • 00:06:15.569 --> 00:06:17.371
  • Or you could imagine. begin to believe
  • 00:06:17.438 --> 00:06:18.338
  • Begin to believe in him because that's where
  • 00:06:18.405 --> 00:06:20.107
  • In him because that's where life truly begins
  • 00:06:20.174 --> 00:06:21.942
  • Life truly begins when you believe.
  • 00:06:22.009 --> 00:06:23.610
  • When you believe. that's why the bible says,
  • 00:06:23.677 --> 00:06:24.478
  • That's why the bible says, "believe on
  • 00:06:24.545 --> 00:06:25.045
  • "believe on the lord jesus christ,
  • 00:06:25.112 --> 00:06:26.246
  • The lord jesus christ, and you shall be saved."
  • 00:06:26.313 --> 00:06:27.614
  • And you shall be saved." believe that he is the way
  • 00:06:27.681 --> 00:06:29.349
  • Believe that he is the way if you're looking for direction.
  • 00:06:29.416 --> 00:06:30.617
  • If you're looking for direction. he is the truth if you're
  • 00:06:30.684 --> 00:06:31.985
  • He is the truth if you're searching for an answer.
  • 00:06:32.052 --> 00:06:33.153
  • Searching for an answer. he is the life
  • 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:34.121
  • He is the life if you're looking for strength.
  • 00:06:34.188 --> 00:06:35.489
  • If you're looking for strength. that no man comes unto
  • 00:06:35.556 --> 00:06:36.990
  • That no man comes unto the father but by him.
  • 00:06:37.057 --> 00:06:38.659
  • The father but by him. believe that all things
  • 00:06:38.725 --> 00:06:40.427
  • Believe that all things are possible, why?
  • 00:06:40.494 --> 00:06:42.129
  • Are possible, why? because jesus said,
  • 00:06:42.196 --> 00:06:43.030
  • Because jesus said, "all things are possible
  • 00:06:43.096 --> 00:06:45.032
  • "all things are possible to those who," what?
  • 00:06:45.098 --> 00:06:46.500
  • To those who," what? believe.
  • 00:06:46.567 --> 00:06:47.267
  • Believe. believe that
  • 00:06:47.334 --> 00:06:48.101
  • Believe that he's the resurrection,
  • 00:06:48.168 --> 00:06:49.102
  • He's the resurrection, and he is the life,
  • 00:06:49.169 --> 00:06:50.304
  • And he is the life, and he who believes in him
  • 00:06:50.370 --> 00:06:52.372
  • And he who believes in him shall never die.
  • 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:53.707
  • Shall never die. you may breathe your last
  • 00:06:53.774 --> 00:06:55.409
  • You may breathe your last breath in this atmosphere,
  • 00:06:55.476 --> 00:06:57.211
  • Breath in this atmosphere, but you'll open your eyes
  • 00:06:57.277 --> 00:06:58.679
  • But you'll open your eyes and receive new life
  • 00:06:58.745 --> 00:06:59.947
  • And receive new life in a celestial city whose
  • 00:07:00.013 --> 00:07:01.748
  • In a celestial city whose builder and maker is god.
  • 00:07:01.815 --> 00:07:03.417
  • Builder and maker is god. church, life begins when
  • 00:07:03.484 --> 00:07:05.619
  • Church, life begins when you believe in a god
  • 00:07:05.686 --> 00:07:07.154
  • You believe in a god who cannot fail.
  • 00:07:07.221 --> 00:07:08.188
  • [applause]
  • 00:07:08.489 --> 00:07:14.328
  • Hebrews 11 tells us
  • 00:07:14.795 --> 00:07:16.663
  • Hebrews 11 tells us very clearly that without faith
  • 00:07:16.730 --> 00:07:18.131
  • Very clearly that without faith it is impossible to please god,
  • 00:07:18.198 --> 00:07:19.867
  • It is impossible to please god, and that everyone who comes
  • 00:07:19.933 --> 00:07:20.667
  • And that everyone who comes to god must believe,
  • 00:07:20.734 --> 00:07:23.537
  • To god must believe, say that with me,
  • 00:07:23.604 --> 00:07:24.338
  • Say that with me, must believe that
  • 00:07:24.404 --> 00:07:27.040
  • Must believe that he is a rewarder,
  • 00:07:27.107 --> 00:07:28.609
  • He is a rewarder, and he is a rewarder
  • 00:07:28.675 --> 00:07:29.376
  • And he is a rewarder of those who diligently
  • 00:07:29.443 --> 00:07:31.411
  • Of those who diligently seek him.
  • 00:07:31.478 --> 00:07:33.180
  • Seek him. i believe that
  • 00:07:33.247 --> 00:07:34.114
  • I believe that every one of you
  • 00:07:34.181 --> 00:07:34.748
  • Every one of you are here today because
  • 00:07:34.815 --> 00:07:35.849
  • Are here today because you're seeking the lord.
  • 00:07:35.916 --> 00:07:38.819
  • You're seeking the lord. i believe that you're here today
  • 00:07:38.886 --> 00:07:40.621
  • I believe that you're here today because he called to you.
  • 00:07:40.687 --> 00:07:44.758
  • Because he called to you. he told the pharisees
  • 00:07:44.825 --> 00:07:45.959
  • He told the pharisees who did not believe,
  • 00:07:46.026 --> 00:07:46.793
  • Who did not believe, "you do not listen
  • 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:48.195
  • "you do not listen because you're not my sheep.
  • 00:07:48.262 --> 00:07:50.831
  • Because you're not my sheep. but my sheep know my voice."
  • 00:07:50.898 --> 00:07:54.668
  • But my sheep know my voice." and i believe that
  • 00:07:54.735 --> 00:07:55.369
  • And i believe that you're here today because
  • 00:07:55.435 --> 00:07:56.770
  • You're here today because somewhere down inside of you,
  • 00:07:56.837 --> 00:07:58.605
  • Somewhere down inside of you, you heard his voice.
  • 00:07:58.672 --> 00:08:00.340
  • You heard his voice. you might not have recognized it
  • 00:08:00.407 --> 00:08:01.775
  • You might not have recognized it when you heard it.
  • 00:08:01.842 --> 00:08:02.376
  • When you heard it. you might have called it
  • 00:08:02.442 --> 00:08:03.176
  • You might have called it a gut feeling.
  • 00:08:03.243 --> 00:08:04.845
  • A gut feeling. "i don't know why i'm here,
  • 00:08:04.912 --> 00:08:06.213
  • "i don't know why i'm here, i'm just here."
  • 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:07.014
  • I'm just here." well, trust me,
  • 00:08:07.080 --> 00:08:07.514
  • Well, trust me, heaven's not surprised
  • 00:08:07.581 --> 00:08:08.248
  • Heaven's not surprised to see you here,
  • 00:08:08.315 --> 00:08:12.085
  • To see you here, because the voice of the lord
  • 00:08:12.152 --> 00:08:13.353
  • Because the voice of the lord pulled you.
  • 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:16.857
  • Pulled you. maybe it whispered,
  • 00:08:16.924 --> 00:08:17.491
  • Maybe it whispered, maybe it shouted,
  • 00:08:17.558 --> 00:08:18.559
  • Maybe it shouted, maybe it sounded
  • 00:08:18.625 --> 00:08:19.092
  • Maybe it sounded like grandma saying,
  • 00:08:19.159 --> 00:08:20.227
  • Like grandma saying, "get up and get to church."
  • 00:08:20.294 --> 00:08:21.929
  • "get up and get to church." but thank god
  • 00:08:21.995 --> 00:08:22.696
  • But thank god jesus uses grandmas.
  • 00:08:22.763 --> 00:08:24.965
  • [applause]
  • 00:08:25.299 --> 00:08:28.502
  • But you heard him calling.
  • 00:08:28.936 --> 00:08:31.104
  • But you heard him calling. he's calling to you today.
  • 00:08:31.171 --> 00:08:32.506
  • He's calling to you today. he's saying, "come unto me
  • 00:08:32.573 --> 00:08:33.607
  • He's saying, "come unto me all ye who are heavy laden
  • 00:08:33.674 --> 00:08:35.242
  • All ye who are heavy laden and i'll give you rest."
  • 00:08:35.309 --> 00:08:36.677
  • And i'll give you rest." he's calling to you today.
  • 00:08:36.743 --> 00:08:38.045
  • He's calling to you today. he's saying, "cast all
  • 00:08:38.111 --> 00:08:38.979
  • He's saying, "cast all of your cares upon me
  • 00:08:39.046 --> 00:08:40.581
  • Of your cares upon me because i care for you."
  • 00:08:40.647 --> 00:08:42.015
  • Because i care for you." he's calling to you today.
  • 00:08:42.082 --> 00:08:43.717
  • He's calling to you today. he's saying, "this is the way,
  • 00:08:43.784 --> 00:08:45.285
  • He's saying, "this is the way, walk in it."
  • 00:08:45.352 --> 00:08:46.253
  • Walk in it." if you're carrying
  • 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:46.987
  • If you're carrying a burden today that you
  • 00:08:47.054 --> 00:08:48.155
  • A burden today that you want to unload, trust me,
  • 00:08:48.221 --> 00:08:50.190
  • Want to unload, trust me, he's calling to you
  • 00:08:50.257 --> 00:08:51.458
  • He's calling to you and you can trust him because
  • 00:08:51.525 --> 00:08:52.960
  • And you can trust him because he'll direct your path.
  • 00:08:53.026 --> 00:08:56.063
  • He'll direct your path. he's calling
  • 00:08:56.129 --> 00:08:56.630
  • He's calling to the sick in body.
  • 00:08:56.697 --> 00:08:57.764
  • To the sick in body. he's saying pray
  • 00:08:57.831 --> 00:08:58.332
  • He's saying pray the prayer of faith
  • 00:08:58.398 --> 00:08:59.132
  • The prayer of faith and the prayer of faith
  • 00:08:59.199 --> 00:09:00.133
  • And the prayer of faith will save the sick,
  • 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:01.201
  • Will save the sick, and the lord will raise him up.
  • 00:09:01.268 --> 00:09:02.436
  • And the lord will raise him up. he's calling
  • 00:09:02.502 --> 00:09:03.403
  • He's calling to the broken today,
  • 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:04.838
  • To the broken today, he's saying that,
  • 00:09:04.905 --> 00:09:05.339
  • He's saying that, "the spirit of the lord
  • 00:09:05.405 --> 00:09:06.340
  • "the spirit of the lord is upon me to heal
  • 00:09:06.406 --> 00:09:07.708
  • Is upon me to heal the broken hearted."
  • 00:09:07.774 --> 00:09:08.942
  • The broken hearted." he's calling to the captive.
  • 00:09:09.009 --> 00:09:10.344
  • He's calling to the captive. he said, "i am here to bring
  • 00:09:10.410 --> 00:09:11.979
  • He said, "i am here to bring liberty to the captive
  • 00:09:12.045 --> 00:09:13.413
  • Liberty to the captive and open prison doors
  • 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.015
  • And open prison doors to those who are bound.
  • 00:09:15.082 --> 00:09:16.016
  • To those who are bound. church, the word of god is true,
  • 00:09:16.083 --> 00:09:18.352
  • Church, the word of god is true, whom the son sets free
  • 00:09:18.418 --> 00:09:20.053
  • Whom the son sets free is free indeed.
  • 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:21.755
  • [applause]
  • 00:09:22.055 --> 00:09:26.860
  • Life begins when you believe,
  • 00:09:27.227 --> 00:09:31.632
  • Life begins when you believe, but abundance begins
  • 00:09:31.698 --> 00:09:34.868
  • But abundance begins when you obey.
  • 00:09:34.935 --> 00:09:38.372
  • When you obey. there's two different
  • 00:09:38.438 --> 00:09:39.006
  • There's two different things here, life and life
  • 00:09:39.072 --> 00:09:41.708
  • Things here, life and life more abundantly.
  • 00:09:41.775 --> 00:09:44.177
  • More abundantly. and i don't know anybody
  • 00:09:44.244 --> 00:09:45.045
  • And i don't know anybody who doesn't throw their hand
  • 00:09:45.112 --> 00:09:46.046
  • Who doesn't throw their hand in the air and say,
  • 00:09:46.113 --> 00:09:46.913
  • In the air and say, "i want the abundant side
  • 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:48.015
  • "i want the abundant side of that, please."
  • 00:09:48.081 --> 00:09:51.985
  • Of that, please." but whether or not
  • 00:09:52.052 --> 00:09:52.986
  • But whether or not you walk in the abundance
  • 00:09:53.053 --> 00:09:54.321
  • You walk in the abundance is not up to him,
  • 00:09:54.388 --> 00:09:55.656
  • Is not up to him, it's up to you.
  • 00:09:55.722 --> 00:09:58.759
  • It's up to you. life begins when you believe.
  • 00:09:58.825 --> 00:10:02.596
  • Life begins when you believe. abundance comes when you obey.
  • 00:10:02.663 --> 00:10:07.167
  • Abundance comes when you obey. in john 10, christ makes
  • 00:10:07.234 --> 00:10:09.536
  • In john 10, christ makes several distinctions.
  • 00:10:09.603 --> 00:10:10.737
  • Several distinctions. he says, "there's a thief
  • 00:10:10.804 --> 00:10:11.605
  • He says, "there's a thief and there's a shepherd,
  • 00:10:11.672 --> 00:10:13.273
  • And there's a shepherd, i'm the shepherd."
  • 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:15.642
  • I'm the shepherd." he said, "there's a door,
  • 00:10:15.709 --> 00:10:16.743
  • He said, "there's a door, i'm the door."
  • 00:10:16.810 --> 00:10:18.412
  • I'm the door." he said, "there's those
  • 00:10:18.478 --> 00:10:19.413
  • He said, "there's those who hear my voice,
  • 00:10:19.479 --> 00:10:20.380
  • Who hear my voice, those are my sheep,
  • 00:10:20.447 --> 00:10:21.381
  • Those are my sheep, and there's those who ignore it,
  • 00:10:21.448 --> 00:10:22.582
  • And there's those who ignore it, they're not my sheep."
  • 00:10:22.649 --> 00:10:25.318
  • They're not my sheep." he says, "life begins
  • 00:10:25.385 --> 00:10:26.920
  • He says, "life begins when you believe."
  • 00:10:26.987 --> 00:10:29.289
  • When you believe." because in john 10:9, he said,
  • 00:10:29.356 --> 00:10:31.958
  • Because in john 10:9, he said, "i am the door,
  • 00:10:32.025 --> 00:10:32.759
  • "i am the door, anyone who enters
  • 00:10:32.826 --> 00:10:34.528
  • Anyone who enters by me will be saved.
  • 00:10:34.594 --> 00:10:41.034
  • By me will be saved. whosoever will, let him come."
  • 00:10:41.101 --> 00:10:45.539
  • Whosoever will, let him come." now, let me be
  • 00:10:45.605 --> 00:10:46.006
  • Now, let me be very clear about this,
  • 00:10:46.073 --> 00:10:46.873
  • Very clear about this, there are many ways
  • 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:48.608
  • There are many ways to get to jesus,
  • 00:10:48.675 --> 00:10:51.645
  • To get to jesus, but there's only one door
  • 00:10:51.712 --> 00:10:53.580
  • But there's only one door to god the father,
  • 00:10:53.647 --> 00:10:55.382
  • To god the father, and that is jesus.
  • 00:10:55.449 --> 00:10:57.150
  • [applause]
  • 00:10:57.451 --> 00:11:01.621
  • Hagee ministries
  • 00:11:01.988 --> 00:11:03.023
  • Has stood in unwavering
  • 00:11:03.023 --> 00:11:04.858
  • Support of israel,
  • 00:11:04.858 --> 00:11:06.460
  • Witnessing the miraculous power
  • 00:11:06.460 --> 00:11:08.462
  • Of god firsthand.
  • 00:11:08.462 --> 00:11:09.663
  • In my new 30 day
  • 00:11:09.663 --> 00:11:10.831
  • Devotional, “journey
  • 00:11:10.831 --> 00:11:11.998
  • Through israel,
  • 00:11:11.998 --> 00:11:12.999
  • The healing word at work”,
  • 00:11:12.999 --> 00:11:15.001
  • You'll walk where jesus walked
  • 00:11:15.001 --> 00:11:16.903
  • From the sea of galilee
  • 00:11:16.903 --> 00:11:18.371
  • All the way to jerusalem
  • 00:11:18.371 --> 00:11:19.906
  • And experience
  • 00:11:19.906 --> 00:11:20.941
  • His healing power
  • 00:11:20.941 --> 00:11:22.175
  • In a brand new way.
  • 00:11:22.175 --> 00:11:23.210
  • This devotional
  • 00:11:23.210 --> 00:11:24.177
  • Is more than a daily reading.
  • 00:11:24.177 --> 00:11:26.012
  • It's an invitation
  • 00:11:26.012 --> 00:11:27.180
  • To an encounter
  • 00:11:27.180 --> 00:11:28.014
  • With the living christ.
  • 00:11:28.014 --> 00:11:29.249
  • For your gift of any amount.
  • 00:11:29.249 --> 00:11:30.584
  • This month
  • 00:11:30.584 --> 00:11:31.118
  • We'll send you journey
  • 00:11:31.118 --> 00:11:31.885
  • Through israel
  • 00:11:31.885 --> 00:11:32.619
  • The healing word at work,
  • 00:11:32.619 --> 00:11:33.754
  • A beautiful devotional
  • 00:11:33.754 --> 00:11:34.721
  • Filled with images
  • 00:11:34.721 --> 00:11:35.555
  • Of the holy land
  • 00:11:35.555 --> 00:11:36.289
  • To help you rediscover
  • 00:11:36.289 --> 00:11:37.157
  • The power of god's word.
  • 00:11:37.157 --> 00:11:38.425
  • You'll also receive
  • 00:11:38.425 --> 00:11:39.226
  • An anointing oil from israel
  • 00:11:39.226 --> 00:11:40.761
  • Infused with frankincense
  • 00:11:40.761 --> 00:11:41.862
  • And myrrh.
  • 00:11:41.862 --> 00:11:42.429
  • For your gift of $175
  • 00:11:42.429 --> 00:11:44.498
  • Or more will add the “all things
  • 00:11:44.498 --> 00:11:45.966
  • Possible” tumbler,
  • 00:11:45.966 --> 00:11:46.967
  • An eight pack of sympathy
  • 00:11:46.967 --> 00:11:48.168
  • And encouragement
  • 00:11:48.168 --> 00:11:48.835
  • Cards, and pastor john hagee█s
  • 00:11:48.835 --> 00:11:50.337
  • Powerful book, “power to heal.”
  • 00:11:50.337 --> 00:11:51.838
  • Call the number on screen
  • 00:11:51.838 --> 00:11:52.906
  • Or go to
  • 00:11:52.906 --> 00:11:54.174
  • Jhm.org/healing
  • 00:11:54.174 --> 00:11:56.710
  • [applause]
  • 00:11:56.777 --> 00:11:59.646
  • People say,
  • 00:12:00.113 --> 00:12:00.514
  • People say, "well, what do you mean?
  • 00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:01.114
  • "well, what do you mean? what's the difference?"
  • 00:12:01.181 --> 00:12:02.616
  • What's the difference?" i came to jesus
  • 00:12:02.682 --> 00:12:03.817
  • I came to jesus in a sunday school class
  • 00:12:03.884 --> 00:12:06.386
  • In a sunday school class in church.
  • 00:12:06.453 --> 00:12:08.355
  • In church. other people come to jesus
  • 00:12:08.421 --> 00:12:09.356
  • Other people come to jesus watching television,
  • 00:12:09.422 --> 00:12:10.390
  • Watching television, listening to the radio,
  • 00:12:10.457 --> 00:12:11.391
  • Listening to the radio, in a service like this one,
  • 00:12:11.458 --> 00:12:13.393
  • In a service like this one, in a jail cell."
  • 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:16.029
  • In a jail cell." there are many, many,
  • 00:12:16.096 --> 00:12:17.063
  • There are many, many, many ways to get to jesus,
  • 00:12:17.130 --> 00:12:21.201
  • Many ways to get to jesus, but there's only one way
  • 00:12:21.268 --> 00:12:22.369
  • But there's only one way to get to god,
  • 00:12:22.435 --> 00:12:23.336
  • To get to god, and that is jesus.
  • 00:12:23.403 --> 00:12:27.407
  • And that is jesus. when jesus said,
  • 00:12:27.474 --> 00:12:28.275
  • When jesus said, "i am the door,"
  • 00:12:28.341 --> 00:12:30.043
  • "i am the door," he was saying,
  • 00:12:30.110 --> 00:12:30.744
  • He was saying, "i'm the only channel through
  • 00:12:30.811 --> 00:12:32.813
  • "i'm the only channel through which the blessings of god
  • 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.347
  • Which the blessings of god flow through."
  • 00:12:34.414 --> 00:12:36.183
  • Flow through." if you try to get
  • 00:12:36.249 --> 00:12:37.384
  • If you try to get there a different way,
  • 00:12:37.450 --> 00:12:38.585
  • There a different way, you're a part
  • 00:12:38.652 --> 00:12:39.386
  • You're a part of the thief's crew.
  • 00:12:39.452 --> 00:12:40.320
  • Of the thief's crew. you're trying to go
  • 00:12:40.387 --> 00:12:41.288
  • You're trying to go over the wall,
  • 00:12:41.354 --> 00:12:41.955
  • Over the wall, not through the door.
  • 00:12:42.022 --> 00:12:45.525
  • Not through the door. so, jesus is telling us about
  • 00:12:45.592 --> 00:12:47.227
  • So, jesus is telling us about life and life more abundantly.
  • 00:12:47.294 --> 00:12:50.597
  • Life and life more abundantly. in verse 9, he says,
  • 00:12:50.664 --> 00:12:51.665
  • In verse 9, he says, "whoever enters will be saved."
  • 00:12:51.731 --> 00:12:53.800
  • "whoever enters will be saved." how saved are you?
  • 00:12:53.867 --> 00:12:57.737
  • How saved are you? jesus said in verse 27,
  • 00:12:57.804 --> 00:12:59.439
  • Jesus said in verse 27, "my sheep hear my voice,
  • 00:12:59.506 --> 00:13:01.374
  • "my sheep hear my voice, i know them, they follow me."
  • 00:13:01.441 --> 00:13:04.978
  • I know them, they follow me." in verse 28, he says,
  • 00:13:05.045 --> 00:13:06.413
  • In verse 28, he says, "this is how saved you are."
  • 00:13:06.479 --> 00:13:08.348
  • "this is how saved you are." that part's not in there,
  • 00:13:08.415 --> 00:13:09.249
  • That part's not in there, that's just me paraphrasing.
  • 00:13:09.316 --> 00:13:11.418
  • That's just me paraphrasing. he says, "i'll give them
  • 00:13:11.484 --> 00:13:13.553
  • He says, "i'll give them eternal life and they
  • 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:16.556
  • Eternal life and they shall never perish."
  • 00:13:16.623 --> 00:13:18.692
  • Shall never perish." now, what's the difference?
  • 00:13:18.758 --> 00:13:21.161
  • Now, what's the difference? realize that you have eternal
  • 00:13:21.228 --> 00:13:23.129
  • Realize that you have eternal life in one of two locations.
  • 00:13:23.196 --> 00:13:26.733
  • Life in one of two locations. the penthouse is heaven.
  • 00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:31.404
  • The penthouse is heaven. this one is called...
  • 00:13:31.471 --> 00:13:34.541
  • This one is called... it's okay, you can say, "hell."
  • 00:13:34.608 --> 00:13:36.810
  • It's okay, you can say, "hell." it's a bible word.
  • 00:13:36.877 --> 00:13:38.712
  • It's a bible word. you have heaven
  • 00:13:38.778 --> 00:13:39.579
  • You have heaven or you have hell.
  • 00:13:39.646 --> 00:13:42.616
  • Or you have hell. those who go to hell perish.
  • 00:13:42.682 --> 00:13:47.787
  • Those who go to hell perish. those who go to heaven
  • 00:13:47.854 --> 00:13:49.623
  • Those who go to heaven do not perish,
  • 00:13:49.689 --> 00:13:50.657
  • Do not perish, but both are there
  • 00:13:50.724 --> 00:13:52.993
  • But both are there for eternity.
  • 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:55.262
  • For eternity. so, when jesus says,
  • 00:13:55.328 --> 00:13:56.062
  • So, when jesus says, "you're saved," he says,
  • 00:13:56.129 --> 00:13:57.030
  • "you're saved," he says, "you're gonna be eternal."
  • 00:13:57.097 --> 00:13:58.465
  • "you're gonna be eternal." praise the lord,
  • 00:13:58.531 --> 00:13:58.999
  • Praise the lord, i'm not gonna stay in
  • 00:13:59.065 --> 00:14:00.166
  • I'm not gonna stay in the ground when they bury me.
  • 00:14:00.233 --> 00:14:02.569
  • The ground when they bury me. but then he says,
  • 00:14:02.636 --> 00:14:03.103
  • But then he says, "you're never gonna perish."
  • 00:14:03.169 --> 00:14:04.404
  • "you're never gonna perish." meaning that they're never
  • 00:14:04.471 --> 00:14:05.405
  • Meaning that they're never gonna be able to take me
  • 00:14:05.472 --> 00:14:06.840
  • Gonna be able to take me from heaven down to hell.
  • 00:14:06.907 --> 00:14:09.943
  • From heaven down to hell. and then, if you wanna
  • 00:14:10.010 --> 00:14:11.311
  • And then, if you wanna know how saved you are,
  • 00:14:11.378 --> 00:14:12.679
  • Know how saved you are, read the last part of the verse.
  • 00:14:12.746 --> 00:14:14.481
  • Read the last part of the verse. it says, "i'll give them
  • 00:14:14.547 --> 00:14:15.248
  • It says, "i'll give them eternal life," i like that.
  • 00:14:15.315 --> 00:14:16.683
  • Eternal life," i like that. "and they'll never perish,"
  • 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:18.051
  • "and they'll never perish," even better.
  • 00:14:18.118 --> 00:14:18.852
  • Even better. but if that wasn't enough,
  • 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.153
  • But if that wasn't enough, it says, "neither shall anyone
  • 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:23.156
  • It says, "neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand."
  • 00:14:23.223 --> 00:14:26.226
  • [applause]
  • 00:14:26.526 --> 00:14:32.432
  • That's powerful.
  • 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.101
  • That's powerful. when i gave my life to him
  • 00:14:35.168 --> 00:14:37.037
  • When i gave my life to him at seven years old,
  • 00:14:37.103 --> 00:14:38.638
  • At seven years old, he put me in his hand
  • 00:14:38.705 --> 00:14:39.873
  • He put me in his hand and he won't let me go?
  • 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:43.343
  • And he won't let me go? wow.
  • 00:14:43.410 --> 00:14:46.246
  • Wow. you might try to wiggle
  • 00:14:46.313 --> 00:14:46.913
  • You might try to wiggle out of his hand,
  • 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:49.316
  • Out of his hand, but it says right there,
  • 00:14:49.382 --> 00:14:50.250
  • But it says right there, nobody can snatch you
  • 00:14:50.317 --> 00:14:52.519
  • Nobody can snatch you out of his hand.
  • 00:14:52.585 --> 00:14:55.255
  • Out of his hand. if my god is not a man
  • 00:14:55.322 --> 00:14:56.156
  • If my god is not a man that he should lie,
  • 00:14:56.222 --> 00:14:56.990
  • That he should lie, why would he say it?
  • 00:14:57.057 --> 00:14:59.092
  • Why would he say it? "oh, well i was taught,"
  • 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.494
  • "oh, well i was taught," arrogance.
  • 00:15:01.561 --> 00:15:05.932
  • Arrogance. those are red words.
  • 00:15:05.999 --> 00:15:07.400
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:07.734 --> 00:15:09.769
  • [applause]
  • 00:15:10.170 --> 00:15:15.542
  • Why is this so important
  • 00:15:15.909 --> 00:15:17.010
  • Why is this so important to understand?
  • 00:15:17.077 --> 00:15:17.844
  • To understand? because if you believe
  • 00:15:17.911 --> 00:15:18.645
  • Because if you believe that it's works based,
  • 00:15:18.712 --> 00:15:21.014
  • That it's works based, then you're gonna misunderstand
  • 00:15:21.081 --> 00:15:22.148
  • Then you're gonna misunderstand the reason for obedience.
  • 00:15:22.215 --> 00:15:26.886
  • The reason for obedience. how many of you have
  • 00:15:26.953 --> 00:15:27.620
  • How many of you have children in this room?
  • 00:15:27.687 --> 00:15:30.290
  • Children in this room? thank you for raising your hand,
  • 00:15:30.357 --> 00:15:31.124
  • Thank you for raising your hand, my love, thank you.
  • 00:15:31.191 --> 00:15:31.858
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:32.292 --> 00:15:33.660
  • How many of you have
  • 00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:34.728
  • How many of you have obedient children in this room?
  • 00:15:34.794 --> 00:15:39.432
  • Obedient children in this room? fewer hands than
  • 00:15:39.499 --> 00:15:40.633
  • Fewer hands than those who have children.
  • 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:43.970
  • Those who have children. how many of you have disobedient
  • 00:15:44.037 --> 00:15:45.972
  • How many of you have disobedient children in this room?
  • 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:47.707
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:47.974 --> 00:15:52.245
  • I don't have a third hand,
  • 00:15:52.579 --> 00:15:53.646
  • I don't have a third hand, so i'm raising a foot.
  • 00:15:53.713 --> 00:15:58.385
  • So i'm raising a foot. now, the reason i say this is
  • 00:15:58.451 --> 00:15:59.552
  • Now, the reason i say this is because i have children, amen,
  • 00:15:59.619 --> 00:16:01.321
  • Because i have children, amen, four of them.
  • 00:16:01.388 --> 00:16:03.623
  • Four of them. and though they be my children,
  • 00:16:03.690 --> 00:16:07.494
  • And though they be my children, there are times that they obey,
  • 00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:10.397
  • There are times that they obey, and there are times that
  • 00:16:10.463 --> 00:16:11.464
  • And there are times that they disobey.
  • 00:16:11.531 --> 00:16:14.634
  • They disobey. now, they enjoy me
  • 00:16:14.701 --> 00:16:15.668
  • Now, they enjoy me much more when they obey,
  • 00:16:15.735 --> 00:16:19.439
  • Much more when they obey, and i enjoy them when they obey.
  • 00:16:19.506 --> 00:16:24.277
  • And i enjoy them when they obey. and when they disobey...
  • 00:16:24.344 --> 00:16:26.446
  • [sighs]
  • 00:16:27.447 --> 00:16:28.248
  • If you don't know,
  • 00:16:28.615 --> 00:16:30.683
  • If you don't know, you're gonna find out.
  • 00:16:30.750 --> 00:16:32.218
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:32.452 --> 00:16:33.520
  • But, regardless
  • 00:16:35.522 --> 00:16:36.289
  • But, regardless of their behavior,
  • 00:16:36.356 --> 00:16:37.090
  • Of their behavior, obedience or disobedience,
  • 00:16:37.157 --> 00:16:38.658
  • Obedience or disobedience, guess what they never
  • 00:16:38.725 --> 00:16:39.459
  • Guess what they never cease to be?
  • 00:16:39.526 --> 00:16:41.728
  • Cease to be? my child.
  • 00:16:41.795 --> 00:16:44.130
  • My child. they're mine.
  • 00:16:44.197 --> 00:16:45.865
  • They're mine. obedience, they're acting
  • 00:16:45.932 --> 00:16:47.033
  • Obedience, they're acting like me.
  • 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:48.268
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:48.701 --> 00:16:52.772
  • Disobedience,
  • 00:16:53.206 --> 00:16:55.175
  • Disobedience, they're acting like me.
  • 00:16:55.241 --> 00:16:56.643
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:56.976 --> 00:16:57.677
  • You thought i was going
  • 00:16:58.044 --> 00:16:58.745
  • You thought i was going somewhere else, didn't you?
  • 00:16:58.812 --> 00:17:01.948
  • Somewhere else, didn't you? i may be crazy,
  • 00:17:02.015 --> 00:17:02.882
  • I may be crazy, but i ain't stupid.
  • 00:17:02.949 --> 00:17:04.084
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:04.517 --> 00:17:06.052
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:06.352 --> 00:17:13.326
  • Because i am
  • 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.861
  • Because i am somebody's child,
  • 00:17:14.928 --> 00:17:18.031
  • Somebody's child, and i've obeyed
  • 00:17:18.098 --> 00:17:19.032
  • And i've obeyed and i've disobeyed.
  • 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:21.601
  • And i've disobeyed. and dad liked me
  • 00:17:21.668 --> 00:17:22.635
  • And dad liked me better when i obeyed,
  • 00:17:22.702 --> 00:17:24.204
  • Better when i obeyed, and i liked him
  • 00:17:24.270 --> 00:17:25.004
  • And i liked him better when i obeyed.
  • 00:17:25.071 --> 00:17:28.374
  • Better when i obeyed. but when i disobeyed,
  • 00:17:28.441 --> 00:17:30.477
  • But when i disobeyed, if you didn't know,
  • 00:17:30.543 --> 00:17:32.145
  • If you didn't know, you were gonna find out.
  • 00:17:32.212 --> 00:17:35.281
  • You were gonna find out. the bible says, "the lord
  • 00:17:35.348 --> 00:17:36.349
  • The bible says, "the lord loves whom he chastens."
  • 00:17:36.416 --> 00:17:40.120
  • Loves whom he chastens." your obedience or disobedience
  • 00:17:40.186 --> 00:17:41.621
  • Your obedience or disobedience does not have anything to do
  • 00:17:41.688 --> 00:17:42.755
  • Does not have anything to do with whether or not you
  • 00:17:42.822 --> 00:17:43.623
  • With whether or not you are or are not his child.
  • 00:17:43.690 --> 00:17:45.959
  • Are or are not his child. you are his child
  • 00:17:46.025 --> 00:17:47.327
  • You are his child when you believe in him.
  • 00:17:47.393 --> 00:17:51.798
  • When you believe in him. and from there,
  • 00:17:51.865 --> 00:17:52.565
  • And from there, when you obey him,
  • 00:17:52.632 --> 00:17:55.335
  • When you obey him, you are now walking from life
  • 00:17:55.401 --> 00:17:57.804
  • You are now walking from life to life more abundantly.
  • 00:17:57.871 --> 00:18:01.841
  • To life more abundantly. it was the same
  • 00:18:01.908 --> 00:18:02.609
  • It was the same in your home growing up.
  • 00:18:02.675 --> 00:18:05.044
  • In your home growing up. the more you behaved
  • 00:18:05.111 --> 00:18:06.346
  • The more you behaved the more abundant life got.
  • 00:18:06.412 --> 00:18:08.748
  • The more abundant life got. the more you misbehaved,
  • 00:18:08.815 --> 00:18:10.450
  • The more you misbehaved, the harder life got.
  • 00:18:10.517 --> 00:18:13.086
  • The harder life got. god is the same,
  • 00:18:13.153 --> 00:18:14.787
  • God is the same, go read deuteronomy 28.
  • 00:18:14.854 --> 00:18:17.524
  • Go read deuteronomy 28. deuteronomy 28:1-2, it says,
  • 00:18:17.590 --> 00:18:20.193
  • Deuteronomy 28:1-2, it says, "if you diligently obey
  • 00:18:20.260 --> 00:18:21.561
  • "if you diligently obey the voice of the lord your god,
  • 00:18:21.628 --> 00:18:23.029
  • The voice of the lord your god, all of these blessings
  • 00:18:23.096 --> 00:18:24.597
  • All of these blessings shall come upon you
  • 00:18:24.664 --> 00:18:25.565
  • Shall come upon you and they shall overtake you."
  • 00:18:25.632 --> 00:18:28.168
  • And they shall overtake you." but that abundance only
  • 00:18:28.234 --> 00:18:29.135
  • But that abundance only comes when you obey.
  • 00:18:29.202 --> 00:18:34.741
  • Comes when you obey. read the rest of the chapter.
  • 00:18:34.807 --> 00:18:37.243
  • Read the rest of the chapter. he says, "if you don't obey."
  • 00:18:37.310 --> 00:18:41.447
  • He says, "if you don't obey." and then, the rest of the
  • 00:18:41.514 --> 00:18:42.182
  • And then, the rest of the chapter very clearly says,
  • 00:18:42.248 --> 00:18:44.517
  • Chapter very clearly says, "all of these curses."
  • 00:18:44.584 --> 00:18:48.054
  • "all of these curses." now, it doesn't have anything
  • 00:18:48.121 --> 00:18:48.955
  • Now, it doesn't have anything to do with you being
  • 00:18:49.022 --> 00:18:49.722
  • To do with you being his son or his daughter.
  • 00:18:49.789 --> 00:18:52.225
  • His son or his daughter. israel was still
  • 00:18:52.292 --> 00:18:53.026
  • Israel was still his chosen people,
  • 00:18:53.092 --> 00:18:55.094
  • His chosen people, but their behavior
  • 00:18:55.161 --> 00:18:56.663
  • But their behavior qualified them for the abundance
  • 00:18:56.729 --> 00:18:59.199
  • Qualified them for the abundance or it qualified them
  • 00:18:59.265 --> 00:19:00.466
  • Or it qualified them for barrenness.
  • 00:19:00.533 --> 00:19:03.069
  • For barrenness. they got to choose.
  • 00:19:03.136 --> 00:19:05.205
  • They got to choose. you and i get to choose.
  • 00:19:05.271 --> 00:19:08.641
  • You and i get to choose. life begins at belief,
  • 00:19:08.708 --> 00:19:10.610
  • Life begins at belief, abundance begins with obedience.
  • 00:19:10.677 --> 00:19:14.547
  • Abundance begins with obedience. people say, "what does this
  • 00:19:14.614 --> 00:19:15.248
  • People say, "what does this have to do with john 10?"
  • 00:19:15.315 --> 00:19:18.151
  • Have to do with john 10?" jesus said, "i am the door."
  • 00:19:18.218 --> 00:19:21.154
  • Jesus said, "i am the door." say that with me,
  • 00:19:21.221 --> 00:19:22.055
  • Say that with me, "i am the door."
  • 00:19:22.121 --> 00:19:24.958
  • "i am the door." he said, "anyone who comes
  • 00:19:25.024 --> 00:19:26.125
  • He said, "anyone who comes will be saved,"
  • 00:19:26.192 --> 00:19:26.893
  • Will be saved," and in the last part
  • 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.727
  • And in the last part of verse 9 says,
  • 00:19:27.794 --> 00:19:28.928
  • Of verse 9 says, "and i will go in and out,"
  • 00:19:28.995 --> 00:19:33.333
  • "and i will go in and out," in and out.
  • 00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:35.635
  • In and out. see two directions there?
  • 00:19:35.702 --> 00:19:38.471
  • See two directions there? and it doesn't matter
  • 00:19:38.538 --> 00:19:39.038
  • And it doesn't matter if they're in and it
  • 00:19:39.105 --> 00:19:40.873
  • If they're in and it doesn't matter if they're out.
  • 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:42.909
  • Doesn't matter if they're out. when they go in,
  • 00:19:42.976 --> 00:19:44.844
  • When they go in, they find something
  • 00:19:44.911 --> 00:19:46.446
  • They find something and when they go out,
  • 00:19:46.512 --> 00:19:47.513
  • And when they go out, they find something.
  • 00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.581
  • They find something. and the thing that they find,
  • 00:19:48.648 --> 00:19:49.716
  • And the thing that they find, according to verse 9,
  • 00:19:49.782 --> 00:19:50.950
  • According to verse 9, is pasture.
  • 00:19:51.017 --> 00:19:54.354
  • Is pasture. jesus is saying,
  • 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:55.989
  • Jesus is saying, "if you're inside the door,
  • 00:19:56.055 --> 00:19:57.257
  • "if you're inside the door, you find provision.
  • 00:19:57.323 --> 00:19:58.324
  • You find provision. if you're outside the door,
  • 00:19:58.391 --> 00:19:59.692
  • If you're outside the door, you find provision."
  • 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.861
  • You find provision." what did god tell
  • 00:20:01.928 --> 00:20:02.662
  • What did god tell the children of israel
  • 00:20:02.729 --> 00:20:03.363
  • The children of israel in deuteronomy 28?
  • 00:20:03.429 --> 00:20:05.198
  • In deuteronomy 28? he said, "you'll be blessed
  • 00:20:05.265 --> 00:20:06.766
  • He said, "you'll be blessed in your going in,
  • 00:20:06.833 --> 00:20:09.135
  • In your going in, and you'll be blessed
  • 00:20:09.202 --> 00:20:10.036
  • And you'll be blessed in your coming out.
  • 00:20:10.103 --> 00:20:11.604
  • In your coming out. you'll be blessed in the city,
  • 00:20:11.671 --> 00:20:13.640
  • You'll be blessed in the city, you'll be blessed in the field,
  • 00:20:13.706 --> 00:20:16.242
  • You'll be blessed in the field, you'll be blessed in your work,
  • 00:20:16.309 --> 00:20:17.877
  • You'll be blessed in your work, you'll be blessed in everything
  • 00:20:17.944 --> 00:20:20.113
  • You'll be blessed in everything you put your hand to.
  • 00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.913
  • You put your hand to. you'll be blessed in
  • 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.981
  • You'll be blessed in the fruit of your basket,
  • 00:20:22.048 --> 00:20:23.049
  • The fruit of your basket, you'll be blessed
  • 00:20:23.116 --> 00:20:23.983
  • You'll be blessed in your fields with your flocks
  • 00:20:24.050 --> 00:20:25.118
  • In your fields with your flocks and your cattle."
  • 00:20:25.184 --> 00:20:26.452
  • And your cattle." jesus is saying
  • 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.120
  • Jesus is saying to the audience that day,
  • 00:20:27.186 --> 00:20:28.588
  • To the audience that day, the same thing that god
  • 00:20:28.655 --> 00:20:29.522
  • The same thing that god was saying in deuteronomy 28,
  • 00:20:29.589 --> 00:20:31.658
  • Was saying in deuteronomy 28, "i'm the way that you get
  • 00:20:31.724 --> 00:20:33.226
  • "i'm the way that you get those blessings."
  • 00:20:33.293 --> 00:20:35.762
  • Those blessings." and here's the thing,
  • 00:20:35.828 --> 00:20:38.464
  • And here's the thing, he's talking about
  • 00:20:38.531 --> 00:20:39.165
  • He's talking about a sheepfold.
  • 00:20:39.232 --> 00:20:40.867
  • A sheepfold. it's a pen.
  • 00:20:40.933 --> 00:20:42.802
  • It's a pen. now, we don't understand this
  • 00:20:42.869 --> 00:20:44.037
  • Now, we don't understand this because we think groceries
  • 00:20:44.103 --> 00:20:45.371
  • Because we think groceries grow on shelves.
  • 00:20:45.438 --> 00:20:46.706
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:46.973 --> 00:20:48.141
  • But jesus was talking
  • 00:20:48.541 --> 00:20:49.208
  • But jesus was talking to people who knew agriculture,
  • 00:20:49.275 --> 00:20:50.743
  • To people who knew agriculture, they knew shepherding.
  • 00:20:50.810 --> 00:20:52.312
  • They knew shepherding. and a sheepfold was a pen
  • 00:20:52.378 --> 00:20:54.514
  • And a sheepfold was a pen that was built so that when
  • 00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.915
  • That was built so that when the sheep needed protection,
  • 00:20:55.982 --> 00:20:57.317
  • The sheep needed protection, they could come into the fold,
  • 00:20:57.383 --> 00:20:59.452
  • They could come into the fold, and if there was
  • 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.353
  • And if there was a lion or a wolf,
  • 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.354
  • A lion or a wolf, he couldn't get to them.
  • 00:21:01.421 --> 00:21:03.423
  • He couldn't get to them. or if it was winter time
  • 00:21:03.489 --> 00:21:04.624
  • Or if it was winter time and there was nothing
  • 00:21:04.691 --> 00:21:05.391
  • And there was nothing to eat out in the pasture,
  • 00:21:05.458 --> 00:21:07.226
  • To eat out in the pasture, they could come into the fold,
  • 00:21:07.293 --> 00:21:08.728
  • They could come into the fold, and when they came
  • 00:21:08.795 --> 00:21:09.395
  • And when they came into the fold,
  • 00:21:09.462 --> 00:21:10.129
  • Into the fold, the good shepherd
  • 00:21:10.196 --> 00:21:10.963
  • The good shepherd would bring them food.
  • 00:21:11.030 --> 00:21:12.865
  • Would bring them food. so, when jesus was saying,
  • 00:21:12.932 --> 00:21:14.067
  • So, when jesus was saying, "i'm the door,"
  • 00:21:14.133 --> 00:21:15.001
  • "i'm the door," he's saying the only way
  • 00:21:15.068 --> 00:21:15.968
  • He's saying the only way to get into the protection
  • 00:21:16.035 --> 00:21:17.103
  • To get into the protection is through me.
  • 00:21:17.170 --> 00:21:18.838
  • Is through me. and then, he says,
  • 00:21:18.905 --> 00:21:19.339
  • And then, he says, "i'm the shepherd,
  • 00:21:19.405 --> 00:21:20.373
  • "i'm the shepherd, and my sheep know my voice."
  • 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.974
  • And my sheep know my voice." what does that mean?
  • 00:21:22.041 --> 00:21:22.675
  • What does that mean? that means
  • 00:21:22.742 --> 00:21:23.109
  • That means when the door is open,
  • 00:21:23.176 --> 00:21:24.243
  • When the door is open, he's calling
  • 00:21:24.310 --> 00:21:25.011
  • He's calling to the sheep saying,
  • 00:21:25.078 --> 00:21:25.945
  • To the sheep saying, "come on in here,
  • 00:21:26.012 --> 00:21:26.846
  • "come on in here, there's something out there
  • 00:21:26.913 --> 00:21:28.081
  • There's something out there that's gonna harm you.
  • 00:21:28.147 --> 00:21:29.015
  • That's gonna harm you. but when you come inside,
  • 00:21:29.082 --> 00:21:30.683
  • But when you come inside, i'm gonna take care of you.
  • 00:21:30.750 --> 00:21:31.784
  • I'm gonna take care of you. oh, and when you get inside
  • 00:21:31.851 --> 00:21:33.686
  • Oh, and when you get inside and it's time
  • 00:21:33.753 --> 00:21:34.554
  • And it's time to go back outside,
  • 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.321
  • To go back outside, i'm gonna open the door,
  • 00:21:35.388 --> 00:21:36.689
  • I'm gonna open the door, i'm gonna call to you,
  • 00:21:36.756 --> 00:21:37.957
  • I'm gonna call to you, and you're gonna come out
  • 00:21:38.024 --> 00:21:38.925
  • And you're gonna come out and you're gonna find what
  • 00:21:38.991 --> 00:21:40.293
  • And you're gonna find what you need on the outside."
  • 00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.227
  • You need on the outside." you see, it doesn't matter
  • 00:21:41.294 --> 00:21:42.729
  • You see, it doesn't matter whether you're on
  • 00:21:42.795 --> 00:21:43.363
  • Whether you're on the inside or the outside,
  • 00:21:43.429 --> 00:21:45.164
  • The inside or the outside, if you came through jesus
  • 00:21:45.231 --> 00:21:46.632
  • If you came through jesus and you leave through jesus,
  • 00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:48.434
  • And you leave through jesus, wherever you go,
  • 00:21:48.501 --> 00:21:49.335
  • Wherever you go, his goodness, and his mercy,
  • 00:21:49.402 --> 00:21:50.737
  • His goodness, and his mercy, and his favor,
  • 00:21:50.803 --> 00:21:51.504
  • And his favor, and his blessings are on you.
  • 00:21:51.571 --> 00:21:53.039
  • [applause]
  • 00:21:53.373 --> 00:21:58.611
  • The quality of your life
  • 00:21:59.078 --> 00:22:00.279
  • The quality of your life is directly connected
  • 00:22:00.346 --> 00:22:01.948
  • Is directly connected to the quality of your shepherd.
  • 00:22:02.014 --> 00:22:04.384
  • To the quality of your shepherd. and when you have a shepherd
  • 00:22:04.450 --> 00:22:05.952
  • And when you have a shepherd like jesus christ,
  • 00:22:06.018 --> 00:22:06.853
  • Like jesus christ, you get to say with david,
  • 00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.621
  • You get to say with david, "the lord is my shepherd,
  • 00:22:08.688 --> 00:22:10.723
  • "the lord is my shepherd, i shall not want.
  • 00:22:10.790 --> 00:22:14.427
  • I shall not want. i shall not want for
  • 00:22:14.494 --> 00:22:15.495
  • I shall not want for anything because he can do
  • 00:22:15.561 --> 00:22:16.763
  • Anything because he can do exceedingly and abundantly.
  • 00:22:16.829 --> 00:22:18.064
  • Exceedingly and abundantly. i shall not want for grace
  • 00:22:18.131 --> 00:22:19.565
  • I shall not want for grace because where sin did abound,
  • 00:22:19.632 --> 00:22:21.134
  • Because where sin did abound, his grace did much more abound.
  • 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.668
  • His grace did much more abound. i shall not want for anything
  • 00:22:22.735 --> 00:22:25.271
  • I shall not want for anything because he who began
  • 00:22:25.338 --> 00:22:26.539
  • Because he who began a good work in you
  • 00:22:26.606 --> 00:22:27.774
  • A good work in you is able to complete it."
  • 00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:31.611
  • Is able to complete it." he's the door,
  • 00:22:31.677 --> 00:22:33.679
  • He's the door, he's the shepherd,
  • 00:22:33.746 --> 00:22:36.282
  • He's the shepherd, and he's the savior.
  • 00:22:36.349 --> 00:22:40.319
  • And he's the savior. he said so in john 10:10.
  • 00:22:40.386 --> 00:22:44.490
  • He said so in john 10:10. so, i won't read
  • 00:22:44.557 --> 00:22:45.291
  • So, i won't read anything about the shepherd.
  • 00:22:45.358 --> 00:22:46.926
  • Anything about the shepherd. just stay with me
  • 00:22:46.993 --> 00:22:48.060
  • Just stay with me for a few moments.
  • 00:22:48.127 --> 00:22:50.263
  • For a few moments. the thief does not come
  • 00:22:50.329 --> 00:22:51.397
  • The thief does not come except to steal,
  • 00:22:51.464 --> 00:22:52.832
  • Except to steal, to kill, and to destroy.
  • 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:56.903
  • To kill, and to destroy. you know, i would love
  • 00:22:56.969 --> 00:22:57.970
  • You know, i would love to be able to tell you
  • 00:22:58.037 --> 00:22:59.105
  • To be able to tell you the thief does not come...
  • 00:22:59.172 --> 00:23:00.440
  • [claps]
  • 00:23:00.873 --> 00:23:01.207
  • Period.
  • 00:23:01.541 --> 00:23:03.609
  • Period. do you know how much easier
  • 00:23:03.676 --> 00:23:04.544
  • Do you know how much easier it would be to get people
  • 00:23:04.610 --> 00:23:05.578
  • It would be to get people to join the church
  • 00:23:05.645 --> 00:23:08.114
  • To join the church if i could tell you
  • 00:23:08.181 --> 00:23:08.748
  • If i could tell you once you've joined the church,
  • 00:23:08.815 --> 00:23:10.116
  • Once you've joined the church, the thief doesn't come?
  • 00:23:10.183 --> 00:23:12.518
  • The thief doesn't come? i mean, if you're just
  • 00:23:12.585 --> 00:23:13.152
  • I mean, if you're just a congregant and you come
  • 00:23:13.219 --> 00:23:14.620
  • A congregant and you come on christmas and easter,
  • 00:23:14.687 --> 00:23:15.788
  • On christmas and easter, the thief is coming.
  • 00:23:15.855 --> 00:23:18.624
  • The thief is coming. but if you go through
  • 00:23:18.691 --> 00:23:19.492
  • But if you go through the three classes
  • 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.626
  • The three classes and you become a member,
  • 00:23:20.693 --> 00:23:22.929
  • And you become a member, the thief doesn't come.
  • 00:23:22.995 --> 00:23:26.365
  • The thief doesn't come. oh, i wish i could tell you
  • 00:23:26.432 --> 00:23:27.433
  • Oh, i wish i could tell you that i could get him
  • 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.267
  • That i could get him out of your life,
  • 00:23:28.334 --> 00:23:28.935
  • Out of your life, but he's been there
  • 00:23:29.001 --> 00:23:29.869
  • But he's been there since the beginning.
  • 00:23:29.936 --> 00:23:31.771
  • Since the beginning. he was there in eden,
  • 00:23:31.838 --> 00:23:34.006
  • He was there in eden, he's been there generation
  • 00:23:34.073 --> 00:23:35.007
  • He's been there generation after generation
  • 00:23:35.074 --> 00:23:36.976
  • After generation doing all that he can to try
  • 00:23:37.043 --> 00:23:38.711
  • Doing all that he can to try and hinder people from
  • 00:23:38.778 --> 00:23:39.946
  • And hinder people from believing in a god who saves.
  • 00:23:40.012 --> 00:23:42.982
  • Believing in a god who saves. and every time he comes,
  • 00:23:43.049 --> 00:23:44.784
  • And every time he comes, he's coming to do
  • 00:23:44.851 --> 00:23:45.618
  • He's coming to do the same thing.
  • 00:23:45.685 --> 00:23:46.786
  • The same thing. he's coming to steal,
  • 00:23:46.853 --> 00:23:48.955
  • He's coming to steal, he's coming to kill,
  • 00:23:49.021 --> 00:23:50.623
  • He's coming to kill, he's coming to destroy.
  • 00:23:50.690 --> 00:23:52.792
  • He's coming to destroy. i'm not here today to tell you
  • 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:54.794
  • I'm not here today to tell you that the thief isn't coming,
  • 00:23:54.861 --> 00:23:55.962
  • That the thief isn't coming, i'm here to tell you what
  • 00:23:56.028 --> 00:23:57.330
  • I'm here to tell you what jesus said, he's coming.
  • 00:23:57.396 --> 00:23:59.799
  • Jesus said, he's coming. but jesus didn't say,
  • 00:23:59.866 --> 00:24:02.034
  • But jesus didn't say, "when he comes,
  • 00:24:02.101 --> 00:24:03.302
  • "when he comes, put on your seatbelt,
  • 00:24:03.369 --> 00:24:04.103
  • Put on your seatbelt, it's gonna get rough."
  • 00:24:04.170 --> 00:24:06.072
  • It's gonna get rough." he didn't say,
  • 00:24:06.138 --> 00:24:06.739
  • He didn't say, "when he comes, best of luck."
  • 00:24:06.806 --> 00:24:09.208
  • "when he comes, best of luck." he didn't say, "when he comes,
  • 00:24:09.275 --> 00:24:10.309
  • He didn't say, "when he comes, change churches."
  • 00:24:10.376 --> 00:24:13.279
  • Change churches." he didn't say,
  • 00:24:13.346 --> 00:24:13.613
  • He didn't say, "when he comes,
  • 00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.947
  • "when he comes, it's your wife's fault."
  • 00:24:15.014 --> 00:24:18.417
  • It's your wife's fault." what did he say about the thief?
  • 00:24:18.484 --> 00:24:20.353
  • What did he say about the thief? he said, "when he comes,
  • 00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:23.022
  • He said, "when he comes, i have come.
  • 00:24:23.089 --> 00:24:25.391
  • I have come. whenever he shows up,
  • 00:24:25.458 --> 00:24:27.293
  • Whenever he shows up, i'm gonna be there.
  • 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.728
  • I'm gonna be there. whenever he comes to steal,
  • 00:24:28.794 --> 00:24:30.530
  • Whenever he comes to steal, i'm gonna give my angels
  • 00:24:30.596 --> 00:24:31.831
  • I'm gonna give my angels charge over you,
  • 00:24:31.898 --> 00:24:33.299
  • Charge over you, and no weapon formed
  • 00:24:33.366 --> 00:24:34.600
  • And no weapon formed is gonna prosper.
  • 00:24:34.667 --> 00:24:35.501
  • Is gonna prosper. whenever he comes to kill,
  • 00:24:35.568 --> 00:24:37.169
  • Whenever he comes to kill, i'm gonna give you life
  • 00:24:37.236 --> 00:24:38.371
  • I'm gonna give you life and life more abundantly.
  • 00:24:38.437 --> 00:24:40.006
  • And life more abundantly. whenever he comes to destroy,
  • 00:24:40.072 --> 00:24:41.607
  • Whenever he comes to destroy, recognize that
  • 00:24:41.674 --> 00:24:42.675
  • Recognize that whatever he destroys,
  • 00:24:42.742 --> 00:24:43.843
  • Whatever he destroys, i'll give back to you.
  • 00:24:43.910 --> 00:24:45.845
  • I'll give back to you. if it takes him
  • 00:24:45.912 --> 00:24:46.746
  • If it takes him years to steal it,
  • 00:24:46.812 --> 00:24:48.414
  • Years to steal it, i'm gonna pour it out,
  • 00:24:48.481 --> 00:24:49.549
  • I'm gonna pour it out, pressed down, shaken together
  • 00:24:49.615 --> 00:24:51.284
  • Pressed down, shaken together and running over."
  • 00:24:51.350 --> 00:24:52.451
  • And running over." child of god,
  • 00:24:52.518 --> 00:24:53.452
  • Child of god, when the thief comes,
  • 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.754
  • When the thief comes, don't worry about
  • 00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:56.088
  • Don't worry about what the thief is doing,
  • 00:24:56.155 --> 00:24:57.290
  • What the thief is doing, stand upon god's word,
  • 00:24:57.356 --> 00:24:59.158
  • Stand upon god's word, submit to god, resist the devil
  • 00:24:59.225 --> 00:25:01.761
  • Submit to god, resist the devil and he'll flee from you.
  • 00:25:01.827 --> 00:25:03.462
  • And he'll flee from you. when the thief comes,
  • 00:25:03.529 --> 00:25:04.764
  • When the thief comes, recognize that greater
  • 00:25:04.830 --> 00:25:06.198
  • Recognize that greater is he who is in you than
  • 00:25:06.265 --> 00:25:07.833
  • Is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
  • 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.535
  • He who is in the world. when the thief comes,
  • 00:25:09.602 --> 00:25:10.570
  • When the thief comes, celebrate that we have
  • 00:25:10.636 --> 00:25:11.938
  • Celebrate that we have overcome him by the blood
  • 00:25:12.004 --> 00:25:14.206
  • Overcome him by the blood of the lamb and the word
  • 00:25:14.273 --> 00:25:15.641
  • Of the lamb and the word of our testimony.
  • 00:25:15.708 --> 00:25:16.876
  • Of our testimony. when the thief comes,
  • 00:25:16.943 --> 00:25:18.110
  • When the thief comes, know that nothing
  • 00:25:18.177 --> 00:25:19.378
  • Know that nothing can snatch you
  • 00:25:19.445 --> 00:25:20.379
  • Can snatch you out of god's hand,
  • 00:25:20.446 --> 00:25:21.747
  • Out of god's hand, and nothing can separate you
  • 00:25:21.814 --> 00:25:23.215
  • And nothing can separate you from his precious love.
  • 00:25:23.282 --> 00:25:24.650
  • From his precious love. and that he's come to give you
  • 00:25:24.717 --> 00:25:26.185
  • And that he's come to give you life more abundantly,
  • 00:25:26.252 --> 00:25:27.920
  • Life more abundantly, grace that is sufficient,
  • 00:25:27.987 --> 00:25:29.422
  • Grace that is sufficient, victory in every day because
  • 00:25:29.488 --> 00:25:31.490
  • Victory in every day because our god is able to keep
  • 00:25:31.557 --> 00:25:35.394
  • Our god is able to keep what you've given to him.
  • 00:25:35.461 --> 00:25:36.929
  • What you've given to him. give the lord a shout of praise.
  • 00:25:36.996 --> 00:25:38.531
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:25:38.898 --> 00:25:44.604
  • Jesus christ told his disciples
  • 00:25:45.605 --> 00:25:47.640
  • Jesus christ told his disciples that they would be able to do
  • 00:25:47.707 --> 00:25:49.408
  • That they would be able to do greater things than they had
  • 00:25:49.475 --> 00:25:51.577
  • Greater things than they had seen him do.
  • 00:25:51.644 --> 00:25:53.379
  • Seen him do. how was he able
  • 00:25:53.446 --> 00:25:54.046
  • How was he able to make this promise?
  • 00:25:54.113 --> 00:25:55.481
  • To make this promise? simply because the same power
  • 00:25:55.548 --> 00:25:57.650
  • Simply because the same power that was alive
  • 00:25:57.717 --> 00:25:58.417
  • That was alive in him was available to them
  • 00:25:58.484 --> 00:26:00.786
  • In him was available to them through his word.
  • 00:26:00.853 --> 00:26:02.088
  • Through his word. that power is available
  • 00:26:02.154 --> 00:26:03.656
  • That power is available to you today.
  • 00:26:03.723 --> 00:26:05.358
  • To you today. if you put your faith
  • 00:26:05.424 --> 00:26:06.525
  • If you put your faith and your hope in jesus christ.
  • 00:26:06.592 --> 00:26:08.761
  • And your hope in jesus christ. thank you for joining us.
  • 00:26:08.828 --> 00:26:10.162
  • Thank you for joining us. we look forward to seeing
  • 00:26:10.229 --> 00:26:11.197
  • We look forward to seeing you again very soon.
  • 00:26:11.263 --> 00:26:12.465
  • Is the heartbeat of change,
  • 00:26:14.166 --> 00:26:15.768
  • Is the heartbeat of change, there's a powerful force
  • 00:26:15.835 --> 00:26:16.769
  • There's a powerful force that unites us all,
  • 00:26:16.836 --> 00:26:18.170
  • That unites us all, partnership.
  • 00:26:18.237 --> 00:26:19.305
  • Partnership. it's more than just
  • 00:26:19.372 --> 00:26:19.972
  • It's more than just a collaboration.
  • 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.507
  • A collaboration. it's the conduit through which
  • 00:26:21.574 --> 00:26:22.675
  • It's the conduit through which we reach the masses.
  • 00:26:22.742 --> 00:26:24.143
  • We reach the masses. through new technology
  • 00:26:24.210 --> 00:26:25.077
  • Through new technology and online media platforms,
  • 00:26:25.144 --> 00:26:26.779
  • And online media platforms, hagee ministries has
  • 00:26:26.846 --> 00:26:27.613
  • Hagee ministries has the ability to go beyond
  • 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.781
  • The ability to go beyond borders,
  • 00:26:28.848 --> 00:26:29.482
  • Borders, sharing stories that resonate
  • 00:26:29.548 --> 00:26:30.616
  • Sharing stories that resonate with people across the globe.
  • 00:26:30.683 --> 00:26:32.618
  • With people across the globe. every click,
  • 00:26:32.685 --> 00:26:33.452
  • Every click, every share,
  • 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.387
  • Every share, every connection,
  • 00:26:34.453 --> 00:26:35.521
  • Every connection, they all ripple across
  • 00:26:35.588 --> 00:26:36.422
  • They all ripple across the vast expanse of
  • 00:26:36.489 --> 00:26:37.423
  • The vast expanse of the digital landscape,
  • 00:26:37.490 --> 00:26:38.791
  • The digital landscape, carrying with them
  • 00:26:38.858 --> 00:26:39.725
  • Carrying with them the teachings that can
  • 00:26:39.792 --> 00:26:40.593
  • The teachings that can transform lives.
  • 00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.161
  • Transform lives. by becoming a legacy partner,
  • 00:26:42.228 --> 00:26:43.763
  • By becoming a legacy partner, you're not just joining
  • 00:26:43.829 --> 00:26:44.497
  • You're not just joining a cause.
  • 00:26:44.563 --> 00:26:45.364
  • A cause. you're becoming part of
  • 00:26:45.431 --> 00:26:46.165
  • You're becoming part of a living word.
  • 00:26:46.232 --> 00:26:47.166
  • A living word. it's a commitment to a shared
  • 00:26:47.233 --> 00:26:48.501
  • It's a commitment to a shared journey of faith
  • 00:26:48.567 --> 00:26:49.435
  • Journey of faith and understanding
  • 00:26:49.502 --> 00:26:50.503
  • And understanding fueled by the belief
  • 00:26:50.569 --> 00:26:51.570
  • Fueled by the belief that together,
  • 00:26:51.637 --> 00:26:52.571
  • That together, we can make a lasting impact.
  • 00:26:52.638 --> 00:26:54.440
  • We can make a lasting impact. your partnership is a beacon
  • 00:26:54.507 --> 00:26:55.608
  • Your partnership is a beacon of hope,
  • 00:26:55.675 --> 00:26:56.308
  • Of hope, a source of inspiration
  • 00:26:56.375 --> 00:26:57.276
  • A source of inspiration for those seeking light
  • 00:26:57.343 --> 00:26:58.244
  • For those seeking light in a sometimes dark world.
  • 00:26:58.310 --> 00:27:00.012
  • In a sometimes dark world. call the number on the screen
  • 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.647
  • Call the number on the screen or go to jhm.org/partner
  • 00:27:01.714 --> 00:27:06.152
  • Or go to jhm.org/partner ♪ music
  • 00:27:06.218 --> 00:27:10.289
  • ♪ music you've been watching
  • 00:27:10.356 --> 00:27:11.357
  • You've been watching hagee ministries.
  • 00:27:11.424 --> 00:27:13.059
  • Hagee ministries. if you need prayer,
  • 00:27:13.125 --> 00:27:14.160
  • If you need prayer, call our prayer line
  • 00:27:14.226 --> 00:27:15.661
  • Call our prayer line or visit our website.
  • 00:27:15.728 --> 00:27:17.930
  • Or visit our website. looking for more content
  • 00:27:17.997 --> 00:27:19.098
  • Looking for more content to help you in your daily walk?
  • 00:27:19.165 --> 00:27:20.866
  • To help you in your daily walk? listen to our podcast
  • 00:27:20.933 --> 00:27:22.301
  • Listen to our podcast or subscribe
  • 00:27:22.368 --> 00:27:23.169
  • Or subscribe to hagee ministries on youtube.
  • 00:27:23.235 --> 00:27:25.671
  • To hagee ministries on youtube. be blessed
  • 00:27:25.738 --> 00:27:26.806
  • Be blessed and join us tomorrow!
  • 00:27:26.872 --> 00:27:28.307